klisemfg Chapter 141 The cannon fodder daughter who was married off in ancient Chinese literature 21
Chapter 141 The cannon fodder daughter who was married off in ancient Chinese literature 21
Soon, Yunxi waited for a perfect opportunity.
The old lady in the Yun Mansion is celebrating her sixtieth birthday. As relatives of the Yun family, the Jiang family will go to the Yun Mansion to celebrate her birthday.
Because of this incident, Old Madam Jiang, who had been meditating in Lingshan Temple in the Prime Minister's Mansion, also returned to the mansion.
She went to the temple to meditate a month ago, and the household affairs of the mansion were temporarily handed over to Yunxi. When she comes back, the power will naturally be handed over to her.
At the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, the entire Jiang family was waiting at the door, awaiting the return of Old Lady Jiang.
After a while, Jiang Yueshu saw a carriage coming slowly. When it stopped, an old maid got out first, and then she helped out an old lady with silver hair. The old lady had a stern face, a gloomy complexion, and no smile in her eyes.
Father Jiang led everyone in performing the ceremony properly.
The old lady's expression remained unchanged. She only smiled slightly when she saw her son and grandson. She asked about Jiang Yixiu's academic performance from time to time.
After asking, she seemed to remember the others and greeted her two granddaughters calmly. As for Yunxi, she ignored her.
Old Madam Jiang actually had some resentment towards Yunxi. The reason she agreed to let her marry into the Prime Minister's Mansion and become the second wife was because she hoped that she would carry on the Jiang family's bloodline.
Who would have thought that this was useless, the belly was not cooperative and only gave birth to a daughter.
Yunxi's successful marriage into the mansion was largely due to the help of Old Lady Jiang, but now she is the daughter-in-law but cannot give birth to a son, so she is naturally dissatisfied with her.
Since Yunxi had always been attentive and attentive to Old Lady Jiang and tried to please her, she was used to showing displeasure to Yunxi.
Yun Xi smiled without any resentment and took Mrs. Jiang's arm. "Mother, your daughter-in-law has already prepared the meal and will take you there right away."
The old lady nodded lightly and followed Yunxi's force to the front hall.
Three days before the banquet at the Yun Mansion, the mansion began to nervously prepare the jewelry and clothes that the female members would need for the banquet.
Yunxi habitually picked up a piece of red cloth and waved to Jiang Yueshu, "Come here, Shushu, take a look at this color. It's your favorite."
Jiang Yueshu walked closer and took a look. There were cloths of several colors in front of her. She glanced and saw a piece of light blue brocade.
"Aunt, that was grandma's golden day. How could I steal her glory? I'd rather take this piece of brocade!"
Jiang Yueshu picked up the light blue brocade and handed it over. Yunxi's face unsurprisingly darkened.
This light blue and plain pink one was specially reserved for her daughter. The pink color is especially suitable for little girls.
Just because Jiang Yueshu always liked red, she didn't care at all, but who knew she would change her mind.
Before Yun Xi could speak, Jiang Yueshu looked at another piece of plain pink Yun Lingjin and grabbed it with her bare hands, "Aunt, this one is not bad either."
"How about I take these two?"
Yunxi: "......"
Jiang Xinghui, who was one step behind, saw red eyes and looked at the material in Jiang Yueshu's hand with hatred.
These two horses were clearly reserved for her by her mother. Why does this bitch want to snatch everything from her?
She has received all the overt favoritism from her father, brother, and even her mother. Why should she keep enduring?
Jiang Xinghui couldn't control his jealousy and looked at his mother expectantly, hoping that she would refuse.
But after hesitating for just a few seconds, Yunxi smiled gently again and responded cordially.
"Of course, just choose the one you like. But when did Shushu change his preferences? Auntie thought you would choose this one."
Yunxi touched the red cloth in his hand regretfully, testing something intentionally or unintentionally.
"Aunt, it's because Shushu has grown up. She has been learning etiquette with the nanny all this time. How could she not have made any progress?" Jiang Yueshu smiled sweetly.
Yunxi felt uncomfortable being stared at by her, so she lowered her head and adjusted the cloth to cover herself up.
After Jiang Yueshu selected a headpiece of the same color, she left leisurely, not caring at all about other people's choices.
On the day of the banquet, everyone in the Jiang family got ready and set off.
Jiang Yueshu and Old Lady Jiang were in a separate carriage, while Yunxi was in the same carriage with Jiang Xinghui.
Jiang Yueshu was wearing a light blue dress and had clean makeup, and she no longer looked vulgar as she did in the past.
Old Lady Jiang led the female family members to the front hall of the Yun Mansion to celebrate Old Lady Yun’s birthday.
Old Mrs. Yun looked at Jiang Yueshu below, and her eyes lit up. She thought her granddaughter would not come, but she didn't expect her to follow.
She held Jiang Yueshu's hand and asked her a lot of questions, looking at her with concern, her eyes a little moist.
Jiang Yueshu looked at her loving grandmother, feeling a mixture of self-blame, guilt, excitement and delight.
My grandmother had only one child, my mother. Because she was injured after giving birth to my mother, she had no more children. Without a male heir, she could only choose a concubine's son to raise as her legitimate son.
Fortunately, the child chosen by the grandmother was a person who did not forget his roots and was very good to her. However, living in a large family, he had his own aunt and brothers and sisters, so his grandmother could not have the final say.
When Jiang Yueshu thought of all this, her sense of guilt grew stronger.
Thinking of her grandmother, she had an extremely difficult life. Her own daughter died young, and she had to see her own granddaughter to the grave. Her own granddaughter, whom she had always loved, was not close to her. In such a big mansion, she didn't even have anyone to talk to.
One can imagine how upset her grandmother must have felt.
Jiang Yueshu hugged her grandmother affectionately, leaning closer to hide the tears in her eyes.
It was a happy scene, but the other three people had changed expressions.
Yunxi and Jiang Xinghui were both younger generations of Old Lady Yun, but compared to Jiang Yueshu, who was a younger generation, they were obviously not well-received.
Old Mrs. Jiang looked at them coldly, thinking that her granddaughter was really not presentable. With so many people around, she really didn't care about her words and actions.
After a while, someone else came.
When Jiang Yueshu heard the footsteps, she immediately stood up straight and restrained her expression.
The next moment, she saw the family that looked familiar yet unfamiliar.
It’s the Du family.
Their family of four, all in order, not one missing, were coming towards this side with smiles on their faces.
She immediately noticed Du Ping's shifty eyes glancing at her. After their eyes met, he lowered his head again. Jiang Yueshu could clearly see the disgust and disdain in his eyes.
Jiang Yueshu sneered in her heart, thinking that her good aunt must have found her cousin just as she remembered!
She looked at Yunxi again, and sure enough, she saw that she and Du Ping's father looked at each other and nodded secretly.
"Shushu, go play in the yard with the other youngsters. You don't have to stay here with us old people."
Old Mrs. Yun spoke to Jiang Yueshu lovingly, fearing that her granddaughter would feel bored.