Chapter 2649: Busy Finding Himself a Wife
Lu Junning settled down in the grand marshal’s residence and showed no intention of coming back.
Lu Yuanfan also didn’t call her back, as he was busy finding himself a wife.
Lu Yuanfan realized that he had too few children, and his only son, Lu Jinghui, had died of smallpox.
One thing after another happened. Lu Yuanfan was certain that someone was plotting against him. His suspicion was that it was Lu Junning.
Mistress Liu was very worried about the fact that Lu Yuanfan wanted to take a second wife. She said to Ning Shu, “We don’t even know what kind of person the madam is.”
“It’s fine. As long as we don’t do anything improper, it’ll be fine. Besides, there are people who are more anxious and worried than you.”
Mistress Yun had been managing the inner courtyard this entire time, but if Lu Yuanfan had a legal wife, it wouldn’t be her place to handle the affairs of the inner courtyard anymore.
“But her daughter is the princess consort of Prince Chen. The new madam will definitely give her face. I’m afraid she might target me,” Mistress Liu said.
Ning Shu smiled and said, “Don’t worry, the new madam is new here and won’t rush to take action. Besides, you have always been honest and well-behaved. There is no reason for the new madam to target you and create enemies for herself.”
Mistress Liu was still uneasy and patted her chest with her hand. “I’m still worried.”
Mistress Liu looked at Ning Shu and said, “I’m not afraid of anything else, I’m just afraid that the new madam will meddle in your marriage.”
“Why would she meddle for no reason? After all, I am just a non-legitimate daughter. All she has to do is prepare a dowry and she would be able to gain a connection through my marriage. It will also benefit her son in the future. Don’t think so pessimistically,” Ning Shu reassured. “Besides, isn’t it still early?”
The sun sets today, but it will rise again tomorrow. The single dog today, will still be rocking the same single life tomorrow.
Mistress Liu’s expression relaxed, and she touched Ning Shu’s head. “I just hope you will be safe and well in the future.”
“Don’t worry, I still have to take care of you when you get old.”
Lu Yuanfan actually worked quite fast and soon there was news. His second wife would be the daughter of the minister of rites.
The reputation of the minister of rites was not as prestigious as that of the grand marshal’s residence, as they were mainly responsible for national festivals and receiving foreign envoys.
But Lu Yuanfan was already middle-aged, and recently, the Lu family had been involved in so many incidents that their reputation wasn’t great. Being able to marry a maiden was already quite good.
Moreover, she was the legitimate daughter, or rather, she was originally a non-legitimate daughter but was later promoted to the legitimate daughter and raised under the legal wife’s name.
Lu Yuanfan wanted to find a political partner, or at the very least, someone who could support him. Otherwise, he would have no one to speak up for him.
The wedding date was set, and it was quite urgent.
Anyway, recently, the Lu family had been holding one wedding after another.
The grand marshal’s residence was very dissatisfied with Lu Yuanfan’s remarriage. Lu Junning didn’t even come back when Lu Yuanfan got married.
This was their way of expressing their dissatisfaction.
Ning Shu had been having rich and luxurious meals all the time lately. She had to attend wedding banquets every few days, making her feel a bit reluctant to eat.
In fact, the recent events had almost emptied the Lu family’s coffers with all the dowries, betrothal gifts, and so on that they had to prefer. The Lu family was probably going to have to tighten their belts in the near future.
On the morning of the second day of the marriage, the concubines and daughters in the house had to go formally greet the new bride.
The new madam was actually quite easy to talk to. She even gave Ning Shu a big red envelope, and Ning Shu accepted it with a smile. Who would turn down money?
The new madam didn’t mention anything about the housekeeping duties and let Mistress Yun continue taking care of it for the time being.
Ning Shu looked at the new madam and felt that this woman was not someone easy to deal with. She knew how to use both soft and hard tactics.
She was generous in her actions, but if she wanted to make things hard for someone, that person would probably have to suffer in silence.
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