After the lively palace banquet, the queen mother proposed to go to the pond outside Yuming Hall to enjoy lotus.
The pond in the palace was dug by craftsmen, imitating the Yongning River in the city of Yanjing, so it is very wide. In summer, the ten-mile lotus pond is green, with the bright moon in the sky, and the stars, which is very beautiful.
The sultry heat of the days has been swept away, and it is refreshing.
Enjoying flowers after the banquet is probably the favorite of the nobles.
Jiang Li also followed the Jiang family to the lotus pond. Ji Shuran and Jiang Youyao also followed her every step of the way. Jiang Li knew that this was not Ji Shuran's intention to show affection with her stepdaughter, but she didn't care about it either.
On the water promenade, the ladies and ladies sat down. There were melon and fruit desserts on the table. Jiang Li was walking towards the other side. Suddenly, I felt something was stuffed in my palm. When I looked back, I saw a stranger. The court lady passed by herself.
She squeezed the thing in her hand, it seemed to be a piece of paper vaguely, she couldn't help but glanced at Ji Shuran and Jiang Youyao, thinking it was Ji Shuran's arrangement. But seeing that Ji Shuran was not wrong, as if he hadn't noticed this, and was a little puzzled for a while.
But when he finally walked to the lake center pavilion, Jiang Li deliberately fell behind. Taking advantage of Ji Shuran and Jiang Youyao's absence, he opened the palm of his hand. It turned out to be a note, and a line of small characters could be seen by the dim lantern light.
See you at the Yuxiu Pavilion at the east gate of the garden. The signature is: Zhou Yanbang.
Jiang Li was startled, Ji Shuran was already calling her, so he immediately rubbed the note into a ball. He wanted to throw it into the lake, but suddenly he thought of something and hid it in his sleeve again.
As soon as he walked to Ji Shuran's side, Ji Shuran smiled and said, "Li'er walked a bit slower."
Jiang Li smiled right, but in his heart he was very angry at Zhou Yanbang's note. Zhou Yanbang should not have been arranged by Ji Shuran. Given Jiang Youyao's importance to Zhou Yanbang, he would never let anything involve Zhou Yanbang. Zhou Yanbang should be his own idea.
Jiang Li never expected that Zhou Yanbang would also get in here. He didn't know how confident this Ning Yuan Hou Shizi came from, he would really follow a note to attend the appointment. Maybe Zhou Yanbang thinks that Miss Jiang Er has no more feelings for him? But Jiang Li carefully recalled the few times she and Zhou Yanbang had seen each other after returning to Yanjing City, and none of them showed the slightest interest in Zhou Yanbang.
Probably a passionate person, no matter how cold he is, he can always find evidence that the other party loves him.
Jiang Li thought to himself that today he and Ye Shijie would not be as Ji Shuran hoped, but that alone seemed to be too cheap for Ji Shuran.
Since coming to Jiang's family, Jiang Li has always looked at everyone in Jiang's family from an outsider's perspective. She sympathized with the real Miss Jiang Er, but before her family feud was reported, she was unwilling to get involved in the Jiang family's turmoil too much, and save more accidents.
Therefore, upholding the idea that people will not offend me and I will not offend others, when Ji Shuran killed her, she fought back and Jiang Li thought she was not too much. But this time, Ji Shuran really angered Jiangli.
Ji Shuran's tactics were really inferior, which reminded her of who she was at the beginning, a repeat of the past, new hatreds and old hatreds, making Jiang Li very willing to retaliate at this moment.
The world says that real revenge is to take away the most cherished things in people's hearts and tear them apart. Ji Shuran is most distressed by Jiang Youyao and Jiang Bingji. Jiang Bingji is too young to lose. But Jiang Youyao is different.
Jiang Youyao's most obsessiveness now is not Zhou Yanbang, the son of Ningyuan Hou Shi. Ji Shuran's mother and daughter tried their best to snatch this marriage from Miss Jiang Er, and always beware of this marriage being snatched by Miss Jiang Er. Now Jiang Youyao hates Jiang Li because of Zhou Yanbang. Zhou Yanbang is Jiang Youyao's weakness.
Jiang Li's fingers rubbed the short piece of paper in his sleeve and smiled swiftly.
Since Zhou Yanbang himself wanted to wade into this muddy water, he couldn't blame her for causing trouble. Jiang Youyao is always on guard for herself, but she doesn't know that Zhou Yanbang is a beautiful man in Yanjing City. There is more than one woman who wants to marry Zhou Yanbang. For example, her former sister-in-law Shen Ruyun, for example, Jiang's three-bedroom, born of a concubine Jiang Yu'e.
If Jiang Yu'e had a chance to marry into Ningyuan Hou's Mansion, how would Jiang Yu'e choose? On the one hand, there are the sisters who are eagerly calling in on weekdays, and on the other hand are the good people who may never meet again in the future. Jiang Yu'e's choice is very much looking forward to Jiang Li.
Ji Shuran raised his eyes to look at Jiang Li from time to time. Time passed slowly. Jiang Li stretched out his forehead and said softly, "Mother, I'm a little dizzy..."
Why is it so fast? Ji Shuran was puzzled. She thought that the effects of the medicine would take a while before it started slowly. At the moment Jiang Li said that she had to respond, and she was afraid that if she stayed any longer, she would be able to see the clues. Something might happen, so she had to advance. Let Jiang Li go.
Ji Shuran said to a palace lady who had been standing next to her: "First help the second lady back to the room to have a good rest, and I will pick her up later."
Jiang Youyao tentatively asked: "Second sister?"
Jiang Li frowned slightly, waved his hand, but accidentally touched a cup on one side, and a cup of tea was poured on Jiang Yu'e's skirt.
Jiang Yu'e screamed "Yeah" and quickly stood up.
Jiang Li's eyes widened slightly, and she seemed to be a little awake, and quickly said, "I'm sorry, Fifth Sister, I didn't deliberately get your clothes on." She looked at the stain on Jiang Yue's body apologetically: "This can be done. What to do? Why don't you go with me to change clothes, just in time for me to take a rest."
"No need..." Ji Shuran was about to stop.
"Mother, this is a palace banquet. After all, the fifth sister is not beautiful in dirty clothes. There should be some emergency clothes in the palace. If you don't have any help, there should be some in Libi, so the fifth sister should change it."
Jiang Yu'e was just a little annoyed. She wore this dress for the first time today. Because it was made of the old lady's arbitration, there was no chance to wear such good clothes on weekdays. All of them were ruined by Jiang Li at the moment. Suddenly, when Jiang Li heard about Libi, her heart moved. If the clothes Libi finds for her, no matter how bad they are, they are all materials from the palace, maybe it is better than what the old lady gave. He immediately stood up and smiled: "Auntie, it's okay. I will go with the second sister. The second sister is right. She is wearing dirty clothes. I am afraid that others will say that our Jiang family is disrespectful to your Majesty. I'm on the road. I can still take care of my second sister."
Ji Shuran's palms were slightly wet, and Jiang Yu'e didn't know her plan. Ji Shuran really didn't want Jiang Yu'e to ruin her. But when I think about it, I'm relieved. When he gets halfway, someone will distract Jiang Yu'e, Jiang Li is still as originally planned. Moreover, the effect of Jiangli is so fast, leaving the table early, and there is plenty of time to arrange it. Ji Shuran winked at the maid beside him, and said, "If that's the case, you two should go first."
The Yang family didn't speak. Although Jiang Yu'e was her daughter, Jiang Yu'e became accustomed to the big aunt Ji Shuran than to her relatives.
Jiang Yu'e and Jiang Li left with the faceless maid.
Not far from the lake pavilion, on the edge of the water promenade, there are many vacant tea houses, just for the nobles in the palace to have a temporary headache and need to rest or change clothes. There are no people on weekdays and it's very quiet.
Jiang Li walked with Jiang Yu'e. I don't know if it was because of drinking too much wine at the palace banquet. Jiang Yu'e walked and felt dizzy. Jiang Li talked to her about Jiang Youyao's marriage.
"... Today I heard my mother talk about the relationship between the third sister and Zhou Shizi again, and the third sister looked very happy. I looked at Mrs. Ning Yuanhou and she was also very satisfied with the third sister."
"...Speaking of which, the third sister's relationship is really not bad. Zhou Shizi is one of the best in Yanjing City. It's just that Zhou Shizi and I have no fate, and I will probably have to find another family in the future."
".... The fifth sister is almost ready. I heard the young man in my father's yard mention that the third uncle is also asking his father to show the fifth sister if there is a suitable house. I don't know whose house the fifth sister will enter in the future."
Jiang Li suddenly talked about this. Jiang Yu'e suspected that Jiang Li was taking revenge on herself. Shi Qing, who had married Jiang Youyao and Zhou Yanbang last time, told her that Jiang Li must be sad. But Jiang Li was poking a knife into her own heart at this moment, and Jiang Yu'e couldn't help feeling a bit resentful when she talked about her relationship.
Jiang Yu'e said: "Second sister is very concerned about my family affairs, but I am still young, a little younger than the second sister. Second sister also said, my father is no better than the elder uncle. I really want to find someone, so naturally I can't be with the second sister. The third sister is better." Jiang Yu'e was still a little bit angry when she said this. If it were normal, she would naturally not say such a thing, but today she may be a little drunk, and she has spoken a lot more boldly.
Jiang Li glanced at her, and that glance seemed to contain a bit of pity: "Why can't people choose their origin? From my point of view, the fifth sister, your appearance is not bad compared to the third sister, so you can only learn. It's not low, but because of your background. If you are Dafang's daughter, you and Zhou Shizi are also very good match."
It's okay not to say anything. When Jiang Yu'e said about it, Jiang Yu'e remembered the various injustices that she and Jiang Youyao had in Jiang's house.
Jiang Li said to herself: "It's a pity, Wumei, you only learned how to look like this. In the future, you can only match an unknown man, let alone compare with Zhou Shizi, even ordinary officials can't compare it. . Also, being a regular wife to an ordinary person may not be as good as being a concubine to Zhou Shizi. Unfortunately," she stopped talking, shook her head, and sighed: "A person is worse than a person, not as good as a person, and it is fate. ."
Jiang Yu'e is even more uncomfortable. What she hates most in her life is being compared with others. But she was at Jiang's house, and it seemed that anyone could come up and trample on her foot. With hatred in his heart, and unwilling to let his mouth fall, Jiang Yu'e said: "I have such a fate. Of course I am not as good as the third sister, but the second sister is also relieved. Zhou Shizi was able to get married with the second sister. Even with the second sister’s brother-in-law, the second sister can also stand calmly. No wonder that people who stay in the temple for a period of time will have no desires."
Jiang Yu'e thought, Jiang Li's light and breezy appearance must have been pretended to be undoubtedly. If she had changed herself, she would definitely not feel so relaxed in her heart. But Jiang Yu'e always wanted to enjoy poking a knife in Jiangli, but he always returned without success, Jiang Li just didn't know it was angry.
Sure enough, this time, Jiang Li only smiled after Jiang Yu'e's provocative words, and said, "What if you are not reconciled? It's already like this anyway, and I will have the opportunity in the future. Although it's not as good as Zhou's son, but after all, it's still better. Some pick, but the fifth sister..." She glanced at Jiang Yu'e meaningfully, and did not go on.
Jiang Yu'e knew what Jiang Li hadn't finished speaking, and Jiang Yu'e could never pick more people than Jiang Li.
It was probably because of anger and resentment in his heart, Jiang Yu'e also felt that his heart was hot and his brain was dizzy. For a while, he didn't know what to say.
As Jiang Li spoke, he noticed the love of the palace goddess who led the way. Seeing that the court lady listened to her conversation with Jiang Yu'e, but was not moved at all, Jiang Li was more alert.
After walking for a while, suddenly another court lady came to meet Jiang Yu'e. She only smiled at Jiang Yu'e: "The servant girl will let the slave take Miss Jiang Wu to pick up clothes in the side room first," and smiled at Jiang Li: "Miss Jiang Er first. Go to the front room to sit and rest, Miss Jiang Wu picks up the clothes, and the slave and maid will send the young lady back."
Jiang Li sneered in her heart. Ji Shuran's people really couldn't wait to take Jiang Yu'e away and do the whole show. She smiled slightly, pressed her forehead, and said to Jiang Yu'e: "In this case, the fifth sister, let's go first, I have a headache. Great, go to rest first and wait for you in the room."
Jiang Yu'e was furious after eating Jiang Li along the way, and naturally wouldn't say anything wrong. Besides, being able to pick up the clothes Liyi prepared for her made Jiang Yu'e a little bit excited. Jiang Yu'e responded, and saw Jiang Li turn around with the lady of the palace who led the way first, and continue walking forward.
But at the moment of turning around, something suddenly fell out of Jiang Li's sleeve.
Jiang Yu'e got close, and subconsciously stooped and picked it up. It was a piece of paper. Jiang Yu'e was about to call Jiang Li to stop, but in an instant, she could see the paper clearly under the light of the lantern hanging on the corridor. On the handwriting.
Jiang Yu'e's voice swallowed all of a sudden.
She stood up holding the note, and saw Jiang Li's back walking further and further, her heart beating fast.
On the note, it turned out that Zhou Yanbang wanted to meet Jiang Li in private. It seemed that it should be tonight. Jiang Yu'e's first reaction was to give this note to Ji Shuran, so that Jiang Li's scandal was violent. Thinking of this, her dizziness turned out to be much better.
Jiang Yu'e hid the note in his sleeve, Jiang Li and the court lady's figure had been turned across the corridor and could no longer be seen. Jiang Yu'e turned around and looked at the palace lady who was looking at her and was about to take her to pick her clothes. She smiled and said, "My second sister is really careless. Give it to her. Let's go."
Jiang Yu'e also followed the palace lady who appeared halfway, turning around and walking in the other direction.
On the other hand, Jiang Li, who was following the maid to the tea room, raised the corners of her mouth calmly.
When she dropped the note and there was no sound behind her, she knew that Jiang Yu'e had taken the bait.
In such an environment, Jiang Li lost the note, and Jiang Yu'e couldn't have missed it. Jiang Yu'e didn't call her aloud, and naturally he could clearly read the handwriting on the note.
What Jiang Yu'e wanted to do was to ask Ji Shuran for credit, but even if he gave this note to Ji Shuran, it couldn't explain anything, because Jiang Li didn't go to the appointment after all. However, if Jiang Yu'e listened to what Jiang Li had just said along the way, he would make a different choice.
With Jiang Yu'e's eagerness to win and refuse to subdue to others, it is easy to be blinded by the benefits in front of him. Jiang Li said, "It is better to be a concubine to Zhou Yanbang than to be a wife to an ordinary person", but any woman with a brain and dignity will not agree, but Jiang Yu'e is not necessarily.
Right now, just solve this one.
Jiang Li followed the guiding lady and turned a corner again before reaching the tea room at the end of the corridor. The maid said with a smile: "Ms. Jiang Er, please go in and rest first, there are tea and snacks in it, and the servants will go to bring some copper ice to relieve the heat."
Jiang Li said, "Go ahead."
The maid left, Jiang Li sat down quietly. After a while, she stood up and walked to the incense burning in the room. With a tick at the corner of her lips, she easily broke the incense into two pieces.
About this happened once, at this moment, Jiang Li's heart was surprisingly calm. Her hand touched a small machete in her sleeve, which was given to her by Jiang Jingrui when she heard that she was going to Mingyitang for school. Right now the scimitar was hidden in Jiang Li's sleeve, and no one in the palace would have thought that Jiang Yuanbai's daughter would bring this kind of weapon into the palace, otherwise Jiang Li would have a mouth and couldn't tell.
She was not in a hurry. She sat down again in front of Xiaoqi, with her hand resting on her face, which looked like she was sleeping, but her other hand tapped the tabletop lightly, and the oil lamp in front of her was also dazzling. .
The maid outside would not leave yet, Jiang Li thought to himself, at least until Ye Shijie also came in. I just don’t know how unconscious Ye Shijie is, but if Ye Shijie is really unconscious, Jiang Li doesn’t mind letting the bloodshed make him sober, so she gently stroked her sleeve. Scimitar.
I don't know how long it took, but I saw that the oil in the oil lamp was less than a half, and suddenly there was the sound of someone talking outside. After a while, the door opened with a creak, and someone came in from outside.
Jiang Li still sleeps on her chin.
"Master Ye, you should rest here for a while, and the maidservant will go and add some refreshments." A woman's voice said.
Jiang Li didn't understand, the door was gently closed again, and suddenly there was the sound of stumbling footsteps.
Jiang Li's heart tensed, and she felt drunkenness suddenly linger on the tip of her nose. She endured and tolerated it. She didn't know whether the maid outside was still there, but she felt that someone was pushing herself.
At that moment, memories of previous lives suddenly flooded into my mind.
Although Xue Fangfei didn't remember anything at the time, only that she was drunk, but after waking up with contemptuous eyes and accusations to countless people, she repeated what might have happened in her heart, and the more she thought about it. It's disgusting, the more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.
Although it turned out that it was just a conspiracy, her weakness at the time and her inability to be slaughtered by others made her forever unforgivable.
Jiang Li suddenly pulled out the scimitar in her sleeve and pressed her against the opponent accurately. Her voice was cool, restrained and contained a brutal force that was difficult to control, and said, "Ye Shijie."
The opponent's breathing suddenly became smooth.
She opened her eyes and saw that the tip of her knife was against Ye Shijie's throat. The latter's cheeks were flushed with alcohol, and she looked like a drunkard, but looked at her with a stunned look.
Jiang Li frowned slightly.
Ye Shijie was not drunk, he was sober.
…
Jiang Yu'e was taken to another side room by the leading palace lady, waiting to change clothes.
In fact, she couldn't wait to take the slip of paper in her sleeve to Ji Shuran to show it to Ji Shuran, so she didn't even have the patience of the people who were waiting for the clothes to come over. When I felt a little irritable, I couldn't help but read the note that fell from Jiang Li's body again.
Jiang Yu'e thought in her heart. She didn't expect that Jiang Li said on the surface that she didn't care about Zhou Yanbang. She didn't expect that she would still be disconnected from Zhou Yanbang in secret. Speaking of which, Jiang Li is also Jiang Yuanbai's daughter. If this matter is really stabbed out, the palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, the two prostitutes of the Zhou family can't afford to offend them. I don't know who will Zhou Yanbang marry
It should be better to marry Jiang Youyao, after all, Jiang Youyao is the one who is now married to Zhou Yanbang.
Zhou Yanbang still wants to get married with Jiang's parents.
For some reason, Jiang Yu'e's heart suddenly saw what Jiang Li had just said.
"Fifth Sister, you only learn with such looks. In the future, you will probably only be able to match with an unknown man, let alone compare with Zhou Shizi, even ordinary official children can't be compared. That's right, be a regular wife for ordinary people, Maybe it's not as good as being a concubine for Zhou Shizi."
Jiang Yu'e thought bitterly, why wasn't the person Zhou Yanbang met with her? It is clear that she is no worse than Jiang Li and Jiang Youyao, but because of her origin, she is not even qualified to be in Zhou Yanbang's eyes
Thinking that the person Jiang Li and Jiang Youyao entangled with was Zhou Yanbang’s son of Ning Yuan, but his future husband-in-law didn’t know if he could compare to Zhou Yanbang’s toe last year, Jiang Yu’e suddenly felt a sense of compassion, as if Not interested in anything, even the idea of watching Jiang Li make a fool of himself is weakened.
Her forehead was dizzy from time to time, and Jiang Yu'e's heart gradually heated up. Suddenly, a bold thought flashed through her mind.
What if the person who met with Zhou Yanbang today is himself
If he were to be with Zhou Yanbang in the name of Jiang Li, with this note, would Zhou Yanbang pity himself and show a trace of love for himself, so that he would include himself in Ning Yuanhou House
Jiang Yu'e didn't want to be Zhou Yanbang's wife immediately like a dream. She knew that in her own capacity, it was absolutely impossible to become Zhou Yanbang's wife. But, being a concubine, isn't it good to be an expensive concubine? Jiang Li is right in one sentence. To be a regular wife for a commoner child is better than to be a concubine for Zhou Yanbang. At least Zhou Yanbang is a well-respected young talent in Yanjing City. , It is not a loss.
The more I thought about it, the more I realized this was feasible, Jiang Yu'e looked at the note in the palm of his hand, and suddenly held his palm tightly.
So she decided.
At this moment, the court lady who delivered the clothes outside the door was returning with the clothes, and Jiang Yu'e hurriedly got up when she saw this.
She couldn't wait to put on clean clothes to go to Zhou Yanbang's appointment, and her anxious appearance made the palace ladies a little puzzled. Jiang Yu'e wanted to distract others, so she smiled and said, "I suddenly want to go to the hut, so I will go after I have changed my clothes. My sister doesn't have to be here with me, just give me directions."
The court lady was probably just the person Ji Shuran called to send the letter. After the thing was done, there was nothing else to do. So she didn’t suspect Jiang Yue’s words, so she pointed Jiang Yu’e in a direction and said, “Not far, Miss keep going. Go, when you reach the end, turn to the right and you'll see it."
Jiang Yu'e changed his clothes, opened the door and walked out. She first walked in the direction of the hut, and when she reached the end and turned to the right, she turned her head again. Seeing no one was following, she immediately turned her head and walked in the other direction.
It is exactly what Zhou Yanbang said on the note, Yuxiu Pavilion at the East Gate of the Garden.
Jiang Yu'e walked very fast, and at the end, she started to trot all the way.
When she ran, the refreshing night breeze blew on her face, which was very cold and comfortable, but she did not blow out the flame in Jiang Yu'e at all, but her heart became more and more hot.
She had already thought about it, and when she saw Zhou Yanbang, she told him about her admiration, and said that she had been in the Jiang family's hardships, and she would leave a tear or two when she introduced it. Men, for their admiration for beauties, there is nothing uncomfortable about them, they are self-proclaimed gentlemen, and they can't bear to blame girls for their love. Moreover, men like to pity the weak. She is born so pitiful, and she will cry first when Zhou Yanbang hasn't paid attention to herself before, and she can't help but soften her heart.
As long as you get Zhou Yanbang, as long as you can get a relationship with Zhou Yanbang... Jiang Yu'e bit her lip, she will be able to get rid of the fate of marrying a civilian child who has no status in the future!
At this time, I recalled Jiang Li's words just now, and the irony and Ruowu Ruowu's contempt in those words made Jiang Yu'e's heart burning.
What about Jiang's big room? Between Jiang Li and Jiang Youyao, only one person is destined to marry Zhou Yanbang. Whether it is Jiang Li or Jiang Youyao, there will always be one defeated.
If one can enter Ningyuanhou's Mansion, there will always be one, and there will always be a long-term daughter who has lost to him. Married as a concubine in the past, it doesn't matter if you look at the face of the wife. Jiang Yu'e thought, Jiang Li used to come to fake high school, and Jiang Yu'e was so arrogant by Ji Shuran that they naturally didn't know how to please men.
But Jiang Yu'e is confident that Zhou Yanbang's heart can be captured.
Just when he was thinking about it, Dongyuan Yuxiu Pavilion had already entered.
The attic on the water was completely dark at the moment, and there was not even a light in it. It was obvious that no one came on weekdays. Zhou Yanbang would choose a place, or this place he had been optimistic about early in the morning, and he was waiting for a tryst with Jiang Li here today.
Jiang Yu'e smiled softly and walked inside.
My heart became more enthusiastic. I don’t know if it’s because of his mood. Jiang Yu'e even felt that his forehead began to sweat slightly, and even his breathing became a little stagnant. He wanted to find something cold and cold to stick on. Alleviate this enthusiasm.
She paused, exhaling a long breath, and stopped in front of Yuxiu Pavilion.
As long as she enters this door, she will be able to sparrow into a phoenix and get rid of the possibly mediocre life in the future. This is the money she has earned for herself and has nothing to do with Sanfang.
Jiang Yu'e opened the door and stepped in.