Chapter 95 Intention
Ning Yunxi opened the envelope, took out the letter inside, and began to read the contents of the letter.
The person who wrote this letter imitated Ning Yunxi's handwriting and put forward a series of requests to the Zhuang Mansion:
First, the amount of the dowry should be ten times the amount of the betrothal gift, to get the perfect auspicious intention.
Second, please ask the Zhuang family to buy a new house and register Ning Xuanfeng's name. When a man grows up, he should separate from the family. Since ancient times, the family house has been registered in the name of the head of the family. Talented people are unwilling to give up and strive to be the best, so the house should not be too small and must be larger than Ning's house.
Third, when the bridegroom gets off the horse during the wedding, the manor owner must take out one hundred taels of silver as a reward for the good horse’s hard work along the way.
Fourth, when the groom enters the manor house for the first time, he needs one thousand and two taels of silver each time, including stepping over the threshold, entering the boudoir, picking up the bride, and getting on the bridal sedan, which symbolizes the joy of the wedding and a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
5. When the bride offers tea, her husband's family needs to give back ten thousand taels of silver. Please have the manor prepare this ten thousand taels of silver in time.
Sixth, the bride and groom will have their wedding night and drink from the same cup. From then on, the bride will entrust her life to the groom. In order to repay the groom for his kindness in supporting the family and taking care of them, the bride will offer him 100,000 taels of silver as a token of her gratitude.
Please rest assured, Master Zhuang. All the gifts will be stored in the storehouse of the new house as a starting fund for the couple. It will be used to achieve your ambitions and can also be used in emergencies.
In addition, the groom's family has an older brother and a younger sister. After the marriage, they will inevitably feel reluctant to separate, so please give each of them a hundred gold coins to comfort their deep love.
This is the end of the letter.
This is an anonymous letter.
Although anonymous, it seems as if Ning Yunxi's name is written everywhere.
The target is pointed directly and clearly.
Ning Yunxi smiled bitterly.
Is this the reason why the three siblings from the Zhuang family played a trick on her in her previous life?
It turns out that my mother wrote such a letter.
So her mother really had no true feelings for her and was only calculating?
Isn’t it said that adoptive parents will favor their own biological children and look down on their adopted sons and daughters?
Why did her adoptive parents only know how to stab her in the back and not show any love for her child at all?
Why can't they favor one over the other, favour their biological children and look down on their adopted children?
Doesn't she even deserve this little contempt?
Ning Yunxi walked over and helped Zhuang Wei and Zhuang Xianhui up with both hands.
"There is no need to perform such a grand ceremony between peers."
"I won't blame you, sit down."
Zhuang Wei and Zhuang Xianhui bowed at the same time: "Thank you, cousin."
Then they sat down together and continued to eat breakfast.
Ning Yunxi remained silent and had no appetite.
Zhuang Rui considerately picked up a few slices of meat for his cousin and smiled innocently, showing his well-behaved character.
"Don't worry, cousin. We have not been deceived by this letter. We will not misunderstand that you are a person with ulterior motives."
"Father has told us and my sister everything about our cousin's past and present lives. We are all filled with indignation and grief over the suffering she has endured."
"I think in the past life, it was because of this letter that the three of us complained about you and played tricks on you."
"If we knew you were my cousin, we would never dare to act rashly or rudely."
Zhuang Xianhui's submissive and coquettish tone was as fresh and pleasant as the morning dew.
"Over the years, Madam Ning has been spreading rumors overtly and covertly to damage my cousin's reputation. Even if my cousin has been practicing medicine and treating countless patients, it is irreversible."
"When we received this letter, we subconsciously thought that my cousin was trying to get rich by getting married."
"When my cousin married into Prince Chen's mansion, there were rumors outside that my cousin used all kinds of means to ask for a high betrothal gift and even made up many false customs out of thin air, just as what was said in the letter."
"In this way, whoever receives this letter will misunderstand that my cousin has bad intentions."
"Fortunately, my father reminded us in time, and we now know that all this was done by Madam Ning."
"Father said that Madam Ning's ability was not enough to plot my cousin's involvement. He has been by the emperor's side for many years and has long seen that the governor, the Minister of State, Ning, is very intelligent and cunning, so he guessed that these might all be strategies secretly suggested by Ning."
"When my cousin moved out of Ning Mansion and moved into Yuexi Mansion, the governor of the state ordered Lord Ning to leave the capital."
"The maids in Yuexi Mansion were either bribed by him before he left the capital, or he left a plan for Madam Ning to sow discord and bribe them."
"Father wants you to be careful of this man, cousin."
Ning Yunxi nodded, still having no appetite.
"Well, I see."
"In my previous life, I also reached the end before I realized that he was a man of deep thoughts and difficult to predict."
"My uncle is very observant and can tell everything at a glance."
"Since you have this letter, why didn't you mention it in your previous life?"
"I asked, why are you playing tricks on me?"
"You insisted that you hated me the first time you saw me, and I have a face that disgusts you."
"You also said that the people you hate most in your life are people like me."
“I asked again, what kind of person am I?”
"You said it was hard to describe, but it was just disgust."
"Alas, I thought my appearance was really disgusting. In fact, besides you, many people in my previous life also said so. Words of many people can melt gold, and slowly, I fell into self-doubt and became devastated."
Zhuang Wei lowered his head guiltily.
"Cousin, I'm so sorry."
"The letter was unsigned, and it's clear that the person who wrote it didn't want to admit what he did."
"We thought that even if we asked you directly, you would deny it and then accuse us of slandering you."
"So, we can only keep silent about it, otherwise we will get into trouble."
"As for those words... there was a misunderstanding first, so I spoke without restraint. I hope my cousin will forgive me."
Ning Yunxi smiled helplessly.
"That's true. Your reaction to this plan is normal."
In the previous life, there was no Yuexi Mansion.
Ning Fengzhe never left Beijing.
In this way, it would be much easier for him to act. He only needed to bribe the people in Xiangzhuyuan and send this anonymous letter to the Zhuang Mansion.
If the people in the Zhuang Mansion conduct a quick investigation, they will find that it is Ning Yunxi.
Zhuang Xianhui shook her cousin's arm tenderly and charmingly, smiling sweetly.
"Even though my cousin has a disgusting face, it's because her beauty makes people jealous."
"My cousin is the most beautiful woman in the world, and can be called the most beautiful woman in the Yuesheng Dynasty. I have to say something disrespectful. Even the beauty of the late queen pales in comparison to my cousin. I feel inferior to her."
"How can anyone dislike my cousin? We admire my cousin the most."
"In the previous life, the others were probably schemed against and misunderstood, so they spoke rudely to you."
Zhuang Wei asked with concern.
"Cousin, why did they lead us to play a trick on you?"
"Is it purely to bully you?"
Ning Yunxi's mood gradually relaxed and she smiled slightly.
"In my previous life, I did this because I didn't want to help them murder my uncle."
"Although I didn't recognize my uncle at the time, I felt inexplicably sad and unconsciously tried to stop him."
"They set up this plan to make me stand aside and watch, so that I can be overwhelmed and then deal with my uncle and seize the wealth of the Zhuang family."
"This move in this life, I guess, perhaps they intend to intensify the conflict between King Di Jin and my uncle. My uncle is very intelligent, as everyone knows. Before plotting against him, if we can use him to deal with King Di Jin, once it succeeds, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds?"
"Also, there may be an intention to win over."
"In my previous life, when you played a trick on me, my elder brother showed up to protect me. At that time, I was on the side of the emperor, so he was just doing a superficial job and stopped there."
"In this life, I will probably do my best."
"Perhaps, my elder brother will rush back to Shengjing in time; or, it is possible that the emperor will personally carry out the implementation."
"To the outside world, my uncle is an important official of the emperor. The emperor blames you and favors me. This is such a great favor. In his eyes, it must be difficult for me to refuse."