The next day, the old horse came to Donghui Courtyard early in the morning for breakfast. After the meal, Jiang Zhankui and Jiang Jiu went to study, and Lu Man asked the old concubine to go to Xiaoxuan to watch Jiang Yue.

She herself went back to the house and dressed up, not too casually or too grandly, and then led Mama Wang and the others to Yuqing Courtyard in a carriage.

He Cheng, as the head of the family today, is also as decent as Lu Man, wearing a lake-blue palace satin robe, tied with a jade belt, and tied with a jasper hairpin.

The house has been cleaned up and the best ornaments have been put out.

He Shi sat in the bedroom in a half-worn dress, and she didn't need to come forward today, just hide in the room and be shy.

Aunt Wu and Uncle Wu would go back to their small home at night, and only Baizhu and Mei'er lived with their master in Yuqing Courtyard. The two of them came to work this morning, and they were very happy to hear He Cheng talk about it.

Aunt Wu said, "The minions have long seen that Lord Zhao is stronger than Lu Fangrong for more than a long street......

Around the end of the day, the eldest princess of the Changting Pavilion and the third lady Jiang came. Both of them were dressed ceremoniously today, with a happy face.

He Cheng and Lu Man welcomed them into the hall very solemnly. Lu Man was quite natural, He Cheng was a little nervous, and Jun's face was flushed.

The eldest princess said with a smile, "Lord Nanshan Hou Zhao, he has good looks and outstanding character. In his early years, he was acquainted with your grandfather, Imperial Physician He, and admired his superb medical skills and noble character. I also heard that your mother is gentle and virtuous, Lan Xinhui is good, and Lord Zhao yearns for her and sincerely asks to marry ......"

He Cheng arched his hand and smiled, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Eldest Princess." The younger generation also heard that Lord Zhao was virtuous and had a good official reputation. He is in a high position, and he can still ask to marry his mother so sincerely, and his younger generation, mother, and sister are all moved by his sincerity. However, my mother has a soft temperament, and I hope that Lord Zhao will be able to cherish it in the future......"

Listening to the diplomatic rhetoric of these two people, Lu Man felt a little funny.

The eldest princess nodded and said, "The meaning of the little brother of the He family will definitely be brought to Lord Zhao, and the palace will also testify." ”

The result must have been a happy one. Everyone talked and laughed for a while, and the eldest princess and the third lady said goodbye and returned home.

The eldest princess was proud and happy. She used to be a matchmaker, and she was a matchmaker for Xiao Langjun and the little lady at the peony flower banquet. And this time it was for Hou Ye to be a matchmaker, so many people didn't say it, but she said it, how difficult it is.

She didn't wait for someone to go to Zhao's mansion in the evening, but asked Yan Jialing to go directly to the Yamen of the General Administration and History Department to tell Lord Zhao the good news.

Zhao Yi was very happy, and when he went down to the palace in the evening, he invited the close Jiang Hou Ye and the second master Jiang to go to the eldest princess's mansion together, bowed to the eldest princess in person and thanked him, and drank wine in Heming Hall by the way.

The eldest princess knocked on him and said, "The He family has lived in the palace for more than two years, and the palace has treated her as half a daughter. She has a quiet and gentle temperament, and you can't bully her. Bullying her, this palace doesn't agree. ”

Zhao Yi got up again and bowed to her, and said with a smile, "The eldest princess is serious, she is already overjoyed if she can succeed in marrying, how can she be bullied." ”

His big truth made everyone laugh.

The old concubine understood, and he also pulled his beard and said, "Mrs. Gu is the mother of the only daughter-in-law, and if you bully her mother, you will bully her." Don't say that Changting doesn't agree, I don't agree. If you dare to bully, I will pull off your short beard one by one. ”

Zhao Yi suddenly felt a pain in his jaw, stroked his short beard and said with a smile, "With Jiang Lao Ma in charge of her, the lower officials are even more afraid." ”

Jiang Hou Ye pointed at him and laughed, "Lord Zhao is really a lover." I am afraid that the woman's temperament has not changed until she is old. ”

Second Master Jiang's laughter was the loudest. said that he was afraid of his daughter-in-law, so there was another one.

Two days later, He Cheng received the official media invited by the Zhao family at home to come to propose marriage, and the two sides exchanged more closely.

Lu Man stayed in Yuqing Courtyard all day. The two sisters and brothers discussed their plans for the next step, as well as the issue of He's dowry.

Tongrentang (Renhetang) was handed down by the He family and carried forward by Lu Man, so he would not take the shares to the Zhao family for the He family.

He and He Cheng are also quite rich now, Tong Ren Tang He Cheng has half of the shares, and half of the silver from selling Huang Kelai is his, and he also earns a lot from treating nobles. Coupled with the old man in the family, he now has more than 4,000 taels of silver, and he wants to take 4,000 taels out to buy a dowry for the He family.

He shook his head again and again and refused, "How can that be done." You're about to marry a daughter-in-law, and the money will be kept for your little family. ”

He Chengdao, "I'm a man, and I can still earn it." But my mother went there, and she had no money and no confidence in her hands. ”

Lu Man said, "My younger brother will take out 2,000 taels of silver for my mother as a pressure box of silver, and I will take 5,000 taels of silver out to buy a field for my mother, and then give 3,000 taels of silver worth of ornaments, jewelry, and fabrics, and give my mother a decent dowry." ”

In fact, Lu Man can completely prevent He Cheng from paying, but he feels that He Cheng is a man, and he must do something at this time.

In addition, the dowry gifts sent by the Zhao family were sent to the He family. In this way, her dowry is also very rich.

He's eyes widened, and he raised his voice and said, "God, no matter how useless my mother is, I can't move my daughter's family away, right?" He taught Lu Man again, "If you are like this, your son-in-law and your mother-in-law will be unhappy, don't think like this." I only need the eight hundred taels of silver that Cheng'er gave, and I really want to give it, five hundred taels is enough. I am poor, and the Zhao family should know. ”

Lu Man smiled, "Mother, the last thing your daughter lacks now is silver." Don't worry, what I gave me is my private house, not the Jiang family's background. The younger brother is a man from the He family, and he should also ...... if he gives two thousand."

He shook his head and said, "I don't want it, my father gave me so much property, but I didn't keep it." ”

Lu Man said, "The Zhao family is not the Lu family, and they don't look down on that bit of silver." However, my mother can't even manage this small family, and it's even more difficult to be the housewife of such a big family. Before Lord Zhao's daughter-in-law comes back, you will definitely have to personally preside over Zhongyu, because their mansion is now temporarily managed by an aunt. I will give Liu Ya to you, although her fiancé's slave deed is not in my possession, I will go to ask the eldest princess for a favor. Let Liu Ya help you take care of the house, and wait until Lord Zhao's son and daughter-in-law return to Beijing, and then let her marry. I will ask the eldest princess for a capable grandmother to go to the Zhao Mansion with her mother, and I will buy a few girls to train with her subordinates......"

The reason why Lu Man didn't let the grandmother who went with him help the housekeeper was that he was afraid that the grandmother would be addicted to the power in his hands and would instigate the He family to have trouble with the Zhao family. The He family is simple, and Lu Man doesn't want her to worry too much about the Zhao family's property. Zhao Yi is the head of the family, casual on the outside but shrewd on the inside, as long as the husband and wife relationship with Zhao Yi is harmonious, Zhao Yi will give her what she should give, and He's is enough as long as she deserves her duty. And Liu Ya is going to marry in the future, she will only do what is in front of her well. Then let her pay attention to the people in key positions before the Zhao family's daughter-in-law comes back, and try not to change, but it is really inappropriate, and it must be changed......