Chapter 81: Encounter in Beijing
When Jiang Yuyan stood under the golden plaque with the words "Shangjing" wearing a mask, she couldn't help but sigh at the impermanence of life.
It’s been almost two years, things have changed, but are the people still the same?
Chen Yi also had a subtle look on his face. The last time he came to Beijing, he followed her. Now he could come hand in hand with her. It was obvious that everything was destined.
As soon as their luxurious carriage inlaid with gold and jade entered the city, Jiang Yuyan met an unexpected guest - Zheng Shaopu, the Shaoqing of the Dali Temple!
The man's eyes were still as bright and sharp as before, but he looked more sinister and unfathomable.
"Who is coming?" Zheng Shaopu, riding a tall horse, asked condescendingly towards the carriage.
Chen Yi unhurriedly lifted the curtain and said calmly: "We are from the Lingshu Valley clan, and we are here to attend the New Year's Eve palace banquet under the order of the emperor!"
"Then why are you wearing masks? Who can prove your identity?!" Zheng Shaopu said coldly.
"This is the rule of our clan. Unless we are meeting the Emperor, our saints must wear masks when in public." Shen Yi responded calmly, his voice slightly cold.
"But I suspect you are an accomplice of the thieves!"
Zheng Shaopu raised the corners of his lips sinisterly, but his eyes fell on Jiang Yuyan behind him.
A familiar feeling came over him, and Zheng Shaopu was momentarily distracted.
"Sir," Jiang Yuyan said, "The clan rules cannot be violated. If you don't trust us, you can send someone to monitor the inn where my clan members are staying. The outcome will be clear at the New Year's Eve palace banquet."
Jiang Yuyan's body had been transformed by the Snow Charm Insect, and even her voice was slightly different. It was pure and clear before, but now it was more charming.
Zheng Shaopu stared at him coldly for a long time, and finally took two steps back.
The carriage drove by ostentatiously, but he stayed there for a long time.
When passing by the city gate this time, he didn't know what had bewitched him, and he became inexplicably curious and wary of this group of people. As for the masked woman in the car... Zheng Shaopu had a vague shadow in his mind, but when he thought carefully about the woman's voice, he realized that he had worried too much.
Jiang Yuyan and his group stayed at the Yueshang Inn on Guanyue Street and booked an entire upper floor.
Xiaolong Guard received the news and reported it to Emperor Shengyuan. On the morning of the second day, a eunuch came to announce the imperial decree, announcing that the Holy Son and Holy Daughter of the Lingshu Clan would enter the palace to meet the emperor at twilight the next day, and a banquet would be given in Weiyang Palace.
After the people left, Jiang Yuyan smiled sarcastically, threw the imperial edict aside indifferently, and pulled Shen Yi out the door.
She generously used the entire Guanyue Street as a cover and went to visit Canshang Restaurant and Jiang's Soap Industry.
"You should have heard of the Jiang Soap Company that is spread all over Dayue, right? They are all my property!" Jiang Yuyan was very proud, and her show-off looked a little childish.
Shen Yi couldn't help but cover his lips and smile.
Jiang Yuyan teased him deliberately in a frivolous way, "Now I am also very wealthy, and if the beauty follows me, I will naturally not treat you unfairly."
Chen Yi almost burst out laughing and nodded lovingly, "Okay!" Don't mention it, it feels good to be supported by the lady!
The two men were dressed in gorgeous clothes, wearing masks, and had many guards, making them look particularly dignified and mysterious. No one dared to spy on them for a while, so the shopkeepers and employees of the Canshang Restaurant and Jiang's Soap Company did not notice anything unusual.
Jiang Yuyan did manage to get some information out of the way, for example, the owner of the Canshang Restaurant had been away from Beijing for almost two years, and her three husbands were getting along well with each other, and they would get together at the Jiang Mansion during the holidays and so on.
At the beginning, she said that the date of return was uncertain, but unexpectedly, none of the three of them left the Jiang Mansion.
Jiang Yuyan felt distressed and guilty. She wanted to see those three people, but was also afraid to see them.
She sat in the Canshang Restaurant for a while, then returned to the inn quite disappointed.
Little did she know that the three people came to the Canshang Restaurant just after she left. Xiao Yuanyan had just returned, so the two of them should welcome him. At the banquet, she heard the shopkeeper mention the mysterious guest who came today, but she didn't take it seriously.
Several people missed each other in their lives.
And in the Moonlight Inn.
Cang Si was kneeling on one knee, reporting to Jiang Yuyan.
"Princess Baoyue was very domineering in Guanyue Temple. Whenever she was in a bad mood, she would take it out on the monks in the temple. Many people were beaten and scolded by her, but they dared not speak out.
Last month, she fell in love with a beautiful monk and flirted with him, wanting to take him as her roommate, but the monk sternly rejected her. In a rage, she had someone strip him of his robes and poured several buckets of water on him in the cold night. The monk could not bear the humiliation and wanted to commit suicide on the spot, but was rescued by the abbot and sent to another temple..."
The more Jiang Yuyan listened, the tighter her brows furrowed. After a while, she said, "You continue to watch."
"Yes." Cang Si responded with a fist salute and then stepped back.
Shen Yi came over, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why bother? How do you want to vent your anger? How about your husband do it for you?"
"what to do?"
"Kill him directly?" Shen Yi didn't care, as if assassinating a princess of a country was as easy as drinking water and eating.
“………”
Jiang Yuyan tapped the table, thought for a while and said, "I really wanted to kill her to vent my anger. But after hearing the news about Cang Si, I suddenly felt that killing such a scumbag would be too easy for her. Is it worth dirtying my hands!?"
He paused and continued, "If the perpetrator of a vicious incident does not receive the appropriate sentence, then it must be that the law is wrong. If the law is fair, then it is the higher-ups who are enforcing it who are wrong."
If we want to avoid repeating the same evil, we should change the source. Whether it was when Qin Shangyu was abducted or when she was disfigured but not treated fairly, Jiang Yuyan realized that she should have some political power and voice in order to survive safely in this cannibalistic society.
If she can also take care of the world and reduce the fate of people like the beautiful monk in the temple, she will have accumulated merits.
After hearing what she said, Shen Yi wondered for the first time whether he had not read enough and was unable to keep up with her thinking.
"Then what do you want to do?" Shen Yi asked.
"Repaying evil with kindness, how can I repay kindness? I will not let them go." Jiang Yuyan smiled slightly: "They rely on their status to bully others... It would be fun if I could take away the power they care about most..."
She and Xie Siqi have had a grudge for a long time. If Xie Siqi is fine, she can't go back to being Jiang Yuyan.
Shen Yi smiled slightly: "I never thought that Madam is so ambitious."
Jiang Yuyan sighed, "It's not a crime to possess a jade, nor is it a crime to possess ambitions and weapons. It's just to better preserve yourself. It all depends on how you act."
Chen Yi rubbed her head to comfort her, "I want you to live a simple and happy life, but you look so good that it makes my heart beat fast..."
Jiang Yuyan smiled brightly. She was now the "holy maiden" of the Lingshu clan, with countless wealth and the Twelve Youyun Guards by her side. Xie Siqi could no longer pose any threat to her. But she would have to live in fear from now on!
"Let's get the Lishan Ice Lotus first." Jiang Yuyan said.
As soon as this thought came to her mind, Jiang Yuyan didn't know that she had been quietly drawn into the whirlpool of the court, which also laid the foundation for her to step onto the political stage in the future.
This is a story for later.
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