Jiang Mingzhi spoke slowly and unhurriedly, "Madam said that she was too lenient in her administration, which led to the corruption of family values within the mansion, with servants bullying their masters. Since that's the case, I suddenly thought of someone who might be able to solve this problem in our mansion."
"Who?" Jiang Rongqing and Feng asked in unison.
Jiang Mingzhi's eyes sparkled, and suddenly, as if to keep the secret, he said to Feng: "Madam, why don't you take a concubine for father, or a co-wife? Madam, you are very virtuous. If someone can help you take care of the household affairs for father, he will have fewer worries."
When Feng heard this, her hair stood on end. She had been working hard for all these years to ensure that there was not a single illegitimate son or daughter in the Jinyi Marquis's Mansion. Now she wanted to add another person to share her husband. How could Feng agree to this!
"You are an unmarried girl, yet you dare to say that you are the boss in your father's room. I think I have spoiled you too much!" Feng scolded as if to make amends, and the panic on her face could no longer be suppressed.
There is no man who doesn't like lust. Although Jiang Rongqing has doted on me over the years, I have only seen the new couple smile, but never the old ones cry. If Jiang Rongqing really fell in love, and then married a beautiful young woman, while I am a middle-aged woman, what would Jiang Rongqing choose? Isn't it obvious?
Thinking of this, Feng wanted to cut Jiang Rongqing into pieces. She was a born evil star who just liked to go against her and couldn't bear to see her live a good life. She should have killed her while she was still young!
Jiang Rongqing coughed twice and said with a somewhat unhappy look, "Stop talking nonsense!"
Jiang Mingzhi naturally knew that as a daughter, she should not interfere in her father's room affairs, and she did not really want to do it.
She pursed her lips, a look of embarrassment on her face. "Since both father and mother are unwilling, there is still one person. I heard that my grandmother is now living alone in her hometown of Dingzhou. Since Madam can't manage the family well, and my grandmother is in good health, why don't you go and take her back home?"
Then, without waiting for Jiang Rongqing to refuse, he continued, "Our dynasty governs the country with benevolence and filial piety. Your Majesty is a man of the utmost filial piety. Father brought my legitimate grandmother back home. Firstly, we can thank her for raising us. Secondly, she was once a marquis' wife and has the ability to manage the household. She can help Madam manage the Jinyi Marquis's mansion and prevent the frequent misconduct of the young ladies in the mansion, which would make people laugh at us!"
Jiang Rongqing was originally full of resistance, but after hearing this, he was stunned and suddenly felt that what his eldest daughter said made sense.
Feng's face turned pale. Jiang Mingzhi must have calculated that he was waiting for her here!
What can she say now?
"I think this is not impossible."
Jiang Rongqing thought about it and nodded slightly, obviously agreeing.
Jiang Mingzhi didn't want to wait any longer, so he said directly, "Since that's the case, Father might as well give the order now and have Housekeeper Zhou send a car to pick up my grandmother and bring her back to the capital."
"Dingzhou is a thousand miles away from Kyoto. Your grandmother is in poor health and isn't used to Kyoto's customs. If you're filial, why don't you help your mother with some of the household chores? This will save your grandmother the trouble of traveling. Besides, your grandmother comes from a farming and scholarly family. She often visits the farm in Dingzhou. If she were to return to Kyoto, I'm afraid..."
Feng still wanted to dissuade Jiang Rongqing from this idea, but she racked her brains and could only come up with these excuses.
Jiang Mingzhi, however, didn't even give Feng this opportunity. "Madam, grandmother is old now, and has reached the age of enjoying her life. Even if she can't help with household affairs, father should have taken her to Beijing to spend her remaining years. We know that grandmother is used to the freedom of the countryside, but others may think that father is ungrateful, inheriting the title of marquis as a bastard and leaving this legitimate mother without a legitimate son in Dingzhou."
Feng opened her mouth, but didn't know how to refute. Jiang Mingzhi, this bitch, actually dared to talk about the Marquis's most taboo life experience. She must be crazy!
If she angered Jiang Rongqing later, she would suffer the consequences! She had never heard of a father who could not defeat his son in this world.
How could Jiang Mingzhi not know how much the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children irritated her adoptive father, and whoever touched it would be doomed. But now she couldn't care less about that. If Feng kept causing trouble for her, everything she did would be very difficult. If that legitimate grandmother came to Beijing and could find something for Feng, she would do it even at the risk of it.
Seeing that Jiang Rongqing was still a little undecided, Jiang Mingzhi spoke again, adding fuel to the fire: "Father is a capable and ambitious man, but he has made no achievements in the court in recent years. Perhaps someone is trying to flatter His Majesty, causing His Majesty to distance himself from my father."
Is that something you can say? Feng opened her mouth wide, "Are you crazy?"
She is talking about the Heavenly Family without permission. She doesn't want to live anymore. Does that mean her whole family has to die with her?
Jiang Rongqing suddenly opened his eyes wide. He had been marginalized all these years, and his ambitions were difficult to realize. Now that his eldest daughter reminded him of this, he suddenly understood.
Yes, he only wanted to avoid these things before, but never thought seriously that if someone really wanted to use this matter to make a fuss, then it would be understandable!
"Butler Zhou!" Jiang Rongqing suddenly gave a loud order. Butler Zhou, who had been waiting outside the corridor since he learned the news in the morning, dared to come forward at this time.
When Feng heard this, she was delighted. It seemed that Jiang Mingzhi had hit a wall and was in trouble now!
Butler Zhou stepped forward and bowed to Jiang Rongqing, Feng Shi and the others, "Please give your orders, Master!"
Feng's joy was about to be suppressed. She really wanted to laugh out loud, but now she had to endure it hard. It was really hard.
"Go arrange a carriage to go to Dingzhou to pick up the old lady and bring her to the capital."
"What!!" Feng didn't expect Jiang Rongqing to listen to the words of that bitch just like that. She couldn't accept the result which was completely different from what she had imagined. Her eyelids rolled back and she fainted in Duan Mama's arms.
Madam Duan felt like crying. She supported Feng and said to Jiang Rongqing, "My Lord, Madam has been ill these days and has had difficulty handling the household affairs. Now that she heard that the old lady is returning to the capital, she must have fainted from joy. I will take Madam back to Qinghui Courtyard first, and then ask a doctor to come into the house to see her."
Now that things have come to this, she can only bite the bullet and help her wife to resolve the matter.
We can't let the Marquis think that the Madam fainted because she was angry about bringing her stepmother back to the capital. If the eldest lady then takes advantage of the situation and says that the Madam doesn't want to serve her stepmother, it will be troublesome.
Jiang Mingzhi turned his face away and almost laughed out loud.
She discovered that Mother Duan was really a good person. Not only was she loyal to Feng, but she was also very good at smoothing things over. Who would faint from joy at being oppressed?
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