42. The maid's marriage
On the second day, Ning Xi learned early in the morning that King Zhou was grounded by the emperor last night, and the specific reason was not known to outsiders, but he only heard that at the dinner party, King Zhou seemed to have said something wrong, which made the emperor unhappy.
When she got the news, Ning Xi was meeting Ming Mei's mother, Ming Mei's family name was Wu, and now this name was changed by Ning Xi when she came to Ning Xi to serve, Ning Xi changed it for her, Ming Mei's family was born in the family, they were originally serving in the British Mansion, and then Ning Zhiyi married the eldest princess and brought them to the princess's mansion.
Mingmei's mother came here this time to ask Ning Xi for a favor, and wanted Ning Xi to choose a suitable husband for Mingmei.
Ning Xi remembered that in the last life, Mingmei's mother also came to ask for grace at this time, when she was newly married, she naturally happily agreed, and later found Mingmei to be the steward of her own Zhuangzi, but she didn't worry about food and clothing, but she was too negligent at that time to ask Mingmei if she liked it. And I remember that at that time, I was planning to let all the maids around me go out to marry, but because of all kinds of bad things later, I was immersed in the pain, and I delayed the other three maids around me, no matter how much I said in this life, I couldn't let them waste their youth.
Mingmei's mother saw Ning Xi's distracted appearance, thinking that Ning Xi was not happy that she came to please people, and she sighed in her heart, afraid that she would offend Ning Xi, and her daughter couldn't please Ning Xi, in fact, she was also helpless, her daughter was the oldest among the maids around Ning Xi, and she was almost nineteen years old.
Ning Xi came back to her senses, saw that Ming Mei Niang's face was hesitant, knowing that she was thinking badly, she smiled comfortingly, and said: "Ming Mei's age is indeed not young, I was selfish to keep it when I lacked people around me before, it just so happened that the Hou Ye gave me a little maid here, and I am not afraid that Ming Mei will leave me too busy here." โ
"Where is Madame, Mingmei is just a little maid, how can it be as good as Madame said."
Ning Xi smiled and shook her head, Ming Mei has followed her since she was a child, thinking that sometimes she is really reluctant to marry Ming Mei.
"Mother Wu, do you have the right person in mind?"
"This, this" Ming Meiniang's eyes flickered, "Mrs. Naturally, all are good." โ
In this way, it seems that there is someone who likes it.
"Mother Wu and I have something to see, I stay in the back house all the year round, how can you know about those people in the front yard, if Mother Wu has someone in mind, I can refer to it if I say it."
Mingmei's mother is still a little hesitant, this master's willingness to release people is already the greatest grace, how can she pick and choose, but thinking about her own daughter, she gritted her teeth and said: "The slave maid has seen the son of the old talent family before, and the child slave maid looks quite honest and loyal, and his appearance is not bad, so he thinks it is a good one." โ
Ning Xi was stunned, it was the same as the person he chose in the previous life, it seems that his vision in the last life is not bad, Ning Xi felt a little proud in his heart: "Have you told Ming Mei about this?" โ
"Girl, thin-skinned, how dare the slave mention it to her, besides, I have a crush on other people's children, and I don't know if people look down on us."
Ning Xi didn't raise it, who dared to say that her maid was bad: "I want to see who dares to say that he doesn't look down on my maid." โ
This sentence, which was quite domineering in Ning Xi's eyes, fell into the ears of Ming Mei Niang, but she felt a little more childish, and couldn't help but show a loving smile, this little county lord can be regarded as she grew up, and in a blink of an eye, the little girl who was making a fuss about eating fruit has become the mother of the family, and Ming Mei Niang is also quite touched in her heart.
After Mingmei Niang left, Ning Xi called the four maids in. Ning Xi looked at all four of them, alas, it is worthy of the maid that her mother chose for her before her death, all of them are slim and slim, look at this bearing, if you go outside, you may not lose to the daughter of the small family.
"Miss, if you have something to say, if you are stared at like this, the slave will think that she is pork that is put on the cutting board and sold." Tanqing said lightly.
She obviously looked at them lovingly! What kind of eyes is this! Seeing goodbye, the other three nodded approvingly, and Ning Xi suddenly had the urge to pack up and marry these four people immediately.
Ning Xi clenched his right hand into a fist, pretended to cough twice, deliberately put on the majesty of his master, and said to Ming Mei: "Ming Mei, Mother Wu came to me today to ask for a favor, hoping that I can find you a good husband, I have already agreed, don't blame me for making my own decisions." โ
Hearing this, Ming Mei's face was a little red, she didn't think about getting married, but this county lord had only been married to the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion for a month, and when there was a shortage of manpower around her, how could she leave at this time, and she was reluctant to let the sisters in the house go.
"If the slave and maid don't marry, the slave and maid want to stay with the lady and serve the lady for a lifetime."
Ning Xi pursed her lips and smiled: "What are you talking about, you want to be an old girl with me, are you willing to provide for you in my old age." It's not just you, the three of them and I will pack them and send them to other families, but don't want me to eat and drink for the rest of my life. โ
Hearing that Ning Xi suddenly implicated him, the other three couldn't help but glance at Ning Xi. Ning Xi shrugged, she was telling the truth.
"But don't worry, I will carefully select your husband's family, and I will never let you out lightly." This was said to the four of them, and then said to Ming Mei: "Ming Mei, I know what you are worried about, don't worry, your wife is reluctant to let you leave so early, I still need you to give me โกโกโกโก newcomer, besides, although it is the candidate that Wu's mother likes, I still have to observe and observe, I am reluctant to marry my Ming Mei to a second fool, so at least you have to stay with me for a long time." โ
When Ming Mei heard this, she put her mind at ease, so that she would have enough time to teach the people below, at least she wouldn't be in a hurry after taking her place.
After saying this, Ning Xi asked them to do what they should do. Ning Xi seriously considered the matter of the four maids, among the four, only Cuiluo was not a child, I heard that there was a family in the countryside, and she was really poor back then, so she entered the princess's mansion, and she didn't know what arrangements her family made for her, but fortunately, Cuiluo was the youngest, and it didn't matter if she let it go in advance.
The rest are Tan Qing and Erui, they are both born in the family, but it is a good arrangement, but she does not often contact the outer courtyard, where to go to see other people. Forget it, let's talk about it then.
Shaking his head, Ning Xi stirred up his own private treasury again, calculating how much dowry he could give to these maids, these four maids had accompanied him for two lives, and he couldn't treat them badly.
The more Ning Xi calculated, the more fascinated he became, and he didn't even notice that there was one more person around him, until Shu Heng really couldn't see that he had been ignored for so long, and coughed deliberately, Ning Xi was startled, glared at Shu Heng and said, "How scary are you!" โ
Shu Heng touched the bridge of his nose helplessly: "I've been in for a long time, you just didn't find it yourself, I think you're about to turn into the eyes of money." โ
Ning Xi snorted, people like Shu Heng who are paralyzed don't know how to count money. After Ning Xi put away her account book in front of Shu Heng, she suddenly remembered that her maid was also a member of the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion now, since she wanted to marry Shu Heng, she naturally had to give a dowry, to be honest, she was very interested in Shu Heng's private treasury.
Shu Heng was already sitting by the window reading a book, but he saw Ning Xi walking over with a strange smile, don't get me wrong, in Ning Xi's eyes, this smile is very kind and amiable.
"Shu Heng, I'll discuss something with you."
Shu Heng raised his eyebrows, and had a bad premonition: "What's the matter?" โ
Ning Xi sat down next to Shu Heng and said softly: "My family Mingmei is about to get married." โ
Shu Heng was a little puzzled in his heart, what did Mingmei's marriage have to do with him, he thought about it for a long time before he reacted, and in Ning Xi's expectant gaze, he said slowly: "Are you worried about the lack of people around you, Shu Qing will be back in two days, it just happens to replace Mingmei's position, if there is still a shortage, you can choose a few from other yards, or find a tooth woman to buy a few from outside." โ
The corners of Ning Xi's mouth twitched, how did Shu Heng go around this, and continued to say step by step: "I don't lack people here, I mean Mingmei has been with me for so many years, no matter how you say it, we can't treat her badly." โ
Shu Heng nodded approvingly, and then
There was no then, Ning Xi saw this, was angry, and shouted directly: "Shu Heng, you just say, Mingmei is married, do you give a dowry." โ
Shu Heng was stunned for a moment, and then laughed, feeling that this little girl was going around with him here just to take away a dowry from him. After thinking about it, Shu Heng stood up and walked into the inner room.
Ning Xi watched Shu Heng leave, his eyes widened, no, just asking Shu Heng for a dowry scared him away, Shu Heng is too picky, or is he actually very poor?
Ning Xi hadn't come to a conclusion from whether Shu Heng was poor or poor, Shu Heng had already walked back, still holding a sandalwood box in his hand with a small lock on it.
After Shu Heng sat down, he placed the box between the two of them, and then handed the key to Ning Xi.
Ning Xi raised his eyebrows, not knowing what Shu Heng meant.
"These are my savings over the years and some real estate in my personal name, and there are some properties that you may not know much about, so I will take care of them first."
Ning Xi was stunned, she just wanted to get rid of the broken silver from Shu Heng, and she actually dug out his private treasury, this plot direction is too powerful.
Ning Xi took the key and opened the box, in fact, she really didn't have the idea of occupying Shu Heng's private treasury, she was just curious about how much Shu Heng's private treasury was, after all, in her opinion, Shu Heng was cold and didn't understand the franchise, and it was estimated that the savings were only his little money.
But what surprised Ning Xi was that although there was not much silver in it, there were a lot of silver tickets, and the denomination was quite large.
"Shu Heng, you tell me honestly, are you accepting favors?" He's just a marquis, where did he get such a good location.
Shu Heng smiled and said, "You can rest assured, these things are clean." โ
Shu Heng has a lot of capable people, he contributes money, and the people under him contribute, and his assets are naturally rich.
Ning Xi locked the box and pushed it back: "It's better for you to keep it." โ
Shu Heng twisted his eyebrows: "Or do you think that I took bribes?" โ
Ning Xi shook his head, and seeing that Shu Heng was still looking at him suspiciously, Ning Xi explained again: "The things in here are very important, so it's safer for you to keep them." After a pause, he added, "You can put the key here first." If Shu Heng dared to bully her in the future, she would run away with his private vault.
Shu Heng couldn't help but rub Ning Xi's head, and took the key away with the box.
Ning Xi was stunned, and said to Shu Heng's back: "Didn't I say that you can put the key here first?" โ
"I think it's safer to leave me here." A faint voice came. Ning Xi pouted, sure enough, it was still an iron rooster, Shu Heng was just teasing her just now.
waited until Ning Xi was angry before he came back to his senses, and Shu Heng hadn't promised to give out the dowry!