Three days passed in a flash, and the night before the wedding, the Jiang family and Concubine Jiang's Yongyi Palace was still in a mess.
In Yongyi Palace, Yonglin angrily threw the bright red wedding dress to the ground and stomped on it twice. "How dare you! Even if I have to marry that loser Jiang Junfan, I'm still a princess. How dare the Shangyi Bureau use this kind of stuff to perfunctorily deal with me?"
Concubine Jiang didn't even glance at the dress. She directly ordered her personal maid to pass on the message, "Go tell Li Shanggong, I don't care what she plans, I want to see a brand new, luxurious, and exquisite wedding dress tomorrow morning. If she dares to ruin my son's wedding, I will make her pay the price."
After saying that, she went to comfort Yonglin, "Don't worry, Yonglin, you still have to get up early tomorrow to dress up, so go to bed first! Mother will make sure everything is well arranged for you."
With Concubine Jiang's words, Yonglin felt much more relieved. He put away his temper and chatted with Concubine Jiang for a while before returning to his room.
As soon as she left, Concubine Jiang drank two cups of strong tea and began to check those things one by one. In addition to the dowry, she also looked carefully at the phoenix crown, jewelry, wedding shoes, etc. on the wedding day.
If they felt something was not good, they would return it to the Imperial Household Department overnight and ask them to send it again. As for the wedding dresses that had been previously sent by letter to the Shangyi Bureau, they would send people to urge them to send it again every half an hour, making the entire Yongyi Palace restless all night.
This caused complaints from the concubines in the surrounding palaces.
"A princess who lost her chastity before marriage is making such a big fuss about it. She has absolutely no sense of shame."
"That's what they call a good pot with a good lid, cousins should be a good match! What a rotten family!"
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On the other hand, at the Jiang family's side, Mrs. Jiang Zhu was busy with the arrangements in the yard and tomorrow's banquet. At the same time, she had to listen to Jiang Junfan's wailing and was worried about Jiang Wanmeng's marriage. She was very upset and anxious.
"Have you found the master? The young master is in so much pain, how can we complete the wedding tomorrow?"
The maid who was sent to find Jiang Shunyi lowered her head and dared not speak, but she had to speak, hesitatingly saying, "Master, the master is here, with Aunt Bai."
"What?" Zhu slammed the teacup she had just picked up onto the table and said angrily, "It's already this hour, and he's still thinking about playing with women."
She was so angry that she walked around a few times and said directly, "Go tell the master that if he doesn't come over to help me find a way to deal with it, I will just give up.
The wedding banquet tomorrow was ordered by the Emperor himself. If we don't do it well and make the Emperor angry, then we'll all be finished."
The maid did not dare to delay and quickly went to Aunt Bai's Baiheyuan.
Jiang Shunyi, who was having a midnight snack at Baiheyuan, almost threw his plate in anger after hearing what Zhu said. "What a Zhu! You've spoiled my two children, and yet you still dare to be so arrogant."
Seeing this, Aunt Bai hurriedly stood up to calm him down, "Master, don't be angry. It's not good for your health. Madam must be in a hurry, so she said something she didn't think of."
After saying that, he winked at his daughter beside him.
Jiang Wanying received the signal and immediately stepped forward to take back the bowl that Jiang Shunyi had pushed away. "Dad, it seems that Mom has really encountered something that she can't solve. You should eat something quickly and go over to help!"
Then he looked at the maid who came to deliver the message and said, "Go and tell mother that daddy will come after eating something."
After sending the maid away, she saw that Jiang Shunyi was still angry and hadn't even touched the spoon, so she brought the midnight snack herself, scooped a spoonful of lotus seed soup and was about to feed him.
"Dad, no matter how urgent the situation is, you have to eat a full meal to have the strength to do anything! You must be exhausted from taking care of this family inside and out these days. Just take a rest and let your daughter feed you!"
These words touched Jiang Shunyi's heart. He opened his mouth and ate the lotus seed soup that was passed to him before saying, "Wanying is really considerate. Unlike your good-for-nothing sister, the moment she sees me, she just wants money to buy this and that. She does nothing all day and always stirs up trouble. This time, she even caused such a big disaster. She really brought shame to the Earl's Mansion."
Jiang Wanying and Aunt Bai exchanged a glance, and Jiang Wanmeng spoke softly, "Sister is the legitimate daughter, so she deserves good things. This incident was an accident, and I believe she has realized her mistake."
Jiang Shunyi snorted coldly, "A legitimate daughter, what good is a legitimate daughter? Now she's married to the commander of the Imperial Guard, a scoundrel who's always against me. Not only will she be of no help to the family in the future, but I might even have to support her. What's the point of having her?"
Aunt Bai's eyes flickered, and while massaging Jiang Shunyi's leg, she sighed, "It's a pity that Wanying is just a concubine's daughter. She can't help the master, nor can she bring honor to the mansion."
After hearing what Aunt Bai said, Jiang Shunyi didn't say anything, but his eyes unconsciously looked at Jiang Wanying twice.
Soon, a bowl of lotus seed soup was finished. Aunt Bai and her daughter didn't delay at all. They straightened Jiang Shunyi's wrinkled clothes and urged him to go to the front yard quickly, "Master, go quickly! The mistress will be waiting anxiously later."
Before leaving, Jiang Shunyi looked at Jiang Wanying twice again. Finally, after they had turned around, he turned back and took out a silver note of one hundred taels from his pocket and handed it to Jiang Wanying.
He said hypocritically: "In Daddy's heart, you and your elder sister are the same.
Use these banknotes to buy some nice clothes and jewelry, and then ask your aunt to hire a good master for you so that you can learn a skill.
Only then will you have talents to show off when you go out to attend various banquets in the future."
Jiang Wanying happily accepted the banknote and said with a satisfied smile, "Thank you, Daddy."
Then, as if he thought of something, he reluctantly returned the banknote to Jiang Shunyi.
"Daddy, Wanying shouldn't have it. The clothes and jewelry from previous years are still wearable and usable. As for talents, Wanying should read more books and learn to write poetry.
"These days, the family has to take care of my eldest brother's wedding, and in a few days we'll have to prepare a dowry for my eldest sister. Money is needed everywhere, and you don't have much money, so there's no need to spend more on Wanying."
Jiang Shunyi was touched when he heard this. "Wanying is sensible and considerate of her father, unlike your two debt-collecting brothers and sisters."
He also praised Aunt Bai for her ability to educate children, and said that it would be great if Jiang Wanmeng and Jiang Junfan were as sensible as Jiang Wanying.
As he spoke, he stuffed the banknotes into Jiang Wanmeng's hands and said, "Don't worry! Dad doesn't need these, just take them and use them."
As soon as Jiang Shunyi arrived at the front yard, he was scolded by Zhu before he even sat down on the chair. Comparing the two, he felt that the gentle and considerate Aunt Bai was better.
I couldn't help but wonder if it would be better to let Aunt Bai be the mistress of the house. If so, Wanying would be the legitimate daughter.
After the Bai concubine and her daughter, whom he was thinking about, returned to the house, they dismissed the maids and threw the hundred taels of silver note on the table with a look of disgust.
"Daddy said it nicely, saying that I am the same as my eldest sister, but every time he gave my eldest sister the banknotes, it was never less than three hundred taels, and he only bought one thing. He only gave me a hundred taels, but she had to buy so many things and do so many things."
Aunt Bai fanned herself with a round fan and said slowly, "That's what mother taught you. Only by taking things step by step can you achieve long-term success."
Jiang Wanying put away the banknotes on the table and said obediently, "Auntie, Wanying knows."
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