bullyxtreme Chapter 236 The First Filial Daughter of the Great Jin Dynasty
Chapter 236 The First Filial Daughter of the Great Jin Dynasty
Ye Xiao is indeed quite like Xiao Yuan; the father and son share the same insidious nature when solving problems.
He Zhang was much more magnanimous, saying that he could use these two days to bribe the people around Liu and get them to persuade Liu to simplify the ceremony.
There are indeed certain standards for weddings and funerals, but these have always been governed by higher authorities rather than lower-level ones.
Wanting to do better when you're not at that level is considered exceeding the limit, but if you're at that level but your family isn't wealthy, lowering the standard isn't illegal.
It's just that it's not presentable and people will easily provoke it.
He Zhang, who visited the Jiang family last night, could tell that the family was financially strapped and barely maintaining its facade, suggesting that they were not well-off financially.
After Jiang Huai's death, only Liu and her three biological children remained in the Jiang family.
Since there are no outsiders to divide the property, whatever is left is theirs, so it seems that Liu would not want to spend more money.
After all, the only breadwinner is gone, and his two sons and daughter are all unmarried. There will be many expenses in the future.
The cost of keeping the body in state for seven days would be too high, and the Liu family might not be willing to do so.
As for saving face, that's easy to handle. Just say that Jiang Huai died dishonorably and you don't want everyone to know about it.
Jiang Xinyu gave He Zhang a thumbs up in admiration, "That's how it'll be done. I'll just go and pretend to be there on the day of the funeral."
You two have been busy all night, go back to sleep now. Leave it there for a couple of days, no rush.
After seeing the young couple off, Jiang Xinyu suddenly called out "husband" in a sweet voice, swayed her waist and sat on Xiao Yuan's lap, poking his chest with one hand and drawing circles.
Xiao Yuan instinctively shuddered, his brain racing to recall if he had done anything wrong these past few days.
no!
He demoted all the women who had given him gifts.
After finishing my job, I went straight home and didn't go out drinking with anyone.
He has studied all the books his wife has bought diligently, and judging from her expression last night, she must have been quite satisfied.
Could it be that the lady knows he hijacked the letter the young emperor was meant for her?
Not too possible.
His people are everywhere, both in the palace and in the mansion. If the young emperor can get the letter to his wife without his knowledge, then he should consider replacing him with another emperor.
He couldn't help but suspect the brat's motives for approaching the lady, given how cunning he was.
Jiang Xinyu saw Xiao Yuan in a daze and playfully pinched him.
"What are you thinking about? I want to talk to you about something."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Yuan immediately became alert.
"You don't mean to carry the coffin back to Jiangnan, do you?"
Don't even think about it, unless you take me with you.
"What nonsense are you talking about? If you leave, won't the capital be in chaos?"
My dear, you're already a mature Marquis of the State, don't you have any sense of being a pillar of the nation?
Ayu is the face of the business, and you and Jin Zekang are the two legs that support him.
You can't just abandon your responsibilities like that.
Xiao Yuan immediately felt a little aggrieved, "Then I can't leave my wife either."
Without my wife, I can't eat, I can't sleep, I have difficulty breathing, and I feel weak all over.
Honey, we agreed to eat meat every two days. You'll starve if you don't get it!
Jiang Xinyu was speechless. "What are you thinking? Who told you I was going to escort my scumbag father's coffin back to Jiangnan?"
He doesn't deserve it!
What I meant was, I want you to find some trustworthy people to help me with some work.
That bastard didn't want the hassle of burying my mother in the ancestral graves, so he bought a burial plot in the suburbs of Beijing.
Liu couldn't bear to let her beloved son travel thousands of miles to escort the coffin back to Jiangnan, and would most likely bury him there as well.
Find a few good men to steal his body; I don't want him to continue to torment my mother even after he's dead.
"Steal...steal it? And then what?"
"What? Then just throw him into a mass grave and bury him anywhere. You expect me to find him a good burial site?"
If you think it's a waste, you can arrange a ghost marriage for an old nanny who died unjustly in the palace; consider it a way to make use of waste.
I just don't know if someone who died of a stroke and became a ghost would still be able to survive.
So, if we're really going to arrange a ghost marriage, we should buy two horned men as part of his dowry so he won't be disliked.
Xiao Yuan looked utterly bewildered. "Madam, are you serious?"
"Yeah, I didn't even have time to deal with him before he died. What's most hateful is that he died of pleasure."
I simply can't swallow this insult.
Jiang Xinyu narrowed her eyes at Xiao Yuan's expression. "What, are you trying to persuade me to be kind?"
Xiao Yuan quickly shook his head, "No, no, how can one repay kindness with kindness if one repays evil with kindness?"
That scumbag deserves to be punished. If I sympathize with him even a hair's breadth, it would be disrespectful to my mother-in-law.
I just want to admire my wife's wisdom; this idea is brilliant, far superior to anything I could have come up with."
Jiang Xinyu playfully punched him, "That's more like it. I'll give you a reward if you do it well."
By the way, when you go to work today, have Xiaodouzi secretly tell you that you don't like Jianghuai.
Don't let the entire court, out of respect for you, go and offer condolences to save face for him.
Xiao Yuan readily agreed and lingered with his wife for a while before leaving the mansion.
As a result, Jin Zekang arrived shortly after Xiao Yuan left, and the first thing he said to Jiang Xinyu was:
Congratulations! I heard your dad had a stroke?
Jiang Xinyu rolled her eyes at him. "Same to you, you've taken too many drugs."
What's wrong? Are you jealous? Want me to give you the recipe?
Jin Zekang sat there with an air of arrogance, brandishing a folding fan.
"My body is perfectly healthy, I don't need that thing."
Look at you, are you on fire?
I just came over to check on you!
"Heh, don't give me that."
Jiang Xinyu said with a mocking expression, "You know what kind of relationship I have with my father."
Big brother, don't laugh at second brother. You were happier than I was when your father died.
I didn't even laugh at you, so why are you so eager to cause trouble?
"What, trying to show off your intelligence capabilities?"
“What’s there to brag about?”
Jin Zekang calmly poured himself a cup of tea.
"I know everything I should and shouldn't know."
Don't forget, the Li family lives right next to the Jiang family.
Ever since your son Xiao Yuan became the Marquis of Zhenguo, Old Man Li has been regretting it to the core.
He resented both his wife and daughter for not finding him a good son-in-law and Jiang Huai for taking the position of his father-in-law.
Last night, the Jiang family was making a lot of noise, and many members of the Li family were peering over the wall to listen to the commotion.
I reckon that old man Li would be so happy that he'd cook a few dishes and brew a pot of wine in the middle of the night to enjoy the commotion.
Anyway, the Li family spread the news all over the streets before dawn.
Jiang Xinyu immediately exclaimed, "Isn't the imperial court supposed to be quite busy? How come there are still these people who are just sitting around doing nothing and making a fuss?"
I remember that guy was from the Ministry of Justice, right? Why does he seem more suited to the Eastern Depot?
Jin Zekang grinned mischievously, "Even if you're busy, you can always find time to spread gossip."
Not to mention the excitement of being mortal enemies.
Old Li is really unlucky; he didn't end up with a good in-law or a good son-in-law.
He offended his clan, his daughter died, and his wife divorced him.
Fortunately, Madam Li's family wasn't very powerful; otherwise, if things had really gotten out of hand, he wouldn't have been able to keep his official position.
Ultimately, the Li family had been given leverage. When Madam Li divorced him, she not only took all of his dowry but also the two shops that the Li family owned that were making money, as compensation.
Old Man Li lost both his wife and his money, and his concubines, all eyeing the remaining inheritance, argued like fighting cocks every day.
Poor thing.
"Pitiful my foot!"
Jiang Xinyu spat, "Madam Li almost died after they forced her to drink the medicine."
He and that clan chief not only didn't have to pay with their lives, they didn't even have to go to jail. They only took his two shops and he was still pitiful.
Madam Li survived because she was lucky, not because he stopped in time. In my opinion, she should pay with her life.
Seeing his younger sister get angry, Jin Zekang cautiously shrank back.
Why are you still angry?
Such internal family conflicts are often ignored by officials unless reported by the public. What good is it for Mrs. Li to get angry if she doesn't file a complaint?
Ultimately, it's because her family isn't powerful enough. Don't worry, if Xiao Yuan harms you, Ayu and I will be your support.
"Ugh, I'm so angry! It's murder, it's a criminal case, what kind of family dispute is this?"
Jiang Xinyu grabbed Jin Zekang by the collar and shook him violently.
"Go change it, go change it, go change it quickly."
"A life for a life is a fundamental principle; the punishment for killing a husband should be the same as the punishment for killing a wife."
"Okay, okay, I'll go right now. Grandma, please shake me gently so I can see my great-grandmother."
As Jin Zekang watched the stars flash by, he felt as if his soul could barely keep up with his body.
He regretted it; why was he so foolish as to make this trip?