Chapter 20: The Past
From red. Jiang Wan came out of the sleeve pavilion and had been thinking about what had just happened. If Qin Ke'er knew the truth back then, then what role did she play in it.
The Jiang family was destroyed, and all the families of the year also fell to the end, and the current Shangguan family is regarded as covering the sky with one hand in the imperial city, and the old master of the Shangguan family is even more than 10,000 people under one person. It is not easy to find out the truth back then.
The sound of children playing noisily on the street came, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar streets, looking at the brand-new mansions, Jiang Wan's heart was sad.
It's been seven years, and when we say goodbye, it's a matter of things.
Just now, I saw Qin Ke'er holding a huqin half-covered light veil, although he was in the mud, he was not proud. During the conversation, she seemed to see the bright dancing girl of the past.
I still remember when I first met, it was about seven years ago, when the Jiang family had not yet been destroyed, on the contrary, it was the heyday, and it was the first family in the imperial city that everyone envied.
The Jiang family has been loyal and martyred for generations, and the three generations of their ancestors are all generals. The ancestor of the Jiang family, that is, Jiang Wan's great-grandfather, Jiang Yi and Rui Gaozu Bei Mingjue, were brothers and sisters, and together they created the prosperous Shao Kingdom.
It is also since then that the Jiang family has been closely associated with the royal family, and by the generation of Jiang Wan's father Jiang Huailin, it is already the third generation, and the relationship between the Jiang family and the royal family at this time is also very delicate. The Jiang family has been a general for generations, and its prestige in the center of the people is increasing day by day, and there is a vague tendency to surpass the royal family.
Xu is a master of high merit, and the royal family secretly began to suppress the Jiang family, and began to support the new family to restrain the Jiang family. Therefore, the Shangguan family, which has always been at odds with the Jiang family, has become the best choice.
Speaking of the Shangguan family, there is also a good story.
It is rumored that the ancestor of the Shangguan clan was a nobody, once on the battlefield for Rui Gaozu to block a fatal arrow, saved the life of Rui Gaozu, so after the founding of the country, Rui Gaozu called the emperor on meritorious deeds, and the ancestor of the Shangguan clan was among them.
Rui Gaozu asked him what reward he wanted, and the ancestor of the Shangguan clan said that he didn't want money, power, and only a favor. Later, Rui Gaozu gave the word 'Su', and the descendants of Shangguan were proud of the crown 'Su'.
Today, Shengshangbei Shuyi was still an unfavored prince at that time, but he had a very good personal relationship with Jiang Huailin. But with the continuous targeting of the Shangguan family and the suppression of the imperial court, Jiang Huailin's father had no choice but to retire and leave everything to the juniors.
At the end of Yunxi's year, the six princes Bei Shuyi and Dingyuan Marquis Jiang Huailin staged a coup d'Γ©tat, and Bei Shuyi was proclaimed emperor.
On that day, it was the most glorious time for the Jiang family, and countless families came to visit, and for a while, even the Shangguan family had to avoid its edge.
There are a lot of people who come to visit, the Jiang family is very busy, my father and mother are in the main hall to entertain guests, and Jiang Wan is bored in the backyard alone, so she sneaks to the front hall.
She was only nine years old at the time, a small one, hiding behind the door and no one noticed her.
The guests were all smiling, and my father sat in the middle of them with a shallow smile on his face.
The hall was very noisy, looking at the faint smile on her father's face, Xiao Jiang Wan felt that her father was not very happy. Daddy usually doesn't like to drink, but now that so many people want Daddy to drink, Daddy should be very unhappy. It's like Wan Wan doesn't like to eat green vegetables, but her father forces Wan Wan to eat every time.
Xiao Jiangwan wanted to rush out and drive away all those annoying guys, but the little guy remembered his mother's advice to treat guests politely and do his best to be a landlord. The little guy struggled for a long time and decided to hide behind the door and peek secretly for a while.
"Slave and maid, I've seen the Marquis of Dingyuan, Mrs. Marquis of Dingyuan."
Qin Ke'er slowly walked to the center of the hall in a gorgeous gauze skirt and bowed slightly.
"Li'er danced a song for all the officials, and she was ugly."
The red gauze skirt wraps the graceful figure, the waist exposes the girl's snow-white skin, the navel is exposed, and the blouse is tightly attached to the delicate curve. Li'er stood on tiptoe and danced in the center of the hall barefoot, like a red lotus blooming in the prime of life. As the girl beats, the bells on her ankles jingle and crunch.
The fifteen-year-old girl is young and beautiful, hooking her foot and kicking her lower back, standing in the hall like a shy red lotus, ignorant and clean but extremely charming.
Xiao Jiang Wan was stunned by the crack in the door, and squeezed out from behind the door without paying attention. The little guy hurriedly hid his little body behind the door again, and as soon as he looked up to meet his father's helpless smile, Xiao Jiang Wan was so frightened that she immediately retracted her neck and covered her eyes, but she couldn't help but peek through her fingers. Seeing that Daddy was still looking at herself, Xiao Jiang Wan playfully stuck out her tongue at him.
"Yes, yes, your dancing skills have improved again."
Shangguan Chen's words interrupted Jiang Huailin's gaze.
Jiang Huailin looked at Shangguan Chen quietly with a warm smile on his face, and did not answer his words.
Shangguan Chen was not annoyed by being pulled face, and finished his words by himself.
"I heard that there is only one lady in Brother Lin's backyard, so my son specially brought Li'er over to relieve Brother Lin's boredom."
Shangguan Chen waved at Li'er.
"I haven't seen the Marquis of Dingyuan yet."
Before Li'er stepped forward to salute, Jiang Huailin looked at Shangguan Chen lightly, with a warm smile on his handsome face, and he couldn't see any emotion.
"Jiang Moujie is a rough person, he can only march and fight, dance with knives and guns, and it is enough to have a crisp in this life, Shangguan Gongzi is cautious."
It's obviously talking with a smile, but it gives people an inexplicable chill.
Everyone in the hall shuddered, and suddenly realized that although the Marquis of Dingyuan in front of him was handsome and polite, like a weak scholar, no one could forget the appearance of his knife when he raised the knife and turned red, let alone his ruthless appearance of taking the enemy's head among thousands of people while talking and laughing.
This is a god of evil, a god that terrifies the enemy. They didn't have the courage to provoke this evil god like Su Guogong's sister-in-law, Shangguan Chen.
Shangguan Chen had long expected that he would react like this, and he didn't care about Jiang Huailin's warning.
"Why, Marquis Dingyuan looks down on this son!" Lowered his voice and aggressively pushed each other.
The noisy hall quieted down at some point, and the air was filled with a sense of tension and oppression.
Lin Shu stood up with Jiang Huailin worriedly, she was not worried that her husband would accept this dancer, the husband and wife had been in love for many years, and she still trusted her husband very much. It's just that although the husband's prestige in the DPRK is high now, he has made too many enemies, and since ancient times, he has been accompanied by a tiger like a tiger, and one step away from chess may be lost.
Jiang Huailin felt his wife's worry, patted her hand comfortingly, and whispered softly, "It's okay." β
Shangguan Chen was too lazy to see the two of them here, and said lightly.
"Li'er is a gift from my Shangguan family to the Marquis of Dingyuan, if you don't accept it, you will look down on my Shangguan family."
"Shangguan Gongzi's words are very interesting, the result is the same whether you accept it or not, why bother to be boring." Jiang Huailin smiled kindly and finished his sentence unhurriedly.
"JAC Pro!"
Seeing that the atmosphere became tense, everyone held their breath for fear of harming themselves. Xiao Jiang Wan suddenly rushed out.
"Daddy~"
Although she didn't understand the weirdness of the atmosphere, she knew that the nasty guy was bullying Daddy.
This is not good, the little guy thought, and rushed out in a hurry, accidentally knocking down the beautiful dancing sister.
As soon as Qin Ke'er was not careful, she was hit by the little guy and fell to the ground, and she couldn't help but 'hiss' in pain.
Jiang Huai's eyelids jumped when he saw it, for fear that the little guy would accidentally bump and fall to the ground, so he hurriedly opened his arms and caught her.
Seeing that the little guy was not injured, Jiang Huailin breathed a sigh of relief, pulled Jiang Wan's little head out of his arms, rubbed her furry little head with his big hands, and said coldly.
"Nonsense, what should I do if I bump into someone, and I don't help my sister up to apologize."
Jiang Huailin's voice was not particularly cold and hard, but it had the meaning of protecting the short in everyone's ears, but Xiao Jiang Wan was inexplicably wronged, she knew that it was wrong for her to knock down someone, but when she heard that the annoying person was going to give her beautiful sister to her father, she couldn't help but rush out.
She knows what it means to give her beautiful sister to her father, she heard Granny Wang say that it means to find an aunt for Wanwan, she doesn't like her aunt, she likes her mother, Sister Xiaoling's house next door is like this, Sister Xiaoling's father doesn't like Sister Xiaoling anymore after finding her aunt, and she doesn't like Sister Xiaoling's mother, she hates her aunt.
Although Xiao Jiangwan was unhappy, she obediently helped her beautiful sister up and apologized.
"Is this Ling Qianjin, it's really an eye-opener!" Shangguan Chen flicked his sleeves and sat back in his chair.
"The little girl is stubborn, and she laughs."
Xiao Jiang Wan stared at a pair of big round eyes, watching the people help the beautiful sister limp down to rest, she hid behind her mother's little face and thought seriously Just vaguely saw the large and small scars on the arms of the beautiful sister, poked out her head, puzzled.
"Is Uncle Blackface going to give his beautiful sister to Daddy?"
Shangguan Chen's face darkened again when he heard this, although his complexion was not as white as Jianghuai's, but he was also a talent, what did she shout??? Black-faced uncle, Shangguan Chen said he didn't want to pay attention to her.
"Isn't the pretty sister the daughter of an uncle with a black face? Why did you give your daughter away? β
Shangguan Chen, who likes to be a father: To tell a joke, he has a sixteen-year-old daughter.
Damn, I'm only twenty years old this year! Twenty years old!
Xiao Jiang Wan saw that he didn't speak, thinking that he was being told by himself that he was empty, and she was even more sure of her thoughts.
The little face glared angrily and asked, "Is it that you can't afford to raise a beautiful sister and think about giving it away, is it that you can't afford to raise a beautiful sister and don't give her food and often beat her!" β
This question was justified and he almost believed it himself, and the whole person looked confused, with a confused expression of where I am, who I am, and what I am going to do.
Seeing that this annoying guy didn't refute herself, Xiao Jiangwan felt that she was the truth, and she hated this person even more.
In the end, Jiang Wan didn't remember how this farce ended, but she seemed to remember that under her father's warm smile, Shangguan Chen walked away with a stinky face and brushed his sleeves, and never visited the Jiang family again.