"Why are you crying?"
In the end, Jiang Li was the first to get tired of crying. After wiping her tears, she took a new handkerchief from Bai Zhi's hand and wiped the tears for the Ninth Princess.
Gu Yuyan hiccuped and said, "I miss my mother. She hasn't taken care of me for a long time."
No one can tell what happens in the harem.
For a moment, everyone sighed and fell silent.
After confirming once again that Jiang Mubai didn't need to teach the provocative boy a lesson, Xue Rou found an excuse and asked Jiang Mubai to go to Tian's Pastry Shop on East Street to buy some special pastries.
When she heard that there was a long queue at that pastry shop every day, the Ninth Princess immediately said that she wanted to go there too.
After seeing the little girl crying uncontrollably, Jiang Mubai didn't dare to provoke her anymore and left with his men.
"Mom, do you have something you want to tell me alone?"
Xue Rou nodded. "There have been rumors about your life story in the capital these past two days. Have you heard about it?"
Seeing Jiang Li nod, Xue Rou continued, "This news seems to have come from Red Light Alley. I've already sent people to investigate. Your fifth brother has that kind of temper. If he knew about this, who knows what would happen. I told your grandfather that we should first find out who's behind this. When your father returns, we'll immediately go to the palace to testify on your behalf."
"But if we don't find the gift bestowed by the late emperor, even if Dad goes and tells us about it, I'm afraid someone will still use it as an excuse to make a fuss."
Gu Qingchen mentioned this to her.
Recalling that day when Jiang Li knew that the two of them had been betrothed by the late emperor since childhood, he also teased Gu Qingchen, asking him if he had stayed away from women all these years just to wait for her?
"By the way, mother, can you tell me what the gift given by the late emperor looked like?"
She also asked Gu Qingchen, but Gu Qingchen was very young at that time. Although the secret guards checked later, there was no trace of him. She thought he must have been lost on the way when Jiang Li was taken away.
When Xue Rou mentioned what happened back then, her face was filled with resentment.
"It's all your father's fault for being careless. He actually fell into that group's trap!"
The year Jiang Li was born, Jiang Yao led his soldiers to a great victory in the battle against Japan, and the late emperor was overjoyed.
Immediately, he bestowed a lot of rewards on the General's Mansion, and in order to compensate Xue Rou, he specially ordered people to dig out a piece of jade from the center of the giant jade Dingguo sundial in front of Shenwu Gate, and made a special heart-protecting jade buckle, which he gave to Jiang Yao and Xue Rou's newly born little daughter.
When the reward was announced, everyone in the capital knew about it.
Regardless of gender, everyone was extremely envious of the little girl who was reborn into the general's mansion.
She is simply a person favored by God.
When Xue Rou brought Jiang Li to the palace alone to express her gratitude, the late emperor was immediately captivated by the adorable baby in the cradle and loved her immensely.
At that time, Gu Qingchen was just one year old. The late emperor changed his mind and directly granted them a marriage.
For a time, the general's mansion was extremely prosperous.
However, they did not expect that the General's Mansion would be retaliated by Japanese spies later, and Jiang Li was lost, and even the heart-protecting jade button disappeared.
Including the marriage that attracted the envy of countless people, it was never concluded.
"If that hadn't happened, it would have been fine, but it happened to be the heart-protecting jade buckle dug out from the Dingguo sundial. I'm afraid someone with ulterior motives might pick it up and take it out to claim kinship. Then..."
When she couldn't find Jiang Li, Xue Rou waited anxiously, hoping that someone would come with the jade button to claim her as a relative.
But now, I am afraid of the appearance of that thing.
This is the supremacy of the dynasty. Even ethical principles must be subordinated to it. Jiang Li was not surprised at all.
However, she seemed to have thought of something, "Mom, do you still remember what the jade button looks like?"
Xue Rou nodded, "Of course."
Thinking that Jiang Li also wanted to send someone to look for it, and not wanting to disappoint her daughter, Xue Rou hurriedly called the maid to go to the study to get pen and ink, wanting to draw it herself for Jiang Li to see.
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Qin Mansion.
"Ji'er, you really disappoint your father."
Qin Chuan has been extremely unhappy these days.
Ever since Jiang Li broke off her engagement with the Qin family and married Prince Jingling, many people have been laughing at him behind his back.
Unexpectedly, that woman also entered the Imperial Hospital and saved Concubine Shan. The Minister of Revenue, that bastard, appears to be a good guy on the surface, but he is always secretly targeting people who are against him, which really makes him angry.
The useless Qin Lao San in the family was finally able to win over the second daughter of the Jiang family. When Jiang Shengsheng married into the Qin Mansion, the Jiang family would be ranked among the top three richest businessmen in Beijing. With the dowry she brought, his position in officialdom would be secure from then on.
But!
Today, as soon as he got off court, he met Jiang Shengsheng, who was temporarily placed outside, on the way.
She cried and made a fuss, saying that Qin Ji had humiliated her in public and that Mrs. Qin San was also causing trouble for her. She said that if Prime Minister Qin did not make a decision for her, she would shave her head and become a nun and would not marry into the Qin family.
I am angry, but this huge fortune is right in front of me, I can't refuse it.
Therefore, when Qin Chuan returned home, he first went to the third brother's courtyard and lectured him for a long time, asking him to control his wife. Then he returned to his own courtyard and called Qin Ji to the study to scold him.
"Father!" Qin Ji had just been scolded by the third prince. That bastard was poisoned and took his anger out on him. He didn't expect that his own father would scold him again because of Jiang Shengsheng.
The more Qin Ji thought about it, the angrier he became. "How many times have I told you that it's ridiculous for Jiang Shengsheng to marry my third uncle? Aren't you afraid that the Qin family will be laughed at?"
“Bang!”
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Chuan raised his hand and smashed a tea bowl at Qin Ji.
"You bastard! What do you know?!"
Now that the power of the Prince's Party is growing stronger, he is no match for the Right Prime Minister, and the Qin Mansion's roots in the capital are not deep enough. If he continues like this, sooner or later, he might be kicked out!
"Father knows you look down on Jiang Shengsheng, and it just so happens that she's marrying your third uncle. Isn't this killing two birds with one stone?"
Qin Chuan had always valued this son, and Qin Ji himself was a true achiever, possessing a mind superior to that of an average child since childhood. He even managed to resolve the unrest among the Qin family's side branches a few years ago. Therefore, three years ago, the old man had made the decision to appoint Qin Ji as the next head of the Qin family.
So at the beginning, he felt a little guilty about betrothing Qin Ji to the girl from the Jiang family.
Now that he can get the money from the Jiang family, when Qin Ji takes the imperial examination in three years, he can choose the girls in the capital at will. Qin Chuan is actually very satisfied.
"But father..."
Qin Ji still felt uncomfortable when he thought about seeing Jiang Shengsheng, the woman who had been thinking about him so much, again and having to call her Third Aunt.
And Jiang Li, whom he looked down upon, now has a status far higher than his.
Qin Ji felt that he must have had a bad year, and thought that he should find time to ask his mother to go to the temple to pray for him.
"Okay, that's settled."
Qin Chuan felt that Qin Ji just couldn't stand seeing the girl he disliked, and now he has become a superior person, so he sighed and said, "Ji'er, you can't keep your eyes on girls. You are born to be a swan. Flying up and looking far away is what you should do."
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