Chapter Seventy-Eight: The Pre-Wedding Interlude
Although the eldest princess of Maode is not optimistic about Zhuang Man and Ling Zui, she has always doted on her young son. Ling was drunk and coquettish for a while, and then relieved: "It's hard for you to be so concerned about a person, how can you not fulfill you as a mother?" It's just that...... After this dealer lady passes the door, she has to deal with it well! ”
Ling drunk's purpose was achieved, and of course the words to the eldest princess were full of promises, and the left ear went in and out of the right ear.
The eldest princess responded to the marriage on behalf of her son, considering that the matter was mentioned by Mrs. Zhuang, Zhuang Man's aunt, as a man, she had to take the initiative, so she deliberately took a hairpin she wore when she was young and replied: "This is specially treasured in the early years of this palace and prepared to be left to the daughter-in-law of the drunken son!" ”
Mrs. Zhuang was very happy when she found out, and told Chang's mother to put away the hairpin, and then turned her head and sent someone to invite her sister-in-law Wen and niece Zhuang Man to come to the house - this time the task was to persuade Wen.
It is related to the life of the youngest daughter, although Wen does not want to offend the sister-in-law, but he is also unwilling to ignore it, from the mouth of the person who went to invite her, he felt very embarrassed, and after thinking about it, he found an excuse that he could not come to the door, and tried to find a countermeasure by delaying the army.
Mrs. Zhuang guessed her sister-in-law's thoughts, and was quite disapproving: "Don't say that Zui'er is actually a good child, even if he is naughty, is it difficult for Man'er to be a good bully?" ”
Qiu Yulan smiled and rounded: "Didn't the news from Lord Lihui's side come?" Let's be busy with starlings first, and it's the same. ”
"Yes." Mrs. Zhuang remembered that her eldest son's steproom had not yet been settled, and bowed slightly, "Call someone in!" ”
Chu Yitong has never been out of the house in the past two years because of his mother's filial piety, so he is very silent. Mrs. Zhuang sent to investigate her temperament and the confidant brought back from the northern Xinjiang, credible and credible, it would be difficult to spy on the inner house of the dignified palace for so many days.
The conclusions reported at this meeting are basically the comments made by Princess Huainan when she was still there: "...... It's the most pleasing among the daughters of the sect! ”
Good-looking, lively personality, sweet mouth and love to smile...... This is the impression that Princess Huainan gave to people inside and outside when Princess Lihui was there. She has a noble status, and she has never had a grudge against anyone, so she naturally says a lot better.
Mrs. Zhuang was a little satisfied after listening: "Dan'er should like it, and her mother is a virtuous person, so I think the tutor should be good." ”
Chang's mother also agreed, "I have been staying in the house to guard filial piety in the past two years, so much so that I almost forgot her outside." It can be seen that filial piety! ”
Filial piety, in front of the elderly, you can always add points.
"Go and call Dan'er over, if there is no accident, that's it!" Mrs. Zhuang calculated the time in her heart, since she left the northern Xinjiang, it has been a few days now. The original intention was to seek justice for her daughter, but later she knew that her daughter was fine, so she reunited with the children - but now Jiang Qizheng and his wife are stranded in Shazhou, in order to avoid the limelight, I am afraid that they will not come back for a year and a half, but she can't wait so long.
"After the emperor's wedding, he will return to the northern frontier!" Mrs. Zhuang had already made up her mind two days ago - although Jiang Tianchi was not as young as her, his identity as a general in Zhenbei was destined to make him feel young and beautiful until he was seventy or eighty. Mrs. Zhuang didn't want to be negligent and add a cousin or something to her children.
In this case, she didn't say anything, but she made up her mind to do everything quickly!
The continuation of the eldest son and the marriage of the niece, of course, these two are the first major events.
Jiang Yadan, like Ling Zui, came to his mother and nodded as soon as he asked about the candidate.
He is not surprised by the autumn trolling-this uncle has always been a beautiful girl!
And he was trained very badly by Mrs. Zhuang these days, how dare he disobey his mother's wishes?
Even now, I agreed to Mrs. Zhuang's recommended step-room candidate, but I still couldn't escape being beaten: "It is said that at your age, the eldest son of the concubine will be married in two years, and I should not lose face with you again!" It's just that you look at the things you do......"
Only after picking out a small part of the ridiculous things that Jiang Yadan had done before and saying that it was also dark, Mrs. Zhuang snorted coldly, "Since you know that you were wrong before, then you can't do it again in the future!" ”
warned him, "The daughter-in-law who is missing in front of you is a good one, you are already sorry for her, and now that she is gone, I won't say anything." It's just that now the news from the investigation is also good, if you ruin the main room again, or don't let me know in this life! Otherwise, I won't be able to come back by myself, and I will send your mother back to give you a good look! ”
Chang's mother is very unfamiliar to Jiang Yashuang and his wife, Jiang Yadan is no stranger to her - he still remembers that when he was a child, Chang's mother hugged him a lot, although Jiang Yadan didn't have any discipline, he still had some respect for the old slave who hugged him. At this moment, he smiled bitterly and said: "Mother, you have said these words before, and the children remember them!" ”
"You're really remembering!" Mrs. Zhuang sneered and said a few more cruel words, and then sent someone to pass the meal, and Liujiang Yadan used it together.
…… After the news that the county lord of Lihui had filled the house for Jiang Yadan, even when the emperor's wedding was approaching, it caused a lot of discussion.
"The dignified county lord is actually a successor, and that's not all, what kind of virtue does Jiang Yadan have, who doesn't know in this Manjing?"
"It is said that the Huainan Royal Mansion itself proposed it!"
"Really...... Do anything for the sake of power...... Scold! ”
In various discussions, I felt that the Jiang family was bullying and might be forcibly marrying the county lord; and the contempt of the Huainan Palace, in order to please the Jiang family, who is like a flower, did not hesitate to marry a prodigal son. Either way, both sides are shameless anyway.
This kind of shameless discussion, the Jiang family, who has been attacked for a long time, naturally doesn't care, from top to bottom, they have long been used to being scolded for so many years.
Huainan Wangfu is different.
The simple prince Chu Weixian was congratulated in front of him in the court, and when he returned to the palace, he said that he was sick, and the concubine Lixian County Lord Chu Sitong also deliberately went back to his mother's house to remind his father: "Everyone outside is talking about our palace......"
Then Chu Xiao blocked her with an understatement: "Since you have already left the cabinet, don't worry about things at home!" ”
Chu Sitong came out with red ears and red ears, wanted to leave, but after thinking about it, she gritted her teeth and went to the backyard - she and Chu Yitong's biological mother were killed at the same time, and the two sisters supported each other in the first days, so although they are not the same mothers and are several years apart, the relationship is very good.
"Yi'er, why are you haggard again?" Entering Chu Yitong's courtyard, Chu Sitong began to sigh, "Is it for your marriage?" ”
Chu Yitong, who was pale, just smiled: "I've been like this for the past two years, and my sister doesn't know yet?" ”
Regarding the family affairs that have been rumored by the outside world, she behaved very flatly, without expectation, but she did not resist either: "Parents are in charge of marriage matters, and besides, how can there be so many wishful husbands in this world?" It's just making do with life. ”
Chu Sitong was a little angry: "This is really insulting to you!" ”
"Jiang Yadan's brother and daughter-in-law are not without a county lord!" Chu Yitong was not shocked, "He just wants golden branches and jade leaves, don't be too happy with those eldest princesses!" ”
That's true.
Chu Sitong sighed: "They ...... Living under the hands of the Queen Mother, he naturally wants to please the Queen Mother. ”
"Don't talk about this, anyway, my father has already made up his mind." Chu Yitong said lightly, "What's more, Xiao Tao's can live for so many years, why can't I?" The Tao family is now gone, but it was also a famous family that everyone envied back then...... And Xiao Tao died of dystocia, not by abuse! ”
She wasn't directly abused to death, but if Jiang Ya Dan had a little conscience, why would she let her give birth to her first child in her thirties? If it weren't for that, she might have died!
Chu Sitong muttered in her heart, but she heard what Chu Yitong meant: Whether she wants to or not, the father of the two has to marry her to the Jiang family anyway! Crying doesn't help, it's better to think about it!
The backyard of the Huainan Royal Mansion is filled with pessimism about this marriage - the people in Beijing who covet the position of Jiang Yadan's successor all gritted their teeth, wishing that Chu Yitong would die quickly!
Just because this marriage was brokered by Empress Dowager Jiang and approved by Mrs. Zhuang, even Qin Guogong and Mrs. Tao were silent, and others didn't dare to do anything if they had any opinions, so they only prayed that Mrs. Zhuang would leave quickly, so as to give them the courage and opportunity to make an obstruction.
Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, it is June.
The biggest event in June is, of course, the emperor's wedding.
However, at the beginning of June, there was also a big and small thing in the fourth room of the Jiang family, so that the people below did not dare to make up their minds, and Qiu Lulan, who heard the announcement first, did not dare to make the decision, so he had to go and ask Mrs. Zhuang: "The Duan family gave birth before, and they are a pair of twins!" Didn't her mother tell her before? But now the starling's backyard is empty, and the day when Lord Lihui passes the door is at the end of the year...... Duan's wanted to beg her mother to let her raise the child until that meeting, mother look? ”
Mrs. Zhuang didn't even think about it: "Does she think that I will definitely not stay in Beijing for a while, as long as I survive these few months, I can survive, right?" ”
Qiu Lulan also thought so, but her identity was different, and she didn't say much if Mrs. Zhuang could say it casually, so she just said truthfully: "If you send her now, I'm afraid there is no one in the backyard who is suitable to raise them." ”
"Then let the nurse raise it." Mrs. Zhuang said coldly, "Could it be that only the Duan family in the world can raise children?" ”
This result was expected by Qiu Yulan, because of Jiang Ya Zhu's biological mother, Mrs. Zhuang's concubines deserved to die in her eyes - she even thought so about the robbery and bought, not to mention people like the Duan family who rushed to seduce a married man?
But Qiu Yulan reminded: "Mother, of course it's okay if you are raised by a nursing mother. It's just that the county lord of Lihui is young, and the starling is still in the prime of life, these two children are the blood and blood of the starling, and they can't always be raised by the nurse...... When the county lord of Lihui enters the door, will he be raised under her knees? ”
"This ......" Mrs. Zhuang couldn't help frowning when she heard this: Yes, whether it is Jiang Yadan or Chu Yitong, they have not passed the age of childbearing! Jiang Yadan's backyard was cleaned up again, and after Chu Yitong passed the door, if he didn't take the twins under his knees to raise them, he would definitely be talked about unkindly!
Not only the twins, but also the children under Jiang Yadan's knees, have not had their hair tied up so far. These children, big and small, must always be taken care of by their mother-in-law or biological mother, right? But Mrs. Zhuang cleaned up their biological mothers - now they can live with their nursing mothers, can they ignore their mothers once they enter the door?
The concubine raised the children to the knees of the mother-in-law, no matter how you say it, it is all lifted!
Not only that, if Chu Yitong gives birth to children in the future, how will he continue to treat these concubine children who are raised under his knees? After all, if there are many children, there will definitely be no way to achieve an absolute bowl of water, this end is uneven, and it may be hard to raise a white-eyed wolf!
So Mrs. Zhuang cleaned the eldest son's backyard by tracking down Xiao Tao's dowry, although it was to give her stepdaughter-in-law face, but she had no intention of giving her step-daughter-in-law a problem.
Mrs. Zhuang has always been determined to be a good mother-in-law because of what happened to her mother, and this Chu Yitong is her stepdaughter-in-law personally, and she refuses to pit her. After thinking for a moment, he hummed: "Even so, it's not a reason why she can live!" ”
So he asked, "Are there any interesting people in Dan'er's outer room?" ”
Mother Chang muttered: "Although the former Zhou princess is a remnant of the Gu family, she is extremely knowledgeable! ”
The corners of Qiu Yulan's mouth twitched slightly: "Seeing that the situation was not right, I immediately sold my husband and my mother's family, just begging myself to live alone...... Can it not be interesting? ”
Mrs. Zhuang asked a little about the reason, and it was also this evaluation - but Mrs. Zhuang felt that it was nothing: "As long as this identity is not broken, you should know that it is already an unexpected joy to be able to enter our house, if you think that raising some concubines and children can go against the main room, it is purely because you have a long life - tell her what I said!" ”
So, half a day later, Duan's was beaten by a roll of straw mats and carried out of the house; The former Zhou princess Gu Qianna was carried into the side door in a small sedan chair, and as Aunt Gu, she took on the role of the adoptive mother of many of Jiangyadan's concubines......