Time flies so fast, in a blink of an eye, tomorrow is the seventh day of the first lunar month, the birthday of the fifth prince, and it is also the day when Miss Yiqian enters the palace to run for election. Since that day Xia Qi left a sentence of "must be as my sister wishes" and left, Jiang Qingtian has never seen Xia Xue'er's eldest brother who has no head and tail. Despite this, she was surprisingly calm, and she was not worried at all, because the sixth sense told her that the day of choosing a concubine would definitely not be peaceful.

Qiu Ju walked in the door and saw Jiang Qingtian, who was lying on the beauty couch, looking out of the window in a daze with her chin plowed, and called softly after approaching: "Miss, the old lady has sent someone to invite you to the main hall." ”

Jiang Qingtian didn't even look back, but said quietly: "Hey~ Don't lie to me, can't I walk out of the door of Tingyuxuan?" ”

It's no wonder that she thinks Qiu Ju is lying to herself, since she was banned enough to come, she has never stepped out of the courtyard gate of Tingyuxuan, and even the indispensable family gatherings on the fifteenth day of each month have been changed to Tingyuxuan, no matter how big or small things are allowed to go out at ordinary times, only to find her in Tingyuxuan, and she has not gone out to find others! Let's ask, how could Miss Xia Jiasan, who was stricter than the prisoner, be summoned?

Qiu Ju didn't stand still, and hurriedly took out a regular dress from the closet, and explained with a smile: "Miss is laughing again, tomorrow is the day to choose a concubine, why can't you get out of this small courtyard gate?" If the young lady doesn't believe it, the slave maid will go and call the messenger in, and the young lady will ask herself. ”

Jiang Qingtian turned around and asked Qiu Ju in disbelief: "You little girl really didn't lie to me?" ”

Qiu Ju didn't smile anymore, and nodded seriously with a stern face: "It's true." ”

Jiang Qingtian was stunned for a few seconds, and after making sure that Qiu Ju didn't seem to be joking, he immediately jumped up happily, grabbed her shoulders and said, "So I have regained my freedom?" Miss Ben is free! Wha!! ”

Qiu Ju looked at her young lady dancing happily like a child, and she was also happy in her heart, and said while following the music: "Madame also said that I would let Miss go through the etiquette taught by Mama a few days ago." ”

"It turned out to be an inspection homework", Jiang Qingtian stabilized his jumping body, pouted and muttered quietly, but he also happily let Qiu Ju and Dong Mei serve him to change clothes. has been grounded for so long, and the huge listening to Yuxuan has also been measured by her small steps, now as long as she can go out, it doesn't matter what he is going to do, anyway, the eldest brother has told her to run for the election with peace of mind, and the rest of the things are left to him, what else is there to be afraid of! Put her heart firmly in her stomach, she can feel that the Xia family is not the kind of person who climbs high branches regardless of a qiē, and the long-term Xia Qi will not let her sister really become the fifth imperial concubine.

The main hall was full of people, the upper seats were the old lady and the lady, and on both sides were the aunts and young masters, Jiang Qingtian stood outside the door and glanced in but did not see his father and eldest brother, a trace of doubt flashed in his heart, but he didn't think much about it. The pace is steady, elegant and thousands of walks into the front hall, skillfully in accordance with the etiquette taught by the grandmother, although she is not an ancient person, but after all, she is talented, in the eyes of outsiders complex and cumbersome etiquette, she can learn, I have to sigh that she is really suitable to be an ancient person.

After walking around, Jiang Qingtian looked up and saw that both the lady and the old lady nodded approvingly, and the old lady even beckoned to her: "Xue'er, come to grandma." ”

Jiang Qingtian walked over obediently, Buddha body, and called sweetly: "Grandma." ”

The old lady hurriedly took Jiang Qingtian's hand excitedly, and asked in a soft voice with a face like a flower, "Are you in good health?" ”

Jiang Qingtian got up, stood beside the old lady, and replied meekly: "It's no big deal, Xue'er is not filial, which makes grandma worried." ”

The old lady patted her granddaughter's small hand, closed her mouth happily, and kept saying, "That's good, that's good!" After saying that, he smiled heartily, and the people below also agreed. Jiang Qingtian stood silently on the side, showing everyone's beauty and demeanor to the fullest.

"Grandma, the third sister is so good-looking! Qiaohui also wants to learn! A childish voice sounded, Jiang Qingtian followed the prestige, it was a child about five or six years old, looking at himself with a smile. Jiang Qingtian hadn't seen this girl before, but she heard Xianglan say that Xia Xue'er had a five-year-old sister named Xia Qiaohui, who was the daughter of Aunt Li, so she must be the one talking in front of her.

The old lady smiled even more happily, and also beckoned the girl to her, looked at her dotingly and said, "Then when you grow up, let your sister Xue'er teach you?" ”

Xia Qiaohui nodded vigorously, and replied in a milky voice: "Well, then I want to grow up quickly!" Everyone was amused by her.

Aunt Liu opened her mouth and praised: "The third lady is talented and intelligent, and it is not difficult to learn at all, she has already walked so well in just three or four days, it is really like a fairy descending to the earth, and her every move is very beautiful, no wonder the fourth lady is clamoring to learn!" ”

Not to be outdone, Aunt Li praised Xia Xue'er: "Yes, just to say that Miss San's beautiful appearance is probably one of the best in the imperial city, she is beautiful, and she will naturally be even more beautiful when she starts!" How can it not be tempting? ”

Aunt Bai said in a strange tone: "It is said that if you don't die in a big disaster, there will be a blessing in the future, and the blessing of our third lady is still to come!" Then he turned his head to look at Aunt Shen and asked, "Sister Shen, are you right about what your sister said?" ”

Aunt Shen saw that Aunt Bai deliberately turned the conversation to herself, and she was already weak-hearted, and when she saw that everyone was looking at her, she was even more frightened into a cold sweat, and could only answer with a dry smile: "That's nature, that's nature." ”

Jiang Qingtian wondered in her heart, why did Aunt Bai and Aunt Shen keep fighting each other over Xia Xue'er's falling into the water? Not only was she yelling in front of all the aunts in her room that day, but she was secretly competing in front of the old lady today, is there any secret in this? Thinking of this, Jiang Qingtian moved her inquiring gaze to Aunt Shen, but she hurriedly lowered her head to avoid Jiang Qingtian's gaze at the moment when her eyes met, and there was a strong uneasiness in her eyes, although she was trying her best to hide her nervousness by drinking water, but that unusual nervousness was still seen in Jiang Qingtian's eyes. Then turned her gaze to Xia Qiaoyun, the second young lady who had been silent, and lowered her head to play with the blue and white porcelain tea cup in her hand, seemingly careless, but the slightly trembling fingers and unnatural lip biting action still betrayed her true inner world. Jiang Qingtian looked at the restless mother and daughter, and then thought that it was what Aunt Bai said in the room, and determined in her heart that there must be some ulterior secret between them, and this secret also has a lot to do with the owner of her body, Xia Xue'er, maybe this mother and daughter are the culprits of Xia Xue'er's unfortunate fall into the lake and drowning! A strong desire to explore gushes out.

The originally joyful atmosphere was stirred up by Bai Yining's strange words, and everyone didn't know what to say for a while, so they all drank tea silently, seemingly careless, but in fact, they all had ghosts. The old lady didn't pursue much, and yawned and said: "Today I called everyone to drink tea and chat, and I just tested the learning results of the third lady, and I am very satisfied. ”

After everyone got up and saw off the old lady, they were all about to go back to their respective courtyards, when Jiang Qingtian said to Xia Qiaoyun: "Second sister, if you have nothing to do, come and go with me, we sisters haven't spoken for a long time." ”

As soon as these words came out, Bai Yining drew an arc at the corner of his mouth and walked straight out of the hall door, while Aunt Shen and Xia Qiaoyun were in shape, and the two who originally thought that they were liberated could only pin their hopes on Mrs. Xia, hoping that she would block her exit.

Seeing that Xia Qiaoyun hesitated for a while and didn't speak, Jiang Qingtian pulled Mrs. Xia's sleeve and said coquettishly: "Mother, Xue'er hasn't been out to listen to Yuxuan for a long time, can you go back a little later today?" ”

Mrs. Xia originally disagreed, but she couldn't help her daughter's coquettish thinking for a while, so she could only nod and say, "Then it's up to you!" Then he looked at Xia Qiaoyun and asked, "I handed over Xue'er to you, you are a sister, you have to prevent her from doing something stupid." ”

Xia Qiaoyun saw that she couldn't get rid of it, so she nodded and agreed: "Yes." ”

Mrs. Xia was still worried about her daughter, so she arranged for a few girls to follow and watch closely. Regardless of whether Xia Qiaoyun wanted it or not, Jiang Qingtian took her hand and walked out of the door, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Aunt Shen's anxious and nervous expression, her heart seemed to be pricked by a needle, she hoped that she was thinking too much, after all, the other party was the sister of this body, and blood was thicker than water.

Out of the main hall, Jiang Qingtian turned back to Xia Qiaoyun and said, "Second sister accompany me to the Qinglian Pond for a walk?" I heard Dongmei say that all the lotus flowers in the pond are blooming, but it's beautiful! ”

Xia Qiaoyun's body stiffened, and then he forced out a smile and said, "Qinglian Pond is too far away from here, so don't go." ”

"As long as you have the heart to go, it won't be too far, I was grounded by my father and mother before, I couldn't get out of Tingyuxuan, and what I think about every day is the lotus and koi in the green lotus pond, and I finally came out, of course, I want to see it." Could it be that my sister doesn't like the scenery of Qinglian Pond? Or do you want to fulfill your sister's little wish? ”

Jiang Qingtian was about to say it to death, so that the other party had no possibility of refusing, but he really saw Xia Qiaoyun laugh dryly twice and replied: "How come, my sister will go there if she wants to." ”

chatting all the way to the Qinglian Pond, watching the pink lotus flowers in full bloom swaying in the wind, Jiang Qingtian looked satisfied. "The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red. After being grounded for so long, seeing such a beautiful scenery is really pleasing to the eye, and I feel so happy! No wonder I fell into the water before, because I was attracted by this beautiful scenery, my sister has to be careful, don't be so carried away like me. As he spoke, he turned his head to look at Xia Qiaoyun, with an expression that you said yes or no.

Xia Qiaoyun coughed dryly twice, and pretended to be relaxed: "My sister is really good at joking, although the flowers are good, and the scenery is beautiful, how can she be so light and be taken by the soul, so to speak, after a midsummer, the green lotus pond is not full of people?" ”

Jiang Qingtian turned his head and stared at Xia Qiaoyun's dark eyes, and said with a stern face: "I'm not joking, I'm serious, or sister, if I wasn't attracted by the beautiful scenery in front of me and lost my mind, would someone sincerely push me into the water?" ”

Xia Qiaoyun was a little creepy by Jiang Qingtian's scrutinizing eyes, and she was so flustered in her heart that she couldn't speak for a while, and hurriedly moved her eyes to the lotus flowers in the pond, but her fluttering eyes seemed to be admiring the flowers, and she secretly hated in her heart: Does this little girl be able to read people's minds and disturb people's minds? Why do you suddenly feel like you can't find a place to hide all your secrets in front of her?

Jiang Qingtian looked at Xia Qiaoyun's unnatural expression, and the conjecture in his heart was affirmed, Xia Xue'er's accidental fall into the water must be closely related to this second young lady. Seeing that Xia Qiaoyun was so frightened that he lost his soul just because of his three or two sentences, and the fine beads of sweat on his forehead, his psychological endurance was so poor, he definitely wouldn't be the mastermind, who was behind the scenes, it is estimated that even Xia Qiaoyun himself didn't know!

Jiang Qingtian took out a handkerchief and raised his hand to wipe the sweat beads from Xia Qiaoyun's forehead, and said word by word: "Sister, be careful, my sister thinks that she treats people well, and she doesn't want to be poisoned from behind, it can be seen that the hand that pushes people is not good or evil, I don't know when I will quietly come behind you, and I will push you down, but what should I do, the Xia family has an example of me, although this green lotus pond is big, it really can't accommodate other people's bodies, or this water will have to turn black." ”

In the first confrontation, Jiang Qingtian knew how to stop in moderation, and it was not good to speak too thoroughly, today is a small reminder to Xia Qiaoyun: Don't get carried away and be insatiable, everything can't be seamless, paper will never be able to contain fire, stop when it's time to stop.

Jiang Qingtian didn't plan to delve into it, although there was no affection between her and Xia Qiaoyun, but after all, the other party was the second lady of Xia Mansion and Xia Xue'er's sister. From the mouth of the girl who listened to Yuxuan, she also knew that Xia Xue'er had treated Xia Qiaoyun well since she was a child, and Xia Qiaoyun didn't seem to have done anything to hurt her otherwise, just said that no matter whether it was true or false, the past was over, at least the dead Xia Xue'er had lived happily.

It's just that today's Xia Xue'er is no longer the Xia Xue'er of the past, and the second sister of the past is still the second sister of the past.

At this point, Jiang Qingtian had no intention of appreciating the lotus, raised his eyes to look at the fire-like sunset on the horizon, and only said lightly: "It's not too early, I should listen to Yuxuan, you should go back early." Without waiting for an answer, he led a team of maids and servants in the direction of Tingyuxuan, leaving Xia Qiaoyun alone to blow the wind by the Qinglian Pond, sober and sober.

In fact, according to Jiang Qingtian's temperament, she doesn't need to say much about these words today, she just needs to inform Mrs. Xia of her doubts, and it won't take long for her to find out, but at that time, Xia Qiaoyun and Shen Ruyi, the mother and daughter, will be despised by the entire Xia Mansion, and the difficult situation can be imagined.

Forgiving and forgiving, Jiang Qingtian believes that if she is replaced by the real Xia Xue'er, then she definitely doesn't want such a situation to happen, after all, it is her half-sister.