The news spread that Duke Ding galloped his horse to Changning Bo's mansion in the pouring rain, arousing everyone's curiosity.
Could it be that something happened to Miss Jiang Si.
Everyone's heart skipped a beat.
After they found out the reason, they all fell silent.
It turns out that Ding Guogong, who everyone fears and avoids like a snake and scorpion, also has a tough and tender side. When his fiancée suffered a little grievance in the uncle's house, he rushed to comfort him in the rain and showed his strength.
Miss Jiang Si is really a lucky woman.
All the ladies were envious for a while.
What shocked them at the same time was that Mrs. Xie's foster nuns for Miss Jiang Si were sent by Mrs. Xie, and the two nuns were not young. thoughts.
If they were, they couldn't help being moved.
"Miss Jiang Wu's character is not bad." Mrs. Yougui said so.
Jiang Mingyao's reputation spread along with this incident.
Everyone praised the character of the first daughter of the Changningbo Mansion, and even the eldest daughter of the Jiang family who was already married and pregnant was looked at highly.
The second wife of the Xie family felt very honored when she heard the noble lady in the capital's praise for her future daughter-in-law.
In fact, she didn't like Miss Jiang Wu in her heart. If it wasn't for the request of the adopted eldest son, Mrs. Xie would not even look at the girl from Changning Bo's mansion.
Today is different from the past, the second wife of the Xie family is no longer the second wife of the Xie family who was not valued more than ten years ago.
In her heart, the second son's first wife must be a noble daughter.
The only consolation is that Miss Jiang Wu is cold-tempered, and she simply doesn't care about world affairs, which is easy to handle.
In the evening, Mrs. Zhang, who was far away in Qingshui Temple, finally learned of what happened in the mansion. She was so angry that her face was pale and cloudy. , but when she thought of leaving Qingshui Temple, she would be tormented every day, so she immediately dismissed the idea and went to sue her uncle.
On the second day, it rained and the sky cleared.
Changning Bo Jiang Dongming rushed back to the Bo mansion.
As the owner of the uncle's mansion, Changningbo Jiang Dongming couldn't wait to go to the west courtyard as soon as he came back. He gave Jiang Jin a stern lesson, and then went to Jiang Ningbao's yard to scold her for making a fuss out of a molehill, which made the Changning uncle's mansion lose face.
Jiang Ningbao looked calmly at Uncle Changning, who was spitting and scolding her, his eyes turned cold, and he was silent for a moment, before he said lightly: "Uncle means that the niece should not tell the Duke of the country, and the Duke of the country should not be allowed to come forward. If you feel wronged, you should swallow it in your stomach."
When Uncle Changning heard that his niece didn't know how to repent, his unquenchable anger surged up, he gave his niece a hard look, and scolded loudly with a straight face.
"Fourth girl, your grandmother just asked you to take Yao'er to be taught by the two mothers. Does this also wrong you? Yao'er is your younger sister. Sisters should help each other."
"What's more, it's just a matter of one sentence. You actually made such a big fuss, embarrassing the entire Bofu. It really is that the wings are hardened, so you don't take the Bofu seriously."
Jiang Ningbao was noncommittal, and looked at Uncle Changning indifferently: "Uncle, my niece's wedding date is obviously earlier than that of my fifth sister, but no one in the mansion is planning a wedding for my niece, and I didn't even find a nurturing nun. Grandmother also put her mind on Fifth Sister, busy preparing for her wedding."
Speaking of this, Jiang Ningbao paused, glanced at Uncle Changning's gradually livid face, sneered in his heart, and continued.
"After the Duke knew about his niece, he took everything over. He asked the embroiderer to help embroider the wedding dress, and asked the nuns in the palace to teach the niece how to behave. However, the relatives in the mansion have always ignored the niece completely. After it is profitable, I will think about it. It is not beneficial to share a piece of the pie. It is beneficial to forget you in a corner, so I seek benefits under the guise of sisters helping each other. How can there be such a good thing in the world?"
"Uncle, is what my niece said right?"
Jiang Ningbao looked at Changningbo and smiled mockingly.
Uncle Chang Ning felt his face was hot, and he stared at Jiang Ningbao for a long while, before finally shaking his sleeves and leaving in embarrassment.
Chunxi and Chunle on the side breathed a sigh of relief, with happy smiles on their faces.
The girl is so good, the uncle was so angry that they left, when the uncle scolded the girl just now, they felt very uncomfortable, and they all saw the treatment of the girl in the mansion.
The uncle actually has the face to teach the girl a lesson.
Jiang Ningbao smiled lightly, raised her hand to straighten her hair around her ears, tidied her clothes in a leisurely manner, and left the hall alone with graceful steps to receive the teachings of the two nuns.
Ever since Mrs. Jiang was beaten up by Duke Ding, Mrs. Jiang has never summoned Jiang Ningbao again, and the same is true of Uncle Changning.
Jiang Ningbao is happy to maintain the status quo.
During the day, I studied etiquette and rules with the two nuns, and I exchanged letters with the Duke at night. Unless necessary, I would not leave the gate of the West Court. I lived a fulfilling and happy life.
The days passed like flowing water, the eldest brother Jiang Jin will return to Qingshan Academy tomorrow, and the next day when he returns home is the day when Jiang Ningbao gets married.
On the night before leaving, Jiang Ningbao's room was brightly lit with candles.
Jiang Ningbao and his elder brother Jiang Jin were talking in the room.
"Brother, here is a 10,000 taels of silver note. Don't refuse it. You handed over your mother's dowry to me back then. There must be no money left in your hand. The monthly money of tens of taels of silver from the uncle's house probably didn't reach you." hand."
With a smile on her face, Jiang Ningbao pushed a box of banknotes in front of Jiang Jin.
Two days ago, Jiang Ningbao packed a pot of medicinal wine and flower wine with different effects that he had prepared into a large wooden box covered with soft hay, and asked his eldest brother to take it to the academy.
In addition to medicinal wine and flower brew, Jiang Ningbao also asked the embroidery workshop to make several sets of new robes for the elder brother.
Now it is a silver ticket, mother Yang's dowry is in her hands, and the annual output has a huge income. These Jiang Ning treasures are recorded one by one, and she will hand them back to her mother when her parents come back.
From now on, all this will be left to the eldest brother.
Jiang Ningbao didn't tell her elder brother about this, so don't think she doesn't know, her grandmother will hand over her mother's dowry to her, and elder brother will help in it.
She remembered that before her grandmother handed over her mother's dowry to her, someone came from her grandfather's house, probably invited by her elder brother.
Although the uncle's mansion is rich, if Mrs. Jiang uses the excuse of taking care of her mother's dowry for Jiang Ningbao, the annual rich output will definitely be in her pocket and will not be handed over to her.
According to the rules, the brothers and sisters share in the mother's dowry, but the elder brother gave it all to her, and his private treasury only has less than a thousand taels of silver left by his father and a Zhuangzi under his name.
The property under the father's name was taken back to the public house by the grandmother and the eldest family on the grounds that it was the property of the uncle's house after he was 'died'. It can be said that the two brothers and sisters of the second room have no property at all except their mother's dowry .
For this wedding, Jiang Ningbao didn't plan to use her mother's dowry. Her Jinjiang teahouse earned more money in two months than the entire Bofu's income in a year.
Even if 50% of the profits are distributed to do good deeds, the remaining 50% is an astonishing figure, not to mention the land deeds of farms and shops all over the Dai Viet Dynasty.
Even Duke Ding couldn't help being shocked when he found out.
It can be said that Jiang Ningbao has a lot of money and is not short of money. The purchase of the dowry has been handed over to the treasurer Yao, and with the dowry gift from Dingguo's mansion, her dowry is extremely rich.
"Ningbao, two months ago, you gave my brother five thousand taels of silver. My brother studied in the academy and didn't spend much. You keep the ten thousand taels as a dowry silver." Jiang Jin looked at Ning Ning helplessly. Bao glanced.
Five thousand taels is not a small amount, and the total expenditure of the uncle's house for half a year is only so much money. At that time, Ning Bao was afraid that he would refuse, so he deliberately hid the money box in a wooden box with a wine jar, and then gave him a purse. Seriously told him to take it apart when he arrived at the academy.
Jiang Jin recalled what Ningbao did, angry and funny, but more moved, but this time he gave him money openly, still a full 10,000 taels of silver.
His sister yo.
It is estimated that apart from his elder brother, neither the eldest family nor the grandmother knew that Ningbao was the richest girl in the family.
"Brother, as a man, you must have some money in your hand. I also have a Jinjiang teahouse under my name, and I am making a lot of money every day. There are so many wealthy businessmen who come here attracted by the name, and the monthly income is thousands of taels. For six years, I don't know How much money have you saved?"
"Besides, the mother's dowry is also produced every year, and there is also a share for the eldest brother here."
Jiang Ningbao couldn't say anything, and directly stuffed the box into the elder brother's hands.
The eldest brother is so stupid that it makes people feel distressed. He thinks about her sister in everything, and he doesn't think that the money in his hand is just a fraction of her rich family wealth.
Fortunately, she had been prepared for a long time, and secretly bought a lot of farmland under the name of her elder brother. Jiang Ningbao was quite happy when she thought of the stack of land deeds with her elder brother's name written on them in the box.
Jiang Jin rubbed Ningbao's head, reluctantly accepted the ten thousand taels of silver, and secretly decided to give it back to Ningbao as a dowry silver when she got married.
Both siblings are thinking about each other.
"Ningbao, brother is leaving tomorrow. Be careful in the mansion by yourself." Jiang Jin thought of the dire situation of the second room, Jun's face was full of worry, and he wished that Ningbao would marry Duke Ding today.
Jiang Ningbao smiled and poured a cup of tea for her eldest brother: "Brother, you were not in the mansion before, and I couldn't handle it well by myself. Now there are two nuns in the yard."
Jiang Jin: "..."
That's right, he actually forgot that Ningbao and two nuns from the palace taught him, and his worries dissipated a lot.
"Ningbao, uncles and aunts should rush over to see you off." Jiang Jin took a sip of tea, suddenly remembered that she forgot about it, and hurriedly told Ningbao about it.
Jiang Ningbao was stunned: "Brother, my wedding date is on the first day of May. It will take at least ten days for the news of the imperial edict to reach Xuzhou, and it will take a month for uncle and the others to come to the capital at the earliest. They should not be able to make it in time."
At the beginning, father and mother were in the ancient version of free love. Her father ignored Mrs. Jiang's objection and insisted on marrying her mother. Mother Yang's family was a well-known and famous family in Xuzhou, which was a wealthy place in the Dayue Dynasty.
Xuzhou is very far away from the capital, and the highest official position of the elders of the Yang family is only the fourth grade, but the family has a great career, and there are many successful children, all of whom are in some positions with real power.
I really don't know what Mrs. Jiang is dissatisfied with her mother.
During the three years of filial piety, my uncle's family would send generous gifts during festivals, so that the servants in the mansion would not dare to underestimate their brothers and sisters.
Jiang Ningbao has a very good impression of his uncle's family.
"If you go by water, you should be able to arrive in time." Jiang Jin mused.
"In addition to the gate of the city, I will send some people to guard the pier." Jiang Ningbao thought for a while and said, if uncle, aunt and the others can arrive in time, it is also a matter of joy.
Jiang Jin nodded.
The brothers and sisters broke up after talking about something personal.
The next day, Jiang Ningbao hugged the jar of paper stars that her elder brother gave her, watched her elder brother get into the carriage, and watched the escort escorting the carriage leave her sight, with a trace of reluctance and loss in her eyes.
Shoujintang Main House
Mrs. Jiang sat on the soft couch with her eyes closed. Several beautiful maidservants beat the old lady's legs, and her confidant maid Hong Xing rubbed the old lady's shoulders familiarly, and casually told the news that the third young master left the house today. .
Knowing that the third grandson had left, the old lady opened her eyes with a calm expression: "It's good to leave, so as not to be an eyesore in the mansion."
Hong Xing sighed in her heart, and continued to rub the old lady's shoulders.
The house fell silent again.
"Have the two nuns who live in the west courtyard never come out these days?" After a while, Mrs. Jiang suddenly said this, her tone full of unwillingness.
Hong Xing lowered her head and replied: "Yes, old lady."
"It must be the fault of the fourth girl. I'm afraid they will agree to my request and restrain the two nuns in the yard." Mrs. Jiang's voice was full of powerless anger.
"Old madam, you forgot what Duke Dingguo sent to convey..." Hong Xing reminded in a low voice.
Mrs. Jiang's expression suddenly sank, full of gloom and boredom, she no longer mentioned the matter of the two nuns. These days, several old guys came to the mansion to watch her jokes, and the old lady hated the fourth granddaughter who complained. .
It's just that at that time, the fourth granddaughter will be used to build momentum for the fifth granddaughter, and Mrs. Jiang doesn't want to make the relationship too tense.
"Hongxing, go to my warehouse and get a set of gold inlaid jade and ruby tiaras for the fourth girl."
Hong Xing was taken aback, and quickly bowed her head and replied respectfully: "Yes, old lady." After she finished speaking, she got up and went to the storeroom, where the key was with her, and Hong Xing easily put the jewelry box containing the gold inlaid jade and ruby headdress Take it out.
Jiang Ningbao had just returned from learning the rules and etiquette from the two nuns, took a sip of tea and was about to close his eyes for a rest, when Chunxi told the old lady's confidant maid Hong Xing to come.
Jiang Ningbao frowned slightly: "Let her in."
Hong Xing came in with an exquisite box, gave Jiang Ningbao a little blessing, and offered the box with both hands: "Miss Si, this is the jewelry that the old lady gave you."
"Grandma gave it to me?"
Jiang Ningbao was shocked. In just a few days, Mrs. Jiang suddenly gave her a headgear. What does this mean? She glanced at the box and signaled Chunle to take it over. When Chunle handed the box to her, Jiang Ningbao opened it At first glance, it turned out to be a set of gold inlaid jade and ruby tiaras.
This headdress is very expensive.
Jiang Ningbao was silent for a moment, and fixed her eyes on Hongxing: "Hongxing, why did grandma suddenly give me a valuable headdress?"
Hong Xing shook her head respectfully: "I don't know, the girl can ask the old lady."
Jiang Ningbao closed the box with a calm expression, handed the box to Chun Xi who was beside her, took a deep look at Hong Xing, and waved her hand: "I'll take this headdress, you can go back and return to your life."
Hong Xing didn't say anything, and Fushen left.
Jiang Ningbao looked thoughtful, not knowing what the meaning of Mrs. Jiang's actions was.
"Girl, do you really accept the tiara from the old lady?" Chunxi held the box with a sad face, feeling that the box was quite hot.
Jiang Ningbao chuckled, his eyes sparkling: "My father earned a huge family fortune for the uncle's house, and it all fell into the uncle's hands. Isn't it just a set of gold inlaid jade and ruby headgear, why not accept it?"
Chunxi thought about it, so she put the jewelry box on the dressing table with peace of mind.
Half a month has passed since the marriage was given, and Mrs. Jiang has not moved at all. It is estimated that the headgear was used to appease her, so Jiang Ningbao put the matter aside and seized the time to learn from the two nuns.
On this day, someone came from Dingguo's mansion and told Jiang Ningbao that her wedding dress had been embroidered, and invited her to Dingguo's mansion.
Jiang Ningbao was pleasantly surprised.