Suzhou Prefecture in the south of the Yangtze River, with a permanent population of 800,000, is not only a charming place, but also one of the most prosperous cities in the south of the Yangtze River. Even though it is a cold winter, it still can't stop the lights and drunken gold fans of the Qinglou Liquor Courtyard on both sides of the street, which is extra comfortable in this city far from the raging war.

At the entrance of the huge West Street in Suzhou City, there is a gorgeous manor occupying one-third of the entire street, which is the famous Jiang Mansion, the residence of Jiang Yan, the prime minister of the dynasty.

In a particularly fresh courtyard in the mansion, plum blossoms are in full bloom, standing proudly in the cold wind. Under the plum tree, Jiang Ruoyan was dressed in snow-white fur, holding a piece of warm jade in her jade hand, her brows were deeply locked, and she was indescribably peerless.

Wan'er, who was standing behind her, cautiously persuaded: "Miss, let's go into the house, be careful not to freeze." ”

Jiang Ruoyan shook his head slightly when he heard this, and lightly opened his jade lips: "I don't know if the people of the Far East can survive this winter safely, the people who were taken away by Hu Nu must be suffering in every way now, what should they do if they lose their wives and daughters who have lost the pillars of their families?" ”

Wan'er said: "Miss, you're here again, you have your own master in charge of those things, and Miss, I said don't ask you to talk nonsense in Heyang Tower, okay?" The entire Prime Minister's Mansion and the Great Zhou have spread and learned about it, and even the lord and lady are heartbroken for you. ”

Jiang Ruoyan frowned and said, "What do they have to worry about?" What I, Jiang Ruoyan, decide, can't be changed by anyone, and I will go and tell her on my mother's side, Wan'er, you don't care. ”

Wan'er rubbed her cold hands and sighed: "Alas~ Miss, you are too willful, Madam originally wanted to marry you......"

"Wan'er......" Jiang Ruoyan was slightly angry, "I said, who can bring peace to the people of the Far East, and I will only commit myself to marrying when I expel Hu Lu, do you think what I said is child's play?" ”

"This ......" Wan'er was at a loss for a moment, "Wan'er naturally knows the young lady's temperament, and no one can change her ...... when she says it."

Jiang Ruoyan's brows relaxed: "It's good to know, don't mention this matter again." ”

Wan'er hesitated for a moment, but still mustered up the courage to whisper: "Miss, let the slave maid say more, I heard that after the old lady knew about this, he had already found some talents for the young lady......"

Speaking of this, Wan'er looked at Jiang Ruoyan nervously, and when she saw that she didn't stop her, she continued: "One is named Song Jinghao, after Song Yuan, the Far Eastern General, and the son of Song Lian, the governor of Yanzhou, Miss You should have seen it......"

Jiang Ruoyan nodded lightly and thought for a moment: "The second son of the Song family, he has had a relationship, and he is indeed extraordinary in his conversation, and he also has experience in leading the army...... It's a pity ......"

Speaking of this, Jiang Ruoyan didn't say much, the meaning was already obvious, Song Jinghao was still quite deficient.

Wan'er continued: "The other is the eldest son of the Li family, Li Suwen......"

A trace of tenderness flashed in Jiang Ruoyan's eyes: "The son of the Li family is indeed a dragon and a phoenix, maybe ......"

Jiang Ruoyan wanted to speak and stopped, sighed for a long time and said, "Maybe I can really realize what I want in my heart......"

Wan'er saw that Jiang Ruoyan seemed to have a slight affection for Li Suwen, so she took the opportunity to tease: "Miss, do you remember?" You were fourteen years old that year, and when the two of you first met, you entrusted the object of love to Li Gongzi......"

Jiang Ruoyan's face turned a rare red: "Too mouthy, how old was I that year, and I didn't know anything...... Wan'er, don't you have to think about it......"

"Miss, you're blushing...... It's rare. Wan'er quipped to Jiang Ruoyan.

"What's the matter, it's just that it's too cold...... Jiang Ruoyan's face turned even redder when her mind was exposed.

Wan'er continued: "I heard that Li Gongzi has never married for the sake of Miss, despite the obstruction of the clan, and even the slave and maid know about Miss's intentions, so I waited for Miss to nod, married you Mingmei, and carried Miss into the Li family with Batai arrogance." ”

After all, Jiang Ruoyan is less than eighteen, and the girl's family is still very yearning for beautiful things at this age, and when she heard Wan'er say this, she didn't object, and said softly: "I hope he can realize my wish and return peace to the Far East, and I will promise ......him everything at that time."

Seeing Jiang Ruoyan say this, Wan'er pursed her lips and smiled, then tightened her padded jacket and said, "Miss, go back to the room, it's too cold this day." ”

"Hmm......" Jiang Ruoyan replied softly, "I will order more people to purchase some grain, oil and salt, and return to the Far East as soon as the first lunar month is over, so as to send some comfort to the homes of the people who have been bullied and ruined by the barbarians." ”

Wan'er said: "Miss, you are still so kind, the people of the Far East will be grateful to you." ”

Jiang Ruoyan shook his head and said, "After each Hu Lu, how many wives are separated?" What I have done is insignificant, and I only hope that someone can block the invasion from outside the country, and the people of the Far East will be able to stay away from the war as soon as possible and live a peaceful life. ”

After speaking, he handed the warm jade in his hand to Wan'er: "Look at your hands are cold, go back to the room." ”

Wan'er was moved in her heart, it was still Miss who was the best for herself, and if Miss was in danger in the future, she would have to stand up in front of Miss no matter what.

……

In a place on Suzhou Fudong Street, Shi Zongjie, the third son of the Jiangnan historian and the third son of the historian, was playing the jade flute alone in the pavilion, and a desolate sound slowly came out from his flute.

After a long time, after a song, he raised the porcelain cup full of wine on the side of the table, tilted his neck and drank it all.

"Like a kite...... his eyes were red and straight because of alcohol, and his mouth couldn't stop chanting the name of the beautiful woman.

Thinking deeply, Shi Zongjie suddenly pulled out the jade carved sword on the side of the table, and danced, and the sword momentum looked crazy and abnormal.

"Humph!" Shi Zongjie was dancing in a daze, and suddenly there was a burst of angry reprimands behind him.

"Daddy!" Seeing that it was his father, Shi Zongjie could only stop the long sword in his hand and stand in place without saying a word.

Shi's father, that is, Shi Wenjing, the governor of Suzhou Province, Jiang Ruoyan's uncle.

I saw Shi Wenjing seeing his son in such a form, he hated iron but not steel, and said angrily: "Look at what you have become?" Isn't it just a woman? How can a manly man be without a wife?"

Shi Zongjie's face was full of tears: "Dad, I only like to be like a kite...... alone"

"Shut up!" Shi Wenjing was furious, "Don't think about it in this life, now that Xue Ruyuan has become a plaything of an alien race in the Xia Kingdom, I advise you to forget her quickly!" Don't worry about ...... anymore"

Shi Zongjie was touched to the sore spot and cried: "Like a kite, like a kite, ......"

"What are you crying about!" Seeing his son's appearance, Shi Wenjing stepped forward angrily and slapped him, and shouted: "For such a dilapidated woman, you actually look like this, you have lost my face outside in the past few days!" Even your cousin Ruoyan didn't come back to visit for a long time, what do you want to do? ”

"I ......" Shi Zongjie covered his red face, was shocked by his father, and was so frightened that he couldn't speak.

Shi Wenjing continued to scold: "Hurry up and clean up, bathe and change clothes, and go to Jiang's house with me for a banquet tonight." ”

Shi Zongjie said: "Go to the banquet, why is this? ”

"Rebel!" When Shi Wenjing heard this, his heart immediately became angry again, "I forgot what I said to you a few days ago?" Seeing that you are depressed every day, your father has entrusted someone to tell you about your relatives, the daughter of the Wang family is twenty-eight years old, dignified and virtuous, and both talented and beautiful, she is a good woman who runs a family and teaches her children, and you will meet him at a banquet tonight, and wait for the first month to pass and get married. ”

"Daddy! I don't marry! I haven't seen the daughter of the Wang family, I won't like her! When Shi Zongjie heard this, he immediately roared.

"Smack!" Another crisp slap resounded through the pavilion, and Shi Wenjing's face was full of anger.

"That's it! You have to say yes if you promise, and you have to say yes if you don't! It saves you from worrying about the broken flowers and willows all day long, which will ruin my historian's face, and even worsen your own future, hum! ”

Shi Wenjing dropped this sentence and walked away, leaving Shi Zongjie standing alone in place, and heard a cry for a long time.

"Like a kite!"

……

At night, the hall of Jiangfu is lively, the table banquet is full of delicacies, countless, hundreds of maids go in and out, holding all kinds of fruit and tea placed on each table, waiting for the guests to enjoy the banquet.

At the time of the lamp, Jiang Xun's wife, Shi Yunlan, dressed in a gorgeous crown and glorious clothes, slowly walked from the screen in the back hall with her youngest son Jiang Zhen and Jiang Ruoyan, the pearl in her palm. Then came the heads of the clan and their relatives, and there were as many as 200 people. After they were seated, Shi Wenjing took his son Shi Zongjie, his wife in the main room and several children of the Shi family who came with him, and after saluting with a large number of gifts, they also sat in each room. In the end, the daughter of the Wang family and the royal father, Wang Fugui, and some of the entourage directors and family members in the clan also entered the table after saluting Mrs. Jiang. Those children of the Wang family who came with them all came to see Jiang Ruoyan's peerless beauty, and they were all fascinated at first sight, and from time to time they showed their gaffes, which made Jiang Ruoyan frown constantly, and they were very dissatisfied.

How to describe such a vast blind date scene of more than 1,000 people inside and outside? If Liu Ce was present, he would have said sourly: "Poverty limits imagination, how can Nima's blind date be more pompous than the election of the president?"

After thirty years of drinking, the polite words are over, and it's time to get down to business. Wang Fugui got up and saluted Mrs. Jiang and Shi Wenjing, looked at Shi Zongjie listlessly and said with a smile: "Shi Gongzi is the best of the people, my little daughter is really a blessing from the third generation to marry...... Hey, hey, hey...... Your Excellency the Governor. ”

Shi Wenjing hurriedly replied: "Master Wang praised it falsely, there are many stubborn things in the child, and I hope that the daughter will be strictly disciplined in the future, and you and I will be in-laws after the New Year......"

"How dare you, how dare you...... Hey...... The little girl is young and ignorant, and she will ask the governor to do a lot of Haihan in the future...... "Wang Fugui couldn't stop laughing, he can climb this family is simply a pie falling from the sky, and the Wang family will soar in the future."

The daughter of the Wang family is also beautiful and moving, but it is a pity that there is such a prosperous demon like Jiang Ruoyan who is not as good as the immortals, and the limelight has long been completely overshadowed.

She glanced at Shi Zongjie, who was depressed, and smiled shyly, but Shi Zongjie didn't notice it at all, joke! Your daughter of the Wang family is compared with her cousin and Ru Kite, can you compare it with what if?

At this moment, Shi Zongjie's heart was extremely heavy, his mind was full of the figure of a kite, and finally under Shi Wenjing's angry push, he smiled politely at his blind date, but this smile was more ugly than crying.

"Mother, I'm a little tired, let's go back to the room first." Jiang Ruoyan really didn't like this kind of scene, especially when countless pairs of eyes stared at him uncomfortably, and whispered to his mother.

When Mrs. Shi heard her beloved daughter say this, she immediately held her hand lovingly, and said softly: "Yan'er is tired? Then let's go back to the room first, Wan'er help Miss go back, be careful on the road, don't catch a cold......"

"Mother......" Jiang Ruoyan was speechless to her mother, and said coquettishly, "It's only a few steps, and it's not a ...... outside the house."

Mrs. Shi said lovingly: "Look at my mother's memory, let's go back to the room to rest." ”

"Well, the boy is leaving." After saying that, Jiang Ruoyan got up and saluted Mrs. Shi to say goodbye, and then bowed lightly to everyone at the table banquet, and quickly disappeared behind the screen, leaving a bunch of rich children lost their souls.

Along the way, the more Jiang Ruoyan thought about it, the more angry she became, especially the head of the Wang family, who was in his forties, and his wife and concubine were all six rooms, but the eyes that looked at her were still full of greed, which really made her feel disgusting, and she secretly decided in her heart that as soon as the first month passed, she would immediately take a boat back to the Far East and stay away from this filth.

Wan'er trotted all the way, and when she entered Jiang Ruoyan's courtyard, she said angrily: "It's too much, it's too much!" His Wang family is not a famous family, but it is also a noble family, why are those accompanying children and the owners of each house so lacking in etiquette, and Miss Wang's eyes are full of thoughts...... It really doesn't make sense, they don't weigh whether they are worthy or not! I'll tell my wife to go tomorrow. ”

There were two maids in the house who were fiddling with the carbon fire in the stove, and when Jiang Ruoyan and Wan'er came in, the room was as warm as spring......

Jiang Ruoyan untied the tightly wrapped white mink fur on her body, and she was also wearing a white dress inside, revealing a perfect and graceful figure.

"That's it, mother's side should not bother anymore, isn't it just a month? It's over. Jiang Ruoyan sat in front of the dresser and said as Wan'er helped her remove her makeup.

"It's just my cousin, he looks like he can't give up, it must be for Miss Xue's business, right?"

"But it's not, the life of the girl of the Xue family is really hard, alas~" Wan'er looked at her young lady and sighed, whether it is a famous nobleman or a common person, the status of women is still extremely low, and they are bargaining chips that can be thrown out at any time in exchange for benefits. Today can be Xue Ruyuan, but tomorrow I don't know if it will be my turn and Miss? Don't look at the prime minister's mansion now all spoiling Miss, if she really needs to sacrifice one day, Wan'er knows that the old lady will not hesitate to push Miss out......

After chatting for a while, after removing makeup and washing, Jiang Ruoyan changed into fine cotton pajamas and went to bed to prepare to rest, Wan'er checked the carbon fire in the brazier and the soothing incense in the incense burner, and after making sure that it was correct, she and the other two maids slowly exited the room and extinguished the candle by the way......

The soothing incense exudes bursts of fragrance, and the fresh fragrance wafts in Jiang Ruoyan's boudoir, like falling rain and fog, and the beauty falls asleep in the haze.

In a trance, Jiang Ruoyan had a dream, as if she was in the Far East battlefield, hundreds of people roared and fled, and she was also among the rolling people, but when she heard the roar of the horse's hooves behind her, she turned around and looked back, only to see that the Hulan cavalry who could not see the edge was galloping frantically, cutting down the people who caught up one by one, and her eyes were all red.

Suddenly, a Hulan cavalryman spotted her, smiling and riding towards her, she was terrified, very frightened, she wanted to shout but couldn't shout, wanted to run her legs but was frozen in place and couldn't move. Seeing that the Hulan cavalry was about to crash into him, he suddenly stopped abruptly when the horse was only half a step away from him. I saw that the Hulan man who wanted to catch him was full of fear, not only him, but all the Hulan people stopped killing and pursuing, looked behind him in horror, and even the horses under their crotch began to neigh uneasily, pacing back and forth.

Jiang Ruoyan followed their gaze and looked behind him, but saw a cavalryman wrapped in iron armor slowly approaching, the mask on his face was as cold and ruthless as a Shura from hell, and what was even more terrifying was that the cavalryman was wrapped around a huge divine bird, which was shining with ten thousand flames approaching him......

"Ah, Wan'er......" When Jiang Ruoyan could move in her dream, she suddenly straightened up from the bed and called Wan'er loudly.

"What's wrong, miss?" Wan'er heard her young lady shouting, hurriedly put on a coat and walked into the room, poured a glass of water and came to the bed, "Did you have a nightmare?" Where is it uncomfortable......"

Jiang Ruoyan was shocked, trembling, took a sip of tea and said, "It's terrible, Wan'er, stay with me......"

Wan'er grabbed her hand and comforted: "Don't be afraid, miss, Wan'er will accompany you ......"

Jiang Ruoyan and Wan'er lay in the same bed and told Wan'er about the scene in their dreams. After Wan'er heard this, she smiled and comforted: "That knight must be Li Gongzi, he must have appeared to save the young lady when he saw that he was in trouble......

"Is that so?" Jiang Ruoyan carefully recalled the cold face armor in the dream, "Is it really Li Gongzi?" But...... Why am I so strange?"

Wan'er smiled and said, "Miss, that's a dream, don't think about it, go to sleep quickly." As he spoke, he pulled the quilt on Jiang Ruoyan's body upward.

Jiang Ruoyan shook her head, suddenly got up and put on a coat, and said to Wan'er: "Wan'er, grind, while my memory is still fresh, I want to draw that face......"