Chapter 411 Han Shiyi and Nian Nian decide to get married
Nian Nian's illness took ten days or half a month to get better.
This New Year has passed.
Her illness was cured quickly.
At this time, Han Shiyi was about to set off back to Mobei.
Just after the New Year, bad news came from Kyoto. The emperor was ill, so the morning court was suspended. When the next morning court would resume, we still had to wait for notification from the palace.
Without attending the morning court, Chen Jingyan had more time to relax at home.
Zhao Xuan was happy and relaxed as he left the affairs of the court to him.
Han Shiyi returned to Kyoto to escort the weapons. Now that the weapons have been delivered, it is time for him to return to Mobei.
Yun Qiao and Chen Jingyan told each other that they wanted Han Shiyi to stay in Kyoto for a few more days.
Now let’s talk about the engagement.
Since Nian Nian also said that she likes Han Shiyi, and Han Shiyi is deeply in love with Nian Nian, why not just get married and wait until Nian Nian is seventeen or eighteen years old.
After the marriage is decided, the two can have some interactions and cultivate feelings.
But if the marriage is not arranged, the two cannot have any private contact, otherwise it will be unacceptable by the ethics and secular world.
Chen Jingyan was taken over by Yunqiao.
Yun Qiao first asked Nian Nian's opinion, and Nian Nian naturally listened to her mother.
Han Shiyi, on the other hand, bought a house with the help of his sister during this period.
Ruoruo also went out to help clean up.
The courtyard doesn’t look very big, but the layout is pretty good.
"In a few days, I'll buy a maid to live in and clean the house. When my brother comes back, he can live here."
"Yesterday when I went to see Sister Nian Nian, I heard Aunt Tao, who was beside Sister Nian Nian, say that the Madam wanted my brother and Sister Nian Nian to get married."
Han Shiyi froze in place.
"Is it about to be decided?"
Ruoruo glanced at Han Shiyi and said, "Brother, what do you mean by this? Don't you want to settle down yet? You're already marrying above your station, Sister Nian Nian. But don't worry, Mother told me that if Sister Nian Nian and you quarrel in the future, Mother will stand by you."
Han Shiyi said, "I won't argue with her. Even if she argues with me, I won't refute her."
"I'm not ready. There are many things to prepare for an engagement."
Han Shiyi wanted to give her a lot of things, but he also knew that as the daughter of a marquis, Nian Nian had everything. He was also worried about what he should prepare for Nian Nian.
"Brother, don't worry about it. Whether you have thought of it or not, Father and Mother have already prepared it for Sister Nian Nian."
"I think that no matter what you prepare, just put your heart into it."
"Also, if you're going to propose marriage, you'll have to buy some new clothes. I told you to remember that you can't wear anything too shabby."
Han Shiyi listened attentively like a good boy.
Let me tell you about it.
A few days later, Chen Jingyan's guards went to find Han Shiyi and asked him to leave Kyoto later.
Han Shiyi was also called to meet Chen Jingyan.
Not long after the two met, Han Shiyi got married to Nian Nian, the daughter of the Marquis's family.
Han Shiyi didn't bring much engagement gifts.
However, the marquis's mansion prepared a lot of things for Han Shiyi.
From clothes to boots and accessories, everything was well prepared and of high quality.
Looking at the scene in front of us, it seems like the Chen family of the Marquisate is recruiting a son-in-law.
After the engagement, some people spread the word that the Chen family in the Marquis' Mansion had accepted a live-in son-in-law, and this news also reached the ears of the two parties involved.
Nian Nian was naturally very worried. She knew that men all have self-esteem, and the more outstanding a man is, the stronger his self-esteem is.
Since she has chosen Han Shiyi as her future husband, Nian Nian still wants to get along well with him and consider his best interests.
But she didn't marry Han Shiyi, so naturally she couldn't meet him privately. So she told Ruoruo and asked Ruoruo to pass on a few words.
Ruoruo listened to Sister Nian Nian expressing her concern for her brother and then she started laughing.
"Sister, you're worrying about him for nothing. I've already told you about your concerns. My brother said he knows that marrying you means he has to endure these rumors, but for him, he's still happy."
Nian Nian doesn’t understand why she should feel happy despite the bad rumors.
"Sister Nian Nian, no matter what, my brother is engaged to you and will marry you in the future. Even if people say he's a live-in son-in-law, he doesn't care."
Nian Nian nodded.
She thought Han Shiyi liked her.
"Then please tell him something. If he feels wronged, he can tell me or my parents."
Ruoruo nodded and went to find her brother that afternoon.
Han Shiyi was originally going to Mobei, but he was delayed for some time because he was engaged to the daughter of a marquis.
Ever since the engagement, Chen Jingyan didn't want Han Shiyi to go to the Mobei military camp.
I was thinking of planning a good job for Han Shiyi in Beijing.
That's why he never went to Mobei, but the guards who came with Han Shiyi went to Mobei in advance.
We have been walking for several days.
The courtyard was tidy and clean, and all the places that needed repairs had been repaired. I didn't know what Nian Nian liked, so I didn't buy anything in the courtyard.
Han Shiyi also knew clearly that Nian Nian would not come to his small courtyard.
No matter how well he cleans it up, he just lives there himself.
Han Shiyi also knew that even if he married Nian Nian in the future, he would not be able to live with her in this small courtyard. In the eyes of the Marquis and his wife, this courtyard was just a small side courtyard, not even as big as the courtyard where Nian Nian lived in the Marquis' Mansion.
He was also worried about how to make money to give Nian Nian a good life.
He couldn't just rely on the Marquis' Mansion for the rest of his life.
But he also knew that if he said these words at this time, the Marquis would definitely think that he was not obedient enough and would not marry Nian Nian to him.
Han Shiyi has always had ambitions, but he hid them very well.
When Ruoruo came, Han Shiyi was planning in the study. Hearing the sound coming from outside the door, the two people who were talking to him left immediately.
"It's the young lady who's back..."
The courtyard hired three servants: a maid, a nanny, and an attendant who drove the cart and did odd jobs moving things.
Han Shiyi is used to being alone and doesn't need servants to follow him.
These people should just do their chores at home.
"Brother, what are you doing in the house?" Ruoruo pushed the door and walked in when she knew Han Shiyi was in the study.
Han Shiyi said, "I have nothing to do, so I read some military books."
"Why are you here?"
Ruoruo found a chair to sit down, picked up the slightly dry fruit on the table, looked at it, didn't eat it, just played with it in her hands, and put it down.
"I'll have someone send you some fresh fruit later. Look at this, it's all dried up. How are you going to eat it?"
Han Shiyi said, "I didn't eat much, and I can't remember."
Ruoruo felt that the servants were not quick enough to change some fresh fruits. If this happened in the Marquis' Mansion, the housekeeper would have called them in and scolded them.
In fact, Han Shiyi had instructed that servants were not allowed to enter the study.
Only Ruoruo pushed the door and came in.
"What are you looking for?"
Ruoruo curled her lips and said, "Even if I had something to do, I wouldn't come to see you. It was Sister Nian Nian who said that the rumors outside were not good for you. She was worried that you would feel uncomfortable after hearing them, so she asked me to come."
"I don't think my brother seems to be feeling unwell."
When Han Shiyi heard Ruoruo say that it was Nian Nian who asked her to come, his expression softened a little.
"Is she okay?"
From the time he escorted her back to the Marquis' Mansion until now, they have been engaged, but they have never met each other.
Ruoruo nodded, "Of course I'm fine."
"Sister Nian Nian originally wanted to write a letter and ask me to bring it to you, but she felt it was inappropriate. Instead, she asked me to deliver a message to you, saying that if you are unhappy, just go and talk to the Marquis and his wife..."
Han Shiyi quickly said, "I don't. I don't feel unhappy at all."
Ruoruo was so happy that she covered her mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.
"That's good."
"Brother, you should be more respectful in your own life. Sister Nian Nian is a spoiled lady from a wealthy family. There are some rules you need to follow."
Han Shiyi nodded and said, "I know."
Ruoruo stayed at the Han family for a while and then left.
Han Shiyi and others left the courtyard and returned to the study to look at the two people who appeared in the room.
These two people are from Yunlan Villa.
At the beginning, he met a man who claimed to be from Yunlan Villa outside the Mobei military camp. He believed that man and kept him in the kitchen. Unexpectedly, that man was actually Zhu Qi, the traitor who destroyed the villa. His purpose was to kill all the people from his Han family in Yunlan Villa.
Han Shiyi almost died because he trusted that person too easily and was stabbed in the chest.
Later, outside Mobei, they met several people from the villa who were going abroad to do business. They were also hunted down by Zhu Qi's men.
Yunlan Villa has been doing arms business all year round. All of their income comes from the sale of arms. They also sold arms to Chen Jingyan of the Northwest Army.
Those who were not killed were the brothers of Han Shiyi's father. They led the team to Mongolia, Western Qi and other countries.
But on the way back to Yunlan Villa, Han Shiyi's father's sworn brother, Uncle Song, was killed. Now the ones who came to find Han Shiyi were Uncle Song's son Song Jiangming and Uncle Xu's son Xu Changyuan.
The three of them were of similar age. When Han Shiyi was three or five years old and still living on the farm, they played in the mud together naked.
The reason they are gathered together now is to destroy Zhu Qi and take back the money in Yunlan Villa.
There was a storehouse in Yunlan Villa. The money stored in the storehouse was enough for more than a thousand people in the villa to spend in several lifetimes. But Zhu Qi took it all away.
Zhu Qi is the second owner of the villa and has always been a resourceful and courageous person.
No one expected that one day Zhu Qi would destroy his own home.
Killed all the people in the villa.
In addition to Han Shiyi's parents, there are also people in the villa. They are all souls who died unjustly. If Zhu Qi is not killed, this villa will never have peace.
"You still don't want Ruoruo to know?" Xu Changyuan asked.
Han Shiyi said, "She is a girl. Besides, she is now the adopted daughter of the Marquis. There is no need for her to get involved in all this."
"Shi Yi, you are about to marry the daughter of a marquis and will be their son-in-law in the future. Do you really want to take revenge?" Song Jiangming asked jokingly but seriously.
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