Marriage of the Di Daughter

On the way back, Tong'er could hardly hold back the big smile on her face.

Jiang Li was very helpless, "Tong'er, put away the smile on your face."

"As soon as I think of the tone of that man's words, I just want to laugh." Tong'er said: "That man thought he had hit the girl hard, and he was complacent. Sell ​​it to the girl for a hundred taels of silver, I don’t know how many regrets I will have.”

Jiang Li smiled: "It's like this in the East Market. After the transaction, the money and goods are settled, and no one can regret it. If you don't have good eyesight, no one would dare to buy things indiscriminately."

"Yes yes yes." Tong'er smiled and said, "Our girl has sharp eyes!"

She was big-hearted, and she didn't ask why Jiang Li was so sure that the horse was a bloody horse. As long as Jiang Li said yes, she believed it. How many people bought things in Dongshi, and they all lost money, especially those who went there for the first time. They never thought that Jiang Li would be able to find such precious things when he went there for the first time.

"Dongshi is really a good place," Tong'er smacked her lips, "If we have a chance in the future, let's go again!"

This kid is trying to play around. Jiang Li shook her head.

"When you get back, clean up the pony, and don't give it to General Ji in a mess." Jiang Li said.

"I'll save it for you." Tong'er nodded, feeling a little bit reluctant, "Such a good horse..."

Jiang Li tapped her head lightly: "So what? It only cost five hundred taels of silver!"

"It's true." Tong'er laughed again foolishly.

When she returned to Jiang Mansion, Jiang Li asked someone to take the horse back to Fangfei Garden. The yard of Fangfei Garden was big enough, so she asked Bai Xue to take someone to wash the horse. As soon as she returned to the house, Qingfeng came to see her Post, by the way, Jiang Yuanbai and Mrs. Jiang thought about it for a long time, and finally decided to let Jiang Li attend General Ji's birthday banquet.

Exactly the same as Jiangli thought.

She accepted the post with a smile, and asked people to go back to Wanfengtang to find out.

After a while, Bai Xue's voice sounded outside the yard, asking Jiang Li to look over, Jiang Li walked out of the house, and saw at a glance that the maids were gathering together in the yard, and in the middle, a light golden horse stood in the middle, proudly He raised his head majestically.

After the horse washed off the mud, it revealed its own color, which was a pale golden coat color. Its fur is very smooth and thick, but I don't know if it's because it didn't eat enough before, so it doesn't look bright enough. Even so, this is a very handsome pony with a proud attitude.

Tong'er saw it and liked it even more. Zhao Ke, who was hiding in the dark, also saw this scene. He didn't see at a glance that this horse was a bloody horse, but he could tell that this horse was very good, even in the stables of the Duke's mansion. A very good one. Since ancient times, heroes have loved Liangju, and he has been greedy for seeing them. He wondered where Jiang Li found such a mount, but there were other horses left, so he could choose one.

Jiang Li walked up to the pony, and the pony glanced at her, his gaze was still a bit arrogant, Jiang Li reached out and touched its forehead, and the pony snorted twice.

The maidservants around laughed, and Bai Xue said, "Young lady, please give it a name."

Jiang Li was about to speak, thought for a while, then shook her head and said, "Forget it, this is a pony for General Ji, it's better for General Ji to name it himself."

"It's a boy!" Bai Xue said.

"That would be even better." Jiang Li touched the pony, "If it's a girl, it would be a waste of money to put it in the Duke's mansion?"

Zhao Ke: "..."

What is violent waste? Even the flowers and plants in their Duke's mansion are public, okay? More girls are overdue! Girls are reckless when they are left outside!

Everyone played with the pony for a while, and it was getting late, Jiang Li told people to keep an eye on the pony, and went back to sleep by herself.

According to the post, General Ji's birthday is three days later. It suddenly occurred to her that she didn't know when Ji Heng's birthday was. It seemed that he had never heard of his birthday party.

...

Soon it will be three days later.

This morning, it was snowing lightly. Spring comes very late in Yanjing City. After the end of the new year, it seems that this winter will last for a long time, and the snow is even heavier than before. Occasional sunshine has become a rarity.

Tong'er carefully selected clothes in the room, Jiang Li saw this, and said: "Just pick whatever you want."

"Isn't the girl going to the birthday party?" Tong'er said with a smile: "Of course you have to choose a good-looking outfit."

"No need," Jiang Li replied, "there were no other ladies and wives at the birthday banquet, and no one would look at them if they were worn. Instead, it would be a waste of effort."

"That's not necessarily true," Tong'er shook her head, "Even so, Old General Ji and His Highness Su Guogong are men, and if girls dress better, they will definitely appreciate girls more."

Tong'er is naive, and only thinks that Jiang Li looks good in clothes, but this also shows that even Tong'er is not wary of the people in the Duke's Mansion. In Tong'er's mind, Ji Heng and Old General Ji are not enemies worth guarding against.

Jiang Li thought for a while, then smiled, "Then you can choose."

It took a lot of time to choose clothes, and it took Tong'er a long time to find matching jewelry for Jiang Li. Once all this is in place, it's time to head out. Bai Xue led the sweaty horse over from the yard.

I don't know if it's Jiang Li's illusion, but the pony's fur is much brighter than when she bought it from the East Market three days ago. This is also natural, the people who bought the horses just sold the horses, and they ate inferior food. After returning to Jiang's house, Jiang Li ordered the people who fed the horses to match the food and feed it on time every day. After eating well, the horse's pale golden fur is even more beautiful. Even if there is no sun today, standing in the yard, the whole body is like a pale golden satin, emitting a bright luster.

What surprised Jiang Li the most was that a small red cloth flower was pinned to the horse's ear by someone.

Jiang Li: "...what's the matter with this flower?"

Bai Xue said: "Since this horse was given to the old general as a congratulatory gift, the slave girl originally wanted to go to the warehouse to pick out a beautiful collar for the pony to wear. But the horse refused to wear it anyway. After wearing it, I kept thinking about it." To get it off, the servant had no choice but to take off the collar, after much deliberation, it would be better to find a flower for it to wear, which also looks like a congratulatory gift."

Jiang Li didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

The horses of the blood-sweat horses are naturally arrogant, and it is difficult for ordinary people to tame them. Even when they were young, they didn't like wearing collars and other restrictive things. But Bai Xue can think of giving it another flower, this is really...

The pale gold pony was like a rooster who had lost a fight, and it lowered its head to its head, not looking at Jiangli, wondering if it was because of the flower beside its ear that was sulking. Jiang Li wanted to take it for her, but Tong'er was already urging, "Girl, people say the carriage is already waiting outside, let's go out quickly."

Jiang Li said: "Okay, come." He temporarily forgot about the flower on the horse's head.

When he left the courtyard and walked outside the mansion, he met a rare person along the way.

Yang Shi of the third room was walking into the house with Jiang Yuyan, Yang Shi was still holding a silk handkerchief in his hand, Jiang Li glanced at it, the silk handkerchief did not seem to be an ordinary material, and the workmanship should not be the workmanship of an ordinary embroidery workshop. Jiang Yuyan saw her from a distance, so she slowed down, and when Jiang Li walked in front of her, she said, "Second sister."

"It's Ah Li." Yang Shi also saw her, with a not-so-warm smile on her face, "Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Jiang Li calmly withdrew her gaze from looking at Yang Shijuanpa, and said with a smile: "Third Aunt, Fourth Sister." She was about to find an excuse to perfunctory the past, but suddenly, a thought came to her mind, and she immediately laughed : "I'm planning to go to the Duke's mansion for a banquet."

"Guogong Mansion?" Without waiting for Jiang Yuyan to say anything, Yang first asked in surprise, "Which Guogong Mansion?"

"It's Su Guogong's mansion."

"Su Guogong's mansion?" Yang was stunned, "the mansion has never heard of a post from Su Guogong's mansion." She looked at Jiang Li with a sour tone, "The old lady didn't tell us about this What's the matter." The Duke's Mansion has many posts about banquets, and Sanfang will not be allowed to participate unless it is absolutely necessary. Mrs. Yang often complained about this matter, although Jiang Yuanxing was not born to Mrs. Jiang, his surname was Jiang anyway. The family is so divided, besides, it's better to promote one's own family than to make it easier for outsiders, right? But Mrs. Jiang insisted on putting on an appearance of being born, even with Da Fang and the second room, she had to act like she was superior to others and didn't take the third room seriously.

"It is rumored that Mr. Su is not a very close person." Yang continued to look at him casually, "When did this get better with our family? Did you get close to the elder brother?"

Jiang Li looked at her quietly, with a smile on her lips and gentle eyes, but she didn't say a word. After a long time, Yang Shi was also a little terrified by her eyes, so she asked: "A Li, why do you look at people like that?" ?”

"I was just thinking about how to answer my third aunt," Jiang Li said with a smile, "Father is not very familiar with Su Guogong's mansion. In fact, the post from Su Guogong's mansion was only given to me. Even my father He and the old lady did not receive the invitation, so it is natural that the third aunt and fourth younger sister did not receive the post. The whole family, I am the only one who will go to the banquet."

At this moment, Yang Shi was really stunned, and even Jiang Yuyan was puzzled. Yang stammered and said: "What, what's going on? How can the old lady feel at ease to let you, a girl, go to the banquet? Besides, it doesn't make sense..."

"That's not it," Jiang Li frowned lightly, as if she was very distressed, "but everyone in Yanjing City knows Su Guogong's temperament. Even if I am my father's daughter, I don't care about the post from the Duke's mansion." Dare to refuse outrageously. I can only bite the bullet and go forward. Although I don’t know what the dragon’s pond and tiger’s den are in front of me, but for the Jiang family, I have to take care of the overall situation.”

What she said was half-truth and half-false, and it seemed that there was something behind it. Yang's eyelids twitched, and he couldn't help but look up at Jiang Li. But seeing Jiang Li's earnest expression, she seemed to be looking for a close relative to tell her recent troubles, without a hint of city, and a little confused.

Yang Shi tentatively said: "But why did the Duke's Mansion invite you alone? Could it be..." She took a step closer, "You have reached the age to talk about marriage..." Yang Shi also seemed to feel that she was treating Jiang Li like this There was something inappropriate to say, and as soon as the words came out, they stopped quickly.

Jiang Li lowered her head, her voice was like a mosquito, "Well, I don't know..."

This appearance is clearly extremely shy.

This is a strange thing. Since Jiang Li returned to Yanjing City from Qingcheng Mountain, the Jiang family has more of her gentle, calm, and even calm to indifferent appearance, so this shyness and unnaturalness have become particularly obvious.

Jiang Yuyan also stared at Jiang Li without speaking.

Jiang Li raised her head and met Yang's scrutinizing eyes. She seemed a little flustered for a moment, and said quickly, "I'm running out of time now, so I won't go into details with my third aunt. Let's take a step first." Leaving from Jiang Yuyan's side, it seemed that he was in a panic and ran away quickly, as if he couldn't wait.

Jiang Li's figure quickly disappeared, and Jiang Yuyan stood where she was. After a while, she asked in a low voice, "Mother, was Second Sister lying just now?"

Yang did not speak, but frowned, and said after a while: "Whether she tells a lie or not, the Duke's Mansion only invites her, there must be something wrong!"

On the other side, Jiang Li was walking outside the gate of the mansion, and was supported by Tong'er into the carriage.

Her shyness, coyness, and unnaturalness have long since disappeared, replaced by her original gentle and calm face. Sitting in the carriage, she couldn't help laughing when she thought of her appearance just now. I don't know when, she has also become a person who can enter the drama at any time, precisely controlling her own joys and sorrows, and she can show others what others want to see.

She had long felt that Sanfang was a bit weird. The clothes of Sanfang Jiang Yuyan and Yang's had become much more luxurious than before. However, Jiang Yuanxing did not get promoted, and Sanfang did not engage in other small businesses. The improvement of Sanfang's life was too obvious. Large sums of silver must be required.

And since Jiang Yu'e got married, the third room didn't seem to mind being separated from the eldest room and the second room, and Jiang Yuanxing didn't even want to pretend to be a brother and friend.

There is also the scandal between Ji Shuran and Liu Wencai, which suddenly spread throughout Yanjing city overnight. Jiang Yuanbai searched all the servants of the Jiang family, but found no suspicious person. So for a long time, many people believed that Jiang Li did this to take revenge on Ji Shuran. However, Jiang Li knew whether she did it or not. Later, Jiang Li thought that in addition to the servants, the people from the third room were also present that day. If there is anyone in the Jiang family who is at odds with the eldest family and the second family, is the third family definitely the same?

Could Sanfang be the traitor of the Jiang family? Jiang Li couldn't find evidence until she saw Mrs. Yang just now. She suddenly thought that she could use this matter to try.

Her shyness and coyness will mislead Yang Shi. If Yang Shi misunderstands something because of this, and tells someone, and this matter is leaked, it will almost prove that Yang Shi has a problem.

The carriage set off, and Jiang Li sat in it, looking at her fingertips.

Hopefully my suspicions were wrong.

But it doesn't matter if it's true. It's just a poisonous fang hidden in Jiang's mansion, once pulled out, it's nothing.

...

At the gate of the Duke's Mansion, Zhao Ke was squatting in the yard, talking to Wen Ji.

He went out for business last night, and returned to the Duke's mansion early this morning to report, so he did not return to Jiang's house.

Situ Jiuyue was busy in the room inside, and when she was free, she made some new poisons. Haitang stood beside her, handing her the materials she needed from time to time.

Ever since Haitang's face was healed, she had nothing to do in the Duke's mansion, but she couldn't find anything to do, so she simply became Situ Jiuyue's servant. When Situ Jiuyue was refining the medicine, Haitang was helping him.

Zhao Ke looked at the two people in the room, shook his head, and sighed: "Why does such a good girl follow Miss Situ?"

Is Situ Jiuyue beautiful? Naturally beautiful, her appearance even ranks in the top ten among the girls in Yanjing City. But she is too fierce, she will be poisoned if she disagrees with her, no one else dares to get close to her. As for Haitang, among other things, the guards of the Duke's Mansion still admire her. Situ Jiuyue healed the wound on Haitang's face, using the poisonous spider method of attacking poison with poison. Everyone in the Duke's Mansion knew the danger and pain of the poisonous spider. It was already unexpected that Haitang was willing to accept it, and it was even more unexpected that she could bear it.

A girl's family can be so tenacious and brave, and the guards of the Duke's Mansion are all in admiration. Some people were even very happy and went to confess their love to Haitang.

It's a pity that this beautiful girl who had regained her original appearance was very cold in her bones, and she resolutely rejected all the guards who showed love to her, saying that she would never marry in this life. Everyone knew about the incident between Shen Yurong of the Shen family and Princess Yongning, and guessed that Haitang had seen through the man's hypocrisy before giving up eating because of choking, and secretly cursed and abused Shen Yurong.

Wen Ji said: "Stop talking nonsense, go to the door quickly, count the time, Miss Jiang is almost here."

Zhao Ke spat out the grass in his mouth, "I'm not her subordinate, why should I take care of everything, if the Duke really likes her, why don't you just marry her back to the house?"

"I like it! I like it!" There was a loud cry, and Zhao Ke was scared out of his wits. When he looked up, Xiaohong stood on the branch, staring at him like a sneer, the black and bright feathers were particularly conspicuous, and said: "I like it! I like it!" !"

"Grandma, stop barking." Zhao Ke wanted to cover its mouth, "If your lord knows that I'm talking behind my back, you'll have to peel off my skin and shut up!"

But Xiao Hong screamed more and more vigorously, her voice was as loud as General Ji's.

Zhao Ke had no choice but to wait for the crowing of the broken bird to attract all the people in the Duke's Mansion. Thinking of the scene where Ji Heng asked himself what he said with a smile, Zhao Ke couldn't help shivering, and said to Wen Ji: "Well, you just watch it here, I'll pick up Miss Jiang Er right away... ...Farewell!" The soles of my feet were oily.

Wen Ji took a deep breath, looked at Xiao Hong who was standing proudly on the tree, turned her head, and left.

...

Jiang Li's carriage stopped at the gate of the Duke's Mansion.

The servant who greeted guests saw Jiang Li, and his smile became more enthusiastic every time. In a trance, Jiang Li felt that he could almost catch up with the servant of Ye Mingyu's family. She asked someone to lead the light-golden pony, but the porter was still stunned, and said, "Second Miss Jiang, this..."

"A birthday gift for General Ji," Jiang Li smiled slightly, "Just follow me into the mansion."

The boy was dumbfounded for a while, and said: "Oh, good."

Giving a pony for birthday, this young lady of the Jiang family is really different from ordinary people, no wonder the adults are special to her.

Jiang Li and the person who led the way walked towards the Duke's mansion. When they got to the side of the flower garden, they saw a tall figure dancing a sword in an open space in front of the flower garden. The swordsmanship is very good, you can only see the silver light shuttles like a dragon, and you have a strong figure, and then you take a closer look, the person wearing a white cloth single shirt and a red belt around his waist, isn't it the old general Ji who is it?

Judging from his sword-wielding swordsmanship, it is indeed possible to get a glimpse of his former heroic appearance. It's just that I don't know if it was too hard, the sword energy immediately lifted up many petals in the flowerbed, and the petals fell down one after another. If you ignore General Ji, standing in the rain of flowers and dancing the sword is really a pleasing thing.

It's just that Jiang Li vaguely remembered that the flowers in this flower garden were transplanted and maintained by Ji Heng at a great price. The Duke's Mansion is very large, and it's not the only open space, but Old General Ji chooses to practice his sword here, which can be said to be very capricious.

She stood quietly beside the flower garden, and after waiting for an unknown amount of time, Old General Ji finished dancing his sword, and a servant stepped forward and said something in front of him, which should be to inform Jiang Li that Jiang Li was coming. General Ji turned his head immediately and strode towards Jiang Li's side.

"Old general." Jiang Li saluted him.

"You're here." Old General Ji's expression could not be called happy or unhappy, but there was still some joy in the end. He said: "Today is the old man's birthday. I liked the venison you roasted in the mansion last time, so I specially invited you here today. You don't need to do it this time."

Jiang Li smiled a little reluctantly, "Thank you, old general, for your understanding." She is not a servant of the Duke's Mansion, so why should she come to the Duke's Mansion to fulfill other people's wishes when she has nothing to do?

Old General Ji focused his eyes, and suddenly said: "What a horse!" He walked behind Jiang Li in three steps in two.

Bai Xue was leading the pale golden colt. Jiang Li had told Bai Xue not to bring the colt close to the flower garden. The flowers in the flower garden were poisonous. If the colt was poisoned, something would happen.

"This is..." The old general walked up to the pony, frowned slightly, and reached out to stroke the pony's fur. The pony snorted, shook its head slightly, and kicked its front hooves.

"This is a birthday gift for the old general, I hope the old general will not dislike it." Jiang Li smiled slightly.

dislike? how is this possible? At least from the appearance of Old General Ji now, there is really no word of dislike. I saw that he was grinning almost to the ears, and his face was full of smiles. Since Jiang Li met the old general, it was the first time he saw him obviously showing such a happy look. He stroked the pony's mane again, also cautiously, and looked at Jiang Li again, as if hesitating to ask some questions.

Jiang Li guessed what he wanted to ask, and said, "It's a bloody horse."

"Oh!" The old general slapped his thigh, "I just said it! This horse is a hard-earned horse." With Jiang Li's affirmation, his smile became more obvious. A man who loves money sees a peerless beauty, and a man who is greedy for money sees ten thousand taels of gold, and he can't put it down.

"I haven't seen a bloody horse for many years. Let me tell you, the old man's mount Chasing Wind was also a good horse. Unfortunately, he was shot to death by the enemy when he was fighting with the old man. Later, the old man raised Lightning again. , but stayed with the old man to the end, until he died of old age. It’s a pity that he hasn’t been on the battlefield for many years. How can a horse in the capital be able to fight? If you lose two points of blood, this horse will be different, and it will be different from the bottom of your heart.” He said As he spoke, he became sad again, "It's a pity that such a good horse, who is going to be half buried with the old man, can't go to the battlefield or travel around."

Since ancient times, famous generals are like beauties, and the world is not allowed to see gray hair. The general's twilight is as sad as the beauty's twilight.

But Jiang Li's heart was completely calm, because although the old general Ji sighed like this, he danced swords in the winter flower garden, and even went hunting for roast venison. people.

Just as he was talking, another exclamation came from not far away, mixed with human footsteps. Jiang Li looked back and saw that Renyao, Lu Ji and Kong Liu were coming from not far away. The last person to walk was naturally Ji Heng. I think the four of them were together just now.

Kong Liu walked the fastest, his eyes fell on the pony and he couldn't take his eyes off it, and when he got closer, he touched and looked at it, making the pony growl impatiently.

"Old man, where did you get this fine horse? It looks extraordinary!"

Old General Ji proudly said: "Sweaty horse, don't be greedy, this is a birthday gift from Jiang girl to the old man, it's not for you!"

Hearing that it was a bloody BMW, both Lu Ji and Wen Renyao were taken aback. Kong Liu looked at Jiang Li blankly and said, "Sweaty BMW?"

There used to be a bloody horse in Yanjing City, which was a gift from the neighboring small countries to the late emperor. It was raised in the palace and served with delicious food. Other than that, it was only heard in rumors from others. None of Kong Liu and the others were stupid. Hearing what General Ji said, and taking a closer look, he knew that it was not a lie.

"My darling," Kong Liu couldn't help but said, "This really makes people jealous." He looked at Jiang Li, "Ms. Jiang Er is too generous. Is this... Jiang Yuanfu's intention?"

It is not an exaggeration to say that a BMW is worth ten thousand taels of gold. Is Jiang Yuanbai such a generous person? The Jiang family has no relationship with the Duke's Mansion, and Jiang's family still has to hesitate for a long time if Jiang Li is not allowed to accept the post. But if it was Jiang Li's own idea, no matter how rich Jiang Li was, no matter how much the Ye family helped Jiang Li, it seemed impossible to send such a big gift so readily.

"Father doesn't know what gift I gave, he probably thought it was just an ordinary tonic." Jiang Li smiled slightly, "But Master Kong doesn't need to praise, this horse is not expensive, I still have the money to give the old general this horse .”

Her expression was composed, she didn't seem to be fake, she seemed to be a little happy, and everyone around her was stunned, which was really light.

Ji Heng narrowed his eyes, "How much?"

"Not much, five hundred taels of silver." Jiang Li said with a smile.