Jiang Rao couldn't believe that there was such a coincidence in the world. As the rice bag fell from her hand, her eyes subconsciously lowered.

When she lowered her head, the woman who made her feel like Shen Xiuying was no longer in front of her.

When Jiang Rao looked up again, she saw a figure running away in panic.

Jiang Rao would never believe in such things as resurrection from the dead, but her disbelief was mixed with a sense of weirdness because of the man's back as he fled in panic.

If it wasn't Shen Qinying, why would she have to run away?

She was just about to find someone to catch up and see what was going on when a white horse stopped at the entrance of the alley and Jiang Jinxing jumped off the horse.

He was dressed in a long green bamboo gown, and his appearance and manners were extremely dignified. He was an extremely noble young man. No matter who he looked at, he had a gentle smile on his face. Even when he saw the disaster victims who came to get food, he did not look down on them or be arrogant. His attitude was friendly and upright. However, when he looked at the girl, the smile on his face was especially cordial, which added a bit of swagger and elegance to his elegant demeanor.

Jiang Rao was suspicious and hurriedly ordered Ming Shao to find someone to chase the fleeing figure. She had watched her brother grow up and was already tired of him. No matter how ostentatious he was, he would not be in her eyes. She turned her head and talked to Ming Shao. After Ming Shao walked away, she looked at Ming Shao's back nervously and ignored Jiang Jinxing at all.

Jiang Jinxing's smile faded, he pursed his lips, and called out "Sister" hesitantly.

Jiang Rao then turned around and looked at him, "Why are you here?"

"I came to see you..." Jiang Jinxing wanted to say that he came to see if there was anything he could help with, but when he thought of Jiang Rao ignoring him, he got a little mad, and there was a hint of reluctance in his voice, "My parents asked me to come here to see if you were in any trouble."

"Come here." Jiang Rao called him to her side. Although Jiang Jinxing's tone made her feel uncomfortable, he had always spoken in this tone over the years, and Jiang Rao was used to it. She whispered to him, "Help me watch the stall."

Jiang Jinxing asked cleverly, "What about you?"

Jiang Rao: "I'm going to catch someone."

Jiang Jinxing: "Don't let it be you. You don't even dare to catch a grasshopper, how can you catch a human? I will go."

He seemed to be casual and focused on the pretty girls on the street. In fact, he had already noticed the scene of Jiang Rao talking to Ming Shao. He said on his own initiative, "I'll go find your maid."

He walked out two steps, then suddenly came back and tapped the wooden board on which the grain bags were piled. "Add an extra set of bowls and chopsticks to the dinner table tonight. I have something to tell you. I'll stay here for dinner."

…

The road was covered with snow and there were not many pedestrians on the road.

Shen Xiuying walked hurriedly, holding down the brim of her hat with both hands. There were not many pedestrians on the road to begin with, so she tried to get to places with fewer people.

Jiang Rao saw her, and she also saw Jiang Rao.

She had been on the run for too long, and this year she boldly returned to the capital in order to find the Baole Ceremony.

Seeing the porridge stall in front of Prince Qi's palace, she followed the crowd there.

Before leaving Beijing, she had never heard of anyone being named King of Qi.

When she was a daughter of an official family, she didn't know how expensive rice was. When she was left alone and couldn't even afford to eat, every grain of rice was precious. She just wanted to get a bag of rice and leave, so she followed the people in line.

In Wuyi Lane, the most prosperous place in Jinling City, even the clouds floating in the sky seem more beautiful than those outside.

She dreamed of living here for a day, but unfortunately her father was not such a high-ranking official, and she herself... She had thought that she could live a good life in this life. Even if she could not reach the most envied position in the world, at least she could marry a young man from a distinguished family in Wuyi Lane.

Shen Xiuying was thinking absentmindedly, and when it was almost her turn, she was shocked to find that the person distributing porridge was Jiang Rao.

She had been busy fleeing in recent years and was completely unaware of the changes in Jinling.

Jiang Rao is actually married to the King of Qi...

Chen Qinying

The hat covered her face and blocked her sight. She was unable and dared not raise her eyes to see Jiang Rao's face clearly. She was afraid that if she saw Jiang Rao clearly, she would recognize her.

Her wrist bones were slender but not miserable, they were thin, white, well-proportioned, with flowing lines. One could tell at a glance that she lived a wealthy and pampered life, which was enviable.

She thought foolishly as she fled into the alley. The wind blew on her face, hurting her skin and flesh. Her hair blinded her eyes, making her look particularly miserable. Shen Xiuying suddenly felt resentful again.

Jiang Rao seemed to recognize her.

The faster she ran, the closer the footsteps behind her became. She was terrified and did not dare to stop even after turning into a narrow alley. Her heart was beating violently.

She went through so much hardship, but in the end she lost everything.

Talent, fame, fortune, family and status, she didn't get what she wanted, and all the things she once had were taken away from her.

She only had one life left, and she lived in this world, servile and hiding, like a rat.

She ran all the way to the deepest part of the alley, leaving the sound of footsteps chasing her far behind. Her ears were quiet, and she gasped for breath, holding onto the wall and stopping her escape.

But I couldn't stop wondering who the King of Qi was.

She was exhausted every day just thinking about where to settle down and who to ask for her next meal. She had no time or energy to find out what was happening in Jinling.

There was no one to ask.

King Qi... Could it be Rong Ting?

This is totally different from the previous life, but if it wasn’t Rong Ting…how could he let Jiang Rao marry someone else?

Unless he's dead.

The panting gradually subsided, and the surroundings were silent. Shen Xiuying felt that it was almost time to leave.

She looked up, but fell to the ground.

Nine feet high, a young man sat on the wall, looking at her with interest.

I don’t know how long I watched it.

Seeing that she had discovered him, he smiled, put his fingers to his lips and blew a whistle.

Birds flew away from the branches in fright, and the sound of whistles echoed throughout the alley.

Soon, the sound of hurried footsteps came closer and closer, and several maids and servants ran here.

They respectfully called the young man sitting on the wall "Young Master".

Shen Xiuying saw that things were going badly and took the opportunity to run, but a cold light blocked her way.

She lowered her eyes and saw that the sword tip was only half an incense stick away from her throat. She felt dizzy and said tremblingly, "Young Master, you have recognized the wrong person."

She heard the maid calling Jiang Jinxing "Young Master" and roughly guessed Jiang Jinxing's identity. Since she didn't recognize him, he might not recognize her.

Tears welled up in her eyes, and rolled down her cheeks. She covered her chest with her hands and said, "I am just a weak woman who can't even tie a chicken. I don't know what I did wrong to let you use a sword to scare me."

She cried like a pear blossom with tears in her eyes, but Jiang Jinxing hated women's tears the most, and there was no sympathy or pity in his eyes, "Stop quibbling."

As soon as Shen Xiuying stopped crying, she glared at Jiang Jinxing fiercely and said, "If you block my way again, I will shout and criticize you. If you don't let me go, you will lose your reputation!"

Jiang Jinxing was still watching with interest. The woman's expression changed so quickly. Seeing that he was not fooled, she began to threaten him.

What a pity, he is a person who doesn't respond to any push or push.

"What's fame?" he laughed.

Shen Xiuying clenched her fists. She was just bluffing. She didn't really think she could threaten Jiang Jinxing, but seeing that he was young, she wanted to give it a try.

I didn't expect that the Ning'an Marquis's Mansion would raise another unruly young master.

When Jiang Jinxing looked at her, her scalp tightened and she felt like a trapped beast, in a dilemma.

He refused to listen to her words and she was at her wit's end.

I just broke the jar and went ahead with it.

He shouted loudly: "Hurry up! Someone is robbing my daughter!"

Call someone over, maybe she will have a chance to escape in the chaos.

Jiang Jinxing let her scream at the top of her lungs and stood there calmly, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

Only the half-foot long sword in his hand kept approaching.

If the person in front of him wasn't a woman, he would have punched her hard.

Jiang Jinxing's eyes showed a hint of impatience, and without drawing blood, he easily lifted up Shen Xiuying's hat and cut off her hair that was covering her face.

A few strands of long hair fell to the ground.

Looking at the face revealed after the hair was cut off, Jiang Jinxing touched the sword and sighed, "This knife is really blunt."

He then said, "The fire burned down the inner house of the Shen Mansion, and you were clearly buried in the sea of ​​fire. How did you come back to life? Are you back from the dead or are you absconding with the crime? You have to explain it."

His tone was not interrogative, but simply stating the facts calmly, so calm and indifferent that it didn't seem like someone his age, "Second Miss Shen, huh?"

When Shen Xiuying heard him point out her identity, she froze, her dry lips moved, but she couldn't utter a word.

When she pushed over the lamp beside the bed, she only wanted to burn her maid to death, but she didn't expect that she would burn her mother to death as well.

She has been regretting all these years on the run.

Living a life worse than death would be better than dying at that moment.

But when she was once again faced with the prospect of death, she wanted to live again.

"I miss my mother." She choked up and started crying without any reason.

Jiang Jinxing slowly raised his hand and retracted the sword. Just when Shen Xiuying thought he would let her go, the young boy grinned, snapped his fingers, and ordered his followers: "Catch him back."

…

Although Jiang Rao guessed that it was Chen Xiuying, when she was really caught by her brother and found out it was Chen Xiuying, she was really surprised.

Jiang Jin acted quickly and returned in less than half an hour. He asked someone to pass the message to the official in the Dali Temple who had presided over the trial of Shen Que's case. He first took Shen Xiuying back to the Qi Wang Mansion and locked her up in the woodshed. He then wandered off to find Jiang Rao. When they met, he mocked her, "You can encounter such a strange thing even when you are giving out porridge. What luck...tsk tsk."

When Jiang Rao saw him coming back from catching someone, his puppy eyes were shining and he looked so smug as if his tail was sticking up. She didn't argue with him but threw a new handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

Shen Xiuying is really not dead. Jiang Rao has endless doubts in her heart, "Why is she still alive? Was it someone else who died in the fire? Then how did she manage to hide it from the world? If so, why did she come to the palace today?"

Jiang Jinxing shook his head. "I have already asked you about everything you want to know."

"What did you find out?"

Jiang Jinxing uttered another "tsk" and looked at Jiang Rao as if he was looking at an idiot. "If I had asked anything, wouldn't I have told you long ago?"

When Jiang Rao spoke to him, she would only say three sentences in a friendly manner at most. If she said more than that, she would not agree with him.

But when she thought that he would catch someone when she asked him to, and that he was reliable, but his mouth was a little bad, she was not angry, and asked him, "You want to stay for dinner, and if you have something to tell me, what do you want to say?"

Jiang Jinxing was about to speak when he saw a figure appear over the Moon Gate. The wooden hairpin and white shirt could not hide the beauty and elegance of that person's face.

Jiang Jinxing narrowed his eyes and said, "Brother-in-law is back. I will talk to you about those things later."