Jiang Yuanyi walked back into the room, put the black jade under the pillow, thought for a while, and found an exquisite box from under the dressing table, put the jade in it, and then put it next to the pillow.

The jade was not as thick as ink, but had a clear texture, and was carved into complex and mysterious patterns, like a coiled dragon or a crouching tiger.

Xiaoqing saw that the young lady treasured the black jade so much, and asked curiously: "Miss, where did you get this jade? It's so special."

Jiang Yuanyi's ears were pointed and red: "It has been there before, you just didn't notice it."

Xiaoqing didn't think much about it. After all, the young lady has a lot of jewelry, and each one is very exquisite. As soon as her attention turned away from the black jade, Xiaoqing immediately remembered what made her particularly excited just now.

But when the young lady heard about the Duke's Mansion, why didn't she react at all?

Xiaoqing walked up to Jiang Yuanyi and said, "Miss, aren't you surprised? That's someone from the Duke's Mansion."

Jiang Yuanyi thought to herself that there was someone even scarier in the backyard.

She patted Xiaoqing's head gently and said, "Okay, tell me what happened in the front hall today."

Xiaoqing smiled and said, "I think the eldest lady is going to find a good home!"

Jiang Yuanyi didn't respond, but just whispered, "What do you mean?"

Xiaoqing said, "According to what I heard, the matchmaker is the illegitimate son of Lord Gao Xuan, who is famous for his integrity in the current dynasty. He also said that the eldest lady will be the legal wife as soon as she gets married, and all concubines in the future must be approved by the eldest lady."

Jiang Yuanyi sneered in her heart. In her previous life, her sister got married and was indeed the legal wife, but Gao Mingxuan didn't pretend for two days and went to stay in the concubine's room.

Jiang Xirong was puzzled. She went to the east courtyard and found that all the people living there were Gao Mingxuan's concubines. The whole Gao family, even the servants, didn't take her seriously. They just thought she was a fool who married such a man as her legal wife.

Xiaoqing looked at Jiang Yuanyi with admiration: "Miss, did you know that Mr. Gao is a good match for the eldest lady, so you sent someone to investigate?"

Seeing Jiang Yuanyi's calm expression, Xiaoqing just took it as her tacit consent: "Miss, you are really foresighted!"

Jiang Yuanyi: "..."

Jiang Yuanyi stood up, took out the envelopes that Xiaoqing had handed to her these days and put them in front of Xiaoqing: "Sit down and take a look."

Xiaoqing took them and opened them one by one.

"On August 7, the 20th year of Zhihe, Gao Mingxuan redeemed a □□ named Hongyi from a brothel and took her as his concubine. She was 16 years old and a refugee." "On

August 15, the 20th year of Zhihe, Gao Mingxuan raped the maid Yuexi and took her as his concubine. She was 15 years old and a native of Minghe Village, Xiyuan County, outside Beijing."

"On March 27, the 21st year of Zhihe, when passing by Quanzhougang Fish and Rice Township, he abducted the peasant girl Wu Meisi and took her as his concubine."

...

Xiaoqing carefully read the contents of the envelope and was stunned: "This, this, this..."

Jiang Yuanyi slowly put the letters into the envelope one by one, his eyes full of coldness.

After Xiaoqing reacted, she cursed angrily

: "Such a rotten man actually wants to marry my eldest daughter?! And he even talked about him becoming my principal wife? Bah, whoever wants to be my principal wife can be!

If she really marries him, let alone enjoying life, she will be so angry that she will die! We must tell the master and the mistress immediately, we can't let them be fooled by the matchmaker!"

Xiaoqing saw Jiang Yuanyi still sitting there, and hurried over to pull her: "Miss, if you were not in the hall, you wouldn't know how powerful the matchmaker's mouth is. She praised that rotten man to the sky. I saw that the master and the mistress were very happy."

Jiang Yuanyi looked at Xiaoqing helplessly, and said in a serious tone: "Xiaoqing, you are too impatient."

Jiang Yuanyi has always been gentle and seldom showed such a serious expression. Xiaoqing was stunned.

She thought carefully, the young lady must have known Gao Mingxuan's temper for a long time, so she collected evidence early. As for why she didn't tell the old master and the lady, it must be to wait for the best opportunity.

And she was startled and impatient

just now. Xiaoqing was embarrassed: "Miss, I will never do it again."

Jiang Yuanyi looked at Xiaoqing with her head down, her fingers entangled in confusion, and she felt bad. She reached out and patted her shoulder: "Qing'er..."

Xiaoqing raised her head and looked at her: "Miss..."

Jiang Yuanyi touched the soft bangs on Xiaoqing's forehead: "You have to grow up quickly."

Xiao Tuo jumped out of the wall and saw Lin Zhengyu sitting on the wall of another family, crossing his legs and drinking.

Xiao Tuo was startled. If he hadn't reacted quickly and had good kung fu, he would have almost fallen.

Lin Zhengyu jumped down and hooked his hand on Xiao Tuo's shoulder: "This time I saw you flirting with a little girl with my own eyes, and you even went inside her house, how shameless."

Xiao Tuo pushed his hand away: "The first time."

Lin Zhengyu thought about it carefully, it seemed to be the first time. Xiao Tuo was handsome, and he was the legitimate son of a duke. His sloppy and undisciplined appearance, although in the eyes of adults he was unreliable and useless, in the eyes of girls, he was very attractive.

However, Xiao Tuo rarely flirted with girls, and he always teased the girls, which was very insidious.

Lin Zhengyu couldn't help asking: "Is the little girl pretty?"

He just stood outside the wall and only saw a slender figure from behind, but didn't see her appearance.

More than beautiful...

Xiao Tuo couldn't help but raise his lips: "Like a fairy."

Lin Zhengyu frowned and squinted, obviously not believing: "How could a fairy like you?"

Xiao Tuo didn't like what he heard, and punched Lin Zhengyu: "My young master is handsome and elegant, we are a perfect match, understand?"

Lin Zhengyu shook his head to show his disbelief.

At the end of the alley, Lian Fei trotted over: "Hey, young master, you finally came out."

Lian Fei had been wondering what Xiao Tuo was going to do, but when he saw the beautiful girl sitting in the front hall, Lian Fei suddenly realized.

Lian Fei ran over with a look of knowing what Xiao Tuo was thinking, and said, "Sir, I saw the daughter of the Jiang family. She is really beautiful."

Lin Zhengyu grabbed Lian Fei's shoulder: "Really?"

Xiao Tuo smiled: "You saw the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. The second daughter is in the backyard."

Lian Fei quickly responded: "The eldest daughter is so beautiful, the second daughter must be a great beauty as well."

After leaving this alley and turning three more corners, they reached the inner street. The three of them walked forward together. Lin Zhengyu asked: "Where are we going?"

Xiao Tuo pinched his fingers and walked towards the wine shop: "Let's settle accounts with Yao Kang."

Xiao Tuo rarely did anything after a few days. Lin Zhengyu whispered to Lian Fei: "Was this guy punished badly by the old general when he returned?"

Lian Fei said gloatingly: "Yes, yes, the general was furious, and the young master was punished to kneel for two nights and was whipped."

Xiao Tuo glanced at him from the front, and Lian Fei was frightened and kept silent.

Yunsheng Pavilion was very lively at this time. As soon as Xiao Tuo stepped into the wine shop, he saw a lot of people gathered in the middle of the first floor, and the voices were noisy.

He called a waiter and threw some silver coins over: "Brother Xiaoer, what's going on in there?"

The waiter took the silver with a smile and said, "A few young masters are competing in drinking."

Drinking competition is also a major feature of Yunsheng Pavilion. Whenever there is a drinking competition, there must be a bet. Lin Zhengyu asked, "Who is competing?" The waiter

said, "Li Quan, the third young master of the Li family, and Yao Kang, the young master of the Yao family."

"What a coincidence," Xiao Tuo poked his cheek with the tip of his tongue: "Waiter, what's the bet?"

The waiter thought for a moment and said, "Kneel down and kowtow three times."

Xiao Tuo smiled heartily: "Waiter, bring me ten pots of wine!"

In the middle of the hall.

Yao Kang and Li Quan faced each other and drank a bowl of wine.

"More!"

"More!"

Another bowl.

A slender and strong hand held the bowl in Li Quan's hand. Li Quan frowned and raised his head, and saw Xiao Tuo's cheerful face.

Xiao Tuo had sharp eyebrows and narrow eyes. His fake smile was very scary.

Li Quan was startled: "Mr. Xiao, why are you here?"

Xiao Tuo politely pushed Li Quan away and said loudly: "Everyone knows that Mr. Li is weak. Isn't Mr. Yao bullying me? Let me drink for him."

Yao Kang was opposite, looking unhappy.

Xiao Tuo rested his hands on the table, his eyes reflecting the dim light of the candlelight in the wine house, so bright that it was intimidating: "Master Yao didn't respond, is he afraid?"

Yao Kang's mouth twitched slightly: "Who is afraid of who, come on."

Xiao Tuo looked at Li Quan: "How many bowls did you drink just now?"

Li Quan said: "Three bowls."

Xiao Tuo raised his head and drank the wine in his hand. Lin Zhengyu immediately poured it for him. Xiao Tuo's dark eyes looked at Yao Kang without blinking, and drank all three bowls of wine. He put the bowl on the table: "Come on, Master Yao."

The people around shouted louder and louder.

"Master Xiao is generous!"

"So straightforward!"

Lin Zhengyu immediately filled the bowl, and Lian Fei folded his hands on the side, not knowing what trouble his master was going to cause.

After three bowls, both of them blushed. Yao Kang finished drinking and panted.

Xiao Tuo wiped the corner of his mouth: "Are you okay, Master Yao?"

Yao Kang looked at Xiao Tuo with hatred: "More!"

Xiao Tuo grinned, took the wine handed by Lin Zhengyu and drank it.

Yao Kang finished the bowl and swayed.

The people around him said: "Master Yao, are you okay!"

"Don't fall on the road, no one will help you back."

Yao Kang put down the bowl with all his strength: "More!"

Xiao Tuo glanced at him, took the wine and drank it with his head tilted back.

The wine tasted sweet and mellow at first, like a low-alcohol fruit wine, but with a strong aftertaste. It was the peach blossom wine that the brewer of Yunsheng Pavilion had just researched.

Xiao Tuo looked at Yao Kang, who was already groggy and with red cheeks, and poured another bowl in front of him, shouting, "Master Yao, another bowl!"

Yao Kang shook his head, looked at Xiao Tuo's boastful look, picked up the wine angrily, took a sip and fell down, his upper body fell on the table, his face was as red as the red wine jar, and his legs were paralyzed and bent.

Xiao Tuo walked over and kicked him, and Yao Kang groaned a few times.

Xiao Tuo looked at Li Quan opposite him and asked, "Mr. Li, can you tell me your bet?"

Li Quan said, "The loser has to kowtow three times to the winner."

Xiao Tuo pretended to be surprised and said seriously, "Mr. Li, why do you make such a bet with Mr. Yao? A man has gold under his knees, how can he kneel for a bet?"

Li Quan was embarrassed by what he said.

Xiao Tuo then bowed to the people around him and said, "Since I drink this wine on behalf of Master Li, I will let go of the bet. What do you think?"

The people around him hurriedly said,

"Since Master Xiao said so, how dare we object?"

"Master Xiao is really magnanimous and kind!"

Xiao Tuo waved his hands and said, "I don't deserve it. Everyone, please eat and drink at will. I will take my leave first."

After saying that, he turned and left, his back was elegant, and he was well aware of fame and honor.

Lin Zhengyu and Lian Fei followed Xiao Tuo with an expression of "When did you become so sinister?", and before they could say anything, they saw Xiao Tuo leaning to the side as soon as they left the wine shop.

Lian Fei rushed forward to hold her, and then heard Xiao Tuo said in a daze: "How can this peach blossom wine have such a strong aftereffect..."

Lin Zhengyu and Lian Fei looked at each other for a few seconds, shook their heads, and walked back with one arm each.

When passing by a remote street, Xiao Tuo, who was just soft and fluffy, suddenly jumped up, rushed out like a mad dog, and hugged a petite figure in the street today.

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