Marrying into a poor family

Chapter 456

The Du family hopes that Marquis Jianyong can help find the Liu family members, and preferably kill them off.

After hearing this, Mrs. Jiang just said that she would go back and tell the Marquis, and also said that she would take Huaye home to live for a while so that she could teach him some lessons.

Of course, Du's mother flatly refused, and Mrs. Jiang did not insist, so she said goodbye and left. By the time Huaye heard the news that Mrs. Jiang had left, a long time had passed.

"Where is Duo'er?" Huaye realized then that Duo'er did not come back with Mrs. Jiang.

Without Duo'er, Huaye no longer had nightmares at night, but she still fell asleep and woke up from time to time, unable to sleep for a long time, and her health was getting worse and worse.

Mrs. Jiang left the Du family and did not go home. Instead, she went to see her daughter Jiang Yue, who was the princess.

Jiang Yue and her mother talked carefully in the inner room for a long time. After seeing her mother off, the little prince came in.

"I heard my mother-in-law was coming, but why didn't I see anyone here?"

Jiang Yue smiled and said, "She just left. Mother came here to tell us something."

As she spoke, she told him about the Du family's request for Marquis Jianyong, and also said that the Du family would not release Huaye, and it was obvious that they wanted to use her as a bargaining chip to threaten Marquis Jianyong. After all, everyone knew that Marquis Jianyong loved Huaye the most.

After hearing this, the young prince pondered for a moment and stroked Jiang Yue's hair: "You don't have to envy Princess Huaye for having her father's love. I will love you in the future."

"I understand your intentions. As long as you treat me with due respect, I will definitely help you manage the backyard and never let you worry about these trivial matters."

The young prince smiled and patted Jiang Yue on the shoulder. He did have some sincerity and affection for Jiang Yue, but it was a pity that Jiang Yue was too calm.

At first, she was afraid that Jiang Yue would not be able to hold on to her position as the princess, but later she found that Jiang Yue was able to manage the concubines and other women at home very well, and everything at home was in order, and she soon suppressed the concubines. She seemed to be more interested in being a princess, and did not like to indulge in the love affair with the young prince.

However, this might be for the best. If Jiang Yue becomes as crazy as Hua Ye, the palace would be in chaos every day. After all, the young prince's woman cannot be only Princess Jiang Yue.

Afterwards, the young prince went to the palace to meet the emperor. The emperor was arguing with the ministers, so the young prince went to find Xiao Chenyu. Xiao Chenyu was writing furiously, and when he saw the young prince coming, he quickly put down his pen, stood up and saluted. The rest of the people in the room also stood up and saluted.

The young prince waved his hand, signaling everyone to go about their own business. He then waved for Xiao Chenyu to leave. The two of them found a side hall and sat down. They talked about the situation of the Du family, which happened to match the information reported by the secret guards that Xiao Chenyu had received.

The two discussed for a long time, until the emperor returned, and then they went to see the emperor.

Qin Sui knew about the Du family's affairs, but she didn't take it to heart at the moment. She just paid attention, or helped Jiang Yue do some of the things she asked, which probably played a role in fueling the flames.

The family has been preparing a banquet recently. Xiao Hanyang was chosen as the top scholar by the emperor, and there had never been a big banquet before. Now, after discussion between the emperor and Xiao Chenyu, they decided to hold a banquet and take the opportunity to see what the wind direction in the court is.

Moreover, the emperor would also take this opportunity to send a signal to the outside world that he likes scholars who are well-educated and enterprising, and that the emperor has broken away from the role of a puppet and stood up.

Those aristocratic families and high-ranking officials need to think clearly about who to rely on?
Many people began to privately calculate the development of recent events: first, the Ninth Prince, who had been silent for many years, came out and began to frequently visit the palace to meet the emperor. Secondly, the emperor began to "disobey" and fought with the Queen Mother and the Du family for several months over the young prince's marriage. In the end, the emperor won.

Immediately afterwards, the emperor reprimanded the father and son of the Du family in court, and asked them to go home to deal with their household chores. On the contrary, he did not punish Du Ziren. Logically, he should have reprimanded the father and son of the Du family, and asked Du Ziren to go home to deal with his household chores.

It can be seen that the emperor's real intention is not to marry, but to get the old man and son of the Du family back home.

Naturally, the Du family had to resist. Not only did people start to slack off at work, but official business piled up like a mountain, almost paralyzing all the government offices.

However, soon, many decrees of dismissal and promotion came down from the palace.

For a time, the top leaders of various yamen changed drastically. Those who had been dismissed were stunned, and then went to the Du family to cry and beg for solutions. Those who had been promoted with great difficulty worked as hard as if they had been injected with chicken blood, for fear that those who had been stepped on would be promoted again, and then they would have no way out.

And at this time, the low-key Xiao Chenyu was actually going to hold a grand top scholar banquet for his nephew, and invited many new officials and royal relatives.

The banquet was grand, with more people attending than the young prince's wedding.

Qin Yaozu and Liu had been helping out here for the first few days, and even stayed at the Xiao family's house last night.

The Ninth Prince, the Younger Prince, and Princess Jiang have all arrived, as have Marquis Jianyong and his wife and son.

Of course, the emperor could not come in person, but the most trusted eunuch around the emperor came to issue the decree and brought many rewards.

Su was dressed particularly formally today and sat in the host's seat. However, she was not good at speaking, so Qin Sui and Liu were the ones who entertained the female guests. Su only needed to smile.

Listening to everyone's compliments, Su felt a little dazed. At this banquet, she seemed to see the days of the past.

She had a miserable childhood, with endless work to do and a hungry stomach that was always rumbling. She could only deceive herself by drinking water desperately.

She never imagined that she would be able to live such a glorious life today.

Looking at the ladies and girls sitting around, every one of them was of noble status, but now they all had decent and gentle smiles on their faces and spoke sweet words with their cherry lips, as if Su was supposed to be one of them and she was supposed to be a wealthy person.

Mrs. Qin Si and Qin Yao also came. They sat together, not talking much, and the expressions in their eyes were different.

Of course, Qin Yao was not jealous, she was just wondering how Qin Sui and Xiao Chenyu climbed to their current positions?

Even her own brother is now helping to entertain guests, not to mention her sister-in-law who has been very close to Qin Su from the beginning. Back then, when her sister-in-law was close to Qin Su, her mother was very angry and gave her a lot of humiliation in private.

But now it seems that my brother and sister-in-law are not even a little bit inferior to Xiao Chenyu and Qin Sui.

That day, no one from the Liu family came to Sun Donghai's celebration banquet, but today, almost all of the Liu family members who could come came. Mrs. Liu, who was sitting opposite, smiled so happily and said frankly that she and the Xiao family were in-laws and the relationship between the two families had always been very good.