In March, the spring is bright and the flowers are in full bloom.
On the second day of the New Year, Zhao was carried into the Prince of Jin's palace in a pink sedan chair.
Although time was tight and Prince Jin was not interested, Jiang Changning still made some arrangements and sent out invitations according to the rules, inviting various governments to attend the ceremony.
As for taking a concubine, the main master of each mansion would definitely not come. Most of the people sent were respectable maids, and there were also concubines who were not in charge of the family.
On the first day of the first lunar month, Prince Jin left the city on the pretext of inspecting the Beijing camp. The Empress Dowager asked him to take a concubine, which he did, but he did not attend the wedding banquet in order to not give the Zhao family the face they deserved.
But the King of Jin could act on his own will and just leave.
The Toffee can turn a deaf ear and ignore it.
Jiang Changning, the principal wife, had to speak up, "It's so annoying."
After all the concubines in the family had finally behaved themselves, the Empress Dowager brought in another troublemaker who was destined to cause trouble.
Come on, it’s fun to fight with others.
As long as she lives and fights, she will try her best.
Arriving at Zhengze Courtyard, Jiang Changning apologized to the guests, "The prince is away from home due to official duties, and the date designated by the Empress Dowager is too close. In a hurry, I was not well prepared. Please forgive me for my negligence."
When the guests heard this, they understood that Prince Jin took this concubine unwillingly.
Jiang Changning, dressed in bright red auspicious clothes, sat in the Zhengze Hall. After a while, he saw a young girl in a pink dress walking in with the help of a matchmaker.
Zhao was chosen by the Empress Dowager to seduce Prince Jin, so she must have been very pretty, and her figure was even more outstanding. She was only fifteen years old, but she had a curvy figure and looked like a woman who would be easy to raise.
Jiang Changning chuckled. It was hard for the Empress Dowager to pick such a charming beauty for Prince Jin in order to share her favor.
"The newlyweds pay their respects to the princess." The matchmaker said loudly.
The maid brought a cushion and placed it in front of Jiang Changning. Zhao knelt down and said, "I pay my respects to you, sister."
Jiang Changning raised his leg and kicked Zhao, knocking her to the ground.
Everyone in the hall was stunned. Princess Jin was so fierce! The rumor was wrong.
"I am the only child of my late father and mother. I have no brothers or sisters." Jiang Changning stood up and stared at Zhao. "You are just a concubine. How dare you call me your sister? What kind of rules have you learned?"
Zhao relied on the support of the Grand Empress Dowager, stood up and said: "Princess, although I am a concubine, I am also a girl from a good family."
Jiang Changning is half a head taller than Zhao. In order to show off today, she wore a wig and tied her hair into a high bun, which made her look more imposing.
"How can being a concubine to the prince be an insult to a girl from a good family like you? If you don't want to be a concubine, I will let you go back in your original sedan chair and continue to be the girl from a good family. How about that?"
Jiang Changning took a step forward, forcing Zhao to take a step back.
"Miss Zhao, if you want to enter the palace as a concubine, you must abide by the palace's rules. If you dare to disrespect me, I will order someone to carry your original sedan back."
"The Empress Dowager will not allow you to do this." Zhao said in a timid tone.
"You haven't learned the rules well. I will ask the Empress Dowager to teach you the rules, so that you know how to be a concubine and how to serve the master and mistress well." Jiang Changning said with hidden meaning.
The Empress Dowager came to the throne because of her son. She was not the Empress or the main wife. She was just a concubine.
Zhao bit her lower lip and weighed the pros and cons. She knew that she could not be sent back to the Zhao family by Jiang Changning, or sent to the Empress Dowager.
Whether she was sent back to the Zhao family or to the Empress Dowager, she would become an abandoned child and her fate would be miserable.
Moreover, Jiang Changning's reaction was beyond her expectations, and she knew she couldn't confront him forcefully.
A man who knows the current situation is a wise man. After she has seduced the Prince of Jin, she can make other plans. Zhao knelt down again and said, "Thank you for your teachings, Princess. I will serve you well in the future."
She sat back down, "Kowtow, and serve tea."
Zhao kowtowed three times, then took the teacup from Xiulan and raised it above her head, "Princess, please have some tea."
The tea was warm, and Jiang Changning would not torture anyone for this matter. She was even afraid that Zhao would pretend to be careless and spill the tea, scalding her.
Jiang Changning took the teacup, pretended to take a sip, and placed it on the table. He took a pair of silver bracelets with twisted willow silk edges from the tray in Fangju's hand and said, "Zhao, the women who can enter the mansion are all from good families. This is a reward for you. Go back to the yard and rest. When the prince finishes his work and comes back, I will arrange for you to serve him."
Zhao was stunned. Is it so easy to let her go
Zhao was quite happy that Jiang Changning didn't cause trouble, "Thank you, Princess."
After sending Zhao away, Jiang Changning smiled gently at the guests who were watching the ceremony, "I was rude just now, please forgive me."
The guests dared not blame Princess Jin, and they all laughed and said, "Princess, please don't get angry over that ignorant concubine."
"It is her blessing to be able to enter the palace as a concubine. She actually dared to contradict the princess. It's really too much."
"The princess is so generous that she is willing to drink her tea and allow her to come in."
Jiang Changning listened happily to their chattering about a lot of things, then smiled and invited them to take their seats. The respectable maid in the mansion served as the guests, and she withdrew after her mission was accomplished.
After the concubine-taking banquet was over, the guests left and returned to their homes to report to their masters what they had seen and heard in the Prince of Jin's Mansion.
When most people heard about Jiang Changning kicking Zhao without any scruples, they were stunned. Only Zeng Zhaofu said, "Good kick. You can't be polite to these coquettish women."
Yan Yinyao also thought so, "Cousin, this Zhao is not simple, you have to be careful."
"Don't worry, I have someone keeping an eye on her." Jiang Changning has always been on guard against those concubines who have behaved themselves.
She had been on high alert for the newcomer Zhao and had to take special precautions.
In the evening, Zhao changed her clothes and walked out of the courtyard with her maid. When she reached the gate, she was stopped by the gatekeeper, "Madam, where are you going?"
"Go and pay your respects to the princess." Zhao replied.
"Madam, you don't have to go. The princess has set the rule that you only need to pay your respects in the morning," said the old woman.
"Is that so? Okay." Zhao walked back with her maid.
The maid said, "The princess is quite generous."
As far as she knew, the concubines of the Zhao family not only had to visit their mistress every morning and evening, but also had to serve her three meals a day, and even had to pour footbath water for her and wash her feet.
"Generous?" Zhao sneered and touched his shoulder. She had looked at it when she was changing clothes just now. Although there was no redness or swelling, it moved a little when she pressed it.
Will the wife be lenient if she can directly attack the concubine at the concubine-taking banquet
"She is a vicious woman." Zhao whispered.
The maid looked around and whispered, "Madam, please be careful with your words."
Zhao followed the rules and brought four maids into the mansion. The courtyard was full of people from the palace. If someone told Jiang Changning what Zhao said, Zhao would be in big trouble.
I took the medicine, but the pain at the root of my tooth is still terrible. Does anyone have a secret recipe
(End of this chapter)