After Jiang Zhinian left with the maid, Su Wanruo still stood there stiffly, with an increasingly gloomy look in her eyes.

Her maid Yinchai said anxiously, "Miss, Madam can't stand you being well off, so she's deliberately making things difficult for you."

"Isn't the Madam the most jealous person who doesn't allow anyone else to be around the Marquis? Why would she say such a thing?"

Su Wanruo dug her nails into the palm of her hand.

Of course she understood that this was Jiang Zhinian's way of dealing with her.

If she lost her composure, she would fall into her trap.

Maybe this is also a test for her.

Jiang Zhinian didn't believe that she and her cousin were innocent.

Su Wanruo's expression changed, but she quickly controlled her emotions, still maintaining a gentle and kind look as she said:

"Yinchai, shut up. Madam has the final say in the mansion. We have no say in her decisions."

"Madam, you took pity on me and gave me a place to stay. I am only grateful to you, Madam!"

"Let's go, don't keep the old lady waiting for too long."

In public, Su Wanruo never lets anyone catch her in any way.

She didn't even call her aunt, but just old lady.

Yinchai was still a little indignant, "These things are your favorites, Miss, but now you want to return them, why!"

Su Wanruo paused, her heart felt like it was bleeding.

But now she can only endure it.

……

After Jiang Zhinian and Lian Qiao left the house, Lian Qiao could not help but say, "Madam, I just saw my cousin looking like she was about to faint, as if you were bullying her."

"If the Marquis hears this, he might even think that the Madam is bullying the cousin!"

"From what I've seen, her style is just like that of Concubine Zou who used to sleep with men in our Bo's Mansion. She is good at seducing men."

Lian Qiao muttered a few words angrily.

Jiang Zhinian looked dazed for a moment.

In her previous life, Lian Qiao had actually complained and said some things, but at that time she was thinking about Murong Chuan.

She felt that since he risked his own life to save her, and promised not to take a concubine and to go along with her in everything, he must have her in his heart.

Besides, the cousin only gave her a symbolic identity.

My cousin is frail and can only live for a few years. Besides, she isn't competitive, so there's really nothing to worry about.

I was so stupid in my previous life. I was in the game, but I was blinded and couldn’t see the truth.

"Then let's go find someone as resourceful as Aunt Zou."

Lian Qiao's eyes widened in surprise, "Madam, are you really willing to give the Marquis to someone else?"

Although the Madam said before that the Marquis was not her savior, she had clearly seen the Madam's feelings for the Marquis over the past three years. Could she just let it go?

Jiang Zhinian said: "Lian Qiao, from the moment the Marquis wanted to take a concubine, my feelings for him ended here!"

"From now on I will only live for myself!"

In the previous life, he was trapped in the Marquis' Mansion because of a favor. Later, when he understood the truth, it was too late.

They harmed her like that and killed so many of her relatives. How could she still have feelings for Murong Chuan?

In this life, there is still time to make up for everything.

"Ma'am, you finally figured it out."

In Lian Qiao's opinion, men's emotions are unreliable, just like the master and mistress of the Bo Mansion.

The couple's love was deep and their story was praised as a good one. However, when the wife died, the master married a new wife when the daughter was only two years old.

The new lady was allowed to treat the young lady harshly, and concubines were brought into the mansion one after another.

If the old lady had not taken the young lady to the courtyard to educate her personally, how could the young lady grow up safely?

"But Madam, if you give the Marquis another concubine, will my cousin go to the Marquis and cry and make a scene?"

Jiang Zhinian raised the corner of his mouth coldly and said, "I'm not afraid of her making trouble, I'm just afraid of her not making trouble."

"Su Wanruo is a scheming person who is used to being humble. If you meet her or her maidservants in the future, you must be extremely vigilant."

Lian Qiao said seriously: "Yes, Madam, Lian Qiao understands!"

The two men walked out of the house towards East Street, and saw a row of guards in front of them clearing the way.

A low-key and luxurious carriage drove slowly past.

The people on both sides discussed in low voices.

"Which distinguished person is traveling with such a big fanfare?"

"That is the carriage of the Crown Prince of the East Palace."

"Our Prince Ren De? In the past, the prince traveled by horse. Is he riding in a carriage now?"

"I heard that more than three years ago, the prince went to Jiangnan for work and was murdered. His meridians and martial arts were destroyed. Now his body is very weak and the imperial doctors can't help him. Now all the noble families are racking their brains to find a miracle doctor to cure the prince so that they can make a contribution!"

Jiang Zhinian's ears were buzzing as he listened to these words.

She couldn't help but think of a trip to Jiangnan more than three years ago when she was still a boudoir.

It was also that time that she was poisoned and given a strong drug. If she didn't recover, she would die.

He helped her that night.

At the cost of losing your martial arts skills?

If she hadn't experienced it in her previous life, she would not have known this truth.

"Cough cough..."

Faintly, Jiang Zhinian seemed to hear a weak cough coming from the carriage.

The man's voice was clear, like a flute in the clouds, floating in the air and stirring the heart.

Jiang Zhinian's heart trembled violently.

It's this voice.

Even after more than three years, she still remembers the sounds from that night.

Thunder roared in the rainy night, and she was tortured by the strong poison to the point of being worse than death.

I could only vaguely hear the sound of snow falling in an empty valley, clear and soothing.

"Be good, don't be afraid!"

"It'll be okay!"

……

"Ma'am, ma'am?"

Lian Qiao looked at Jiang Zhinian worriedly and asked, "Madam, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so bad?"

Jiang Zhinian looked at the streets that had returned to normal. The carriage had already disappeared from his sight, as if it was just an illusion.

"It's okay, I just didn't expect it to be the frame of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Lian Qiao whispered, "That is the benevolent prince that our Yan State has rarely seen in a century. Unfortunately, the prince is in poor health."

She looked around cautiously, "But for safety's sake, we still can't talk about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"By the way, ma'am, didn't you say we were going to East Street?"

Jiang Zhinian nodded and said, "Let's go!"

Jiang Zhinian brought Lian Qiao to Lichunlou on East Street.

Lian Qiao's face changed drastically, "Madam, are we going to come here to listen to the opera?"

"Madam, I once heard a maidservant beside the old lady tell a story. She said that the Marquis used to like to go to the Lichun Garden Opera Troupe to listen to operas. I also heard that there was a popular female singer who almost seduced the Marquis. Later, I don't know how, the female singer disappeared."

Jiang Zhinian snorted in his heart. Ever since Su Wanruo gained power in the Marquis' Mansion in her previous life, the servants and old women who were responsible for guarding her had become more and more unscrupulous in their words.

She accidentally let the cat out of the bag and only then did she know the truth about some things that happened back then.

Jiang Zhinian's mouth curled up strangely, "Don't worry, we are not here to listen to the show, we are here to buy people!"

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