"My Lord, does the Empress Dowager really want to find a poor scholar for the princess?"

In another small courtyard of the Han family, people were also talking about Han Jiaojiao's marriage.

The person who spoke was a woman in her thirties. She was not particularly beautiful, but just pretty.

But her expression was very peaceful, her words were gentle, and she exuded a sense of delicacy and stability from the inside out.

She is like an older sister, and her eyes are always inclusive when she looks at men.

She is Han Chong's favorite concubine, Aunt Wu. She was originally a maid beside Han Chong and had served him since she was a child.

Aunt Wu and Han Chong have been master and servant for more than 20 years, and the relationship between them is very complicated.

Master and servant! Siblings and brothers! Lovers! Family!

She never flatters, nor does she act arrogantly.

But her existence itself was like a thorn to the mistress, deeply piercing her heart.

Aunt Wu was not a "favored concubine" in the true sense, but she became a famous seductress in the capital.

The mistress was so angry that she died, and the master was branded as a man who favored his concubine over his wife.

The daughter born still suppresses the eldest daughter of the original wife.

If someone has never seen Aunt Wu, after hearing about her "deeds", they would definitely imagine her as a stunning and enchanting beauty.

Once you meet her, you will wonder: That's it?!

He has an average appearance and is three years older than Han Chong.

It wins because it is gentle and stable.

But there are a lot of people like this.

How could Princess Yongjia be so depressed that she died because of such an "old woman"?

Some people even think that Princess Yongjia is too extreme, jealous, and intolerant, which is why...

Aunt Wu was not acting out to whitewash herself; that was just her nature.

That's why Han Chong felt particularly distressed.

Even the wife of Duke Cheng'en pleaded for her in front of the empress dowager.

"Um!"

Hearing Aunt Wu's question, Han Chong responded indifferently.

"A child from a poor family, your origin is too low!"

Concern was written all over Aunt Wu's gentle face. "The princess is of noble status and frail health. Isn't it too much of an injustice for her to marry down like this?"

She was not pretending to be kind and generous, but was really worried about Han Jiaojiao.

Han Chong raised his head and looked at Aunt Wu steadily. Seeing her sincere eyes, he slowly said, "This is what my aunt and cousin wanted."

"Besides, I think it's pretty good!"

Han Chong doesn't have much affection for his daughter Han Jiaojiao.

When Han Jiaojiao was born, his relationship with Princess Yongjia was at its most strained.

Princess Yongjia insisted on driving Aunt Wu away, and Han Chong thought she was being unreasonable.

With the wife of Duke Cheng'en and his cousin caught in the middle, the couple almost became enemies.

Moreover, Han Jiaojiao is only four months older than Han Chong and Aunt Wu's beloved daughter.

Han Chong gave all his fatherly heart to this concubine's daughter.

Later, when Princess Yongjia accompanied him to take up her post, she died of illness in the local area, and Han Jiaojiao became an increasingly invisible person in the Han family.

Han Jiaojiao almost died from a serious illness.

When Empress Dowager Han in the capital heard the news, she immediately sent an old palace maid who had once served Princess Yongjia to take Han Jiaojiao away.

This separation lasted for three years.

Three years later, Han Chong was finally transferred back to the capital.

Han Jiaojiao was also taken back to the Duke's Mansion.

However, on the first day Han Jiaojiao returned to Beijing, she fainted outside her home.

Although the stepmother was branded as "unkind", Han Chong, the father, was also dragged out to be "whipped".

All his past misdeeds, such as favoring his concubine over his wife and angering his original wife to death, were brought to light.

Han Chong originally wanted to return to the capital and do something big, but thanks to Han Jiaojiao, the unfilial daughter, Han Chong would be pointed at whenever he went out.

There were also some playboys who were jealous of his talent and bullied him in various ways, mocking him to the utmost.

When he arrived at the yamen, his colleagues and subordinates looked at him strangely.

It seemed as if he was an utterly unfaithful man and the biggest fool of the time!

Isn't that stupid?

He disrespected his wife, who was of noble birth and had a generous dowry, and instead favored a lowly maid.

He clearly had the opportunity to achieve great things, but it was ruined because of the disaster in the inner court.

Some powerful generals in the army, when they saw him at the grand court meeting, looked at him with a cold glare, and almost pointed at his nose and called him a "bastard"!

"What do they know? They know nothing!"

"I'm Han Chong! I passed the imperial examination at the age of eighteen and am proficient in horseback riding and archery."

"He is both civil and military, and is the best among the new generation of students in the capital."

As a result, because he married Princess Yongjia, his talents were overshadowed.

Others would only say that he was lucky, relying on his status as a son-in-law and the influence of the Huo family to get promoted!

nonsense!

He is not a wimp who relies on women.

Originally, Han Chong liked Princess Yongjia, a woman so bright and flamboyant, like the most gorgeous peony flower.

However, Han Chong really couldn't stand the criticism from outsiders.

As if to prove himself, Han Chong deliberately praised Aunt Wu and neglected Princess Yongjia.

I watched helplessly as a beautiful flower withered and died day by day.

Princess Yongjia died, and Han Chong regretted it deeply.

As a result, she also felt guilty towards the only daughter she left behind.

However, when the servant brought Han Jiaojiao over, Han Chong was extremely disappointed.

Is this his and Yongjia’s daughter?

Why are you so timid and cowardly?

He was full of petty and aggrieved feelings, as if he had suffered great abuse.

She doesn't look like the daughter of his Han family at all.

Compared with Mingzhu, there is no comparison at all.

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