The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

To be honest, the matter of a good concubine was almost forgotten by Qingyang Hou and Jiang Pengyuan.

Ever since Jiang Shiying walked into the main hall, the two of them, a marquis and a minister, were all led by her.

Now hearing Jiang Shiying mention the concubine, Qingyang Hou suddenly remembered, yes, there is such a thing! When it comes to this matter, he is the one who takes the lead!

Jiang Pengyuan thought to himself, Marquis Qingyang himself has forgotten it, why do you have to remind him?

Here Jiang Pengyuan winked secretly at Jiang Shiying, but Jiang Shiying couldn't see it.

Qingyang Hou had already spoken: "Brother-in-law, neither my sister nor our Qingyang Hou Mansion has ever stopped you from taking a concubine, right?"

Jiang Pengyuan thought to himself, you didn't stop me, you just killed my favorite concubine. But Jiang Shiying was still here, and she couldn't let her hear these words, so she could only say: "There is no stopping her."

Qingyang Hou continued: "Then why did you lock my sister in the Buddhist hall and hired a good girl to come back? Do you want her to take my sister's place?"

Jiang Shiying originally just wanted to watch the two of them dog-eat-dog, but now she heard that something was wrong with what he said, so she interrupted: "What kind of grounding? Lord Marquis, please don't ruin the reputation of our Jiang family. My mother is obviously grateful for the royal kindness and voluntarily stayed in the Buddhist hall. Pray for blessings.”

Qingyang Hou glanced at her, not wanting to tangle with her on this topic. Otherwise, he believed that Jiang Shiying would definitely ask him whether he was dissatisfied with His Majesty or the Queen Mother. She is obviously just a little girl who has not yet left the boudoir. She is really more skilled at picking out words, raising her height, and using chicken feathers as arrows than some veteran officials.

So he responded directly: "Yes, yes, it's not a grounding, it's a prayer for the royal family."

Then he turned around and continued to say to Jiang Pengyuan: "But my sister here is sincerely praying for the royal family in the Buddhist hall. Brother-in-law, you hired a good concubine directly without telling her as your first wife and Qingyang Houfu as your family. Isn’t this bad?”

Jiang Pengyuan knew that if this matter was investigated further, he would indeed be in the wrong. But now that the matter was over, he stood up directly and said, "I did this carelessly. I offer tea instead of wine to my uncle and brother as an apology."

With that said, regardless of Qingyang Hou's reaction, he picked up the tea cup and drank a cup of tea in one breath.

Marquis Qingyang lowered his face: "The honor of the Marquis is only worth a cup of tea to my brother-in-law?"

Jiang Pengyuan knew what was going on, and knew that this matter could not be passed over like this, so he asked him: "What does my uncle want me to do?"

Anyway, the good concubine has been hired, it has been recorded with the government, and the bride has been married, so it is impossible to send the concubine back and say she doesn't want it anymore.

Jiang Shiying interrupted: "Master Hou wants to have a drink of father's wedding bar!"

Jiang Pengyuan thought to himself, you are really my good daughter. If you don't speak, you will only add fuel to the fire.

Qingyang Hou pinched the tea cup with his hand and wanted to throw it out, but he held back and reminded himself to calm down.

When he was waiting for Jiang Pengyuan to come over in the main hall, he thought of two requests. The first one was to let his sister out of the Buddhist hall. This request is difficult to achieve today. After all, Jiang Shiying said nicely that her sister was not confined in the Buddhist hall, but praying for the royal family. Come out now, how many days have you been praying for? How long has your sincerity lasted?

But he still had to fight for the second requirement and work hard to achieve it.

He stared into Jiang Pengyuan's eyes and said word by word: "This good concubine is a good concubine. But she cannot have any heirs."

Jiang Pengyuan originally thought that he could make some concessions and compensate the Hou Mansion for some benefits. I also want to show that I still have a close marriage relationship with the Hou family, and it will not change because of a good concubine. After all, above the court, the two families have always looked out for each other.

But when he heard this, his anger was aroused: "Brother, do you want to interfere in the affairs of the Jiang family's heirs?"

The matter of heirs, no matter which family it is placed in, is a matter that does not allow outsiders to interfere.

He admitted that the Qingyang Marquis Mansion treated him well, but over the years, he had often wiped the Qingyang Marquis's butt.

Today, he has reached the third rank of official rank. His name as Marquis Qingyang sounds good, but in fact he only has a meaningless and false position. The old Marquis is no longer here, and today's Qingyang Marquis Mansion has long lost its former glory.

Qingyang Hou's attitude today is that he still treats him as a poor son-in-law who needs to rely on the Hou family to climb up the ladder.

"If you want an heir, that's okay. If you want to have a concubine, that's okay. But an heir born from a good concubine is not okay." Qingyang Hou didn't think he was going too far. He tolerated the existence of this good concubine, but he wasn't generous enough. ?

"I'm going to let my uncle down in this matter." Jiang Pengyuan was far from likely to agree.

Before Qingyang Hou could speak, he heard the voice that gave him a headache sounded again.

"Father, it's time now. You might as well tell the truth to Mr. Marquis."

"What truth?" Qingyang Hou asked.

Jiang Pengyuan was actually a little confused for a moment.

Jiang Shiying explained kindly: "The truth is, our Jiang family feels that your family has raised Jiang Jing crookedly and is unable to bear the heavy responsibility. Your sister is old again and has no chance of having children. When we hire a good concubine, our family wants to give birth to a child with a decent family background." The heirs will come out and support the future of the Jiang family."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the entire main hall instantly became tense.

Including Butler Jiang, all the servants held their breath and did not dare to make a sound.

"Do you think the Jiang family wants to break off the relationship with the Marquis Mansion?" Marquis Qingyang's voice was as cold as ice.

"That's not what I meant!" Jiang Pengyuan said firmly, wishing he could swear to the sky.

"Our nephew in the Hou family, the eldest son of your family, will be given up by his brother-in-law. Don't you feel guilty when your brother-in-law says this?" Qingyang Hou asked.

"Brother, please don't believe this girl's nonsense. How could I give up on Jing'er? I'm just worried that he can't survive alone, and I want him to have more brothers so that we can support each other. I promise my uncle that the entire Jiang Mansion will be the best in the future. Jing’er’s.”

Qingyang Hou sneered, saying this was to fool him into thinking he was a fool.

The whole Jiang Mansion is nothing, it doesn't even have a low-level title. Whatever you say belongs to Jing'er, in the final analysis, it's just a few hundred thousand taels of property.

What's more important is whose hands Jiang's political capital will be handed over.

He didn't bother much with Jiang Peng and said, "Brother-in-law, I only want you to say that this good concubine cannot have any children. Do you agree or not?"

Jiang Pengyuan neither wanted to agree, nor did he want to completely break up with the Qingyang Hou Mansion.

What he regrets most now is that he couldn't stop Jiang Shiying and let her tell her everything.

This matter must be done step by step. First, you must hire a good concubine, then give birth to a son, and then educate him well and pave the way for him to naturally become the talkative person of the next generation of the Jiang family.

By that time, no matter how dissatisfied the Qingyang Marquis Mansion was, it was already too late.

Now that we have just completed the first step, we are telling everything in front of Qingyang Hou. Is this because he is afraid that the Hou Mansion will not cause trouble for their family?

Jiang Pengyuan hesitated and said nothing. Qingyang Hou urged him again: "Brother-in-law, do you agree?"

As if she couldn't understand the atmosphere in the main hall, Jiang Shiying answered for her father: "Of course my father can't agree to such an excessive request. The Marquis asked people to go out and find out who has such long hands, who cares about this? Then you still care whether other people have children or not?"

"Okay! Very good!" Qingyanghou stood up and flicked his sleeves: "It seems that our Qingyanghou Mansion is not worthy of stepping into the Jiang family's door!"

With that said, he turned around and left with the people.

However, Jiang Shiying was still adding fuel to the fire and shouted at him: "Master Hou, you'd better keep your word. By the way, don't forget to have people deliver the things you owe me."

Jiang Pengyuan saw Qingyang Hou's footsteps getting faster and faster. He was originally a good in-law who was helping him, but he was about to become his enemy.

He pointed at Jiang Shiying and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

"I am." To his surprise, Jiang Shiying nodded simply.

Jiang Pengyuan almost couldn't breathe: "You, you -"