C4 (1/2)

In the main room, née Qin, who had changed into her usual dark green house clothes, sat on the kang next to the window. The room that had burned the land dragon had made her sweat profusely.

”Didn't second uncle have a ready-made house in Cat's Ear Lane? Why did you spend money to buy one yourself?” née Qin looked at her husband, who was sitting on the pillow reading a book, with a grumbling expression.

”What does a woman like you know?” Jiang Chuanzhong didn't even look at his wife, his eyes fixated on the book in his hands. He said unhappily, ”Second brother is the current elder of the imperial court. His family has many eyes and ears, so it would be inconvenient for me to stay in his house as a person who seeks recovery.”

The Jiang family's ancestor was Zhenjiang. In Jiang Wan's generation, it was already the 4th generation, and in her grandfather's generation, the Jiang family was divided into three houses.

However, because of the grudges between the older generation, the Jiang Clan's main house and the second house had almost no dealings with each other. On the other hand, the third branch of the house that Jiang Chuanzhong was in had quite a good relationship with the two sides, and because he and the second branch's Jiang Chuanxiao were both distinguished scholars, the two of them were naturally more intimate than the others. In addition, when Jiang Chuanxiao had rushed to the capital to take the exam, he had been paid for by his mother, the Wang family.

With the help of his elder brother, Jiang Chuanzhong was able to become a fifth grade Shaanxi commander, Si Tongzhi.

Three years ago, Jiang Chuanzhong's parents had passed away one after the other, leaving him with no choice but to accept the post. Now that the three years of filial piety were up, he rushed back to the capital to start his activities. He hoped to find a good position in the early spring.

”Isn't second uncle the Pavilion Elder? We can just leave it to him. ” Although her husband's words made sense, the Qin couldn't help but complain that he was willing to sacrifice himself for the future.

”Women's opinions!” Jiang Chuanzhong threw the book in his hands onto the brick bed, sat up straight and said angrily, ”If second brother is a person who does not share public interests like you, what prestige does he have in the cabinet? ”Then he's going to end his seat as a pavilion elder.”

With that, he got up and left, leaving the Qin family alone in the room.

When night fell, Jiang Wan heard that the Bell and Drum Pavilion had just rung for the third time. She tossed and turned in her bed, unable to fall asleep no matter how hard she tried.

If she remembered correctly, two days after she entered the capital, elder sister Jiang Yu would invite Madam Qin to bring her and Jiang Shu to the Crown Prince's Palace for a gathering. During the banquet, there would be maids that would order them to pour the soup on themselves. He had no choice but to change his clothes, but to meet the drunk crown prince again. The two of them clearly hadn't done anything, but coincidentally, their eldest sister would run into them. Then, she would use her destroyed reputation as a threat and ask the Crown Prince to take them in.

In his previous life, he was an idiot, and only after becoming a grand concubine did he have the time to sit down and think things through.

In this life, he definitely wouldn't allow such a foolish thing to happen again!

Thinking of this, Jiang Wan, who felt her throat become dry, sat up, covered herself with a thin jacket, and got off the bed.

Because the Qin family didn't allow her to leave a light after falling asleep, Jiang Wan had no choice but to grope in the dark and find the large black painted square table in the center of the room. However, before she touched the table, she felt like she hit a wall.

What was going on? Was his house so small?

Jiang Wan, who still hadn't reacted, only felt a sharp pain on the back of her neck and her entire body went limp.

Xiao Rui held Jiang Wan, who had been knocked unconscious by him, and did not dare to make a sound.

Just half an hour ago, when he had released the report of his spy, the fourth lady of Zhenjiang Jiang family had followed her mother, Yu Shen, into the city, where they lived in a four-storey house with an attic at Sansui Alley.

When he heard this news, he had almost no time to think before changing into another set of clothes and running over in the middle of the night.