After being expelled from the palace, she returned with her cub and amazed the whole city

"That year, my sister-in-law and I both got haircuts. My sister-in-law was one month older than me. Her haircut ceremony was very grand and grand. Many girls came to the house."

"The rules of the capital have always been like this. The first-born daughter has a good relationship with the first-born daughter, and those of us who are concubines have to avoid it."

"In order not to be an eyesore in front of the guests, I slipped out through the back door. I didn't dare to go far outside the door, so I just wandered in the bamboo forest outside the back door."

"I was really bored, so I just hummed the little song my aunt taught me. I liked that song so much that I sang so beautifully that I didn't know someone was coming behind me."

"He said, you sang so beautifully that I got lost and forgot where I was going."

"He is wearing a light blue gown, the material is thin and elegant, and a ring-shaped jade pendant hangs around his waist. At first glance, he is not an ordinary young master."

"He is tall, neither fat nor thin, with delicate features and an elegant temperament that only a scholar can have. With just one glance, he fell into my heart."

Speaking of this, Aunt Meng's eyes lit up like an ignorant girl.

Jiang Shuyue couldn't bear to interrupt her and listened quietly.

"That day, we had a great conversation. His eyes were as gentle as water, which made people fall intoxicated after just one more glance. He said that he was a new Jinshi. I told him that I was a concubine of the Meng family. He said that was not important. It’s good that he is a direct descendant.”

"When we parted that day, he said we would meet again in the bamboo forest tomorrow. After I went back, I washed my face with cold water and told myself that it was just a daydream."

"The next day, I went to the bamboo forest again by mistake, and he was waiting there. He said he was worried that I wouldn't be able to leave the house, and he was also worried that I wouldn't believe him and he wouldn't go to the appointment."

"In the days that followed, we went boating on the lake and spent time together. He promised me to persuade family members to come to propose marriage."

Aunt Meng said with mist in her eyes.

Hearing this, Jiang Shuyue secretly cursed in her heart, "Men are deceitful. Young men in the capital all use this kind of excuse to deceive concubines into leaving young ladies. Nine times out of ten, they will get the girl's body and nothing will happen."

Sure enough, Aunt Meng sighed and said, "It's all my wishful thinking. When my love got too strong, I lost my head and put myself in a passive position."

Aunt Meng raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, and looked at Jiang Shuyue with a wry smile.

"You must have guessed that he is here to propose marriage, but the person asking for marriage is not me, but my sister-in-law."

Jiang Shuyue couldn't help but interject: "It doesn't matter if you don't want such a treacherous and heartless man, why don't aunt choose another lover?"

Aunt Meng shook her head slowly, "I am already his, so why do I have other thoughts? He told me afterwards that his mother forced me to marry my sister-in-law, and made me live in the house with my sister-in-law as a concubine. Said he would never treat me badly."

"Mrs. Right Prime Minister didn't agree?"

"No, it was me who took the initiative to let her go. I watched my aunt live lowly and be half-master and half-slave since I was a child. I don't want to make the same mistake again. In order not to cause trouble to other sisters' marriages, I took the initiative to comb my hair and come to Taohua Temple to be my aunt."

Hearing this, Jiang Shuyue was filled with indignation.

"Aunt Meng, your sister-in-law is so evil. You and the Prime Minister have known each other for a long time, and you are hiding here. Yet she is still trying to take your life. She is too vicious, a heartless person with a heart of a snake and a scorpion. A perfect match."

A trace of sarcasm appeared on Aunt Meng's lips, "Sister-in-law is used to pretending to be virtuous and virtuous. When she found out that I had a relationship with that man, she hypocritically persuaded me to follow her into the Cui Mansion.

I sternly refused and waited for her to marry into Cui's house. When she was pregnant, the man started to think about taking a concubine. She pretended to be generous and brought the man to the nunnery to persuade me to go home. In fact, she wanted to use me to enter Cui's house to help her consolidate her favor. . "

Jiang Shuyue asked: "Aunt Meng, have you gone back?"

"No, but I don't know when she tampered with my food. Later, she would always send people to deliver supplements and medicinal materials from time to time."

"After returning home to recuperate, I returned to Peach Blossom Temple. Not long after my aunt died of illness, I lost my mother. When I went to the city and passed by my door, I never stepped through that door."

Jiang Shuyue carefully calculated that after more than 20 years, the Heart-Eating Grass should have killed Aunt Meng long ago. Could it be that Meng had a soft heart and stopped in the process.

When I was wondering, I heard Aunt Meng say quietly: "I was still young and high-spirited at that time. On the surface I pretended not to care, but in fact I hated them in my heart, especially that person. I threw away all the medicinal materials sent by his Cui family. "

Jiang Shuyue breathed a sigh of relief, "Aunt Meng, you're lucky you didn't take those medicinal materials continuously, otherwise, my little girl wouldn't be able to see you."

"Sister-in-law is such a smart person. Seeing that although I was in poor health, I was still alive and well, she came to Peach Blossom Temple to stay for two days every year when the peach blossoms were in full bloom. This year she didn't come for some reason, so she only sent her daughter. come over."

"Did aunt forgive them later? Otherwise, she wouldn't have the chance to poison them again." Jiang Shuyue raised her eyes and asked. Aunt Meng nodded and sighed, "As time goes by, I gradually let go of the hatred in my heart. I also thought that my sister-in-law felt guilty so she came to see me every year. I didn't know that she was jealous of me to the point of being hopeless." to the point of rescue.

Aunt Meng's face is bare, her eyebrows are like distant mountain daisy, her eyes are lying with eyes, her face is pale, and the fine lines at the end of her eyes cannot be seen clearly unless you look closely at them.

Her voice is as sweet as a girl's, and her charm is still there.

Jiang Shuyue secretly guessed that no man would be tempted by such a beautiful and charming woman. She must have been deeply in love with You Xiang years ago, and it was under the interference of Mrs. Cui that she married the legitimate daughter of the Meng family.

In this era, one cannot make the decision on marriage. If parents do not obey the orders of a matchmaker, a word of filial piety can overwhelm a person and make him unable to stand up.

Aunt Meng became the cinnabar mole in the heart of the right prime minister. Meng knew it in her heart but could not do anything about it. She turned around and used the secret methods of the women in the back house on her concubine sister.

Looking at the green bean porridge and a dish of side dishes that were still warm on the tray on the table.

Jiang Shuyue comforted Aunt Meng for a few words and stood up and said, "Aunt, eat while it's hot. I will come to check your pulse tomorrow."

Aunt Meng hurriedly stood up to see her off, full of gratitude, "Thank you for saving my life, it's really better to see it once. Your pills are really magical. I feel much better now."

When she walked to the door, Jiang Shuyue paused, "Aunt, you can't be too soft-hearted. There are only people who steal for a thousand days, but there is no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days. You are still so young, you can't let yourself be passive all the time."

From Aunt Meng's mouth, I learned that she was less than 40 years old.

In modern times, from psychology to physiology, that is the age of youth.

When I came out of Aunt Meng's room, it was already night outside.

Lanterns were lit in the corridors around.

The night was very quiet, so quiet that one could hear one's own heartbeat.

She walked towards the path in the garden, and the crickets chirped in the grass under the trees.

The lights from afar stretched her shadow very long.

She suddenly felt that the ancient Buddha with green lamps was too lonely, and the figures of Nangong Zeyue and Xiao Jingzhao appeared in her mind involuntarily.

Jiang Shuyue's feeling at this time was that for a perfect life, one still needs a partner to feel at ease.