Chapter 88 – Private Meeting
The old madam also felt that she had been quick with her mouth. If this reputation of Jiang Yishi spreads out, it will harm all the Jiang family girls, it is not good to speak again.
Uncle Jiang rebuked Jiang Jin again, ”Don’t say anything about this today, neither your mother nor your daughter-in-law can say anything. If you don’t get married with the Yong Wang Fu, you will have to continue to discuss with the Cheng Guo Gong Fu.”
Jiang Jin busy said, “Yes, son will not go out to say.”
Jiang Yishi was furious. That old woman, who wanted to be rich and powerful, actually dared to denigrate her like this.
The old lady and uncle Jiang were short-sighted and quick to take advantage of the situation, coupled with the shit-stirrer, eldest Mrs. Jiang, it was no wonder that the Wuxiangfu House was becoming more and more corrupt.
Jiang Yishi called a few maids in and ordered a few words like this.
Shui Xiang and Shui Qing both had serious faces and were still a bit worried.
“Miss, will it work?”
Shui Ling, on the other hand, had an excited look on her face and explained for her master, “Girl is the smartest, how can it not work.”
She followed Hua Hua and quickly stepped out of the scorching courtyard, easing her footsteps towards the backyard.
One person and one cat picked up the path and walked under the trees. When they heard the voices of the inspecting grannies, they hurriedly hid behind the trees.
One of the grannies vaguely heard a noise and stopped and drank, “Who?”
“Meow ……” A cat quickly climbed up the tree.
“Dead cat.”
The two grannies cursed and walked forward.
As the grannies walked away without a trace, Shui Ling turned out from behind the tree again and gave a thumbs up to Flower in the tree.
Hua Hua quickly climbed down from the tree and ran towards that place with Shui Ling.
Shui Ling and Flower came to the backyard wall, Flower first leaped up to a tree near the wall, then jumped from the tree to the top of the wall, walked carefully for a few steps, and then pointed to the front with her paw, giving a light “meow”, meaning that it was safe here.
This is the game that Hua Hua and Shui Ling occasionally play in the manor. Where it is safe, where it is not safe, Hua Hua first scout, Shui Ling followed.
Flowers so powerful, is the water spirit “training”.
Jiang family wall wall top like other people, stuck a lot of iron nails, if someone wants to go over the wall will certainly be nailed. But there is a place on the top of the wall where the iron nails are sparse, and there is a gap just enough for people to grab with both hands. This was what Hua Hua had discovered in the past two days.
Shui Ling jumped a few times, grabbed the top of the courtyard wall with both hands, and with a strong effort, stepped on the top of the wall with one foot. She was wearing thousand layer bottom shoes, the nails couldn’t hurt her feet. With another leap of her body, she jumped off the wall.
She beckoned to Hua Hua to go back and ran towards her house on the back street herself.
Seeing Shui Ling running out of sight, Hua Hua also jumped off the wall and ran in the other direction. Flower was sad that it didn’t shoo the rats, but the rats’ IQ was just so high that they all ran away as soon as they smelled its odor.
At the beginning of the next day’s dawn, the stars were twinkling, and the wind was bitterly cold. A small door in the backyard wall of Wu Xiang Bo’s house was opened, and a few mothers-in-law who poured the night incense carried buckets out of the yard. There was a furnace cart parked at the street corner, and they went to pour the night incense.
This small door was only opened when they were pouring night incense.
The old lady was just about to lock the door when she heard a few “squeaks”, then dozens of rats suddenly appeared, and some rats crawled on her, which made her jump and scream, and she fell to the ground at once. Her hands flailed in front of her eyes, her first thought being to prevent the rats from grabbing her face.
A maid-like figure ran quickly out from behind a tree not far away, and then out the back door.
With a slight catcall, the rats withdrew like an ebbing tide.
The matron guarding the door climbed up, except for the clear light and the shadows of the trees, and some unswept snow under the roots of the trees, there was nothing on the ground, as if she had just dreamed.
Where are the rats? Where are all the rats?
The man often called her retarded, could it be that she was really retarded?
The granny shook her head, couldn’t figure it out so she didn’t think about it, and hurriedly locked the door. She had to continue to guard behind the door, waiting for those who poured the night incense to come back and open the door.
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There was a carriage parked at the entrance of the hutong, the person driving the carriage took off his bucket hat, and it was none other than Jiang Da. Shui Ling jumped down from the car and helped Jiang Yishi onto the car.
Sitting in the car, with Shui Ling by her side, Jiang Yishi breathed a sigh of relief. Just now, even if the densely packed rats didn’t climb on her, it still made her scalp numb, and she didn’t even want to think about it.
The carriage came to a street corner not far from the Yong Wang Mansion, when it was already the end of the hour. Cold wind whistling blowing, haze, seems to be a big snow.
Not many pedestrians on the street, hawkers shouting, there are selling doughnuts, selling buns and steamed bread biscuits, three or two people or buy away, or hide in the wind shelter to eat.
Jiang Yishi was a little surprised by this street scene and looked around.
Jiang Da found a noodle shop, and Shui Ling wiped the benches and tables again before helping Jiang Yishi to sit down. Across the street was a teahouse, not yet open.
A few people ate noodles and waited until six o’clock when the teahouse across the street began to open, the three went to the teahouse. Jiang Da settled his master down before rushing the car to Yong Wang Fu to look for Li Kai.
Shui Ling took out a small bronze mirror and a small box of rouge from her bosom and said, “The girl’s hair is messed up, make up again.”
Jiang Yishi looked at the increasingly attentive and competent personal maid and shook her head, “No need.”
More than three moments later, Li Kai, who was as bright as a flower peacock, arrived.
He was happy to see Jiang Yishi in her maid’s clothes, her face sunken like water, and extremely wretched.
He grinned as he sat opposite Jiang Yishi and laughed, ”Miss Jiang, why are you dressed like this, sneaking out? Oh, I asked Jiang Xun to bring a message privately, and he said something about honoring etiquette, we are meeting privately, aren’t we?”
Jiang Yishi ignored his sarcasm and said coldly, “Li Shizi, Princess Zhenbao told me that she has already told you what I think, and also clearly rejected your good intentions on my behalf. What is the point of you still looking for Jiang Xun Jiang Jin, deliberately making a bad attempt to find fun?”
Li Kai laughed dryly a few times, then said in a serious manner, “My sister did say what Miss Jiang meant, but I don’t believe it. Ms. Jiang’s reputation for virtue is outside, I’m afraid that Jumbo misunderstood and wanted to reconfirm it. Where is the bad making fun, Miss Jiang wrongly blamed Little Sheng.”
Jiang Yishi was so angry that she cursed and said, “Well then, I will now solemnly state to Li Shizi that every word I said to County Mistress Zhenbao came from my original intention, and that she didn’t misunderstand my meaning.”
Li Kai raised an eyebrow, his fingertips tapping the coffee table a few times as he asked, “If I say that I won’t touch another woman after I marry Miss Jiang, will you be willing to do so?”
A hint of mockery slipped past the corner of Jiang Yishi’s mouth, “Do you believe this yourself? If you don’t believe it, how can I believe it. Li Shizi, you come from a noble background and are handsome, I can’t reach you and I don’t dare to have that delusion. Be generous, don’t make things difficult for me.”
After saying that, Jiang Yishi got up and curtsied to him and blessed him.
Li Kai pulled the corner of his mouth and said with a smile, “I’m sad that Miss Jiang is so heartless. Don’t be angry, looking for Jiang Jin is impossible, Jiang Xun that boy is not on the road, small age than the Hanlin Academy those old codgers are still pedantic. What, did Jiang Jin give you a hard time? Or, your family elders difficult for you?”