Chapter 159 Cuckold
"Not much, five hundred taels of silver."

"Miss Jiang, you are joking, right?" Lu Ji said. If all BMWs could be bought for only 500 taels of silver, then all the cars running on the streets would be like this.

"It's absolutely true. I bought it from a horse dealer in the East Market." Jiang Li said.

Speaking of the East Market, everyone immediately knew what the East Market was. It was a place that people who traded would go to. Whether you make a profit or a loss depends entirely on your eyes. Since Jiang Li said so, it must be that the horse dealer thought the foal was an ordinary foal, but Jiang Li found the foal unusual and bought it.

"Miss Jiang, where is the horse dealer? Are there any other horses?" Kong Liu asked. Jiang Li's words moved him. Anyone would be willing to do this business if he spent 500 taels of silver to buy a BMW.

"Yes, yes," Wen Renyao also joined in the fun, "But are there any other horses left?"

"There are many other horses, but when I went there before, there was only this one Ferghana horse." Jiang Li smiled and said, "If you really want to go, you can go again. Maybe the owner has a new BMW horse recently." Although she said this, the meaning of her words was not very optimistic. When everyone heard this, they also knew that this kind of thing does not happen every day.

The person who met this foal was lucky but had no eyesight. The person who had eyesight had no luck and could not meet the horse dealer. Only Jiang Li was both lucky and had good eyesight. She happened to walk into the East Market that day and happened to see the horse dealer, and then she spotted this foal among a group of foals at a glance.

"Miss Jiang is really well-informed," Lu Ji stroked his beard, "she even knows the art of horse selection."

"I only have a little knowledge of it. I just read it according to what is written in the book." Jiang Li also laughed, "It's more about luck."

"Enough of the small talk. This horse doesn't have a name yet, right? Give it a name." General Ji said, "Red Dragon? Jueying? Yiqun?"

"Old man, in our cavalry team alone, there are three Chilongs, five Jueyings, and seven Yiquns." Kong Liu reminded.

These names are commonly used, and it is not uncommon for a cavalry team to have the same name. Wen Renyao asked curiously, "With so many identical names, how do you distinguish them?"

"That's easy. Just add the owner's surname." Kong Liu said as a matter of course, "Li Chilong, Wang Chilong, Zhang Chilong. If the surnames are the same, add the given names. Li San Jueying, Li Si Jueying, Li Wu Jueying. We can always find a way."

Wen Renyao: “…”

"Ah Heng, then you tell me, you come up with a name." said the old general.

Just as she finished saying this, a voice suddenly came from the sky, shouting, "Good horse! Good horse!" It was Xiaohong, the mynah bird raised by Ji Heng, that flew over. It flew to the foal's head like an arrow and grabbed the cloth flower that Bai Xue had pinned on the foal's ear in the morning.

It was unclear whether Xiao Hong's noisy voice was mocking or admiring. She even finished a complete sentence, "A good flower goes with a good horse, and a good horse goes with a good flower!"

Jiang Li: "..." She really wanted to shut up this embarrassing bird, but at the same time, she couldn't help but feel puzzled. When she was at the Shen family, this bird wasn't as noisy as it is now, and it could even be called quiet. No one taught her to say these nonsense, at most she just called someone.

Could it be that the Duke's Mansion has stimulated some inherent characteristics in the starling?
"Is this a male or a female?" Wenren Yao asked.

"It's a boy." Kong Liu had already seen clearly.

Ji Heng glanced at the starling and suddenly said, "Since it's a boy, let's call him Xiao Lan."

Everyone: "..."

Kong Liu said: "I suddenly feel that Chilong, Jueying and Yiqun are all pretty good."

Ji Heng ignored Kong Liu's words, placed the fan on Ma Ju's forehead, and said with a smile, "Just call me Xiao Lan."

Xiao Lan was very unhappy about having such an identity that was not in line with his status, and seemed to be about to get angry, but Ji Heng just looked at him with a smile and touched his mane. Xiao Lan, the boy, couldn't help but shivered, and dared not move, and obediently let Ji Heng touch him.

Perhaps such horses are all spiritual, and spiritual animals know best who is the real dangerous person. Looking at the proud starling Xiaohong standing under the eaves, and the dejected colt Xiaolan standing in the crowd, Jiang Li was speechless for a moment.

I really can't find the right words to say.

The enthusiasm for Xiao Lan finally faded after a while. General Ji had Xiao Lan taken away, and repeatedly warned her not to let her get close to the flower garden of the Duke's Mansion. Everyone walked towards the hall, and when they got there, they found that Situ Jiuyue had already arrived. Haitang followed Situ Jiuyue and seemed to get along well with her.

Only these few people were invited to General Ji’s birthday party.

Think about it, except Kong Liu who is an official in the court, the people here have nothing to do with the Jiang family, no wonder Madam Jiang and Jiang Yuanbai are worried. Even if Jiang Li returns to the Jiang Mansion today and tells Madam Jiang and Jiang Yuanbai about the guests here, I am afraid they don't know the identities of these people.

But in other words, does this mean that General Ji at least regards her as one of his own? Jiang Li thought about this while sitting down at the banquet.

The dishes were very sumptuous. Wen Renyao said, "Our Ah Heng cooked again today. Let's seize the opportunity to eat quickly and don't talk too much. Eat more and talk less."

Jiang Li looked at Ji Heng in surprise. It turned out that Ji Heng was cooking again. It seemed that Ji Heng would cook during festivals or General Ji's birthday. She said she cherished it, but she didn't really cherish it, because there were a few times every year. It was common, but it was definitely unusual. Jiang Li estimated that the only people in the world who could eat Ji Heng's cooking were probably here.

She actually wanted to ask, with Ji Heng's status, why he was such a good cook, since he definitely didn't have to cook. But Ji Heng himself didn't like people talking about his cooking skills, so Jiang Li gave up the idea.

Besides, although she was curious, curiosity did not necessarily require an answer.

This birthday banquet was a great success. Jiang Li was more familiar with these people than the last time. There was no important talk at the banquet, just some small talk. I don't know if it was because Jiang Li gave him a BMW, but General Ji was obviously closer to Jiang Li. He also exchanged horse-viewing techniques with Jiang Li, and both of them benefited a lot.

Jiang Li still didn't drink at this birthday banquet.

After the incident at the Shen family, Jiang Li stopped drinking at all the banquets. However, everyone was very considerate of her poor drinking habits and did not persuade her to drink. They even gave her fruit juice without alcohol. By the time the banquet was over, General Ji and everyone else were already drunk. Situ Jiuyue, Haitang and Jiang Li were not drunk. The only person left who was still sober was Ji Heng.

The servants helped the drunk man into the house, and the rest of the people walked out of the hall. Jiang Li saw Situ Jiuyue standing in front of the yard and stepped forward and said, "Miss Jiuyue."

Situ Jiuyue said, "The medicine you requested has been prepared. I gave it to Ji Heng. You can ask him for it. But you need to remember that this medicine can only be used for three months. After three months, all signs of pregnancy will disappear, and the doctor will find that the previous pulse was false."

"Three months is enough," Jiang Li bowed deeply to Situ Jiuyue, "This time it's all thanks to Miss Jiuyue."

"No need to thank me." After she said this, she went into the house without looking back, probably to make some new medicine. Haitang was probably helping Situ Jiuyue. Jiang Li watched her bow to her and then hurried into the room that Situ Jiuyue had entered. Jiang Li smiled as she watched. Haitang looked like she had found something to do temporarily, and she felt better after all.

In the end, Jiang Li didn't want Haitang to be entangled in hatred. She would avenge the Xue family herself. Hatred would change a person. People who carried hatred would not be happy. It was enough to have herself, and there was no need to add others.

"What are you laughing at?" Just as Jiang Li was lost in thought, Ji Heng's voice suddenly came from behind her. Jiang Li looked back and saw that he was standing side by side with her at the gate of the yard. He was not looking at her, but at the sky, not knowing what he was looking at.

"There's nothing bad about it. I felt good, so I smiled." Jiang Li said.

"Then it looks like you'll be laughing all the time."

"What?" Jiang Li was stunned.

Ji Heng said, "Follow me." He walked out of the yard.

Jiang Li hurried to follow.

At this moment, Kong Liu and his party were all drunk in the Duke's Mansion. Situ Jiuyue went to make medicine. Apart from the servants, there were only Ji Heng and Jiang Li. Jiang Li saw the direction he was walking, which was clearly towards the study, and immediately knew that Ji Heng probably had something to say to him.

Coincidentally, she also had something to say to Ji Heng.

The two walked neither fast nor slow, and their footprints could be clearly seen in the snow. Ji Heng's was deeper, in the shape of a boot, while Jiang Li's was lighter, in the shape of an embroidered shoe. One big and one small, they looked very harmonious.

Soon, the two of them walked to the front of the study. The servant opened the door and Jiang Li and Ji Heng walked in.

The study room was still the familiar look of Jiang Li, black and white, which was very inconsistent with Ji Heng's appearance, but it seemed to match. His heart was so decisive and simple, black and white was the best.

Ji Heng walked to the table, poured a cup of tea for Jiang Li, and poured another cup for herself. Jiang Li found that no matter when she went to the Duke's Mansion, the tea in the teapot in Ji Heng's study was always warm.

This may explain his character, he is prepared for everything.

Jiang Li sat down at his desk.

"Two pieces of news," Ji Heng said, "one good news and one bad news, which one do you want to hear?"

For a moment, Jiang Li was in a trance.

In the past, when Xue Zhao was playing with her, he also liked to say this: "Two pieces of news, one good news and one bad news. Which one do you want to hear first?"

The young man sitting in front of him was a completely different person from Xue Zhao, and Xue Zhao was already dead.

She calmed herself down. In the past, she always answered "Let's hear the good news first", but today, she said to Ji Heng: "Bad news."

Ji Heng smiled playfully, "It seems like you like to have bitterness first and sweetness later."

"I guess so." Jiang Li smiled bitterly. But she was not the one who suffered first and then enjoyed happiness. You have to know that when she was Xue Fangfei in her previous life, her life was really sweet first and then bitter. In the first half of her life, she only felt that life was full of flowers and wonderful. Even if there were dissatisfaction and pain, it was not as much as the joy. So God is fair. She enjoyed happiness at first, and suffered later. Everything that happened later proved this sentence.

But as Xue Fangfei, who was killed by Shen Yurong, she didn't know when the pain would start to be "sweet".

"Jiang Youyao has been found." Ji Heng said.

Jiang Li was stunned and blurted out, "Where is she? Is she still in Yanjing City?"

"Still in Yanjing City." Ji Heng said meaningfully: "But the place where she is staying is a place you would never imagine." Seeing that there was something behind his words, Jiang Li quietly waited for Ji Heng's next answer.

"She is at the Right Prime Minister's residence."

"Li family?" Jiang Li was surprised. She had thought many times about where Jiang Youyao might be, but she never expected that she would be at the Li family. The Li family and the Jiang family had always been at odds. Even if Jiang Youyao was desperate, she would not go to the Right Prime Minister's residence. Besides, Li Zhongnan, that old fox, would not use Jiang Youyao for anything. Jiang Youyao was of no use to the Li family, and might even cause trouble. It was more like a trouble.

"What's going on?" Jiang Li frowned and asked, "Did the Li family arrest her? Or does the Li family have other plans?"

"After Jiang Youyao escaped from the Jiang family, she ran into trouble before she even reached the Ji family," Ji Heng shrugged. "You know, Yanjing City is not too peaceful, but it's not peaceful either. There are many things that can happen. Li Lian, who was passing by, helped her out, and seeing that she was in such a mess, he took her back to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion."

"Li Lian?" Jiang Li understood a little after hearing this, "He must have seen through Jiang Youyao's identity a long time ago, so he did this on purpose."

Li Lian, the youngest son of the right prime minister, was different from his elder brother Li Xian. He rode his horse around the streets all day long. He was a dandy boy. Although he had a pretty good appearance, he was fooling around everywhere. As for how many girls he had liked and how many girls he had ruined, Jiang Li had also heard about it. But even such a person had to act very gentle and generous on the surface, like a gentleman. Young girls would be deceived if they were not careful.

In fact, not to mention girls, even men are often deceived by Li Lian's illusion. You must know that when Ye Shijie first came to Yanjing, if Jiang Li had not found something wrong from the clues and reminded him to keep a distance from Li Lian in time, Li Lian would not know what purpose he would use Ye Shijie to achieve in the end.

Li Lian had also followed the Right Prime Minister to various banquets, so it was impossible for him to say that he had never seen Jiang Youyao. At that time, Jiang Youyao was the daughter of the Prime Minister, and she was beautiful and charming, and most of the noble children in Yanjing City knew her. Even if Jiang Youyao sneaked out of the mansion that day and disguised herself, Li Lian would probably be able to recognize her.

In other words, if someone else brought Jiang Youyao back to the mansion, Jiang Li believed that the other party might not have recognized Jiang Youyao's identity, but if it was Li Lian, Jiang Li had reason to believe that Li Lian recognized Jiang Youyao and that was why he took the following actions towards her.

"Obviously your sister doesn't think so," Ji Heng said calmly, "otherwise she wouldn't have returned home with Li Lian."

Jiang Li frowned: "So what happened to them later?"

"Later..." Ji Heng said slowly, "Of course I just let nature take its course. After bringing him back home, I explained his identity, his difficulties, and begged for shelter. One person felt pity for him, the other was grateful, and we became so infatuated that we became inseparable..." The more he spoke, the more outrageous he became, and his tone was full of sarcasm.

"I know." Jiang Li interrupted him. It was easy to imagine what Jiang Youyao would do. It was exactly the same as what Ji Heng said. She would wait until she returned to the Li family to clear her name. When she found that she could no longer conceal it, and saw that the second son of the Li family was elegant, gentle and considerate, she would cry and talk earnestly, which made the second son of the Li family, who knew the "truth", feel sympathy and decide to help this misguided little white rabbit conceal it, take her in, and then take care of her future.

"How are they now?" Jiang Li thought for a moment and asked, "Are they inseparable?"

"It's just redundant, not exaggerated." Ji Heng replied.

Jiang Li couldn't tell whether she was angry or amused. Although she had known for a long time that Jiang Youyao was a fool, even the most foolish person, even the selfish Jiang Yu'e, knew that the Li family and the Jiang family had always been at odds. Not to mention getting married to someone from the Li family, even having more contact was not allowed. That would be handing the Jiang family's weak spot to someone else, like handing a knife to someone else. Although Jiang Li didn't think it was glorious to sacrifice an individual for the family, Jiang Youyao should have understood that if she wasn't a three-year-old child, she would have known that if the nest was overturned, the eggs would be broken.

Maybe even a three-year-old child understands this principle.

"She really doesn't care about the life and death of the Jiang family. She dares to get close to the Li family even though she knows the status of the Li family." Jiang Li said angrily.

"Maybe she thinks she is the female character in the play, and Li Lian is the male character. They are enemies for a lifetime, but their love is loyal and touching, and in the end they can write a tear-jerking legend." Ji Heng said seriously.

I don't know what happened to him today, he spared no effort in mocking Jiang Youyao. Jiang Li looked at him: "How did you find out about this?"

"I also have people at the Right Prime Minister's residence." Ji Heng said nonchalantly, "I didn't look for them before, because I thought your sister wouldn't be so bold. Later, the people there accidentally found something wrong and went back to the Duke's residence. I asked someone to confirm it again, and then I found out," he smiled, "there are really such stupid people in the world."

Jiang Li's heart skipped a beat when she heard this. Ji Heng actually had spies in the Right Prime Minister's Mansion. All the secrets of the wealthy families in Yanjing City were in his hands. No wonder he was so fearless. He knew the secrets hidden in all the wealthy families, perhaps even the royal family.

"Thank you anyway." Jiang Li said, "If you hadn't told me, the Jiang family might never have discovered that Jiang Youyao was in Li Lian's house."

"What are you going to do now?" Ji Heng stroked the surface of the teacup and asked her, "Will you tell your father when you get home?"

"I haven't thought about it yet," Jiang Li hesitated. "Although my father keeps saying that he is disappointed in Jiang Youyao, the fact is that he still loves her. If I tell him now, I think he will impulsively go to the Right Prime Minister's Mansion to ask for the person. First, Li Lian may hide the person in a very short time, and the attack will be in vain. Second, it will give the Li family a handle to accuse our Jiang family of deliberate slander. Now is a time of trouble. If another incident is added, who knows what will happen."

"I think so too," Ji Heng said, "If Jiang Youyao was just an insignificant person to the Jiang family, Li Lian wouldn't care about it."

Jiang Li asked tentatively: "You mean, let Jiang Youyao stay in the Li family and observe what Li Lian wants to do first?"

Ji Heng spread his hands: "This is your Jiang family's business."

Jiang Li just felt a headache. Jiang Youyao really made the already complicated matter even more complicated. But Ji Heng was right. If they told Jiang Yuanbo that Jiang Youyao was in the Li family now, who knew what the Li family would do. Either they would suddenly go to ask for her when she was not prepared, or they would wait until Li Lian's interest in Jiang Youyao faded after a while, and then they would find a way to get Jiang Youyao out.

Now it seems that Li Zhongnan should not know about this, it should be Li Lian's own idea. Perhaps it is a particularly proud thing for Li Lian to be able to gain the trust of the daughter of his mortal enemy. At least now, he still has tender feelings for Jiang Youyao.

I can't figure out the answer to this question right now, so I might as well go back home tonight and think about it slowly. Jiang Li thought for a while and asked Ji Heng, "What is the good news that the Duke said?"

Ji Heng wanted to tell her two things. Jiang Youyao's matter was one of them, and the other one had not been told to her yet.

"Situ's fake pregnancy pills have been made," Ji Heng smiled, "Yongning has already taken them."

Jiang Li was stunned: "When?"

"On the day of Shen Ruyun's wedding, after Yongning and Shen Yurong met." Ji Heng said.

Princess Yongning would find opportunities to meet Shen Yurong every now and then, and when she met Shen Yurong, she would naturally be affectionate. Ji Heng had the medicine used after the two of them had sex, so at least the timing was perfect. Shen Yurong was suspicious and cautious, so she couldn't find anything wrong with it.

Jiang Li was overjoyed. This was indeed good news, and it was probably the best news for her in recent days. This meant that her plan could be greatly advanced, and she didn't have to wait any longer.

"That's wonderful," she murmured.

"How do you want to thank me?" Ji Heng raised his eyebrows.

He had a beautiful face, and the way he smiled and begged for favor was so stunning that one could hardly take their eyes off him. Jiang Li said, "You can tell me what the Duke needs. In fact, even if I gave him everything I had, I would still find it difficult to repay him."

If it weren't for Ji Heng, it would take a lot of trouble for her to deliver the fake pregnancy drug to Princess Yongning and then have her take it successfully. There is a possibility of failure. Once it fails, Princess Yongning will become wary of it, and it will be difficult for her to take action again.

Ji Heng almost successfully completed the most difficult step of her plan.

Ji Heng looked at her for a while, smiled, took a sip of tea, and then said, "I can't think of it for now. But I'm very curious about what you are going to do next."

"What happens next?" Jiang Li wondered.

"What will you do after Yongning shows signs of pregnancy?" he asked, as if he was really curious.

Jiang Li thought for a moment and said, "I wonder when Miss Jiu Yue's medicine will take effect?"

"Twelve hours later," Ji Heng groaned, "by calculation, the disease has already broken out."

"That's very simple." Jiang Li smiled slightly, "Yunying, an unmarried girl, suddenly got pregnant. If an ordinary family encounters such a thing, the girl's life will be ruined. In order to protect their reputation, a wealthy family will even let the girl hang herself. Of course, Yongning is a daughter of a wealthy family, the younger sister of His Royal Highness Prince Cheng, no one dares to let her hang herself, and there is no need for her to do so."

She said this in a very sarcastic way.

"So before the pregnancy signs are not very obvious, we must find a good marriage for Yongning. Marrying the girl happily can hide the pregnancy signs. Secondly, the princess is also at the age of marriage. In this way, she can find a good marriage, which is also a happy event that everyone envies."

"So," Ji Heng looked at her serious expression and couldn't help but raise his lips slightly, and spoke slowly, "You plan to let her marry Shen Yurong?"

"Of course not." This answer made Ji Heng look a little surprised.

"Lord Shen loved his late wife deeply. Even though Madam Shen cheated on him, he still loved her deeply. He would never marry someone else in such a short time. Moreover, if he married Princess Yongning, would others say that they had been having an affair? There were rumors in the Tongxiang case that Princess Yongning was the one who instigated Feng Yutang to harm County Magistrate Xue! It turns out that she harmed County Magistrate Xue because she had long been in love with Lord Shen and wanted to avenge him."

"Lord Shen has always attached great importance to his statements and will not let this happen." Jiang Li said.

Ji Heng stroked the handle of the fan and laughed as well. He said, "Who does Second Miss Jiang plan to let Princess Yongning marry?"

"It is not up to me to decide who Princess Yongning will marry. It is up to the Emperor." Jiang Li said with a smile, "I can only analyze it at best. After all, Concubine Liu doesn't like Lord Shen. Although Lord Shen looks good, his family background is too poor. He started from humble beginnings. It is too high for the princess to marry him. There are young talents in the court now. They are of similar age and appearance, and have rich family backgrounds. They are well-matched. If she marries him, Princess Yongning will not marry someone of low status. I have found one."

She said with a smile, "Li Xian, the eldest son of Right Prime Minister Li Zhongnan."

Ji Heng was startled for a moment, then suddenly laughed. He laughed very happily, and his eyes showed undisguised admiration and appreciation.

"This is very interesting. It is indeed unusual for Princess Yongning to marry the homosexual Li Xian."

Jiang Li said: "What's even more interesting is that this eldest son of the Li family, who is impossible to be emotional in front of a woman, got married and quickly had a child. The Li family has a successor, and the Right Prime Minister must be very happy."

"It's just that not everyone is willing to wear this green hat. There is only one person in the world, Shen Yurong, who can tolerate it and wear it with pleasure. I wonder if the Li family will feel okay with it and will they let it go?"

By then, the alliance between King Cheng and the Right Prime Minister would be like a pile of sand that would be blown away by the wind.

　Duke: I named you Xiaolan, are you touched?
　　Xiao Lan: I don’t dare to move…

　　(Why is it called Xiaolan? Because red and blue have always been a good couple. It’s not that the author is too lazy to think of it.)

　　
　
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