Chapter 44 Acting skills need practice
"Brother, why are you so excited?" Jiang Fei asked deliberately.
Realizing he had lost his composure, Jiang Chengjin quickly restrained his expression. "I just heard about this from somewhere else, and I think this is really inappropriate. One is the daughter of a marquisate, and the other is a commoner. They are totally incompatible. If you see her later, you should give her some advice."
Jiang Fei praised: "Brother, you are absolutely right, but Ciying is stubborn and I'm afraid she won't listen to others' advice."
She sighed casually, "It would be great if someone as steady and reliable as my brother could give her some guidance."
Jiang Chengjin's expression changed slightly, and his tone softened a bit, "Miss Wei and I have only met a few times, how can I..."
"Brother, why are you being so modest?" Jiang Fei's eyes gleamed with sincerity. "Brother, you are an upright person with broad knowledge. Ci Ying should respect a gentleman like you the most."
Jiang Chengjin's face was beaming with praise. If he had a tail, it would probably be sticking up to the sky by now.
When she returned to the courtyard, Yunxiang immediately came to greet her and said in surprise, "The young lady is back."
Jiang Fei said "hmm", "Is everything okay at home?"
"Everything is going well at home," Yunxiang said. "We just heard that the young lady disappeared in the mountains. The whole family was terrified. I'm glad you're back."
Jiang Fei walked into the room, nodded, and asked, "How is the Third Miss?"
Yunxiang immediately stopped laughing and said, "I haven't had any contact with the Third Young Lady, so I don't know the situation."
Ever since Jiang Rufei no longer trusted her, Jiang Rulin felt that she was useless and stopped paying attention to her. Even Jiang Rulin's personal maid, who had accepted benefits from her before, no longer treated her well.
Now her only way out is Jiang Rufei.
"Okay," Jiang Fei said, "I'll leave you to look after the yard. Thank you for your hard work. Prepare some simple food for me and bring me a pot of water."
After Yunxiang left, Jiutao asked with a puzzled look on her face, "Why did you say something you didn't want to say to the eldest master before?"
Jiang Fei sat down in front of the dressing table, checking if there was any jewelry missing, and asked, "How do you know it's something I don't want to say?"
Jiu Tao tilted her head, "The young lady retched several times after she finished speaking."
Jiang Fei: “…”
It seems that she needs to practice her acting skills more, and her sense of belief is not enough. After all, she has to follow the plot and get closer to Jiang Chengjin, and then work together to harm the heroine as written in the book.
"And why did the young lady want to keep Yunxiang? I can serve the young lady by myself."
Jiang Fei looked at Jiu Tao and said, "Let her do the rough work while you just eat and drink every day. Isn't that good enough?"
"No." Jiutao raised her arms angrily. "I'm strong, I want to do the hard work, I eat so much just to work."
Jiang Fei smiled and raised her hand to rub Jiutao's head, "You really don't know how to enjoy life."
She looked at Jiang Rufei in the mirror. She had seen this face many times and still thought it was beautiful. Her eyebrows were like spring mountains with dark blue, and her cherry lips were red without any makeup. She was so beautiful that she could not even make up a lotus.
Of course, Yunxiang was kept behind to deal with what would happen after she married into the Dingyuan Marquis Mansion. Those were all dirty things. Jiutao was too naive, and she didn't want to dirty this girl's heart because of her own plot. Some things would be better left to Yunxiang to do.
It was getting late, so Jiang Fei went to bed after dinner.
I got up early the next morning and prepared to pay my respects to the old lady and report on recent events.
Jiang Fei had just finished dressing up when a maid came into the yard and said that someone from Jinglian Temple was looking for her.
Jiang Fei took Jiutao and followed the maid to the front door.
In front of the door was a simple carriage, and a monk or nun stood quietly beside it, with an aloof temperament.
Jiang Fei hurried down the stairs, clasped his hands together and saluted the nun, "Master, you've worked hard on the journey. Come in and have some tea and rest."
"Amitabha." The nun returned the greeting. "Donor Jiang, you are so kind. However, I have important matters to attend to and I am not used to disturbing the secular world. Donor Jiang left in such a hurry the other day that he left something in the nunnery. Lay Buddhist Qinglian specially ordered me to deliver it to Donor Jiang."
Jiang Fei felt very embarrassed. She didn't bring any valuables with her, and she had to trouble others to make a special trip.
"I'm sorry to bother you to come all this way when I left something behind...."
The nun walked to the side of the carriage, raised her hand to open the curtain, and when she saw this, Jiang Fei was stunned.
There was a ceramic jar in the carriage, with a few green lotus leaves sticking out of the jar.
"This is... Didn't Master Qinglian reject me?"
Jiang Fei didn't react for a moment. When she asked for the lotus, Master Qinglian clearly refused. Why did he suddenly change his mind and even send someone to deliver it to her door personally?
The nun said, "The layman said that although Donor Jiang has no affinity with lotus, she has affinity with him. This lotus is given to you as the result of your karma. The layman also asked me to bring a message to Donor Jiang."
"What?" Jiang Fei asked.
The monk fiddled with the Buddhist beads in his palm, "Laymen, please remember that all encounters in this world are the result of causes planted in the past."
Jiang Fei was confused after hearing this.
She and the lay Buddhist had only met twice, and they didn't see each other again during their stay at Jinglian Temple. How did their fate change from no fate to fate? And what did the following sentence mean?
"Thank you, Master." Jiang Fei clasped his hands together and said, "I will go up the mountain to thank you in person someday."
The monks and nuns nodded.
The monks and nuns were about to move the pottery jars, and Jiutao rolled up his sleeves and said, "I'll do it!"
The mouth of the jar was more than a foot wide and was filled with water. Jiutao lifted the jar down without any effort.
"Move it to my yard first." Jiang Fei instructed: "Be careful not to damage it."
"Won't."
Jiutao carried the pottery jar all the way back to the yard without even breathing hard, and not a drop of the water in the jar spilled out.
"Is it sinking?"
"It won't sink." Jiu Tao brushed the dust off his hands. "I could actually lift it with one hand, but I'm afraid I'll break it."
Jiang Fei: “…”
I really underestimated Jiutao. I thought she was just bragging about her strength, but I didn't expect she really had endless energy.
…
Songhe Hall was bustling with activity. Several ladies had already arrived and were chatting in the old lady's room.
"It's getting hotter," Cui said, fanning herself. "I remember it wasn't this hot last year. Mother's room should be refrigerated by now, but our second room can take a break."
Yao poked her head out the door, but didn't see Jiang Rufei coming, so she looked unhappy.
Jiang Rulin, who was sitting nearby, soothed her, "Don't worry, mother. My second sister may have overslept."
"It would have been fine if she didn't come to pay her respects yesterday," Yao said impatiently, "but today she's making so many elders wait for her alone. It's really outrageous."
Cui and Yao had never gotten along, and one had always been against the other. Now, Cui felt that what Yao said made sense, so she didn't say anything.
Jiang Rulin continued, "My second sister went to ask Princess Anping for lotus. Although she didn't succeed, she almost got into trouble in the mountains and almost made my father and mother sick. But as long as she's okay now, it's not a big deal if she can't get it."
Cui paused fanning herself, "Didn't you get what you asked for?"
"That's right, Second Aunt." Jiang Rulin smiled and said, "The lotus in Jinglian Temple is not that easy to pray for. I wanted to warn Second Sister before she went, but since Second Sister is so determined, it's okay to let her try, even though the result will be the same."
When saying this, Jiang Rulin felt a sense of gloating joy in her heart.
If Jiang Rufei had gotten the lotus and given it to the princess, wouldn't that mean there would be another person backing her up? But God had mercy on her and let her go home empty-handed.
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