Chapter 100: The complicated relationship in Beijing

What to do? Cold mix.

They are all granddaughters of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. There are so many men who cannot marry them.

Why bother being sad over a scumbag here? Jiang Jiu wouldn't do that anyway.

Jiang Jiu raised his eyebrows: "If I were you, I would just sell the maid directly. Why bother to inform him? You are the mistress of a family. Do you have to report the matter of buying and selling a maid to a man?"

Madam Sun sighed again: "The maid is his, not mine. My maid is Qiufen, and she has always been angry with Chunfen."

Jiang Jiu understood. Of the two maids, one was a personal maid since childhood, and the other was Madam Sun's personal maid. She herself could not do anything to be servile, so she let her maid deal with Chunfen.

There is nothing wrong with doing this, but the master and servant are a little too weak.

Jiang Jiu curled her lips: "It's just that she just got pregnant. If there is any accident, it will be a miscarriage."

Mrs. Sun glanced at Jiang Jiu, pursed her lips and said nothing. She knew it was not easy to respond to this sentence.

Jiang Jiu then came up with another idea: "Why don't you just ask your husband to rent a house for her in the capital? It would be terrible if she doesn't follow you to your maternal grandfather's house. Wait until your husband passes the imperial examination and can start his own business, then bring her back to the mansion."

Mrs. Sun's eyes lit up and she clapped her hands together: "That's a good idea."

Jiang Jiu took a close look at Madam Sun's belly and said, "You have been married for two or three years, why are you not pregnant? Have you consulted a doctor?"

Mrs. Sun looked worried again: "I've seen that there's nothing wrong with me. I'm very healthy. I don't know what's going on. I just can't get pregnant."

Jiang Jiu: "Is it possible that it's your husband's problem?"

Mrs. Sun hurriedly shook her head: "If there was something wrong with my husband, how did Chunfen get pregnant?"

Jiang Jiu finished his words here and changed the subject: "Your maternal grandfather's surname is Zhou? As far as I know, the current queen's surname is also Zhou, are they from the same family?"

Madam Sun showed a proud expression on her face: "That's right, but my grandfather is from a branch of the Zhou family. According to the generation hierarchy, the empress has to call my grandfather uncle and my mother cousin."

Jiang Jiu sighed and poured another glass for Mrs. Sun.

"The Zhou family is a century-old family with many talented people. Your grandfather was the Minister of Personnel, but he was not the best. The Queen's father was the Prime Minister, and her brother was the Minister of Revenue, in charge of officials in the world. They are all extremely powerful people."

Mrs. Sun smiled slightly.

Jiang Jiu sighed, "Your step-grandmother is really abominable. As the legitimate daughter of the Zhou family, she could have married a fifth-rank official in the capital at the very least. Why was she married to a place as far away as Yangzhou, and to a businessman? It's such a pity that we have been separated from each other for so many years without ever seeing each other."

Mrs. Sun also sighed: "Who says it's not true? Fortunately, man proposes, God disposes. The three children born to my step-grandmother all died early. Now my grandpa is the only one left with my mother."

Jiang Jiu raised his eyebrows: "That's really retribution in this life."

Madam Sun smiled and said, "My mother said that everything should be thanked to my aunt, who is now the wife of the Left Prime Minister Chang."

Jiang Jiu was silent for a long time. What a coincidence in the world! How could she say that the person she was looking for was Chang Mingyuan?

The current imperial court has set up the Left Prime Minister and the Right Prime Minister, one of whom is the Empress's father and the other is the Empress's brother-in-law. Isn't this directly sidelining the Emperor?

"What a coincidence! One of my cousins ​​is the concubine daughter of Lord Chang. This time I went to Beijing to look for her."

When Madam Sun heard that the two of them were actually related in a roundabout way, she asked hurriedly, "Master Chang's concubine's daughter? But the daughter who was lost for fifteen years and was finally found?"

Jiang Jiu nodded: "You actually knew?"

Mrs. Sun covered her mouth and laughed, "What a coincidence! Mother received a letter from my aunt a while ago. The letter talked about this matter. It was said that the daughter was born to my uncle's concubine when he was young. The concubine was very beautiful and wanted my uncle to divorce my aunt and make her his wife. My aunt was very angry and wanted to divorce my uncle."

"Of course my uncle respected his original wife and disagreed. The concubine was very ill-tempered and ran away with the child. My uncle sent people to look for them for several years but couldn't find them. But the daughter came to visit him a while ago."

Jiang Jiu raised his eyebrows and his eyes flickered. It turned out that this was the version that other people said.

"Anyway, I now have someone I know in the capital. Hello, my name is Jiang Mingyue, and we will be good friends from now on. My father is the county magistrate of Xiang County, and I came to the capital this time because I was invited to play."

Madam Sun also raised her glass to clink with Jiang Jiu: "But with your husband?"

Jiang Jiu glanced at Zhao Zhuoxi who was leaning on the couch and shook his head with a smile.

"No, my husband died of an accident. This gentleman is my cousin's husband. I went to Beijing with him to look for his wife."

Mrs. Sun was slightly startled and stunned.

"But I see you..."

She stopped talking halfway because she felt that the man obviously had special feelings for this lady. He took care of her in every way and was very considerate. He even picked food for her during meals.

Jiang Jiu smiled: "The three of us have been playmates since we were young. They are childhood sweethearts. I just treat him as my brother."

So that's the case. Madam Sun asked again, "My aunt has a much more severe temper than my mother and is more strict about rules. If you go to the Chang family, you must be careful."

Unexpectedly, Jiang Jiu shook his head again: "We don't live in Chang's house. He has a house in Beijing. We live in his house."

Madam Sun wanted to ask something else, but Jiang Jiu, who was smart, avoided the question. Instead, Jiang Jiu learned a lot about Madam Chang from Madam Sun.

For example, Chang Mingyuan's wife was extremely beautiful when she was young and could have married the current emperor, the former eldest prince.

But the person she admired was the Third Prince, but since her sister married the Third Prince, she had no choice but to marry someone else.

For example, Chang Mingyuan was actually a child from a poor family. After he passed the imperial examination and became the third place in the imperial examination, he was chosen by the Zhou family as a son-in-law and married the current Mrs. Chang.

Also, the Third Prince’s concubine and the Empress are sisters, and Madam Chang is her niece.

All the daughters of the Zhou family married well, except Mrs. Sun's mother, who married poorly. Therefore, the Minister of Personnel Zhou Hengzhi was blamed by his family for a long time.

For example, Zhou Hengzhi's late wife was born into a military family, and her maiden family was the famous Duke of Zhenguo. Because the Zhou family was targeted by the Duke of Zhenguo, although one was a civil official and the other a military official, they were not a very compatible match after all.

If Zhou Hengzhi had not married a second wife, the Zhou family might have joined forces with military commanders to gain even greater power.

The capital is in deep and chaotic waters.

Jiang Jiu was completely confused after hearing this.

It was rare for Mrs. Sun to speak so clearly, which showed that her mother often told her about things in the capital.

Finally, Madam Sun was persuaded and sent back to her room. Jiang Jiu was also a little tipsy.

As soon as she entered the house, Zhao Zhuoxi mocked her: "Your husband has passed away? You are a widow now? What about me? Who am I?"

Jiang Jiu chuckled: "Jiang Mingyue pretended to be me, so you must be her husband. Her husband is the Ninth Prince. With such a powerful backer, do you think Chang Mingyuan can handle it?"

The first volume is finished, the second volume is about the situation in the capital