Chapter 55 Phoenix Man
A picture flashed quickly through Jiang Fei's mind.
That was when she was at Jinglian Temple. She and Wei Ciying were picking honeysuckle flowers together and met Pei Jing. Pei Jing had asked Wei Ciying a question.
He asked her if she had been to Jiangnan when she was six or seven years old, and if she had met any unforgettable people. She still remembered the flash of coldness in Pei Jing's eyes when Wei Ciying said that there was no unforgettable person.
"Rufei, Rufei?" Seeing her dazed, Princess Anping gently patted her shoulder. "What are you thinking about?"
Jiang Fei came back to her senses. "Nothing. I just suddenly thought that Prince Zhaoning disappeared when he was ten years old. Could he have gone to Jiangnan?"
Princess Anping looked puzzled, "Why do you have such a strange idea?"
"Isn't that right?"
Princess Anping shook her head. "That's impossible. When we found Pei Jing, it was in the capital. Jiangnan is thousands of miles away. How could a ten-year-old child possibly have made it to Jiangnan and then come back?"
Jiang Fei frowned slightly.
"After the Emperor found him, he didn't mention where he had been during his disappearance. Now that he was found, no one pursued the matter any further and it was forgotten. However, he did go to Jiangnan, the place you mentioned, two or three times afterwards."
Although Princess Anping had completely denied Jiang Fei's guess, she still had a hunch that Pei Jing must have been to Jiangnan, not in the later period as everyone knew, but during the time of his disappearance.
It was exactly ten years ago when Wei Ciying went to visit relatives in Jiangnan when she was six or seven years old. This coincides with the time when Pei Jing disappeared. Combined with the questions Pei Jing asked Wei Ciying, it seems that this is almost certain.
Jiang Fei had to leave after dinner at Zhang's house so as not to disturb Princess Anping's nap.
Princess Anping liked Jiang Fei very much. She was not as delicate and artificial as some noble ladies in the capital, and she spoke to people sincerely. She asked her to come often in the future, and when she left, the maid named Qingxing led the way.
The sun was scorching at noon, and the sunlight hitting the stone slabs was dazzling.
When I walked to a corridor, I saw a woman and her maid sitting on the corridor and sprinkling fish food down.
Qing Xing's expression immediately changed, and she bowed slightly, "Madam Zhou."
After saying that, he left.
"Is this from the princess's guest?" The young woman looked Jiang Fei up and down. "Is this the Miss Jiang who saved the princess at the Liu Mansion?"
Jiang Fei smiled and nodded.
"It's better to meet by chance than to arrive by chance. The sun is shining brightly now. Miss Jiang, why don't you sit down and have a cup of tea?"
Qing Xing gritted her teeth and said, "Miss Jiang is anxious to return home, so I won't stay any longer."
Aunt Zhou looked at Qing Xing and said, "The princess's maid is different. Before Miss Jiang even says a word, someone else can make the decision for her."
Qing Xing is the princess's personal maid, and her attitude mostly represents the princess's attitude.
The princess didn't like Aunt Zhou, and as her guest, Jiang Fei naturally shouldn't get too close to Aunt Zhou. Besides, she didn't like this sarcastic person.
"Qingxing is exactly what I meant," Jiang Fei said, "Qingxing, let's go."
Aunt Zhou's expression changed. After the others left, she threw all the fish food in her hand into the pond as if to vent her anger.
Jiang Fei followed Qing Xing for a while, and Qing Xing said, "From now on, if you meet Aunt Zhou, just ignore her."
The princess likes Miss Jiang, and Qingxing likes her too. Coupled with Miss Jiang's attitude towards Aunt Zhou just now, Qingxing feels happy.
Jiang Fei wondered, "Since you dislike Concubine Zhou so much, why do you still bow to her?"
Qing Xing said indignantly, "It was the princess's order. Otherwise, Concubine Zhou would have gone back and complained to the prince, saying that the princess was so noble that even the maids around her looked down on her."
Jiang Fei: “…” That’s really quite green tea.
"Can the princess endure this?"
Judging from the mansion, the Zhang family is not a wealthy family. The princess is marrying down, so shouldn't she have the upper hand in her husband's family? It's normal that the princess's maid looks down on a concubine.
Qing Xing hesitated for a moment and sighed, "The princess didn't want to argue with the county lord, so she gave in everywhere."
"He's just a county horse, how dare he argue with the princess?" Jiang Fei said, "That's outrageous."
Hearing this, Qing Xing felt both relieved and aggrieved. "I was wrong. It's not that we're arguing, but the county lord has become distant because of this, and we haven't been able to talk for several days."
Isn’t this pure cold violence? Jiang Fei was furious when she heard it.
Qing Xing added, "Besides, Concubine Zhou is the County Master's cousin. They've had a different relationship since childhood, and she's very good at pretending to be weak. If the Princess argues with her, she'll appear overbearing."
"Does living in Zhang Mansion also mean being a county horse?"
"Yes, the prince said he's used to living in the Zhang Mansion." Qing Xing hesitated, finally whispering, "Actually... the princess has thought about moving back to the Princess Mansion, but every time she brings it up, the prince says his colleagues in the court will laugh at him for being so dependent on his wife's family. So the princess, out of consideration for his reputation, stops talking about it."
Jiang Fei frowned when she heard this.
This was what she had guessed when she came in before, because living in the princess's mansion meant he would become a son-in-law.
"The princess is too gentle. What are you afraid of? Just make Concubine Zhou kneel down and pay her respects every morning and evening and teach her the rules."
Qing Xing could only sigh, and Jiang Fei understood. Since it was a marriage of lower status, this marriage was not chosen by the eldest princess for her, but most likely requested by Princess Anping herself.
Princess Anping has feelings for her husband, so she tolerates him in everything.
This Phoenix man had a cousin he loved, but he still married the princess. After marrying her, he didn't treat her well. He got the title of Duke of the County, but wanted to act like a noble scholar. He was really two-faced.
This prince was clearly coveting the princess's honor, but he was unwilling to lower himself, and instead wanted the princess to accommodate him in every way. She suddenly remembered the hypocritical look of Concubine Zhou just now, and she felt disgusted.
After leaving the Princess's Mansion, Jiang Fei got on the carriage.
"That's outrageous! Is that what you think?"
Before Jiang Fei could sit down properly, she was startled by the sudden sound of the system and almost fell to the ground.
"When did you get here? Why wasn't there a beep?"
"I see the notification sound always scares you, so I turned it off." The system sighed, "I've been too busy lately. There was a big problem in that world line, which delayed me for a few days. I just heard gossip when I came back."
Jiang Fei rolled her eyes. "You're such a leisurely system, but you're quite active in eating melons."
The system chuckled: "Isn't this an occupational hazard? I can't move when I see melodramatic plots."
Jiang Fei now regrets not reading this book thoroughly. If she had known that she would be transported into a book, she should have read it several times and memorized it by heart, so that she wouldn't have forgotten so many plots like now.
"Will the princess divorce Zhang Junma in the future?"
The system said: "Sorry, host, we can't spoil the story."
Jiang Fei was speechless. "I've seen that! How can it be considered a spoiler?"
"Then why are you asking me if you've already seen it?"
Jiang Fei: “…”
What's the point of this system? It's simply the most low-end system in all the books.
"However," the system changed the subject, "it's not that I can't tell you."
Jiang Fei perked up a little, and then heard the system say, "It only requires you to pay such a small price."
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