After leaving Prince Yong's Mansion, Jiang Ranli suddenly felt that his breathing became easier. He couldn't help but take several deep breaths, which finally got rid of the suffocation he had just felt.
Seeing her like this, the Thirteenth Prince teased her, "Are you so uncomfortable living in Fourth Brother's house?"
Glancing at him, Jiang Ranli began to complain, "Didn't you see the looks in Nian and Li's eyes? They wanted to tear me apart and swallow me. Of course I'm not used to it."
Hearing this, the Thirteenth Prince recalled the attitudes of Nian and Li towards Jiang Ranli and said, "It's always like this in the backyard. You have been married to the Ninth Brother for several years, so you should understand this."
Jiang Ranli nodded. She understood these things, but understanding did not mean getting used to them. Besides, Yinzhen dismissed the women in the backyard for her and expressly forbade the women who stayed in the mansion to disturb her. So, although she had been married to Yinzhen for several years, she had much less contact with those women.
"There are too many monks and too little meat, and this situation does happen, so I particularly don't like it."
The Thirteenth Prince raised his eyebrows and said, "Fortunately, Ninth Brother likes you and is willing to take the risk of dismissing all his concubines for you. If he didn't like you, what would you do?"
"If he doesn't like me, I won't like him either. I will naturally stay away from him and travel around the mountains and rivers on my own," Jiang Ranli replied.
For her, the issue of the Thirteenth Prince was not a problem at all. If Yinzhen didn't like her, she wouldn't like him either. In that case, she would not stay in the mansion and live a life of intrigue with a group of women.
The Thirteenth Prince laughed. He thought of the time when Jiang Ranli pretended to be fat and ugly to avoid his Ninth Brother. "It's a good thing you met Ninth Brother that you have this personality. If it were someone else, they would definitely not treat you like Ninth Brother does."
"That's the truth. Among all you princes, Yinzhen is the least fearless of worldly affairs. But the Eighth Master is not bad either. Look, for the sake of his Eighth Sister-in-law, he refuses to marry another woman." When talking about Yinzhen, Jiang Ranli's eyes were shining.
The Thirteenth Prince looked at her and sighed for Yinzhen in his heart. Although he was closest to Yinzhen, he had to admit that his fourth brother was too rational. He would only favor one person and have only one person in his heart, but he would not dismiss his wives and concubines in the backyard for that person.
When they arrived at Jiang Fan's mansion, Jiang Fan was holding Hong Qi and Hong Xiang in his arms and having fun. When he saw Jiang Ranli and the Thirteenth Prince come in, he reluctantly put the twins down.
"Master Thirteen, when did you come back? Come on, let's go have a drink."
Jiang Fan and the Thirteenth Prince made friends over wine and got along very well. As soon as they met, they went to drink.
"No, I just came back and I still have some errands to do. Let's drink later," the Thirteenth Prince waved his hand to decline. He couldn't drink today as he still had many errands to do in the court.
The Thirteenth Prince stayed in Jiang Fan's mansion for a while, then got up and went to the palace. After Jiang Ranli and Jiang Fan saw him off, they sighed one after another.
"It's a pity that the Thirteenth Prince was a chivalrous man. After the New Year, it will be the 50th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign. By then, I'm afraid we won't be able to see him in such high spirits anymore," Jiang Fan lamented.
Jiang Ranli nodded, and thinking of the history he had read, he couldn't help but have more doubts and sympathy about the future of the Thirteenth Prince. "Historical records show that he had not been active in the court for ten years, but whether he was imprisoned or not is still debatable. After all, saying that he was imprisoned for ten years was a statement made by the writer Er Yuehe, and it was not clearly stated in history."
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