Buddha-like Mrs. Lin
Chapter 3
No one in Rongguo Province cared about what outsiders thought about the absurd matter of changing a bride at the last minute.
Jia Daishan and the others were unwilling to do so.
They only needed to think about it to know what outsiders would say about their family. Every time they thought about it, they would get a heart attack. In the end, they could only let it go and not listen to it. The servants in Rongguo Province were too busy.
Originally, it was just an unremarkable concubine's daughter's marriage. Suddenly, it became the marriage of the only legitimate daughter in Rongguo Province. The arrangements in the mansion had to be changed greatly. Everyone was so busy that they didn't even have time to gossip. How could they care about what other people thought about their master's family?
When the trouble in Rongguo Province was almost over, they had time to inquire. Everyone looked at Jia Su. Even the servants serving Jia Su looked at her strangely.
The maidservants and mamas in Jia Shu's courtyard had been in a state of anxiety for more than half a month. Only when they heard the news that the mandarin ducks were going to be replaced with a new bride did they relax and have the leisure to go out for a stroll and inquire about the news.
Who knew that once they went out, they would be met with many soft rebuffs. When they came back, their expressions were not very good.
Chi Xia was attentive. When she found out, she immediately called them one by one and asked them carefully. Soon, she figured out the reason.
Originally, after Yuanyang left that day, the news that Jia Shu would be registered under the name of Madam, and that she would be married to Lin Ruhai as the eldest daughter of the di wife, had spread throughout the fu.
This was not strange. After all, the servants in the Jia Mansion had no rules after the ancestor passed away. They were all very talkative.
Among them, the servants around Jia Shi were the most talkative.
Therefore, Chi Xia did not care that the news spread so quickly in the Jia Mansion.
But these servants said, "They all think that Miss set up Fourth Miss, causing Fourth Miss to not only offend Master and Madam, but also lose a good marriage." This made Chi Xia anxious.
After sending them off with a few words, she turned and ran into Jia Su's room.
The sun was high in the sky, but Jia Su was still sleeping.
In Chi Xia's opinion, this was not the behavior of a young lady from a prominent family.
However, her family's Miss had a lot of fallacious arguments. Not only did she look at her status as a Miss of a noble family, but she also looked at her bearing when sitting or lying down. She did not look at whether she slept in or not. She even said that if she was forced to wake up without enough sleep, it would be harmful to her body and she would be sickly when she grew old.
If she was pushed too far, Miss would think that she was the mistress and that she, as a servant girl, only needed to be obedient to shut her up.
The residence had arranged for an etiquette instructor for the young miss. Together with the young miss's wet nurse, they both had the right to teach the young miss.
But in front of them, the Young Miss was outstanding in every aspect, and no one could find fault with her. She would not give them the opportunity to exercise their right to teach.
Everything else was done, and Miss was just sleeping in. Naturally, they didn't want to care too much about Miss.
As time passed, Chi Xia also learned to accept her fate.
But at this time, the young miss could not continue to sleep in.
Chi Xia entered the room and ignored Jia Su's previous orders. She carefully pulled Jia Su out of bed, "Miss, something big has happened!"
Jia Su sat on the bed in a daze. She only felt that Chi Xia's voice came from the heavens, and she couldn't hear it clearly.
After a while, she finally reacted. "What happened?
Could it be that another young miss in the residence was caught having a tryst with Zhou Yu? "
But what did this have to do with her?
Zhou Yu was not even her fiancé.
Chi Xia's serious expression almost collapsed. Her originally anxious and anxious mood was thrown into disorder by these words. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Miss, you should be more careful. This is a matter of great importance to your reputation. If it's not handled properly, someone might die!" Chi Xia threatened Jia Su.
Hearing that someone might die, Jia Su immediately sobered up. She looked at Chi Xia with bright eyes, "What's going on?"
Seeing that Jia Su was serious, Chi Xia told her the news that the other maidservants in the courtyard had heard, "Miss, perhaps Madam was unwilling to accept this, so she spread the news in advance that you would be recorded as the legitimate daughter and would 'replace' the fourth young miss in marrying someone who came in third. She also let the maidservants around her hint that all of this was because you were dissatisfied with Madam's arranged marriage. You took a fancy to the person who came in third, so she planned to tarnish the fourth young miss's reputation."
Jia Su looked confused, "… So?"
Chi Xia widened her eyes, "Isn't this serious?"
Jia Su frowned, "Has the news spread out of the residence?"
"No." Even if Madam wanted to do this, Master would not allow it!
Jia Su slumped back on the bed and said weakly, "Since it hasn't spread out of the residence, don't worry too much about it.
I can understand Madam's unwillingness. After all, if I were recorded as the legitimate daughter, I would be the eldest legitimate daughter of Rongguo Province, and I would be above her legitimate daughter. I would be surprised if she didn't do anything. "
Based on Madam Jia's character in Dream of the Red Chamber, when it did not involve the interests of her and the people she really cared about, she was a very easy-going old lady.
But if it involved the interests of her or the people she cared about, she was invincible among the concubines. Even until the death of the Jia Daishan, she did not have a concubine's son. She was not joking.
She had seen with her own eyes that Madam Jia doted on Jia Min more than the two legitimate sons of Jia Xie and Jia Zheng.
Although it was not voluntary, it was a fact that she "snatched" Jia Min's marriage and status, and suppressed her. Jia Su had expected that Madam Jia would vent her anger on her.
It was normal for the servants who did not know the inside story to be led by the nose by Madam Jia.
The conversation between the Jia Daishan couple and Jia Min took place in the study room, so no one knew the details.
Most of the servants only saw the surface: Fourth Miss only met Third Miss's fiancé once in the garden, and lost the marriage that everyone admired. She was also "forced" to marry a concubine's son who was not worthy of her.
What about Jia Su?
Not only did she become Fourth Miss's son-in-law, but she was also about to become the eldest legitimate daughter of Rongguo Province. Her status was more honorable than Fourth Miss's.
In terms of vested interests, it was logical that Jia Shu was the one behind this matter.
If Jia Su was not the person involved and knew that she did not do this, she would doubt herself.
But who would believe that it was really Jia Min who suddenly went crazy?
However, Jia Su did not expect that Madam Jia would use this kind of "harmless" attack on public opinion.
She was not like Sister Lin who lived in Rongguo Province and was in a situation where she could not do anything. Moreover, she was strong-willed. She had seen a lot of cyber-violence in modern times, so she would not take the servants' words to heart.
"But Miss, a woman's reputation is more important than the sky. If Madam ordered the servants in the mansion to talk about Miss like this, wouldn't it be forcing you to a dead end?"
Jia Su was stunned. She did not think of this point.
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