klisemfg Chapter 973 Chapter 973
Chapter 973 Chapter 973
Pan Xi raised her head and whispered, "Miss, you have seen the general's attitude towards the eldest daughter these days. She did the pig cage thing. If this marriage had not been approved by the palace, do you think the general, no matter how much he loves his daughter, would keep a daughter who brought disgrace to the Jin family?"
this--
Jin Qi thought about it and sighed.
"Get up and talk."
Pan Xi knew that what he said had touched Jin Qi, and he immediately kowtowed, "I have neglected the young lady these past two days, and my service was not as good as Xianglian's. I was wrong, and I should kneel down to apologize to the young lady."
"stand up!"
Jin Qi said unhappily, "I'm not the eldest sister, so you should get up when I tell you to."
Yes!
After bowing and expressing his gratitude, Pan Xi stood up and stood in front of Jin Qi, with a plan in mind.
Although the seventh girl in front of him is stupid, fortunately she has a clean background and no parents. She has been relying on the general for her survival from the beginning to the end.
If that's the case, he's an easy person to control.
It would be impossible for Pan Xi, a maid whose virginity had been deflowered, to achieve anything again. But if Jin Qi could make the leap, she would be able to leave this mansion and stay away from Jin Fuyun in the future, which might not be a bad thing.
The maids beat and scolded her, and she felt frustrated and helpless.
But after crying, she thought again, yes! If she was a favorite of the master, she would have been able to capture him easily in the past. The main reason was that the master was not as cruel as Jin Fuyun. She, Pan Xi, had also experienced many hardships, so how could she not make a name for herself?
After careful consideration, I came up with a rough plan.
Jin Qi shook his head, "I know my elder sister's reputation is ruined, but her reputation is not ruined for others, but for Prince Yong. The two of them already have an engagement, and it's not a good idea to have a wedding night in advance, but we can cover it up a bit, and after the wedding in the future, maybe it can be said to be a good thing."
"The girl is thinking about something else."
Pan Xi said bluntly, "I can't say for sure what Prince Yong thought of the eldest girl in the past, but I'm afraid that the current Prince only feels disgust towards this unmarried wife."
"The prince doesn't like his elder sister?"
Pan Xi shook her head, "If you were a gentleman, would you be happy with a young lady?"
this--
Jin Qi hesitated, "As for me, my elder sister is smart and capable, and she is also very resourceful. If she were a man, I'm afraid he would not dare to marry such a capable woman."
"The prince is noble, and I think he is a smart man, but——"
Pan Xi thought of how Prince Yong had saved her at the Huang family's birthday banquet, and couldn't help but lean towards He Jiang. "Such a noble and intelligent man would never like a young lady to plot against him by harboring another man in her heart."
"This... does make some sense."
Pan Xi continued to persuade her, "Girl, think about it. If the man beside you can be so vicious, and you have to marry him because of the situation, how would you feel if you were a prince?"
Jin Qi shook his head slowly, but his eyes brightened a little, and he urged Pan Xi.
"Please tell me in detail."
"I am a simple-minded and dull-witted person, but if I were a prince, I would only be afraid of such a wife. If the husband has no ability, and is hindered by the wealth and power of his father-in-law, then such a wife should be kept away from him after marriage. If the girl wants to replace him, it will certainly not be easy."
Jin Qi nodded, "I also expected this step, so I thought about entering the family as a concubine. Unlike my elder sister who has great ambitions, I have a much gentler personality, so I can only be a good wife and a loving mother."
Pan Xi shook her head, "But that was in the past."
"Ok?"
"Girl, think about it. Now that the eldest girl has done something wrong, she has offended everyone. Even the general and the eldest son dislike her. The prince is smart, how could he not know? This marriage... I think it is probably just a temporary expedient. After the eldest girl gets married, the prince will give her a year or two, and then -"
"That's all?"
"I think about it, the general went to Prince An's Mansion and the Duke Zhenguo's Mansion to apologize humbly, which shows that what the young lady did is not acceptable in public... In the future, the young lady will definitely not be allowed to live for long!"
"what?"
Jin Qi looked up, his face full of surprise.
"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs. No matter how many mistakes my eldest sister made, my uncle probably won't let her go."
"I have walked around the mansion these past two days and asked the maids I had some friendship with in the past. The eldest master has repeatedly told the eldest young lady that if the princess had not risked her life to save the young lady, she would have died a long time ago."
this--
Jin Qi bit his lips tightly and thought about the past.
She nodded immediately, "Good girl, what you said makes sense. The last time my elder sister came back to Liyang, I thought she would be very successful, but I went to pay my respects to her several times, but she avoided me. Later, I heard that she had hired a doctor in her courtyard—"
"Miss, you don't know that when the eldest lady returned to Liyang, she was punished by the general."
I don't know how serious it is, but from what Jin Qi said, they even asked for a doctor, so I'm afraid the punishment will be severe. She added, "If the eldest lady is favored by the general, the painter who serves her would not be so favored by the general...sent away."
Although it was said to be a dismissal, Pan Xi thought to himself that it might be a bad omen.
After hearing this, Jin Qi suddenly understood.
"So that's how it is. Uncle has a feeling of disgust towards my elder sister... but - you also said that my elder sister's life was saved by my aunt, the princess."
Pan Xi imitated Jin Fuyun's previous schemes and turned around to instigate Jin Qi.
"I heard that because the eldest daughter did such a shameless thing, the Jin family implicated several girls and their husbands and canceled their engagements."
Jin Qi nodded.
"Yes, one cousin and two cousins had originally exchanged engagement letters, but a few days ago... they were rejected."
"Then think about it, girl. If a woman reaches this point, her husband doesn't like her, her father doesn't love her, her parents hate her, and her husband's family hates her, how can this marriage last? Who can allow her to last long?"
When Jin Qi heard this, he was shocked.
"You..., you do make sense."
Pan Xi leaned close to Jin Qi's ear and said, "The young lady has lived in a family like this and is used to life and death. Now that the princess has passed away, the young lady is still a virgin. According to the clan etiquette, she should observe mourning for three years. But this period is long. Firstly, the young lady is not young anymore, and secondly, this marriage cannot wait, so -"
Jin Qi sighed, "My uncle told me that my elder sister must follow the special etiquette of Dalong, which is to get married in a warm and filial atmosphere."
Relevant filial piety means mourning within three months from the death of a loved one.
In fact, this is not unique to Dalong. It is said that during the war in the previous dynasty, in order to ensure the continuation of the clan's inheritance, if one had to wait for another three years or one year to get married and have children, the family would have been extinct long ago.
Gradually, the saying of "filial piety leads to marriage" came into being.
In the early days of Dalong, after a hundred years of war, people's livelihood had not eased, so it continued.
When Jin Qi said this, Pan Xi nodded repeatedly.
"Girl, think about it again. The princess is so noble, but her only child cannot wear mourning clothes. Doesn't that mean that this marriage is extremely urgent and cannot be delayed at all?"