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Even while holding Jiang Juncai, Li Huilin still felt a sense of unreality. She felt as if she might lose him at any moment, so she held him tightly and was reluctant to let go.
Jiang Juncai disliked Li Huilin and even felt disgusted by her. He pried her hands off from behind and pushed her away.
Seeing the disgust in the other person's eyes, Li Huilin felt a sense of reality. However, she was still very happy. Seeing the corpse on the ground and a well not far away, she quickly came up with an idea: "Throw the corpse into the well, so that no one will find it."
Jiang Juncai sarcastically remarked, "You certainly know how to clean up the mess."
Li Huilin rolled her eyes: "What's so difficult about that? Your house is so big, with so many servants, isn't it normal for someone to be so suicidal as to jump into a well?"
Jiang Juncai snorted and then mocked, "The Li family must have done this kind of thing quite often, right?"
Li Huilin immediately denied it: "That's not true. That's how it's written in the storybooks. I read it from the storybooks. Don't think of me as a vicious person. I'm not that kind of person."
Although Jiang Juncai looked down on Li Huilin, he still did as she said.
Afterwards, the two left as if nothing had happened.
In the front hall, Xiangli Mingzhu was drinking tea and chatting with the guests. She had already arranged a marriage between Jiang Juncai and Madam Feng, with Feng Caiyi, the eldest daughter of the Feng family, becoming her daughter-in-law.
Feng Caiyi stood to the side, blushing shyly, and even stole a few more glances when she saw Jiang Juncai come in.
Although the Jiang family was ranked last among the four great families, Jiang Juncai's talent and methods were outstanding among them, a rare find, so Feng Caiyi was naturally satisfied.
Many people around him flattered him and congratulated him on the marriage.
Li Huilin understood after listening for a moment: she had only been gone for a short while, and Jiang Juncai already had a choice for his legal wife.
She was very angry, but there was nothing she could do; she couldn't vent her anger, so she could only sulk.
The host's table was filled with women from the four great families, a testament to their high status.
Xiangli Mingzhu accompanied the Xiangli family, along with her eldest daughter Jiang Bailu and Jiang Songlu, as well as members of the Bai and Feng families. The Xiangli family's representative was Xiangli Youming's eldest sister-in-law, who, despite her young age, was the most respected, with older people vying to flatter her.
Yuan Qi was then assigned to be Jiang Songlu's subordinate, serving as her legitimate daughter's companion.
Yuan Qi disliked doing this kind of thing the most, so she didn't say anything and just ate and drank in silence. There was no need to go against the good food.
When Madam Xiangli saw Yuan Qi, she asked, "This young lady looks unfamiliar. Madam Jiang, who is this?"
Xiangli Mingzhu had already promised Yuan Qi to introduce her to everyone and publicly acknowledge her identity. Even if the young mistress of Xiangli didn't ask, she planned to say it later anyway.
She spoke very kindly: "This is the daughter of one of the Marquis's concubines. The concubine was unlucky and passed away early, so this child was raised at Fusang Temple for many years and was only recently brought back. The Marquis felt sorry for this child who had no mother's love since she was young, so he let her be raised by me and given the status of a legitimate daughter. Her name is Yuan Qi. Please take good care of her when you meet her. The Marquis and I are very grateful."
Madam Xiangli had met Yuan Qi before; it was Yuan Qi who saved her son. She had deliberately brought up the matter earlier as a way of repaying Yuan Qi's kindness.
Without hesitation, she took off a jade bracelet from her wrist and handed it to the maid behind her: "I didn't bring any gift today, but this jade bracelet is of good quality. Please take it, young lady."
With her taking the lead, the other noble ladies also took out their most valuable jewelry as a gift for Yuan Qi.
Yuan Qi had no choice but to come out and politely give everyone a greeting gift—a peace charm.
During the meal, there was a pregnant woman from the Bai family who was not far along in her pregnancy and had just started to show. No one else could tell, but Yuan Qi pointed it out and even gave her a peace charm.
The young mistress of the Bai family was very grateful and did not mention that she had helped the Bai family resolve the matter of Huang Xian.
She always felt that, subconsciously, the women in the family did not want the eldest daughter of a large family to be involved in superstitious matters.
Who knew that after Yuan Qi distributed the peace charms, he started marketing himself: "If you encounter any evil spirits in the future, you can come to me. I am proficient in fortune telling, divination and feng shui."
The crowd erupted in uproar.
Even Xiangli Mingzhu couldn't scold Yuan Qi; she could only force a smile.
When the tea party ended, the Xiangli family, the Bai family, and the Feng family each received a small jar of Xueshan Maofeng tea and a small jar of Yunding Biluo tea, while the other guests also received a jar of tea that was hard to come by.
As Bai Youhui was leaving, he found Yuan Qi again and asked her, "Do you want to let Bai Fujun take a look? If you do, I'll talk to Grandpa."
Yuan Qi hummed in agreement: "Alright, I think he has a big problem. He might be possessed by some kind of extremely powerful evil spirit, so powerful that I can't even see it. Maybe the Bai family's fortune is also related to this."
Yuan Qi wasn't trying to scare people; she had observed Bai Fujun for a long time and found his appearance to be very strange. Bai Fujun was the eldest son of the main branch, a man of high status and wealth, yet his face suggested a life of poverty.
The Bai family's fortunes have declined, but they are not so poor that they cannot afford to eat.
One possibility is that another person has been living inside his body for quite some time, so much so that it is reflected in his appearance.
Bai Youhui was hoping that the eldest branch of the family would also get into trouble so that the third branch could rise to prominence, so he readily agreed: "Don't worry, I'll tell Grandpa when I get back."
After seeing the guests off, Xiangli Mingzhu spoke to Jiang Juncai about Feng Caiyi.
Jiang Juncai wasn't interested; he wanted to find Yuan Qi to see what was wrong with him.
But once he had this thought, he felt very irritable and resisted going to see Yuan Qi. He didn't know why.
"Your marriage is settled. This girl is quite good. She's beautiful, dignified, intelligent, and good at managing a household. She's a perfect match for you."
Jiang Jun gave a perfunctory "hmm" and was about to leave.
Xiangli Mingzhu reminded him: "When you have time, interact with people more, invite them out for a meal, go for a walk or something. Don't always have a stern face, or you'll scare people away."
Jiang Juncai said impatiently, "I know."
He instinctively walked towards Yuan Qi, but when he got to Shaoyao Residence, he didn't dare to go in.
He was afraid that if Yuan Qi found out something, he would be in real trouble.
He hesitated for a long time before going in.
"What are you busy with, Seventh Sister?" Jiang Juncai sat down by himself and found that Yuan Qi did not have any unusual reaction, so he probably did not notice anything.
Yuan Qi rubbed his face and exaggeratedly moved his facial muscles: "I've been smiling all day, my face is stiff. Congratulations, big brother, on your engagement."
Jiang Juncai then tentatively asked, "Since you're so good at divination, do you think this marriage is suitable for me?"
Yuan Qi said, "It's wonderful, a match made in heaven, a loving and happy couple."
After thinking for a long time, he couldn't help but ask, "Seventh Sister, you've been a Taoist priest for several years. Have you ever seen any evil spirits that control people's minds?"
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