"Third sister?"
Lin Jiayue looked at Jiang Jing who was dressed up today and smiled slightly. She had been waiting for Jiang Jing for a long time.
"Aunt Lin?"
Jiang Jing looked embarrassed and didn't know what Lin Jiayue was calling her for.
"Are you planning to go to the theater to greet the ladies?"
"Um."
Jiang Jing's face turned red as she tugged on the silver-embroidered Baifu floor-length skirt she was wearing, feeling very shy.
Today she was going to meet her future husband's family, so she dressed up very nicely. The newly made long skirt and the head and face jewelry sent by Song Wan made her look delicate and wealthy.
Jiang Jing never thought that he would be so beautiful.
"If Aunt Lin is fine, I'll go and pay my respects to my sister-in-law first."
Aunt Zhou had been telling her all morning to do well today, and now she was about to see Mrs. Lan. She was feeling anxious and had no intention of chatting with Lin Jiayue.
Jiang Jing held up her skirt and was about to leave, but Lin Jiayue said, "Do you know who Mr. Lan is? Have you ever met him?"
"What nonsense are you talking about, Auntie Lin? Where...which unmarried lady has seen her husband? What do you mean?"
Seeing Jiang Jing's little face, Lin Jiayue said hurriedly: "That's not what I meant. I just want to tell you a few words...about the young master of the Lan family."
Pushing the little maid beside Jiang Jing away, Lin Jiayue took her and hid behind the rockery in Haitang Garden.
She looked at Jiang Jing from bottom to top, feeling increasingly unhappy.
Jiang Man and Jiang Xingjian both said how good the young master of the Lan family was, but she only thought it was ridiculous. A teenage girl wants to marry and have children with a man she has never met. How can she be happy in such an arranged marriage?
Even if she broke up the marriage, she was still doing a good thing.
"You haven't even met Mr. Lan, so is it a bit too hasty to talk about marriage with him? You are only ten years old, right? As far as I know, Mr. Lan is more than seven or eight years older than you. What do you think? Will you two be happy?"
"The marriage is all arranged by the matchmaker according to the orders of the parents. The upright and polite girl has never met her husband. What on earth does Aunt Lin want to say?"
Jiang Jing knew that Aunt Lin and Jiang Xingjian were living together without a matchmaker, so what did she mean by coming here to say these things to him now?
Jiang Jing turned around and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Lin Jiayue: "I know you don't believe me, but I really do it for your own good."
Lin Jiayue was a little anxious: "I know everyone is saying that the Lan family's marriage is very good, but don't you think about what this so-called good means?"
"It's true that the Lan family is wealthy, but how could a man from such a wealthy family wait so late to propose marriage, and talk to a concubine as young as you? You have never thought that this so-called good thing is for the Hou Mansion. Okay, is it still good for you?”
"I don't know what you're talking about."
Jiang Jing held the handkerchief and looked at Lin Jiayue with his big eyes.
Just because everything Lin Jiayue said touched her heart.
She had never met the young master of the Lan family, so she naturally didn't know what kind of person he was. Especially when Aunt Zhou and everyone around her said that this marriage was a great one, she felt even more uneasy.
How could such a good marriage fall on her?
Jiang Jing lowered his head, breathing quickly.
Seeing this, Lin Jiayue pursed her lips and said, "I won't beat around the bush with you. The Marquis told me that the reason why this marriage was negotiated was because Song Wan's brother knew the master of the Lan family."
"And the Hou Mansion recommended this marriage because the Lan family is wealthy and will be helpful to the Hou Mansion in the future."
"But I always feel something is wrong."
Lin Jiayue touched Jiang Jing's long hair and said worriedly: "In the past, the Hou Mansion needed a strong marriage partner to make ends meet, but now that the Hou Mansion has me, it no longer needs these. You are only ten years old this year, Song Wan How can you exchange the youth of a cardamom girl for money?"
"She expected you to support the Hou family, but she never thought that after you married into the Lan family, would you be able to ask for money from the Lan family to subsidize your mother's family?"
Jiang Jing's heart trembled when he heard this: "This... this is impossible."
How could she, a married woman, ask her husband's family for money to support her mother's family? Moreover, she was just a concubine, and only her biological mother, Aunt Zhou, was close to her. Why should she be used to make up for the lack of money in the Hou family? How could a daughter-in-law who reaches out to her husband's family for money be loved by her husband's family?
Is it possible that my sister-in-law has never thought about her future situation?
Jiang Jing was so panicked that sweat broke out on his face, and he didn't know what to do for a moment.
"Although I have never met the so-called Mr. Lan, I think there must be a big problem if he still doesn't marry at this age."
Lin Jiayue pulled Jiang Jing and frowned: "Ever since Xing Jian told me that Master Lan knew Song Wan's brother, I figured out the key to this matter."
"Song Wan is afraid that he used you as a favor and gave it to the Lan family."
She also thought about this for a long time.
Lin Jiayue didn't believe that Song Wan couldn't see clearly the future situation of the two houses, but Jiang Xingjian seemed to be blinded by lard and kept saying that she would not meddle in such a big matter.
But why can't these hands and feet be used?
A marriage in a daughter's family couldn't be easier to take advantage of.
In this era, all women, no matter how well they marry, will only have their teeth knocked out and swallowed by blood. Jiang Jing was a concubine with no background or support, so Song Wan could do whatever he wanted.
"By marrying you into the Lan family, she can get the praise of Concubine Jiang, Jiang Xingjian and the old lady, and the Lan family can accept her brother's love. She killed three birds with one stone but only wronged you. With such a powerful method, who can’t say that it’s brilliant?”
Lin Jiayue frowned: "I admit that I have selfish motives. I don't want this marriage to succeed and let her get praise from everyone, but I also really think about you."
"It's obvious that this marriage is good for everyone, but it will only hurt you. You should think about it yourself."
What she said was all sincerity. As for whether Jiang Jing would resist intelligently or obey Song Wan brainlessly, it was not her control.
After Lin Jiayue finished speaking, she walked out of the rockery.
She left calmly, but Jiang Jing was left sweating in the rockery alone. Even when the maid came to find her, she still looked like she was out of her mind.
Her face was so pale that she almost made the little maid cry.
"Miss, what's wrong? Don't scare Xing'er."
Jiang Jing's eyes turned red, and he relayed Lin Jiayue's words to Xing'er angrily and angrily.
"Miss, is what Aunt Lin said true? Is Mr. Lan really having a problem?"
"I don't know either, but what she said is right. How could such a good marriage fall on me?"
No one cared about her in the Hou Mansion. She and Aunt Zhou had been bullied by Aunt Liu since she was a child. In the past, even a proud woman would dare to tease her mother and daughter. Although Madam has never suppressed them, she has never suppressed them. He ignored them, as if they didn't exist in the house.
How could a concubine like her get a good marriage?
Aunt Zhou's presence in the Hou's Mansion is the handle to restrict her. If she cannot get money for the Hou's Mansion, the people in the mansion will definitely use Aunt Zhou to control her.
The more Jiang Jing thought about it, the more scared he became. He grabbed Xing'er's hand and said, "I can't sit still and wait for death. If it's true as Aunt Lin said, Aunt Zhou and I will probably have worse lives in the future than before."
