Duke Jing's younger sister

Chapter 202: The 3rd Prince's Concubine

"Miss, are you waiting for someone?" Xingping asked.

Jiang Li nodded.

Xingping knew that the girl was in a bad mood, so she didn't ask any questions. She just silently poured her a cup of tea and went to the kitchen to get some snacks.

"Miss, why don't you take some?" Xing Ping advised, "If you don't eat or drink like this, you'll ruin your body."

Jiang Li shook her head, "I really have no appetite."

When Liu Chang led the three maids to the courtyard, Jiang Minzhi followed.

The three maids were dressed in dark purple palace robes and were approximately forty years old.

When he saw Jiang Li, he began to examine her secretly.

There was undisguised contempt in his eyes.

"Miss Jiang——"

Liu Chang's attitude was quite humble, without any arrogance of a servant in front of the emperor.

"We are here at the order of His Majesty, and these three maids will serve you..."

He smiled slightly and deliberately skipped the following words, "Is it convenient for you?"

Jiang Li nodded, then led a few maids into the house.

Jiang Minzhi was full of doubts. He took out a heavy purse from his sleeve and quietly stuffed it into Liu Chang's sleeve.

"Eunuch, historically only when His Majesty is selecting a concubine does it need to verify her identity. Why does the Eastern Palace also have such a rule when marrying a wife?" Jiang Minzhi asked with a smile on his face.

When Liu Chang saw the silver, he naturally would not refuse.

If you take money from someone, you have to answer their questions and solve their problems.

But when working in the palace, the most taboo thing is to speak without restraint.

Even if he answered, he would only talk about irrelevant things.

It's impossible to hand over your head for a bag of silver.

"Master Jiang, this is an order from His Majesty himself. We are just following orders."

Liu Chang replied indifferently.

Follow orders?

Jiang Minzhi wanted to find out a few more things, but he saw the maids who had just entered the room came out quickly.

The nanny walking in front shook her head at Liu Chang.

Liu Chang immediately understood what he meant and bowed to Jiang Minzhi,

"I still need to return to the palace to report to His Majesty, so I won't bother you, Lord Jiang."

When Emperor Hongyang learned the truth, he was furious.

He immediately ordered Xiao Wencong to be punished with twenty strokes of the cane.

Since Jiang Li has already had an affair with Xiao Wencong, she naturally cannot be the Crown Princess anymore.

Emperor Hongyang had no choice but to cancel her marriage with the prince and assign her to Xiao Wencong again.

But because Xiao Wencong already had a principal wife, Jiang Li could only be his concubine.

A concubine is not like a principal wife. There is no need to hold a wedding ceremony for her, and there is no need to even choose an auspicious day.

She can stay at the Jiang family for one last night.

Tomorrow morning, the Third Prince will send a sedan chair to take her to the palace.

……

The night was deep, and the further we walked towards Jiangdu City, the darker it became.

Two men pushed open the door of the inn.

The autumn wind blew through the hall. There were only three mottled wooden tables in the hall, and at this moment, several men were sitting around only one of them.

Hearing the sound, they turned their heads to look towards the door.

The leading man was tall and slender, wearing a dark blue round-necked brocade robe. The white collar of his undershirt made him look like a green pine under the moon.

Despite being exhausted, the young man's stunning face like jade cannot be concealed.

But when those eyes swept over, they were cold and clear, carrying an invisible murderous intent.

The men withdrew their gazes and continued to chew peanuts, drink and chat.

Shen Beiqi walked to an empty square table, took out a gray handkerchief from his arms, wiped the bench clean, lifted his robe and sat down.

Yueyang called the postman, took out a few pieces of silver from his pocket and threw them to him.

"Please bring some food, and please take our horses to the stable and feed them some better hay."

The postmen travel on this official road all year round, and seeing all kinds of people every day has helped them develop a pair of sharp eyes.

He could tell at a glance that the handsome young man had an extraordinary bearing and was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Okay," the postman said with a flattering smile, "Please wait for a moment, my lords. I will prepare food for you first, and then help you feed the horses later."

Yue Yang brought a pot of hot tea and said as he poured the tea,

"We have been traveling day and night for the past few days. We can bear it, but the horses can't. Anyway, we are only a day's journey away from the city. Why don't we rest here at the post station tonight?"

Shen Beiqi pinched his eyebrows, seeming a little tired.

Can you be tired?

Yueyang murmured in his heart, Luzhou had just been captured, and he finally had a few days to catch his breath, but his master insisted on riding his horse back to Jiangdu City.

Even if you rush back, you will have to rush back again after just two days.

Just because the third girl injured her hand, the master ignored the arrow wound on his shoulder.

Yue Yang sighed secretly, indeed he did not dare to say a single word.

"Okay." Shen Beiqi said, "Tell the postman to boil some hot water later."

I'm going to see her tomorrow, so I can't look so gloomy.

"Hey, have you heard that the prince's marriage with the Jiang family has been cancelled?"

The teacup that Shen Beiqi had just handed to his mouth seemed to have been acupunctured and stayed in the air.

He held his breath, as if afraid of missing a word, and listened attentively to the sound coming from behind him.

"That's right. I heard that she changed her mind again. She is not going to marry the crown prince anymore. She is going to marry the third prince instead."

"Can this arranged marriage change so often? Are you picking girls from a brothel? If this one doesn't work, just switch to the next one?"

One of the men burped, his words full of sarcasm.

"What do you know? There is something fishy going on here!"

The other people leaned over with curiosity, as if they could hear some shocking secret from the man.

"From the tone of your voice, it seems that you know something about the inside story?"

The man first showed a mysterious expression, then raised his eyebrows and said in a low voice,

"From what I know, the girl from the Jiang family is as promiscuous as a prostitute. She even had an affair with the Third Prince before marriage. I heard from the neighbors of the Jiang family that the Third Prince climbed over the wall of the Jiang family every night, sneaked into the boudoir, and spent the spring with the girl from the Jiang family—"

Before the man could finish his words, he heard a loud noise behind him.

"Bam—"

Shen Beiqi smashed the table under his hands with a palm, waved his hand, and poured a pot of boiling water all over the man who was talking.

The man screamed like a pig being slaughtered.

He jumped up from the chair, covering his head. Just as he was about to curse, a sharp dagger was pressed against his neck like lightning.

Waves of coldness came through the skin on my neck.

Several huge blisters appeared on the man's face from the burns, but he was silent as a cicada, not daring to even breathe.

He only felt that the young man holding the dagger in front of him had eyes as cold as ice, like the devil who came out of the underworld to claim his life.

Come and claim his life!

“Sir…” The man’s legs were a little weak. “Sir, please spare my life. I don’t know how I have offended you. Please be merciful and let me live!”

"The Jiang family girl you mentioned..." Shen Beiqi exerted a little force, "But is she the legitimate daughter of Lord Jiang Minzhi?"