Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 2213

Nan Yan is willing to listen to her wife and wait until the most appropriate time to marry.

The lady said that the Song family was talented and the court had originally intended to pardon them, but had been unable to find a good reason.

Song Yuanjiu was Yi Yi's mentor, and this was a personal relationship. Song Xizhi followed Master Huang around to run schools, which was of great significance, but it was not enough.

Only Song Shenzhi handled more than a dozen difficult and major cases without any achievements, and he also risked his life to protect the court officials.

This was enough to pardon the Song family's sins. Both the retired emperor Xiao Yunde and Emperor Wenxuan meant the same thing.

But at this moment, Nan Yan got involved, which changed the whole thing a bit. Just look at what Song Shenzhi thinks.

Sure enough, in the following days, rumors of dissatisfaction gradually began to spread around. Some said that in order to avoid punishment, the Song family asked their eldest son to please the maidservant around Princess Haiyan, and that Princess Haiyan was partial to someone.

If this happened to a sensitive scholar, Nan Yan would have a hard time even if she married him.

So we have to wait. Nan Yan was not in a hurry, "I will listen to my wife in everything."

Shi Anxia patted her head lovingly, "If you're obedient, you won't have to suffer so much."

On the other side, Mrs. Song, after hearing so many negative comments, was afraid that her husband and son would be upset, so she comforted them, "Don't listen to the rumors outside and get angry for no reason."

As she spoke, her eyes turned red.

Song Shenzhi gently pressed the back of his mother's trembling hand and said in a calm voice, "Mother, the gossip outside should just be like the wind blowing through your ears."

Princess Haiyan's kindness to the Song family was real, warming their frozen bones with charcoal fire and filling their hungry stomachs with rice.

Not only that, if the eldest princess had not saved her father's life with a golden medal of immunity from death, the Song family would have been a handful of nameless wasteland in a mass grave.

It was because of the eldest princess that these criminals, who were supposed to "wear shackles and walk barefoot on the icy river", were able to hold a warm bowl of rice, keep a charcoal brazier burning in the winter, and cool down in the ice basin on the summer night.

Song Shenzhi enumerated the favors the Song family had received, "We've taken all the benefits, and we're not even allowed to talk about it? Where in the world can such a good thing happen?"

Song Xizhi also said, "That's right, brother is right. We will remember the great grace of heaven. We must also remember the princess's kindness. But the princess has been tarnished with a bad name because of us, and I feel really bad about it."

Song Yuanjiu was very pleased to see that his sons' temperaments were not affected. He said, "In the future, working hard to do practical things will be the best reward for the princess."

So, Song Shenzhi found a gardener and began to learn how to grow peonies.

Everyone in the Song family knew that when the peonies bloomed, Song Shenzhi would get married.

The days are full of hope. Those idle gossips are really not worth mentioning, just laugh it off.

Seeing the Song family's frank attitude, Shi Anxia also agreed to the marriage.

Song Shenzhi was a calm and steady person, a good match for marriage. For a scholar like him, early hardship and suffering might not necessarily be a blessing in later life.

It is said that only by enduring hardship can one become a master.

The engagement was simple and Nan Yan was happily ready to get married.

Shi Anxia began to prepare Nan Yan's dowry. She knew that Nan Yan had little family background, and the man from the Song family she was going to marry was even poorer, with nothing at home.

Those flashy ornaments were given less and were all replaced with practical things.

The heavy camphorwood box was filled with a fluffy quilt as big as a cloud, as well as bowls and plates, new rice, lard, coarse salt, cloth, silk thread, etc.

In addition, Shi Anxia helped Nan Yan sell the house she had purchased in the old capital, and added another 1,000 taels of silver to her as a dowry.

Romance cannot survive the cold winter, only the "mundane things" such as firewood, rice, oil and salt can last forever.