Dressed as the best old lady in the famine years, I suddenly became rich

Chapter 251 Princess Ning

Yang Shuangshuang lowered her voice and said to Ke Xiuyu, "With grandma here, we don't have to worry about anything. From now on, we won't even look at the young men that grandma doesn't like."

Ke Xiuyu nodded vigorously, "Those that mother likes are not that bad, and those that mother doesn't like must be very bad."

Two days later, Ke Mucheng led his family back to the village. They first went to the ancestral temple to burn incense to the ancestors and inform them of the Yang family's current prosperity. Then they explained to the ancestors that the fourth and fifth sons were not forgetful of their ancestors, but were really too busy to come back.

Although Yang Erzhu has been on the throne for two years, there are still rebels in the south who harass civilians and intend to overthrow Yang Erzhu's throne.

There is also the former empress dowager who is hiding everywhere with her people, always thinking about taking back the throne.

In addition, there are big and small countries such as the Jin Dynasty who are watching covetously.

The court was in need of people, especially military generals who could lead troops into battle. Yang Sanqing left his daughter in the palace to be raised by the empress, and he and his disciple Chen Changtai led the troops to pursue the former empress dowager and her entourage.

Zhu Er took the young master of the Li family south to quell the rebellion.

The Crown Prince was in charge of the capital, Pei San stayed in the capital to assist the Crown Prince in managing the government, and Yang Erzhu led Zhu Er to the border in person to defeat the Jin Dynasty and other countries that harassed the people in the border from time to time.

Time passed quickly, and the osmanthus flowers in Lady Protector of the Country's mansion fell year after year, and six years passed in the blink of an eye.

In the eighth year of Yongchang, the emperor personally led the army to fight for five years, forcing the Jin Dynasty to lose eleven cities one after another. Finally, the emperor sent a princess to marry and negotiate peace.

As early as the fourth year of Yongchang, the former empress dowager and the former emperor were beheaded on the way to escape.

In the fifth year of Yongchang, the southern rebels surrendered.

When Yang Shuangshuang ran in with her skirt lifted up, Ke Muqing was holding Yang Chengzhuo's ears to scold his grandson.

"Grandma! Grandma! There's a letter from the capital! Fourth uncle also wrote to you! Aunt Chuxue asked us to go to the capital to attend the Mid-Autumn Festival!"

Yang Shuangshuang is now an eighteen-year-old girl, but her personality is still the same as when she was a child, still lively and cheerful, happy every day. The first thing she worries about when she opens her eyes every day is what to play and where to go.

Ke Mucheng did not restrict her. In recent years, Yang Shuangshuang often went to the capital for short stays and kept in touch with the people in Beijing.

Ke Mucheng was not surprised at all to see Yang Shuangshuang coming over with a box of letters.

"Grandma, here are several letters from Prince Yong, all addressed to you." Yang Shuangshuang looked up and saw Grandma's headache expression and then laughed softly, "Grandma, please take a look at the letters. What did Prince Yong accuse Fourth Uncle of again?"

In recent years, Zhu Er has been following Yang Erzhu to fight outside. Pei San stayed in Beijing and no one could control him or persuade Yang Erzhu, so Zhu Er thought of his sister-in-law Ke Muqing.

Whenever he had something to do, he would write to Ke Mucheng. At first, he would just complain and grumble, but then he found that Ke Mucheng could persuade Yang Erzhu by writing to him. From then on, it was out of control and Zhu Er started to like writing letters to complain.

Today, a letter came in complaining that Yang Erzhu didn't take care of his health yesterday and only had one meal a day. Tomorrow, another letter came in complaining that Yang Erzhu didn't listen to advice and got caught in the rain and got sick.

After a long time, Ke Mucheng's eyelids would twitch whenever he heard a letter from Prince Yong.

Prince Yong really kept his word and treated her as his own mother!

Oh, no, I treat her as my own sister-in-law and can talk to her about anything.

"Mom, the eldest sister of the Li family is getting married! Guess who she is going to marry!" Yang Shuangshuang put the box on the table with a mysterious look on her face. Yang Shuangshuang is now eighteen years old and has not yet arranged a marriage. However, the eldest daughter of the Li family is five years older than Yang Shuangshuang, and she has not heard of any engagement.

The Li family had become ordinary in the year that Yang Erzhu ascended the throne. The eldest son of the Li family was granted the title of Marquis of Xingguo. The original Li family house was renovated and became the Marquis of Xingguo Mansion, which was given to the Li family.

All the men in the Li family are brave and good at fighting. The eldest son of the Li family, Marquis Xingguo, the two brothers of the second son and the eldest son of the third son, the four brothers have followed the Li family to fight in various places over the years and made many contributions. They are known as the four little generals of the Li family.

Who in Beijing would not envy the Li family's sons and daughters? The Li family's door was almost broken down by matchmakers, half of whom went for the Li family's sons and half for the Li family's daughters.

There are only two girls in the Li family. One is the eldest daughter of the first wife, Miss Li, who is now twenty-three years old.

There is also Miss Li Er, the daughter of the third wife, who is now in her twenties.

The two cousins, the older and the younger, have not yet found a marriage and have become famous old maids in the capital.

At first it was fine, but later on there were more and more people gossiping in the capital, and fewer and fewer matchmakers were looking for marriages for the two girls. In the end, someone even came to ask for Miss Li to be his second wife.

The most outrageous incident happened when the daughter-in-law of that family had not yet died, but had been ill for a long time. The family found a matchmaker and went to her house to ask for marriage, saying that they would marry Miss Li as soon as they could after the sick daughter-in-law died.

This incident made the three wives of the Li family very angry. The three sisters-in-law personally went to the man’s house, blocked the door and scolded him harshly.

From then on, more and more people in Beijing secretly laughed at the Li family's eldest daughter, saying that she would be an old maid who would stay at home for the rest of her life.

When Yang Shuangshuang said that the eldest sister of the Li family was getting married, she should be referring to the eldest daughter of the Li family.

Ke Muqing got up from the rattan chair and asked curiously, "Whose husband are you talking about?"

"Mom! My eldest sister from the Li family is going to be the Princess of Ning!" Yang Shuangshuang said loudly.

"Who? Prince Ning!" Ke Muqing almost lost his balance. "How old is Prince Ning this year?"

"Mom, Li Yu said that Prince Ning is already 32 years old this year! If he had married earlier, he could have become an old man!" Yang Shuangshuang was surprised, "Li Yu was furious. Isn't Prince Ning an old cow eating young grass? He really has the guts to do that!"

"Who is Li Yu?" Ke Muqing was confused.

"Look at your poor memory, grandma. Who could Li Yu be? He is the son of the second branch of the Li family, the one who followed King Yong to Shu County to meet General Chen." Yang Shuangshuang explained.

"Why is he still telling you this?" Ke Muqing asked.

"We have been communicating for these years." Yang Shuangshuang responded as a matter of course, and then waved her hand, "Grandma, I'm talking to you about the marriage of the eldest sister of the Li family. Why do you keep asking about irrelevant things?"

"Oh." Ke Muqing glanced at her granddaughter, then sat back down. "Prince Ning is a lot older, but thirty-two is not considered old. Your eldest sister from the Li family is twenty-three this year, so they are a good match."

"I haven't heard of any promiscuous women in Prince Ning's mansion over the years. Isn't there a rumor in the capital that Prince Ning is a homosexual? Now it seems that Prince Ning has very high standards and ordinary women are not worthy of his attention."

Ke Muqing waved the palm-leaf fan in her hand, "The capital is going to be bustling now. The old girl of the Li family who couldn't get married has become the Princess of Ning. Tsk tsk tsk tsk, Shuangshuang, why don't we go to the capital early to watch the fun!"

"Great!" Yang Shuangshuang's eyes lit up. She loved to join in the fun.

Zhu Er's letters took up half of the box. Not surprisingly, one of them was complaining about Pei San, an old man eating young grass.