The Red Chamber.
From the outside, it looks no different from other restaurants, but once inside, it's completely different. Thanks to the Jin family's wealth and Xiao Jinjin's ingenious ideas, every step reveals a new and stunning view.
Behind the restaurant was an exquisite manor.
There is a strange rock standing in the middle.
The words "Grand View Garden" are written on the strange rock.
The Grand View Garden is divided into different pavilions, each with a completely different landscape, and each pavilion is inhabited by a beautiful woman who is both talented and beautiful.
There are dignified, pretty, fiery, and delicate...
There were even women and young nuns.
The Fifth Prince chose Xiaoxiang Pavilion, which was the most recommended in the Dream of the Red Chamber.
Inside lived a woman named Daiyu, with two arched eyebrows that seemed to furrow yet not furrow, and a pair of eyes that seemed to hold both joy and sorrow. A melancholy graced her cheeks, and a delicate frailty pervaded her being. In stillness, she was like a beautiful flower reflected in water; in motion, she was like a willow swaying in the breeze.
Jiang Xue, dressed in a white floral outfit, was completely overshadowed.
Even the Fifth Prince couldn't help but look at the young lady Daiyu, but she showed no intention of coming over to serve him. Instead, she let several maids serve her while she held a brush and ink and was writing poetry.
The bamboo curtain is half-rolled up, and the door is half-closed.
They crushed ice into soil and jade into basins.
Stealing three parts of the pear blossom's whiteness,
I borrow a wisp of the plum blossom's soul.
...
"What a beautiful poem!"
The Fifth Prince clapped his hands in approval!
Daiyu bowed slightly, her face devoid of any fawning or ingratiating smile, just like a true young lady from a noble family.
Jiang Xue's face paled slightly; she had risen to prominence as a woman of exceptional talent.
Jiang Jiaojiao clapped along, "Miss Daiyu has such literary talent, she should be called a talented woman, sister, don't you think so?"
Jiang Xue gritted her teeth, "Sister is absolutely right."
Her heart was bleeding. She wanted to bite this actress and Jiang Jiaojiao to death together, but she couldn't.
She's here today to apologize.
Jiang Jiaojiao has wronged her so much, yet she has to humble herself and apologize!
The ancestral temple is deserted.
This also calmed her down. Upon careful consideration, she realized that she had been impetuous because Jiang Jiaojiao had broken free from the control of the storybook, causing her to lose her rationality.
She shouldn't have been so hasty in breaking ties with Jiang Jiaojiao.
What's worse, she shouldn't have stepped forward so easily without being fully prepared, which led to her current predicament. It's her own fault for not staying calm.
As long as she calmed down and planned carefully, and used the mystery of the storybooks to regain her reputation and connections, she soon found an opportunity.
The eldest princess is in danger.
The story goes that when the eldest princess was enjoying the spring outing, she was bitten by a poisonous snake. She happened to meet a concubine's daughter who already had a reputation as a skilled healer. The concubine's daughter saved the eldest princess, not only solidifying her reputation as a skilled healer, but also using the eldest princess's life-saving grace to formally enter the circle of royalty.
only……
According to the storybook, this should only happen next year, but how could Jiang Xue wait? After all, her betrothal gift has already been returned by the Fifth Prince. If she cannot demonstrate her own value, she will never have the chance to step into the Fifth Prince's residence again.
therefore……
She painstakingly inquired about the whereabouts of the eldest princess, and, carrying carefully prepared antidotes from a medical book, waited patiently. Sure enough, she successfully rescued the critically ill princess and, through the princess, met the fifth prince she had longed for. After a tearful confession, she successfully gained the fifth prince's trust and was finally able to enter his residence.
Although her current status is only that of a concubine, it doesn't matter much, because her ultimate goal is far more than that—to become a prince's concubine, a prince's wife, a crown princess... and even the throne of empress, the mother of the nation, will all become things she is determined to obtain!
No rush!
Jiang Xue took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, and tried to force a seemingly sincere smile. "I was just confused before and offended you, sister. Please be magnanimous and don't hold it against me. I've come here today to apologize to you. I hope you can forgive me this time, considering our many years of sisterly friendship!"
After saying that, Jiang Xue began to sob softly, while reaching out to tug at Jiang Jiaojiao's sleeve and gently shaking it, trying to move the other party in this way.
"Ugh, so dirty."
Jiang Jiaojiao brushed aside Jiang Xue's damp handkerchief, her face full of disgust, her eyes darting between Jiang Xue and Daiyu.
It's obvious that they're comparing Jiang Xue to Daiyu.
Jiang Xue then realized.
The young lady Daiyu was silently weeping as she looked at the book, her eyes glistening with tears, her breath coming in soft gasps—she was beautiful.
Jiang Xue couldn't hold back her tears.
"Your Highness..."
A faint voice came from the doorway. Jiang Jiaojiao's eyes lit up, and she stepped past Jiang Xue and the Fifth Prince to greet him, "Little... Fifth Prince's Consort!"
I finally met the little crybaby.
Look at how thin she is, she could be blown away by a gust of wind. How could they... how could they bully her like this? A princess consort, she can't even get enough to eat, does anyone believe that?
The claim that she has a weak spleen and stomach and cannot tolerate greasy food is because the little crybaby lost her mother at birth and has never eaten anything good since she was a child. The rare opportunity to see meat was cold and fishy, and she vomited after eating it. Since then, rumors have spread that she is sickly, which allows her stepmother to torment her even more openly.
Until the imperial decree granted them marriage.
The little crybaby got sick even more frequently, if it weren't for the kind-hearted governess bestowed upon her by the Empress.
The little crybaby probably won't live to see her wedding day.
Jiang Jiaojiao felt more and more sorry for her and became more and more enthusiastic. Her eyes were like those of a long-lost sister. "Don't be so polite. I heard from Xiao Shier that you saved a lost little girl when you were young. Do you remember? That person was me! Hehe... You are my savior!"
Jiang Jiaojiao blinked, her smile growing even brighter.
The Fifth Prince was taken aback, and his smile became even more gentle. He hadn't expected that the Princess Consort and Jiang Jiaojiao had such a relationship.
The Fifth Prince's wife was so startled by Jiang Jiaojiao's enthusiasm that she took a few steps back and didn't react for a while. It seemed that she had saved a little girl when she was young, and was soon taken away by her family.
At that moment, the little girl's mother held her and cried tears of joy, thanking her repeatedly, which made her very envious. If her own mother were still alive, would she also hold her like that, worrying and crying for her?
However, she vaguely remembered that she was a thin little girl with round eyes. How did she grow up to be like this?
The Fifth Prince's Consort scrutinized Jiang Jiaojiao's slender eyebrows and eyes, her chubby face, her chubby arms, and her chubby... chest.
My doubts instantly turned into envy.
She must be able to eat a lot of delicious food every day, sigh... It's a pity that my spleen and stomach are weak, I can only eat vegetables and porridge, and I can't even eat too much.
She realized she couldn't remember the last time she had eaten her fill.
I don't even know when was the last time I ate meat.
His eyes swept over the table full of delicacies.
The Fifth Prince's wife secretly swallowed.
A chicken leg suddenly appeared in front of me!
Jiang Jiaojiao's enlarged smiling face appeared, "I specially ordered this guinea chicken for you, try it!"
Rumble—
Ordered for...for her?
Can she really eat it?
The Fifth Prince's wife stared wide-eyed in disbelief, but her gaze was fixed on the chicken leg. Her mouth watered uncontrollably, and she swallowed it. The last shred of reason she had left made her look at the Fifth Prince.
The Fifth Prince's cold and disgusted gaze poured over his head like a bucket of cold water.
My whole body felt cold.
He swayed, his face turned as white as paper, and he dared not look at the chicken leg again, as if it were not a chicken leg, but the source of all evil, the heart of greed.
Knowing full well that she was physically weak, how could she still indulge in gluttony? It's utterly shameful!
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