Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Disaster relief in Jiangnan was imminent, so Xie Shang called Jiang Jinyan to go along.

The city of Shengjing was still prosperous and full of singing and dancing, and everyone was living their lives as usual.

A month later, it was Duke Zhang's 70th birthday. Early in the morning, birthday gifts from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were delivered to Duke Zhang's mansion. The dignitaries and wealthy families in Shengjing City were all observant of the situation. Seeing that birthday gifts had been sent from the palace, everyone also brought gifts to congratulate him.

After Mrs. Jiang recovered from her illness, she immediately asked someone to find Jiang Fenghua to discuss proposing to the Zhang family on the day of Duke Zhang's 70th birthday. She also took this opportunity to clarify the rumors about the two of them.

Jiang Fenghua thought about it again and again and said, "Mom, you have to think it over carefully. If you really want to propose to the Zhang family on this day, it will be counterproductive if you don't do it well."

"Mom has thought about it. If we let them get married secretly, it will confirm the false rumors about Yumo and Jinyan. We might as well propose marriage openly and dispel the rumors." Feng Jingyuan is beautiful and has strong genes. All four of her children are good-looking.

Jiang Fenghua said, "Whatever your mother wants, do as she wishes!" The old lady of the Su family should also go to Duke Zhang's mansion to celebrate her birthday today! She was afraid that she would be disappointed to see that her mother was fine.

When we arrived at Zhang's mansion, the place was already full of carriages, all of which were from major families in Shengjing who came to celebrate Zhang's birthday.

Zhang Yumo's father was a legitimate son, but he was the third in line. He was supposed to inherit the title of Duke, but the third son and his wife died young, leaving only Zhang Yumo as a daughter, so the title of Duke was shelved. However, the Zhang family still has the second and fourth branches. Now the head of the Zhang family is the second branch, who was born out of wedlock. Unfortunately, Second Master Zhang did not make any achievements, and the title of Duke is still in the hands of Old Master Zhang. The fourth branch was also born out of wedlock, so it is impossible for her to inherit the title.

If it weren't for the outstanding achievements of Duke Zhang and Old Madam Zhang when they were young and their blessings to their descendants, Duke Zhang's Mansion would have really fallen into decline.

Zhang Yumo had been waiting for the Jiang family at the door. When she saw them coming, she happily greeted them, "Aunt Jiang, Fenghua, Sister Rumeng, Fourth Young Master."

Jiang Rumeng also came along, because they were going to become in-laws soon and it was time for her to go out and about.

Jiang Rumeng took the initiative to hold her hand and said, "I have wanted to thank Miss Zhang for a long time. Fenghua and I are not at home. It is thanks to Miss Zhang that she has taken care of my mother during this period."

Zhang Yumo had never had maternal and paternal love since she was a child. Mrs. Jiang treated her like her own daughter. It would be more accurate to say that she wanted to seek comfort from the Jiang Mansion rather than taking care of her.

She said gently, "Actually, Aunt Jiang treats me like her own daughter."

Several people entered the Zhang residence, talking and laughing. At this time, Madam Zhang II walked towards them with her slender waist twisting. Zhang Yumo was about to introduce her to Madam Zhang II: "Second Aunt..."

Unexpectedly, Madam Zhang Er seemed not to hear and suddenly stepped past the Jiang family to greet them warmly, "Madam Su, you are here too. Please come in. Mother is waiting for you."

Jiang Fenghua thought to herself: Are Madam Su and Madam Zhang so close? She didn't know.

It seems that in the Zhang family, only Duke Zhang and Old Madam Zhang love Zhang Yumo, and no one else looks at her with respect!

The last time she came to the Zhang Mansion, she discovered that other members of the Zhang family did not like her.

However, for such an occasion, Madam Su actually brought Ji Chen with her. What did she want to do so blatantly?

I only heard Madam Su say, "Sister Lao Rong is worried about me!"

Madam Zhang's maiden name was Ji Rong, and Madam Su's maiden name was Li Yurong. Both of them had the character "Rong" in their names, so they had some friendship when they were young. Both of them had been granted imperial decrees, so they did not have to pay their respects to the princess.

Madam Zhang Er looked at the elegant Ji Chen and asked, "Who is this young master?"

"He is a younger generation that I recognize. He is of the same generation as my Su family's grandchildren. I took advantage of my age and asked him to call me grandmother. He also came to Kyoto to prepare for the Spring Examination. I brought him here to see the character of Duke Zhang."

"He is really good-looking. He is here for reference. He must be very knowledgeable."

Ji Chen quickly withdrew his gaze from Jiang Fenghua and bowed respectfully, "Junior Ji Chen greets Madam."

"No need to be polite, please come in! There are many students here today, all of whom are going to participate in the Spring Examination. You can have a good chat later. Scholars, let's discuss knowledge together."

Just as they passed Feng Jingyuan, Old Madam Su looked at her deeply and said, "Hello, Madam Jiang!"

Feng Jingyuan looked calm and neither humble nor overbearing, "Hello, Madam Su."

"I heard that Madam Jiang was in poor health a few days ago. You are so young and beautiful, you should take care of yourself! Master Jiang is still young too." Madam Su hinted at something. She glanced at Jiang Fenghua and her voice was piercing. "Master Jiang has been teaching for so many years and has received rave reviews. It's really rare!"

Feng Jingyuan blinked her eyes and smiled slightly, "Jingyuan was indeed harmed by a villain a few days ago, but it's a pity that the villain's evil plan did not succeed. Look, Jingyuan is fine now, isn't she? Thank you, Madam Su, for your concern!"

Upon hearing this, Madam Su's face darkened. Even the Centella asiatica could not kill her. When she heard the news, she was so angry that she almost passed out.

Feng Jingyuan added, "My master is just over fifty years old, and he is still very healthy. He has educated many learned people throughout his life, and they are all upright gentlemen."

She took Madam Su's hand again and whispered, "Madam Su, the young man who came with you once went to my Jiang Mansion to become an apprentice. He was also brought here by my prince's son-in-law. However, my master considers the character of a person the most when teaching him to study. If the character is not good, my master will not teach him even if the prince begs for mercy. Madam Su, you have to be careful. Don't associate with those villains who only know how to use dirty tricks. Jingyuan is afraid that he will tarnish the lifelong character of General Su for no reason. Don't you think so, madam?" She already knew what kind of person Ji Chen was from Jiang Fenghua. Prince Heng did bring him to the Jiang Mansion, but he was delayed at that time because of some trivial matters.

Madam Su didn't expect her to be so good at talking, so she pretended to be dumb and said, "There's also this matter, Chen'er didn't tell me when he came back."

Ji Chen spoke slowly in front of everyone, "Mrs. Jiang is polite. I used to be friends with King Heng. At that time, I didn't know his identity, so I became sworn brothers with him. Later, I came to Kyoto to take the exam. I heard King Heng mention that Master Jiang was knowledgeable and that the students who studied under him were all well-educated and talented, so I also wanted to become his disciple. Unfortunately, my talent was shallow and I was not worthy of Master Jiang's liking."

What he meant was that Master Jiang didn't even give face to Prince Heng, which was really arrogant.

Feng Jingyuan didn't expect him to be so shameless as to lie with his eyes open.

Jiang Fenghua suddenly interrupted, "So Brother Ji is Madam Su's grandson. Didn't Brother Ji bring Yunfang here today? Yunfang is a servant in Prince Heng's mansion. It was the prince who decided that she should marry Brother Ji. This princess didn't know that you two had feelings for each other for a long time, otherwise I would have prepared a generous dowry for Yunfang. It's her fault that she got married in such a hurry."