The walls made of bluestone have been weathered and mottled, and the roof covered with blue tiles can be seen to have been repaired many times. The courtyard is not big, and the ground paved with rubble has some cracks.
Looking at the tidy and orderly courtyard, the simplicity is incompatible with the general's mansion.
The legitimate daughter of a dignified general lives in such a remote place? Is this how the people in the General's Mansion neglect their master?
Thinking of this, Lin Ci's eyebrows sank slightly. His cousin was busy with political affairs, and these servants who looked down on others were about to rebel.
Jiang Yan, who had just coaxed Nanny Ruan away, turned around, saw the anger in Lin Ci's eyes, and couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, Master Lin, are you pitying me? That's really unnecessary. After all, in my eyes, you are no different from those servants who act according to the circumstances." I really don't know what the young master is doing, he is like this Doesn’t he have a hand in the situation?
"You!" Lin Ci was speechless after hearing Jiang Yan's sarcasm.
Jiang Yan was isolated in the academy because of her own intentional or unintentional instructions. But...but she brought this on herself.
"Lin Ci! I know you hate me for killing your aunt, but this is not what I want. If it happens again, I don't want to be born into the Jiang family more than anyone else!"
Jiang Yan had wanted to say these words in her last life. What was ridiculous was that she still thought that as long as she obeyed, she would be forgiven. But she was obviously innocent, so why should she bear this hatred?
"I don't owe anyone in this life, and I don't want to have anything to do with you!" Memories from her previous life came flooding in, seeming to drown her.
After saying that, Jiang Yan didn't want Lin Ci to react, so she pulled him towards the door.
"It's okay if you teased me in the academy. I avoided and hid. Because you were isolated and laughed at, I didn't say anything. But if you insist on involving Nanny Ruan, I will fight. Life will fight you to the end!"
Jiang Yan didn't know how sure she would be if she really broke out, but if it really came to that, she would protect her grandma even if she died.
Looking at the closed courtyard door, Lin Ci's eyes were filled with loneliness. He didn't know if he was struggling with what Jiang Yan had just said or with his own chaotic thoughts.
He was walking on the road stiffly, with a look of despair on his face. The servants walking towards him couldn't help but be surprised when they saw him. Why did the usually high-spirited young master Biao seem to have lost his soul?
Looking at Young Master Biao who still hadn't come to his senses, the servants quickly saluted.
"Hello, young master."
Hearing the voice, Lin Ci looked down at the respectful servants on the ground and asked, "How long have you ladies lived in that shabby yard behind?"
He didn't believe it, Jiang Yan must be pretending to be so pitiful on purpose.
"Miss? Which lady?"
The servants were kneeling on the ground, looking at each other. The general's wife died young, and Young Master Jiang Zhi was not a womanizer. He had never heard of a woman living in the general's mansion.
"Of course it's Jiang Yan, the general's legitimate daughter, you second lady!"
Lin Ci became furious when he saw that the people below didn't even know Jiang Yan existed.
"Go down and receive your punishment!"
After that, he quickly left the general's mansion regardless of the pale servants.
Lin Ci looked bad, and no one dared to touch him along the way.
Returning to the Lin Mansion, the Lin family is a well-known family in the capital. Lin's father is the second-rank Minister of Punishment in the imperial court. Even though the family has many relatives, he is still living a wealthy life.
"Cousin, where have you been fooling around again? I didn't see you at dinner just now, and my eldest aunt has been nagging for a long time."
As soon as Lin Ci entered the door, he saw his cousin complaining. Looking at the cousin in the gorgeous dress, her eyes are full of pampering from her family.
Seeing that her cousin ignored her, she pouted, a little unhappy, and stretched out her hand in front of Lin Ci.
"Give me."
"What?"
Lin Ci was puzzled.
"Of course it's the hairpin you promised to buy me! You didn't buy it, right? It's a shame I was covering you up in front of my aunt just now!"
She had obviously promised to buy her her favorite hairpin today, but when she saw that Lin Ci didn't mean what she said, Miss Jiaoman stamped her feet and pursed her lips in a cry.
"I'm going to complain to my aunt!"
Lin Ci, who remembered the promise he made to his cousin this morning, reacted and looked at his cousin who ran away without a trace, his eyes darkened.
Originally, Jiang Yan was also supposed to be such a doting person, wasn't she?
If her aunt had not passed away, Jiang Yan would have had loving parents and an obedient brother. She had been looking forward to the arrival of her cousin since she was a child. Why should we create such a situation with enemies today...
Lin Ci returned to the house in despair. Not knowing what had happened, he fell into a trembling sleep. In his dream, it was purgatory on earth.
He kept running forward, trying to escape this nightmare.
He was very happy when he saw Jiang Yan, whom he met for the first time, calling him cousin in the academy, but the boy opposite him mockingly called her "disaster".
Seeing Jiang Yan turning her head stiffly and trying hard not to shed tears, Lin Ci only regretted that she couldn't call the boy in the dream to come over and give her a beating.
The scene in front of her changed. She looked at Jiang Yan, who was wearing a bright red wedding dress. It was the young man again, "Jiang Yan, after you caused trouble to the General's Mansion, you went to the Shen family to cause trouble, right? Shen Huai's marriage to you was just a marriage under pressure. Please advise. Don’t be wishful thinking.”
After all, he didn't care about the girl's pale face. Lin Ci watched the young man's hurtful words piercing Jiang Yan's heart. He was angry but could do nothing. He could only roar feebly, unable to stop it at all.
Watching the scene in front of him change again and again, and finally only lingering on Jiang Yan's lonely face, Lin Ci knew that her heart was about to break.
Finally, he saw himself following his cousin to stop the second prince from forcing his way into the palace. The people in front of him were killed one after another. The ground was covered with corpses, and blood spattered on his body. It was impossible to tell whether it belonged to the enemy or his own.
At dawn, the prince ascended the throne, and everything was settled.
Before he could be happy, he saw Shen Huaizhi stopping a horse and rushing home.
Already exhausted, he fell weakly to the ground and smiled softly. He did not expect that the cold and self-possessed Shen Shangshu would have such an embarrassed side.
Slowly he fell asleep and woke up again. Due to his meritorious service in rehabilitating the second prince, he was named the commander of the capital's guard army and took over his cousin's position. Having just received the imperial edict, he wanted to visit the general's palace.
I think my cousin has also been promoted, so I went to report the good news. But the General's Mansion was cold, and the servants only said that the eldest young master had gone to Shen's Mansion.
It's so strange, when did the relationship between my cousin and Shen Shangshu become so good? Are you going to congratulate me just after getting promoted?
Not knowing why, he could only go to the Shen family to join in the fun, but why was the sign on the Shen family's plaque blank? Is there a funeral?
When he first entered, no one saluted him, let alone sent a message. There seems to be a coffin in the center of the hall?
The tablet in the center of the memorial platform reads: Jiang family of the Shen family - Jiang Yan.
Jiang Yan is dead? This realization seemed to give Lin Ci a blow in the head. Everything in front of me gradually blurred.
Beside the coffin, it seemed that Shen Huaizhi was fighting with his cousin. The cold and powerful minister was trying to kill him as if he were banishing an immortal. The unkind cousin didn't give in. It was strange that the two friends actually started fighting.
There were scattered figures, and the cries gradually became distant.
Jiang Yan is dead? Good death, the little disaster star really likes to cause harm to people.
Why does my heart hurt so much?
