Chapter 19 Status
What else can a rabbit do if it is not for eating
Zhong Yue thought hard for a while and suddenly realized: "Oh yes, its fur can be made into a hat, scarf, and cape. But with just one rabbit, it is not enough for anything."
Tan Yu rolled her eyes and said unhappily: "Don't think about this rabbit."
"Humph, I'll buy ten tomorrow." Zhong Yue raised his chin and walked away proudly.
Zhong Yue is also an interesting person.
Not only is he a great cook, but he is also carefree and casual. He is nearly 20 years old but has not married yet. He only wants to be famous as a chef.
Chu Yu is lucky to invite her.
"Madam, don't you want to give it a name?" Tan Yu put the rabbit on the stone table and fed it with vegetable leaves.
Jiang Shu stared at it for a moment and said, "Let's call it Bubai."
"Bubai, hahaha... it's really not white at all." Tan Yu laughed.
Jiang Shu got up and went back to the house to rest, and told Chu Yu, "Tell me when the Marquis returns home."
"Yes." Chu Yu didn't know about the Zhaojue Temple, and thought Jiang Shu wanted to get close to Shen Changze to cultivate feelings.
So when Shen Changze returned home in the evening, Chu Yu told Jiang Shu happily and even combed her hair.
"Go and inform the Marquis, Madam Jin and Madam Tai to come to Shouyong Hall. I have something to tell them." Jiang Shu's pretty face was solemn.
Tan Yu knew the seriousness of the matter and went there immediately.
A quarter of an hour later, the masters of the Marquis's Mansion gathered in Shouyong Hall.
"What do you want to say?" Such a big fuss made Madam Shen a little unhappy.
Shen Changze and others stared at Jiang Shu in surprise, waiting for her to speak.
Jiang Shu looked at Shen Changze, and said with her cherry lips: "Does the Marquis still remember Xu Lingyi?"
Hearing this name, Shen Changze was just stunned, but Shen's mother and Old Lady Shen's faces changed drastically.
Looking at their reactions, Cheng Jinchu knew that there must be something behind it.
"Why do you suddenly mention her?" Shen's mother asked embarrassedly, with a very strange look.
Jiang Shu ignored her, just stared at Shen Changze and asked: "Does the Marquis remember?"
"Remember." Shen Changze nodded coldly with a handsome face.
He knew that Jiang Shu suddenly mentioned it, and he must have known something.
"It's all in the past, why bring it up." Old Lady Shen wanted to fool her.
Jiang Shu glanced at her and said, "Today I went to Zhaojue Temple to burn incense, and I ran into Miss Xu being bullied in the back hills. They said that she had lost her reputation and forced her to commit suicide out of shame and anger. Fortunately, she was rescued by Miss Sun." "
Afterwards, she stopped me and begged me to give her a way to live."
At this point, Jiang Shu looked at Shen Changze again: "My Lord, do you know what she meant by this?"
Shen Changze clenched his fist and explained in a deep voice: "I didn't mean it back then, it was just a misunderstanding."
Misunderstanding
Jiang Shu sneered in his heart, and said with a gloomy face: "A girl's reputation is more important than her life. My Lord, do you know that Miss Xu has ruined her life because of this misunderstanding, and she may not even be able to live anymore."
"What does she want?" Shen Changze asked with his fist clenched.
Jiang Shu said truthfully: "Miss Xu doesn't ask for much. She just wants to enter the mansion as a concubine."
"But she is the daughter of a university scholar after all. The mansion cannot humiliate her like this, so I want the Marquis to make her a concubine."
A concubine is just a low-ranking concubine, and a concubine is a noble concubine second only to the wife of the principal wife.
"Bang--" Cheng Jinchu accidentally knocked over the teacup.
She knew that something big was going to happen today, but she didn't expect it to be a concubine for Shen Changze!
She had just returned to the mansion not long ago and was not yet stable. Jiang Shu alone was enough to give her a headache, and she had no power to deal with a concubine.
Glancing at her lightly, Jiang Shu continued: "Today's events were witnessed by all the ladies and the eldest princess was also present. The Marquis should choose an auspicious day to welcome the guests."
After speaking, Jiang Shu got up and left Shouyong Hall.
"Wait a minute." Cheng Jinchu chased after him.
Jiang Shu stopped in the courtyard and looked back.
"Can you really tolerate having a woman around your husband?" Cheng Jinchu asked reluctantly.
She didn't want Shen Changze to take a concubine, but it would be useless for her to oppose it alone, so she wanted to bring Jiang Shu with her.
But she didn't understand why Jiang Shu wanted to lure the wolf into the house.
Looking at Cheng Jinchu with angry eyes and gnashing of teeth, Jiang Shu smiled: "To me, there is no difference between one and two."
No woman can tolerate other women around her husband, but from the moment Cheng Jinchu appeared, it was meaningless.
Cheng Jinchu's face froze and he was speechless.
That night, Shen Changze and Cheng Jinchu were in the same bed and had different dreams, and it was difficult to sleep peacefully, but Jiang Shu slept soundly.
This incident caused a big fuss, and rumors spread the next day. Shen Changze was reported several times during the morning court session.
Shen Changze knew that he had to take this concubine.
After returning home from court, he found Jiang Shu and said calmly: "Since Miss Xu has asked you, this matter will be handed over to you. Choose a good day to welcome her into the house."
"In what capacity?" Jiang Shu calmly inserted the flowers.
Shen Changze seemed very tired, rubbing his eyebrows and said: "As you say."
Seeing Shen Changze's face of being forced and unwilling, Jiang Shu persuaded: "Although Lord Xu is only a fifth-rank university scholar, he belongs to the inner cabinet and is a close minister of the emperor. It is beneficial to the official career of the marquis."
This word awakened the dreamer.
Shen Changze looked at Jiang Shu in shock, his eyes gradually becoming hot. It was amazing that she, a daughter of a merchant, actually understood the government.
Jiang Shu was right. Although he had a title and an official position, the status of a military officer was far inferior to that of a civil official. With the help of the Prime Minister of the Inner Cabinet University, he would surely be able to do much more smoothly in the court.
"Madam is absolutely right." The unhappiness on Shen Changze's face disappeared, and his heart was relieved.
Jiang Shu lowered her eyes and said, "Since the Marquis understands, you should be nicer to Miss Xu in the future."
"I understand." Shen Changze looked at her steadily, with a deep meaning.
She was the one he should treat best.
Taking a concubine is not as complicated as marrying a wife. Just choose an auspicious day and carry her into the mansion in a sedan chair.
But thinking of the criticism and humiliation Xu Lingyi had suffered over the years, Jiang Shu tried his best to give her enough dignity.
Because of her thoughtfulness, the Xu family, who were originally angry, could not find any fault with her and happily agreed to the marriage.
Cheng Jinchu felt a tightness in her chest when she saw the servants clean up the vacant Songlan Garden, hang red silk and paste the word "囍" on it.
Yan Yang was sick these days, and she was worried about leaving him completely to the servants, but she also needed her to follow up on the opening of the winery.
So she took care of Yan Yang while taking care of the winery. She was so busy that she was tired and thin.
In addition, she was so depressed that she vomited blood.
But even so, the established things could not be changed.
She suddenly realized that if she wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Marquis' Mansion, she should rely on Yan Yang.
No matter how many women Shen Changze married or how many children he had, Yan Yang was always his eldest son.
She must teach Yan Yang well and let him take the position of the prince as soon as possible!
Yan Yang, whom she relied on and had high hopes for, was now using scissors to damage the sunflowers that Jiang Shu gave him.
When Cheng Jinchu returned to Suoyun Courtyard, the sunflowers had been cut into pieces.
"Yan Yang, what are you doing!" Shen Changze shouted.
Yan Yang, who was caught doing something bad, was so scared that his hands trembled and the scissors fell to the ground.
Seizing the sunflowers, what a good intention, but he ruined it with his own hands!
Cheng Jinchu rushed over, saw the sparse sunflowers on the ground, raised his hand and slapped Yan Yang.