flstandardbreds Chapter 162 Qin's Show of Power to Her
Chapter 162 Qin's Show of Power to Her
Seeing the smile in Chu Jingyue's eyes, Jiang Suining also smiled and asked, "What's wrong?"
"You'll know when you see it later." Chu Jingyue signaled Jiang Suining to speed up.
After entering the mansion, Jiang Suining discovered that there were no signs of decorations in the mansion, and from afar, there was no trace of joy in the lobby.
The maid who led the way did not stay in the front yard at all, and led Chu Jingyue and Jiang Suining all the way to the back garden.
After entering the back garden, Jiang Suining discovered that all the guests who had arrived were female.
"Are you only inviting the wives of each household?"
"That's right!" Chu Jingyue nodded and spoke in a low voice, "On the wedding invitation sent to the Chu Palace before, only my mother and I were invited. I originally thought that Madam Qin felt that it was inappropriate to invite my father to the wedding banquet for taking a concubine, but after arriving today, I found that all the people who came were female relatives. Madam Qin didn't plan to invite any officials at all, regardless of their family background."
Jiang Suining looked at this situation and naturally understood Qin's intention.
It was announced to the outside world as a wedding banquet, showing the benevolence of the Marquis' Mansion, but internally it was held like an ordinary gathering of female relatives, and only female relatives were invited, which clearly told everyone that a concubine is a concubine, and although she had some entanglement with Zhou Yihong before, the Marquis' Mansion would never really take Han Nian'an seriously.
"It seems that Han Nian'an will be disappointed today." Jiang Suining's lips curled up.
"I don't know what's wrong with Han Nian'an. She's someone else's concubine, yet she has the nerve to come to your house in person to give you the wedding invitation. She's really asking for trouble." Chu Jingyue shook her head and said.
She wanted to show off in front of Sui Ning, but ended up slapping herself in the face. She also tried her best to become someone else's concubine, and no one knew what she was trying to achieve.
Jiang Suining still had a smile on his face, and when he was about to speak, he noticed a gaze out of the corner of his eye.
She turned her head and met Shen's mother's gaze.
After Shen's mother found out that Jiang Suining would come to Changning Marquis' Mansion to attend the wedding banquet today, she immediately found the wedding invitation she had received before and came to the Marquis' Mansion today.
She arrived earlier than Jiang Suining. She had just been chatting with other officials' wives while keeping an eye out, until Jiang Suining and Chu Jingyue came in together. When she heard the officials' wives curiously discussing who the woman next to Princess Chu was, she was sure that she was Jiang Suining.
Jiang Suining didn't know Shen's mother, but looking at her features, he felt that she looked somewhat similar to Shen Yanxi, so he asked Chu Jingyue, "Jingyue, do you know that lady?"
Chu Jingyue followed Jiang Suining's line of sight and said, "She is Shen Yanxi's mother, Meng."
Jiang Suining said to herself, "As expected", and after thinking about it, she asked Chu Jingyue to wait for a moment, and then she took the initiative to walk towards Shen's mother.
"Hello, Mrs. Shen." Jiang Suining bowed.
"Miss Jiang, you're welcome." As soon as she saw Jiang Suining coming over, Shen's mother had already adjusted her expression, and her smile was gentle and appropriate when she spoke.
He secretly sized up Jiang Suining and thought he was an outstanding person, and was no less impressive than when he was standing next to Princess Chu just now.
However, this initiative to come forward to say hello...
Is it because he knows that I am Yanxi's mother and wants to get closer to her?
Jiang Suining stood up straight and looked at Shen's mother.
She saw what the other person was thinking at the moment, but she didn't care. Her expression remained unchanged, and she lowered her voice and continued, "Please don't blame me, Madam Shen. It's a bit abrupt to greet you rashly. It's just that I was in danger a few days ago, and fortunately your son rescued me. Now that I see Madam Shen, I should say thank you."
As he spoke, Jiang Suining bowed again.
"The Jiang family has already sent the gifts of thanks, Miss Jiang, there is really no need to be so polite." Mother Shen was still smiling, but in her heart she felt that Jiang Suining's attitude seemed more distant than she expected. However, he was very polite, and there was nothing wrong with his every move.
When Shen's mother was thinking about what to say next, she heard Jiang Suining say, "Then I won't bother you, Madam."
Mother Shen was stunned for a moment. Is that all? Jiang Suining just said hello and didn't plan to say anything else?
Facing Jiang Suining's smile, Shen's mother suddenly felt that the other party came over on his own initiative just to be polite, rather than to get close to her.
Although she was a little surprised, Mother Shen quickly adjusted herself and responded with a smile.
Jiang Suining turned around and walked back to Chu Jingyue's side. Some officials' wives also came over and continued talking to Shen's mother, but Shen's mother's attention was mostly on Jiang Suining.
Because of Ningyue Pavilion, many officials' wives knew Jiang Suining and exchanged a few words with him.
Seeing Jiang Suining's proper manners and outstanding looks, Shen's mother began to understand why her son fell in love with Miss Jiang.
At this time, on the other side, a sedan chair was carried in from the back door of the Marquis' Mansion.
Inside the sedan, Han Nian'an's face was filled with an uncontrollable smile.
Although she was married through the back door, she was finally married into the Marquis's Mansion.
Feeling the sedan chair falling, just as she was waiting for Zhou Yihong to lift the curtain, the matchmaker sent by the Marquis's Mansion directly opened the curtain.
"Aunt Han, come down."
Han Nian'an thought Zhou Yihong was just outside the sedan, so she stretched out her hand tenderly, "Husband, give me a hand."
"Aunt, the prince is not here, you should come out by yourself."
"Not here?" Han Nian'an was stunned. He pulled off the veil on his head and indeed did not see Zhou Yihong.
On the contrary, not far away, Qin was standing there with a sarcastic expression on her face. Seeing Han Nian'an standing there stiffly, she sarcastically asked, "Why, you are not going to get off the sedan chair when Hong'er is not here?"
"No, it's not." Han Nian'an walked out of the sedan chair, saluted to Qin with a fake smile, and said, "Meet mother."
Qin looked at her coldly. She felt really uncomfortable hearing the word "mother" coming from Han Nian'an's mouth.
Seeing that Qin Shi didn't speak, Han Nian'an's smile became more stiff, and she asked, "Mother, is my husband greeting guests in front?"
"All the people here today are women, so there's no need for him to greet them."
All of them are female relatives? Han Nian'an was stunned. Before he could fully react to the meaning of this, he heard Qin Shi say again.
"Hong'er went out for something today and is not in the house."
Han Nian'an's expression changed. "But today is our big day, how can he not be in the house!"
"Great joy?" Qin sneered, "I'm afraid it can't be considered as such. It's just a concubine being brought into the family. It's not a wedding, and there's no need for a wedding ceremony. What does it matter whether he's here or not?"
Han Nian'an stood there stiffly, looking at the many servants and maids around her. She felt that the contempt in Qin's words was like a slap in her face, burning.
It was obvious that Qin did this on purpose to intimidate her, and she didn't believe that it could be something important. Zhou Yihong might not be at home because he was forced out by Qin.
"What? You seem very dissatisfied." Qin sneered.
"How could that be?" Han Nian'an spoke immediately. Although she was gritting her teeth in anger, she also knew that now was not the time to fall out with the Han family.
"My husband is a man of great accomplishments, so he must be busy with his work. I am already very happy that my mother can wait here."
Looking at Han Nian'an's forced smile that seemed about to break in the next second, Qin looked at him with contempt.
"It's good that you think so. In that case, hurry up and change out of your wedding dress and come with me to the garden to entertain the guests."