Jiang Hongwen has been proud of his entry into Beijing. Although the most important thing in the capital is the official, he is a second-grade Shangshu, which is not very big. But with the identity of a national uncle, coupled with the long-sleeved and dancing Empress Jiang, to help him move around, his identity is naturally not ordinary, and the title of Marquis is just around the corner. Jiang Mansion is full of people all day long.

Although Jiang Ling is a lady who does not go out of the door, there are many people walking around the house, and the daughter of the Jiang family is like a flower and jade, so she walks away.

Naturally, there are more people who say they are close.

However, most of them are people with ulterior motives, although some sons of families have good conditions, and Mrs. Jiang Zhao really wants to set up a family affair for her daughter earlier, but it is inevitable that she will hesitate and make a decision.

Unknowingly, the Jiang family had been in Beijing for nearly three months, and it was in July of the year.

The scorching sun in the north is in the sky, and the heat is even worse than in the south of the Yangtze River. Jiang Ling was so stuffy in the mansion that he was so tired that he didn't want to go out more, so he was called into the palace several times by the queen in desperation.

Empress Jiang was still enthusiastic, and seemed to love this niece very much, but Jiang Ling knew a little about what she was thinking in her heart. However, Jiang Hongwen's attitude gradually loosened for some reason, and he had talked to Mrs. Jiang about some countermeasures before, but now when Zhao asked about Jiang Ling's marriage, he was all prevaricated, and tried to talk about the benefits of a woman marrying into the palace several times.

The Zhao family probably guessed that it must be Queen Jiang who poured some ** soup into her own brother. In the end, it is a brother and sister, decades of love. Men are no more important than women, family prestige, and daughters' marriages.

The Zhao family knew that they couldn't compare to the gentle knife of the lord of the harem, so they could only think about how to quickly decide their daughter's marriage.

Jiang Hongwen's vacillation and Zhao's anxiety, Jiang Ling saw it in his eyes, and he also felt a little masterless in his heart, and wanted to ask Zhou Chengzhi if he had come up with a way, but for more than half a month, there was no news from him.

On the contrary, a few days later, the prince came to the door and insisted on taking her to the Red Lotus Villa on the outskirts of Beijing to enjoy the summer and flowers. Red Lotus Villa is a royal villa, there is a large lotus pond in the village, every summer, the red lotus is in full bloom, it is a beautiful scenery in the world.

Jiang Ling still remembered the previous life, and it was also at this time that he went to Red Lotus Villa with the prince. If she had a trace of affection similar to that of men and women for Zhou Chengwen in her previous life, it was probably that time.

So she naturally declined, but Zhou Chengwen was unyielding, and finally somehow moved Jiang Hongwen. Jiang Ling couldn't, so he could only pack up for two days, get into the royal carriage, and go to the Red Lotus Villa, which was twenty miles away.

Fortunately, the villa was really comfortable, and Jiang Ling's depressed atmosphere was a little lighter.

Zhou Chengwen has been busy with affairs since he hit the Jiang family and entered Beijing, and he has only met Jiang Ling two or three times. Originally, he didn't pay much attention to this matter, and he would marry a concubine soon, but he saw each other every day, and he was not in a hurry. But when she heard the queen say that Jiang Ling was not interested in marrying into the royal family, she suddenly felt that she had probably met too little, and the two had a relationship, so she thought about making up for it quickly.

After not thinking about the villa, Jiang Ling was really a little cold, and after having dinner in the evening, he said that he was tired and went back to his room to rest. Zhou Chengwen was inevitably frustrated, and after nightfall, someone knocked on the door: "Miss Jiang, are you sleeping?" ”

Jiang Ling was about to sleep, so he had to open the door and ask, "Is there something?" ”

The next man said: "The prince said that he had prepared a surprise for you, and asked you to follow me to the South Park in the back." ”

Jiang Ling looked at the sky outside, and didn't want to go, but thinking of the prince's temperament, and seeing the little girl with a lantern at the door, he had to nod: "You wait, I'll put on a piece of clothes and go." ”

The villa was a little cool at night, Jiang Ling put on a thin cloak and followed the maid who was leading the way with a lantern in front.

When he walked to the fork in the road, a black cat suddenly appeared on the road, Jiang Ling was curious, and turned to follow.

The little maid shouted from behind: "Miss Jiang, Nanyuan is here." ”

Jiang Ling waved his hand: "You go and report to the prince, saying that I will come later." “

The little maid saw that she followed the wild cat to the north, but she didn't dare to follow for fear that the prince would wait for a long time, so she stomped her feet and turned around and went to the South Garden to report.

The wild cat didn't run fast, and it didn't seem to be afraid of people, but every time Jiang Ling wanted to catch up, it jumped a lot. When Jiang Ling was about to catch up, the small path suddenly opened up, and it turned out that he had already arrived at the north park of the villa.

She hadn't been to this North Park today, but she had been here once in her previous life. also broke into this place by mistake, and when she was about to leave, Zhou Chengwen suddenly walked up from behind and blindfolded her.

After a few moments, he slowly let go of his hand.

When she opened her eyes, she saw an unforgettable beauty in her previous life. Patches of fireflies linger in the sky above the lotus pond, like flowing starlight, and under this starlight, it is as if all the red lotus flowers bloomed overnight.

Maybe it was so beautiful at that moment that she had a hint of throbbing in love.

Jiang Ling stood in front of the dark lotus pond and sighed faintly, the wild cat had long since disappeared, and was about to turn around and leave to go to the South Garden. But suddenly someone covered his eyes from behind.

Jiang Ling subconsciously snorted and said, "Cousin, don't make trouble!" But after saying that, she felt that something was wrong, the temperature of the palm and the breath that came from her obviously belonged to another person she was familiar with, her heartbeat accelerated suddenly, and she said tentatively, "Zhou Chengzhi?" ”

Zhou Chengzhi snorted lightly: "Let's not bother with you first, admit the wrong person." ”

Jiang Ling raised his hand to pick his hand: "Why are you here?" ”

Zhou Cheng knew: "Don't talk yet, pour dozens of times." ”

Jiang Ling didn't speak, he himself had already whispered behind her ear to count.

"Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five, four, three, two, one."

His hand slowly released after the last word fell. The originally dark world suddenly ushered in a little light.

In fact, Jiang Ling had already seen this scenery in his previous life, with fireflies in the sky, and a large area of red lotus blooming under the green light. But she was still shaken by the beauty.

Zhou Chengzhi stood next to him, took her hand, and asked in a low voice, "Is it good-looking?" ”

Jiang Ling nodded: "It's beautiful, as if I've seen it in a dream." ”

Zhou Chengzhi chuckled: "Maybe you've really seen it in your dreams." ”

Jiang Ling reacted from his apprehension, and turned his head to look at him with a little light: "How could it be you?" ”

Zhou Chengzhi said with a smile: "I heard that you and the prince are lonely and widowed here, so I came over to take a look, lest you wear a female hat for me." ”

Jiang Ling pinched him angrily: "Bad guy! "How do you know this place is going to be so beautiful today?" ”

Zhou Cheng knew: "Every year on these days when the red lotus blooms, I will come here. Sprinkle some spices that fireflies like in the pool, and all the fireflies in the forest will fly over, a rare beauty in the world. ”

Jiang Ling was stunned: "So you sprinkled the spices?" Do you do this every year? ”

Zhou Chengzhi nodded: "The spices were obtained by me from the head of Qingyun Guanruoshui. ”

Jiang Ling was stunned, and suddenly couldn't stop laughing, laughing so much that the flowers and branches trembled, and his eyes were hazy with tears. It turned out that this was the case, it turned out that the person who made her throb in the previous life was not the prince, but Zhou Chengzhi......

No wonder after she and Zhou Chengwen left, she asked him why there were so many fireflies, and it was when the red lotus was in full bloom. Zhou Chengwen looked at him left, but it was the will of heaven.

Jiang Ling was finally relieved.

It's not Zhou Chengwen, so every qiē suddenly brightened.

Zhou Chengzhi remembered the day in his previous life, he hurried over to see his achievements, but saw Jiang Ling and Zhou Chengzhi standing by the pool and hugging each other.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhou Chengzhi came back to his senses and was confused by her.

Jiang Ling wiped the corners of his eyes and barely stopped laughing: "I can't see that you are still an elegant person." ”

Zhou Chengzhi was stunned for a moment, and smiled disapprovingly: "Since I was a child, I have lived in the deep palace, my brothers and sisters have weak feelings, and I don't have any playmates, so I will find some interesting things by myself." ”

Jiang Ling said: "You can play." ”

Zhou Chengzhi asked, "Do you like it?" ”

Jiang Ling nodded: "I like it very much." Then he asked, "If you use spices to attract these fireflies, will they die?" ”

Zhou Chengzhi shook his head: "These spices are harmless, but they will make fireflies come to the pool to find their favorite dew." ”

Jiang Ling sighed clearly: "By the way, my cousin is looking for me, I have to go to Nanyuan." ”

Zhou Chengzhi let go of her hand: "You go, I'll go later, so that he won't mess with me." ”

Jiang Ling snorted playfully: "You are more mature and steady." ”

Zhou Chengzhi poked her forehead: "This is the capital, not as good as Yangzhou." ”

Jiang Ling rushed to the South Park, and before he could enter, he heard a noisy noise.

"Brother Prince, are you okay with these flowers?"

"It's not good, I can only give you a little bit, and I'm going to leave the rest for my cousin."

Under the lights in the pavilion, Jiang Ling saw a girl in red sitting next to Zhou Chengwen, pulling him to be coquettish and brutal.

Zhou Chengwen had already seen Jiang Ling, stood up and beckoned: "Cousin, come here." ”

Jiang Ling walked along the covered bridge, and before he walked into the pavilion, he was run over by Zhou Chengwen, pulled him to sit down on the stone bench, and pointed to a few bamboo baskets next to him and said, "Cousin, do you like it?" ”

Jiang Ling looked at the red lotus flower that was picked in the bamboo basket and frowned: "What are you doing with the flowers?" ”

Zhou Chengwen Baodao: "Won't we go back tomorrow?" I asked people to put these flowers in bottles and take them back, and the house was full of incense, and when the flowers were gone, the petals could be made into sachets. Don't you girls like that? ”

Jiang Ling frowned and didn't answer, the girl next to him had already spoken in a weird way: "Brother Prince, look at you, your kindness is in vain, it's better to give it to me." ”

Zhou Chengwen snorted lightly: "Changle, don't talk nonsense, my cousin will definitely like it." ”

Jiang Ling looked at the girl and said, "Cousin, who is this girl?" ”

Zhou Chengwen introduced in hindsight: "This is the county lord of Changle. ”

Jiang Ling laughed quietly, remembering the last situation in his previous life. The prince's side concubine, the lord of Changle County, was pregnant with Liujia, so the prince gave up her as a concubine.

In this life, Jiang Ling entered the capital in March, and the name of the county lord of Changle was naturally heard, and he was the youngest daughter of Prince Mu, the cousin of the emperor. Speaking of which, this county lord is still somewhat famous in the capital, and it is said that he is unparalleled in beauty and is both civil and military. It's still a high-flying lord.

Jiang Ling said: "Jiang Ling has seen the county lord. ”

The county lord of Changle pouted: "What kind of fairy beauty is my cousin as the prince's brother, it turns out that it is not more than Er'er." ”

Zhou Chengwen said: "Changle, Ling'er is my cousin, and she will still be my crown princess in the future, you are rude." ”

The county lord of Changle snorted: "The emperor has not yet been married, why do you say that she is your crown princess?" ”

Zhou Chengwen said: "Anyway, I like my cousin, and my father will definitely not object to me marrying my cousin." ”

Jiang Ling coughed lightly: "Cousin, the county lord is right, the emperor's holy order has not been given, you don't want to say this, and it is not good for my reputation to spread it." ”

The county lord of Changle opened his eyes wide, leaned in front of Zhou Chengwen and said, "Did you hear that?" Your cousin doesn't want to marry you at all. ”

Zhou Chengwen sneered and said, "It's useless for you to say this, I won't marry you as a dominatrix anyway." ”

The county lord of Changle turned pale, patted the stone table and got up: "Zhou Chengwen, I hate you!" ”

She was about to leave, but turned to the side again, raised her foot and stepped on the basket containing flowers several times, until she was pulled away by Zhou Chengwen, and then she barely stopped.

"If you mess around again, be careful that I sue Prince Sùmu."

"If you sue, my father won't scold me anyway."

Zhou Chengwen looked at a basket of flowers that had been trampled on, and said angrily: "I think you are really spoiled by your father." ”

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Jiang Ling said loudly: "Cousin, since the county lord likes these flowers, let her take them." I prefer flowers that grow in the pool.

Zhou Chengwen let go of Zhou Changle and glared at her fiercely, Zhou Changle glared back at him disapprehantly, picked up two baskets of flowers, and ran away in a huff.

Zhou Chengwen sat down angrily: "This Changle County is brutal and willful, you don't pay attention to her." ”

Jiang Ling looked at Zhou Chengwen's irritable appearance, and couldn't help but feel a little funny, thinking that he would not think that in the future, the county lord of Changle would become his concubine and give birth to children for him.

It's just that in this life, she doesn't know if the fetus in the womb of the lord of Changle County will have a chance to see the light of day.

And the possible culprit is walking towards this side with the eldest prince at this time.

When Zhou Chengwen saw Zhou Chengzhi, he became more and more angry, and before he could get closer, he pointed at him and reprimanded: "Zhou Chengzhi, you know that I am here, why did you bring Changle here?" ”

Zhou Chengru waved his hands hurriedly: "Second brother, don't be worried. ”

Zhou Chengwen was even more angry: "Big brother, you know that he favors him, and I am also your younger brother." ”

Zhou Chengru seemed to be a little aggrieved, and stepped forward to hold his hand.

Zhou Chengwen shook him off and continued to know to Zhou Cheng: "Don't think I don't know what your heart is?" ”

Zhou Chengzhi said unhurriedly: "You are not the only one who can come to the Red Lotus Villa, besides, every year when the lotus blooms, I will be here, and you are not ignorant." I just happened to meet the county lord of Changle, and she wants to come with me, so I can't help but agree. ”

Zhou Chengwen took Jiang Ling's hand: "Cousin, let's go!" ”