When he saw Jiang Changning and told him about the incident, Jiang Changning smiled and said, "This is 99% likely done by Song Yirou."
"Why do you think it's her?" asked Miao.
"She wants to marry the Prince of Jin. Once, someone was scratched all over the face by her just by mentioning the Prince of Jin." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
Miao and Luo opened their mouths in disbelief. Miao was so surprised that she stuttered, "But she has been assigned to the King of Ningxia."
"How shameless! You're eating from the bowl and eyeing the pot. You want to marry one woman to two families, and you eat at one family and stay at another. You're shameless." Luo said contemptuously.
"If this is true, please tell your two brothers to give her a taste of her own medicine." Jiang Changning put the teacup on the table. "I want her to suffer the consequences of her actions."
She has never been the kind of person who would not fight back when being beaten or would not talk back when being scolded. She does not like to repay evil with kindness, she likes to reciprocate.
Jiang Changning thought for a moment and gave another instruction, "If it is impossible to do so, remember it first and don't let your two brothers take risks."
Miao and Luo went back and told the Zhou brothers what Jiang Changning meant.
Zhou Shouxin smiled and praised: "Young lady, you acted quickly and decisively. This is how you should deal with such a vicious person."
On the first day of October, Zhou Chengxin and his wife came to Jiang's house with two distinguished guests.
"Duke, Grand Princess, this is the Princess of Chun'an County." Zhou Chengxin introduced the two parties, "Princess, this is the Duke of Xinjian County, and this is the Grand Princess of Jiashan."
Although Jiang Changning was a little confused and didn't understand why these two came, it didn't stop her from greeting: "Greetings to the Duke of the County, and to the Grand Princess."
Princess Jiashan was the eldest daughter of Emperor Xiaozong, the elder sister of Emperor Guangzong, and the aunt of the current emperor, and she had a noble status.
After marrying into the Duke's mansion, the couple lived in harmony and gave birth to four sons and three daughters. Now, four generations live under one roof.
"Good child, there's no need to be so polite." Princess Jiashan smiled lovingly and pulled Jiang Changning to sit beside her.
Jiang Changning looked at her brother and sister-in-law, hoping that they could quickly solve her doubts.
There was no need for the Zhou couple to say much. After the Grand Princess Jiashan praised her a few words, she got straight to the point, "Chun'an, how about I be your full-time wife?"
Jiang Changning looked at her in astonishment, "Grand Princess, do you want to be my happy wife?"
"Is it okay?" Princess Jiashan asked with a smile.
Can I
It’s really great!
Jiang Changning smiled gratefully, "Thank you, Grand Princess."
"I'm not the one you want to thank." Princess Jiashan patted her hands gently. "Okay, I've met the person and explained the matter. I'll come back on the evening of the fifth day of the New Year."
Having said that, Princess Jiashan was about to leave with the Duke of Xinjian.
Jiang Changning and the Zhou couple saw off the two distinguished guests.
Back in the hall, Miao said, "We can't come on the day the young lady gets married, so we'll congratulate her here first."
The Zhou family is in mourning and cannot come to watch the ceremony.
"After you guys get rid of the service, I will treat my brother and sister-in-law to a meal." Jiang Changning said with a smile.
"Okay." Zhou Chengxin responded with a smile.
After seeing off the Zhou couple, Jiang Changning slowly walked back to the inner courtyard.
The people who could invite the Duke of Xinjian and the Princess of Jiashan would not be the Zhou couple.
It can only be the man she is going to marry, Prince of Jin Helian Yu.
In the eyes of the world, even though she was conferred the title of county princess, she was still an orphan and was not worthy of the powerful Prince of Jin.
He invited Mrs. Quanfu, who was of such a distinguished status, to raise her status, which was a good thing.
The King of Jin could have chosen not to do this, but he did.
No matter what the reason was for Prince Jin to do this, she was the beneficiary. She would thank him after she got married.
Jiang Changning walked into the warm room, and Fu Cui smiled and said, "Miss, the ink made from the smoke pine ink is very thick."
Jiang Changning walked to the desk and looked at the ink in the inkstone. "It's quite good, suitable for writing hairpin flower small regular script."
As he spoke, Jiang Changning took a brush, dipped it in ink, and picked up the rice paper, but he didn't know what to write.
Suddenly, an idea came to my mind.
The Emperor is very wary of Prince Jin. Could it be that Prince Jin doesn't know this
She was assigned to Prince Jin by the Queen Mother. Would Prince Jin really treat her well
Jiang Changning chuckled and wrote two more words on the paper: Acting.
We are all good actors and we put on a good show.
The play has begun, so she will accompany everyone to continue the play.
Three days before the wedding is the day to display the dowry.
The person who was supposed to escort the dowry to the palace was Mrs. Quanfu, but Princess Jiashan was old, so her eldest son's wife, Fang, took her place.
Fang is the one who truly has all the blessings. Her parents-in-law and parents are all still alive, she and her husband love each other, they have a son and a daughter, and she just had a grandson not long ago.
"Thank you, Mrs. Xia." Jiang Changning thanked politely.
Fang smiled and said, "You're welcome, we're a family."
After saying this, Fang, accompanied by Fang Ju, took the booklet and more than 300 bearers of dowry and went to the Prince of Jin's Mansion in a mighty procession.
The first piece of dowry was a pair of red gold and gemstone-inlaid ruyi given by the palace, and the second piece was a pair of yellow jade carved ears of grain...
The dowry was carried out of the courtyard in loads, and the people carrying the boxes were all strong young men of eighteen or nineteen years old.
On the way, people were talking about it.
"This dowry is so generous!"
"How many are there?"
"I have counted so far, there are 129 people carrying it, and they are still carrying it."
"You are an orphan, how can you get such a large dowry?"
"What's the point of calling me a girl? I'm a county lady, I have a salary and a fiefdom."
"I heard that when a rich family marries off their daughter, they even prepare enough toilet paper for three years."
"She's marrying into a prince's family, so she'll get such a big dowry."
"Look, the tiles are made of jade."
"One tile is a room, and there are more than a hundred rooms. It's really a big deal."
Amid everyone's discussions, the dowry was brought to the gate of Prince Jin's Mansion.
Although the Princess Dowager of Prince Jin was dissatisfied with Jiang Changning, since it was her youngest son's remarriage after all, she still asked her eldest nephew's wife, Gu Chen, to come and act as the bride-in-law.
Mrs. Qiao was a widow, so it was not convenient for her to come over, so she sent her maid to watch over the makeup.
The new main courtyard was filled with boxes of dowry, which was dazzling. The female relatives from the close relatives and affiliations looked at them and praised them.
"Could these be prepared by the prince for her?" someone asked.
“It’s possible.”
"It must have been the prince who helped to buy it, otherwise, how could an orphan with no family background like her have such a large dowry?"
"You are mistaken. This dowry was really purchased by the Jiang family themselves."
"From what you said, you know the inside story. Tell me about it."
"I don't know much. I just know that this Princess Chun'an is from the Jiang family in Hangzhou. The great scholar Jiang Bowei who won the top three prizes in the imperial examinations is her great-grandfather. When the Jiang family came to her generation, she was the only girl left. All the things accumulated by the Jiang family for generations became her dowry. There are so many things in total."
"I didn't expect this Jiang Jiaya..."
"Hey, hey, it's the Princess of Chun'an."
The woman who was interrupted readily changed her words, "Yes, yes, Princess Chun'an, I didn't expect that the Prince of Jin's Mansion would marry a rich woman."
(End of this chapter)