Chapter 240 Overt and covert fighting
Chapter 240 Overt and covert fighting
The next day, Jing Zhaoyan dressed in new clothes and went to the camp outside Beijing.
As soon as he entered the military camp, someone told Mu Hansu, and Mu Hansu immediately had him taken to his tent.
Facing Mu Hansu's aura of a battle-hardened superior, Jing Zhaoyan still felt a little bit of awe in his heart.
Although he had also been on the battlefield, he was not at the same level as Mu Hansu.
Jing Zhaoyan quickly cupped his hands and said, "I greet the Marshal."
Mu Hansu hummed calmly, then looked at him and said, "I haven't congratulated Marquis Jingyang yet."
Now Jing Zhaoyan is no longer the third-rank General Zhaowu. Although he still serves in the army, he has become a fifth-rank lieutenant general. Mu Hansu has no choice but to call him Marquis Jingyang.
Jing Zhaoyan naturally knew why this congratulation was made. It was precisely because he knew that he felt humiliated.
But he didn't dare to get angry in front of Mu Hansu, so he gritted his teeth and said, "My Lord, I'm glad to hear that you are going to marry my ex-wife as your Princess Zhan.
Alas, speaking of that woman, she had no talent or virtue when she was in my Marquis Jingyang's Mansion. Now that she is in the prince's mansion, you must teach her a good lesson.
Don't be petty and intolerant like you were in Jingyang Marquis's mansion."
Jing Zhaoyan looked arrogant. No matter what, he was Lu Chenshuang's first husband. No matter how noble Mu Hansu was, she was just a woman he didn't want. Even though they were in name only.
When Mu Hansu heard Jing Zhaoyan's words, he did not get angry but laughed: "Speaking of this, I have to thank you very much.
I just love her unruly nature. If she doesn't divorce you, I can only watch. After all, I really can't do such a thing as stealing someone else's wife.
But now it’s good. I can love her openly and ask the emperor to grant us marriage.
Don't worry, Marquis Jingyang, Shuang'er will never encounter the situations you described in my Prince Zhan's Mansion.
After all, I have no intention of taking a concubine in this life. The whole palace listens to her. She is not an unreasonable woman. Naturally, only I know her good points. "
After saying this, Mu Hansu played with the purse she was wearing.
Mu Hansu was sure that Jing Zhaoyan had never received such an expensive gift.
Jing Zhaoyan looked at Mu Hansu, who was in love, with a confused look on his face. He really couldn't understand how the cold and aloof King of War could become like this.
But deep down he was madly jealous of Mu Hansu.
Mu Hansu's face darkened only after Jing Zhaoyan left the tent.
Then he opened his mouth and ordered: "Keep an eye on him. Report to me who he met and what he said, no matter how big or small."
As soon as Mu Hansu finished speaking, two secret guards took orders and left.
Mu Hansu has been sending people to keep an eye on Jingyang Marquis Mansion these days, of course not because of personal grudges.
It was because Lu Chenshuang reminded him last time to pay attention to Marquis Jingyang's wife.
Although his people have not yet found anything abnormal about the Madam, they have discovered that she seems to have had contact with Prince Gong.
Prince Gong is now planning a rebellion, and Mu Hansu will not let go of anyone who is related to him.
He really didn't expect that Prince Gong's net would be so wide.
And Jing Zhaoyan actually dared to say that about Lu Chenshuang, he really deserved to die. Just wait, when the time comes, none of them will be able to escape.
Besides, Lu Chenshuang was locked up at home by Lin every day to embroider her wedding dress.
Of course, after seeing Lu Chenshuang's craftsmanship, Lin didn't dare let her touch the wedding dress. She just asked her to embroider some small things.
Lu Chenshuang liked Lin's suggestion very much.
Her embroidery skills have indeed improved during this period. Although the things she embroidered are still crooked, at least you can tell what they are.
Seeing this, Lu Chenshuang became proud again. She said that she learned medicine very quickly and even learned it without a teacher, so how could she not have talent in embroidery?
She was very excited to make a headband for the Queen Mother and the eldest princess, so that she could use it as a gift after she and Mu Hansu got married in the future.
Lu Chenshuang embroidered very seriously, and Guyu sighed helplessly.
She was really embarrassed to expose her own daughter's fault. Who would use only one needlework method to make an object?
It’s still the simplest flat stitch, and the embroidery produced is just average.
But she didn't dare to say it. Didn't she see that the girl was immersed in the joy of being a genius?
Even Xiaoman, who was usually reckless and spoke without thinking, kept his mouth tightly closed to make the girl happy.
Fortunately, Guyu’s entanglement did not last long, and Lin’s arrival rescued Guyu from his entanglement.
Lin looked at what Lu Chenshuang was embroidering, shook her head and said, "Shuang'er, you can't do this. You can't embroider a good piece with such a simple embroidery method.
Mother will teach you a simple double-sided embroidery, which is both beautiful and practical. Even if you make something to present to the Queen Mother and the ladies in the palace, it won’t be considered disrespectful. "
Upon hearing this, the embroidery needle in Lu Chenshuang's hand suddenly pierced into her flesh, and blood immediately dyed the embroidery cloth red.
Lu Chenshuang wailed, thinking that all her hard work these days was in vain.
Lin didn't expect that Lu Chenshuang would react so strongly to just one sentence from her.
She was so nervous that she quickly asked Xiaoman to get some medicine for Lu Chenshuang to apply. But Lu Chenshuang stopped her, saying that it was just a small needle hole, and by the time Xiaoman found the medicine, he would not be able to find the wound.
Lu Chenshuang looked at Lin and begged, "Mother, please forgive me.
I can't even handle single-sided embroidery, let alone double-sided embroidery. I'm really not cut out for it.
Besides, mother, do you think that all the daughters of the rich families are really good at needlework?"
The last sentence stumped Lin. In the past, she might have said that a certain girl from such-and-such family embroidered something and received praise from some important figure.
But now she doesn't think so.
She believed that the young ladies raised in aristocratic families were well versed in poetry and literature, and good at singing and dancing.
But she really didn't believe it if someone said that these people were excellent in needlework and cooking.
After all, they are all young ladies who have never been accustomed to worldly affairs. Who would work hard to practice these things?
Take the girls in their family for example, Lu Chenshuang knows nothing about needlework, let alone Lu Chenxi.
Judging from yourself, other girls are not much better.
Lin soon convinced herself that Mu Hansu didn't want to marry Lu Chenshuang because of her needlework skills.
Lin sighed and said, “Since you don’t want to learn, forget it.
But giving gifts to the Queen Mother and the others is still essential.
If it really doesn't work, just ask the two girls, Guyu and Xiaoman, to help you.
They are your personal maids and will be brought with you to Prince Zhan's palace as a dowry.
If anything happens in the future, it won’t be exposed.”
It's not that Lin has to be so persistent about this matter. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is the most difficult. Lin is an experienced person, and Lu Chenshuang has also lived with the lady dowager of Jingyang Marquis's Mansion, so she naturally understands it.
Although the Queen Mother likes Lu Chenshuang now, who knows what it will be like after they become mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
Once Lu Chenshuang marries Mu Hansu, if she gets bullied by her husband's family in the future, they will not be able to help at all.
So she wanted to try her best to help Lu Chenshuang have a good relationship with the empress dowager as mother-in-law from the very beginning.
Lu Chenshuang understood her painstaking efforts, so she studied so hard.
She accepted Lin's final suggestion, but there was still time, so she prepared for both scenarios.
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