Jinghong Tower

If it weren't for the long journey, the old lady would actually like to go with her. However, she is still a little worried about Zhending. She has buried a lot of things. Besides, Zhending still has her shop. What if Lin takes advantage of her absence? If she does some tricks, she will suffer a big loss.

The matter of going to Songjiang Mansion to take up the post was decided happily.

As for He Shuyuan's marriage, the mother and son reached a consensus as quickly as possible.

She's just an adopted daughter, so just be a concubine.

She is not the only daughter in the He family. Apart from her, the other daughters are all serious legitimate daughters of the He family. She is the only one with a shady life experience, and she still needs eight sedans.

Besides, since I am a concubine, my mother's family doesn't have to take care of it, so everything is saved.

That's not bad. The He family doesn't have much money now, so they can save money if they can.

The most important thing is to be quick!

According to Wen Xuanlang, the current Songjiang Comrade was in a hurry to go to Lu to take up his post. He was waiting for the new Comrade to arrive. After the handover was completed, he was about to leave. He had already written to the Ministry of Personnel to urge him. He was very anxious.

Therefore, the top priority is to settle the marriage affairs between the Min and He families before Mr. He goes on the road.

Taking a concubine is different from marrying a real wife. There are no customary rituals like three matchmakers and six betrothals. The two families agree on the price, bah, the bride price, and then the groom carries the new concubine into the house from the back door in a small sedan. At most, she is in the house. Put a few tables of wedding wine inside, invite close friends to come over and have fun, and you won’t even invite the female relatives. From a wealthy family, no wife of a wealthy family would go to drink the wedding wine from the concubine’s room.

As for her mother's family, she can live her life as she wants, just pretend that there is no such thing. She doesn't want to post any red ribbons, nor does she wish to express happiness. When the girl is taken out of the house, it has nothing to do with her own family.

When the family reaches a consensus and works together, things can be done quickly.

Within two days, the two families had reached an agreement.

Although He Shuyuan is a noble concubine, the Min family will not arrange weddings in a big way. This is exactly what Mr. He wants. He is a scholar and he wants to be ashamed. He sends his daughter who has not yet grown hair to be a concubine in the Min family. He does not want to be Pointing.

It would be best not to hold a happy event. When you arrive in Jiangnan and you are not familiar with the place, you just need to let out the news that he is an in-law of the Min family. Who knows when the two families got married, as long as you know that his son-in-law is a son of the Min family.

As for the betrothal gift, the fifth wife of the Min family said: "Although she is a concubine, she is still a concubine. I have inquired about it and found that the dowry gift for the new concubine of Dr. Sun's family is two hundred taels. We Weida do not even have official status. , not as good as Dr. Sun, so I’ll give you two hundred taels. I think your family won’t care about the money, and it’s not like you’re selling your daughter, right?”

Well, at this time, you admit that Min Weida is not as good as Dr. Sun. Dr. Sun comes from a poor family, but the Min family is descended from a descendant. Is this comparable?

However, the fifth wife of the Min family has already said that if the He family still wants to bargain, they will sell their daughter.

The He family gritted their teeth and agreed, two hundred taels will be two hundred taels. That's what concubinage is like. There is only the amount of betrothal gift, but the woman will not be asked to pay any dowry. No dowry is fine, but marrying a wife is different. The man will pay as much as the betrothal gift. The amount of dowry the woman will give must be negotiated in advance and written down on paper.

Even the fifth wife of the Min family did not expect that the He family would agree so happily.

When she got home, she asked someone to inquire about it. She was very happy after the inquiry. It turned out that Mr. He had filled the vacancy of Songjiang Tongzhi and was going to take office soon. He was eager to go south and marry the Min family. .

Although the Min family wanted to marry someone other than He Shuyuan at first, who made Min Weida unable to control her lower body and cause such a rotten peach blossom? For this reason, the Queen Mother also reprimanded the fifth wife. Now that Mr. He has such a good place to go, it is also a help to the Min family. After all, the Min family is in the south, especially Jiangnan, where even a finger cannot be reached.

None of the famous families in the south of the Yangtze River are not exclusive. Now that Mr. He is an in-law, he is a parent official after all. The big local families will have to give him some face. Maybe things will go smoothly in the future.

Mrs. Wu quickly handed the sign to the palace and reported the matter to the Queen Mother truthfully.

The Empress Dowager sent someone to verify it, and it was absolutely true that the official document that Mr. He went to Songjiang to serve as Tongzhi had been submitted to the cabinet.

Usually this kind of appointment is decided early in the morning, and now it's just a formality, and it will definitely be approved.

The Empress Dowager breathed a sigh of relief and said to Mrs. Wu: "It's like I lost the watermelon and picked up a peach. Besides, I'm just a concubine."

Picking a peach is better than picking a sesame.

As for a good time and auspicious day, yes, but it will be three months later. The Min family can wait, but Mr. He cannot wait.

Simply choosing a day that seemed pretty good, the Min family carried a small sedan chair into the house and carried the crying He Shuyuan into the house. He Shuyuan only brought two maids who had served her since childhood. As for the dowry, it was only temporarily in the capital. The five boxes she bought, and even the dowry Yan saved for her since she was a child, were misappropriated by the old lady.

He Ran watched the whole scene. On the day He Shuyuan got married, she even took Xiaoli to see the excitement. It was really a concubine. The Min family didn't even set off firecrackers or even hang a red banner.

He Shuyuan returned home three times, and also returned to the inn. Mr. He drank Min Weida's cheap son-in-law tea, and then took Lu Hong'er and Brother Long on the way south, full of yearning for a new life.

Ten Miles Pavilion, Mr. He got on the carriage and waved goodbye to everyone from the window, when he suddenly saw He Ran in the farewell crowd.

He Ran was wearing men's attire with arrow sleeves, her hair was tied into a high ponytail, she was wearing cowhide boots, and she even held a riding crop in her hand. There were no traces of the past. The first sight of Mr. He, Didn't even recognize her.

He Ran clasped her fists at him like a man and said nothing. Watching Mr. He's carriage go further and further away, she got on her horse and galloped away in the opposite direction to Mr. He, with five other riders following closely behind.

Mrs. He, who came to see him off, looked at He Ran's leaving figure in surprise, and quietly asked Mother Zhao next to her: "Who is that person?"

But Mrs. Ding recognized it at a glance: "That's the eldest lady, that's the eldest lady of our He family! Tsk, tsk, tsk, you are worthy of being the head of Jinghong Tower, so majestic!"

Mrs. He was in a trance for a moment. Is this He Ran really the same He Ran who was in Zhending?

It seems the same, but it seems different.

She was stunned for a moment and said to herself: "Is she really the granddaughter of our He family? Can the He family have such a granddaughter?"

When Mrs. Ding heard this, she rolled her eyes: "My daughter-in-law heard someone say that she is the descendant of the former Princess Zhenguo. This Jinghong Tower was not obtained from her adoptive father. It was given to her by the Princess Zhenguo." Yes, all the Jinghong Towers in the world belong to her."