The Jiang family is now flourishing and has many children, so it is inevitable that children will be more valuable than their parents.
As Jiang Yashuang's most valued grandchild, his first child certainly attracted attention, especially since the biological mother was also his legitimate wife. When the good news came out in time for the important festival, the Duke of Qin and his wife were extremely happy, and they praised her one after another. Apart from talking about things, Qin Guogong personally told Mrs. Tao: "The nineteenth daughter-in-law's family has no reliable elders to advise her, and the fourth daughter-in-law is far away in northern Xinjiang. This is her first child, so you have to take care of her!"
Mrs. Tao said with a smile: "You don't need to say that? I let Mother Hu run around every day! Fortunately, the Mother Zhou who was used by Princess Ruan was brought in as a dowry. I personally asked that Mother Zhou if she was a dowry. Fine people.”
The old lady was like a mirror, so she didn't send Mother Hu directly to sit in charge like she did when little Tao was pregnant. Firstly, she knew that with Mother Hu's qualifications, being around Qiu Yilan would make her uncomfortable; secondly, Considering that Qiu Yilan already has a mother Zhou, Hu's mother will definitely be ranked above Zhou's mother when she goes there - she is the wet nurse of Qiu Yilan's mother, and she also accompanies her through hardships. Qiu Yilan will be happy to see Zhou Is the mother suppressed
Therefore, I would rather call Mother Hu to run errands all day long than live there for the sake of convenience and disturb the eyes of Qiu Yilan's master and servant.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see this thoughtfulness, and his envy, jealousy, and hatred for Qiu Yilan naturally escalate to a higher level.
However, no matter how envious and jealous they were, Qin Guogong and his wife had no choice but to suppress their sour moods and prepare generous gifts.
"I remember this was your dowry? Why did you take it out?" The sixteenth son Jiang Yazhu was teasing his daughter under the west window. The two-year-old Jiang Huihuan couldn't speak clearly, grabbing his robe and babbling hard. , Jiang Yazhu squeezed her little face and hands, while looking at the familiar brocade box on the table not far away, and asked suspiciously, "Are you planning to give it to Nineteenth?"
Although Qiu Yilan's pregnancy news had just come out before, Sheng Shishui and other sisters-in-law immediately went to see Daoxi, but they were short of time and only brought ordinary congratulatory gifts. In the past two days, the attitude of Duke Qin and Mrs. Tao has been revealed. In order to please these two people, each house made generous compensation.
As members of the fourth room, Jiang Yazhu and his wife cannot be neglected.
At this moment, Shengshi Shui had her hair tied up in a neat bun and was sitting at the table looking at the gift list. Hearing this, he said without looking back: "Just send it over there! All the better Hezi gifts on the market have been sold out these days. "The remaining ones are all at the town store level. It's too difficult for us to buy them. This one in my dowry is of no use anyway. It would be easier to get it as a discount."
Jiang Yazhu's face froze, and he kept his hand on his daughter's face without moving for a long time. It was not until Jiang Huihuan took a curious bite that he came back to his senses. He took out a handkerchief from his arms and wiped the saliva from the corner of his daughter's mouth, and then wiped it dry. He took his own hand and said calmly: "I heard that in the early years, Emperor Gaozong wanted to choose concubines for the kings. The news came out that the price of makeup, hairpin rings, and clothing materials in the capital was all high, and the supply exceeded the demand... This dynasty is not like the previous dynasty. Seeing such a situation, now that the nineteen brothers and sisters are pregnant, let us see it! "
"Actually, we won't suffer any loss if we give these gifts." Sheng Shishui turned her back to him and sighed silently, but her tone was still gentle and calm, "The nineteenth brother and sister also know that this thing is my dowry. With her personality, she must I’ll try to get something else back.”
"I am Jiujiu's brother. When you were pregnant, there was no such excitement as it is now!" Jiang Yazhu looked at his daughter who was still in sorrow and was jumping up and down with his robe, with a complex expression, "Although I am a legitimate concubine, There is a difference, but this difference..."
After saying this, he lowered his eyes and sighed bitterly, "It's my incompetence that has caused trouble to you mother and daughter!"
"How can you say this?" Sheng Shishui turned around and frowned, "No matter how bad our situation is now, can we be even poorer than my grandfather when he was a boy? I said, as long as you work hard, even if your aunt doesn't think well of us, Grandpa will always remember you as his own flesh and blood, so there is no way he won’t help you! Even the Nineteenth couple have no intention of suppressing us... "
"What do we have now that is worthy of their suppression?" Jiang Yazhu said sarcastically, "Even the things that Nineteenth doesn't want may not be given to me. The dowry of Nineteenth's siblings may not even be the same as when our fourth aunt married into the palace and became the queen. They should pity us!"
Sheng Shishui felt very uncomfortable at the moment. As her husband said, she was also the daughter-in-law of the Jiang family. She entered the house earlier than Qiu Yilan, got pregnant before Qiu Yilan, was more obedient, considerate and didn't cause trouble than Qiu Yilan... But so what? A wife is valued more than her husband. Not to mention the difference in treatment between the two when they were pregnant. Let's just say that it took two years for Qiu Yilan to get pregnant. The backyard was still empty, but where was she? After all kinds of calculations, aren't there two young and beautiful concubines living in the side room now? !
What made her feel most helpless was that not only could she not hear her husband's attentive comfort in this situation, but she had to force herself to encourage him——
"You say that, as if the Nineteenth couple disrespected us!" Sheng Shishui actually wanted to cry and make a fuss to vent, but looking back at her young daughter, she still took a deep breath and endured it. After stopping, he persuaded calmly, "Nineteen has always respected your brother, and he is also quite polite to me...so are the brothers and sisters of Nineteen! Why do you have to think too much? The elders are partial, but it's not that they haven't given us anything. A way to survive. Now that your aunt is not around, you should work hard to find a future! Otherwise, how can you give us a chance to grow when you come back? If it's unfair, think about your uncle and your third uncle!"
In terms of grievances, the one who grievances the most in the Jiang family is Jiang Tianqi - as the eldest son of Qin Guogong, he should have enjoyed all the glory, but Jiang Tianqi took advantage of his father's kindness and forced himself to grow up from childhood to adulthood, and even from childhood to adulthood. , pressing him hard!
Thinking of this, Sanbo Jiang Yazhu also felt a little unmotivated: "If grandpa has time to see me tomorrow, let's see if I can get some work!"
He was too wasted in his early years and could not achieve success in culture or martial arts. Although he was persuaded by Sheng Shishui not to go out and mess around after getting married, he had no talent and no fame. He was still the son of a concubine who was designated by his aunt to be suppressed. Who would leave serious matters to him? ? So after I went out of town to finish the accounts of "Qing Feng Ji", I was free at home again.
"Actually, if you ask Nineteenth to accompany you to meet your grandfather, you will have a higher chance of getting a position of real power. You can also use this as an opportunity to reconcile with your aunt in the future. If you don't reconcile, it will also make her less targeted at you." Sheng Shishui really wanted to say this, but after thinking about it, he still didn't say anything, "My husband is already so sorry for himself. If I still ask him to borrow Jiujiu's glory, it will probably be self-defeating!"
However, she still asked the maid to mention it to Su He when she was delivering the things.
"Brother Sixteen has indeed been idle for a long time. It is said that he has stopped messing around since Sister Sixteen came here. He has never done important errands and may not be able to bear them, but he is still young, maybe he can learn from others first? Qiu Yilan didn't mind giving Sheng Shishui face, so she told her husband that night, "After all, Huan'er has been born, and it doesn't look like Brother Sixteen has yet to start a business."
Jiang Yashuang had never regarded Jiang Yazhu as an outsider, so she nodded when she heard this: "I'm going to tell my grandfather tomorrow to find a good job for Brother Sixteen, so that Sister Sixteen and Huan'er will be glorious in the future."
It is no wonder that Jiang Yazhu is jealous of his younger brother. He can only ask the Duke of Qin for errands, and it depends on whether the Duke of Qin has time to see him; and Jiang Tan, the servant in front of Jiang Yashuang, wants to get some minor officials for his relatives. It's probably easier than him. Not to mention, Jiang Yashuang himself can go straight into Qin Guogong's study at any time. Even if he doesn't go, whenever there is any disturbance, Qin Guogong will take the initiative to call him over to see or discuss, for fear that he is not cultivated enough. With all your heart!
As the grandsons of both Dukes of Qin, the gap is really too big—so big that no normal person can't help but complain.
In fact, Jiang Yashuang knew the grievances of this concubine. Because he was not raised by Mrs. Zhuang, although he knew Jiang Yazhu's life experience, he had no hatred and estrangement towards him: "It's just that Brother Sixteen is not as good as before. He is a ridiculous fool and has never done anything impressive. It is difficult for the elders to take notice of him. Just because Lanlan and I respect him cannot eliminate his inferiority and jealousy... What kind of job should we find for him? Is he able to show off his talents?"
There are only three brothers in the fourth room, and Jiang Yadan has made it clear that he can't count on him. Jiang Yashuang naturally hopes that Jiang Yazhu can live up to his expectations so that he can be his arm in the future.
So I spent a lot of time considering Jiang Yazhu's future.
As a result, I got up in front of Duke Qin the next day. Duke Qin said, "I have already planned Xiaoliu's future. If you don't tell him today, I will call you to explain it clearly."
Jiang Yashuang said unexpectedly: "How does grandfather plan to arrange Brother Sixteen?"
"I plan to let him go to the Zhenbei Army!"
"Zhenbei Army?" Jiang Yashuang was slightly surprised, "Although Brother Sixteen doesn't want to take the imperial examination, he grew up in a prosperous place in the middle of the capital. Zhenbei Army... seems a little too poor?"
What he said was a cover-up for Jiang Yazhu. The so-called Jiang Yazhu didn't want to take the imperial examination road, simply because he couldn't do it - not everyone who wants to correct his evil ways has the talent to be named on the gold medal list after studying hard for several years, especially Jiang Yazhu. Ya Zhu was not very determined to change his ways. Without Sheng Si Shui's subtle and constant persuasion, he would have continued to break the rules!
How could such a person withstand the hardships of Zhenbei Army? The most important thing is that Jiang Yazhu went to Northern Xinjiang, directly under Mrs. Zhuang's nose!
Although Jiang Yashuang was sent to Beijing when she was a baby, and her impressions of her mother were all told by others, she also knew that Mrs. Zhuang would never let Jiang Yazhu have an easy time! He might even kill this bastard secretly!
Now I heard that Qin Guogong said that he planned to let Jiang Yazhu go to Zhenbei Army, so he naturally objected.
Duke Guo of Qin shook his head and said, "Don't you think Xiao Sixi will avoid your mother all his life?!"
Jiang Yashuang smiled bitterly and said: "If grandfather must let Brother Sixteen go to the Zhenbei Army, can't we let him go with his grandson later?" Go to Northern Xinjiang with him. At any rate, when Mrs. Zhuang got angry, his biological son Can my son give me some advice
"Hey! There are only three of you brothers in the fourth room. Now your father and your uncle are as close as each other. I forgive you that if you have a choice in the future, you won't want to use your cousins!" Qin Guogong sneered when he heard this, "If you don't first What do you think Xiao Liu will be able to do after he has been sent to Northern Xinjiang for two years? Can you handle all the military affairs on your own?"
After a pause, "If your mother really cares about you, she should let go of her bitter and jealous thoughts back then! If she can't let go, I won't be too lazy to tolerate her anymore, so I will just call her back so as not to hinder the relationship between you brothers." Love it!”
Seeing that her grandfather had made up his mind, Jiang Yashuang had no choice but to resign.
Returning to his yard, he told Qiu Yilan what had happened, and then said, "I'm going to the study to write a letter home and try to persuade my mother... Otherwise, I'm afraid my mother will be unhappy if Brother Sixteen is gone."
Qiu Yilan nodded clearly: "Go ahead!"
Just after Jiang Yashuang left, Su He came in and said, dumbfounded, "Something happened at the Marquis Mansion in Jibei."
"What's wrong?"
"The thirteenth young lady went back to her parents' home in tears, while the sixth lady began to complain of illness."
Qiu Yilan was surprised: "What happened to the aunt and nephew of the Mi family?" She had no conflicts with the sixth lady Mi and Mi Yinyin, but because she had a good relationship with Xin Fubing, she naturally didn't like them. So now I don’t have anything to worry about when I hear the news, but I am a little bit interested.
"Mrs. Fifth Aunt told Mrs. Ou that you are pregnant after you entered the house later than the Thirteenth Young Madam. Although the Fourteenth Young Madam has no children, she was pregnant at least! There is no news about the Thirteenth Young Madam. Is it because she cannot have a baby? For the sake of the Thirteenth Young Master's heir plan, the Thirteenth Young Master must be well recruited!" Su He pursed his lips, "He also said that the Thirteenth Young Master should raise this matter herself, but she didn't say anything until now, Thirteenth Young Master. The young lady is so unkind and generous!”
"...and then what?" Qiu Yilan didn't expect that Jiang Tianhe's revenge on Liufang was not over yet, and he would bother with her pregnancy again. She lamented that she was innocent and was also curious about how this matter would end.
Su He said: "You don't know, Madam Thirteenth? When you are at home, you are pampered by your family, and when you come in, Madam Six is spoiled by you. How can you bear this? After hearing what I said, you went back to your room and cried. After you went back to your room and cried, you still felt aggrieved. Don't go back to your parents' home to cry now - the poor Sixth Madam said a few words for the Thirteenth Young Madam in front of Mrs. Ou, but was told by the Fifth Aunt Madam, "I can't have an heir and I don't hurry up and find someone who can do it for my husband. This is nothing." What kind of virtuous thing is this? You can’t do anything at home!” He was speechless and was scolded by Mrs. Ou for being too partial. She even said she was ill when she returned home!
"They are really aunts and nephews!" Qiu Yilan shook her head, suddenly thinking of He Shuijin, and curled her lips, "But although Mi is not good to cousin Xin, she can be called a model aunt to her niece Mi Yinyin! Like He Shi versus He Shui Jin, it’s really a trap!”