21. Chapter XX
In a blink of an eye, Jiang Ling was reborn, and four years and half a year passed. She has grown from a little girl carved in pink to a slim girl.
In the past four years, like the previous life, she has lived a very stable life in Yangzhou. Jiang Hongwen still let the two Huai salt transport make this fat difference. Jiang Zhun, the son of the Jiang family, was promoted a year after the promotion, and entered the Shi from his hometown Yangzhou, although he was only a five-grade petty official, Jiang Zhun himself was not a long-sleeved person who was good at dancing, but with the back of the Jiang family's big tree, the future was still quite clear, if it was the same as the previous life, he would be the prefect of Yangzhou in two years.
As for the other two sons of the Jiang family, because they prefer to dance with guns and sticks, it is really difficult for the two of them to calm down and study, Jiang Hongwen is not willing to be reluctant, so he has to find another way, although the Jiang family is a family of eunuchs, but has never been a military attachΓ©, so he simply sent Jiang Hao and Jiang Yu to the military camp for training.
So, in the fourth year of rebirth, there were two less restless sons in Pingsuli, and the Jiang Mansion was a lot quieter and lonely. Fortunately, Jiang Zhun married a wife in the first year, and gave birth to a big fat son the next year. Jiang Ling had a little more fun.
Basically, in the past few years, there is not much difference from the previous life. The only difference is that Jiang Ling has been passing books with Zhou Chengzhi Hongyan all these years. One letter a month, thunder can't move.
What was written in the letter was nothing more than daily trivialities, but Jiang Ling would carefully study Zhou Chengzhi's letters, hoping to see from the letters whether his psychology was developing towards a tyrant. However, after a few years, judging from the letters alone, Zhou Chengzhi still seems to be a sunny and good boy. For example, in the letter he wrote that in the second year after returning to the capital, the poor little little who went north with him died of illness, and he was sad and found a piece of feng shui treasure for him to bury, and for example, he accompanied his eldest brother to do something that made the eldest brother happy, and so on.
Speaking of Zhou Chengzhi's eldest brother, it may be regarded as another major event that is different from the previous life after Jiang Ling is reborn. In his previous life, Zhou Chengzhi's eldest brother Zhou Chengru was not only the emperor's eldest son, but also His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. But when Jiang Ling was twelve years old, when Zhou Chengru inspected Jiangzhou, he was murdered by the green forest thieves in Jiangzhou. The following year, the emperor appointed the new crown prince Zhou Chengwen, who was her cousin.
In this life, Zhou Chengru still had an accident while inspecting Jiangzhou, but he didn't die, but he didn't know whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, because although he picked up a life, his brain was broken, and he became an idiot who couldn't be cured by divine doctors.
The idiot couldn't be the prince, so just like the previous life, Zhou Chengwen was named the new prince by the emperor the following year.
Speaking of Zhou Chengwen, it is also a little strange, in the last life, Empress Jiang and Zhou Chengwen would return to Yangzhou almost every year, but in this life, since the last time they separated, Empress Jiang has returned twice, but Zhou Chengwen has never been to Yangzhou, just because the royal children are busy with all kinds of schoolwork, every time the queen comes to Yangzhou, it just happens to catch up with the emperor to assess the princes, and Zhou Chengwen always can't walk away.
Jiang Ling was of course happy to see Zhou Chengwen, and there was less of two little guesses, and there was less possibility of marrying Zhou Chengwen in the future.
Of course, this is just Jiang Ling's self-righteous thoughts, and the marriage event is still the order of his parents after all.
Jiang Ling has reached the age of thirteen, and lifelong events will inevitably be put on the agenda, and Mrs. Jiang's Zhao family began to understand her daughter's careful thoughts a year earlier.
Jiang Ling knew that her mother loved her the most, and every time the mother and daughter talked about these things in the boudoir, she would start first, saying that she just wanted to find a man with a simple family background, and she didn't expect to be prosperous and rich, she just hoped to live a peaceful life like her father.
After many times, the Zhao family was really brainwashed by his daughter, and began to think about how to find a wishful husband for Jiang Ling with a simpler family background.
But Jiang Hongwen doesn't think so anymore, in the end, he is a big man, no matter how much he loves his daughter, he will also consider the interests of the Jiang family itself. Empress Jiang had mentioned marriage to him a few years earlier, but the children were still young, and they were just talking.
Until this time, the queen brought up the old matter again in the letter, saying that the emperor began to consider choosing a concubine for the crown prince, and Queen Jiang naturally recommended her niece Jiang Ling.
Now Zhou Chengwen is the crown prince, and he will be the emperor in the future, if Jiang Ling becomes the crown princess, he will be the queen in the future, and the Jiang family has two queens, which is definitely a matter of glorious lintel.
Besides, my aunt's cousin broke bones and tendons, my husband is my cousin, and my mother-in-law is my aunt, and I am not afraid of any grievances my daughter will suffer in the future.
Jiang Hongwen thought about Empress Jiang's mention.
Jiang Hongwen, who was moved, took the letter to discuss with the child's mother.
Without waiting for him to finish talking about the pros and cons, Zhao immediately quit: "Ning'er said, I just want to find someone with a simple family background to marry and live a peaceful life." Marrying into the palace, didn't you push our daughter into the fire pit? β
Jiang Hongwen disagreed with her statement: "Although it is said that the deep palace is like the sea, but Chengwen is my nephew, the queen is my sister, and Ning'er married to be the princess, why did she push her into the fire pit?" β
Zhao said: "Xianggong, don't you forget that since ancient times, kings have been three palaces and six courts, are you willing to watch our daughters compete for favor with a bunch of women in the deep palace?" β
Jiang Hongwen hesitated slightly: "Of course I have considered what you said, but I saw that Chengwen liked Ning Er a lot when she was a child, so I wouldn't let her be treated coldly in the harem after marrying her." β
"What's the use of playing small? The two children haven't seen each other for many years, what kind of temperament is the crown prince today, I'm afraid that your own uncle doesn't know, right? β
"What do you mean by that? She is a child raised by the queen, how can she have a bad temper? β
Zhao snorted: "The queen is your sister-in-law, of course you think she is good anywhere." Taking a step back, even if she was a good girl with no scheming before entering the palace, I don't think that a woman who has been in the palace for many years can still be the same as before entering the palace. β
Jiang Hongwen laughed unhappily: "You mean to say that the queen has a bad heart?" β
The Zhao family just didn't want Jiang Ning to marry into the palace, but seeing that her husband was so protective of Queen Jiang, she was a little angry and said: "I didn't say that, but don't forget, Queen Jiang just entered the palace and was only a concubine, and within a few years she was named a concubine, and later became a queen, this ability is not something ordinary women can do." β
"That's because the queen is virtuous!"
"It's as if there is no virtuous concubine in the palace." Zhao's yin and yang said strangely, "The same thing about the eldest prince, I have seen the eldest prince before, he is really a beautiful son of both civil and military affairs, but because he went to Jiangzhou, he became an idiot, and your nephew became the prince." β
"You...... What is this saying! Jiang Hongwen listened to her more and more excessively, so angry that he almost raised his hand and slapped her. But he was a little afraid of guilt, gritted his teeth and put down his hand again.
Zhao knew that this angry remark was too much, so he hurriedly comforted the angry husband: "Master, I don't mean anything else, I just think that the palace is really as deep as the sea." Empress Jiang is not the kind of person I said, but you promise that among the concubines who will submit documents in the future, there are few who hide their evil intentions. Our Ning'er is simple, if we fight with others, I am afraid that we will suffer a lot. We only have this one daughter, we want to be glorious and rich, the Jiang family wants to shine on the lintel, and there are three brothers, so it is not the turn of the daughter's family. She saw that the man's expression was relaxed, "Besides, after marrying into the palace, we can't see Ning Er from time to time, are you willing?" I think it's best to pick a door-to-door son-in-law for Ning'er. β
Jiang Hongwen glared at her: "Nonsense! Even if Ning'er doesn't marry into the palace, then she has to choose a husband who is the right person, what is the interest of the son-in-law! β
Zhao knew that he somewhat agreed with his statement, and then hit the snake and said, "That's the best." Now Ning Er is only thirteen years old, and she is not in a hurry. When you are transferred back to Beijing at the beginning of next year, let's choose a good choice among the families in Beijing. β
Jiang Hongwen nodded: "It's really not in a hurry, I'll talk about it then." β
Zhao smiled and leaned on his chest: "I have married a good husband who loves me in my life, so I also want my daughter to be like me and find a good man who loves his wife and children like you." β
As soon as the wind blew on the pillow, Jiang Hongwen's little thought of relying on his daughter to shine on the lintel was immediately blown to nowhere.
Jiang Ling hid outside the door of his father's room, heard the embarrassing voice coming from inside, and tiptoed away with a red face. It was the right thing to do to find her mother as an ally.