Upon learning that Chen Yi was also assigned to Prince Jin, Jiang Changning was stunned at first, then smiled sarcastically and didn't take it too seriously.
Not to mention that the Prince of Jin was remarrying, even if she was his original wife, what would that matter
In this society where polygamy is legal, it is unrealistic to expect monogamy.
Lu Xiujie stayed in the palace. Xie Baoyin's marriage had been arranged, so she packed her luggage and prepared to leave Beijing and go home.
There is still more than half a year before her wedding, so it is impossible for her to live with her relatives for so long.
Before leaving, she came to say goodbye to Jiang Changning, "I'm afraid I won't be able to come to see you off on your wedding day. This is my gift to you."
A set of pure gold flower and bird head ornaments inlaid with rubies was the makeup that Xie Baoyin prepared for Jiang Changning.
This gift is quite appropriate.
"Thank you." Jiang Changning accepted it without any hesitation. "I don't know whether the palace will arrange for you to go to Beijing to get married, or let Duke Qin go to Fengtian to marry you. I will prepare some dowry for you first, please don't despise it."
Xie Baoyin smiled and said, "If there are gifts to receive, how can I dislike them?"
Jiang Changning prepared twelve flower hairpins for her, which was just the right gift.
On the afternoon of the second day after Xie Baoyin left Beijing, Jiang Changning took a nap and walked in the yard for exercise. Tongfu led five girls in.
All five of them were girls from the Zhuang family. I had seen them in the Zhuang family’s private school. The one I was most familiar with was Zhuang Juxiang from Xifu.
"My cousin, the old lady asked me to bring a few girls to pay my respects to you." Tongfu said respectfully.
Jiang Changning was stunned. Greet her? He smiled and said, "I don't deserve it."
The five people were invited to sit in the small hall, and the maid served them tea.
"Sister Ning, I'm afraid you don't remember me. My name is Zhuang Miaolian, and I'm from Room 6 on the corridor." Zhuang Miaolian spoke first.
The other three girls also quickly introduced their family names to Jiang Changning. Zhuang Xiaojing, Zhuang Daocong, and Zhuang Lulu were all from the Zhuang family.
"Sister Ning, this small hall is so elegantly decorated." Zhuang Daocong was the first to compliment.
"It's just casually cleaned up, not worth mentioning." Jiang Changning really didn't put too much effort into the decoration. The name of the courtyard said it all.
"Was this ink bamboo painting painted by Sister Ning?" Zhuang Lulu took a look at the painting hanging on the wall.
"It is my father's last work." Jiang Changning replied.
After chatting about this and that for a while, they left.
Fangju saw them out the door, then turned around and asked in confusion, "Girls, what are they doing here?"
"Greetings." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"If someone is too nice to you for no reason, he is either a traitor or a thief." Su Fei interrupted.
Jiang Changning nodded in agreement, "Shu Fei, you go out tomorrow and ask the two brothers to pick me up at the beginning of August. I think I will have to tear my face with the Zhuang family."
It is worth pondering what the banker's intention was to let five girls live in his house at this time.
Shu Fei's heart tightened, "Miss, should we ask the An group to send a few people in?"
If the dealer takes a risk, the girl will be in danger, so it is better to take precautions.
Jiang Changning laughed dumbly, "Shu Fei, there's no need to treat it like a powerful enemy."
"Girl, it's better to be safe than sorry. Don't be afraid of anything else but the banker who will do something desperate." Su Fei advised.
"The banker doesn't dare to come at us with an open knife, he will only use a soft knife to kill people, so just let Xiulan be more careful." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Shu Fei thought about it and said, "I will go and call Xiulan in."
In the evening, Jiang Changning went to pay her respects to Old Madam Zhuang as usual, and she did not act arrogantly because of her status as the future princess.
It was because of Jiang Changning's actions that the Zhuang family felt they could control Jiang Changning and dared to have any bad intentions.
After dinner, Mrs. Zhuang asked with a smile, "Ning, do you think these five girls are doing well?"
"Madam, I'm not familiar with those sisters." Jiang Changning refused to comment.
"You'll become familiar with each other the more you spend time together." Old Mrs. Zhuang said with a smile.
Jiang Changning smiled without saying anything, her eyes slightly gloomy. It seemed that her last days at the Zhuang family would not be a very peaceful one.
Just as Jiang Changning secretly asked the maid to pack up and prepare to move out of the Zhuang family, in the Jin Palace, Qiao ordered the steward, "Have someone clean up the Zhengze Courtyard."
Four years ago, Zhengzeyuan was renovated, but Park died of illness only a year after moving in.
People with bad luck will not be able to enjoy it.
"The prince said that there is no need to clean up the Zhengze Courtyard." said the steward.
"That's not a good idea. No one has lived in that yard for more than two years. Although someone cleans it every day, we still have to tidy it up before we can marry the new princess." There was a hint of joy in Qiao's eyes.
It’s great that the prince is not satisfied with and doesn’t care about the new princess.
However, this secret joy disappeared in the manager's next words.
"The prince said that the Jiale Courtyard and Tengluo Courtyard on the east road should be merged into one large courtyard to be the new main courtyard for the princess to live in. The name of the courtyard will be chosen by the princess after she enters the palace."
"Crackling" Qiao gritted her teeth and forced herself to calm down. "What did the concubine say?"
"The prince asked the Concubine Dowager's opinion, and she agreed."
Qiao waved her hand to let the steward leave, and drank three large cups of tea before she suppressed the resentment or anger in her chest.
The people Jiang Changning sent out to inquire also found out that the Prince of Jin was renovating his mansion and marrying a new princess.
"The Concubine Dowager is in poor health. The current housekeeper of the Prince of Jin's Mansion is Concubine Dao."
Jiang Changning's eyebrows moved slightly, "Is it always?"
Concubine Dao was the sister-in-law of Prince Jin and the widow of the previous Prince Jin.
She married the former Prince of Jin nine years ago and became a widow more than two years later. She has only one daughter, who was canonized as a princess.
There was no male heir to the title, so the younger brother would inherit the title after the elder brother died. The King of Huaibei inherited the title of King of Jin, and the former Queen of Jin was renamed Queen Dao.
"Always." Shu Fei replied.
"Huh." Jiang Changning laughed with an ambiguous tone, "Go on."
The Prince of Jin did not have a wife, and the household was managed by Concubine Dao. Although this was a bit inappropriate, it was barely acceptable.
But the Prince of Jin is married, the Princess of Jin does not take care of the household, and the Princess Dao is the one who manages the household. Only a fool would believe that there is nothing strange about this.
"The Prince of Jin has a wife who is the half-sister of the late Princess Park. He also has two concubines who were given to the Prince of Jin by the Dowager Consort, one named Zhou and the other named Liu, neither of whom had children."
"When did this Madam Park enter the palace?" Jiang Changning asked.
"Princess Park entered the palace more than half a year after she married into the palace."
Jiang Changning raised his eyebrows, "Those two concubines are very favored?"
"Prince Jin is not greedy for women. He spent only ten days in the backyard in January. On the night when Princess Park married into the palace, the border was in danger, and Prince Jin led his troops out of the capital."
If that's the case, then why did Princess Park allow her concubine's sister to enter the palace
One person can't fight two concubines, so find a helper
I don’t quite understand Princess Park’s intention.
Jiang Changning did not analyze it too much and motioned Shu Fei to continue.
"The two people that the King of Jin often uses are named Cao Jiang and Chang Youzhong."
"The Concubine Dao asked for twenty maids from the Palace Liaison Department, nine of whom were planted by Uncle Nan."
By the way, don’t you really want to collect it
(End of this chapter)