Han Chong's inexplicable male chauvinism began to take effect, and he disliked Han Jiaojiao in every way.
Han Jiaojiao was already worried about losing her mother, and when she finally saw her only blood relative, she was deeply hurt by the indifference in his eyes.
She became more timid and self-deprecating.
It's all my fault. I'm not as good as my sister. I brought shame to my mother and disappointed my father.
The more she did this, the more disgusted Han Chong became.
This way, we enter a vicious cycle.
Until Nanny Zhou took the person away.
Han Chong almost forgot the existence of Han Jiaojiao, the eldest daughter.
He treated his concubine's daughter Han Mingzhu as the apple of his eye, and personally enlightened and taught her.
Aunt Wu was standing nearby, and the three of them looked happy and harmonious, like a family of three.
However, all this beauty was completely shattered after Han Jiaojiao returned to Beijing.
Han Chong was once again caught in the whirlpool of public opinion. Aunt Wu was convicted of the infamy of being the most favored concubine, and Han Mingzhu, who was originally a famous socialite in Beijing, was also implicated.
"It's all Han Jiaojiao's fault, that unfilial daughter!"
Han Chong was secretly resentful, but the current Han Jiaojiao was no longer the pitiful little girl of four or five years old who looked up to beg for her father's love.
She became increasingly sick and weak.
Han Chong had just given her a few "admonitions" when she started wiping away tears.
Han Chong: ...Stop crying!
Han Chong was afraid that scolding his daughter to the point of vomiting blood would make his already bad reputation even worse, so he just threw up his sleeves and left in anger.
"Never mind! I won't care about this unfilial daughter anymore!"
Han Chong's words were not just casual words.
He really doesn't care anymore.
Han Jiaojiao didn't get married until she was sixteen, but Han Chong didn't care.
Instead, he enthusiastically arranged for Han Mingzhu to be the youngest son of the Duke of Zhenguo.
Alas, Mingzhu is good in everything. Her appearance and talent are very similar to mine.
The only shortcoming is that his background is not good enough.
Although Han Chong "persuaded" his stepmother to register Han Mingzhu under her name, making her the nominal legitimate daughter.
But, fake is fake, that is to say, it sounds better.
When it comes to discussing marriage, even families of equal status will still look down on you.
Finally, after careful selection and investigation, Han Chong chose the son of the Cheng family.
He is the youngest legitimate son, and he has four older legitimate brothers. No matter how the throne is passed, it is impossible for him to inherit the title.
However, Sheng is the legitimate son of the Duke's Mansion, loved by his parents and cared for by his elder brother.
The best thing is that Cheng Wulang is a good student.
He passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of fifteen. Two years later, he would take part in the autumn examination and perhaps he would be able to become a juren.
Cheng Wulang is not a child from a poor family and needs to rely on the imperial examination to change his fate.
It would be icing on the cake if he could pass the imperial examination.
Mingzhu is a famous talented woman in Beijing. She and Cheng Wulang are absolutely a perfect match!
"Let's not talk about Nanping anymore. Let's prepare Mingzhu's dowry."
"Ah, to be honest, I'm sorry for not being able to give you a decent estate!"
Speaking of dowry, Han Chong looked at Aunt Wu with some guilt.
As the prince of Cheng'en Mansion, he is valued by his parents, loved by his aunt, and doted on by his grandmother and other elders.
His small treasury is quite full.
However, when Yongjia died of illness, the empress dowager took into consideration her blood relatives and was reluctant to punish Han Chong, but she had to pretend to give an explanation to the Huo family.
So, Empress Dowager Han took the initiative to confiscate Han Chong's private treasury and put all of it under Han Jiaojiao's name.
Han Chong was not allowed to return to Beijing, but was made to "reflect on his mistakes" in the local area.
Han Chong didn't care about reflection or anything like that.
But his small treasury was taken away, and he was really hurt.
Originally, he thought that Aunt Wu was of humble origin and had no money.
He planned to allocate some from his private treasury and register it under Aunt Wu's name.
When his children get married in the future, he will give them another share of the property from his private treasury.
result--
There is nothing left!
During those three years in the local area, Han Chong worked hard and saved some money.
But compared with the private vault taken away by Han Jiaojiao, these are really nothing.
Now that Han Mingzhu is getting married, the Han family will give her a dowry, but that's all.
The Empress Dowager hated Aunt Wu, and even Han Mingzhu was affected.
The Queen Mother would at most add some symbolic makeup, but she would not be as generous as she was to Han Jiaojiao.
And the stepmother probably won't give a dowry to her adopted daughter.
Even the wife of Duke Cheng'en, Princess Yongjia, would not scold her son for her death, but would blame Aunt Wu for being a foxy woman.
Compared with Han Mingzhu, the daughter of Aunt Wu, Lady Cheng'en loves the pair of children born to her stepmother more.
After much calculation, Han Chong found that Han Mingzhu's dowry was a bit shabby!
Not to mention compared with Han Jiaojiao, who has a wealthy family, even other noble ladies in the capital cannot compare to her.
Forget about the ten-mile red wedding dowry. It would be a stretch to even collect 108 loads of dowry.
Han Chong was so worried about his beloved daughter's dowry that he had no time to care about Han Jiaojiao, an unfilial daughter.
Seeing Han Chong being so "willful", Aunt Wu couldn't persuade him any further and had no choice but to give up...
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