After returning to Jiang Mansion from Ye's family, Jiang Li was smiling from beginning to end.
Tong'er and Bai Xue were puzzled. They didn't know why Jiang Li was in such a good mood today, thinking that it might be the reason why he hadn't seen Ye Mingyu and Ye Shijie for a long time. Jiang Li and this uncle have always had a good relationship.
After returning to Jiang's house and meeting with Mrs. Jiang, Jiang Li returned to Fangfeiyuan. After she went back, she closed the door and sat down at the desk by herself.
On the wall in front of the desk, there are still paintings that Xue Huaiyuan gave her when she was born before. At that time, Xue Huaiyuan didn't know that she was Ari. But looking at this painting now, as if my father is looking at him, is very reassuring. Speaking of which, on the last birthday, everyone else gave Lilai, but Ji Heng didn't. Jiang Li thought about it. About Ji Heng also knew that it was not her real birthday, so she didn't give it.
She unconsciously excused Ji Heng, and she was soon discovered by herself. Jiang Li shook her head. She was really happy today. Father and Ah Zhao were both by her side, and they recognized each other. This is a blessing in misfortune. Since knowing that Xue Zhao is still alive, Jiang Li has pinched herself more than once, for fear that all this is just a dream. Now it seems that God is still treating her well.
Ah Zhao's words also made her no longer have any worries. The Jiang family hoped that she could marry Yin Zhili, but they thought that Ji Heng was not a good candidate. It seemed that when the whole world denied Ji Heng, at least Ah Zhao was still on her side. A Zhao encouraged her, agreed with her, and seemed to have no bad opinion of Ji Heng, Jiang Li's heart also let go.
Encouragement from family members is always the most precious.
She seemed to have let go of all the worries before, and then she waited for a good time for a long time, even sleeping with a smile.
More than ten days passed with such a face.
Another incident happened in Yanjing City. Li Zhongnan, the right minister of the Li family, was found to have colluded with King Cheng and conspired. Li Zhongnan fled overnight with his two sons, but was caught by the city's garrison and died when he stubbornly resisted. Emperor Hong Xiao issued a death order and thoroughly investigated and severely punished people related to the Li family. As for the hundreds of people in the Li family, they all pulled out and beheaded.
At this point, the right person, who was once a glorious one, could almost fight against Jiang's family, disappeared in Beiyan's history. As Cheng Wang's right-hand man, the ending of the Li family is also expected. What was unexpected was the decisiveness and indifference displayed by Emperor Hong Xiao. It makes people realize that the little emperor who seemed inconspicuous back then has now become a truly unfathomable emperor.
Jiang Li was reading in the house when he heard the news. She has nothing to do these days. Apart from occasionally visiting her relatives at Ye's house, she has been reading and writing in Jiang's Mansion. Today's reading and writing are not the same as before, and her mood is truly relaxed.
When the Li family was beheaded, Tong'er and Jiang's servants went to the fun and watched them together. After returning, they said with Jiang Li: "Ah, the blood of those people has stained the ground red. It's really terrible. "
When Bai Xue heard this, he disapproved and said, "Who told them to hide their evil intentions? This is their own responsibility."
Jiang Li smiled, Jiang Yuanbo this time, it is considered to have eliminated his confidant troubles. But it is not enough to sit back and relax. At the beginning, the Jiang family, Cheng Wang, and Emperor Hong Xiao had a three-point situation. Now that the Wang group has completely collapsed and the balance of the situation has been broken, how can I know if Emperor Hong Xiao will turn around to deal with the Jiang family? Although in the matter of becoming a king this time, Emperor Hong Xiao could probably see that Jiang Yuanbai had no courage and had no courage to conspire, but the emperor’s heart was unpredictable. What if he wanted to doubt Jiang Yuanbai
In addition, Jiang Yuanbai also wanted to marry the Yin family.
Thinking of the Yin family, Jiang Li stopped flipping through the book, and couldn't help sighing. Regarding the matter of the right, Jiang Li would not believe it if the Yin family hadn't contributed to it. On the one hand, Yin Zhan had to deal with Wang Cheng's faction, and on the other hand, it was to clean up and right-handed. The Jiang family can also make good relations with the Yin family from then on, and the marriage between them will be more secure.
But Jiang Li didn't worry much about this marriage. Gein had said that on that day, only let her take it with him in the house, and let him take care of the rest. Jiang Li believed that he could indeed handle this matter, at least not allowing her to marry Yin Zhili.
In the midsummer, it was the most hot, and except at night, hardly dared to go out during the day. The sun seems to take people's lives, dazzling people. Bai Xue said that if it is hotter for more than ten days, it will be the beginning of autumn, and the weather will gradually cool down. This summer, even if it has truly passed.
That night, Mrs. Jiang suddenly asked Pearl to come to Fangfeiyuan to teach Jiang Li to go to Wanfengtang. Jiang Li took the maid to Wanfengtang. As soon as he arrived in the house, he saw that everyone was there.
"Second girl," Mrs. Jiang pointed to the place next to her, and said, "Come on, sit down."
Jiang Liyiyan sat down beside Mrs. Jiang.
Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping sat on the right side of Jiang Li. Jiang Yuanbai looked at Jiang Li and seemed to want to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything. Jiang Li hasn’t gotten along well with Jiang Yuanbai since she broke up with Jiang Yuanbai last time because of the Yin family’s affairs. On weekdays, I just met and said a few words, Jiang Li thought, Jiang Yuanbai could also feel her alienation.
"Second girl," Mrs. Jiang said: "Tomorrow night, we are going to enter the palace. Your majesty celebrates General Zhaode. The mansion has received a post. Your third sister can't go now. Among the young ladies of the Jiang family, you are the only one to go. Up."
"Yes," Lu Shi also said eagerly: "Groom up when you are."
When they said this, Jiang Li was stunned. Especially Jiang Jingrui quietly winked at her. Jiang Li thought of the conversation between Jiang Yuanbai and Mrs. Jiang that Tonger had eavesdropped on in the Wanfengtang before—when Emperor Hong Xiao discussed his merits, Yin Zhan would propose to marry him. thing.
Jiang Li knew that that day would come sooner or later, and the peace of these days was only temporary. Tonight’s conversation means that the peace is over.
"Good." Jiang Liyan replied concisely.
Seeing her so refreshed, the Jiang family hesitated. Jiang Yuanbo stared at Jiang Li even more. He knew that Jiang Li was a little unwilling to do this, but in his opinion, Yin Zhili was a good choice. Jiang Yuanbo had also worried before. Jiang Li seemed to be a little closer to Ji Heng. However, he later sent someone to investigate secretly and found that Jiang Li and Ji Heng had nothing to do with each other.
Jiang Yuanbo didn't understand what the girl was thinking, Jiang Li had an idea, and his idea couldn't shake Jiang Li at all. But at this moment, only marrying the Yin family is the better choice for Jiang Li and Jiang family.
"Xiao Li," Lu said, "Have you seen the princess son of the county prince these days?"
Jiang Li smiled and said: "Second aunt is joking. I stay in the house these days, so how come I see the princess son?"
When she spoke, everyone in the room felt Jiang Li's change. Although Jiang Li used to smile and act, even if she had any ideas, she was gentle and gentle. At least she had to pretend to be gentle and gentle. Not to mention that she had just returned to Jiang Mansion from Qingcheng Mountain, and her status in the mansion was rising. The same is true at the time.
However, Jiang Li nowadays, although he is still smiling, the gentleness is gone, it is more of a kind of stubbornness, as if there is no need to ask for tolerance, and it seems that there is a guard of honor, and even speaking becomes more direct. , More confident.
Why is this
Jiang Li saw the different looks of everyone in the room and smiled in her heart. Naturally, because now A Zhao and dad are backing her, she doesn't have to be as careful and cautious as before.
The atmosphere in the room became embarrassing and stiffened inexplicably, Lu Shi quickly turned away and talked about other things, but everyone who listened to it had their own concerns and lacked interest.
Jiang Li stayed with them and didn't go back until late at night.
When he was about to go out, Jiang Yuanbo suddenly stopped Jiang Li. They walked behind. Jiang Yuanbo walked very slowly. He said, "Ali, do you... hate me?"
When he asked this, he hesitated to ask, Jiang Li turned his head to look at him. Jiang Li still remembers when he first arrived at Jiang’s house, Jiang Yuanbo looked so energetic and elegant, but later on Ji Shuran, Ye Zhenzhen, and Jiang Youyao's affairs passed one after another. Jiang Li found that this man only had deep fatigue in his eyes. There were even a few wrinkles on his face.
Jiang Li said, "I don't hate my father."
But don't love either.
Jiang Yuanbai seemed to be moved by these words. He heaved a sigh of relief and said, "I won't harm you, Xiaoli."
Jiang Li smiled and walked forward without answering Jiang Yuanbai's words.
Human feelings are very complicated, and even Jiang Li can't judge Jiang Yuanbai's sincerity at this moment. She thought, Jiang Yuanbai might really have a father-daughter affection for Miss Jiang Er, but he could arrange the marriage when Miss Jiang Er resisted without hesitation. If it is true Miss Jiang Er is here, Can she understand Jiang Yuanbai's painstaking efforts
Jiang Li was thankful that she was not Miss Jiang Er, because if Xue Huaiyuan treated her like this, she would be sad.
Tong'er walked beside Jiang Li, and Jiang Yuanbo's shadow was already farther and farther away. After returning to Fangfeiyuan, Tong'er watched Bai Xue light up the lamp, closed the door, and looked at Jiang Li hesitantly, her eyes full of worries.
"What's the matter, Tong'er?" Jiang Li looked at her with a strange expression.
"Girl, the old lady wants you to enter the palace tomorrow, probably because it's the gift of marriage, but what should I do?" Tonger said. It was when she heard Mrs. Jiang and Yuanbo Jiang’s plan that she told Jiang Li.
"Didn't the girl say that Grandpa Guo will handle it?" Bai Xue asked.
"The slave maid thought that the grandpa would make the Yin family change their minds, but now it seems that the celebration banquet is still as usual. Maybe the grandpa failed to persuade the Yin family." Tonger was in a hurry, "I will leave now. It's too late, what can the girl do?"
Bai Xue also became worried.
Jiang Li looked at the two maids, and for some reason, she shook her head and laughed. Everyone said that Yin Zhili was good, but the two maids and A Zhao didn't think so. In this way, at least she was not standing opposite the world.
"It's okay." Jiang Li comforted: "Tomorrow will be fine."
"Tomorrow?" The two maids looked at each other, not understanding what Jiang Li meant.
"Anyway, don't worry about it." Jiang Li smiled and said, "By tomorrow, there will be a way for tomorrow."
She said with certainty that Tong'er and Bai Xue gradually calmed down. They believed in Jiang Li, so they did not continue. When Jiang Li collapsed at night, thinking about tomorrow's affairs, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
She pretends to be calm, but if tomorrow Ji Heng really asks for marriage in front of a hundred officials... what should he do? This step was really dangerous and dangerous, but she might have something adventurous in her heart, but she didn't resist it at all.
Jiang Li looked out the window again, and there was only a deep shadow outside the window. She hadn't seen Ji Heng for a long time. To be precise, it should have been after seeing A Zhao that day. Jiang Li knew that Ji Heng was very busy these days, so he didn't think there was anything, but tomorrow... at the palace banquet tomorrow, you will probably be able to see him.
I'll talk about tomorrow's affairs tomorrow. Jiang Li covered the quilt and closed his eyes.
…
In the summer night in Yanjing City, you can hear the cicadas scream, everything is quiet, and some people come out from the end of the street.
The young man wore a red robe, walked unhurriedly, and walked at night in brocade clothes. If anyone saw it at this moment, he would doubt that he had seen the legendary fairy and was surprised at his stunning appearance.
This person walked up to the Guogong Mansion by himself.
In Guogong's mansion, there was someone lighting a lantern in the courtyard, and when Ji Heng's footsteps walked in, the two stood up at the same time. One is a Qingshan scribe and the other is Young Master Pianpian, Lu Ji and Wen Renyao.
Wen Renyao said, "Aheng, you can be regarded as coming back."
Lu Ji said, "My lord, come in and talk."
The three of them entered the study.
General Ji had gone to sleep, but Situ Jiuyue was not asleep, but he was busy in the pharmacy. Since Xue Zhao went to Ye's house, Situ Jiuyue didn't have to give Xue Zhao an injection, and he went to leisure for a while. She has also been a little strange these few days, always a little absent-minded. I was annoyed by the people who heard it a few times, so I plunged into the refining pharmacy every day, leaving early and returning late at night, without seeing anyone, and focused on refining poison.
Of course Wen Renyao didn't dare to provoke her. If he provokes Situ Jiuyue and poisons him, although so many years of friendship will not cost him his life, it is still possible to make him suffer a bit. . Wen Renyao learns Xiaohong, staying far away from Situ Jiuyue, can't afford to provoke and hide.
In the study, Ji Heng sat down on a chair, leaned back and pressed his forehead.
"My lord... have you seen the emperor?" Lu Ji asked.
"good."
"What did the emperor say?"
"Of course I agreed." Ji Heng smiled.
Lu Ji couldn't laugh. He said, "My lord, making this decision now may cause Prince Xia's suspicion... I cast my eyes on you prematurely."
"Even if I don't do this, he will always stare at me." Ji Henghun said indifferently: "He wants to get what he wants. I am an obstacle. Sooner or later, he will kill me. Either he will die or I will die. I can't just give up my things just because of a moment of stability."
Lu Ji was speechless, Ji Heng, he had been with Ji Heng for so long, and he couldn't say that he understood, but he understood one thing. No one could grab something from Ji Heng.
Ji Heng's thoughts towards Ms. Jiang Er, these people, including the stupid big man Kong Liu, have seen the clues. When Yin Zhili wanted to give a marriage at this time, he was undoubtedly looking for death. But Lu Ji still believes that this game has reached the end, and it is also the most exciting time. Don't mess up your position because of small losses.
Ji Heng didn’t like to play chess, not because he was not good at chess. Lu Ji once had a game with Ji Heng. Ji Heng’s chess skills are really exquisite. , Will reveal some of Yi Ren's thoughts, but Ji Heng does not like to be speculated.
"My lord, we should think about our countermeasures if the Yin family does something to us now." Knowing that Ji Heng couldn't persuade Ji Heng, Lu Ji changed the conversation.
"Yin Zhan has no abilities, so he can only help." The contempt in Ji Heng's eyes flashed by, "There is no other countermeasure, and in the end, they will all get the same result by different routes."
Wen Renyao has not spoken. He just listened to the discussion between Ji Heng and Lu Ji. He suddenly interrupted and said: "Ah Heng, I suddenly felt that Miss Jiang Er might be the woman in that hexagram."
Ji Heng moved for a while, glanced at him, and ignored him.
Lu Ji talked to Ji Heng for a while before leaving Ji Heng's study with Wen Renyao. After leaving, he did not go back to the house with Wen Renyao, but stood in front of the house. Lu Ji asked Wen Renyao: "You keep saying that Miss Jiang Er is the woman in the hexagram, what do you mean?"
Wen Renyao said: "We Xianmen, we only support one person in our life. You know, Aheng, when he helped him fortune-telling, was very smooth, only once."
Lu Ji frowned: "When?"
"When Ah Heng was fourteen years old, I helped him, and the hexagram for him was very different that time."
Inexplicably, Lu Ji was a little nervous, probably because the joke on Wen Renyao's face also disappeared, and it was even serious.
Wen Renyao also remembered that year.
At that time, Ji Heng was still a beautiful young man. He was sitting opposite, with the green smoke curling up in the incense burner. He was dressed in a red suit, and his eyebrows were incredible, as if he was not a person in the world. Wen Renyao said, "Ahheng, your appearance is really scary."
Xiao Jiheng ignored him.
Immediately afterwards, hexagrams gradually appeared on the tortoise shell.
Ji Heng asked impatiently: "What is it?"
Lu Ji in front of him also asked, "What is it?"
The two sentences overlapped again after ten years, making Wen Renyao seem to be back in the past. He looked at the red-clothed boy through the smoke and explained the hexagrams word by word.
"Winter Yuesheng, the prince's minister, ten years later, because of a female disaster, he was robbed of the corpse in the wilderness, and the eagle dog pecked at him."
…
On the second day, Mrs. Jiang unexpectedly sent another box of jewellery, so that Jiang Li could choose a few and dress up in a few days.
For the previous boxes of jewellery, Jiang Li asked Tong'er to put it away, and she didn’t use it much. When this box of jewellery was delivered, Tong'er also made trouble, saying, "Girl, the boxes are full. Which one do you want to wear?" "
Jiang Li had no choice but to pick a few things that didn't seem so exaggerated, and said, "That's it."
Tong'er received the remaining boxes in the box, and said: "The old lady is really generous to the girl."
Jiang Li smiled. Now Jiang Youyao has become like this. She gave her a box of jewellery, fearing that she didn't know how to be happy. There is no other girl in the Jiang family. Jiang Jingrui and Jiang Jingyou have not married yet, so they will not give it to Jiang Li. Mrs. Jiang really doesn't know who they can give it to.
But since it was the old man's kindness, Jiang Li would of course accept it. After finishing up and dressing up a bit, Jiang Li saw that it was not too early, and estimated that the time should already be pretty bad, so she let Tong'er and Baixue set off together.
In the courtyard outside Wanfengtang, Mrs. Jiang was already waiting for Jiang Li. Lu said with a smile: "I was just about to ask Pearl to call you. I didn't want you to be a coincidence."
Mrs. Jiang looked at Jiang Li, and she was satisfied.
Jiang Li looked better and better, her face looked like Jiang Yuanbai, and her temperament was nothing like that. On the contrary, there is a bit of Ye Zhenzhen's bright and gentle, but a bit more agile and cunning than Ye Zhenzhen. She and Jiang's family are standing together, but they don't look like a family at all.
Jiang Yuanbai was startled by this sudden thought in his heart, and quickly drove away the absurd thoughts in his mind, only saying: "Since it's all here, let's go."
The two brothers Jiang Li and Jiang Jingrui were sitting in a carriage. Jiang Jingyou didn't say anything. Instead, Jiang Jingrui kept looking at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li was inexplicably: "What do you see me doing?"
"Do you know what your grandmother asked you to do in the palace today?" Jiang Jingrui asked.
Jiang Li paused for a while, Lu's family didn't know what was going on, even Jiang Jingrui and Jiang Jingyou knew the Yin family's plan. She smiled, and said indifferently, "What else can we do at the celebration party?"
"Why are you not curious at all?"
Jiang Li asked back: "Is there anything to be curious about, do you know something?"
Jiang Jingyou pulled Jiang Jingrui, obviously to remind Jiang Jingrui not to talk nonsense. Before this matter was settled, if someone else knew it, Jiang Li's reputation would have been harmed for nothing. Jiang Jingrui also knew what was at stake, so he didn't go on, but he was still a little unwilling to see Jiang Li. He didn't take it to heart.
"Now Cheng Wang and Youxiang are both down. I don't know how the fourth and fifth sisters are." Jiang Li said suddenly.
She just mentioned it casually, and hadn't heard any news from Sanfang these days. Jiang Jingrui said: "Well, why are you mentioning this family? Do you still sympathize with them, knowing that you were taken abducted to Huangzhou, but you were the cruel hand under the three houses."
"It's not sympathy, it's just a little weird." Jiang Li said.
"I've heard a little about the news about Sanfang." It was Jiang Jingyou who was speaking. He coughed slightly and said: "Auntie... I heard that I accidentally fell into the water and died. The third uncle entrusted the fourth sister to the relatives of the Yang family. I don’t know where she is. As for the news of the fifth sister, I’m not very clear about it, but Ningyuan’s Hou Mansion has recently been discussing marriage with the Gao family in the city, and I heard that Miss Gao’s will be married to Ningyuan Hou’s Mansion.”
Jiang Li didn't feel too surprised when he heard this. Sanfang was able to stand by the side of becoming the king back then and bet on a future, so naturally he had to be prepared to lose the gambling. Yang's falling into the water and Jiang Yuanxing's disappearance, I'm afraid it was deliberately done by someone with a heart. Jiang Yu'e has nothing to sympathize with. The family of Ningyuan Houfu is not a good person. She wanted to marry, and Shen Ruyun tried her best to suppress it after the accident. Naturally, she should have thought that she might fall. The end of Shen Ruyun. It's a pity that Jiang Yuyan was born in Sanfang and she was not able to dominate her. In fact, she herself did not do anything damaging to the world, but was a little weaker in temper. But to pay for these things that she didn't do. Perhaps the evil consequences of Sanfang's greed are now being taken by Jiang Yuyan.
"Their family is not right in their minds, and they deserve it if they die." Jiang Jingrui said in disgust.
Jiang Jingyou shook his head, did not say anything, Jiang Li also fell silent.
In any case, the matter of becoming king, with the destruction of his last lackey, seems to have completely come to an end. Those bureaucrats who were secretly related to King Cheng also ended in this war. Everything seemed to calm down.
But Jiang Li was faintly disturbed.
Just like the summer weather, it is clear that the sun is still very good, the day is warm and the wind is light, but Jiang Li always feels that soon, it will be overcast and rainy.
Only acting by chance.
…
The carriage stopped at the gate of the palace. Jiang Li and Jiang Jingrui got out of the carriage and stood outside the palace. Looking at the palace, Jiang Li was deeply moved.
She has been in the palace several times, at the ceremony after the school exam, at the palace banquet, at the court meeting... one after another, many things have been done. Now when I come here again, Ji Shuran is dead and Jiang Youyao is crazy. Those who had originally wanted revenge, Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong had already paid the price for their sins.
Ups and downs, going around and around, in fact, the total has only one year of work, but in just one year, she has almost fulfilled all her dreams since her rebirth. All this went smoothly as if God deliberately made up for the suffering she suffered in the previous life, and it was as if God had maliciously dug a trap. Now she just tasted the honey spread on the trap.
There were also some colleagues around who had already arrived and greeted Jiang Yuanbai warmly. Now that the right aspect has completely collapsed, all the people of the right aspect are all unlucky. The head of civil servants did his part to return to Jiang Yuanbo, and even the people who followed Jiang Yuanping's faction were also with You Rongyan. It seems that the position of the first assistant master is still very stable. In the officialdom, there are the most people who see the wind at the rudder, and there are also many people who are busy to compliment.
There are also many families with unmarried wives, the wife of a colleague who is just right, so they turned their attention to Jiang Li.
It can be said that Jiang Li is now regarded as the true jewel in the hands of the Jiang family. Whoever wants to marry Jiang Li can take advantage of the momentum of the Jiang family to flourish.
In addition, Jiang Li was born well, and she was talented before being admitted to the Six Arts School. She has a beautiful and cute appearance. He won't be too glamorous to cause trouble, and she seems to have a gentle temperament. Although it was a bit out of the ordinary to bring Tongxiang county residents to beat stone lions and sing grievances, it is precisely because of this thing that they are quite well-known among the people, which is not a bad thing. All in all, the flaws are not concealed, and they are among the top few ladies in the city of Yanjing.
Jiang Li noticed the eyes of the officials looking at her, warm, as if they were looking at an object. She frowned slightly and stood behind Jiang Jingrui, isolating those gazes.