Jiang Jingkun was carried into Mrs. Zhuang's lap, which seemed to be a signal.
Even if Jiang Yashuang didn't talk about the situation outside, Qiu Yilan could feel the change in everyone's attitude from the rapid decrease in the number of posts posted to the yard to no one at all.
The streets were desolate and the traffic was sparse, it just happened overnight.
Simply speaking, this disciple, Lu He, was still respectful, and he did not live up to Jiang Yashuang's ardent expectations for him.
But he was still sent to move back to the house given by the Duke of Qin: "From now on, I will often visit your fiancée's grandmother. If there is no doubt, it is better to come here less often."
"Isn't it a disciple's duty to serve his mentor?" Lu He disagreed, "Besides, my disciple was born in the army, which is so vulgar in the eyes of scholars. My mentor didn't care about my disciple back then, so why should I avoid my mentor now?" He added Regarding the marriage with the Fan family, "Without the honor of my mentor and my wife, Miss Fan's talent, beauty and character would not have been able to reach me! If something changes now, it will be a missed opportunity. I ask my wife to find another job for my disciple." Yes, my disciple is a man anyway, so it’s okay to get married later!”
"I'm just afraid that if you still live here with me, it will inevitably be affected and disturb your thoughts on studying!" Jiang Yashuang shook her head and laughed, "You actually even thought of canceling the engagement? It won't come to that point, don't worry. !”
He is still somewhat sure of Jiang Tianyuan's character. Besides, he has fallen out of favor with his father now, and outsiders are bullying him. It's hard to say how Jiang Tianchi will express his position. His mother, Mrs. Zhuang, will definitely not allow it!
"Besides, your fiancée is kind-hearted and doesn't seem to be a snobbery!" Jiang Yashuang didn't have much contact with Fan Sulian, but she helped this group before they even met, so her impression was naturally very good.
It's just that he thinks that his eldest aunt's family is pretty good, but not everyone in the Fan family thinks of him the same way - for example, Fan Sujie.
This young man has a somewhat impetuous temperament. Jiang Yashuang always believed that his tempering was far from enough. Before he left the field, he was sure that he would definitely not succeed, and if nothing unexpected happened, he might not have hope for the next subject. Although this evaluation He only mentioned it to Qiu Yilan and did not spread it at all. However, due to Jiang Yashuang's change in status, Fan Sujie heard a lot of things, such as: "The young master was as young as the 19th son of the Jiang family when he passed the imperial examination, which shows that his qualifications are the same." Time! Why is it that the 19th Young Master is the top pick in high school? Could it be that the 19th Young Master has saved something?"
As for why he kept one hand, it is easy to explain, "The Nineteenth Young Master already has a beloved disciple by his side. Although Lu He has only been admitted as a scholar so far and has not yet finished the imperial examination, it is obviously to let him sharpen his direct finger armor - this The court already has General Ruan and the Nineteenth Young Master in front of him. If another young master comes and fails to enter the Imperial Academy, how much of Lu He's future glory will be left?"
The Fan family that Fan Sujie came from was a noble family - this also meant that the rules were tight, so there were less messes. Fan Sujie usually only focused on studying and did not care about anything else. Because he was always one of the best in the circle in his studies, he inevitably developed a bit of arrogance.
He excitedly rushed to Beijing to take the exam, intending to make a splash and overshadow Ruan Qingyan and Jiang Yashuang. Who would have thought that, let alone surpassing these two top rankings, he would have simply fallen behind? If the examiner of this subject hadn't been a subordinate of Qin Guogong, he would have suspected that he had been cheated!
Now that I hear someone say this, although I am not stupid enough to believe it all, I still suspect that Jiang Yashuang is hiding something secret: "After all, I am not his disciple. Even if I am a relative, I am afraid that he may not really teach me!"
He felt very conflicted, and suddenly he thought: "This cousin should do this. Master and disciple are like father and son. How can a father not plan for his son?"
Suddenly he felt resentful again, "Since you don't want to, why did you ask me to live there in the first place? It was a waste of my time!"
Before he could figure out the outcome, his sister Fan Sulian picked up the curtain and entered the room, quietly saying to him: "Brother, my grandmother is discussing your marriage!"
Fan Sujie was upset, so he said: "Didn't I tell you that I didn't want to be distracted before I was named on the gold list?!"
"It was the wife of the Prince of Huainan who asked - our eighth cousin's natal sister-in-law!" Fan Sulian explained, "With such a relationship as our eighth cousin, it's hard for my grandmother to keep silent!"
"Huainan Prince's Palace?" Fan Sujie frowned and said, "We have been in Beijing for a while. Have you ever heard of any talented and beautiful ladies in the palace? If there is a woman with a noble status but no corresponding qualifications, I don't want it!"
Fan Sulian covered his mouth and said with a smile: "Can grandma still know what my brother's request is? But the wife of the Prince of Huainan is not talking about a girl from their palace, but a cousin from the Jiang family!"
"Oh?" Fan Sujie was a little surprised, "She's a cousin of the Jiang family, so why should she be an outsider speaking?"
"She's the eleventh cousin of the eighth cousin." The Fan family didn't know at all that Jiang Huizhu almost got engaged to Lu He, so they didn't feel anything bad when she mentioned it, "I'll go to my nineteenth cousin for this eleventh cousin." I met my 19th cousin on the street a few times in my yard. Although we didn’t talk much, she seemed very gentle and like everyone else!”
Fan Sujie pondered: "The previous eighth-cousin aunt never gave birth to a daughter, but this eighth-cousin's daughter seems to be still young, right?" The implication was that he looked down on the daughter of a concubine.
"Brother, have you forgotten what everyone in the capital is talking about now?" Fan Sulian reminded implicitly: If there is no accident, Jiang Huizhu will become the eldest daughter in three to five years, and the hope of further becoming a princess in the future is not small - as a daughter Father is noble, in this case, Jiang Yadan kneeled down and said that it was Jiang Huizhu who was both talented and beautiful. Even Jiang Jingheng, the eldest son of the concubine who had been mute for many years and had a dull temperament, had been criticized for his talent and appearance in the past two days. The cultivated daughter-in-law made the decision first!
Fan Sujie inherited his grandfather's noble character, but he didn't want to join in such fun: "A man should get his fame immediately from books, what's the point of relying on marriage?"
"It's not that we are clinging to each other, it's just that my eighth cousin has taken a fancy to my brother." Fan Sulian is a girl after all, and is much gentler. He said disapprovingly, "You can't deliberately marry girls from ordinary families just to show that you don't rely on your wife's family at all. Right? You may not think highly of a girl like that - how can you raise a decent lady without a decent family background?"
Fan Sujie frowned and said, "Let grandma tell me later!"
The matter was over for the time being. Fan Sujie was thinking about his marriage, glanced at his sister, and asked, "Are you still going to your 19th cousin these days? Is there anyone saying mean things when you come in and out?"
"What about them?" Fan Sulian laughed and said, "I won't live with those people anymore! It's serious to coax my 19th cousin and aunt! Lu He's parents are gone, and I will take care of these two in the future. How can we neglect our elders?"
After all, she lives in the Duke's Mansion not because of Jiang Yashuang and his wife's appearance, but because of Jiang Tianyuan's status - the most beloved female junior of Duke Qin. Jiang Tianchi is also very polite to this eldest cousin. These two things are enough for her not to be bullied in public. , as for saying some sour words in private, Fan Sulian is also very good at dealing with it, "These kind of people are as good as those who are jealous of my appearance when I was young. I can just dismiss them casually. I really put them at ease and let them go." ?"
"I used to think that Lu He would achieve great success following his nineteenth cousin, and it would be a waste of your talent and beauty, sister. Now look..." Fan Sujie remembered his complicated feelings about Jiang Yashuang again and sighed, "I'm afraid I'm going to make a mistake. I love you, sister!”
"The marriage has been decided. Brother, if you say this again, you are just trying to trick me!" Fan Sulian slapped him with a fan in warning, "Don't say this when you go out!"
"I know, I know!" Fan Sujie sighed and agreed. Two days later, Jiang Tianyuan called him to him and told him about Jiang Huizhu: "This marriage was proposed by your eighth cousin. She went back to her parents' house to invite her. Her sister-in-law came over and said - you know that your fourth aunt doesn't like concubine children, your eighth cousin didn't dare to disturb her with the concubine's marriage, so she begged her mother's family, and the prince's wife came, which shows that she cares about the concubine. This concubine loves me so much!”
Fan Sujie still felt a little dissatisfied with Jiang Huizhu's background: "I heard that this cousin was never raised by my eighth cousin?"
"Although the one who raised her is a concubine, she has a big background!" Jiang Tianyuan chuckled and said, "That is the imperial princess Shou'an when the Gu family was in power, the legitimate daughter of the King of Guangyang, and the former Princess of Zhou - also The Gu family fell, so your eighth cousin had the chance to take her in!"
"Grandma is more optimistic about this cousin?" Fan Sujie asked in surprise. According to Fan Sulian's description, although Miss Jiang's eleventh grandson is okay, she's not to the point where he has to marry her, right? In particular, Fan Sujie won the national examination as a young boy, and was regarded by the Fan family as the hope of revitalizing the family. For this reason, Fan Cunqian had been angry with the Jiang family for so many years, and even let his old wife accompany him to Beijing, and started to associate with the Jiang family again. How could he be willing to give it to him? Just marry any wife
"Your grandfather's temperament!" When Jiang Tianyuan saw his grandson asking this, he didn't hide it and sighed, "Although it was not your fourth uncle who tried to persuade him and was refuted by him, but looking at your My fourth uncle is acting... I think it would be better to get married again!"
Jiang Tianchi is not someone that the Duke of Qin can tolerate, but he may not be able to tolerate him!
Although this cousin treated Jiang Tianyuan well after returning to Beijing, no matter how naive Jiang Tianyuan was, after seeing and hearing all his actions, she was not sure that the Fan family would be fine in the future!
Now Jiang Tianchi has made it clear that he prefers his eldest son. It just so happens that the eldest daughter of the concubine under Jiang Yadan's knees is pretty good, and it is Jiang Yadan's wife who takes the initiative to speak... Jiang Tianyuan feels that it is best not to refuse: "The woman took the initiative to speak and also invited her mother's family. If my sister-in-law doesn’t agree, I’m afraid she will become enemies!”
Fan Sujie was not ignorant when it came to this matter. He was silent for a while and sighed: "Then let's follow my grandmother's instructions! However, my grandson still wants to try the next subject. This wedding day..."
"This girl has a brother-in-law who is not married. There is no rush at the moment, but it has been decided beforehand!" Jiang Tianyuan felt relieved when he saw that his grandson had agreed, and said with a smile, "A marriage is a marriage. , there’s no way it will delay your future—after that girl passes the exam, won’t her future dignity have to be earned by you?”
... One can imagine how surprised they were when the news spread to the ears of Jiang Yashuang and his wife after the marriage was confirmed: "Eighth sister-in-law proposed it on her own initiative?! What on earth does she want to do?!"
Before anyone could investigate the ins and outs of this matter, another big news hit: a great victory in Shazhou!
After several years, the Zhenxi Army finally drove all the Western Barbarians out of the Da Rui realm and regained the entire Shazhou!
This is not the point. The point is that after the victory was reported in the middle of the court, an imperial edict in the name of the new king Chu Shao was immediately sent to the Western Xinjiang: summoning the generals of the West and other generals to come to the court to express their merits!
"Nineteen is my father-in-law's biological son after all, and not everyone can do such a thing as killing a son!" Qiu Yilan's expression changed after hearing the news, "But my brother!"
Having a brother-in-law who is the general of Zhenxi and who treats his sister like a treasure is one of the important advantages of Jiang Yashuang's rise to power - compared to Jiang Yashuang's performance and reputation, this kind of naked military power Cards are the hard currency that stabilizes the path to becoming a prince!
But now…