The Pingyuan Marquis Mansion was not far from the Jiang family. The carriage was delayed in the busy street for a quarter of an hour and arrived in half an hour.
But with such a short distance, Shen Tang couldn't come to the Jiang family once a year.
So when the Jiang family's gatekeeper saw the Pingyuan Marquis's carriage, his first reaction was that he was dazzled, and then he suspected that it was just passing by. It wasn't until the carriage actually stopped in front of the Jiang family's gate and he saw Shen Tang's face that the gatekeeper exploded and shouted excitedly into the door, "Quick, go tell the old lady, the cousin is here!"
Such urgent shouting made Shen Tang's eyes sore.
Even the servants of the Jiang family knew how much her grandparents wanted her to come.
Because the eldest brother was lost while he was out on the street with his uncle and cousin to view the lanterns, the old lady blamed the Jiang family for not taking good care of him and felt resentful. The mother was heartbroken about the loss of the eldest brother and had a miscarriage, almost losing the baby. No one believed that the mother had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl, and they believed that the mother had gone insane due to excessive grief. After the mother's death, the Pingyuan Marquis' Mansion and the Jiang family almost cut off contact.
Normally the old lady wouldn't let her come to the Jiang family, and she would only let her come when her grandparents had birthdays. Last year, her grandfather held a grand birthday banquet, and she was fine the day before, but she woke up with an inexplicable stomachache that morning, so naturally she couldn't come to the Jiang family.
The old lady would not openly let her go to the Jiang family but secretly stop her. The second wife is narrow-minded and vindictive. She must be the one who made the Jiang family unhappy.
In order to find her second brother who was switched at birth and to avenge him, the mother wanted to strangle Shen Xi to death. Shen Xi was the biological daughter of the second wife. How could the second wife not hate her mother and take revenge on the Jiang family?
Shen Tang can barely come to the Jiang family once a year, but Shen Xi hasn't set foot in the Jiang family for fifteen years. She probably doesn't even know which way the Jiang family's door faces.
But the Jiang family treated her and Shen Xian equally, and everything she had, Shen Xian also had.
Shen Xian never came to the Jiang family, but she accepted everything the Jiang family gave her.
No one believed that my mother had given birth to twins, a boy and a girl. No one in the Pingyuan Marquis's Mansion believed it, and no one in the Jiang family believed it either. The more persistent my mother was, the more guilty the Jiang family felt.
Shen Tang got off the carriage and walked into the Jiang family. Everyone in the Jiang family was in disbelief when they saw her.
After all, it was someone who didn't even come to Old Master Jiang's birthday party, not during any festival, no, it was someone who had injured herself with a gold hairpin two days ago in order to refuse to marry the Prince of Jingyang. It would be strange if this didn't arouse people's curiosity when someone who should have stayed in the mansion to recuperate showed up at the Jiang family.
Shen Tang went to the Jiang family so seldom that he was not even familiar with the route and needed a maid to lead the way.
The maid led Shen Tang through the second gate and walked towards Cuibaiyuan where Old Madam Jiang lived.
Halfway through the walk, Shen Tang saw two pretty figures walking towards her quickly. They were the two cousins from the Jiang family.
Shen Tang was quite familiar with them. Although she seldom came to the Jiang family, she attended many banquets, big and small, held by the aristocratic families in Kyoto. She and her cousins from the Jiang family could meet at other people's houses and talk to each other.
Seeing Shen Tang, Jiang Ning, the second young lady of Jiang, said happily, "The maid reported that my cousin had come. I couldn't believe it, but she actually came."
Shen Tang asked, "Is Grandma okay?"
Jiang Ning said, "Grandmother was heartbroken for two days when she heard that you stabbed yourself to avoid riding in the bridal sedan at Prince Jingyang's mansion. Now, when she heard you were coming, she was so happy that tears welled up in her eyes."
Shen Tang knew that her grandmother loved her.
Whenever she came, her grandmother would hold her in her arms and not let go for a long time.
Shen Tang said, "I'll go pay my respects to my grandmother right away."
Shen Tang was about to walk towards Cuibai Courtyard, but Jiang Ning grabbed his sleeve and said, "Cousin, you have to wait a while before you can go."
Shen Tang looked at Jiang Ning, "Are there guests coming to the mansion?"
Jiang Ning covered her mouth and laughed, "I'm afraid that my eldest sister will be married soon."
Jiang Li's face flushed red, and she pretended to hit Jiang Ning.
The two sisters were playing around, and looking at Jiang Li's shy look, Shen Tang's mood seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, making her feel a little breathless.
Shen Tang asked, "Is it the wife of the Earl of Yongning who is proposing marriage?"
Jiang Ning nodded, "The wife of the Yongning Earl is here to ask for the eldest sister's hand in marriage on behalf of the Third Young Master Li."
As he spoke, Jiang Ning felt strange again.
Just now, my cousin seemed unaware that there was a guest in the house, so how did she guess that the guest was the wife of the Earl of Yongning?
Shen Tangyun clenched his hands under his sleeves and said, "I have to go see my grandmother."
She turned and left.
Why did she insist on coming to the Jiang family even though she was injured?
I’m here for my cousin Jiang Li’s marriage!
In her previous life, she married Xie Guimo to bring good luck to him, and Xie Guimo woke up that very night. This caused quite a stir in Kyoto. People said that bringing good luck to him was effective, and it also made many families with sick people who could not be cured think of getting good luck to him.
The Yongning Earl's Mansion is one of them.
The Prince of Yongning was suffering from lung disease and was bedridden. He had not married and was not engaged yet. Shen Xian and the Prince of Jingyang had made an engagement half a year ago, but she was afraid of becoming a widow and was unwilling to marry, not to mention that she knew that the Prince of Yongning was ill.
The Yongning Marquis's family couldn't do anything to save the situation, as no one was willing to marry. The Yongning Marquis' wife even resorted to fraudulent marriage to cure her son's illness.
She came to propose marriage under the guise of arranging a marriage for the third young master, Li San. The Yongning Earl's son was definitely not going to live long, having passed away from illness within two months in his previous life. Naturally, the title fell to the third young master, Li San. How could the Jiang family not agree when the wife of the Yongning Earl came to propose marriage for the third young master? They happily agreed.
But on the day of the wedding, it was discovered that the Prince of Yongning and the Third Young Master Li were getting married on the same day. Jiang Li, who was supposed to marry the Third Young Master Li, was sent to the Prince of Yongning's bridal chamber, while the girl who was supposed to marry the Prince of Yongning married the Third Young Master Li.
The Yongning Earl's Mansion said that the servants made a mistake in a hurry and came to apologize, but the matter was done and they could only let it go.
But this is Jiang Li's life that is wrong.
The Prince of Yongning died of illness less than a month after his marriage. Jiang Li and the Prince of Yongning became widows before they even consummated their marriage. Later, when the Jiang family encountered trouble, some became ill, and some died. She ended her life with a white silk thread.
In her previous life, Shen Tang always felt guilty, thinking that it was because of her efforts to bring good luck to Xie Guimo that she harmed Jiang Li. She thought that in this life, if she didn't get married, this incident would not happen.
But she was worried, and she wanted to see her grandparents, so she came to the Jiang family.
Unexpectedly, regardless of whether she was there to bring Xie Guimo a happy marriage or not, Lady Yongning would still have her sights set on Jiang Li!
The wife of the Earl of Yongning had a daughter of her own. She asked herself honestly, could she bear to let her daughter marry a man who was about to die just to bring good luck?
The wife of the Earl of Yongning wanted to bring good luck to her son, but was afraid that the luck would not work, so she did not dare to let anyone take her position as the wife of the Crown Prince of the Earl of Yongning's mansion. So she chose the Jiang family, which had a clean family background and no support in the court.
With a ball of anger in his heart, Shen Tang's steps became more and more hurried, and Ginkgo had to jog to keep up.
Jiang Li and Jiang Ning looked at each other, not knowing why Shen Tang was so anxious to see Old Madam Jiang, and hurried to follow.
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