Chapter 49: It's easy to get on a pirate ship, but hard to get off
The following days were very peaceful. Zhang was no longer in a hurry to tell Jiang Lan about her in-laws. Jiang Rui made new friends and no longer pestered Jiang Lan to take him to see Qi Wuhan.
During this period, Jiang Yao came back and cried to Zhang that Pei Qian had taken in a new maid in the mansion, and that the maid was brought back by him. He placed her in the study and deliberately kept it secret from her. When she found out, he didn't even give an explanation and just took the maid in.
Zhang quietly told her something, and asked Tanxiang to find a prescription from the box and give it to her, telling her to keep it carefully and not let anyone find it.
After leaving Zhang's place, Jiang Yao went to Jiang Lan's yard. When she saw Jiang Lan, she kept staring at her face and left without saying a word.
Jiang Lan didn't bother to care what she was doing there, but Qing'er and Gui'er both felt it was strange.
After leaving the courtyard, Jiang Yao asked Hua'er with a gloomy face, "Do you think that maid looks a bit like her?" Hua'er didn't dare to answer yes, and comforted her, "Miss, don't think too much. She's just a maid. The son-in-law doesn't care about the affairs of the inner chambers. Whether that little bitch lives or dies is up to you." Jiang Yao sneered, "If she doesn't know what's good for her, I have plenty of ways to deal with her."
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During this peaceful period, after paying her respects to Zhang every morning, Jiang Lan would return to her own yard to read, embroider, and calculate how many days were left before she could go to the medicine house.
In the evening, she liked to lie on the windowsill and stare at the pear tree in the yard in a daze. Sometimes she thought about her and Qi Wuhan, sometimes about Zhang's affairs, and sometimes about what would happen after her eldest brother returned home... Most of the time, she would let her mind go and stare at the increasingly lush green leaves on the tree in a daze.
The trees were covered in lush green leaves, and the snow-white pear blossoms had all fallen. It was as if a heavy spring snow had fallen that day.
Every time this season came, Jiang Lan's biological mother, Xie, loved to stand under the tree and watch the petals fluttering like spring snow, covering the ground with white and fragrant...
Unfortunately, Jiang Lan was still in Sangcheng at that time and could not see the spring snow.
The three maids, Lu'er, Cui'er and Xiaohong, could not see it either, because this spring snow fell at night. The snow-white petals fluttered in the sky and fell silently to the ground.
When the three of them opened the door the next day, they saw the ground covered with white. They thought it was snowing and found it unbelievable. Later they found out that it was flowers, not snow, that fell on the ground.
Coincidentally, Zhang had a nightmare on the night the flower fell, and Tan Xiang went to ask a doctor to come the next day.
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That day, Jiang Lan was leaning back in a recliner under a tree, resting her eyes. Jiang Rui ran in excitedly, calling out "Second Sister" twice. Qing'er and Gui'er hurried over to ask what was wrong. Jiang Rui slipped aside, walked around them, and ran to Jiang Lan, "Second Sister, I have great news to tell you~"
It was not only good news, but also extremely good news. Jiang Lan was a little curious about how big this extremely good news was.
Jiang Rui glanced around again and whispered in a low voice, "I heard that the Queen is going to hold a banquet at Lu Garden in a few days." At this point, he glanced at Jiang Lan's face and saw that she looked a little surprised. His vanity was satisfied and he continued quietly, "I heard that it's to choose princesses for His Royal Highness Prince Fu and His Royal Highness Prince An."
Prince Fu is the fifth son of the emperor. He likes to grow flowers, walk his dog, travel around the mountains and rivers, and he loves to collect flowers and plants of unique varieties. He even bought a large piece of land on the outskirts of the city and built a garden to grow flowers and plants. He also hired more than a dozen gardeners to take care of these flowers and plants. He also spent a lot of money to hire people to dig a ditch from upstream to bring water for easy irrigation.
Everyone in the capital knows that Prince Fu loves flowers like his life and likes to travel. He is an utterly carefree prince.
Prince An is the sixth son of the emperor. His temperament is completely different from that of Prince Fu. He abides by his duties and never oversteps the line. Except for being slightly close to the third prince, Prince Rui, he keeps an appropriate distance from court officials and siblings. He never makes friends with or wins over anyone, which makes people feel a little cold.
Jiang Lan was not interested in whether the two princes would choose a princess or not. After all, it was none of her business.
But Jiang Rui obviously didn't think so, "Second sister, if you are chosen and become the princess, then no one will dare to bully our family anymore~"
Jiang Lan shattered his fantasy with just one sentence:
"Fourth brother, do you think the Empress would be interested in me given my previous reputation?"
Jiang Rui's face fell, his eyes rolled, and he cheered up and said, "If the two princes like it, the queen will definitely not object." He then flattered, "Second sister, you can even get the marquis to do it."
Before he could finish his words, Jiang Lan interrupted him coldly. She sneered, "Since you're praising me so much, why don't you go talk to father and make him happy too?"
Jiang Rui felt deflated and his face turned a little ugly.
"Where did you hear this news?" Jiang Lan restrained her expression and changed the subject.
"I just heard it, I heard it." Jiang Rui laughed dryly and answered evasively. He then said that he had not finished his homework for the day and then slipped away.
Seeing him slip away in a flash, Jiang Lan considered whether she should go and warn her father to keep an eye on Jiang Rui and not let him make any unorthodox friends and go astray, leaving the whole mansion to clean up his mess.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Lan asked Gui'er to invite the black-armored guard who worked as a security guard in the mansion. She wanted him to help find out who Jiang Rui had made friends with recently.
The next day, after Jiang Rui went out, the black-armored guard also secretly followed him out.
After returning, the black-armored guard reported Jiang Rui's whereabouts for the day to Jiang Lan.
After going out, Jiang Rui went to school. After school, he went to a teahouse. After entering, he went to the second floor and entered a private room. He met a man inside and stayed there for about a quarter of an hour. He left first, and then the man came out and got on a carriage and left.
The black-armored guards followed the carriage all the way to the vicinity of Prince Rui's Palace and saw the man enter the palace.
When Jiang Lan learned that the other party was from Prince Rui's Mansion, her heart skipped a beat and her face turned pale. She was afraid that Prince Rui was planning to plot against the Shangshu Mansion.
"The Marquis asked me to tell the Second Young Lady not to worry, because he is here for her." The black-armored guard reported, his tone as concise and sharp as when he reported Jiang Rui's whereabouts, conveying less than one percent of the gentleness with which Qi Wuhan said this.
But it made Jiang Lan sound more reliable and feel more at ease. Then she became furious again and wanted to grab Jiang Rui by the ear and scold him!
Can we just mess with the people in Prince Rui’s Mansion?
It is easy to get on a pirate ship but difficult to get off. By then it will be too late to escape!
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