Chapter 426 Change
Chu Jingwu got married two years ago, and his daughter is already one year old. He is now the fifth-grade city gate guard of the Bingma Division. He is considered a respectable man. He will not shamelessly move to the country with Mr. Chu. Live in the public house.
You know, if your married nephew goes to live with his uncle's family, it is a sign that the family will be disrupted. Mr. Chu will never agree, and Chu Jingwu did not mention it.
You must know that the current Duke Anguo Mansion was earned by Chu Xuanyu and his son who tied their heads to their belts and fought in a sea of blood. This is not the former Duke Anguo Mansion passed down by their ancestors, where they could have their second wife at their disposal. Chu Xuanyu was helpless and had no choice when people were playing tricks and trying to get benefits from them.
Even the title of An Guogong is different from before.
In the past, the title was hereditary. As long as the male heir of the family named Chu could inherit it, of course, as long as you could grab it.
As for the current title, the emperor granted it to the direct descendant.
This means that only Chu Xuanyu's legitimate sons are eligible to inherit, and bastards and side descendants cannot inherit.
If Chu Xuanyu had no heirs, the title would be taken back by the emperor, and his second wife would not be able to inherit it even if they were desperate.
Since he can't get any benefits or take advantage, then why should he sacrifice his face to look at people's faces under the eaves of a big house to earn a living?
People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
He didn't want to live a life of looking at people's faces like that.
After all, he is now a fifth-grade guard general of the Military and Horse Division. Although his salary is small, he also gets a lot of benefits in daily life. He lives a prosperous life. Now, as long as his wife gives him another legitimate son, then he will be in trouble for the rest of his life. It's complete, so why should he live by looking at people's faces?
What's more, there is a second prince's palace behind him.
As long as the Second Prince remembers his life-saving grace, his career will not be extinguished and his position will not be squeezed out. As long as his career goes smoothly and his life is prosperous, there is no need for him to sacrifice his face and offend his uncle. , and still has the reputation of being weak and living off his uncle.
Chu Jingwu didn't wait for Chu Xuanyu to speak, but he bluntly told Chu Xuanyu that he would not move.
Chu Xuanyu was very happy with his understanding, so he said a few polite words without forcing it.
As for the shameless Mrs. Chu, she must take Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan to the Chu family.
As for Chu Jingxiu, her wedding is coming soon. Everything has been prepared here. All the dowry boxes have been sealed, and the house has just been taken care of. At this time, it is difficult for Chu Jingxiu to move there.
Mrs. Chu did not mention her and only asked to take Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan with her.
After discussing with Chu Xuanyu, the old man agreed to take her with him. However, "The boss will not care about the marriage between Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan. After Chu Jingwen gets married, he will move out of the Duke's Mansion within a month."
He is a nephew, and he is still living in the house of his uncle who has already separated.
As for Chu Jinglan, the old man didn't even mention it.
She is a girl, just find her an in-law and marry her off.
As for the dowry, he had already prepared a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver for each of the two granddaughters, and Chu Jingwen also prepared a dowry of 10,000 taels of silver.
He only had so much personal money, so he took it all out and gave it to his second wife, the third brother Chu Jingqi. He would not be able to give a penny to his future wife.
Fortunately, the boss has a lot of money and won't be greedy for his few coins.
The children of the second wife are living a hard life. As a grandfather, he has to provide more for them. The boss is generous and doesn't care.
It's just that I still feel a little guilty towards Dafang's three grandchildren.
Mrs. Chu didn't dare not agree. In short, the purpose of letting Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan move to the Duke's Mansion was achieved, so that's it.
After Mrs. Chu moved back to Duke Anguo's mansion, she still lived in the previous courtyard. As for brother and sister Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan, Zhuo also arranged for them to live in the west courtyard where they used to live in the second room.
The wall between the west courtyard and the east courtyard has not yet been demolished. There is only one door connected to the east courtyard, and there is also a gate in the west courtyard. It is convenient for Chu Jingwen and Chu Jinglan to go out.
The most important thing is that Mrs. Zhuo didn't want to see the people in the second house. After arranging their residence, she sent a housekeeper and a dozen servants to attend to the two brothers and sisters. She stopped asking about the daughter of the second house. .
Next, Mrs. Zhuo was busy preparing for the celebration banquet.
The Chu family's title was restored, Chu Xuanyu returned, and Chu Xuanyu and his son conquered the Tatars. Each of these was a great joy, and Zhuo wanted to take the opportunity to invite relatives and friends to her home to have fun and celebrate.
Chu Jingxiu’s wedding was on August 22nd, and Xia Zihan’s haircut ceremony was scheduled on August 18th, so her godmother set the date of the celebration on August 16th.
There are still five or six days left, enough for her to make preparations.
The next day, Mrs. Zhuo sent her maid to the Chu residence to invite Xia Zihan to the Duke Anguo's mansion to discuss inviting guests with her. After Xia Zihan finished breakfast, he greeted Mrs. Zeng and came in a carriage.
Without waiting for her to salute, Mrs. Zhuo pulled her to sit down and said with a sullen expression, "As you know, I used to be careless and rarely went out to attend banquets. I couldn't make up my mind about who to invite."< br>
"Auntie knows that you have always been full of ideas. Please help auntie find out which people should be invited over."
Then, he took out a long list and handed it to Xia Zihan.
There are twenty or thirty aristocratic families on it, all of whom have had good relations with Duke Anguo. Among them, about ten families are junior generals and deputy generals under Chu Xuanyu. Their official positions are not high, they are all fifth-grade, sixth-grade, and seventh-grade. Products, these names She is very familiar with the word. She has spent some time with them in Shuimu City and has seen them often. She knows that these people are Chu Xuanyu's confidants, and the Chu family is also close to each other. She will not underestimate them. the other party.
All of these people are invited.
Xia Zihan took out a pen and made a mark on it.
Most of the remaining twenty or so households are from noble families.
Xia Zihan's sharp eyes also saw the Song family.
The Song family has fallen into decline. Shi Wenting has experienced so many things and has become a lot more mature. She no longer has the impulse to do things as before. She is no longer as persistent towards Song Huai as before. However, Song Huai has also changed and is very fond of her. Okay, obey her in everything. It has been almost two years since Song Baiqing and his wife passed away. There is still only Shi Wenting beside Song Huai, and she doesn't even have a common roommate.
Shi Wenting hasn't been pregnant in the past few years, and Song Huai didn't give her a look.
Over the past year or so, Shi Wenting's cold heart has been warmed by him. She no longer treats him with the cold words she used to have. She will often give him money and take the initiative to help him buy some pens, ink and paper for reading. Inkstone.
After Song Huai passed the exam, he studied harder and wanted to get the number one scholar, so that he could revive the prosperity of the Song family and prevent outsiders from looking down on him.
Sometimes, when he was tired of studying, he would take Shi Wenting for a walk outside to take a look at the scenery and relax his mind. The couple would enjoy each other, playing the piano and the harp, and they would not have to worry about the bad things before. , this little life is much happier than before.
The relationship between the couple has become closer and closer.
Over the past year or so, Shi Wenting has been getting closer and closer to the Dou family. After all, Shi Wenting is the only bloodline left by the Dou family. The Dou family sympathizes with her and feels sorry for her. They try their best to help her on weekdays and even give her some money from time to time. she.
Shi Wenting's three farms are all managed by members of the Dou family. She only needs to collect profits during the twelfth lunar month every year.
In addition, with the money she got from selling two houses of the Song family and some antique utensils and other items, she turned around and bought two shops to rent out. Although the rent for a year was not much, it was enough for Song Huai to buy pens, inks, paper and inkstones. spend.
Now, only the young couple are left in the Song family, the number of people waiting on them has been reduced by more than half, and daily chewing expenses have been reduced by half. In addition, with the subsidy from the Dou family, the Zeng family also subsidizes them a thousand and eighty taels of silver every year during the New Year. Now , Shi Wenting and Song Huai's life was much easier than before.
No matter what Shi Wenting did in the past, now that the Song family is in decline and the Shi family is gone, the past grievances between these two couples have also passed. Zeng will not mention it or think about it, and just wants to help the two of them. My child, I will ask Aunt Su to send a thousand taels of silver to Shi Wenting before the Chinese New Year.
I also sympathize and pity them both.
When the Shi family was destroyed and the Dou family passed away, Chu Xuanyu happened to go to Shuimu City. When he got the news, he was very sad.
After all, they are childhood sweethearts who grew up together, and their relationship is like that of brothers and sisters.
He died suddenly.
How to make him not sad.
Now, Shi Wenting is the only bloodline left by his cousin, and Chu Xuanyu wants to help her. This time, the Chu family is planning a banquet, so Chu Xuanyu greeted Zhuo and asked her to invite Shi Wenting over.
Shi Wenting stole Xia Zihan's fiancé. She was a shameless woman. Zhuo didn't have a good impression of her, but her husband had already spoken. Zhuo would not go against her husband's wishes just because of an insignificant person. .
Immediately, she put the Song family on the invitation list.
Seeing Xia Zihan put a mark on the back of the Song family's list, Mrs. Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I didn't want to make it so big, but your uncle said that the Chu family hasn't opened a business in three years." Passing the mansion, and there are many happy events this time, everyone who should be invited will be invited. ”
"I also want to invite the second princess here. After all, the Duke of Anguo is also from a noble family of great prosperity. There is no heavyweight to suppress him. I am afraid of being laughed at." After a pause, Mrs. Zhuo said again, "Qian'er Yes, I heard that the second princess is planning to visit Princess Qinghui’s husband’s family.”
Princess Qinghui will be getting haircut next year, so it’s time to see her husband’s family.
"Princess Qinghui's vision is extraordinary." Xia Zihan pursed her lips and smiled, "I don't know which young master can stand such a lively person."
Speaking of which, she hadn't seen Princess Qinghui for a year, and she missed her quite a bit.
Thinking of Princess Mingzhu again, "How is the little princess? When I left, she was seriously ill. I don't know if her body and bones have been nursed back to health?"
(End of chapter)