Chapter 505: The Prime Minister's Mansion Posted a Message
The man came close to her, and his hot breath sprayed on her neck, making her shiver involuntarily. Then, when she heard the words the man whispered in her ear, she nodded shyly.
"It's over." She turned to look at him, "You have to go to court tomorrow, don't you want to go to bed early?"
The man had a warm smile on his face.
"No problem."
As he finished speaking, he had already skillfully untied her belt.
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After Nian'er came, the house became more lively.
The girl, who was about to turn sixteen, had grown into a graceful and elegant lady. Song Yuntang looked at her with a smile.
"Nian'er will be sixteen soon, and will soon be at the age of marriage. Do you have a man you like? We can arrange the marriage next year, or we can get married two years later."
Speaking of this, Nian'er lowered her head.
"To be honest with you, Nian'er has no plans to get married."
After hearing this, Song Yuntang held her hand.
"Is it because of the previous incident in Shili Village?"
Ever since the incident with Master Lu, this girl has become a lot more reserved. I think it must have had a significant impact on her, but I didn't expect that she would develop the idea of not getting married.
Although everyone has their own way of living.
But she didn't want her son to be affected by this incident and lock himself up.
Nian'er nodded.
"And my parents. After my father got together with the widow in the village, my mother had a miserable life for the past year. I don't want to become another widow."
Xu Cui went to the county town several times to complain to her.
Thinking about what they had done to her before, she didn't feel any mercy towards them.
Song Yuntang was not in a hurry to persuade her.
"After all, you are still young. If you don't want to, let's put this matter aside for now."
Then he said, "But Nian'er, everyone has only one life, some things are in the past, you can't deprive yourself of the right to pursue another way of life because of these bad things."
"Trial and error is not terrible. For example, your mother may have had feelings for your father at the beginning, but later she knew that your father was not a good person and had the support of her family, but she was still willing to suffer injustice in the Cheng family. This is stupid. Her misfortune was caused by her own hands."
You must have the courage to embrace happiness, and also the determination to withdraw at any time.
In her opinion, love or marriage is not scary. What is scary is getting lost in it and unable to extricate oneself, and eventually losing oneself.
Nian'er felt touched.
"I will think carefully about what my sister-in-law said to me today."
Song Yuntang nodded with relief, took off the beauty bracelet that he had snatched back from Zhao Xiaolan before, and put it on Nian'er.
I didn't expect that the bracelet would fit her hand perfectly.
"The bracelet is small, it won't hinder you from doing things, nor will it look too conspicuous, it suits you very well."
Nian'er looked at her wrist.
"Cousin, this is too expensive."
This kind of jade bracelet, according to its current value, would cost at least forty or fifty taels of silver, which was beyond her ability to afford.
Song Yuntang looked at her with a smile.
"Wear it. You've helped me a lot in the past two years. I've told you before that as long as you don't betray me, I will not treat you unfairly."
Nian'er sniffed.
"Sister-in-law has been very good to Nian'er in the past two years. She is a thousand times better than Nian'er's parents."
Song Yuntang walked up and touched her head.
"Alright, alright, stop crying, my dear girl. If your grandparents see you, they'll think I'm bullying you."
Nian'er burst out laughing.
"Grandpa and grandma don't believe that my sister-in-law would bully me."
Song Yuntang breathed a sigh of relief.
"Have you finished preparing the New Year gifts for the Song family that I asked you to prepare?"
Nian'er nodded. "I have already arranged everything before I came. The New Year gift will be sent to the Song family together with my sister-in-law's letter. I also asked my elder brother Jinsheng. He said that when the weather is warmer next year, he will bring my aunt and uncle to Beijing to reunite with my sister-in-law."
"Okay." Song Yuntang said, "Then I will wait for them in the capital."
As the two were talking, Jinshu ran in from outside the yard.
"Madam, the Prime Minister's Mansion has sent an invitation to our mansion."
"Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Song Yuntang took the post from her with a look of suspicion on his face, and when he unfolded it, his confusion became even greater.
Seeing this, Jinshu looked in the direction of Song Yuntang.
"Ma'am, what does the post say?"
Song Yuntang looked at the invitation in his hand and said, "It said that before the New Year, all the ladies are invited to come to the mansion for a chat, and asked me to bring Hao Ting with me."
She has been in the capital for almost half a year. Before that, she was like a invisible person. Whenever there were any small activities at the homes of important officials above the third rank, she was never included.
Now that Xu Qingye had just been promoted to the position of lecturer in the Hanlin Academy, the Zhuang family sent her a letter.
The purpose is self-evident.
Maybe he saw Xu Qingye's potential.
Either he wanted to win her over, or he wanted to take this opportunity to ask her to give up her position to Miss Zhuang.
After all, Xu Qingye had rejected the Zhuang family's marriage proposal in front of the emperor.
Since they couldn't start with Xu Qingye, they decided to turn their attention to her. Could it be that Miss Zhuang couldn't get married, so she had to take advantage of Xu Qingye, a married man?
Although she didn't want to get involved in such matters, the Zhuang family was now in a high position of power and influence, and it was related to Xu Qingye. Even though she knew it was a dangerous place, she had to go through it.
But I can’t take Hao Ting with me.
If she was really a country woman with no background, she might have been intimidated by the prime minister's mansion, but apart from her rural origin, she was also a county lady appointed by the emperor himself.
In terms of status alone, even if Mrs. Zhuang was a first-rank lady, she still had to behave properly in front of the county lord.
Jinshu looked worried.
"The young master is still so young, and it's freezing cold. What if he catches a cold?"
Song Yuntang shook his head, "Madam Zhuang invited me to the Prime Minister's Mansion, but I don't know what her purpose is. In this case, I naturally cannot bring Hao Ting with me."
She looked at Jinshu.
"In previous years, for such small events before the New Year, did the guests need to bring gifts?"
Jinshu bowed towards Song Yuntang.
"If you want to bring someone, you can spend some time with those you are close to, but if you are just average friends, just don't worry about it."
"I don't have any friendship with the Prime Minister's wife." Song Yuntang ordered her, "Go and reply to the invitation and say that I will go to the Prime Minister's Mansion tomorrow."
As for the gift, just bring a box of rouge from Yujun Pavilion.
At present, Yujun Pavilion has no branch in the capital. Although she has not been out of the house in the past six months, she has heard Jiang Surao complain about it.
They say the rouge here is not as good as the one from Yujun Pavilion.
If she hadn't used up the rouge she brought with her, she would never have been willing to buy it here.
"yes."
Jin Shufu bowed and went out.
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At night, Xu Qingye learned that Song Yuntang was going to the Prime Minister's Residence the next day, and a look of worry appeared on his face.
"If Tang'er doesn't want to go, she doesn't have to go."
"They have already sent me an invitation, and they haven't explicitly said they will make things difficult for me. If I don't go, I will be offending the Xiangfu's wife in public. The Xiangfu is in a high position of power in the capital, and there must be many people supporting them. Then our family will be ostracized in the capital, and life will not be easy." She looked at Xu Qingye, "Don't worry, I will protect myself."
After a moment's silence, Xu Qingye spoke.
"Tomorrow is the last time I will attend court before the New Year. I will try to leave early and go directly to the Prime Minister's residence to take you home."
Song Yuntang nodded.
"good."
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