The rest of the day was very plain. Nothing special happened. Jiang Li and Mingyitang's husband explained that they were about to return to Xiangyang, and they waited to go back with Ye Mingxuan.
Mrs. Jiang called Jiang Li to the Wanfeng Hall several times, and she probably valued her relationship with the Ye family this time. Ji Shuran's mother and daughter did not make trouble for the first time. Jiang Li knew in his heart that Ji Shuran would not give up. She was probably planning some new plan, but at the moment she was homesick and didn't have the extra energy to pay attention to the mother and daughter.
Jiang Jingrui often comes to Fangfeiyuan, but he hasn't dispelled the idea of going to Ye's house with Jiang Li. I don't know what he thinks, but Yanjing City doesn't wait. Chengri wants to go around. But Ye Shijie came here once too, and didn't mention the matter of Xiangyang, but only talked about what happened to him as a member of the household department.
Since Ye Shijie became a member of the household, many people are waiting to see which side he belongs to. With the relationship between the Ye family and the Jiang family, Ye Shijie belonged to the first auxiliary school. However, the people in Yanjing City knew that the Ye family and the Jiang family had been disconnected many years ago, and guessed that Ye Shijie might join the king's faction in the future. However, Jiang Li thought it was better for Ye Shijie to be loyal to Emperor Hong Xiao. For some reason, she had a feeling that even though Emperor Hong Xiao looked underpowered at the moment, the emperor who was enthroned as a young man was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
The days passed. Ten days later, Ye Mingxuan came to pick up Jiang Li and was about to leave Yanjing together and set off for Xiangyang.
This time, the rare old lady Jiang also went out to see off at the door of the house. Still not seeing the shadows of Jiang Youyao and Jiang Yu'e, Ji Shuran smiled and said to Ye Mingxuan: "Pay attention to safety along the way, Lier will take care of you."
Ye Mingxuan smiled and said, "Don't worry."
Ye Shijie said: "It's getting late, you can leave, go a little earlier, hurry up a little bit, and you can return to Xiangyang early."
Jiang Li turned around and gave a slight blessing to Mrs. Jiang, and said, "Don't worry about your father and grandmother. I'll be back sooner after I finish watching my grandmother."
"Of course." The kindness in Ji Shuran's eyes was truly excessive, and she said: "We are waiting for you to come back."
Jiang Li smiled slightly, no longer hesitating, Tonger helped her into the carriage. The curtain was lowered, blocking the eyes of the Jiang family outside, and only heard the voice of Ye Mingxuan commanding the team. The carriage grumbled forward.
She breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, and then became excited again.
This is... the way back home.
Although it is no longer Xue Fangfei, although she has become the daughter of the Shoufu's family, she finally embarked on the way home.
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It will take more than one month to hurry from Yanjing City to Xiangyang without delay. Fortunately, the road is not very rugged, it is regarded as an official road, and it is no more dangerous than Qingcheng Mountain to Xiangyang. Ye Mingxuan is a prudent person and hired the Escort team to protect Jiang Li's safety. Jiang Yuanbai also called some guards, so that even if he encountered a robbery on the road, he would be able to retreat.
Fortunately, the road was very safe and there was no danger. Ye Mingxuan thought that Jiang Li was accustomed to being spoiled and not used to walking like this on Changde Road. After all, it is farther from Yanjing City to Xiangyang than from Yanjing City to Qingcheng Mountain. If Jiang Li is not used to it, the entire convoy will have to slow down. When it comes back to Xiangyang, it will definitely be much longer than before.
However, Jiang Li's performance was beyond everyone's expectations.
She is not picky, and she is easy to serve. No matter if you live in an inn, you'll be in a carriage, and I've never screamed bitterly. Sometimes I can't find an inn at night, and I live outside. When the guards go hunting for roasted rabbit meat, Jiang Li is watching enthusiastically. The guard has made something wrong, and she can help a little bit. Afu, the little servant who followed Ye Mingxuan, was dumbfounded, and secretly said to Ye Mingxuan: "Second Miss is like this. She has never done this kind of thing in the past. Why does she seem so familiar?"
Ye Mingxuan was also surprised, because his own son Ye Rufeng was naughty since he was a child, and he didn't necessarily do better than Jiang Li. Jiang Li is a eldest daughter, but she didn't feel any discomfort when doing these things, as if she was accustomed to it.
When asked about Jiang Li, Jiang Li only smiled and said, “When I was in the temple of Qingcheng Mountain, I often went out with Tonger to catch hares to eat. I can’t eat enough food, but fortunately, there are a lot of rabbits on the mountain.”
Although Tonger was wondering when he had gone with Jiang Li to catch the rabbit, she didn't show up at all on her face, and she nodded her head as if it happened. Ye Mingxuan didn't say anything, just smiled and sighed, not knowing whether it was a sigh or pity.
This journey turned out to be smoother than Jiang Li had imagined. Therefore, when it is about to reach Xiangyang City, it will be only one month past. According to the planned itinerary, it is about another half a month. But because Jiang Li didn't make any noise along the way, the convoy didn't stop and moved quickly.
When the convoy arrived at the gate of Xiangyang City, Ye Mingxuan asked people to show the pass token to the guards. Tonger pulled up the carriage curtain and looked out curiously, muttering: "This is Xiangyang City, it looks very lively. That's it."
Jiang Li looked at the scenery outside with a hint of feeling in his eyes.
Tongxiang is a small county under the city of Xiangyang. Xue Huaiyuan used to only come to Xiangyang to buy things for Xue Fangfei and Xue Zhao during festivals. At that time, she and Xue Zhao were looking forward to coming to Xiangyang every year. Xiangyang was much more lively and bustling than Tongxiang, and there were many more delicious and fun things. It's just that this kind of opportunity is rare. After all, she married Shen Yurong for three years and left Tongxiang. As for Xiangyang, I haven't seen each other in seven or eight years.
The Xiangyang in front of me still looks familiar, but it is more lively, more prosperous, and more desirable than it was seven or eight years ago.
If Xue Zhao is still there, he will laugh and pull her to go shopping in Xiangyang City...
As he was thinking about it, the defender had seen the order to let him go, and the convoy continued to move forward.
After about a stick of fragrant work, the speed of the team gradually slowed down. After an unknown period of time, the carriage stopped, and Ye Mingxuan's voice came in from outside the carriage, and said with a smile: "Ali, get off the carriage, here we are."
When the concierge saw Ye Mingxuan, he immediately opened the door and greeted the young man to enter the house to report, saying loudly all the way: "The second master is back! The second master is back!"
Tonger helped Jiang Li jump out of the carriage.
As the richest man in Xiangyang City, the Ye family, in other words, the Ye family's wealth can be named even if they get Yanjing City. Therefore, the Ye Family Mansion was also very impressively restored. It is said that Mr. Ye has been living here since Mr. Ye, Zhumen Dawa, the pillars at the door are all carved with fine patterns. It is the lantern that is falling down, and the white gauze covered with it is also the swallow-wing gauze of the south of the Yangtze River.
Tong'er and Bai Xue stood under the door of the Ye family, their eyes widened. The arrogance of the Ye family is completely different from the exquisite elegance of the capital. For ordinary people, such simple and generous repairs are naturally more eye-catching.
Ye Mingxuan said, "Ali, it's the first time to come to Ye's house, how about? You think it's okay?"
"Very good." Jiang Li smiled.
She and Xue Zhao had come to Xiangyang City to play in the past, and they had also heard of the name of the Ye family, and they had walked in front of the Ye family’s mansion. Xue Zhao also sighed, if he could walk in, just look at what it looks like inside. However, she didn't expect that she could walk in from the gate of Vermillion in an open and honest manner to see her style.
Ye Mingxuan smiled and said, "Let's go."
Jiang Li approached with Ye Mingxuan.
The Ye family's house looks more spacious and brighter than the capital, and it is a bit more lively than the rigor of the capital. The clothes worn by the little servant girl are also of high-quality materials, which are comparable to those worn by Tonger Baixue. It is enough to see that the Ye family is rich in wealth. When these servants saw Ye Mingxuan, they saluted, and when they saw Ye Mingxuan's Jiang Li and his party, they all looked curiously, guessing Jiang Li's identity.
Several people are standing in the Jinhuatang at the moment.
"Father finally came back." A fourteen or five-year-old boy said: "I wonder what good things have been brought back in Yanjing City this time?"
"You know this." By his side, the scroll-like woman groaned: "You don't have anything in the mansion on weekdays. Yenching has it, but you don't have it."
"Sister, don't blame Rufeng." Another round-faced woman smiled: "Rufeng is a little childish, and it will be the same if Shijie is there."
Beside Ye Rufeng, there stood a beautiful young girl who looked slightly older than Ye Rufeng, worried: "I don't know what's going on on the other side of the eldest brother? Now I am a member of the household department, but can I still handle it? "
The middle-aged man in the blue shirt standing in the center didn't say a word, only drinking tea in silence.
While speaking, I suddenly heard the voice of a young man outside: "Second Lord is back!"
The thinner woman stood up immediately overjoyed, and saw that the curtain of Jinhuatang was opened by others. Ye Mingxuan laughed and said, "Big brother, ma'am, I'm back!"
"Father!" The boy rushed forward.
Standing behind Ye Mingxuan, Jiang Li was also very strange to the Ye family. However, even the real Miss Jiang Er came here, and she felt about the same. You know they haven't seen each other for ten years.
The young man was Ye Rufeng, Ye Mingxuan's son. Suddenly he glanced at Jiang Li who was standing aside. He immediately stood up from Ye Mingxuan's arms and asked suspiciously, "Who is she?"
Jiang Li smiled and stood behind Ye Mingxuan. She looked at her clothes. She didn't look like a servant, so she wouldn't be the maid on Ye Mingxuan's road.
Zhuo Shi, the lanky and bookish woman, Ye Mingxuan's wife, turned pale when she saw Jiang Li. It was thought that Jiang Li was the kind of woman Ye Mingxuan collected on the road. This happened to them like wealthy businessmen. On the way out to do business, after three to five years, they brought back a strange woman and the so-called son. It is impossible for Ye Mingxuan to leave a son for a few months, but it is not impossible to accept a woman on the road.
Men have always been careless in such matters. Ye Mingxuan hasn't noticed that his wife's look is wrong, but Jiang Li has already seen it and guessed Zhuo's identity. In order to avoid misunderstandings, I had to stand up and yelled at Zhuo's with a smile, "Auntie."
This aunt was called Zhuo's for a moment, and the pale face of Cai disappeared suddenly, replaced by doubts. She asked, "Master, who is this girl? How do I call my aunt?"
Ye Mingxuan laughed, and while rushing to the man in the blue shirt who stood up, Ye Minghui said, "Big Brother, I'm not here alone this time. You see who this is, can you still recognize it?"
Everyone is puzzled. Only Ye Minghui noticed that Jiang Li was called Zhuo's "aunt" before, and he guessed something in his heart.
"This is Zhenzhen's daughter A Li." Ye Mingxuan smiled: "When I saw A Li last time, she was still a little girl. Now she is a girl. A Li, this is your uncle Minghui, your eldest aunt."
Jiang Li smiled and said, "Uncle Minghui, eldest aunt."
Both Ye Minghui and his wife, Guan, were taken aback. Guan was a little at a loss, but Ye Minghui frowned.
The room was silent.
After a while, Ye Rufeng spoke suddenly, he looked at Jiang Li contemptuously, and said, "She is the daughter of an aunt, the eldest lady who despised our business and made her grandmother sick?"
Zhuo's hurriedly pulled Ye Rufeng. Ye Rufeng's eyes were sharp and unceremonious, and he continued: "I have done everything, and I am afraid of what people say!"
The people in the room were silent for an instant, and the atmosphere became very embarrassing.
Originally, when Ye Mingxuan returned to Xiangyang, he didn't mention Jiang Lihui's return. The Ye family didn't know that Jiang Li would come, but they came suddenly and didn't know how to deal with it. You must know that Jiang Li's remarks many years ago hurt Mrs. Ye's heart and the entire Ye family's heart. For Jiang Li, from then on, there was no such person, who would have known it suddenly appeared.
Ye Minghui looked at Ye Mingxuan reproachfully and reprimanded him for not explaining the matter earlier. Ye Mingxuan looked innocent, but couldn't help but watch Jiang Li's reaction.
Jiang Li insisted on returning to Xiangyang with herself, so she should have anticipated such a result in advance. Ye's family doesn't know how to be indifferent. In this way, what would Jiang Li say and do
Jiang Li stared at the situation in front of him, without a slight smile on his face.
Tonger was both embarrassed and wronged, and she also knew about Jiang Li's back then. Although I admitted that Jiang Li was wrong, my girl was only five years old at that time. Time has passed so long, why bother holding on to an old thing? Ordinarily, I knew that such a girl shouldn't go back to Xiangyang. I was so angry here that I kindly returned to see Mrs. Ye, but I was so sullen and dull.
Just thinking about it, I heard Jiang Li's soft voice: "Yes, I am the'that' Jiang Li."
The Ye family were stunned.
Ye Mingxuan almost choked on his saliva.
When Jiang Li spoke, he was gentle, gentle, and kind, with a full smile, saying that he would not hit the smiley person with his hand, let alone a pretty girl with a cute smile, and this slap was even more difficult to slap. Except for Ye Rufeng, everyone in the Ye family was embarrassed about how to deal with it.
This girl is really unchanging. Ye Mingxuan sighed, and suddenly remembered what Ye Shijie had said to her, "Jiang Li is an unexpected person", this sentence is true. She is indeed unexpected, as if the embarrassment, embarrassment and bewilderment of ordinary people have never appeared on her. She can always deal with various situations in a particularly calm manner.
Including now.
Ye Mingxuan suddenly wanted to laugh, presumably his elder brother, Ye Mingxuan, who has always been calm and upright, was also a little caught off guard in the face of this situation. Fortunately, he knew the identity of his Ye family, so he cleared his throat pretendingly, and said, "This is your second aunt." He introduced his wife to Jiang Li.
Jiang Li smiled and nodded to Zhuo Shi: "Second aunt."
Zhuo's smile subconsciously returned, and was a little dazed after reacting, the little girl's smile was too sincere. Back in Yanjing City to pick up Jiang Li, the Ye Minghui brothers, Ye Shijie and the old lady were all there, but she didn't see it with her own eyes. But the rumors of Jiang Li are known to everyone in the Ye family. Neither Ye Minghui nor Ye Mingxuan can lie, and there is no need to lie on this matter, so everyone never suspects that Jiang Li is a hypocritical, mean-hearted eldest lady. But after seeing it with his own eyes, Zhuo still couldn't help but feel that perhaps what happened back then was a misunderstanding. How could such a lovely and gentle girl be the kind of person they were talking about
"This is your cousin Jia'er and cousin Rufeng." Ye Mingxuan continued.
Ye Jiaer was one year older than Jiang Li, and she was gentle and generous. To be honest, she didn't seem to be from a merchant, but rather like a well-known official lady. She was curious about Jiang Li in her eyes, but she still nodded to Jiang Li with a smile.
Ye Rufeng was not as gentle as Ye Jiaer, and turned his head to the side with a snorted, not looking at Jiang Li.
"Your Uncle Mingyu will be back a few days later, and he is not here yet." Ye Mingxuan said.
Jiang Li nodded: "Grandma..."
"The old lady is not doing well these days," Ye Minghui hesitated for a while before saying: "If I know you are here, I will inevitably be excited. I will tell her after a while. What does A Li look like?"
Before Jiang Li could answer, Ye Rufeng said coldly: "Don't see me, my grandmother saw her, what if I get angry again?"
"Rufeng!" Zhuo Shi warned him.
Ye Rufeng stopped talking, Jiang Li said, "I listen to Uncle Minghui."
Ye Minghui nodded, and then said to Guan: "You go to the yard to find a room to clean up, and let Ali stay in for the time being." He said to Jiang Li, "You and your second child must be very tired after these days. I don’t think about anything today, stay and rest for a while, and I’ll talk about anything tomorrow."
Jiang Li was startled. Ye Minghui's words were polite but alienated, as if to a guest from afar, or a guest who was not so close. She sighed deeply in her heart, the estrangement between Miss Jiang Er and the Ye family was too deep, and she couldn't solve it at all for a while. It was Ye Mingxuan who had been with her for so long, and now he hadn't completely dispelled her suspicion, and he was still wondering if she was going back to Xiangyang as Jiang's idea.
It's really a long way to go.
With a real smile on her face, she said, "Thank you, Uncle Minghui."
Compared with the two uncles, the aunts were somewhat at a loss. They could not be as alienated as the two brothers in the Ye family, nor could they be too close, which seemed very contradictory. Jiang Li wanted to laugh a little, but fortunately, she didn't have to get along all the time. After Guan gave her a clean house to live in, there were no other people beside Jiang Li except the two maids.
It finally calmed down.
Tonger closed the door, and the house vacated by the Ye family for Jiang Li was pretty good. Jiang Li sat down and Bai Xue went to make tea. Tong'er said in a low voice, "Girl, the Ye family obviously didn't let you see Mrs. Ye on purpose..."
Everyone could tell that her second cousin Ye Rufeng's words were a bit ugly, but they were unquestionable facts. Mrs. Ye is not in good health. To this granddaughter, she really didn't know what it was like to see her at first sight. You know, everyone in the Ye family was shocked today.
"Girl, it's really not good. Let's go back to Yanjing City after seeing Mrs. Ye." Bai Xue also said, "If the Ye family are like this in the future, it would be weird to live here."
The Ye family members are very self-cultivating, so instead of driving her out, they are also serving them with good food and drink, and they are also courteous. But it is this courtesy and thoughtfulness that makes people feel more uncomfortable, as if being a guest at a stranger's house.
"It's nothing, we are new to each other, we all have a familiar process." Jiang Li smiled, "Besides, the original thing was that I was wrong first. The Ye family's attitude is much better than I thought. A few more. Sun, wait until I have met the old lady."
When she came to Xiangyang this time, it was false to visit relatives. Seeing that Mrs. Ye was false, it was true to inquire about Xue Huaiyuan. It's just that you can't go out to inquire rashly at the moment, it's arousing suspicion. Even after inquiring, it would take a lot of trouble to reverse the case for Xue Zhao. The Ye family is a big tree behind her, but now, how to build a good relationship with the Ye family and clear up the past is the top priority.
It needs to be carefully considered.
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At the other end, in Ye Mingxuan's room, Zhuo Shi was questioning him.
"That's good, why did Jiang Li come over? How did you do it, I don't know how to say it in advance, even the elder brother didn't expect it." Zhuo clan paced back and forth, "what should I do now? She lives in our house, someone outside Seeing it, it’s hard to avoid talking. This... you are!"
Ye Mingxuan couldn't laugh or cry: "How can you blame me? She asked herself to go back to Xiangyang to see her mother. Even Mrs. Jiang and Yuanbo Jiang have spoken. What can I do? Can I stop my son and niece from letting her come back? It's so ugly."
"Huh, it's nothing more than seeing the big cousin who is now a member of the household," Ye Rufeng sneered: "I also said that our businessmen are very profitable. I think their Jiang family, the first assistant of the court is also the same snobbery. In the past, the Ye family When no one entered the official position, I was busy trying to distinguish the relationship. Now that the Ye family has a way out, I will post it."
"Don't talk nonsense," Ye Jiaer stopped Ye Rufeng's words. "Even if the eldest cousin becomes a member of the household, the Jiang family can't do anything to please the Ye family. There are too many powerful people in Yanjing City, those people Even if you still have to stick to your uncle, why would your uncle let Jiang Li come to Xiangyang because of your eldest cousin?"
"One bite, one uncle, sister, you forgot," Ye Rufeng said: "Our uncle has married her another long ago. People can't look down on our Ye family. You are so affectionate, so you want to rush it. The Dongfeng of their capital auxiliary mansion, to be the eldest lady of Yanjing City?"
"You!" Ye Jiaer was speechless angrily.
"Okay, okay, don't quarrel," Zhuo had a headache, "it's messy enough right now, you two are going to quarrel, go out and quarrel."
At this moment, someone knocked on the door, but Ye Minghui walked in with Guan. It was good now, except for Ye Mingyu, who had not yet returned to the house, everyone from the two rooms of the Ye family had gathered in this room.
"Second, what do you mean?" Ye Minghui asked as soon as he walked in.
Ye Mingxuan still rarely saw his eldest brother's uncomfortable appearance. He was taken aback for a moment before he said, "What do you mean?"
"Why did you bring her back?" Ye Minghui frowned. "Don't say anything in advance, what the hell are you doing?"
"Brother, don't train me like Xun Xiaosan." Ye Mingxuan aggrieved, "Bring Jiang Li back is not my idea, Jiang Li proposed it himself."
"She proposed it herself?" Guan was puzzled.
"Yes." Ye Mingxuan simply sat down and told the others the story in detail. How did he meet with Ye Shijie in Yanjing City, how did Ye Shijie mention Jiang Li, how did he meet Jiang Li at Jiang's house, and how did Jiang Li propose to go back to Xiangyang with her. That's it, Ye Mingxuan spread his hands together, "That's how things are. Listen, can you understand what our niece is thinking?"
Everyone didn't expect that so many things would happen if Ye Mingxuan went to Yanjing City. Even more unexpectedly, Jiang Li returned to the city of Yanjing within half a year, and he has repeatedly become the subject of people's discussion.
"She really became the top of Mingyitang's six arts list and won the emperor's gift?" Ye Jiaer asked in astonishment. "Didn't my cousin go to the nunnery for eight years and no one taught in the nunnery, how did she get first?"
"Yes." Ye Minghui pondered, "Could she be a genius?"
"There are so many geniuses in the world." Ye Mingxuan shook his head and smiled, "I think Jiang Li has a lot of secrets in him. I went to visit Jiang Mansion that day. I thought Jiang Li had just returned to Yanjing and Ji Shuran was here. Be careful. Who knows that's not the case at all, her status in Jiang's family is higher than I thought. Think about it, it's not something ordinary people can do if you can reach this point in half a year. "
Everyone in the room was silent, chewing Ye Mingxuan's words.
"She also helped Shijie at the palace banquet. She reminded the dead Shijie about Li Lian before. Whether she used the Ye family or had other plans, she would not hurt Shijie for the time being. I will go to Jiang's house. , I wanted to see Jiang Li with my own eyes. After all, I know that Shijie is a child. He said Jiang Li has become very different. It is very different. Who knows that after I went there, I found out that it’s not just that it’s different, it’s just a sentence. If two people."
"She asked to go back to Xiangyang. At first I guessed it was the Jiang family's meaning, but I didn't know what Jiang Yuanbai and Mrs. Jiang looked like. I wanted to figure out what she wanted to do, so I simply agreed with her idea. As for Didn't I tell you on the way back? I walked too hurriedly, so I didn't pay attention."
After being quiet for a while, Ye Minghui said: "You are right to do this. Since you don't know what she means, let's walk and see first."
The tone in the words didn't regard Jiang Li as a relative, more like an unknown stranger.
"But the second brother," Guan said worriedly: "You brought her back, and she said she wanted to come back to see my mother. But my mother's body can't stand the toss now, if I know that Jiang Li is back, maybe something will happen. Matter, this... You said, let her see her mother?"
Ye Mingxuan was questioned, and looked at Ye Minghui subconsciously.
Ye Minghui said solemnly: "Let her see, but before that, you have to breathe with your mother, so as not to scare her elderly."