Chapter 288

"Who are those people?"

The wife of Marquis Jiang An looked disdainful: "Toads want to eat swan flesh, and they are all thinking about climbing up the social ladder. How can they be good matches?"

"If I really marry your sister, what difference would that make to her is like pushing her into a fire pit?"

"Since ancient times, how many poor boys who married white, rich and beautiful women would treat their original wives well?"

"Aren't you just waiting to seize the girl's property and dowry, become successful, and then divorce her and marry someone else?"

Madam Jiang Anhou sneered: "Those people speak better than they sing."

"Promise me that you will take good care of your sister no matter what you say."

"With curses and oaths."

"But I am such a smart person, how can I not see their dirty thoughts and dirty calculations?"

She snorted, "As long as your father and I are still alive, or in other words, the power and status of the Jiang'an Marquisate remain the same, those people will naturally wag their tails and fawn on us like lapdogs."

"I dare not easily show your sister's displeasure."

"Even if it's the man's family, relying on their status as the in-laws, they wouldn't dare to set rules for your sister, control her, or torture her."

Jiang Wei was puzzled: "Isn't this good?"

Why does he have to let his sister enter the palace?

If his elder sister had not entered the palace, perhaps... her and her two children would not have died.

"What good?"

Madam Jiang An glared at him and said, "All of this is based on the premise that your father and I are still alive."

She snorted, "To put it bluntly, if I were still alive, the Jiang'an Marquisate and your father would be your sister's backers."

"If anything happened to me, I would be gone a long time ago."

"If your father marries a new beautiful wife, why would he care about your sister's life or death?"

"I'm afraid that within half a year, you will be drunk in the land of pleasure and forget that your sister, your daughter, is suffering outside."

"One might even say that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water."

"Since you're already at your husband's house, you belong to someone else's family."

Jiang Wei touched his nose, but didn't dare to respond.

The son does not complain about the father's fault.

"You don't trust my father enough."

Not only can you not say it, but you have to say nice things to help people make up for their mistakes.

"My father wouldn't be that kind of person."

Mrs. Jiang'an Marquis's wife glared at him, as if she was disgusted that she had given birth to a fool.

There was a hint of pain in her eyes: "All men are the same."

News came that the eldest daughter had died.

Doesn’t this man feel any pain at all?
Instead, they were thinking about how to take advantage of the fact that the person in the palace was in pain and still owed something to their Jiang'an Marquis Mansion, and register the illegitimate daughter raised outside under her name, send her into the palace as a legitimate daughter, and continue the glory of Jiang'an Marquis Mansion.

Mrs. Jiang'an Marquis had no doubt at all.

If she died first, Lao Deng would definitely remarry.

By then, her daughter will really be without her mother's home.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Jiang Wei: Brothers are equally unreliable.

"If any of those men are sincere and come to ask for your sister's hand in marriage because they like her, I don't necessarily have to pay attention to the other party's family background."

Madam Jiang Anhou regained her composure: "After all, to be honest, the one who was able to pass the invitation to me, even if his family background was not so good, was still a legitimate noble family."

"Even an ordinary earl may not have the opportunity to send a visiting card to me."

"Not to mention coming to ask for marriage."

Madam Jiang Anhou frowned, not disguising her disgust: "But which of them has a serious mind?"

"You want to take advantage of the relationship with the Marquis of Jiang'an Mansion, get the support of your father and brother in the court, and take the opportunity to rise to the top."

"I am just thinking about your sister's generous dowry."

"I want to swallow up your sister's dowry and supplement my own family."

"How can I let your sister marry someone with such evil intentions?"

Jiang Wei nodded, agreeing with this.

only……

"Then why did my sister enter the palace?"

He was very puzzled.

In terms of danger, the struggles in the palace are probably even more dangerous than the conspiracies and plots in the harem, right?
Wealth is truly wealth.

In this world, where else can one compare with the dignity of the royal family?
"Maybe this is life."

Madam Jiang Anhou sighed, "I was so worried about your sister's marriage that I couldn't sleep all night."

"But she is so good!"

"Just like nothing happened, he went out to ride horses and hunt all day."

"What a result."

"I didn't catch the prey, but it was kidnapped by someone!"

Jiang Wei was shocked: "Ah?"

"Sister and..." Could it be that they really got together because of love, but then became a couple of enemies, and in the end both mother and son died?
When Madam Jiang Anhou talked about this, she couldn't help but feel melancholy and sad: "When the emperor was on a secret visit, he happened to meet your elder sister who was hunting in a mountain villa outside the city."

"One is a young girl who has just begun to fall in love, and the other is a high and mighty emperor who has always been surrounded by flowers..."

She sighed, "Sweet words and sugar-coated bullets are not something your sister, who is simple-minded, can resist."

"Afterwards, not long after, the imperial edict was delivered to the Marquis' Mansion, stating that your elder sister should be welcomed into the palace with the ceremony of a queen... as a concubine!"

Madam Jiang Anhou could not help but wipe away her tears: "I was unwilling at that time!"

"Being a concubine does sound noble. She is the emperor's woman. Even a proper marquis' wife like me has to show respect when she sees me."

"But no matter how noble you are, there is still the Queen above you. How can you live a comfortable life?"

"What's more, the palace rules are very strict and extremely restrictive."

"Your sister is used to being free and easy, how can she stand being disciplined to be dignified and rigid even when walking and eating?"

The wife of Marquis Jiang An became more and more upset as she spoke: "Not to mention, the concubines were welcomed into the palace with the ceremony of the queen."

"It may seem glorious, but in reality... isn't this just a slap in the face of the Queen?"

"The Queen can't do anything to the King, so why should she vent her anger on your sister?"

"Yes, at that time, the emperor was still young and strong."

"There are not many concubines in the harem, and the position of queen has always been vacant."

"But it's not the position of Queen after all!"

"When the emperor establishes a new queen in the future, he will recall this incident and know that a concubine had already enjoyed the ceremony of being the queen before he became the mother of the country. How can he not feel uncomfortable?"

"I'm afraid that by then, I'll be causing trouble for your sister all the time, making her feel uncomfortable."

Madam Jiang Anhou's eyes turned red: "And what about the instigator of all this? With just the word 'favor', he can disappear in a gorgeous way."

"How can I let my daughter live in such dire straits?"

"Those poor guys have bad intentions and covet your sister's dowry. This emperor may not be that good!" "If he really loves your sister, why would he create such a big trouble for her in the name of love and make her life in the palace uneasy?"

"It's obvious that he has ulterior motives!"

Madam Jiang Anhou sniffed twice: "But it is such an obvious thing, but your father is like a fool, blind and completely ignores it."

"What else can you say?"

"Anyway, the position of queen is vacant now. If your sister can enter the palace, she may not be unable to reach that position."

"It is said that our Jiang'an Marquis Mansion can also produce a golden phoenix and become a descendant of the clan."

"The status is bound to rise even higher."

Jiang Wei was slightly stunned. He had never expected that there would be so many twists and turns in this.

"So, it was because of this that my sister entered the palace and became the emperor's concubine Jiang."

Madam Jiang'an Marquis nodded slightly.

"Then my sister..." Jiang Wei hesitated for a moment, wanting to ask my sister whether she had any feelings for the man in the palace?
The words came to my lips, but I couldn't say them.

Madam Jiang Anhou shook her head: "A little girl, who doesn't know how to eat or drink, how can she know about love?"

"I was just fooled by a few sweet words and sugar-coated bullets, and I thought I had fallen in love with someone and was madly in love with him."

Mrs. Jiang'an Marquis muttered a lot and was very sad.

With Jiang Wei's comfort, he felt a little better.

"Look at me, what am I saying?"

“It’s all been a few years.”

Madam Jiang An looked at her youngest son lovingly: "What did you just ask me?"

"Ask your sister..."

Before Jiang Wei could finish, Madam Jiang Anhou recalled: "Your sister didn't have many good friends when she was in the boudoir."

"But after entering the palace, I made friends with a nice girl. We often spend time together and have funny conversations!"

She sighed, "Originally, I was worried that your sister is simple-minded and would be deceived and harmed by those who are good at pretending!"

"Especially that girl, who hasn't even married yet, has come to live in the palace under the pretext of being in contact with your elder sister."

Lady Marquis Jiang'an recalled her previous caution and found it a little funny.

"At that time, I was still that girl, and I wanted to climb up the social ladder by relying on your sister."

"It was only later that I realized that this girl's identity was actually very unusual."

"Let alone the position of concubine, even if you offer her the position of queen, she will still look down on you!"

Madam Jiang Anhou sighed and lowered her voice: "Even the one in our palace has to greet people respectfully when he meets them."

"Your elder sister has been in the palace for so many years, and it is thanks to her good relationship with her that she has been able to live safely and smoothly, and remain simple for so many years."

Jiang Wei disagreed in his heart.

If this man was really so powerful, why did his sister die in the silent and cold palace walls without knowing the reason or the truth?
"If she was still in the palace with your elder sister, your elder sister and two little nephews at that time, maybe she would..."

When Lady Jiang'an Hou recalled what happened at that time, she still couldn't help crying.

"She wasn't there when my sister got into trouble?"

Jiang Wei narrowed his eyes sharply: "Where did she go?"

Madam Jiang'an shook her head.

“No one knows where she went.”

"Their whole family is very mysterious, and ordinary people can't get a glimpse of them at all."

Jiang Wei asked seriously: "She is..."

He still felt that the possibility that Shengji had told him before was very slim.

Madam Jiang Anhou glanced at him and said, "I don't know her exact identity either."

"All I know is that her last name is Xie."

She looked at Jiang Wei deeply, as if reminding him, but also as a warning: "None of us can afford to offend Xie!"

Jiang Wei pursed his lips, struggling and choosing his words in his mind.

"I know you came here today to ask something."

Madam Jiang Anhou sighed, "Before, it was true that no one of us had thought about this problem."

"Your elder sister was very friendly with others back then."

"So I thought, if we can become even closer, it would be even better."

"It's just that there's no one in the family who is of the right age to marry."

"After thinking about it, your sister only thought of you."

"But she was more than ten years older than your sister, and it was really hard for you, who were still a child at that time, to be a good match."

Madam Jiang Anhou glanced at the man and said, "It's nothing that you have been wronged."

"But if you wrong someone, it would be a great sin!"

Jiang Wei:……

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

"But she does have a sister."

"Your age is very suitable."

"Your sister is the one who decides. She wants to arrange a marriage with someone."

"At that time, your elder sister did tell me that she wanted to ask for the title of a princess for the child."

Jiang Wei frowned: "So, Princess Shaoan might really be..."

Someone from the Imperial Master’s Mansion?
Young Master?

But since the fiancée that his elder sister had arranged for him was the younger sister of the girl from the Xie family, why did Sheng Ji say that Princess Shao'an was the young master of the Imperial Master's Mansion?

How can a second daughter be allowed to inherit the throne when there is already an eldest daughter?
Madam Jiang Anhou nodded: "Nine out of ten."

By the way, she explained his doubts: "Now, when we were engaged, the younger sister of Miss Xie has probably already taken her elder sister's place."

Jiang Wei widened his eyes in shock.

"So..." The information Sheng Ji had heard was correct. Princess Shaoan was really the Young Prince of the Imperial Master's Mansion?

He was puzzled: "But, she took her sister's place... why?"

"Because her elder sister disappeared."

Mrs. Jiang'an Hou sighed, her face showing sadness.

"Missing?"

Jiang Wei was surprised.

"Yes, if Miss Xie hadn't suddenly disappeared, your sister might not have suffered such a thing."

Mrs. Jiang'anhou couldn't stop sobbing.

"You mean to say that Miss Xie disappeared before my sister got into trouble, and there is still no news about her?"

Jiang Wei keenly felt that the sudden disappearance of this Miss Xie, the former young master of the Imperial Master's Mansion, might be directly or indirectly related to the murder of her elder sister.

Even more likely...

Once the reason for Miss Xie's disappearance is found, the truth about her sister's murder will also come to light.


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