Chapter 288
"Who are those families?"
Mrs. Jiang An looked disdainful: "Toads want to eat swan meat, and they are all thinking about climbing high branches. How can they be a good match?"
"If I really marry your sister, what's the difference between pushing her into a pit of fire?"
"Since ancient times, how many poor boys who married rich and beautiful people would treat their first wives well?"
"Shouldn't you wait for someone else's girl's property and dowry to become prosperous, then divorce her and marry another?"
Mrs. Jiang Anhou sneered: "What those individuals say is better than what they sing."
"Promise me that I will take your sister with me no matter what."
"A curse and an oath."
"But you, mother-in-law, are such a shrewd person that I can't see their dirty thoughts and dirty plans?"
She snorted: "Your father and I are still alive, or in other words, the power and position of the Jiang'an Marquis Mansion is still there, so those people will naturally wag their tails to please you like a pug."
"I don't dare to show your sister's face easily."
"Even the elders in the husband's family, relying on their status as parents-in-law, would not dare to set rules for your sister, manipulate her, and chastise her."
Jiang Wei was puzzled: "Isn't this good?"
No matter what, he still wants his sister to enter the palace.
If his sister had not entered the palace, perhaps she would not have... lost both her son and daughter.
"What's good?"
Mrs. Jiang Anhou glared at him: "The premise of all this is that your father and I are still alive."
She snorted: "To put it harshly, it is because I am still alive that the Jiang'an Marquis Mansion and your father will be your sister's backers."
"If something happened to me, I would be gone long ago."
"How can your father care about your sister's life and death if he marries a beautiful woman?"
"I'm afraid that in less than half a year, I will be drunk in the gentle countryside and forget that my daughter, your sister, is suffering outside."
"Maybe it's the water thrown out by the married daughter."
"Since you have already arrived at your husband's house, you belong to someone else's family."
Jiang Wei touched his nose, but did not dare to answer these words.
The son does not complain about the father's fault.
"You lack trust in my father."
Not only can't you say it, but you also have to say something nice to help others make up for it.
"My father will not be that kind of person."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou glared at him, as if she was disgusted that she actually gave birth to a stick.
There was a hint of pain in her eyes: "Men are not all the same."
News came that the eldest daughter had died.
Doesn't this man have any pain at all?
Instead, he was thinking about how to take advantage of the fact that the one in the palace was in pain and still owed something to their Jiang'an Marquis Mansion, so that he could record the illegitimate daughter raised outside in her name and act as a daughter-in-law. The legitimate daughter was sent to the palace to continue the glory of Jiang'an Hou Mansion.
Mrs. Jiang Anhou had no doubt at all.
If she died first, Lao Deng would definitely marry again.
At that time, her daughter will really lose her natal family.
Thinking about it, she also glanced at Jiang Wei: Brothers are equally unreliable.
"If any of those people are really sincere and come to ask for marriage because they like your sister, I don't necessarily think that they have to value the other person's family background."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou regained her composure: "After all, if you can pass the post to me, even if your family background is a little worse, it is still a serious prince's family."
"Even an ordinary earl may not have the opportunity to send a greeting to me."
“Let alone asking for a marriage at home.”
Mrs. Jiang Anhou frowned, not hiding her disgust: "But each of them, which one has serious thoughts?"
"It's not that you want to get involved with the Marquis of Jiang'an. You can get the support of your father and brother in the court and take advantage of the opportunity to rise to power."
"I'm just thinking about your sister's generous dowry."
"I want to swallow your sister's dowry and subsidize it for my own family."
"How can I safely marry your sister to someone with such an evil and impure mind?"
Jiang Wei nodded, quite agreeing with this.
Just...
"Then why did Sister A enter the palace later?"
He was very puzzled.
In terms of danger, the struggles in the palace are probably worse than the conspiracies and schemes in the back house, right?
Wealth is really rich.
Is there anywhere in this world that can match the dignity of the royal family?
"Maybe this is life."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou sighed: "I am so worried about your sister's marriage that I can't sleep all night long."
"But she's good!"
"Just like a person who has nothing to do, he goes out horse racing and hunting all day long."
"The result is not bad."
"The prey was not caught, but was abducted by others!"
Jiang Wei was shocked: "Huh?"
"Sister and..." Could it be that the one who came together really was because of feelings, and then became a bitter couple, and in the end both mother and son died?
When Mrs. Jiang Anhou talked about this, she couldn't help but feel melancholy and sad: "When the Holy One was on a visit in disguise, he accidentally met your sister who was hunting in a mountain villa in the countryside."
"One is a young girl who has just begun to fall in love, and the other is a high-ranking Ninth Five-year Supreme Being, who has always been among thousands of flowers..."
She sighed: "Just sweet words and sugar-coated bullets are not something your sister, with her simple temper, can resist."
"Later, not long after, the imperial edict was sent to the Hou Mansion, saying that I would welcome your sister into the palace with the gift of a queen... as my concubine!"
Mrs. Jiang Anhou couldn't help but wiped her tears twice: "I was unwilling to do so with a hundred or ten thousand wishes!"
"As a concubine, it sounds like you are a noble woman. Even a serious lady like me, the Marquis, must pay a big courtesy when I see her."
"But no matter how noble you are, there is still a royal empress standing on top of you. How can you live a comfortable life?"
"What's more, the palace rules are strict and extremely restrictive."
"Your sister is used to being free and casual. How can you stand a life where you have to be disciplined to be dignified and rigid even when you walk and eat?"
Mrs. Jiang An became more and more sad as she spoke: "Not to mention, I still welcome the concubines into the palace with the courtesy of a queen."
"It looks like glory, but in fact... isn't this just a slap in the queen's face?"
"The Queen has no choice but to take over the king, so why are you so angry? Why don't you have to take it out on your sister?"
"Yes, at that time, the emperor was still young and strong."
"There are not many concubines in the harem, and the queen position has always been vacant."
“But it’s not the queen’s position after all!”
"When the emperor has a new queen in the future, he will recall this matter and know that some of his concubines have already enjoyed the gift of a queen before his mother made the world official. How can he not feel resentful in his heart?"
"I'm afraid that when the time comes, I will cause trouble for your sister all the time and make her feel uncomfortable."
Mrs. Jiang An's eyes turned red: "And where is the initiator of all this? As long as you use the word grace, you can become invisible gorgeously."
"How can I let my daughter live such a miserable life?"
"Those poor boys are not well-intentioned and covet your sister's dowry. This emperor is not necessarily that good!" "If he really loved your sister, how could he create such a big trouble for her in the name of love? Life in the palace is not peaceful?”
"It's clear that he has ulterior motives!"
Mrs. Jiang Anhou sniffed twice: "But it's such an obvious thing. Your father is like a confused and blind person, completely turning a blind eye to it."
"What else can you say?"
"Anyway, the post is vacant now. If your sister can enter the palace, she may not be able to get that position."
"It is said that our Jiang'an Marquis Mansion can also produce a golden phoenix and become a descendant of the clan."
"The status is bound to rise even more."
Jiang Wei was slightly startled, not expecting that there would be such twists and turns.
"So, it is because of this that Sister A entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine Jiang."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou nodded lightly.
"Then Sister, she..." Jiang Wei hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask Sister if she had feelings for the man in the palace?
The words came to my lips, but I still couldn't say them out.
Mrs. Jiang Anhou shook her head: "Little girls, they don't know whether they are hungry or full. How can they know what love is?"
"I was just deceived by a few sweet words and sugar-coated bullets, and I thought I had fallen in love with someone, and that's all."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou talked a lot and felt very sad.
With Jiang Wei's comfort, he managed to feel better.
"Look at me, what are you talking about?"
"It all happened in the past many years."
Mrs. Jiang An looked at her youngest son lovingly: "What did you ask me just now?"
"Ask your sister..."
Before Jiang Wei had time to finish, Mrs. Jiang Anhou recalled: "Your sister, when we were in the boudoir, we didn't have many good friends."
"But after entering the palace, I made a good friend. The two of them often get together and talk funny!"
She sighed: "Originally, I was worried that your sister, who is simple-minded and has no scheming intentions, would be deceived and tricked by those who are accustomed to pretending!"
"Especially that girl, before she left the palace, she lived in the palace on the pretext of being associated with your sister."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou recalled how careful she had been in the past, and felt a little funny.
"At that time, when I was still a girl, I wanted to use your sister to climb up the branches."
"It was only later that I realized that this girl's identity was actually very extraordinary."
"Not to mention the position of concubine, even if you offer the position of queen to others, they will look down upon you!"
Madam Marquis Jiang An sighed a little and lowered her voice a little: "The one in our palace has to bow respectfully and greet people when meeting people."
"Your sister has been in the palace for so many years, and thanks to my good relationship with her, things have gone smoothly and she has remained innocent for so many years."
Jiang Wei didn't think so.
If this man was really so powerful, why did his sister die in that silent and cold palace wall later without knowing the reason or the truth?
"If at that time, she was still in the palace with your sister, your sister and her two little nephews, maybe..."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou recalled what happened at that time and still couldn't help crying.
"She wasn't there when my sister had an accident?"
Jiang Wei narrowed his eyes keenly: "Where did she go?"
Mrs. Jiang Anhou shook her head.
"No one knows where she went."
"Their whole family is so mysterious that ordinary people can't even get a glimpse of it."
Jiang Wei asked seriously: "She is..."
He still felt in his heart that the possibility that Shengji told him before was really slim.
Mrs. Jiang Anhou glanced at him: "I don't know her specific identity either."
"I only know that her surname is Xie."
She looked at Jiang Wei with deep eyes, as if to remind or warn: "None of us can afford to offend that Xie!"
Jiang Wei pursed his lips and hesitated, considering his words in his mind.
"I know what you came here to ask today."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou sighed: "Before, it was true that no one of us had thought of this problem."
"Your sister was very friendly with people back then."
"I thought it would be better if we could get closer."
"It's just that there is no one in the family of the right age who can marry someone."
"After much thought, your sister only thought of you."
"But she is more than ten years older than your sister. It is really difficult to match you who was still a child at the time."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou glanced at the person: "It's okay for you to feel a little wronged."
“But if you wrong someone, it’s a big sin!”
Jiang Wei:……
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.
"But she does have a sister."
"Your age suits you very well."
"Your sister makes the decision and wants to make a marriage with someone."
"Your sister did tell me at that time that she wanted to get the title of princess for that child."
Jiang Wei frowned: "So, Princess Shao'an really might be..."
Someone from the Imperial Prefecture?
Shaojun?
But since the fiancée agreed upon by Sister A at the beginning was the sister of the Xie family girl, why did Shengji say that Princess Shao'an was the young prince of the Imperial Prefect's Mansion?
When there is an eldest daughter, how can the second daughter inherit the position of young king?
Mrs. Jiang Anhou nodded: "Nine times out of ten."
By the way, he explained his doubts: "And now, when I made the marriage agreement with you, the sister of the girl from the Xie family, Yuemou, has taken her sister's former position."
Jiang Wei stared in shock.
"So..." Shengji's information is correct. Princess Shao'an is really the young master of the Imperial Prefect's Mansion?
He was puzzled: "But, she took her sister's place...why?"
"Because her sister is missing."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou sighed with sadness on her face.
"Missing?"
Jiang Wei was surprised.
"Yes, if Miss Xie hadn't disappeared suddenly, your sister might not have suffered such a thing."
Mrs. Jiang Anhou couldn't help but choked up.
"You mean to say that this Miss Xie disappeared before my sister's accident, and there is still no news about her?"
Jiang Wei keenly felt that the sudden disappearance of Miss Xie, the former Shaojun of the Imperial Prefecture, might be directly or indirectly related to the murder of her elder sister.
Even more likely...
Once the reason for Miss Xie's disappearance is found, the truth behind her sister's murder will also come to light.