Mrs. Yun used to think that Jiang Yuanniang was too shy and could not compare to the lively and outgoing eldest daughter of the Guo family. But now she thinks that Jiang Yuanniang's personality is not bad. At least she will not make a fuss and cause trouble when encountering problems.
Mrs. Yun thought so as she stepped forward and held Jiang Yuanniang's hand. With red eyes, she said, "My dear, I'm really sorry for you today. That evil creature...that evil creature..."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Yuanniang could no longer hold back her tears, and simply covered her eyes with her hands and burst into tears.
Mrs. Yun looked at her and thought that Jiang Yuanniang must have pretended to be calm before, and she must have been afraid and ashamed in her heart. The pity on her face couldn't help but become more genuine. She stepped forward and put her arm around Jiang Yuanniang's shoulders, patting her gently with her hand. While saying comforting words, she expressed the Yun family's apologies to her.
After a long while, Jiang Yuanniang finally came to her senses. She took the handkerchief Qiuxiang handed her, wiped her tears, and sobbed.
Seeing that she had finally calmed down, Madam Yun said, "Don't be afraid, my dear child. What happened today was all caused by that evil creature in our family. We'll avenge you when we find him. You've always been well-behaved and sensible. You know that the old lady and I love you very much and wish you were born into our family. We in the Yun family will give you an explanation for what happened today, so don't worry! The old lady and I will take care of everything for you!"
Qiuxiang, who had been standing aside with a gloomy face and wiping her tears, paused when she heard this. A light flashed in her eyes, and she hurriedly asked, "Madam, will you really make the decision for our young lady?"
The word "make the decision" is a very complicated word, but everyone in the room understood that what Mrs. Yun meant was letting the second son of the Yun family marry Jiang Yuanniang. Qiuxiang had been worried about her daughter's future, fearing that today's incident would affect Jiang Yuanniang's marriage. Now that the Yun family is willing to let Jiang Yuanniang marry into the Yun family, that couldn't be better.
Before Miss Jiang came to Yunyang City, several branches of the Jiang family knew that the Yun family had the intention of marrying into the Jiang family.
The Jiang family was a well-known scholarly family in Shunzhou, with two top-ranking scholars, four second-ranking scholars, three third-ranking scholars, and dozens of second-class Jinshi scholars.
The Jiang family is also a large family with many branches and leaves. The direct branch of the Jiang family to which Jiang Yuanniang belongs has five branches since her grandmother's generation. Because Jiang Yuanniang's great-grandfather Jiang Zhenwen is still alive, the five branches have not split up. To outsiders, it seems that five generations live together in prosperity, but only those who are in it can understand that it is not easy for a large family to survive.
The Jiang family, whose traditions were based on farming and studying, never held a position in the imperial court after migrating from Jiangnan back to Yanbei. While their ancestors bequeathed boundless glory to the Jiang family's descendants, they also limited their paths. The first of the Jiang family's ancestral precepts was that no Jiang descendant could engage in business or engage in menial occupations.
The Jiang family's only means of survival were the land and ancestral property passed down from their ancestors. While the direct lineage of the Jiang family was better off, holding clan land, sacrificial fields, and the Jiang Family Academy, the side branches could only rely on the support of their family members. Even so, the men of the Jiang family remained undeterred by poverty, and there was no one in the family who was not educated.
Because of this, the position of the head of the Jiang family is extremely important.
Jiang Yuanniang's great-grandfather, Jiang Zhenwen, was already over seventy years old. Of his five sons, the eldest, Jiang Shi, and the second, Jiang Huai, were the most promising. In families like the Jiang family, success was often measured by academic excellence. Both Jiang Shi and Jiang Huai passed the imperial examinations before they were even twenty, and both achieved top honors in their respective examinations. Unfortunately, Jiang Shi fell seriously ill and died before he could even achieve his title on the list of successful candidates. Meanwhile, Jiang Huai, the second son of the Jiang family, passed the imperial examinations and became a Jinshi.
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