C31 (1/2)

On the fifteenth day of the first month, although it was still early in the morning, the streets of the capital were already decorated with lanterns and decorations. Lantern lanterns of all shapes and sizes hung all over the streets, creating a bustling scene.

A jade covered Eight Treasure Chariot slowly pulled out of the three-string alley and headed in the direction of Cat's Ear Lane.

Today, she was wearing a lotus root colored plum blossom braid with a true purple plum blossom dress. She also wore a plum blossom skirt with a frilly border, and the pearl jade-like face that Mother Du had given her that day, looked like a budding purple magnolia.

It wasn't until this morning that she found out that in the days when she had been ”reading the books behind closed doors”, Mother Han had actually brought Jasmine to make her a new set of clothes, and Clove had even made herself a pair of embroidered shoes. According to them, the precious flowers on the shoes had been embroidered by Aunt Zhao.

Perhaps because of the uneven road, the car jolted, and the three people in the car also swayed along with it, causing the pearl footstep above Jiang Wan's head to make a light clashing sound. Ding-ding-ding-dong, it was very clear.

Jiang Shu glared at Jiang Wan in jealousy and envy. She immediately felt that the new set of rubies on her body had lost quite a bit of color.

She's still mad about yesterday.

For the past few days, she had sent people to keep an eye on Jiang Wan, just in case she couldn't finish copying the scriptures by herself and ask for help. However, in the past few days, she had received news that only the concubine, Zhao Susu, had sent flowers to her doorstep, while Mama Han, Clove and the others had spent their days making new clothes for Jiang Wan.

Just when she was prepared to gloat at Jiang Wan and think that she would be punished by her mother for being unable to report her grievances, she took out a set of ”Infinite Longevity Sutra” with a hairpin, written so neatly that even her father was amazed.

In comparison, the half that he had handed over was simply unbearable to look at. Not to mention the difference in handwriting, even the size of the shapes on the same piece of paper were different.

Jiang Shu still clearly remembered when her father, Jiang Chuanzhong, had looked at her with a very unpleasant expression. He had immediately asked her to copy a copy of Yan Zhenqing's letter every day. If it wasn't for her mother's guarantee, she wouldn't have been able to go out to the banquet.

When she thought of this, Jiang Shu's teeth began to itch with hatred. If this damned Jiang Wan hadn't pulled her along to copy the scriptures, there wouldn't have been so many moths.

Jiang Wan lowered her head and sat there obediently. Even without raising her head, she could feel Jiang Shu's gaze that seemed to want to turn into a sharp blade and swallow her whole.

Fortunately, the path to Cat's Ear Lane was not far. After a short while, the carriage came to a stop and a woman came forward to draw the curtains.

The Qin family held onto Peony's arm and got off the carriage first. Jiang Shu fiercely glared at Jiang Wan as she rushed to follow the Qin family.

She brushed off her skirt and slowly stuck her head out of the car, then bent her body and left the carriage. At that moment, Clove, who was accompanying Jiang Wan in the other car, was already waiting by the side of the car, waiting for Jiang Wan to get out.

Jiang Chuanxiao's house was located in the middle section of Cat's Ear Lane. It was quiet in the middle of the alley. The two sides of the alley were covered with high walls and gray tiles.

The second wife of the Jiang family, the first wife of Jiang Chuanxiao, Madam Qiao, dressed in a red dress with butterflies and grapes, came out to welcome them with a face full of smiles under the escort of seven or eight maidservants. She had a good relationship with the Qin family, and when her gaze landed on Jiang Wan'er, she asked: ”This must be Sister Wan'er, right?”

When Jiang Wan heard Madam Qiao ask about her, she blessed herself and softly said, ”Jiang Wan greets Second Aunt.”