Chapter 003 Back to the house

That's really a big breath.

However, Shen Jie calculated his age, and after staying for two months and receiving the coronation ceremony, it was indeed time to talk about marriage.

He smiled and said, "Do Marquis know your thoughts like this?"

"I know."

Yan Linjian was at his waist, turning his wrist and casually swinging his whip, with a graceful posture.

The Nine fold Palace Control is right ahead.

He first untied his sword before saying, "Father said that the poetry and books of the Jiang family have been passed down, and Mr. Jiang is now a servant of the Ministry of Revenue, in charge of practical duties. In his early years, the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, and he secretly sent Mr. Xie to the capital, which is also considered a meritorious service from the dragon. She is the legitimate daughter of the Jiang family, and we can barely be considered a match in terms of family background. After the coronation ceremony in November, he invited someone to come and propose marriage."

"You don't usually pay attention to those playboys in the capital, and you don't even pay attention to the flattery of famous ladies and gentlemen. I even treat you as a young man who doesn't know about children's affairs, so you have a clear mind and few desires. Who would have thought you had a plan behind this? I can't see it!"

Shen Jie pondered it carefully and slowly regained some flavor.

"And after I got drunk last night, my movements were not rough yet. It was just that when I woke up this morning, I accidentally gave her a shoulder hug, so you rushed to tell me her daughter's family identity and said you would marry him in the future. Yan Lin, this is too protective, isn't it?"

As the saying goes, "friends and wives should not be deceived." Yan Lin's previous words not only reminded Shen Jie that Jiang Xuening was from a young girl's family and should keep some distance from her in the future, but also clearly surrounded Jiang Xuening into his territory, stamped his seal, and fortunately, before anyone else had any ideas, he cut off the desire of others.

The young man's small thoughts were shattered by humanity, and his handsome face turned slightly red. However, his voice was even louder than before, as if it could cover up something like this: "What's wrong with protecting it? I'm willing to!"

Just so domineering.

Shen Jie couldn't help but laugh.

The two of them stopped before the noon gate.

Yan Lin handed over his sword and, together with Shen Jie, turned right through the Huiji Gate to the Wenhua Hall.

The current emperor, Shen Lang, the brother of Shen Jie, ascended the throne four years ago.

In any dynasty, the year of imperial succession, it is extremely dangerous.

The year Shen Lang ascended the throne was no exception.

The late emperor fell ill and confused, so he confined Shen Lang to the palace. However, for some reason, he fainted and wanted to send him to the fiefdom, causing chaos among his subordinates. Fortunately, Xie Wei entered the capital and was truly born out of nowhere. He first stabilized Shen Lang's influence in the capital and then hired a renowned doctor to cure the late emperor's illness. Only then did the late emperor issue a final edict, which was passed down to the third prince Shen Lang.

Xie Wei, with the courtesy name Ju'an, was born into the Xie family of a prestigious family in Jinling, also known as the "Xie" in the poem "Former King Xie Tang in front of Yan".

However, by the time this dynasty was established, the Xie clan had almost declined.

He passed the imperial examination at the age of twenty and also entered the Hanlin Academy. Shortly thereafter, a funeral report came from Jinling, stating that Xie's mother had passed away at home due to illness. Xie Wei then became worried and returned to Jinling to observe filial piety for his mother for three years.

Three years later, at the age of twenty-three, he secretly returned to Beijing, coinciding with his situation.

In one fell swoop, he helped Shen Lang ascend to the throne smoothly, and together with the monk Yuanji, he became the most trusted person of the new emperor.

Having no actual job, he was appointed as the Crown Prince's Young Master.

If there is no prince in the palace for a long time, there is no need to lecture to him. Instead, he lectures to the emperor, which can be said to be "although there is no name for an imperial teacher, there is actually an imperial teacher.".

Recently, the autumn has turned cooler, and Shen Lang has gradually felt uncomfortable with his dragon body. He has summoned several of the three major auxiliary ministers of the cabinet to the palace.

No one knows exactly what was discussed.

But since last month, Shen Lang has issued an edict to summon some royal family members to the palace to listen to the scripture feast with him, including several of his brothers and Shen Jie.

When Yan Lin and Shen Jie arrived in front of the Wenhua Hall, the daily lecture had already begun for a while.

Huang De, the eunuch in charge guarding the entrance, quickly leaned over and said in a low voice, "Your Highness and the Marquis, why are you so late today? We've been talking for two quarters now. You two must be seen by the Young Master when you enter at this time!"

Last night when I was drinking, I was happy. How could I remember listening to the Japanese lecture today?

Shen Jie and Yan Lin glanced at each other and felt a headache.

This gentleman is Xie Wei. He has always been lenient and strict, and his humanity has the legacy of ancient sages. However, he doesn't often rub sand in his eyes.

The Prince of Yanping, who was loved by the Holy Emperor last time, was only half a moment late and didn't dare to speak out. He quietly sneaked in from the palace door. Unexpectedly, Xie Wei caught a glimpse of him and pointed him out in person, asking him to memorize the "Treatise on Companions" he had talked about yesterday.

Yanping Wang is young and playful, where can he memorize it?

Standing there stuttering for a long time made a big red face.

Xie Wei was not angry either. Instead, he kindly asked him to go back and sit down, saying that yesterday he might have talked too complicated and couldn't remember the normal thing, so he took responsibility for it on himself.

After King Yanping sat down, he felt extremely ashamed.

On that day, when I returned to my own mansion, I lit the lamp and studied at night. The next day, I arrived at the Wenhua Hall no later than half a minute. Not only did I smoothly memorize the "Treatise on Companions", but I also memorized the "Ten Thoughts on Advising Emperor Taizong", which was impressive.

From then on, I worked hard to move forward.

No matter how shameful the Prince of Yanping is, he is only fourteen years old and can still argue that he is a child who is not sensible.

Ke Yanlin and Shen Jie are both quite old and shameless.

At this moment, looking at the door of the Wenhua Hall and listening to the faint sound of lectures coming from inside, I felt my scalp tingling and a bit scared.

Huang De was still clever, pondered for a moment, and came up with an idea: "Young Master has always been on the spot when something happens. Once time passes, he doesn't pursue it or argue with anyone. The Shangyi Bureau sent a guqin today, and the emperor gave it to Young Master. After a few tea breaks, it is necessary to try the qin. Young Master loves the qin, so why not wait a little longer with His Highness and the Marquis, and let Young Master play the qin before entering? I believe we can get by with it."

Shen Jieyan felt relieved and quickly bowed to him, "Thank you, Grandpa!"

After speaking, I quietly went to the side hall and waited without mentioning it.

Jiang Xuening also didn't know what the scene would be like for Yan Lin and Shen Jie to go to the palace and listen to the scriptures and banquets at this time.

After the two of them left, she quickly embarked on the road back to her mansion.

She had walked through the streets and alleys of all sizes in Beijing when she was young. Just came out of the inn and felt a bit unfamiliar, not quite in the right direction. Fortunately, within two steps, the old memories gradually revived and soon found the way back to the Jiang Mansion.

People come and go on the street.

The vendors hung up their smiling faces and shouted loudly.

There are young children holding dough figures chasing and playing around

All the mundane smoke and fire rushed towards Jiang Xuening's face, staining her eyebrows. Her originally tense body slowly relaxed, and finally felt that the rebirth had become real, no longer like the chaotic and dreamy dream of facing Shen Jie and Yan in front of her.

Now she is not the queen.

You don't have to live in the Kunning Palace surrounded by high walls all the time.

Jiang Xuening walked on this street, like a fish returning to the water, even her footsteps became light and agile.

Jiang Mansion is located in Huaishu Hutong, and there is no need to walk too far. In no time, you can see the vermilion red gate.

To be honest, she doesn't have a very deep affection for the Jiang family.

After all, she only returned to the capital at the age of fourteen and had grown up on a farm in Tongzhou, raised by her father Jiang Boyou's concubine Wanniang.

To put it in the words of her own mother, she was raised and disabled.

Jiang Xuening's background is somewhat questionable.

She was originally born to her father's legitimate wife Meng Shi, but when Meng Shi was pregnant with her, she was having a bad time with Wanniang.

Wanniang is a thin horse from Yangzhou, who was given to her father and later became a concubine. She is highly favored by her father and has a big belly.

According to Wanniang, it was Meng who made a mistake and wanted to drive her to Zhuangzi.

Wanniang is not a good match either.

Seeing that the fate of being driven to Tongzhou Tianzhuang had already been determined, she decided to do nothing but replace the daughter she gave birth to with the daughter given birth to by the Meng family during the chaotic night of childbirth.

From then on, Wanniang's daughter transformed and became the legitimate young lady of the Jiang family. She lived a luxurious life, learned etiquette and righteousness, and was called Jiang Xuehui;

Meng's daughter followed Wanniang to the countryside, indulging in the wild and wild. She had no idea about the rules of the wealthy ladies.

This unlucky Meng's daughter is naturally Jiang Xuening.

Fortunately, Wanniang treated her very well and taught her how to read and read, as well as how to make up and play with fragrance, without any harsh treatment.

Jiang Xuening now thinks that Wanniang's calculations are extremely profound.

Because Wanniang was seriously ill four years ago, she even wrote a letter and went to Beijing, revealing the truth about the change of the crown prince by the civet cat back then.

This time, the entire Jiang Mansion exploded.

After verification, people came to Beijing.

But Wanniang was also too lazy to talk nonsense to them, leaving behind a sentence of "it's too late to regret" and leaving behind a mess.

Meng was extremely resentful of Wanniang, but Wanniang did not mistreat her daughter. She even left a sentence saying "it's too late to repent", proving that she has the heart to repent.

She couldn't argue with another dead person.

I cannot vent my anger on Jiang Xuehui.

Jiang Mansion is also a prestigious family. It's not good to make a big fuss about such an ugly incident; Although the eldest girl was born of Wanniang, she has been raised under the knee of Meng since childhood, dignified and virtuous. She has already had a mother daughter relationship with Meng, but it has nothing to do with the past. If she were to restore her status as a illegitimate daughter, she would be afraid of being laughed at and the marriage would be difficult.

So the whole government combined and chose a compromise solution.

That is to falsely claim that Jiang Xuening was ordered by a master when she was young, and had trouble before the age of fourteen. She needed to avoid the hustle and bustle in order to survive, so she was sent to the village to be raised as an ordinary child.

Now that fourteen has passed, he will naturally return to the mansion.

Jiang Mansion thus had two legitimate young ladies.

When Jiang Xuening first returned to Jiang's mansion, she was still quite reserved. Meng Shi asked her to learn whatever she wanted, and she worked hard to be a lady. Jiang Shilang had a kind and fatherly heart, especially taking pity on his daughter who was suffering a lot. He also had a hint of guilt, so he somewhat indulged her.

As time went on, Jiang Xuening's temperament became spoiled.

Even Jiang Xuehui bullied her.

Later on, I met Yan Lin, but no one could control me.

When the incident of dressing up as a man was exposed for the first time, Meng Shi was so angry that she scolded her for indeed being raised by that little slut, Wanniang.

Jiang Boyou finally felt a bit out of place.

She couldn't resist being taken out to play by Yan Lin. The young Yan Lin visited the Jiang Mansion and had a conversation with Jiang Boyou, and the mansion tacitly agreed to this behavior.

If Jiang Xuening disguised herself as a man, she would be called the "Young Master Biao", covering up and down together. It's true that there is such a number of people in the Jiang Mansion.

So now when she returned, the gatekeeper was so surprised that his eyelids lifted. He quickly buried his head and timidly called out, "Master Biao is back.".

The land price in the capital is expensive, and although Jiang Boyou is a real shortage like the Minister of Revenue, he is only a third rank official, and his wealthy family dare not be too ostentatious. The four courtyard houses are small and exquisite.

Jiang Xuening still remembers that she should be living in a west wing room at this time.

Next door is Jiang Xuehui.

When she first returned from her previous life, when she saw Jiang Xuehui, she was both insecure and jealous. After indulging in a spoiled temperament, she always used her identity as a concubine to manipulate her and tacitly allowed her servants to treat her lowly.

She snatched the opportunity for Jiang Xuehui to enter the palace to accompany her in her studies.

She even snatched Jiang Xuehui's wedding——

The person Shen Jie originally favored was actually Jiang Xuehui, but he only had a handkerchief as a token and did not know which Miss of the Jiang family it was. As a result, Jiang Xuening found the opportunity.

Jiang Xuehui later married a successful candidate in the imperial examination and followed him out of Beijing.

During the annual festivals, when the destined women entered the palace to worship, Jiang Xuening had seen her again, but they were all far away.

I only heard that she is doing well.

Now facing this seemingly taking away the "sister" who should have belonged to her life, Jiang Xuening is somewhat complicated. After returning to her own room, she thinks about what attitude to adopt towards Jiang Xuehui in the future.

But just as she walked to the corridor, she heard a pinched voice.

It's clearly a woman.

What the young lady said is really ridiculous. There are many people in our room, but there are few in your room. What's wrong with taking more of this example?

Do you still not know your identity?

"Don't say it's you, I'm not afraid even if Second Miss comes! I went to pick her up and take her back to the mansion. She obeyed my orders and even dared not go west when I asked her to go east!"

"You!"

Under the corridor stood a woman wearing a sky blue embroidered lotus patterned robe, with an oval face and willow leaf eyebrows. Although her facial features were not as charming and stunning as Jiang Xuening's, there was a dignified aura between her eyebrows and eyes.

At this moment, a little anger surfaced.

This is Jiang Xuehui.

Behind her was a little girl wearing a bikini, and her friend three steps away was a woman wearing gold and silver. A black mole under her lips showed a hint of malice, and the corner of her mouth curved to one side. The look at Jiang Xuehui was full of indifferent mockery.

When Jiang Xuening walked over, she happened to stand behind her and didn't see it.

Upon hearing her words of "obedience", she suddenly raised her eyebrows——

How could she not know who she was obedient to?

That woman was from the Wang Xing family, who was serving in Jiang Xuening's house. She used to serve Meng's side, but she did indeed go to the village to pick her up and took good care of her along the way.

Later, Jiang Xuening asked Meng for this person.

From then on, the Wang Xing family would kneel down and lick her like they were facing their reincarnated parents.

What is this virtue behind the scenes?

Wang Xing's family couldn't see Jiang Xuening, but Jiang Xuehui looked at her clearly.

At this moment, my heart was truly half cold.

The younger sister in the mansion is a notorious demon king who is arguing at this critical moment. I'm afraid she will cause a lot of embarrassment without distinction.

The girl standing behind her was limping and trembling, shouting at Jiang Xuening, "Hello, Miss Er…"

Wang Xingjia's body suddenly stiffened, but when he turned around, the previous arrogance and sarcasm had disappeared completely. His smile was full of enthusiasm and flattery, and he was extremely surprised: "Oh my second girl, you're back! The old servant stewed black chicken soup at home and prepared your favorite pineapple cake!"

When she was speaking, she kindly extended her hand to Jiang Xuening, as if wanting to help her.

There is a blue jade bracelet on that wrist.

The jade is translucent and has a lustrous color.

At first glance, it looks like top-quality Hetian Qingyu.

Jiang Xuening lowered her gaze and suddenly her pupils shrank

This bracelet

In her previous life, Wanniang held her hand before passing away. Although she knew that Wanniang was not her own mother, but rather the villain who took her away, she had been together for so many years and did not know the pros and cons involved. She did not hate Wanniang.

So she thought Wanniang had something to say to her.

Unexpectedly, when Wan Niang stuffed the bracelet into her hand, she said to her with a mournful expression, "Ning Ning, Auntie, I beg you for something. If you go back to the mansion and see the young lady, please help me give this to her…"

At that time, Jiang Xuening only felt a bowl of cold water and poured it on her head.

Perhaps her jealousy towards Jiang Xuehui began at that time.

When Wanniang left, she returned to the Jiang mansion, but she abandoned the bracelet in the box and would rather rot than give it to Jiang Xuehui.

Later on, when she encountered many things and remembered Wanniang and the past, she could never find this bracelet again.

Unexpectedly, it was here at the Wang Xing family.

Jiang Xuening quietly looked at the Wang Xing family, her expression suddenly becoming somewhat unpredictable.

Wang Xing's family was still laughing and said, "You must be tired of playing. The old servant will take care of you when you return to the house…"

However, as she lifted her eyes and touched Jiang Xuening's gaze, for some reason, a chill surged out of her spine.

Jiang Xuening didn't look at Jiang Xuehui next to her, but gently tugged at the corner of her lips and looked at the Wang Xing family. "Why didn't you know before that you were so skilled that you could even do the unique skill of changing your face?"