A stern voice came from the entrance of South Garden, interrupting the maid's words.
Immediately afterwards, an elderly nanny walked in with a sullen face and stood directly behind Jiang Jingyu.
"Madam, this lowly maid has just arrived at your house and doesn't know the rules. If I say anything that offends you, please don't take it to heart. I will definitely discipline her strictly afterwards!"
Jiang Jingyu turned and looked at the visitor: "Then I'll trouble you, Madam. This servant girl has disrespected her superiors and has no regard for her parents. She really needs to be disciplined. If outsiders knew that a servant girl in our general's mansion is so unruly, it would be a disgrace to the general."
Aunt Feng, the personal nanny beside the old lady, bowed and said, "I will follow your instructions, Madam. The old lady is waiting for you in the front yard. Please come in."
Nanny Feng stepped aside and made a gesture of invitation to Jiang Jingyu.
"Let's go. Don't let mother wait anxiously."
Jiang Jingyu raised her foot, and Qiu Shuang and Dong Xu followed closely on both sides.
After the three figures passed by, Nanny Feng glared at the maid fiercely, and then followed them slowly.
Nanny Feng was preoccupied and stared at Jiang Jingyu's figure all the way.
It was just as the general said, the lady seemed like a different person, but why did her personality change in just one day?
Could it be that there is an expert behind the scenes giving guidance?
While Nanny Feng was lost in thought, they arrived at the front yard.
Zhou Huaiqian's mother, Zhang, had been sitting in the main seat waiting for a long time. Seeing that Nanny Feng had not brought anyone over yet, she became extremely anxious.
"Madame Feng is such a jerk! She's so slow even in calling people! She's really useless at everything when she's old!"
Seeing this, the maid behind her advised, "Madam, please don't worry. Nanny Feng will definitely be able to bring the person here. Perhaps he is already on his way."
Zhang patted her knees anxiously, "An'er is waiting for this money to save his life. How can I not be anxious?!"
Just as he finished speaking, a clear voice came from outside the door.
"My daughter-in-law is late and has kept my mother waiting for a long time."
Immediately afterwards, Jiang Jingyu appeared in Zhang's sight and walked slowly into the lobby.
When Zhang saw Jiang Jingyu, her eyes lit up as if she had seen a money tree.
"The daughter-in-law pays her respects to her mother."
Jiang Jingyu leaned forward slightly, and every movement was done just right, leaving no room for fault.
In the previous life, because he was not bound by the rules of etiquette, he was maliciously slandered by the people in the general's mansion and had no good impression in the hearts of the people.
In this life, Jiang Jingyu will never repeat the same mistakes again. She must first gain a foothold in the hearts of the people so that it will not be difficult for her to ascend to the throne in the future.
Zhang, who was sitting in the main seat, quickly stood up and walked to Jiang Jingyu, holding her arm affectionately.
"Hey, we're all family, why are you being so polite? Come on, sit down!"
Zhang took Jiang Jingyu's arm and sat down with her, looking at her flatteringly: "Jingyu, mother has been waiting for so many years, and finally you have come home."
Jiang Jingyu lowered her eyes to hide the sarcasm in them.
Yes, I finally brought this fortune tree home. If she remembers correctly, the next step should be to ask her for a dowry, right?
Zhang held Jiang Jingyu's hand and exchanged a few polite words with her before getting to the point.
"Jingyu, my good daughter-in-law, now that you've married Qian'er, we're a family from now on. We're one family, and we shouldn't talk about our differences. I'm in a little trouble right now, and I wonder if Jingyu can help me out a little?"
Jiang Jingyu looked up with a sincere expression: "Mother, you also said that we are a family. If you have anything to say, just speak directly."
"Jingyu, An'er lost some money outside and is still being held at the gambling house. I don't have enough money..."
Zhang stopped there and looked at Jiang Jingyu expectantly, hoping that she could understand her hint.
When Zhou Huaiqian came back and learned that his younger brother Zhou Huaian was addicted to gambling, he became furious and grabbed the key to the warehouse in his own hands.
In order to help Zhou Huaian quit his gambling addiction, anyone in the general's mansion who took money from the treasury had to pay it to him.
Zhang didn't dare tell Zhou Huaiqian that Zhou Huaian was in debt again in the gambling house, so she could only turn her attention to Jiang Jingyu.
Everyone in the imperial city knows that this daughter-in-law is so poor that all she has left is money. The little money An'er lost is not even a drop in the bucket in her eyes, right?
"I take it as a matter of fact. Just tell me how much silver you need, and I'll have Dongxu deliver it to you later."
Zhang was shocked. She didn't expect Jiang Jingyu to agree so easily. He was indeed stupid and rich!
"Jingyu, you are truly a good daughter-in-law to me. An'er didn't lose much, only fifty taels of silver..."
"Human life is at stake. I will go back and get a hundred taels of silver and give it to my mother. Don't let those people hurt my uncle."
Jiang Jingyu pretended to be anxious and stood up as he spoke.
Want fifty and give one hundred?
Zhang was shocked and stood up along with Jiang Jingyu. "Oh, Jingyu, you are such a good daughter-in-law to me! This is a secret between us, and we must not let Qian'er know!"
"Don't worry, mother. I won't tell the general about this."
After receiving Jiang Jingyu's assurance, Zhang smiled and urged, "Okay, okay, then Jingyu, go back quickly. Every moment of delay means An'er's life will be in danger!"
After watching Jiang Jingyu leave with her own eyes, Nanny Feng walked forward with a heavy face, always feeling that something was wrong.
"Madam, I always feel that there is something wrong with the young lady. She just gave out this hundred taels of silver as soon as she said so?"
The smile on Zhang's face was replaced by ridicule.
"Humph, what could be wrong with her? She's just a stupid idiot with lots of money!"
Zhang looked down on Jiang Jingyu's merchant family background from the bottom of her heart. If the Jiang family was not the richest in the imperial city and their businesses were not spread all over the place, she would never let a merchant girl enter the house and lower the threshold of their general's mansion.
If the idiot's dowry had not been locked up, and she was afraid that forcible seizure would alarm Qian'er, she would not have bothered to lower herself to please a lowly merchant girl!
"Madam, you'd better be careful. The general has just returned from his campaign, and the decree for promotions hasn't come down yet. We absolutely cannot allow any mistakes to occur at this critical juncture!"
Nanny Feng's doubts remained undiminished, and she reminded Zhang again.
Zhang was unconcerned. "Alright, Qian'er's promotion is a sure thing. Nothing will go wrong. Go to Nanyuan and watch over it. One hundred taels of silver, not a cent less!"
After sending Nanny Feng to Nanyuan, Zhang sat back in the main seat happily, waiting for the one hundred taels of silver to be delivered to her.
After leaving the front yard, Dong Xu looked around vigilantly. Seeing that there was no one around, he asked the question he had wanted to ask in the front yard just now.
"Miss, one hundred taels of silver is no small sum. You gave it to her so easily. Aren't you afraid that she will become even more demanding in the future, and it will become a bottomless pit that can never be filled?"
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