Red Mansion: Seizing Jiangdong, starting with pirates

Chapter 127, Preparation for the Marriage

When the news spread, the entire Rong Mansion was filled with a sad atmosphere, except for one courtyard. Aunt Zhao was laughing heartily, wishing her laughter could be heard three miles away.

She was not targeting Yuanchun, but only Mrs. Wang.

If bad things happened to Mrs. Wang, it would be more worth being happy about than if good things happened to her.

Just at this moment, Jia's mother had put on her imperial robes, prepared her carriage and sedan chair, and was about to enter the palace, and happened to pass by outside.

At this time, Aunt Zhao in the room must have thought of something interesting and laughed even louder, which was heard by Lady Jia outside.

"What good has she gotten, what benefit has she gained to laugh like that? Come on, beat her mouth until it's swollen, and punish her to kneel in the ancestral hall. You are not allowed to stop until I come back!"

Afterwards, Grandmother Jia went to the palace to meet the old empress dowager.

He spoke the prepared words, adding some predictions of good and bad luck, so much so that even the old concubine could not help but believe it a little.

Of course, these alone are certainly not enough to change the Holy Will.

But Grandmother Jia knew that what Emperor Longqing lacked was a candidate for marriage, and it didn't matter whether this person was Yuanchun or not, so she had already prepared a choice to replace Yuanchun.

Soon after, news came from the palace.

Because of incompatibility of horoscopes, the candidate for marriage was changed from Yuanchun to Tanchun.

For Emperor Longqing, there is not much difference between Tanchun and Yuanchun, as long as the marriage can be completed smoothly.

After all, Lady Jia's status was somewhat tenuous. She risked her reputation to enter the palace for such a small matter, and Emperor Longqing didn't want to refuse her.

In fact, Tanchun was still a little too young, and Yingchun was just the right age. However, Jia Zheng had been promoted to a higher position because of his daughter, so he had no choice but to let Tanchun go.

Aunt Zhao couldn't laugh anymore.

She couldn't laugh either physically (her mouth was swollen) or emotionally.

At that time, Tanchun was writing. The little girl had thin shoulders and waist, a tall figure, an oval face, beautiful eyes and thin eyebrows, and had a literary style.

The maid came running over crying and told her the news. Tanchun lost her balance and almost fell to the ground.

After a while, Grandmother Jia came to visit, hugged Tanchun in her arms and comforted her:

"Good girl, you are all the same in grandma's heart. You are all my sweethearts. I can't bear to part with any of you. But who told you that your eldest sister's horoscope is not compatible? When I entered the palace, the Concubine Dowager sent someone to calculate it, and only your horoscope was the most compatible. This is God's will, what can I do?"

Tanchun hugged Grandmother Jia, almost fainted from crying, and begged, "Grandma!"

But it's still useless.

Grandmother Jia turned a blind eye and directly began to teach Tanchun some things about getting married. Of course, it was impossible to change her words.

Seeing this, Tanchun could only accept her fate and her eyes gradually became dejected.

The next day, I asked Master Zhang to test it again, and sure enough, all the results were good luck.

Tanchun accepted her fate, but Aunt Zhao did not!

What a bullshit! She could figure out what was going on just by thinking about it.

Aunt Zhao was still angry, so she started to make a scene in the yard, blaming all sorts of injustices.

But this matter was handled by the old lady herself, so who in the whole mansion dared to interfere?
Jia Zheng did not dare to go against his mother's wishes and hid in the yamen.

No matter whether Aunt Zhao was stupid or not smart, since no one paid any attention to her, she rolled on the ground, pretending to be crazy and stupid, hoping to attract attention and bring about a turnaround.

Tanchun knew that things could not be changed and did not want to see her mother like this, so she came to dissuade her.

Aunt Zhao, in a fit of madness, slapped Tanchun in the face, cursing:
"Look at you, you are such a loser. When you encounter trouble, you dare not even make a sound. Do you think that if you keep your anger to yourself, people will appreciate your kindness? Don't dream! If you rely on me, even if someone breaks your bones, you will fart loudly and your face will be covered with diarrhea. No one can have an easy life!"

Upon hearing this, Tanchun couldn't help but burst into tears.

But what can she do?

"presumptuous!"

Mrs. Wang came over with her people.

She looked at the slap mark on Tanchun's face with compassion and heartache.

Then he scolded Aunt Zhao:

"Who the hell are you? Why are you acting crazy and stupid here..."

The maids quickly dragged Aunt Zhao back. Grandmother Jia didn't even show up from beginning to end, and only used Lady Wang to punish Aunt Zhao.

Afterwards, Tanchun had to put on a smile and thank Lady Wang for making the decision for her.

After all, Auntie and Huan'er still have to live in the mansion...

Aunt Zhao saw that her trick of pretending to be crazy and stupid had failed and Jia Zheng did not come back. She had no choice but to pawn her jewelry for silver and go find someone to invite Ma Dao Po over.

You guys are like rotten maggots in your ass, how dare you harm my girl? I curse you to death!

Aunt Zhao met with Ma Dao Po in private, gave her 50 taels of silver, wrote a promissory note for 500 taels, and exchanged it for a straw figurine, preparing to curse Mrs. Wang to death.

As for Jia's mother, Ma Dao Po said that she had a sign of great wealth and honor, so it was not good to curse her. If she wanted to curse him, she would have to pay more...

At this moment, somehow, Aunt Zhao suddenly thought of the good and bad things that Master Zhang had predicted before, so she asked Ma Dao Po to help her calculate it.

Ma Dao Po also took the opportunity to do the calculation.

Let’s calculate Yuanchun’s first.

The result is a very good conclusion.

Aunt Zhao gritted her teeth in anger when she saw this.
"I knew it was her daughter's fate to marry the rebels. These bastards with maggots in their asses framed my daughter. I curse them to have rotten noses and abscesses."

Ma Dao Po calculated Tanchun's fortune again.

Kun hexagram, six and five!
Ma Dao Po's expression changed instantly.

Aunt Zhao asked, "What's wrong?"

Ma Dao Po said nothing, but asked about his birth date again in detail and calculated another divination, but there was no change at all.

He also asked Aunt Zhao if she knew the man's birth date.

Aunt Zhao shook her head in confusion.

Ma Dao Po felt very disappointed when she heard this.

She thought about it and calculated it again.

Location, results, exactly the same.

Kun hexagram, six and five!
In fact, she herself was not sure.

But I would rather believe that it exists than believe that it does not exist!
After thinking it over, Ma Dao Po snatched back the figurine she had just given to Aunt Zhao, returned the silver, and tore up the debt agreement.

Aunt Zhao asked in surprise, "What are you doing?"

Ma Dao Po said: "Your destiny is very good, just wait and enjoy the happiness!"

……

The marriage arrangements were being made in full swing.

Not long after, Tanchun was adopted as a goddaughter by the royal family, and then treated as a royal family girl, with her dowry and boxes prepared for the marriage.

Although the Daxi treasury was extremely empty at that time and could not even supply the food and wages of the Datong border troops, no one in the court had the slightest intention of cutting spending on this matter.

Emperor Longqing would rather eat coarse food himself than let the marriage go in a splendid way and not embarrass Da Xi.

Yu Lian has always been loyal, but he had no objection to this matter. Instead, he thought that Emperor Longqing was right.

We must not lose the demeanor of the Celestial Empire!

In Huaizhou, Fang Yong did not pay too much attention to the marriage.

I was just a little surprised when I heard that the marriage partner was Tanchun.

As for Tanchun, to be honest, he quite likes her and is a little looking forward to it.

But that's all.

What is more important to him now is to manage the territory under his rule.

Now he has conquered the entire territory of Suzhou and Huizhou, and Huzhou and Jiaxing in Zhejiang have also been ceded to him. The officials there have already received the news and will complete the relocation at the beginning of next month.

(End of this chapter)