After the fiancé was cut off by the county owner

Chapter 20
The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, and the people of the Qing Dynasty grow back.

Every year around this time, dragon boat races are held on the Weishui River in Kyoto.However, the embankment of the Weishui River is low and narrow, and there are many people watching the dragon boat race. Every year, there are always people falling into the water and being injured.

For this reason, this year's Dragon Boat Festival was changed by the government to the Luojiang River outside the city. Fences and stands were built on the bank of the Luojiang River, guarded by Habayashi Guards and patrol battalion officers and soldiers.

On the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, the ferry race had not yet started, and the stands by the Luojiang River were already crowded with people.Both the Changxing Palace and the Jiang family set up a pergola on the stands by the Luojiang River. Coincidentally, the pergola of the Dongling Palace is in the middle of the two.

The main concubine of the Tangling king stayed in the mansion due to physical discomfort, so the king of the Dongling came to watch the match with his sons and daughters and the side concubine Bai.

When Mrs. Jiang knew that Concubine Bai was here, she was very disdainful.It's just a concubine, and only the lustful King Dongling regards her as a treasure.

There are many Jiang family members, and the arbor is a bit crowded.Princess Changxing invited Mrs. Jiang's family to watch the race in her shed.Mrs. Qi didn't like the people in the Changxing palace, so she didn't follow her on the pretext of wanting to be with Mrs. Li.

Qi Tanying wanted to stay, but was dragged away by Jiang Zhi and Jiang Mei.

There are eight dragon boats floating side by side on the Luojiang River, the most eye-catching one is the dragon boat with a black gold dragon head in the middle. The dragon boat is more than ten feet long and seven or eight feet high. Seven people, all wearing red scarves on their foreheads.

There is a person at the head of the dragon, holding the drum stick, and when the gongs and drums sounded for the start of the match, that person began to beat the drum with heavy hammers.The black gold dragon boat was like an arrow flying off the string, leaving the rest of the dragon boats behind with a swipe.

Mrs. Jiang's eyes fell on the dragon boat, and she knew at a glance that the person beating the drum was not someone else, but her eldest son Jiang Liangyu.

Mrs. Jiang grabbed the handkerchief excitedly, and Jiang Zhi who was beside her even shouted, "I saw my elder brother."

"Wow, big brother is amazing!"

At this time, Jiang Liangyu was very different from his usual polite appearance, he looked like a general commanding a battle.

Princess Qingyang was fascinated by it, her eyes were full of admiration and admiration.Suddenly, Jiang Zhi's crisp and clear voice came from next to my ear, "Sister Atan, will Wuzhou also hold a dragon boat race?"

Princess Qingyang followed the sound and saw that she was talking to the girl beside her with a smile on her face.

She heard the girl answer: "Yes, but not as grand."

After speaking, he turned his head to watch the game with great interest. Princess Qingyang's gaze stayed on her, and he didn't look back for a long time.

Qi Tanying vaguely sensed that someone was looking at her, and as soon as she turned her head, she met Princess Qingyang's eyes.

Qi Tanying remembered that when she first met Princess Qingyang, she also looked at herself in the same way.The probing, doubting and other unknown expressions in his eyes made her feel very uncomfortable.

Qi Tanying planned to go back to Jiang's pergola, and when she was about to talk to Mrs. Jiang, she heard that Princess Changxing wanted to help her find her husband's house.

Mrs. Jiang politely declined, only saying that she dared not bother the princess.

Princess Changxing seems to be determined to help with this, "After Qingyang and Brother Liang get married, Miss Qi has to call her cousin. They are all one family, so there is no trouble."

She deliberately raised her voice so that Qi Tanying could hear it clearly.

Mrs. Jiang turned her back to Qi Tanying, not knowing that she was standing behind her.

Qi Tanying didn't make a sound, Princess Changxing looked at her and said: "My natal family has a nephew, he is 20 years old this year, he is the youngest son in the family, loved by his parents since he was a child, he is also smart, I think he is quite suitable for Miss Qi. "

Princess Changxing came out of Pingninghou's mansion. The current Pingninghou is her eldest brother, and she has only one son under her knees, who is 28 years old.The nephew she was talking about was naturally not Wu Han, the prince of Marquis Pingning, but Wu Jihai, the youngest son of her concubine brother.

Mrs. Jiang waved her hand anxiously, "Your Majesty, you can't help it. My younger sister said that the Qi family is just an ordinary family. You don't need to go to a wealthy family to find a husband for your daughter, as long as the son-in-law is a loving one."

That Wu Jihai, bearing the name of the son of the Pingning Houfu, often fooled around outside, not to mention that the first wife took a whole house of concubines before she married, he was really not a good candidate.

Mrs. Jiang felt that if Qi Tanying was really promised to such a person, her younger sister would probably fight for her.

Princess Changxing stared at her, "In this case, my nephew may not have this blessing." Mrs. Jiang could only smile helplessly, thinking in her heart that she must quickly settle the marriage of her niece.

At this time, there was a sudden shout of anger from the awning of the Tangling Palace next door, it sounded like the voice of Dongling King, and then a woman's cry was heard.

Princess Changxing winked at the maid beside her, and the maid quietly retreated.After a while, the servant girl came back in a hurry, and whispered a few words in Princess Changxing's ear. Princess Changxing's face changed drastically, and she ordered to go back to the residence immediately.

The rest of the people didn't know what happened, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

It wasn't until she returned to Jiang's house that Mrs. Jiang told everyone what happened.

It turned out that the eldest girl of the Dongling Palace had a dispute with Concubine Bai, and was reprimanded by the King of Dongling. The eldest girl was so angry that she took her maid back to the mansion.

Unexpectedly, he encountered a gangster on the way, and all the accompanying maids, guards and coachman were killed, and the eldest girl was nowhere to be found.

Such appalling events not only frightened the girls, but also the elders who had experienced the storm like Mrs. Jiang and Mrs. Qi were uneasy.

Mrs. Jiang told them not to go out in the near future, but to stay at home.

A few days later, the gangster who took away the eldest daughter of Dongling Palace was arrested, but the eldest daughter was already dead.I heard that the dead one was extremely pitiful. When she was found, she had been soaked in water for several days. Her identity was identified by the red mole on the back of her earlobe.

King Dongling and his concubine lost their beloved daughter, and the concubine couldn't afford to fall ill.The King of Dongling angrily sues the present-day Holy Majesty for the negligence of the Jingzhao Yamen's corpse, the Habayashi Guard and the patrol battalion, which caused the eldest girl to die innocently and tragically, and asks the Holy Majesty to uphold justice for him.

The Holy Majesty was furious, and ordered that the group of gangsters who kidnapped the eldest girl of the Tangling Palace be executed Ling Chi, and all relevant responsible persons were fined for one year, and the eldest girl was posthumously named the head of Yong'an County.

The case was finally understood.

Half a month after the case was closed, calm returned to Kyoto, and the female family members of each family gradually began to go out to socialize.

Qi Tanying also began to plan for her own marriage.

She gave Ting Lan brother Guanchao some money and asked him to inquire about Wu Jihai's appearance and character.

Guanchao was quick to do things, and he quickly found out everything.

"He is not a good guy. He eats, drinks, prostitutes, and gambles. The most disgusting thing is that he beats women. Whether it is the girls in the flower building or the women in his own room, they have all been punched by him. .”

Qi Tanying's face darkened when she heard this, she was such a princess of Changxing, she had no grievances with her, and she wanted to push her into the fire pit.

In the past, the Qi family of Wuzhou was eyeing her fiercely, and in the future, Princess Changxing was pressing her every step of the way. Where would she find a suitable betrothal candidate in a short time?
　The Dragon Boat Festival is approaching midsummer, and the people of the Qing Dynasty grow back. --Tang Li Longji's "Dragon Boat Wucheng Palace Banquet Officials"

　　
　
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