Chapter 16 Uncle and Sister-in-law of the Jiang Family
Perhaps because there was no one around, Jiang's voice sounded murderous.
Mother Yuan's heart suddenly trembled, and she walked forward and asked, "Madam, what happened?"
Jiang recounted what Marquis Yongyi had said to her, a sneer playing on her lips: "Such a person, if you keep him around for one more day, you will be more worried and in danger."
They are not of the same mind. If Xie Rongying knew more about the things happening in the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, it would only be bad for the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion.
How could Jiang have imagined that the wife she married for her son would become a sharp blade that would backfire on her?
Madam Yuan glanced around and, after confirming that no one was around, she whispered, "I understand what Madam means, but if you want to kill the young lady, and it has nothing to do with our mansion, and you still want to refuse to return the young lady's dowry, it will be difficult to deal with."
Jiang's eyes half closed. "But this trouble is indeed very difficult. If they can collude with Zhou, it's obvious that they want to deal with me. How can I leave this trouble behind?"
After he finished speaking, the hall became eerily quiet.
After a moment, Jiang looked up at Mother Yuan and chuckled, "Tell me, if Xie Rongying made a mistake and lost her life, would the Xie family ask us for the dowry?"
How could Mother Yuan not understand what Mrs. Jiang meant?
She responded in a low voice, "That depends on what wrong the young lady has done. If she has committed something that is unforgivable, how could the Xie family have the nerve to openly ask our mansion for a dowry? They should be eager to give us more money so that our mansion can cover up the mistakes made by the eldest daughter of the Xie family."
Mrs. Jiang smiled and stood up. Mother Yuan came forward to support her, and the master and servant walked out of the hall.
Jiang said, "You're right. Instead of worrying about the Xie family returning the dowry to the Marquis' Mansion, it's better to prevent them from even having the opportunity to ask for it."
"In that case, Madam, you must make careful plans." Madam Yuan reminded: "Although the young lady has only been married into the Marquis' Mansion for a short time, the few times I have met her have made me feel that she is a little too deep."
"Of course we have to plan it carefully." Jiang sneered: "For family matters like this, we need the help of our own family. After all, it won't be good for Junyi if the news gets out."
"Madam is right." Mother Yuan agreed.
After Jiang and Madam Yuan left the hall, she slowed down her pace and said, "It's been a while since I've seen my sister-in-law. Take my visiting card and ask her to come to the Marquis' Mansion. Tell her that I have something to discuss with her."
"I will go right away."
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In March, the grass is green and the birds are singing. Since the weather in Bianjing has warmed up, the chilly feeling is gone even when there is a drizzle.
On March 19th, the sky cleared up and Bianjing became even warmer as the sun rose.
The maids in the Marquis Yongyi's mansion had taken off their heavy padded jackets and put on light dresses, and were wandering busily in the front yard of the mansion.
East Garden, wing rooms.
Cuizhi carried the brocade clothes that the Xie family had just sent and walked into the wing room and said, "Young Madam, these sets of clothes made of Song brocade this year are really beautiful."
When Cuizhi walked into the inner room, she saw Yunniang dressing Xie Rongying and continued, "Especially this bright green robe. The young lady should wear it when she goes to meet the young marquis's aunt."
As she spoke, Xie Rongying had already stood up and looked at the clothes spread out on the round pear blossom table. She asked Yunniang, "How many people from the Jiang family came today?"
"There's only Madam Jiang, Sixth Master Jiang, and the second daughter of the Jiang family."
Xie Rongying smiled upon hearing this, her eyes fixed on the bright green outer robe, her fingertips gently touching it, her eyebrows raised slightly as she spoke meaningfully, "Sixth Master Jiang is here."
Xie Rongying is no stranger to the Jiang family.
In her previous life, in order to please the Jiang family and make them satisfied, she got to know everyone in the Jiang family so that she could give gifts according to everyone's preferences during festivals.
I was even more impressed by Mr. Jiang Liu.
He appears to be a modest gentleman, but in fact he is extremely cruel. His four wives all died at his hands. The Jiang family has put a lot of effort into silencing these four families.
Later, the Jiang family no longer sought wives for Mr. Jiang Liu, but Mr. Jiang Liu still had concubines in his backyard.
It is said that one or two corpses are carried out from Mr. Jiang Liu's yard every month.
Once she learned from Jiang that the women who were carried out every month were killed by Mr. Jiang Liu.
Although I had heard of many dirty things happening in the harem at that time, it was still too shocking to see someone like Mr. Jiang Liu causing a death.
"After the Marquis and his wife left the East Garden, Madam Jiang came to the mansion the next day. Only seven or eight days later, someone from the Jiang family has come again." Yunniang was also puzzled. "I heard that Madam really disliked Zhou, the Marquis's wife. I never expected that Madam would shake hands with Zhou and host the Jiang family today."
Xie Rongying smiled and said, "There are no eternal enemies in this world. If our interests align, we will unite against the outside world."
"Unite against the enemy?" Cuizhi asked, confused. "Who do Madam and Zhou want to deal with?"
Xie Rongying and Yunniang exchanged a glance, and the master and servant chuckled silently. Yunniang then changed the subject: "Young lady, wear this today. Put away the others."
Cuizhi smiled and nodded, then quickly put away the other clothes.
"Miss, I'm afraid Madam has bad intentions," Yunniang said worriedly. "Since we know why Madam went to the Xie family to propose marriage, and we haven't been able to gain any benefits from you, young lady, we will definitely not give up."
Xie Rongying chuckled: "It's no problem. If the enemy comes, we will stop him; if the water comes, we will block it with earth."
Yunniang sighed. Ever since Marquis Yongyi and his wife failed to get the benefits they wanted from their daughter in Dongyuan, the situation has been unusually quiet recently. It was so quiet that she thought Marquis Yongyi and Jiang were secretly trying to find a way to fill the deficit in the Marquis' Mansion.
However, apart from the 200,000 taels contributed by the second and third wives, neither Jiang nor Marquis Yongyi took any other action.
This shows that Jiang and Marquis Yongyi’s target is still Xie Rongying’s dowry.
After all, since they have entered the gate of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, the Yongyi Marquis and his wife will not miss out on this dowry that can easily fill the deficit of the Marquis' Mansion.
The beginning of the Wei hour.
Xie Rongying took Yunniang, Cuizhi and four maids to the front yard.
The Jiang family is holding a family dinner today. As a new bride, Xie Rongying must get to know her mother-in-law's relatives.
When they arrived at the front yard, the hall was not as lively as Xie Rongying had imagined. There were only the few people that Yunniang had just mentioned. This was supposed to be a banquet for the female relatives, but a foreign man came.
As a result, Xie Rongying became more vigilant.
There was some conversation in the hall, but after Xie Rongying came, it became quiet instantly, and all eyes fell on Xie Rongying.
Xie Rongying walked to the center of the hall and bowed to Jiang: "Daughter-in-law greets mother."
Jiang smiled and said, "Rongying, this is your aunt. You only met her briefly on the day you married Junyi. I wonder if you still remember her."
"Hello, aunt." Xie Rongying bowed to Mrs. Jiang Wang again. When she raised her eyes, she felt an overly presumptuous gaze, and she looked in the direction of that gaze.
A man in a moon-white brocade robe looked at her as if she were an object.
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