Wang Qiang thought about it, but couldn't say where she was going for a long time, and looked like she had no plan.
Jiang Mingzhi was not in a hurry and waited for her decision.
"Hey, I remember your mother owns a farm on the outskirts of the city. I think it's called Yanyu Manor. The scenery over there is nice. Why don't we stay there for a few days?"
Jiang Mingzhi thought this was a good decision and was about to nod when he suddenly realized how Wang Zhaojun knew that her mother had such a dowry in her name. He looked at Wang Zhaojun with confusion.
Wang Qian then realized that she had accidentally revealed her true identity. She licked her lips and smiled guiltily.
Jiang Mingzhi lay back on the chair, waiting calmly for her to explain.
"If you don't tell the truth, then I won't go."
Wang Qiang had no choice but to confess, "Okay, I told you. It was Shuya who told me that I wanted to find a place to relax and that my mother would definitely not agree if it was too far away. She said that Yanyu Manor has nice scenery and it was your mother's dowry. If we go there, my mother probably won't stop us."
It was actually Qi Shuya who proposed it.
This surprised Jiang Mingzhi a little.
Jiang Mingzhi had not had much contact with Qi Shuya in his two lives, but she was definitely not a simple-minded person. Jiang Mingzhi always felt that when she proposed to go to Yanyu Manor, she was not just going there for fun.
"When we go to Yanyu Manor, Shuya will go too, right?"
"Of course. If she comes to my house in advance, the three of us can sleep together that night. We can get up early the next day and go out early so that we can get to Yanyu Manor earlier."
Jiang Mingzhi smiled and glanced at her, "My aunt hasn't agreed yet, are you so sure that the three of us can go to the farm to play?"
It was a turbulent time, and she wasn't sure whether her aunt would agree.
He said this because he was afraid that if his aunt didn't agree, Wang Qian would be happy for nothing.
Unexpectedly, Wang Qiang was not anxious at all. Instead, she looked at her cunningly and said, "Don't we still have you?"
She knew that this girl must be planning on her.
Her aunt felt sorry for the hardships she had to endure in her childhood, so whenever she asked for something, her aunt would always agree. If nothing unexpected happened this time, her aunt would definitely agree.
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month, the summer solstice had already passed. Lotus buds were poking out of the water one after another. There were frequent thunder and heavy rain. The kitchen began to prepare cooling tonics, and sour plum soup was also kept on hand. Seeing that the second branch of the Wang family was about to go to Beijing, Jiang Mingzhi and Wang Qiang went to their aunt's house together.
When Zhang heard that they wanted to stay for a few days at the farm that Wang came with as a dowry to escape the summer heat, she glanced at her daughter.
No one knows a daughter better than her mother. As soon as she heard the idea, she knew who came up with it.
But since it was Jiang Mingzhi who asked, she naturally had no reason to refuse.
"You can go and play, but the outside world is not peaceful right now. When you go to play in the manor, don't attract too much attention. Bring a few servants to protect the house. Go and play for a few days and then come back."
After saying this, he glared at his daughter worriedly and said, "Xuan is your eldest sister. When you come to the farm, you must listen to her in everything. If you don't listen, if something like this happens again in the future, I won't let you go with me."
Wang Zhaojun was delighted, as happy as a child, which made Zhang sigh in her heart. Although this girl was raised to be fearless, she had experienced too few storms after all, and her childishness had not yet faded. She was at the age of getting married, which really made her worried.
Since Zhang had already agreed, Jiang Mingzhi and Wang Qiang retreated.
Thinking of the news from the palace, Zhang's mouth twitched, and she seemed to be hesitant to speak.
Qi Shuya entered the mansion that afternoon, and several people began to instruct the servants to pack the boxes for tomorrow's trip.
It's lonely at home, and it's a rare happy time for three sisters of the same age to get together.
In the evening, several people set up a barbecue in Wang Qiang's yard and roasted a fat chicken. The smell was so delicious that people were drooling.
Wang Hanzhang and Zhang came back from their walk and smelled this aroma. Zhang couldn't help laughing: "This kid is such a greedy little cat. It's only been 15 minutes since dinner and he's already preparing a midnight snack."
The couple only had one daughter, who had been raised like a jewel in the palm of their hands. Wang Hanzhang twirled his beard and smiled, saying disapprovingly, "She's still at home now, so she can do whatever she wants. When she gets married, how can she act so recklessly? Don't be too restrictive with her. At home, she's a daughter, but once she gets married, she'll be someone else's daughter-in-law. She can't act so recklessly like this."
These words made Zhang sad. Thinking that her daughter would get married in two years, her eyes became moist.
But seeing Jiang Mingzhi fanning herself with a palm-leaf fan, Zhang's heart sank. "Now His Majesty has agreed. Although the imperial decree hasn't been issued yet, once the words are spoken, there's no turning back. Are we really going to marry my daughter to him?"
In fact, it can't be said that she was married. After all, she was just a concubine. To put it bluntly, she was a concubine in the palace. No matter how decent she was, she would still be inferior to the main wife in the future.
Wang Hanzhang didn't say anything, stood with his hands behind his back, and let out a long sigh.
Yanyu Manor is twenty miles away from Kyoto. Standing on the top of the hill in Yanyu Manor, you can see the Kyoto city gate in the distance.
Wang Qiang was so excited that she stayed up all night and told them about her past outings with her sisters in Dongjun.
Jiang Mingzhi was so sleepy that she originally wanted to sleep in the middle, but the chattering of the two maids, Wang Qiang and Qi Shuya, kept her awake, so she simply asked someone to bring her a bed quilt and slept on the big kang by the window.
Fortunately, the weather is warm now and there is a cool mat on the kang, so it is just right to sleep in, neither too cold nor too hot.
She still preferred to sleep alone. Although she could still vaguely hear Wang Qian and Shuya's night chats, the sounds were just so soothing that she fell asleep soon.
The result was that Qi Shuya and Wang Qiang talked with each other all night long, and in the morning only Jiang Mingzhi was full of energy, while the other two were like eggplants hit by frost.
After they had packed up, they went to pay their respects to Zhang, but they didn't expect that Zhang also had dark circles under her eyes.
Zhang, who originally wanted to scold her daughter, looked at herself in the mirror and gave up the idea.
Jiang Mingzhi held back his laughter until he got on the carriage, then he laughed.
Wang Qiang could tell at a glance that she was making fun of her, and angrily wanted to scratch Jiang Mingzhi.
But Jiang Mingzhi had long understood her temper and easily avoided her.
The sisters had had enough fun, and seeing that they were still some distance away from Yanyu Manor, they leaned against the carriage to rest.
Jiang Mingzhi had a good rest last night and was not sleepy, he just closed his eyes and dozed off.
Who knew that a carrier pigeon suddenly flew in from outside the window. Ordinary carrier pigeons would not fly around randomly. Jiang Mingzhi did not suspect anything and reached out to catch the pigeon and took the letter from the pigeon's leg ring.
"Dao Yun has him, we'll meet behind the mountain."
It was a message from Lu Yun to her.
Jiang Mingzhi opened the car window and threw the pigeon out when no one was paying attention.
The pigeon was also very smart. It flapped its wings and soon disappeared from Jiang Mingzhi's sight.
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