Chapter 269 My mother-in-law is a loyal servant (thirteen)
Shuangjiang is Mrs. Zhang's most trusted personal maid. When Mrs. Zhang herself needs to be redeemed, she never forgets to take her with her.
It is enough to show that Mrs. Zhang loves and values Shuangjiang.
At the age of sixteen or seventeen, with exquisite appearance and thoughtful and meticulous character, if Feng Zhongliang had said that Na Shuang would become his concubine when the Marquis Mansion was at its peak, he would not have been able to marry her as his wife.
It's not that the two people's conditions don't match, but it's not necessary.
The Feng family already has an extremely loyal servant like Nanny Zhao, so the entire Feng family will be loyal to Mrs. Zhang, and there is no need to waste an excellent chess piece.
In fact, Mrs. Zhang originally planned to marry Shuangjiang to the son of the chief steward of the Hou Mansion.
In this way, it can not only give Shuangjiang a decent face, but also win over the servants of the Hou Mansion.
The chief steward was also interested and fell in love with Shuangjiang.
It happened that at this time, something happened in the Hou Mansion, and the chief steward's family was also sold. The whole family was torn apart, and Mrs. Zhang didn't even know who bought them.
Now Mrs. Zhang and others rely on the Feng family for support, and Feng Zhongliang is the head of the family.
Originally, Feng Zhongliang had always been obedient, and Mrs. Zhang did not want to control him by giving women away.
But somehow, on the way to Beijing, Feng Zhongliang was coaxed by Gu Xiuniang in just two months.
He obeyed Gu Xiuniang's arrangements in everything, and sometimes even dared to show reluctance when asked by his own mother, Aunt Zhao.
"I really forgot my mother after marrying my daughter-in-law! This bastard was actually confused by this idiot, Mrs. Gu!"
Aunt Zhao was used to being strong in front of her son and used to arranging everything.
When she came out of the prison, she suddenly found that her son had changed. Aunt Zhao was really shocked and angry.
What made Mammy Zhao even more unsure was that the breadwinner of the family had become Gu Xiuniang. Feng Zhongliang seemed to be a little shorter in front of Gu Xiuniang.
As a mother-in-law, Aunt Zhao seems to be even less qualified to "discipline" her daughter-in-law.
How can that work?
If there were only a few members of their family and the daughter-in-law was more powerful, Aunt Zhao would still be able to tolerate it.
But the problem is, there are Mrs. Zhang and her group.
In the past, Aunt Zhao asked Feng Zhongliang to help Mrs. Zhang and everyone in the Marquis Mansion without losing his fortune, and Feng Zhongliang followed her instructions honestly.
But a few days ago, when Nanny Zhao accompanied Mrs. Zhang out of the prison and wanted a spacious place to live, Feng Zhongliang said with an embarrassed look, "I have no money."
Huh, why don’t you have money?
It was Gu Xiuniang who was instigating this behind the scenes!
She was trying to show off her power to Aunt Zhao. She wanted to tell Aunt Zhao that the mistress of the Feng family was her, Gu Xiuniang.
Feng Zhongliang also changed from a good son who listened to his mother-in-law to a coward who was afraid of his wife!
Aunt Zhao will never allow Gu Xiuniang to rebel, and she will not tolerate Gu Xiuniang's taking care of Mrs. Zhang and not respecting Mrs. Zhang enough.
Although the Feng family (including Mrs. Zhang and others) now rely on Gu Xiuniang's embroidery to support herself, Gu Xiuniang is just a daughter-in-law after all.
If a mother-in-law wants to manipulate her daughter-in-law, no matter how capable the daughter-in-law is, she will always find a way.
The most direct and effective way is to give his son a woman to create a rift in their relationship as a couple.
Then, Aunt Zhao can successfully bring her son back to her side!
As for Gu Xiuniang?
If she is not capable of doing anything and making money, then she can work as a cow and horse for the Feng family!
"...It's okay, Shuang Jiang is a smart person and should be able to serve Zhongliang well!"
To be honest, in terms of Feng Zhongliang's abilities, Mrs. Zhang somewhat looked down upon him.
This man is too dull and stupid.
In the past, Mrs. Zhang would look up to Feng Zhongliang, mainly because of Aunt Zhao.
But now... oh, in line with the saying "today is different from the past", she, a noble lady, actually resorted to a beauty trap to win over a fool!
Mrs. Zhang felt somewhat sad.
"Bad people! You are all bad people!"
Feng Yanting, who was hiding outside the door and eavesdropping, didn't understand what it was like to let Shuangsheng serve Feng Zhongliang.
But, he is smart and knows how to be obedient.
He could feel from the tone of conversation between Mrs. Zhang and Aunt Zhao that what they said must be scheming against his own mother.
Pressing her lips together, Feng Yanting cursed a few "bad guys" and hurried back to imitate her mother-in-law.
After hearing Feng Yanting's angrily retelling, He Tiantian was not too surprised and just raised her eyebrows slightly.
Stuff a woman?
It’s really nothing new!
Moreover, Mrs. Zhang's patience with the master and servant is really lacking.
In other words, they are thick-skinned enough!
He Tiantian originally expected that it would take a month or two before they would use any means against her.
Unexpectedly, after only a few days, they couldn't sit still.
But it doesn't matter, there is no difference between earlier days and later days.
Even if Aunt Zhao and the others don't take the initiative to get Feng Zhongliang a serving girl, He Tiantian will find a way to get one for him.
After all, Feng Zhongliang's "concubine" also has a role in He Tiantian's plan.
So, in the evening, Nanny Zhao led Shuangsheng, pretended to be in front of He Tiantian and Feng Zhongliang, and said, "Madam feels sorry for you and your wife, and wants Shuangsheng to come and serve them."
Feng Zhongliang was stunned, staring blankly at Shuang Jiang's beautiful face.
No matter how honest Feng Zhongliang is, he is still a man.
As for men, there is no one who is not greedy for sex.
What's more, Shuang Jiang is no ordinary girl, she is the most useful person around Madam Hou. In the Hou Mansion, ordinary masters may not be more honorable than her.
They were well-fed, well-fed, and pampered, and developed a noble demeanor.
If you change your clothes and go outside, some people will believe you if you say something about the grandmother of a wealthy family.
"Gu Xiuniang" is also an exquisite beauty, but she is still inferior to Shuangjiang.
Frost's Descent is the flower of wealth in the world, but "Gu Xiuniang" is more like Xiaojiabiyu.
In the past, when the Hou Mansion was prosperous, Shuangjiang was like a deputy lady. Although Feng Zhongliang was the only son of Aunt Zhao, she did not dare to think about it easily.
And now——
Suck!
Feng Zhongliang couldn't help swallowing, and his heart was beating wildly.
However, Feng Zhongliang was not completely captivated by beauty.
After a brief daze, he turned his head and carefully looked at He Tiantian's face.
He Tiantian was not angry, she was even a little happy: "Okay! I am worried about the lack of helpers at home!"
"A few days ago, I was thinking about bringing the eldest lady over to study with Yan Ting."
"After all, the eldest lady is the only legitimate daughter of the Marquis, and my natal family has also been greatly favored by the Marquis."
"The whereabouts of the Marquis are unknown now, and his wife is not in good health. She has no intention of taking care of the eldest lady, so I want to pick him up."
"However, I have to work, embroider, and take care of Yanting and my husband, so I really don't have enough free time!"
"If Miss Shuangjiang comes, she will be of great help to me——"
He Tiantian's words were sincere and sincere.
But Aunt Zhao, who was prejudiced against "Gu Xiuniang", began to start conspiracy theories.
She drooped the corners of her mouth and silently went through He Tiantian's words over and over in her mind.
Finally, she came to a conclusion and whispered it to Mrs. Zhang: "What a good Gu Xiuniang, she is indeed a treacherous woman!"
"She was not willing to let Shuangjiang serve Zhongliang at all, but she was afraid that if she refused directly, I would scold her for being 'jealous', so she deliberately used Yuanniang's girl as a raft!"
"She just wants to use Yuanniang to take advantage of us."
"Even if you can't control it, you still have to be disgusting and threaten us!"
"Why is the Marquis so kind to the Gu family? She should take good care of Yuanniang so that she can repay her kindness?"
"Bah! She is deliberately making Madam uncomfortable. She wants to hold Yuan Niang in her hand so that she can negotiate terms with us."
"...Hmph, you are so smart!"
After hearing what Aunt Zhao said, Mrs. Zhang frowned at first.
No one likes to be plotted or manipulated, let alone a once-above Madam Hou like Madam Zhang.
However, when she thought of Wei Yuanniang's life experience, Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but sneered: "Mommy, you are right, Mrs. Gu is indeed a smart fool!"
"She wanted to use Yuan Niang as a blackmail so that she could cause trouble for me. How did she know that the person she was fighting against was her own daughter?!"
"Huh, promise her, send that dead girl Yuanniang directly to the next door. I want to see how the Gu family 'repays the favor'!"
Just like that, there were two more people in the small courtyard on Feng Zhongliang's side.
Shuangjiang is here to be a maid in name, not a serious concubine.
There was no way, Feng Zhongliang was just a commoner, and in ancient times, ordinary people were not qualified to take concubines.
At most, he just buys a girl to work with the mistress during the day and warm the bed for the man at night.
However, He Tiantian was very "virtuous" and arranged a small room for Shuangjiang. Apart from letting her do laundry, cooking and other chores, he rarely asked her to do other chores.
That night, Feng Zhongliang went to Shuangjiang's hut.
He Tiantian and Wei Yuanniang lived in the main room. After putting the child to sleep, they did embroidery work under the dim oil lamp.
Feng Yanting, who had slept in a separate room with his parents and had his own small room, woke up again and saw this scene——
On the other side, my biological father and Shuangjiang were having a very exciting "bridal night".
On the other side, my mother stayed alone in the empty house, but she still worked on embroidery all night long to make money.
Feng Yanting was still young and didn't understand many adult things, but he just felt uncomfortable.
Then, he engraved this picture extremely clearly and deeply into his mind.
The arrival of frost completely drove Feng Zhongliang away.
Feng Zhongliang also began to return to the days of obeying his mother's arrangements.
Feng Zhongliang felt guilty and pity for his wife "Gu Xiuniang", but there was frost and the instigation of Aunt Zhao.
Coupled with the fact that the breadwinner of the family is "Gu Xiuniang", Feng Zhongliang, as a grown man, suddenly became a weakling.
His excessive inferiority suddenly gave him a twisted mentality of "suppressing Gu Xiuniang in other aspects".
Of course, Feng Zhongliang didn't dare to go too far. He was honest and timid.
He could think of a way to suppress and control his wife, which was not to go to her room and hang out with Shuang Jiang all day long.
He Tiantian: ...Thank you. I am worried about how to continue sleeping in a separate bed with you.
There were actually reasons for agreeing to let Shuangjiang serve Feng Zhongliang.
When He Tiantian is doing tasks, she can accept the life of her original owner, but she really doesn't want to have a relationship with "other people's spouses".
In the past, He Tiantian would use some tricks to avoid sleeping with each other.
But this time, we came to the ancient world. Well, it would be even simpler. Just agree to let your "husband" sleep with other women!
He Tiantian won't take the initiative to pimp, but if you go along with the flow, you can not only solve your own troubles, but also achieve the reputation of "virtuous", so why not do it?
However, these were He Tiantian's secret plans, but she didn't reveal them at all on the surface.
He Tiantian was very sad about Shuang Jiang's favor and Feng Zhongliang's "change of heart".
But for the sake of her "son" and her benefactor's child, she did not choose to reconcile with Feng Zhongliang. Instead, she continued to work hard at embroidery to make money and support the two families with her own flesh and blood.
"Auntie, you, you are too wronged!"
As he grew up day by day, Feng Yanting read more and more books and gradually understood some truths.
At least, he has been able to understand his mother's grievances and difficulties.
"My son's ability to say such things shows that my mother's suffering was not in vain."
"For my son, I won't feel wronged!"
He Tiantian smiled and comforted Feng Yanting.
Feng Yanting nodded vigorously, "Mom, don't worry, I will definitely study hard, take the imperial examination, become a high official, and earn my life for my mother!"
He felt more and more grateful for his mother's dedication and sacrifice. At the same time, he also resented those people in the yard next door, his own father. Feng Yanting also complained a little more.
Feng Yanting's resentment towards Feng Zhongliang slowly reached its peak after Shuang Sheng gave birth to three children in succession.
Shuangjiang gave birth to two sons and one daughter to Feng Zhongliang.
Although his son is five years younger than Feng Yanting, with his "bastard", Feng Yanting is no longer the only child in the family.
Mrs. Zhang and Aunt Zhao naturally still support Feng Yanting as before, but in Feng Zhongliang's view, all three sons are his sons.
And Shuangjiang was his beloved woman, who loved Wujiwu, and he loved his two concubine sons even more.
As soon as the child is one month old, he starts to do a lot of things.
In the days that followed, Feng Zhongliang loved his two concubines even more, and there was a faint tendency to surpass Feng Yanting.
In fact, Mrs. Zhang and Aunt Zhao, for the sake of Shuangsheng, were more tolerant towards the two concubines and did not shout or kill them just because Feng Yanting was unhappy.
Feng Yanting:......
As his two half-brothers grew up, Feng Yanting's sense of crisis became stronger.
He began to play tricks at home, and also began to make false promises with Mrs. Zhang, Aunt Zhao and others.
The Feng family was just two dilapidated courtyards, but they also caused a drama of house fighting.
Feng Yanting has experienced more dangers in the world than in the original script, and his whole person has become more cunning and calculating.
However, Feng Yanting did not become darkened, but became more real, not as perfect as the original character.
In fact, a character that is too perfect is actually more likely to collapse.
Even if I am not overturned, other people or other details may be slightly wrong, which can trigger the plot.
The original script had such a problem, so it made readers feel bad when reading it, and then forced the system to activate the writer.
But this time, with He Tiantian's efforts, Feng Yanting's character has not collapsed, but has some more real elements.
It may not be so perfect, but it can make the plot more reasonable and readers will agree with it more.
Of course, the male protagonist is not He Tiantian's focus. Saving Wei Yuanniang is her main task...
