bestfiction Chapter 405 A new brother
Chapter 405 A new brother
Prince Chu's Mansion.
The leaves in the yard have turned yellow and are swirling in the air in the autumn wind.
Jiang Ningwan was working at her desk by the window, writing Ling Jinlan's dowry invitation.
Li Chun entered the room and said, "Princess, someone is coming from the Duke's Mansion. Please go back."
Jiang Ningwan didn't even look up. "I haven't finished writing the post yet. Did Ling Chaowen rush me? Why is he so impatient?"
Hearing this, Li Chun quickly explained: "It's the Duke of Jiang's Mansion."
Jiang Ningwan was startled and looked up.
She hadn't been in contact with the Jiang family for a long time, and she had forgotten that there was a Duke Jiang Mansion.
"what's up?"
Li Chun replied, "He said that the Duke of Jiang had important matters to attend to and asked the Princess to return. If the Princess refuses, the Duke of Jiang will personally come to invite her back. If one attempt doesn't work, he will come twice, until the Princess returns."
"I heard Jiang Xiru also went back recently. I wonder if it has anything to do with her."
Jiang Ningwan thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, let's go and see how lively Jiang Xiru is."
The reason why Jiang Xiru ran back home to hide at this time was simply because Qin Chengqian married Fan Ruoshuang.
Jiang Bingde has always been very concerned about his reputation, so she wanted to see how Jiang Bingde would react.
After writing the dowry invitation, Jiang Ningwan went to the Duke of Jiang's Mansion.
I have guessed many meeting scenes.
Even the thought of Jiang Xiru being kicked out of the house was not as shocking as the scene before him.
In the main hall, besides Jiang Bingde and Jiang Xiru, mother and daughter, there was also a young woman with a boy of six or seven years old sitting next to her.
"Ningwan, let me introduce you. This is your Aunt Xin, and that is your brother Renyan."
The young woman quickly stood up and pulled the boy next to her up as well, "Ren Yan, go say hello to your elder sister."
The boy smiled and looked at Jiang Ningwan, "Hello, sister. My name is Jiang Renyan, and I'm six years old."
Jiang Ningwan stood there in a daze, her mind blank.
A six-year-old boy?
Wasn't that the year her mother was exiled from Beijing, the year this child was born?
It turns out that Jiang Bingde has a son, and he is already this big.
She was a little distracted, and the woman quickly smiled and said, "Ningwan must have been scared. I'm really sorry for not telling you in advance."
Jiang Ningwan came back to her senses and looked at the woman carefully.
Her eyebrows and eyes are somewhat similar to her mother's.
But their temperaments and personalities are completely different.
"Aunt Xin? That's really strange."
"How long has Aunt Xin been with Duke Jiang?"
Fang Yunxin glanced back at the Duke and answered truthfully, "Eight years..."
"I am of low status and have no qualifications to enter the Duke's Mansion. The Duke took me back because he saw that I couldn't take good care of Renyan by myself."
Jiang Ningwan chuckled, "It's been eight years. It's really not easy. Congratulations, you've finally achieved your goal."
Her tone was calm and unperturbed.
I just figured out some things all of a sudden.
Her mother was injured when she gave birth to her, and she didn't want to have any more children afterwards. When she was a child, she often heard her parents arguing about this, but she didn't understand at that time.
Her mother has a strong personality. Although she doesn't want to care about many things, she is very stubborn in some aspects and will not follow Jiang Bingde's arrangements in everything.
It can be said that she is not a good wife and mother in the eyes of the world.
It now seems that Jiang Bingde already has a family and children outside.
Perhaps this is also the reason why Jiang Bingde was unwilling to plead for her mother. He did not want to be implicated. After all, he already had a wife and children who were more caring to him.
Jiang Bingde was a little surprised but also happy to see that she accepted it so readily.
"I'm a little surprised that you accepted it so quickly. From now on, we'll be a family!"
As expected, Ningwan followed Yaoqin's temperament and was more straightforward than Xiru and her daughter, who had been crying for several days.
Jiang Ningwan smiled faintly and glanced at Qi and Jiang Xiru beside her. Both of them had red and swollen eyes from crying, and reluctance was written on their faces.
So she rummaged through her body, took off a jade bracelet and handed it to Aunt Xin.
"I didn't know about this before I came, so I didn't prepare any gifts. Please don't despise this bracelet."
Aunt Xin was extremely shocked and took the jade bracelet. "How can I accept such an expensive gift from the young lady?"
"I haven't prepared a gift for the young lady yet..." Aunt Xin felt a little embarrassed.
Jiang Ningwan smiled and said, "Keep it. I'll have someone deliver Renyan's gift another day."
Aunt Xin quickly nudged the child in front of her and said, "Hurry up and thank your elder sister!"
Jiang Renyan said in a loud voice: "Thank you, elder sister!"
Jiang Ningwan's action made Jiang Bingde feel very good.
"Ning Wan is more sensible. Seeing you two getting along so harmoniously, I feel relieved!"
"Ningwan, please sit down."
As soon as Jiang Ning sat down before nightfall, she was given a look by Jiang Xiru and her daughter.
Her behavior made Jiang Xiru seem petty and calculative, like the mother and daughter.
For Jiang Ningwan, the father-daughter relationship no longer existed. Even if Jiang Bingde took ten or eight concubines and had ten or eight more sons, it had nothing to do with her.
She was not interested in the property of Duke Jiang's Mansion, so she naturally did not hesitate to show her kindness to Aunt Xin and her daughter.
What's more, Aunt Xin has been a concubine for eight years and raised children for six years, and only now has she entered the Duke's Mansion.
It shows that he is an honest and decent person.
Otherwise, relying on the fact that she gave birth to a son, she would have made the news known to everyone and returned to the Duke's Mansion to fight for the family property.
Life is so hard, why bother making things difficult for her.
After Aunt Xin sat down with the child, there was obvious joy in her eyes that she could not hide.
She was very happy to be accepted by Jiang Ningwan.
Jiang Ningwan then stayed to have lunch together.
Jiang Xiru and Qi still had gloomy faces and did not say a word at the dinner table.
There were only two chicken legs on the roast chicken on the table.
Jiang Renyan looked at the chicken legs and drooled, and said timidly: "Mom, I want to eat chicken legs."
Aunt Xin was a little at a loss for words. She quickly picked up some fish and gave it to him. "Doesn't our Renyan like to eat fish? Let's eat fish."
Jiang Renyan was a little disappointed, but he was sensible enough not to make a fuss.
Aunt Xin was afraid that the children would be too greedy and would ask for more soon, so she gave one chicken leg to Jiang Ningwan and the other to Jiang Xiru.
"Xiru, you eat."
Jiang Xiru, however, moved the bowl away in disdain, "Does the Duke's Mansion still need chicken legs?"
"Don't you know you can't use your own chopsticks to pick up food for others? Don't you think it's dirty?"
"After all, you've entered the Duke's Mansion, but why haven't you learned any rules?"
Jiang Xiru blurted out words of dissatisfaction.
He didn't notice at all that Jiang Bingde's expression had turned serious.
Aunt Xin was also a little embarrassed and at a loss. She withdrew her hand, her face full of embarrassment, not knowing what to do.
When Jiang Bingde was about to open his mouth to reprimand.
Jiang Ningwan picked up the chicken leg from the bowl and gave it to Jiang Renyan. "Renyan is still growing, so the chicken leg is yours."
Jiang Renyan's eyes lit up, "Thank you, sister!"
"But didn't Second Sister say that you can't use your chopsticks to pick up food for others?"
Jiang Ningwan smiled and said, "Your second sister came from the palace, so there are many rules. But in the Duke's Mansion, we are all family, so there are not so many rules."
Jiang Renyan then started eating the chicken leg with peace of mind.
Aunt Xin on the side looked at Jiang Ningwan with gratitude.
Jiang Bingde also felt slightly relieved.
At this moment, Jiang Xiru didn't know whether she was angry or what, but she suddenly started to dry heave, covered her mouth and rushed out of the room.
"Xi Ru!" Qi chased after her in panic.