Chapter 92 Do you have any skills in the martial arts world?
"Oh? How did this news spread?" Jiang Xue asked.
"It seems that the ladies have been moving around more recently," Fu Dong said. "For such rumors to spread among the noble families, there must be some basis for it."
Jiang Xue was a little confused. If the Prime Minister's Mansion wanted to marry someone, according to her maternal grandfather's character, he should choose a bride from the civil service. It wouldn't be surprising for Jiang Xue to choose someone who loved writing, but why did he choose two people who were good at swords and guns at once?
Could it be that her aunt had changed her mind and come to her senses, and didn't want Lu Qiongshuang to continue being a lady from a wealthy family, and wanted to find her someone with a similar personality?
Jiang Xue thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. Later, she thought that instead of thinking about it here, it would be better to ask the person involved directly.
I might as well just cover my head and go to sleep, and keep my spirits up, as there will be plenty of things to do tomorrow.
The next morning, Jiang Xue got up to practice martial arts. Chen Jin was not in the inner courtyard, so she started to practice the moves that Chen Jin taught her every day.
After practicing her moves, Jiang Xue looked towards the yard and saw that the horizontal bar had been set up. She thought for a moment, jumped up, grabbed the bar with both hands, and hung on it.
She followed what she had seen Jiang Yu and others do before, using the strength of their arms to lift their bodies up, and she gritted her teeth and tried it.
However, after doing it more than a dozen times, my arms were already extremely sore.
Jiang Xue jumped down panting, bent over, and supported her knees with her hands. God knew that such a simple movement could be so tiring.
She jumped up again and tried a few more times, then resigned herself to her fate and continued to pick up the bucket to fetch water.
After finishing all the daily exercises, Jiang Xue returned to the house to wash up.
When Xiaochun was dressing her, she saw that her hands were still trembling slightly when she raised them, and frowned and said, "Your Highness, please don't be too harsh, or you will hurt your body."
Jiang Xue smiled gently and said, "How can it be so easy to get hurt. Okay, is the carriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion ready?"
Xiaochun nodded and asked, "Your Highness, now only Guard Xu is left guarding the courtyard. Can the driver choose two from the other guards?"
Jiang Xue nodded and said, "Just make the arrangements. We'll use Changle Palace's own people, so I'll be at ease with anyone I choose."
Before Jiang Xue left, she suddenly remembered something and told Xiaochun, "By the way, if someone comes from the palace in the morning, you should entertain them well and wait until I come back in the afternoon. If the Prince Consort sends someone to ask, just say that I'm not in the mansion and you don't know what's going on. Just make excuses if you can and don't let his people get close to you."
Xiaochun nodded.
Jiang Xue whispered again, "Also, there will be guests coming to Wenqingxuan this morning. Tell the guards not to make a fuss when they see them. They are our own people. If they arrive, find a room to accommodate them. After all, we are in our own courtyard, so don't let outsiders know."
Seeing Jiang Xue's serious expression, Xiaochun knew the importance of these people, so she said to Jiang Xue, "Yes, I know my limits."
After Jiang Xue gave all the instructions, she took Fu Dong to the Prime Minister's residence.
Arriving at the Prime Minister's residence, Jiang Xue went to Prime Minister Lu's courtyard to greet him as usual. The difference today was that Prime Minister Lu had someone pass a message to her through the door and window.
The one who delivered the message was the old butler who was used to serving Prime Minister Lu. He said to Jiang Xue respectfully, "The Prime Minister asked me to tell Your Highness that You don't have to worry too much, and you must not let the Queen worry too much. Worrying hurts both the mind and the body. The Queen has always been in poor health. Please comfort her more."
Jiang Xue nodded, thought for a moment, and then said softly: "No matter how many words of comfort I say, it is not as good as Grandfather getting better soon. That will be the greatest comfort to the Queen Mother. I hope Grandfather takes care of himself."
The old butler nodded and went back into the house to answer.
After Jiang Xue greeted them, she went to Lu Qiongshuang's house.
She saw Lu Qiongshuang sitting in front of the window without saying a word, his little face almost wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and she probably understood a little bit in her heart.
Jiang Xue walked closer, reached out and gently patted Lu Qiongshuang's shoulder.
Lu Qiongshuang turned around in a daze, and saw that the person coming was Jiang Xue. She didn't know why she was overwhelmed with grief, and she threw herself into Jiang Xue's arms, crying and complaining with grievances.
"Cousin, my parents want me to get married. How can they do this? Grandfather is still sick. How can they do this at this time..."
"Maybe it's because your grandfather is sick that he's worried about you?" Jiang Xue comforted her softly.
"You can't hide it from me and go to find a husband for me. I don't want to get married at all. If my grandfather wasn't sick, I would have left right now..."
Lu Qiongshuang's words were intermittent and sobbing, which made Jiang Xue feel distressed.
Jiang Xue sat down beside her, put her in her arms, and coaxed her like a child for a long while.
"It's okay. If you don't want them to, they won't really force you to marry them."
"But grandpa is ill right now, so you have to be good and not make a fuss at this time."
Lu Qiongshuang buried herself in Jiang Xue's arms for a long time before she stopped crying. She looked up and said angrily, "If my grandfather wasn't sick, I wouldn't care so much. I would rather go back to the East China Sea and be scolded by my master every day than come back."
Seeing that she was in a better mood, Jiang Xue asked, "Do you know which families they have introduced to you?"
Lu Qiongshuang pouted and said, "They are just useless sons of noble families."
"Useless? Not to mention the eldest son of the Minister of War, who is famous for his martial arts in the capital; even General Zheng is not a fool, he is actually in charge of the army." Jiang Xue probed, "I guess your uncle and aunt wanted to fulfill your wish, so they specially picked these two families."
"No," Lu Qiongshuang said angrily, but suddenly he stammered, "No matter if they are the sons of ministers or generals, they are all nobles from aristocratic families. How can that satisfy my wishes? What I want is that they should never care about me. Whoever wants to marry and have children can do it."
Seeing that she didn't want to explain the reason, Jiang Xue just tried to comfort her.
The two sisters talked for a while, and Lu Qiongshuang was almost persuaded by Jiang Xue, so Jiang Xue finally told her her intention.
"Qiong Shuang, there is something I don't know what to do right now, please listen to me."
Lu Qiongshuang nodded.
"The affairs of the Gu Mansion are complicated. I need manpower, but there are only a few Wu Anlang at the moment, and I really can't go to the palace to ask for more people. You have been in the martial arts world for many years. Do you know if it is difficult to spend some money to hire some martial arts masters to do things, and are they reliable?"
Lu Qiong's eyes lit up, and he said, "The rules of the underworld have always been - the underworld is the underworld. When you accept money from others to help them get rid of troubles, you should not ask the reason, and you should never leak secrets. You just finish the work, take the benefits, pat your butt and disappear."
Jiang Xue's brows relaxed a lot after hearing this, and she asked, "Do you have any ideas?"
Lu Qiong's eyes rolled around, and he patted his chest and said to Jiang Xue, "Leave it to me!"
As for people in the underworld, she does have some good candidates.
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