"There is no need to delay going out to socialize. The dignity given to her outside is enough!"
Duke Jiang Guo wanted to say that she would be needed for some backyard women's activities in the future, but Jiang Yu interrupted him directly. The meaning was obvious and an explanation must be given.
Jiang Guogong raised his eyebrows and said directly to the housekeeper:
"From now on, you will temporarily take over the management of the Duke's mansion. Please take back Madam Side's housekeeper's key."
Butler Wu was a little flattered when he heard this.
He has been in the Duke's Mansion for decades. He has enough experience in all aspects and can feel at ease.
However, he was a little frightened to have such a big government house under his control.
Jiang Guogong seemed to see what he was thinking, so he added:
"You can take care of it for the time being. When the Crown Prince's wife comes in, you won't need to take care of it anymore."
There is a lot in his sentence. From what it means, does he agree to the marriage between the crown prince and the princess?
Jiang Yu also heard it, and he agreed and wouldn't stop him.
Ning Wei was originally complacent and agreed with Jiang Yubo, but what she didn't expect was that the Duke of Guo wanted to take away her housekeeping rights.
She was stunned and refused to cooperate in taking out the key to the accounting room, so she went directly to see the Duke.
How could Duke Jiang Guo see her now? It would not help to let her cry as much as she wanted.
Finally, Duke Jiang got tired of hearing her cry and said directly, if she didn't cooperate, he would get out of the Duke's mansion and go wherever he wanted. Only then did Ning Wei become honest.
She didn't expect Jiang Yu to be so vicious and directly ask the Duke of Guo to take away her power as housekeeper, and she didn't expect that the Duke of Guo would actually listen to him.
If she had known this earlier, nothing she would have said would have been unnecessary.
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Early the next morning, Duke Jiang sent a housekeeper to pick up Su Wan in person to express the sincerity of the Duke's government.
A luxurious carriage was prepared, and Su Jing and Su Wan were respectfully invited to the door.
When Su Jing came out with Shen Qingli and Su Wan, Butler Wu came up and bowed to apologize:
"Shilang Su, Mrs. Su, Princess Xuanle, the Duke was not in the house yesterday, the prince was ill again, and the servants in the family were ignorant and offended you all. Today the Duke specially invited the young ones to come and pick you up."
Su Jing naturally has no need to have trouble with a side wife, and Jiang Guogong is quite sincere now, isn't he?
"It's okay, we just want to visit the Crown Prince."
The three of them got on the carriage. As for taking Shen Qingli with them, the reason was that it was not good to take Su Wan directly. If word spread, it might turn out to be a different story, so it was better to bring the wife, so that it would be justifiable to visit the doctor.
After arriving at the Duke's Mansion, Butler Wu had arranged for people to prepare all the etiquette for the reception.
Yesterday, not only was Ning Wei's housekeeping rights taken away, but she was also fined and grounded for a month, so she could not go out to see guests.
After saying a few polite words in the front hall, Jiang Guogong went to the military camp again today.
He stood on the stage and looked at the soldiers training below. He was filled with emotion and thought that at such an old age, he might not come here again.
I also came here today to say goodbye. He has spent most of his life here. Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, he is no longer needed as a coach.
Jiang Yu woke up early in the morning because he knew Su Wan was coming and prepared early.
This guy came to the Duke's Mansion for the first time. The Duke's Mansion was really big, much bigger than the Su family.
Just to go to Jiang Yu's yard takes a quarter of an hour.
Su Jing and Shen Qingli stopped going to Jiang Yu's room and left the space for them to talk on their own.
The couple sat in Jiang Yu's yard, drank tea and had snacks first.
Anan took Su Wan into Jiang Yu's room, and then consciously closed the door when he went out.
Jiang Yu was lying on the imperial concubine's couch. When he saw Su Wan coming, he waved to her with a smile on his face and motioned for her to sit next to him.
"come over!"
Su Wan crossed her arms, still holding the gold-plated invitation written by the Queen.
She came over and looked at him with her nose instead of her nose and her eyes instead of her eyes. One was standing and the other was sitting, which seemed a bit condescending.
Jiang Yu knew from her expression that she wasn't just here to see him this time, so he suppressed the smile on his face.
Su Wan directly hit him with the post.
"Let's see, the queen invited me to attend the princes' concubine selection ceremony."
Jiang Yu picked up the gilded post and opened it. The writing on it was written in red pen, and the general content was to invite Su Wan to attend the ceremony.
On the surface, it is said to be a ceremony, but I don’t know if this is true in the end.
Jiang Yu's face darkened. This was obviously the emperor's intention. Otherwise, how could the Queen send such an invitation?
The meaning is obvious, I want to force them to do something.
"What should we do now?"
Su Wan directly brought a stool and sat in front of him.
It was impossible for her to get involved in the court affairs, but now it seemed that it was obviously impossible.
The emperor does not agree with their marriage, but he does not object to their interaction. This matter is really difficult to weigh.
Jiang Yu stared at the invitation and fell into deep thought.
In fact, he knew very well the emperor's intention, which was not to force Su Wan to marry the seventh prince.
The solution to this problem still lies with his father Jiang Guogong.
"Wan Wan, don't be impatient. I'll discuss this matter with my father first. The Holy One doesn't want to force you to marry the royal family, nor does he want to disrupt our marriage, but he wants to take back the military power of Duke Jiang."
For three generations, Jiang Guogong's family had a hundred thousand soldiers in their hands, because Jiang Yu's great-grandfather had the merit of following the dragon in Taizu's generation. He followed Taizu to conquer the world, and later helped Emperor Taizu establish the Jin Dynasty. In the past, Grandpa Taizu and Emperor Taizu were very good brothers.
A man with literary skills can stabilize the country, and a man with military skills can stabilize the country. At the beginning of the founding of the Jin Kingdom, when the world was first settled, Taizu gave Jiang Guogong the power of 100,000 soldiers. This continued until Jiang Yu's father's generation, which was already the third generation. .
Now, the foreign countries have been recovered. For the current Holy Emperor, his achievements have been completed. Now there will be no more wars in a hundred years. The country is peaceful and the people are safe. The Duke of Jiang still holds military power. The Su Palace is becoming increasingly prosperous. If the two palaces want to get married, then We have to guard against it.
Therefore, if the two of them want to get married, they must not send troops to Jiang State.
But this matter is really hard for Jiang Yu to talk about. This Tiger Talisman has been the glory of Jiang Guogong for generations. Because of his affairs, he was defeated by his father's generation. I don't know how his father will face his ancestors a hundred years later. .
But he had no idea that Jiang Guogong had already made preparations.
Anyway, this tiger talisman is both an honor and a hidden danger for the Jiang family. Sooner or later it will happen.
When it comes to the military power of Duke Jiang, Su Wan now has no right to comment, and she has no right to ask Duke Jiang to force him to hand over his military power for the sake of her marriage to Jiang Yu.
After all, with this military power in hand, as long as the Jin Kingdom is immortal, the glory of the Duke's mansion can be guaranteed for generations to come.
