Half a day later, Qiu Yilan came over to ask about the result. When she found out about it, she couldn't help but frown: "This Chen family...is it Jiang Ya's Chen family?"
A few years ago, the first and third parties wanted to win over Qiu Jinglan through marriage, but they did not have a daughter of marriageable age, so they each selected a girl from their close confidant to be their adopted daughter. Among them, Jiang Tianao chose the daughter of Lai Ming, the former Minister of the Ministry of Finance and the current Taichang Qing, and changed her name to Jiang You; Jiang Tianqi chose the niece of Chen Xun, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, and changed her name to Jiang Ya.
It seems that Jiang You and Jiang Ya were raised and educated by the Jiang family for a year or two. The situation changed. The first and third bedrooms no longer had any hope of marrying Qiu Jinglan. Keeping them was a waste of youth, so they bought a dowry. Marry them off—that's the end of it.
That is to say, there is such a past, so when Qiu Yilan heard about Miss Chen's family, she thought of Jiang Tianao's confidant.
Mrs. Tao sighed: "Who else could it be if it wasn't that family?!"
"Didn't you say that you will choose a concubine for His Highness the King of Han [Note] after the summer vacation this year?" Qiu Yilan felt very strange, "You shouldn't have mentioned this matter now, right? Especially the Chen family has been following the eldest uncle, His Highness the King of Han. My marriage... is it up to my fourth aunt?"
Empress Dowager Jiang doesn't like Dafang very much, but she may not be willing to let Princess Han join Dafang's faction. In this case, what is Jiang Tianhe so anxious about
The old lady said: "There is an inside story that you don't know: Princess Lexin's villa in Dizi Mountain happens to be next to the Chen family. Although the eldest princess and his wife do not like to get involved in disputes, they have no grudge against the Chen family, so they keep in touch with each other." Although there are not many, there are always some. It is said that the young lady from the Chen family is very popular with the eldest princess Lexin... The eldest princess specially tested the Queen Mother's tone during her last interview, but she didn't know which daring servant she was. He actually leaked this matter to Tianhe!"
Qiu Yilan said thoughtfully: "This is a bit strange! Grandma, do you think that the fifth aunt and the fourth aunt are sisters, and the fourth aunt can make the final decision on the life-long affairs of His Highness the King of Han? Even if the fifth aunt wants to take his side Why would you recommend a girl to King Han to argue with Miss Chen in person? Who doesn’t know that Fourth Aunt has always loved our family the most?”
"You also know that your fourth aunt loves our family the most?" The old lady looked at her deeply, deliberately emphasized the word "our family", and hummed, "This child Tianhe... has become more and more popular in the past two years. That’s outrageous!”
"As expected!" Qiu Yilan sighed when he heard this, "The Xin family's unabashed ambition to replace the Jiang family is about to be beaten!"
As soon as she heard what happened, she felt that Jiang Tianhe had been cheated!
After all, although the Duke of E's wife is arrogant and domineering, she is not stupid enough to roll up her sleeves and go into battle to embarrass Miss Chen's family when there is a higher-level route to take! The reason why she did this was probably because she didn't get a satisfactory answer from the Empress Dowager Jiang, so she resorted to the next best thing and went to perform surgery on Miss Chen - but she didn't know that doing so happened to play into the hands of some people!
Empress Dowager Jiang didn't like Jiang Tian'ao's house, but she couldn't write two characters for Jiang in one stroke. After all, they all had the surname Jiang!
I don’t even want to think about how Empress Dowager Jiang got her current status. It’s not relying on the Jiang family! Although she was worried that the eldest and third eldest members of the Jiang family, with whom she had a bad relationship, would shun her if they got power, she was even more intolerant of the Xin family being in power!
After all, although Queen Xin currently respects her, she doesn't seem to be a shrewd person. But one day, the Xin family is really strong enough to compete with the Jiang family. Even if the queen doesn't want to quarrel with her, she has to go into battle. The two empresses have been fighting for so many years. The Jiang family finally killed Queen Mother Gu and overthrew the Gu family. Why? Maybe he didn’t take precautions and followed the Gu family’s old path
"In fact, why was Empress Dowager Gu willing to let the Jiang family develop? Otherwise, she would not have drugged Empress Dowager Jiang so that she almost couldn't have a child!" Qiu Yilan snorted in her heart, "It's just that the late emperor was not in the right position and he was young when he ascended the throne. Without the support of the military, the status of Empress Dowager Gu and her son was unstable, and they had to watch as the Jiang family took advantage of the opportunity to transcend civil and military affairs and become the 'Jiang Ban Dynasty'!"
"The Jiang family doesn't need the Xin family's help to stabilize their power now. The reason they can tolerate them until now is definitely because Jiang Tianhe is the only daughter of the Marquis of Jibei and Mrs. Ou is still alive!"
If it weren't for this important relationship, I would have been taught how to behave by Jiang Tianao and Jiang Tianqi as early as when the Xin family accepted many customers!
The reason why I have set up such a trap for Jiang Tianhe until now is just to make Mrs. Ou speechless!
Qiu Yilan didn't think much about Jiang Tianhe ending up like this - he really deserved it - but she was worried about the queen: "I'm afraid I will be implicated by such a mother, alas! The Jiang family was born in poverty, and it only took a few decades for her to He is such a great minister that even the emperor’s life is in his hands! Although this kind of grassroots family history is very inspiring, I don’t think about how good the time, place and people are for this family’s fortune. How many years does it take for another family to catch up? It’s not that easy for them!”
Just as he was thinking about how to ask Mrs. Tao to intercede with the Queen out of respect for the Queen Mother, she heard Mrs. Tao say: "I'm afraid I have to tell your aunt about this... Are you busy now?" ? Come with me if you're not busy!"
"How can you be busy at home all day long? Zhengchou doesn't have a place to serve grandma. If grandma doesn't take her granddaughter-in-law with her, she won't obey her!" Qiu Yilan said hurriedly.
Mrs. Tao smiled and asked people to prepare a soft sedan. The grandparents and grandson arrived at the Marquis Mansion in Jibei. The Marquis Mansion had already paid filial piety this year, but Mrs. Ou didn't like the mountains, so only Jiang Yalan and his wife were left here. Waiting around, let other juniors go to escape the summer heat.
Nowadays, this large prince's mansion is empty. Although there are no white flags and other objects from the previous two years, it still feels deserted.
Jiang Yalan happened to be out that day, and only Feng Hanyan came to greet him. Although he was caught off guard, he was not at all confused. Mrs. Tao saw this and nodded secretly: After all, it was Mrs. Ou who personally selected him!
The two families were close relatives and knew each other very well, so Feng Hanyan would not let Mrs. Tao and Qiu Yilan wait in the reception hall. Instead, he greeted the guests while leading the way in. At the same time, he sent a servant with quick legs to report first. As he approached Mrs. Ou's yard, he saw Mrs. Ou who had hurriedly changed into guest clothes and came out in person: "Second sister-in-law, what are you doing?" Came here in person?”
He stepped forward to support Mrs. Tao and walked into the house together, complaining as they walked, "If you have anything to do, please send someone to tell me. If you want to talk to me, please send someone to tell me. I can go to your place." Why are you still asked to work like this?"
In fact, Mrs. Ou is one or two years older than Mrs. Tao, but she has been skilled in bow and horse since she was a child. Although the death of the Marquis of Jibei three years ago was a heavy blow to her, her body is still strong and she can walk as fast as flying. . Even among the female relatives of the He family, there are not many who are more energetic than her.
"I guess you haven't received the news yet!" Mrs. Tao sighed, patted the back of her hand gently, and said, "Don't worry, even though I'm old, I can still walk these few steps. moveable!"
Mrs. Ou was very suspicious when she heard this, so she asked her to sit down at the table, and asked Qiu Yilan to sit down too. The servants made tea, and after Mrs. Tao and Qiu Yilan had both taken a sip, she asked: "What did Second Sister-in-law mean by what she said just now? Did something happen?"
As soon as Mrs. Ou finished her words, she suddenly thought, "Could it be that Tianhe caused trouble in Dizi Mountain?!"
"Yilan, please tell your aunt!" Mrs. Tao sighed.
Qiu Yilan was about to speak when Feng Hanyan suddenly asked to leave: "We are cooking mung bean and lily soup in the small kitchen. Grandma doesn't like to eat anything too sweet, so I want to go and tell her!"
"Go ahead!" Seeing that Mrs. Tao didn't stop Mrs. Ou, Mrs. Ou knew she had guessed correctly. If it weren't for the fact that the elders' scandals were not suitable for younger generations to hear, since Mrs. Tao had let Qiu Yilan stay here, there was no need for Feng Hanyan to stay away. go out.
"Princess Yishu came to see her niece-in-law for something two days ago..." Qiu Yilan knew why Mrs. Tao asked her nephew-in-law to talk about the wrong things her aunt had done, but she pretended not to know and did what Mrs. Tao told her. , Yi Huluhualaiao said it again, "... The people who went to Dizi Mountain today brought back the reply from Fourth Aunt, and they also talked about what happened there in the past two days... Now there is a lot of discussion up and down the Dizi Mountain!"
Sure enough, Mrs. Tao followed and said: "The child was very surprised when he heard about this. He didn't really believe that Tianhe would do such a thing, and he was also afraid that if it was true, someone might plot it? So he reported it to me. When I think about it, this matter is really not simple, so I’d better come and tell you quickly!”
Mrs. Ou's expression turned ugly after hearing these words: "Tianhe... is also the one who had a grandson a few years ago, and she even went to embarrass a girl who has not left the court in person! I don't think she is embarrassed. Too embarrassed to go out!”
He gritted his teeth and said to Mrs. Tao, "Earlier, I advised her not to be too arrogant because of the pampering of her second uncle and cousins! Now it seems that she didn't take what I said to heart at all!!! In this case , I also ask my second sister-in-law to pass a message to the Queen Mother on my behalf, asking the Queen Mother to punish her severely in accordance with the laws of the country this time and never hold back! "
"You said it too hastily!" Mrs. Tao frowned, "Is it possible that I came to you as soon as I heard what happened to ask you to punish your daughter?! Yilan just said it, whether it is true or not It's hard to say, after all, the reason why we sent people to Dizi Mountain this time was to inquire about another matter, which had nothing to do with Tianhe! And the servants didn't see that scene in person... Even if it was true, do you think Tianhe would not do it again? To be reasonable, how could you lower your status to argue with a little girl? I see there is something fishy about this!"
Mrs. Ou sneered and said: "Second sister-in-law, don't comfort me! I still don't know what kind of personality my own daughter is? It's me, the mother, who didn't teach her well. She is willful and willful." There is nothing wrong with her—and the niece of her husband’s family brought her here to greet me a few months ago and wanted to ask me for a good marriage! I still remember that she was a bit sexy! , I was so proud and arrogant that I was a bit indifferent even when I entertained her with a cigarette. I didn’t say anything during the scene, and I even sent a message to Tianhe afterwards, asking her not to take that little girl with me in the future. Coming to the door!"
Qiu Yilan was very speechless when she heard this: "Where does this come from? I remember that the queen has no biological sisters or cousins. This so-called niece must have been born in the fifth service - the Xin family is not very noble in the first place, so The fifth uncle married the fifth aunt because he was young, good-looking and had no wife when he was admitted to the imperial examination! This Miss Xin actually dared to show off her face to Feng Hanyan, the granddaughter-in-law chosen by Mrs. Ou herself! "
Even she, the granddaughter-in-law of the Duke's Mansion, was polite to Feng Hanyan, her cousin, okay
While she was complaining here, the two old ladies had been talking back and forth for a while, and finally reached an agreement that they should quickly find someone to find out the true story of the matter, and then decide how to deal with the matter - after all, the two old ladies had to deal with it. There is no agreement: Mrs. Tao insists that she is her niece anyway, and there is absolutely no reason for her elbows to be turned outward. Therefore, regardless of whether Jiang Tianhe is responsible for this matter or not, she must be cleaned up anyway!
Mrs. Ou thinks that her daughter is indeed capable of such a thing. She simply doesn't want a daughter who is so disobedient, has no bearing and loses her status, and is causing trouble to her elders in all kinds of ways - she must be severely punished to give her a better memory!
"My sister-in-law, who has worked so hard on this hot day, made this trip!" After finally agreeing on the first step, the second step was put aside for the time being. Mrs. Tao looked at the sky and said goodbye. Mrs. Ou saw her off in person, very sad, "I What a sin, to have given birth to such an unworthy daughter!”
"Nonsense! Don't tell me that you still don't know whether things are true or false, and who is right and who is wrong. Even if it is really Tianhe's fault, wouldn't it be enough to persuade her to correct herself? How could she deny her for such a small thing!" Mrs. Tao refused to comply. , "You are her mother, and you say something bad about her, what else can others say good about her? You also say that she is the one who has grandchildren, and no one is gossiping about her, don't you feel bad?!"
... As soon as Mrs. Tao and Qiu Yilan left, Mrs. Ou's expression of hatred suddenly turned cold!
She took a deep look at the sedan chair that was going away, then turned around and ordered those around her: "Go call Xiao Shisan and me back!"
[Note] This is the tenth prince Chu Weiyong from the previous chapter, which has been modified in the previous chapter.