Chapter 35 The Crown Prince
Jiang Li passed by with Tong'er and Shen Ruyun's mother and daughter.

She still had the same light smile on her face, as if it had become a natural mask. However, if you look closely, the curve of her mouth is a little cold.

Shen Ruyun and her mother came as expected.

After marrying Shen Yurong, she came to the capital. Shen's mother was not a good mother-in-law, and Shen Ruyun was even more willful and selfish. Xue Huaiyuan loved his daughter and did his best to give her more dowry. All the dowry was used to supplement the Shen family, and most of her clothes and jewelry were taken away by Shen Ruyun in the name of love.

She is not a saint, and she is the apple of the Xue family's eye. If Shen Ruyu and Shen's mother make her unhappy, she, as Xue Fangfei, will show it.

Whenever this happened, Shen Yurong would stand up at the right time. Shen Yurong always said that her widowed mother and younger sister had raised her since she was a child, and that her achievements today were all due to their contributions, and she asked Xue Fangfei to be nicer to them. Xue Fangfei was kind-hearted after all, and she thought about how difficult it was for a weak woman like her to take care of Shen Yurong, so she tried to be more patient.

But tolerance did not bring the same respect. In her last six months, Shen's mother and Shen Ruyun never came to comfort her. Sometimes they even talked outside the door in a voice that she could hear, asking her why she didn't die after doing such a shameful thing and why she was dragging down the Shen family.

If Xue Fangfei hadn't been so strong-willed, she would have been unable to bear it and committed suicide to prove her innocence.

"Girl?" Tong'er noticed that the person next to her was in a bad mood and called out in a low voice.

Jiang Li came back to her senses and smiled, "I'm fine." But she was thinking in her heart that Shen's mother and Shen Ruyun must know nothing about Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning. Princess Yongning could enter the Shen family as if she were in an empty house, so she was obviously familiar with the Shen family.

Given the Shen family's fickle nature, it would be much more cost-effective to find a princess from a royal family rather than the daughter of a petty official. Today, she saw with her own eyes the clothes and jewelry that Shen Ruyun and her mother wore. With Shen Yurong's current salary, it was probably a bit of a stretch to buy them.

This was probably Princess Yongning's "good intention".

Jiang Li thought to herself that the Shen family was pathetic and pitiful. Princess Yongning was indeed a royal princess, but how could she be a good person to deal with when she could kill her wife and heir without batting an eyelid? The Shen family only saw the immediate benefits, not knowing that the days of crying were still to come.

She enjoyed watching the show.

The Shen family, Shen Yurong, and Princess Yongning were the murderers who caused her family to be destroyed. She will get this debt back bit by bit.

The two walked back to Fangfei Garden. Even though Jiang Li proved her innocence at Jiang Youyao's coming-of-age ceremony today, she still seemed to be an ignored daughter of the Jiang family. No one paid attention to her behavior.

When I was halfway there, a man came towards me.

When did a stranger appear in the backyard of the Jiang family? Jiang Li stopped and did not approach, just keeping a distance from the man. The man was also polite and did not approach.

Jiang Li turned sideways and tried to leave from another way, but the man suddenly spoke and asked softly, "Second Miss?"

Second Miss? It seemed like a very familiar tone, Jiang Li turned sideways and looked at him.

The man looked to be only about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a rosin-colored gown made of fine material. His hair was tied up with a jade hairpin, and he was tall and straight, handsome and extraordinary. He was an absolutely handsome man, with a gentle and elegant temperament. His eyes moved slightly when he looked at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li stared at him. Perhaps because her eyes were too unfamiliar, the man in front of her felt a little embarrassed. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "Second Miss may not remember. I am Zhou Yanbang." Zhou Yanbang? Jiang Li suddenly realized, and Tong'er beside him almost screamed.

It turned out that this was Zhou Yanbang, the son of Ningyuan Marquis. When she was still Xue Fangfei, she often heard this name from her sister-in-law, but she had never seen him in person. She only knew that he was a handsome man. Now that she had become Jiang Li, Zhou Yanbang had become her ex-fiancé, which was a bit strange.

Jiang Li paused, then said, "Prince."

It was a very ordinary tone, without excitement or mixed emotions, just as simple as treating a stranger on the street.

Zhou Yanbang was a little surprised.

He knew about his engagement with Jiang Li since he was a child, but he was ignorant and didn't feel much. Later, Jiang Li was sent to a nunnery for murdering her stepmother. At that time, Zhou Yanbang often heard his parents talk about whether to cancel the marriage, but in the end, somehow, his fiancée became Jiang Youyao again.

Zhou Yanbang had met Jiang Youyao, a pretty, simple and lovely girl. He was very satisfied with her and had no objection to the marriage.

Today, Zhou Yanbang came to attend Jiang Youyao's coming-of-age ceremony, but he met Jiang Li whom he hadn't seen for many years.

Zhou Yanbang only remembered that Jiang Li was a chubby and bad-tempered girl when she was young. But at the coming-of-age ceremony, Jiang Li's appearance stirred up ripples in his heart.

Jiang Youyao is an exquisite jade jewelry, suitable for display in the house.The nobleness and beauty of Jiangli is like the bright moonlight in the sky, which is beyond reach.

Zhou Yanbang had been silently watching Jiang Li among the crowd of male attendants. He saw Jiang Li being criticized by everyone, but she turned defeat into victory slowly, and he admired her even more. Now he met her again in the backyard of Jiang's house, and Zhou Yanbang was surprised, but Jiang Li looked at him as if she was looking at a stranger.

This made Zhou Yanbang a little disappointed.

Perhaps the less you can get, the better. Jiang Li's lack of enthusiasm towards him made Zhou Yanbang's heart surge. He thought, he had heard a few days ago that Jiang Li jumped into the lake when she heard about Jiang Youyao's marriage. Now thinking about it, maybe Jiang Li was heartbroken at that time, so she is so cold to him now.

Maybe I should talk to my father and renegotiate this marriage, Zhou Yanbang thought so, and when he looked at Jiang Li again, it was as if he regarded Jiang Li as his fiancée.

Jiang Li frowned slightly, Zhou Yanbang's gaze was no stranger to her at all, when she was Xue Fangfei, even after she married Shen Yurong, there were still many such gazes surrounding her.

Disgusting.

She didn't want to talk to Zhou Yanbang. Although she became the second Miss Jiang, she didn't want to have anything to do with him. Jiang Li was about to leave when she suddenly heard a voice behind her: "Brother Prince!"

Jiang Li was almost choked by the shout. She turned around and saw Jiang Youyao jogging over to Zhou Yanbang. She raised her face and said with a smile, "Brother Prince, Second Sister, what are you talking about that makes you so happy?"

Although she was smiling, the look she gave Jiang Li was as fierce as if she were catching a wife committing adultery.

　Pay attention! Everyone, Shen Yurong is a Phoenix man. You must never marry a Phoenix man!
　　Of course, I can't have a scumbag like Zhou Shizi~
　　I'd still vote for the Duke, love you~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)