Marriage of the Di Daughter

"King Cheng knew that Concubine Li was unwilling. He bewitched Concubine Li, and Concubine Li was fooled."

Jiang Li couldn't hide the shock on her face for a while.

She knew that Concubine Li was from Ji's family and was favored by Emperor Hong Xiao, but she never expected that Concubine Li had already colluded with King Cheng. Maybe it wasn't an emotional entanglement, but just a retreat for Li Pin to find for her future. This is a royal secret, at least in this position, Jiang Li can't inquire about the relationship here no matter what. If Ji Heng hadn't said it, Jiang Li would never have thought of going here.

"But... Concubine Li colluded with King Cheng just because the Ji family wanted to send someone into the palace?" Jiang Li asked, "This is unreasonable. After all, Concubine Li is the emperor's favorite concubine, and to King Cheng, she It's not that important. Instead of clinging to become a king, it's better to please the emperor. Even if the girls of Ji's family enter the palace, they will find a way to solve it if they really want to be in the palm of their hands with concubine Li's methods. ...why take the risk?"

"That's your idea." Ji Heng looked at her meaningfully.

Jiang Li paused and said, "Maybe."

"A man without heirs has only one ending in the palace, that is, he will be replaced sooner or later." Ji Heng said lightly: "Concubine Li is a smart person, and she saw this earlier. Besides, in Concubine Li's eyes, The emperor's position may not be secure."

Jiang Li was taken aback: "But Ji's family never stood on Cheng Wang's side!"

"The Ji family is timid," Ji Heng smiled, "Even if they want to stand in line, at most they will stand with your Jiang family. Although Concubine Li is a concubine, to the Ji family, she is still just a married daughter and cannot affect the overall situation. The way Ji Yanlin is an official is timid and fearful. He sees the wind and turns the rudder openly to become king. He is not so bold." Ji Heng's lips curled up, and he took a sip of tea before continuing to speak unhurriedly: "But His daughter is different, much more courageous than him."

"Concubine Li left Ji's family and turned to King Cheng," Jiang Li said, "If King Cheng wins, Ji's family will be saved from disaster, and if things are revealed, Ji's family will also be implicated."

"Things are not so easy to reveal," Ji Heng said: "Ji Yanlin didn't have any accidents, just a concubine, so it won't arouse suspicion."

Jiang Li suddenly thought of something, suddenly realized, and said: "No wonder, no wonder when the case of the Xue family was submitted, King Cheng knew the contents so quickly. At that time, I guessed that there might be an internal response from King Cheng in the palace, but I didn't expect... ...I didn't expect this person to be Li Pin."

To be able to see the secret document presented by Ye Shijie must be someone very close to Emperor Hong Xiao. Jiang Li even thought about serving as a servant, but she never suspected Concubine Li. After all, Concubine Li was favored by the emperor, so no matter how she looked at it, she would never betray the emperor. Hearing Ji Heng tell the truth at this moment, Jiang Li felt emotional, but she didn't know whether to feel that people's hearts are fickle, or that she is not as good as Concubine Li to plan ahead and find a way out in advance.

"However, the emperor knew about this, so why didn't he attack Concubine Li?" Jiang Li asked. Any emperor who knows that his woman is in collusion with someone who covets his throne, I'm afraid he can't bear it. If it must be endured, besides praising the person's extraordinary willpower, there must be a reason.

But no matter how you look at it, Jiang Li couldn't find a reason. Maybe Emperor Hong Xiao didn't know about it at all? It's just a suspicion, not verified.

Ji Heng didn't answer Jiang Li's words, but just looked at her with a smile, and didn't mean to explain her doubts, as if she wanted her to figure it out for herself.

Jiang Li thought for a while, then asked hesitantly: "Your Majesty wants to become king?"

Ji Heng's eyes shrank slightly, and soon, he was back to normal, he asked casually: "What do you say?"

"If His Majesty wants to deal with King Cheng sooner or later, he must find a suitable reason. Although King Cheng is cunning, he does not show any traces of his actions. Except for Princess Yongning's domineering, he has not left any excuses among the people. It is to deal with it. For the time being If you can't find a reason to launch it rashly, maybe you will be bitten by King Cheng. If you keep Concubine Li, maybe one day when King Cheng confronts His Majesty, this incident can become a 'criminal evidence' to make it easier to clean up King Cheng. It's a matter of course."

Ji Heng smiled: "Jiang Yuanbai taught you these too?"

Jiang Li was taken aback for a moment, then lowered her eyes: "It's just hearsay."

His smile was even more playful: "What you hear is better than those who are in it."

Jiang Li sighed, her father was a minister of the Ministry of Industry, a man of great talent, although he hid his edge, but under the influence of her ears and eyes since she was a child, she could see farther than ordinary girls. Fortunately, Jiang Yuanbai was also a veteran of the imperial court, so Jiang Yuanbai could be used to block anything in daily life. If Jiang Yuanbai was just a commoner, she would not be able to explain the unreasonable things about her anyway.

Ji Heng's words were a tacit consent to her thoughts.

This was somewhat beyond Jiang Li's expectation. Emperor Hong Xiao was able to tolerate even the humiliation in front of him for the sake of future events. From this point of view, the past love for Concubine Li was probably a bit of an act. Such an emperor, Cheng Wang is really an opponent? Or maybe Hong Xiaodi is the oriole in the praying mantis catching cicada?

"Is Your Majesty planning to attack King Cheng?" Jiang Li asked nervously, "If that's the case, how will the Jiang family deal with themselves?"

"It's not against King Cheng, it's waiting for King Cheng to do it."

Jiang Li wondered: "Cheng Wang can't wait now?"

"Can't wait?" Ji Heng asked back, "Why didn't you have a plan in mind, and then act?"

Jiang Li sneered. This time, she didn't hide her sarcasm anymore, and said without hesitation: "I think it's not King Cheng who is ready, but Your Majesty."

The Emperor Hong Xiao, who always seemed weak, and the emperor who would lose his position at any time under the background of King Cheng, now it seems that he may not be really weak. It's just waiting in secret, waiting for an opportunity to win Chengwang in one fell swoop, so that everyone can see clearly whose world Beiyan is now.

"Behind King Cheng is me." Ji Heng reminded.

"You are behind His Majesty." Jiang Li replied.

"Then whose side do you think I'm on?" Ji Heng asked with great interest.

Jiang Li was silent, shook her head and said, "I don't know, all I know is that I will stand by the Duke's side."

"You're lying." The young man said calmly.

"I didn't." Jiang Li's eyes were firm.

The girl's tone was not serious, and could even be called gentle, but it was this kind of gentle persistence that always made people feel lonely and tragic, and made people feel soft-hearted.

Ji Heng's eyes flashed: "What if I'm interested in that position?"

"I will stand on the side of the Duke." Jiang Li said.

Ji Heng was silent, the smile on his mouth disappeared, his eyes gradually became sharper, almost aggressive. Jiang Li didn't give in at all, and persisted stubbornly.

After a long while, Ji Heng looked away, and cursed with a smile, "Your welcome!"

In Jiang Li's heart, she was slightly relieved.

Although Ji Heng wants a balanced court, he still doesn't know why. But Jiang Li could also vaguely sense that Ji Heng was not very interested in the emperor's position. Although he seems to like gorgeous and complicated things, his actions are not tactful, even rough. If you want the position of emperor, you can use a simpler way, instead of being so crooked, you don't know what he is doing.

But why he did what he did now is still a mystery. Jiang Li couldn't help but think of his biological mother Yu Hongye and General Jin Wu, whose life was also very mysterious. Maybe what he wants to do has something to do with his parents, but these are too private for Jiang Li to explore.

Perhaps it is best not to explore.

When Ji Heng said that the emperor would become a king in the future, he didn't have much emotion. It can be seen that he will probably not intervene in this matter, and this may be one of the scenarios he expected. If it was said that Ji Heng wanted to maintain a stable state of the three parties before, it now shows that he is ready for the balance of the situation between the DPRK and China to be broken.

What is the reason?

"What you want to ask me today is about Concubine Li?" Ji Heng's words brought Jiang Li back from her thoughts.

She hurriedly said: "There is one more thing, I really don't understand. The whole Jiang family was not allowed to spread the truth about Ji Shuran's death. But it still got out, and everyone suspected that I did it, but it wasn't What I did. My father also sent people to investigate, but they didn’t find any clues. I want to ask the Duke, if Zhao Ke can help to investigate, how did the news leak out?”

"I see that you are very familiar with whistle blowing," Ji Heng said deliberately teasing her: "If you want to tell Zhao Ke to do something, just say it directly, why ask me?"

Jiang Li was a little embarrassed. She had blown the whistle more frequently in the past few days, and Zhao Ke used it with ease, saying: "After all, Zhao Ke is from the Duke's mansion, and the master is also the Duke of the country. It is natural to ask him to do something. It must be approved by the Duke of the country."

Ji Heng smiled lightly: "Yes." After a pause, he said again: "Isn't it good?"

Jiang Li was taken aback: "What's wrong?"

"It's a good thing for you to have Ji Shuran's past exposed." Ji Heng said calmly, "You don't have to bear the infamy."

"It looks like this, but I don't think the person who did this was out of anger for me. Now everyone suspects that I did it, and the Jiang family's reputation has been damaged. If this incident is aimed at my father, I'm afraid it's not very good. This means that someone in the Jiang family's mansion cooperates with outsiders and damages the reputation of the Jiang family. The Duke of the country knows that it is difficult to prevent internal traitors."

"You suspect it's for Jiang Yuanbai?"

"To be precise, I suspect that I have something to do with King Cheng." Jiang Li sighed, "After all, the Jiang family and the Li family were at odds before, and now King Cheng is eyeing me because of the Xue family case."

Ji Heng looked at the girl in front of her, she seemed to be very distressed, her brows were furrowed, but the corners of her lips were still relaxed, probably thinking that the predicament in front of her was just a temporary one, and she could solve it. She has this confidence.

"Let's go and investigate," Ji Heng raised his eyebrows and said, "With me, no one can take your life away."

Jiang Li was stunned for a moment, smiled slightly, and said, "Thank you."

...

When he came out of the Duke's mansion, Wen Renyao also borrowed flowers to offer Buddha, and asked Jiang Li to bring a whole box of snacks, all made by Ji Heng himself.

Jiang Li didn't look at Ji Heng's face, thinking that the other party's face was not very good either. Regarding the dignified Duke's ability to wash his hands and make soup, he did a pretty good job. If this news gets out, it will be the same as the news about the collusion between Concubine Li and King Cheng, and something big will happen. So Jiang Li decided to let today's matter rot in her stomach and not say anything to anyone. After all, she doesn't know how to hold up a ghost, and she can't predict her own death like Wen Renyao.

However, the day of the winter solstice did not pass as desertedly as she had thought before. First met Ah Zhao, then went to Ye's Mansion, and had a lively time in the Duke's Mansion. So much so that when she returned to Jiang's house, Jiang Li was not used to such a cold atmosphere for a while.

Accidents happened one after another this winter, and a few people were killed. Recently, the two brothers Jiang Yuanbai and Jiang Yuanping were busy dealing with the malice from their colleagues. The mansion was no different from usual, and Jiang Li didn't cause much trouble, and went straight back to Fangfei Garden after returning.

After returning, Tonger put away the box of snacks that she brought from the Duke's mansion. Jiang Li looked at it. If it wasn't for food or jewelry, Tonger would lock it up and put it in the treasure house.

Bai Xue actually followed Tong'er to join in the fun, saying: "This snack is very precious, it must not be eaten with ordinary tea, but good tea must be used."

"What kind of tea is the tea in the Duke's Mansion?" Tong'er deliberately lowered her voice, not to let others hear that her girl is close to the Duke's Mansion.

Jiang Li said indifferently: "That's a tribute tea from the emperor."

I thought this sentence would make the two girls go crazy, but Bai Xue asked with a serious face: "Then let's find a way to ask the master for a little bit, the master should also get a little bit."

It made Jiang Li dumbfounded.

Just when there was a mess, Mingyue walked in from the outside and said with a smile, "Bai Xue, here is your letter."

When Bai Xue heard it, she was very happy. Letters from Bai Xue's family did not come frequently, and sometimes it took two or three months to wait for one. There is no one in their family who can read, so they have to go to Zhuangzi, dozens of miles away, to find Mr. Runbi to do it for them. My family is poor, and every time I write a letter, I need a string of copper coins, so I cherish it very much.

These days, Bai Xue also recognized more with Jiang Li, and happily hid in the corner with the letter to read. Tong'er looked at Bai Xue's back and said: "She is very happy this time. She told me a few days ago that it was almost the end of the year and she hadn't received a letter from her family. I am afraid that her daughter has been forgotten by the family. But now It's a relief, the family is thinking about it."

Jiang Li smiled, and the people around her felt happy, so she was naturally happy for it.

After a while, Bai Xue came back after reading the letter. Seeing her smiling, Jiang Li must be saying that everything is fine at home. Tonger joked, "Why are you so happy? It's like picking up money."

"My sister-in-law gave me a new nephew." Bai Xue said with a smile, "This is a happy event."

"It's really a happy event." Jiang Li was also happy when she heard the words, and said: "I'll go get some silver later, and you can ask someone to bring it back to your house as a wedding gift."

Bai Xue quickly waved her hands and said, "No, the girl has already taken care of the servants very well on weekdays, besides, there is enough food and drink at home now."

"This is my intention. If you refuse, it will be unreasonable." Jiang Li insisted.

"Young lady rewarded you, just take it." Tong'er also persuaded: "In the future, just remember the goodness of the young lady and be loyal to the young lady."

Bai Xue thought for a while, and probably felt that if she refused again, she would appear ignorant of good and evil, so she smiled ashamedly: "My servant thanked the girl for her kindness on behalf of my brother and sister-in-law." Suddenly she thought of something, and said: "By the way, the girl last time I asked the servant girl if there is a girl named Haitang in her hometown, the servant’s family has been inquiring about it, and this time it was also written in the letter, there is news."

Jiang Li was startled, and stood up suddenly: "What did you say?"

Tonger and Baixue were taken aback by her. They didn't expect Jiangli to have such a big reaction. Baixue soon realized that the news about this girl named Haitang should be very important to Jiangli. For others to read, he handed the letter in his hand to Jiang Li: "It's all written in the letter, let's take a look, girl."

Jiang Li couldn't wait to open the letter to read. Tong'er was standing beside her, seeing Jiang Li's hands trembling with sharp eyes, Tong'er was surprised, the letter paper was so light, how could Jiang Li not hold it steady?

Jiang Li couldn't hide the excitement in her heart. When she was Xue Fangfei, she was imprisoned in the mansion because of being plotted by Yongning, and she was burdened with infamy, so she faintly sensed that this matter might be a conspiracy. Immediately afterwards, her two personal servant girls were beaten to death by Shen's mother, Jiang Li didn't even have time to stop her, and there was only one corpse left when she went. The remaining two were secretly "driven" out of the house by Jiang Li on charges of theft.

When Shen's mother found out the news, she rushed back to question her, but she refused to speak even to the death, only saying that the maid took her money and ran away by herself. Shen's mother had no choice but to report to the official, but the official searched the surroundings, but could not find any trace of the two maids, so she had to give up.

Xue Fangfei didn't think much about it at the time, but felt that with the habits of the Shen family, no matter whether there was a conspiracy or not, since they believed that they had done a "scandalous thing", they would definitely anger the maids around them. These maidservants have grown up with him since childhood, they are like sisters, the dead cannot be brought back to life, but the living ones may be able to gain a chance. As long as Du Juan and Haitang escaped, he wouldn't be considered a burden to them, and he might have a chance in the future, and he could make plans again.

Who knows that this farewell will be forever.

Seeing Baixue at first glance, although Baixue's appearance is not good-looking, she is strong and can easily recognize a few words. The most important thing is that she comes from Zaohua Village, which is Haitang's hometown. Jiang Li was lucky She thought in her heart that if she could get news about Haitang from Bai Xue, it would be a good thing for her.

But Jiang Li knew that this might be too small. Although the Shen family didn't know where Haitang's hometown was, it wasn't possible that Princess Yongning wouldn't find out by means. If Princess Yongning also knew about this and sent some people to investigate, Hai Tang and Du Juan are two weak women. Although the world is big, it is difficult to hide.

It was originally a very slim hope, but now she suddenly got news, telling her that this hope might be realistic. The joy in Jiang Li's heart was like knowing that Xue Huaiyuan was still alive, and it was hard to hide her expression.

She read the letter quickly, looking at ten lines at a glance, but her gaze sank.

Good things are always accompanied by bad things. Bai Xue's family said in the letter that Bai Xue asked them to find out that there was indeed a family whose daughter was named Haitang next to Ximi shop in Zaohua Village. It's just that the parents of that family have long since died, and now there are only two teenagers. I heard that their elder sister, the girl named Haitang, has been working as a maid for the official lady many years ago.

A few months ago, a girl came to Zaohua Village. She didn't know her name, and she didn't know her relationship with those two boys, so she lived in the boy's house. Occasionally, Bai Xue's family passed by, and when they heard the two teenagers calling the girl 'sister', they wondered if it was the Haitang that Bai Xue asked to inquire about before.

However, according to what Jiang Li described, Bai Xue told her family that the Begonia girl was tall, thin, fair and clean, and looked pretty good, but this new girl was not. Although he is considered tall and thin, his appearance is extremely ugly, especially there are two long knife marks on his cheeks, the flesh is turned out, which is very terrifying. At the end of the letter, Father Bai Xue was still very strange, and wanted to say that if this girl with a scar on her face could be the maid of an official lady, then it would not be surprising that Bai Xue could be the personal maid of a high official.

Jiang Li could hardly grasp the letter paper in her hand. She settled down and read the letter twice, especially the part about Haitang. .

But how did Haitang become like this? Where did the cuckoo go? Bai Xuepai mentioned in the letter that a strange girl came to Zaohua Village, but there was only one person, not two people. At that time, she let Haitang and Du Juan escape together. Du Juan was helpless and could not go to other places. He would definitely stay with Haitang. But now there is only Haitang left. Could it be that Du Juan... Jiang Li didn't dare to think about it, especially when she learned that Haitang's face was ruined, she couldn't help but think wildly. Could it be that these two girls were murdered? Or did something bad happen on the way to escape? The more I think about it, the more difficult it is to let go, Jiang Li's face is extremely ugly.

Both Tong'er and Bai Xue rarely saw Jiang Li's expression like this, and they all looked at each other in unison, both at a loss. Especially Tong Er, she almost grew up with Jiang Li, she knows everything about Jiang Li. But she never knew that there was a maid called Haitang, let alone the relationship between Haitang and Jiangli, which could affect the girl's emotions so far, and she became even more curious about this Haitang who had never masked her face.

Jiang Li said: "Bai Xue, go get ready, I'll go to Ye Mansion."

"Ah?" Bai Xue was taken aback, and reminded: "Girl, you have already been to Ye Mansion today, and you just came back from Ye Mansion."

Jiang Li just came back to her senses, yes, she has already been to Ye Mansion today, although she actually stayed in the Duke’s Mansion for a long time, but in the eyes of the Jiang family, Jiang Li went to Ye Mansion when she went out in the morning. Only came back in the evening. Now that he has to go out to Ye Mansion again, it can't be justified.

Jiang Li pressed the button to feel sick, she was confused, and said: "Then go to Ye Mansion tomorrow morning." She must send someone to Zaohua Village as soon as possible to bring Haitang to Yanjing City. First of all, she doesn't know what's going on with Haitang, and it may not be safe to stay in Zaohua Village. If she can find Haitang's trace, so can Princess Yongning. Second, if the adulterous relationship between Shen Yurong and Yongning is revealed, the truth about Xue Fangfei's adultery case will be revealed. To testify that Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning conspired to kill their heirs, Haitang is a very important witness.

So no matter what, she had to bring Haitang back. After much deliberation, she had no one available in the Jiang family, so she had to go to the Ye family to borrow someone. After all, Ye Mingyu has a lot of Jianghu brothers. As long as Ye Mingyu's people go to pick up Haitang, there should be no problem.

"Girl, are you okay?" Bai Xue asked cautiously.

"It's okay." Jiang Li forced a smile to her, "Bai Xue, let me burn this letter from home for you."

Bai Xue nodded: "But it's up to the girl to handle." Although she didn't know how important the contents of the letter were, judging by Jiang Li's expression, it seemed that the news about the Haitang girl was not an easy matter. Since I don't know, let Jiangli handle it.

Jiang Li walked to the stove and threw the letter in. Seeing the flames climbed up and devoured the letter paper with nothing left, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She sat down at the desk again.

Probably after the shock just now, he calmed down now, and realized that his thinking was wrong.

Ye Mingyu is certainly a person from the world, but because of his relationship, I'm afraid that Princess Yongning's people will also stare at Ye's mansion. Once Ye Mingyu makes any movement, Princess Yongning will definitely send someone to follow him. This way, the existence of Haitang will inevitably be exposed. Besides, if Ye Mingyu went to Zaohua Village in person, there would be no one in the Ye Mansion to take care of Xue Huaiyuan. If Yongning made trouble secretly, it would be hard to say that Xue Huaiyuan would be murdered. If Ye Mingyu didn't go to Zaohua Village in person, Jiang Li wouldn't trust anyone else either.

The most important thing is that although Ye Mingyu has excellent martial arts skills, it is hard to say whether he will win or lose against the killer that Yongning found. If both losers, Ye Mingyu has a mistake because of this, and Jiang Li will regret it. She really loves this uncle, and she also hopes that Ye Mingyu will be healthy and good all the time.

It's not right to look for Ye Mingyu, who is better to look for?

When Jiang Li was hesitating, her fingertips touched the porcelain whistle in her sleeve.

By the way, she still has Zhao Ke. Although Zhao Ke was alone, Zhao Ke was from the Duke's Mansion, and Ji Heng was still talking to her today and asked her to blow the whistle to her heart's content. If Ye Mingyu might not be able to deal with Princess Yongning's killer, the situation would be quite different if he was replaced by someone from the Duke's Mansion. Jiang Li was very sure that firstly, the people from the Duke's Mansion would not let this matter leak out, and secondly, if it really leaked out, even if they confronted each other on the road, Yongning's men and horses would not be able to deal with the people from the Duke's Mansion.

After much deliberation, it is the best choice to find Zhao Ke to do this matter, or to find Zhao Ke, and let Zhao Ke find someone he can trust to do this matter.

The only bad thing about this matter is that Ji Heng already knew of Haitang's existence, and he would definitely have doubts about her relationship with Haitang. Why did he investigate Haitang, and he would always find out the inextricable connection between her and Xue Fangfei.

But it is impossible to do everything in one thing, and we will talk about it in the future. Right now, she must find Haitang.

Jiang Li blew the whistle.

It's the last day of June! Let's spend another June together!