ebookland Chapter 274 How can the Yongning Marquis' Mansion be so confident?
Chapter 274 How can the Yongning Marquis' Mansion be so confident?
Yi Jingxiao, the son of Prince An, is a free-spirited person who likes traveling and making friends and does not like being constrained.
Prince An only has him as his son, so naturally he hopes that he can get married early so that he can have a grandson.
However, Yi Jingxiao had no interest in getting married.
Yi Jingxiao was imprisoned and tortured by Mao Qiteng, and his temperament and ideas changed greatly.
After returning home, he followed his parents' wishes and prepared to get married and have children, settling down his family first before thinking about other things.
Prince An said to Yi Jingxiao:
"Our family doesn't expect you to bring any benefits to the family through marriage.
The situation in the capital is complicated now, and many forces are eyeing our family. I don’t want you to find a powerful Yue family.
But you are the eldest son and the crown prince, so family inheritance is also very important.
Therefore, your daughter-in-law must be dignified, presentable, and able to shoulder the responsibilities of the eldest daughter-in-law."
Yi Jingxiao nodded: "It's all up to my father and mother to decide."
After much inquiry, Princess An Yu finally set her eyes on Tang Wensu, the eldest daughter of the third branch of the Yongning Marquis's mansion.
Yongning Earl Tang Yuebei had five sons. The eldest son Tang Zhong was the crown prince, the second, fourth and fifth sons were illegitimate sons, and Tang Wensu's father was the third son Tang Wu.
The title of Earl of Yongning lasted for the last generation by Tang Yuebei's generation.
None of his five sons were particularly outstanding. They only knew how to enjoy themselves and not how to manage business. The Yongning Marquis's Mansion had long since fallen into decline and became an empty shell.
Yu thought that it would be nice to have such a relative, as it would neither arouse the emperor's suspicion nor attract the attention of other forces.
She found ways to bring Yi Jingxiao to meet Tang Wensu secretly. Both mother and son were very satisfied, so they asked a matchmaker to propose marriage.
The Yongning Marquis's Mansion agreed readily.
But Yu didn't expect that the two families broke down when discussing the terms of marriage.
Yu was very angry. With the current prominent status of Prince An's Mansion, plus Yi Jingxiao's own advantages, let alone marrying Tang Wensu as the Crown Prince's Consort, even if she became a concubine, it would be an honor for their Yongning Earl's Mansion.
Prince An's Mansion hasn't put forward any special conditions yet, so how could the Yongning Earl's Mansion have the nerve to put forward conditions one after another.
In a fit of anger, Yu no longer wanted this daughter-in-law, but Yi Jingxiao disagreed.
After the marriage between the two families was initially settled, Yi Jingxiao met with Tang Wensu several more times.
Tang Wensu is beautiful, elegant in conversation, and well-mannered. She is a good girl, and Yi Jingxiao is very fond of her.
What moved Yi Jingxiao the most was not Tang Wensu's beauty, but the fact that she could maintain a peaceful state of mind despite living in such a family environment.
Tang Wensu's father was the third child of a certain age, neither too old nor too young, and had little ability, so Earl Yongning disliked him very much.
Tang Wensu's mother's family had no power, so life for the third branch of the family in the uncle's mansion was rather difficult.
The Yongning Marquis's Mansion is headed by the Crown Prince's wife, Shi.
Shi was a person with deep scheming and good calculation. Her greatest ability was to maximize the benefits of every little thing, which made her highly trusted by Earl Yongning and his son.
Therefore, she holds an extraordinary position in the mansion, and is almost omnipotent.
The Yongning Marquis's Mansion had fallen into decline, and there was no hope for the Yongning Marquis's son to revive the Mansion. So Shi set her sights on the younger generation, especially their marriage.
As long as it was a marriage that could bring benefits to the Bo's Mansion, she would agree to it regardless of whether it was suitable or whether the younger generation would be happy.
Because of Tang Wensu's beauty, Shi had always planned to "sell" her for a good price.
The powerful families looked down on the empty shell of the Bo Mansion, and the Shi family, an ordinary official family, also looked down on it. This process was delayed again and again until Tang Wensu was twenty years old.
This time Prince An's Mansion took the initiative to propose marriage, and Shi was overjoyed. Naturally, she wanted to ask for a very high price.