After the whole family was swept away, I lay down flat

Chapter 1015: Changes
Jin Jiashu now respects, loves and is close to Ma Shangyi, but the latter refuses to stay in his house for a long time, which makes him wonder how to repay her. Therefore, as long as he can, he is willing to do his best to make her happy.

He even thought that since Ma Shangyi liked to live with her old friends in Jiyuan, he might as well let her take her old friends to his hot spring manor to spend the winter. Anyway, the hot springs in the manor are good for the elderly and the sick, and it is healthier and warmer than living in the city and burning charcoal every day.

Since the hot spring villa was also his property, he even specially greeted Haitang and asked her not to mind: "I have prepared a large courtyard with three entrances for Madam, with a total of twenty rooms inside and outside, so she can invite as many friends as she wants. We live in the main courtyard, which is half a mile away from that courtyard. We don't disturb each other, and there are several hot springs there. Even if Madam and her old friends live there for a long time, it won't hinder us from spending the winter there."

Haitang blushed slightly and said angrily, "Mammy has taken care of you for so many years, you should do your best to repay her. Why did you have to tell me this specifically? Do you think I would be angry about this? Who do you think I am?!"

Jin Jiashu scratched his hair embarrassedly. "I'm sorry, Sister Hai, I didn't mean anything else. It's just that the Empress Dowager was a little angry when she heard about this. She said that I shouldn't have arranged for someone else to live in the family property without telling you. You and I are getting married next year, and the family property will be handed over to you in the future. It would be wrong for me not to tell you about this. The Empress Dowager also blamed me for being confused! She said that there are no elders in my family, and Sister Hai, you should have been the head of the family as soon as you entered the family. Now with Ma Ma, it's like having another mother-in-law. She was afraid that you would be unhappy..."

Haitang felt that Queen Mother Xu seemed to be the one who was unhappy. Why? She had a son of her own that she could not publicly acknowledge, nor could she openly enjoy the filial piety of her eldest son. Seeing that Ma Shangyi could live in Jin Jiashu's house and accept his filial piety, she felt uncomfortable? Was she jealous? It was just that she couldn't say these words out loud, so she deliberately brought up the "nephew's wife" who hadn't entered the house yet?

But when Ma Shangyi was in Chang'an, she lived in Jin Jiashu's house. Haitang had long been accustomed to this, so how could she be angry about it? Moreover, Ma Shangyi was not going to stay in Jin Jiashu's house to be the old feudal lord and be Haitang's mother-in-law. She was just going to spend the winter at Jin's hot spring manor. It was really unnecessary for Queen Mother Xu to use Haitang as a cover.

Maybe it was because Ma Shangyi was from the Cining Palace and was ordered by the Grand Empress Dowager to look after Jin Jiashu. Empress Dowager Xu was in the Grand Empress Dowager's way and could not complain about it, otherwise she would be an ungrateful ungrateful person, so she was so weird and tried to use someone else's knife to drive her away?

Haitang would certainly not act according to her wishes and become the offending villain: "The Queen Mother is worrying too much. I have known Ma Shangyi for a long time, and she has always taken care of me. I wish she could stay at home and teach me the ways of the world. You and I are still young, and we don't know the rules of the royal relatives in the capital. If there is no mature and steady elder around to teach us in the future, I don't know if there will be any jokes. It would be great if Ma Ma could stay at home for a longer time. At present, she may find it annoying and want to live a quiet and leisurely retirement life instead of worrying about trivial affairs. But when she gets tired of living in the hot spring villa and wants to return to the city, we must find a way to persuade her to come home. Even if she is unwilling to stay for a long time, it is good to stay for a while from time to time."

This hit the spot in Jin Jiashu's mind. He felt that he and Haitang were a perfect match: "Sister Hai, you're right, let's do this!"

Haitang raised the corners of her mouth slightly, then suppressed them, as if asking casually: "Although the Queen Mother is worrying too much, she cares so much about me and reminds you, Brother Jin, of many things. I really feel a little flattered. The Queen Mother is really good to Brother Jin!"

Jin Jiashu didn't seem to understand what she meant, and only sighed: "The Queen Mother is naturally good to me, but sometimes... I actually hope she won't take care of me so much. Her ideas are completely different from mine, and most of the time it just makes me embarrassed..."

He sighed again and again, wanting to say something but stopping himself, and finally chose not to continue the topic, lest he say something wrong again. He looked up at Haitang and smiled, "But the Queen Mother likes you very much now, Sister Hai, so you can put aside all your previous worries. She will never say anything that would displease her about you again, and she will not embarrass you when you enter the palace in the future."

Haitang blinked: "Why is that? Is it because of those so-called Tianxin Haitang dried flowers?"

"That's why," Jin Jiashu said, "If it weren't for you, Sister Hai, planting the Tianxin Begonia, and Teacher Xie remembering that this herb is an important raw material for the antidote, and asking you, Sister Hai, to give it to me, the remaining poison in my body would never be so easily eliminated, and I don't know how many years of suffering I would have to endure before my body could truly recover. Now I am fine, all the hidden dangers are gone, and I don't have to worry about my life anymore. The Queen Mother is happy about this, and she will naturally be grateful to Teacher Xie and Sister Hai."

If Queen Mother Xu was really grateful, why didn't she do anything? Even if she just gave some rewards, that would be great.

This thought flashed through Haitang's mind, but she didn't say it out loud. She just smiled and said, "Then I'm relieved. I originally thought that the Queen Mother would blame me for giving the flowers to you and letting you make the detoxification medicine yourself!"

Jin Jiashu smiled. Even if Empress Dowager Xu had complained about this, he took all the responsibility. Besides, there were Tianxin crabapples planted here. When the flowers bloomed next autumn, there would be materials for the antidote. It was better than the Imperial Hospital having no news about the flowers. Empress Dowager Xu could blame anyone, but Haitang.

Of course, there are other reasons besides this.

Jin Jiashu told Haitang: "That day, the imperial edict messenger came to our house to issue an imperial edict. When he returned to the palace to report, the Empress Dowager went to the Qianqing Palace to ask him about you, Sister Hai. The imperial edict messenger told her about your family situation and said that you are outstanding in talent and appearance, well-educated, dignified and elegant, and in no way inferior to the daughters of wealthy families. The Empress Dowager asked very carefully and was very satisfied after the questioning. She also rewarded the imperial edict messenger generously!"

The new emperor told Jin Jiashu about this privately, and later even the Empress Dowager knew about it. The Empress Dowager had known about Haitang's situation from Ma Shangyi a long time ago, and she was very confident in her upbringing. Whenever Empress Dowager Xu was worried about this, she would comfort her. This time, Empress Dowager Xu got a satisfactory answer from an irrelevant foreign official like the imperial edict messenger. The Empress Dowager simply gave her another reassurance and summoned several wives of Wumen's old students to the palace to talk. On the day when the marriage order was issued to the Hai family, these imperial edicts had visited the Hai family and talked with Haitang's family, and had a deeper understanding of Haitang. After their detailed introduction, Empress Dowager Xu is now more satisfied with Haitang.

When Jin Jiashu left the palace, Empress Dowager Xu apologized to her "nephew" and said that she should not have repeatedly tried to arrange a marriage for him when she knew that he had someone in his heart. Now she knows how outstanding the girl he likes is. She is the best choice in terms of talent, appearance, family background and education, and is a perfect match for him. She will no longer interfere in his marriage, and only hopes that he can marry his fiancée as soon as possible, live happily in the future, and have many children and grandchildren, so that she will have no regrets in her life!