Chapter 547 - 546: Reliance

Chapter 547: Chapter 546: Reliance

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Mrs. Huang was taken aback by these words.

When a daughter gets married, how the in-laws think about it, isn’t it important?

If the grandmother or seniors are difficult or overly critical, the new bride’s life would be miserable, won’t it?

If you add a mother-in-law who causes trouble even when there’s none, even a harmonious couple would have their relationship ruined.

General Huang noticed Mrs. Huang’s doubts and continued explaining: "That’s the Duke Jing Mansion, not just any family, they’re different."

Mrs. Huang was about to ask what made them different, then she got it after a moment of thought.

Although Ye Yuzhi is indeed the illegitimate son of the Duke Jing Mansion, the emperor sending him to the Central Army Commander’s Mansion clearly shows the palace wants him to gradually separate from the Duke Jing Mansion.

This won’t happen overnight, but it will definitely happen.

Without support from the clan, if Ye Yuzhi wants to distinguish himself, he can only rely on two people.

One is his concubine mother, Aunt Liao. Unfortunately, the Liao family is involved in officialdom, but they’re not nobles, not too high, not too low in the capital.

Mrs. Huang had even heard that because Aunt Liao lost favor, her relationship with the Liao family deteriorated sharply, so relying on them is unstable.

Besides Aunt Liao, the other support would be his wife’s family.

If Huang Jie marries into the family, Ye Yuzhi, considering General Huang’s support and future guidance, wouldn’t dare to mistreat her.

What could be more valuable to parents than this?

Moreover, Aunt Liao, who wants to rise with Ye Yuzhi’s success, wouldn’t trouble Huang Jie, she’d even protect her in everything.

This is what Du Yunluo told Huang Jie, that the Duke Jing Mansion might only say a few harsh words to her, but beyond that, nothing else could happen.

General Huang watched Mrs. Huang’s expression, seeing her eyebrows gradually relax, he said: "What kind of people are we, to let A Jie suffer?

If the Duke Jing Mansion gets too carried away and stirs up trouble for A Jie, I’m ready to take an axe and knock on their door."

Mrs. Huang chuckled out loud.

"I’m thinking the reason the emperor sent Yuzhi to the Central Army Commander’s Mansion is to gain experience under Assistant Ying. In a couple of years, he might even be posted elsewhere," General Huang tapped his finger on the small table. "When that time comes, A Jie will follow him out of the capital, so why care about the Duke Jing Mansion’s attitude?"

Mrs. Huang finally let go of most of her worries.

Since this matter was decreed by the palace, there’s no room for negotiation, but if Huang Jie can live well, Mrs. Huang is willing to accept it.

"That Ye Yuzhi, he’s really good, isn’t he?" Mrs. Huang inquired.

General Huang nodded repeatedly: "I think he’s good, Ayun also approves."

"I haven’t even met him..." Mrs. Huang frowned.

"Then I’ll invite him to our mansion, and you can take a look?"

Mrs. Huang was just about to nod, but then shook her head instead: "That’s inappropriate, as he surely knows about the engagement. Calling him over wouldn’t be suitable. I’ll talk to Ayun, ask him to invite Ye Yuzhi out for a drink, and I’ll take a peek from outside the mansion."

With a plan in mind, Mrs. Huang couldn’t wait and promptly got up to find Huang Yun.

As the Mid-Autumn Festival drew near, in the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, Du Yunluo was listening to the steward women discuss preparations for the family banquet.

These women were experienced, knowing exactly what to do, making things easy for Du Yunluo.

Coming out of the Flower Hall, she ran into Jin Rui.

Du Yunluo blinked and smiled: "Why are you back?"

Jin Rui wasn’t on duty today, having taken permission to visit her family on the main street front. She bowed to Du Yunluo with a smile, "I had just reached the alley’s entrance when I heard that our master received his transfer order. Next month, Vice Minister Mr. Xie from the Ministry of Rites will retire and our master will take over his position."

"Really?" Seeing Jin Rui nod, Du Yunluo was extremely pleased.

Last time, Mrs. Zhen had mentioned this to Du Yunluo, but it didn’t feel assured until the official order arrived.

Now that the order has come, the matter is settled.

Du Yunluo chuckled: "I must quickly return to Shaohui Garden to prepare a congratulatory gift for father’s promotion."

A daughter’s gift to her father isn’t about its value, just the sentiment, yet Du Yunluo was puzzled over it.

Jin Rui giggled, "Madam, if you could give our master another grandson, he’d surely be delighted."

The maids in the room couldn’t help but laugh at her words.

Du Yunluo was stunned for a moment before regaining her composure, pretending to be angry as she picked up a pillow to throw at Jin Rui: "If you don’t hurry home, I’ll confiscate your permission token."

Jin Rui pleaded for mercy and left the room laughing.

Du Yunluo also couldn’t help but smile.

The mourning period for her and Mu Lianxiao was over, the mansion was stable now, and she was ready to have another child, yet getting pregnant isn’t something that happens easily.

Touching her flat belly, Du Yunluo secretly wondered when she might conceive again.

With a small cloth bag, Jin Rui left the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion, bought a whole hot roasted chicken from Xue Bao’s favorite shop on East Street, wrapped it in oil paper, sliced some meat, and bought a fish before returning home.

She followed Du Yunluo to the Marquis Mansion, and in the Du family servants’ area on the main street front, Jin Rui’s status had risen significantly.

As soon as she stepped inside, people started calling her "Miss Rui" non-stop and with smiling faces.

Jin Rui acted the same as always.

Once she moved away, a few women gathered to chat.

"Tsk! We hardly get a few meat meals a year. If there’s chicken, there’s no fish. Unlike the Xue family, half their month seems like a festival."

"One of us gets favored and elevates everyone else. Miss Rui has certainly saved a lot of silver for the Xue family."

"Even without money, the Xue family needs to eat, given how fat Xue Bao is. Without meat, he’d have wasted away by now."

With the Xue family’s gate half-open, Jin Rui pushed it open, calling out "Mother."

Seeing the chicken, fish, and meat, the Xue family’s woman’s eyes sparkled with joy, "Carrying all this must be tiring? Give it all to me, I’ll prepare something delicious for lunch."

Jin Rui delivered the items to the kitchen, when the chubby footsteps of Xue Bao echoed in, hugging Jin Rui tightly: "Big sis loves me the most."

"Ungrateful! Don’t I buy you roast chicken often?" the Xue family’s woman playfully scolded as she cut the roast chicken for Xue Bao to take out and eat.

Jin Rui returned to the room; Xue Ping’er was sitting by the window doing embroidery.

"These hairpins and bracelets were rewards from the madam recently," Jin Rui said, opening the cloth package and handing the items to Xue Ping’er.

Xue Ping’er glanced outside at Xue Bao gnawing a chicken leg under the veranda and the Xue family’s woman bustling in the kitchen, saying, "Big sis, you’re bringing me things again. When Mother finds out, she’ll scold you."

Jin Rui giggled, "For the sake of Ah Bao’s roast chicken, Mother won’t scold."

The sisters laughed together.

Jin Rui looked at the embroidered carp swimming pattern that Xue Ping’er was working on. Jin Rui had drawn the design herself. Although Xue Ping’er’s needlework wasn’t as skilled as Jin Ling’s, it was neat and looked nice.

"You’re soon to be married; you can never have enough jewelry." Jin Rui stroked Xue Ping’er’s head.

Xue Ping’er blushed, hesitantly asking Jin Rui: "Big sis, when I marry ahead of you, when will you marry?"