What else can a rabbit do if it’s not for food?
Zhong Yue thought hard for a while and suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, its fur can also be used as a hat, scarf and cloak. But just one like this is not enough for anything."
Tan Yu looked up and rolled his eyes, and said angrily: "Don't take advantage of this rabbit."
"Hmph, I'll buy ten of them tomorrow." Zhong Yue raised his chin and walked away proudly.
Speaking of which, Zhong Yue is also an interesting person.
Not only is his cooking excellent, his temperament is also free and easy. He is nearly 20 years old but has never married. He only wants to become famous as a chef.
Chu Yu was really lucky to invite her.
"Madam, why don't you give it a name?" Tanyu put the rabbit on the stone table and fed it with vegetable leaves.
Jiang Shu stared at it for a moment and said, "Just call it Bubai."
"It's not white, hahaha... It's really not white at all." Tan Yu laughed.
Jiang Shu got up and went back to the house to rest, and told Chu Yu: "Let me know when the Marquis returns home."
"Yes." Chu Yu didn't know about Zhaojue Temple and thought Jiang Shu wanted to get close to Shen Changze and cultivate feelings.
So as soon as Shen Changze returned home in the evening, Chu Yu happily told Jiang Shu and even dressed her up specially.
"Go and inform Mrs. Hou Yejin and Mrs. Tai to come to Shouyong Hall. I have something to tell them." Jiang Shu's pretty face became serious.
Tan Yu knew the seriousness of the matter and went immediately.
A quarter of an hour later, the masters of the Hou Mansion gathered at the Shou Yong Hall.
"What do you have to say?" Mrs. Shen was slightly displeased by such an instigation of troops and crowds.
Shen Changze and others stared at Jiang Shu in wonder, waiting for her to speak.
Jiang Shu looked at Shen Changze, her lips parted slightly: "Does the Marquis still remember Xu Lingyi?"
Hearing this name, Shen Changze was just slightly stunned, but the expressions of Mother Shen and Mrs. Shen changed drastically.
Looking at their reactions, Cheng Jinchu understood that there must be something inside.
"Why did you mention her so suddenly?" Mother Shen asked sarcastically, with a very strange look on her face.
Jiang Shu ignored her, only stared at Shen Changze and asked, "Does the Marquis remember?"
"Remember." Shen Changze nodded with a cold face.
He knew that Jiang Shu must have known something when he suddenly mentioned it.
"It's all in the past, why bring it up?" Mrs. Shen wanted to fool her.
Jiang Shu glanced at her and said: "Today I went to Zhaojue Temple to offer incense and saw Miss Xu being bullied in the back hill. They said she had lost her reputation and forced her to seek death in shame and anger. Fortunately, she was saved by Miss Sun."
"She stopped me afterwards and begged me to give her a way to survive."
Speaking of this, Jiang Shu looked at Shen Changze again: "Does the Marquis know what she means by this?"
Shen Changze clenched his fists and defended in a deep voice: "I didn't mean it back then, it was just a misunderstanding."
Misunderstand?
Jiang Shu sneered in his heart and said with a calm expression: "The reputation of my daughter's family is more important than life. Does the Marquis know that Miss Xu has lost her life because of this misunderstanding and may not even be able to survive?"
"What does she want?" Shen Changze asked, tightening his fists.
Jiang Shu said truthfully: "Miss Xu doesn't ask for much. She just wants to join the palace and be a concubine."
"But she is the daughter of a bachelor after all, and the Marquis cannot humiliate her like this, so I want the Marquis to raise her as a side wife."
A concubine is just a low-level concubine, while a concubine is a concubine second only to the wife of the main wife.
"Clang-" Cheng Jinchu accidentally knocked over the tea cup.
She knew something big was going to happen today, but she didn't expect that she would be taking a concubine for Shen Changze!
Not long after she returned to the Hou Mansion, she was not yet stable. One Jiang Shu was enough to give her a headache, but if she had another concubine, she couldn't handle it at all.
Glancing at her lightly, Jiang Shu continued: "All the ladies and ladies have witnessed what happened today, and the eldest princess is also present. Lord Marquis, please choose an auspicious day to welcome us."
After saying that, Jiang Shu stood up and left Shou Yong Hall.
"Wait a minute." Cheng Jinchu chased after him.
Jiang Shu stopped in the courtyard and looked back.
"Can you really tolerate having a woman around your husband?" Cheng Jinchu asked unwillingly.
She didn't want Shen Changze to take a concubine, but it would be useless if she opposed it alone, so she wanted to bring Jiang Shu with her.
But she didn't understand why Jiang Shu wanted to lure the wolf into the house.
Looking at Cheng Jinchu with angry eyes and gnashing of teeth, Jiang Shu smiled: "To me, there is no difference between one and the other."
No woman can tolerate other women around her husband, but from the moment Cheng Jinchu appeared, it was meaningless.
Cheng Jinchu's face froze and he was speechless.
That night, Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu were in the same bed and had different dreams, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully, but Jiang Shu slept soundly.
This incident caused a big fuss, and rumors spread the next day. In the early morning, Shen Changze was included in several books.
Shen Changze understood that he had to accept this concubine.
After returning to the mansion from the next court, he found Jiang Shu and said dejectedly: "Since Miss Xu has begged you, I will leave this matter to you. Choose a good day to welcome her into the mansion."
"In what name?" Jiang Shu calmly arranged the flowers.
Shen Changze seemed very tired, rubbing his brows and said, "According to what you said."
Seeing Shen Changze's face of being forced and unwilling, Jiang Shu advised: "Although Mr. Xu is only a fifth-grade bachelor, he is a close minister of the emperor and is in the cabinet, which is beneficial to the marquis' career."
One word awakens the dreamer.
Shen Changze looked at Jiang Shu in shock, his eyes gradually burning. It's surprising that she, a merchant's daughter, understands government affairs.
Jiang Shu is right. Although he held a title and official position, his status as a military commander was far inferior to that of a civilian official. In the future, with the help of cabinet bachelors, his career in the government will definitely be much smoother.
"What Madam said is absolutely true." The unhappiness on Shen Changze's face disappeared, and his heart felt relieved.
Jiang Shu lowered his eyes and said, "Now that Master Hou understands, he will treat Miss Xu better in the future."
"I understand." Shen Changze looked at her steadily, with no deep meaning.
The one he should treat most favorably is her.
Taking a concubine is not as complicated as marrying a wife. You can just choose an auspicious day and carry it into the house in a small sedan chair.
But thinking of the criticism and humiliation Xu Lingyi had received over the years, Jiang Shu tried his best to give her as much dignity as possible.
Because of her thoughtfulness, the Xu family, who had been holding back their anger, could not fault her at all and happily accepted the marriage.
Cheng Jinchu felt his chest tightening when he saw his servants cleaning up the vacant Woad Garden and hanging up red silk with the word "囍" on it.
Yan Yang has been ill these days, and she is worried about leaving him completely to the servants, but the opening of the wine shop also requires her to follow up.
So she took care of Yan Yang and the wine shop at the same time. She was so busy that her feet didn't even touch the ground, and she lost weight from exhaustion.
Coupled with the depression in his heart, he actually vomited a mouthful of blood.
But even so, things cannot be changed.
She suddenly understood that if she wanted to gain a foothold in the Hou Mansion, the person she should rely on was Yan Yang.
No matter how many women Shen Changze marries or how many children he has, Yan Yang will always be his eldest son.
She must teach Yan Yang well so that he can win the title of heir apparent as soon as possible!
And Yan Yang, whom she relied on and had high hopes for, was now using scissors to harm the sunflowers Jiang Shu gave him.
When Cheng Jinchu returned to Lanyun Courtyard, the sunflower had been cut to pieces.
"Yan Yang, what are you doing!" Shen Changze shouted sharply.
Yan Yang, who was caught for doing bad things, shook his hands in fright and dropped the scissors to the ground.
Seizing Kwai, what a good idea, was ruined by his own hands!
Cheng Jinchu rushed over and saw the smashed sunflowers on the ground. He raised his hand and slapped Yan Yang.
