Chapter 278: Returning Home in Spring (Part 1)
It’s time, luck, and fate.
On the way home, Sun Shaozong thought of Zhao Wutong's experience and still couldn't help sighing.
Is it wrong to take risks and expose your boss’s corruption?
Of course it is correct, it can even be said to be a great achievement!
But the tragedy is that Zhao Wutong brought this matter to the attention of foreign envoys, causing the imperial court to lose face greatly!
Although this may not be Zhao Wutong's original intention, the imperial court looks at the result, not his original intention - so it is reasonable to secretly send people to investigate and punish him.
However, Zhao Wutong did make a contribution by exposing the Zhili corruption case, so there should be no problem in keeping his life. As for whether he can keep his official position, that depends on how his superiors characterize the matter.
I can only say that this guy's luck is really bad!
I was feeling emotional all the way.
When I arrived outside the Sun Mansion, I saw a carriage parked outside the gate. It looked familiar, but it was not owned by the Sun family.
Sun Shaozong called the doorman Liu Quan and pointed at the carriage and asked, "Whose carriage is this?"
"Reply to Second Master."
Liu Quan said hurriedly, "The maidservant next to the eldest wife of Rongguo Mansion suddenly came in a carriage and was talking to our eldest wife in the back."
Xing sent someone to look for Jia Yingchun?
I don’t know what to say...
Sun Shaozong originally thought that he would have to wait until the next afternoon, when his eldest brother returned from his shift outside the city, to find out why Xing had sent the maid over.
Unexpectedly, not long after returning to the rear house, Jia Yingchun sent a maid to ask Sun Shaozong to make the decision on her brother's behalf and let her go home early the next morning.
This "returning home" refers to the fact that after getting married, the bride will go back to her parents' home to visit them on certain days. On the one hand, it is to show that she has not forgotten the grace of her parents who brought her up, and on the other hand, it is also to tell them about her situation in her husband's home.
According to the rules, the groom must also accompany the bride, but his main purpose is not to accompany the bride, but to bring gifts and thank the matchmaker at the lunch on the day of the return home.
The popular dates for returning home nowadays are mostly chosen on the third, fifth, or seventh day, but this is usually chosen by people who are not very particular. People with a little status are accustomed to returning home on the full moon day.
The Sun family and the Rongguo Mansion are both of "some status", so the date for returning home was set on the full moon day. Why did it suddenly have to be moved forward?
Especially since this happened to be the day when my cheap brother was on duty outside the city...
After carefully questioning the old woman, Sun Shaozong finally understood. It turned out that it was not Jia Yingchun who wanted to advance the marriage, but Jia She who suddenly fell ill and asked Mrs. Xing to send a maid to pass on a message that he wanted to see his daughter as soon as possible to avoid any regrets.
What could Jia Yingchun do after her father said this?
Therefore, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and send someone to find Sun Shaozong to discuss returning home early.
Jia She's words...
It sounds like he's seriously ill!
But it was not his body that was ill, but his brain.
In pursuit of the 'excitement of cheating', she sold her daughter to a widower. Now she says that she is not in good health and wants to see her daughter in advance to avoid any regrets - either she is crazy or she has other intentions!
Sun Shaozong walked back and forth in the hall a few times, and suddenly asked, "When the eldest lady asked you to come over, how did you look? Was there anything wrong?"
The old woman laughed and said, "What level am I at? How could I trouble the Madam to come out and explain myself in person? Those words were all relayed by Miss Siqi."
Sun Shaozong was feeling a little disappointed when he heard the old woman say, "But I saw that Miss Siqi looked quite annoyed, and I don't know who she was annoyed with."
That Siqi looked a little annoyed?
Sun Shaozong felt that his guess was almost right, so he hurriedly called Zhao Zhongji and started to make arrangements.
Let me explain this on two sides.
After sending away Qiu Tong, who was sent by Xing, Jia Yingchun pursed her lips, sat on the stool with a sad face and said nothing.
"Mrs!"
Xiu Ju stamped her feet anxiously beside her: "From what Qiu Wen said, it seems that the master is short of money and wants you to..."
She paused for a moment, then grabbed the handkerchief and said, "If you want to go back empty-handed, how can the master agree with his temper?"
Jia Yingchun did not respond. Instead, Siqi on the side sneered and said, "You only care about the eldest master, but why don't you think about our master's temperament? Is he easy to talk to?"
"Don't forget that we are all members of the Sun family now. If I go to my mother's house to get money without telling him, how can he agree?"
When Xiu Ju heard this, she became even more flustered. She circled around Jia Yingchun and stamped her feet, saying, "I can't afford to offend both of them. What...what should I do?!"
"It's simple for me."
Siqi puffed out her chest that looked down upon all the other women, and said in a crisp voice, "A daughter who is married off is like spilled water. So what if Madam goes back empty-handed? Can the master really eat us?"
Xiu Ju did not dare to refute her words, but she disagreed in her heart. Jia She would naturally not eat her alive, but he could not avoid humiliating her with words.
If some busybodies spread the news, Jia She would just throw away all hope, but Jia Yingchun's life might not be any better - how could a woman without the support of her natal family hold her head high in a wealthy family?
Let’s not talk about the distant past, just take Madam Xing as an example. Wasn’t it because she came from a humble family and had no one else to rely on except Jia She that she had to accept everything that Jia She did?
Thinking of this, Xiu Ju became more and more pessimistic about the future of her master and servant.
"Siqi."
At this moment, Jia Yingchun finally spoke up and asked timidly , "Where is the set of head ornaments I wore when I got married?"
"Mrs!"
Siqi understood what she meant and immediately became annoyed. She said angrily, "Those are the jewelry you wore when you got married. Are you going to sell them just for a "return home"? No, I can't agree to this first!"
"It is not necessary to sell it."
If it were a more capable mistress, she would have exploded by now, but Jia Yingchun just said softly, "We don't need it for the time being, let's pawn it in the pawnshop first. When we have time, we can redeem it later."
"Free your hands?"
Siqi said angrily, "There is not a single thing of value in our dowry. Only this headdress and jewelry is worth some silver. If we pawn it, when will we be able to free up our hands?"
"Besides, what if this gets out?!"
"Would the master be willing to bear the reputation of forcing the bride to sell her head ornaments and jewelry right after the wedding?"
This was the only solution Jia Yingchun could think of. After hearing her series of questions about this matter, she felt anxious and as if she had been bitten by a bitter pill.
Other people's parents always flatter , but only themselves...
Jia Yingchun felt so miserable and helpless that her eyes turned red. Suddenly, she heard a maid outside calling out happily, "Miss Siqi, Miss Xiuju, come out and get your things!"
The three people in the room were stunned when they heard this.
Then Siqi hurriedly led Xiu Ju to the gate, only to see the dowry maid who was sent to inform Sun Shaozong, waiting outside the door with two male servants, all three of them holding a pile of gift boxes in their hands.
Siqi was surprised and asked, "What are these?"
The old woman said happily, "They were all sent by the Second Master. The two girls should take them quickly."
Siqi and Xiu Ju then took the heavy gift box in their hands and carried it inside with the old woman.
However, Jia Yingchun was also somewhat puzzled when she saw all these gift boxes, and asked hurriedly: "What are these things..."
The old woman hurriedly said, "Second Master said to let the eldest mistress take a look first. If there is anything else that needs to be prepared, let me go over and tell her."
"ah!"
At this time, Siqi curiously opened one of the boxes, but couldn't help but exclaimed, because it turned out that there were ten golden ingots engraved with the words "Fu, Lu, and Shou" inside!
When Xiu Ju saw this, she hurriedly opened the other boxes, only to find that they were all filled with top-quality medicinal herbs. All added together, they were worth at least five or six hundred taels of silver.
“These…these…”
Jia Yingchun became more and more at a loss. Although she was a wealthy and noble lady, the money she had spent in her life was not even a fraction of what was on the table!
Siqi was the first to recover. She asked the maid, " What did you say to the Second Master? Why did you send so many things?"
The old woman stared at Jin Yuanbao and said while swallowing her saliva, "What can I say? I'll just do what the young lady said. By the way, the second master asked me how my wife looked, and if there was anything wrong."
"I said I didn't see the lady, but Miss Siqi seemed a little annoyed, and I don't know who she was with."
"After hearing this, the Second Master seemed to understand something, and immediately had someone send these things over."
