After sending Eunuch Gao and the other three away, Father Jiang and Mother Jiang looked at each other in silence for a long time, still feeling like they were in a dream.
Their daughter, who was born in Heli, was actually given the imperial decree to marry her and become a concubine. This was simply unbelievable and no one dared to believe it.
"Sister, let me see what the imperial edict looks like." Jiang Ning was a young man with a strong receptive ability. He stared at the imperial edict in Jiang Shu's hand with bright eyes.
Jiang Shu handed it to him and whispered: "Be careful not to damage it."
Breaking the imperial edict is a grave sin.
"I know, no." Jiang Ning took it and unfolded it in front of Father Jiang and Mother Jiang, and the three of them looked at it together.
The bright yellow silk brocade has auspicious clouds and auspicious cranes as the background pattern, with flying silver dragons embroidered on both ends. The jade scroll is heavy in the hand.
The three of them read the emperor's decree word for word and finally believed it.
Yu Zheng actually did this extremely difficult thing.
This shows that he is indeed sincere towards Jiang Shu.
"Alas, sister is getting married again." Jiang Ning closed the imperial edict and sighed.
Jiang's father slapped him on the head: "It's a happy event for your sister to get married, why are you sighing?"
Jiang Ning touched her head and said, "I can't bear to let my sister go. How can you let her go?"
Father Jiang and Mother Jiang looked at each other, naturally reluctant to part with them.
But if a girl doesn't want to stay, no matter how reluctant she is, she will eventually get married.
Mother Jiang wiped the wetness of joy from the corners of her eyes and said happily: "Go down and tell me, there is a great joy in the mansion today, and everyone in the mansion will be rewarded with ten taels of silver."
"Yes." The housekeeper responded and went to make arrangements with a smile on his face.
Soon, the news of the silver reward spread throughout the mansion, even the concierge and servants knew about it.
"From now on, our Jiang family will also be relatives of the emperor." The servants of the Jiang family felt proud and proud.
"Yes, His Highness King Jing and our girl are truly a match made in heaven."
Shen Changze, who was hiding in the corner, heard the conversation between the servants of the Jiang family and rushed over excitedly and asked, "What did you just say?"
The servant had long disliked Shen Changze, and was very impatient and said arrogantly: "The Holy Emperor has given our girl to marry King Jing as his concubine. If the Marquis of Jing'an comes to harass us again, His Highness King Jing will not let it go."
What!
Shen Changze was horrified that Jiang Shu was actually married to King Jing!
How is this possible? How can she marry into the royal family when she is so peaceful?
Shen Changze couldn't believe it, but just now he saw with his own eyes that Eunuch Gao entered the Jiang family with the imperial edict.
It is unusual for an emperor's personal edict to be announced by a close servant.
Jiang Shu was really given the opportunity to marry King Jing, and he never had a chance again.
Shen Changze felt a lump in his throat, burning and uncomfortable as if he had swallowed a branding iron. With the blood of a black dog all over his head and body, he was like a ghost from hell, wandering in the street in despair.
When they stumbled back to the Hou Mansion, the servants in the Hou Mansion were startled by Shen Changze's appearance and almost didn't recognize him.
"Master Marquis, what's going on?" The servants whispered as they looked at Shen Changze's back as he entered the house and walked away.
Another person shook his head and sighed: "Who knows, since Madam left, this house has been a mess, and there is no normal person."
In the Woad Garden, Xu Lingyi held the child who had just woken up from a nap and coaxed her with a warm voice.
"Master Hou?" Xu Lingyi was shocked when she saw Shen Changze and hurriedly handed the child to Bitao to take care of.
As soon as he got close to Shen Changze, Xu Lingyi was smelled by the fishy smell on his body. She covered her nose and ordered: "Come, hurry up and prepare water for the Marquis to bathe."
Xu Lingyi waited on Shen Changze and washed it three times, but there was still a faint fishy smell.
She lit incense for Shen Changze, but Shen Changze stood up and left without saying a word.
"Master Hou?" Xu Lingyi was confused and called Shen Changze several times but seemed not to hear him.
Shen Changze's state was very wrong. Xu Lingyi was curious about what happened, got up and followed him.
Shen Changze walked straight into Tingzhu Building along the familiar path.
These days, Shen Changze often comes to Tingzhulou to sit lost in thought, and sometimes even drinks in Tingzhulou.
For the sake of convenience, Shen Changze also ordered people to put beds, tables and chairs in the house where Jiang Shu used to live.
Every time he missed Jiang Shu, he would come and sit in Tingzhulou.
Shen Changze went upstairs and sat in the room as usual, thinking blankly and recalling Jiang Shu's every move and smile in this room.
Xu Lingyi walked over lightly and asked softly: "Master Hou misses his wife again?"
Shen Changze's eyes turned red and he choked with sobs: "She has been given the opportunity to marry King Jing."
Jiang Shu was given the opportunity to marry King Jing?
Xu Lingyi felt unbelievable. After repeated questioning and Shen Changze's affirmative answer, she was shocked and sat down holding the table.
"How is this possible?" Xu Lingyi murmured to himself.
She had been growing up in Shangjing since she was a child, and had never heard that someone who was divorced could remarry into the royal family.
What's even more outrageous is that King Jing is such a noble person that even an innocent noblewoman from the capital would not dare to think about him easily.
How did Jiang Shu climb up?
"She no longer belongs to me." Shen Changze covered his face with his hands and cried bitterly.
When Xu Lingyi saw tears overflowing from between his fingers, she knew that he had fallen in love with Jiang Shu and felt extremely regretful.
If I had known this, why would I do it in the first place?
Xu Lingyi watched quietly and did not make a sound to persuade him.
She also misses Jiang Shu, but she won't be as useless as Shen Changze.
"Lingyi, I'm in so much pain, bring me some jars of wine." Shen Changze's eyes were red and his face was wet.
Xu Lingyi went as he was told.
After a while, the wine came. Xu Lingyi took the wine glass and wanted to pour it for Shen Changze, but Shen Changze directly picked up a jar and drank it.
Seeing half of the clear wine poured into Shen Changze's mouth and half spilled on his clothes, Xu Lingyi looked disgusted.
"Too much alcohol is harmful to your health. Lord Marquis, drink less. I'm going back to look after the children." After a few casual instructions, Xu Lingyi got up and left.
The current Shen Changze is no longer the boy she admired back then. But she couldn't leave like Jiang Shu, so she could only die in this mansion together with the others in the mansion.
Not long after Xu Lingyi left, Cheng Jinchu from Lanyun Court next door learned that Shen Changze was in Tingzhulou and secretly used Qinggong to climb over the wall.
Ever since the Xu family came to inquire about the crime, Cheng Jinchu had been banned and locked up in Lanyun Court every day without being able to go anywhere.
She hadn't seen Shen Changze for three months, and today she couldn't bear it anymore, so she climbed over the wall without anyone noticing.
Since Jiang Shu left, Tingzhu Building has been vacant, and the servants in the courtyard have been sent elsewhere. Therefore, no one found Cheng Jinchu, and she went upstairs and entered the house smoothly.
Shen Changze, who was immersed in drinking, heard the footsteps and thought it was Xu Lingyi, and said drunkenly: "Lingyi, will you come back and drink with me?"
"Husband, I'll drink with you." Cheng Jinchu walked to the table and sat down, pouring himself a glass of wine.
Shen Changze was already a little drunk, but he could still recognize people.
Seeing that the person coming was Cheng Jinchu, he turned cold and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I'm here to accompany my husband." Cheng Jinchu picked up the wine glass and raised a smile.
Shen Changze waved the wine glass away from her hand.
"Bang!" With a crisp sound, the white porcelain wine glass fell to the ground and broke into pieces, and the clear wine flowed all over the floor.
Just like the relationship between Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu, it was shattered into pieces with only tears left.
Cheng Jinchu was a little stunned, looking down at the fragments at his feet.
"Let's go, this is her house, she doesn't like you." Shen Changze's voice was hoarse and cold.
