Gu Mansion, dining room.

"Brother, you should eat more. You've been busy with court affairs recently and you've lost weight."

As Gu Yanhuan spoke, she kept picking up food for Gu Yanqing. Today's lunch was made by her own hands. Over the years, she not only learned music, chess, calligraphy and painting, but also learned needlework and cooking.

In fact, the eldest brother didn't want her to be so tired, but Gu Yanhuan was happy to do it.

She didn't want to hold her brother back, nor did she want to be laughed at by the noble ladies in the capital. Of course, the main reason why she learned to cook was because Gu Yanqing couldn't get used to the food in the capital.

Their hometown Hezhou has always had a very light diet. And because her family suffered a disaster when she was young, she and her brother almost starved to death. Since then, her brother has been ill and has a bad stomach and cannot eat too much greasy food.

In the past few years in Beijing, Gu Yanhuan has been finding different ways to cook hometown delicacies for Gu Yanqing. What she cooks is not only light but also very nutritious.

"Okay, don't just pick up food for me, eat more too."

Gu Yanqing looked at the full bowl of food and couldn't help but say, "Girls should eat more. They will look plump and white, which will make them look good."

amount.

Gu Yanhuan raised an eyebrow at the side. It turned out that his elder brother didn't understand women at all.

Who doesn’t know that the most popular thing in Kyoto right now is thin and fair beauties?

Gu Yanhuan still felt that he was a little fat.

"Brother, you don't understand. Being too fat doesn't look good. I...this is enough for me." Gu Yanhuan said in a low voice.

Hearing Gu Yanhuan's words, Gu Yanqing couldn't help but look at the small mouthful of rice in her bowl. That's it? Is that enough?

He really couldn't understand his sister's thoughts. How could she really be good-looking when she was so skinny from hunger?

Sure enough, my sister has grown up and has her own ideas.

Gu Yanqing didn't understand, but he expressed his understanding.

"By the way, big brother, there's a Qionglin Banquet in the palace today. It must be very lively, right?"

Seeing that his elder brother was staring at him, Gu Yanhuan rolled his eyes and changed the subject.

"It's alright. His Majesty is quite happy today. You know, once he's in a good mood, he'll feast non-stop. I estimate... today's Qionglin Banquet will last until late at night. However, the Imperial Guards and the Five Cities Military Command have already dispatched a number of personnel to patrol the area around the Imperial City. After the banquet, there will be special personnel to escort the tribute scholars back safely."

In fact, this is also one of the reasons why Gu Yanqing did not want to stay in the imperial city to attend the Qionglin Banquet. His Majesty has a good alcohol tolerance and can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk. Gu Yanqing does not like to drink and cannot drink too much. Every time he drinks too much, his stomach will feel very uncomfortable.

He had never told anyone about this, so Emperor Jianping still didn't know that Gu Yanqing couldn't drink too much. He always thought that Gu Yanqing was disdainful of flattering those people in the court.

…………

Outside Beijing, Liuquan Lane.

The Jiang family is as lively today as it was yesterday, with many people still coming to give gifts and congratulations.

Jiang Ping did not go to the private school to teach today, but stayed at home to entertain guests.

A tribute scholar emerged from Liuquan Lane. This was a great event that had not happened in decades, and it was enough for Jiang Ping to be proud for the rest of his life!

Jiang Jiang was also very well-behaved today, following Mu Wanling around and running around.

"Jiang Jiang is not young anymore, right? Has she been engaged?" Yesterday, many matchmakers came to the door, wanting to propose marriage to Jiang Chaosheng, but they were all rejected by Jiang Ping and his wife.

Are you kidding! Their son is now a tribute student, and he can become an official in the future! From now on, the Jiang family's daughter-in-law must naturally find a talented match from a scholarly family!

Perhaps the matchmakers also knew that there was no hope, so today, they changed their target and directly locked on Jiang Jiang.

When Jiang Jiang heard what the matchmakers said, she shuddered immediately.

Auntie, I'm not even sixteen yet, please spare me!

Isn’t it too early to urge people to get married in this era?

"I'm still young, I don't want to get married!"

After saying this, Jiang Jiang rushed out of the matchmaker's encirclement and ran to the gate of the yard in one breath.

Huhu.

Jiang Jiang took two deep breaths and shook her head helplessly. The matchmakers in this era were too scary.

Speaking of which, Jiang Jiang in her previous life also lived for more than 20 years. She was not single from birth, she had been in love before -

Because of her sweet looks, many little boys wrote love letters to Jiang Jiang when she was in middle school.

But at that time, Jiang Jiang was an orphan who had to worry about survival every day. She only wanted to change her life by passing the college entrance examination. How could she have the time to fall in love!

It was not until she was 18 and finished the college entrance examination that a male classmate confessed his love to her.

He was a very handsome boy, and Jiang Jiang had a crush on him, so she agreed to his confession.

It is said that first love is always sweet. Even though the two people are studying in different cities, the boy will take the train to visit Jiang Jiang every holiday.

later……

Later, the boy cheated, and it was a super big split.

Jiang Jiang recalled this and still wanted to roll her eyes——

What sweet first love? That's all bullshit!

There is nothing good about men!

Just because Jiang Jiang was unwilling to have more intimate contact with him, the scumbag cheated on her, and cheated on two women at once.

When Jiang Jiang discovered this, the mistress and the concubine were fighting over the scumbag and were bleeding.

Jiang Jiang turned around and left without saying anything.

Some men think they are handsome and take it for granted that they are scumbags, while some women’s values ​​are based on appearance and they only see the handsome appearance of men but not their rotten hearts.

Jiang Jiang is not a saint, she admits that she also likes handsome guys.

But compared to appearance, she hates cheating and betrayal more.

In her previous life, she became an orphan because her father cheated on her and her mother committed suicide...

And now.

Jiang Jiang came into this world, where she had a loving family and a happy home. The only drawback was that this was a world of polygamy.

In this era, men can have three wives and four concubines, and the richer and more powerful a man is, the more wives he marries.

If it weren't for the fact that my father had to support my brother's education in an expensive academy and had to take care of my sickly daughter, their family might have had another member long ago...

In this era, only poor people are unworthy of having concubines.

"Ugh."

Jiang Jiang sighed. She estimated that she would not have any good marriage in this world. The best way was to make more money in the future, strive to become a rich woman, and then... keep a few gigolos.

What about mutual love and eternal love? It's all nonsense.

In this life, my sister is destined to be surrounded by people, both cool and handsome guys and caring little guys.

Jiang Jiang was just imagining a bright future when she heard the matchmakers in the yard getting louder and louder, as if they were arguing.

They seemed to be vying to say that they wanted to marry the daughter of any family in Liuquan Lane to the eldest brother as a concubine, and their family didn't mind...

This world is indeed no longer the world she is familiar with.

Jiang Jiang shook her head, and when she looked up again, she saw a group of people coming to the entrance of the alley. They were all wearing the uniform of the government and were walking in a hurry.

Officers and soldiers?

Jiang Jiang was stunned and stood up subconsciously.

This was the second time Jiang Jiang saw soldiers in Liuquan Lane since the last murder.

Seeing those officers and soldiers getting closer and closer, Jiang Jiang could hear his heartbeat getting faster and faster.

Could it be that something happened?

Jiang Jiang was just thinking about it when he saw the group of soldiers passing by him, and then... they knocked on the door of the Li family next door.

These officers and soldiers were actually going to Li Ershan’s house?

Soon, the gate was opened and the officers and soldiers filed in. Soon, Jiang Jiang heard the hoarse crying coming from the yard.

That was... the voice of Li Mang's wife, Wang.

Soon, in addition to Wang's crying, Jiang Jiang also heard Li Ershan's crying.

what happened?

Jiang Jiang was curious and rushed to the door next door in one step.

At this time, the door of the Li family was open, and the officers and soldiers did not do anything to the mother and son.

Jiang Jiang saw Wang kneeling on the ground holding a bloody shirt, crying her heart out, while Li Ershan's face was also covered with snot and tears, and his eyes were red from crying.

A bad premonition came to Jiang Jiang's heart.

Could it be...

"Er, Ershan brother..."

Jiang Jiang called out tremblingly. Li Ershan, who was in the yard, also saw Jiang Jiang and cried even harder. He cried and said in a hoarse voice, "Jiang Jiang, Jiang Jiang, they said... they said my father and my eldest brother... are gone."

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