The Rebirth of an Ill-Fated Consort - 73. Lonely Star

Xiao Shao looked down at her, Jiang Ruan was still young, and even if the child was considered tall among women of the same age, it was only in front of Xiao Shao’s chest. Xiao Shao didn’t get angry after hearing her words, her long and slightly curved eyelashes drooped down, and said, “Xia Cheng just let you go.”

“There will not be too many people in this world who will let me go,” Jiang Ruan looked at him directly: “It doesn’t mean that I am really dead.” She smiled slightly: “The prince himself is too busy to take care of himself, how can he still care about others? ?”

Xiao Shao was slightly startled. Everyone in the court respected him, feared him, and praised him, but countless people wanted to harm him. The situation is very similar to that of Jiang’s daughter, but he has never been afraid of it, even if the surroundings are murderous, because… he calmly said: “This king has the ability to protect himself, do you have it?”

“The prince shouldn’t worry about Ruan Niang anymore.” Jiang Ruan kept a distance from him. He was bitten by a snake and feared Jing Sheng for ten years. He had rescued Jiang Susu. Who knows what the idea was in his heart. Regarding Jiang Susu, she did not hesitate to classify as an enemy, and King Jinying did the same: “Does the prince know if Ruan Niang has the ability to protect herself?” After thinking about it, she said again: “The world is on the top of the wall. Although the grass is good, it is shameful in the end. Since you have chosen the camp, don’t change it arbitrarily, and be careful not to please.” After that, he walked outside and ignored Xiao Shao.

Xiao Shao stood in place, Jiang Ruan’s words just reminded him not to be horrible, he could hear it naturally. Ye Feng said on the side: “This Miss Jiang is really rude, the master is kind to help her, and he is also cynic.”

“Ye Feng.” Xiao Shao interrupted him: “Go home.”

Yu Ya in the room was wiping tears silently. Xia Cheng’s face was gloomy. After taking a look at Xia Jun, who was pale, Xia Cheng finally couldn’t help being furious, and pointed to Jiang Susu: “Naughty girl, kneel down for me!”

Jiang Susu panicked and hurriedly moved closer to Xia Yan. Xia Yan held her in his arms and whispered: “Father, what are you doing?”

“Don’t think I don’t know how Jun’er went to the ancestral hall for no reason last night. It’s not all the famous temples made by this wicked girl! Now it’s good, Jiang Ruan has nothing to do, but your cousin has taken someone else’s. doorway!”

Xia Jun frowned, but Yu Ya screamed, her eyes on Jiang Susu suddenly changed: “Is this true?”

Jiang Susu avoided the sharp eyes of his cousin’s aunt, and said: “Cousin agreed to this matter, and I just asked him to comfort the big sister. If it weren’t for the cousin’s thoughts, how could things have evolved? At this point?”

Xia Jun’s eyes sank when he heard the words, and he coldly snorted: “Consolation, you put aphrodisiac incense in that incense burner, do you really think no one knows?” This was something he figured out afterwards. At that time, the ancestral hall was smoky and he snorted. It was only used as a burning incense in an ancestral hall, but afterwards, I lost my mind and suddenly thought of the doubts.

Yu Ya finally couldn’t help but rushed forward, pulled Xia Yan away, and slapped Jiang Susu with a “slap” slap. She made a very heavy hand. Jiang Susu was staggered by her, with a veil on her face. Falling down, revealing half of an ugly face. She screamed, and shouted, covering her face, “What are you doing?”

“What are you doing?” At this moment, Yu Ya completely got rid of the image of a noble and dignified lady in her daily life. She looked terrifying as if she wanted to swallow Jiang Sususheng: “You are so calculating Jun’er, and you still use aphrodisiac incense, is there any shame in the end? !”

“Second Sister-in-law!” Xia Yan kept Jiang Susu behind her: “You are too much. Jun’er is also responsible for this matter. How can we blame Susu?”

Shen Rou was a little at a loss. She didn’t expect that Jiang Susu’s boudoir daughter would actually use such tricks, and Xia Yan, a gentle sister-in-law, would spread her teeth and claws like an angry tigress.

“Shut up!” Xia Cheng couldn’t bear it, pointing to Jiang Susu’s nose and cursing: “Idiot, I don’t have the skills and I want to learn from others to harm others. You are not afraid to laugh at your tricks! It is not as good as Jiang Ruan’s scheming, and she is calculated by her. ,idiot!”

Although Xia Yan was dissatisfied with Xia Cheng’s words about Jiang Susu, she had always been afraid of Xia Cheng and did not dare to speak. But Xia Cheng’s “not comparable to Jiang Ruan” irritated her, and he ignored it at the moment: “Grandfather is right, I can’t compare to Jiang Ruan, and I have no scheming, but what about my grandfather’s own methods, snacks? Wasn’t it still seen through by others, and made an ugly appearance in front of His Royal Highness and the Eighth Hall, so grandfather wouldn’t be stupid?”

Xia Yan was startled and quickly covered Jiang Susu’s mouth. Jiang Susu glared at Xia Cheng, his eyes full of resentment. Xia Cheng was so furious, he kicked Jiang Susu aside with a kick, gasping and said: “Naughty girl, get out! Tomorrow morning, take your Jiang family out of my Xia Mansion, and I will not be your daughter. , Without your grandson!”

“Grandfather!” Jiang Chao, who had been somber-faced, said hurriedly when he saw this, “My sister was just impatient for a while and didn’t deliberately contradict you. I will apologize for her!”

Since Xia Cheng assumed the title of knight, he has accepted more flattery. When was he hit by someone? What’s more, Jiang Susu talked about his sore spot. He became irritated for a while. It was extremely unpleasant to see Jiang’s family, and he didn’t even look at Jiang Chao. With a sneer, “I’m afraid she didn’t put my grandfather in her eyes at all!” He left without saying a word.

Jiang Susu was kicked by Xia Cheng and fell to the ground, covering his face without speaking, only his eyes gloomy like a poisonous snake. Yu Ya walked up to her and was cold: “This matter is not so easy and it is over. You have harmed my Jun’er, and you will not be able to enter the official career within three years. If this matter is not given to me, I will teach you to regret it for a lifetime. At that time, don’t say that the cousin didn’t give you the face of this niece!” After helping Xia Jun, she stopped looking at Jiang Susu’s mother and daughter when she went out.

At this point, it’s not good for Shen Rou to keep it anymore. She smiled and said, “I’m going to see how Jiaojiao is.” She also left on her own. The two young masters of the Xia family are not there, otherwise they don’t know how things will evolve.

There was no one in the room, and Jiang Susu suddenly hid his face and burst into tears: “Mother, mother, how could they treat me like this!”

夏研虽然也恼怒蒋素素自作主张着了蒋阮的道，到底是自己身上掉下来的肉，也心疼她此番狼狈的模样，一把将她搂在怀里：“是娘错了，娘本来想让你外祖父帮忙把蒋阮算计进去，没料到这蒋阮竟然如此狡猾，素素，是娘错了，娘一开始就不该留下那个贱人，五年前就应当送她与那个短命娘一道见阎王，只苦了我的素儿。”

“大妹可不简单。”蒋超在一边阴沉开口：“眼下外祖父对妹妹起了不满之心，二表婶一家又对我们生了嫌隙，如今应该怎么办才好？”

“别急，超儿别急，”夏研擦干蒋素素的泪水：“娘还有办法，定能教那个贱人再也翻不了身。”

另一边的屋中，蒋阮正在与连翘喝茶，带了两个丫鬟来，如今只剩下一个，倒是令人唏嘘。见连翘少有的沉默不语，蒋阮道：“你可是觉得我很残忍？”

连翘一愣，不解道：“姑娘何出此言？”

“书香是我害的，我明明有机会救她，却仍是不言不语，你可是觉得我过于残忍了？”蒋阮问道。

连翘顿了顿，片刻才明白蒋阮说的是什么意思。她低下头，屈膝跪在蒋阮面前：“奴婢从未有这种想法。书香虽然死的凄惨，可那是她咎由自取。若是昨夜姑娘不那么做，那么今日撞死在大厅的人就有可能是姑娘。奴婢的主子是姑娘，奴婢一辈子是伺候姑娘的，一旦姑娘有了什么闪失，奴婢一辈子都不会快活。”她语调轻快，说话又利落，一字一句说的爽快：“姑娘并不残忍，也请姑娘千万莫要认为自己残忍，蒋府与夏府如今到底是个什么心思，奴婢也看得出一二，姑娘要生活下去已经极为不易，又何必分什么手段，左右都是自保罢了。他们不仁在先，又岂能怪姑娘不义。”

“你起来吧。”蒋阮轻轻叹了口气：“这里头的水太混，我并不想将你们也拉进来，只是今日之事你也见到了，从此以往，我身边这样的事情时有发生，多留个心眼，对你们也有好处。”

Forsythia’s nose sore, softly replied and stood up. Since Jiang Ruan returned to Jiang’s Mansion, many things have been left to Luzhu. She is not without thinking. Luzhu is a second-class maid, but she seems to be trusted by Jiang Ruan more than the first-class maid. But after going through the Xia Mansion, the real danger was placed in front of her, and her strange feeling immediately disappeared. She raised her head to look at Jiang Ruan. They lived with Jiang Ruan since childhood. They have been accompanied since Jiang Ruan was still an innocent lady of the world, and accompanied her all the way through the pain of losing her mother and being bullied on Zhuangzi. Disgusted by his biological father and parted with his elder brother, the scene of the past is in front of him. I don’t know when, that cowardly and submissive girl has disappeared, replaced by a cruel and beautiful, decisive Jiang Ruan. Such a change is really gratifying and sad.

“Girl, this time in the Xia Mansion, there must be other purposes.” Lian Qiao said: “The girl is afraid that the Xia family has become a thorn in the eyes of the Xia family.”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly: “What is the purpose? The Eighth Prince is here, Xia Yanbaba came here, just to ask the Eighth Prince to be a middleman and make peace with the Li family.”

“Then now…” Forsythia asked.

“The second sister has already annoyed the Xia family. The Xia family will not be able to stand up for the Jiang family for the time being. With the water thrown out by the married daughter, is it possible that Master Xiahou would give up his grandson for a grandson? The second grandmother of the Xia family swallowed too If she doesn’t go down, how can she be willing to take her son as a fool? Don’t worry, the second grandmother of the Xia Family is not an ordinary person, there must be a good show this time.”

Forsythia thought for a while: “According to Wu Yiniang’s intention, the master will marry the girl into Li’s family, and the girl should have planned early.”

“What are you afraid of,” Jiang Ruan said calmly: “The Xia family is silent. The Eighth Prince will not take the initiative to discuss this matter with the Li family. Even if his father personally wants to make peace with the Li family, Li Dong is not so easy to send. Through this period, I am afraid that Li Yang will not have the life to marry his wife.”

Forsythia was taken aback, watching Jiang Ruan look cold and indifferent, he felt abruptly in his heart, and bowed his head in thought. Jiang Ruan said with a smile: “The Xia family personally taught me to come, but my mother prepared a gift for me, and I still have a big gift to give to them.”

Forsythia raised her head to look at her: “Girl?”

“For Li Dong, I have to bother the grandmother of the Xia family.” She said. After that, he took out a letter from his arms and gave it to Forsythia, looking for a chance, and stuffing it on the grandmother of the Xia family.

Although Forsythia didn’t know why, she accepted it. Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, Xia’s house was full of smoke, Shen Rou and Xia had already had the end, the beautiful and charming Xia’s grandmother, the romantic Xia’s second young master, sister-in-law and uncle, I don’t know that Shen Rou saw this letter. Will Hua Rong be eclipsed by fright.

However, it is better to use this move later. Jiang Ruan looked regretful: “It’s still raining today.”

“Yes,” Forsythia said following her words: “It hasn’t stopped yet.” The spring rain shouldn’t have been so long.

The day when the refugees enter Beijing is getting closer and closer.

Early in the morning of the second day, Xia Cheng had prepared a carriage early, and he was actually trying to drive people. I heard that Madam Xia “woke up” last night, and the long-time begging with Xia Cheng failed to make Xia Cheng change his mind. Xu was so angry that even Madam Xia turned her anger.

So it was completely different from when he came. When he left, there was no Xia family to send it off. Jiang Li was naturally overwhelmed, but Jiang Susu’s three faces were blue. Jiang Dan still shrank silently in the corner, and was not affected by this atmosphere at all, only Jiang Ruan was alone.

When he returned to Jiang’s Mansion, Jiang Quan had already learned the whole story from the people Xia Yan called to spread the letter. He naturally hated Jiang Susu’s failure to succeed, but what was even more annoying was the unsparing face of the Xia family. . When Xia Cheng had not yet assumed the title, he was very fond of his son-in-law. Now that he has the title, he is also arrogant in front of him. I also heard that Li Dong has been searching for famous doctors in Beijing at high prices in the past few days. The life of Li’s son who wants to come is saved, but this is even more difficult. Thinking of everything, Jiang Quan only felt a headache.

Seeing him like this, the young man next to him said with relief: “Master, you haven’t closed your eyes all night, do you want to rest?”

Jiang Quan waved his hand, he was already in a state of exhaustion at the moment, so there was no mood to rest.

Upon seeing this, the little boy murmured: “It’s strange to say that since the lady returned to the house, the house has never stopped.” He said as he glanced at Jiang Quan’s face. Jiang Quan had been stiff when he heard what he said. He seemed to be taken aback for a while, and his brows gradually frowned. After a while, he suddenly slapped the table fiercely: “Fairstar!”

The young man was startled, and stepped aside in silence. Jiang Quan suddenly thought that after Zhao Mei’s death, a wandering Taoist priest gave Jiang Ruan a divination, saying that she was an ominous person, and she was born as a mother. Only Jiang Quan is not a superstitious person, and he is not very concerned about ghosts and monsters. Only when Zhao Mei had just died, Xia Cheng assumed the title again, and asked him several times to raise Xia Yan as his wife. At that time, he also had the same intention, thinking that Jiang Susu and Jiang Chaoping had been wronged for so many years of concubine and concubine, so he followed the Taoist’s statement and put Jiang Ruan on Zhuangzi. One thing is to make Xia Yan feel relieved, and secondly, not seeing is pure, as long as you don’t see Jiang Ruan, you won’t think of the annoying Zhao Mei.

Now when I listened to a reminder from the young man around me, Jiang Quan only reacted. Since Jiang Ruan returned to the mansion, Jiang’s mansion has indeed been dead and turbulent. First, Jiang Susu lost his reputation inexplicably. Resent, also had a rift with the Xia family. All of these seem to have a subtle relationship with Jiang Ruan, but she can’t do it this way, without such scheming, and without such means. But there is something strange, and the only reasonable explanation is that, as the Taoist priest said, she is a real lone star of the gods.

Jiang Quan clenched his fists. He wanted to have an extra daughter, so he had an extra bargaining chip for the three of Xia Yan, who knew that this was an evil spirit who came to kill him. In that case, it can only be removed!

The young man had been with Jiang Quan for many years, and when he saw Jiang Quan’s face, he quietly withdrew from the house and went out.

When Jiang Ruan returned to Ruan Juzhong, the first thing he did was to send away the maids sent by Xia Yan. She said: “Mother promised me to send you back, so you can go back to Yanhua Garden by yourself.”

Several maids looked at each other, and one of the maids courageously said: “Big girl, madam, let the servants and servants come and wait on you. The servants want to be by your side.”

However, Jiang Ruan didn’t seem to hear the side of the Forsythia confession next to him: “By the way, you have time to go to the Xia Mansion and collect the body of the scholar for me. After all, he also went with me, and he couldn’t end up a funeral. The end of feeding the wolves in the mass grave.”

Several maids were taken aback when they heard the words, and looked at Jiang Ruan as there was no scholarly figure beside him. Just listen to Forsythia: “The slave and the maidservant. The scholar is so miserable, don’t worry about the girl, it’s all on her own.”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, looked at the few maids who were just now, and said, “What did you just say?”

“Nothing?” The maid hurriedly replied. He lowered his head and dared not look at Jiang Ruan again.

Jiang Ruan left with satisfaction.

In Yanhua Garden, the dusty Xia Yan just returned to the house when she heard the grandmother Li by her side and said, “Madam, the Wancai beside the master has something to report.”

“Let him in.” Xia Yan took the tea from Lin Lang and sat down on the carved wooden chair in the room.

Wan Caifang came in and said to Xia Yan: “Madam.”

Xia Yan waved his hand: “If you have something to say, how are things going to explain you?”

Wancai nodded and said: “It’s done. The master believed that the eldest lady is the lone star of the gods, but now I don’t know what to do.”

Xia Yan’s lips overflowed with a sneer: “In that case, you will tell the master that a very agile Taoist priest is coming to the capital in the next few days. Something has happened in Jiang’s Mansion recently. I would like to invite this expert to do it here. For a religious affair, go to the bad luck in this mansion.”

Wancai’s eyes rolled around: “The slave knows it.”

“Go on.” Xia Yan waved tiredly.

After Wancai got down, Madam Li stepped forward to lightly press her shoulders for Xia Yan, and said, “Madam, but do you want to use the old methods again?”

“I always have to find an excuse.” Xia Yan squinted his eyes: “Jiang Mansion has always had troubles in the past few days. If they can all be pushed to Jiang Ruan, everyone will not always look at Su’er and Chao’er. On the contrary, Jiang Ruan’s reputation will be stinking for thousands of years. This is the best way to clear the reputation of Suer and Chaoer.”

Grandma Li followed with a smile: “Madam is clever, no matter how clever the eldest is, it is hard to beat all the gold, and the master has already suspected her, just do it boldly.”

“In order to prove that this is true, it will be my mother’s birthday in a few days. It is arranged on that day that the Taoist priest will be able to pray with my mother, and in front of so many people, it is proved that Jiang Ruan is a evil star, Jiang Ruan’s life Don’t even think about turning over again.” Xia Yan said slowly.

“Madam, can you still find the Taoist priest five years ago?” Madam Li asked.

Xia Yan pressed her forehead hand and laughed fiercely: “Naturally, the words of the old man are the most convincing. Five years ago, I was able to send her to Zhuangzi, and it will be the same five years later. Only five years ago, the master let her I concealed this, but now I want everyone in the world to know that Jiang Ruan is the lone star of the Coffek mother!”

Five years ago, in order to find an excellent excuse to send Jiang Ruan into Zhuangzi, she bought a Taoist priest and made Jiang Ruan an ominous evil star. I wanted Jiang Ruan to die on Zhuangzi, but I didn’t want her to survive, and returned to Beijing early. She left her hands as early as when she returned to the Xia Mansion, and if things didn’t happen, Jiang Ruan would be ruined. In short, Jiang Ruan made Jiang Susu suffer, and Jiang Ruan didn’t want to leave the whole body. Wancai had done things for her a few years ago, and it was easy to blow his ears in front of Jiang Quan. Moreover, Jiang Quan was very unhappy with Jiang Ruan, and if there was a slight disturbance, Jiang Ruan was the first to suspect.

No matter how Jiang Ruan calculates, it is the same, just because she can’t be favored by Jiang Quan, she is destined to never win the battle in this battle!

Old Mrs. Jiang just woke up a few days ago, and her body is better under nursed care, but after all, people are in their old age, not as healthy as they were when they were young, and the sickness came like a mountain. In just a few days, they were a lot of haggard, and their appearance also appeared. The color of aging.

Du Juan walked in with the medicine bowl, and gave a color to the colorful bird guarding the old lady Jiang. The colorful bird stood up hurriedly and smiled at the old lady Jiang who looked out of the window, “Old lady, drink the medicine while it’s hot.” .”

Mrs. Jiang retracted her gaze, looked at the bowl in Dujuan’s hand, and said coldly: “What kind of medicine are you taking? I think the attached people wish I was dead!”

Caique was taken aback and hurriedly said, “What did the old lady say? Everyone is looking forward to you for a long time. It is for the sake of the second young master that you also need to be in good health.”

“Super Er,” Mrs. Jiang’s eyes deepened suddenly: “Following his mother’s temperament, she thought she was good, but now she is arrogant and arrogant. She looks like his sister, but she has shallow eyelids.”

Cai Que was startled, the old lady commented on Jiang Chao and Jiang Susu in front of them, and they didn’t know how to answer the conversation.

Mrs. Jiang glanced at Caique, she stretched out her hand to take the medicine bowl on the cuckoo tray, raised her head and drank it clean, the soup was too bitter, she closed her eyes and frowned tightly. After a while, The expression gradually relaxed.

“Old lady, it will be your birthday in a few days, and the lady said that she will take care of it for you personally.” Du Juan saw that Mrs. Jiang’s expression eased a little, and he said cautiously.

“It’s just a cover-up.” Mrs. Jiang sneered: “What idea did she think I didn’t know?”

Caique and Dujuan looked at each other, and Mrs. Jiang made a serious and self-reliant voice. This time, she seemed to have changed one after her illness, especially dissatisfied with the three of Xia Yan and her son. Just listen to Mrs. Jiang again: “But I’m afraid her abacus will be empty this time, the big girl is not an ordinary person.”

Both Caique and Cuckoo lowered their heads and said nothing, but naturally they had other thoughts in their hearts.

For several days, the middle of Beijing was dripping with light rain, and the dark clouds seemed to have never left the sky above the capital. The grains stored in the rich and noble family’s mansion are beginning to become moldy and damp, so naturally, let alone the poor family.

The newly-built champion mansion in the capital was shining brightly by the rain, and even the gloomy weather could not dispel the joy on the plaque of the Liu Mansion. In the study, Liu Min stood in front of the window, staring at the rain dripping from the eaves.

It’s been a long time since it rained in Beijing for a long time. I saw that it wasn’t too heavy, but I kept pattering. The water in the moat has risen a lot. I can feel a hint of cold dampness.

The maid behind her thoughtfully offered a cup of ginger tea: “Master, get some warmth.”

Liu Min turned around, took the teacup in the maid’s hand, and took a sip. He is young, but he has a deep arrogance. Compared with the impetuous nobleman in Beijing, he is like a smooth and cool bluestone, and he is truly respectable when he looks at it.

He asked: “Is there a letter from me these few days?”

The maid stunned for a moment, then shook her head and said, “No.”

A trace of disappointment flashed across Liu Min’s face. Since he was appointed the champion, the mysterious man has never seen him again.

At this moment, it was Mrs. Liu who walked in quickly, holding a gilded post in her hand, and said, “Amin, why do you dress so thin?”

Liu Min smiled and shook his head, saw the post in her hand, and asked: “Mother, what is this?”

“The post sent by Mrs. Jiang Shangshu in Beijing invites us to their old lady’s birthday banquet.” Madam Liu hesitated: “I was thinking of rejecting, but now you are also in the officialdom. If you have a support in normal times, it would be fine. , This post is clearly written, saying that we are also here for the first time to settle down in the capital, and visit specially. Mother thought, it is just a birthday party, and there is nothing to go there.” She thought of something, and suddenly smiled: “Besides There must be many young ladies attending this birthday banquet. If you are interested, my mother will take care of you. Now you are not too young, and you should worry about the important things in your life.”

“Mother,” Liu Min was a little helpless: “My boy now only wants to start a career, and has no idea of starting a family.”

“Nonsense,” Madam Liu glared at her: “Mother still wants to hold her grandson.” After speaking, she looked at Liu Min and asked, “I’m not allergic. Do you think my mother should go to this birthday party.”

Seeing his mother’s expectant gaze, she couldn’t say anything when she refused, Liu Min smiled and said, “Mother wants to go, so naturally she should go.”