Chapter 409
Jiang Muzheng lowered her eyes and listened to her aunt's muttering, and then said, "I heard it just now. My father said that if I take a wrong step this time, I will need to practice family law."
"My silly girl!" Aunt Zhang held her daughter's white and tender little hand and found that there was a calluse on her piano outside her thumb. She felt even more uncomfortable. "Your father thinks it's a knife-like mouth and a tofu heart. If you really get into the eyes of the eldest prince, you will become a noble person. The entire Jiang family will have to offer you. Even if you can't get into the eyes of the eldest prince, according to family rules, you will just be beaten, kneel on the Buddhist temple, and copy books. Compared to having a good destination, what is this hardship?"
Jiang Muzheng bit her lip and said a little heavier, "Auntie, how noble the eldest prince is, how noble is that my daughter can cling to!"
"Why can't it be done? The girl's appearance and piano skills are outstanding. As long as the eldest prince meets her, she will definitely like her!" Aunt Zhang looked at her increasingly beautiful daughter, very confident.
My aunt's words made her feel very uncomfortable. Jiang Muzheng asked softly, "Does my aunt want her daughter to show her beauty?"
What's wrong with showing off Israel? Which man doesn't like beautiful women? She was criticized for her good looks back then? Aunt Zhang thought so in her heart, but she couldn't say that. She coaxed softly, "Zheng'er, Auntie knows that you are so arrogant and don't want to be a young man. But marrying into the royal family is not a young man, but a step to reach the sky. In the future, the son you give birth to will be a king even if you grow up..."
Jiang Muzheng heard that the more her aunt said, she became more and more distorted. She stopped her from speaking, "Auntie! If you say this, you will bring disaster to the Jiang family and make us damn it!"
After working hard, my daughter, who was born in ten months of pregnancy, actually criticized her so sternly. Aunt Zhang's grievance burst out and tears fell down. "Miss's words are really heartbroken. I'm going to be like this in my life. Who is it for? I'm not just to make you live a more decent life and give the second young master a good future? Once I stretch my legs out, the only one that girls can rely on in this world is left. Only when the girl gets married can she help the second young master; only when the second young master has a good future can the girl have a good future..."
The aunt called herself a "slave" in front of her, making Jiang Muzheng want to rush out and jump into the pond to ask for peace. But she couldn't. She died. What should the aunt and her second brother do? Jiang Muzheng raised her head in despair, "Why don't the aunt think about it? My father is a fifth-rank official. Even if her daughter enters the palace of the eldest prince, she is only worthy of being a maid. Besides, the eldest prince is only thirteen years old this year. If Long Sui and the Queen knew that their daughter approached the eldest prince with this intention, they would cut their daughter into pieces."
"Your father is a fifth-rank official, but your second uncle is different! Your second uncle is a popular person in front of Long Live. People will be looked up to you everywhere you go!" Aunt Zhang thought that she had moved her daughter, and eagerly persuaded her, "When the eldest girl got engaged, the second master had not yet passed the Jinshi and did not become an official. Now it is different. The second master is in glory! The eldest girl married far away from Shaoxing. It was a good marriage back then, but now it is not. The eldest lady was angry and wanted to book a good marriage for the eldest young master, and she was also anxious to prevent the girl from marrying better than the eldest girl. The girl had to count on herself to become successful. Even the eldest prince was young and came to the palaces of the princes, the marquis and the generals' mansions on the fifth day of the April 10, and the girl would just pick one of them, which was better than the marriages the eldest lady would arrange for you..."
Seeing that the aunt had moved back again, Jiang Muzheng gave up on reasoning with her, listened to her muttering silently, and after sending her back to the room, she leaned against the window and looked at the moonlight outside the window in a daze.
Seeing that his girl was really pitiful, Wubi Shutong stepped forward and closed the window for her and advised her, "It's cold at night. If the girl blows like this, it will catch a cold. It's better to go to bed early. I'll get up early to practice the piano tomorrow."
Jiang Muzheng whispered, "It's good to be sick. If I'm sick, I can go to the farm to raise it."
Shu Tong advised, "Miss, don't think so. You are sick at this critical moment, and it's so unpleasant to say when it is spread. You can do whatever you want. No one can say when marriage will come."
What good marriage can she have? Jiang Muzheng smiled silently.
Early the next morning, the Jiang family gathered in the North Courtyard for dinner. The third sister and sixth sister had second aunts to pick up food for them, and the fifth sister and third aunts to pick up food. Jiang Muzheng sat at the last place and silently ate the cold kelp shredded in the plate in front of him. After the meal, Jiang Muzheng and his sisters took their father, second uncle, and younger brothers to the yamen or academy.
Jiang Erlang fell two steps behind and pulled his sister aside and whispered, "Did you go to find your sister last night?"
Jiang Muzheng nodded and whispered, "I'm also doing it for our own good. You can study with peace of mind, I have a clear idea in my heart."
Seeing that there was no one around, Jiang Erlang whispered, "Sister, don't listen to your aunt. If you don't understand, go and ask your second aunt. Second aunt is the most visionary."
"Okay." Jiang Muzheng replied softly, and was concerned about his brother's affairs. "Do you still have pocket money? I still have some here, so you can use it first."
When my younger brother grew up, he had to have some social engagements and was in short supply. Jiang Muzheng lived in the mansion and rarely went out. There were only two maids and one mother in the yard, so she didn't need to use money to make some money, so she saved all the monthly routines for her younger brother.
"Some. My father has not used up all the gifts, and my second uncle gave me another ten taels two days ago." Jiang Erlang couldn't help but look happy. General Jiang stopped Jiang Ling at the intersection of the street. Jiang Ling cried in fear. He plucked up his courage to rush forward. Although he didn't help, the second uncle praised him for being a good person and gave him ten taels of silver. His grandmother was frugal in the family and his father was strict in control. From childhood to adulthood, almost all the pocket money his brothers had given to him.
"You save money, don't learn from people's big things." The younger brother's monthly share is 300 ounces, and ten taels of silver is really a lot of money. Jiang Muzheng whispered in a low voice and looked at the second uncle in front. Hearing that the second uncle was discussing with his father to repair dentures for Uncle Hou, even though he was full of worries, Jiang Muzheng couldn't help but smile.
The Jiang family smiled like her, and no matter what, it would be easily resolved on the second uncle. When everyone smiled, the atmosphere became different. The four sisters returned to their grandmother to listen to her scolding, and they felt much more relaxed.
Mrs. Jiang's eyes flashed over her granddaughters one by one. The second girl was handsome and obedient, the third girl was calm and dignified, the fifth girl was smart and flexible, and the sixth girl was beautiful and steady, and each one was very good. Mrs. Jiang raised her face and said majestic, "You know, on the fifth day of the fourth month, the eldest prince and the second prince will come to our mansion to watch the ceremony. Then you will follow them to the front yard to kneel down to welcome the two princes. The rules of performing the ceremony are the same as those of the emperor. After the ceremony, you will retreat to the inner courtyard. Who dares to take a step into the front yard? Grandma will break her legs, remember?"
"Remember." The four sisters responded in unison.
Mrs. Jiang nodded and discussed with her daughters-in-law, "The children should make new clothes, why not take them to the Lingluofang?"
When he heard that he was going to Lingluofang, Jiang Mujin's eyes lit up. Lingluofang in Caiyi Lane is considered the best cloth shop in Kang'an. It is full of first-class silk, and the tailor and embroiderer are also first-class. She has never worn such good clothes as she has grown up.
When my second brother got married, didn’t he just make new clothes for them? He had to spend money again in just a few days? Chen muttered, “Mom, it takes at least hundreds of taels of silver to make a dress in Lingluofang. With jewelry and waist jewelry, the silver is out like flowing water. We need to prepare to welcome the two princes, and we need to use money everywhere and have to make careful calculations.”
After saying that, Chen looked at the concubine's daughter, Jiang Muzheng said softly, "Grandmother asked the sewing room to sew two new clothes for Zheng'er this spring. When the second uncle got married, he wore one and had not yet gotten one. Zheng'er would no longer add new clothes."
The second sister started, and Jiang Muyan also said, "Grandmother, Yan'er also has new clothes."
Jiang Mujin said in pain, "Grandmother, Jin'er has only worn her new clothes once, so you don't have to buy a new one."
Chapter completed!