Feng finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had made a major decision. "I don't really care about the tea over there. The old lady's heart is now on that bitch Jiang Mingzhi. She's just thinking about marrying her into the mansion and bringing honor to her family!"
Actually, there is nothing wrong with this. It is normal for the old lady to think so. After all, it is difficult for the Feng family to find a better relative than the Marquis' Mansion. Regardless of whether Jiang Mingzhi marries in or not, the eldest aunt is the lady of the Jinyi Marquis' Mansion, and Jiang Yuzhen is the lady of the Marquis' Mansion. If Jiang Mingzhi enters the mansion, wouldn't it be a bargain for free?
But Nanny Zhao didn't dare to say this openly. The eldest lady was now determined to make Jiang Mingzhi unhappy, and would not allow anyone in her courtyard to say anything good about Jiang Mingzhi, even if they said that she had a good family background.
"Madam, the Southern Opera Troupe said that you can enter the mansion tomorrow. The day after tomorrow, the Huichang Marquis's mansion has been booked. After that, there will be no opening until four days later."
This Southern Opera troupe is very popular in Bianjing City. If you want to invite them to perform in your house, you have to invite them at least four or five days in advance, otherwise you can only wait and see when they are free.
Jiang hated it most when people acted pretentiously in front of her. "Only free tomorrow?" Even when Duke Song's residence had invited them last-minute, they hadn't been known to refuse. This Southern Opera troupe, relying on their considerable influence in Kyoto, was being so dismissive of the Feng family. It was truly despicable.
Just when I was thinking about whether to postpone it for a few days, I happened to have something to say to the old lady. It’s not that she doesn’t want to invite, but people look down on the Feng family and want the Feng family to wait in line!
But before she could open her mouth, Cui'er, her first-class maid, walked in hurriedly.
"My lady, something's wrong!"
Jiang couldn't help but frowned, "What's wrong? What happened so early in the morning?"
The anger that Feng had just suppressed suddenly rose up again.
Cui Er glanced at Madam Zhao before replying, "Madam, just now when I went to get you some new clothes, I heard people talking on the way. They said that the daughter of the Marquis of Jinyi's mansion was destined to bring bad luck to her relatives..."
Hearing this, Jiang's eyes lit up. "What kind of bad thing is this? We shouldn't tell anyone about this. The eldest daughter of the Jiang family has a bad fate. Now that everyone knows about it, isn't that just perfect?"
She was just worrying about how to do this without leaving any trace. This was a godsend, which just solved her urgent problem.
"Madam..." Cui'er hesitated, and Madam Zhao couldn't bear it any longer. "If you have anything to say, please say it quickly. Who taught you to speak like that in front of Madam?"
Cui'er then breathed, "Madam, the rumors out there aren't about the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion, but the third daughter. They also know that the third daughter is under house arrest because the Marquis knew about this and was worried that it would harm him, so he ordered the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion's wife to invite a master from Daci Temple to perform a ritual. He also said that the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jinyi Mansion was also implicated by the third daughter. The young lady who used to be a good girl in Dongjun became a fool after returning to the capital and drinking water from the same well as the third daughter. This is obvious..."
After hearing this, Jiang was stunned for a moment and staggered back two steps.
"how so!"
Nanny Zhao was also stunned. "Madam, how could this matter be spread so widely? You and your eldest aunt just returned from Daci Temple yesterday, and the news has spread this morning. I guess someone must have started spreading it yesterday!"
Jiang looked up. Yes, Feng asked her to spread the news yesterday, but after listening to her husband's instructions, she had not made up her mind and had been delaying it until now, and had not asked anyone to do it.
But will Feng believe that it wasn’t her who did it?
No matter what, she was inseparable from this matter. If she hadn't done it, Feng would probably think that if she had done it earlier, people wouldn't have taken advantage of the opportunity to spread Jiang Yuzhen like this. If she had done it, she would be even more to blame.
Jiang almost choked to death thinking that Feng would definitely blame her for this.
"Have someone prepare the car, and we're going to the Jinyi Marquis's Mansion." Jiang just wanted to see Feng as soon as possible so that she could explain the matter to her.
But Madam Zhao held Feng back and said hesitantly, "Madam, even if you go and explain this matter, it won't help the Third Young Miss's reputation. You might as well think about how to convince the eldest aunt that you don't have any evil intentions to harm the Third Young Miss!"
It is the case that those involved are confused while bystanders can see things clearly. She was only thinking about how to clear herself, but forgot what the most crucial thing was. After being reminded by Madam Zhao, Jiang quickly came up with an idea.
"Then, tomorrow we'll invite Chen Huaisheng and the others into the mansion."
Chen Huaisheng was the owner of the Southern Opera Troupe. Aunt Zhao nodded and said, "Then I'll send someone to tell them right away."
But before Nanny Zhao could walk out the door, she was called back by Jiang.
Jiang's face was filled with anxiety, and she paced back and forth, pondering like a trapped animal. "Well, have the steward send invitations to the ladies who are close to our family, inviting them to come to the mansion to enjoy an opera. Tomorrow, we can use the excuse of enjoying the spring scenery as an excuse to have a troupe of southern opera perform some songs that suit the occasion. Then have the steward do the hard work of setting up the flower arrangement tonight. Then I'll write a letter, and you can personally deliver it to the Jinyi Marquis's mansion."
Nanny Zhao responded and left.
When Feng received the handwritten letter from Jiang, her face turned ugly.
As soon as Zhao Ma Ma entered the room, she was almost hit by a flying vase. Now she was standing trembling on the floral mat in Qinghui Courtyard, hoping that this matter would be resolved quickly, otherwise she couldn't guarantee that she would be so lucky to avoid the flying objects next time.
Jiang told Feng about her plan to make amends. She planned to ruin Jiang Mingzhi's reputation tomorrow, and then dump the blame of her having a hard life and bad luck on her. A person who disregards the family reputation and compromises with others will be despised by everyone. By then, everyone's eyes will be on Jiang Mingzhi, and no one will care about this matter anymore.
"Let Jiang Mingzhi be your Second Master's concubine?"
There was a hint of sarcasm in Feng's tone. She no longer believed that her sister-in-law could accomplish anything. She couldn't even handle such a small matter, and now she wanted to do something that would implicate her at any time. Feng was not very satisfied.
Zhao Ma knew that it was useless to say anything at this moment, but she still spoke, "Don't worry, Auntie. Our Madam is determined this time. You know, Third Miss is our Madam's niece. She can't bear to see her suffer such an injustice. When our Madam learned about this today, she was very sad and cried."
Feng was only half-believing and half-doubting what was said, but she did not refute what Zhao Ma said. She was just waiting for Jiang to come up with a good result. Nothing else she said would be of any use. Her Zhen'er was now in dire straits and was being roasted on the fire.
Thinking about the people she arranged in the Feng family who came back and said that her mother liked that bitch Jiang Mingzhi very much, and now there was such news, it was hard to guarantee that her sister-in-law had become interested in the wealth of the Wang family and really wanted to marry Jiang Mingzhi into the mansion as her own daughter-in-law, so she resorted to this desperate measure. When the time comes, she will just say that it was spread by outsiders, and she won't be able to hold it accountable, right?
Thinking of this, Feng just sneered twice and asked someone to send Zhao Ma out in an extremely cold manner.
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