Expensive marriage: The concubine is begging for peace again today

Chapter 369 Drinking Tea
In Lingyin Temple, Jiang Changning only stayed for an hour and a half in total, and at Xu Shang's request, he wrote a picture.

Chang Yi Xishan, in front of Lingyin Temple and behind the three pillars, on the cold spring pavilion, I used to swim in the past, and the three volts are like Qingqiu.

"Amitabha, my little friend's characters are elegant in style, majestic and subtly beautiful." Xu Shang praised.

Jiang Changning put down his pen and said with a smile: "The master is absurd."

Xu Shang said seriously: "Monks don't tell lies."

Jiang Changning didn't say anything modestly anymore, and when Master Xu led the monk to send her out of the mountain gate, she turned around and said politely: "Master, please stay, thank you for your hospitality today."

"Amitabha, little friend, take care."

Jiang Changning smiled slightly, clasped his hands together, "Take care, master, take care, masters."

The monks returned the salute, "Your Majesty, take care."

Jiang Changning left Lingyin Temple and did not rush back to the palace, but took the officials and wives to the teahouse by the West Lake.

Although she didn't need the officials and wives to accompany her to Lingyin Temple, she had to express her thanks for being accompanied.

If you want to compare West Lake to West Lake, good tea is always like a beautiful woman, so it is perfect to invite them to drink tea.

"What kind of tea do you guys want to drink?" Jiang Changning asked kindly.

"Back to your mother's words."

"You don't have to be so rigid, just relax, let's chat casually." Jiang Changning said with a pleasant smile.

Although Jiang Changning is approachable, but with her status, no one dares to be presumptuous in front of her.

I ordered three pots of tea, namely Longjing, Jingshan and Yunlu.

I ordered eight dishes for refreshment: lotus flower cake, osmanthus chestnut cake, short you cake, crispy horseshoe cake, tea cake, frozen rice candy, mincemeat cake, amber candied dates.

The refreshments were served on the table, just as beautiful as Jiang Changning remembered.

The lotus flower crisp is in the form of lotus flower, which is delicious and crispy, with a sweet taste and evocative aftertaste.

Butter cake has the reputation of the first point of Wushan, with a pointed top and a round bottom, resembling a golden mountain.

Drinking tea and eating refreshments, the officials and wives are much more relaxed than before.

This relaxation, the words rushed, and slipped out a lot of things about other people's back houses.

"The second wife of the Jiang family, the He family, is from Beijing. I heard that she used to be a girl from a wealthy family. Her family has fallen and she can only be a concubine. It's really pitiful."

"What's so pitiful about her, Mrs. Jiang has no children. She relied on giving birth to a son. The run-on Mrs. Jiang almost has no place to stand."

"She was the one who came to the tea party last time. I don't believe that Mrs. Jiang is too sick to get up."

"Speaking of the tea party, I was annoyed. It's really too much for us, the first wife, to be on the same level as her concubine."

"By the way, the last time I had an audience with the empress, she didn't come, so why didn't she come this time?"

When asked this question, other officials and wives frowned. Is this person stupid?Is it intentional?

The empress is here, how dare that Second Mrs. Jiang come?

"The Mrs. Jiang you are talking about belongs to the magistrate's family?" Jiang Changning asked.

"It belongs to the magistrate's family." An official wife who sympathized with Mrs. Jiang immediately told Jiang Changning about the Jiang family in more detail.

Mrs. Jiang married Mr. Jiang when he was young, weaving cloth for Mr. Jiang to study, and gave birth to two daughters for Mr. Jiang.

With no children under his knees, he has no confidence to stop Master Jiang from taking concubines.

But unexpectedly, Master Jiang directly married a second wife.

Although the Daqin officials and eunuchs did not have the rules for marrying equal wives, Mr. Jiang ignored the first wife and married the second wife through the door, giving him the same treatment as the first wife.

After Jiang Changning heard this, she was very angry, but she kept her face calm. She didn't think that these officials' wives were talking about the Jiang family's affairs just to fight for Mrs. Jiang's injustice.

"Master Jiang is stopping his wife and remarrying. Mrs. Jiang can sue him." Jiang Changning said lightly.

"For the sake of her two daughters, Mrs. Jiang couldn't bear to sue Master Jiang."

Jiang Changning took a cup and took a sip of the tea. The tea was slightly astringent, but it had a mellow aftertaste. When he sipped it carefully, there was a hint of bitterness.

"It's hard for an upright official to decide on housework, let alone this matter. If the people don't sue the official, let's stop talking about it." Jiang Changning glanced at the wives of the officials.

The empress didn't want to listen to the Jiang family's affairs, and the officials and wives didn't dare to disagree with her, so they talked about other things instead.

"If you want to say that the most beautiful garden in Hangzhou is the Du Family's Huifang Garden."

"That prodigal son of the Du family doesn't go into official career or business. He raises a group of literati and gentry, and hangs out in the garden all day long."

"The Du family you are talking about is the Du family in Yuhang?" Jiang Changning asked.

"Yes, it's the Du family that used to be in Bancheng."

Jiang Changning paid attention to the Du family only because her grandmother's surname was Du.

But her grandmother is not a direct line, but a side branch.

The officials and wives chattered about the Du family's affairs, and finally concluded, "The Du family has been selling their ancestral property, and sooner or later they will sell Huifang Garden."

"The Du family has been rich for a hundred years, and now there is a prodigal son, which is also the retribution of the Du family's lack of virtue." An official wife who knew the inside story said.

"How do you say that?" Jiang Changning asked.

Seeing that the empress was a bit interested, the official wife said: "I also heard from the old servant at home that the current branch is not the direct line, but the heir inherited from a side branch."

"This heir pretended to be good at the beginning, coaxing Master Du at that time to ignore his own daughter and leave all the family property to him."

"As soon as Mr. Du died, he kicked Mrs. Du out of the Du family, brought his biological parents here to live in, and changed the genealogy. He can't continue."

"It's really a wolf-hearted thing, and it eats nothing."

Jiang Changning frowned, this Du is so hateful, why didn't her grandfather take back the property for her grandmother?

Although she didn't know why her grandfather didn't help her grandma get back the family property, but now that she knew about it, she would help her grandma get back the family property, and she would never allow that prodigal son to ruin the Du family.

She made up her mind, but said nothing.

After sitting in the teahouse for half an hour, listening to all kinds of gossip, Jiang Changning left and returned to the palace.

Back in the palace, as soon as Chang Youzhong saw her, he trotted over, "Your Majesty, you are finally back."

"What's wrong? Is His Majesty looking for me?"

"I'm not looking for you. I have asked eight or nine times. If you don't come back, I will have to send someone out to look for you."

Jiang Changning smiled, "I'll go see Your Majesty."

When Emperor Xuanzhi saw her coming in, he threw away the book in his hand, and said bitterly: "My lady has been away for a whole day, and I really enjoyed myself so much that I forgot to return. I don't remember that there are still people waiting at home."

"I didn't forget, I just went to drink tea with those officials' wives, and chatted so much that I forgot the time." Jiang Changning stepped forward to take his arm.

"What are you talking about so speculatively?" Emperor Xuanzhi asked with a smile.

"It's not speculation, I just found out about an old incident." Jiang Changning smiled, "It's about my grandmother's natal family."

"what happened?"

Jiang Changning said simply, "I want to take back the Du family's property."

"You can do it freely, you need manpower, let Cao Jiang arrange it."

Jiang Changning didn't thank him verbally, but sent a kiss, and Emperor Xuanzhi seized the opportunity to deepen the kiss.

(End of this chapter)