In early spring and February, when the chill of midwinter has finally disappeared, the willow trees along the Weishui River in Kyoto have already pulled out their green branches.

Not far from the Weishui River, an attic stands alone in the wind, facing the willow trees on the bank.

I thought that winter was coming to an end, but when I first arrived in Shen, the sky that had been clear before became dark, and after a while, snow began to fall again.

A neatly arranged convoy entered the city from Xuanping Gate against the snow. Led by a two-horse carriage with green curtains, pulled by two oily and slippery jujube horses, led the convoy behind slowly across the long street.

When the convoy reached Chang'an Avenue, the curtain of the carriage in the second row was lifted, revealing half of its white and delicate face.

"It's February, why is it still snowing?"

Feeling the cold wind, the owner of the pretty face, Qi Tanying, frowned and muttered.

At this time, a female voice sounded in the car, "Kyoto is not as good as Wuzhou, snow is normal in spring, and the snow at this time is not as cold as in winter, and it will be warm in a few days." ”

Qi Tanying hurriedly turned around, only to see that her mother, who was leaning against the wall of the car and pretending to sleep before, had opened her eyes, her face was half sad and half nostalgic, "You were only seven years old when you left Beijing, and it will be ten years in the blink of an eye." ”

Listening to her mother talk about this, Qi Tanying didn't have much empathy.

Ten years later, her impression of Kyoto is very vague. The only two things that are clear are that her father died in Kyoto, and that her fiancé, whom she had married since childhood, was a child of a Kyoto family.

This time, her mother took her and her younger brother Qi Yukun to leave Wuzhou and come to Kyoto to fulfill the marriage contract made since childhood.

When I left Wuzhou, the Lantern Festival had just passed, and I had traveled north for a month, and it was now mid-February.

Mrs. Qi sighed and said, "If it weren't for your aunt's urging, I would have to wait until it warms up before leaving." ”

Originally, she planned to leave after March, but Sister A sent several letters urging them to enter Beijing. Mrs. Qi couldn't, so she had to hurry to Kyoto with a pair of children.

Fortunately, the daughter's large dowry was shipped over a year ago, and the bits and pieces that I didn't have time to buy came to Kyoto to buy.

After living in the south for ten years, Mrs. Qi was a little uncomfortable with the spring cold in Kyoto. She hugged the Tang Pozi in her arms a little tighter, planning to review the situation of the Jiang family's rooms for her daughter before she arrived at the Jiang family.

"When I arrived at Jiang's house, try to avoid the wife in the second room, she is very domineering and arrogant, and even someone as powerful as your aunt has suffered a lot against her."

Qi Tanying responded on her face, but there was a trace of worry in her heart.

She had read all the letters between her aunt and her mother over the years, and in the letters, her aunt described the wife in the second room as a heinous wicked person, eager to eat her flesh and skin.

And the old lady of Jiang Mansion has always favored the second room and handled things unfairly, resulting in an extremely bad relationship between the long room and the second room.

The Jiang family has not been separated, and after she marries into the long house, can she really avoid it if she looks up and doesn't look down with the wife and girl in the second room?

Thinking of participating in the intrigue in the future, Qi Tanying couldn't help but feel a little bored.

As if she had insight into her daughter's thoughts, Mrs. Qi patted her hand soothingly, "Just bear with it." ”

She said: "Your aunt is still in the lead, you are a junior, don't pay attention to their disputes until you have to." ”

Qi Tanying nodded when she heard this.

After saying this, Mrs. Qi wanted to say something more, but the moving carriage suddenly stopped, and there was a noise outside.

Mrs. Qi asked people to inquire about the reason, and after a while, a clear male voice came from outside the car window, "Auntie, there are people gathering in front to make trouble, and the servants of Jingzhao Mansion are dealing with it, and you can pass in a while." ”

Mrs. Qi opened the curtain and saw her nephew and son-in-law standing outside the carriage against the wind and snow, and couldn't help but blame softly, "On such a cold day, send someone to say it, why bother you to run this trip yourself, go back to the car quickly, don't freeze." ”

Jiang Liangyu smiled and replied, "Yes."

Just as he turned to leave, a teenage servant dressed in a family costume stumbled over, "Eldest prince, please save our son, the people of Jingzhao Mansion want to take him away." ”

Jiang Liangyu's brows furrowed when he heard this, and he hurried to the place of trouble with the servants.

The place of trouble was in the center of Chang'an Avenue, and the lively people surrounded the place, and the arresters of the Jingzhao Yamen continued to expel it to no avail.

Jiang Liangyu followed the servant and squeezed in, and before he could stand firmly, he was hugged by a shadow rushing out from the side.

The man cried loudly: "Big brother, they framed me. ”

Jiang Liangyu tried to restrain the anger in his heart, "Stand up and speak well." ”

The man immediately straightened up, his red eyes full of grievances. Jiang Liangyu glanced at him, and when he saw a bright red lip print on his handsome and fair face, he couldn't help but feel angry.

But now is not the time to worry about him, Jiang Liangyu patiently listened to him explain the reason, and learned about the situation with the messenger of Jingzhao Mansion, and finally figured out what happened.

It turned out that the young man with the woman's lip print on his face was Jiang Liangyu's younger brother, Jiang Zhenyu, the third son of the Jiang family's third room.

He has always been idle and does not do his job, and often eats, drinks and has fun with a group of fox friends and dogs.

Today, he went to the flower building with a few friends who had a good time on weekdays, because he was too handsome but was eaten by the flower girl, Jiang Zhenyu didn't like the bold and dissolute women like the flower girl, and suddenly lost interest, and after drinking a few glasses of wine, he wanted to go home.

As soon as he walked to Chang'an Avenue, he bumped into the scene of an orphan girl selling herself to bury her father, but being robbed by bullies. Out of kindness, he had his entourage drive away the bully and gave the woman some money to go home and bury her father.

But the woman had to go with him, and she would repay him for being a slave and a servant. Jiang Zhenyu didn't agree, and the woman said that life was his person, and death was his ghost, and if he didn't agree to accept her, she would die.

After saying that, he was about to hit the pillar of the shop next to him.

Jiang Zhenyu didn't understand anything, this woman was obviously relying on herself, and when she was angry, she said that she would die, and it was a big deal to lose some money.

When the woman saw that he was soft and hard, she struck the pillar with a ruthless heart, but she didn't die, but she had a layer of skin on her forehead.

Jiang Zhenyu was frightened, and before he could come back to his senses, the bully from before jumped out again. said that he and the woman were originally in love, but they were bullied by Jiang Zhenyu.

Before Jiang Zhenyu could clear his grievances, the messenger of Jingzhao Mansion came, saying that he had gathered a crowd to make trouble and wanted to bring the three of them back to Jingzhao Yamen for interrogation.

Jiang Zhenyu knew that no matter whether he was wrong or not, as long as he entered the Jingzhao Yamen, he would definitely have no good fruit to eat when he returned home. It was also his luck that he happened to meet Jiang Liangyu's convoy that went to the dock to pick up the Qi family into the house.

After hearing the reason, Jiang Liangyu knew that his younger brother had been falsely accused.

He thought for a while, and said to the people who were watching the excitement: "Everyone, although my younger brother is a little stubborn, he is not a bully, if anyone can testify for him, Jiang will be grateful." ”

After speaking, he added another sentence, "Just tell the truth, if someone makes perjury in order to get that reward, the servants of Jingzhao Mansion are not vegetarians." ”