Gel makeup

Chapter 39
It rained heavily at dawn, and it stopped raining after about half an hour.After the court meeting, Xiao Yi's face was slumped. Si Qingfang knew that Shen Jiangdong and the King of Anping were at odds, so he insisted on leading the army to go deep and was defeated in Chenzhou.Shen Jiangdong's life and death are unknown, and he disappeared.

Siqing quickly told Xiachu: "You go to Jiaguo's mansion, and ask uncle and wife to come to see me."

Xia Chu took the token and went out of the palace. After turning back, her face was full of worry, "Madam refused to come, saying that everything is unclear at the moment. Let's see what's going on before coming to see the girl."

Siqing sighed, "She's worried too."

Siqing was full of worries, and Xiao Yi had no leisure to meet foreign officials one after another.Because Siqing has been busy dealing with matters concerning the Twelve Guards lately, concubine Zhou Rong is in charge of all the chores in the palace.Siqing marked a few unclear points in the accounts, after thinking about it, she felt that she should find something to do first, so she went to Yuzhao Palace to see Concubine Zhou Rong in person.

After receiving the letter from Yuzhao Palace, Concubine Zhou Rong came out of the ceremony gate to greet her: "Queen Wan'an."

Siqing lowered her shoulders and said, "There is no need to be too polite."

The two entered Yuzhao Palace hand in hand, Siqing said: "It's cool after the rain, I'll come out for a walk. There are still some things I would like to ask you about."

The two tackled chores first.Siqing saw the bright red water weft and Luo Fangling's half-sleeve next to the table, so she picked it up and took a look.The snap button has not been nailed yet.

Concubine Zhou Rong said with a smile: "I was buttoning the clothes this morning, but I haven't finished yet." As she spoke, she twisted a chrysanthemum and bee-laid silk mother-of-pearl button, and said, "I remember that Princess Xianju likes this pattern very much. She When she got married, she even asked for five pairs from me." Si Qing thought for a while, waved her hands and ordered the palace servants to step back, and said, "Do you know about the Princess Xianju?"

Concubine Zhou Rong said softly: "The concubine vaguely heard that... the eldest princess is missing?"

Siqing nodded, and said softly, "I heard that the eldest princess was very close to you in the past."

Concubine Zhou Rong sighed: "The three eldest princesses, Qixia, Yunmeng, and Lingqiu, all died early. The first five younger sisters died of dystocia, and Princess Shangyang... Your Majesty only has one sister left, Princess Xianju. Fate is so bad. My concubine vaguely heard this morning that something happened to Duke Jia's release of troops. It's unfortunate that there are too many wars together."

When Si Qing heard her mention Shen Jiangdong's accident, she thought that you were quite well informed, but she didn't say anything, so she casually said a few gossips, and took Ling Zhen away.

Siqing returned to Ninghua Palace from Concubine Zhou Rong, saw that it was almost time for lunch, so she said to Lingzhen: "Is there any more steamed jujube paste yam cake from early morning? Take the food box and serve it, I will go to Zhengqing Palace."

Xiao Yi didn't eat in the morning, so he passed on lunch early, and seeing Siqing coming in, he said, "Haven't you had lunch yet? Come."

Siqing said: "I went to Sister Zhou's place in the morning, and I ate a lot of dim sum. I'm not hungry at all. I also brought some of the jujube paste yam cake I steamed in the morning."

Xiao Yi picked up the chopsticks, but put them down again, "Shen Yuanxi..."

"Eat first," Siqing interrupted, "let's talk after we eat."

Xiao Yi ate hastily, and said: "The west road is progressing smoothly. I thought it would be just around the corner to recover the whole territory of Hunan and Hubei, but I didn't expect..."

"What kind of feud did Shen Yuanxi have with Prince Anping before?" Si Qing was puzzled.

Xiao Yi shook his head, "As far as I know, the two of them didn't have any direct conflicts before."

"So what went wrong?"

"Someone speculated that there was a problem with the food supply. They said that if the supply of food and grass hadn't been insufficient, Yuanxi would not have fallen into a passive position. Do you know who the food security officer is?"

Siqing shook her head.

Xiao Yi's eyes turned cold: "It was recommended by King Duan, He Shizhi's cousin."

Siqing said, "They fell together?"

Xiao Yi sneered: "People say that He Shizhi was murdered by Uncle Wang, and he deliberately recommended He Shizhi's brothers, just to show off to others!"

Si Qing said: "It's definitely not King Duan. King Duan would not be so stupid as to pour dirty water on himself. Besides, although King Duan had a problem with the Jiajing Second Mansion in the past, he had no problem with Shen Yuanxi himself. It seems that King Duan is not a big rebel. People will not take this kind of war game related to the foundation of the imperial court."

Xiao Yi looked at Si Qing and said, "Do you know there are even worse rumors?"

"What rumor?"

"It's not that Jiangdong was defeated and disappeared, but that he surrendered to the enemy. The court said he was missing because of his face."

Si Qing stood up suddenly: "Send someone to look for it, otherwise rumors can kill people. The target is Shen Yuanxi? It must not be so simple behind this matter."

Xiao Yi said: "I have already ordered. Yuanxi's wife..."

Si Qing said: "I invited her to enter the palace, but she said that everything is unclear and she refused to come. I think what she said is also reasonable, let's wait and see what happens next."

A few days later, regarding the defeat of Lord Jia, Shen Jiangdong, the court and the Chinese government seemed to have no intention of delving into it.However, one thing shocked the court like a thunderbolt exploding on the ground.

In the early days of August, the name of the Ding Fansi was built in the hope of following the chaotic people to enshrine, use the group to persuade them to advance, proclaim the emperor and change the Yuan, cast "Yumin Tongbao" coins, set up hundreds of officials, seal the generals, issue a new calendar, and act Jiaotian enthronement ceremony.

Shen Jiangdong was impressively listed among the hundreds of officials of the rebel army, and he was named the king of the county.

On September [-]st, the rebels claimed that Shen Jiangdong, the king of Changsha County, died of serious injuries, and mourned him with the ceremony of the puppet county king.

There was an uproar in the court, and Jia Guo's mansion became the target of public criticism for a while.Some people say that Duke Jia Shen Jiangdong is incompetent, or that Shen Jiangdong has owed the emperor's kindness, and some even directly accuse him of treason.Messages are raging and cannot be banned, and I don't know where they originated.

This day Siqing asked Xiao Yi, "Do you believe that Shen Yuanxi defected to the enemy?"

Xiao Yi shook his head and said: "If there is anyone in the court who is really trustworthy, it must be Yuan Xi. We have known each other since we were young, and I absolutely do not believe that he will betray the court. What's more, Yuan Xi's defection to the enemy is likely to be a alienation between the enemy. The imperial court and the treacherous tricks that damage the imperial court's reputation." He paused, and then said: "If someone in the court deliberately makes things difficult for Yuanxi because of this, then he will be punished."

Siqing said, "Then continue to investigate."

Xiao Yi said: "The matter must be investigated to the end." Xiao Yi paused, then said softly, "I don't believe Yuan Xi is dead, this is clearly a trick of alienation."

Si Qing thought for a while and said: "I also think it's impossible. The other party is eager to mourn Shen Yuanxi, it seems to be to cover up something."

Xiao Yi: "I'm thinking that Yuanxi is missing. We can't find him, and the rebels probably can't find him either. The rebels deliberately let out rumors that Yuanxi had defected to the enemy, and then gave him a false imperial title. Maybe it was just to confuse the court. Shake the morale of our army."

Si Qing interjected: "Perhaps Shen Yuanxi never appeared in the rebel army or the puppet government from the beginning to the end. The rebel army was eager to 'mourn' Shen Yuanxi because they were afraid that the fire would not be wrapped up in paper, and the rumors would leak out, so they would not be able to lie in the end." She couldn't sit still. , said to Xiao Yi: "Anyway, I have to see Jiang's sister."

Xiao Yi sighed: "The voices in the court to investigate the crimes of Jiaguo Mansion have become louder and louder these days, and I don't know how to deal with it. It is true that Shen Yuanxi was defeated, but if the defeat was really due to insufficient food and fodder, the responsibility for the defeat It can't be all blamed on him. But the people in the court don't think so..."

Siqing asked, "What do you want to say?"

"Let his wife leave Beijing first or go back to her hometown," Xiao Yi said carefully, "Then I won't respond to this matter, so that this matter can cool down first, and we can investigate later."

The news of Shen Jiangdong's defeat and disappearance was reported back to the imperial capital, and the Jiaguo Mansion, which had been famous for many years, fell into thin air in an instant.

Last year, Gu Liangfen and his wife left Beijing for Jiangnan, also intending to visit Fu Linchuan.Later, wars broke out, and Gu Liangfen was afraid that Xu Wenchang and his ilk would take the opportunity to fight the autumn wind, so he didn't return to Beijing, and even left all the business in the imperial capital to the buddies, regardless of profit or loss, and only lived in the south with his wife.Siqing's direct elder brother, Ye Lancheng, had already returned to Yongzhou for three years in Fuling, and it was inconvenient to come back. After Shen Jiangdong's accident, Ye Lancheng only sent a servant to ask about it, but there was nothing he could do.The third and fourth households of the Ye family had already stopped moving around, seeing that something had happened to the Shen family, they couldn't avoid it in time.Only King Xiao Jing and Mrs. Cheng Ping, who was related to Si Qing's mother's family, came to the mansion to comfort her for a while, and then left.

From the Shen family to Shen Zizhou's previous generations, there were only a few people, and Shen Zizhou and his brothers from the same clan were not too close.Shen Zizhou's wife died young again, and her natal family declined. When Jiang Feng married into the Shen family, the Shen family had the fewest relatives among the aristocratic families in the imperial capital.Since Shen Jiangdong was suspected of being killed in battle, one of the relatives of the Shen family came to the imperial capital from his original place of origin to spread the word, intending to make a funeral for Shen Jiangdong and set up an heir, in an attempt to seek the property of the Jiaguo Mansion.Jiang Feng dismissed the Shen clan members without leaking anything, but he had another idea in mind.From then on, the Shen family couldn't help talking about Jiang Feng's incompetence, and wanted to swallow the entire Jiaguo Mansion by themselves.Jiang Feng was not good at socializing at first, and he didn't enjoy much in the imperial family's family, so there were many people pointing and pointing at her behind her back.

Not long after, Dingfan suddenly proclaimed himself emperor, and made Shen Jiangdong the county king, and Jiaguo Mansion became the target of public criticism.Everyone said that Shen Jiangdong might have joined the rebellion, and the Jiaguo Mansion was in great trouble, but because there was no evidence, Xiao Yi ignored the matter and refused to express his opinion, and King Duan also remained uncharacteristically silent.

Jiang Feng knew very well that today's silence may not be able to completely influence the outcome of Jiaguo Mansion. If this matter wants to cool down completely, Jiaguo Mansion must take a big step back.Since Shen Jiangdong's accident, people in Jiaguo Mansion have been fluctuating, all thanks to Jiang Feng's efforts to suppress it.After returning to the capital with the news that Shen Jiangdong had become the county king, Jiang Feng insisted on dismissing the servants, rewarding the deeds, closing the outer courtyards of Jiaguo Mansion, and taking all the important things to the upper room.Afterwards, Jiang Feng negotiated with the old housekeeper, Lao Xia, that if the imperial court did not take back the gift from the Jiaguo Mansion, the servants of more than a dozen families headed by Lao Xia would stay there; go up.Or if the court wants to mobilize the family, Jiang Feng still has the farm that his father left behind in Fuzhou. With Siqing around, all the Jiang family's property will not be included in the government.

Jiang Feng made up his mind to settle down with Lao Xia and the others and leave the capital alone, but he was worried that the important things stored in the mansion would attract thieves' attention after she left Beijing, so he had to find a safe place to store them.Just thinking about it, it happened that Wu Zhenying heard about Shen Jiangdong's accident and rushed back to the imperial capital overnight to see her.

When Wu Zhenying arrived at Jiaguo's mansion, he saw that the mansion was deserted and desolate.The entire street in front of the mansion was empty, and the dogs in the yard kept barking, and there were echoes of silence.Speaking of which, this was Wu Zhenying's first visit to the door. Hearing him coming, Jiang Feng rushed out to greet him, forced a smile, "Uncle is here."

Wu Zhenying asked, "What happened?"

Jiang Feng gave a brief overview of the matter. First, he talked about why Shen Jiangdong went to Jiangnan last year, how he was blocked by the investigation of Jiangnan's deficit, how he went directly from Jiangnan to serve in the front army, and what kind of plots he had.At the end, he said: "Someone asked me why I didn't have a funeral. I said that it doesn't matter whether a person is dead or not. What kind of funeral is there? Yesterday, relatives from Shen's family who lived three thousand miles away came to make a fuss and told me to call them out. All the people in the house have been dismissed, leaving a few who don't want to go, and the old housekeeper, who is here to look after the house. The court has not committed any crimes, so what else can this house be taken over? Speaking of which, I have one thing to ask you, many things , I want to deposit it at your house on Shuangxing Street, I wonder if you would like it?"

Wu Zhenying said: "Why am I not willing? Just a little, where are you going?"

Jiang Feng remained silent.

Wu Zhenying said: "Don't tell me you're going to find him. You don't have to worry about it. You go by yourself, and you want to feel at ease. What's the point?"

Jiang Feng said softly: "He had an accident, maybe it was because of me, because of the Fuzhou case."

Wu Zhenying waved his hand: "There's nothing to say, pack it up, and go to Tonghe with me. If you don't want to go back to Tonghe, you can go back to Fuzhou. It's better to stay in Beijing and suffer from the villains."

While talking, the butler Lao Xia came in and said to Jiang Feng quietly: "The female history under the empress is here again."

Jiang Feng said: "Uncle, we have a visitor."

Wu Zhenying nodded and said, "Go and see me, I'll get you something later."

Jiang Feng suddenly remembered that Wu Zhenying didn't know about Siqing, and Siqing didn't ask to speak, so he nodded indiscriminately and came to see Lingzhen.Siqing asked Jiang Feng to sit in Nanyuan for the sake of talking.After Jiang Feng told Wu Zhenying, he and Ling Zhen went to Nanyuan to meet Siqing.After the ceremony, Xiachu inevitably came up and cried.

Siqing said: "Why are you crying? Could it be that people are gone! Human feelings are like thin sheets of paper, and the world is like a new game of chess. People in this world, there are more icing on the cake, and less charcoal in the snow. When the fire is cooking and the flowers are blooming, they come one after another. She tends to be popular, and once she turns her head around, she clings to others. Sister, don’t pay attention to those people with red tops and white hats, and don’t take their words to heart.”

Jiang Feng opened his mouth, but felt that he had nothing to say, so he just sighed.Siqing said: "I know you have heard a lot of rumors and gossips from the family members of the Beijing officials. The Jiaguo Mansion has been prominent since the beginning of the founding of the country, and how many people are angry with jealousy." Siqing's eyes turned to Jiang Feng, " You don't believe that Shen Yuanxi is gone, right?"

"Yes," Jiang Feng nodded, "I don't believe it. Everything is weird. The rebels are eager to publicize Yuanxi's funeral, as if to cover up something."

Siqing said, "Do you have any ideas?"

Jiang Feng suddenly said: "There is a new clue about Chen Nanfei."

Siqing was startled: "What?"

Jiang Feng said: "The dead girl Ji Shuze had a maid by her side before, and Young Master He gave her to her through two teeth."

Siqing was silent for a moment, then asked softly, "Where is the maid?"

Jiang Feng sighed and said, "When I found her, she was already dead."

Siqing said with hatred: "Who Shizhi did it?"

Jiang Feng asked back, "Why does Your Highness say that?"

"Do you know that He Shouzhi was the Liangdao who was next to Brother Shen when the accident happened?" Siqing asked, "Could it be that you found the fan head in Cangchunlou, and you are going to expose the He family, and the He family fought back?" She Suddenly he sighed deeply, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't expect to ask you to investigate Chen Nanfei's affairs, but it hurt your family instead."

Jiang Feng murmured: "I heard that there is no problem with He Shouzhi for the time being." She suddenly calmed down, "Your Highness wants me to help Princess Duan find out the cause of the death of Princess Duan, and it is I who insisted on investigating Chen Nanfei. This matter has nothing to do with Your Highness." She gritted her teeth and said, "My concubine has a bad word, I wonder if the empress would like to listen carefully?"

Siqing said, "Please tell me."

"The root cause of the former Fuzhou case was traced to the deficit of the household department, which was caused by Wu Tiande and He Shizhi. When I was still in the Criminal Division, although I did not report the truth of the Fuzhou case to the imperial court, I did find out many people related to the household department secretly. It is related to He Shizhi. Although He Shizhi is dead, the centipede of his family is not dead enough. Could it be that those people took revenge on their wives and concubines in order to avenge their wives and concubines in the Chenzhou battle? , The Ministry of Households suffered such a huge deficit last year, will the tricks played against Fuzhou be used in the war ahead? Besides, He Shouzhi first controlled the Liangjiang grain road, will he play tricks?"

Siqing sighed and said, "But as you said, there is no problem with He Shouzhi's body for the time being. Anping County King's generals are away, so they can't move for a while."

Jiang Feng said: "Your Highness, if you talk about the He family's handle, I also have it."

Siqing suddenly remembered something, and said anxiously: "You are so confused! Do you really keep the legacy of Fuzhou guard?"

Jiang Feng shook his head again and again: "How dare I sleep peacefully with my hands on the firecrackers? I'm also surprised that the remnants disappeared." Then he said that after Jiang Xue failed to assassinate Shen Jiangdong, he raised Jiang Xue himself, " Back then, I asked Jiang Xue to give the He family a false testimony that Yuanxi accepted bribes, if the matter ahead is really related to the He family, why didn't they show this false testimony and add more firewood?"

Si Qing said: "Perhaps the He family wants to play this game of chess slowly and completely put you to death. Now that you are rushing to take it out, it is too obvious to add trouble to the situation, and it is easy to make people suspicious."

Jiang Feng said softly: "Chen Nanfei's matter, now the clues are broken again. In fact, I have always doubted He Shizhi's position-whether they will have a connection with Dingfan."

"I don't think He Shizhi has the guts to plan for the East Palace," Siqing said in a deep voice, "I don't know if you have heard from Brother Shen. When I returned to the Imperial Capital from the south, I actually met Been to some strange people."

"I heard from Yuan Xi that..." Jiang Feng thought about it and said, "In the 13th year of Xining, some people didn't want His Highness to return to Beijing."

Siqing nodded, "You said that at that time the empress was not yet full of filial piety, and Concubine He Ning was still there, who would not want me to return to the imperial capital?"

"What fit?" Jiang Feng guessed.

Si Qing said: "That's right, it should be He Shizhi. He was afraid of being exposed and dared not find people in his house to attack me, so he hired a few Taoist masters to do it. Those people all spoke with a Lingnan accent. "

"It's a Lingnan accent. Doesn't that mean it has something to do with Ding Fan? He Shizhi may have colluded with Ding Fan. When he is inconvenient to come forward, he asks Ding Fan to do something for him," Jiang Feng said.

Siqing shook her head, "That's not right. If he had colluded with Dingfan, he wouldn't be looking for someone from Lingnan. It's a shame."

Jiang Feng said: "That's right. If Chen Nanfei had an affair with Ding Fan, Concubine He Ning would not die easily."

Siqing frowned and said: "He Ningbi committed suicide and died very strangely. There must be something hidden in her body, but I have never found out. Sister, I will keep an eye on Chen Nanfei's matter to the end."

Jiang Feng said: "Since the imperial court is at war with Dingfan, there must be constant secret wars between the two sides. Regardless of whether He Shizhi and Dingfan are connected or not, His Highness needs to be more careful."

Siqing said, "I must be more careful. Then what are your plans?"

Jiang Feng thought for a while and said: "I don't have to look at people's colors in the imperial capital. Uncle Wu's family is here today. Uncle and I will go to Tonghe."

"That's great," Si Qing said with a sigh of relief, "When you leave the Imperial Capital, those people may be less active, and it's also a good time to see what the He family has in the Imperial Capital. We will investigate the matter of Brother Shen to the end. "

Jiang Feng reluctantly said, "I see."

Si Qing said: "If you have anything to do, please write to me. If there is something to do in the mansion, you can also contact Lao Cheng. Although there are people who want to discuss the crimes of the Jiaguo Mansion, but there is no evidence, His Majesty has not said anything, and he will not say anything. , you don’t have to worry about causing trouble for Uncle Wu, just stay with him.”

The two talked a lot, and Siqing gave her a lot of things and said: "Be careful when you go, or one day Brother Shen will come back, and you will be even more unhappy seeing you like this." Sending her straight out, Yimen said again, "Now the old man in our house is gone, and He Shizhi is gone too. You can find an opportunity to tell Uncle Wu slowly about my affairs. When I was last year, by chance, I had already met my elder brother Gu Heng. We met, and the conversation started. I don’t know if he told Uncle Wu. I think he talked a lot of nonsense when there was nothing to do, but he talked less when it was urgent. He probably didn’t tell Uncle Wu about me. Someday Please tell me about my Uncle Fu. There is something else wrong with my Uncle Fu, and I dare not send someone to look for it, for fear of causing trouble for Uncle Fu."

Jiang Feng responded one by one, first resigned from Xiaying, and then bid farewell to Siqing.Siqing sent her outside the gate of Yi, followed by Lingzhen and Xiaying who sent her all the way out of the corner gate of Nanyuan, Xiaying kept crying, Lingzhen said: "Uncle Madam, someday the matter of uncle will be clear, come back earlier. "

Jiang Feng agreed, and Fang came out from Nanyuan.The lingering summer heat of the imperial capital in early autumn had not yet receded. Jiang Feng took off his big clothes, dismissed the family members who followed the car, and walked slowly back along the water system outside Nanyuan alone.Looking back on the days when I returned to the Imperial Capital, it seemed like a big dream.Being involved in the Fuzhou case was beyond her control, and marrying Shen Jiangdong was beyond her control. Now that Shen Jiangdong's life and death are uncertain, she seems to finally be able to make some choices about how she should go forward.

Since Jiang Feng entered Beijing in the fall of Xining 17, the major case in Fuzhou was still pending.Jiaguo Mansion is like a lonely boat crossing the wilderness, Shen Jiangdong is like a wobbly traveler on a lonely boat, and she feels that she has never set foot on that lonely boat, but just stands on the shore and watches the rushing tide with rain.

She didn't mention his "one-year agreement" with Shen Jiangdong to Si Qing.

During the time when Shen Jiangdong's accident happened, Jiang Feng had been busy arranging trivial matters in the huge Jiaguo Mansion, and he had never been able to calm down and think about her and Shen Jiangdong.She tried hard to recall the night when they got married, recalling Shen Jiangdong's face when they talked at night holding candles, she and Shen Jiangdong have always been like friends, confidants, and even colleagues.She is full of calculations, she has only been with Shen Jiangdong for seven or eight months, what she knows is the situation in the imperial capital, the position of Jiaguo Mansion, Shen Jiangdong's situation and Shen Jiangdong's official affairs, she seems to have never understood Shen Jiangdong himself .

On autumn nights many, many years ago, she fell asleep with her arms around the jar of crickets in full bloom, but in the middle of the night the crickets suddenly disappeared, and she quietly went out to look for them.At that time, she didn't know what "Qi Dafei" was, and she didn't understand the meaning of "Qi Dafei" until she got married.Looking back today, all she knew was the prosperity of the Jiaguo Mansion, and she never thought of Shen Jiangdong as a partner.

She suddenly felt flustered. The prosperous imperial capital fell into an unspeakable silence in the hot afternoon. Time seemed to stand still, and the cold suddenly surged up, like a hot person falling into an ice cave.She picked up her skirt and took two steps slowly, then raised her head, the glaring sun forced her to close her eyes.She knew that she could make some safer choices, such as completely breaking away from the Shen family and making a clean break with the Shen family - she has no family background, which also means that she does not need to pay for the family's reputation.She can also go with the tide, stay in the Shen family, and raise an heir for Shen Jiangdong—with her ability, the orphans and widows will not be wiped out easily.

However, what appeared in front of her at this time was Xining's smile on Shen Jiangdong's face when she came to Fuzhou to meet Shen Jiangdong in the winter of Xining's 17th year.That day, Shen Jiangdong smiled gently, his bright eyes gleamed with unconcealable joy, and said to her, "You are here".

She always walked her own way indifferently, silently watching the people and affairs around her.Although the combination of her and Shen Jiangdong is involuntary, but Shen Jiangdong is also her first friend in the imperial capital. Although they haven't really made friends yet, they can drink a glass of wine together under the lamp and talk about the outside world. wind and cloud.She firmly believes that her friend will not be rebellious, and also believes that his friend will not fail easily.Shen Jiangdong's accident may be because of the Fuzhou case, because of herself, maybe she can do something for Shen Jiangdong.

She touched the pearl flowers on her temples, walked under a lush green locust tree, and fell silent for a moment, pulling her thoughts back to the secular world.The sunlight sifted through Ye Jian and leaked through her fingertips. She grabbed it lightly, but couldn't catch anything.Siqing hinted that she would stay away from right and wrong, and wait and see. This is a safe and illusory choice.Safe because you can leave the greatest room for future choices, and unreal because you can't predict what you will face in the future.

Jiang Feng could imagine the beauties in the imperial capital laughing at her behind her back, "no meat or vegetables, just hang there", but she didn't care, and Siqing also knew that she didn't care, so she gave her such a hint.She couldn't guess Si Qing's thoughts, couldn't figure out Si Qing's plans, couldn't understand Si Qing's words and deeds, but at this moment, Si Qing had no motive to persecute her and the Jiaguo Mansion.

She made up her mind, took a deep breath, held her thoughts, and went back to Jiaguo Mansion.The next day, she packed up her things and settled the deal with Wu Zhenying's housekeeper, Uncle Lu, who stayed in the imperial capital. She locked the upper house and handed over the keys to the housekeeper Lao Xia, who was in charge of the house. Went to Yongtong.

When she left Jiaguo Mansion, she never looked back. She could imagine the desolate scene of Jiaguo Mansion in one night, and the people in the court lamented the impermanence of the world, but in her heart she had no attachment to the prosperity of Jiaguo Mansion in the past. She had never I feel that this prosperity belongs to me, and I have never regretted not being able to grasp these ethereal glory.She has herself and that is enough.

Wu Zhenying suddenly asked: "Xuan Bin, do you have any regrets in the Imperial Capital?"

Jiang Feng shook his head, "No."

Wu Zhenying didn't say much, but Jiang Feng suddenly thought of a sentence, which seemed to be a play:
There is a big dream in the floating world, and there are several cool autumns in life.

(End of this chapter)