Chapter 231 Mother and Son
Mrs. Fang had no choice but to touch Jiang Xian, so she touched her head lovingly and told Baijie that the lover would serve her well, let her rest early and not eat randomly, and then she returned to her residence.
The betrothal gifts sent by the Li family include gold, silver and jewelry. The quilts are to be taken by Jiang Xian, and the betrothal gifts are collected by Jiang Xian, while the wedding cakes and Xiguo are to be delivered to the woman's relatives before getting married. In addition to registering gold, silver and jewelry, etc. and putting them together with Jiang Xian's dowry, Mrs. Fang also had to put the betrothal gifts in the warehouse and arranged for someone to send the wedding cakes, Xiguo and others to the capital overnight. She was busy until the lanterns were held, and she also held a banquet in the flower hall to entertain Mrs. Qi, thanking her for helping the Li family's hiring for the past two days. When the banquet ended, the sound of drums from the second update was faintly heard outside.
Mrs. Fang dragged her tired body to wash up on the grass. Just as she was about to rest, Jiang Lu came over.
The male guest from the Li family was hosted by Jiang Lu.
Mrs. Fang was afraid that something would happen to him, so she changed her clothes again and prepared to go to the hall to meet Jiang Lu.
Jiang Lu asked the maid to bring in: "You have been busy for a day today and it's very hard. My son is not an outsider, so don't bother."
Mrs. Fang was indeed tired, so she tied a piece of half-arm, put on a half-new one, and went to the banquet room.
Although Jiang Lu was wearing a daily Taoist robe, cleansed her face and combed her hair, her face turned slightly red and she still smelled of alcohol on her body, so she obviously drank a lot.
He asked Mrs. Fang to sit down on the big kang next to the window, and asked the little maid to take a beauty and smiled and said, "Mom, will I beat you with your legs?"
"No, no." Mrs. Fang felt heartbroken by her son and hurriedly said, "You have been tired for a day too. If your father is not here, they have poured you wine? Have you drunk sober soup? Are there any discomforts?"
"I'm so old and I know how to take care of myself." Jiang Lu insisted on pounding her mother's legs.
The son was filial, and Mrs. Fang didn't stop him. She asked the little maid to take the pillow and leaned down there and talked to Jiang Lu: "Why are you here at this time? But what's wrong?"
"It's nothing, I just want to talk to you." Jiang Lu smiled. "Jin Haitao, who came to the betrothal gift on behalf of the Li family today. He was so busy, I didn't expect that he would come in person, so I accompanied him to drink several glasses of wine. The Jin family sent Jin Xiao to Beijing to want to marry our family. As a result, Jin Xiao was defeated, and Jin Haitao was willing to be a matchmaker for Li Qian. No matter what he thought in his heart, at least he could still take a big face and was also a character."
Mrs. Fang sneered and said, "How old are you? You dare to evaluate Jin Haitao? You are not afraid of the strong wind flashing your tongue."
"Aren't I in front of you?" Jiang Lu laughed disapprovingly.
Mrs. Fang remembered Jiang Xian, and couldn't help but touch Jiang Lu's head, and laughed and said, "You brother and sister are the same."
"In other words, I'm pretty good too!" Jiang Lu acted coquettishly in front of his mother, teasing her mother for a while, and then said, "Jin Xiao also came with his father and brought the two sons of the Shao family, the general general of Yulin, here."
Jiang Lu thought of Jin Xiao taking advantage of Jin Haitao's opportunity to go to the official room to pull himself aside, and looked at him with a look and said, "Brother Alu, don't be angry with me! If I hadn't taken action for justice, how could Li Qian have been able to hold the beauty back? How could Princess Jianan get what she wished? Look, I've done good deeds kindly, so don't take the past to heart!"
He had no choice but to nod.
Who knew that Jin Xiao beat a snake and followed the stick and immediately said, "Then I will go to Beijing to play with you later!"
He also introduced the Shaw Brothers to him.
Shao Jiang, the eldest son of the Shao family, is a mature and steadfast person, but his second son Shao Yang is obviously a playboy. He acts impetuously and speaks exaggeratedly, and even asks Jiang Lu to help him find a wife in the capital.
Only then did he realize that Jin Haitao had already made plans for Jin Xiao’s marriage, and wanted to help his second son Jincheng find a more prominent wife in the capital.
He couldn't help but say to Mrs. Fang: "It seems that the Jin family has not been having a good life in the past few years."
"Of course!" Mrs. Fang said casually, "The Jin family has been in Taiyuan for a long time, and the court is also afraid of the officials from Beijing who are far away from foreign ministers. They are always half a beat slow in the news in Beijing. When Emperor Xiaozong was in office, it was okay. As long as you do what you should do, every exam every three years and every nine years, you can be promoted steadily. But when the late emperor was in power, Concubine Qin likes to be lively. The last emperor has a small banquet every three days and a big banquet every five days, and the upper and lower banquets are effective. This trend gradually changes, and some people have become popular overnight because of their favor. When Empress Dowager Cao is regent, they can't stop it. The first person who is responsible for the civil servants and generals who have served in the border village for a long time are the civil servants and generals.
"The journey is long, and I only went to Beijing to report my duties once every three years. Often, the officials of the Ministry of Personnel have changed a lot. When I came to the Ministry of Personnel to report, those responsible for verifying you did not know who you are. The people below were at the top of their achievements, and they made mistakes. After many twists and turns, it would not work to transfer them back based on their political achievements. They had to follow the path of Beijing officials. The soldiers guarding the Nine Borders suffered more losses than civil officials. At least those civil officials had a few mentors of the same year, but they didn't know any of the soldiers on the Nine Borders. The officials of the Nine Borders were all civil officials, and they couldn't even give them gifts. And every time the Beijing city deducted their military pay or equipment. This is what killed people when fighting a war...
"How come the Jin family is not difficult?
"Or why would your father catch Datong, Xuanfu and Jizhen?
"I'm afraid they'll ruin these three places too.
"What should I do if the guards in the capital then?
"When the Jin family sent Jin Xiao to the capital, your father said that unless your sister liked it, the Jiang family would not be able to marry the Jin family. Otherwise, the Jin family and the Shao family would be in-laws. If they were tied to our Jiang family, the emperor would be afraid that they would wake up in the middle of the night.
"If Jin Haitao is really smart, he should let his eldest son marry a wife with an average family, second son or third son, and fourth son marry a nobleman in the capital. This will not only reassure the emperor, but also get the support of his in-laws, and whether there is any mutual assistance with the capital."
When Jiang Lu heard this, he couldn't help but give his mother a thumbs up and said, "Mom, you are so good! Who said you only know how to deal with the trivial matters at home? I think you are a female Zhuge!"
"Don't be fooled by me!" Mrs. Fang smiled, "Do you think the trivial matters at home are not important! Without me, I will help you with those trivial matters, what do you eat and drink, will you drink sober up when you are drunk?" Then she taught her son a lesson, "You can't underestimate your wife because of this in the future. There are men and women in this world, so you let your men make achievements outside and let us women have children at home. This is what Taoism calls the balance of yin and yang. If the yin and yang are unbalanced, wouldn't it be a mess..."
Jiang Lu begged for mercy repeatedly: "Mom, I understand. I will never dare to say that you are doing trivial matters again!"
Mrs. Fang looked at her son's missed the battle, and she couldn't say anything more, so she just urged him to go and rest quickly.
Jiang Lu was a little tired of making such a fuss in front of her mother. She handed the beauty to the little maid who served beside her and got up to go back to the room.
After walking a few steps, Mrs. Fang called out and said, "You take time to go to the Li family tomorrow and say I want to see Li Qian."
Jiang Lu was quite surprised and said, "What are you asking him for? Do you want me to do it for you?"
"It's a wedding." Mrs. Fang smiled, "I told you that I was afraid that your message would be missed, so you might as well call him over."
Jiang Ludi replied well and then returned to the room.
Dear friends, today's update!
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Chapter completed!