When several maids and women came to the house to receive gifts, they all lowered their heads cautiously, including Mo Hua. I had heard that this was a girl who had been living outside for more than ten years, and I thought she was the kind of girl who lives in the market.
A rough woman, when you see her now, she seems to be elegant and dignified, and she also has a very beautiful face.
Mo Hua was slightly startled and said cautiously: "Eldest lady, the second young lady, the third young lady, and the eldest and fourth young masters are all waiting in the hall now."
Jiang Wu raised his eyebrows: "Miss?"
She remembered what Jiang Lu had said before that she was older than herself and should call herself younger sister.
Mo Hua smiled and said: "My master has specifically given instructions. Now that you are back, you are the eldest daughter of this family. The younger ones will all call you eldest daughter."
The name before the two words of this young lady is also very important. If she comes back and Jiang Lu is still the eldest lady, it will be a slap in Jiang Lu's face.
Although she had never had a good impression of this father, Jiang Wu was still somewhat satisfied with the handling of this matter. However, if she considered it from Jiang Lu's perspective, Jiang Lu felt a little aggrieved.
The master and servant arrived in silence all the way to the front hall. Jiang Qingshan, Aunt Chen, Aunt Duan, Jiang Lu, Jiang Lu, Jiang Xuelan were all there, and there was also a young master Jiang Wu had never seen before. He looked to be only five or six years old.
The child's face was not very good, and he seemed to be physically weaker than ordinary people.
They had all sat down at the dinner table, but they hadn't moved their chopsticks yet, obviously waiting for Jiang Wu.
She walked over and sat down on the only available seat.
It was still Aunt Chen. She smiled and said: "Because I don't know what you like, so I asked the cook to prepare some dishes. See if there is anything you like."
Jiang Wu glanced at the dishes, smiled and nodded.
The food is very good. After all, it is the home of a prince. Although Pingxuanhou does not have much real power in the court, he is not an idle prince. Although Pingxuanhou is a hereditary title, it is great that he can carry it forward in his hands.
With his ability, every dish on this dinner table is several times more exquisite than the big pot rice he had before in Beizhen Fusi.
But Jiang Wu just had no appetite. She missed Fu Heng.
Aunt Chen noticed that she was absent-minded, but she couldn't tell anything from her face, so she had to ask: "Is it not to your liking? Why don't you ask the servants to withdraw and order the cook to make it again?"
Jiang Wu naturally shook his head: "No, it's just that I'm not hungry yet, so I can't eat anything."
Jiang Lu looked at them without saying a word, lowered his head again, and began to eat the meal slowly, but his eyes became red again while eating. When Jiang Lu saw this, he sighed softly and patted her comfortingly.
Patted her on the shoulder.
There are always many rules in the duke's house, and now at the dinner table, the hall was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. It wasn't until he put down the bowl and chopsticks that Jiang Qingshan took a sip of tea and said to Jiang Wu: "You are both
When you come back, the matter of restoring your identity will have to be put on the agenda, and we will have a banquet for guests in three days."
Why did his attitude change so quickly? Jiang Wu was secretly wondering. Before, he wanted to keep this matter under wraps and regard her as his adopted daughter. Now that she is the eldest lady and a guest at the banquet, Jiang Wu thinks that she is the same as Jiang Qingshan.
There was no affection between father and daughter, and they had only met each other twice. She was silently wary in her heart, but she still said obediently on her face: "Everything depends on my father."
Jiang Qingshan nodded, and the dinner table became quiet again.
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After the meal, Jiang Wu wanted to go back to her room directly. She didn't like the atmosphere in this mansion. Even Jiang Lu, who could act like a wealthy lady outside, was cautious in her words and deeds in this mansion. Aunt Chen,
Jiang Xuelan was even more cautious. Jiang Xuelan might have been reprimanded about the hairpin in the afternoon, so she didn't say a word the whole night.
Until Jiang Qingshan said: "Come to my study."
Jiang Wu was startled and nodded, but saw Jiang Lu frowning quietly on the table.
It gets dark very early in winter. It doesn't snow anymore these days and the weather is always very dry. Jiang Wu came to the study door with low eyebrows. When he knocked on the door, he suddenly remembered what he had heard from Fu Heng.
She felt that there were thousands of thoughts in her mind, but they were so scattered that it was difficult for her to put them together.
There was only one lamp lit in the study, and the slave had already gone out after making a cup of tea.
Jiang Wu sat on the chair, holding the water vapor from the rim of the cup, and asked: "It's so late, what do you want?"
Jiang Qingshan looked at her, twirled his fingers, and said in a very relaxed tone: "I just want to ask you, are you used to living in this house?"
Jiang Wu secretly felt strange that she had only been here a few hours, and she was not used to it. She didn't even recognize her own yard. Her father's words were clearly brewing something else.
She thought about it again and again and said "Yeah".
Her attitude was cold, and Jiang Qingshan didn't care, "I heard that you used to work as a widower in Beizhen Fusi?"
Jiang Wu nodded: "That day my father saw me for the first time, when I completed the autopsy."
Jiang Qingshan raised his eyes and said with a faint smile: "As the daughter of my Marquis, you can't go out and show your face anymore."
Jiang Wu looked at his nose with his eyes and his heart with his nose, but he didn't say what his attitude was.
Jiang Qingshan had expected her attitude and was not too surprised. He just said: "You are now sixteen, and you will get married in two years. You will be in public all day long and stay with the dead man. How do outsiders view our house?"
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Jiang Wu nodded obediently: "Father is absolutely right."
Next Jiang Qingshan asked: "Have you been living in Fusi, Beizhen before?"
Jiang Wu said: "Yes, people can live in the backyard of Fusi in Beizhen, but the conditions are relatively ordinary."
Jiang Qingshan seemed to sneer: "The money and clothes you are wearing are not ordinary. Aunt Chen mentioned it to me just now. Just the few hairpins you wear on your head are all expensive nowadays."
The style, even the fabric of the clothes, I am afraid the daughters of ordinary officials will not be as good as you."
Jiang Wu raised her eyebrows and blinked: "Master Fu treated me very kindly. I ordered his servants to buy all my things. The servants didn't understand this, so they just gave all the money to the owner of the clothing store.
This businessman will naturally give you the best things."
This statement is not false at all. She had asked Fu Heng before whether the things she wore were too expensive and would be too showy for others to see. But Fu Heng said that all the women he had seen were like this.
dress up.
Jiang Wu thought about it and realized that was right.
Anyway, she didn't bother to care about people's petty thoughts. It would be pretentious to not use it when there are good things in front of her. Fu Heng has countless silver coins. He doesn't recognize these jewelry and neither does Jiang Wu. Speaking of which, it's still
Only in the past two days did she realize that these ordinary jewelry prices were so high.