Queen's Development

Chapter 227
Returning to the main room in the inner courtyard of the Jiang Mansion, Jiang Zhen looked at Mrs. Jiang who was sitting on the Arhat bed, her nose felt sore, she called "Grandmother" in a low voice, her eyes became moist instantly, but she tried her best to maintain a smile on her face, It looked so pitiful and painful.

Looking at her most beloved granddaughter, and thinking that she was going to enter the shady palace compound at a young age, Mrs. Jiang was already in tears, and she cried, "Hurry up and get someone to prepare the sedan chair. Go to Prince He's Mansion and ask my good grandson why he wanted to kill his own cousin!"

Jiang Shulin stood beside his mother, closed his eyes, and stopped his mother: "Mom, you can't go!"

Of course he knew why Lin Jia had framed his own daughter, because Lin Jia had carried him to his current position, but he took advantage of Lin Jia's fighting on the border of Liaozhou to send Lin Jia's woman to Xixia!

Jiang Zhen stood there with teary eyes, tears all over her face, but she still held back, stepped forward a few steps, knelt down at Mrs. Jiang's knees, and cried, "Grandmother, the sacred order must not be violated—"

After finishing speaking, she threw herself into Mrs. Jiang's arms and burst into tears.

Seeing her most beloved granddaughter like this, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help crying, she wiped her tears and said bitterly: "It's all Bai Yuzhi's lowly maid who encouraged Ajia, I will not spare her!"

Nestling in her grandmother's arms, Jiang Zhen swore to herself: Lin Jia, if you treat me like this, one day, I will ask you to pay back twice as much!
Jiang Shulin thought for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Mother, Your Majesty is only 40 years old this year. It is the time when Zhen'er enters the palace. If she can win the favor and give birth to a prince, maybe our Jiang family can..."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Zhen both understood.

Jiang Zhen said bitterly: "Grandmother, father, our Jiang family treats Lin Jia well, but he treats us like this, why should we support him? However, after I enter the palace, I must give birth to a prince!"

Jiang Shulin thought for a while, and said, "I heard that there are Miao doctors in Miao land, and there are medicines for conceiving children..."

Jiang Zhen still had tears in her eyes: "Father, hurry up, I will enter the palace on the Double Ninth Festival!"

Jiang Shulin nodded.

Jiang Zhen suddenly thought of Jiang Fang, who was not selected, and felt a sense of injustice: Why should I sacrifice for the family, but you sit back and enjoy the benefits?
She wiped away her tears and thought about it: "Grandmother, I heard that Sister Fang looks a bit like Aunt Jiang Wangfei..."

Mrs. Jiang thought for a while, then nodded: "Your sister, she is the only one who looks like your aunt!"

Jiang Zhen's eyes flickered: "It's not that your Majesty treats my aunt... In that case, it's better not to engage Sister Fang, just in case... we can send Sister Fang in..."

Jiang Shulin scratched his beard and nodded, feeling that his daughter was right.Girls enjoy everything the family brings, so they naturally have to contribute to the family, whether it's his daughter or his brother's daughter, it has to be like this!

Mrs. Jiang never took the gentle and docile Jiang Fang seriously, so she nodded and said, "Okay, you can enter the palace with peace of mind, I will keep her first!"

Only then did Jiang Zhen feel relieved, and finally felt a little better in her heart.

Back at Prince He's Mansion, Yuzhi followed Lin Jia to the foreign study.

She took the green tea from Ah Qing, gave Lin Jia a cup, took another cup of warm water and took a sip, then looked at Lin Jia: "A Jia, will the Jiang family accept it?"

Lin Jia took a sip of the tea, and the slightly bitter tea fragrance filled her mouth.

He looked at Yuzhi with a smile: "I will give Jiang Shulin three days."

Within three days, if Jiang Shulin doesn't come to see him, then Jiang Zhen will obediently enter the palace and become a concubine!
Yuzhi remembered one more thing: "By the way, Ajia, I've told Doctor Jin and Nanny Gu, and Ayin will start weaning today!"

After Lin Jia heard this, she sympathized with Lin Yin: "Then... let's not go back to Songyuan, we will be reluctant!"

Yuzhi's big eyes rolled around, and immediately remembered something: "How is the test of the gunpowder you let people test?"

Lin Jia immediately said: "I heard that it will explode when it hits people or objects when thrown out, but it's just inconvenient to transport. They are now studying ways to preserve and transport gunpowder!"

Yuzhi thought for a while, then squinted her eyes and smiled: "Let me accompany you to Xinghuaying Zhuangzi to have a look!"

Lin Jia was about to go and have a look, so she asked someone to take Yuzhi's carriage, and she really took Yuzhi to Xinghuaying Zhuangzi in the west of the city.

Yuzhi stood on the stage with Lin Jiali, watching the soldiers throw out the bags of gunpowder and then explode.

Listening to the thunder-like explosion, she couldn't help feeling ups and downs: If Dazhou took the lead in using gunpowder on the battlefield, at least it would have a deterrent effect, and Xixia, Liao, Goryeo, Nanyue and Wa would not dare to easily provoke war up...

She somehow thought of the jade and porcelain boxes she used to hold the balm, and she thought to herself: I don’t know if sealing the gunpowder in a porcelain box or an iron box, pulling out the plug and throwing it out after use, will solve the problem of gunpowder? What about preservation?
Thinking of this, Yu Zhi approached Lin Jia and said in a low voice, "A Jia, I have an idea, I don't know if it's suitable or not?"

Seeing Lin Jia's gentle eyes, waiting for her to speak, Yu Zhi expressed her thoughts.

After hearing this, Lin Jia felt that it made sense, so she ordered Su Ming, the school captain in charge of Xinghuaying Zhuangzi: "Go and invite Wu Yucun!"

Wu Yucun is the head craftsman who studies gunpowder.

Seeing that Lin Jia valued her words so much, Yuzhi was very happy, so she stayed with Lin Jia in the Xinghuaying Zhuangzi all the time.

Three days later, Lin Jia didn't wait for Jiang Shulin, he knew that his uncle was determined to do right with him, so he couldn't help sneering.

On the fourth day, Jiang Shulin brought his eldest son Jiang Mianzhi to see Lin Jia.

After talking for a while, Jiang Shulin asked Lin Jia to take care of Concubine Min who was about to enter the palace.

Lin Jia sneered in her heart, her face was warm, and she said immediately: "Why do you need uncle to personally explain such a trivial matter? I will arrange it myself!"

After sending Jiang Shulin away, Lin Jia was standing on the porch of the outer study looking at the begonias outside the railing, when Yang Xin walked over: "My lord, is Mr. Jiang determined to be His Majesty's father-in-law?"

The corner of Lin Jia's mouth twitched: "That's natural!"

Yang Xin smiled: "I'm afraid it's because Concubine Min will give birth to a prince in the future!"

Lin Jia's phoenix eyes were deep: "Then we will wait and see!"

For the sake of his mother, he gave Jiang a chance, but unfortunately Jiang didn't cherish it, and treated him as a fool to fool him!
The busy time always flies by quickly, and it is September in the blink of an eye, and there are only three days before Jiang Zhen enters the palace.

The so-called Miao medicine hadn't been obtained yet, Jiang Zhen couldn't help but feel a little anxious, and was about to go to see her father, when the maid beside Mrs. Jiang came to invite her to go: "Ms. Concubine Min, the old lady is waiting for you to go over!"

The words "Concubine Min" in the maid's mouth pleased Jiang Zhen, she smiled lightly, and told the eldest maid, Li Chun: "Give her a purse!"

Emperor Yongtai was only 40 years old, and he was in the prime of life. It is still unknown whether Lin Jianeng will succeed in succeeding to the throne!
The maid got the purse, she was very grateful, and led Jiang Zhen to the main room in the inner courtyard.

Mrs. Jiang was lying on the Luohan bed in the open room of the main room. Seeing Jiang Zhen coming in, she smiled and waved: "Zhen'er, come and sit next to grandma!"

She then told the maids: "Stand back!"

When only her grandparent and grandson were left in the next day, Mrs. Jiang took out an orange-red brocade bag from her sleeve pocket: "This is the seedling medicine your father just sent. It's pink powder. If someone finds out , Let’s just say it’s face powder, when you use it, you first mix it with rose balm, apply it on your lips, and then kiss someone, it will make you fascinated..."

After hearing her grandmother's words, Jiang Zhen couldn't help but see the handsome and mature face of Emperor Yongtai in Jiang Zhen's mind, her little face turned red all of a sudden, and she lowered her head shyly.

Mrs. Jiang leaned against the pillow and looked at Jiang Zhen with a smile.

She has seven or eight granddaughters from the first line, but the third granddaughter, Jiang Zhen, is beautiful, with an oval face, peach eyes, moon lips, plus a straight nose bridge and a slender figure, she is really a standard beauty.

How could Emperor Yongtai not like such a little beauty?
Thinking of this, Mrs. Jiang lowered her voice and said mysteriously: "This Miao medicine is good for women to conceive, but it is not good for men, and it will damage life span!"

When Jiang Zhen heard the words, her eyes showed determination, and her voice was like a gnat: "Grandmother, what we want is the prince from His Majesty. As for Your Majesty...with a prince, wouldn't it be better for His Majesty to leave as soon as possible?"

Mrs. Jiang looked at her granddaughter and smiled—is this Jiang’s good daughter? Back then, Ajia’s mother was so disappointing that she really believed in the love between men and women. In the end, she lost her life in vain. Shi didn't get her benefits either...

(End of this chapter)