ebookland Chapter 174 Supporting Bastards
Chapter 174 Supporting Bastards
Earlier, the first wife, Jin, had always disliked Su Enci. Now that she saw Su Jingzhai wanted to promote his eldest grandson, she became jealous. When she chose a wife for Su Enci, she picked Shen, the legitimate daughter of a wealthy merchant, thinking that this would give her a generous dowry and she would get less of her son's family property in the future.
But now that Enci was going to become an official, she was not happy. The couple had a good relationship in the past, but this time she refused to allow Shen to go with him and forced her beautiful niece from her natal family to be Su Enci's concubine.
Su Gang's aunt used to be honest and obedient, but this time she got angry and made a scene, saying that one of her and the eldest grandmother had to take the office. She originally wanted her son to go with her daughter-in-law, but Jin allowed her to accompany Su Enci to the office.
My aunt was vomiting badly.
Jin had always looked down on Su Enci, and now she was trying to force people to come and alienate them, making the loving couple exhausted. The eldest aunt used to be honest, but at the critical moment she felt that Jin was deliberately annoying her.
In the past, everyone thought the old man was biased, but now, because of the princess's advice, the old man has put aside his past grudges and is willing to help his grandchildren. Jin is dissatisfied with the old man's efforts to get an official position for the eldest son and let him join the government. She almost wants to snatch the official position away with a knife and give it away for free to her nephew from her natal family.
The eldest aunt heard Jin complaining privately: "Is the old master crazy? He wants to support a concubine's son to enter the government and become an official. It would be great if such a good position was given to my nephew from my mother's family..."
The eldest aunt thought that Jin was up to no good and might even harm her son. She was so worried that she threw a tantrum and Jin agreed to go with her. She still insisted on not letting Shen and her son go to their posts. She said that the eldest wife had three sons, the legitimate son was going to Yueyang Prefecture, the eldest son was going to be an official, and the youngest son was too young to know how to show filial piety.
Su Zhen was really unhappy. A concubine went out wearing so many jewels, not feeling the pressure. She also acted arrogantly and glanced around.
Cui said in a deep voice: "Madam Jin, the third house is not like the first house, the rules are very strict, you should stay in the house when you have nothing to do, do some embroidery, and make some more clothes, shoes and socks for the eldest son. It's the New Year, and there are so many ladies visiting the house. If you walk around like this, people will think that my Su family has no rules."
Although the Jin family was a family of officials, Cui looked down upon this rule.
He was even more merciless when speaking.
Aunt Jin replied weakly, "Yes." She came here to get one or two pieces of jewelry from the princess. She asked her maid to find out that the princess was very good at making money. She opened three Wuwei braised food shops in Yueyang Prefecture, and each of them was doing a booming business. At the end of the year, they only opened for half a day, making a lot of money every day. There were also Yunyifang and Yunrongfang owned by the third room, and she also had a share in them. In addition, Yaxianzhuang, jointly opened by the Su family and the Jiangnan Su family, was also a big business.
Aunt Jin bowed and left.
Cui sighed softly, "I don't know what your aunt is thinking. She treated the eldest son coldly before, and now she's pushing her niece from her mother's side to Enci as a concubine. Enci's personality is a bit like your grandfather's. He doesn't care much about beauty and doesn't pay much attention to her. But she sticks to him every day. In front of us, Enci has turned his face away several times, but she doesn't take it seriously."
What's more, Jin actually wanted to support her niece from her natal family as her co-wife, saying that this would help her when she took office.
As a result, Su Gang got angry and said that according to the rules of the Su family, no man could have two wives at the same time, so there was no violation of the rules, and the matter was suppressed.
Su Zhen said: "This title is also unified. The grandfather is the old master, the uncle is the old master, and the eldest brother will let the servants call him the Ci Da Ye or the old master, and the nephews of the eldest brother can be called the young master."
The eldest son is called the youngest son, and the one generation younger is called the younger son. What about the eldest son, the second youngest son, or the second youngest son? These titles are too arrogant.
Cui said to the people behind her: "Remember this."
"Here."
"Old lady, Madam, Grandma, Young Madam, you can call them accordingly."
Cui just thought that regardless of the title, the Da Qi also had the titles of Madam and Young Madam, but now there were four generations living under the same roof, so the title had to be unified.
There was no title of "Grandma" or "Young Madam" in the Great Qi Dynasty. Cui mentioned it to herself several times and thought it was quite nice.
"Susu, you've had a hard time on the journey. Go back to your room and rest. Tonight is the New Year's Eve dinner, and it will start at dusk."
"Aunt, I'm going back to Tingyuxuan."
Aunt Xi soon found out what happened in the backyard.
Aunt Jin was scolded by the Third Wife and was told that she was unruly, and Aunt Xi also felt ashamed.
Now they live in the yard that Su Qinnan used to live in. Su Enci rarely comes here during the day and only comes back to rest at night.
The concubine was sitting at the door. "Those shameless people have brought shame to the outside world. Fortunately, it is the third wife and the princess today, both of whom are from the Su family. Tomorrow, if the official's wife or daughter comes to visit, and they go out so rashly, the eldest master will lose all his face."
Jin was jealous of her eldest son Su Enci, who was talented and capable. In order to disgust her, she deliberately sent her niece, who was beautiful but the most trouble-making, to her. If Shen was here, there would be no such embarrassing thing. She would flaunt her jewelry, afraid of being looked down upon. No one in the family dressed so vulgarly.
Aunt Xi felt more and more that it was right for her to follow him shamelessly. She didn't know what trouble Aunt Jin would cause once he took office, and she was determined not to let her ruin her son's reputation and affect his future.
If he was Jin's biological son, would she do these things?
The maidservant beside Concubine Xi whispered, "We should keep a close eye on her recently. If she goes out and offends the noble, the eldest master's reputation will be ruined by her. Who knows what others will think."
Aunt Xi snorted, "She's far away from the capital. Do you really think I can't do anything to her?"
What's even more hateful is that when they were leaving, Jin even scolded them, implying that if she made things difficult for Aunt Jin, Jin would make things difficult for Shen's mother and son in the capital. Thinking of this, Aunt Xi wanted to curse. What virtuous people are they? Bah, this is a cruel person. She had to separate the loving couple and sent a witch in to bewitch her son.
Aunt Xi was so angry that she sat at the door and complained for an hour before she stopped.
Aunt Jin was so angry that she grabbed her handkerchief and wanted to rush out to seek justice. However, although this woman was born a maid, she was Su Enci's biological mother after all. If the relationship was ruined, she would be the one to suffer.
The maid whispered, "I didn't agree with you going there in the first place. Seeing that the Third Madam is angry and the Princess is not happy, why are you doing this?"
"But I am a concubine."
"This is life."
Do you want to be the legal wife?
You looked down on Su Enci before, but now you're sticking close to him just because he became an official.
In the past, Jin had thought about choosing her eldest daughter-in-law from her niece's family, but she was reluctant to give up her legitimate daughter, and a concubine's daughter had no dowry. She was afraid that when Su Enci divided the family property in the future, her son would get more of his share, so she asked the matchmaker to arrange for Shen, who had a generous dowry, to marry into the family.
Shen and Su Enci had similar personalities and were a loving couple. If she knew that he didn't enter officialdom, she would have pretended not to see it. However, she never expected that the old man would listen to the princess's advice and be willing to support his grandchildren.