Chapter 8
Mrs. Jiang waved her hand and signaled the two concubines to step back. She took her daughter's hand and said, "Did you get a bed last night? How did you sleep?"
"Everything is fine." Perhaps because of the blood connection, Wei Hanzhang felt friendly when seeing Jiang. She smiled and said, "How is your mother sleeping? You should get well soon."
"My Ran Ran is so lucky. Your mother's body feels much lighter as soon as you come back." Mrs. Jiang stroked her daughter's long hair and asked in a low voice, "Why did you pay so much attention to your father's aunt just now?"
Wei Hanzhang couldn't say that he watched the heroine. He just smiled and said: "It's my first time going home, and everything I see is new."
Her daughter's casual words reminded Jiang again of the pain of separation.
Her eyes were full of guilt: "It's all my fault that my mother didn't sit firmly when she was pregnant with you. As a result, my baby was born with a weak disease. When I was born, I was so weak that I couldn't even cry. Your grandfather invited all the royal doctors in the palace." I came here several times but still couldn’t do anything, so a wandering monk suggested trying to foster him outside.”
Speaking of this, Mrs. Jiang felt a little emotional: "Your grandmother heard about you, so she sent your second uncle to bring her autographed letter. Your second uncle took you to Xuzhou when you were less than one year old, and now you are here again. He will send you back personally."
When she went there, she was carrying a baby in swaddling clothes who might die at any time. When she came back, she was given a healthy and excellent daughter. Mrs. Jiang was extremely grateful to her family.
She couldn't help but shed another tear when she brought up old things again. Wei Hanzhang persuaded her and looked at her daughter who had just returned to her and was about to get haircut.
As she watched, Jiang's face gradually became a little strange, and she said angrily: "I don't know what that boy from the Gu family looks like, but he wants to hire my Ran Ran."
The daughter who was as delicate as a flower had just come back and was about to get married. The more Jiang thought about it, the angrier she became. She couldn't help but pretend to be serious and said: "Ran Ran, you have to listen to your mother on this matter. Stay at home for a few more years until you are eighteen." Talk about leaving the cabinet.”
Wei Hanzhang didn't expect to hear Gu Yunran from Jiang's mouth, and was a little stunned for a moment...
"Why, you don't think you can hide the matter between you and that boy from the Gu family from your mother, do you?"
Mrs. Jiang tapped her daughter's eyebrows and said with a smile: "Your grandmother has told mother everything. Mother is not a bad person who beats mandarin ducks. Years ago, the Gu family asked someone to come to the door, so I agreed to the marriage. It's just that the wedding date is not the same. Urgent, let’s wait for three years.”
The Gu family is a family of officials, and Gu Yunran is the eldest son of the eldest son. His father is the governor of Xuzhou and is a powerful official in the border areas. Being married to the youngest daughter of the second wife of the Marquis Mansion is not a high claim.
This marriage was approved by Marquis Zhongyong.
Wei Hanzhang was startled by this sudden message: "Accepted this marriage?"
Seeing her surprise, Mrs. Jiang smiled and said, "That's the eldest son of the Gu family. He's over seventeen years old. When he reaches the age where it's time to get engaged, he naturally has to ask someone who is familiar with both families to come and ask about our family. I Now that I have agreed, let’s wait for their family to prepare the betrothal gift and formally come to propose marriage.”
Even if they are childhood sweethearts, they still have to go through six rites. If it is not officially decided, what if the daughter-in-law runs away? Jiang Shi understands the attitude of the Gu family very well.
Turning her head and seeing her daughter's stunned expression, she realized something was wrong. She quickly took her daughter in her arms and asked with concern: "You look like this, but why are you having trouble with him?"
If it was 20 days ago, Wei Hanzhang would have been happy to hear that her marriage to Gu Yunran was going through the process, but now...
Wei Hanzhang lowered his eyes and leaned in Jiang's arms, saying gloomily: "A few days before I came to the capital, I learned that he had two wives who were chosen by his mother."
"What do I mean?" Mrs. Jiang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "They are just two maids. What do you want to argue with them? If you come in, you will be the eldest daughter-in-law of his Gu family. He is the wife of the whole family. He will definitely I won’t humiliate your face for the sake of two maids.”
These words again...just for fun...
Think of them as two objects...
It won't be an eyesore to you...
Even though he had grown up in this world, Wei Hanzhang still couldn't accept calling a living person, a woman being held by her husband while sleeping, an object.
"Mother," Wei Hanzhang called softly, raised his eyes and said, "I saw that my father had many concubines yesterday. Do you really not mind at all?"
"What's there to mind?" Mrs. Jiang had a rare opportunity to teach her daughter, and said patiently: "Ran Ran, look at the Lin family and Shen family who were here just now. Not only do they have to serve your father, but they also have to serve me. Once they are no longer able to serve, Be careful, I can sell them without your father's consent."
Jiang smiled and said: "Why should Ran Ran care about people who hold their wealth and life in their hands?"
This…
Wei Hanzhang smiled bitterly, this was not the same thing at all.
She simply said bluntly: "My daughter only knows that no one else is allowed to get into the things I really love, let alone Gu Yunran, who grew up with me. She can't even look at other girls." .”
She has been used to being domineering since she was a child, and the other things are okay. Once she gets interested, she has absolutely no intention of sharing.
If it's really a blind marriage, even if she doesn't give any emotion, she can still not care about it, and only her wife's honor will be enough.
But that was Gu Yunran, the Gu Yunran she had grown up with and had a deep relationship with.
There was silence in the room for a long time. Jiang looked at her daughter's delicate face and felt a little worried. She really didn't expect that her mother-in-law had manipulated her daughter into such a careless temper.
"But there is no such man in the world," she said earnestly: "Even an ordinary farmer would go to the Fireworks Willow Alley to hang out for a few days in a good harvest year and have a few extra coins. Who of the high-ranking gentlemen like us wouldn't? There are people around you when you are sixteen or seventeen years old."
"My son, please don't get into trouble. For a wife, her husband's respect is more reliable than illusory love."
Jiang's tone was always gentle: "You and he grew up together since childhood, and their friendship is even more different. You are also from a marquis mansion, and you will get married in the future. He will never and dare not treat you coldly. As long as you stand up for yourself, he will It doesn’t matter how many concubines there are in the backyard.”
"You respect each other and support each other, and this is how you live your whole life. Those concubines will not be included in the family tree at birth, and will not enter the ancestral graves at death. What does it matter whether he likes them or not?"
"..." Wei Hanzhang fell silent.
Jiang continued: "If you really encounter someone who is ignorant, just sell it out and find a few more honest people to take in and keep the peace in the backyard."
"Ms. Shen, whom you just met, has two sons and one daughter. She still comes to serve me every day before dawn, and is extremely submissive. Your father treats her very differently, but he has never laid eggs for me because of my concubine. Face.”
Wei Hanzhang was speechless after listening to Jiang's teachings.
It is as natural for ladies from high families to find women for their husbands as it is to buy clothes. Will she take the initiative to take concubines for Gu Yunran in the future? (End of this chapter)