Half in the river wind, half in the clouds

Since Li Longye was able to recognize Jiang Feng in Liangzhou, Li Longji would naturally be able to recognize Jiang Fei and develop feelings for her.

Madam Shen and Jiang Feng looked at each other and replied, "The Jiang family has two sons and three daughters. The eldest daughter is married, and there are two more unmarried girls. The second daughter of her family stayed in Liangzhou to serve her grandmother. Because Jiang Feng is young, she is brought by her mother. We have lived in Qingchuan Villa for a while. Master Jiang did write to Yiye a few days ago to talk about something, but the news in the mountains is isolated and the correspondence is not smooth, so I really don't know what the specific situation is."

"Madam Dou, please don't keep us in suspense! I heard that the girl that Prince Linzi has his eyes on is engaged to the second son of the Governor of Liangzhou. Isn't Governor Dou a relative of yours? Don't you know who the girl is?" another woman teased.

It was Jiang Fei indeed! Jiang Feng lamented more and more about the twists and turns of fate! Even Mrs. Shen's face changed drastically without noticing. Jiang Fei was engaged but broke the contract and married someone else, which was not very glorious. Those families who valued family tradition and status were extremely disgusted. Although it was not Jiang Feng's fault, the family was of the same blood, and if one suffered, all suffered. How could Jiang Feng be immune?

The Princess of Shouchun County gave Madam Dou an approving look, but did not say anything. She just looked at Jiang Feng coldly.

"Why does that girl sitting below look familiar to me?" Princess Taiping interrupted the conversation.

Jiang Feng felt as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw, and hurriedly stood up and knelt down to pay his respects: "My dear Princess, I am Jiang Feng, and I had the honor of meeting the Princess in Qujiang."

"Oh, I remember now. I composed a song for Li Guinian that day." Princess Taiping waved her hand, and a female official came up. Princess Taiping gave a few instructions, then looked at Jiang Feng and said, "I remember you like to drink lamb wine, but unfortunately there is no such wine in the mountains. I have sent someone to go back to the mansion to get it. You have to drink a few more glasses at the dinner."

Jiang Feng was flattered and kowtowed, "Thank you, Princess, for your concern!"

"Who brought you here today?" Princess Taiping asked lazily.

"Your Majesty, you came with me." Mrs. Shen replied.

Princess Taiping thought of the scene of Shen Jiang and Shen Jiang's affectionate relationship on the Qujiang boat, and suddenly realized it. She smiled meaningfully and said, "That's great!"

All the women were surprised that this yellow-haired girl had such a close relationship with the princess that she even specially got lamb wine for her! So no one mentioned the incident again!

Jiang Feng was restless. Did Jiang Fei break off the engagement with Dou Ding? She was actually going to marry the great emperor Li Longji? Li Longji had two famous women, Concubine Mei and Concubine Yang. What would be the fate of Jiang Fei?

The rise of Li Dan's lineage was only a matter of time. The Jiang family married off their daughter when Li Longji was in decline. In addition, Liu Nezhi, Zuo and You did a good job as officials, so it was very likely that they would also become prosperous.

But the problem now is: it is still a long way to go before Li Longji ascends the throne, and it is not good for a woman who is engaged to break the engagement and marry someone else. The ladies just spoke with disdain about this matter, and it seems that the cancellation of the engagement was not handled properly. With Li Longji's ability, it should be easy to handle things perfectly, but why didn't he? Governor Dou didn't buy his account? Jiang Fei didn't want to marry? Li Longji didn't care whether it could be settled peacefully or not? Jiang Feng felt a little overwhelmed. She lowered her head and turned the teacup while thinking, and suddenly thought: What is Mrs. Shen's attitude towards this matter? It should be very contemptuous, right? Her reputation was not good to begin with, and now it gave others an advantage.

Jiang Feng didn't know whether he was happy or sad for a moment. He turned sideways to see Mrs. Shen's calm expression, and his heart eased a little.

After more than half an hour, girls came back one after another, discussing the results of the competition excitedly.

One said that although the Prince of Zhongshan and the Duke lost, it was because the Prince's recent injury had not yet healed and affected his performance. Another said that losing is losing, and in the decisive ball, Master Shen's backhand shot was as fast as lightning, and no one could catch it. Another said that the Prince of Zhongshan and Yiye seemed to have a grudge, and if it weren't for the mediation of the Prince of Baling, they would have almost started fighting...

Jiang Feng was secretly worried but also glad that he didn't go to the scene to watch the game. He could only look for Ruojin and Chu Yan among the girls in groups of three or four. Just when he was getting anxious, Ruojin came back alone, and Jiang Feng hurriedly pulled her to ask Chu Yan.

Ruojin panted and said, "She hasn't come back yet? There were many people at the end of the show, and the maid accidentally spilled fruit juice on her, so she went to change her clothes. I said I would wait for her there, but I never waited for her. I thought she came back first..."

Jiang Feng held his forehead and said, "Which direction is she in? I'll go find her."

"I'll go with you to look for it." Ruojin didn't know which direction to go. She just followed the crowd and had no idea where she came from.

Jiang Feng saw her panting heavily and her face flushed with anxiety, so he said, "I'll find a lady to take me, you take a rest."

Sure enough, a maid stopped them in the lobby and took Jiang Feng and Youran towards the polo field.

The princess's mansion was so large that I didn't know how many corridors and buildings it had. After walking around, I saw two people in the distance. The maid pointed and said, "Is that the person you are looking for, young lady?"

Jiang Feng looked carefully and saw who else it was but Chu Yan! But why was there a man there, touching her?

There are gangsters every year, but there are especially many in the Tang Dynasty!

Jiang Feng's blood boiled. She saw the newly planted saplings on both sides and wanted to break off one to use as a weapon, but she didn't expect that the force was too strong and she pulled it out by the roots! She didn't care about anything else and picked up the sapling and hit it, and her mouth was not idle: "Rogue! How dare you bully her!"

The man was caught off guard and was hit. It didn't hurt much, but the new soil from the roots of the saplings was scattered all over his body and face.

Chu Yan opened her mouth in shock. After realizing what was happening, she quickly grabbed Jiang Feng and said, "Ah Feng, you misunderstood! It's..."

Jiang Feng just thought Chu Yan was timid and wanted to keep things quiet. Outsiders could bully her, but they couldn't bully Chu Yan. It wasn't because she and Chu Yan were so close, but because she had promised Guan Shanyun, so she couldn't break her promise. At that moment, she said without caring, "What is it! If Brother Guan knew about this, I would definitely chop off his claws..."

As she spoke, she swung her "weapon" again, but the man grabbed the date tree sapling and said, "Hey!"

Li Longye's body and face were covered in dirt, and there were a few leaves on his head. He looked really... miserable.

"Hey...feed the fish!" It was really a narrow road for enemies to meet each other, Jiang Feng began to think about how to get out.

Li Longye grabbed the weapon and threw it aside fiercely, "Let him try!"

"Who... who told you to bully Chu Yan! If it wasn't for Brother Guan in Fenglingjin, you would have been fed... fed..." Jiang Feng lost his temper under Li Longye's gaze, and didn't dare to say the word "fed the wolf". But he felt that he had to lose the battle, so he straightened his chest and said, "Who... who told you to change clothes? You were obviously not wearing this just now!"

"So you can see me in the hall?" Li Longye wiped his face, shook his sleeves, and said calmly.

"I'm not blind!"

"Not blind? Then why don't you go to watch polo?"

"To watch you lose?!" Please, her eyesight is good, is she going there just to watch polo?

"If you go and see, it's hard to tell who will lose." Li Longye stared at her with a dark look in his eyes.

Jiang Feng felt uncomfortable all over and didn't want to continue talking about polo with him, so he could only take a step back, "It's just a polo game, Your Majesty, why do you care? I just want to say, stay away from Chu Yan!"

"Why?" Li Longye asked back.

Chu Yan is allergic to cow dung! Jiang Feng wanted to confront him like this, but he really didn't have the courage, so he just confronted him and didn't say anything.

Li Longye's eyes were like knives. He took a step forward, very close to the girl, lowered his head, and spoke word by word, "What if I don't?"

Jiang Feng was stunned. Li Longye's eyes were fierce. What did he mean? He was interested in Chu Yan again?

Guan Shanyun's marriage was not easy. He finally got a confidante, so he naturally couldn't let her fly away!

"In the princess's main hall, the ladies praised the beauty of the prince's concubine. I think she is really a peerless beauty! There are many unmarried ladies who envy the prince's beauty on the polo field. Why should the prince go to the faraway place instead of the easy one?"

"How do you know that the girl behind you is not close to you? Not Yi? Only you..." Li Longye seemed to be questioning, whispering, and his hand touched the girl's face.

Jiang Feng heard Chu Yan's breathing pause and grabbed her sleeve tightly.

Jiang Feng slapped the hand that crossed the line away, took a step back and said, "Speak properly!"

Li Longye seemed to come to his senses, put his hands behind his back, and said sternly, "It's you who refused to talk properly and started beating and scolding me!"

Jiang Feng didn't want to argue with him, didn't dare to argue with him, just wanted to leave the place of right and wrong, and asked: "I was too impulsive, let's just treat it as a misunderstanding and resolve it, okay?"

"it is good."

Jiang Feng looked back in disbelief, and Chu Yan was equally surprised. Li Longye didn't seem to be lying, so she pointed to the way they came and asked tentatively, "So? Are we leaving?"

Li Longye really stepped aside to make way, and Jiang Feng didn't hesitate for a moment, dragging Chu Yan away. When he passed by Li Longye, his arm was suddenly pulled. Jiang Feng turned around and pointed his index finger at him, panicking and fierce: "Keep your word!"

Li Longye still didn't let go, "Do you mean what you said?"

Jiang Feng thought about what he had not promised, and then he put down his index finger proudly, "Of course it counts!"

"Does your promise to me at the Yellow River ferry count?"

"Don't fool me. What did I promise you?" Jiang Feng searched his memory of those two days to make sure that he had not made any promises.

"If you can't marry Shen Guxing, you will definitely follow me!"

It turned out to be this one! But she can just marry Shen Gu, their love has been completely cleared of internal and external troubles. Jiang Feng was proud in his heart, and his face couldn't help showing a little, "I will definitely marry Yi Ye, don't think about that matter."

Jiang Feng saw Li Longye's face darken, stamped his feet in annoyance, and hurriedly changed his words: "I mean, I keep my word."

Li Longye still stared at her, and after a long time, he finally let go, "Okay!"

Jiang Feng didn't dare to stay for a moment and ran away with Chu Yan.

Jiang Feng, Chu Yan and Youran rushed around and found the main hall by instinct, and met Shen Guxing who came out to look for her. Jiang Feng let Chu Yan go in first, and she and Shen Guxing fell behind.

"They said that my second sister is going to marry the Prince of Linzi as a concubine." Jiang Feng confirmed the truth of the news with Shen Guxing.

"Hmm." Shen Guxing pondered, "Because the Dou family has never agreed to cancel the engagement, neither the Prince of Linzi nor your family made it public. I don't know who revealed it until the past two days."

"When did you know that?"

"A Zuo sent someone to bring me a letter a few days ago, and today Prince Baling told me something." Seeing the girl's exhausted expression, he comforted her, "It's not easy for a man and a woman to have a good marriage. Besides, you are you, and others are others! I didn't tell you because I was afraid you would think too much, but mother knows about it."

Jiang Feng laughed bitterly, "We sisters must have done something bad in our past lives, and now we are being punished."

Shen Guxing burst out laughing, "You are the only one in this world who thinks marrying into a royal palace is retribution."

"Don't you want to marry a princess, a county lady or something like that?" Jiang Feng asked cunningly, with a beautiful smile on his face.

"It turns out that we have been a couple since our last life." Shen Guxing was so angry at the polo field that he ran to Java at this moment.

Lunch was divided into separate seats for men and women. Princess Taiping and her ex-husband's son Xue Chongjian set up a table by the lake to entertain the male guests, while the female family members were in the adjacent Guiyuan. In the middle of the yard was an osmanthus tree that was so big that three people could hug it. It was autumn, and the tree was full of golden yellow, with the fragrance of flowers everywhere. From a distance, it looked ethereal and dreamy. If a breeze blew, the petals would fall down one after another.

The Osmanthus Garden was built for the purpose of appreciating the osmanthus tree. The three sides of the courtyard were all filled with pavilions and terraces. On the north side was an independent Osmanthus Tower. On the east and west sides were corridors and pavilions connected to each other. A bay of clear water meandered through the tower and flowed into the lake outside. Princess Taiping was in the Osmanthus Tower, with noble ladies sitting on both sides, including the Princess of Shouchun County and Shen's mother.

Jiang Feng and Chu Yan sat in an octagonal pavilion on the east side, along with Zhong Shuwei, the daughter of Zhong Shaojing, the director of the palace. There were tables and exquisite meals in the pavilion. Although the pavilion was small, it was very quiet. The three were talking and laughing when they heard the sound of a flute from the osmanthus building. With the breeze, flowing water, falling flowers, and the clear sky and ground, it really made people feel relieved and all their worries were gone. The three of them sat solemnly and admired each other silently.

It took about two cups of tea before it stopped.

Zhong Shuwei then said to Jiang Feng: "Are you the only one at home? Why didn't your brother come? He still owes me matchmaking wine." Zhong Shu asked with a smile.

She and Jiang Zuo's fiancée Zhang Yuyue were close friends. Zhang Yuyue had always wanted to introduce the two to each other, but unexpectedly they met here by chance.

Her father was known for being henpecked, and Emperor Li Xian was also afraid of his wife. The emperor and the minister complemented each other very interestingly, and it became a topic of conversation for a while.

With such a fierce mother, the girl must be neither virtuous nor humble.

Jiang Feng knew that the other party was not particular about trivial matters, so he did not take it to heart. He just smiled and replied, "Brother is a busy man and cannot enjoy this leisure time."

"That's right. Now the only people in the court who have the time and mood to feast are those in the courtyard." Jiang Feng knew he was talking about the Prince's Rebellion. She was also curious about the outcome, so she poured wine for him. "I've been in the mountains the whole time, and there's really no news. I only heard that the prince was convicted. What happened?"

Zhong Shuwei became interested, put down her chopsticks and started talking nonstop.