Mrs. Jiang thought that Yan Yiming, who had always thought that no one cared about her, would either delay marriage further and further and eventually become an old maid despite her good looks, or have no choice but to marry someone from an unpopular family. There would be no third ending.
But she never imagined that there would come a day when she would marry the son of the county magistrate.
Although the news that the wife of the county magistrate came to the Jiang residence in person was not spread out, Old Lady Jiang could not keep the secret.
Old Mrs. Jiang had disliked Yan Yiming for so many years, and for the first time she felt that her granddaughter looked a little more pleasing to the eye. After all, Master Jiang was her biological son. In the past, Second Madam Jiang had often ridiculed the Second House because of Yan Yiming. Now, seeing the clues, as soon as Second Madam Jiang came to the house, Old Mrs. Jiang seized the opportunity to praise the First House.
Mrs. Jiang didn't understand at first, but when she understood, her face turned purple with anger. She couldn't bear it any longer and complained, "It hasn't even started yet."
If anything goes wrong afterwards, that little girl will never be able to get married again.
When he returned home, he still didn't believe it, so he sent people out to inquire carefully and confirmed that the county magistrate's wife had really been to the Jiang Mansion. He heard that it was the third son of the Jiang family who met the little bitch when he went out boating on the lake and fell in love with her at first sight.
Mrs. Jiang held it in for a long time before uttering "a vixen". After that, she pouted and turned around to see her daughter coming in dressed up, becoming even more annoyed.
"All you know is dressing up! No matter how well you dress up, you're still no match for that little hooves!"
Miss Jiang felt wronged immediately. She glanced at Mrs. Jiang and complained with a pout, "I grew up like this because of my parents..."
Mrs. Jiang, who was furious, grabbed her daughter and twisted her hard, but she still felt unsatisfied, so she waved her hand impatiently and sent her daughter away.
Last year, I thought that my third son would be able to pass the Tongshi exam smoothly, and from then on he would be able to step on the big wife's feet. However, he failed the exam last year, and he has failed for several years. However, the little bastard who lives in the big wife's house has already started preparing for the provincial exam.
Mrs. Jiang sneered and thought that the provincial examination was much more difficult than the child examination. If one passed, he would be a juren. She prayed every day for her son to pass quickly, and asked the Bodhisattva to protect that little bastard from passing.
She was already unhappy with being suppressed by Jiang Yi, and now even Yan Yiming, whom she had mocked for so long, had good luck.
Mrs. Jiang was so angry that her chest felt stuffy. She lay in bed for two whole days before she finally got enough energy to get up.
Compared to the jealousy of the second wife, the first wife has been very happy every day these days.
When Mr. Jiang came back and heard the good news, he was overjoyed, but he was naturally introverted, and since nothing was certain, he decided to wait until everything was settled before making any decisions.
Mrs. Jiang naturally understood this logic, but these days, she often asked people to send some things over. What made her even happier was that the third son of the Jiang family came to her house in person yesterday.
Young Master Jiang has just come of age, and his age is just right. Although he is not as good-looking as Jiang Yi, he has an upright figure and regular features. He is clearly the legitimate son of the county magistrate, but he is very respectful and does not hide his love for A Ming in his words.
Mrs. Jiang was so happy that her heart was blossoming.
Old Mrs. Jiang came specially to join in the fun. Seeing that the third son of the Jiang family was obsessed with Yan Yiming, she wanted Yan Yiming to come out and meet him. However, Yan Yiming replied that he was not feeling well and was not convenient to meet guests.
Young Master Jiang San could not hide his disappointment on his face, but he still greeted Old Lady Jiang and Madam Jiang in a very reasonable manner before leaving.
As soon as Mr. Jiang San left, Mrs. Jiang couldn't help but start complaining about Yan Yiming again, "You get sick when you have something important to do. You have no future!"
Mrs. Jiang turned her head and looked at Old Lady Jiang without saying anything. She felt a little sorry for what she said, but it was not a bad thing to abide by the rules. Mrs. Jiang liked such polite women.
Young Master Jiang deliberately lingered in the Jiang family's back garden for a long time, hoping to meet Yan Yiming, but he never saw the beautiful figure that caught his eye. Instead, he saw the tall man who was with Yan Yiming that day.
After asking around, Mr. Jiang San also found out that he was the younger brother of the Jiang family who had no family background. He heard that he had passed the child examination at such a young age, which was quite amazing.
He went out to play with Yan Yiming that day, so they must have a very good relationship.
He thought it wouldn't be a bad thing to get closer to his brother-in-law in advance, especially since Mr. Jiang was so handsome. Mr. Jiang San coughed twice, put on a smile, and took the initiative to step forward and greet Jiang Yi.
Jiang Yi looked at Mr. Jiang San calmly from head to toe, and suddenly remembered that he once asked Ah Ming when he was chatting with her that if she really wanted to get married, what kind of man she wanted to marry.
Yan Yiming said that since he didn't know the other person's character, he could only look at his appearance superficially. After that, he looked him up and down and said that he should at least be able to compare with him.
When the maids heard this, they burst into laughter and said that it was impossible to judge a person based solely on appearance. Besides, the young master was so handsome that it would be hard to find someone more handsome than him.
It was just a joke at first, but the third son of the Jiang family in front of him was definitely not what Yan Yiming liked.
Jiang Yi nodded and asked calmly, "Mr. Jiang."
Mr. Jiang was surprised to see how well behaved he was. He was even more impressed when he remembered that he was already a scholar at such a young age. After chatting for a while, they looked towards the south for a few times before leaving. As they left, he thought of something and took out a long box from his sleeve and handed it to Jiang Yi. "I saw this a few days ago and felt that it was a perfect match for Miss Jiang at first sight. This small gift is not a respect. Although I have never met Miss Jiang, since I have met Mr. Jiang, I would like to trouble Mr. Jiang to pass it to Miss Jiang."
Jiang Yi smiled wryly, but the box said "No trouble", and watched Mr. Jiang San leave with his deep eyes without a trace of smile, and then opened the box.
A white jade hairpin lay quietly in the box, simple in style yet elegant and exquisite.
Jiang Yi lowered his eyes, not knowing what he was thinking about. After a long time, he closed the box again, smiled, and walked towards Yan Yiming. When passing by the small pond in the mansion, he casually threw the wooden box and the jade hairpin into the pond.
The hosta accidentally fell out of the wooden box and quickly sank into the lake and could never be found again.
Since this marriage was destined to be unsuccessful, there was no need to show the hairpin to A Ming. A Ming said that he was not feeling well today, so he happened to go over to see her.
It was noon when he went there. Lan Xiu and a group of maids were sitting in the shade of the yard playing with their voices down. When they saw him come in, they hurriedly greeted him. Jiang Yi saw her and asked softly, "Is Ah Ming taking a nap?"
Then he glanced into the room again, "I heard she's not feeling well again?"
Lan Xiu pursed her lips. This was because Yan Yiming was close to Jiang Yi. Even if other people in the mansion said that the young master had the same cold face as the fifth young lady and looked scary, those who served him were not afraid. Now they even had the courage to say a few words in front of Jiang Yi.
"I'm not feeling unwell. I was fine this morning. Just now the old lady asked someone to ask the young lady to go meet Mr. Jiang. She didn't want to go, so she found an excuse to get rid of her." Lan Xiu didn't understand what Yan Yiming was thinking, and muttered, "I'm going to marry him in the future anyway, so it doesn't hurt to meet him earlier..."
Before he finished speaking, Jiang Yi had already turned around and walked into the house, "I'll go check on her, you guys continue playing, and keep your voice down so as not to disturb her."
"Oh," the maids nodded hurriedly, and waited until Jiang Yi entered before whispering, "Young Master, why are you going in here while the young lady is sleeping?"
"Who knows?" Lan Xiu shook her head. "Maybe just take a look. Never mind. Changchun and Pinellia, Calendula and Hosta, who's the right one..."
Jiang Yi walked in quietly. The room was much cooler than outside. Mr. and Mrs. Jiang were afraid that she would get too hot, so they allowed her to put ice in the room.
Yan Yiming was sleeping soundly, his light-colored eyes were closed, his long eyelashes trembled slightly like a small fan occasionally, and along his eyelashes all the way down was a small and beautiful red mole.
Her appearance is really first-rate.
Even though I didn't like her because of her looks at first, I couldn't deny that she was so beautiful that she could captivate people at first sight.
Jiang Yi sat on a small stool beside the bed and looked at her carefully. Her skin was still almost transparent jade white, but because of her body, even her lip color would be a few shades lighter than others if she didn't put on rouge.
But the lip shape is very good, with upturned lip corners, and both the lip peak and lip valley are just right.
With hidden yet ardent teenage feelings, Jiang Yi reached out his hand and gently rubbed her lips with his thumb. It was warmer than I had imagined, much softer than I had expected, and felt incredibly good.
His fingers gently stroked the red mole at the corner of her eye, and stroked her beautiful cheek, and finally slowly moved down to hold her hand. Compared to the gentle cheek, his fingers were ice-cold.
The two pairs of hands were intimately interlocked, and Jiang Yi liked it very much.
I like this way of being alone and peaceful, and I like every moment with her.
Jiang Yi sat there for an unknown amount of time until he heard a small gasp behind him. He then slowly let go of his hand, then slowly leaned down and gave a gentle kiss to the corner of Yan Yiming's lips while he was still asleep.
Forget it, he stood up again and saw Lan Xiu standing behind him with her hands covering her mouth and eyes wide open in disbelief. Jiang Yi did not seem to be panicked at all.
He even raised the corners of his lips with some satisfaction, as if he had done something very ordinary. When he passed by Lan Xiu, he said softly, "You can pretend that you didn't see anything."
"But..." Lan Xiu was too shocked. She was just curious as to why the young master had stayed for such a long time and had not come out yet. Could it be that the young lady had woken up? She just came in to take a look, but who could have imagined that as soon as she entered the room, she would see such a disturbing scene.
It turns out that the young master has always been so concerned about the young lady!
"Master, you!" Lan Xiu really thought he was confused, "The young lady is about to get engaged..."
"I will tell her and the lady in person. For her reputation, you have to pretend you didn't see it," Jiang Yi said, and chuckled as if he heard a joke. "Engagement? How can she get engaged when I'm here? If you really can't hold it in, you can tell her what I did in a few days. But in the next few days, I still have to inconvenience you... Keep it a secret for me for a few more days."
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