Chapter 226 Fighting poison with poison
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The capital city.
It got cold earlier.
Old Lady Meng put on her makeup early in the morning.
She was a first-class lady.
Her dress was big and thick.
There were a lot of gold and jewels on her hat, so heavy that it could make her cervical spondylosis more prominent than others.
Looking at her neatly dressed mother.
Meng Qingshe was startled.
"Mother, are you going to the palace to see the emperor? The emperor hasn't been seen recently. I haven't seen him for a long time. I heard that he only sees some weird and superstitious people."
Old Lady Meng threw back the beaded curtain on her hat.
"What emperor? Kneeling and worshipping, I'm so tired. I'm going to avenge my daughter-in-law and granddaughter-in-law."
My old man is still in the frontier, suffering in the northwest wind. For you to live a good life, he fought with others to the death, fought with bayonets, and every knife was bloody.
Can my family be bullied by a goddess who is nothing?
What the adopted daughter of the Liu family, the Liu family is nothing, they have to kowtow in front of me. What
the princess's good sister, the princess has to be polite when she sees me.
No matter what fairy or goddess you are.
You can't say anything about me.
Anyway, I have a bad reputation in the capital. I have not moved for many years. Those people may have forgotten why I have a bad reputation. Is it because I have a good temper?
Early in the morning, the first lady of the imperial edict rode in a carriage with a team of people and escorted a huge thing covered with red cloth, and went to the house of the goddess Liu.
People in the capital love to watch
the excitement. The goddess's exciting words about the Meng family's extinction have long been spread.
Some people ate too much and had nothing good to do. They were happy to hear bad news about such a noble.
In fact, there was no grudge or hatred, and they didn't even know what the Meng family had contributed to this country and this family.
They just followed the crowd.
How many good people can there be among the powerful? There is no such thing
as a lasting one.
He must have done too many bad things. He
has a lot of evil spirits, and he deserves it.
He must be a bad person, otherwise he wouldn't be a lasting one.
They started talking about the deeds of the goddess again.
The goddess looked at a man and said that he had an official aura on his head, and sure enough, soon, this man was promoted, and even promoted twice.
There are also some people who look at women's marriages.
They are all very accurate.
The goddess will definitely not lie.
Everyone saw that Madam Meng had put on the imperial robes and had given a cart of gifts. It was said that she was going to see the goddess. Was she going to give the goddess a valuable gift to ask for a change of fate?
It couldn't be changed. Didn't the goddess say that she had a lot of bad luck?
Everyone followed to see the excitement.
It was grand and magnificent.
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A house on the west side of the city.
It looked unremarkable from the outside.
But it was very luxurious inside.
There were pavilions and towers. The capital
city was very expensive.
But the house that Chu Xi had bought for her was impeccable except that it was not located in the best east part of the city.
The east part of the city was expensive, and the west part was rich.
Jiang Wan's arrival in the capital city was very exciting.
She felt like a fish in water.
It was as if all the suffering she had endured before was for the blossoming in front of her.
"When God wants to give a man a great responsibility, he must first make his mind suffer, his muscles and bones tired, his body hungry, his body empty, and his actions disturbed, so as to move his heart and harden his nature, and improve his ability."
Jiang Wan was deeply touched by this sentence.
She had been doing it step by step. She
had been desperate and fearful day and night in Ming County, but now she has shined in the capital.
Even the matter of Mr. Liu was easily solved.
In addition to Mr. Liu being obsessed with her and secretly arguing that he must marry her, Liu's parents were ashamed to adopt her as their adopted daughter. She
was open and decent .
As expected, Chu Xi was still attracted to her. Although he tried his best to restrain himself and never said it out loud, the conditions in this mansion were getting better and better, and she received more and more gifts, which were much more precious than what she saw in her dreams.
Everything was going well.
And according to Princess He An, her father also wanted to see her and would summon her, so she could deal with it well.
She had not attended any banquets in the past few days and waited quietly in the mansion.
On weekdays, she resumed her life of copying Buddhist scriptures, reading books, burning incense, and playing the piano.
With her grandmother by her side and someone taking good care of her, she had recovered a lot.
After abandoning her grandmother once and the second time, Jiang Wan never did such a thing again.
Because she found that with an elder by her side, everyone would praise her for her filial piety, which was naturally a bonus.
If she was really alone, it would not look good.
Sometimes bad things are not necessarily bad things.
It's just that it's winter now, and my grandmother's chest hurts every day. When it hurts, she gets angry and has attacks every day, which is also a headache.
Jiang Wan made some pain-relieving powder for my grandmother, which is more expensive than gold and is inhaled.
My grandmother has been quieter these two days.
Otherwise, she kept cursing Jiang Changtian, and sometimes she also cursed her eldest son, and cursed Wu, who was water-loving. If it weren't for her, how could her eldest son become a monk, how could Rong'er drown, and how could that bitch Wu still have the nerve to live, she deserves to die.
As for the daughter taken away by Wu, Mrs. Jiang said nothing.
I heard that she changed her name to Han Shu, and Prince Han doted on this concubine's daughter, like a real princess.
I was taken to the palace for strolls since I was a child.
She has ridden on all the eunuchs who served the emperor.
Naughty and lawless, the current emperor is probably old and confused. He doesn't like the proper princesses very much. It's okay that he loves the prince Han, but he loves the princess who suddenly appeared. It is said that Han Shu even climbed onto the dragon chair and pulled the emperor's beard.
This was all witnessed by the ministers.
Old Madam Jiang scolded Wu and scolded Wu, but she was very sober and never mentioned bringing Shu Shu back.
It's cold today.
Jiang Wan paid her respects to her grandmother and gave her some pain-relieving powder.
"Grandma, it's cold and you're coughing again. I got some good pears yesterday. I stewed them for you myself. It can relieve your cough."
Old Madam Jiang closed her eyes and nodded slightly.
Madam Jiang had a strong desire for control throughout her life. She never thought that Wan'er would abandon her and run away, saying that there was an accident or something, but Wan'er was smart since she was a child. She didn't want to, so how could she let such an accident happen.
Madam Jiang still felt a barrier in her heart, but at this time, she was an old woman and had no new support, so she could only pretend to be confused.
The best snow pears are very large. With her white fingers, she used a small silver spoon to dig out the pear core. After digging out the pear core, she put in Sichuan Fritillary Bulbs and rock sugar, and stewed it to relieve cough.
She actually made it specifically for cousin Chu Xi.
It is said that cousin Chu Xi was naughty when he was young and was punished by his stepmother to kneel. In winter, he caught a cold and developed a chronic disease. So when winter comes and the weather is cold, he is prone to coughing.
In her dream, she searched everywhere for a prescription to relieve Chu Xi's cough, and finally found that stewed pears were the best. It wasn't because they were the most effective, but because her cousin was willing to eat this. He didn't want to take medicine, probably because he was averse to medicine.
Jiang Wan was like this anyway. She wanted to be good to a person and really take care of him in every aspect.
There was a reason why she became the empress in her previous life.
This time, although the start was a little off, everything was back on track, and even better.
When the third pear was ready, the servant came to ask for instructions.
It was said that Madam Meng, the first -class lady of the imperial court, came to give a gift.
Jiang Wan slowly made the fourth pear. Although she was also a noblewoman in her previous life, she was inferior to others in the capital. Everyone in the capital was a noblewoman, and everyone had a better family background than her.
Be cautious, afraid of making mistakes at every step.
This time, everyone is cautious with her, afraid to say the wrong thing in front of her.
Jiang Wan said that the Meng family was justified, because that was the supposed ending.
She was imprisoned and tortured in the Jiang Mansion, and she told everything, but in the end Jiang Changtian still wanted to kill her. She had clearly seen Chu Xi, and hope was right in front of her, but he still didn't let her go.
But unexpectedly, God helped her in the end.
There was an earthquake.
What's more amazing is that the earthquake happened in front of her, but she didn't get hurt at all.
From that moment on, Jiang Wan felt that she was a person protected by God.
She wanted to set things right and become the final winner.
As for Jiang Changtian saying that he gave her the secret medicine from Shangqiuyuan, it was indeed a thorn in Jiang Wan's heart, because she found that she was indeed much more beautiful than in her previous life.
Everyone would be amazed to see her.
But as long as she entered the central palace and became the final winner, there would be some secret medicines in the royal family.
Didn't Zi Lu rebel for the secret medicine to cure his son?
In this life, his son was not dead yet, but he died.
A young man who could not speak could not make any big waves, so it didn't matter.
As for Madam Meng, Jiang Wan felt a little disgusted. In her previous life, when they were talking about marriage, she was a proper granddaughter-in-law who had not yet married into the family. Later, Meng Shaoxia died in battle, and she became the prince's concubine. When she went out to participate in activities, Madam Meng actually slapped her in front of everyone.
She was also ridiculed for a long time.
In this life, she would take revenge.
After slowly carving the six pears, she ordered the servants to steam them, and then changed her clothes to go out to welcome the guests. After all, she
was a lady of the imperial family, so she had to give face.
As for saying something unpleasant, don't blame her, after all, fate is determined.
When Jiang Wan dressed up and went out to welcome the guests, the door was already crowded with people who came to watch the excitement.
"The tablet of the goddess is really big."
"Even a lady of the first rank has been kept waiting for so long."
"What is covered by the red cloth on such a high cart of gifts? Could it be coral? I heard that coral is more valuable than gold. It must be worth a lot of money if it is so high." "
Those rich people are making money by doing evil."
"Maybe it is a jade tree. My second aunt's cousin works as a servant in a prince's house. She said she had seen a tree made of jade. The leaves are green and look like the real ones. The fruits are gems and the trunk is gold...tsk tsk."
The cold wind blew, but it couldn't stop the enthusiasm of watching the excitement.
Lady Meng, a lady of the first rank, sat in the carriage at the door, letting others point and talk, with a dark old face that didn't care.
It further highlighted the high status of the goddess.
The people chatted enthusiastically.
"Even a lady of the first rank must wait patiently."
Finally, under the gazes of the crowd, when the wind blew the busy people's noses, the door opened.
Everyone saw the legendary goddess.
"Wow!"
"Ah!"
There were exclamations, and everyone felt that this trip was worth it.
The goddess is indeed a goddess. From a distance, she looks like an immortal. She is so beautiful.
That kind of beauty is not ordinary beauty. It is hard to explain, but it feels mysterious. Everyone can't help but look at her, as if there is no one else in front of them except the goddess.
Jiang Wan greeted Madam Meng politely.
Madam Meng did not get out of the car, but just said: "I heard you said that my Meng family would be extinct. I think you are young and speak without thinking to attract attention. Now that I am in front of you, are you willing to change your words and speak properly? I have prepared a valuable gift for you."
Jiang Wan smiled: "I'm sorry, Madam Meng, fate cannot be changed. You can accept it but cannot change it. You'd better do more good deeds."
Everyone laughed.
This goddess asked the old lady to do more good deeds, which means she had done too many bad things.
Old Madam Meng was not annoyed and said, "In this case, I will take my leave. However, since the gift has been delivered, there is no reason to return it. You can predict the marriage of the young lady, and you can predict the future of the young master, but you can't joke about the fate of the country. My Meng family has been guarding the border for the country for generations. If there is no one, there is only one possibility, that is, to die in battle for the country. All the men in my Meng family have died. Do you still have a chance to stand here?"
Old Madam Meng's carriage turned around and left.
Her words shocked everyone's face and felt a little unwell.
Jiang Wan was also a little embarrassed. This old woman was talking about the Meng family. She actually lifted her family up so high, and she was not afraid of falling to death.
The soldiers delivering gifts at the back lifted the red cloth and took off the lid.
People curiously looked in and smelled an extremely foul odor.
This tall and big bucket turned out to be filled with gold juice.
The soldier pushed the bucket in front of Jiang Wan. Jiang Wan dodged quickly, but her shoe surface was still stained with red and yellow.
Most of the gold juice in the bucket as tall as a person was poured into the mansion, flooding the road surface and the flowers and plants.
The soldiers also held large spoons and sprinkled the remaining juice in the bucket evenly on the door one spoon at a time.
Old Madam Meng said that to get rid of bad luck, one must fight poison with poison. Some people can't spit out good ivory from their mouths, so they can only wipe some shit.
The carriage rolled, and the fully made-up Old Madam Meng straightened her back and moved forward.
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