Jia Jing didn't have to wait for long before Father Xia gave him an answer. In the end, he naturally agreed to let his daughter marry into the Jia family.
Jia Jing smiled and said, "Don't worry, Dong Ge. Your daughter is also my daughter. When Zheng 'er is out of mourning, I'll arrange a matchmaker to propose marriage. I'll treat your daughter well in the future."
"Okay, I'll go out and look for a house." Xia Fu felt melancholy. Xiao Luer, whom he doted on, was going to get married in the end.
"There's no need to go through so much trouble. Uncle Xi Fu has a three-storey house on West Street. He said that when the time comes, he will let you move in. When the time comes, the deed will be directly given to your daughter. Just treat it as a dowry." His son would be able to marry after the mourning period. His mood was quite good, especially when he saw the little radish head Xia Ji. He had already seen his son becoming like Xia Ji.
Xia Fu hesitated for a while and agreed without hesitation. After all, this was the capital, and it was not easy to find a house. He thought about what the Emperor had said before. Xiao Luer could enter the palace and become the Crown Prince's concubine. Although it might just be a casual remark, a long delay may cause trouble. Xiao Luer's marriage could not be delayed. It was better to get married as soon as possible. Therefore, he could only accept Duke Rongguo's good intentions.
After Xia Fu agreed, Jia Jing went back and told Mrs. Jia Zhen to deal with the matter of Jia Zhen's wife's family.
"Agreed?" Mrs. Jia asked in surprise.
"Agreed. Next, I'll have to trouble you. The Qian family is not easy to deal with. I'll have to trouble you, Madam," Jia Jing said.
"After all, I've been a lady of the royal family for so many years. This kind of thing is not difficult for me. Don't worry, Master." Mrs. Jia smiled, but there was a cold light in her eyes. If the Qian family was really insensible, she would not be soft-hearted.
After Mr. Xia Fu talked to Jia Jing, he went back to pack his luggage and tried to move out as soon as possible. While the Xia family was making a move, Jia He Shi was also making a move. She directly sent her trusted nanny to the Qian family to get the Jia Zhen's marriage agreement. With this, she wouldn't have to be afraid of the Qian family's actions in the future. Of course, this marriage agreement wasn't that easy to get. Therefore, Jia He Shi specially sent her most trusted nanny to go.
"Who are you?" The manservant guarding the door looked at the carriage Mama Gui was sitting in and muttered in his heart, "This seems to be a carriage from Ningguo Province." He thought back to when his grandaunt passed away, the Qian Family and Ningguo Province were not happy. Did something happen to them at this time? The manservant muttered in his heart.
"I'm Mama Gui who serves the Countess of Ningguo Province. Today, I'm here on my Madam's orders to see the in-law's wife." Mama Gui looked arrogant. She also felt disgusted by the Qian family's previous actions.
"Please wait a moment. I'll go and report to my Madam." The manservant quickly turned around and went to find the chief steward.
When the chief steward heard the manservant's words, he frowned slightly and muttered in his heart. The content was almost the same as the manservant's previous words. The chief steward didn't dare to delay and asked the manservant to guard the door. He immediately went to report to his Madam.
"What is the Countess's nanny doing here?" Qian Mu frowned slightly. In fact, she also understood that what they did back then was not right. However, Qian Mu's father passed away two years ago, and his descendants were unfilial. None of them could support the family. At that time, they found someone and said that they could use the Crown Prince's method, but they would need a large sum of money to pass through. Therefore, they could only turn their attention to their married daughter.
She originally wanted her daughter to bring back more from Ningguo Province, but she didn't expect her daughter's health to be so poor. She occasionally caught colds, and they got worse and worse. In the end, she followed her father. She thought that her daughter's dowry was quite generous, and the family business in Ningguo Province was big, so she didn't look down on such small things. Therefore, she allowed her family to take back the dowry. What she didn't expect the most was that these children were greedy. They actually extorted tens of thousands of taels of silver from Ningguo Province and directly offended Ningguo Province. Why did they come at this time? Did they want to settle the score? Qian Mu was very worried.
"Madam, why did Ningguo Province send someone here at this time?" Qian Mu's eldest daughter-in-law also frowned. "Forget it.
No matter what the reason is, let them in quickly. "Qian Mu still hoped that Ningguo Province came this time to reconcile. After all, the Rong and Ning Mansions were both Jian Xin, and they were considered first-class families in the capital. When the Old Master was still alive, the Qian Family was still a third-class family. If the Jia Zhen didn't want to find a wife who was born in a good family, the Qian Family wouldn't have had a chance. Now that the Old Master was gone, the Qian Family directly fell from a third-class family to a bottom class family.
Although the Qian Family was now on the Crown Prince's side, the Qian Family was one of the few who relied on the Crown Prince. If possible, she still hoped that the relationship with the Jia family could be restored to the past.
Not long after, Mama Gui came. Looking at Qian Mu, who was sitting at the head of the table, Mama Gui pursed her lips. Although this Madam Qian didn't directly participate in the matter of asking for the dowry, as the Old Madam of the Qian Family, she couldn't be unaware of such a big matter. Since she knew, those people still went, it meant that this Madam Qian agreed.
"Madam Qian," Mama Gui took the initiative to salute.
"Mama Gui, please get up. Xia 'er, bring a chair for Mama Gui to sit." Qian Mu looked at Mama Gui with a pleasant expression. She thought to herself, "This time, the Ningguo Province sent people here. It must be a very important matter." She knew this Mama Gui. She was the Countess's most trusted nanny. What kind of important matter could make this nanny personally come here?
When the servants brought a chair, Mama Gui didn't stand on ceremony and directly sat down. Today's matter couldn't be settled in a short while. She was already old and couldn't let herself suffer. Since there was a chair, why wouldn't she sit?
When Mama Gui sat down, Qian Mu slightly sighed in relief. It didn't seem to be a bad thing. She asked, "Mama Gui, why did you come here today?"
"Our family's young master will be out of mourning for his wife in three months." Mama Gui paused for a moment and looked at Qian Mu's reaction.
Qian Mu was stunned. She counted the days. Her daughter had indeed been gone for almost a year. At this time, tears flowed down her cheeks. "That's right, my poor daughter. How could she bear to let me, a white-haired person, send off her own child …" Qian Mu's mother cried as she thought to herself. What was the purpose of this Nanny Gui's visit? Could it be that she was here to remind her of how long her daughter had been dead?
While Qian Mu was crying, Qian Mu's daughters-in-law gathered around Qian Mu and comforted her. At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Qian family wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes and said, "Every time Madam thinks of little sister, she cries loudly. When little sister was at home, Madam loved her the most. How could Madam bear to hear the news of little sister's death?"
Mama Gui watched the farce in front of her and the corner of her mouth twitched. Hehe, what a drama. If there was really a daughter who loved her so much, why would she allow those people to take back her daughter's dowry? If the governor of Ningguo Province didn't care about his reputation, he would have been angered and directly removed his daughter-in-law from the Jia family. He wouldn't have been able to enter the ancestral grave. In the end, he wouldn't even be able to enjoy incense.
After a while, Qian Mu's mother saw that Gui Momo did not have any reaction and slowly stopped crying. After Qian Mu's mother recovered, the few daughters-in-law then returned to their own chairs.
"I made a fool of myself in front of Mama Gui." Qian Mu took out a handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corner of her eyes.
"Madam Qian, I can understand that you love your son very much. I came here this time for our young master. In three months, our young master will be out of mourning for his wife. He is still young and doesn't have a daughter. Naturally, he will remarry. This time, I came here to ask Madam to write a consent letter. After all, our young master still needs the consent of his first wife's family if he wants to remarry," Mama Gui said in a very cold voice.
"Remarry? Have you settled on someone? " Qian Mu was excited. She had already found a stepwife for her Jia Zhen. She was a distant relative of hers. Her father used to be a third-rank official, but her father remarried. As the saying goes, if you have a stepmother, you will have a stepfather. Marrying her into Ningguo Province was a blessing that she had accumulated over several lifetimes. When the time came, they would naturally side with her. Moreover, if she wanted to establish a foothold in the Jia family, she had to come to her for help. However, now that the Jia Family had actually done such a thing and completely disrupted her plans, how could she not be agitated?
"Not yet, but we are preparing. Anyway, our young master's mourning for his wife is coming soon." Mama Gui despised them in her heart. Who their young master wanted to marry had nothing to do with this family. How shameless! Besides, their young master was not out of mourning for his wife yet. If they told others about the Summer Girl now, what if this family did something bad?
"Is that so?" Qian Mu naturally didn't believe Mama Gui's words. If her young master really didn't settle on someone, why would he want to remarry now?
"Of course it's true. Madam Qian, can you hurry up? This old servant is in a hurry to go back and report to Madam, "Mama Gui said.
Qian Mu was anxious. Now that her daughter was dead, her son-in-law was going to remarry, and her daughter didn't have any children. After her son-in-law remarried, the Jia family and the Jia family would no longer have anything to do with each other. In the future, if anything happened, the Jia family wouldn't help at all. Qian Mu was anxious and angry. Looking at Mama Gui, who was sitting in the room with a faint smile, she couldn't help but feel angry. However, right now, she didn't have a better solution. Logically speaking, since her daughter was dead, the Yue family didn't have to stop her son-in-law from remarrying. Moreover, her daughter didn't give birth to any children. Forcefully stopping them was really unreasonable.
Qian Mu was anxious and cried loudly again. She began to talk about her daughter. Although she didn't say anything bad about the Jia family, the underlying meaning was that the Jia family had wronged her daughter.
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