The things didn't originally belong to the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion, so she didn't intend to tell anyone else.
These were Yuan Bohua's thoughts for her, and she would only use them for the palace or their children in the future. As for her father and mother, she would use her own earnings to honor them.
Gulan and the other three immediately agreed. They would just do whatever the princess said.
Yuan Bohua was still wondering when Zhou Qiongyue would discover what was in the box. He never thought that he would be discovered by Gu Mei as soon as he left.
These idle days passed quickly, and soon it was the day when my eldest brother Zhou Zhiyi got married.
Zhou Qiongyue had also gotten up early that day and dressed up in her finest attire. Today, she was responsible for entertaining the young ladies who had come to congratulate them, as she was the only suitable candidate for the Cheng'en Marquisate.
Then he followed Jin very early, watched the various arrangements on the scene, and waited for his eldest brother to come back to pick up the bride.
If Zhou Qiongyue were allowed to choose, she would definitely prefer to watch her elder brother welcome the bride. That would be so lively!
Greeting these ladies and taking care of every detail must have made her smile stiff today. Gu Mei also stayed by Zhou Qiongyue's side the entire time, fearing someone would take advantage of her situation.
Zhou Zhiyi is the eldest grandson of the Cheng'en Marquisate, so his wedding was certainly grand. The Marquisate also gave Miss Cheng a lot of betrothal gifts, but not too much, just average.
In fact, the Marquis' Mansion also gave Miss Cheng a lot in private, but both mansions agreed to keep a low profile, so to outsiders, it seemed very proper.
On this day, the Cheng'en Marquis Mansion was filled with the sound of gongs and drums, and the opera troupe sang from morning to night, making the scene extremely lively.
Zhou Wencan and Jin were also very happy throughout the whole process, and the smiles on their faces were the kind that came from the heart. Their eldest son had finally grown up, and who wouldn't be happy about this?
Of course, there are also those who are unhappy. Recently, after Lady Liu, the wife of Marquis Cheng'en, fully realized that her eldest son Zhou Wencan was not under her control, she has been trying to find ways to make her eldest son Zhou Wencan obedient again.
As a woman in the inner house who had a smooth life (she was protected by her husband in the first half of her life and by her daughter in the second half), the ideas she could come up with were nothing more than those.
So she took this opportunity to call her niece from her mother's family to the Marquis' Mansion. The Liu Mansion was quite good a few years ago, but since Liu's father passed away, there were no men in the family who were particularly outstanding, and they were all ordinary people. The Liu Mansion gradually declined.
The people in Liu Mansion are all well aware of the saying that when people leave, the tea gets cold.
But even if he fell into poverty, it was impossible for the eldest brother Liu's legitimate daughter to be anyone's concubine, so the one who came this time was the eldest brother Liu's illegitimate daughter, Liu Ruyan.
Although Jin was no longer in charge of household expenses, she still knew about any disturbances in the mansion. After all, the servants were not fools. They all had a good idea of what the first and third wives were like.
She didn't care, but just told Zhou Wencan about this matter in advance. Zhou Wencan didn't get angry at the time, but just said that he knew.
Jin believed that if her mother-in-law dared to plot against Crown Prince Zhou Wencan at Zhou Zhiyi's wedding, Zhou Wencan would make her regret it.
Sure enough, on the day of Zhou Zhiyi's wedding, Marquis Cheng'en drank a few more glasses because he was happy, and then he entered the wrong house, which was of course Liu Ruyan's house.
As for what happened? Jin and Zhou Wencan didn't know. After all, the Cheng'en Marquis's Mansion was still under the control of Cheng'en Marquis. If he wanted to hide something, they really couldn't find out.
When Cheng Shiyue served tea and introduced people the next day, everyone's expression was still normal. After all, everyone tacitly agreed that they didn't want the new daughter-in-law to make a fool of herself in the Marquis' Mansion on her first day.
What's more, there was no joke and it wasn't funny at all.
But Zhou Wencan couldn’t understand the sequel. He thought his father would have another concubine!
After Madam Cheng Shiyue served tea, received the gifts and returned to the courtyard of the young couple, the servants around her found out the latest news.
It can't be said that I heard it through inquiries, after all, it has spread throughout the entire mansion.
It was surprising that the body of a young girl was found in the lotus pond of the Marquis's mansion. She was the daughter of the wife of the Marquis Cheng'en.
When Zhou Qiongyue heard the news, she was eating dumplings and almost choked to death.
The reason she was still eating was because she had gotten up too early in the morning and had no appetite. She only felt hungry after visiting her grandmother's courtyard and meeting her eldest sister-in-law, and returning to Zhou Qiongyue Pavilion.
After Zhou Qiongyue recovered, she looked at Gu Ju in disbelief, "What did you say? Who died?"
"Princess, the one who died was Miss Liu Ruyan. It was said that she fell." Gu Ju also looked incredulous when he reported.
Zhou Qiongyue gasped instantly. She could tell that Liu Ruyan was going after her father this time. But who was responsible for her fate?
Zhou Qiongyue was more suspicious of her father, Zhou Wencan. After all, his father would not be happy to be plotted against in this matter. Zhou Qiongyue shuddered inwardly as she thought about it. This was her first experience of the cruelty of the inner court in this era. If you were not careful, people would really die.
Zhou Wencan: It’s not me, my dear daughter, don’t think too much.
Jin and Zhou Wencan, who received the news, were also discussing this issue. They asked each other, and the other party shook their heads without hesitation.
Jin looked at the prince curiously, "Who do you think it is, Prince?"
"Father!" Zhou Wencan pointed his target at Marquis Cheng'en without hesitation.
Thinking from a woman's perspective, Jin couldn't understand why her father had any reason to do it. Why wouldn't her father be unwilling to have a graceful, gentle and considerate concubine?
"I think it's the mother."
Zhou Wencan personally filled his wife's cup with tea and shook his head in amusement, "You don't understand. Father values my younger sister the most. In fact, he and mother are partial to my third brother and my younger sister respectively.
But my sister is making her own way now, and even if my father favors her, we can't find any reason to object, and we might even support her.
Because my father favors my younger sister, my mother follows suit. Consequently, my father also favors my third brother. This is a tacit understanding between my father and mother."
"Ah!" Jin's eyes widened in shock. This was so different from what she had always thought.
Jin was surprised and asked, "Do all three of you brothers know about this?"
Zhou Wencan smiled and shook his head. He also found it quite exciting. "No, this is something I have only figured out in the past one or two years. Why didn't father touch my position as the Crown Prince? If he really loved the third child, he would definitely not let someone as ruthless as me inherit the Marquisate. He would have thought of the consequences.
Even if the throne of the crown prince is not given to the third brother, it would be fine to give it to the second brother. The second brother is much gentler than me, and he doesn't have as much confidence as me. Moreover, the second brother's ability is just not as good as mine, but he is still qualified to be the crown prince of Cheng'enhou.
Is it possible that Father is considering who can best help the Empress in the palace? Isn't that interesting? "
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