Sir, I just want to be a salted fish

Chapter 35 Marriage Grant
"Okay. But you have to send me a letter in advance. Otherwise, if I'm not in the house then and you can't find me, your trip will be in vain."

Jiang Shunian didn't get along with children much, but a playboy always easily got along with children.

"You come out to see me when you have time. I will take you to Kunyuan in the south of the city to watch the shadow puppet show, and you can also go to Xu Ji in Tongluo Lane to eat sauce elbow."

The four little ones were immediately impressed by Jiang Shunian's behavior strategy of eating, playing, and entertaining his future brother-in-law, and they put all the temptations of the honey trap behind them.

Yuan Hao was the first to be captured. He wished that his eldest cousin would get married to Brother Jiang as soon as possible. Then he would have a reason to live in Brother Jiang's yard and go out to eat delicious food and have fun every day. That would be so beautiful every day!
Seeing that the carriage was about to arrive in front of the Rongguo Duke's mansion, the little ones said goodbye to Jiang Shunian and thanked him for escorting them.

"Brother Jiang, please don't break your promise. We will come and play with you when we have time."

"Okay, let's high-five and agree." This is how the friendship between the man and the little boys was established.

Seeing Jiang Shunian about to get off the carriage, Tang Wenzhu said, "Brother Jiang, my eldest sister's maid Zhidong, her cooking and snacks are very delicious. Next time we will bring some delicious snacks for you to eat."

"Okay, I'll wait. Don't break your promise either."

The four little ones returned home today without any danger. They originally thought they had escaped disaster, but they didn't know that they were reported by their husbands to Duke Rong for skipping school in the afternoon. The elders had been preparing a meal of fried pork on bamboo boards for a long time.

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The news of the marriage between Duke Rongguo and Marquis Yongning spread in Kyoto for a day, and all the masters in the imperial city also knew about it.

After the morning court session the next day, the Holy Emperor summoned Duke Rong Tang Jingyan and Duke Zheng Bin of Qi to meet them in the imperial study.

After the monarch and his ministers discussed state affairs, the emperor was in a good mood and said, "Cousin, I heard that the eldest daughter of your family is engaged to the third son of the Marquis Yongning family. Is this the case?"

However, a child's marriage caused an uproar in Kyoto. If there had not been someone who deliberately guided it, I am afraid it would not have spread to the palace so quickly, and even the Holy Emperor would have heard about it.

Duke Guo of Qi stood aside, not interested in anything but watching the show.

"Back to the emperor, this is indeed the case." Rong Guogong felt that since the rumors in Kyoto were flying all over the sky and getting more and more distorted, he might as well take this opportunity to clarify the reason.

"I and Marquis Yongning were drinking in a restaurant the day before yesterday. We were happy and had a few more drinks. We accidentally leaked the news of our marriage in advance."

Duke Rong Guo said with a bit of shock on his face when he said this, "The news spread yesterday and caused quite an uproar. My mother already taught me a lesson when she found out."

The emperor smiled unkindly as he thought of the scene in which the thirty-year-old Duke Rong Guo was obediently being scolded by his mother.

Fu Ling was reminded of what happened when he was young and studying, "My cousin is not young now, but she still beats you with a feather duster like she did when she was a child?"

Tang Jingyan used the tacit understanding in his eyes that he had cultivated with the emperor since he was a child, "Your Majesty, no matter how hard things are, we are still the good brothers we once were!"

Rong Guo Gong glanced at Qi Guo Gong with a serious expression, "My mother has always been gentle and demure, she just lectured me with words."

The emperor saw that Tang Jingyan's disguise was not revealed, and he cleared his throat twice with a snort, "I heard that the eldest daughter of your family is very good-looking and talented, and she has the same style as my cousin. I also wanted to summon the Queen Mother to have a look on her birthday, and it happened that the prince The second prince and the second prince don’t have a main concubine yet.”

Duke Rong Guo is one of his own, and of course the emperor does not want Duke Rong Guo to get married to the prince. He just takes the opportunity to raise Tang Bingxuan's worth and sell favors to his brother; of course, there is also a little bit of temptation.

"Thank you for the emperor's appreciation of my daughter. I dare not deceive the emperor. The reason why I got married to the Yongning Marquis Mansion is because this is the marriage contract made by my father and Jiang Laohou in the early years." Rong Guogong briefly told the story of that year. The origin of the marriage contract and the many considerations of the Duke's Palace were carefully explained to the emperor and Duke Qi who was watching the theater. I believe that after today, all the rumors about the marriage between the two houses will be self-explanatory.

Neither the emperor nor Duke Qi expected that the marriage between the two families would come about like this. After all, Tang Bingxuan and Jiang Shunian were not considered a good match in the eyes of the world.

The marriage contract made more than thirty years ago involved a life-saving grace. The Duke of Rongguo loved his daughter, so it was understandable that he had many considerations.

The emperor was even more impressed when he heard that Tang Bingxuan took the initiative to request the fulfillment of the engagement, "Miss Tang is a righteous lady and couldn't bear that her grandfather became a treacherous person, so she took the initiative to accept the engagement. This trip is commendable!"

My cousin must have been such a loving woman back then, which is why my father never forgot her, but he couldn't bear to imprison her in the imperial city.

"I would like to thank the Emperor for your praise on behalf of my little daughter."

"Cousin, this marriage represents the continuation of the friendship between my cousin and the old Marquis Yongning. It would be better if I decreed a marriage between them, which would be considered a good story."

The more the emperor thought about it, the more he felt that this was the best way to deter those who would make trouble out of nothing.

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The emperor and Duke Rong and his ministers answered each other's questions and defined this incident, which caused rumors in Kyoto, as a good story.

The Duke of Qi had been silent until now, but now he spoke out: "Your Majesty, please go to the Yongning Marquis Mansion to read out the imperial edict of marriage."

The Marquis of Yongning, Jiang Feng, and the Duke of Qi, Zheng Bin, were also young. Compared to the emperor and Rong Guo Gong, who had mixed upbringings in their identities, Jiang Feng and Zheng Bin had always been good brothers who only had personal relationships.

"Zheng Aiqing also wants to be happy, very good!" The emperor agreed happily.

After the Duke of Qi took the marriage decree and read it out at Yongninghou Mansion, he patted his old friend on the shoulder and felt happy for him.

After the death of Lord Jiang and the whole family, the Yongning Marquis Mansion was far away from the center of power and was already in decline. Of course, it was not easily affected by the struggle for imperial power.

However, after getting married to Duke Rongguo, the two families were related by marriage, which was an added boost.

Everyone in the Yongning Marquis Mansion was already envious of the marriage between Jiang Shunian and the eldest daughter of the Duke of Rongguo Mansion, but now that the Holy One has given them a marriage, they are so envious that they are almost filled with envy, especially Aunt Zhao and her daughter.

"Mom, how could the third brother, who is so incompetent, be able to marry a young lady from the Duke's Palace? The Holy Father granted him a marriage. He is so glorious now. I don't know how grand and honorable it will be when we get married."

Jiang Tian is the only young lady in the Yongning Hou Mansion. Even though she is a concubine, her legitimate mother Qiao is kind and does not care about her. Her daily food and clothing expenses are similar to those of her legitimate daughter, but she can't help but be jealous.

"Mom didn't know about the engagement between the two families in advance. If she had known earlier, I would have asked your father to arrange a betrothal for you or Shutao to the Duke's Mansion." Aunt Zhao looked regretful.

It's obvious that his cousin's heart is with him now, but he respects his legitimate wife so much that even his useless legitimate son can get such a good marriage.

Mr. Jiang is already in his forties. Although he likes his cousin's gentleness and young body, the family education he has received since childhood is deeply rooted in his bones and he cannot do the ridiculous thing of spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife.

(End of this chapter)