Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Anger

Chapter 11

The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Li Fugui was dressed in new clothes, with clear creases on her pants and neatly combed hair. It was obvious that she had dressed up specially for paying respects. She stood respectfully in front of the table with her head lowered. Only her toes could be seen. She dared not breathe. For the first time, she felt that time was so long and unbearable.

Why didn't she feel that the prince was so majestic before?

Originally, she came to pay respects to the prince. After all, the prince asked about milk. Who knew that the topic would turn to Jiang Yu, so she told him about Jiang Yu's engagement.

After that, the prince suddenly stopped talking. Li Fugui realized belatedly that although Jiang Yu had left the palace, she was the prince's consort and the prince's bedmate. Any man would feel uncomfortable if she suddenly wanted to marry someone else.

Fortunately, the maid Wenru brought in a midnight snack, breaking the depressing atmosphere. However, Wenru obviously noticed something was wrong and said, "This is the thin-skinned shrimp wonton ordered by the prince."

Lin Bozhi said with a cold face, "Everyone, please leave."

Wenru did not dare to speak, and picked up the black lacquered tray with a dark pattern of crabapple flowers again, and left carefully. Li Fugui's family also hurriedly followed him out as if they had been pardoned.

When they reached the door, Wenru saw snowflakes falling outside, and felt the cold wind blowing directly at her. She shivered with cold, sniffed, and said, "Aunt Li, what did you say to the prince?"

In order to look slim, Li Fugui wore thin clothes. After all, she didn't want the prince to think that she was as fat as a donkey and an eyesore. But when the wind blew, she took a breath of cold air, but she was much more energetic and her tension was gone. "It's about the prince's question about Madam Jiang." After

Li Fugui finished speaking, she realized that Jiang Yu was no longer a young lady, so she couldn't call her that anymore, so she changed her words immediately.

"Didn't Jiang leave the palace? Does she want to come back?" Wen Ru couldn't help but say this with some pity and sympathy. "The prince even wrote a letter of divorce, how could he let her come back? Hey, I said at the time that she shouldn't be so impulsive. She is a weak woman with a bad family background. How can she have a good life after leaving the palace?"

Wen Ru liked Jiang Yu, the prince's consort. Although she acted strictly, she was also fair and capable. There was no need to flatter her when working under her, and she just needed to do her part well.

Li Fugui's family was originally quite sympathetic to Jiang Yu. They felt that she was not living in the palace and insisted on divorce, which was a bit ungrateful. But when they thought of the Jiang Yu they saw at Jiang's house that day, she was wearing a lilac-colored brocade jacket with narrow sleeves, her hair was loosely tied into a round sideburn, and the fine bangs on both sides of her temples swayed softly in the wind. She looked relaxed, her eyes were clear, and she was as bright as the spring breeze.

She seemed to be doing well?

"It's not that she wants to come back, but she has an engagement."

"What?" Wen Ru was so surprised that she almost dropped the tray in her hand on the ground. Fortunately, she immediately steadied herself and blinked in disbelief, "Aunt Li, are you serious? This... Who is willing to marry her?"

In the eyes of the world, widows should not remarry. After all, a good woman does not marry a second husband, so it is difficult to find a good in-law family. Generally, they marry men who are much older than themselves as concubines. As for Jiang Yu, who divorced, it is even more difficult to find an in-law family than a widow.

"Is she going to marry an old man as a concubine? How long has she been back? Her family can't tolerate her?"

Lin Fugui shook his head and said, "She is going to marry the eldest son of the Du family, Jiang's cousin."

Wen Ru was also from Lin'an, so she was naturally familiar with the people in Lin'an. She said, "Cousin, can't he be the eldest son of the Du family who passed the imperial examination at the age of thirteen?"

"That's him."

Wen Ru still remembered that she had met Du Haoyu by chance. He was dressed very sloppily at the time, wearing a coarse linen short jacket and straw sandals, but his behavior was free and elegant, and his eyebrows and eyes were delicate. She blushed at the first sight of him, wondering how there could be such a person. Even coarse linen could not block his brilliance. He was really a rare handsome man.

The two looked at each other, one of them felt unbelievable, and the other felt that the subsequent changes were a bit unbelievable, and they didn't know what to say.

The snow was getting heavier and heavier. Li Fugui stamped her feet and said, "It's too cold. Let's go back."

Wen Ru came to her senses and followed Li Fugui out, saying, "Aunt Li, don't worry. Princess Jialan has already returned to secular life and is waiting for our prince to propose marriage after the ceremony of enthroning her. Princess Jialan is a top figure with both talent and beauty. The prince will soon forget about this matter."

Li Fugui thought so too. The prince was angry today probably because he didn't want to see the woman who once belonged to him marry someone else, right? But after marrying Princess Jialan, he will live a prosperous life and will never think of his former wife.

The two went back to the house together.

It snowed for several days, and it was so cold that people shivered. The breath they exhaled turned into breath, and the whole capital was white.

From that day on, Li Fugui found that the prince was always cold, which made those who served him closely tremble with fear.

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It was snowing in Lin'an, too. The heavy snow outside melted into water soon after it fell on the ground. The ground covered with bluestone slabs was wet and extremely cold.

The brazier was lit in the house, so it wasn't cold, but it was not as cold as the fire pit. Jiang Yu said to her mother, "Mom, wait until spring comes and call a few masons to build a kang here. When the kang is lit, the whole house will be warm and comfortable."

Du was very excited when she heard it. She just watched Jiang Yu embroidering. There was a red veil on the embroidery frame, and the pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water had already taken shape. The colors were vivid and detailed. The embroidery was eye-catching and outstanding.

She said reluctantly, "Silly child, you won't be at home by then."

Although she had always wanted Jiang Yu to marry into the Du family, so that she would not have to worry about the future, and worried that no one would take care of Jiang Yu after she died, leaving her alone, but as the marriage was really settled and the wedding date was arranged, as the day got closer, she felt more and more reluctant.

Jiang Yu was stunned, stopped embroidering, and looked outside. It was snowing outside, but Lin'an was located in the south, and there was rarely any snow. It melted as soon as it hit the ground, unlike the capital. Jiang Yu still remembered that she went there with her father when she was a child. The snow was so thick that it made a creaking sound when she stepped on it, which was very fun.

She thought that her plan to go to the Shanggong Bureau would not be followed up.

Jiang Yu still remembered that when Li Fugui's family came over that day, she suddenly realized that as long as she was still in the Du family, according to the temperament of Princess Zhou, she would call her over to ask questions without scruples whenever she encountered something.

She left the palace just to live her own life, how could she be disturbed by Princess Zhou again?

At that time, my mother was full of expectations, and she nodded inexplicably. This matter was a natural thing. My eldest cousin, my eldest uncle and aunt, and even my grandfather all agreed to it, so it was naturally very smooth. The

two families got together and chose an auspicious day. It happened to be a good day at the end of the month, so they chose this day to offer the lottery. According to Zhou, neither of them was getting married for the first time, but they couldn't rush into it.

Jiang Yu started embroidering her dowry these days. Because the wedding date is set for the beginning of next year, time is tight. It is impossible to embroider a complete dowry, but she can embroider a veil.

Seeing Jiang Yu's hesitant expression, Du thought that Jiang Yu was reluctant to leave them. She blamed herself for saying such sad words just now, and said, "This time you are marrying to your eldest uncle's house. If there is anything in the future, just tell your aunt and you can come back. Don't worry." Then she said, "The Feng family wants to wait until your brother is done and then they will get things done. By then, there will be more people at home to accompany me."

Jiang Yu's younger brother Jiang Yan and the third lady of the Feng family have decided to get married. They are waiting for the age to get married. Next year, Jiang Yu's younger brother will be seventeen, and the third lady of Feng will be fifteen, which is just right.

Jiang Yu is also worried about her mother being alone. It happened that her sister-in-law married in. If everything goes well, her mother will be able to hold her grandson the year after next, and the family will be lively. She is relieved, but even so, she is still reluctant to let her go.

Although life in the palace was not difficult, how could it compare to home? She leaned her head on her mother's shoulder and said coquettishly, "Mother, now that you have a daughter-in-law, have you forgotten your daughter?" Mrs.

Du did not know whether to laugh or cry. Jiang Yu's words immediately dispelled her worries. She could not help but touch Jiang Yu's head and said, "Why are you jealous? Why are you still like a child?"

Although Mrs. Du said this, she was probably afraid that Jiang Yu would think too much. When she ordered jewelry for Miss Feng San, she also ordered the same one for her and said, "In my heart, the palms and backs of my hands are all flesh. Even if you get married, you are still the apple of my eye."

The weather was getting colder and the air was filled with the smell of gunpowder from firecrackers. Many families began to slaughter pigs to make sausages, roast bacon, and smoke duck. Some people even took advantage of the New Year to get married. The whole city of Lin'an seemed very lively.

But what really made people happy was that Lin Bozhi, the son of the Zhou prince, was canonized as the crown prince. On that day, the emperor was obviously very happy. He issued a general amnesty and granted a few days of rest. Many officials could rest at home. This was not enough, so he opened a porridge shop to help the poor.

Because Lin Bozhi was from Lin'an, this made the people of Lin'an feel proud and proud. As for the Zhou palace, which was usually very deserted, it was now bustling with people coming and going.

Princess Zhou did not like socializing and basically rejected all of them.