Marriage of the Di Daughter

On the second day, Jiang Li decided to go to the Duke's Mansion.

The Jiang family thought she was going to see Ye Mingyu, so they let her go easily. Jiang Li did go to Ye's house first to meet Ye Mingyu and Ye Shijie, and to visit Xue Huaiyuan. Xue Huaiyuan is better now than before. Now it's not like when I first came to Yanjing City, I always danced and danced like a child. These days, he looks like an adult, but he often sits on the sidelines and doesn't know what to think.

If, as Situ Jiuyue said, Xue Huaiyuan is getting better little by little, maybe one day he will be able to remember the past when he thinks about it. Regarding the coming of this day, Jiang Li is both happy and scared. She is happy that this means that she can recognize her father. What is afraid is that her father is old and how will he be able to bear the misfortune of the Xue family in the past six months.

After leaving Ye's house, Jiang Li asked someone to drive a carriage to the vicinity of the Duke's Mansion, and arrived at the gate of the Duke's Mansion. Last night, she had made an agreement with Ji Heng to come and see Haitang today.

The handsome boy at the gate of the Duke's mansion opened the door to welcome him as soon as he saw Jiang Li coming. Both Tong'er and Bai Xue were surprised, thinking when their daughter had been honored as a guest of honor by the Duke's Mansion, or if they had become so familiar with each other that they were almost the same as entering Ye's house.

Jiang Li didn't think too much, and stepped in directly.

She has a good memory, and she can walk the road a second time without being reminded. Therefore, she easily bypassed the complicated corridors of the Duke's Mansion and walked to the yard in front of Ji Heng's study. Every time she and Ji Heng met, if they were in the house, they would be in this study.

She wanted to see Ji Heng first and tell Ji Heng that she was here. Never thought that there was only one Wen Ji outside, Wen Ji looked at her and said: "My lord is going out today, and he will come back at night. Before leaving, I told my subordinates to come and go directly to the west room, where Miss Haitang lives. In the west room. Miss Jiuyue is also at the house today, after Miss Jiang Er has seen Miss Haitang, if she still wants to see Miss Jiuyue, come here again to find a subordinate, and the subordinate will take Miss to see Miss Jiuyue."

Jiang Li was a little surprised, but Ji Heng was not there. But although he is not here, he has already arranged everything, which is really very thoughtful. Jiang Li said: "Then thank you Brother Wen Ji."

Wen Jilian said he didn't dare, and brought Jiang Li to the door of the west room, saying: "This is the west room."

Jiang Li nodded, asked Tong'er and Bai Xue to guard the door, pushed the door open and walked in.

In the room, Haitang was sitting in front of the table and wiping the table. She was very uncomfortable staying in the Duke's mansion, she was the one who served others, never had anyone else served her. In addition, most of the people in the Duke's mansion are servants, so it is really not suitable for her to be with her. So she politely declined the servant who arranged for her, and took care of her own daily life alone.

It's just that I don't know what to do on weekdays, let alone what to do, and I have no one to talk to, so I have to find some work to do by myself.

Hearing movement outside, Haitang turned around abruptly, and was taken aback when she saw Jiang Li. She still remembered Jiang Li's identity, and quickly got up to salute, "Second Miss Jiang."

Jiang Li looked at Haitang's face carefully, although Situ Jiuyue kept saying that she was a poisoner and not good at healing, but the two horrible scars on Haitang's face could not be seen at this moment. Smooth and delicate, it coincides with the delicate girl in Jiang Li's mind in the past.

Haitang also sensed that Jiang Li was looking at her face, couldn't help reaching out to touch her face, smiled at Jiang Li, and said: "The scars on the servant girl's face are all healed, thanks to Miss Jiuyue's medical skills, and It's exactly the same as before."

"Yeah," Jiang Li sighed, "it's not a little different."

Haitang felt a little strange when she heard the words, Jiang Li's tone of voice seemed as if she had seen her before. This is impossible. But she thought that Jiang Li was expressing her feelings, so she didn't think much about it.

"How are you doing here these few days?" Jiang Li asked, "Do you still have the habit of living here?"

"Everything is fine in the Duke's Mansion," Haitang lowered her head, "it's just that slaves are not used to doing nothing. Miss Jiang Er," she suddenly raised her head and looked at Jiang Li firmly, "Miss Jiang Er said that day, As long as the servant is alive, it can become evidence to avenge the young lady. The servant boldly guesses that Miss Jiang Er wants to clear the young lady of the trumped-up charges and expose the real culprit to the public. The servant hopes to do her part. I don’t know when the second miss Jiang plans to Do it?"

Her tone was calm, but there was an uncontrollable eagerness in her eyes. Jiang Li sighed in her heart, Haitang is the most loyal and rational, and now she is reborn not long after the catastrophe, but she is still thinking about her own affairs.

"It's not urgent," Jiang Li said, "I'm already making preparations. When I need you, you will naturally show up."

"Slaves... now in this world, I don't know who to trust, and I don't know who to talk to." Haitang said in a daze: "In the past, when the Xue family was still there, the master, the young master, and the young lady were all slaves. But now, the master is crazy, the young master and the young lady are dead, and the sisters of the slaves are also dead or scattered, the world is so big, there is no place for slaves." She laughed at herself: " The servant girl was sold to be a servant girl since she was five years old, and she had already lost contact with her family. Later, when she returned to Zaohua Village, although she had two younger brothers, she was not close to her. Besides, I couldn’t tell them about these things.”

Jiang Li can empathize with Haitang. For Haitang, everything in the past no longer exists. Even if she wants to start from scratch, she doesn't know how to start from scratch. For Yan Jingcheng, she is almost a stranger, without friends and family, and without Xue Fangfei.

"Haitang," Jiang Li said softly, "after Xue Fangfei's case is over, and the murderer is punished, you don't have to be afraid that someone will recognize your identity and kill you. At that time, I will send you to Ye's house, and you will serve Xue Fangfei." The magistrate."

Upon hearing this, Haitang said, "Really?"

"Really." Jiang Li said. Xue Xiancheng should have someone to take care of him. But Jiang Li can't trust anyone now. Ye Mingyu can take care of her, but he is a rough man and not careful. If Haitang was by Xue Huaiyuan's side, she would naturally take care of Xue Huaiyuan in every possible way. And for Haitang, Xue Huaiyuan is a close person, and it can also make her feel that she is not so lonely and useless.

Haitang said: "Miss Jiang Er, I, I really can't repay you." She was a little incoherent.

Jiang Li patted her hand, and said softly: "Don't do this, I didn't do this for you to repay me. If I want to get something, it's nothing more than punishment for the murderer. If you feel sorry, or think you owe me Liang Duo, you might as well think of it this way, I am the same as your enemy, and helping you is only for myself, isn't it much easier to think this way?" She smiled.

Haitang stared blankly at the girl in front of her, she was still very young, her skin was as white as snow. Speaking of which, although she is also smart and lovely, she is not as attractive as her own young lady. But Haitang also felt that there seemed to be the shadow of Xue Fangfei in this girl's gestures.

Especially her smile, which seems to be soothing and reassuring.

Just like her miss.

Inexplicably, Haitang became close to the young lady in front of her.

Jiang Li told her again: "Don't think about anything these days. Although you can't leave the house, it's for your safety. If the people of Princess Yongning see that you are still alive, I'm afraid they will do everything possible to harm you. If you must If you want to go out for something, please ask Wen Ji to go with you, but it’s better not to.” When she said this, she seemed a little embarrassed: “I am not as familiar with the Duke as you think, this I also brazenly bothered him a lot during the past few days, so..."

Haitang is a smart girl, she immediately said: "This servant knows that this servant will not make things difficult for Second Miss."

Jiang Li heaved a sigh of relief, talked to Haitang again, comforted her for a while, and then left the room.

Wen Ji outside the door was still guarding, Jiang Li stepped forward and said, "I want to meet Miss Jiuyue, can brother Wen Ji introduce me?"

Wen Ji agreed and led her to walk in another direction.

Situ Jiuyue was concocting medicine in the room, probably for refining medicine, she should still use local materials, and there were a lot of flowers in the silver bucket next to her. Looking very familiar, Jiang Li remembered, aren't these flowers the same as those in the flower garden of the Duke's Mansion?

Those flowers are highly poisonous, and they happen to be used by Situ Jiuyue as medicine. She was dressed in black amidst the bright colors of the room, but she didn't look strange.

Jiang Li said: "Miss Jiuyue."

Situ Jiuyue turned around and saw it was her, so he put down the things in his hands and said, "You're here."

Looking at her, she seemed to have known that Jiang Li would come.

"I went to see Haitang just now, and her face is already healed. Thanks to Miss Jiuyue for her medical skills, it's really amazing." Jiang Li thanked her with a smile.

"As I said before, I'm not a doctor. I used the method of fighting poison with poison to cure her face." Situ Jiuyue said nonchalantly, "It was her own hard work. A little maid was able to survive it. I also Very surprised."

In short, she is not willing to accept other people's kindness easily, even if she does something good, she still has to put on an appearance of doing it smoothly. Jiang Li smiled. The princess of Molan experienced great changes and was displaced. It would be strange if she gave her sincerity to others so easily. Protecting herself with such a cold attitude may be Situ Jiuyue's way of life.

Situ Jiuyue looked at Jiang Li and asked, "I heard from Ji Heng that you are looking for a medicine to cause false pregnancy?"

"Exactly." Jiang Li replied, "Maybe Miss Jiuyue can make it?"

"Of course." When it comes to this aspect, Situ Jiuyue has always been confident. She said: "Fifteen days, within fifteen days, I will be able to refine it. After refining this medicine, people will take it , is no different from an ordinary woman who is pregnant, even if the palace doctor comes to take the pulse, there is nothing wrong with it."

Jiang Li was overjoyed, and said, "That's the best."

"However, this medicine can only be used for three months. After three months, all the signs will disappear. If you ask someone to take the pulse, you will find that there is no sign of pregnancy. You have to take this into consideration when you want to do something."

Situ Jiuyue didn't ask who Jiang Li was going to use this medicine on and why. This might have something to do with Situ Jiuyue's indifferent temperament. But this also saves Jiang Li the effort to explain to her.

"Three months is enough." Jiang Li said with a smile: "This time I have to trouble Miss Jiuyue again."

"It's not really troublesome, Ji Heng paid me money, so I will naturally handle things well." Situ Jiuyue glanced at Jiang Li and said, "You are really good at making Ji Heng help like this. "

Jiang Li was surprised: "Paid the money?"

She never knew about it, but after Situ Jiuyue said this, he turned around and continued refining medicine. Jiang Li didn't want to disturb her, so she retreated from the room and closed the door gently.

The purpose of coming to the Duke's Mansion today has also been achieved, and Ji Heng is not here, so it is useless to stay here. Jiang Li said a few words to Wen Ji, and Wen Ji led her out of the house.

When passing by the yard, suddenly a black thing flashed by, only the sound of flapping wings was heard, the thing landed on the top of the lantern under the eaves, looked at Jiang Li, opened its mouth and shouted: "Fang Fei Fang Fei!"

Jiang Li was startled, and followed the prestige, only to see that starling in Shen's residence was facing her, shouting enthusiastically and cheerfully.

For a moment, Jiang Li didn't think of the starling calling herself "Fang Fei", but said in surprise: "Why is it here?"

"This is a bird raised by adults, called Xiaohong." Wen Ji said.

Jiang Li: "Xiaohong?"

She suddenly remembered that when Ji Heng left last night, she said to her, "You can also see Xiaohong." At that time, she was still wondering who Xiaohong was, but before she had time to ask, Ji Heng had already left. She thought Xiaohong was someone she knew, but she didn't expect it to be this starling!

Wait, hasn't it been pinched to death by Ji Heng?

When he was in Shen's mansion, this starling was so noisy that Ji Heng wanted to kill the birds and kill the mouth. Jiang Li also watched helplessly as he pinched the starling in his palm and slowly clenched it tightly. Thinking that he was killed, I was very sad in my heart. Looking at it now, it turns out that Ji Heng didn't kill the bird, but brought the bird back to the Duke's mansion, and gave it a completely unrelated name——Xiaohong?

This is simply a black starling!

Jiang Li raised her head and looked at Wen Ji, who was still as cold as ice. At this time, Xiao Hong cheerfully called her "Fang Fei Fang Fei" twice.

Jiang Li: "..." She was still a little incredulous, how did the bird recognize her?

But no matter what, she couldn't stay here for long. She stopped looking at Xiaohong and said: "I'll leave first." She left the Duke's mansion by herself.

Sitting in the carriage, Jiang Li thought about everything she encountered in the Duke's Mansion today, and felt a little ridiculous.

What is the situation? She didn't know why.

...

In the Wangxian Building in Yanjing City, the room by the window was booked early, just like in the past.

Kong Liu just came back from the outside, so thirsty, he picked up the teapot on the table and took a sip. That small pot of tea was very precious, worth hundreds of taels of silver, and he drank it like a cow chewing peonies. Lu Ji's eyelids trembled as he watched, feeling helpless.

"I said, the news from Yuzhou has come." Kong Liu looked at the young man in red, "I'm afraid that Prince Cheng is going to make a move. We have to be ready at any time. What is the emperor saying?"

"Follow the original plan." Lu Ji replied, "The key is when and how King Cheng will act."

"The altar." Ji Heng said, "It's a good opportunity for the emperor to climb the mountain to worship the heavens on May 18."

"King Cheng wants to give the emperor to—" Kong Liu gestured to wipe his neck, "Yes, it's ruthless enough, just like King Cheng!"

"Why don't I turn around and help the spirit to see if there will be any bloodshed on May 18?" Wen Renyao interjected.

"Don't meddle with the magic stick, everyone knows that your calculations are inaccurate." Kong Liu said with disgust: "It's useless, it's better to rely on yourself."

"In short, all forces are on the stage now," Lu Ji knocked on the table, "But if the emperor liquidates Chengwang this time, will the Jiang family be liquidated next?"

"No." Ji Heng's tone was very certain.

Several people in the room looked at him.

The corner of his lips twitched, "The big ones haven't been cleaned yet, how can I care about the small ones."

Everyone chewed his words silently, but they couldn't figure out why, they were all at a loss. At this moment, a guard walked in from outside and said to Ji Heng, "Ye Mingyu sent someone to guard the gate of Xiao Deyin's mansion. It seems that they will attack within two days."

"Alas?" Wen Renyao couldn't help but said, "Isn't Ye Mingyu the uncle of Miss Jiang Er? Why are they guarding Xiao Deyin?"

"Xiao Deyin seems to be the teacher of the piano in Mingyi Hall." Kong Liu touched his chin, "Is there any festival?"

Lu Ji chuckled: "Ye Mingyu and Xiao Deyin have no grievances or enmity. Where did the festival come from? It must be Miss Jiang Er's intention. Ye Mingyu obeys Miss Jiang Er's words, but he doesn't know the relationship between Miss Jiang Er and Xiao Deyin. In the meantime, what happened." He looked at Ji Heng, and Ji Heng was the only one who had the closest relationship with Miss Jiang Er.

"Maybe Xiao Deyin was too strict with Miss Jiang in the past, and Miss Jiang was bitter, but it's not right, Miss Jiang is not such a stingy person, besides, she got the first place in the six arts examination, Qin It’s not bad at playing, even the old man Mianju praised it, so it’s pretty good. What’s wrong with that?”

Ji Heng ignored them, but told the guards: "Find some people to watch over the people Ye Mingyu sent, and don't let them cause trouble."

This is what it means to help Ye Mingyu deal with the aftermath.

The guards took the order to leave, and several people looked at each other in blank dismay. Kong Liu asked, "My lord, what does this mean? Is there any deal you can't make secretly?"

Ji Heng glanced at him, and said calmly: "Drink your tea." But thinking in her heart, Jiang Li moved very quickly, and she didn't give Xiao Deyin any time. She was in such a hurry and couldn't wait to do these things, just to bring down Shen Yurong and Yongning.

But why the haste? What reason can make her so anxious?

His thin lips were red, and he picked up the tea and took a sip, his lowered eyes covered his deep thoughts, no one noticed.

...

It was getting dark.

Sitting in the room, Xiao Deyin looked at the lights gradually turning on outside, feeling very disappointed.

The more you are afraid of something, the more you can't let go of it. Ever since she saw someone talking about "Guan Shanyue" in front of the door, she thought of Xue Fangfei many times. Even though she tried her best not to think about what happened in the past, the nightmare followed her everywhere. She even had a nightmare, in which Xue Fangfei was standing beside her, looking at her mockingly, dressed in white, and slowly approaching her.

It was as if he wanted to catch her and go to the dark hell together.

Xiao Deyin woke up with a start, breaking out in a cold sweat, which startled the maids, thinking that her coldness had worsened, and the room was full of the bitter smell of medicine.

While sitting on the couch, Xiao Deyin couldn't help thinking that after Xue Fangfei's incident, he never went out again, and the time when he was lingering on the sick bed was not much different from what he is now. I just don't know what was going on in Xue Fangfei's mind at that time, maybe it was thinking about what was going on, maybe it was because her heart was ashamed, or maybe it was thinking about who the real murderer was, and then she thought about what happened in her head. superior.

She couldn't help shivering.

Xiao Deyin called the servant girl and said, "I want to go out for a walk."

The servant girl said: "Sir, you are not in good health yet, so you can't walk around."

"Nothing," Xiao Deyin replied, "I'm just walking around, not going too far. You stay with me, I feel really bored in the house."

She thought she couldn't stay in the house all the time. Staying in the house always made her think wildly, thinking of those palpitating memories of the past. There seemed to be Xue Fangfei's dead soul in this room, she was afraid of being haunted by evil spirits, and she was also afraid that Xue Fangfei would find her.

She had to go to crowded places, soak up the vitality of people, look at the lively market, and then tell herself that everything in the past is in the past, no one will find out what she did, and everything will be fine.

The servant girl couldn't resist her, so she had to find a thick cloak and let Xiao Deyin wrap it tightly, then put a stove in Xiao Deyin's hand, and helped her out the door.

The moment Xiao Deyin stepped out the door, she was still very nervous. She was afraid that she would hear the lingering song "Guan Shanyue" again, and she still couldn't get rid of Xue Fangfei's shadow. But fortunately, this time when I went out, no one played "Guan Shanyue" not far away, and no one talked about Yanjing's first luthier in front of the door.

Xiao Deyin followed the maid and walked out of the alley.

The streets are full of children playing around. Although it is already evening, the bustle of the streets has not disappeared at all. Instead, there are sugar sellers and jugglers everywhere. The lanterns were lit up one after another, and the entire Yanjing City was dyed red and bright.

This is the Yanjing city she is familiar with, it is lively and different from the coldness in the mansion. She wants to create her own legend in this bustling place. At least in her lifetime, she hopes to keep the title of "First Luthier". After all, she is really Aiqin, and she also really loves the envious and jealous eyes of others.

Xiao Deyin didn't go far, but just strolled around the streets near his home. Maybe it was because many people on the street gave her a sense of peace of mind, or maybe she didn't meet the lingering "Guan Shanyue" when she came out today. Her complexion improved a lot, and the maid beside her saw it, and said with a smile: "Sir, you look much better now, probably the medicinal materials have taken effect."

Xiao Deyin let out a "hmm" and walked around again. She wanted to inquire about the mysterious luthier who appeared a few days ago and played "Guan Shanyue" very well. She wanted to know whether it was known that Yanjing's first luthier changed to someone else, but she wanted to inquire. After the maid came back, she told Xiao Deyin that there was no such thing.

Although Xiao Deyin was puzzled, she felt relieved. Although she didn't know what was going on, but the good business didn't happen right now, she guessed that maybe she was too worried.

After walking for a while, it was getting late, Xiao Deyin and the maid walked back to the mansion. When walking to the entrance of the alley, the servant girl suddenly thought of something, and said: "Mr. said a few days ago that he wanted to eat cakes from Xingdezhai. Now there should be no long queues. It's not far after all. Mister, wait for the servant girl first. The servant will be back soon."

Xiao Deyin nodded, "You go." She really thought of the pastry she said a few days ago that she wanted to eat Xing Dezhai, so she waited at the entrance of the alley with peace of mind.

At night, the alley is almost deserted. Xiao Deyin stood where he was, and two passers-by came from a distance.

Because this alley is a dead end, and the end of the road is a wall, it is impossible for passers-by. Most of them are people who live in the alley, or come to visit relatives nearby. But at night, there are usually no guests, Xiao Deyin saw that these two people were unfamiliar, so he couldn't help but look at them a few more times.

Those two were also staring at her.

Xiao Deyin was startled, she was wearing a veil when she went out, and others couldn't recognize her, even a disciple, there was no need to stare at her so directly. What's more, the eyes of these two people were extremely cold, like wolves staring at their prey. She couldn't help but want to stay away from these two people, but she saw that they suddenly turned around and came towards her the moment they passed by.

Xiao Deyin was taken aback, determined that the two men were coming towards him, and immediately turned around and ran away. But before she ran two steps, she was caught by someone. She was an unarmed and weak woman, and she was about to shout out. She never wanted to cover her mouth, so Xiao Deyin couldn't make any sound. Her eyes widened in horror, her expression deteriorating inch by inch.

She watched helplessly as one of them flashed a knife light from his sleeve.

Just when the saber light was about to pounce on her face, one of them suddenly pulled down Xiao Deyin's veil, his eyes lit up, and said: "Hey, this Mr. Xiao is really a beauty, why did he just die for nothing? It's a pity...how about it?" He smiled lewdly.

Xiao Deyin felt even more desolate when he heard the words, but the other person said: "Stop talking nonsense, just do what the princess told you to do well, how dare you make trouble?"

Princess? Xiao Deyin was taken aback, what princess?

"But it's really a pity." The man holding the knife pinched Xiao Deyin's face as if unwilling to reconcile, "Look, it's so tender that it can squeeze out water."

A burst of humiliation floated in Xiao Deyin's heart, but more fear. She didn't know who she had offended, let alone who sent these two people. Just when all thoughts were lost, a servant girl's voice suddenly sounded outside: "Sir? Sir!"

When the two heard this, they let go subconsciously, Xiao Deyin immediately pushed desperately, and opened his mouth to shout: "Help! Help!"

In the silent alley at night, shouting so loudly immediately aroused people's thoughts. As soon as the doors of several houses opened, they followed the sound.

Xiao Deyin looked back, and the two strangers were gone.