When it was time to set the wedding date, Mrs. Xie said she was not feeling well and had too many household chores in the house, so she was unable to arrange the wedding. She suddenly felt homesick for her family again and wrote to her to take her niece and granddaughter over to stay...
So after the Chinese New Year, her father personally sent her from Shangjing to Jianghu.
Xie Jingling had already donated a county captain at this time, and was away from home to arrest thieves.
They stayed there for three months. During this period, as a junior member of the old lady's family and his fiancée, she had to take care of the old lady's illness while taking care of the general affairs of the Xie Mansion.
By the time Xie Jingling came back, the old lady's health had improved.
During this period, Xie Jingling treated her as cold as ice. When the two of them got along, she didn't even dare to say a word to him.
However, there was always a hint in his words that if she wanted to become the wife of the Xie family, she would only blindly please the old lady and control the few servants in the house. For him, she could not be regarded as a qualified virtuous wife.
The implication is that his brother is unmarried and his sister is unmarried. She should help them arrange their marriages before she is qualified to marry him.
After understanding his intentions, she felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, but she thought of her father and mother's instructions before leaving. The men stood outside, busy with their livelihood, while the women took charge inside, settling down in the family home. Everything is based on the interests of the husband’s family…
She was indeed helping Xie Renhuai find marriage partners very carefully.
But when she was on the sickbed, she could not let go of the vivid fantasy experience.
She introduced Xie Renhuai to Jiang Zhongyi, the governor of Suizhou, and facilitated the marriage between his legitimate daughter Jiang Tingfang and him, allowing Xie Jingling to use the power of the Jiang family to open up the salt-iron road, which paved the way for him to go to Beijing in the future. .
As a result, how did Xie Renhuai repay her before she died?
He pointed at the dying woman and cursed through gritted teeth, "What does your family background and power have to do with me? You forced me to marry a simpleton. Every day, in addition to using those rules and regulations to restrain me, she also used her master The father at one end is going to press me, don’t do this, don’t do that…”
"I just want to marry a wife, to marry a woman who can know and love me, not to marry an ancestor who needs to be worshiped and offered incense. Looking at you now, it is the retribution God gave you for trying to control our Xie family son. . A good death, a great death. After you die, don’t forget to take the person in my house with you. Otherwise, I will let her end up like you..."
Does she want family status or power?
Crossing rivers and burning bridges is the essence of their gratitude to their families.
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"Yuanyuan, my aunt has already inquired about it. The day after tomorrow is Mrs. Chiang's birthday. Although the Jiang family is not planning to make any big arrangements, as a junior, you must come to the house to pay her regards. It is also a good opportunity to take this opportunity to share your feelings with Renhuai. Go, firstly, to see the attitude of the Jiang family, and secondly, to explore the Jiang family’s tone and see if his marriage to Miss Jiang can be successful."
In the Baishou Hall, Mrs. Xie was kind-hearted and did not dislike Song Yueyi's cough from time to time after she recovered from the illness. She expressed her thoughts in a gentle voice.
Hearing this, Song Yueyi thought carefully about some past events.
Back then, Xie Jingling's biological mother encountered bandits when she took Xie Renhuai back to Jianghu to visit relatives. They all thought that the mother and son were in trouble, but no one was alive and no bodies were found.
As a result, four years ago, Xie Jingling found his biological mother back in the countryside.
Not only Xie Renhuai was brought back, but also Xie Anping.
It is said that Xie Renhuai was under one year old when the accident happened, and Xie Anping was still pregnant by Xie's mother Ruan.
The reason why Ruan didn't come back for so many years was because she hit her head while running away with her children from a bandit, and her consciousness was still unclear.
I heard that she was rescued by a pair of childless old people. When Xie Jingling found her, he was so shaken that he could gradually remember the past.
It is a great joy for the three mothers to be found.
Xie Jingling ignored the hatred that Marquis Chengwu had shown him for being indifferent to him for many years, and still excitedly brought Ruan and his siblings to the Xie Mansion in Shangjing. As a result, Marquis Chengwu became very indifferent and reluctantly acknowledged Xie Renhuai, but did not Recognize Xie Anping as the daughter of the Xie family...
Of course, outsiders generally cannot find out the true origins of such secrets in the deep compound. However, judging from the attitude of Marquis Chengwu and the fact that Xie Jingling directly brought everyone back to Jianghu, Xie Anping's existence is indeed very suspicious. .
Ruan died of illness not long after returning to Jianghu.
Xie Renhuai and Xie Anping were raised in the countryside for many years. They were not literate at the age of fourteen or fifteen, and their words and deeds were vulgar. Over the past few years, Xie Jingling specially invited several gentlemen, and then he could barely hide the businessman's atmosphere from them.
Xie Jingling treated his two younger siblings very well and felt that they had suffered a lot in the past. He only hoped that they would live a prosperous life in the future and no longer be the abandoned sons and daughters of the Marquis Chengwu Mansion who were looked down upon by others. Therefore, they are very cautious about their life-long affairs, and those who are not officials from well-known families are not enough to attract his attention.
But now in the land of Jianghu, he can only be regarded as a businessman who makes friends with the market and earns money. Even if he donates a county captain, it is very insignificant. The power of the Marquis Wu Mansion in Shangjing is far away. Favor and prestige have nothing to do with him, so how can he knock on the door of a wealthy family for Xie Renhuai and Xie Anping?
A few months ago, at the suggestion of Mrs. Xie, Xie Renhuai accidentally met a girl on the street and liked her very much.
After asking, it was Jiang Tingfang, the second daughter of Suizhou Governor's Office. She also said that her father and Jiang Zhongyi were classmates, and he wanted to see if she could go to Jiang's family to discuss the marriage.
In order to please Xie Jingling, she agreed immediately.
That time she specially invited Jiang Tingfang to Xie Mansion to enjoy the flowers, and deliberately made Xie Renhuai appear as a handsome young man. She even taught him to read some profound lyrics in advance and played one of Jiang Tingfang's favorite tunes. In addition, Xie Renhuai was indeed born with a good skin, which made Miss Jiang second thought.
If she hadn't been ill for three months and couldn't take care of this matter, I'm afraid the marriage would have been facilitated by the old lady's urging.
But now that we know the ugly face hidden under Xie Renhuai's gentle and shy face, how could she possibly harm a good girl like Jiang Tingfang?
"...Ahem...Old madam, since I have started this matter, I will definitely finish it and give an explanation. But now that I have come to congratulate Mrs. Jiang on her birthday before I have recovered, I am afraid that someone will Criticize me, saying that I don't know etiquette, and it is unlucky to deliberately bring bad luck to others. It will also ruin cousin Renhuai's good marriage. If I miss this time, it would be better to wait for some time before discussing, and the odds will be higher. .”
Song Yueyi reluctantly replied.
Seeing that her slightly sickly face looked really haggard, Mrs. Xie couldn't help but feel a little hesitant as it was really inappropriate to attend Mrs. Chiang's birthday party.
