Xu Lingxuan is the legitimate daughter of Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, and the girl in green who was bullied by her in public was her concubine, Xu Lingyi.
"I've met the eldest princess." Sun Yijun and others greeted her.
Yu Lan looked at Xu Lingyi, who was huddled behind the crowd, with half of his face red and swollen and stained with tears, with some sympathy and some pity.
Sun Yijun, Xu Lingxuan and others looked at Jiang Shu in extremely strange ways, which made Jiang Shu feel uncomfortable all over.
"Yijun is right. This is a Buddhist temple. Killing and humiliating living beings will be blamed by the Buddha. You should be careful in your words and deeds."
After Yu Lan finished speaking, he said to Xu Lingyi: "God has the virtue of good life. Yijun saved you today, so don't think about it anymore."
Xu Lingyi said nothing and secretly looked at Jiang Shu.
Jiang Shu was stared at by her, full of doubts.
She tried hard to recall and confirmed that she did not know Xu Lingyi and had never interacted with her. Naturally, it was impossible to have any grudge.
"Let's all disperse." After Yu Lan finished speaking, he and Jiang Shu turned and left.
However, after taking only two steps, Jiang Shu was blocked by someone.
"Madam, please save me and give me a way out." Xu Lingyi rushed to Jiang Shu with a look of despair.
Jiang Shu was startled, not understanding what she meant by this.
Yu Lan sighed, knowing that this was not the place to talk, so she asked Xu Lingyi to follow them back to the Zen Temple in the temple.
After closing the door and sitting down, Xu Lingyi knelt down in front of Jiang Shu, shocking Jiang Shu.
"Miss Xu, what are you doing? Get up quickly." Jiang Shu didn't understand and reached out to help her.
But Xu Lingyi insisted and refused to get up, crying and begging: "Madam, I saw you today, I really have no way to survive. I beg Madam to take me in, even if I am a concubine, I am willing to do so."
A concubine is a low-level concubine. How could Xu Lingyi be like this?
Although she is a concubine, her father is a fifth-rank official, so she can definitely find a good man to be his wife, so why bother?
Jiang Shu's head was full of questions and he was stunned.
"You really don't know?" Yu Lan was surprised.
Jiang Shu looked confused: "What should I know?"
Yu Lan looked at her with a complicated expression and talked about a past event.
Seven years ago at the peony banquet, Shen Changze knocked down a young lady after drinking. Unsteady, he threw himself on the lady. He happened to be seen and attracted a crowd of people, causing the lady to lose her reputation.
"This incident spread all over the capital, and Marquis Jing'an was unsuccessful in his attempts to marry. How could you know nothing about it?" Yu Lan found it unbelievable.
Jiang Shu looked shocked and murmured: "I don't know."
If she knew, she would never marry into the Hou Mansion.
"That lady is Miss Xu." Jiang Shu looked at Xu Lingyi in front of him and finally understood.
Xu Lingyi nodded with tears in her eyes and begged again: "Please give me a way to survive, madam."
Looking at Xu Lingyi, who was helpless and humiliated, Jiang Shu felt pity in his heart: "I will give you an explanation, and you can go back and wait in peace."
The matter broke out today. If the Hou Mansion did not give Xu Lingyi an identity, she might not be able to survive.
On the way back to Beijing, Jiang Shu kept frowning. Half of it was because of Xu Lingyi, and half of it was because of the lottery.
Tanyu looked on, a little worried.
"Drive! Drive!" Someone from behind rode a horse and passed their carriage, and then the carriage stopped.
"What's wrong?" Jiang Shu asked confused.
The coachman replied: "Madam, someone stopped the eldest princess's carriage."
Who dares to stop the eldest princess from driving?
Jiang Shu was puzzled and motioned to Tan Yu to open the car door and take a look.
"It's His Royal Highness King Jing." Tan Yu exclaimed in a low voice.
Hearing this, Jiang Shu's eyes flashed and he got out of the car to greet him.
This was a suburb of Beijing with few people around, so Jiang Shu didn't wear a hat.
But when I walked over, I discovered that in addition to King Jing, there was also Yu Yuan, the eldest son of Prince Rong.
The two of them stood side by side. King Jing was dressed in a bright blue outfit, with a high jade crown and a handsome figure.
Yu Yuan is dressed in a snow-green outfit, with a gold crown and elegant hair.
"I have met the prince, Prince Yu." Jiang Shufu saluted.
Yu Zheng nodded and Yu Yuan just glanced at her.
Yu Lan stood beside the carriage and talked to the two of them.
"With so many prey, the harvest is quite rich."
"Whatever sister likes to eat, I'll have it sent to the General's Mansion."
King Jing and the eldest princess were born from the same mother, and they were full siblings.
Jiang Shu glanced at their horses and saw the prey hanging on both sides, and realized that they were returning from hunting and happened to meet them.
"Yun'er said he wanted to raise an eagle, and he happened to catch one today. Sister, let's take it back to him." Yu Zheng handed the iron cage containing the young eagle to the driver.
The coachman took the care and put it in the car.
Yu Lan said angrily: "Just let him go."
Yu Zheng licked his lips: "I can't help it. Who made me his uncle?"
While they were talking, Jiang Shu caught a glimpse of an iron cage hanging on a black horse, with a dark thing inside.
It moved, and Jiang Shu could barely tell that it was a young rabbit.
"Can such a small rabbit be eaten?" Jiang Shu was surprised.
"Why not?" Yu Yuan answered: "Put honey on it and grill it over charcoal fire. It will be plump, tender and delicious on earth."
"But it's so small, how much meat does it have? Your Majesty, why don't you let it go." Jiang Shu couldn't bear to plead.
The young rabbit was only about the size of a palm and was not ready to be eaten.
Yu Yuan sneered: "This rabbit is very stupid. If you let it go, it will be caught by others. If you don't catch it, it will be eaten by wild beasts. In the end, you will die. It's better to let me eat it."
Jiang Shu turned her apricot eyes and said: "Since it is stupid, eating it will definitely affect the prince's intelligence. Can you keep it for me?"
Yu Yuan was stunned for a moment: "I worked so hard to catch it, why should I give it to you?"
Right.
Jiang Shu thought about what to exchange for him, and Yu Zheng on the side spoke.
"How about I trade you a deer?"
"Are you serious?" Yu Yuan waved his hand to the attendant to fetch the rabbit, and then put the deer hunted by Yu Zheng on his horse.
I was afraid that Yu Zheng would regret it if he was just a moment too late.
Jiang Shu was dumbfounded.
"Ma'am, take it." Yu Zheng handed the rabbit to her.
Jiang Shu took it in a daze: "What does the prince want in exchange?"
He must have spent a lot of effort hunting that deer.
"It's just a rabbit, no need to be polite to him." Yu Lan avoided the important and took the easy.
Yu Zheng chuckled: "Sister, what I said is that God has the virtue of good life, and by raising it, Madam, you can be considered as accumulating virtue for me."
Jiang Shu was confused, and so was Yu Yuan.
If he really wanted to accumulate virtue, why would he go hunting?
Yu Lan glanced at Yu Zheng meaningfully, turned around and got into the carriage.
Jiang Shu also returned to the car.
Tan Yu held the cage and asked Jiang Shu: "Will eating a stupid rabbit really affect your intelligence?"
"Pfft!" Jiang Shu poked her head and said, "You eat pork every year, does it affect your intelligence?"
Tan Yu was stunned for a moment and had not yet reacted.
Looking at her appearance, Jiang Shu thought thoughtfully: "It seems to have really affected her."
"No!"
Tan Yu finally understood and blushed in anger, which made Jiang Shu burst into laughter.
Back at the Hou Mansion, Jiang Shu opened the iron cage and released the rabbit.
Chu Yu opened his eyes wide, looking at the dark little things running around the yard, and asked in surprise: "Where did this come from?"
Just as Tan Yu was about to speak, Jiang Shu said first, "I bought it from Orion."
She didn't want to hide it from Chu Yu, but there were other servants in the courtyard, so she couldn't let anyone know about it.
"Ah, these are flowers, you can't eat them." The maid tending flowers and plants exclaimed.
Jiang Shu smiled and told Chu Yu: "Go to the kitchen and get some vegetable leaves for it."
Chu Yu quickly brought the vegetable leaves, followed by the cook Zhong Yue.
Zhong Yue held a kitchen knife in his hand and skillfully picked up the rabbit and made some gestures: "It's so small, it's not enough for a plate."
Tan Yu was frightened when she heard it, and quickly snatched the rabbit over: "This is not for food."
If His Highness King Jing knew that the rabbit had been eaten, the consequences... Tan Yu didn't dare to think about it.
