Chapter 455 An ominous premonition

After all, it was grown by our own family. Judging from its growth, Erya’s family cannot finish it all, so we should bring some to Jiang Chengshi.

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Inside the palace.

Emperor Xuan had just taken the medicine and was reviewing memorials in the imperial study. Eunuch Si went out with the medicine bowl and the eldest princess came in.

Passing by Eunuch Si, he asked, "Eunuch, is your cold feeling better?"

Eunuch Si stopped and said with a smile, "I feel much better, but I'm still a little weak. Thank you for your concern, Princess. You don't look well, but is there anything worrying you?"

Xuanxiu's smile was a little forced, "I came to talk to my father."

"Please come in, I'll leave." Eunuch Si made a gesture of invitation.

Hyun Soo smiled, "Go get busy!"

Xuan Huang had heard them talking a long time ago.

He finished drinking the medicine and was resting with his eyes closed...

Seeing Xuanxiu come in, he opened his eyes and asked, "Have you visited the second brother these two days?"

Xuanxiu paid his respects to his father and replied sullenly, "I go to see her every day, and she curses everyone. Whenever I go, she curses me. My younger brother, the Crown Prince, has also gone to see her, and she curses too. She curses everyone who goes. The imperial physician says she has hysteria..."

This is a euphemism, which can be understood as crazy.

When people are over-stimulated, changes will occur on the spiritual level and they will become mentally abnormal.

Xuan Huang was furious. "Unrepentant thing! I'll just pretend I never gave birth to her..."

This was just something he said out of anger. He had few children and many concubines. In his lifetime, he had only three daughters and two sons, one of whom had passed away. So one less son was a lifetime loss.

The second princess is also excellent, and he has always invested a lot of emotions in her and has high hopes for her.

One of his two most beloved children, the eldest prince, is gone.

One is the capable second princess, but now she is almost gone.

As for the eldest princess Xuanxiu, he doted on her on the surface, but did not have high hopes for her. Those two feelings are completely different.

Xuan Huang cursed for a while, then saw Xuan Xiu with his head down, silent and a dazed look on his face. He asked, "What's the matter?"

Xuanxiu suddenly shed two lines of tears, which scared Xuanhuang.

He stood up and asked, "Who bullied you?!"

Xuanxiu wiped her tears and looked up, looking pitiful. "Father, no, I just heard people talking about me today, saying that I'm old and don't have a husband. You know I've always liked Brother Wuyang, and Madam Zhou also likes me. She has tried to match me up with Brother Wuyang several times, but now their family won't come to you to propose marriage, and I'm old, so I don't know what to do now..."

Xuan Huang listened and said, "You are not old. Even if you are older, you will still worry about getting married. There are so many powerful disciples in the capital who want to marry you. Why are you worried about this? Well, well, it is because your father is reluctant to let you go. He keeps you until you are old. Your father will find an opportunity to summon the most outstanding children of the powerful in the capital to the palace. You can choose for yourself!"

Xuanxiu panicked, "Father, what do you mean? I only like Governor Liao, why would you ask me to pick someone else... wuwuwu..."

Xuan Huang was a little embarrassed.

He had tried to find out Liao Jiu's opinion last time, but Liao Jiu didn't seem to care.

"Wuyang is not the right person for you. His work is very busy and dangerous. You are so delicate and weak. I think you are more suitable for those children of noble families who hold idle positions."

Xuanxiu sobbed, "I don't care, Father, I just like Brother Wuyang. You have to make the decision for me. I don't like anyone else..."

Then he knelt down and said, "Father, if you don't help us, I will cry here for days and nights and won't leave."

Xuanhuang has a headache.

"Okay, okay, I'll grant you a marriage! You're the one I chose, and you're not allowed to regret it later..."

Xuanxiu burst into laughter, "Father, you are so good to Xiu'er."

Liao Jiu, who was thousands of miles away, sneezed loudly for no apparent reason and almost fell off the golden eagle accidentally.

Still, Chengfeng spread his wings to steady him.

Liao Jiu sat back down and felt his right eye twitching...

I have a bad feeling.

***

Next to Shili Town is Wuli Town.

At the end of an alley, there is a small courtyard, which is shabby and bare.

It was Jiang Cheng's home.

Jiang Cheng was embroidering handkerchiefs with several young wives at the gate of the yard. The young wives had sharp eyes and flexible wrists, and their embroidery needles flew everywhere. Jiang Cheng was old and her eyesight was not so good. Although she worked very hard, she could not catch up with the young wives, and was not as efficient as them.

Someone was chatting, "Auntie Jiang, you and your daughter are enjoying life, why are you coming back to suffer like this?"

Jiang Cheng smiled bitterly, "I'm worried about my two useless sons. They haven't gotten married yet. Do you have any suitable people to introduce to my sons? We will provide the betrothal gifts..."

Others disagreed, "Look at your life, who would dare to marry your two sons? They don't have enough to eat, wear, or wear, and are often beaten. No matter how much betrothal gifts you offer, no girl from a respectable family would dare marry you."

"You've only had a few days of good life since you came back? The money your daughter brought back for you was snatched away by your son, right? And your Jiang Qingcai is paralyzed and needs medicine every day. Not only that, he has a bad temper and beat you up so badly. If it were me, I would have kicked him out of the house long ago, or starved him to death until he surrendered. Look at him lying in bed, still so cruel..."

…

No one was afraid of losing face and just said whatever they wanted to say. The Jiang family's affairs were really too bad and they had no face left to talk about them.

Jiang Cheng looked embarrassed.

At this moment, two young men came out of the alley, cursing. They were unkempt and had lost their outer clothes, as if someone had stripped them off. They were only wearing their undershirts, and one of their shoes was missing. They were covered in dust.

"Mom, mom, please bring some money quickly so we can go and make up for our losses and win back our outer robes..."

When the wives who were embroidering together saw this familiar scene, they all dispersed and went home.

Only Jiang Cheng was left.

Jiang Cheng was both angry and worried.

I was so angry that my son didn't live up to his expectations and went gambling again.

She was worried that the family disgrace should not be made public. The fact that her two sons had not yet married had always been a source of worry for her. Now that outsiders knew about it time and time again, it would be really difficult for them to find wives in the future.

The Jiang family cannot be extinct in her hands!

"If you have anything to say, come inside and talk."

He turned around and went into the house, and Jiang Dalang and Jiang Erlang followed him in.

"Mother, how much money do you have on you? Take it all out at once. My second brother and I will go on a big gamble and win it back for you with interest. After we win, I'll give it all to you for safekeeping..."