Chapter 263 Testing and getting beaten
She didn’t know what loving couples in other families were like, because before my sister entered the palace, my mother was bullied by the first lady, who didn’t allow her mother, a concubine, to eat at the table.
Although the rules were good, the first lady always allowed Aunt Lin to sit at the same table, but asked my mother to stand and wait for the whole table of people to finish their meal before she could eat their leftovers.
The humiliation my mother suffered could not be described in three days and three nights.
But fortunately, my sister won the emperor’s favor not long after entering the palace, and the first lady no longer dared to blatantly bully my mother.
It was all thanks to my sister that life was getting better and better.
My mother is now my father’s legal wife, and the first lady has been doing many evil things, and she is hanging on for only this year.
Even the dogs in the backyard of the mansion now know that after the death of the first wife, the second wife will be promoted immediately. When they see her mother on weekdays, their tails wag happily.
Father also dotes on mother.
But... father does not treat mother like the emperor treats elder sister. It seems that elder sister is the only person in his heart and eyes, and everyone else has become a background.
From beginning to end, the emperor's brother-in-law only glanced at her when she just walked in.
This made her heart finally settle down.
It's not that she is narcissistic. They are all children of father and mother. She, elder sister and brother are the most outstanding among brothers and sisters. Elder
sister is as beautiful as a fairy in the sky, a stunning beauty, and she is not much inferior. People who propose marriage are about to break down the door of Jiang family.
Few men can resist peeking at her.
Otherwise, why is he called the emperor?
He has seen the world and won't be tempted by sex.
This way, she can live in her elder sister's Changchun Fairy House without worrying about being taken into the emperor's harem.
"What are you laughing at, sister?"
Jiang Xinyue was eating when she saw Jiang Xinyan burying her head in the bowl and laughing foolishly.
So silly and cute.
Jiang Xinyan showed a pair of smiling eyes from under the rice bowl, curved into crescents: "I am happy for you seeing how loving the emperor's brother-in-law and you are. You have both found your lifelong companions. For a moment, I don't know whether to be happy for my sister or for the emperor's brother-in-law, so I can only be happy for both of you!"
"Emperor's brother-in-law?"
Emperor Xuanwu raised his eyebrows and looked at Jiang Xinyue with a smile on his face: "Your sister is quirky and quite interesting. Pei Zhishuo from the Pei family is indeed not worthy of her."
No one in the capital knew Pei Zhishuo's true face, and the emperor only knew a little bit, but didn't know the details.
Another thing, from a man's perspective, he has some of his own little habits, which is also human nature.
I heard that Pei Zhishuo doesn't like girls waiting to be married, and prefers the charming young women who have been married.
But this is just hearsay, and Pei Zhishuo has not caused any lawsuits in these years, so the emperor thought it was a rumor!
But today, seeing the attitude of Jiang Xinyue and her sister towards Pei Zhishuo, he felt that perhaps the rumors were not groundless.
"Your Majesty knows that the Pei family wants to propose to my sister?"
Her fox-like smart eyes turned: "The Pei family has a strong background, and Pei Zhishuo is one of the eight talents in the capital. He has worked in the Ministry of Rites at a young age. The emperor said that he is not worthy of my sister. Is there any inside information?"
"Bang!"
"Ouch~"
The forehead was hit heavily by the emperor, making a sound of a head burst. Jiang Xinyue covered her red forehead: "Shen... Emperor! It hurts!"
"Who told you to test me again and again?"
Emperor Xuanwu pushed her little head away, "Just ask whatever you want to ask, and say whatever you want to say. Why do you always beat around the bush to test me?"
Jiang Xinyue pouted and glared at him: "Your Majesty, are you saying that Pei Zhishuo has bad behavior?"
If the emperor also knew about Pei Zhishuo's shameful habit, she believed that the emperor would not push Jiang Xinyan into the fire pit.
"There are some rumors."
He picked up a piece of chicken and put it in Jiang Xinyue's bowl: "So Yue'er, next time you see him, remember to stay away from him and don't let him get entangled with your sister."
Are you afraid that the shameless guy will get entangled with the Royal Concubine?
"What rumors? Your Majesty, tell me more, my sister wants to hear it."
"Puff! Cough cough cough cough..."
Jiang Xinyan: I'm not! I didn't! Don't talk nonsense!
Jiang Xinyan, who was madly denying in her heart, nodded stiffly when she saw the emperor's eyes looking at her: "Yes, Your Majesty's brother-in-law, can you tell me in detail?"
The emperor was touched by the cute way the two sisters sang the same tune, and smiled and said: "I can't convict someone without proof, but there are risks in marrying him. Since your sister doesn't want you to take the risk, I won't let you marry someone who is not human."
Jiang Xinyan stood up and bowed sincerely on the ground: "Thank you, Your Majesty, and thank you, my sister."
If it weren't for her sister's favor, it might be hard to say whether she could escape this disaster. The emperor was so concerned about her marriage because of her sister, so she was willing to bow this time. "Didn't you just call me, the emperor's
brother-in-law?" Emperor Xuanwu rarely joked with others: "How come the Imperial Concubine is still my elder sister, but I have become a strange emperor? I still like to hear you call me brother-in-law." Jiang Xinyan laughed: "Then if Yan'er called you brother-in-law, it couldn't be in vain." "You dare to make conditions to me, little girl?" Born by the same parents, they are indeed somewhat similar in character and are both so bold. "Then Yan'er should call you the emperor, so that others won't overhear and blame Yan'er for not knowing etiquette, isn't that right, sister?" Jiang Xinyue nodded in approval: "Sister, you are very considerate, it is better to call you the emperor." "Tsk!" The emperor was ready to hit her on the head again, but when he saw her red forehead, he finally couldn't bear it and just stretched out a finger to push her forehead: "Don't talk, this is between me and my sister." Calling him the emperor was too strange, calling him the emperor's brother-in-law made him feel like they were a family, and he was recognized by Yue'er's family. He turned around and said to Jiang Xinyan: "Tell me! What are your conditions?"
"I want my elder sister and the emperor's brother-in-law to decide Yan'er's marriage, is that okay?"
She said this with some level of skill.
Putting her elder sister before the emperor, she actually wanted Jiang Xinyue to decide for her, and the emperor was just a by-product.
Everyone present was smart, and they could tell the intention behind her words. It was just that the girl didn't want to marry the wrong person, and she was planning for her own future, which was not a big deal.
Her little tricks were harmless, and the emperor could still tolerate it: "Okay, I agree."
"Thank you, the emperor's brother-in-law, the emperor's brother-in-law is so nice, no wonder my elder sister likes you so much."
This flattery was so flattering that it touched the emperor's heart, and of course he liked Jiang Xinyan more and more.
"Your Majesty, the newly appointed prefect of Chenzhou is already waiting at Jiuzhou Qingyan, you see..."
The previous prefect was corrupt, and the current prefect had just taken office. The emperor summoned him to Jiuzhou Qingyan and several ministers to understand the situation in Chenzhou.