Chapter 243: Something Happened to the Fourth Young Master!
As soon as the second wife's birthday banquet passed, the Jian family opened an ancestral hall to worship their ancestors, officially recorded "Jian Lan" in the name of the fourth wife of Jian, and then set a wedding date with the Marquis of Taiyuan's mansion.
According to the meaning of Mrs. Taiyuanhou, since the two have become husband and wife, everything should be simple and fast, in case there is a scandal of unmarried pregnancy. Mrs. Jian Si was afraid that she would wronged her daughter, so she insisted on doing a big job, three books and six ceremonies, and strived to be complete.
Mrs. Taiyuanhou only thinks that she works so hard because she doesn't want to lose the reputation of treating her concubine badly, although she is unhappy, she can understand it. Moreover, the Jian family attaches great importance to this marriage, which is also a respect for the Marquis of Taiyuan's mansion.
After discussing a compromise between the two, the wedding date was set for August 18.
Mrs. Jian Si didn't think this was enough, while doing her best to manage the marriage, she seized all the free time and opportunities to participate in big and small banquets, and every time she dressed Jian Lan up like flowers and took her with her, she said that this was the daughter recorded in her name, and it was no different from her own birth to her.
Under her hype, within a month's time, the entire Jinan Mansion knew that Master Jian Si had a daughter who was outcast, who looked almost exactly the same as the second young lady of Ji'an Palace, and even praised Mrs. Jian Si, who regarded the concubine as her own, for her kindness and generosity.
Because Jian Lan's words and deeds are decent, no matter how she looks at it, she doesn't look like a concubine who has been living abroad for many years, and Mrs. Jian Si's closeness to her does not seem to be a fraud, and many people secretly speculate that it is not that Mrs. Jian Si gave birth to a pair of twin sisters back then, because of some unavoidable reasons, and because of some unavoidable reasons, she can't recognize them in a dignified manner. Have to come up with such a twist and turn?
was jokingly asked a few times, and Mrs. Jian Si was also quite remorseful, knowing that this was the case, she simply took Xiao Liu'er back to Jian's house as twins. The registered concubine is just a better reputation, but in the final analysis, she still can't get rid of the hat of the concubine.
When someone asked again, they were deliberately vague, so as soon as the twin sisters said it, it became more and more intense, and even the Fang family couldn't help but be curious, and asked Jian Ying in person.
Although there are many speculations about the sisters, there is only one that is really close to the truth. This person is Ming Mei.
On the day of Mrs. Jane's second birthday banquet. She went to Jane's house with Meng Xinniang, and when Cui Ping shouted that Jian Ying had an accident, she also followed into Qixia Xiaozhu, although she was quickly kicked out. But the conversation in the house. I've heard some of it.
It was a weird coincidence. If Meng Xinniang didn't have any suspicions at all, it was impossible. It's just that Mrs. Jian invited her and Mrs. Fang to have tea alone afterwards, and explained the reason for the incident in detail. And tactfully begged them to keep it secret, so that she believed it preconceivedly.
Mingmei is different, no one specially explains anything to an aunt, and the more questions that can't be solved, the more they want to solve them. And because of the fact that she invited herself to be a concubine, she had a grudge against Jian Ying, and she wished she could catch Jian Ying's handle, pay attention everywhere, and think about it all the time, which really made her smell something.
One day, Meng Xinniang was comfortable to serve, so she asked Su Ping to go over under the pretext that the people who served her were incompetent.
After Su Ping was driven to Feipeng Courtyard, in the name of the big girl, she took the big girl's monthly money, but it was not really bad. Doing nothing all day, and being treated as a traitor all the time, life is extremely tormenting.
Leng Buding was reused, and he was grateful to Mingmei. Ming Mei asked her about the Blue Courtyard, and she knew everything and said everything.
With Su Ping's testimony, Ming Mei's confidence became more and more sufficient, and she secretly looked for an opportunity to expose the truth, intending to defeat Jian Ying in one fell swoop.
On July 14, it was Zhou Shu's birthday, and Xiao Zheng specially rushed back from Mount Tai to celebrate his birthday.
Jian Ying's belly gradually grew, she became more and more lazy and didn't like to move, and she didn't want to disturb the men drinking, so she ordered the small kitchen to clean up a table of exquisite dishes and send them to the tea garden.
Mother Jiang came in with a plate of peeled fruit, "Second Young Lady, you eat the fruit, it was just sent from the Zhuangzi, it is fresh." ”
"Okay." Jian Ying responded casually and continued to read.
Mother Jiang glanced at her face, hesitating and not knowing how to speak.
Jian Ying came back to her senses from the book for a while, and found that she was still standing next to her, so she asked, "Mother Jiang, do you have anything else?" ”
"It's fine." Jiang's mother dodged her eyes, "I just want to ask you if it's hot, do you want me to help you cook some hot soup?" ”
Jian Ying looked at her with a look of wanting to say something, then closed the book and raised her eyes to look at her, "Mother Jiang, if you have something to say, you know I don't like to go around in circles." ”
Mother Jiang's expression became uncomfortable, and she said a little hesitantly: "That...... When I went to Jian's Mansion to deliver Qiaoguo on Qixi Festival, the fourth wife left me to talk for a while. Listening to the meaning of the fourth wife, she wants our family to give six ...... Miss Lan as a companion ......"
"Then you can go." Jian Ying said simply.
Mother Jiang saw that she had no intention of retaining, and she couldn't help but feel disappointed, "I said I wanted to come back and ask what you mean, just now the fourth wife sent someone to talk to me and asked me to take the time to go over today." I'm so busy here that I can't leave for a while......"
Jian Ying heard her words and raised her eyebrows slightly, "You don't want to go?" ”
"It's not that I don't want to go." Mother Jiang squirmed rarely, "It's just that I'm used to serving the second young lady, I'm afraid I can't serve Miss Lan well."
I have lived in Jinan for nearly 20 years, and the people I know are also here, so I suddenly changed places......"
Jian Ying couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud, "Mother Jiang, you directly said that you want to follow me to the end, why are you looking for so many reasons?" ”
Jiang's mother blushed, "Isn't it hard for me to speak?" ”
Jian Ying felt that this old lady was really cute, and laughed for a while before she stopped, and looked at her with a look, "Mother Jiang, have you really thought about it?" If you follow me, aren't you afraid that the fourth wife will be suspicious of you and wear small shoes for you and your family behind your back? ”
"I'm an old man who beat the Chu family and came out, I don't think the fourth wife will turn her face with me because of this, right?" Jiang's mother was very unconfident in what she said.
Jian Ying smiled noncommittally, groaned for a moment, and asked again, "Your son has been looking at the shop for the fourth wife, right?" That shop, did the fourth wife give it to Xiao Liu'er? ”
"Yes." Jiang's mother nodded, not understanding her intention by asking this for a while, and looked at her with puzzled eyes.
"Your grandson is the companion of the ninth brother, and the granddaughter is on an errand in the needlework room of Jianfu, what about your daughter-in-law?" Jian Ying frowned, "Why haven't I heard you mention it once?" ”
At the mention of her daughter-in-law, a flash of anger flashed on Jiang's mother's face, and she was about to speak, when Caiping burst in, "Second young lady, it's not good, fourth young master...... Something happened to the fourth young master! ”
――(To be continued......)
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