Chapter 1 Disputes
In early spring and February, the coldness of midwinter has not completely dissipated, but the willow trees beside the Weishui River in Kyoto have already sprouted green branches.

An attic not far from the Weishui River faces the wind and stands alone, facing the willow trees on the bank.

I thought that the end of winter and spring would come soon, but when we arrived in Shenshi, the sky that was clear before became dark, and soon it began to snow again.

A neatly arranged convoy entered the city from Xuanping Gate against the heavy snow.The leader was a two-horse carriage with green curtains, pulled by two sleek bay red horses, leading the convoy behind to drive slowly across the long street.

When the convoy reached Chang'an Avenue, the curtain of the carriages in the second row was lifted, revealing half of a fair and delicate face.

"It's already February, why is it still snowing?"

Feeling the biting cold wind, the owner of the pretty face was Qi Tanying, who frowned and muttered.

At this time, another female voice sounded from inside the car, "King is no better than Wuzhou. It's very common to snow in spring, and it will be warmer in a few days."

Qi Tanying hurriedly turned her head, and saw that her mother, who was leaning on the wall of the car to sleep, had opened her eyes, her face was half sad and half nostalgic, "You were only seven years old when you left Beijing, and it will be ten years in the blink of an eye."

Hearing her mother talk about this matter, Qi Tanying didn't have much empathy.

Ten years have passed, and her impression of Kyoto is very vague.The only two things that are clear are that her father died in Kyoto, and that her fiancé, who was betrothed since she was a child, is a descendant of a noble family in Kyoto.

This time, her mother took her and her younger brother Qi Yukun to leave Wuzhou and come to Kyoto to fulfill the marriage contract made since childhood.

When I left Wuzhou, the Lantern Festival had just passed, and I traveled northward for a month, and it is now mid-February.

Mrs. Qi sighed and said, "If your aunt hadn't urged me so hard, I would have to wait until it gets warmer before leaving."

Originally, she planned to leave after March, but it was Sister who sent several letters urging them to go to Beijing.Mrs. Qi had no choice but to rush to the capital with her two children.

Fortunately, the daughter's large dowry was shipped over years ago, and the odds and ends that I didn't have time to buy can be bought in Kyoto.

Having lived in the south for ten years, Mrs. Qi was not used to the cold spring in Kyoto.She hugged Mrs. Tang in her arms a little tighter, and planned to review the situation of Jiang's house for her daughter before arriving at Jiang's house.

"When you arrive at Jiang's house, try to avoid the lady in the second bedroom. She is very domineering, and even someone as powerful as your aunt will suffer a lot from her."

Qi Tanying agreed on the face, but there was a trace of worry in her heart.

She has read all the letters between her aunt and her mother over the years. In the letter, her aunt described the wife of the second room as a heinous villain, wishing to eat her flesh alive.

Moreover, the old lady of Jiang's mansion has always favored the second wife and handled things unfairly, resulting in extremely bad relationship between the eldest room and the second wife.

The Jiang family has not yet separated, so after she married into the eldest house, could she really avoid meeting the second wife and the girl?
Thinking of participating in the intrigue in the future, Qi Tanying couldn't help feeling a little bored.

As if she had understood her daughter's thoughts, Mrs. Qi patted her hand reassuringly, "Just bear with it."

She said: "Your aunt takes the lead in everything. You are a junior, so don't pay attention to their disputes unless you have to."

Qi Tanying nodded upon hearing this.

After saying this, Mrs. Qi wanted to say something more, but the carriage stopped suddenly, and there was a noise outside.

Mrs. Qi sent someone to inquire about the reason, and after a while, a clear male voice came from the car window, "Auntie, there are people gathering to make trouble ahead, the Jingzhao Mansion's guards are dealing with it, and we can pass in a while."

Mrs. Qi lifted the curtain and saw her nephew and son-in-law standing outside the carriage against the wind and snow, she couldn't help blaming softly, "It's such a cold day, just send someone to say it, why do you need to make this trip yourself, get back in the car Come on, don't freeze."

Jiang Liangyu smiled and answered "Yes".

Just as he turned to leave, a ten-year-old servant dressed as a servant stumbled over, "Eldest son, please save our son, the people of Jingzhao Mansion are going to take him away."

Jiang Liangyu frowned when she heard this, and hurried to the trouble spot with her servants.

The scene of the disturbance was in the center of Chang'an Street, and the people who watched the excitement surrounded it tightly.

Jiang Liangyu squeezed in with his servants, but before he could stand still, a shadow rushed out from the side and hugged his thigh.

The man cried loudly: "Brother, they framed me."

Jiang Liangyu tried hard to restrain the anger in his heart, "Stand up and speak well."

The man straightened up immediately, his red eyes filled with grievance.Jiang Liangyu glanced at him, and when he saw a bright red lip print on his handsome and fair face, he couldn't help feeling angry from the bottom of his heart.

But now is not the time to argue with him, Jiang Liangyu patiently listened to him explain the reason, and then got to know the situation with the guards of Jingzhao Mansion, and finally figured out what happened.

It turned out that the young man with a woman's lip print on his face was Jiang Liangyu's younger brother, Jiang Zhenyu, the third son of the third house of the Jiang family.

He has always been idle and not doing business, often eating, drinking and having fun with a bunch of friends.

Today, he went to the flower house with a few friends who were good friends on weekdays. Because he was too handsome, he was eaten tofu by Hua Niang. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he clamored to go home.

Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked to Chang'an Avenue, she ran into a scene where an orphan girl sold herself to bury her father, but was robbed by bullies.Out of good intentions, he asked his followers to drive away the bully, and gave the woman some money to go home and bury her father.

Who would have thought that woman insisted on following him and repaying him as a slave.When Jiang Zhenyu refused, the woman said that life is his and death is his ghost, if he doesn't agree to accept her, she will die.

After speaking, he made a gesture to slam into the pillar of the nearby shop.

Jiang Zhenyu still didn't understand, this woman was obviously dependent on him, so he said in a moment of anger that she would die, at worst, she would pay some money.

The woman saw that he refused to eat, so she ruthlessly bumped into the pillar, but she didn't die, but a layer of skin was torn on her forehead.

Jiang Zhenyu was frightened, before she recovered, the bully jumped out again.Said that he and the woman had a relationship, but Jiang Zhenyu bullied her.

Before Jiang Zhenyu had time to clean up his grievances, the guards from Jingzhao Mansion came and said that he had gathered a crowd to make trouble and wanted to take the three of them back to Jingzhao Yamen for interrogation.

Jiang Zhenyu knew very well that no matter whether he was wrong or not, as long as he entered the Jingzhao Yamen, he would definitely have nothing to eat when he returned home.It was also his luck that he happened to meet Jiang Liangyu's convoy going to the pier to pick up Qi's family.

After hearing the reason, Jiang Liangyu knew that his younger brother had been blackmailed.

He thought for a while, then cupped his hands to the spectators and said: "Everyone, although my younger brother is a bit stubborn, he is not a bully. If someone can testify for him, Jiang will definitely thank him."

After finishing speaking, he added a sentence, "Just tell the truth, if someone gives false testimony in order to get that reward, the servants of Jingzhao Mansion are not vegetarians."

 I have opened a new book, I hope everyone will support it a lot, and the manuscripts are rich, so you can rest assured to enter the pit!
  
 
(End of this chapter)

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