The emperor's imperial edict arrived at Ningyuan Marquis Mansion and Yongchang Marquis Mansion in the afternoon of that day, along with a letter of ceremony prepared with the Queen's help.
The queen had just held weddings for several princes and princesses. She had these things at hand, and the preparations were much faster.
Mrs. Meng looked at the gift books in her hand and was really grateful. After seeing off the palace people, she still couldn't hold back and scolded Meng Hetong again, and then hurriedly went to Ningyuan Houfu.
Madam Xu also received the imperial edict of marriage in the afternoon. Although Madam Xu was unwilling to do so, she had no choice but to accept it since it had become a fact. When she was about to talk to Xu Qingmo, there was someone at the gate of Ningyuan Hou Mansion. It's a guest.
"Madam, someone from the He family is here!" When the maid came to report, her face was solemn.
Mrs. Xu was a little surprised: "Why is there someone from the He family coming at this time?"
"I heard that we are here to discuss marriage!" The maid's expression became even more strange.
"Proposing a marriage, how can we have any children in our family who can propose a marriage!" Mrs. Xu frowned, understanding that it was Mrs. He who brought her less mature son to propose marriage.
Mrs. He had already told Xu Qingmo about this matter, so Mrs. Xu immediately knew what had happened. She was disgusted, but she had to brace herself to welcome it.
But Mrs. Xu never thought that Mrs. He and Mrs. Meng would meet at the gate of Ningyuan Hou Mansion.
After Mrs. He knew that the outstandingly charming woman standing next to her was Meng Hetong's mother, she became very warm. She pulled He Wenqian beside her and kept talking to Mrs. Meng.
Mrs. Meng was not good at talking to women she did not know, so she had to stand there in embarrassment, listening to Mrs. He introduce her daughter.
When Mrs. Xu finally came out, Mrs. Meng almost rushed to Mrs. Xu's side: "Sister, this imperial edict came suddenly today. My son yesterday... oh, I really don't have the shame to come to the house. But I was worried about wronging Miss Xu, so I had the nerve to ask about Najib!"
Mrs. He's face changed suddenly: "Najib, what Najib?"
Mrs. Xu glanced at Mrs. Meng, then looked at Mrs. He, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, the Marquis of Yongchang asked the Queen to grant a marriage between him and my family, Mo Mo, on the polo field in front of everyone. I thought it was just a joke at first, but I didn’t expect that today, the imperial edict granting marriage would arrive at my house!”
Mrs. He's face instantly turned pale: "What!"
"Why are Mrs. He so surprised?" Mrs. Meng, who was standing aside, was a little surprised. Then she looked at the young man behind Mrs. He, "This is..."
Mrs. He twitched her lips: "This is my son... I... just came to Beijing and heard such a big happy event, I can't help but be surprised!"
"Brother Meng, how could he..."
He Wenqian wanted to say something else, but Mrs. He stopped her: "Shut up!"
Even though He Wenqian's eyes turned red, she could only endure it.
Mrs. He smiled: "This is a happy event, and your Majesty has given me a marriage. How noble and honorable!"
"Thank you for your good words!" Mrs. Xu smiled, "Come in quickly, the weather is getting hotter and hotter. I can't bear to stand here for a while. It's hard for my sister to come all the way from Hangzhou." coming!"
At this time, Mrs. He had nothing to do except smile. She originally came to the He family to propose marriage to the Xu family, but she didn't want to. Arriving a step too late, Meng and Tongjie got there first.
He Jinshan didn't find it strange at all. He knew very well that a woman like Xu Qingmo could not be conquered by a young show like him, so he had always been okay with coming to the Xu family to propose marriage. After all, in When he was in Hangzhou, he discovered that Meng Hetong had other thoughts about Xu Qingmo.
The protagonist of this trip was not very sad. On the contrary, He Wenqian, who came with her, was so angry that she clutched her handkerchief tightly, but her elders were all in front of her. No matter how angry she was, she could only endure it.
His Majesty's grant of marriage firmly tied the marriage of the two people together. Mrs. Meng was a stickler for rules and was unwilling to wrong Xu Qingmo at any cost.
Mrs. Xu was originally dissatisfied with this marriage, but when she saw Mrs. Meng being so decent, her worries were rare.
There were guests at home, so Xu Qingmo followed Zhengyang out to meet the guests. As soon as Xu Qingmo walked into the lobby, he felt the hateful eyes from He Wenqian.
Xu Qingmo glanced at He Wenqian, then walked up to Mrs. Meng and bowed respectfully as a junior.
Mrs. Meng looked at Xu Qingmo and quickly stretched out her hand to help him up. When she saw Xu Qingmo before, she was lying down most of the time because of her injuries. It was rare to see her salute in such a polite manner. Now, looking at her, she I couldn't help but praise: "Mo Mo learned the rules very well. Madam, you put a lot of effort into it, right?"
He Qianwen on the side was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered that she had not saluted Mrs. Meng just now, and she felt very embarrassed for a moment.
"If a family like ours can't even abide by such a simple rule, wouldn't it be a joke!" Mrs. Xu said helplessly.
Mrs. Meng felt the same, but she just smiled: "These are all trivial matters. I came here today because of Mo Mo and my useless son. You also know that I am only such a son, so marriage is a big matter. What’s most important to me, I’m not worried about the other things. I’m just worried that I’ll do something improper and wrong Mo Mo, so I thought I’d come and discuss it with you!”
Marquis Yongchang died young, and it was not easy for Mrs. Meng to be a widow. Marquis Ningyuan had already told her to take care of her. Now that she is here, Mrs. Xu will not be embarrassed: "That's natural!"
"Na Cai hired the best official media in the capital. She has always been considerate, and I couldn't be more at ease. What I was most worried about was Na Zheng. This marriage happened suddenly, and I had no preparation. I was afraid of wronging Mo Mo. I have drafted a gift book, please take a look at it, is there anything missing?" Mrs. Meng said, taking out the prepared gift book from her arms.
The gift book is quite thick, a thick stack in my hand.
Madam Xu opened the gift book and saw that there were thousands of taels of gold in it. She thought she was really in a hurry and failed to prepare any rare treasures, so she hurriedly took the gold to top up the number.
It's not polite to do this, but the relationship between the two families doesn't matter.
But for this kind of thing, it was always not good for the junior to be present, so she asked Xu Qingmo to leave. Mrs. He was worried that He Wenqian would feel uncomfortable, so she asked her to go to the backyard for a walk.
Xu Qingmo just left with his front foot, and He Wenqian followed with his back foot.
