Seeing that Su Rong didn't ask any more questions, Su Taishou breathed a guilty sigh of relief.
Su Rong caught a glimpse and thought silently, she didn't know what was being hid from her, what was there to hide, she was already so old and not a three-year-old child.
It seemed that she might not be counting on the Duke Protector's Mansion.
As soon as she thought of the Duke Protector's Mansion, someone came to report, "Sir, Miss Seven, the Duke Protector's Mansion is here with a gift."
Su Taishou was startled and turned to look, "What did you say?"
The visitor was out of breath, but his words were clear, "Sir, the guard Li who was sent by Madam to the capital to deliver a message to the Duke Protector's Palace came back. He said that Young Master Zhou also came to Jiangning and brought two large car gifts, which he said were for Qi. The lady’s haircut gift.”
Su Taishou stood up with a look of shock on his face, "Young Master Zhou is here in Jiangning?"
"Yes, I came with Guard Li."
"Where is he now? Has he come to our house?"
"No, no, Young Master Zhou said that he would have the gifts delivered first and then come and visit him another day."
Su Taishou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Better another day."
He turned to Su Rong and said, "Dad looks like this. It's really hard to see guests. Dad is going to take a bath. You go first..." Halfway through, he looked at the scar on Su Rong's forehead and changed his words, "No. , Don’t go either, let your mother accept the gift!”
At this moment, he felt that he couldn't do it, and neither could his daughter. She couldn't be seen, even if Zhou Gu didn't come in person.
Su Rong was also very surprised. She knew that the eldest lady sent people to the capital, but she didn't expect that the Protector's Palace actually sent Zhou Gu to come to Jiangning in person. Could this engagement really come true?
She was a little confused, "Father, go quickly!"
Su Taishou nodded, stopped talking to his daughter, and left quickly.
Su Rong turned to look at Wang Ma and Yue Wan.
Wang Ma and Yue Wan understood immediately and dropped the embroidery work at hand, "Let's go take a look for Miss Seven."
When the room became quiet, Su Rong thought more about how good her mother was. She had been dead for many years, but the Protector's Office still didn't plan to ruin the marriage.
After all, it would be too easy for the Duke Protector's Office to cancel her marriage, and there was no need to send Zhou Gu in person. Zhou Gu came in person, indicating that the Duke Protector's Office not only recognized the marriage, but also put it on the agenda.
She thought that because Zhou Gu was robbing someone of a woman and causing such a big fuss, the marriage would be ruined.
In the front hall, even though Zhou Gu did not come to the door in person, the eldest lady still came forward in person to receive Zhou Xi, the steward of the Protector's Mansion.
Zhou Xi was in his thirties and was a very delicate man. When he saw the eldest lady personally receiving him, he bowed solemnly and then said something nice, "My young master has just arrived in Jiangning. He is tired from traveling and traveling. It is getting late today, so it is not convenient to come to the house." , sent the young master here to deliver the gift prepared by the old prince first. Madam, don’t be surprised, my young master will come to visit you another day. "
How could the eldest lady be blamed? After all, such a valuable son-in-law-to-be came to Jiangning. If he came suddenly today and there was no preparation in the house, she would feel numb all of a sudden. It would be better to come another day and give her a buffer time to prepare.
So, the eldest lady smiled very dignifiedly and kindly, and spoke out as if her beautiful words were free of charge: "What do you mean, Manager Zhou? The young master has just arrived in Jiangning, so he needs to rest quickly. I wonder where the young master is staying? The same is true in our house. If you have a place to live, how can we, the young master, live outside when we come to Jiangning?"
Zhou Xi smiled and said, "Madam, don't worry, the young master has been settled. He has rented a yard on East Street, so I won't bother Madam to make arrangements."
The eldest lady nodded when she heard this, "If you are not used to living there, let the young master come to our house. There is an unused courtyard in the front yard."
Zhou Xi responded and took out two more gift lists and handed them to the eldest lady, "This is the gift list. This one is for the prefect, his wife and their family members, and this one is for the seventh lady."
The eldest lady took the gift list. Although she had seen the gifts in the two carts and was shocked, she had not looked at the things carefully. Now she took the gift list and took a cursory look and was shocked again. "This, the gift from the old man is too heavy."
Zhou Xi still smiled and said, "The old Duke said that he has not moved around for many years because he is afraid of disturbing the purity of the prefect's mansion. Now that the seventh lady is about to have her hair, her marriage to my young master should also be put on the agenda. In the next two years, Family is like relatives, these gifts are to make up for what was lacking over the years, they are the wishes of the old Duke, please don’t shirk them, madam."
Of course, it is impossible for the eldest lady to shirk it. If she shirks it, wouldn't it be a slap in the face of the old prince? Just thinking of Su Rong, I feel that that thing is not worthy of such solemn treatment from the Protectorate. Fortunately, the ridiculous thing that Young Master Zhou caused a few days ago can be considered to be evenly balanced, no. As for it frightening her, she felt too flattered.
She smiled and thanked her, "Thank you so much for thinking about me, old man. In that case, I won't shirk it."
Zhou Xi completed the task, resigned with a smile, and was sent out of the prefecture by Li Fu, the housekeeper.
The eldest lady held two gift lists and looked at the string of heavy gifts on them. Her heart was beating loudly. No wonder people said that if you form a good relationship, you can look forward to three generations of family. This is true.
The Duke Protector's Mansion did things properly and made no mistakes in giving gifts. He gave gifts to everyone in the Taishou's family and wrote their names after the gifts. Even Su Xingze, who was studying at Yunshan Academy, was polite.
The gift note given to Su Rong was even more valuable, and the dowry she gave to all the concubines in the prefecture was nothing more than this. But people have said that this is just a haircut gift for Miss Seven.
After reading the sincere letter from the old Lord Protector, the eldest lady called Li Yan, who had been waiting for a reply, and asked him, "Is the Lord Protector's mansion as rumored?"
Li Yan nodded, "Madam Hui, as rumored, she is very distinguished."
"What about Zhou Gu?"
"My subordinates have inquired about Mr. Zhou's robbery of women." Li Yan told the story of his first day in Beijing to inquire, and then added, "Young Master Zhou is a nice person. He came to Jiangning all the way. My subordinates observed him and found nothing. He has the bad habits of a high-ranking young man, he is very easy-going, does not criticize his subordinates harshly, and is easy to get along with."
After he finished speaking, he added, "Also, when we left the capital, we met Mr. Xie Xiao from Prince Ruian's Mansion, and the two of them reconciled. We walked together for hundreds of miles, and as for what I said, my subordinates were a little far behind, so I didn't listen much. Qing, anyway, the two of them talked along the way and didn’t fight again.”
The eldest lady didn't expect that the two people would reconcile so quickly after a violent fight. It turned out to be a young man. She nodded, feeling relieved, "You are tired after a trip to the capital, go down and rest!"
Li Yan responded and retreated.
Su Taishou came immediately after taking a bath. When he saw the eldest lady holding two gift bills in shock, he asked, "What's the matter? Is he gone?"
"Let's go." The eldest lady handed him the old Protector's letter and two gift lists, and then repeated Zhou Xi's words. At the end, she sighed, "It's just like a dream. I was worried more than ten days ago. That evil person can’t get married.”
Su Taishou: "..."
