King Heng and Mu Chenfeng both looked at the general with questioning expressions on their faces.

Ling'er said with a smile: "There is less than a month to get married, and when the time comes, things must be very complicated, and I have to be busy for more than three months before and after marriage, so I naturally don't have time to do this, so I still have to make preparations in advance." ”

When the two of them had heard this, they did not ask any more questions, and after a short rest, they took their leave.

In fact, Ling'er is more worried about the unknown variables of this strange world, although King Heng has promised himself before marrying into the palace, but people are not as good as the sky, once they enter the royal palace, they are as deep as the sea, who knows what kind of changes will happen when the time comes, it is better to arrange their own retreat as soon as possible, just in case it is serious. What's more, he is not single now, and there are two sisters, Qingxi and Nuo'er, as the head of the family, they must be thoughtful.

Seeing the two leaving, Ling'er said to Qingxi: "Take out the silver ticket and dowry list that my mother left me that day." Then he said to Noor, "Go to the door and keep watch." Hearing this, Nuo'er knew in her heart, turned around and went out to the courtyard gate and pretended to play with the flowers and plants, while keeping an eye out for anyone coming.

Qingxi hurriedly entered the inner room and took out a delicate carved box of one-foot square rosewood and put it on top of the small table.

Ling'er opened the box, there is a delicate black lacquer plum pattern palace with a peach wood box, take out the box, a plum blossom carved gold lock on the side, Ling'er with childhood memory with his hand to hold the lock to the left and turn it twice, only to hear the "click" sound, the box opened in response. The master and servant couldn't help but be overjoyed, Ling'er was not sure if he could open this lock before, after thinking about it for so many days, he decided to give it a try recently, but he didn't expect it to be opened all of a sudden, and he thought in his heart that it must be the mother of this body who blesses her daughter under Jiuquan, and she will go to the grave to burn incense and paper to show her gratitude another day.

Qingxi said happily: "Miss, with this silver, you can prepare a more expensive dowry for yourself." ”

Ling'er heard Qingxi say such a thing, and was immediately speechless, and secretly shouted in her heart: "Take this money to prepare a dowry, a fool can do such a thing." She didn't bother to explain to Qingxi, and she knew that she couldn't explain it.

Slowly opening the box and taking out the contents one by one, Ling'er felt her little heart pounding, and she felt a kind of anticipation and joy before opening the treasure. First unfold a stack of silver tickets, with his ancient literary skills, Ling'er can still roughly guess the amount above, counted, there are 30 silver tickets with a face value of 10,000 taels, and there are 20 silver tickets with a face value of 1,000 taels. I don't think this is a lot of money, and it's not enough to cover the cost of opening a medical center.

Seeing the dowry list of red parchment at the bottom of the box, Ling'er took it out casually, only looking at the long first-class name, and only glanced at a few things that were the big jade ge, the Nine Dragons Jade Cup, the Monkey King Yan, the Nine Dragons Sword, etc. Ling'er exclaimed in her heart: "It is worthy of being the prime minister's daughter, even if I don't know the goods, I can guess that they are all rare treasures just by looking at this name!" It's a pity that these are all placed in the treasury, and the boxes on my side are just very ordinary objects, although they are excellent compared to ordinary people's families, but they are not much silver. ”

Ling'er was thinking about how to turn the dowry of her mother-in-law into silver in this world, when she saw Nuo'er come in from outside and said, "Aunt Wang came to visit Miss."

Ling'er looked at Nuo'er and wondered in her heart, "What is she doing?" He said, "Please let her in." Qingxi neatly put the things back into the box and put them away.

After Ling'er tidied up a little, she sat in front of her and tasted tea, only to see a woman in her thirties entering from outside the door, followed by two little maids. The young woman was born with a slender figure and walked gracefully, and there was no outstanding facial features on her face, but she was a beauty no matter how she looked together. Dressed in a ginger brocade floor-length skirt, it looks solemn and charming, and the hairstyle on her head is novel and refined, and she is a lord who looks close. The maids behind him are all pink tooth-pinching vests and light green dresses, clean and neat.

Aunt Wang came in and said slightly, "I've seen the second miss." Ling'er didn't move, but said lightly: "Auntie, don't be polite, please sit down and drink tea."

Aunt Wang saw Ling'er's cold attitude, got up and sat down beside Ling'er, took the tea and said bluntly: "Auntie is clumsy and stupid, there are many places that are not in charge of the Prime Minister's Mansion recently, if the second lady has any dissatisfaction, just mention the aunt, and the aunt will definitely correct it."

Ling'er was modest when she heard this, and her heart softened and said: "Ling'er is not dissatisfied, there are many people in the Xiangfu, but there is Aunt Lao."

Aunt Wang smiled and said: "It's okay if it's in the past, but I can see that the Heng Wangfu will send a dowry in a few days, and the wedding day of the second lady and the eldest lady is also coming, these two are major events in the house, and you can't be sloppy at all."

When Ling'er heard her say this, she thought about it, and said after a short pause: "Everything is a rule in the house, and my aunt is very worried."

Aunt Wang hurriedly said: "Second Miss is very reasonable, but this time is different from the past, and Miss Second also understands?" After speaking, Chao Ling'er smiled implicitly.

Ling'er didn't move, but said: "These aunts can discuss with their father, and they don't have to care about anything else."

Aunt Wang smiled and said: "Isn't it for this, according to the master's meaning, the second lady and the eldest lady are sisters, so the dowry should not favor one over the other, so as to show fairness."

Ling'er couldn't help but look at the Wang family.

Wang said hurriedly: "It's just borrowing, in the future, the Prime Minister's Mansion will be the second lady who will not be the slightest bit of a supply, and the time is urgent, but the preparations are not complete for a while."

When Ling'er heard these words, she said coldly after a little speculation in her heart: "What my aunt said is very true, Ling'er only asks to give all the dowry to Ling'er during her mother's lifetime, and it is also good to comfort her mother's spirit in the sky, and everything else can be according to the will of her father and aunt." Ling'er's body was also tired, and her aunt walked slowly. Then he got up and went into the inner room.

When Aunt Wang saw Ling'er leaving, she was stunned for a while, and then slowly got up and left. She came over recently, and she was also prepared in her heart, but she didn't expect it to be complete. Helplessly, she has lived in the house for several years, and today is the day when she will come out, although she knows that it is not a good thing, she is still forced to come hard. Knowing that going back would inevitably be another complaint, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.

Ling'er was not depressed lying on the bed, and Qingxi heard the conversation just now in the inner room, and said indignantly at this time: "Master, this is to share the lady's dowry to the eldest lady, but according to the previous situation, why is the Liu family's mother and daughter not allowed to use the lady's dowry?"

Ling'er saw Qingxi's look full of righteous indignation, and unconsciously smiled again: "I probably think that we are all cowardly and deceitful, if we knew that we are so powerful today, we wouldn't have divided that bit of wealth earlier."

Qingxi rolled his eyes and said, "It's all on this, and the young lady still has the heart to laugh." He turned around and walked out.

When Nuo'er saw Qingxi go out, she sighed slowly: "Miss, you must ask for those dowries as soon as possible, so as not to have too many dreams at night."

Ling'er thought secretly: "My cheap father also saw that he had done something unsatisfactory recently, and he was angry, where did he remember the kindness of the Bai family to him at the beginning." And the Liu family was born in an ordinary eunuch family, and there is a daughter who marries into the prime minister's mansion and does not suck dry and squeeze clean, and she has been in charge of the house over the years, and I don't know how much she moved to her mother's house. The current Prime Minister's Mansion is just an empty shelf, Ji Qian is talking about things through Aunt Wang's mouth today, although it is a good policy, but if he miscalculates for a while and is deceived by them, he will not be incompetent. After thinking about it for a while, I felt quite uneasy in my heart.

Early the next morning, the little maid who Qingxi had ordered came to report that "the old man went to the study in the morning". Ling'er packed up and took Nuo'er to the study to meet him.

Ji Qian explained Ling'er's attitude to him since Aunt Wang came back yesterday, and he was already dissatisfied with Ling'er in his heart. Recently, I heard that he took the initiative to come to the door to ask for peace, and I couldn't help but be happy: "I don't expect you to go against my will to be a father." didn't let the little guy come in, only said in a deep voice outside the door: "Come in!"

Ling'er then entered the study and saluted: "My daughter has seen her father."

Ji Qian didn't look up, but said, "Ling'er came to see his father today, but is there something wrong?" Because Ling'er has not been like the other children who come to say hello every day, it is Ji Qian who asks this question.

Ling'er also knew what he meant, and said with a smile: "My daughter hasn't come to visit her father for a long time, and I'm here to say hello today, if I get married in the future, there will be fewer days to see my father."

Ji Qian listened to the sincerity of what he said, and felt a little comfortable in his heart. Ling'er said again: "Yesterday, my aunt came to see Ling'er, and when she mentioned the dowry, Ling'er also wanted to see what her mother left for Ling'er, and then told her that she had prepared it for the eldest sister, so that people could say that our prime minister's house was thick."

Ling'er's words were tactful, and others heard several meanings. Although Ji Qian is the prime minister of a country, but when everyone is paranoid, at this moment, it sounds to him that Ling'er has given in. I was overjoyed in my heart, but my face was still silent, and I said coldly: "Ji Fu, send all the dowry of my wife to Lingxi Courtyard."

Seeing that the plan had succeeded, Ling'er bowed down and saluted, "Ling'er will come back another day to greet my father." Then he turned around and went back to the Lingxi Temple.

By noon, the housekeeper Ji Fu had already led people to carry all the Bai dowries to the wing room of the Lingxi Courtyard, a full twenty lifts, plus the previous one, a room full of them.

Ling'er took off the golden key around her neck and opened the cage one by one to check, it was really dazzling, full of rare treasures, and she was amazed in her heart. After reading them all, Ling'er picked out one piece, looked at it carefully, and instructed: "Find a way to send it to Xunyin Building, and let Young Master Mu pawn it for me to pay him and King Heng for the silver taels." With the education of Ling'er's parents in her previous life, she never owed everyone favors. Today's pawned silver is the duty of the two of them, and it is a favor not to accept it, and they always have to give it.

Qingxi heard the order, pretended to go out to buy, and went around to Xunyin Building to explain his intention, and was taken to Mu Chenfeng.

Mu Chenfeng was practicing swords in the courtyard at this time, and when he saw Qingxi coming, he hurriedly said, "Your young lady has something to look for me?"

Qingxi handed over the burden in his hand and said, "Miss asked me to hand this over to you, saying that I would let you help, and then pay the money you and His Royal Highness King Heng needed to do things."

When Mu Chenfeng heard this, he couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, and said in his heart, "Only she Ji Ling'er can do this, I really don't know what she thinks." He took the burden casually and said to Qingxi: "You go back and let your young lady rest assured, I will definitely help do it."

Needless to say, Qingxi returned after thanking him, and said that Mu Chenfeng opened the bag and looked at the things in it, and couldn't help but exclaim: "It's really a treasure!" What Ling'er sent was the rare treasure Nine Dragons Jade Cup. Mu Chenfeng turned around and handed it to his entourage and said, "Tell King Heng that it was the silver sent by the second lady to pay for errands."

Ning Yiheng was listening to Han Yong's report on the situation of the house he was looking for in the room at this time, and he heard that someone from Xunyinlou was sending something, presumably it was related to Ling'er, so he hurriedly summoned him in. The man presented the things, took his leave, and turned to leave.

King Heng saw the treasure and thought: "Mu Chenfeng sent Ling'er's dowry in advance, and sure enough, he has a good character" turned to Han Yong and said: "Send someone to send 300,000 taels of silver tickets to Xunyin Building, and then send 600,000 taels of silver tickets to Lingxi Courtyard."

As soon as Qingxi returned to the Lingxi Courtyard, someone sent a silver ticket of 600,000 yuan and informed him that Mu Shaozhu and King Heng had deducted the silver taels needed for the errand. This shocked Ling'er, but she didn't expect that a random baby would be worth so much silver, and she looked at the things in front of her closely.

In this way, two days passed, and it was the day of the appointment of the Hengwang Mansion. The genius was bright, and Qingxi and Nuo'er dragged their young lady out of bed with a thousand calls. Ling'er muttered: "It's just a lower hiring, not a marriage, why bother." But after all, Ling'er was still very cooperative, and the two girls dressed herself.

Qingxi took out the skirt she had prepared earlier and took it over and waited for Ling'er to put it on, only to see a few red plums embroidered on the pink satin, which made Ling'er more and more delicate and lovely. Nuo'er was skillful, so she waited for the makeup, only to see her little hands skillfully pick up the young lady's long hair like a waterfall twisted, braided, straightened, and it didn't take long to comb out a chic bun, dignified but without losing the beauty of a woman. Ling'er looked at herself in the mirror and couldn't help but smile and said: You two are really my lucky stars! Qingxi girl said mischievously: Having a master like Miss is the blessing of me and Nuo'er for several lifetimes," casually held the makeup box in front of Miss. Ling'er saw that the hairpin rings in the box were all beautiful and exquisite, how could she have the opportunity to wear these in her previous life, so she took out a phoenix with beads and put it back after a while. Xiang Qingxi said: "Bring the two sets of head noodles I brought back last time." ”

Ling'er looked at the two sets of heads in front of her, although she looked a little plain today, but after all, it was given by King Heng, so it was better to ask for a favor, and it could be regarded as repaying him for taking care of him. So I chose the head of the blue agate.

After the makeup was done, it was already dawn, Qingxi brought the young lady millet porridge and a few plates of side dishes, and Ling'er asked the two girls to eat together, otherwise it would be boring to be alone. The three of them hurriedly had some breakfast, and after a while, Chunmei, a first-class girl in front of Aunt Wang in the front yard, came to ask: "The person hired by the Hengwang Mansion has gone to the living room to drink tea, and the master asked the young lady to hurry over after being ready." ”

After hearing this, Ling'er took water to clean her hands and tidied it up a little, and then followed Chunmei with the two girls.

When Ling'er entered the hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, he saw that the first person sitting in the hall was all face-to-face, but his prime minister's father was sitting second, and King Heng sat lower. was speculating in his heart, and only listened to Ji Qian: Ling'er is coming to meet Uncle Guo and Taifu. Ling'er was shocked: "Isn't it the uncle of King Heng and King Rui, as well as the emperor of the current dynasty and the current teacher of King Heng, Taifu Cao?" If these two people really came, then the affection of King Heng for himself is really indescribable, and the Prime Minister is glorious in every way. ”

So he stepped forward to worship the two of them one by one, and the two of them were entrusted by King Heng several times today to come to the next appointment as elders, and they already had a lot of questions about these two young ladies in their hearts. What kind of person can make such an outstanding prince bothered so much, at this time, seeing Ling'er's dignified manners, calm speech, not like ordinary women's boudoir is too strong, I already have a little appreciation. At this time, Mrs. Cao said: "In the past, the daughter of the old man Wenbai was talented and good-looking, I don't know how his granddaughter is?" ”

Ling'er saw that this situation looked like she was going to test herself, so she bowed slightly and said: "The courtiers are not talented, although they have read a few books with their mother since they were children, but they are not even one ten-thousandth of their mother. ”

Seeing Ling'er's humble attitude, Mrs. Cao was already satisfied in his heart, and he just said it casually, so he wanted to stop there.

"My sister is very talented, I might as well show it today, let Taifu and Uncle Guo give me some advice, and learn a thing or two for my brother." At this time, the eldest young master of the Prime Minister's Mansion, who was sitting at the bottom of the head, said.

When King Heng saw Ji Yu say this, he was already satisfied with Ling'er's performance today, and he didn't want to make trouble, so he only picked up the teacup in front of him, gently blew the tea leaves in the cup and tasted it slowly.

Ji Qian saw King Heng's performance, he was already anxious, his son was obviously in a hindrance with Ling'er at this time, and he couldn't help but sweep away, that Ji Yu only ignored it, he had already made up his mind to embarrass Ling'er in front of Taifu and Uncle Guo today.

When Ling'er saw this situation, she already knew it in her heart, and when she saw this situation, she might seem to be childish, and said with a smile: "That Ling'er will be ugly today." At this time, someone moved the table, and Ling'er took the pen and pondered for a while, and then waved the pen and ink. After only a few moments, he put the pen down, and the person stepped aside to stand still.

That Ji Yu was already impatient, and took a few steps forward to watch, he originally wanted to see Ling'er's jokes, not to mention, thinking that she was a weak woman in the boudoir who was unattended, how could she have the leisure to practice thick ink, but at this time, she was stunned.

Seeing this, King Heng didn't know what was going on, and he also walked to the table, only to see that the font written by Ling'er was unprecedented, and the shape of the body was self-contained, which was beyond the reach of ordinary people. Looking at the content of the book again, I couldn't help but marvel in my heart, so I recited aloud: Grape wine glow-in-the-dark cup, if you want to drink the pipa, urge immediately. Drunk and lying on the battlefield, Jun Mo smiled, and a few people came back to fight in ancient times.

None of the people present at the moment were silent.