Zhenhai, formerly known as Jiangnan East Road, governs the six prefectures of Run, Suzhou, Chang, Hu, Hangzhou and Mu, and is the richest land in the south of the Yangtze River.

And today's Zhenhai Festival makes Li Qi even more famous, after Li Shentong, the king of Huai'an, the founder of the Tang Dynasty and the cousin of Gaozu Li Yuan, he ranks fifth in the family tree.

If you seriously talk about the seniority of the clan, he is three generations higher than today's saints, and he is a legitimate member of the clan and a relative of the emperor.

It is because among the current feudal towns, Zhenhai Jiedu makes Li Qi the oldest, and his eldest daughter-in-law is also the most valuable, and it is the position that the famous nobles of the Tang Dynasty are eyeing up.

Imagine that once he becomes his daughter-in-law, when he participates in the family banquet of the clan, even the current saint must be honored

"Uncle and grandmother", what a scenery it is! However, this scenery fell on Xiling Yue's head, she was not rare, but she couldn't show that she was not rare, so she had to take the post of Mrs. Jiedu and come as a guest in advance as the daughter of the Jiang family.

The place of Zhenhai, that is, the place where the Jiedu envoy is located, is in Runzhou. Although Xilingyue knew that Li Qi's status was extraordinary, she still didn't expect his mansion to be built so magnificently - backed by Jinshan, facing the riverside, surrounded by mountains and rivers, and jade steps.

The main courtyard is divided into three parts: the front yard, the middle courtyard and the back yard: the front yard is full of live springs into the pool, the rockery welcomes guests, the strange rocks are craggy, and the bamboo dew and lotus wind; The front hall of the middle court entertains guests, the middle hall deliberates, and the back hall handles official affairs, dignified and steady; The backyard is used for living, but it is the most amazing, the courtyard creates a private garden with the scale of the imperial garden, leads the water into a lake, the three islands in the lake, the pavilion is built in the island, it is connected by a bridge, the ground is dug to build a mountain, the pavilion is according to the situation, the pavilion is not hugged, and the corridor is nine curves.

If the Jiedu embassy is compared to a woman, the front yard is a small jasper, the middle yard is a beautiful lady, and the backyard is a garden, which can be called a peerless beauty.

In addition, the cross-courtyard, wing room, study building, martial arts training ground, etc., the corridor of the Qionglou in the house is scattered, the spring stone bamboo forest is suitable for movement and quiet, and the flowers, birds, fish and insects contrast with each other.

It is said that the entire mansion covers an area of 500 acres, and it is necessary to take a shoulder seat to enter and exit, and there are 3,000 servants in the mansion, and I don't know where each other lives.

Xiling Yue is the lady of the Jiedu envoy who sits on her shoulder. When she was in the flower hall of Baohua Courtyard where her wife lived, she suddenly regretted listening to Pei Xingli's words - such a big mansion, if she fell here, there would be no way to escape.

Thinking about it made her feel more and more uneasy, and it was difficult for even good tea to get into her throat.

"Madame has arrived." The maid's voice made Xilingyue come back to her senses in time, she hurriedly put down the teacup and got up, curtsied her knees, and waited for the lady to enter the door.

Arlo stood behind her and reminded in a low voice, "The gesture is wrong. Xiling Yue quickly changed her gesture. The crystal bead curtain sounded crisply at this time, and a laugh immediately came into my ears: "Is the Jiang family lady here?" Xiling Yue raised her head when she heard the sound, only to see a middle-aged lady walking into the door with the support of the maidservant, she wore a shadow-colored half-arm skirt, wrapped in a plain brocade embroidered gold shawl, combed the most fashionable bun, hairpin, comb grate, necklace, bracelet, etc., a whole set is made of white jade.

What is rare is that this set of jewelry is made of the same material and unified technology, all of which are eight-treasure cluster beads, which are carved and inlaid from the same piece of white jade, which seems to be ordinary, but in fact has extraordinary value.

Xilingyue glanced at it so casually, and was already slightly surprised, just because the noble lady in front of her had a round face, a white complexion, a pair of narrow Danfeng eyes with only a few fine lines, and no white hair on her temples, looking like she was in her early forties at most.

And as we all know, Zhenhai Jiedu makes Li Qi already sixty and seven, his wife is the original match, and the age should be similar to him, and it is really a rich and noble family who is well maintained.

sighed and sighed, Xilingyue still knew how to be polite, and hurriedly lowered her eyes and smiled: "I've seen Mrs. Gao." "The surname of the lady of Zhenhae Jiedu is Gao, and she is a descendant of the Goguryeo royal family.

More than 100 years ago, Goguryeo was destroyed by the Tang Dynasty, and most of its royal family moved to various parts of the Central Plains and flourished in the Tang Dynasty.

In the past hundred years, they have continued to marry with the nobles of the Tang family, and their bloodlines have long been integrated, but they still nominally claim to be the royal family of Goguryeo, but in fact, they are not regarded by the Han people.

Take Mrs. Gao as an example, if she claimed to be a descendant of Goguryeo, she would not have been able to marry into a princely family at all, but because of her relationship with the family of the envoy of the Ziqing Festival, she could marry Li Qi, who was a member of the clan.

However, she was born in the royal family in the end, and she has a bit of arrogance, which ordinary officials and eunuchs can't learn.

At this moment, Mrs. Gao was also looking at Xiling Yue. In fact, as early as seven years ago, Jiang Gongzhishi moved to Runzhou and brought his wife and daughter to visit her, but she didn't know how many ladies she wanted to see all year round, and it was a matter of years, she couldn't remember Jiang Sanniang's appearance, only remembered that she could write a good hand.

It was precisely because of the good words that left a deep impression on her that she would make an exception to the Jiang family's hairpin banquet, otherwise it would be based on Jiang Gong's already Zhishi, and the future of the two sons was average, Jiang Sanniang was not enough to be her daughter-in-law no matter what.

Mrs. Gao thought so, and when she raised her eyes to meet her, the girl was beautiful and beautiful, and she didn't have the delicate of an ordinary daughter, so she already had a good impression, so she took Xilingyue's hand and said with a smile: "In the past, Jiang Gongzhishi, I also saw you once, how old were you at that time?" I don't think you're seventeen in a blink of an eye, and I'm old, it's really unforgiving! Xilingyue smiled slightly, and greeted her with all her might: "Yunyi thinks your demeanor is better than before." "Yunyi is Jiang Sanniang's maiden name.

Mrs. Gao was very happy when she heard this, and hurriedly pulled her to sit on the Luohan couch: "Good boy, sit down, let me see if your mouth is smeared with honey!" ”

"Madame teased." Xiling Yue pretended to be shy, and sat down beside Mrs. Gao. The latter took the teacup handed by the maidservant, took a sip gently, and then expressed concern: "Have you seen your residence?" Are you satisfied? ”

"The accommodation is excellent and you can't afford to worry about it."

"All the luggage is ready? Can the handmaid be called? ”

"Everything is fine, please remember."

"If there is anything wrong, just command your subordinates, but don't wronged yourself." Mrs. Gao's smile grew, but she didn't mention the reason for inviting her to stay in the house, as if some things had been tacitly understood.

The two continued to ask and answer, and after half a cup of tea, Mrs. Gao finally put it

After finding out the situation of "Jiang Sanniang", she let her go: "Okay, you just entered the mansion today, go and rest!" And rest at ease for half a day, and come to eat with me in the evening. ”

"Yes, Yunyi retired." Xiling Yue breathed a long sigh of relief, Shi Shiran got up and exited the flower hall, and A Luo followed.

On the way back to the small guest house, Xiling Yuecai realized that she was in a cold sweat, and secretly said that if she wasn't fully prepared, Mrs. Gao's inquiry, she would have to show her stuff.

Thinking like this, she regretted listening to Pei Xingli's words even more, and made up her mind to leave early once she had done her own thing.

(End of chapter)