Early in the morning, the wind and snow had stopped, and a carriage was prepared in the palace. Jinxin planned to go home in the morning, but she had to return to the palace before the palace door was locked.
She didn't just go back to see her family, she had some things to explain and she also wanted to bring An into the palace.
He also sent someone to pick up Jiang Jinrong from Taifu Qi's house early.
The emperor asked Gu Zhao to bring hundreds of elites to personally escort him. The grand ceremony showed how much the emperor valued and cared about him.
But before Jin Xin left, she had her Persian cat released.
I have raised and trained it for so long, I hope it will repay me, and I hope I hear good news when it returns to the palace.
The carriage came to the street, and everyone was cleared away. Only Concubine De's carriage could be seen on the road. Officials were surrounding it on both sides. No idlers were allowed to take a step forward. Even if there were people talking about such a big scene, there would be no one. Dare to stand up and say anything.
There were people selling desserts on the street. Jin Xin wore a veil and opened the curtain to look at the stall. Gu Zhao had a good look and stepped forward and asked, "Do you want to eat that pastry?"
Jin Xin looked at the location of the pastries, and her memory returned to the difficult days in the Hou Mansion. She spent many days doing embroidery work, and exchanged it for money. Every time she went back, she would buy some of the sweet-scented osmanthus cakes and sugar cakes from this store.
They are short of money and have no extra money to buy these things. Unlike other ladies, pastries are provided every day. Every time this pastry stall is an expectation for her to work hard at embroidery work.
In these hard days, this sweet pastry is the only sweetness in their lives.
Gu Zhao didn't say much, went to the pastry stall, bought all the varieties, and asked the lotus paste to be taken in.
Jin Xin smelled the familiar smell and picked up a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake and bit off a corner. The smell was still the same, but the mood of tasting it was completely different.
Arriving at Jiang's house, Jin Xin raised her eyes and looked at the plaque. It was Jiang Tiancheng's blessing that she changed from Qi Yuanhou's residence to Jiang's house.
Jiang Tiancheng stood in front of him, smiling ingratiatingly with a flattering look on his face. Anshi pulled Jinrong and watched Jinxin get off the carriage with joy.
Jiang Quwu, the leader, took the lead in kneeling down and saluting Jin Xin. Jin Xin was no longer the timid and shrinking slave, and accepted the ceremony calmly, allowing them all to avoid the ceremony.
Jiang Tiancheng immediately stepped forward and said, "Daughter, you are different now. You are the noble concubine who is favored by the Sixth Palace. You are the most beloved person of the emperor. My father is proud of you."
Jin Xin gave him a cold look, "Master Jiang looks much tougher now."
Hearing her call him Mr. Jiang, Jiang Tiancheng's face fell and he was a little dissatisfied, "I am your father anyway."
"If it weren't for this blood-based family relationship, I wouldn't have lost my position as a noble concubine before, and you would have lost your title as well." Jin Xin snorted coldly,
She didn't want to give him any good looks. Looking at his excessive indulgence, he didn't go out to make trouble, but he also placed many concubines at home. No matter how much face he was given to such a father, he would not take it.
Seeing this, Jiang Quwu hurriedly stepped forward and said, "The imperial concubine is pregnant and should not stand for a long time. It's cold outside. Go home first to warm up."
"That's right, noble concubine, please go inside first." An said with a smile.
After hearing this, Jin Xin's face relaxed and she looked at Jiang Jinrong who was beside An. Jiang Jinrong received the gaze and immediately stepped forward, bowing to her very politely, "Jiang Jinrong, see you, the imperial concubine."
Jin Xin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, so she stretched out her hand to pull him and asked, "You want to call me sister. My sister cares about you very much in the palace. Are you thinking of me?"
Jiang Jinrong nodded quickly, "Of course I did, but now that my sister has a noble status, I'm afraid she won't be able to play around with me like before."
Jin Xin touched his head and said, "People always have to grow up, but in my sister's heart, you will always be her favorite little brother."
When Jiang Jinrong heard this, he smiled very innocently.
Jin Xin saw that Jiang Jinrong's temperament had lost its former rusticity, and now he had a gentler bookish air, and his eyes were clearer and clearer.
The family entered the house and sat down to talk, chatting about various things. The brothers and sisters of the family came to the main hall to see the ceremony, as well as Jiang Tiancheng's concubines.
There are actually two more people with big bellies.
When Jiang Quhuai and Jiang Qufeng saw Jin Xin, their eyes were very evasive, presumably because they were worried that Jin Xin would cause trouble for them.
But Jin Xin is not the kind of person who cares about things like this. With her current status, there is no need to care about these small things and lose her identity.
After going to the study, Jin Xin looked at Jiang Quwu and asked, "Is everything going well in the Hanlin Academy now?"
"Everything is fine, Concubine Lao is worried." Jiang Quwu said, neither humble nor overbearing.
Although he has the status of a monarch and a minister, he is also Jin Xin's eldest brother, so there is no need to grovel. Compared to Jiang Tiancheng, who would show his flattering face at the door, Jiang Quwu obviously knows how to control the situation.
"In the previous matter of the Gao family, you found out the list of Gao Mingyao's party members and brought them to the emperor. There was no trace of this. Now that the matter has come to an end, do you want someone to reveal the information to the emperor? You secretly assisted About this?" Jin Xin asked.
If he could be appreciated by the emperor, wouldn't it be easier to get promoted.
Jiang Quwu immediately said, "No, if the emperor knows that I am involved in this matter, even if he thinks I am capable, he will not reuse me. He will only think that I am a greedy person, and it will make the emperor suspect that you and I are colluding." , let the Gao Mingyao matter end here."
Jin Xin thought about it, so she couldn't be in a hurry. Since Jiang Quwu had a plan and an opinion, that was good. He didn't need to pave the way, and his path would be longer.
This is how people are, only when they realize it can they grasp it. It is the same as in the harem.
"That's fine. It's just that my sister has one more thing to ask of my eldest brother."
"Your Majesty, it's okay to say so."
"I also ask my eldest brother to always scare my father. Don't add any more people to this palace. He will be dismissed if possible. Keep an eye on him, don't cause trouble, and let me feel at ease in the palace."
There were too many concubines, and he fell in love with each one when he saw them. When there were more people, it would be easy to get into trouble. If something happened, she would have to work ten times harder in the harem to make up for it.
Jiang Quwu naturally agreed. Jiang Jinxin was now the Jiang family's biggest trump card, their support, and the key to the emperor's care for the Jiang family. The imperial concubine's thoughts were also his thoughts.
If Jiang Tiancheng continues to be such a bastard and causes those messy things and those messy children, he will also clean up the house.
After dinner, it was time to return to the palace. Jinxin agreed to take Anshi into the palace for ten days, and Anshi naturally would not refuse.
After leaving the Jiang family gate, night has fallen.
Jin Xin got on the carriage, and after the carriage drove for a while, Gu Zhao walked to the window and said mysteriously, "Your Majesty, open the curtain and look outside."
Jin Xin was curious, so she opened the curtain and saw a big banyan tree in front of her that made a wish. It was covered with lanterns, illuminating the signs of each person who made a wish. The jingling sound was very pleasant, and the ground was paved. Candles, the picture is so stunning and beautiful.
"Did you hang up this lantern?" Jin Xin asked in surprise.
"Yes, I would like my wife to come here and make a wish. This banyan tree has spirituality and is more than six hundred years old. It has been popular since the founding of the People's Republic of China. It is believed by people to be a sacred tree and has received six blessings. The incense has lasted for more than a hundred years, why don’t you make a wish here, and the sacred tree will bless you and your wish will come true.”
The sacred tree had a spirit, and she did not dare to blaspheme it, so she got off the carriage with a pious heart.
Gu Zhao gave her a sign and asked her to write down her wish, but Jin Xin did not write it. Instead, she picked up three incense sticks, knelt down respectfully in front of the sacred tree, recited her wish silently three times with the wishing sign, and then put this Hang up the empty wishing sign.
Then she would make a wish, and she would get everything she wished for.
