Chapter 619 - Chapter 619: Chapter 606: Receiving the Imperial Decree (1/2)

Chapter 619: Chapter 606: Receiving the Imperial Decree

“I don’t really need to worry about this. The emperor has already consented to my marriage with Miss Luo. He just said that there are some complications and asked me to wait patiently. Once the emperor has given his consent, I don’t have to worry too much.” Chu Yunzhao replied.

“Indeed.” Chu Jinnian nodded.

Since Chu Shengrui had already taken over this matter, Chu Yunzhao doesn’t need to fret about it anymore.

Now, it’s his turn to get worried about his impending marriage.

Although they have the relationship of engaged couple, they have not undergone any proper wedding rituals, and even Empress and Concubine Hui were unaware of this. This doesn’t bode well for his marriage plans.

The bride-to-be, who hadn’t been brought home yet, was still an unmarried girl from others’ perspective, attracting many fickle suitors which is a cause of concern.

Hence, many things can’t be delayed.

Furthermore, perhaps he’s not the only one worrying about his marriage at the moment…

However, before anything, he needs to instruct the Ministry of Rites to prepare well for Zhuang Qingning’s conferring of county lordship.

Chu Jinnian squinted his eyes.

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Since the arrival of autumn, there’s a bit of chill in the air every morning and evening.

Though the noontime can be a bit scorching and hot, it doesn’t have the sultriness of summer. In the cool mornings and evenings, after escaping the summer heat, people feel extremely refreshed and energized.

Just a few days before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhuang Qingning had already started preparing the ingredients to make mooncakes, expectant of Zhuang Qingsui’s two days off during the festival.

Bean paste, salted egg yolk, five nuts, date paste…varieties of fillings were prepared.

This year, with more leisure time than the previous Mid-Autumn Festival, Zhuang Qingning also made a lot of snowy mooncakes and shared them with her close neighbors in advance.

Just when everybody was busy preparing for the Mid-Autumn Festival, Enji Village suddenly became lively.

The hustle and bustle was because of the arrival of many carriages and people, especially the man leading the crowd was none other than Xu Zhengping, the county magistrate. It indeed carried some momentous significance.

Once the carriages stopped at the entrance of the village, almost all residents who had no work to do from nearby Zhaojiazhuang, Sunjiazhuang, and other places came to watch the excitement. In a short span of time, a large crowd had gathered.

They all wanted to see who exactly could make the county magistrate personally lead the group, and they were more curious about the purpose of their visit.

Especially when Xu Zhengping led the group to Zhuang Qingning’s house, escorting a man in official uniform and an elderly man with white hair, respectfully carrying a brocade box, the onlookers became even more curious.

“Who are these people, and what are they doing in Ning’s house?” someone asked.

“I don’t know.” One of them shook his head, worried, “I hope it’s not because Ning has gotten into trouble.”

“Nonsense, Ning is such a good person, how could she get into trouble? Besides, if she really did, would the county magistrate be smiling like a flower?”

“That’s true, but we just don’t understand what’s happening…”