When Ran saw that her son treated Miss Lin San coldly, she publicly protected the peasant girl she brought back and acknowledged that the peasant girl was his wife.
The crowd watching outside also heard it and were whispering about it.
Now that things have come to this, she naturally has to stand on her son's side.
She held Danruo's hand affectionately and looked at Miss Lin San:
"My daughter-in-law has noble character and looks like a fairy. Naturally, I like her very much. Unlike some families, who have clearly rejected others time and time again, but still shamelessly force others to marry their daughters. What rules can such a family have for such a desperate man?"
Miss Lin San's face turned pale and she looked at Aunt Sun for help.
Aunt Sun, don't look away. Some things can be done in private, but she still has to maintain the reputation of the Marquis of Jing'en's Mansion in public.
Miss Lin San remembered what her family had told her and immediately knelt down:
"I know what my sister did was wrong. I am willing to be the prince's concubine, just to make up for it."
Aunt Sun quickly chimed in:
"It's just a concubine. I think I can just bring her in someday."
Ran scolded Aunt Sun in a low voice, telling her not to act on her own.
Jing Ruchen said that he had no plans to take a concubine.
Aunt Sun was relentless: "She's just a concubine. The young lady has already spoken, how can I humiliate her?"
She hoped that Jing Ruchen's backyard would be as shameful and chaotic as possible, and the Lin family would always be Jing Ruchen's shame.
Dan Ruo looked at Aunt Sun with curiosity:
"Does the Marquis' Mansion have the final say on matters of the aunt? Although our place is a bit remote, the aunt cannot interfere with the master's decisions."
Aunt Sun's face turned pale and red. After a moment, she lowered her head, pretending to be humble and giving a false and submissive smile:
"The Marquis's Mansion is naturally ruled by the mistress, I am the one who got in the way."
Ran took a look at Dan Ruo and thought she was a smart and insightful child. However, Marquis Jing'en had been favoring his concubine and neglecting his wife for many years, and her family was becoming increasingly weak.
Now, it is only because of the prince's excessive attention to Jing Ruchen that Marquis Jing'en dares not go too far.
Ran dragged Dan Ruo into the Marquis' Mansion and beat the servants who had just prepared the brazier with a stick, which also indirectly slapped Aunt Sun in the face.
"Let's choose a good day for the wedding. We'll naturally step on the fire basin then. There's no need to worry about it today."
After placing Danruo in Zhichunyuan and letting her have a good rest, Ran couldn't wait to pull her son to her yard to talk.
Ran heard from Jing Ruchen that Dan Ruo was actually a doctor, and that he had already achieved some results. If she continued to take the medicinal bath for another seven days, she might be completely cured.
Ran was so excited that he couldn't speak, and felt despicable for his original thoughts.
If her son was really cured, the kindness this woman showed to her and her son would be like rebirth. Since her son himself had expressed that he liked that little girl, she would naturally treat this daughter-in-law as her most precious daughter.
She will personally go to the Duke of Ying's Mansion to apologize tomorrow, and as for the Crown Prince, she will let her son speak to him himself.
Ran asked Nanny Yu to help her look through her dowry, hoping to find some gifts for Danruo.
Jing Ruchen went to see Danruo to see if she had adapted to the new place.
Ran had chosen the courtyard herself, and several maids were tidying up the house and the courtyard. There were no major problems.
The problem was that the servants from the main kitchen had just brought in the food: a bowl of watery white rice porridge, two multi-grain steamed buns, and a plate of pickles.
Dan Ruo held her chin with both hands, her little face wrinkled, looking innocent and pitiful, just as Jing Ruchen walked in.
Jing Ruchen followed her gaze, displeasure flashed in his eyes, and he sent a maid to call Liu, the steward from the main kitchen.
After saying this, he looked at Danruo apologetically:
"I'm sorry to have wronged you. I'll take you out for something delicious later."
Liu, the steward of the kitchen, had already sent a message to Aunt Sun before he came over. He explained with a forced smile:
"The young lady has just come from the countryside, and she's worried that eating greasy food will upset her stomach, so Aunt Sun specifically ordered the kitchen to send some light and easy-to-digest food to help her through the next few days."
Anyway, the Marquis listens to Aunt Sun, so naturally they, the servants, will listen to Aunt Sun as well.
Aunt Sun rushed over and scolded Manager Liu in pretended anger. When she said "lighter", she meant chicken soup wontons, steamed shad, five-spice cake, etc. How could Manager Liu understand it as pickled vegetable porridge?
Manager Liu quickly admitted her mistake, and then Aunt Sun fined her one month's salary.
Jing Ruchen knew that they were doing this on purpose. Aunt Sun had her father to protect her, so he just used Manager Liu to make an example of her.
Jing Ruchen looked at all the servants with a warning and said solemnly:
"Miss Danruo is my wife, and she is treated the same as me. This time, the kitchen steward Liu treated the master harshly, so he was given twenty lashes to serve as a warning to others."
After saying that, the servant beside him pulled Manager Liu to start beating him. When Ran arrived, the beating had already ended.
Ran looked at Aunt Sun and said dissatisfiedly:
"If Aunt Sun can't manage the household well, I will tell the Marquis that even if I am not in good health, Aunt Sun will not share the burden."
Aunt Sun's face darkened:
"The Marquis felt sorry for Madam's frail health, so he asked me to help Madam with the household. I promise that such a thing will never happen again."
Then he had someone carry Manager Liu, who was beaten so badly that he couldn't get up, and turned away.
Ran held Danruo's hand with great affection, and she didn't like the ordinary furnishings of Zhichunyuan at all.
"Ruo'er, I have been in poor health for the past few years and cannot take care of the housekeeper, so now Aunt Sun is the boss of the mansion. She has the Marquis's favoritism, and I can't control the backyard for a while."
"Why don't you live in my yard first? I have a small kitchen in my yard, and the servants are all reliable people I brought with me as a dowry. When I pick a good date, you can live in Ruchen's yard after the wedding."
After saying that, he asked Jing Ruchen to take Danruo out to eat something delicious and go shopping, so that she would have time to decorate a suitable room for Danruo.
Aunt Sun heard what was going on here and sneered in her heart. Even if the peasant girl was pretty, that couldn't hide her background. To treat a peasant girl as a treasure, Ran must be sick and confused.
The next day, Ran went out and postponed the private agreement she had made with the old lady of Yingguogong. Jing Ruchen also asked to see the prince and explained the situation.
The prince said that since he wanted to marry a peasant girl, he would naturally support her, and he would ask the princess to raise the status of this peasant girl.
This banquet was originally prepared for Jing Ruchen to meet her, but now Jing Ruchen has already decided on the marriage by accident.
But there were only two days left before the banquet, and the invitation had already been sent out, so it was naturally difficult to cancel it.
Since it was just an ordinary banquet, the prince specifically asked Jing Ruchen to bring Dan Ruo to show him.
Jing Ruchen came back and told the story, and Ran began to dress up Danruo.
This was the first time her future daughter-in-law appeared in the capital, so she had to dress up nicely. She asked Liuxian Pavilion to send headgear and clothes for Danruo to choose from.
When Jing Jing'er heard the news, she pestered Aunt Sun and also wanted to buy headwear and clothes from Liuxian Pavilion.
Aunt Sun glared at her. "Ran was spending her own dowry. I, your aunt, don't have the money for you to squander. Besides, you are the only daughter of the Marquis's family. You are of noble status. Why do you need to dress up with such vulgar things?"
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