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 seems that she may not be counting on the Duke Protector's Mansion.
As soon as she thought of the Duke Protector's Mansion, someone came to tell her, "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, Li Weiwei, whom Madam sent to the capital to deliver a message to the Duke Protector's Mansion, came back. He said that Young Master Zhou also came to Jiangning and brought two large car gifts, which he said were for Qi Qi.
The lady’s haircut gift.”
Su Taishou stood up with a look of shock on his face, "Young Master Zhou has come to Jiangning?"
"Yes, I came with Guard Li."
"Where is he now? Has he come to our house?"
"No, no, Mr. Zhou said that he would send the gifts first and come to 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 anything, 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 had sent people to the capital, but she didn't expect that the Duke Protector's Office 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 holding his daughter for a heart-to-heart talk, and left quickly.
Su Rong turned to look at Wang Ma and Yue Wan.
Wang Ma and Yue Wan immediately understood 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 had no intention of ruining the marriage.
After all, it would be too easy for the Duke Protector's Office to annul her marriage. There was no need to send Zhou Gu in person. Zhou Gu's coming in person showed 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 blame her? After all, such a valuable son-in-law-to-be came to Jiangning. If he came suddenly today without any preparation in the house, she would feel numb all of a sudden. It would be better to come another day, and it would also give her a sense of security.
Buffer time for preparation.
So, the eldest lady smiled very dignifiedly and kindly, and spoke out as if her beautiful words were free of charge: "What are you talking about, 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 you, the young master, live outside when you 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 on 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 get haircut, 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 old Duke's face? Just thinking of Su Rong, I feel that that thing is not worthy of such solemn treatment from the Duke Protector's Palace. But fortunately, Young Master Zhou showed up a few days ago.
Such a ridiculous thing happened, but it was still somewhat balanced, and it didn't make her frightened or feel too flattered.
She smiled and thanked her, "Thank you so much for thinking of me, old man. In that case, I won't shirk it."
Zhou Xi completed the task, resigned with a smile, and was escorted 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 families. 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. It was the most expensive dowry she had ever given to the concubines of the prefecture. But people said it was just a hairpin gift for the seventh lady.
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 residence 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. They walked together for hundreds of miles. As for what I said, my subordinates were a little far away and 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 of them would reconcile so quickly after having such a violent fight. It turned out to be a young man. She nodded and felt more 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, she was stunned. He asked, "What's the matter? Is someone 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.
