After rebirth, I became a treacherous minister Black Moonlight

Yu was silent.

The Anyuan Marquisate was considered a well-off family in the capital, but that Imperial College chief academic officer was so arrogant that he didn't even give the Marquisate any respect.

The Yu family was considered a scholarly family in Youzhou, and Yu Li was an extremely good candidate, otherwise the Yu family would not have written to her specifically, asking her to send Yu Li to the Imperial College.

This was the second thing the Yu family had asked her to do in all these years. She had refused the first thing, but she had done the second thing well. Who would have thought—

Seeing that she was at a loss, Anyuan Hou comforted her, "Don't be too anxious. Let Li'er live in the Hou Mansion for this year, and let Yan'er teach him more. You can take the exam again next year, and your chances will be better."

Xie Yan was the third place winner of this year's imperial examination. He was extremely talented and learned. The three dukes and the elders all praised him highly. Ordinary people had no chance to learn from him.

Xie Yan will soon become an official in the Hanlin Academy.

If this matter had not gone wrong, Marquis Anyuan would not have suggested that Xie Yan personally teach Yu Li.

Seeing that Yu didn't say anything, Anyuan Hou thought she was not satisfied, so he smiled and said, "Do you know how rare this opportunity is? Studying with the third place winner for a year is much better than studying in the Imperial Academy."

It’s not that the level of the Imperial College is not high, but there are too many students in the Imperial College. If you are not the best, it is difficult to get extra guidance from the teachers.

Yu sighed, "Li'er refused to move to the Marquis's residence."

Marquis Anyuan frowned.

Yu said, "He doesn't know that Yan'er can teach him knowledge. I will talk to him later. He will definitely be tempted to study with the third place winner."

Not to mention a scholar from Youzhou, even many young masters from aristocratic families in the capital wanted to learn from Xie Yan about his knowledge and experience.

She had been away from Beijing for five years, and upon her return she was able to quickly integrate into the circle of ladies, thanks in large part to Xie Yan's reputation.

Meng Qianqian and Yu Li returned to Fengshui Hutong.

When I got home, only Madam Hu and Madam Du were at home.

Meng Qianqian was stunned: "Hey, where are the people?"

Madam Hu said, "She was picked up by Steward Cen."

Meng Qianqian hesitated and said, "All?"

What happened was that just as Meng Qianqian and Yu Li went to the Shangshu Mansion for a banquet, Steward Cen came to the door and asked Seventh Uncle, Meng Tianlan, Meng Bo, and Nanny Li to count the betrothal gifts.

Normally, the betrothal gifts should be delivered to the door, but firstly, the fact that Meng Qianqian was the bride had to be kept secret to prevent the person in the palace from playing tricks, and secondly, the betrothal gifts were too much and Meng Qianqian's house could not accommodate them.

So the Governor's Office made a generous move and purchased a large courtyard near the capital, specifically to store Meng Qianqian's betrothal gifts.

Nanny Li always felt that Lu Yuan was a treacherous and shameless official who cheated and deceived people. She went there cursing, but after counting for a while she couldn't say any more.

"Oh my god!"

Nanny Wan came to watch the fun. When she entered the yard, she was dumbfounded. "Is the son-in-law going to spend all his family's wealth to marry a wife?"

Uncle?

Manager Cen glanced at Nanny Wan and thought she had a future.

Meng Bo looked at the list of betrothal gifts in his hand, then looked at the betrothal gifts that could not be put into the house and had been piled up in the yard, and rubbed his eyes hard.

Meng Tianlan was stunned and said, "So... are you sure it was me... who broke the Grand Commander's arm and gave Qianqian to him as compensation... instead of him breaking my arm... and giving himself as compensation?"

Seventh Uncle: "Doesn't the Third Girl have any evidence against him?"

Meng Tianlan swallowed his saliva: "What's the use of the box? Maybe it's empty."

Nanny Wan said, "Empty? Who is so wicked as to carry an empty box to propose marriage? Are you pretending to be giving a betrothal gift? Hahahaha!"

Seeing that Nanny Li and the others were looking at her seriously, she dropped her smile and said awkwardly, "Really?"

Isn't it true? That's what the Lu family did back then, being poor and pretending.

On the surface, they were hired by carrying a box, but in fact, the things inside were all worthless and not even as valuable as the box.

Nanny Li, Meng Tianlan, Seventh Uncle, and Uncle Meng began to unpack and inspect the goods.

In less than a quarter of an hour, several people were blinded by the gold.

It was not until midnight that the group returned to Fengshui Hutong. Their legs were weak and their hands were shaking. Don't ask, the answer is that they were so exhausted by the request for the bride price.

The next day, Nanny Li told Meng Qianqian about the betrothal gift.

Meng Qianqian said "oh", it was just a formality, moving from the Governor's Mansion to the compound, just changing the place to be used as a warehouse, but it would still be Lu Yuan's own.

Nanny Li asked again, "The betrothal gift is so high, how much dowry should we give?"

Meng Qianqian said: "Give me as much as you can!"

Nanny Li was stunned.

Meng Qianqian smiled and said calmly: "She gave so much dowry to marry Lu Lingxiao. Is it possible that the Grand Commander is not as good as Lu Lingxiao?"

The main reason is that Lu Yuan will not be greedy for her dowry, and it is much safer to bring it into the Governor's Mansion than to leave it outside.

Nanny Li looked at Meng Qianqian with an indescribable look.

Why doesn't the young lady look like she was forced? Could it be that the young lady has been deceived by Lu Yuan and is completely devoted to him?

Nanny Li cursed Lu Yuan hundreds of times in her heart!

This marriage seemed hasty, but it was actually much more orderly than the one in Youzhou. Firstly, Manager Cen took on the job, and secondly, the Governor's Office did not have as many troubles as the Lu family, and they would not use official airs to boss the Meng family around. It was clearly the Lu family who proposed to marry Meng Qianqian back then, but it seemed like they were doing the Meng family a great favor.

It is not entirely true to say that there are no elders in the Governor's Office who want to establish their authority. It's just that grandma tried to cause trouble several times, but was stopped by Lu Yuan.

Grandma still didn't give up.

The Grand Commander really knows how to manipulate people. With one sentence, "Empress Li also wants her to be her daughter-in-law. Are you sure you want my mother to lose to Concubine Li", grandma immediately stopped.

The only thing that left Nanny Li at a loss was the wedding bed.

When a wealthy family marries off their daughter, they will usually prepare a wedding bed in advance. Unlike an ordinary step-out bed, a wedding bed takes one day's work and three years to make, and is also called a thousand-worker bed.

Back then, Meng Qianqian was too young and got married in a hurry, so she didn't have time to make a thousand-gong bed. She never thought that it would be the same this time.

Nanny Li said in distress, "There are quite a few thousand-crafts beds for sale in the capital, but most of them are just gimmicks, not real thousand-crafts beds."

Meng Qianqian said: "It doesn't matter, they are all fake anyway."

A fake marriage and a fake wedding bed complement each other.

Nanny Li looked at her in surprise.

Meng Qianqian smiled: "I mean, the Grand Commander won't mind."

As this concerns the status and reputation of her young lady in her husband's family, Nanny Li doesn't want to be careless. She decides to go to the city again later. If she can buy a real thousand-worker bed, that would be even better. If not, at least she can buy a more expensive step-out bed.

Thinking of something, Nanny Li asked, "By the way, my cousin went out and said he had a date with a friend. Does my cousin have any friends in the capital?"

When they were young, Yu Li was very protective of the young lady and the two young masters, and Nanny Li had a good impression of Yu Li.

Meng Qianqian said: "Yes, a friend I just made yesterday."

After breakfast, Nanny Li went out to see the wedding bed.

Meng Qianqian went next door to check on Grandma Feng's legs.

"Granny Feng, I'm here." She did not forget to bring the spicy diced chicken made by Madam Du.

The blood-clotting ointment was quite effective, and with the acupuncture treatment by Meng Qianqian, Grandma Feng’s legs no longer hurt.

Granny Feng accepted her spicy chicken cubes and said, "I heard that you want to buy a bed?"

Meng Qianqian was stunned. Hey, how did you know?

Granny Feng said indifferently, "You can go to the carpenter's house and ask him. He may have some for sale, but I don't know if it's good or not."

Meng Qianqian: "A carpenter is..."

Granny Feng: “That big axe.”