Chapter 355 Tong Nanyi Enters Beijing

Lu Kuan held the heavy betrothal gift in his hand and nodded heavily, "Of course, I will definitely treat Nan Yi well."

He looked at Lu Lingyun with bright eyes, sat next to her, and shared a lot of good news with her.

He just received a transfer today and officially started working as a clerk in the Military Aircraft Department.

That is, he was responsible for discussing important matters with the ministers in the Grand Council and taking notes for the Emperor, and also doing a bunch of miscellaneous tasks.

This official position is low-ranking and has no power, but in reality he is working for the Emperor.

All the civil and military officials in the court had to be polite to him when they saw him.

Lu Kuan was the first one to know the emperor's movements.

He told Lu Lingyun about the border war, and said that when the emperor heard that the old city had been conquered and was still encircling the barbarians, he praised the Ningyang Marquis again and again. He intended to wait for the Ningyang Marquis to return triumphantly so that he could reward the Ningyang Marquis's mansion with great rewards.

After hearing this message, Lu Lingyun couldn't help but feel happy, "I know."

"Big sister, please don't tell anyone about this."

Lu Lingyun took a sip of hot tea and said, "I'm not stupid."

She added a lot of tea to Lu Kuan and set a date for the wedding with him. After the date was set, Lu Kuan left the Marquis' Mansion.

A month passed in a flash.

During this month, Tong Nanyi came from Jiangnan, and her marriage to Lu Kuan was scheduled for ten days later.

There were continuous reports of good news from the border, and during this period a letter was received from home saying that the old marquis' life had been saved, which made everyone feel relieved.

Lu Lingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief when she saw the letter sent back by Cheng Qi.

As for Cheng Yunshuo, he was still in the temple and did not return home.

Lu Lingyun was too lazy to care about his affairs. When Tong Nanyi came from Jiangnan, she had to arrange her marriage with Lu Kuan.

Today is the day for a grand ceremony.

She took Cheng Suying, Cheng Lanying, Cheng Hui and the maids to Lu's house early in the morning.

After arriving at Lu's house, she did not see Liu, but instead saw the two sisters Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang.

"Where is my mother?" Lu Lingyun asked.

"My aunt is sick." Liu Qingping walked up to Lu Lingyun warmly, "My mother went to see her."

"She's not well yet?"

"How can she be cured?" Liu Qingshuang said, "If she were to see so many good things being carried away today, she would be sick for several more months!"

Lu Lingyun: "......"

The huge boxes of dowry tied with red silk were piled up in the yard. Lu Lingyun went to see Old Man Lu and chatted with him for a while. When the time came, she led a group of people in a carriage to send the dowry to Master Tong's house.

Along the way, everyone was chattering.

Cheng Suying was extremely talkative today, which was rare. She kept asking questions to her aunts and uncles.

Cheng Lanying, who came with them, fell completely silent and was unable to fit in with them at all.

Once we got off the carriage and entered Tong's mansion, the difference in treatment became even more obvious.

Everyone in the Tong family surrounded Cheng Suying and doted on her.

After all, Cheng Suying had followed Lu Lingyun to her mother's home since she was a child, and everyone treated her as Lu Lingyun's biological daughter, that is, their niece.

The ladies, all dressed in extravagant and luxurious clothes, pulled Cheng Suying close to them affectionately and gave her gifts, money, red envelopes and so on.

At this moment, Cheng Lanying truly felt the difference between her legitimate daughter and her illegitimate daughter.

Normally in the Marquis' Mansion, she didn't feel much.

After all, her father is still the boss in the Marquis's Mansion, and the servants are all very discerning. She will have whatever Cheng Suying has, and she will also ask her father for something that Cheng Suying doesn't have. She is no worse than her father.

The difference between a legitimate daughter and a concubine's daughter is just a difference in name.

She lived with her aunt, just like Cheng Suying lived with her mistress.

But once she came out, she saw something different.

Cheng Suying's uncle was a top scholar who had won three first place in the imperial examinations. Her cousin, Tong Erye, was a third-rank official. Her aunt was the young lady of the Duke's Mansion. Her cousins ​​were the daughters-in-law of the Shaoqing family of Guanglu Temple.

Each of them came from a wealthy and prominent family, and they all doted on her, loved her and cared about her.

And she...

Her mother was just a concubine, and she had no relatives on her mother's side. Even if she did, they were poor souls who worked in the fields for a living.

Is this the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children?

These are what her aunt couldn't give her.

Cheng Lanying stood alone at the side, and for the first time, she looked at Cheng Suying with great envy.

Here, Lu Lingjun met Tong Nanying and Tong Nanxia. After seeing them, she was immediately surrounded by them.

"cousin!"

"cousin!"

"Nanyi." Lu Lingjun looked at Tong Nanyi who came from Jiangnan and was very happy. "Did you have a smooth journey?"

"Yes." Tong Nanyi nodded heavily. Her eyes turned red and she hugged Lu Lingyun. "I finally see my cousin again. After we parted six years ago, Nanyi thought I would never see her again in this life."

"Of course not," Lu Lingyun touched her hair, "From now on we will be a family, and there is no need for us to separate."

"Yeah!" Tong Nanying looked at Lu Lingjun and then at Tong Nanxia, ​​and nodded excitedly.

At this time, Liu Qingping and Liu Qingshuang also came up.

After everyone got to know each other, they began to tease the bride-to-be, Tong Nanyi.

Everyone was talking about the betrothal gift and the groom, which made Tong Nanyi blush.

Seeing that everyone was chatting so happily, Lu Lingyun simply found a yard and had a group of women chat together, leaving all the details of the gift-giving to her second aunt.

"Our cousin is very popular. Now all the unmarried women in the capital are jealous of you, Nanyi!"

"Okay, stop talking." Tong Nanyi's face was red as blood, and he said with his head half lowered.

"Okay, let's stop teasing the bride," Liu Qingshuang said at this time, "I do know some more about Duke Liu's Mansion. Do you want to hear it?"

After she said this, Cheng Hui, who had been following Lu Lingyun, immediately brightened her eyes, "But what about Qin Shaojing?"

"Yes." Liu Qingshuang nodded, looking at everyone with full eyes, and whispered with half her mouth covered, "My eldest sister-in-law quietly told me that Qin and Liu Ershao had a big fight."

"What?"

"What's going on?" Tong Nanyi was the first to be excited. She had just come from Jiangnan a few days ago, so she had never heard any gossip. This was someone she knew, so she asked hurriedly, "What happened before?"

Liu Qingshuang recounted the story of how Qin Shaojing had killed the maid who climbed onto the bed and how Duke Liu was dying, and then said, "Qin and her husband have been arguing for several days, and the second young master Liu no longer goes to her room."

"Is it because she killed that maid?" Tong Nanyi asked with a frown.

"Actually, it's not." Liu Qingshuang kept it a secret, "Guess."

"Good sister, how do you want us to guess? Just tell me!" Tong Nanyi had no way of guessing.

Seeing that everyone's appetite had almost dropped, Liu Qingshuang said mysteriously, "My eldest sister-in-law said that there were rumors in their yard that the two of them had a quarrel, and Young Master Liu called her a slut and very dirty!"