Chapter 309: The Feast of the Anniversary
Zheng Tingting’s eyes reddened and she was silent for a while before she said the original reason.
“That person impregnated the Tongfang, and secretly let the Tongfang hide in the manor to give birth. This matter was inadvertently known by my elder brother, my family was very angry, my parents went to find his parents to comment. Only then did his parents know about this matter and forced the Tongfang to drop the fetus …… I don’t want to marry someone who has a sweetheart, even if he likes a maid, I’m not willing to do it.”
She glanced at Jiang Yixi and added, “I like this mode of getting along between Big Brother Meng and my sister-in-law, and I also like a self-disciplined man like my big brother. I hate little women, my father’s little women, I’m annoyed when I see them.”
She was still embarrassed to say, Uncle Ji and her sister-in-law had suffered all their lives, she had seen it clearly, and she had not heard her parents talk about it behind her back, she didn’t want to live that kind of life.
“That person” refers to her fiancé, the second son of Changning Marquis Li Rao.
Jiang Yishi frowned and said, “The second son of Li Rao still wants the concubine to give birth to the eldest son of the concubine? How unethical. This kind of person not only has someone else in his heart, but he’s also confused, not a good person.”
Li Zhenbao was even more indignant, “Don’t marry that kind of scum, you’ll suffer if you do. Get out of the marriage, find a way to get out of the marriage.”
Zheng Tingting said, “I also want to get out of the marriage, but my parents don’t want to, saying that I’m too old and it’s not easy for me to find a good marriage after I get out of the marriage. Or if I withdraw from the marriage with this reason, people will say that I’m a jealous woman, and it’s even worse to talk about marriage.”
Li Zhenbao asked, “Zheng Yu thinks so too?”
Zheng Tingting said, “My big brother didn’t think that way and even went and beat up that person.”
Li Zhenbao’s tense expression relaxed and laughed, “Zheng Yu fought well. Next time I see that person, I’ll take it out for sister Zheng.”
Zheng Tingting didn’t see Li Zhenbao’s change in expression, but Jiang Yishi on the same bed could really see it.
Li Zhenbao added, “You are only sixteen this year, where are you older. Look at sister Cui, all seventeen, that thing made even more of a fuss, but still found a golden son-in-law like my big brother.”
Jiang Yishi and Zheng Tingting exchanged a glance, in terms of being horny, your big brother really isn’t a good candidate, it’s just that you don’t know it.
Both of them were smart enough not to say anything.
Jiang Yishi said, “What’s the use of beating him, we have to find a way to withdraw from the marriage. Your parents don’t agree, find the Grand Princess and talk to her.”
Zheng Tingting shook her head and sighed, “Uncle Grandmother won’t help me. In the elders’ opinion, it doesn’t matter if a man has a few more women, a woman who is unhappy is not virtuous.”
Jiang Yishi said, “The vast majority of people would think that way, but the Grand Princess would not. She would definitely think that it wouldn’t hurt for her children and grandchildren to have a few more women, but she definitely wouldn’t want her own man and her granddaughter’s man to have a few more women.”
In her eyes, Grand Princess Yichang was such a person.
Li Zhenbao said, “Jiang Er Sister is right, most people are double standard, and strong people are even more double standard. Sister Zheng talk to the Grand Princess, if she doesn’t help, when I get out of the nunnery, I’ll talk to Imperial Aunt Grandmother.”
A smile surfaced on Zheng Tingting’s face, “Good.”
Jiang Yishi silently recited the word “double standard”. Double standard, double standard, this word is used really well.
The next day, after having lunch and bidding farewell to Li Zhenbao, Jiang Yishi and Zheng Tingting went back to the capital.
Jiang Yishi had just arrived at Floating Life Residence when she heard that Second Grandma Meng had started having seizures in the morning.
The midwife said that Second Grandma Meng’s narrow pelvis was not conducive to giving birth to a child, and that it would be just as difficult to give birth to this child as it was to give birth to the last one. The last time she gave birth to An Ge’er, she had a hemorrhage and it took a few years of recuperation to get it right, and this time it was the same again.
She gave birth for two days and two nights, and finally gave birth to a son on the morning of the fourth day.
The child was named Meng Zhaoyi.
The midwife said it was unlikely that Second Grandma Meng would ever get pregnant again.
Although she could not have any more children, the elders were happy that she already had two sons.
The milk doll grew very well, white and chubby, with seven pounds and two taels.
April 12 Jiang Yirou married.
Jiang Yishi because of pregnancy can not go to add makeup, also can not go to drink wedding wine.
This sister Jiang Yishi has always liked, let Sister Wu and Shui Ling on behalf of their own to add two pairs of makeup satin, a pair of red gold dragon and phoenix bracelet.
April 17 is the Meng Zhaocun one year old birthday, the Meng family feast.
The first night it rained, the sound of dripping let Jiang Yixi heart all tightened, afraid of the next day’s birthday banquet by the rain water is not lively.
Fortunately, the rain stopped early in the morning, the sky was washed by the rain water clear and clean, not even a trace of floating clouds.
On this day, the royal relatives, the world’s new nobles, relatives and friends, those who were invited and not invited, those who should come and those who should not come, all came.
King Ping and Princess Ping, eldest son Li Dang came, Grand Princess Yichang and Zheng Lao extra horse harnessed by the side of a team also came with Xie, Zheng Tingting and Zheng Yu.
The most disgusting thing was that King Wen actually followed King Yong’s family again.
He was in the outer courtyard Jiang Yishi didn’t see his face, Princess Wen and Li Jiao came to the inner courtyard.
Jiang Yishi hates the King of Wen again, and can’t get sick of Li Jiao.
Meng old lady’s health is not good, Chengguo Gong has no daughter-in-law, the third lady widowed, Meng second grandmother sitting in the month, the second lady because of dissatisfaction with the Meng Ruimo couple and slack, the girls are only suitable for entertaining the girls, only the belly of the Jiang Yisi to greet the female guests in full spirit, for fear of which noble guest did not entertain well offend people.
Xie can see that Jiang Yishi is too busy, not to take themselves as outsiders, pulling Jiang Dame and Jiang Third Lady to help guests, Jiang Yishi is very grateful.
Mrs. Jiang was dazzled by the sight of these nobles, she almost never spoke to them. Today, because she was Great Grandma Meng’s maiden grandmother, all the guests treated her with courtesy, making her extremely happy.
Old Mrs. Meng also sent people to invite the Grand Princess Yichang, the old Princess Qing, Old Lady Cui, and a few other elderly bannermen who were old enough to be invited to Fu An Hall.
Seeing that she didn’t invite herself, her old in-laws, a trace of indignation slipped across her face.
Seeing that there was no one else around Jiang Yishi, she went over and quietly said, ”Shiyatou, I’m your own grandmother, Old Madame Meng must not have known that I was also here, so she didn’t invite me over. You have someone I send me to Fu An Hall, my wife has nothing to say to these young people.”
Old Mrs. Meng wasn’t a person who held up the high and low, she knew that Old Mrs. Jiang had treated Jiang Yishi harshly because of her money, and had always disliked her.
Jiang Yishi also didn’t want Mrs. Jiang to go over there, she was too flattering and in turn lost face.
She said quietly, “She may have heard that Grandma likes to listen to the opera, so she didn’t invite you. My grandfather knows that grandmother likes to listen to the Huichun opera troupe singing, specially let people invited the Huichun opera troupe, a few famous actors are invited.”
And greeted Jiang Yirou over to help the old lady to go to the back hall of the flower hall to listen to the opera, and instructed her to keep an eye on the people.
Before the morning meal, “Catch the Week”.
Many female guests gathered around, and the old Duke of State and Meng Zhimo also brought a few male relatives over, including King Ping, Zheng Yu, Qu Xiu, and others, and King Wen dragged Li Kai with him.
Qu Xiu was Great Uncle Qu’s eldest son, twenty-two years old, had already been successful in the examination, and would be participating in next year’s spring exams. He nominally came all the way from Wu Cheng to attend Meng Zhaocun’s birthday banquet, and privately had another mission. He came a few days ago and has been staying at Meng’s house.
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