Chapter 3 Dowry
In the boudoir.
Jiang Rong sat in front of the mirror, looking at herself in the phoenix crown and bridal robe, with bright eyes, white teeth, and a graceful look, looking like a 15-year-old. She was a little dazed.
She actually went back to ten years ago.
Is it God who has pity on her?
"Rong'er, why are you back?" Second aunt Chang pushed the door open with a complicated look on her face.
She really didn't expect that Xie Lingxi could detect something wrong with a person even through the veil.
When he saw that it was not Jiang Rong, he left with murderous intent.
But Chang was not panicking at this time, because the Northern Prince's Palace would not let the world know that the Crown Prince's Consort eloped on the wedding day.
Today, Jiang Wan must be brought home and this marriage must be completed.
By making an excuse later that he accidentally picked up the wrong person, he could legitimately change the Crown Prince's Consort from Jiang Rong to Jiang Wan.
Although the prince ran away in anger, the Northern Prince's Palace will definitely send someone to clean up the situation for him.
Jiang Wan was still wearing her wedding dress and pretending to be Jiang Rong and waiting.
Unexpectedly...
Xie Lingxi came back and brought Jiang Rong with him.
Jiang Rong saw her and sighed, "Aunt, we were caught by Xie Lingxi outside the city. What else can I do if I don't come back with him? Please forgive me, aunt. I have to say that I didn't elope and knew nothing about being married off..."
"Otherwise, what if the prince gets angry and beats me to death?"
Chang's heart ached, and she asked anxiously, "Then the prince will not blame us?"
"Don't worry, auntie, Rong'er will naturally protect you. When Rong'er was caught by him, she was heartbroken and should have committed suicide. But thinking of the kindness of my uncle and aunt in raising me, Rong'er will still take care of you in your old age and see you to the end of your life, burn incense and mourn for you. How can I die ahead of you..." Jiang Rong's eyes were red and tears were fading.
Chang felt a breath caught in her chest. All the words were good, but why did it sound so wrong?
"Don't be sad, you still have a lot of time, you and Wenyuan will still have a chance in the future..." Chang hypocritically comforted.
In fact, I sneered in my heart.
Even if I let you marry into the Northern Prince's Mansion today, what's the use? You can only live for another month!
It would be great if Wanwan could marry instead.
From now on, the Jiang family can benefit from the Northern Palace.
But now that things have come to this, Xie Lingxi's people are all outside the door, and she has no ability to let her daughter get on the sedan chair...
We can only settle for the next best thing.
"Rong'er, your aunt is really worried about you marrying into the Northern Prince's Mansion alone. Yingchun is your eldest maid, who grew up with you and is the one you trust the most. Why don't you let her be your dowry maid and raise her as a concubine? She will be able to help you in the future!" Chang looked like she was making plans for her.
Jiang Rong glanced at Yingchun who was combing her hair behind her and smiled, "Okay. Aunt is really thoughtful."
Chang came here specifically to get some information, and then made the most favorable response based on the current situation. He also pretended to care about Jiang Rong for a few words and then left.
Jiang Rong knew exactly what she was thinking.
She must have been thinking that she would not live long, and if she didn't quickly take a concubine, the big tree of the Northern Prince's Mansion would be of no use at all.
Jiang Rong calmly looked down at his wrist, where there was a cinnabar-like red dot.
This is the mark left by the Yellow Springs poison.
In her previous life, Xie Lingxi once told her that Huangquan was a strange poison that needed to be taken continuously for a month to be infected, and only the Jiang family could do this.
She didn't believe a word of it.
In her eyes, Xie Lingxi was just a bully who robbed a woman. How could she trust a bad guy instead of her own family?
In his previous life, he probably knew recently that she was poisoned, speculated that the Jiang family was a den of wolves, and knew the true face of Shen Wenyuan.
So he married her and spared no effort to find medicine to cure her illness.
But Jiang Rong never believed a word he said.
As everyone knows, the Northern Prince was a young dandy who bullied men and women. He forced the second daughter of the Jiang family to marry him, thus breaking up a perfect match.
But no one knew that he just wanted to save his sweetheart.
"I hope you live well." The words are still ringing in my ears.
Jiang Rong couldn't help but clench her fists under her sleeves. In this life, she would never let Xie Lingxi down again...
"Yingchun, you've worked hard over the years. Are you willing to go to the Northern Prince's Palace?" Jiang Rong said casually.
Yingchun bowed quickly and said, "I will do whatever you ask, young lady. Wherever you go, I will go!"
Jiang Rong curled the corners of his lips.
Before she died, she finally found out that the poison that had poisoned her was given to her by this most trusted maid, who fed her a bowl of ginseng soup every day.
The maids around her were all arranged by Chang, and Yingchun was Chang's spy who monitored and controlled her.
In the Jiang family, she even had trouble dealing with a maid.
But if you go to the Northern Prince's Palace, the Chang family won't even have a chance to collect your body.
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