Yang Zonghai, Dow's own private residence.

After Jiang Zhiming returned to Kunming, after going to Dingwu Hou's Mansion to meet Jiang Haiyang and Mrs. Feng, he was invited to Tao's own private house across the three streets of Houfu's by Tao's mother, who was waiting by Tao's side.

A few days ago, Jiang Haiyang called Tao back to the Hou Mansion for the matter that the New Year was approaching, and after explaining the big and small things in the house to the housekeeper who was waiting below, Tao was free and moved back to Yang Zonghai's house.

This mansion was prepared by the Tao family for Jiang Zhiming, if Jiang Zhiming got married and couldn't get used to living in the Hou Mansion, he could move to this secluded small mansion.

In their own private house, without so many complicated rules in the Hou Mansion, their young couple can live more comfortably.

Tao sat on the Luohan couch under the bed, trimming the bamboo sent by the servant who called out to his mother to serve in the flower room.

Tao took an extremely sharp pruning shears in his hand, pruned the withered branches and leaves on the bamboo neatly, waited by Tao's side to his mother, holding a Biluochun that had been brewed for a short time, and listened to Tao's instructions.

"Mom, is my brother coming? It's all this hour, and if he comes, he must not have had lunch yet, right?

Go and tell the mother-in-law who is waiting on the stove to fry a few side dishes that my brother likes to eat, and then call someone to stew a chicken soup. My brother hasn't come back for so long, and I think I must have lost a lot of weight. ”

Dow continued the pruning work in his hands, and did not stop his work because he told his mother.

Xiang Mother got Tao's instructions, and immediately called a few little maids to come over, and after a few words, he handed over the matter to those little maids, and she continued to serve by Tao's side.

Seeing that Xiang's mother, who was waiting beside her, looked a little unsightly, Tao handed her a pot of pruned bamboo, and then asked lightly.

"If you have something to say to your mother, you might as well speak up. You've been by my side for so many years, why are you still as restrained as those new little girls?"

Tao Shi, who listened to his mother, said this, looked around cautiously, and saw that the girls who were waiting in the house were all sent out, and then he dared to speak.

"Madam, I heard that Master Hou intends to call the eldest brother back, I am afraid that he wants to personally decide the eldest brother's marriage. Madam, you also know that the eldest brother was brought up by the Hou Ye himself, and he treats the eldest brother a little more kindly than our brother. For the sake of the title, the wife still has to plan early! ”

Tao was slightly stunned and pondered for a moment. How did she not know that her husband was eccentric?

Although Feng Shuiling said that he was favored, his husband didn't care much about Feng Shuiling's third brother and Xinrong's sister, but it was the eldest brother of the partial family who came in the early years, and her husband was very concerned.

Not only did he teach his homework, but even horseback riding and archery, the basic skills of these young men were also taught by him.

Jiang Zhiming, who was born by himself, let alone teaching horseback riding and archery in person, is a previous homework, and Jiang Zhiming has to do it himself, and when he goes to ask Jiang Haiyang for peace, he can take the initiative to take a look at him.

Fortunately, Jiang Fusheng is a descendant of a partial family, not a son of a grandson, if he Jiang Fusheng is a son of a grandson, I am afraid that Jiang Zhiming's current position as a son of this world will not be stable.

Dow thought for a while, put down the pruning shears in his hand, and sighed heavily.

"Fortunately, Brother Ming was raised in the old lady's house in the early years, and he can still get a lot of help from the old lady. If there is no old lady to help me, I am afraid that the Hou Ye will treat Brother Zhiming as coldly as I am, and Brother Zhiming will be in danger when the matter of Brother Zhiming inheriting the title will be in jeopardy. ”

The old slave also understands his wife's intentions, and the reason why his wife did not agree to Brother Zhiming's request to marry the girl of the Gu family for a long time is to help Brother Zhiming find a family that can help Brother Zhiming in his career.

The eldest brother has now been sent to Luzhou, and when the three-year term expires, I am afraid that there is a possibility of calling back the Beijing division. For the sake of Brother Zhiming, my wife has to choose a good family! Saying to his mother, he hurriedly handed over the Biluochun in his hand.

Tao took Biluochun, took half a sip of it, and rested on the high table on the side.

"Brother Zhiming already has the three girls of the Gu family in his heart, if I want her to marry the woman next to me, I am afraid that she will not want to, and when the time comes, I will take the three girls of the Gu family away and fly away.

The family background of the three girls of the Gu family is not good, and it has to be good, but it is a pity that there is no one in the family who is motivated in their careers. ”

Tao is also thinking about her son, in order to know her brother's future career, in his life's events, she must do a good job as a mother.

Xiang Mom looked up at Tao in front of her, and remembered what her brother had told her before.

Her brother instructed her to talk more about the three girls of the Gu family in front of her Tao, and persuaded her mother more, so that her mother agreed to the marriage between her brother and the three girls of the Gu family. But now that my wife has this attitude, she wants to agree to the marriage between her brother and the third girl of the Gu family, but I am afraid that it will be even more difficult.

For the sake of his brother's instructions, Xiang Mom was still bold and persuaded a few words.

"Madam, knowing that Brother Ming has the third girl of the Gu family in his heart, he might as well make a marriage with the Gu family first. Two years later, the third girl of the Gu family and the hairpin, if the third girl of the Gu family can help her brother in her career, she will let her brother marry the third girl of the Gu family. The marriage was set early, and the brother had no complaints about his wife. ”

Xiang Mother's trick called a delaying tactic, and first let Tao agree to the marriage of his brother and the three girls of the Gu family.

In this way, Tao relaxed his guard, and when the third girl of the Gu family and the hairpin came, relying on the marriage letter he had made, he could marry into the Hou Mansion smoothly.

After listening to Xiang's mother's words, Tao felt a little strange, why did Xiang's mother today change her previous opposition to the marriage of the third girl of the Gu family and Brother Zhiming, and instead agreed to this marriage, and let herself agree to the engagement first?

With such a contrast to her mother, could it be that she was instructed by Brother Zhiming to be a lobbyist to persuade her?

Tao looked at Xiang's mother in front of him intently and asked slowly.

"Xiang Mom, you tell me honestly, did you get Brother Zhiming's order to persuade me to agree to this marriage?"

Xiang's mother's face gradually became a little ugly, she really got her brother's order to come and persuade his wife, her brother was brought up by her, when her brother begged to her, how could she not agree to her brother's request?

After hesitating, he raised his eyes to his mother and glanced at Tao in front of him, and was about to open his mouth to explain, when he heard a clear voice coming in, it was Brother Zhiming.

"Mother, don't blame Mother Xiang, I told her to persuade you. If you want to blame it, blame your son! ”

While speaking, I saw Jiang Zhiming wearing a white-gray Hangzhou silk brocade gown, a white fox fur coat on the outside, and a soup woman with a flannel cloth in his arms and walked in.

Helped up Xiang's mother, who was kneeling on the ground, Jiang Zhiming wanted to hand the soup woman in his arms to Xiang's mother, but Xiang's mother refused, and hurriedly pushed the soup woman back.

"Brother, this is absolutely unacceptable! The old slave is the mother-in-law who serves you, where do you have to use the soup woman in your brother's arms? Brother quickly take it back, don't freeze your hands. Xiang's mother said while pushing the soup woman into Jiang Zhiming's hand.

Xiang Mother insisted on refusing to ask for the soup woman in his hand, Jiang Zhiming had no choice but to put the soup woman in his arms on the top of the high table, and then took off the cloak on his body and handed it to Ah Liang, who followed behind.

Tao didn't see the stone that was serving Jiang Zhiming closely, he only saw Ah Liang, and the first thing he asked was.

"Where are the stones that serve by your side? Didn't you come back with you?" Tao didn't call Jiang Zhiming his son, but called you directly.

Because she knew that even if she affectionately called Jiang Zhiming her son, this son, would not listen to her words and not marry the third girl of the Gu family.

Jiang Zhiming still saluted Tao according to the rules, and then cut to the chase and answered what Tao asked.

"Mother, Pengpu is not very peaceful these days, so I left the stone in Pengpu to protect the three girls of the Gu family."

Tao knew that he would answer like this, and there was not much surprise in his heart, and after ordering the maid to call his mother to bring the tea cup, he said: "You taste it carefully, this is the Tieguanyin you are used to drinking, knowing that you are coming over, I specially ordered someone to fetch some for you from the Hou Mansion." ”

Tao also picked up the teacup sent by the maid, but seeing that Jiang Zhiming hadn't picked up the teacup for a long time, he was a little puzzled. Brother Zhiming loves to drink this kind of Tieguanyin, why hasn't he spoken for a long time now?

"I asked your uncle to buy this Tieguanyin in Suzhou and Hangzhou, it's very sweet, you can taste it quickly!"

"Mother, I don't like to drink Tieguanyin now, I love to drink Biluochun. Because the three girls of the Gu family love to drink Biluochun, I also love to drink Biluochun, this Tieguanyin, I won't drink it. ”

Jiang Zhiming looked at the steaming Tieguanyin on the top of Gao Ji, and replied lightly.

Hearing Jiang Zhiming say this, Tao Shi lost his interest in drinking tea and said straightforwardly.

"Brother Zhiming, could it be that you went home this time just for your marriage to the third girl of the Gu family? Could it be that you didn't think about me and your grandmother, and came to tell your mother about your marriage to the third girl of the Gu family under the pretense of going home to see us?"

Jiang Zhiming didn't intend to hide it from her, so he said on the spot: "What my mother said is very true, my son went home so that my mother could go to the Gu family as soon as possible to set up the marriage between her son and the third girl of the Gu family." The son pretended to be the third girl of the Gu family in his heart, and he just wanted to marry her and go back to the house alone, and ask his mother to fulfill it! ”

"Then the Gu family is a businessman's family, how good can the daughter from their family be? Son, you will inherit your father's title in the future, and you must not marry the daughter of a merchant family and return home! This will be laughed at. Tao looked at Jiang Zhiming in front of him, did not change his words in the past, and still replied like this.

"Mother, I already have the three girls of the Gu family in my heart, whether you and my father agree or not that I marry the three girls of the Gu family and go back to the house, I will marry her and go back to the house. It's a big deal that I will give the title to the eldest brother and the third brother, and after I married the three girls of the Gu family, we moved out of the house to live. ”

This time, Jiang Zhiming said for the first time that he would give up the title of Marquis of Dingwu, in order to force Tao to agree to this marriage.

He had already made up his mind in his heart, if he couldn't even marry the woman he loved, what would he do with such a title?

Tao was shocked by Jiang Zhiming's current attitude, she finally won the title for Brother Zhiming, how could she give it to someone for a woman?

She will never allow such a thing to happen, her son will inherit the title of marquis in the future.

Tao thought so in his heart and said busily.

"Son, the title of the son of this world is yours, and your eldest brother and your third brother can't get the title of viscount in this world even if they want to break their heads. Mother has quarreled with your father many times so that you can inherit the title smoothly, and now you don't inherit the title for a woman, don't you break your mother's heart? ”

Tao has planned for Jiang Zhiming for most of his life, and stuffed those young and beautiful women into Jiang Haiyang's study, not only sharing Feng Shuiling's favor, but also blowing a few words of pillow wind by Jiang Haiyang's side, helping Brother Zhiming inherit the title of marquis smoothly.

Jiang Zhiming knew that Dow had done so much for him, but could Dow know? Did she do this for him what he needed?

As long as he can marry Gu Yutang back to his home, as for the title of marquis and the title of viscount, he can not do it all.