Chapter 28 Father and daughter look back at family events
After hearing what her son-in-law said, Mrs. Wang calmed down from her previous annoyance towards him.

No matter what, at least when it comes to the marriage of his two children, he, as a father, has no bad intentions, so he allowed Jiang Shiyuan to return home with her father.

It came suddenly, so naturally there were things on both sides.

Therefore, when Jiang Shiyuan left, he only took a few sets of clothes for changing and nothing else. After getting on the carriage with his father Jiang Huaishan, he lifted the curtain and took a look at Pei Zisu who came outside to see him off.

His expression was relatively calm, and he leaned in and spoke.

"I will arrange the engagement as soon as possible, Ah Nian."

"Just make the arrangements, Cousin Pei. Ah Nian is not picky."

Since she has made up her mind, the marriage must happen, so it doesn't make any difference to him whether it happens earlier or later. However, Pei Zisu has finally gained the support of his entire family, and he will not feel at ease if the matter is not settled quickly.

So after the Jiang family's carriage drove out of Pei Zisu's sight, he did not sit idle and went straight to the princess's mansion.

In the entire Xijing City, the only ally he could consider was Princess Qinghuan.

Moreover, he could sense that Princess Qinghuan was very satisfied with their marriage, so naturally he went to the princess's mansion to facilitate this matter. If someone were to target his cousin with such talent and beauty, wouldn't he lose more than he gained?

The footsteps were hurried, but Jiang Shiyuan, who was following her father home, was resting with her eyes closed. She herself did not expect that the marriage could be settled in just three or two days. It was really too fast.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and this look made Jiang Huaishan beside him truly feel the saying "Girls should not be kept at home when they grow up". His eyes were full of helplessness and bitterness. He finally got the opportunity to be promoted and move to Beijing, but he didn't expect that they would still have to be separated. He sighed heavily, and heard Jiang Shiyuan open his eyes and speak.

"Dad, don't be sad. My daughter will take good care of herself even if she goes to Hanzhou after getting married. And that hidden doctor is also in Hanzhou. Maybe she can cure my daughter's illness completely. So please be patient. Otherwise, if others see you frowning like this, who knows what they will think. Maybe they will even guess that my daughter is terminally ill?"

She said this jokingly in order to prevent her father from always thinking about marrying far away. Jiang Huaishan understood his daughter's painstaking efforts. His eyes were filled with heartache. He then touched her forehead and said.

"You are really very determined. You can choose anyone else to marry, but you have to choose this young General Pei. Hanzhou is good, and the Pei family is powerful, but if you marry alone, how can your father not worry? Hey, everyone says that a daughter in the family needs to marry, but how can the suffering of marrying be less? I'll tell you something you don't want to hear. Yesterday, your second sister went home and cried. Now the family is in a gloomy mood. Your grandmother and second aunt are also regretting it."

Jiang Shijin went home and cried?
Or yesterday?

Suddenly Jiang Shiyuan remembered what Princess Qinghuan said in public yesterday. It seemed that her second sister had some evil thoughts again. Since she couldn't get the approval of the princess, she thought of going home to force her father.

Then he asked after thinking for a while.

"Daddy, my second sister is crying in front of you?"

"No, she stole the prince's marriage that day, and father was very angry with her, so he strictly forbade her to go to Huaixin Courtyard again. The servant at the second gate was waiting there early and said that she was in your grandmother's courtyard, so father did not go there. She did send people to ask several times, but I refused them all."

When Jiang Huaishan talked about his niece, he felt a little disappointed.

Back then, he felt sorry for his second brother's early death, so he brought his wife, concubines and children back to his house. His wife was there at the time, so the second branch of the family was well-behaved and never made any big trouble. But his wife died of illness, his daughter went north, and his son was sent to school. His yard was suddenly empty. It was at this time that his niece came to pay her respects every day. She was sweet, well-behaved and cute. He had nowhere to put his missing daughter's emotions, so he projected them on Jiang Huaijin.

He dotes on her to the utmost.

Over the years, Jiang Shijin has always held a very high status in the mansion. Many outsiders who were unaware of the situation thought that his niece was the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. He explained it several times, but seeing that she seemed a little disappointed and inferior, he stopped interfering in the matter.

Who would have known that his momentary heartache would instead encourage her habit of replacing someone else. It was fine in Xuzhou before, but it was still the same after she came to Xijing City. Therefore, as much as Jiang Huaishan loved his niece before, he was now as disappointed with her.

"Dad, I don't mean to sow discord, but I'm afraid my second sister came to visit for a purpose."

"What do you mean?"

"Yesterday, my daughter went to the princess's mansion for a banquet and happened to meet Princess Chun and her second sister. The princess was afraid that it would be awkward for us to meet so she didn't let us meet. But later, the princess told my daughter that it seemed that the prince's eldest brother got a good position, so the princess was a little anxious and went to find the princess to arrange some work for the prince. I heard that they were interested in the River Administration."

Jiang Huaishan has been an official for many years and is somewhat cautious.

After listening to her daughter's words, she quickly connected the dots in her mind and her expression became much more serious than before.

"I have never inquired about this matter before, but the Zongzheng Temple and the River Administration are far apart, and I am only a junior official. Princess Qinghuan can't handle this matter, so I am powerless even if I want to. So your second sister wants to ask me for help, but that's too easy."

"It's not necessarily that she wants to ask father for help, but she definitely wants to ease the relationship. I'm afraid she will have a hard time in Prince Chun's mansion. Otherwise, with her personality, she probably won't return to her parents' home so quickly."

Jiang Shiyuan made an analysis and Jiang Huaishan took it to heart.

The carriage soon stopped while the two were lost in thought, and the driver outside whispered something.

"Master, Miss, we are home."

When the two heard this, they naturally wanted to get off the carriage. However, they didn't expect that just as they entered the mansion and had not yet gone to the backyard, a familiar old woman stood at the moon gate, looking around. After seeing the father and daughter appear, her originally anxious and flustered expression quickly brightened up.

He walked up quickly and greeted the two of them.

"This old slave greets the master and the young lady."

"Why is Mother Du waiting here? Is there something wrong with your mother?"

The Mother Du that Jiang Huaishan mentioned was the mother who had taken care of Old Madam Jiang for many years. Originally, the two families were close neighbors, and both were widows who had lost their husbands and raised their children, so they had a good relationship.

The Jiang family naturally rose to prominence because Jiang Huaishan passed the imperial examination and then married the daughter of Marquis Wenyuan. On the contrary, the son of the neighboring Du family was not ambitious and spent his days eating, drinking, whoring and gambling. His family was originally poor and finally fell to the point of selling his children and even his old mother to pay off his debts.

It was at that time that Mother Du brought her grandchildren into the Jiang Mansion. Because of past relationships, the whole family caught the eye of Old Madam Jiang and were kept by her side to serve her.