Looking at her beautiful daughter, Mrs. Chen sighed, "If the Prince of Jin takes a concubine because of her beauty, the Prince of Jin's mansion will not be able to accommodate her no matter how big it is."
Chen Dingding still had extravagant hopes, "People outside say that the Princess of Jin is cowardly and useless. If my daughter can enter the palace, she will be the king."
"Ding'er, you also said that the Princess of Jin is cowardly and useless, so she can't control the Prince of Jin. Whether to take a concubine is entirely up to the Prince of Jin. The Prince of Jin has no such intention towards you. You should give up your thoughts and marry into the Gu family peacefully." Mrs. Chen interrupted her.
Jiang Changning would never have thought that she would not be called a jealous woman, but instead had a reputation of being cowardly and useless.
Chen Dingding's eyes were slightly red. "Mom, I understand. I will marry Master Gu."
"Good girl." Mrs. Chen patted her head. "Mom and Dad are doing this for your own good."
After the Chen family agreed to the marriage, the Gu family began to choose a date for the wedding ceremony.
Late spring March passed quietly, and early summer April arrived as promised.
April is the most beautiful month of the year, and the scenery is different from the old days. The playful maid has taken off her slightly heavy spring clothes and put on cool summer clothes.
There were clusters of flowers in the Prince Jin's mansion, and Park and others wore bright clothes to go to the garden to appreciate the flowers.
Princess Kangren also came to the garden with a bird cage and her maid.
Park and the others hurried over to greet her, "Greetings, Princess. Greetings to the Princess."
Princess Kangren knew that these were her uncle's concubines, so she said coldly, "No need to be polite."
Her father also had five or six concubines. After her father passed away, her mother sold them all.
"The feathers of this bird are so beautiful." Chen Yi complimented.
Liu curled her lips and said, "She is beautiful, but she seems unable to speak."
"This is a canary, not a parrot, so of course it can't speak." Princess Kang Ren said with disgust.
Liu covered her mouth, gave a fake smile, and said, "Oh, I thought they were all parrots, but I didn't expect that only the princess's was not a parrot."
"Are you trying to sow discord?" Princess Kang Ren asked bluntly.
Liu pretended to be panicked and said, "How dare I say that, Princess? I will just talk about the facts."
"Originally I don't need to explain it to you, but to prevent you from talking nonsense, I can explain this matter to you clearly." Princess Kang Ren stared at Liu, her face stiff.
Forced by her momentum, Liu took a step back.
"During the Shangsi Festival, I went to Hongluo Lake with my grandmother, uncle, and aunt. By the lake, I found a canary chick that was blown down from a tree by the wind. It was injured and died. I was very sad. To cheer me up, my aunt asked my uncle to buy me a canary. It's not that my uncle didn't want to buy me a parrot, but that I wanted a canary. Do you understand?"
"I understand."
"Your thoughts are dirty and full of malice. It is your aunt's leniency towards you that makes you lose sight of your own worth. Just wait." After saying this, Princess Kang Ren turned and left.
Liu didn't expect that Princess Kangren would go and complain after a disagreement. She was also shocked and hurriedly stood in front of her, "Princess, I have no ill intentions. I was just joking."
The ten beauties stood aside, watching the show with glee.
Instead, Pu and Chen Yi came over and helped Liu. "Princess, you have lived with her in the mansion for several years. You know her. She has no bad intentions, she just doesn't know how to talk."
"Yes, Princess, she is what people often say, with a sharp tongue but a soft heart. She can't say nice things, but she always says what she means. You should not bother with her."
Liu slapped herself twice cleanly, using enough force to make loud slapping sounds. "I'll teach you a lesson for talking nonsense and talking nonsense."
Seeing this, Princess Kangren hesitated for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll let you go this time. If I hear you talking nonsense again next time, I will report it to my aunt and have you kicked out of the house."
"I won't dare to do it again. Thank you, Princess, for forgiving me this time." Liu said with her head down.
Princess Kang Ren left the garden with her people, but she did not tell Jiang Changning about this. Someone reported the matter truthfully.
After hearing this, Jiang Changning smiled and said, "When you have nothing to do, you just like to stir up trouble. Xiulan, go and ask them to copy the mantra for the Pure Land."
"Princess, there are too few words in the Amitabha Sutra. Let them copy the Diamond Sutra." Fu Cui suggested.
The maidservants suddenly realized that the princess was not simply punishing them by making them copy scriptures.
"Princess, how many copies should we ask them to copy?" Xiulan asked.
"Each person should copy 300 copies." Jiang Changning gave a number that was neither more nor less.
If you copy less, you will finish it in no time.
I copied too much and still couldn’t finish copying by the day I was released from military service.
Xiulan had pens, ink and paper prepared and sent them to each concubine, even the dancer was not left out. Everyone stood in an orderly manner and copied the Amitabha Sutra together.
On April 16, Zhuang Juyue and Tan Yijie got married.
The original date for their wedding was set at February 20th.
However, due to some changes, Qin Zhaoxi and Xie Baoyin postponed their wedding date and chose the auspicious day of February 20th.
So Zhuang Juyue and Tan Yijie chose a new date and set it on April 16th.
Jiang Changning sent someone to deliver the gift as usual.
The next day, Tan Yijie and Zhuang Juyue went to the palace to express their gratitude. When they returned home to offer tea to their parents, the couple insisted on offering tea to Wendebo's deceased first wife, Tan Yijie's biological mother first.
Moreover, in the ancestral hall, Zhuang Juyue bullied Lady Wende with words, burned incense for the original wife, and performed the rituals of a concubine.
Jiang Changning was a little surprised when he heard this, "Sister Yue, you are quite strong."
Given Zhuang Juyue's personality, she would do this, which means that Mrs. Wendeber must have done something to anger her.
In this battle between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the Wende Marquis's mansion, Zhuang Juyue won the first round.
But the mother-in-law has many ways to control her daughter-in-law, and it is unclear who will win.
On April 20th, the three-month mourning period was over. I stopped mourning, burned the mantra for rebirth, and drank wine to dispel evil.
The next day, the empress dowager could not wait and ordered the eunuch to come to the Prince of Jin's Mansion, saying that she had obtained a painting by a famous artist and invited Jiang Changning to the palace to appreciate it.
"Appreciating famous calligraphy and paintings." Jiang Changning sneered.
The Queen Mother summoned her and she couldn't refuse. Fortunately, she was already prepared.
In the evening, Prince Jin returned home and knew that Jiang Changning was going to enter the palace. He comforted her and said, "Don't be afraid. I won't let that beast come to you and disgust you."
Hearing this, Jiang Changning knew that Prince Jin was planning for him or someone to find a reason to detain the emperor and prevent him from entering the harem.
Although this is only a temporary solution and not a fundamental solution, it is constrained by the hierarchy between the monarch and his subjects, and it is the best solution at this stage.
"I'm not afraid, I know you will protect me." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Even if Prince Jin and his men failed to trip up the emperor, she could still protect herself. If she didn't use the people she had planted in the palace now, when would she do so
The next day, Jiang Changning put on her makeup and left the house for the palace with Xiaochun and Banqin.
When they arrived outside the palace gate, they got off the carriage, walked through the corridor, and got on the sedan chair.
Sitting on the sedan chair, Jiang Changning had a calm expression on her face. She pinched the purse tied on her belt. It would be better if the emperor did not show up, otherwise, she would castrate him with drugs.
The sedan chair moved forward steadily and suddenly stopped.
(End of this chapter)