kingnovel Chapter 459 The Princess is My Aunt
Chapter 459 The Princess is My Aunt
"My wife helped me yesterday, but I haven't come to thank you yet. Instead, you have to run a trip..."
Jiang An had not slept all night. He only rested for a while on the couch in the side hall, and then he was informed by the guards that the wife of Marquis Dingyuan had come to the mansion.
The little girl changed out of the ordinary dress she wore yesterday and put on her favorite flowing brocade. The red tight-sleeved outfit was eye-catching, and the accessories around her waist and the white jade hairpin in her hair... were all very valuable.
The lady of the marquis's mansion who was sitting in the hall looked up when she heard the voice, and saw that Jiang An was even more dazzling than when she first saw him yesterday.
If she looked like a daughter of a wealthy family yesterday, today she looked like a noble with wealth and power.
The lady only took a few careful glances and then looked away. There was more caution and even a hint of vigilance in her eyes.
"What's the point of thanking me? It's not a big deal..."
"This lady likes your character and is willing to make friends with you."
"I came to visit you early in the morning. Please don't blame me for disturbing your peace!"
She glanced at the guards passing by the front yard and said in a puzzled tone, "Young lady, there are only men on duty in your house..."
"How can a man with a rough heart take good care of others?"
Jiang An knew what the lady of the Marquisate wanted to say...
She was a military veteran, and although she had lived in Kyoto for a while longer, her judgment of people was impeccable.
All of Jiang An's personal soldiers were selected from the best in the army, so it is inevitable that their every move will have military habits.
The wife of the Marquis became suspicious.
The little girl's brows twitched slightly, but she was not nervous about what she said, and she didn't even want to defend herself.
If she hadn't given the order, the personal soldiers wouldn't have to disguise themselves as ordinary servants in the mansion. With their abilities, the lady of the marquis's mansion might not be able to tell the difference!
Right now, Qi and Bai's governments are busy with many things and there is no time to rescue people, let alone find out who did it.
This matter involves officials, and the prefect of Kyoto should hand the case over to the Dali Temple.
With Wu Heting around, the Dali Temple naturally wouldn't investigate the case seriously.
In the short term, Jiang An and the others are still safe...
In fact, as long as the girl takes people away from Kyoto during this period of time, no one can do anything to her!
but…
She obviously didn't want to.
It's even clear what's going on!
"I have a personal maid to take care of me. These guards are only responsible for my protection. There is no question of whether they are rough or not."
"So that's it..."
The wife of the Marquis smiled faintly and picked up the teacup. The rising hot steam obscured her dark eyes.
After a long conversation, she finally remembered the purpose of her visit, which was to share some good news with the little girl...
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan pushed the two engagement letters in front of Jiang An.
"Is this... a Geng Tie?"
Or the engagement letters from Miss Qi and Miss Bai...
The little girl became interested and picked one up to look through it carefully.
Written on it are the birth dates of two unmarried men and women. The interesting thing is that the ink on the man’s birth date has dried up long ago, while the woman’s birth date looks like it was newly written…
Jiang An smiled, and the tiny light in his round eyes was like the stars in the sky. He looked really happy at this moment.
She teased, "Madam, did you get up early to be a matchmaker?"
"Of course!"
The wife of the Marquis Mansion was full of pride. "How could I forget about such a good thing?"
Although she has a hot temper, she is not stupid. She can tell if a person has a dirty heart!
The behavior of the Qi and Bai families is really despicable!
"Madam is so amazing~"
This compliment made the little girl seem more sincere.
By doing this, the lady of the Marquisate completely blocked the empress dowager's plan to marry into the families of the Minister and Vice Minister of Rites.
Such a gratifying thing that went against Empress Dowager Xie, at this moment, the little man in Jiang An's heart was already laughing up to the sky~
Being praised by such a pretty girl, Lady Dingyuan Hou became reserved for a moment, and the corners of her mouth couldn't straighten.
"It's okay~"
"But when I went there, I saw that both houses had been robbed, tut tut..."
"That bloody scene is really... ahem, so tragic!"
Jiang An looked at her, grinned, and continued her words, "It's pretty miserable."
"Maybe I've done too many bad things, so maybe they'll take revenge on me~"
The two of them kept a tacit understanding but didn't reveal it.
After drinking two cups of tea, Huo Changming was still confused and almost fell asleep!
"I wonder what your plan is next, Miss?"
"I have some friendship with Princess Nanshang. I can write to the princess and borrow her villa in the suburbs of Beijing for a short stay..."
"Miss, do you want to go?"
In less than three or two days, Empress Dowager Xie and the Qi Bai family in the harem will definitely come to cause trouble, so it is better for the girls to hide.
Looking at the entire Nan Shang, the only ones who dare to go against Empress Dowager Xie and the Xie family are Princess Nan Shang and the Prince Zhenguo of the North.
Her brothers still have to take part in the imperial examinations in Beijing, so it would definitely be too late for them to go to the north now. The princess' villa is a good choice!
The princess's villa...
Sounds like a nice place.
Jiang An: "I heard that there is a very nice hot spring in that villa. If I have time, I really want to take a look."
The wife of the Marquis seemed to have found a confidant. Her eyes lit up, her posture became more relaxed, and she tried to get closer to him across the small table between them.
"Yes, the princess's hot spring pool is very big, soaking in it..."
The smile on the lady's lips gradually faded under the little girl's playful gaze.
"How do you know there is a hot spring in the princess's villa?"
Princess Nanshang never liked outsiders touching her things, nor did she like to invite others to her house or her villa...
She had only been there once or twice because of their many years of friendship. Before that, no one in the capital knew that there was a hot spring in the princess's villa!
Madam Dingyuan looked at Jiang An's features carefully, but she became more and more panicked...
She slowly stood up in shock, muttering, "It looks like... the more I look at it, the more it looks like it!"
The little girl raised her eyebrows and just let her look at her calmly.
Has this lady met her father?
Jiang An was just thinking about this when he noticed that the wife of Marquis Dingyuan suddenly looked strange.
She looked around and made sure that the only person in the hall was the young man who was about to fall asleep. Then she approached the girl and whispered, "Are you the princess's illegitimate daughter?"
At this point, she already had eight hundred versions in her head...
Things like the princess keeping a lover, the princess and her husband being in physical harmony but spiritually estranged... She even thought about whether the princess had lost her child!
"what?"
What is this?
Jiang An's eyes widened in disbelief.
"Why do you think so, ma'am?"
She wanted to hear the reason why she felt that way!
The wife of the Marquis Mansion recounted her conjectures, "You even dare to offend the Empress Dowager!"
Jiang An: “…It was an accident!”
"What about what happened in Qi and Bai's mansions last night?"
Jiang An opened his eyes wide, "It wasn't me who did it~"
The lady choked and the corners of her mouth twitched.
Hey, you pretend to be serious!
We are all thousand-year-old foxes, why are you playing "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio" in front of me!
"Then why do you look so much like her, and you even know about the hot spring?"
The wife of the Marquis Mansion looked very proud. You can't deny this.
The little girl smiled bitterly, this idea...
"The princess also said that I look like her, but I don't see it."
The little girl said seriously as the lady of the Marquis's mansion became increasingly excited, "The princess is my aunt, so it's not surprising that they look alike."
"As for why I know there is a hot spring in her villa... it's because I was sick a year or two ago, and she invited me to recuperate in the villa. She mentioned this villa and the hot spring in the villa in her letter."
Ah... not an illegitimate daughter...
The wife of Marquis Dingyuan was somewhat disappointed.