Marriage of the Di Daughter

After Jiang Li left, Jin Mantang hadn't finished singing in Wangxian Tower, and Ji Heng sat down lazily in the babbling opera, and asked, "How is it?"

"Miss Jiang Er is very smart." Lu Ji smiled slightly: "After inquiring for so long, the answer is impeccable, she is a very sensitive girl."

"What did you inquire about?" Kong Liu looked at him suspiciously.

"After all, she is Jiang Yuanbai's daughter." Ji Heng replied indifferently.

On the other side, the guard who came to report also said: "I found out, Ye Shijie and Miss Jiang Er didn't make an appointment in advance, they should have met on the street. But the second young master of the Ye family, Ye Mingxuan, arrived in Yanjing yesterday."

"Ye Mingxuan is here?" Kong Liu frowned, "Their Ye family's business is not in Yanjing, so why come to Yanjing? To congratulate his nephew and congratulate his nephew on his promotion? It's not tiring to come here in person. "

"There is a problem with the Ye family's business," Lu Ji said: "Ye Mingxuan came this time, probably to Yanjing to find some connections, to see if he can help."

Ji Heng laughed: "It's impossible for someone to help you when you leave the tea to cool down."

"Then why didn't he ask Ye Shijie for help? Now that Ye Shijie is an official, there are so many people who want to please Ye Shijie. It's easy to find a breakthrough here!" Kong Liu said it was a matter of course.

Lu Ji shook his head: "The Ye family has been a merchant for generations, and Ye Shijie is the first person in the Ye family to become an official. Now it is easy to get better. Using Ye Shijie's official career as a bargaining chip to help with business matters, the Ye family is not brave enough to do it. something like this."

Kong Liu glanced at Ji Heng who was playing with the fan, and muttered, "They're all the same person, why are there such big differences." He thought of something again, and said, "Then why didn't he go to Jiang's house? These two were once in-laws after all. , although Grandma Ye's family is dead, but there is still the connection of Miss Jiang. Ye Mingxuan went to Jiang's house, Jiang Yuanbai is so good at face, naturally he is embarrassed to see death."

Lu Ji sighed: "You also listen to what's new in the capital on weekdays. Second Miss Jiang and the Jiang family had no contact with the Ye family ten years ago. How could Ye Mingxuan go to the Jiang family?"

Several people were silent for a while.

Ji Heng said: "Ye Mingxuan may also go to Jiang's house."

"My lord?" Lu Ji was puzzled.

"Because of Second Miss Jiang." Ji Heng said.

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After reconciling with Jiang Jingrui, Jiang Li and the others quickly found Lu Shi and his party. Lu Shi and his party were also big-hearted. After walking for so long, they didn't panic when they saw their son and niece disappear. When asked about Lu Shi, Lu Shi said: "Rui'er wanders around in the street all day long, how can I get lost, Li'er and Rui'er are at ease."

After Jiang Li listened, her face was expressionless, she really didn't know how reassuring Jiang Jingrui was.

Thinking of Ye Shijie from before, she couldn't help shaking her head. If it wasn't for Ji Heng's guards who suddenly appeared and took her to the Laoshizi Church meeting, she should have had a word or two with Ye Shijie. Because of Li Lian, the right minister's youngest son, Jiang Li always felt that Ye Shijie's official career would not be too smooth, and it was not even known what Li Lian's plan was, but it seemed that he had already smelled the signs of a conspiracy.

In any case, Ye Shijie had to be more careful.

Time has been delayed for a long time, and the people from the second room have not been shopping for long, and they are going back home. Back in the mansion, Mrs. Jiang had already fallen asleep, and of course Jiang Li would not take the initiative to greet Ji Shuran's mother and daughter, and went back to her own yard.

I wanted to go to bed early, but tonight I was so upset that I couldn't close my eyes no matter what. Ji Heng's beautiful phoenix eyes always floated in his mind, and he whispered in his ear: "The eyes are the seedlings of love, your eyes have betrayed your heart."

Even Ji Heng could see that there was hatred in his heart.

Jiang Li shook her head, as if she wanted to get rid of all the disturbing things in her heart. She can't wait to be faster, and sooner, to immediately reveal the ugly true colors of Princess Yongning and Shen Yurong, and to vindicate the Xue family's unjust case. But now there is not enough evidence, and there is not enough leverage, so he has to plot slowly.

What a torment.

That night, I really didn't sleep well. In the middle of the night, it began to rain heavily again. The sound of thunder combined with the sound of rain made it even more difficult for Jiang Li, who could not sleep at all, to fall asleep until the rooster crowed three times. past.

When I woke up, it was already high in the sun.

After a night of rain, the air was exceptionally fresh. Tong'er and Bai Xue were helping to water the flowers and weed the flowers by the flower bed at the entrance of the yard. Seeing Jiang Li coming out, Tong'er straightened up and said with a smile: "It's rare for a girl to be too lazy, and my maid asked Bai Xue not to wake you up." Seeing Jiang Li Walking over, he smiled again: "It rained so hard last night that even the crabapple flowers were broken."

Speaking of Haitang, Jiang Li suddenly thought of her personal maid, Haitang, and wondered if Bai Xue's family had heard about Haitang in Zaohua Village. Jiang Li asked, "Bai Xue, has any of your family members come here recently to repair family letters?"

Bai Xue wiped the sweat from her forehead, and said: "No, girl, it's harvest time recently, and the family is busy with farming. The slaves think that they probably don't have time to write family letters. After a while, the family letters should arrive."

Jiang Li nodded.

Several people were chatting casually when they suddenly saw Fei Cui, the maid beside the old lady, coming. Fei Cui didn't enter the courtyard, but stopped at the entrance of Fang Fei Yuan, smiled at Jiang Li and said, "Second Miss, the old lady invites you to Wanfeng Hall."

Bai Xue and Tong'er looked at each other in blank dismay, Mrs. Jiang would not go to Jiang Li if she had nothing to do. Jiang Li is not Jiang Bingji, so if she has nothing to do, she goes to Wanfengtang to ask the old lady for some snacks. Even if Jiang Li is willing to bear this face, Mrs. Jiang, who has been estranged from Jiang Li for eight years, may feel very uncomfortable.

Tong'er asked crisply: "Sister Fei Cui, what is the old lady asking our girl to go to the Wanfeng Hall? Is there anything going on in the mansion?"

"No." Fei Cui said with a smile: "Even if there are guests in the mansion, let the second young lady go and sit with her."

Seeing Fei Cui's answer like this, Tong'er was relieved. Judging by Fei Cui's demeanor and tone, the old lady should not ask Jiang Li to question her teacher, and Jiang Li didn't do anything wrong.

Jiang Li could tell at a glance what Tong'er was worried about, and couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded. Even if the real Mrs. Jiang asked her to ask her teacher, it would be fine. She was able to protect herself and retreat, but it was true that the other party was unreasonable, and it was nothing more than grounding.

That's really not a big deal either.

She said to Fei Cui: "Sister Fei Cui, wait for me a moment, I'll go change clothes, and I'll go now." Jiang Li went back to the house and put on a change of clothes, and went to Wanfengtang with Tong Er and Fei Cui.

There is still some distance between Fangfeiyuan and Wanfengtang. When you go this way on weekdays, you will always meet other people. But now that Jiang Yu'e was recuperating in the Zhuangzi, and Jiang Youyao was grounded again, Jiang Yuyan was a cowardly person who didn't leave the yard, so she didn't meet anyone along the way, and it went smoothly.

Jiangli is very satisfied.

Accelerated Fei Cui was thinking in her heart, this Second Miss who had stayed in the temple for eight years, returned to Yanjing City for less than half a year, all the ladies in the mansion were running wild, and everything was going wrong, only Second Miss Jiang was alone Not only that, but he also retreated from the whole body without touching a drop of water, and became famous and received holy rewards.

It's really a turn of events. At the beginning, I thought that after the second lady was expelled to the temple, she would never come back.

Therefore, Fei Cui didn't dare to underestimate this seemingly gentle second lady, and in terms of words and deeds, she also showed a lot of respect invisibly.

Jiang Li felt the change in Emerald's attitude, smiled slightly, and said nothing. It is human nature to step on the low and hold the high, and the Jiang family is a big official family, so even the maids in it have acquired the habit of officialdom, and they are used to changing the direction of the wind.

Not a good thing, but not a bad thing either.

At least this created many opportunities for her.

When they arrived at the Wanfeng Hall, Fei Cui entered the door first, and said to the people inside with a smile: "Old Furen, Second Young Lady is here."

Jiang Li followed Fei Cui and walked in. As soon as she entered, she saw a familiar young man sitting under Mrs. Jiang, with her head slightly raised, as if a little uncomfortable and a little proud.

Jiang Li paused, wondering, Ye Shijie, why is he here?

Jiang Li didn't dare to say that she knew this cousin very well, but she also had a rough idea of ​​Ye Shijie's temperament. Ye Shijie was resentful of what Jiang Li said before, so naturally he didn't have a good look at Jiang's family. Seeing that Ye Shijie came to the Imperial College to study before, but never visited the Jiang family, he knew it. But today Ye Shijie came here in a grand manner, and was still sitting under Mrs. Jiang's head. Judging by Mrs. Jiang's expression, she seemed to be getting along well.

Before Jiang Li could figure out what was going on, she heard Mrs. Jiang say kindly: "Second girl, come and see your uncle Mingxuan."

Jiang Li was taken aback, Uncle Mingxuan?

Only then did she see clearly that there was a middle-aged man sitting beside Ye Shijie. This middle-aged man was dressed in silver and white, wearing a silver crown, and a gold robe belt around his waist. He looks like a scholar, but he is richer than ordinary scholars. He has a fair face, a thin body, and rather shrewd eyes.

He stood up, looked at Jiang Li, and said with a chuckle: "A Li has grown so tall, I almost can't recognize her."

Jiang Li was in a trance for a moment, this uncle Mingxuan called her "A Li", and in a trance she thought it was Xue Huaiyuan calling herself "A Li."

Ye Mingxuan looked at Jiang Li, and a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes.

I learned many things from Ye Shijie's mouth, such as the betting agreement with Meng Hongjin in Mingyi Hall, the surprise in the examination field, and the use of a knife to force Ye Shijie to act rationally during the palace banquet. It was really hard for Ye Mingxuan to imagine that this was something that the little girl in memory who was a little wayward and hurtful with her words could do.

It's been ten years, and Ye Mingxuan hasn't seen Jiang Li for ten years. After Ye Zhenzhen's death, the Ye family was afraid that Jiang Yuanbai's stepmother would treat Jiang Li harshly after Jiang Yuanbai's reunion, so they wanted to take Jiang Li back to Tongxiang. Although the Ye family is not as official as the Jiang family, at least the Ye family will sincerely protect Jiang Li, so that Jiang Li will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, and live a prosperous life.

Unexpectedly, the reality is that Jiang Li, who is nearly five years old, looks contemptuous, dislikes Ye's family as a merchant in front of Mrs. Ye, and says such hurtful words that merchants are all low. Mrs. Ye was seriously ill, and the people of the Ye family didn't have any resentment towards Jiang Li.

How can such a small child hurt people so much? And she seemed to have been infected with the coolness in the Jiang family's bones at that time, the secret philistine of the people in the officialdom. They can analyze the pros and cons better than their merchants.

It's really hard to let go.

But now the girl standing in front of Ye Mingxuan was wearing a small light green blouse and a long light blue skirt, tall, slender, and extremely elegant. There was a smile on her lips, her expression was gentle and pure, and she no longer had the sharpness and hostility of the past, which made people feel extremely ironic.

She is really different from before.

Ye Mingxuan saw his younger sister Ye Zhenzhen in a daze, and when he looked carefully, Jiang Li and Ye Zhenzhen were different. Ye Zhenzhen is bright and simple, like a fluffy animal that grows in the sun, just playful and cute. Jiangli is like a pear tree growing alone by the stream. No one can see the wind, frost, rain and snow she experienced alone, and the white and beautiful flowers bloom from her tenacity.

Most of Ye Mingxuan's complaints about that little girl before were dissipated in Jiang Li's bright eyes.

He didn't know that it was due to blood relationship, which made it difficult for him to be really cold-hearted towards Jiang Li. It was Jiang Li who looked so kind and pure that he had completely separated this Jiang Li from the five-year-old Jiang Li.

He showed a sincere and generous smile to Jiang Li.

Seeing Ye Mingxuan's appreciation, Mrs. Jiang was slightly relieved. Ye Shijie is now a member of the household department, Wailang, and it is not easy to reach this position at this age. With the past in-law relationship, it is also good to be able to help the Jiang family's two wives in their careers in the future. Therefore, when Ye Shijie and Ye Mingxuan took the initiative to visit, Mrs. Jiang's first reaction was to restore the old relationship with the Ye family.

Mrs. Jiang knew about Jiang Li's harsh words to the Ye family back then. Mrs. Jiang didn't believe it herself when she said that the Ye family had no barriers in their hearts. But today's Jiangli is not what it used to be, and Mrs. Jiang also hopes that Jiangli will talk about many things after meeting them.

Now that we have met, Ye Mingxuan's attitude towards Jiang Li is quite gentle, Mrs. Jiang sees it, and Ye Mingxuan has a good impression of Jiang Li now, which is very good. At least the Ye family will not say outside that the Jiang family has treated Ye Zhenzhen's daughter badly, or deliberately taught her to be wrong.

Ye Mingxuan smiled and said: "You probably don't know me anymore. When I saw you last time, you were still a little kid." He stretched out his hand and gestured to the level of his knee: "—it's so tall." He said: "I It's your mother's second brother, you can just call me Uncle Mingxuan."

"Uncle Mingxuan." Jiang Li called softly.

She had a good feeling for Ye Mingxuan, but she didn't know if it was because Ye Mingxuan called her "Ali" just now, which reminded her of Xue Huaiyuan.

"Your uncle Mingxuan came to Yanjing to do some business, so he came to see you." Mrs. Jiang said with a smile, "I even brought you a gift, and someone will move it to your yard later."

Jiang Li smiled, knowing it in her heart. Why did Ye Mingxuan bring her a gift? Probably bought it in the nearest city of Yanjing, after all, Ye Mingxuan and Jiang's family had no contact with him before. This time he came to Jiang's house suddenly, it must be Ye Shijie who told him about himself.

Jiang Li glanced at Ye Shijie, Ye Shijie saw her looking over, and turned his head to avoid her gaze, as if he was a little guilty.

What are you guilty of? Jiang Li was stunned.

But Mrs. Jiang's attitude towards the Ye family seems to show that Ye Shijie's becoming a member of the household department has finally loosened the Jiang family's attitude. As long as Ye Shijie keeps going up, and the Ye family continues to prosper because of Ye Shijie's relationship, it will be a matter of time before the Ye family reconciles. Jieshi Jiangli was a girl who was protected by her grandfather's family, at least Ji Shuran would not be as confident as before if she wanted to touch her.

Ji Shuran must be remorseful now. Jiang Li thought, it was Ji Shuran who wanted to maintain her reputation as a virtuous mother because she didn't do anything before, or did it in a subtle way. Who knew Jiang Li took advantage of the loophole, once the opportunity was missed, she would not come back.

Withdrawing her thoughts, Jiang Li chatted with Ye Mingxuan's uncle and nephew, as well as Mrs. Jiang. It's all gossip, old lady Jiang asked about the recent situation of the rest of the Ye family in Xiangyang, Ye Mingxuan answered politely, at least on the surface, the relationship between the Jiang family and the Ye family has eased a lot.

Jiang Li also noticed that no one else was present at this meeting, nor was Jiang Yuanbai. Mrs. Jiang probably also felt that it would be a bit embarrassing for everyone in the Jiang family to come forward suddenly, so she might as well reduce the number of people and take it slowly.

Before I knew it, I finished drinking a cup of tea. Ye Mingxuan also got up to leave, saying that he still had something to do and would come to visit another day, and smiled at Jiang Li: "A gift for Ah Li, I'll have someone move it to Ah Li's yard now."

"Okay," Mrs. Jiang said, "Ali, you also take your Uncle Mingxuan to see your yard."

This is a time for their uncle and nephew to talk alone.

They are all old foxes, and Ye Mingxuan agreed to the old lady's arrangement with kindness. Jiang Li took Ye Mingxuan and Ye Shijie back to Fangfei Garden.

Tong'er walked in front, her small body straightened. This was the first time she met Ye Zhenzhen's natal family, and she was afraid that the Ye family would have any thoughts about Jiang Li's past of killing her mother and brother, so she had to behave neither humble nor overbearing. But looking at Ye Mingxuan's appearance, he seemed to be easy to talk to, so he shouldn't be a mean person.

Ye Shijie didn't speak all the way, and he didn't know what was going on today, he was too silent. On the contrary, Ye Mingxuan kept asking how Jiang Li was doing. Jiang Li also responded with a smile.

Seeing Jiang Li's calm appearance, Ye Mingxuan was greatly surprised again. When Jiang Li was sent to Mount Qingcheng many years ago, the Ye family also secretly sent people to negotiate with the Jiang family. Although Jiang Li insulted the Ye family, he was a descendant of the Ye family. However, Jiang Yuanbai's attitude was too tough at that time, and he refused to say where Jiang Li was sent, so he had to give up in the end.

Even after learning from Ye Shijie that Jiang Li had done some great things after returning to Yanjing City. But in Ye Mingxuan's eyes, people like the Jiang family who seek advantages and avoid disadvantages will not pay too much attention to Jiang Li, a daughter who will tarnish the Jiang family's reputation. But looking at Mrs. Jiang's attitude now, it seems that Jiang Li's status in Jiang's family is not as low as he imagined. Looking at Jiang Li's behavior, she is well-bred and very elegant, and she doesn't seem to be being treated harshly.

This niece seems to be hiding many unknown secrets, Ye Mingxuan secretly thought.

When they arrived at the gate of Fangfei Garden, Qingfeng Mingyue was cleaning the yard. Seeing Jiang Li's return, Bai Xue hurriedly served tea. Seeing that there were Ye Mingxuan and Ye Shijie beside Jiang Li, she couldn't help being surprised.

"This is Uncle Mingxuan and Cousin Ye." Jiang Li smiled and said, "Bai Xue, serve tea."

Ye Mingxuan was stunned the moment he saw Fangfeiyuan.

Even in autumn, Fangfei Garden is also colorful, with various chrysanthemums and sweet-scented osmanthus in full bloom. Jiang Yuanbai likes to flaunt his nobleness, and the plants in the courtyard are mostly blue. In autumn, he prefers black, white and desolate, so as to look clean. Therefore, along the way, it is not so prosperous.

But Jiangli's courtyard is so lively that it doesn't fit in with the capital. It made Ye Mingxuan think of his younger sister Ye Zhenzhen who died young.

Ye Zhenzhen is a girl who likes to be lively. Before she got married, her yard was always full of singing birds and fragrant flowers. The naughty brothers always practiced swords in her yard, chopped Ye Zhenzhen's flowers to pieces, and Ye Zhenzhen was so angry that she sued Mrs. Ye and Mrs. Ye.

The scene in front of him immediately reminded Ye Mingxuan of the past, and his eyes were sour. The old scene is still there, and the Sri Lankan has passed away. It is really a sad thing.

Jiang Li saw the difference in Ye Mingxuan's expression, and said: "This is the yard where my mother was convalescing. After I returned to Yanjing City, my wife gave me the yard. At that time, the flowers and plants in the yard were all withered. Tong'er, Baixue and the others It took a lot of work to get it into what it is today.”

She called Ji Shuran "Madame".

Ye Mingxuan's eyes moved slightly, and he asked, "How does Mrs. Ji treat you?"

Jiang Li looked at Ye Mingxuan, smiled slightly, did not answer Ye Mingxuan's words, and said: "The tea is ready, Uncle Mingxuan, let's go into the room and talk."

She avoided Ye Mingxuan's question.

Ye Mingxuan and Ye Shijie looked at each other, thought for a while, then shook their heads and followed Jiang Li.

Tong'er stood on the side upright, pouring tea for Ye Mingxuan and Ye Shijie in turn.

"I didn't expect Uncle Mingxuan to return to Yanjing suddenly." Jiang Li said, "It's a bit beyond my expectation. How could Uncle Mingxuan think of coming to Jiang's house?"

Ye Shijie coughed lightly, and said, "My second uncle and I mentioned you."

Jiang Li was noncommittal, she knew earlier that Ye Shijie would tell the Ye family about himself sooner or later after so many things happened. It's just that I didn't expect the Ye family to come to Yanjing in person, but Jiang Li also believed that Ye Mingxuan's coming to Yanjing City was definitely not for himself, and seeing him should be just a matter of convenience.

"That's right, Shijie mentioned you to me, and I think it's been a long time since I saw you." Ye Mingxuan sighed, "It's been ten years. A Li, you look good now. I listen to Shijie about you Having said that, I have helped Shijie several times, and I thank you on behalf of Shijie."

Jiang Li laughed: "We're all a family, you don't have to be polite, Uncle Mingxuan."

What she said was sincere and gentle, and her eyes were as clear as streams of water, making one have to believe that what she said at this moment came from the bottom of her heart. Ye Mingxuan suddenly felt a little speechless. Jiang Li was the one who disliked Ye's family as a merchant at the beginning, and now it was Jiang Li who naturally said "we are all a family". Obviously very contradictory, but there is no way to doubt anything.

"Grandmother, are they okay?" Jiang Li asked.

"He's not in good health," Ye Mingxuan said, "It's like this when you're old. I wanted to come to Yanjing City to see Shijie this time, but my health doesn't allow it."

Jiang Li frowned slightly, Mrs. Ye's health is not good, this is not a good thing.

Ye Shijie felt a little awkward, Mrs. Ye was in poor health, wasn't it just after Jiang Li insulted Ye's family back then? At that time, Mrs. Ye had a serious illness, which hurt her roots, so she was not as healthy as before. These years are not as good as each year.

"Grandma can't come, why didn't the other uncles come?" Jiang Li asked. She also inquired that Second Miss Jiang had three uncles in total. Ye Mingxuan was ranked second, Ye Shijie's father was the eldest, and he had a younger uncle.

"The business in Xiangyang is a little tricky," Ye Mingxuan said with a smile, "They are also very busy recently."

Although Ye Mingxuan was smiling, Jiang Li clearly saw a hint of worry in his eyes. The so-called "small moves" are definitely not as calm as Ye Mingxuan said.

If there is a problem with the Ye family, it is not a good thing. On the one hand, Miss Jiang needs the help of the Ye family to make her position in the Jiang family more stable. On the other hand, the Ye family is in Xiangyang, Xue Huaiyuan is in Tongxiang, Xiangyang, and the matter in Tongxiang still depends on the influence of the Ye family. scout.

Jiang Li thought for a while and asked, "How long does Uncle Mingxuan plan to stay in Yanjing City, and when will he return to Xiangyang?"

"I came here this time mainly to see Shijie, and to close the business in Yanjing City by the way. After the matter is over, I will return to Xiangyang." Ye Mingxuan thought for a while, and said: "I guess it won't be long, at most ten days. You can't leave Xiangyang without people, and you can't stay in Yanjing for too long."

Even ten days is considered a delay. It seems that the matter in Xiangyang must be urgent. Hearing Ye Mingxuan say this further confirmed Jiang Li's conjecture. She glanced at Ye Shijie, and saw that Ye Shijie also looked preoccupied.

Seeing that Jiang Li suddenly fell silent, Ye Mingxuan smiled and said, "Although I came to Yanjing this time to see Shijie, it was also a surprise to meet Ah Li. I heard that you have also become the top of the list in Mingyi Hall, and you have also been awarded by His Majesty." Li, if your grandmother knew about this, she would be very happy. Speaking of it, there is no precedent for a woman to be directly appointed as an official. You are on par with Shijie. When Shijie became an official, you should also have an official position."

This uncle can really think about it, Jiang Li smiled and said: "It's a pity that I didn't get born as a man."

Ye Shijie raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Li. Although Jiang Li is not a man, I am afraid that some men would not dare to do what he did. Who can enter and leave the palace with a dagger. the whole family. She was not afraid at all, as if it was a small matter not worth mentioning, but it worked.

Fortunately, she is not a man, if she is a man, she can go to heaven.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen my grandmother and uncles for a long time." Jiang Li said: "When I saw Uncle Mingxuan this time, it was as if Uncle Mingxuan didn't recognize me, and I almost didn't recognize Uncle Mingxuan either. "

Ye Mingxuan laughed loudly: "It's okay, when there is a chance, you and Shijie will go back to Xiangyang together, and then you will meet grandma and your uncles, they must be very happy."

What Jiang Li was waiting for was his words, rolled his eyes, and said with a smile: "Why wait, this time is an opportunity, after Uncle Mingxuan is done, I will go back to Xiangyang with Uncle."

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