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

Chapter 1118 Private
Haijiao will take care of the rest, so Haitang doesn't need to worry about it.

Hai Jiao had just gotten married, and although he had asked his superiors for leave and had ten days off, he was occasionally called back to the Imperial Guard. The case he had led in the Minister's Mansion was now approaching trial, and as a centurion of the Imperial Guard in charge of the investigation, he often had to show up. Therefore, even though he was newly married, the Dali Temple still asked him to help from time to time.

He did not refuse. Although it was important to accompany his newlywed wife, he had followed the case of the Minister's Mansion from beginning to end, and now that it was about to be completed, he naturally could not be absent, otherwise the credit that should have belonged to him would be discounted and let others share the profits. Wouldn't he have worked in vain?
He apologized to his new wife Zhuang Minyi in private, and asked her grandmother and younger sister to accompany her more. Zhuang Minyi was also a sensible person, and she would not throw a tantrum at this time. Besides, her grandmother was kind and her younger sister-in-law was also very considerate, so she was happy to be with them. If she was stuck with her husband all day long, she would not be used to it.

When the trial of the case in the Minister's Mansion was completed and the results came out, the guilty people were all punished, Haijiao's credit was also obtained, he was commended by his superiors, and he was also given a compensatory vacation. He went home to spend a few more days with his wife, and also accompanied her to her parents' home to visit Zhuang Shitong and his son. Zhuang Minyi was even happier.

Zhuang Shitong was very happy to see the couple in harmony and love. He knew that Hai Jiao had been busy with official duties recently and had less time to accompany his granddaughter, so he comforted her privately, "Hai's son-in-law has feelings for you and does not mean to ignore you. He is young now and is valued by the emperor and his superiors. It is time for him to make achievements and careers, so it is inevitable that he will neglect his family. But if he can achieve something in the future, you can also follow your husband's honor and glory. He is now loyal to his duties, which is also a way for you to make progress. Don't blame him in your heart, share his worries, let him not worry about family affairs, and can concentrate on his official career. He will naturally understand your goodness and be grateful."

Zhuang Minyi respectfully accepted the advice: "Grandfather, don't worry. I understand everything and have never felt resentful. Moreover, even when he was busy, he never forgot me. He still cared about my daily life and diet, and bought me food gifts from time to time. My grandmother and aunt are also very friendly and caring towards me. I am doing well in my husband's family and I am happy. How could I complain? Even if it is not for the honor of my husband, but just for my husband's sincerity to me, and the care and friendship of my grandmother and aunt, I will take good care of my husband's family and let him not worry about the future."

Zhuang Shitong was very pleased to see that his granddaughter was sensible and got along well with her grandson-in-law. He allowed his granddaughter to meet his son and told him more about her experiences in her husband's family after marriage, so that his son would not worry about his granddaughter's poor life after marriage.

Haijiao and his wife love each other, their family is stable, and the Yue family is also very sensible, so they can naturally pursue their official career with peace of mind. He was just promoted to a centurion at the end of last year, and it has been less than half a year. Even if he has made contributions, he will not be promoted so quickly, so he is not in a hurry. With the merits of the case of the Minister's Mansion, he only needs to accumulate qualifications step by step and solve a few more cases. After the three-year term is completed, he will be able to be promoted steadily. Now he has neither a lack of background and qualifications nor a lack of backing from the emperor, so he is not in a hurry at all. He can slow down his pace of advancement a little, so as not to arouse the fear of other colleagues, thinking that he is too hard-working, which makes others look too lazy and useless, which is really not conducive to his popularity in the Jinyiwei.

Therefore, he got those days of compensatory leave and simply took care of his personal affairs. While he was organizing the wedding for Qiao Fu, he was also organizing Hai Baozhu's dowry for the eldest Fang and Hai Baozhu's mother and son. He married his cousin in a grand manner, and took the opportunity of Qiao Fu's wedding banquet to chat with Xiao Feng, the shopkeeper of Jiyuan. Within two days, he and Xiao Feng went to find Jin Jiashu together.

Although Jin Jiashu was busy studying, he also needed to relax and unwind in his spare time. He was already good friends with Haijiao, and because of Ma Shangyi, he often came into contact with Shopkeeper Xiao Feng. Now that they had more time to spend together, their friendship became even deeper. He also took Shopkeeper Xiao Feng to visit his good friend Wu Ke, and Wu Ke took Shopkeeper Xiao Feng to visit Prince Kang's Mansion. Although it seemed like just normal exchanges between friends, judging from the increasingly rapid progress of the reconstruction of the Wu family's main residence and the construction of the Jin family's villa, and the increasingly sufficient budget, this interaction brought them not only a happy mood, but also greater gains.

Hai Jiao did not mention the details to his younger sister, but only briefly mentioned it to his newlywed wife. He might have recently acquired a considerable property thanks to the help of a few good friends, but that was his personal private property, and he had already reported it to his grandfather Hai Xiya in advance. His grandfather asked him to manage it himself and keep the profits himself, without having to turn it over to the public. However, he was busy with official duties, so where would he find the time to take care of his private property? He had to entrust it to his wife. Anyway, after Zhuang Minyi came into the family, she didn't need a housekeeper, but only occasionally helped her grandmother-in-law and second aunt Hu with some household chores. It was just right that she had time to manage her husband's private property to kill time. As for the income from this private property, it was naturally their private money, and it was also to be handed over to her for management.

Zhuang Minyi was very concerned about this, and after asking for details, she solemnly took over the account books and deeds he handed over. She did not mention this to her parents' ancestors, but after asking her grandmother-in-law, she knew that the elders had no intention of interfering, but her sister-in-law was an insider, and her future husband was also one of her husband's partners, so she pulled her sister-in-law Haitang to check the accounts together.

Accounting was not difficult for Haitang. She and her sister-in-law worked together to calculate the accounts, chat about family matters, and pay attention to gossip outside in their spare time.

The disturbance that had occurred in Prince Ping's mansion a few days ago had spread widely among the royal family and the scholarly and official families due to the intentional publicity of Prince Ping's wife and Prince Ping's prince's wife. Prince Ping's prince had already returned to the mansion claiming to be sick, but after a fit of tantrum, the prince's wife became generous and took the initiative to tell the prince that since her husband was interested in the daughter of the Zhang family, who was also a lady from an extraordinary family, she was willing to come forward to ask for her husband's hand in marriage and bring her back to the mansion to be the prince's concubine.

Prince Ping was very touched. He knew that the daughter of the Zhang family was good enough to be his principal wife, and the status of a concubine was really unfair to her. But his original wife was still alive. She was not only his cousin, but also his childhood sweetheart. She gave birth to his eldest daughter and was deeply in love with him. She had never done anything wrong. He couldn't abandon his original wife and marry someone else, right? That didn't make sense! Anyway, Zhang was sincere to him and said that she didn't care about the status and was only willing to stay with him, so she probably didn't care about being his concubine.

Besides, although Zhang was born in a royal family and was the daughter of the head of the Zhang family, she was just a lady who failed to be selected as the concubine of the new emperor and had a bad reputation. As the prince of the Pingwang Mansion, he would inherit his father's princely title in the future. His concubines also had ranks, which were not comparable to ordinary imperial edicts, and were more respectable than the ordinary low-ranking concubines in the palace. Since Zhang failed to enter the palace, she married him as a proper concubine. What was wrong with that? It was more glorious and respectable than marrying an ordinary official's son, right?

Prince Ping took a fancy to Zhang. As long as he could successfully marry her home, who would care whether she was his principal wife or his concubine? As long as he could get the beauty and his parents and wife had no objection, then everything would be fine. As for the outside world's discussions, they would disappear in a year or two. He could just hide in the palace for a while. He had long been accustomed to staying at home, so what was the big deal?

Prince Ping happily accepted the princess' proposal, but the Zhang family might not be so happy.