Husband, please lend me your virtues

Chapter 178: Beating up the family who used favors to ask for marriage (4)

Zhuang Zijin pushed aside Danqin and Danqiao who were standing in front of her, and said to Qian Xiuyuan, who was being dragged out of the palace by the guards who had grabbed his arms, "Next time you say these nonsense in front of me, you won't be the only one who gets hurt."

After she finished speaking, she waved her hand to signal the guards on the opposite side to continue taking Qian Xiuyuan away, and she took the palace maid back to her own bedroom.

When Qian Xiuyuan was taken away, everyone at the Spring Viewing Banquet turned their eyes to him and whispered to each other.

"Brother, do you know which family that man belongs to? How dare he speak so rudely in the palace?"

"In my opinion, he is a child of an aristocratic family who was exiled with his parents when he was young and has no rules. His outspokenness will sooner or later bring disaster to his family."

"You two overestimate that man," Jiang Jing couldn't help but step forward when he heard the two people around him talking about who Qian Xiuyuan was. "His name is Qian Xiuyuan, but he is just the son of an imperial merchant. He just came to the capital recently. When he saw the princess, he tricked her into thinking she was a girl from an ordinary family. Being in the same place with him is a disgrace to us."

Jiang Jing had a conflict with Qian Xiuyuan after Qian Xiuyuan came to Beijing. Qian Xiuyuan was just playing cricket fighting with his friends and had not done anything against the law, but Jiang Jing labeled them as unscrupulous playboys who robbed women and did all kinds of bad things.

They even fabricated facts and complained about them in front of their father. Their father actually believed this outsider and beat them up first before investigating the truth of the matter.

Even if they were proven innocent later, their father would be shocked when he heard Qian Xiuyuan say, "My Lords, you may not know that if they can gather in the street to fight crickets today, they will dare to learn from those playboys and do evil things in the future."

He felt that beating his son was a way of educating them, and did not pursue Qian Xiuyuan's nonsense, but instead praised him as a good young man.

Jiang Jing and his friends felt that they were wronged, even though they did like to eat a little, were a little lazy, not very motivated, and liked to play with a group of like-minded friends.

But they didn't do anything evil. Ahem, many of them have never had sex and are determined to become Taoist priests in the future. How could they rob women?

The most outrageous thing was that they paid a group of people to cheer for their crickets, but they were beaten and scolded for no reason.

Jiang Jing couldn't swallow this insult, and when he saw Qian Xiuyuan being rudely pulled away by Princess Changning, he almost picked up the wine jug and drank it in one gulp to celebrate!

"So he's a low-class businessman. No wonder he smells like money."

"Brother Jiang, he is Qian Xiuyuan, the one who complained to you and got you beaten that day?"

The man surnamed Wang recalled a story that had been circulating in Beijing not long ago, that Jiang Jing and his brothers who were eating and drinking for free were beaten up because of this man.

"Brother Wang, why do you bother to bring this up? My father is really getting old and confused. I'm afraid he has been fooled by that guy and has listened to everything he says!"

He didn't mention the beating he did, and when he found out he was wrongly accused, he agreed with that person, saying that he deserved to be wrongly accused because he was idle!

"Don't be upset, my brother. My uncle is only worried about you, so he disciplines you strictly."

It is strange that the Qingliu Jiang family could produce a playboy like Jiang Jing who only cares about eating, drinking and having fun. My uncle beat him up at that time just to shut up the gossips.

In addition to cheering for the crickets, the group of people invited by Jiang Jing also set up a gambling table privately to bet on which young man's cricket would win. You should know that gambling is strictly prohibited in Dalin and the punishment is very severe. The lighter the punishment, the more serious the punishment, the more severe the punishment, the more likely it is to be exiled to the frontier.

If this matter gets out of hand and is exposed, Jiang Jing and others who caused it will not end up well.

After hearing his whispered explanation, Jiang Jing froze in his place. He didn't expect that his father beat him for his own good? Why didn't his father mention it? Let him flatter him in front of his grandmother these days?

Did his father think that he was too stupid and that telling him would do harm?

Although Zhuang Zijin failed to choose a prince consort at the Spring Appreciation Banquet, he did help several pairs of young men and young ladies from aristocratic families who had been thinking about getting married, and the Empress issued three imperial decrees to grant marriages.

After Qian Xiuyuan was thrown out of the palace, he dodged the curious gazes of the servants who were waiting for their master to come out outside the palace, quickly got on the carriage, and shouted at the coachman to drive the horses back home quickly.

After returning to the Qian family's house in the capital, Qian Xiuyuan ignored his half-brother sent by his father and strode towards the backyard where Zhang Jiji was.

"Mother, I must marry this princess?" Qian Xiuyuan asked with gritted teeth. Princess Changning was so domineering and didn't take him seriously. She was not the right choice for the Qian family's main wife.

"Why don't you go to the palace and chat with the Queen Mother and ask her to release Brother Bing."

His mother saved the Queen's life many years ago. If it weren't for his mother's selfless rescue, would the Queen still be sitting high in the palace today?

I'm afraid he has already reported to the King of Hell!

The Queen Mother is really hateful. She keeps saying that she remembers the kindness of her mother, but when she learned that Bingdi was thrown into jail last time, she only sent some rewards to comfort her mother.

But if you want to comfort your mother, shouldn’t you send Bingdi back to her safely?

"Xiuyuan, the queen's kindness is precious, but it can't stand being consumed again and again. Mother has never easily asked the queen for mercy over the years, and she also wants to use this kindness at the right time."

Zhang Jiji helped Qian Xiuyuan, who was standing still, to sit down. "Although your brother's crime is serious, there is no need for the Empress to intervene. It would only damage the friendship between Mother and the Empress."

Zhang Jiji's well-maintained face glowed with brilliance, "With this favor, Princess Lai Shang can not only rescue your brother, but also ensure that the Qian family will be wealthy and worry-free for the next three generations."

"Your Majesty has only one son, the Crown Prince. Princess Le'an and Princess Changning are the Crown Prince's sisters and are favored by Your Majesty. The Crown Prince also loves these two sisters. If the Qian family marries Princess Changning, the Qian family will surely rise to prominence with the influence of Princess Changning."

It is well known in the capital that the Crown Prince and Princess Le'an love their younger sister Princess Changning very much. When the Crown Prince ascends the throne, he will definitely treat the two princesses and their husbands' families well.

Zhang Jiji originally planned that if she had a daughter, she would hand her daughter over to the Empress to raise as a favor.

She fell in love with the prince over time and was sent to the Eastern Palace. She could not be the prince's consort, but she could be the prince's concubine. She had her mother-in-law who raised her and took care of her, and she also had the friendship of growing up with the prince. The Qian family could benefit more from this.

Unfortunately, she was unlucky and could not give birth to a daughter, let alone a concubine's daughter. She could only set her sights on the Queen's legitimate daughter, Princess Changning, and her eldest son.

The identity of a royal consort could also ensure that the Qian family controlled by her son could make further progress, but it was ultimately not as great as the benefits that a royal concubine would bring to the Qian family. Maybe their Qian family could leap from an imperial merchant to the Cheng'en Mansion?