It was a fine day.
If there is no wind in winter and the sun is shining warmly, you won't feel sad.
Jiang Si sat in front of the dressing mirror, looking at the person in the mirror.
The woman in the mirror is as pure and beautiful as a blooming crabapple flower, and it seems to be blooming more and more beautifully.
But Jiang Si didn't feel good.
Her second brother died in battle, her husband went on a journey far away; all of these were like huge rocks pressing on her heart, making her unable to smile for even a moment.
At this time, the plot from Concubine Xian and Princess Qi aroused her fighting spirit, allowing her to put away her depressed mood and cheer up to face the battle.
There are flashes of swords and shadows on the battlefield; there are also invisible bloodshed in the court, the palace, the backyard, and any place where there are disputes over interests.
Being timid has never been her style.
Seeing that Ah Qiao was about to put on a pair of coral earrings, Jiang Si stopped her and said, "Don't wear this pair. Try a pair of pearl earrings instead."
She didn't want to use anything that might be cumbersome on this trip.
Aqiao put the coral earrings back and replaced them with a pair of rice-sized pearl earrings for Jiang Si to wear.
"Master, the carriage from Prince Qi's palace has arrived." Ah Man pushed aside the curtain and came in, exhaling a puff of white air as he opened his mouth.
She rubbed her hands, her eyes sparkling with excitement, and waited eagerly for Jiang Si's response.
Jiang Si stood up and said, "Let's go see Ah Huan."
It was just dawn and Ah Huan was sleeping.
Jiang Si came to the room and gazed tenderly at his daughter who was sleeping soundly.
The wet nurse stepped aside, silent and not daring to make a sound.
There were two wet nurses who took turns to look after Ah Huan, but neither of them dared to show any courage in front of this extremely beautiful princess.
Everyone in the palace could see how much the prince doted on the princess.
After looking at Ah Huan for a while, Jiang Si gently told the nurse: "Take good care of the little princess."
"Don't worry, Princess." The wet nurse responded quickly.
Jiang Si nodded, walked towards the door, turned around to look at his daughter, then took the snow fox fur cloak handed to him by Aqiao and went out of the house.
The carriage of Prince Qi's Palace was parked at the gate of Prince Yan's Palace. Princess Qi, who was sitting in the carriage, was getting a little impatient. She lifted the curtain and looked out, and saw a slim woman coming out. It was Jiang Siwuyi.
Princess Qi got off the carriage with the help of her maid and greeted Jiang Si.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
Princess Qi looked at Jiang Si.
She is naturally extremely beautiful, and the fine snow fox fur cloak sets off her snowy skin and black hair. With her naturally red lips, she is extremely bright and gorgeous.
Princess Qi's gaze lingered on the soft and dense snow fox fur cloak for a moment, and she felt sour in her heart.
She had once owned a snow fox fur cloak as nice as this one, which was included in her wedding dowry. Later, it became too worn out and she could no longer wear it out, so she put it at the bottom of her suitcase and never bought a new one since then.
Later, she cleaned out the snow fox fur cloak that had been hidden at the bottom of the box, and sent a maid to take it out quietly to deal with it, and exchanged it for some silver to supplement the household income.
Thinking of this, Princess Qi felt more and more that it was unfair.
How is it that the Princess of Yan can easily win the love of her husband with her good looks, and everything she wears and uses is top-notch, and she has never suffered any grievances since she married into the royal family?
She works so hard to run the palace, and now she feels old even though she is not even 30 years old?
Sensing the look in Princess Qi's eyes, Jiang Si smiled and said, "What are you looking at, Sister-in-law? Is there anything wrong with me?"
As she spoke, she looked down at the snow fox fur ball hanging on her chest and said shyly, "I said that this kind of fur ball is only suitable for little girls, and you should change to a different style of snow fox fur cape, but the little maid said it looked good, so I'm sorry to make you laugh."
Ah Man behind him said quickly, "Master, those snow fox fur coats are really not as good-looking as this one. Just trust my judgment."
After hearing this, Jiang Si smiled helplessly at Princess Qi.
Princess Qi's face froze and she felt even more sad.
She would be furious whenever she met the Princess of Yan. She was still complaining about not having a decent snow fox fur coat, but she was so picky about what to wear.
If you compare yourself to others, you will die. Since you can't compare to Jiang, just kill her.
Haha, after today, Jiang will become a cold corpse, and no matter how many snow fox furs she has, they will be useless.
Even if she was not financially well off for the time being, as long as the prince became the emperor and she became the empress, she would have no worries about lacking rare treasures.
Thinking of this, Princess Qi's expression returned to normal.
Jiang Si sneered secretly.
Although she doesn't care about these external things now, she understood these little thoughts when she was young.
At that time, she was living with her cousin from her uncle's family, and she was afraid that her cousin would laugh at her if she dressed poorly, so she was very careful about these things.
Since the Princess of Qi really used her dowry to subsidize the expenses of the palace, and she was so virtuous, she would not be willing to buy expensive clothes. Since he was jealous of her snow fox fur cape, she was happy to make him jealous even more.
What? Is it cheap to be so ostentatious? She doesn't care. As long as she can make the other person unhappy, that's the right thing to do.
Jiang Si hated Princess Qi who killed her to the extreme.
If a royal palace really has to rely on the princess's dowry for subsidies, where does all that money go?
Although food, clothing, and social interactions are not cheap, they are not that expensive. I'm afraid most of the money in the Prince Qi's mansion is spent on supporting people.
The so-called "keeping people" may be keeping aides and retainers, secretly buying off and placing spies, or quietly training people. This is a bottomless pit that no matter how rich you are, you cannot support it.
In the final analysis, the financial difficulties of Prince Qi's Palace were due to the fact that Prince Qi and his wife were too generous. Otherwise, even if Prince Lu had been demoted to a prince, Prince Lu's Palace would still be living a happy life.
There is nothing wrong with wanting to climb up, but if you step on the corpses of innocent people for this purpose, you deserve to die.
"It's getting late, Seventh Brother's wife, let's go." Princess Qi didn't want to stay any longer and urged.
They both got into their carriages.
Princess Qi only brought a maid, two old women, and two guards with her, and she traveled with a small entourage.
When Jiang Si saw this, his eyes seemed to freeze.
In her previous life, Princess Qi asked her to burn incense, and that was how it was.
It was not the season at that time, and the reason for going to burn incense was different, but Princess Qi said the same thing: "Burning incense requires sincerity. There is no need for us to make a big fuss. We should bring fewer people and go quietly and come back quietly."
Now that I think about it, I should have brought fewer people. If there were too many people, it would not be easy for the other party to do anything.
Jiang Si had a self-deprecating smile on his face, thinking: I must have been a fool at that time, following Princess Qi to her death. I wonder how sad A-Jian would be when she found out about this later.
The carriage started moving.
In the fairly spacious carriage, there was not only Jiang Si but also A'man. As for the old women and guards, they followed beside the carriage.
Ah Man was very excited. He opened the car window curtain and looked out, his heart so happy that it seemed to fly.
"Ah Man——" Jiang Si shouted.
Ah Man quickly lowered the curtain and asked in a crisp voice, "Master, what do you want?"