Chapter 328: What is Love
The palace maid Song He was a clever woman.
Moreover, she was the type whose cleverness did not show on the surface.
She had that appearance of looking both intelligent and tranquil.
In fact, she had been carefully selected and trained by the Seventh Prince himself.
He had trained her to be used by the Emperor.
He never expected that she would end up being given back to him.
He brought Song He back to the Seventh Prince’s Mansion.
It was just at a time when the mansion was in chaos.
The Seventh Prince’s Consort Jiang Yuluan was not actually skilled at being the mistress of the house.
She only possessed a heart of sincerity.
The benefit of a sincere person is that it is actually easy to develop genuine feelings when getting along with her.
The downside is also this; you have to coax her. She is easy to coax, but she still needs to be coaxed.
Jiang Wan could even be assassinated while going out to observe the seventh day after the death of her grandmother, and coupled with the Earthquake, the Seventh Princes Mansion was naturally in disarray.
The two concubine-born sons were adults, but the inner courtyard was Jiang Yuluan’s territory. If unmarried concubine-born sons interfered with the inner courtyard, what good reputation could they possibly have?
Song He, whom the Seventh Prince brought, started working the moment she entered the door.
The Seventh Prince gave orders very naturally because he actually just regarded this person as a subordinate.
At most, their status was different now.
But in Jiang Yuluan’s eyes, it felt inconceivable.
The Emperor ordered her mother’s death; although she was heartbroken, she dared not say anything, after all, her mother had committed a grave error.
Even on the seventh day after her mother’s death, the Emperor actually bestowed a secondary consort.
This was a blatant (not a typo, afraid of censorship) slap in the face.
Jiang Yuluan could accept all of this.
After all, she could not choose who her mother was.
Her mother committed a mistake, and she was implicated; it was deserved.
What chilled her heart the most was her husband.
Her husband brought the person back; it would be one thing if it were because the Imperial decree was hard to disobey, but he actually let that person start managing affairs.
Sure enough, she was past her prime and could not compare to a young, nubile woman.
Song He did not dare to say much and was very efficient in her work.
Although she was a secondary consort bestowed by the Emperor, looking at the Seventh Princes Consort and the Seventh Prince, it didn’t feel like they intended to treat her as a secondary consort.
However, Song He was very surprised that the Seventh Prince actually let her manage affairs.
For one thing, she felt as if she were just a maid enjoying the treatment of a legitimate concubine.
Song He’s original fate was not in her own hands, so she could only go with the flow.
Jiang Changtian left the palace.
He felt that fate was in his own hands, and even the Heavens could not control it; if they tried, he would even dare to use the Heavens.
This time, it was intentional.
He had calculated it specifically.
Human hearts, time, and judgment.
During this period, Jiang Wan had been at the Seventh Princes Mansion.
She would definitely come out for Old Madam Jiang’s seventh day.
Old Madam Jiang had been devoted to Jiang Wan; Jiang Wan would definitely use the seventh day as an excuse to come out and handle her own affairs.
In this respect, Old Madam Jiang died for a worthy cause.
Jiang Changtian paid so much attention to Jiang Wan that he had long arranged for people to keep an eye on her.
As for Lu Jiuzhang, the son of a criminal official, there were plenty of people who wanted revenge.
He thought he was well hidden, but in reality, his whereabouts had long been revealed.
As early as when he was in Ming County, Jiang Changtian was able to utilize various parties, connecting the dots through all sorts of clues to avenge his son’s injury, reasonably borrowing a knife to kill, and killing the person who had injured his son.
At that time, he had no subordinates and very few resources to utilize, yet he was still able to do it flawlessly.
Now, he was even more adept.
It was just that Jiang Wan was indeed a person favored by the Heavens.
There was an Earthquake again, yet she still didn’t die.
However, this experiment made Jiang Changtian involuntarily think of a miraculous method…
No one is allowed to bring weapons into the palace, except for Princess Huiyun.
If you want to kill someone in the palace, or cause large-scale casualties, it is actually very difficult.
Therefore, throughout the dynasties, there have been people rebelling, but very few have actually rushed into the Imperial Palace and successfully staged a rebellion.
The replacement of the Imperial family is more often the result of internal strife.
The architecture of the Imperial Palace has been solid since ancient times; once the gates are closed, they are hard to ram.
The Emperor is also very afraid of death and has considered every aspect.
But if there is a living person who naturally attracts disaster, then bringing her into the Imperial Palace would not even require a rebellion; one would only need to fiercely attack and kill that person.
Jiang Changtian recalled this scene and was inexplicably tempted.
However, he quickly shook his head.
He felt that he was sometimes a bit obsessed; how could he have such a strange idea? How could a normal person think about wiping out everyone in the Imperial Palace? This idea was too strange and should be impossible.
It was just a fleeting thought that passed naturally.
It was too treasonous; forget it.
This time, Jiang Changtian still had gains.
Before entering the palace, he had no work to do, but now it had arrived; he had work to do.
A diligent and responsible official, even if there is no work, must create work for himself.
Otherwise, how could he justify his meager salary?
He was the same in Jingzhou.
At first, the Jingzhou Official Rank had absolutely no work in his hands, but later, through his conscientious, day and night unremitting efforts, he finally managed to get all of Jingzhou under control.
Where there is a will, there is a way!
Returning to the government office, Jiang Changtian arranged for everyone to get to work.
As time became busy, it passed very quickly.
Seeing that there was no follow-up to the Earthquake, Qin Luoxia also took her leave from the Meng Family.
Anyway, with Aunt Yin there, she was relatively at ease.
And although Feng Geer was outside, with Shaoxia together, supporting each other, it was also fine.
Mianmian and Cong Geer were with their Princess mother-in-law.
Every time she went to her mother-in-law’s side, she felt there were quite a few experts, so it should be fine.
Of the whole family, the person Qin Luoxia was most worried about was her husband.
Qin Luoxia decided to go to the government office to take a look.
However, the government office seemed to be a place where wives and relatives were not allowed to enter, and there was no wife from any family who would come to the government office to look for someone.
Going there eagerly to inquire seemed a bit strange, too.
If she went, she reckoned it would become gossip the moment she left.
If it were night, she reckoned she would just put on night-travel clothes and sneak in from the roof of the government office.
Although Qin Luoxia thought about it, in broad daylight, she still took a carriage normally.
Even if she couldn’t see him, letting a servant go see him would be fine.
As long as she knew her husband was unharmed, that would be enough.
The carriage went all the way to the entrance of the government office.
Just in time, she saw her husband coming out.
Her husband was wearing a navy blue official uniform, talking to a colleague beside him, walking out while talking.
With those high government office gates and the passageway, Qin Luoxia felt that at this moment, her husband looked even more handsome.
Watching him lift his leg and step over the threshold, Qin Luoxia felt her heartbeat quicken a little.
When Jiang Changtian came out and saw the carriage and saw Xia Mei, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
“Xia Mei, did you come to pick me up to go home?”
“Yes.”
Jiang Changtian was very happy.
He happened to be thinking of home, and Xia Mei had come.
In this world, what could be better than me thinking of you and you appearing?
I missed you, and you came.
Seeing Xia Mei, he felt full of a sense of security.
Nowadays, Jiang Changtian was a Fourth Rank official, presiding over work, and enjoyed the treatment of a Vice Prime Minister.
The work had all been arranged.
He went home with his wife, feeling justified and confident.
The carriage went da-da-da.
Inside the carriage, Jiang Changtian was actually very exhausted.
He lay down on Xia Mei’s lap, and Xia Mei massaged his head.
“Xia Mei.”
“Hmm?”
“Xia Mei.”
“What is it?”
“Nothing, just wanted to call you.”
“Xia Mei.”
“Okay.”
While energetic outside, in front of his wife, Jiang Changtian felt relaxed all at once, and the sense of fatigue surged up.
He was originally lying down and talking, but the carriage was rocking, and Xia Mei’s hands were very gentle, so Jiang Changtian fell asleep.
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