The wedding date is certain, and Mrs. Qi immediately sent someone to send the news to Jiang's house.

At this time, Mrs. Jiang was chatting with the Li family, and was overjoyed when she heard the news, "It's finally settled, and after Brother Liang'er and the county lord get married at the end of the year, I can free up my hands to work on Atan's marriage." ”

Li nodded in agreement, "Yes, there is no one in charge of the Qi family, and the sister-in-law has to come forward." ”

After speaking, she couldn't help sighing, seeing that Qi Tanying and Yan Li's wedding dates were set, and the stinky boy in her family didn't even have a girl to look at. It's so worrying!

Mrs. Jiang saw that Li's face was a little sad, and after asking the reason, she realized that she was worried about Jiang Zhenyu's lifelong events.

couldn't help laughing, "Brother Zhen is only seventeen years old after the New Year, what are you anxious about." ”

Li shook his head, "Sister-in-law, if Brother Zhen can have half of his eldest brother's life, where will I worry." He can't study, he only knows how to eat, drink and have fun, how can a girl from a good family look down on her. ”

This is to the point, and Mrs. Jiang feels that the Li family still sees it more thoroughly. It happened that she was in a good mood today, so she thought of being a matchmaker for Jiang Zhenyu.

"Then tell me, what kind of daughter-in-law do you want to marry for Brother Zhen?"

Li Shi thought for a while, "It's best to be gentle and knowledgeable, and be virtuous and housekeeping." There are not too many requirements for background, as long as you are not a merchant. ”

Mrs. Jiang sounded a little strange, "What, don't you look down on merchants?" ”

"How can you?" Li smiled bitterly, "It's not that I look down on the girl from the merchant's family, Brother Zhen has been ridiculed since I was a merchant because I was a merchant's mother, where can there be another wife who was born in a merchant." ”

Besides, the brother of the same mother, the eldest brother marries the county lord, and the younger brother can only marry the merchant's family, and it is always distressing to be a parent.

Only then did Mrs. Jiang understand that it was no wonder that she had planned to give her niece Ah Tan to Brother Zhen, and the Li family immediately responded, it turned out that there was still this reason.

Thinking of this, she said to Li: "Don't worry, I will pay attention to it for you." ”

The Li family was very happy when she heard this, and having Mrs. Jiang, the sister-in-law, was much better than her own blind search.

After returning to the third room, she couldn't help but tell the news to Master Jiang San, and Master Jiang San was also very happy, in his opinion, the sister-in-law was much more stable than the Li family.

Li thought that Qi Tanying was married, she was half of her mother's family, so she had to prepare some makeup gifts. She searched around her small storeroom and found that none of those things were suitable for young girls, so she planned to go to Lingyun Pavilion to pick up some fashionable jewelry.

and also called Jiang Zhenyu to accompany him, and Jiang Zhenyu knew that the marriage date of Qi Tanying and Yan Li had been set.

For a while, he actually hated Qi Tanying a little bit because iron is not steel, he has already made it so clear, that Yan Li is not a good person, but Cousin Qi is still married to him, and now even the marriage date has been set.

I don't know if Cousin Kun will blame him for not helping him take care of his sister when he comes back from the academy.

Seeing his son wandering, Li sighed secretly in his heart.

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Changxing Palace

The county lord of Qingyang learned that Qi Tanying's wedding date had been set, and the heart that had been hanging for a long time finally fell back into his stomach. Since the Qi family came to Kyoto, she has not had a day of peace of mind, and now it is okay, the cousin of the Qi family is getting married, and she will never compete with her for Jiang Liangyu in the future.

After letting go of his worries, the county lord of Qingyang was in good spirits. A few days ago, Lingyun Pavilion released a new batch of jewelry, and her close friend Ji Sanniang asked her to choose, and she was in a good mood today, so she was invited by her friend.

Who knew that after she came to Lingyun Pavilion, she waited for almost half an hour and saw no trace of Ji Sanniang, just as she was about to send someone to Ji Mansion to inquire, Ji Sanniang's personal maid Rong Yue hurriedly arrived.

"County Lord, Ling County Lord has gone, my girl went to Minshan Wangfu to take care of Princess Ji, she sent a slave maid to bring you a letter, please go back to the house immediately, don't stay outside."

The county lord of Qingyang thought that he had heard it wrong, and Rong Yue repeated it again when he saw this, and the county lord of Qingyang was completely stunned, as if he had lost his voice.

After a long while, he said, "How can this be?" Ah Ling, didn't she stay in the other courtyard well? ”

Last year, Lord Lingjun had a serious illness and had been recuperating in another courtyard on the outskirts of Beijing.

A few days ago, she heard Ji Sanniang say that Lord Lingjun's body has healed, and he will be taken back to Minshan Wangfu in half a decade.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but ask, "Why did Ah Ling go, was it an emergency or an accident?" ”

Rong Yue shook her head, she was just a subordinate and didn't know much.

Seeing that he couldn't ask anything, the lord of Qingyang County explained a few words and asked her to go back to her life.

After Rong Yue left, the county lord of Qingyang found that his heart was beating hard, not only his legs were weak, but his palms were even wet.

The county lord of Qingyang hurriedly returned to the house, and met Princess Changxing who was about to go to the Minshan Palace, and planned to go with his mother. When they arrived at the Minshan Palace, the palace had removed the bright things and replaced them with plain white flags, and everyone in the palace looked sad.

Princess Ji has been unconscious since she learned of her daughter's death, and Mrs. Ji and Ji Sanniang are taking care of her in front of the bed.

After seeing Princess Changxing's mother and daughter, Mrs. Ji dipped the corner of her eyes with a handkerchief, "Ah Ling went suddenly, the princess sent the white-haired person to the black-haired person, and she fainted when she couldn't stand the blow, and she hasn't woken up yet." ”

Princess Changxing's throat was a little dry, "How did Ah Ling go?" ”

Mrs. Ji shook her head, "Sanniang and I also just got the news that Brother Hua has already gone to the other courtyard to pick her up, and we won't know until he comes back." ”

Brother Hua is Jiao Hua, the son of the king of Minshan.

Princess Changxing didn't ask anything when she heard this, just waited for Jiao Hua to return with the body of Lord Lingjun.

After about half an hour, Jiao Hua came back, along with the two concubines of King Minshan, Jiao Yu and Jiao Zhan. The faces of the three brothers were full of sorrow and sorrow.

Lord Ling's body rested in the courtyard where she was alive, covered with a white cloth. Perhaps knowing that her daughter was back, Princess Ji woke up leisurely and endured her grief to see her daughter for the last time.

Jiao Hua couldn't bear to let her mother see her sister's miserable situation, and tried to persuade her, but Princess Ji was willing to listen, so she stepped forward and personally uncovered the white cloth covering the Lingjun Lord.

The moment the white cloth was lifted, Princess Ji's eyes straightened, and her face suddenly lost blood, only to hear her scream and faint to death.

The county lord of Qingyang was shocked by her shout, and couldn't help but look at the corpse of the county lord of Ling, which made her gasp.

I saw that the corpse was swollen like a steamed bun, the face was pale, the eyebrows were deformed, the waist and abdomen were swollen and bulging, and there was no longer the slender shadow of Lingxiu before death.

Except for Princess Ji and Jiao Hua, who fainted to death, the rest of the people were terrified when they saw the tragic situation of Lord Lingjun. Mrs. Ji's legs were weak, and she asked in a trembling voice, "Why does Ah Ling look like this?" ”

Jiao Hua endured his grief and told the cause of death: "When Ah Ling was found, he had drowned in the lotus pond. ”

"What about those who serve?"

Jiao Hua said: "I asked, they said that Ah Ling woke up in the middle of the night and wanted to see the lotus, but no one wanted to accompany her, no one knew how she drowned, and when the body was found, it had been a day and a night." ”