Jiang Miaolan was not supposed to be a person in this world, but since she came, she had to forget all the past and stay here to live.
Jiang Miaolan met Wei Kun on the Lantern Festival one year. At that time, she was standing under a lantern and guessing lantern riddles. That was her strength in college. She could guess a dozen or so right without a single mistake. The surrounding colorful lantern light gathered on her face, only half of her profile, but Wei Kun, who happened to pass by here by chance, was stunned at a glance.
The apricot eyes are shining like stars, the nose is beautiful, the lips of the cherry blossom petals are slightly raised, and the whole body is full of excitement. Wei Kun was even more surprised that her clothes were worn out, as if they had been forcibly ripped off from someone else, they didn't fit at all, and there was a shiny patch on the sleeve. Jiang Miaolan looked rather embarrassed, and she didn't fit in with this kind of glamorous lantern festival, but these didn't affect her in the slightest. She won one lantern after another, and couldn't hold it down with both hands, which made the talented and beauties around her unable to bear it. Everyone looked sideways at her.
Jiang Miaolan became so excited that she couldn't hold it back, she pointed to a lantern riddle on her left and said, "A little red in the green bushes, Xu Feige, hit a Chinese medicine name—" She turned to ask the stall owner who was presenting the lantern riddle, "Let me guess the answer It's cinnabar, right?"
The stall owner was both happy and melancholy, with colorful expressions on his face, "Yes, yes. But... can you move to another place? You took all the lanterns from my place, it's so boring..."
Jiang Miaolan took the Eight Treasure Rabbit Lantern handed over by the stall owner, smiled, nodded and left.
The Shangyuan Festival is full of lantern riddle guessing places. Jiang Miaolan easily won more than a dozen lanterns along the way. She is a bit clever, selling lanterns to girls from rich and noble families, and the silver they get is enough for her to live for several days.
Wei Kun followed her all the way to the door of an alley, Jiang Miaolan turned around without warning, and caught him right away.
Wei Kun rubbed his nose and asked, "I see that you are good at guessing lantern riddles, can I invite you to sit in the teahouse in front?"
In this way, the two know each other.
Knowing that Jiang Miaolan is an orphan, Wei Kun usually takes good care of her, and even bought a house outside for her without telling her parents. Wei Kun went there to see Jiang Miaolan when he had nothing to do, only to find that she was such a delicate and graceful girl after changing out of her ragged clothes. When Yuan Jie caught a glimpse that night, her face was dirty. He thought it was just her eyes that were beautiful, but he didn't expect it to be so crystal clear.
Jiang Miaolan always has a lot of weird ideas, such as playing cards, such as perfume made of various flower petals, such as the wine she brews... Jiang Miaolan has a beautiful voice, and she sings songs that Wei Kun has never heard before. Make people mesmerized. In Wei Kun's view, Jiang Miaolan is a treasure, an omnipotent treasure.
After the two met for a year, Wei Kun couldn't help but confess to his family, telling the British father and the old lady that he was going to marry an orphan girl who had no family background.
Later, as mentioned earlier, the British father-in-law and his wife disagreed, so Wei Kun knelt at the door for three days and three nights, forcing them to nod.
After Jiang Miaolan married in, Mrs. Luo didn't like much to see her, but for Wei Kun's sake, Luo Shi didn't make things difficult for Jiang Miaolan too much. It's just that when Jiang Miaolan greeted her every morning, Luo Shi seldom spoke.
Jiang Miaolan became pregnant three months after her entry.
Wei Kun was ecstatic, and became more attentive to her.
The first three months were fine, the couple loved each other like glue, their love made others blush.
It's just that Luo Shi still doesn't like this daughter-in-law very much, so he thought about finding another girl to take care of Wei Kun when Jiang Miaolan was pregnant, and that girl was Du Yueying from the Zhongyi uncle's mansion.
Although Du Yueying is a side branch of the Zhongyi Bo's Mansion, but her family background is not very good, her father is from a concubine, so being Wei Kun's concubine does not count as wronging her.
Luo Shi asked Du Yueying's opinion in private, Du Yueying blushed and lowered her head, acquiescing.
It's just that when Mrs. Luo Shi told Wei Kun about this matter, Wei Kun refused to let go, so the matter was left alone.
Ten months later, Jiang Miaolan gave birth to a pair of twins. The children were healthy, but she almost died of postpartum hemorrhage. At that time, it was the time when Wei Kun was taking the Jinshi examination, and he only had time to take a look at it before taking part in the imperial examination.
The result was that Wei Kun's performance was abnormal. After the list was released, Wei Kun did not pass the Jinshi exam, and neither did he.
During that time, Wei Kun was in a low mood, and he heard that Jiang Miaolan was weak and could not infect her with his emotions, so he rested in the study in the outer courtyard. When Wei Kun went to visit Jiang Miaolan, what he saw most often was that she was asleep. Even if she was not asleep, Jiang Miaolan had no interest in talking, and her mind was all on her two newborn children.
Coupled with the sudden death of a friend of Wei Kun's classmate, it was even more of a blow to him. He became addicted to alcohol, and often went to the Huxin Pavilion in the backyard to drink alone.
Du Yueying followed Mrs. Zhongyi to England to drink the full moon wine, and what she saw was Wei Kun's depressed appearance.
Du Yueying was still very smart at that time, and knew how to start with Wei Kun. He was depressed, and she stayed by his side, admiring him, encouraging him, and comforting him. Wei Kun was grateful to Du Yueying, always kept some distance, and did not do anything out of the ordinary.
In the name of accompanying the British husband and wife, Du Yueying lived in the British government for nearly a month.
This period of time was when Jiang Miaolan was convalescing, but for some reason, her body became worse and worse, and finally she couldn't even get out of bed. Wei Kun took an hour to accompany her every day. Jiang Miaolan knew that he was busy with the next imperial examination, so she didn't keep him longer, and often told him to leave after half an hour. Until one time, Wei Kun went for a walk in the courtyard with Jiang Miaolan, who was finally getting a little energetic, and met Du Yueying by the lake. Du Yueying accidentally stepped on a stone and fell backwards.
Without even thinking about it, Wei Kun let go of Jiang Miaolan's hand and supported Du Yueying.
This is Jiang Miaolan meeting Du Yueying.
Once you care about someone, you will find traces of her everywhere in your life.
For example, Gui Xiang'er, Jiang Miaolan's maid, said that Du Yueying often went in and out of Wei Kun's study, bringing him tea and snacks, and occasionally asking Wei Kun for advice with her handwriting. And these were all acquiesced by the British Crown Princess, who originally looked down on Jiang Miaolan's background, and wanted to find someone for Wei Kun who could help him.
Jiang Miaolan turned even paler after hearing this, and she called Wei Kun over to ask if it was true. Wei Kun shook his head in denial, held her hand and solemnly promised, "Lan'er, I only want you in this life."
Jiang Miaolan chose to believe him.
I believe that once Wei Kun walked out of her room, stood on the porch and said to Du Yueying: "Why are you here? You are not in good health. Didn't you just catch a cold the day before yesterday? Lan'er's room was too sick. Heavy, I'm afraid I'll infect you, so go back."
Jiang Miaolan gripped the quilt tightly in the room, unable to tell what she was feeling. She always thought that she was special in Wei Kun's heart, but later found out that he was not, he was equally gentle, patient, and generous to everyone. Just like what he did to Du Yueying now.
I believe that one day Du Yueying would come to her room, put her hand on her stomach shyly, and said to her, "Sister, I am pregnant with Fifth Master's child."
Five thunders struck the top.
Jiang Miaolan closed her eyes, seemingly calm, but her heart was already twisted like a knife.
She didn't believe what Du Yueying said, she wanted to ask Wei Kun to clarify, but Wei Kun didn't come home that night. Jiang Miaolan asked Gui Xianger to inquire about it, and Wei Kun went out to socialize with her classmates.
The next day, Jiang Miaolan became seriously ill, and everyone from the second room came to see her. At that time, the third master Wei Chang hadn't married yet. Everyone in the Duke's Mansion knows who Wei Chang is thinking about. The fifth wife was born with a beautiful face, not only the fifth master fell in love with her, but even the third master fell in love with her at first sight. It's a pity that the fifth wife and the fifth master have a deep affection, and there is no place for the third master.
Seeing Jiang Miaolan like this, Wei Chang dared to walk up to her bedside after everyone had left, and asked with red eyes, "Why are you so thin? Is it because the people below are mean to you?"
Jiang Miaolan stopped talking and said weakly, "Thank you for your concern, Uncle San. I'm fine."
Wei Chang looked at her without speaking.
After a long time, Jiang Miaolan spoke out first, but she asked another matter: "Yesterday... did anyone in the mansion invite a doctor?"
Wei Kun naturally knew what she wanted to ask.
Wei Kun thought of Du Yueying and his fiancée Liu Shi's methods. In order to drive away this threatening woman, the woman would do anything. But for some unknown reason, he didn't tell her, instead he said bluntly: "Mr. Du is pregnant, and the child belongs to the fifth brother."
Jiang Miaolan finally lost the last bit of strength to support herself, as if being emptied by someone, her mind was empty and she had no thoughts. She sat on the head of the bed, closed her eyes, and exhausted all her strength for the past two months. She only felt that she had reached the end of the road, and only a haggard body was left. If it weren't for the two children, maybe it wouldn't be able to last at all.
When Wei Kun came in, what he saw was Jiang Miaolan crying, and Wei Chang sitting on the bedside to wipe her tears.
Wei Kun's eyes darkened, and he stepped forward to wrestle with Wei Chang. The brother who used to be a brother and sister, turned against each other because of a woman.
This was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.
Wei Kun quarreled with Jiang Miaolan in a rage, and said a few ugly words. Afterwards, even he himself forgot what he had said. He only remembered that Jiang Miaolan's face was as white as paper, and there was no anger in her eyes. The color of ashes.
After that, Wei Kun would never see Jiang Miaolan again.
She left cleanly, taking advantage of the night to leave with her maid, Gui Xiang'er. If it wasn't for the slight smell of medicine that still lingered in the room, Wei Kun would almost have thought that what happened during this period was a dream of his, without Jiang Miaolan, without the two children...
child!
Wei Kun suddenly remembered something, and hurried to the side room. He saw two babies lying in swaddling clothes, with exactly the same face, one was awake and the other was still fast asleep. Wei Luo looked at him with wide open eyes, clenched her white and tender fists, completely unaware of what happened, and even grinned at him when she saw him.
Wei Kun knelt beside the cradle and couldn't help crying bitterly.
He will never know the reason why Jiang Miaolan left, and he will never know what the truth is. Wei Kun didn't touch Du Yueying, but got drunk one day, mistook Du Yueying for Jiang Miaolan, hugged her and said a few nonsense. As for pregnancy, it is even more nonsense. Even if Wei Kun touched her, it was impossible to get pregnant so soon. Only Jiang Miaolan believed that they had already had an affair, so she easily believed Du Shi's words. Their original purpose was to force Jiang Miaolan to death. Now that Jiang Miaolan has left, where can a woman go? Whether he died or fell into the flower street and willow alley, he had achieved his goal.
Wei Kun was kept in the dark. When he came back from the outside, he wanted to explain all this to Jiang Miaolan, but when he saw how intimate she was with Wei Chang, and then thought about Wei Chang's affection for her, he was instantly dazzled by jealousy, anxiety and anger. Only the mind can do wrong things.
But it was true that Wei Kun touched Du Yueying, even if he didn't reach the last step, it would damage the girl's innocence. He couldn't find Jiang Miaolan, and after returning to Shengjing City in despair, he had no choice but to marry Mrs. Du.
No matter how much you fall in love with each other, it can't be worth the shallow fate.
That's why the British government said that Jiang Miaolan passed away due to illness. After all, she lost a daughter-in-law, and it would be a scandal to tell it out.
After Jiang Miaolan left the British government, she thought she would not live long, but she did not expect to meet Fu Xingyun.
Fu Xingyun is a doctor with excellent medical skills and saved her life.
It's just that she hurt her body in the British government, dragged on for too long, hurt her roots, and was already infertile.
After Jiang Miaolan had been away for so many years, she knew from the beginning that Wei Luo and Chang Hong would not recognize her, and she was prepared. But seeing her today, she couldn't resist the impulse in her heart. Even if Wei Luo didn't recognize her, she still wanted to tell Wei Luo that she was her daughter.
Jiang Miaolan looked at Wei Kun behind the table, "...I heard that you married Du Yueying, how did you get along?"
Wei Kun covered his face and was speechless.
No one knew what expression was on his face, all he could see was his trembling body and a painful sound.