Marriage of the Di Daughter

Rumors about Ji Shuran spread in the streets and alleys, but the people sent by Jiang Yuanbai failed to find out who said it in the end. This matter seemed to be an unsolved case, but the ending was real, and the reputation of the Jiang family was affected by the eyes. At least above the court, there are countless excerpts about impeaching Jiang Yuanbai for his lax governance of the family.

People from the Rightist faction took the opportunity to spread all kinds of unfavorable rumors about Jiang Yuanbai. At this time, the more they clarified, the more they fell into the center of the rumors. Jiang Yuanbai simply said that he was sick and could not go to court, and was silent for a long time. Jiang Yuanping has also been implicated a lot, and the atmosphere in Jiang's residence is not very good.

Under such complicated circumstances, the winter solstice in Yanjing City came quietly this winter.

On the winter solstice, the snow fell extremely heavily. Tong'er stood at the gate of the yard and said: "Qingcheng Mountain has never seen such a heavy snow, it's so beautiful."

The sights that people in the north are familiar with are very novel to Tonger's eyes. After all, the two have lived in the temple for many years, and it is very rare to see such a scene wrapped in silver. Tong Er asked Jiang Li: "Girl, do you still want to go to Ye Mansion today?"

"Go." Jiang Li said with a smile: "But before that, let's go somewhere else."

"Anywhere else?" Tong'er was puzzled.

Jiang Li smiled, but did not answer.

It was snowing heavily outside, and even the hawkers who often came out to set up stalls on weekdays did not come out to set up stalls again today. The streets are empty, even pedestrians are very few. On the thick snow, only two deep ruts and a messy horseshoe shape were left behind by the carriage.

When Jiang Li left the house, the porter moved his lips, but he still didn't dare to dissuade her. Everyone knows that the second young lady has the final say in the big room now, and the old lady allows the second young lady to come in and out as she pleases without reporting it, so do they have to stop them, who are servants?

Going out of the house went smoothly, and Jiang Li went to Yanyu Pavilion in Bailuwan—the place where Xue Zhao died.

Tong'er and Baixue still have impressions of this place. Before returning to Tongxiang last time, Jiang Li visited once. I heard that Misty Rain Pavilion is the best place to see Misty Rain, and it also rained last time. It's not raining now, could it be that the snow scene in Yanyu Pavilion is good? So Jiangli will go there today while she is in the mood?

Jiang Li asked the maids to wait outside the yard, and went into the backyard of Yanyu Pavilion. Under the peach tree, Xue Zhao's grave was still lying quietly. It was almost covered by snow, hurry up, if not for the half of the inscription exposed outside, I'm afraid there would be no trace at all.

Since Jiang Li returned to Tongxiang, no one has worshiped in this place. Jiang Li watched helplessly, feeling a sore heart. Leaving Xue Zhao here alone made her extremely uncomfortable.

She bent down, found an old broom from the side, and swept away the snow in front of the tomb, sweeping out a small open space. He wiped the stele carefully again with the rag in the basket, and then took out the incense offerings and placed them on the vacated space.

Even if she can leave the house at will now, she cannot come to Yanyu Pavilion at will. After all, the Ye family was her maternal ancestral family, and Xue Zhaoke had nothing to do with Miss Jiang Er. If someone sees it, it would be bad if there is any trouble related to Xue Huaiyuan's lawsuit for Xue Huaiyuan a few days ago.

But on the winter solstice, in the past, Xue Zhao, she and Xue Huaiyuan always spent together in the house. Xue Zhao would roast the venison from hunting in the mountains, and Xue Huaiyuan would allow them to drink on that day. So with clear plum wine simmering on the stove, Xue Zhao danced and talked about his Jianghu dream, and she echoed a few words, while Xue Huaiyuan smiled indulgently.

Things are changing and people are changing, it is still winter, but people are dying, scattered and crazy. Jiang Li can't bring Xue Huaiyuan to Xue Zhao's tomb yet, she can only come alone.

She sat in front of the tomb, put away the venison wrapped in oiled paper, and poured a glass of plum wine for Xue Zhao, just like in the past years.

After sitting for a while, she stood up, patted the snow particles on her clothes, and turned to leave.

Tong'er and Baixue were waiting outside with chills all over their bodies. They finally saw Jiang Li coming out, and they didn't ask where the bamboo basket Jiang Li brought when she came came. They just said: "Have you gone back?"

Jiang Li nodded.

"Then let's go. I really can't stay outside for a long time today." Tong'er stuffed the stove into Jiang Li's hands, and helped Jiang Li get into the carriage.

Next, Jiang Li went to Ye Mansion.

In Ye Mansion, Ye Mingyu and his Jiang Hu brothers were eating meat and drinking. When the concierge came to report Jiang Li's arrival, Ye Mingyu panicked for a moment, the whole room was in a mess, how could he see people? Seeing this, Ye Shijie shook his head, got up and went to see Jiang Li first.

Jiang Li didn't see Ye Mingyu in the room, so Ye Shijie came alone and asked, "Why isn't uncle here?"

"After drinking, I knew you were here and was changing clothes." Ye Shijie had a headache. Hearing the sound of drinking orders coming from the room, and seeing Ye Shijie's helpless expression, Jiang Li knew it. Ye Mingyu was originally rough, but Ye Shijie was extremely restrained. Now that Ye Mingyu has moved all the rivers and lakes to the mansion, for Ye Shijie, it is naturally not something to be happy about.

Jiang Li glanced at the back and said with a smile: "Uncle is open-minded by nature, so you should take care of me too much."

"I know." Ye Shijie replied, "Third uncle has always been like this." He looked at Jiang Li: "Why did you come here so early?"

"Today's winter solstice, come and see you." Jiang Li asked Bai Xue to take out the snacks she made in advance, "By the way, I'll send you some pastries."

Ye Shijie took it over, feeling a strange feeling in his heart. Jiang Li's expression is very gentle, and her attitude is very natural, as if treating her family. When the word "family" came to mind, Ye Shijie was shocked, as if he had been hit by something.

Just when he was a little dazed, Ye Mingyu changed his clothes and came out. Thinking about it, when he was with his brothers before, he must have been drunk, even though he changed his clothes, he still smelled of alcohol. Fortunately, he was still awake. When he saw Jiang Li, he said, "A Li, you are here! Come in and have a seat?"

"Uncle still has guests, so I won't stay any longer." Jiang Li also smiled, she is a girl's house, and there are all strong men here, she doesn't care, she is afraid that these men will feel uncomfortable.

"I brought some things for you, and let's take a look at Xue Xiancheng." Jiang Li smiled and said, "Let's go after seeing it."

"Why..." Ye Mingyu wanted to persuade, but was interrupted by Ye Shijie, Ye Shijie said: "Okay, it's really not convenient for you to be here today, and you can come back when there are no outsiders in the house some other day."

He bit the words "no outsiders" very hard, and glanced at Ye Mingyu.

Ye Mingyu touched his nose knowingly, and said haha: "Then what, let's go see Xue Xiancheng? In the past few days, Miss Situ has come to give him a few injections. The old man is in much better health. It’s good to be able to eat a bowl full of rice!”

While talking, he took Jiang Li to Xue Huaiyuan's yard.

Xue Huaiyuan was concentrating on watching people make shadow puppetry. It was probably a gadget that Ye Mingyu specially found for him. He watched it with great enthusiasm and laughed happily from time to time. Seeing Jiang Li, she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

No trace of sanity.

Ye Shijie seemed to see what she was thinking, and said: "You don't have to be too impatient. Miss Situ said that Xue Xiancheng's illness is not curable, so he has to figure it out slowly. And as the third uncle said, these few days Xue Xiancheng's health has improved a lot. When he first came to Yanjing from Tongxiang, he was extremely weak. Now he has almost recovered."

Only then did Jiang Li calm down, shaking her head and saying, "I was too impatient."

"I know." Ye Mingyu scratched his head, "You think of old man Xue more than your father, of course you care about him. Why don't you treat old man Xue as a foster father after he recovers. Why don't you He has paid so much, and he will not refuse. As for your father, you don't have to worry, I will tell you!" After that, he said bitterly: "I haven't settled with him for Ji Shuran's matter, what happened back then The red mouth and the white teeth are all up to Ji Shuran, so where do you put my Ye family?"

Speaking of this, Ye Mingyu gritted his teeth again.

Ye Mingyu and Ye Shijie naturally knew about Ji Shuran's events back then. Without a doubt, Jiang Yuanbai was severely scolded. If it wasn't for Ji Shuran's death, he would have to visit Ji's family for an explanation. In the end, it was Jiang Li who came forward to appease Ye Mingyu.

But knowing that Jiang Li had been wronged so much, Ye Mingyu didn't want to see the Jiang family anymore, and even had the idea of ​​letting Jiang Li leave the Jiang family and return to the Ye family, but was stopped by the more sensible Ye Shijie in the end.

"Father?" Jiang Li's heart skipped a beat. She had never thought of this, but Ye Mingyu traveled the rivers and lakes, and it is not uncommon for Ye Mingyu to find a godfather on weekdays, so he has long been used to it. The speaker had no intention of listening, and Ye Mingyu said it casually, but Jiang Li secretly memorized it. She cares too much about Xue Huaiyuan, and it will inevitably make people gossip in the future, but when it comes to being her adoptive father, it seems that everything can be solved easily.

But before that, unless Xue Huaiyuan regained his sanity first, no matter how much the Jiang family felt guilty about him, they would not let Jiang Li recognize a man without sanity as his adoptive father.

Thinking of this, there seems to be a new direction on the road ahead, and Jiang Li's mood is much more relaxed. When talking to Ye Mingyu and the two of them again, their smiles became more real.

Ye Shijie faintly noticed the change in Jiang Li's attitude, but he didn't know why. Just looking at Jiang Li's smile like a flower, it's rare that she didn't have a scheming and relaxed look, she paused, and swallowed the question that came to her mouth.

Until leaving Ye Mansion, Jiang Li was in a very good mood.

Bai Xue asked: "Miss, are you going home now?"

"Go back." Jiang Li looked at the sky. In fact, it was still early, and he should have stayed in Ye Mansion longer, but because Ye Mingyu's brothers and guests were all there, Jiang Li was inconvenient, so he left first. The snow hasn't stopped yet, and it's too cold to stay outside. Since there's nothing to do, it's better to go back first.

Tong'er responded happily, thinking that going back to Fangfei Garden surrounded by the warm stove is much better than being cold outside. They were about to get into the carriage when they suddenly heard an eager voice from behind: "Miss Jiang?"

Jiang Li looked back, and saw that it was Wen Renyao and Situ Jiuyue whom she met not long ago. It was Wen Renyao who called Jiang Li to stop.

As soon as he saw Jiang Li, Wen Renyao leaned over and said with a smile: "Miss Jiang Er just came out of Ye Mansion?"

Jiang Li nodded, and said to Situ Jiuyue: "Miss Situ is going to Ye Mansion to treat Xue County Cheng?"

"No." Situ Jiuyue replied, "There is no need for acupuncture for the past three days."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "I was wrong, where are you two going?" When she met Situ Jiuyue in front of the Ye Mansion, Jiang Li really thought that Situ Jiuyue came to treat Xue Huaiyuan's illness. Not expected.

She just asked this casually, and didn't really want to know the answer. After all, Situ Jiuyue heard that Renyao and Ji Heng had a very close relationship, Jiang Li didn't care about what they were going to do, and couldn't care.

Who knew that Wen Renyao immediately replied: "We are going to the Duke's Mansion."

Situ Jiuyue rolled Wen Renyao's eyes, and probably felt that his heartless attitude was really hard to please. Jiang Li was also surprised for a moment, and then said: "If that's the case, then I won't delay you." She stepped aside, wanting Situ Jiuyue and Wen Renyao to leave first.

Unexpectedly, Wen Renyao had an extremely warm smile on his handsome face. He said, "No delay, no delay. We went to the Duke's Mansion just to drop by. Today isn't the winter solstice. We just went to grab a meal. Miss Jiang Is this going to go back? It's so early, why don't we go to the Duke's mansion for dinner together?"

Jiangli: "..."

She was puzzled, how did Wen Renyao's brain grow, and the relationship between her and Ji Heng seemed to be so familiar that she could walk around the other's house at will? Of course, Ji Heng can come to Jiang's house, it's because of Ji Heng's willfulness, not because of their personal relationship.

Jiang Li politely refused: "No need."

"What are you still being polite for?" Wen Renyao continued with a smile: "Let's go, let's go. It's better to hit the sun than to choose a date. Since we meet on the road, it's fate. We are all friends. It's not a big deal to eat together. I think Jiang The second girl is also a straightforward person in handling things, so you don't have to stick to these things."

Jiang Li: "...I think the young master wants to break up my relationship with the Duke, we are not friends."

I thought that this sentence had clearly expressed my attitude, but Wen Renyao seemed to be used to it, and said: "I understand that no one in the world would want to be friends with him because of his temper. But as long as you It’s not his friend, it’s my friend! Don’t be polite, and don’t feel embarrassed to go if Ji Heng didn’t invite you to his house. Ji Heng didn’t invite me either! Should I go? gone?"

Jiangli: "..."

She really has nothing to say about this famous young man.

Situ Jiuyue on the other side couldn't stand it anymore, glared at Wen Renyao, then looked at Jiang Li, thought for a while, and said: "If you are fine, you can also go to the Duke's Mansion. A few days ago, your mansion I've heard about everything in the news, and Ji Heng was also involved in this matter in private, maybe you can talk about it."

Situ Jiuyue's words reminded Jiang Li of something. It was about why Concubine Li was safe and sound, where Taoist Chongxu was now, and whether Emperor Hong Xiao knew that Taoist Chongxu was a liar. She originally planned to ask Zhao Ke about this matter, but now that she thinks about it, it might be more convenient to ask Ji Heng. After all, Zhao Ke was guarding the Jiang residence day and night, but Ji Heng could know the news from the palace.

Now that Wen Renyao is making an appointment, she can take advantage of the opportunity to go to the Duke's Mansion, but... come uninvited, she really can't act as if nothing happened like Wen Renyao.

"It's okay, you can say that Wen Renyao kidnapped you here." Situ Jiuyue seemed to see what she was thinking, and said calmly.

Wen Renyao lifted his spirits, instead of refuting, Wen Yan said with a smile: "Happy to help."

So the matter was decided so inexplicably, Jiang Li was abducted on the road to the Duke's Mansion as soon as she left the Ye Mansion.

Because in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, Jiang Li did not ride in Jiang's carriage, but took the carriage with Situ and his wife. Along the way, Wen Renyao was very talkative, talking to Jiang Li in different ways, but Jiang Li seemed much more silent in comparison. It wasn't a long journey, and Jiang Li felt very tired. Even Jiang Jingrui, who was the loudest in Jiang's residence, was really "quiet" compared to Wen Renyao. I really don't know how this young man who looks as handsome as jade has such a warm temper. Jiang Li swears that as long as Wen Renyao keeps his mouth shut and stands on the side of the street without saying a word, he will attract more eyes than if he finds something to talk to the girl himself.

When the carriage arrived at the gate of the Duke's Mansion, Wen Renyao jumped down, Tong'er and Bai Xue helped Jiang Li get off the carriage, and Wen Renyao asked the concierge to open the gate as soon as he got acquainted.

You're welcome, just like your own home.

The door of the Duke's Mansion opened.

It was the first time for Jiang Li to enter the Duke's mansion in the two lifetimes. There are rumors about the Duke's Mansion, some are eerie, some are glamorous and romantic, a mansion looks like a sacred place for gods, or like an abyss of hell, it is unbearably rumored. When Jiang Li walked in, there was only one feeling, it was beautiful.

Unlike the rich and powerful Ye family, and also different from the clean and elegant Jiang family, the Duke's Mansion is just like its owner, gorgeous and colorful. In the cold winter, the garden of the mansion is still full of colorful flowers. The branches are covered with white snow, and the petals of the petals were carefully brushed away. The more snowy it is, the brighter spring colors are dotted in a piece of silver. Whether it's early spring or severe winter, people can't tell the difference. Just like his master, it is always confusing whether to be passionate or ruthless.

Wen Renyao was used to this for a long time. Seeing Jiang Li carefully staring at the flowers along the way, he said: "The whole house is full of Ji Heng's precious flowers, so don't step on them. To them. Oh, it’s definitely not because they are too precious and Ji Heng spent a lot of money to transplant them. If you step on them, you will be made into flower mud. It’s because most of these flowers are poisonous. If you accidentally get them on your hands , I'm afraid I'm in danger of my life."

"Poisonous?" Jiang Li turned around in surprise.

"Yes." It was Situ Jiuyue who answered, "The more gorgeous things are, the more poisonous they are, and so are flowers."

Jiang Li stopped talking, and after thinking about it, this seemed to be in line with Ji Heng's temperament. Ji Heng is not the one who is willing to spend a lot of money to support him just because he doesn't have it. Besides, he himself said that he only wanted something of value. Toxicity is the value attached to these flowers.

Go through the promenade, the flower beds, and bypass most of the walkways. Jiang Li even saw a martial arts training ground. It is very rare to open up such a large martial arts training ground in the Duke's Mansion. There are some weapons and archery targets scattered on the side. Wen Renyao introduced as if he was a master: "This is the old general's land. Ji Heng was afraid that the old general would hurt his Hua Hua with a knife at home, so he specially allocated a piece of land for the old general."

Jiang Li: "..." Fortunately, the Duke's Mansion is big enough.

There seemed to be no female relatives in the mansion, but as rumored outside, all the servants who came and went were bright and handsome, very seductive to look at. But these servants should have undergone rigorous training. They saw that Ren Yao brought others here, and they all kept their eyes on each other. They each did what they were doing without taking a second look.

Finally, we reached the main hall.

This mansion is considered to be very big, as soon as he walked to the main hall, he heard a burst of laughter coming from inside, the sound was like a bell, it was very exciting to hear.

"Old man—" Wen Renyao shouted affectionately.

Jiang Li stepped into the door and saw an old man in armor sitting in the middle, holding a spear with a red tassel, and holding a flower. Hearing Wen Renyao's words, the old man turned around, the barrel of the gun was too long, almost piercing Wen Renyao's face.

"Boy Yao, when did you go back to Yanjing?" The old man widened his eyes, looked at Situ Jiuyue again, and said, "Yo, Jiuyue is here too!"

Wen Renyao whispered to Jiang Li: "This is the old general, Ji Heng's grandfather."

Jiang Li suddenly realized that for the old general, she only heard his name but not the person, and all she could know was the story of the old general's bravery and combat skills when he was young. At present, it seems that the rumors are true, at least he can still be full of energy at such an age, he should not be a fake tough guy.

But... the old general, Wen Renyao, and Situ Jiuyue also seem to be very familiar. Jiang Li has another understanding of the relationship between these two people and the Ji family.

Wen Renyao and Jiang Li whispered to each other, but all of them fell into the hands of the old general. Only then did he see that there was someone beside Wen Renyao, he took a few steps closer, looked at Jiang Li, and suddenly said: "Boy Yao, I haven't seen you for a few years, and you already have a wife? Which girl is this? You look smart, why did you fall in love with me?"

Wen Renyao: "..."

Jiang Li: "..."

This old man is really rude.

Wen Renyao said: "What are you talking about! Why are you looking at me? What's wrong with me, don't put on such an expression, Beiyan has countless girls who want to marry me , why am I not decent in your old mouth?"

"Pull you down." The old general mercilessly exposed Wen Renyao's lies, "It's just you, don't talk about anything else, my grandson is better than you in everything, he doesn't have a wife, and you have a wife. If it’s not that the girl is blind, what is it?”

Seeing the conversation getting more and more crooked, no one explained his identity. Jiang Li had no choice but to stand up by herself, and said helplessly, "Old General, I am not Mr. Wenren's wife."

There was silence in the room for a while, and suddenly, Old General Ji burst into laughter, which could be heard loudly and loudly by everyone in the courtyard. He said, "I'll just say it!"

Wen Renyao blushed.

"Girl, who are you? Why did you come to the house with Boy Yao? Are you a friend of Jiuyue?" Old General Ji asked.

"Not my friend." Situ Jiuyue denied it very simply, "It's someone Ji Heng knows."

"Ji Heng knows..." Old General Ji's eyes lit up, and he looked at Jiang Li as if a poor man saw a pile of gold. He took a few steps closer and asked, "Girl, are you and brat Ji Heng?" what relationship?"

"Grandfather." Just when Jiang Li was confused by Old General Ji's eager attitude, a cold voice came from outside the door, and when he looked back, it was Ji Heng who walked in with no expression on his face.

In normal times, he either smiled half-smile, or simply smiled seductively, even if it was fake, he never put on such a cold gesture. However, in such a posture, there is a kind of ease that is unique to oneself, the ease of letting go of defense.

"Hey, why is Second Miss Jiang here?" A voice came from behind Ji Heng, this person Jiang Li knew, it was Kong Liu. He was holding a plate of snacks in his hand, and Lu Ji was right behind him.

Why are all the people here? Jiang Li only felt a headache. Did she not read the almanac when she went out today? If she really wanted to talk to Ji Heng, it was in private and she didn't want others to know. But what's the matter? The Duke's Mansion is hosting a family banquet, so now everyone knows that she has come to find Ji Heng uninvited.

"Girl, why are you looking for us, Ah Heng?" Old General Ji refused to let go.

Ji Heng shook the plate in his hand, threw it on the table, and said, "I asked her to come." Before old General Ji could say anything else, he said coldly, "If you ask any more questions, there's nothing to eat."

Old General Ji stopped talking immediately.

Jiang Li glanced at Ji Heng, and felt that he was very weird today, as if he was in a bad mood. Seeing Jiang Li staring at Ji Heng in a daze, Kong Liu moved closer to her and said, "What's wrong with Second Miss Jiang?"

"It's nothing," Jiang Li said, "I just think that Grandpa Guo seems to be very unhappy today, is it... because of me?"

"No." Kong Liu obviously knew the reason, and enthusiastically explained Jiang Li's doubts: "When he is cooking, he is always in a bad mood."

"He cooks?" Jiang Li was shocked.

"Yes." Kong Liu said it as a matter of course, as if it was a matter of course, and he pointed to the table: "It's all done by him, the old man handpicked it, and he has to do it if he doesn't like it. "

It was only then that Jiang Li noticed that the long table in the middle of the main hall was filled with all kinds of dishes, which looked delicious in color and fragrance. It was almost time for dinner, and Kong Liu gestured to Jiangli for the plate in his hand, "Taste one of the dim sum made by the Duke himself?"

Jiang Li involuntarily followed Kong Liu's movements to look into the plate, but saw that the dim sum on the plate was exquisitely made, with lovely colors and a tempting aroma, even more beautiful than those made by the most prosperous pastry shop in Yanjing City .

She felt that all this was ridiculous, and even gave birth to the illusion that everything was not real.

She looked at Ji Heng again, and Ji Heng noticed her gaze, and glanced at Jiang Li lightly.

That glance didn't have the smile she was used to pretending, and it could even be called calm and breezy, but it made Jiang Li feel cold.

Uh, she seems to know another secret of Jiheng, will she be silenced?

Yes! You read that right! The skill points of Grandpa Guo cover cooking! Is there any man with a flirtatious and cheap heart who is a good family man!

By the way, I suddenly discovered that General Ji = General Gay