Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 330
Ning Qing came to the living room.Zi Wan and Zi Lu immediately spread out the chairs and brought fragrant tea.

Mrs. Gu smiled, seeing the four big maids and Nanny Liu were there, especially Nanny Liu, who was sent by Song Zhuo to Ning Qing, so it was Song Zhuo's people, which made Gu Shi not know how to speak.

Mrs. Gu cast a glance at Mammy Liu, and said with a smile: "Fifth girl, my aunt has something private to tell you, let your maids and mother-in-law go out."

Ning Qing glanced at her: "Here are all our own people, so Auntie can speak directly if she has anything to say."

Mrs. Gu let out an ouch: "That's what I said, but there are some things that our mother and I should talk about."

"I don't think there is anything mysterious that can't be said in front of my people. If that's the case, I can go." Ning Qing said and got up.

Gu's choked and was furious.He quickly stopped her, and said with a smile: "Hey, look at you, you are going to get married and still be so petty, that's not okay, offending the prince in the future will not be worth the loss."

Zi Lu chuckled: "My family's eldest son just likes the petty nature of girls."

Gu Shi choked, seeing a servant girl choking her like this, she felt very humiliated.

"What's the matter with Second Aunt?" Ning Qing asked. "If you don't talk about it, I'm leaving. I still need to embroider a wedding dress."

Seeing that she couldn't help the maid next to her, Gu could only smile and said: "Actually, it's like this, it's about your fourth sister. Although she did something wrong in the past, but after all, everyone was a little sister at that time." The children are not sensible, so there is no overnight feud between sisters, right? Your grandmother also wants you sisters to be united and friendly."

Ning Qing nodded: "That's right. The fourth sister is not young. Is the second aunt looking for someone for her? If you like the one, I will help you. But the fourth sister is too arrogant, so you should look for it. "

Gu choked, and waved her hand: "Your fourth sister's marriage... well, let's put it aside for now, it's like this, she lost a few teeth and wants to make them up."

"That's right. Of course you have to fill your teeth if you lose them." Ning Qing nodded again: "Then go to a dentist... oh, the doctor who fills your teeth!"

Seeing that Ning Qing was not on the road, Mrs. Gu didn't worry too much, so she said: "The doctor has been found, but it is too expensive. He is a doctor from the capital. He just arrived in Yuecheng the other day. But the work of filling teeth , It’s too difficult, so the dental filling doctor asks for 10 taels of silver.”

Ning Qing said: "10 taels is a bit expensive, but the family can almost pull it out. For the happiness of the fourth sister's life, 10 taels have to be supplemented."

Gu's being separated by Ning Qing made her want to vomit blood: "I don't have any money at home, if I can make up 5 taels, I will sell iron to cause trouble. Although your grandmother scolded your fourth sister, she is a granddaughter , how can it not hurt. If you fill your fourth sister’s teeth, your grandmother will also be willing. At that time, it’s really a disaster, and your grandmother’s life will not be good. So... Is she your fourth sister? Please help her."

"Is this asking me to pay?" Ning Qing said, looking at Huiping.

"That's what it means." Hui Ping said: "The second wife asked the girl to bring out 10 taels of silver to fill the teeth of the fourth girl."

Gu's face flushed slightly when she heard such straightforward words, and said with a smile: "You are the concubine now, so 10 taels is nothing."

"Second Aunt, you are the current mistress of the Ning family, right?" Ning Qing said, looking at Gu.

"Of course." Gu Shi nodded.

"Then I want to know, I'm going to get married, how much dowry is the second aunt going to give me?"

Gu Shi was startled, his face was a little livid: "This..."

Ning Qing looked at Liu Mama again: "Liu Mama, you are old, how much dowry did your aunt bring when she came in?"

Mother Liu said: "For the dowry of 1 taels of silver, there are three other shops. Two are in Yuecheng, and one is in the most bleak alley in Shangjing. It is a small embroidery workshop. Two shops are in Yuecheng. In fact, it has never been in the hands of the princess, it was the second master who 'helped manage'."

Ning Qing looked at Gu Shi after hearing this: "How much is Second Aunt going to give me?"

Gu's face was livid: "This... your aunt is a princess. Although she is the heir, she is not the same as Princess Gao? Besides, you know that the situation at home has been getting worse and worse over the years!"

Speaking of this, Mrs. Gu became more confident, and raised her voice: "At first, although it was said that you were catching some fugitives, in fact, you escaped home, and was later caught by the prince and brought back. This matter is very important to the family. Although the blow was not big, it was still there. It caused our family to lose a lot of money! Then you went away for three years! The son was deposed, and your aunt was also implicated. You said, there is still Income? It's all your fault!"

Ning Qing was depressed, and it was indeed her fault.But in general, the Ning family's nest is too useless and useless, and they can only rely on sending their daughters to be concubines in exchange for development.But if they don't send him there, he won't meet Song Zhuo.A muddled account!

Ning Qing thought of Mrs. Ning again, and she was too lazy to argue with her, so she said, "Then there is no dowry for me? A large amount of dowry is saved, which is enough to fill the hole for three years! Anyway, even if I don't run away, I can't do it. I can’t earn much. Now that I’m back, as long as the family manages well, it will get better and better.”

Speaking of getting up to leave, Gu Shi was shocked when she saw it, and quickly stopped her: "Your fourth sister's tooth filling money!"

"You pay for the tooth filling yourself!" Ning Qing snorted coldly: "If you don't give me a dowry, you still want me to pay for it?"

"You are the concubine of the world, so why don't you help me if you just look at your sisters in trouble? You are really a white-eyed wolf. If you become rich, get rich, and fly high, you don't recognize poor relatives! And this is my natal family!" The more Gu Shi talked, the more angry he became.

"Dare to ask me where I got the money?" Ning Qing tilted her chin slightly, and took a step forward: "Auntie, where did you get your own private house?"

Gu Shi choked, of course it was her own dowry!And the oil and water that the mistress scoops up!

"If you don't give me a dowry, where do I get my private money? I'm not married yet!" Ning Qing said.

Gu Shi became angry from embarrassment: "You are the concubine of the crown prince! The crown prince gave you a lot!"

Ning Qing was furious: "I'm not married yet, so I'm digging money from my husband's family to pay for my mother's family? Also, why should my cousin fill her teeth!"

"Miss Si's tooth was knocked out with a cup of tea! If he found out, he actually took his money to fix Miss Si's tooth. I don't know how he would feel!" Hui Ping said coldly.

Gu's body trembled. Indeed, it was Song Zhuo's tooth that was hit. If he still used his money to make up, it would be slapping him in the face.

"Second Wife, this is treating the servants as dead." Mammy Liu cast her sinister gaze over her.

Gu Shi was ashamed, ashamed and resentful, that's why she wanted to talk to Ning Qing alone!These are Song Zhuo's people!Now, Ning Qing started digging Song Zhuo's money before she got married, which is really outrageous.

Gu was ashamed and furious, but thinking that Ning Qing was about to get married, she had to fix her tooth quickly, and said cheekily: "You have a lot of precious jewelry, so I will add a box to your fourth sister in the future, or give her to wear it. In the past When she came to Chenwang Mansion, you were also very generous and gave her a set of clothes."

Ning Qing laughed back angrily: "That's right, you know I'm generous! I gave someone such a precious face, but they would say that I've lost my chastity."

Gu's face flushed red: "This is a child who is ignorant..."

"At that time, she was almost fifteen. She was engaged to someone else, she was going to get married, and she was going to be the head of the family. She didn't understand. I was only 13 years old at the time, and I knew it, but she didn't understand it! No wonder I can't get married now. go out."

Gu Shi was thrown backwards by Ning Qing.

"Anyway, I'm going to be a concubine, and you're not happy about it. The family is so lively, and those who didn't associate with us before have associated with our family. Even the two unattainable marquis' mansions have given us face, magistrate Not to mention, even the magistrate has come here. The business must be smooth, and I will receive a lot of gifts when I get married, let alone the dowry. How can there be no money?" It's not that she is ruthless, but that it depends on some People are not worth it.

Gu's breathlessness: "It's too late, we need to mend it now."

"Why do you have to mend it now?" Ning Qing's clear face turned cold.

Gu's face was ashen, and he didn't speak.

Ning Qing's voice became colder and colder, without warmth: "Anyway, don't expect me to give you a copper coin!"

"You—" Gu was furious and taunted: "What a white-eyed wolf! Our family provided you with food and clothing, and raised you to such a big age. Recognized!"

"Presumptuous!" Grandma Liu shouted loudly, "How dare you insult the imperial concubine!"

"Did I scold you? I was just telling the truth!" Gu Shi said grimly. "The princess concubine is high above you. If you marry into the extremely powerful and noble palace of Prince Chen, you won't be afraid of people saying that you dislike the poor and love the rich. If your natal family is in trouble, you won't help me!"

"Are you trying to ruin my reputation?" Ning Qing leaned on the chair and bit a cherry indifferently: "Well, you go lose! It doesn't matter! Don't even think about it, the Ning family has such a grand occasion now, Whose blessing is it! Anyway, I don’t have a good reputation. What kind of grass chicken turns into a phoenix, what kind of vixen, who seduces the soul of the whole family. I don’t care about this one more! It’s just that I don’t feel ticklish when I have too many lice. You don’t have to worry about having too many debts, you have only had a good time, and suddenly it is reported that you have a bad relationship with the concubine, the concubine hates the poor and loves the rich, and she doesn’t pull her natal family, who is the loser!"

Gu Shi sounded like he had been struck by lightning.The two Marquis Houses, the County Magistrate, and the major merchants also made good friends with them for Ning Qing's sake.If it is reported that Ning Qing is estranged from them, who will ignore them?
Ning Qing is still the same Ning Qing, and Song Zhuo is still the same Song Zhuo. She has a lot of skills, and I'm afraid I can't wait to separate myself from the Ning family!She could remember clearly that before Ning Qing came to Beijing, the Chen Palace did not consider them as relatives at all!Ning Qing's reputation almost doesn't matter, Song Zhuo has the ability to block everyone so badly that they can be said to be delicious, and even look like he is enjoying himself.

Gu Shi was stunned by Ning Qing, clutching his chest, went back to his room angrily, leaned on the bed and groaned.

When Second Master Ning saw this, he didn't know it, his face darkened: "No?"

At this time Ning Miao walked in: "Mother, I heard that you went to Wu Yatou's place, why did you go to her? Don't flatter her again! She is accompanied by a lady magistrate, a lady magistrate of the fifth rank, and a daughter of the Hou's mansion." , are all vying to flatter her. Let's not push forward!"

Thinking of that scene, Gu's heart ached: "Who is going to flatter her!"

"Then what are you going to do?" Ning Miao said.

"Go to someone and ask for money!" At this moment, an angry shout sounded.

Second Master Ning's family of three turned their heads, only to see Mrs. Ning angrily walking in with Yuan Xi and a nun.

"Mother!" Gu Shi was shocked, and jumped up from the couch: "Who said that? Could it be that little bitch... Fifth girl complained! Why is this girl like this..."

"If you do such a shameful thing, you are not afraid of being sued!" Old Madam Ning shouted angrily.

After Mrs. Gu turned around and left, Nanny Liu saw that she was really out of shape, so she went to see Mrs. Ning, and told Mrs. Gu that she would not give the dowry, and asked Ning Qing to give Ning Miao 10 taels of silver to fill Ning Miao's teeth.

Old Madam Ning was almost pissed off, and immediately ran over with a cane in a huff.

"Mother, what's wrong with asking her to pull out her natal family?" Gu said.

Old Madam Ning said: "Of course it is right to pull out her mother's family. But if you don't give her a dowry, how can she pull it out? She hasn't married yet, and she doesn't hold the Prince Chen's mansion. Where did she get the private money? Now she is surrounded by princes As for the person who is in the husband's house, you have no face and no skin to let others dig out money from your husband's family and give it to your mother's family. How do you let her gain a foothold in her husband's house? Huh?"

Gu's face was ashen, not daring to hum for reason.

"She was originally from a bad background, and with such a natal family, she will be looked down upon in the Prince Chen's mansion. How will she live?"

Gu Shiqing said with a straight face: "I let her speak alone. She was not clear-headed and insisted on speaking in front of the prince's people. We treat her as our own, but she doesn't treat us as our own. Climbing up to Prince Chen's mansion, now she has no face, she did it all by herself! Before she got married, she turned her elbows out! Don't treat yourself as a daughter of the Ning family! To put it bluntly, she just thinks that our Ning family has disgraced her, She can't wait to get rid of it."

The old lady Ning was silent. Indeed, the family ugliness was not publicized. Although the Gu family was shameless, Ning Qing didn't want to speak alone, and she was too alien to them.The fifth girl did not do it right either!
But Mrs. Ning is here to teach Gu Shi a lesson!Immediately shouted coldly: "If you don't say such shameless words, what will happen? She didn't talk to you alone, and let Mammy Liu stand in the way, just to prevent you from being shameless, and you still bump into it! "

Gu's choked again and snorted angrily.

"You mother-in-law, you can't be more sensible!" Second Master Ning spat at Mrs. Gu, and then smiled at Old Madam Ning: "Mother, don't get mad at your old man. I will teach her a lesson later."

"Do you also want to fill the teeth?" Mrs. Ning stared at Second Master Ning coldly, "She went to find Wu Yatou, and you agreed?"

Second Master Ning's face flushed red: "I thought she would pull out her mother's family. Miaomiao is her elder sister. The family is in trouble. Why doesn't she help?"

"She doesn't even have a dowry, how can I help you? Sell jewelry? How can she sell the maids and maids around her?" Mrs. Ning roared angrily: "The prince will be hired later, and the dowry will be less? And the gifts received during this period are not enough to subsidize the tooth filling? Even if you don’t have it now, the family’s conditions will improve later, and you will definitely be able to make it up! What’s the rush?”

Although Old Madam Ning said that she didn't care about Ning Miao's marriage, but in the end she was a granddaughter, no matter how poor she was, she still wanted her well.If the teeth are filled, the capital will be more, and it will be much easier to pick people.

The old lady Ning said in a bad mood: "Now that it's mended, I won't be able to find someone for a while. Take your time, there will always be."

Second Master Ning and Gu Shi choked.Although they haven't discussed it, but they are husband and wife, so they don't know anything about it.

It costs about 10 taels to fill the teeth, and the face will be swollen for more than a month after the filling, and I can't go out to meet people.If you make love now, you can catch up with Ning Qing to get married and restore her appearance.It's late, but I can't catch up!

Second Master Ning felt that sooner or later he would say something, so he said: "Mother, it's actually like this, the fifth girl is going to marry into the Prince Chen's mansion, and she can't do without a right-hand man. Although Miaomiao is not as good as the fifth girl, no matter how beautiful she is, look at her." Too much will make you tired. This child Miao Miao is very smart and talented, and he will win the favor of the prince."

Mrs. Gu quickly said: "That's right. It's hard for Miaomiao to find someone right now, so why don't you just marry into Prince Chen's mansion as a dowry! Although you are older, it doesn't matter if you are a concubine. Eighteen or nineteen is also a young age! Anyway, you will have to have a concubine in the future , it’s better to be my own sisters, so that we can help each other.”

When Ning Miao heard this, she was angry and angry, why should she be overwhelmed by Ning Qing?Why is Ning Qing the wife and she is the concubine?Ning Miao felt that this was humiliating her, so she didn't want to!Even though she was thinking this way, she didn't say a word, she didn't make any noise, she just waited for Mrs. Ning's consent.

Anyway, she's not so cheap, she was forced by her family!She can't help it, can't she?

(End of this chapter)