latelenovela Chapter 182 The Maid Who Married in Place 16
Chapter 182 The Maid Who Married in Place 16
When Sirong was 17 years old, Shen Jingshu, the eldest daughter of Anyuan Marquis's Mansion, got married.
She married into the prominent Zhang family in Jiangnan as the niece of the Marquis' wife. Their ancestor had produced a man of extraordinary talent who had won the provincial, metropolitan and palace examinations in a row, becoming the only genius in the dynasty to have won six titles in a row.
Relying on his own talents and abilities, he rose through the ranks and eventually became the Prince's Grand Tutor.
When this ancestor was nearly 60 years old, he chose to resign from his official position and retire. He returned to his hometown in Jiangnan with his sons and nephews. From then on, he immersed himself in the world of literature and no longer cared about the complicated affairs of the world.
Before his death, the ancestor left behind a family motto: From now on, the descendants of the Zhang family must focus on writing books and studying knowledge, and must not enter the officialdom.
Moreover, the Zhang family has a very good family tradition. A man can only take a concubine if he is forty and has no children.
Therefore, most of the men in the Zhang family are legitimate sons born to the main wife, and there are very few illegitimate children.
Shen Jingshu married the third son of the Zhang family's eldest wife. The two met at a poetry reading.
Although they only met a few times, they became friends through poetry and gradually fell in love with each other.
However, the men of the Zhang family were all polite people. They did not have an affair with Shen Jingshu, but instead asked their mother to come and formally propose marriage.
It can be said to be very polite.
After what happened to Prince Duan, the old marquis and his wife realized that their daughter was an idealistic girl.
In her heart, the family honor is not as important as the friendship between her and her husband.
Simply put, I'm a little bit love-sick.
In fact, in this era, educating a daughter like this is a very failed thing.
So when the news came from the Marquis's family, the old Marquis and his wife gladly accepted the Zhang family's proposal.
I can only say that this marriage is very suitable for Shen Jingshu.
Putting aside other things, although the Zhang family has no family members involved in the court, their family foundation is still there.
What’s more, the Zhang family is very clever. The disciples they recruit must abide by the rules of the Zhang family and only study, and not enter the civil service or serve as officials.
In other words, if a daughter marries into such a family, she can be completely isolated from the turmoil in the court.
Zhang Jia Sanlang was at ease, reciting poems, painting, and having children.
The old marquis and his wife, in the capacity of aunt and uncle, personally rushed to Jiangnan and gave Shen Jingshu a lot of dowry.
The following year, the second daughter of the Marquis's Mansion also married the family she had previously been engaged to.
Everything went smoothly without any accidents.
Originally, the two young ladies in the Marquis' Mansion were gentle and virtuous, and the younger one was lively.
The Marquis's wife always thought that the second daughter would be the one who made her worry, but she didn't expect that the one who made her worry so much that her hair fell out would be the eldest daughter.
This year, Sirong was 18 years old and her body was in the best condition.
They can start their borrowing child plan.
In the past two years, after experiencing the foot odor and hair loss incidents, Crown Prince Li Hao and Liu Ruyi have become relatively well-behaved.
Apart from paying more attention to health preservation than before, there was no other trouble.
Of course, the Prince Duan's backyard has never been quiet, and the drama of competing for favor is played out every day.
Today Liu Ruyi has a pain in her chest, and tomorrow Zhang Caihua will faint.
What Sirong meant by being content was that Li Hao did not take in any new concubines.
Prince Duan found him a sinecure in the Ministry of Works. He only needed to report in occasionally and did not have to attend court.
Most of the time, he was still lingering between his concubines Liu Ruyi and Zhang Caihua.
After Sirong started her period, Princess Duan began to hint and urge Sirong intentionally or unintentionally, hoping that she could consummate her marriage with Li Hao as soon as possible.
In order to shut the princess up, Sirong picked up a pair of scissors on the table and gently cut her finger when Li Hao came to her courtyard to spend the night on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.
Bright red blood flowed down from the fingertips and dripped onto the white sheets, forming shocking blood flowers, completing the illusion of a wedding night.
The next day, Li Hao saw the bloodstains on the bed sheet and understood Sirong's intention.
Facing Princess Duan's satisfied gaze, he and Sirong acted out a scene of harmonious couple.
In the past two years, Li Hao's concubines have given birth to several children.
There were both boys and girls, and they were all raised.
Princess Duan was very satisfied with Sirong in this regard.
It was because when she was young, she used all kinds of tricks on her concubines.
So when her son got married, she paid special attention to Sirong's actions, fearing that she would be like herself and not give the children born to concubines a chance to survive.
In fact, she was overthinking it.
These children pose no threat to Sirong, and they are not going to inherit the throne. There is no need to make the Prince Duan's Mansion barren.
And the two who have sons are both on Sirong's side.
There is no need to worry at all that they will become more ambitious in the future and want to compete for the position of the crown prince.
Marquis Anyuan has the leverage over them, and Sirong also gave them the loyalty pill.
As for why all the children born to Princess Duan were girls, it was really a matter of luck.
Moreover, Sirong was about to start her business of borrowing children. The more children in the palace survived, the more it would show how kind the mistress of the house she was.
She wouldn't even harm the fetus in her concubine's womb, so how could she murder her own husband?
Sirong's plan to borrow a child went smoothly.
Although both she and Muchen were a little embarrassed, they completed the necessary steps.
Before that, Sirong took a fertility pill to ensure that she could give birth to a boy.
After all, the Crown Prince would have to go down to meet his ancestors before his child was born, so it would be better to ensure that it was a boy who could inherit the position of Crown Prince.
In the past two years, new lives have been welcomed one after another in Prince Duan's Mansion.
This made Liu Ruyi more and more anxious. In order to keep Li Hao in her room longer, Liu Ruyi tried her best.
Liu Ruyi has never been able to figure out why she hasn't been able to conceive.
Although she was born in a brothel, her mother was a brothel owner.
How could she give Liu Ruyi such a dangerous medicine for her own daughter?
The food and perfume she used since she was a child were all specially customized, for fear that anything unclean would harm her daughter's body.
After eliminating all factors, Liu Ruyi was confused.
The medicine Sirong gave her was something that ordinary doctors couldn't detect. Plus, Cui'er was always there to guide her.
Finally, she attributed the reason to metaphysics, and first begged Li Hao to accompany her to get a statue of Guanyin, the Goddess of Fertility.
Not only does he worship every day, he also regularly goes to the Guanyin Temple in Xishan to burn incense and fulfill his vows.