After Mu Bei finished speaking, the old concubine basically understood what he meant, but she could not accept it. She was a woman, so she naturally knew that there was a big difference between a woman being affectionate or heartless to a man. If she was affectionate, she would keep her husband in her heart and be considerate and thoughtful in every aspect, but if she was heartless, perhaps she would just be doing superficial work.
People are biased. The grandson and granddaughter-in-law naturally stand on the grandson's side without a doubt. Her grandson can be ruthless, but she hopes that the granddaughter-in-law will be affectionate. I believe that there are definitely many people who have such thoughts.
For example, this woman often has double standards when it comes to her husband and son. She hopes her husband will be devoted to her, but she is afraid that there won't be enough people to serve her son, so she keeps trying to fill his place with people.
The old concubine did not show what she was thinking on her face, but she could not help but sigh "what a shame" in her heart. She also did not intend to act on her own and decided to follow Mu Bei's idea.
Marriage is a major event, it is arranged by parents and matchmakers. A girl who lives in seclusion in the boudoir does not come into contact with many men outside the family. There may be some who are in love for the first time, but not many who are deeply in love. Most of them just have a vague affection. So, 99% of the time, her heart will end up with her husband. So, there is nothing to worry about. The final result will most likely be what she wishes.
Due to certain considerations, the person that the old empress dowager finally chose did not have a prominent family background, but of course was not bad either. The girl herself had good character. Her father was the Shaoqing of the Imperial Household Department, a fourth-rank official, and she also had an uncle who served as a councilor in the local provincial government.
The Imperial Household Department is in charge of horse breeding and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, so it is also linked to Mu Bei, a military general.
Because of Mu Bei's request, their Jiashu has certain ambitions. However, to be honest, they are not the kind of people who are blinded by interests. There are many people who focus on interests when getting married.
However, because the two new decrees had just been issued, they would soon be officially implemented, and girls usually arranged marriages around the time they reached the age of 15 or 15, so their ages were generally around fourteen or fifteen years old. The old concubine even deliberately picked someone who was older. Even so, they still had to wait a year to get married.
—Although there were girls who were close to sixteen, most of them had broken off engagements due to the new order, and there were more or less some messy relationships involved. The old empress dowager simply picked one who had never been engaged. It was true that she was looking forward to having a great-grandson, but she was not so anxious that she wanted to marry him off immediately and get pregnant in the bridal chamber. If that were the case, it would be too embarrassing.
The person has been appointed to the Dingnei County Prince's Mansion, and Mu Bei has done everything that should be done. At least in terms of etiquette, there has been no mistakes at all.
However, because the woman's family background was not high compared to Mu Bei, many people felt that he was lucky and were envious and jealous. But, since the marriage was already arranged, what could he do? Could he find ways to ruin the marriage and take her place? This kind of thing, it's okay to think about it, but who would really take action
After Xu Tongdan learned the result, she was very sad for a while, but she also knew that things could not be forced, and she would not do anything to cause trouble for others. As the saying goes, if you lose in one aspect, you must make up for it in other places. Xu Tongdan also ran to Xiaocao and said that she also wanted to study medicine.
-Don't ask her family whether they would agree. Would her father disagree with getting closer to Princess Anguo? Her mother is now imprisoned. Her sister-in-law is in charge of the household affairs, but it is not going well. There are too many people fighting for power in the family, so some things have to be divided out so that some things can be done. In this case, who will care about her? It is better to say that the previous things were for her to build relationships with the Xuguo Mansion. After all, she had never told her family that she liked Mu Bei.
Now that she can no longer get close to the Prince of Dingnei's Mansion, naturally no one cares about her.
However, I wonder what Xu Tongdan would think if she knew that her original hope was very high but was rejected by Mu Bei because of Xiaocao.
There was already a group of people, and now there is just one more person. We just have to hurry on as usual.
Things were proceeding in an orderly manner. It was June now, and the temperature was still acceptable. We all thought that summer came relatively late this year. However, it suddenly soared in the past few days, making it unbearable to be hot. Even if you sit in the shade, you can't stop sweating. If something happens, it goes without saying. You will want to take off all your clothes.
Fortunately, because of Concubine Kou, the technology of artificial ice-making was figured out, and this wealthy family was not short of ice in the summer.
Even so, Xiaocao still had someone prepare short-sleeved shirts and shorts. When she was not going out, she could do whatever she was comfortable with. It was against the rules and not decent, so Han let her do it. She just told the people below to keep a close eye on the gate. After all, Xiaocao's place was relatively special, and no one knew when someone might come.
Throughout the four seasons of the year, the Supreme Emperor always bestows rewards upon some people. This is almost the time to test whether Jian is in the Emperor's heart.
Needless to say, Xiaocao must play her part.
Most people were living their lives as usual, but the court was not peaceful. The weather this year was a bit abnormal, which made people worried.