In the evening of that day, after Jiang Yashuang came back, Qiu Yilan told him what happened to Jiang Yawan: "... There was such a big fuss during the festival. Grandma was very angry, but she still told people not to reveal it. Let Grandpa know."
Jiang Yashuang frowned when he heard this: "Why do things like this always happen?"
"Jingman is a little weird!" Qiu Yilan thought to herself that the family rules are in vain. The children of the Jiang family are all flirting with women. There are too many people in the backyard and there are no rules. How can they not fight? ! After this fight, can there not be too many miscarriages, murders, etc.? She was too lazy to discuss this topic with Jiang Yashuang and said alone, "I see that he is not worried about being severely punished by the fifth brother. It seems that he expected that the elder brother will come to his rescue!"
"Jingman?" Jiang Yashuang pondered, "Is there such a thing?" He pondered for a while, nodded and said, "I'll have someone check it out later! See if there's any inside story!"
The matter was discussed here for the time being. Jiang Yashuang asked his nephew and children and found out that everything was fine, so he said: "I think Lu He has very good qualifications and has been working very hard these days. I plan to officially take him in after the new year. After all, he will have to tie his hair after the Chinese New Year. In addition to studying, he should also go out to build some connections and prepare for his career in the future. It will be more convenient for him. "
Lu He is the most orthodox descendant of the Zhenbei Army. His father and mother have been closely related to the Zhenbei Army for generations. His cousins and uncles are also members of the Zhenbei Army. This kind of Since he was born into the military, he would inevitably be ostracized by the scholars, which was not conducive to the development of personal connections.
So Jiang Yashuang planned to let him enter the circle of scholars as his disciple. After all, Jiang Yashuang was born in Tanhua, grew up in Beijing, and had been in the court for so many years. It was much easier for Lu He to introduce to others that he was Jiang Yashuang's student than to introduce that his father was the late bodyguard of Uncle Zhenbei.
Anyway, Jiang Yashuang had already taken a fancy to him and wanted to take him into his sect, and she wanted to give him long-term advice.
Qiu Yilan asked, "What preparations should we make?"
"No, just ask him to serve me a bowl of tea when the time comes." Jiang Yashuang said, "I will invite a few people to be witnesses... It is enough to set up a banquet in our yard."
Qiu Yilan agreed, asked for the specific date, wrote it down on apricot paper, and pressed it into the corner of the desk so as not to forget it later.
Lu He's matter is not over yet. Jiang Yashuang said: "He will be fifteen next year, so it's time to get married. I asked Mu Zixuan if any girl he could recommend to Lu He would be outside Zhenbei." In the army, this is not very appropriate. After all, although Lu He is good at literature, he has no talent in riding and shooting, and he is not very good at military strategy. If he joins the army, he will not achieve much, so he might as well focus on an official career. , so it would be better for his wife to choose a daughter from an official family.”
Although there are civilians in the army, the civilians' riding and shooting must be passable. Otherwise, when the army starts to mobilize, and the generals are all fully armored and riding horses, how can you build a sedan carriage or something like that
Lu He was not good at military strategy and obviously could not get into the position of military advisor, so Jiang Yashuang felt that he went to the army purely to seek abuse - Mu Zixuan probably took this into consideration when he brought him back to Beijing.
"How many daughters do you plan to choose for him?" Qiu Yilan, as the quasi-master's wife, has met Lu He several times. He is a typical Northland athlete. He is only fourteen years old. He is already extremely tall and has a slightly dark complexion. , but looks dignified.
Although Jiang Yashuang said that he was not good at riding and shooting and could not get along with the Zhenbei Army, this was only compared to the elite frontier troops. Compared to those incompetent scholars, Lu He's little skill was Barely enough, he can be regarded as both civil and military.
So Qiu Yilan felt that it would not be difficult for him to find his father-in-law, especially since Jiang Yashuang would personally take care of it for him.
"The last time the Ninth Brother-in-law saw Lu He, he was a little moved. Afterwards, he intentionally or unintentionally asked him if he was engaged." Jiang Yashuang said thoughtfully, "It's just that the Ninth Sister rarely comes back. Several nephews and nieces I haven’t seen him for a long time. I don’t know what it’s like now. After all, I plan to cultivate Lu He, but I don’t want to just give him someone for the sake of relatives!”
The mutual constraints of the master-disciple relationship these days mean that a proud disciple is often more reliable than a son, let alone a niece. Jiang Yashuang finally found a disciple she liked, but she didn't want to just give him to a relative as her son-in-law. If the time comes to create a bitter couple, cheat his apprentice, and cause the master and apprentice to separate, the loss will be huge - his nephew Jiang Jingkun and eldest son Jiang Jinglang are still young, and they will not be able to count on them for more than ten years.
Before the male heirs raised by him grow up, the resources in Jiang Yashuang's hands will be mainly tilted towards Lu He. Even if the male heir under his knees shows that he is not useful, Lu He may even become the heir to all Jiang Yashuang's political resources in the future - just like after Xue Nongying was seriously injured, Xue Chang immediately chose to increase his support for Qiu Jinglan - With such high hopes, Jiang Yashuang would naturally not make Lu He resentful for the sake of marriage. For this reason, he doesn't mind humiliating his relatives.
However, if a relative's child is good, he doesn't mind if the wealth does not go to outsiders.
"Sister Ninth?" Qiu Yilan squinted her eyes and thought, does Jiang Qilai rarely come back? It's been a few years since I got married, and I haven't seen her except the day we got married, okay? !
He said, "I only saw her once when I came in. She didn't bring her nephew or niece with her at that time! You don't even know how the children under her knees are doing, let alone me? It's almost the Chinese New Year now, or I'm someone else. Ask her to bring the children back this year? But she hasn’t come back in previous years, so I don’t know if she will agree to it this year.”
Jiang Yashuang muttered: "You go and invite someone first. If she says she won't come back, I will go and invite her myself." After thinking for a while, he said, "This year is different. After all, since the ninth brother-in-law has that intention, he will also Looking for an opportunity to show us what our nieces are like now, I think Brother-in-law Ninth will not miss it."
Qiu Yilan looked at him with a half-smile but said nothing.
After a long stalemate, Jiang Yashuang said helplessly: "Okay, it's okay to tell you, but it's more embarrassing: Sister Ninth is not necessarily her father's child, so she rarely comes back after she leaves the cabinet, and she doesn't like to interact with us. ”
"..." Qiu Yilan said dumbfounded, "Then whose child is she?!"
She had long thought that Jiang Qilai, the eldest sister-in-law, was weird. She didn't mention it before, but just talked about what she had seen since she came here: she didn't show up during the New Year or the holidays. The Marquis of Jibei passed away two years ago, and Jiang Tianchi and his wife came back one after another, but they were nowhere to be seen. She came back to say hello - she originally thought it was a situation like Qiu Baozhu's. When she was a girl, she was mistreated by her aunt and her aunt, so after leaving the pavilion, it was like she had escaped from the dead, and she refused to go back to her parents' home again!
It's just that when Mrs. Zhuang came back before, she seemed to be indifferent to this concubine. Unlike Mrs. Yang who was full of hatred for Qiu Baozhu, Mrs. Zhuang had no ill intentions towards Jiang Qilai, but she didn't have any goodwill either, more like Same as a stranger.
In short, the relationship between Jiang Qilai and the fourth brother of the Jiang family is really unpredictable.
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yashuang actually said such an answer, which is really jaw-dropping!
"... Well, it's not convenient for us to talk about the past affairs of our elders." Jiang Yashuang hesitated for a moment, shook his head and said, "In short, Sister Ninth may be her father's child, or she may not. It's just that she was already in love when she discovered this. If they refused to recognize the family tree, they would not only be afraid of accidentally kicking the Jiang family blood out of the house, but also disgrace their father. So the grandparents suggested that everyone pretend to be confused and treat her as a daughter of the Jiang family, which she is anyway. Girls, it doesn’t matter.”
Although he refused to go into details, Qiu Yilan thought about it and guessed that Jiang Tianchi was probably cuckolded back then, and it took a relatively long time for him to be cuckolded. It was only discovered later that Jiang Qilai was born and recorded in the genealogy.
I couldn't help but be speechless: "Before and after Jiang Qilai was born, the Duke of Qin had already returned to the court, joined forces with Queen Mother Gu to suppress the court, and became a powerful official, right? There are still people who dare to covet his legitimate son's concubine... I really don't know what kind of person is so brave and not afraid of death? !”
It's no wonder that after Jiang Qilai got married, she basically stopped interacting with the Jiang family. After all, although Qiu Yilan didn't know about such an inside story until now, even her young grandson Jiang Yashuang knew about it. It can be seen that most of the Jiang family's children Those who know this - even if they don't embarrass her verbally, they still feel embarrassed when they think about it. It's better not to meet her!
Qiu Yilan was curious: "If that's the case, why did Sister Ninth be allowed to live in the capital?" Normally, girls with unknown backgrounds like this would usually be sent far away, out of sight, right? For example, Sheng Sishui couldn't stay in his nominal "father's" house before he was old enough to get married, so he had to be fostered by his maternal grandmother.
Jiang Yashuang said with a wry smile: "Originally, this was what the family planned, but I heard that Sister Ninth was favored by Brother-in-law Ninth when she was old... Brother-in-law Ninth was an only son, and his parents were unwilling to disobey him, so they went to his grandfather to seek advice. That’s right, it’s settled.”
Qiu Yilan vaguely remembered that Jiang Qilai's husband served in the Ministry of Household Affairs, but her father-in-law was the Minister of the Ministry of War - and he is still the Minister of the Ministry of War - and you must know that Jiang Tianqi was also the Minister of the Ministry of War before. In other words, Jiang Qilai's father-in-law has always been Jiang Tianqi's superior. boss!
The Jiang family came from the military, so they definitely wanted to take the Ministry of War into their hands. Under such circumstances, Jiang Tianqi, as the eldest son of the Duke of Qin, was still unable to be the top leader of the Ministry of War, which shows the capabilities of this minister.
"No wonder - after all, regardless of whether Jiang Qilai is of the Jiang family's blood, the Jiang family has always raised her up and given her the status of Miss Jiang Jiu. Besides, her family status as a minister of the Ministry of War is not low. Duke Qin wants her to serve Jiang. She really can’t say no to her family for marriage!”
Qiu Yilan thought to herself, nodded and said, "Then I'll send someone there tomorrow!"
She only gave the order when she got up the next day. Mu Jin reminded: "Young madam, you said before that you would invite Miss Mei and Princess Yishu to visit the house after confinement. I don't know whether it will be this year or next year. ?”
"I almost forgot about this!" Qiu Yilan clapped her hands, "While you are still free in these two days, hurry up and submit the post!"