RPAGF Chapter 154 Meeting Jiang Yuanmeng Again
Chapter 154 Meeting Jiang Yuanmeng Again
Bai Lin sneered: "Oh, it's not serious now, but it will be hard to say in the future! You said something careless, and it's fine that you damaged my reputation, but the key is what to do with the princess?"
"Princess?" Bai Hao was a little confused for a moment.
"What? You forgot about it in just a few days? If you hadn't been out the past few days, I would have wanted to tell you a long time ago. You told me in front of my two colleagues to get closer to Prince An. What did you mean? Fortunately, they didn't think too much about it, otherwise others would have thought that there was something going on between the princess and me!"
Bai Hao finally understood that he was talking about this matter. He said, "Yes, yes, I was wrong! I won't say it again!"
"Yeah." Bai Lin nodded with satisfaction.
But Bai Hao continued, "To be honest, I think the princess treats you... um, differently, don't you think?"
Bai Lin was surprised and asked, "It's different for me? Are you sure it's for me?"
Bai Hao asked back, "What else? She was so harsh to me, you don't know, when we were in Xiangguo Temple, she ordered me around at every turn, and even asked me to pick flowers from the trees and catch fish in the water, which made the other guards wonder if I had offended her in some way! But she was different to you, she spoke politely! It's really unfair!"
Bai Lin looked at Bai Hao meaningfully: "I see, so that means she is a bit mean to you..."
Bai Hao nodded vigorously, feeling that he had to get some things off his chest, and started to complain: "Look, you feel the same way, right? If she hadn't always been targeting me, would I have taken that mission? If I hadn't taken that mission, would I have encountered the thieves? If I hadn't encountered the thieves, would I have gone to the brothel?"
Bai Lin exploded instantly: "You also went to the brothel?"
Bai Hao reacted, his face full of regret, and he slapped himself in the face. Why did he say he was excited?
Bai Lin's face darkened: "That's why you gave Zhao Zhao 100 taels of hush money, right?"
"...Yes." Bai Hao felt even more uncomfortable. It would be better not to give it!
Bai Zhaozhao didn't know that Bai Hao had already blown himself up. She was attending a palace banquet in the palace. Because she was already a county princess, according to the rules she had to enter the palace during the New Year.
Tang Yanyan stayed by her side the whole time and even rejected Princess Changxing's invitation, making Bai Zhaozhao feel like a porcelain doll being protected by Tang Yanyan.
But it’s better this way, she is too lazy to deal with people she doesn’t know well.
When the palace banquet was halfway through, the Queen Mother left first, and everyone had more freedom.
After a while, Tang Yanyan seemed to see an acquaintance, and she said to Bai Zhaozhao: "Zhaozhao, I have a friend to introduce to you."
Bai Zhaozhao asked curiously: "Do you have other friends?"
It's not Bai Zhaozhao's fault for asking this. Before Tang Yanyan's throat was cured, she really didn't have many friends. After it was cured, she kept opposing Princess Changxing in the palace school, and still didn't have many friends. Among the noble ladies, she was just an acquaintance.
Therefore, Bai Zhaozhao always thought that Tang Yanyan was more familiar with himself and the Princess of Qingyang County.
Tang Yanyan explained: "She is the one you befriended when you went to Yuzhou. She is the daughter of the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Metropolitan Censorate. Her surname is Jiang and her name is Jiang Yuanmeng."
Jiang Yuanmeng?
This name sounds so familiar!
Bai Zhaozhao suddenly remembered that when he went to Qinghe County last year, he and the princess went to Qingquan Temple to visit Master Guiyuan. There he met Jiang Yuanmeng, who designed to expose the scandal between Jiang Lianer and the second son of Dingyuan Marquis's family!
At that time, Bai Zhaozhao was implicated, and the wife of Marquis Dingyuan wanted to throw dirty water on her, but Princess An protected her domineeringly. It was also at that time that she met Wang Jinnian.
It is said that Wang Jinnian was invited by Jiang Yuanmeng to help.
Now think about it, at that time Jiang Yuanmeng was promoted from the governor of Jiangnan to the capital, and he turned out to be the third-rank Left Censor-in-Chief.
I just didn't expect that Jiang Yuanmeng actually knew Tang Yanyan. In that case, Censor Jiang might be Prince An's man?
So Bai Zhaozhao told Tang Yanyan roughly what happened at Qingquan Temple.
Tang Yanyan was surprised. "Why haven't I heard mother talk about this? Forget it, you two are destined to be together. Let me tell you, Jiang Yuanmeng is amazing. During that banquet, she embarrassed her half-sister in front of so many people. I really like her! I was curious and chatted with her for a while..."
"Wait a minute!" Bai Zhaozhao interrupted her description, "You mean her half-sister? Isn't her name Jiang Lian'er?"
"Yes!" Tang Yanyan said and took Bai Zhaozhao to a corner.
At this time, Jiang Yuanmeng was sitting alone at the table drinking tea. Her mother was called away by another lady, and she didn't know many noble ladies, so she sat alone. When she looked up, she saw Tang Yanyan and Bai Zhaozhao.
After greeting each other, Jiang Yuanmeng seemed a little excited: "I've heard of Princess Zhaohe for a long time, but I didn't expect it to be you, Miss Bai!"
Bai Zhaozhao smiled carefreely: "I didn't expect to meet Miss Jiang again, it shows that we are destined to be together! There is something I want to ask Miss Jiang."
Jiang Yuanmeng understood: "You said you wanted to ask about the Dingyuan Marquis's Mansion, right? At the beginning, Princess An asked the Marquis's wife to take Chen Tianci to Qingquan Temple to burn incense every month. It's only been more than a year, and they returned to Beijing!"
Bai Zhaozhao nodded without interrupting, waiting for Jiang Yuanmeng to continue.
"I had not thought of this. Some time ago, my mother told me that Qingquan Temple had suddenly closed down and refused all pilgrims, so the wife of Dingyuan Marquis could not go to burn incense.
As for their return to the capital, it was because of Dingyuan Marquis's son Chen Tianlin. It was said that he had helped the Third Prince and made great contributions. The Third Prince valued him very much. Therefore, the old lady of Dingyuan Marquis's family did not have to "recuperate" in Qinghe County. "
Bai Zhaozhao immediately understood the key point: "Then the old lady went to recuperate because she offended the third prince? Now she has eliminated this grudge?"
Jiang Yuanmeng shook her head and said, "No, it was because the old lady accidentally offended Princess Changxing that she went to recuperate. Now that the Third Prince has mediated between them, she can come back. Of course, my concubine sister has come with her."
Tang Yanyan also suddenly realized: "I remember, my mother said before that Dingyuan Hou came to visit my father and said that his eldest grandson was weak and sickly, and hoped that my mother would show leniency and allow them to return to the capital early to find the imperial physician for treatment. Could this eldest grandson he was talking about be your concubine's sister's son?"
"Yes." Jiang Yuanmeng said helplessly, "Jiang Lian'er was already pregnant when she married Chen Tianci, and she did give birth to Dingyuan Hou's eldest grandson."
Tang Yanyan asked in confusion: "I seem to remember that his eldest son Chen Tianlin already has a son, how come there is another eldest grandson?"
Bai Zhaozhao's gossiping spirit suddenly emerged, and he stared at Jiang Yuanmeng with sparkling eyes.
Jiang Yuanmeng's eyes flashed with sarcasm as he explained, "Chen Tianlin's original wife had been infertile for three years, so he divorced her. The so-called son was adopted from the clan before, but for some reason, the child was returned, so there is no so-called eldest grandson. Now it seems that he is afraid that with this child, it will be inconvenient for him to marry another noble lady."