Chapter 91: The Search Reached the Ning Village
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
“It’s quite delicious. Girls shouldn’t be so greedy. You have to get married,” Madam He said, pretending to be serious.
“Oh, Mother, I wanted to accompany you for a few more years. Why are you talking about marriage? What’s the hurry? I want to wait for Xiaobao and Xiaobeo to grow up first before thinking about this.”
At the mention of Xiaobao and Xiaobei, Madam He sighed again. She had to choose a good person to marry since she had two children. She had to see if the other party would treat the children well.
Along the way, the group chatted and laughed. When they returned home, Ning Yue called a few uncles out to move the things.
After Madam He divided the items, Ning Yue pulled her into the room mysteriously.
“What’s wrong?” Madam He asked Ning Yue.
“Mother, I have a gift for you. The aunts were around just now, so I was too embarrassed to take it out.” As she spoke, Ning Yue took out the wooden box.
“Mom, do you think this looks good?” Ning Yue asked.
Seeing the pendant, Madam He’s eyes lit up. “Oh, this thing is really beautiful. You must have spent a lot of money on this.”
“No, it’s not much. Mom, this is my gift to you. If you don’t like it, we’ll take a look at the other things when we get to town next time. Oh right, there’s also a hairpin.”
As Ning Yue spoke, she took out another hairpin. She had just taken this hairpin out of the jewelry shop in the space. The workmanship was exquisite, but in order not to arouse Madam He’s suspicion, it was very light.
This peacock pendant was exquisitely made. One look and one could tell that it was of high quality. If the hairpin was of high quality, Madam He would wonder where her money came from.
“Yueyue, tell me honestly. How much did you spend on these two items?” Madam He asked.
“Don’t worry, Mom. This is the money I earned from selling medicine. Usually, Master and I study medicine in the medicinal room. We sold it and made a small profit.”
“I wanted to use the money I earned to buy some gifts for Father and Master. Isn’t Father clamoring to go to a private school with his younger brothers? I bought some books for Father and a few sets of clothes for Master.”
Hearing Ning Yue’s words, Madam He felt a lump in her throat. This daughter of hers only thought about her family when she earned money. Didn’t she think about herself?
“What did you buy for yourself?” Madam He asked.
“I bought some snacks. I still have some money left. I’m planning to use it as my private savings,” Ning Yue said with a smile.
“You! You’re not young anymore. You have to think more about yourself and save up some dowry for yourself. Why don’t I leave this pendant for you as your dowry?”
“Mother! Why do you always mention the dowry? Didn’t I say that I would accompany you for a few more years? Why do you always want to marry me off? Don’t you like me anymore?”
“That’s not what Mother meant.” Madam He wanted to explain, but Ning Yue was afraid that she would go on and on. She hurriedly interrupted, “Alright, Mother. I even bought snacks for my younger brothers. I’ll give them out now. You can continue being busy.” With that, Ning Yue ran out.
If she stayed in the same room as Madam He again, she might be constantly lectured and brainwashed.
She took a few packets of snacks and distributed them to her brothers.
After some thought, she brought some potato seeds to Jiang Ying’s residence. She planned to give the seeds to Jiang Ying.
As soon as she arrived at the residence, she saw Uncle Su sending the guests off. After the guests had left, Ning Yue stepped forward. “Uncle Su, is the prince here?”
“Yes, yes. Come with me!” Uncle Su happily brought Ning Yue to Jiang Ying’s study.
If it were anyone else, Uncle Su would have gotten someone to wait at the door for a while. He would have gone in to inform Jiang Ying.
But Ning Yue was different. Ning Yue was the future princess consort of Prince Jin, the person the prince liked.
The two of them had just entered the courtyard when they heard Jiang Ying talking to his subordinate. Ning Yue was about to say that she would wait in the living room when she heard Jiang Ying curse angrily.
“What are you doing? How did that old woman find out about the Ning family village? Do you want to die?”
Hearing the words ‘old lady’, Ning Yue became nervous.
Was the old lady Jiang Ying talking about the woman from the general’s residence?
Wasn’t what she had done in the General’s Residence last time enough? How did the old lady still have the energy to investigate her?
She couldn’t care less. She opened the door of the study room.
“What happened to the Ning family village?” she asked.
“Yue Yue, why are you here?” Jiang Ying was surprised.
She had heard everything he had just said!
“Let me ask you, what happened to the Ning family village?” Ning Yue asked again.
“You guys can leave first.” Jiang Ying asked the secret guards and Uncle Su to leave.
“Yueyue, before I answer your question, I want to ask you. Where did you go last night? Did you go to the general’s residence?”