No. 1 Girl in the Imperial City

Chapter 534 Stop Wife and Remarry?

In the hall, the atmosphere was a little gloomy.

It's not heavy, but it's definitely not the atmosphere that welcomes the hero who has been away for many years.

Han stood timidly behind Jiang Guanmu, holding her son Jiang Chao by the hand.

Jiang Guanmu hugged his youngest daughter, Jiang Qin, and the four of them stood together, as if they were the real family, distinct from the mother and son opposite.

This scene made Jiang Che's eyes turn red with anger.

But he remembered his mother's words, so he could only grit his teeth to prevent himself from cursing again.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou calmly looked at her husband and the woman he brought back, as well as the children he had with other women.

This is the husband she has been thinking about, working hard for him, taking care of the marquis mansion for him, raising a son for him and supporting his parents.

Jiang Guanmu knew he was wrong, and said in a low voice: "Ma'am, I haven't told you about this, it's all my fault, don't blame their mother and son."

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said indifferently: "Master Hou, let Miss Han and the two children go to the guest house to rest first, and let's talk about the rest."

Jiang Guanmu frowned and said, "How can they stay in the hospital?"

Mrs. Yueyang Hou raised her eyebrows and said, "Then what Hou Ye meant, where should they live?"

Jiang Guanmu was dumbfounded, the Jiang family has not yet recognized the identities of Han's mother and son, and they are outsiders in the eyes of the Jiang family.

Naturally, it is impossible to allow a few outsiders to live in the Jiang family's inner house.

As a husband, even Jiang Guanmu is the real master of the Yueyang Hou Mansion.However, Jiang Guanmu was wrong because he did not inform the family and the mistress after seven or eight years of taking concubines abroad.

The Han family doesn't even have the status of a concubine now, and the names of the two children are even more dishonest, all of this is Jiang Guanmu's fault.

Jiang Guanmu sighed, and whispered to Han Shi: "You take the child to rest first."

"Master Hou..." Han looked at Jiang Guanmu in horror.

Everything in the Hou Mansion made her feel uneasy.

Jiang Qin, who was held in his arms, also tightly hugged his father's neck, "Qin'er wants Daddy! Daddy don't chase Qin'er away!"

Jiang Guanmu quickly patted the child's vest, and coaxed him softly: "No one is driving Qin'er away, Qin'er and his brother and mother will go to rest first, and Daddy will visit you later, okay?"

A child like Jiang Qin could not listen to so much persuasion and reasoning, but he just put his arms around Jiang Guanmu's neck and refused to let go.

Jiang Guanmu reluctantly stuffed her into Han's arms, and said to Han: "I'll talk to Madam first, you take the children down first."

The Han family looked at Jiang Guanmu reluctantly, then responded with a low voice, and went out with the servants of the Jiang family with the two children.

The hall fell silent, Jiang Guanmu looked at his wife and eldest son in front of him, a trace of guilt flashed across his eyes.

"Madam, Ah Che..."

Jiang Che blocked his mother with red eyes, staring at Jiang Guanmu.

Seeing his son's appearance, Jiang Guanmu felt uncomfortable.

"Ah Che, I am your father, I will not hurt your mother."

Jiang Che said: "I wish you were not, you have already hurt my mother! Take the mother and child and go back to Yanzhou, we don't need you!"

"presumptuous!"

"Ache!" Mrs. Yueyanghou said in a deep voice, "Ache, you go out first, mother will talk to your father, don't forget what mother told you."

Jiang Che turned his head to look at his mother, met Mrs. Yueyang Hou's firm eyes, nodded, turned and walked out.

Seeing her son walk out of the door, Mrs. Yueyang Hou's expression became indifferent, "What do you want, Lord Hou, to bring the three of them back now?"

Jiang Guanmu said in a low voice: "Madam, Xi'er...Han's family background is not good, she has a sensitive temper, don't take it to heart."

Mrs. Yueyang Hou smiled lightly and said: "I'm asking, how will Master Hou plan to arrange their mother and son? Since Master Hou has taken her in outside, even if he didn't inform the family, it's not a big deal. But I don't know, when I became that jealous person in Master Hou's heart, Master Hou has someone outside, even has a child, but he didn't even write a letter to tell the family."

Jiang Guanmu lowered his head in shame, "Ma'am, I didn't mean that, I know you are not such a person."

"So, is Lord Hou ready?" Madam Yueyang Hou asked.

Jiang Guanmu looked at Madam Yueyanghou's indifferent expression, and a pang of remorse suddenly rose in his heart.

He has already forgotten why he was obsessed with ghosts and didn't tell his wife about Han Shi.

But now, Jiang Guanmu knew that he had missed the best opportunity.

Jiang Guanmu was silent for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Xi'er has been with me at the border for so many years, and has given birth to two children. I can't leave her alone, madam...I want to marry her in."

A trace of sadness and sarcasm flashed in Madam Yueyang Hou's eyes, and then disappeared soon.

She sneered, "Marry? Okay, please trouble Master Hou to write a divorce document for my concubine."

Yue Yanghou's face suddenly changed, "Ma'am, what do you mean?"

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said coldly: "Master Hou has been in Yanzhou for many years. Not only did he forget about his wife and children, but also the law of Dasheng? May I ask Master Hou, what do you use to marry her?" "

Jiang Guanmu remained silent, of course he knew that it was impossible to marry the Han family in an open and above board manner.

If he really dared to stop his wife and remarry, not to mention how the Dasheng law dealt with him, the powerful and noble families of Shangyong would not be able to tolerate the Jiang family.

Regardless of how rich and wealthy these high-ranking and powerful families are, with their wives and concubines, there are some obvious rules that cannot be broken.

Jiang Guanmu sighed, and said in a low voice: "I understand Madam's meaning, I think there will be rewards from the court when I return to Beijing this time. I think, use these rewards to change the status of imperial order for the Han family. In this way, she and her two children , it will be better in the future."

Jiang Guanmu knew from the attitude of the regent princess in Yanzhou before that it was impossible to ask the court to approve him to marry the Han family as his equal wife.

Then I can only settle for the next best thing, and ask for the status of a third- and fourth-rank imperial wife for the Han family.

There is a precedent for the concubine to seal the imperial order.

There was a son from a concubine in the previous dynasty, and after he rose to the top, he asked for an imperial order for his mother.

There have also been powerful dignitaries who sought imperial orders for their concubines.

Of course, it is impossible for this order to be at the same level as the main room.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou is a first-rank imperial wife, and Jiang Guanmu wants to find a fourth-rank imperial wife for the Han family.

This is also a good deal for the imperial court. After all, the salary that a fourth-rank wife can get in her lifetime is probably not as good as the reward he may get once.

"Master Hou is so affectionate." Mrs. Yueyang Hou said with a bit of sarcasm.

Jiang Guanmu knew that she was mocking him, so he couldn't help frowning slightly.

"Ma'am, I was at fault for this matter. Otherwise... tell me how I should make amends? However, the Han family must come in."

Mrs. Yueyang Hou's lips curled into a cold smile and said: "Master Hou wants me to tell?"

"Yes, as long as you tell me, I will try my best to do it."

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said: "Okay, as long as Lord Hou can do three things, even if you really want to marry the Han family, I don't care."

Jiang Guanmu was overjoyed, and a smile appeared on his face, "Madam, tell me."

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said: "First, you and I, from now on, marriage between a man and a woman has nothing to do with each other." The smile on Jiang Guanmu's face froze, and he looked at his wife sitting in front of him in astonishment.

Mrs. Yueyanghou didn't care what his expression was, and continued: "Secondly, you can't exchange the merits of these years for the Han family. I want you to ask the regent to let the title of Yueyanghoufu be inherited for another generation."

"Thirdly, pass the title to Ah Che now. You and the Han family will move out of the Yueyang Hou Mansion and live in the Jiang family's house in Shangyong. The Han family and her children are not allowed to enter the palace without Ah Che's consent." Yueyang Marquis Mansion."

"Are you crazy?!" Jiang Guanmu couldn't help but said.

Before he finished speaking, he remembered that his wife's words seemed familiar, and he had heard it not long ago.

"You...what did the princess regent tell you?" Jiang Guanmu said in a deep voice.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou gave him a strange look and asked, "What do you think the regent princess will say to me?"

Jiang Guanmu was choked, unable to speak for a while.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said: "Master Hou thinks that I shouldn't think about myself and Ah Che? If I do something unexpected, I will be instigated by someone? You still think that the person who instigated me is the regent Princess? Do you dare to say this in front of the regent and court ministers?"

Jiang Guanmu naturally didn't dare, even if it was wrong for the princess regent to stir up other families, his mistakes were obviously more obvious.

If he dared to make a scene in the court, others would at most say that the regent princess was young and ignorant, causing other people's husbands and wives to quarrel, and he would probably face the impeachment of countless people.

As a general, Jiang Guanmu didn't want to provoke those censor officials.

Mrs. Yueyanghou said calmly: "The princess did tell me something. Two days ago I visited the Prince Regent's mansion, and the princess told me that Master Hou brought back a surprise for Ah Che and me."

The princess regent did not write too many things in the letter sent to her by someone from Yanzhou, she just told her the truth.

At most, it just hinted to her that she should not indulge in the deteriorating relationship between husband and wife, and that Ah Che was the most important thing.

For this, Mrs. Yueyang Hou was very grateful.

She really didn't dare to imagine that if she brought Ah Che to welcome Jiang Guanmu back with joy without knowing it.What kind of blow does her Ah Che face when she sees her father like this?

Jiang Guanmu got up and said, "Madam is still angry, let's have a good rest first. Let's talk after you calm down."

Having said that, Jiang Guanmu turned around to leave, Madam Yueyanghou said coldly: "You have no other way to go, if you don't agree...as long as I live for a day, the Han family and those two children will not be able to enter the door, they are only worthy of being A dark outer room and outer room."

Jiang Guanmu's face was a little ugly, "What if I have to take them in?"

Mrs. Yueyang Hou looked at him indifferently, and said: "Then I will go to Jing Zhaoyin to beat the drums. I would like to ask Jing Zhaoyin, what is the idea of ​​Marquis marrying a daughter of a sinner in private. Your precious twins have been talked about all their lives, what kind of a mother is your own mother. Please go!"

Although Jiang Guanmu didn't have an official matchmaker to hold the wedding, he treated the Han family with the courtesy of a royal family in Yanzhou, and everyone in Yanzhou official circles knew it.If Mrs. Yueyanghou insisted on being serious, it would be enough to be charged with stopping his wife and remarrying.

"You!" Jiang Guanmu said angrily, "Don't you think about Ah Che?"

Such a fuss is nothing but a lose-lose situation.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said indifferently: "I was thinking about Ah Che. Ah Che hadn't seen his father very much in these years, and he has grown up to this age. In this case, Lord Hou will give him what should belong to him. It's the concubine who dotes on you, Ache won't bother you."

"Ache is also my son!" Jiang Guanmu said angrily.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said: "I didn't say no, and I didn't let Ah Che deny you as a father."

Jiang Guanmu faintly felt a little headache, "You know very well that it is impossible for Chao'er to grab anything from Ah Che."

Gao Zu expressly promulgated the decree that the concubine will never inherit the family business beyond the legitimate son.

Even if this decree may change in the future, it will definitely not be now, or even during the last one or two generations of emperors.

"So what's the problem with Lord Hou moving out now?" Mrs. Yueyang Hou frowned, as if she didn't understand why Jiang Guanmu was entangled with herself on this issue.

Jiang Guanmu was happy, this is naturally different.

He is now in his prime, if he gives up this court award, he also gives up his title.It meant that he was only a deputy commander of the Yanzhou Army from now on. When he returned to the capital, he would be at most a deputy commander of one of the four battalions of the Wuwei Army according to his rank, and the highest was no more than the fourth rank.

The son is a Marquis of the first rank, and the father is a general of the fourth rank?

Jiang Guanmu is not stupid, and he also knows that after this incident, if there is no special opportunity, it is unlikely that he will have a chance to be promoted in the past few years.

Jiang Guanmu collected himself, and said in a deep voice: "The elders in the clan will not agree." How old is Ah Che?How to secure the title?

Mrs. Yueyang Hou pursed her lips slightly and said, "You don't have to worry about this, the elders in the clan have already agreed."

"What?" Jiang Guanmu was taken aback, somewhat in disbelief.

Jiang's family has not had any outstanding talents since his father and several uncles left.

How could the elders...

Mrs. Yueyang Hou smiled and said: "Have you forgotten, Lord Marquis? Ache is His Majesty's companion, and now he lives in the Prince Regent's Mansion, and is taught by the Taifu and the gentlemen of the Imperial Academy together with His Majesty. Could it be that he cannot be a Marquis?"

Jiang Guanmu was silent for a long time, then he suddenly reacted and looked at his wife and said, "These...you have already thought about it before I came back?" She didn't want to refuse Han's entry at all, she wanted to drive him out together, Let his son become the master of Yueyang Hou Mansion in advance.

The elders of the Jiang family are not so easy to persuade. Now she can swear that the elders have agreed, obviously it has been arranged long ago.

With the relationship between the Regent Palace and His Majesty, the elders of the Jiang family may indeed agree.

After all, in a few years at most, Jiang Che will be able to support the door of the Yueyanghou Mansion.

"You must do this?" Jiang Guanmu looked at his wife with a complicated expression and asked.

Mrs. Yueyang Hou said: "It's okay if Master Hou is reluctant, I also hope that Ah Che can have a complete family. But I also said that as long as I live for a day, the mother and son will never take another step into Yueyang Hou! "

"As long as Master Hou steps out of this door now, I will immediately order the three of them to be driven out of Yueyang Hou's mansion. Today, Master Hou gave me a big gift, and I am not afraid of being even more ashamed."

(End of this chapter)