Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 163
The wedding day is getting closer, Ning Qing is busy embroidering the wedding dress.

Except for the wedding dresses of poor families, many people embroider them symbolically, and they are all made to order in outside embroidery shops.

But the family's livelihood money is controlled by Second Master Ning, and Second Master Ning wished that the dowry would not cost a copper coin, so why would Ning Qing order a wedding dress outside.

He just said: "She wants to marry a poor scholar because she is a lowly person. Naturally, she wants to do what a poor family does. If she doesn't want to suffer even this bit of hardship, fine, she can be carried to the Marquis of Xichang as a concubine."

Of course, there was not much dowry, only eight levies were prepared, which added up to less than 100 taels of silver, so the marriage was extremely poor.

Old Madam Ning was very dissatisfied, but she didn't dare to make a sound.Because the entire Ning family relied on Second Master Ning, Ning Qing's marriage had already made him extremely dissatisfied, and there could be no further incidents.

Ning Qing was embroidering the wedding dress in the house, and Ning Miao wanted to take Ning Su and Ningqiao to see Ning Qing's jokes, but Ning Su and Ningqiao were afraid of being beaten and did not dare to do anything else.And Chu Rui tightly closed the door and refused to let in.

Seeing this, Ning Miao secretly scolded a coward, and ran to Ning Qing's window to insinuate.

"The last time Third Sister got married, how much dowry and dowry?" Ning Miao said to her maid.

"The dowry is 28 taels, worth 800 taels of silver. The dowry is 600 taels, worth [-] taels. The third girl is still a concubine!" said her maid.

"My parents prepared a dowry of more than 1000 taels for me! This dowry is less than 2000 taels, so I don't want to marry!" He said with a cold snort and left.

Chu Rui was sitting in the corner, already crying with anger, this is not going to work, she must find a way to inform the prince!

But she can't read, and almost all the servants in the house can't read. The old scholar who writes letters on the street has returned to his hometown for the New Year, and he hasn't come back yet!what to do?
Scholar?Yes, isn't there a scholar in front of her?Chu Rui's eyes lit up when she thought about it.

The next day, Fang Xiufeng came to deliver things to Ning Qing again, and Chu Rui, who had always had a different nose and eyes than eyes, greeted him with a smile, Fang Xiufeng was so scared that she thought she had run into a ghost!
"Uncle, what did you give my girl this time?"

Hearing the sound of uncle, Fang Xiufeng's face flushed red, and she smiled flatteredly: "They are little white rabbits made of bamboo, I don't know if she likes them or not. By the way, I also made them for you and Huiping to play with."

"Thank you." Chu Rui smiled and said, "Uncle, can you teach me a few words?"

"Okay." Fang Xiufeng wanted to marry Ning Qing, so he naturally wanted to please the people around Ning Qing, and he wished Chu Rui could ask him for something.

Afraid that he would suspect him, Chu Rui asked a lot of questions, and finally got all the words she wanted.

"My lord, I will be laughed at as a little girl who learns characters, so don't tell anyone. Even Huiping is not allowed to say anything, otherwise I will speak ill of you in front of the girl."

Ever since the engagement, Fang Xiufeng has been uneasy, for fear that Ning Qing would suddenly be unwilling, so when she heard Chu Rui's words, she immediately nodded in agreement.Besides, Huiping is very busy and needs to help Ning Qing with her embroidery work. Usually, he doesn't see Huiping, and Chu Rui is the one who meets him.

Chu Rui went back to the house, quietly wrote the letter, and did not hesitate to spend the 100 taels of silver she had saved up in the Prince Chen's Mansion to have someone go to the letter hall to pass the letter to her, and send it to Shangjing as quickly as possible.

From Yuecheng to Shangjing, it will take about seven days if you drive fast day and night, but Feige can get there in three days.

Chenwang Mansion——

Tong'er was finishing feeding the snow cake when a second-class maid ran in, "Sister Tong'er, I have your letter from home."

"I was sold without knowing the person. Where did I get the letter from the family?" Tong'er glared at her, took a look at the letter, and saw the word "Tong'er" written crookedly on the envelope.

(End of this chapter)