Lu Kaiyuan pursed his lips and smiled: "General Lu reacted quickly enough."
The prince looked at the direction Lu Qichuan left and said, "Qichuan is quite clever! The third child can come up with such a clever plan, we should applaud him. Come on!"
Pei Dongliu came in in response.
The prince ordered: "Preach the good deeds of Concubine Ning of Prince Chen's residence to teahouses, restaurants, elephant sheds and railings to help Prince Chen. Within three days, let Concubine Ning's good words spread throughout the streets and alleys."
Pei Dongliu agreed, turned around and left the study.
Prince Lu Kaiyuan leaned forward and said, "I will go to Master Qiu's house so that Master Qiu can prepare early."
The prince nodded, "Okay, sir."
The next morning, Ning Wei was having breakfast with Mrs. Qian and Mrs. Jiang when Changxing came in and reported, "Madam, the second young lady of the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion sent someone to pick up our young lady."
Ning Wei was surprised, even a little flattered. She didn't expect Shi Jingchen to send someone to pick her up.
Seeing that Shi Jingchen liked Ning Wei, Mrs. Qian's face was full of smiles and she urged: "Ah Wei, hurry up, don't keep Miss Shi Er waiting for too long."
Ning Wei nodded, drank the last mouthful of porridge in the bowl, and put down her chopsticks.
"Grandma, aunt, please use it slowly, Wei'er has finished using it." Ning Wei picked up the tea on the table and rinsed her mouth, taking the handkerchief from Zaohua's hand and wiping her mouth, she said.
Mrs. Qian was very happy for Ning Wei to go out and make friends, and said with a smile: "Ah Wei, wait a moment. Yue Niang, are everything ready?"
Yue Niang leaned forward and said, "Go back to Madam, it's ready. I'll ask someone to move it to the car."
Ning Wei looked at Mrs. Qian, then at Yue Niang, and asked with a confused expression: "Grandma, what did you ask Yue Niang to prepare?"
Mrs. Qian said with a smile: "Today is your first time to go back to the Marquis Mansion as a guest. You can't leave empty-handed, so you have to prepare some gifts. Grandma asked Yueniang to pick out a few gifts from the storehouse, and you can bring them over later."
Ning Wei hurriedly said: "Grandma, no need."
Old Mrs. Jiang said: "Ah Wei, listen to your grandmother on this matter. Remember, it's not strange if you give gifts to many people."
Old Mrs. Jiang has never met Mrs. Hou, thinking that Mrs. Hou was born in a wealthy family, grew up in a wealthy family, and married into a wealthy family, so she must be a well-mannered and demanding person.
In addition, Shi Jingyang failed in Mrs. Hou's intention to marry the eldest daughter of Chengguo Palace, and he wanted to marry Ning Wei.
The eldest daughter of Duke Chengguo is also Mrs. Hou's beloved niece.
Ning Wei visits the house for the first time. If the etiquette is not thorough, wouldn't it be looked down upon?
It was Mrs. Jiang who reminded Mrs. Qian about preparing gifts.
Ning Wei was very moved when she saw the two old men thinking about her in everything.
She said no because she and Mrs. Hou lived under the same roof for two years in her last life, and Ning Wei knew Mrs. Hou's temperament quite well.
In Ning Wei's impression, although Mrs. Hou is a noble lady from a wealthy family, she is extremely generous and friendly to others.
Mrs. Hou is not as domineering as other ladies of wealthy families. She is not that kind of mean and harsh person.
Ning Wei smiled and said: "Grandma, aunt, Wei'er understands these principles. Wei'er said no because Wei'er has already prepared a gift."
Seeing that Ning Wei had prepared a gift in advance, Mrs. Qian was very pleased, but she was also worried that Ning Wei's gift was too light and would be looked down upon by others, "What gift did Ah Wei prepare? For a family like Weiyuan Marquis Mansion, gifts cannot be tolerated."
Too light.”
Ning Wei understood what her grandmother was worried about and said with a smile: "Wei'er thinks that giving gifts comes from your heart.
Mrs. Hou knows the situation of our family.
Wei'er got up early today and made a few boxes of snacks. I heard that Mrs. Hou likes orchids. There is a beautiful plain-crested lotus cauldron in Wei'er's house. Wei'er wanted to do what she likes and gave the plain-crested lotus cauldron as a gift.
Give it to Mrs. Hou."
Ning Wei not only prepared gifts for Mrs. Hou, but also prepared gifts for Mr. Hou, Shi Jingfan, Shi Jingxing and Shi Jingchen.
What was given to the Marquis was a book on war, what was given to Shi Jingfan was a stick of fine pine smoke ink, what was given to Shi Jingxing was a set of calligraphy and painting, and what was given to Shi Jingchen was a set of nine-link scrolls.
These things were prepared when she decided to renew her relationship with Shi Jingyang.
Old Mrs. Jiang paused. She didn't expect Ning Wei to live so clearly. She couldn't help but take a deep look at Ning Wei and said with a smile: "Ah Wei is right, the gift does not depend on whether it is valuable or not, but on the intention. Since Ah Wei has
Whatever you prepare, just follow Ah Wei’s advice.”
Mrs. Qian asked: "Will Zhangzhu go today?"
Ning Wei knew what her grandmother was worried about, so she smiled and said, "Go back to grandma, Xingyu is also going today."
Jiang Xingyu always defended Ning Wei, and Mrs. Qian felt a little relieved when she learned that Jiang Xingyu was also going.
Mrs. Qian gave some more instructions before saying to Ning Wei: "Go and get along well with the two young ladies from the Hou Mansion."
Ning Wei smiled and responded, "Grandma, don't worry, Wei'er knows."
When Wei Yuan saw Ning Wei standing up, he stood up and said, "Ah Wei, wait a minute, help me bring a letter to the Marquis."
That day, after the Marquis came over to recognize each other, the cousins discussed together how to jointly investigate the cases of the Wei and Jiang mansions in the future.
Ning Wei smiled and responded: "Okay!"
Ning Wei and Wei Yuan came out of the house and saw Hu Rui waiting under the verandah.
When Hu Rui saw Wei Yuan, he turned his head away in a hurry, not daring to face Wei Yuan.
Ning Wei remembered what Jiuniang had said about Hu Rui being drunk and molesting Wei Yuan. She pursed her lips and said, "Sir, I have to go to the Marquis Mansion today. I can't go to the east of the city to check. How about you go check it out for me?"
Hu Rui didn't think too much, leaned forward and said, "Yes, I understand."
Wei Yuan went to the study to get the letter and handed it to Ning Wei.
Ning Wei took the letter and said, "Uncle Wei, sir, I am following you today. In addition to the matter about Mi Xing, I heard that there is a Yang carpenter on Erjing Road. This man is very skilled. Please stop by and inquire about it."
Hu Rui's eyes widened in shock and he pointed at himself, "Miss, would you like me to join Mr. Wei?"
Wei Yuan looked at Hu Rui, his face darkened and he said, "What? Are you joining me in humiliating Mr. Hu?"
Wei Yuan glanced at Hu Rui. This woman had been avoiding him in the past few days after pretending to be crazy while drinking wine to seduce him.
Hu Rui shook his head guiltily, "Whatever Mr. Wei said, I just feel honored."
Wei Yuan snorted coldly and thought to himself, you are a liar, I believe you.
Hu Rui did not dare to look at Wei Yuan, "Miss, what is Carpenter Yang doing? Miss wants to make furniture?"
Ning Wei had previously discussed with Wei Yuan about forming a construction team. At this time, Ning Wei said that she wanted to inquire about Carpenter Yang, and Wei Yuan immediately understood.
"We will do whatever the lady tells us. The lady has her own plans. Why do we ask so many questions?"
Hu Rui decisively shut up and stopped talking.
Ning Wei looked at the two of them, smiled and said to Hu Rui: "I'll talk to you in detail later. I'll just follow Uncle Wei today."
Hu Rui leaned forward and said, "Yes, I understand."
Wei Yuan turned to Wan Ping and said, "Go prepare the car and get ready to go."
Hu Rui looked at Wei Yuan and said, "Are you taking a car? Why not ride a horse? It's faster."
