The imperial concubine is charming and charming, and only seeks power and wealth

Spring, the third year of Jingtai.

Less than half a month after the harem election, good news came out from the Jiang family.

It is said that the eldest daughter of the mansion has fallen in love with the young man of the Shen family who is staying at his aunt's house. The Shen family will soon propose to the Jiang family and arrange the marriage.

Nowadays, the society is open-minded and among the aristocracy, there are countless poetry gatherings and flower banquets every year for young men and women to meet each other.

Therefore, it is not considered inappropriate to fall in love with someone in private.

However, on the day the news came out, the Chen family was the first to get restless.

The young master of the Chen family, who became famous at a young age and held the high position of Dali Temple Minister at the age of twenty, knocked on the door of the Jiang family.

I went in in the afternoon and came out after dark.

That night, the gate of the Jiang family temple, which had been closed for more than twenty days, was opened and Jiang Lingyue was released.

Main courtyard, main hall.

Jiang Lingyue knelt in the hall.

Jiang Shao and Shen sat at the top, while Jiang Wen and Jiang Wu sat below them.

Among all the masters of the Jiang family, only Jiang Lingxin did not show up because she was still young.

Shen was wearing a deep blue skirt and a hairpin of the same color.

She married into the Jiang family as the second wife. She was much younger than Jiang Shao and was very good at winning over her husband. Apart from her, there were only two maids in the Jiang family's backyard who had served Jiang Shao since childhood and were too old to serve him in bed.

It was used to shut outsiders up and enhance her reputation for virtue.

She lived a happy life of luxury, without any concubines or maids to worry about. Even though she was over 30, she still had a pretty face and even her slender hands were well-maintained.

Jiang Shao loved and respected such a beautiful woman, and Shen had the final say in all matters in the backyard.

For example, now, the Jiang family, father and son, are all here, but no one in the hall spoke before Shen said anything.

Shen narrowed her eyes slightly and carefully examined her stepdaughter who was kneeling below under the nanny.

She stared at him coldly for a long time, then smiled and said, "She is truly as beautiful as a peach and plum, with an alluring figure. No wonder, at such a young age, she has already bewitched Chen Ziyu so much that, after being rejected in marriage, she turned on him and threatened him."

When his marriage proposal was rejected, he turned on his wife and threatened her...

Jiang Lingyue's struggling body froze, and she looked up suddenly.

Those beautiful almond-shaped eyes looked very much like her biological mother, the late wife of the Jiang family.

Jiang Shao's face froze. Shen glanced at him and said coldly, "As the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, you secretly discussed marriage with a man from outside the family, promised each other a lifetime of love, and even lured him into using his power to force him to come to your father and threaten him with words. Is this your upbringing?"

After saying this, recalling what happened this afternoon, Jiang Shao looked at his eldest daughter with a cold look in his eyes. "Do you have anything to say?"

Below, the two maids who were restraining Jiang Lingyue loosened their grip.

She broke free from her restraints and stood up. Seeing her father and brother looking at her coldly from above, she did not feel sad.

Those expectations have long been shattered by repeated hurts.

She took a deep breath and smiled, "Father, have you forgotten? Your daughter is truly uneducated."

"Your wife is right. Chen Ziwei and I have indeed pledged our lives together. He once said that he would never marry anyone other than me. If you want to force me to marry into the Shen family, you might as well ask the Chen family first."

Compared with the increasingly marginalized Jiang family, the Chen family father and son are both close ministers to the emperor.

The eldest daughter of the Chen family, she is also the Empress Shuyi in the palace, ranking second.

Such a family took a fancy to your daughter and proposed to her, but you refused.

It’s okay if people talk to you about the rules.

If I really want to tear the two families apart, I have to marry her.

Do you dare to refuse?

Jiang Shao's face turned pale.

If that were all, he would dare to do it.

But Chen Ziwei was in a high position at a young age, and his future was limitless.

Where is Dali Temple?

It's too easy to find something to hold against him.

According to the current situation, if he really insisted on marrying his eldest daughter into the Shen family, he would offend Chen Ziwei greatly.

Someone said in the afternoon that there are still many days to come, so I hope he will be cautious.

How can we not be cautious?

Even the three of them, father and son, would not be a match for Chen Ziwei.

If you are really targeted, how can you have a good life?

It is better to make friends than to make enemies.

It doesn’t matter even if the eldest daughter doesn’t have much affection for her mother’s family. Heaven, earth, king, relatives, and teachers, as long as she is the daughter of the Jiang family, she will never be able to change the world.

The Jiang family is her maternal family. Even a three-year-old child understands the principle that everyone prospers together.

To be honest, the eldest daughter marrying into the Chen family will only benefit the Jiang family.

What does his wife think?

Of course it is important, and normally he can just let it go.

If Chen Ziyu hadn't come to threaten him, Jiang Shao could have turned a blind eye to his eldest daughter's marriage and let his wife decide.

But now it concerns the future of the Jiang family, no matter who it is, they have to step back.

Jiang Shao let out a long breath, having made up his mind.

He raised his hand, his tone softened, and said, "Get up. This matter concerns the reputation of our Jiang family. I will discuss it with your mother before making any plans."

Jiang Lingyue had never called Shen "mother" before, and she did not refute when she heard this. She stood up, supported by Jinshu and Jinyu, and walked out.

The moment I stepped down the stairs, tears rolled down my cheeks.

She won this battle.

Half a month ago, she made a choice between marrying into the Shen family, entering the palace to choose a concubine, and Chen Ziwei.

She gave in to Shen and agreed to marry into the Shen family.

This is a delaying tactic.

I originally wanted to find a way to cancel the engagement after leaving the ancestral temple.

But Shen seemed to have seen through her plan and kept her locked up in the ancestral temple, sending people to guard her strictly until the day of her wedding, when she could not come out.

For more than half a month, Jiang Lingyue could not find any way to escape.

She was about to despair.

It’s Chen Ziwei.

He didn't let her lose.

When he heard that she was going to marry someone else, he went to her house that same day.

I don’t know what he said or did to make Jiang Shao feel afraid.

He was so afraid that he decided to ignore Shen's wishes.

Jiang Lingyue held Jinshu's hand tightly, looked up at the full moon in the sky, and slowly opened her mouth, "Chen Zilu..."

Her father and brothers bullied and abandoned her, and her uncle and aunt disliked and hated her.

From childhood to adulthood, no one except her grandmother protected and loved her.

Now, it was Chen Ziwei who rescued her from such a desperate situation.

…………

That night, the lights in the main courtyard of the Jiang Mansion were on until late at night.

No one knew what Jiang Shao and Shen had discussed. The next day, Shen's nephew left the Jiang Mansion.

To the outside world, the Jiang family clarified the rumors, saying that there was no personal relationship between their eldest daughter and their nephew.

Jiang Lingyue breathed a sigh of relief.

She could finally sleep peacefully in her own home.

That afternoon, Jiang Lingxin came to her yard.

The fourteen-year-old girl was dressed in gorgeous clothes, and the ruby ​​headdress in her hair was worth a hundred gold coins. The value of all the jewelry Jiang Lingyue had worn since childhood was not as valuable as the ruby ​​in her hair.

The girl, who was raised in a wealthy family, was full of arrogance. Seeing that her elder sister had no respect for her, she coldly scolded her for being shameless.

She secretly got engaged to a man outside her family, but after their elopement failed, her lover came to force her father.

Tarnished the reputation of the Jiang family.

Jiang Lingyue listened quietly and did not try to argue with her.

What does it matter if we win or lose?

Her current situation cannot be changed by a few words. Only real power can change it.

The few light accusations from the vested interests did not bother her at all.

In fact, it just feels ridiculous.

If possible, which unmarried noble lady would be willing to get married privately?

Jiang Lingxin has been taught by Shen since she was a child and is used to suppressing her elder sister.

Even if she was unwilling to admit it, she knew that Jiang Lingyue was the eldest daughter of the Jiang family, both the legitimate heir and the eldest daughter, while she, the youngest daughter born to the second wife, was not as noble as Jiang Lingyue in the eyes of the world.

Fortunately, under her mother's suppression, she was like a transparent person.

Jiang Lingxin Yuanbei thought that she would suppress this sister for the rest of her life.

But some time ago, the situation in the mansion suddenly changed. The eldest son of the Chen family, who was well-known in the capital, came to ask to marry the eldest sister.

He was born in a noble family, was young and promising, and was extremely handsome. Such a good husband was the perfect son-in-law in the eyes of all the noble ladies in the capital, and the princesses of the royal family were eagerly looking forward to him. The Jiang family could not even reach the door even if they stepped on it, but he actually fell in love with her sister who was silent and invisible.

And the elders of the Chen family actually agreed?

For the first time in her life, Jiang Lingxin felt jealous towards her sister.

This kind of jealousy slowly faded away after my mother raised her hand to reject the Shen family's marriage proposal.

Yes, her mother is the mistress of the Jiang family, and she has the final say over her daughter's marriage.

But after just over twenty days, the wind direction changed again.

Jiang Lingxin was only fourteen years old and was protected like a treasure by Shen. She was far less cunning than her mother, so how could she tolerate it?

So, he came up in a hurry.

After venting his anger, he saw that she ignored him, so he raised his hand and threw the teacup at her in anger.

Jiang Lingyue reacted quickly and dodged sideways.

The porcelain cup shattered into pieces on the ground, and two drops of scalding tea splashed onto her shoes.

Penetrating the satin, still burning hot.

"girl!"

Jinshu exclaimed, and stepped forward and said, "Second Miss, our girl is still your elder sister no matter what, you are too..."

"What's wrong with that?" Jiang Lingxin sneered, "I don't have a sister who is so shameless as to have an affair with a man outside her family."

In the backyard controlled by the Shen family, she has been able to bully her sister as she pleases since she was a child.

No scruples.

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door.

A servant from the front yard came to report.

"My dear, the master invites you to the elegant hall."

The Chen family came to propose marriage.

He had just come to the Jiang family's house and made some harsh remarks yesterday, but today he heard that the Jiang family had softened their stance, so he came to propose marriage immediately for fear that things would get worse.

A month or so ago, he came to propose marriage and the betrothal gifts had been prepared long ago.

Even those two wild geese were hunted by Chen Ziqi a month ago.

I've raised it for so long, and now it's finally useful.

Facing Jiang Lingxin's jealous gaze, Jiang Lingyue changed into clean clothes, held a round fan in her hand, and walked out of the yard leisurely.

Elegant reception hall.

Chen Ziwei and his father were both there. When he saw his beloved walking in with her skirt lifted up, his eyes lit up.

Jiang Lingyue didn't look at him. She walked into the hall without looking around and bowed deeply, "My daughter greets father and madam."

In such an occasion, she had not even called her mother.

Isn’t she afraid that the elders of the Chen family will think she is uncultured?