Chapter 17 Falling into the Water
Lu He explained, "She is the only daughter of Grand Master Liu."
Jiang Fei knew nothing about these ancient official titles. He only knew that kings and dukes must be powerful, but he had never heard of this "ling".
Seeing her confusion, Lu He explained, "Although Grand Master Liu's official position is not high, Miss Liu is a famous talented woman in the capital and is very close to Princess Anping. Madam asked Miss Liu to attend the event and also told her not to make any mistakes."
Jiang Fei remembered.
In the book, because Jiang Rufei had an affair with Zhao Xingbang, the person she married to Wei Mingzhen was replaced by Jiang Rulin, the third daughter of the Jiang family.
Because of the Wei family's relationship, many prominent families in Beijing had to give them some face, and those with lesser family backgrounds also wanted to establish a good relationship with Jiang Rulin before she got married.
The main reason is that up to now, the Wei family’s intention to cancel the engagement has not been spread, and no one knows about it yet.
In the book, Jiang Rulin attended a flower viewing banquet.
However, the flower viewing banquet did not go smoothly because Princess Anping accidentally fell into the water and suffered a miscarriage, which made the eldest princess furious.
And the person who is married to Wei Mingzhen has not changed, which means Jiang Rufei needs to attend the flower viewing banquet.
Lu He had another headgear brought up, "This is what Madam took from the storeroom. She wants Miss to dress up for the banquet so she won't lose face."
Jiang Rufei looked at the headgear, which was very gorgeous. Yao must have felt heartbroken when she took it out, but she had to give it to her to make her proud.
But what Yao didn't know was that it was because of this headgear that the Jiang family caused a lot of trouble.
Jiang Fei did not refuse. After accepting the headdress, she asked Jiutao to put it in the cabinet and lock it up.
On the day of the flower viewing banquet, Jiang Fei picked out a simple dress that would neither steal the show nor lose her status.
The Liu Mansion was not very big, but Liu Zhiwei was the only daughter of Liu Taizhu and was very favored in the family. She was also an elegant person and decorated the garden of the Liu Mansion very exquisitely.
The original owner, Jiang Rufei, rarely attended such occasions before. If it weren't for the Wei family, she probably wouldn't have been invited this time.
There is a wisteria trellis in the garden, which is hung with flowers. There is also a shed beside the small pond to provide shade, and the white gauze flutters in the wind.
The young ladies gathered in groups of two or three, chatting and laughing. Jiang Fei didn't know any of them. She came here to shut Yao up and to see if she could stop Princess Anping from falling into the water.
In the book, Princess Anping is a good person. Jiang Fei is not a saint, but if she meets her, she will help her.
Jiang Fei had never seen Princess Anping, so naturally she didn't recognize her. After looking around, she didn't find anyone who looked pregnant.
The person next to Liu Zhiwei who had received her before did not look like a princess either.
She casually pulled a maid over and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, who is Princess Anping?"
Before the maid could answer, a chuckle came from behind her. "Oh, you've just arrived and you're already asking about the princess. You must be Miss Jiang, right?"
Jiang Fei turned around and saw a young girl in a goose yellow skirt. There were several young ladies of similar age standing next to the girl, all looking at her with scrutiny.
"That's right." Jiang Fei bowed slightly, "I wonder if the young lady is..."
"My father is one of the Nine Ministers, Feng Chang." The girl smiled. "I've heard of Second Miss Jiang's name for a long time. Seeing her today, she is indeed... extraordinary."
She was so picky about her words that anyone could hear the sarcasm in her tone.
The ladies around covered their mouths and laughed softly. Jiang Fei understood that they were here to cause trouble.
Although Jiang Fei was not familiar with the various official positions, he had heard of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers, which were not small positions.
She calmly adjusted her sleeves, the corners of her lips raised slightly, "So you are the daughter of Lord Fengchang. I have heard of you for a long time."
The girl smiled proudly, "Everyone, come and meet her. This Second Miss Jiang will be very successful in the future, so she will have to meet you all often."
The hostility between the two words was very strong, but Jiang Fei could hear it. She smiled neither servilely nor arrogantly, "That's right, please come to the Marquis' Mansion as guests in the future."
The girl's face suddenly froze.
He was so busy venting his anger that he forgot to humiliate Jiang Rufei in public, which was a disrespect to the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion.
No wonder everyone around her just listened and didn't say anything. It turned out that they were using her as a scapegoat.
"Ruolan," one of the ladies said, "Let's go to Miss Liu first."
Jiang Fei knew why she was so hostile to her.
It turns out that she is Zhou Ruolan, who is notoriously two-faced in the book. She and Jiang Ruolin are superficial friends who stab her in the back, and she appears quite frequently later in the book.
Jiang Fei watched the few people walk away, then found a stone bench under a tree to sit on, observing the area around the pond.
The sun began to rise higher and the weather became hotter. People who had been admiring the flowers by the lake began to walk towards the wisteria trellis one after another.
Groups of people walked past, and there were no more people around the pond. Jiang Fei was about to get up when two maids and a girl in gorgeous clothes passed by her.
For some reason, at first glance, she had an intuition that this person was Princess Anping.
Jiang Fei hurriedly followed, causing the maid in front to look back at her.
The wisteria trellis is diagonally opposite, and you have to walk half a circle along the pond to get to the trellis.
The sunlight swept across the stone road, and the ground suddenly reflected tiny rays of light, which dazzled Jiang Fei's eyes.
She subconsciously turned her head to avoid it, then immediately looked carefully. She found that a few tiny pearls had appeared on the ground.
"careful!"
As Jiang Fei was reminding people of the exit, the person in front of him slipped and fell diagonally toward the pond.
There were two maids beside Princess Anping, one leading the way in front and the other on the inside, and they didn't have time to reach out and pull her.
Jiang Fei took a quick step forward, grabbed Princess Anping's wrist and pulled hard, but stepped on a pearl and fell into the pond with a splash.
The sound startled everyone and they all gathered around the pond.
Princess Anping borrowed her strength to stand steady, but she was still frightened. She stroked her chest and shouted, "Quick! Hurry and rescue her!"
At this time of year, lotus leaves have begun to slowly unfold on the water surface.
Jiang Fei stepped on the bottom. The water was not too deep, about 1.6 meters.
She was a good swimmer and without waiting for anyone to jump down, she swam to the shore in a few strokes and grabbed the hand that was stretched out from above.
Jiang Fei climbed ashore, soaking wet, her hair disheveled. She wiped the water off her face and met the worried gaze of Princess Anping.
Jiang Fei smiled at her and said, "It's okay."
Liu Zhiwei also stepped forward at this time, "I have some new clothes in my room that have never been worn. If Miss Jiang Er doesn't mind, you can go to my room to wash and change clothes."
Jiang Fei naturally would not refuse. After thanking her, she followed the maid to Liu Zhiwei's bedroom.
The maid quickly brought water. Jiang Fei didn't like being helped to bathe, so she asked the maid to wait outside.
The door closed for a moment and then opened again.
Jiang Fei thought it was the maid bringing in clothes, so she said loudly, "Put it on the shelf."
After a while, the door closed again.
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