Jiang came to the Imperial Capital this time, partly because he read the letters from Yun Fenghuang, Xie Xiliu, and Xiao Chen, his daughters, sons, and daughters-in-law, and partly because he was forced to go by his parents-in-law.
She is well aware of the nature of her own flesh and blood. Xie Xiliu is relatively the simplest. As for her daughter and daughter-in-law, they are actually not easy to use.
It's just that her daughter was deeply loved and spoiled by Qi Jiulu, and she acted more domineeringly.
Xiao Chen appears to be virtuous, generous and sensible, but in essence she is unwilling to suffer. This is simply because neither her mother's family nor her husband's family has been praised by the stars like Yun Fenghuang. temper.
All in all, Jiang didn't believe that they could suffer any big losses at the hands of other people in the house!
At most, Yun Fenghuang wants to beat the family members, and Xiao Chen wants to take advantage.
So even though Jiang was rushed out of the door in a hurry, Jiang was not in a hurry along the way.
This is because it is winter, and it is not easy to travel from the north to the south, with heavy wind and snow. Secondly, she does not want to be led by her daughter-in-law when she comes to the Imperial Capital just because she is in a hurry. She has to think carefully on the way. Summarize and deduce the truth to decide what attitude you will adopt after arriving in the Imperial Capital
But even though she was well prepared to play with her son, daughter-in-law and daughter along the way, she couldn't help but be moved by the way that Xiao Chen was crying all day long: "Get up and say it nicely! My mother is already here, From the time you entered the house to now, when have you ever been wronged by my mother?!"
Xiao Chen also believed in her mother-in-law's methods very much. She put so much effort into it just because she wanted to use Jiang's hand to trample all the other rooms!
Tell them not to compete with the fourth house in the future!
They even suppressed Xie Xiaoyu and his wife who accompanied Jiang.
With this in mind, she sobbed thanks for Jiang's support, and greeted Xie Xiaoyu and his wife with a tearful voice. When the family entered the house, she started to cry with snot and tears again. The ins and outs, of course, are the embellished versions.
The key point is to emphasize how ungrateful the other rooms are, how she and Xie Xiliu want to protect Yun Fenghuang but are unable to do anything due to the situation, and how the empress in the palace is not disgraced for the nonsense of the Xie family's children. understand…
Finally, he asked Xie Meng to come out to pay his respects to the Jiang family, and cried: "Your Majesty, your heart is really broken this time! Originally, I was only sending Kuo'er, but it turned out that Meng'er was ignorant and helped Kuo'er by saying a few words. , which made the empress even more sad, and she even sent Meng'er back! It seems that the daughter-in-law is useless and failed to teach Meng'er well!"
When Jiang heard this, she looked at Xie Meng with a somewhat unkind look. She preferred her granddaughter, but the fundamental reason was because Xie Meng looked exactly like Yun Fenghuang when he was young.
After all, who is more important between having only one biological daughter and several granddaughters who are not his own biological daughter
At this moment, he scolded Xie Meng rudely and said: "I always think you are smart, but why did you lose your head when you went into the palace and stayed next to your aunt?! When something happened, you didn't know how to help your aunt. Instead, you turned your elbows outward. outsider!"
Xie Meng said a little aggrievedly: "Cousin Kuo is also a descendant of my Xie family."
"Then she and you are the same mother?" Xiao Chen said angrily from the side, "Not even a grandmother! You treat her as one of your own, but she may not think so in her heart!"
"... My cousin has always given way to me in the palace." Xie Meng muttered, "Isn't this just treating me as one of my own? Speaking of which, I am still my sister."
Mrs. Jiang waved her hand to stop Xiao Chen's scolding, asked Xie Meng for details, and then sneered and said, "You guys are really confused. You can't see the obvious plan of the second wife? You actually asked Xie Kuo to sneak into the palace." Okay, this is Huang'er's warning and taking this opportunity to get rid of people, otherwise, Meng'er will not be able to use them as stepping stones in the future?"
Seeing that Xie Meng was stunned, she said coldly, "You also know that you are the elder sister, but she makes you extra special? Then you think that everyone in the palace is blind and can't see it? In this way, others can't They all think you are arrogant and unreasonable, while Xie Kuo is well-behaved and sensible? They are both nieces raised by the imperial concubine. There is such a big difference in temperament. Do you want people to say that you are more closely related to the imperial concubine than by blood? Why don't you thank Xie Kuo, or do you want people to say that your mother-in-law and grandmother are incompetent in teaching you and cannot be compared with the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the second wife?"
Xie Meng had nothing to fear from her own father and mother. She even dared to act coquettishly in front of Yun Fenghuang, but she was always a little embarrassed towards her grandmother.
I didn't dare to say anything at this moment.
"I have heard what you said on the way." Mrs. Jiang glared at her and said nothing more, but turned to Mrs. Chen, frowning and said, "It's true that two bedrooms, three bedrooms and five bedrooms are not good, but you and Thirteen are no match for each other." ! Even if the imperial concubine chooses someone from the eldest family as her consort, the brother and sister-in-law she cares about most will not be you two? With the imperial concubine’s support, you can’t suppress those people, it’s simply embarrassing!”
Mrs. Chen did not dare to refute, and immediately knelt down to apologize: "What mother said is true. My wife also hates her for being clumsy and tongue-tied, but my daughter-in-law is such a stupid person, so what should I do?"
As he spoke, he covered his face with a veil and began to cry.
On the left and right, older servants came up to intercede: "Please calm down, madam. My young madam tried her best to speak for the empress. It's just that the people in those houses are so aggressive. They consider themselves relatives and feel that the empress can't do anything to them." , completely ignored what the young lady said, and just acted arrogantly... My young lady is a female, and there is really nothing she can do about it!"
He couldn't help but mention the past two days, "The young lady asked them to think about the grievances the empress had suffered. They turned out to be good. They actually said that they were right not to care about the life and death of the empress. Otherwise, how could the empress enter the palace? How can I be a concubine to His Majesty? Madam, are you saying this as a human being? The young madam was so angry that she almost fainted!"
"What did I tell you before?" Mrs. Jiang listened, her face sinking. She looked at Xiao Chen and said slowly, "Principles are told to people. Some people are not human, they are like pigs and dogs. , trying to reason with them is like playing the harp to an ox!"
Little Chen cried: "What mother said is that this is all because of the daughter-in-law's fault!"
But I was secretly happy, knowing that my mother-in-law was really angry.
Originally, the Jiang family had four sons and one daughter, so she always valued rare things. Although she didn't care about her sons, she had become accustomed to caring more about her daughters over the years.
In addition, Yun Fenghuang is a jealous master by nature. She has been competing with Xie Fenghuan for favor since she was a child. Her brothers are generally much older than her and are even more vulnerable to her mother's love. They have always only stood aside and watched. Because the little sister is tired of acting like a spoiled child in Jiang's arms.
So even though Jiang knew that this daughter was a scheming daughter, and that her four sons combined might not be her rivals, she still couldn't help but worry about her the most - for such a sharp-minded apple to be living in the Imperial Capital under the care of others, it was enough for her to cry secretly. Many times, she entered the palace unexpectedly and went through life and death. She paid the price of childbirth with a life-or-death attitude before becoming a concubine. Outsiders envied Jiang's good fortune and having such a powerful daughter.
Jiang himself felt heartbreaking pain several times.
She told Yun Fenghuang that it was okay not to have children, that it would be good to enter the palace, that Qi Jiulu was not a good match... In fact, didn't that mean she had no choice? !
If she had a choice, she would definitely hope that Yun Fenghuang would still marry Qi Jiulu and have children in harmony and beauty.
At least Qi Jiulu dared to offend her daughter, and she had a way to deal with her son-in-law.
But if Chunjia dislikes Yun Fenghuang, what can Jiang do
Even if she wants to kowtow in Taichu Palace and beg Chunjia for mercy, she may not be qualified!
... Otherwise, why did she coax Qi Jiulu to leave his family, openly or secretly, after Yun Fenghuang left Beidi? Isn't it just so that one day he can renew his relationship with his daughter
From Jiang's perspective, her daughter's life is truly miserable.
As a result, people in other rooms still said such sarcastic remarks? ?
Does this mean that her own mother is dead? ?
Or was it because she was too gentle when her sisters-in-law fought for the stewardship that these descendants have forgotten her Jiang Kuang's methods? ?
Suppressing her anger, Ms. Jiang told Mr. Chen not to talk about this for now: "I am an old man and it's too much for me after traveling for such a long time. Let's take a break before we go into details. The same goes for your brother and sister-in-law."
Now she was so angry that she couldn't hide it. If she kept listening to it, she might die of anger on the spot.
Mrs. Chen hurriedly wiped her face, stood up and apologized to Xie Xiaoyu and his wife, saying that she had been worried about the empress in the palace for the past two days and cried day and night. She was confused, but she was neglecting her younger brother and sister-in-law.
"What did Thirteenth Sister-in-law say?" Xie Xiaoyu, who has the best relationship with Yun Fenghuang among the brothers and has a similar temperament, said with emotion at this moment, "We are all the same flesh and blood, why should we be so different? Besides, Even my sister-in-law is so unfair to my mother, let alone my biological brother? I really can’t wait to go out with a knife to find those bastards right now!”
Xiao Chen narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard this. He felt that his brother-in-law's "sister-in-law" sentence was very connotative. She was just Yun Fenghuang's sister-in-law, not her direct biological flesh and blood. She immediately said: "Isn't it true? I told them at the time, You and your Majesty can't even write two words of thanks in one sentence. Everyone sees how your Majesty has treated your brothers in the past two years! Although we sisters-in-law often go to the palace to accompany and comfort your Majesty, compared to your Majesty's Grace, what does it mean? However, they only care about the benefits given by the empress, and they completely ignore the feelings of flesh and blood! It is really heartbreaking!"
The implication: So what if they are biological brothers? Those of you who are brothers will ask for favors from the imperial concubine! It would be better for us sisters-in-law to go to the palace from time to time to accompany her, which somewhat relieved the empress's heart.
"Thirteenth sister-in-law..." Xie Xiaoyu raised her eyebrows, and before she could retaliate, Jiang, the boss, became impatient and shouted: "The grievances with your cousins have not been cleared up yet, but you can't wait to have a fight? Or should I? In front of me! What, are you planning to work together to drive away the people from the other rooms, and then fight against each other in the fourth room?"
"Mom, you misunderstood. I just said a few words casually to Sister-in-law Thirteen." Xie Xiaoyu said quickly, "There is no other meaning."
Little Chen glanced at him and said, "Mom, this is exactly what I want my eighteenth brother to know. How difficult it was for my mother at that time."
Jiang said with a cold face: "I haven't reached the age where my eyesight is dim. I don't want to worry about the other rooms, but in the fourth room, whoever dares to have such short-sighted infighting should get out of here with me! Can your concubine have such a happy life today?" On your own, even if she supports you out of flesh and blood, if instead of being able to give her wings, you become a burden to her, don’t think that I can’t be determined to clean up the house! Our family has a small fortune, and I will have slaves when I get old. Serving soups and medicines, you can still live without a son or daughter-in-law to serve you! Moreover, the Xie family has flourishing branches and leaves, and without you people, the heirs will not be extinct!"
These words were so serious that Xiao Chen and Xie Xiaoyu quickly knelt down to apologize, begging her to calm down and promising "never again".
"... none of these bastards are worry-free!!!" Jiang secretly hated it, but at this moment, she couldn't continue to force her. She could only tell them to go away and do their own thing with a cold face, while she took her confidants behind. Mrs. Chen had already prepared a rest in the courtyard.
But how could Jiang actually be able to rest
After closing the door and window, she frowned and asked: "What do you think should be done about this matter?"
"It's easier to do it in other rooms." Jiang Ai, the dowry confidant, said bluntly in a low voice, "When the queen is at home, except for the twenty-two young masters in the third room, she actually has no friendship with the other male cousins. The reason why they are used is just to watch. For the sake of being both descendants of the Xie family, there is still a shortage of manpower in the fourth house. Our fourth house... Although you just scolded the thirteenth young lady and the eighteenth young master, this uncle and sister-in-law just met each other, and that's it. I’m afraid it will be difficult to find peace in the future.”
Jiang sighed and said: "I knew this would happen, that's why I didn't want to stay in the Imperial Capital. Otherwise, the two elders in the family would be urging me to calm down the matter and persuade the imperial concubine not to follow The family is divided, but they suspect that I deliberately suppressed the other families and wanted the four-bedroom family to dominate."
After a pause, "I'm afraid that in the eyes of the noble concubine, I feel that I don't care about her enough, so I want to go back to the North and don't want to stay in the Imperial Capital forever!"
"My queen is your biological flesh and blood. Is there anything that can't be reconciled between mother and daughter?" Jiang Ai comforted, "And you are doing this for your own good. After all, you are here now, and it is the old man and the old lady who are crying. I promise you that you will deal with it impartially. If you stay here early in the morning, I'm afraid the old man and his wife will make the old man cry and hang himself, forcing you to give their children a fair start. 'It's up!"
"The Xie family has been detained in the North for too long." Jiang said with emotion, "The main reason is that our ancestors have never been a real hairpin family. Although the long flow of water has ensured prosperity for many generations, in the final analysis, the magnanimity and vision are not enough. . Now His Majesty has only been in charge for a few days. The imperial concubine said that she is favored, but in fact her foundation is not stable. Otherwise, she would not promote her brothers regardless of opinions... Just start fighting with yourself. How is this different from destroying the Great Wall? You must know that even if you don't care about your flesh and blood, Love, considering the pros and cons, for a noble concubine, how can the four families compete with each other to compare with the Xie family who can serve the court? Otherwise, she could influence the marriage of an eldest princess and use it to do it with the high family. Isn’t the exchange bad? Do you have to get a bigger house at a cheaper price?”
She lamented, "I have hired so many teachers year after year, and after many years of teaching, yet none of my sons can see clearly... I don't even know what to say about these stupid people!"
Jiang Ai smiled and said: "These ladies are young and may not think about it. Haven't you already figured it out? In this case, these things can still be dealt with!"
"You think too highly of me. In such a big family, everyone has their own ideas." Jiang shook her head slightly and said, "Even my own children are not of the same mind! I can only say that we do our best. This is the family. Ding Xingwang has both advantages and disadvantages. Although there are many people, they are powerful, but they will inevitably hold each other back!"
Just as he was talking, a little maid came running over to report that the consort had heard about Jiang's arrival and had brought Princess Sui'an to pay her respects.