Chapter 423 Marriage Settlement

Qiu Sheng looked a little ashamed when he heard that, and said humbly: "What uncle taught me is that Qiu Sheng is ashamed."

Master Si glanced at him and asked again: "Then you can think about it, how to do it?"

Qiu Sheng immediately raised his hand to salute, and replied seriously, "Uncle, Qiu Sheng is going to find a good day and auspicious day, and come to propose marriage."

"That's about the same. You two are not young, so you can't afford to delay."

Although Master Si is reluctant to give up his daughter, but Mingyue is now eighteen, girls of her age in Beijing are not as rare as engagements, Mingyue refused to marry in the past two years, he and his wife loved their daughter, so they did not force her to find her.

But in the blink of an eye this year, a nineteen-year-old girl will never get married again, it's really a joke.

Qiu Sheng was happy in his heart, and his handsome face was full of gratitude, and he replied repeatedly: "Yes, thank you uncle for fulfilling, Qiu Sheng will surely live up to the bright moon after his birthday."

Mr. Si shook his head, smiled and said: "Isn't it clear, a few words won't take a cup of tea, and you two have to hide it because of some excuses."

Qiu Sheng's ears turned red, and he replied, "Qiu Sheng's is not."

Master Si smiled helplessly, waved his hand and said: "Okay, tossing and turning is just an apology, get out of the car and go home, if you send it again, it will be delivered home."

Master Si called the groom to stop, "Stop by the side of the road."

The carriage stopped slowly, Qiu Sheng got up and got out of the car, leaned slightly and said: "Uncle, go slowly, Qiu Sheng will come to visit tomorrow."

Master Si opened the curtain, and replied with a hearty smile: "Okay, I'll wait, you can go back by yourself, I won't send you off when I go back home to have dinner with your aunt Mingyue."

Qiu Sheng smiled warmly, and replied: "This place is not far from home, uncle hurry back."

The groom drove away in the carriage.

Qiu Changchang breathed out a sigh of relief, with joy that could not be concealed between his brows.

Things were going so well that he felt unreal.

When Qiusheng came home, he told his parents about it. Liu Zhihua and Wang Zhuangzhi were overjoyed when they heard that, and kept praising Mr. Si's family.

Jiaojiao and Baoya were also happy for Big Brother when they heard the news.

The house suddenly became lively again, and the maids and servants all heard that there was a happy event, and they talked with each other in private.

Wang Zhuangzhi invited an old man who was a physiognomist to count the recent good days.

The nearest one is tomorrow, except for tomorrow, half a month later will be the auspicious day of the zodiac.

The capital is in turmoil, the emperor's assassination is unknown, and the half-month wait is too long, so Liu Zhihua directly decides to find a matchmaker to deliver the letter of appointment first, and tomorrow the family will come to visit.

The family did not object to this decision.

The current situation is indeed not good. If there is something wrong with the emperor, no weddings will be held within three years of this national funeral. After another three years, both of them will be in their twenties. How can they afford it.

Waiting for the auspicious day after half a month, you can directly bring the betrothal gift to the door, and marry someone in a proper manner according to the three books and six rituals of the noble family.

Qiu Sheng also agrees, although the time is a bit rushed, but there should be a lot of rules, parents are very thoughtful.

Liu Zhihua said happily: "That's great, I've settled down. I'll prepare the dowry today. If you can't, let your father come back. There are still a lot of silver bills in the house, and they will all be exchanged for gold when the time comes. The Si family has a big belly, so our family can't be stingy."

Qiu Sheng smiled when he heard this, and rushed to the door and said, "Mother, good medicine earns a lot of money every year. There are also many shops here in our family, and we have saved a lot in the past few years. We are rich in terms of dowry."

Liu Zhihua frowned, and said in a low voice: "Qiu Sheng, the Si family loves their daughter and doesn't care about the dowry, but we can't use ordinary dowry, everything is done according to the highest etiquette of the family, and the family's money should be used first, Xiaoli is still young, Our family’s business is very profitable, and it will be slowed down in a year or two.”

Qiu Sheng couldn't laugh or cry when he heard that the daily income of the good medicine alone was more than 10,000.

My mother thought that the dowry was a sky-high price, but in fact, the officials of the Jin Dynasty had a system, and the money involved in the marriage of the officials' children was limited, and the money was not allowed to be publicized, and once it was discovered, it would be thoroughly investigated.

Even if the princess is married, the dowry is strictly followed by the public system.

Liu Zhihua saw her son smiling without saying a word, frowned, approached and patted him, and said in a low voice: "A man should be more responsible, and the left and right silver are just belongings outside the body. It can make the Si family look at you high, and make Mingyue happy. In the future, we There will be peace and harmony.”

In other words, Liu Zhihua really reminds her son, don't be too stingy.

Qiu Sheng heard what his mother meant, and smiled helplessly again.

Jiaojiao heard Song Dong talk about the benefits of the medicine store, and all the people present here are her own family and no outsiders. She tilted her head and explained to her mother: "Mother, Song Dong and Jiaojiao said about the benefits of the good medicine store. One month's income can give Sister Si the highest dowry."

Liu Zhihua was taken aback, looked at her son in disbelief, and stammered, "Is this true?"

It’s not bad for a good business to earn a hundred taels a day. There are a lot of maintenance and drying processes for growing medicinal materials, and there are a lot of workers hired.

Qiu Sheng nodded and smiled, "Mother, what Jiaojiao said is true, so mother doesn't need to worry about these things."

Although Liu Zhihua was happy, she also said with emotion: "There are a lot of people in this capital, and there are a lot of people taking medicine."

Bao Ya looked at her eldest brother with a smile, and said jokingly, "It was a joke last time, but now it is about to come true. The eldest brother gets married first, and the younger sister gets married later. This is perfect."

Qiu Sheng pursed his lips and smiled, stood up and nodded, "I'm really not sure, I'll prepare the letter of appointment, and trouble my sister and brother-in-law to help find a decent matchmaker. Don't be too ostentatious."

Bao Ya glanced at Brother Jun, nodded with a smile and said, "Okay, Brother will leave this to us."

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Rong family,

Nanny Zhao, who was wearing a brown cotton shirt, was carefully supporting the old lady, and said softly, "Old lady, be careful where you step."

Mrs. Rong was wearing a brocade narrow blouse, covered with a gray plain gown, her hair was combed with silver threads meticulously, her face looked a little tired, she held a string of Buddhist beads in her hand, and moved them one by one.

"Qing Lan hasn't come back yet?"

Upon hearing this, Mother Zhao hurriedly replied: "Second Miss was called away early in the morning, and it took about two hours. I think she should be back soon."

Madam Rong nodded, and asked again: "Yan'er, did someone send you a message?"

Zhao Nanny nodded, and then replied: "The cronies next to the Sixth Young Master have come back. It is said that the ministers were all left in the palace by Prince Gong to discuss matters. Don't worry, old madam and madam."

Old Madam Rong sighed, glanced at the direction of the palace, and said with emotion: "The emperor was assassinated from yesterday to today, so many people have been thoroughly investigated, and now rumors are spreading outside, it is really unsustainable."

Zhao Momo raised her hand to the old lady's back and comforted her back, and softly comforted her: "Don't worry, old lady, there is nothing wrong with our house, the sixth young master has hidden guards, the second lady's guards are guarding our house, and the third lady He and the young lady also stayed at the house last night, and the master, the eldest and the fifth young masters are far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and our family cannot be affected."

The old lady Rong shook her head and said indifferently, "Beggars can live in peace and prosperity. Once the state is in turmoil, the common people will suffer first. Even if we have tens of millions of people to protect us, it will be difficult for us to live in peace as usual."

The throne changed hands, and the ministers of the court would always copy and kill so many. Yan'er endured it for so many years, but now he is too sharp-edged, and he doesn't know whether it is good or bad.

"Great-grandmother~"

A soft and childish baby voice came from not far away.

When Madam Rong heard this, her complexion softened a little, she let go of Nanny Zhao's supporting hand, and replied with a smile: "Oh, great-grandmother is here."

Nanny Zhao followed behind and raised her hands to support her. The old lady didn't sleep well last night, and she was a little dizzy when she woke up this morning, so she was afraid that someone would fall.

"Great-grandmother~"

Lele saw her great-grandmother running towards her with short fleshy legs.

"Miss." The servant girl behind hurriedly ran after her, not forgetting to raise her hand to protect her.

Rong Qingyan, who was a few steps behind, had one hand on her hip, and the other hand was wiping the sweat from her forehead with a handkerchief, and she was still panting.

The little ancestor woke up before dawn, talking about looking for his uncle for a while, and his great-grandmother for a while, so she had to take him to the back garden to catch butterflies, running around without dying of exhaustion.

"Ouch, Lele show it to my great-grandmother."

Mrs. Rong bent over and hugged Lele, kissed her forehead so rare, and said with a smile: "My family Lele can run and jump, and she will be a smart and active girl when she grows up."

Lele has two little jiujiu pierced on her head. She is wearing a red skirt, her belly is plump enough to support her clothes, her whole body is plump, her round eyes are black and big like grapes, her eyes are watery, her small mouth is pouting like her great-grandmother’s. Acting like a baby, she said in a childish voice: "Mother won't let Lele come to find my great-grandmother~"

As soon as Rong Qingyan came over, she heard that the little guy was complaining, and said with an angry smile: "You little guy, you have learned how to complain. Mother told you that your great-grandmother is resting, so she didn't accompany you to catch butterflies in the garden."

"Don't play with mother~" Lele fluttered her big eyes, tightly grabbed her great-grandmother's clothes, and kept climbing onto her body.

Seeing this, Rong Qingyan was so frightened that she quickly picked up her neck and pulled her away, "Oh, you little monkey, your great-grandmother is so old, how can you stand such a torment."

How could Lele understand this? Seeing her great-grandmother curl her lips, with puddles of water in her big black eyes, she suddenly burst into tears.

"Woo woo woo..."

Mrs. Rong felt distressed, and hurried forward to take the little guy into her arms, and coaxed dotingly: "Okay, our family Lele is the most obedient and obedient, it is rare that the great-grandmother is coming, let's ignore mother, great-grandmother play with you."

Rong Qingyan looked helpless, this little guy was very well-behaved at home, but he was very clingy when he came here, and he didn't allow anyone to say anything wrong, she and her husband were both calm-tempered, and they didn't know who they followed.

Seeing that the old lady was bent over, she hurriedly raised her hand to support her, and said with a smile: "Old lady, let's sit in the pavilion in front, yesterday the old lady Zhang bought a few fiery red carp, you know The young lady liked it, so she poured it all into the pond, now that the sun is out and the water is sparkling, it looks very beautiful."

Before Mrs. Rong could speak, Lele in her arms stopped crying immediately, with tears still hanging from her eyes, she looked up at Mother Zhao and said, "Fish~look at the fish."

Zhao Momo nodded with a smile, raised her hand to take Ren'er into her arms, and coaxed: "Little Miss, be good, Mama will take you to see the fish, okay?"

Lele smiled and nodded, "Okay~"

Mrs. Rong hammered her sore back, looked at the fourth girl with a smile and said: "Lele is a fool, whoever is brought to play and whoever is given food will follow whoever she is. In the future, she must watch carefully, and don't let anyone lie to her." gone."

Rong smiled, stepped forward to support her grandmother, rubbed her lower back, and responded obediently: "Okay, my granddaughter respects my grandmother's teachings and puts the little guy under her nose, so I'm sure I won't lose it. "

Mrs. Rong touched her cheek with a smile, and sighed: "Although she is a mother, grandma is still a little girl, but this little face is not as mellow as the one in the house. What can I leave to a reliable maid?" Do it, don’t worry too much by yourself.”

Rong Qingyan heard the heat in her eyes, smiled and leaned her head on her grandmother's shoulder, and replied: "Granddaughter knows, grandmother doesn't have to worry about Yan'er."

The old lady Rong touched her head, and said: "It's not easy to be a daughter-in-law of someone else's family, and it's even more worrying to be a mother. Take your time, your husband and husband are quite well-behaved, don't bear any grievances, grandma, your parents , and you have so many brothers and sisters, all of them can support you, so don't wrong yourself."

Rong Qingyan chuckled, nodded and said: "Well, Yan'er has such a group of people protecting her, so she won't feel wronged."

Madam Rong smiled, "It's right to think so."

As soon as the group arrived at the pavilion, they heard from the housekeeper in the front yard that the Second Miss had returned.

Mrs. Rong asked Madam Zhao to play with Lele, and she rushed to the front yard with the support of the fourth girl.

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forecourt,

Rong Qinglan was drinking tea, and Rong's mother opposite her fanned her, and asked worriedly: "Qinglan, is it difficult for someone to go to Dali Temple?"

When Rong Qinglan heard this, she put down her teacup and smiled, comfortingly said: "Mother, my daughter is fine, I am the lord of the city, let alone look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, the minister of Dali Temple is very polite, just ask a few words and let her go." came back."

Mother Rong heaved a sigh of relief when she heard that, her beautiful face was full of dissatisfaction, and she said in a low voice: "It's really a coincidence that you are in a hurry. The emperor was assassinated just after the banquet. There are many family members who went to this banquet. This way, we can find out what."

Rong Qinglan chuckled lightly, it wasn't just playing tricks, the murderer had been caught long ago, and he was still questioning people here with great fanfare, in fact, it was just delaying time.

After all, almost all the ministers' family members were included in the banquet, and the ministers were panic-stricken, so their attention was naturally on themselves, so the pressure in the palace was less.

After a few days of cross-examination, the emperor will probably wake up, and when the time comes, he will go to the court to say a few words to comfort people's hearts, and the matter will be taken over.

"Qing Lan."

Madam Rong's worried voice came from the door.

Rong Qinglan got up quickly, walked out quickly to help her grandmother, and said with a smile: "Oh, old ancestor, please hurry up, granddaughter is fine."

Rong's mother also got up to greet her, smiled and said to her mother-in-law: "Mother, don't worry, my daughter-in-law has already asked about it just now, Qing Lan didn't suffer, going there is just a formality."