Chapter 14 Returning home
The journey from Qingcheng Mountain to Yanjing City is not very far. If you travel at a leisurely pace, you will arrive there in ten days.

From the top of the mountain to the bottom, what changes is not only the weather, but also the scenery along the way.

The weather gradually got hotter, but even this kind of weather could not stop Tong'er's curiosity and excitement. The closer they got to Yanjing City, the more they carefully lifted a corner of the carriage curtain and secretly looked at the scenery outside the window.

Yuxiang sat next to Jiang Li. Although Nanny Sun came to pick someone up, whether intentionally or unintentionally, she did not bring the maidservant to serve Jiang Li. So all the way, Yuxiang and Tong'er followed Jiang Li.

The carriage was a nice one, with a soft mattress inside. Tong'er dropped the carriage curtain in her hand, turned around and looked at Yuxiang and said, "Sister Yuxiang, we are about to go to Beijing. My sister and I haven't been back to Beijing for many years, and we don't know what's popular in Beijing now, or what the situation is like. Sister Yuxiang, can you teach me so that I don't make a fool of myself when I go back?"

Tong'er and Jiang Li are about the same age. When Jiang Li was sent to Qingcheng Mountain, Tong'er was at best just a little girl who knew nothing, and her impression of the capital was very vague.

Yuxiang laughed and said, "You have said this at least eight out of ten times along the way. I have told you everything I should say. Besides, it's just a return to Beijing. Why are you so nervous? Look, Second Miss, you are not worried at all."

Tong'er glanced at Jiang Li who was reading a book. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she suddenly laughed again: "Of course, our girl is not a lady from an ordinary family, so there is no need to be nervous."

When Yuxiang heard the words, she also laughed, but couldn't help but glance at Jiang Li again.Along the way, Jiang Li either read a book or closed her eyes to rest her mind. Unlike Tong'er's endless curiosity, Jiang Li was extraordinarily calm and indifferent to the matter of returning to Beijing.

Yuxiang didn't understand. No matter why the second Miss Jiang was sent to Qingcheng Mountain, whether she was framed by her stepmother or really murdered her stepmother, she would show some emotions after leaving the Jiang Mansion for so many years and returning to Beijing. Excitement, nervousness, curiosity, or anger, reluctance, or even homesickness?
However, there was nothing. Miss Jiang Er just sat quietly in the carriage, quietly hurrying on the road. She acted as if she had nothing to do with the capital she was about to meet and her relatives she hadn't seen for a long time. It was just that the gentleness and peace between her eyebrows sometimes looked more like indifference.

The carriage wheels were rumbling along, and by the time we reached the city gate, it was almost noon.

The city garrison saw the order to let Nanny Sun and her group pass. As soon as they entered Yanjing City, they heard something lively.

Nanny Sun's voice came from outside, and she said with a smile, "Second Miss, we are entering the city now."

Jiang Li opened the carriage curtain, and as soon as she opened the carriage curtain, she met the curious eyes of the people outside. Tong'er didn't expect that there were so many people outside, and was stunned for a moment.

Yuxiang smiled and explained, "The carriages in the Prime Minister's mansion are gorgeous and exquisite. The common people would pay attention to them when they see them. I think the people outside have already known that the Second Miss is going back to the mansion. The common people are acting like this today because they have heard the news."

Jiang Li smiled and said, "Thank you, Sister Yuxiang, for your advice."

Yuxiang hurriedly said that she was not worthy of the honor.

The sun outside was so bright that it was blinding. Jiang Li took a quick glance and then lowered the carriage curtain. Tong'er wanted to look outside again but had to give up. She felt a little uneasy and wanted to comfort Jiang Li, but Jiang Li just leaned on the carriage cushion and drank tea leisurely.

As if not worried at all.

Tong'er tugged at Jiang Li's sleeve and whispered, "Miss, when we get back home, I will definitely protect you well."

This dry oath pleased Jiang Li, and she shook her head and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of." The carriage curtain blocked the curious eyes outside, but made Jiang Li's heart clear as a mirror.

After the incident at Qingcheng Mountain, everyone knew that the second daughter of the Jiang family was sent to the evil nunnery. Liu Yuanfeng did not miss the opportunity to implicate the Ji family, and naturally, Mrs. Liu helped. Since Ji Shuran wanted to prove that she was a virtuous stepmother, she had to stop the gossips and not only take her back, but also let everyone in Yanjing know that she was taken back.

The ceremony had to be grand, whether it was the carriage or the guards, Ji Shuran had to do it for the sake of face. Invisibly, it raised Jiang Li's status, letting the people of Yanjing City know that even though Miss Jiang was a vicious person who poisoned her stepmother and brother, and even though she was sent to a nunnery and disappeared for seven years, she was still the legitimate daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion and could not be neglected.

I just don't know if the current Prime Minister's wife, Jiang Li's stepmother Ji Shuran, was upset when she did these things. Jiang Li's lips curled up slightly. She was not afraid of the future that was coming in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Even if there were mountains of swords and seas of fire, wolves and tigers ahead, she was not afraid. People who have died once, even their courage is forged into iron. Becoming the second lady of the Jiang family, from then on, she would take on the future and past of the second lady Jiang.

And what she will do in the end is to use the power of the Jiang family to get close to that person and embark on the road of revenge for both of them.

The carriage continued to move along for who knows how long before it finally stopped at a place.

The hustle and bustle outside seemed to quiet down.

Nanny Sun's voice came from outside, saying, "Second Miss, we're home."

Got home.

This is Jiang Li’s home.

Outside the carriage and at the gate of the house, there were people everywhere watching the excitement. A few days ago, the news that the second Miss Jiang was about to return home was known to the whole Yanjing City. Seven years ago, the incident of the second Miss Jiang poisoning her stepmother was a hot topic for a while, and Jiang Yuanbo was now a key official in the court, so the affairs of the Jiang family naturally attracted the attention of countless people.

Including Miss Jiang Er, who has not returned home in the past seven years.

Outside the gate of Jiang's house, there was also a large group of people standing. The woman in the lead was gentle, beautiful, and quite charming, while the girl standing next to her was even more charming, with delicate features like a lady in a painting. The man standing next to the two of them was tall, handsome, and very elegant.

This is Jiang Yuanbai, his wife Ji Shuran and daughter Jiang Youyao.

The sound of people whispering came into my ears.

"Miss Jiang San gave birth to a very beautiful girl. I wonder how Miss Jiang Er gave birth to a beautiful girl?"

Another person spat, "Miss Jiang San is Xiao's mother, and she doesn't even look at how beautiful Madam Jiang is. I heard that Madam Jiang, the biological mother of Miss Jiang Er, was plain-looking. If Miss Jiang Er also takes after her mother, she's far from it."

"That's not the way to say it. You haven't seen it."

"What's wrong with never having seen her? Not to mention her appearance, Second Miss Jiang has been in the nunnery for seven years and doesn't know any rules or etiquette. How can she compare with Third Miss Jiang in terms of conversation and manners? Besides, the nunnery is not clean and who knows if it's contaminated by something unpleasant, which would be even more unsightly..." She lowered her voice, as if she was afraid of being blamed.

Jiang Youyao almost couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth when she heard these discussions, but when she looked at Ji Shuran on the side, who was still dignified and decent, she hid her inner thoughts.

Nanny Sun called for so long, but there was no movement in the carriage. Jiang Yuanbai frowned slightly, and when the people were getting a little impatient, suddenly, a crisp voice sounded in the carriage.

"Miss, let me help you get off the car."

The carriage curtain was lifted, and someone helped Miss Jiang down.

　Finally back, can tear upヾ（≧O≦）〃

　　
　
(End of this chapter)