Chapter 424： Changshou Hou Mansion

Yingbao glanced at Wen Hengyin who was standing not far away, turned to his younger brother and said, "This matter is not yours or mine."

Master will not agree to his marriage to Wen Hengyin, because Wen Hengyin's grandfather is an imperial physician, and Master does not want his magic pill to be used by the Wen family.

Besides, the master is no longer the master before, he is now the emperor, and he also knows something about his magical powers.

So she can marry a businessman from the Wei family with no background, or she can marry an official from a poor family, but she cannot be involved with those nobles from aristocratic families, including Zhong Chuyan, Zhou Hao, Zhang Min, etc.

The big aristocratic families in the capital are even worse, including the four concubine families. They are all founding heroes and have deep family backgrounds. As a county owner with magical abilities, I am not the emperor's biological daughter. If I marry into any family, I may be jealous of the emperor.

For example, Zhong Chuyan is a descendant of General Zhong. He is in charge of hundreds of thousands of northwest troops and has a large number of generals following him. If he marries the Zhong family, it will definitely arouse the emperor's vigilance.

Zhang Min's father was a great Confucian scholar and had served as a prefect in Jingzhou. Now he has returned to the capital, but he has not contacted his family once. I think Zhang Min was a cautious man and did not want to attract the emperor's attention before his son got married.

Zhou Hao is even more impossible. Being named the county lord, she becomes half of his daughter. Zhou Hao is Zhou Wuchang's only nephew and was recently named the Hanshan County King. It is impossible for him to have anything to do with it.

So, after much deliberation, Yingbao decided that Wei Zhan was the most suitable.

She is now in this position, and her marriage is no longer her own business. If she is not careful, the entire Jiang family will suffer.

Jiang Jie was silent for a while, and seemed to have figured it out. He whispered: "Wei Zhan is not bad. Sister, you can finally get married."

ˆ Yingbao:.

What is this nonsense?

She glared at her younger brother and said to him: "If nothing happens on the third day of the Lunar New Year, please invite Zhang Min's family and Zhou Hao's family to our home. On the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, we will invite the Luo family and the Wu family. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, we will invite your colleagues."

"I know." Jiang Jie already knew how things are in the world, and he personally drew up the New Year's gift list he prepared years ago, so he didn't need his sister's guidance at all.

Ying Bao reminded him and then took several palace ladies home.

The next day, the marriage decree did not come. I wonder if the emperor was too busy and postponed the matter.

Chunniang looked excitedly under the eaves for a long time. No one came from the palace, but she waited for the housekeeper of Changshou Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Wang, the Marquis of Changshou, personally wrote an invitation, inviting Yingbao and her daughter to attend a banquet at the Marquis' Mansion on the fifth day of the first lunar month, saying it was her fortieth birthday.

Chun Niang couldn't make up her mind and came to her daughter: "Bao'er, Marquis Changshou is inviting a banquet, shall we go?"

“The Xiao family of Marquis Changshou?” Yingbao thought for a moment: “Go.”

Why don’t you go? I just happened to have a closer look at the plot of the male and female protagonists.

She always feels that the calmness in recent years is a sign before the storm is coming.

Chunniang actually didn't want to go, but if she didn't go, she would be worried about her daughter going to the banquet alone.

"Our family has little contact with the Changshou Hou family, and there is no gift list to refer to. What should we send?" Chun Niang asked.

Ying Bao: "Ask Mei Xiang about this." She didn't know what gift to give her.

Then she called Mei Xiang, and under the guidance of the palace maid, she selected a brocade picture of a longevity star.

Now Yingbao is the head of the county, and his rank is one level higher than that of the Marquis, so the gift does not need to be expensive, just a simple thought will suffice.

On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the steward of the Changshou Marquis Mansion came to invite him again.

This is etiquette, so Yingbao didn't notice anything.

At almost noon, she dressed neatly and boarded the carriage with her mother-in-law. The four maids stood on both sides of the carriage and accompanied them to the Changshou Marquis' Mansion.

At this time, many noble ladies and noble ladies had arrived at the Hou Mansion.

They were not of high rank and had not even been promoted. When they saw Ying Bao arriving, they all stood up and saluted.

 Mrs. Wang came forward to welcome them, took Chun Niang and Ying Bao's hands, and placed them on the main seat.

Ying Bao scanned the crowd and found that none of these ladies were from the emperor's concubine's family. It was estimated that those who were willing to come to the Xiao family were former relatives and friends of the Xiao family.

Everyone chatted for a while and then everyone said their own words. Mrs. Xiao Wang said to Ying Bao: "I have wanted to visit the county master and Jiang An for a long time, but our family is in a special situation, so I didn't dare to disturb them."

"Alas, last time Chengyu came back and clamored to go to your house, but his second brother punished him by not leaving the house for a month. Now that he heard that the county lord was invited to come over, he was very happy."

Chun Niang smiled and said: "I said what's going on? I promised to go play, but no one came. I prepared their favorite juice that day."

“Please trouble me.” Prince Xiao sighed: “Now that the Marquis is handicapped, his second brother has the final say in everything in the house. Chengyu is naughty and often annoys his second brother, so it is common for him to be punished.”

Chunniang: "There are no children who are not naughty. The two of my family are still naughty."

The two chatted for a while, and Prince Xiao suddenly said in a low voice: "The Holy Father has granted marriage to both Da Lang and Er Lang. The wedding date is set on the twentieth day of the first lunar month. Let Da Lang and Er Lang marry the new couple together."

Yingbao blinked, looked at Xiao Wang, and listened quietly to what was going on.

Prince Xiao: "Although the marriage was arranged by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the palace also had to make preparations. Erlang actually asked Han Yueniang and his daughter who were living in the palace to organize his wedding room. Alas, I don't know what to think."

Chunniang frowned: "What about Han Yueniang's husband? Why not take her back?"

"He was taken to the Kingdom of Jin by the barbarians." Prince Xiao said, "I still don't know whether he is alive or dead."

The barbarians took the late emperor, his wife and a number of clan ministers to the Kingdom of Jin, and they probably would never come back.

Therefore, Han Yueniang is no different from a widow. It is incredible to think that Erlang Xiao Chengjun is willing to let a widow clean up his new house without letting his stepmother, who is Mrs. Hou, interfere.

While Mrs. Xiao was heartbroken, she was also upset.

Just don't care, just think that she wants to take care of the mess in this house.

This Changshou Marquis Mansion sounds very majestic, but in fact it is just a cage. Not only are there people sent by the emperor inside and outside to monitor every move, but even if you want to send a letter to your mother's family, you can't.

Fortunately, she knew the Jiang family and her daughter, who had just become the new rich in the capital, and she was able to talk to them. So when she saw the mother and daughter, she couldn't help but express the depression that she had been holding in her heart for a long time.

Yingbao asked curiously: "Which daughter have Xiao Mo and Xiao Chengjun chosen?"

Prince Xiao: "One is the daughter of Zhang Fusi, whose father is an earl, and the other is a girl from the Sima family of Song Dynasty."

Although the official position in the Zhang Mansion is not high, his family is a count, hereditary, and the promise of his daughter to Xiao Mo is not considered an insult to him.

Although Sima of the Song Dynasty had some real power, none of his sons were promising, but his only daughter was extremely beautiful and was more than good enough for Xiao Chengjun.

Ying Bao was thoughtful.

Xiao Chengjun gets married, how should Chen Tiantian be settled?

She thought about it for a while, and finally couldn't help being curious, and asked: "Mrs. Hou, I would like to ask, is Chen Tiantian Xiao Chengjun's concubine?"