Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

However, she couldn't do it after all. She lived in an environment where she was evaluated. Whether she liked it or not, if she wanted to live with dignity and respect, she had to comply with this evaluation system.

She thought she had already become self-consistent. Even though she had struggles and resistances in her heart, she had already reshaped her bones and blood according to the standard mold of a lady of this dynasty.

However, when she faced the fact that Li Longye and Shen Guxing both treated her as a tool, and the loss of Guan Shanyun once again abandoning her injured and walking away, she once again developed a strong resistance to the values ​​around her.

These emotions were bombarding her heart, but she had to appear calm on the outside.

"She's fine."

"She was just feeling sorry for Guan Shanyun. It doesn't matter if Li Longye marries a hundred women."

"Guan Shanyun wants to marry her out of pity. This is also an improvement. He originally said he would not marry her no matter what."

But when it came to Shen Guxing, she couldn't convince herself.

He eliminated her guard, influenced her choice, and then resolutely abandoned her.

We also have to cooperate and tell everyone that all this is because we are just brother and sister.

What a joke! What a joke!

The room was full of women smiling hypocritically, saying sweet words but harboring ulterior motives, and I suddenly felt that life was dull.

She was also in a bad mood at the dinner party. After eating a little, she said goodbye under Yuzhi's cover. When she went out, she found that it was dark and it was snowing again. It was noisy everywhere. She was hot and bored and didn't want to go back to the house, so she staggered along the corridor to the secluded garden in the backyard, and sat on the swing under the old tree without paying attention to the falling snow.

There was no such thing in the yard originally, and Shen Guxing had set it up before she came to Chang'an. He had once whispered in her ear tenderly that the girl on the swing was someone he would never forget and someone he was lucky to have, and the words were still ringing in her ears when she married someone else.

That night, the guests dispersed, and only the relatives from Liangzhou stayed. The boys went to the bridal chamber to make a scene, and the elders sat around the fire in the Jiyue Hall to drink tea. Jiang Feng, Gao Yu, and Yu Zhi were playing checkers in the compartment. The chessboard was made of yellow pear wood, and the three of them were holding giraffe chess pieces of different colors. Jiang Feng thought three steps ahead and entered the base camp early with the giraffe in his hand, while the two girls were still jumping step by step.

The bridge Yuzhi had worked so hard to build was accidentally torn down by Gao Yu. She said angrily, "Ah Feng is so annoying. He dragged me to ask about my nephew and sister-in-law. I was not paying attention, and you, a little girl, got the upper hand."

Gao Yu disagreed and said disdainfully: "Sister Afeng didn't ask me, 'Aobai is old, can he still eat?'"

Jiang Feng said with a smile: "Stop arguing, Aobai will be faster than you two..."

Such laughter and play can make people forget the unpleasantness.

Jiang Feng's life was not happy when he was in Liangzhou, but looking back now, the people there are open-minded and all their love, hatred and grudges are put out in the open. It is a rare pastoral era.

On Jiang Zuo's wedding day, the new bride had to serve tea to the elders, so the whole family got up very early.

The three girls were waiting early, and a moment later, Jiang Zuozheng and Zhang Yuyue came in hand in hand. Jiang Feng stuck out his tongue, jumped over and pulled the bride over, and said happily: "Good sister-in-law, I finally see you again."

Zhang Yuyue blushed, her new identity started with this crisp word "sister-in-law", which was quite good.

"I heard from your brother that he was ill a while ago. Is he better now?" Zhang Yueyue asked with concern.

"Although my sister-in-law didn't marry me at that time, she sent me all kinds of precious medicinal materials. It was hard for me to not get better from this disease." Jiang Feng joked.

As expected, Zhang Yuyue's face turned red again. After all, she was a new bride, so she lowered her head and said nothing.

Jiang Zuo said, "That's because your mother-in-law felt sorry for you because she saw that you were so young and had been suffering from many illnesses."

Jiang Feng looked at Jiang Zuo with a smile, then at Zhang Yuyue and said, "Whether it was given by my aunt or uncle, I just think of it as my sister-in-law loving me, there's no doubt about it."

Jiang Zuo smiled bitterly, and Zhang Yuyue felt warm in her heart. No matter how straightforward she was, she still felt shy and nervous as a new wife. Jiang Feng's intimacy made her feel a lot more relaxed.

Next, the new bride offered tea to her parents-in-law. Although it was her first time to be a mother-in-law, Jiang's mother kindly and seriously advised the couple to have a harmonious and courteous marriage and to have more offspring quickly, efficiently and economically. Jiang's father was not far behind, and he hoped that his son would take on the responsibility of revitalizing the family, mainly in terms of having more children and being promoted to higher positions!

Seeing that this newlywed couple not only had to shoulder the physiological task of having a large population and reproducing offspring, but also had to realize the great ideal of bringing honor to the family and revitalizing the family, Jiang Feng said that the pressure was enormous!

It seems that getting married is not easy! Jiang Feng comforted himself again.

After Jiang Zuo's wedding, relatives and friends returned one after another. Jiang Feng bid farewell to Aunt Jiang in tears, and then held hands with Gao Yu and looked at each other with tears in their eyes.

Gao Yu held Yuzhi's hand and Jiang Feng's hand, tears welling up in his eyes. In ancient times, the carriages were slow, and Chang'an and Liangzhou were thousands of miles apart. After this separation, he didn't know when he would meet again.

Gao Yu choked up and said, "Sister Afeng, Sister Yuzhi, will you come back to see me?"

Jiang Feng coaxed with red eyes: "Silly girl, father said that the old house in Liangzhou should be kept, and he will return to Liangzhou to retire when he is old. Aunt is also in Liangzhou! Why shouldn't I go back? But you, don't forget your sister."

Gao Yu finally burst into tears after hearing this and said, "Brother is right. Sister Afeng is the best at lying. You must be kidding me."

Jiang Feng felt sad, she also couldn't bear to leave this little girl who was like her own sister. As Gao Yu said, she might never go back to Liangzhou in her life, her childhood was gone forever.

But Gao Yu is still a child.

Jiang Feng wiped Gao Yu's tears and said with a smile: "Silly girl, just wait and see, then you will know who is the liar between me and Gao Hui."

Because Aunt Gao didn't come, it was Madam Guan who took care of Gao Yu all the way. Seeing the girl crying so sadly, she went forward and hugged Gao Yu, advising her: "Yu'er, don't be sad. Life is so long, and you are still young. You may get together again one day after all these years."

Gao Yu nodded while sobbing and finally got on the carriage.

On the other side, the landlord and his wife sighed. They had already unanimously passed a resolution to bring Jiang Feng back to Weiwu, and even found a son-in-law for her. However, an imperial edict came down and Jiang Feng had to go to "serve" again!

It's really fate that plays tricks on us!

After the guests left and Jiang Feng's arm recovered, he no longer had any excuse to refuse.

She was supposed to enter the palace on March 1st, but she insisted on postponing it to the next day. Everyone thought she was timid.

The next day, Jiang Fengyi stopped the group of people who were going to see her off, picked up her bag and was ready to leave.

Even Old Lady Jiang couldn't stand it anymore and kept shouting, "Go! Go! Let your father and your two brothers take you away!"

Jiang Feng just smiled and refused.

The family was in a stalemate for a long time, and finally Jiang Zuo thought of the crux of the matter: "Brother, you only have to do one thing today, which is to send my sister to the palace! Otherwise, you won't go anywhere else."

Jiang Feng's nose felt sore, but he still happily hugged Jiang Zuo's arm: "Okay, as long as brother sends it."

Jiang's mother also immediately understood Jiang Feng's thoughts. She has always been strong and never shows weakness easily, but at this moment she burst into tears in public.

The last time the brother and sister rode in the same car was to go on a date with Shen Guxing.

In the carriage, Jiang Zuo said, "Be patient in everything in the palace. I will arrange everything as soon as possible and get you out."

Jiang Feng said indifferently: "It's just two years! It's nothing. I've survived six years."

Jiang Zuo didn't know how the six years were calculated, so he thought for a while before saying, "Don't blame Ah Fei. Given the current situation in the court, Prince Linzi may be powerless."

Jiang Feng smiled: "Don't worry, brother. I understand."

Jiang Zuo hesitated to speak.

Jiang Feng rustled out a jade pendant with a carved mandarin duck pattern, put it in Jiang Zuo's hand, and said, "Brother, help me return it to him."

Jiang Zuo said: "I never expected this result!"

Jiang Feng didn't say anything.

Jiang Zuo asked: "Do you have anything else to say to him?"

Jiang Feng thought for a moment and said, "I donated all the other gifts given to me to the Charity Church as silver. If he wants them, brother will help me pay him back with silver."

From now on, everything is clear and no one owes anyone anything.

Wangxian Gate rose from the ground, the soldiers were divided into two groups, Jiang Zuo handed in the documents, the gate was majestic, the snow reflected the setting sun, and Jiang Feng looked even more emaciated. After passing Wangxian Gate, the gate slowly closed, blocking the last ray of afterglow in Chang'an City.

But when the door was about to close, Jiang Feng caught a glimpse of a young man in red clothes standing in the distance, as if he had borrowed the morning and evening of the human world.

That certainly wasn't him.

The second day of March is the day when he will marry his white moonlight with a ten-mile-long red wedding dress and a phoenix crown and a red bridal gown.

It must be him.

He insisted that the Jiang family attend his wedding. If the Jiang family didn't go, outsiders would inevitably gossip about him, and his love with the county lady had to be clean, without any dirt or slander.

Jiang Feng heaved a long sigh and suddenly remembered a line from Peking Opera: "Look ahead, it's pitch black, that must be the thieves' lair. When I catch up, I'll kill them all."

Realize that the past cannot be changed, and know that the future can be pursued.

The eunuch leading the way walked in small but fast steps, and Jiang Feng could just keep up. After passing the Imperial Bridge, Hanyao Gate, and a long and narrow corridor, he arrived at the Ye Ting.

First, two palace maids searched Jiang Feng from head to toe to prevent him from bringing in contraband such as knives. Then they registered him, including his name, age, and where he lived.

After hearing that Jiang Feng's father was only an eighth-rank mayor, they all showed contempt.

Then they put the luggage in different places. Jiang Feng was about to reach out to take it, but the other party let go first. Jiang Feng was stunned, but he didn't suspect anything and just leaned over to pick it up.

The taller palace maid stepped on it with her feet, her pink embroidered shoes stepping on the gray quilt. Although the color of the shoes was bright, the material was ordinary and the stitching was very rough.

Jiang Feng said: "Sorry for delaying your landing, please!"

The maid looked at her and asked, "How can you serve the noble if you can't even hold a quilt properly? I don't know how you were chosen to be here!"

Jiang Feng was helpless about this kind of childish bullying behavior like that of a junior high school student. She stood up and took a closer look at the palace maid who was obviously looking for trouble. She still had some appearance, but she had a cunning face!

It was not until the maid felt uncomfortable being stared at by her that Jiang Feng slowly said, "Your shoes have stepped on my quilt. I'm going to pick it up now, remember to take your shoes away!"

The maid puffed out her chest and said, "I won't take it! What do you want?"

Jiang Feng asked: "Are you sure?"

The palace maid stomped her feet hard twice to show that she would never compromise.

Seeing this, Jiang Feng stopped talking, leaned over, grabbed the maid's right leg, took off her shoes in a flash, and walked out.

The maid was startled and stood on one foot, cursing, "What are you doing! Go pick it up for me!"

Jiang Feng ignored her and asked, "Miss, do you have anything else to put on it? If not, I will pick it up."

The maid was furious and pointed at Jiang Feng: "You! You! Look! I'm going to tell Auntie Nvshi!"

Jiang Feng picked up the luggage, dusted it off, and said, "Then you should put on your shoes first."

At this time, the short maid had already run to retrieve the shoes, and while lowering her head to put them on her, she said in a "peaceful" way: "Sister, calm down. Why bother going to Aunt for such a small matter? I'm afraid Aunt won't say that the newcomer doesn't know the rules, but will just blame Sister for being nosy."

This is also a worry.

The tall maid was even more angry and said, "My aunt is in charge of the Shangqi Bureau. Do you think I should hide this unruly thing?"

She turned around and saw Jiang Feng was still smiling, which made her even more angry, so she asked, "What are you laughing at!"

Jiang Feng pretended to be surprised: "Did I laugh?"

The maid was even more furious: "You're still laughing!"

Jiang Feng put away his smile and said seriously, "I'm going to pay my respects to my aunt. By the way, I want to ask you what should I do if a palace maid is disrespectful to the noble lady or the lady-in-waiting?"

The maid asked, "Who do you say is disrespectful to the superior?"

Jiang Feng: "You!"

The maid said: "You are slandering me! When have I ever been disrespectful to you?"

Jiang Feng pointed at her head with her index finger, as if thinking, and then said: "If I remember correctly, the girl just said: 'I really don't know how you were chosen here!' I don't know how I was chosen, but anyway, it was assigned by some noble or aunt above. But no matter who it was, it's not your turn as a palace maid to comment, right?"

The maid blushed anxiously and said in defense: "I...I didn't mean that!"

Jiang Feng spread his hands: "I also think you don't have the courage, but I don't know what aunt thinks."

Palace maid: "You...you..."

Seeing her hesitation, Jiang Feng quickly put up the ladder: "Sister, since I'm here, I'm not leaving tomorrow. Over time, there will always be times when I make mistakes. It won't be too late for you to get angry then."

For now, just take it one level at a time and earn money every day you live!

After all, the two palace maids were very young, and after being frightened by Jiang Feng, they really didn't dare to go and complain, but they couldn't expect a good attitude.

What more bikes do you want?

The Tang Dynasty's harem female officials followed the Sui Dynasty system, with a total of six bureaus in charge of 24 departments. Jiang Feng was assigned to the Shangqin Bureau's Department of Setting, mainly responsible for the bed, curtains, laying, sweeping and sweeping. Hmm... The lowest-level palace maid can refer to Xiaohong in Jia Baoyu's room.

The room had two rows of long kangs facing north and south, and was occupied by seven or eight girls. Jiang Feng arrived the latest, so there was only one seat left near the door.

Jiang Feng made the bed, and the girls started gossiping without even shying away from the main subject. They kept repeating the same old clichés, and Jiang Feng's ears were already callused.

How did these girls know so much about her? The two palace maids wouldn't have given her a blow for no reason. Someone must have wanted to make things difficult for her.

Seeing that Jiang Feng had spread out his luggage, the palace maid next to him stepped forward and pulled her own set of bedding a little further away, putting some distance between herself and Jiang Feng to show her disdain for Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng didn't care and cleaned up by himself. The girls saw that Jiang Feng didn't react, but they talked more and more happily.

I don't know who started it, but the topic began to shift to Shen Guxing and the Princess of Ji'an County.

"At the flower-pin banquet held when Mr. Shen passed the imperial examination, he gave the county lady a peony."

"When the King of Shouchun married his daughter off, he even tied gold threads to the trees along the road. That was not enough, and it is said that the dowry stretched across two streets."

"The county lady is really lucky. She was born into a good family and will marry a good man."

……

Shen Guxing’s wedding naturally made the headlines.

At the hour of Hai, the night watchman would strike the gong.

Jiang Feng lay down in bed with his clothes on. The girls' conversation gradually became less frequent and they all fell into a deep sleep.

Jiang Feng couldn't fall asleep no matter what.