When the Prince of Jin's Mansion received the imperial decree arranging the marriage, it was like water falling into a hot oil pan and it exploded.
"How dare she point such a woman to my son?" The Jin Wang Concubine Dowager was extremely angry, "Damn vixen."
As she said this, she asked her maid to prepare court clothes for her and then went into the palace to talk to the Queen Mother.
Prince Jin quickly stopped her and said, "Mother, mother, don't be anxious. Listen to me."
He had worked so hard to arrange this arranged marriage, and he couldn't let his own mother ruin his plans.
He waved his hand to dismiss the waiters in the room, and then said, "Mother, the mother and son in the palace are very wary of the Prince Jin's Mansion. If they marry another daughter-in-law from a high-class family, it would be like adding oil to a raging fire, which is not a good thing."
"I can't recommend you such a lowly thing." The Jin Wang Consort was furious. "How can an orphan girl with no father, no mother, no power and no influence be worthy of being the Jin Wang Consort?"
"Mother, Miss Jiang is the Queen Mother's savior. If it weren't for my son's deliberate act, the Queen Mother could have found a good marriage for her..."
"Isn't it a good match to marry into the Prince of Jin's mansion and become a princess?" the Princess Dowager of the Prince of Jin asked.
“Mother, this may be a good marriage for some people, but it is definitely not for Miss Jiang. Mother, she was implicated by her son, so please be more lenient to her.” Prince Jin said.
"You're protecting her before she even enters the house." The Princess Dowager of Prince Jin was unhappy.
"Mother, I don't want to protect her. I want to use her to lower the vigilance of the mother and son in the palace." Prince Jin explained.
"Okay, I understand." The Jin Wang Taifei was persuaded by the Jin Wang.
Prince Jin was going to marry a concubine. His sister-in-law, Qiao, the wife of the previous Prince Jin, was somewhat disappointed.
Although I knew that Prince Jin would remarry, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
Seeing that she was unhappy, the maid who trusted her persuaded her, "Madam, even if the orphan girl has the support of the Queen Mother and marries into the palace, she still has to listen to you, Madam."
Mrs. Qiao curled her lips. The power of housekeeper in Prince Jin's Mansion had always been in her hands. When Mrs. Pu got married, she tried to compete with her for it but failed.
Park was the daughter of Marquis Andeong and had a powerful family to support her, but they were still no match for her, not to mention that the new consort was just an orphan.
But what she cared about was never the power of the housekeeper, what she cared about was...
Waving her hand to let the maid leave, Qiao called out in a low voice: "Yu Lang!"
After dealing with the Zhuang family, Jiang Changning returned to the courtyard and arranged for Su Fei, "Tomorrow you go to see Uncle Nan, arrange for someone to enter the Prince Jin's Mansion, and then have someone investigate some of the circumstances in the Prince Jin's Mansion."
"Miss, do you still want to continue bribing people in the palace?" Shu Fei asked
Jiang Changning rubbed his forehead and said, "Go on. I'm married into a royal family and I still have to deal with the palace."
Before she gets married, the Queen Mother will summon her as a chess piece at least once.
"Ask Uncle Nan to find someone to clean up the yard on Nanmen Street." Jiang Changning ordered.
"Miss, what are you going to do by cleaning up the yard?" Shu Fei asked in confusion.
"Girls from the Jiang family cannot get married in the Zhuang family." Jiang Changning has wanted to move out of the Zhuang family for a long time, and now he has a perfect reason.
If you don't move now, when will you move
"I'm afraid the old lady won't agree. She finally has the chance to use the girl, so how could she let her go?" Fang Ju interrupted.
"I'll find the right time, Xiulan. Have someone keep an eye on the courtyards of the old lady, the first lady, and the second lady. I've been pointed out to Prince Jin, and they must have some ideas."
Jiang Changning's guess was correct. Old Mrs. Zhuang was discussing with her two sons how to take advantage of Jiang Changning to make further progress in the Zhuang family.
"Old lady, Miss Ning is frail and sickly. I'm afraid she can't give birth to a child for Prince Jin. We have to pick a few concubines with good health for her and have them accompany her into Prince Jin's Mansion. What do you think?" Zhuang Shenmao asked with a smile.
"You are right." Old Madam Zhuang agreed, "But we need to choose the concubine carefully."
"My son thinks that the successor to the Prince of Jin's Mansion should preferably have the blood of the Zhuang family." Zhuang Shenrong said.
"The fifth girl won't do." Old Madam Zhuang was against Zhuang Qingmei becoming a concubine. It wasn't because she pitied her granddaughter and didn't want her to be a concubine. Old Madam Zhuang really didn't take a illegitimate granddaughter seriously.
Not to mention that Zhuang Qingmei and Jiang Changning have an average relationship, Zhuang Qingmei's appearance is also a big problem.
How can a concubine, who is not even as pretty as the wife, compete for favor
"I don't know who the fourth girl will be assigned to. It would be great if the fourth girl could also be assigned to Prince Jin." Zhuang Shenmao fantasized.
"If the fourth girl is also betrothed to Prince Jin, then there is no need to prepare concubines. If the fourth girl is betrothed to another mansion, we will find all the outstanding girls in the clan and let girl Ning choose." said Old Lady Zhuang.
"Regardless of legitimate or illegitimate children?" Zhuang Shenmao asked.
Old Madam Zhuang glared at him and said, "It is their good fortune to be able to enter the palace. If they can give birth to a boy or a girl, they may be able to move forward."
As soon as the voice fell, the maid reported outside: "Old Madam, First Master, Second Master, the palace has sent another marriage decree."
The three people returned from the palace and had to receive two imperial decrees arranging their marriages.
The three of them hurried out and went to the front yard, but the incense table had not been removed yet.
Imperial decrees for arranged marriages came out from the palace one after another.
Zhao Xifang was betrothed to Prince of Yu, Helian Xia, and the wedding date was October 26th.
Song Yirou was betrothed to Helian Qiu, the Prince of Ningxia, and the wedding was to be held on the tenth day of the twelfth lunar month.
The document sent to the Zhuang family was an imperial decree to arrange a marriage for Xie Baoyin. She was betrothed to Qin Zhaoxi, the son of the Duke of Xingzhou.
After hearing about this arranged marriage, Jiang Changning understood why the Queen Mother summoned Xie Baoyin last time.
The wedding date of Xie Baoyin and Qin Zhaoxi is set for the 16th day of the first lunar month of next year.
Qin Zhaoxi received the marriage order and looked confused, "Who is Xie Baoyin?"
The Queen Mother Aunt pointed out that before the marriage, why didn’t she ask him who he wanted to marry
"She is the daughter of Xie Jiancheng, the deputy general of Fengtian Prefecture." said the Duke of Xingzhou.
"I have seen her. She is beautiful and fertile." The county lady said with a smile.
"Mother, did you know that the Empress Dowager wanted to point her out to me?" Qin Zhaoxi's eyes widened.
"I know." The Lady of the County Duke said with a smile.
Qin Zhaoxi asked in confusion: "Why didn't you tell me?"
"I told you that the Queen Mother would arrange a marriage for you with a beautiful woman, and you were so happy about it. Did you forget?"
Qin Zhaoxi slapped his forehead and thought, how many of the contestants in the talent show are not beauties
"Mother, can..." Qin Zhaoxi let out a long sigh. The imperial decree had been announced to the world, so it was impossible to change someone.
"What do you want to say?" asked the Duchess's wife.
"Nothing." Qin Zhaoxi was depressed. It was too late to say anything now.
After a while, he learned that Jiang Changning was betrothed to Prince Jin, and he became even more depressed.
All the other concubines were also betrothed. Zhuang Juyue was betrothed to Tan Yijie, the son of Earl Wende, and the wedding date was February 20th.
Chen Yi, who lived in the same room with Jiang Changning, was assigned to be the wife of Prince Jin.
Fang Youting was assigned to be the wife of Prince Yu.
Zhuang Qingchan was appointed as the wife of the King of Ningxia.
These concubines had to wait until the main wife came into the house and would be brought into the palace on a date set by the main wife.
Please, please, beauties and handsome guys, please keep them. If not, I will be dropped from the list.
(End of this chapter)