Liu looked at her granddaughter who had been kneeling for a long time and waved her hand, saying, "Get up. You are not young anymore. You must be more cautious in your actions in the future. Don't be arrogant or impetuous. Don't be impulsive again."
Wei Hanzhang nodded and said, "Yes."
He stood up as he was told and walked to stand behind Jiang.
"I don't know if our family has offended Tai Sui in the past two years, but the girls in our family have had accidents one after another."
Liu sighed softly and said to Wei Hanshuang, "You sisters should refrain from going out for fun during this period unless it is necessary. If you feel bored, you can invite your friends to your home to play."
Wei Hanshuang replied softly, "Yes."
She was not outstanding in terms of appearance, but she was dignified and elegant. Liu was very satisfied with this granddaughter. Thinking of her marriage, she comforted her, "Don't worry, the Shen family is sincere about this marriage. When you marry into the Shen family, they will definitely not treat you badly."
really…
Wei Hanzhang felt a chill in his heart. Sure enough, the marriage had to go on.
If Wei Hanshuang's marriage continued, then Wei Hanyu would definitely not be able to marry that "cousin".
She looked at the eighth young lady in the Wei Mansion, who could only sob softly. Wei Hanyu had already changed out of her daytime clothes and was sitting beside her mother, like a young animal that had lost its protection. Her mother was also wiping her tears with her head down. The mother and daughter snuggled up to each other, and their panicked expressions looked very pitiful.
It was not until they left the main hall that Wei Hanzhang asked Jiang and found out that Wei Hanyu's marriage had been arranged in less than two hours from the time she fell into the water.
Sixth uncle Wei Huai had a good classmate in the past who was the chief officer of Yuezhou. Wei Hanyu's marriage was arranged for him to be his second son.
The Chief Secretary was a fifth-rank official, and a fifth-rank official in a remote county. For a noble lady from a marquis's mansion in the capital, marrying into such a family was like a bolt from the blue.
Because she was wet and hugged by a man in public, it would be difficult for her to find a family of equal status in the capital. Her relative from a small family, the Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery, looked down on her. Most importantly, the Wei Mansion was unwilling to keep this granddaughter of little value at home for too long.
It’s better to marry far away, out of sight, out of mind.
This is Wei Hanyu's fate, he has become an abandoned child in his family.
Wei Hanzhang even suspected that if she hadn't been involved in marriage with Gu Yunran, based on what happened to her at the entrance of the Music Bureau today, her fate would not be any better.
...Not necessarily.
Her face still has some value...
It is said that once you enter a noble family, it is like entering a deep ocean. It was not until this moment that Wei Hanzhang understood the indifference towards family affection in these wealthy families.
The family of three returned to Jingya Hall. Wei Heng knew that the mother and daughter had something private to talk about, so after saying a few words of comfort, he moved to the concubine's room.
Wei Heng was naturally angry when he first heard about what his little girl had done today, but he saw that she had already been taught a lesson in the main hall. Being severely reprimanded by her grandfather in front of the whole family was a very shameful thing for such a grown girl.
As a father, how could I still scold her?
Wei Hanzhang could not understand Wei Heng's fatherly kindness at all. She took Jiang's arm and asked, "Did Daddy go to Shen's room again?"
Jiang was full of doubts. She was a beautiful girl who was raised in her parents' home. She was generous and a little spoiled, but she would still listen to what her elders said. The only thing that bothered her was that this girl always liked to compete with the concubine.
She even wanted to know the concubine in her father's room very well. Every day when she came to pay her respects, the first person she looked at was not her mother, but that Shen.
Even if she has children, she is just a concubine. How could she deserve so much attention from the legitimate daughter of the family?
What daughter would worry about her father's bedroom affairs every day?
Wei Hanzhang was startled by her mother's sudden change of expression and said hesitantly, "I am standing up for you."
"..." Jiang was amused and angry. She raised her hand and tapped her forehead: "Then stop fighting for me. Let your father go wherever he wants. I have a son and a daughter now. As long as you don't cause any trouble for me and grow up, get married and have children, I will be satisfied."
As long as you don't cause me any trouble...
These words were like enlightenment to Wei Hanzhang, instantly relieving most of the worries he had had in the past few days.
She was always worried that her mother's position would be replaced by the concubine, and that her scumbag father would favor the concubine over his wife, but she forgot that in the original novel, Jiang Shi lost her daughter and then her son, and then she committed the act of harming the concubine and her illegitimate son in a state of confusion.
As for her being divorced later, it was because she had no children. As long as she could have saved her younger brother, Jiang would not have become a divorced woman! However... Wei Hanzhang still had some doubts.
Her mother was from the Jiang family of Xuzhou. Her maternal grandfather was a senior official of two dynasties. Before his retirement, he was a second-rank minister of the Central Secretariat. Jiang was his eldest daughter and was also a well-known lady from a famous family in the capital at that time. It was definitely not considered marrying up for her to marry the second son of a marquisate.
Although his uncles were not very capable and held low official positions, the influence of his grandfather was still there. How could the Loyalty and Bravery Marquis's Mansion acquiesce in Wei Heng's divorce?
In other words, how could the Jiang family sit idly by and watch their daughter being divorced?
Wei Hanzhang's heart was pounding, and he always felt that he might have touched the tip of the iceberg that was only briefly mentioned in the story.
That night, Wei Hanzhang slept in the same bed with Jiang's mother and daughter. Jiang just couldn't bring herself to lecture this delicate little girl.
She said softly, "What you did today was really reckless. Even if you wanted to save Miss Cao, why didn't you send someone to help? Why would you need to come in person without even a veil or a hat?"
"The situation was urgent at the time, I..." Wei Hanzhang thought of Rou Niang who was no longer with him, sniffed, and asked in confusion: "Mom, what did Gu Yundan do to her? What forced her to jump off the building?"
He must have said or done something extremely hurtful, which made Cao Xinrou lose all hope and jump down.
Wei Hanzhang's heart trembled slightly. Was this what she thought...
Jiang patted her daughter on the back and said, "Don't be curious about these things. Listen to your mother and have less contact with that Gu Yun in the future. He is so mean and ungrateful to his fiancée who he grew up with, so he will not be sincere to his friends."
"He is Gu Yunran's cousin. They often played together since they were young." Speaking of Gu Yunran, Wei Hanzhang said: "His cousin is so bad, he probably inherited the same bad blood."
"Don't talk nonsense. Gourds on the same vine have different tastes." Since she had agreed to the Gu family's marriage, Jiang still had expectations for this future son-in-law: "Didn't you say a few days ago that you received his letter and that the Gu family would come to the capital soon?"
(End of this chapter)