“Say what it looks like!” Jiang Luo urged.

“It’s like being possessed by an evil spirit! His eyes were slack as if he couldn’t hear people calling. He walked blindly into the river, and jumped down without hesitation.”

“Then what are you doing? Why did you let brother jump down?!” Jiang Changning not believing such an unfounded reason. It’s just that she didn’t see Mother Jiang’s dazed expression after hearing the explanation.

The servant felt a little guilty: “At first, the slave thought that the young master saw something rare and wanted to take a closer look, but it was too late when I realized it. The young master is so strong that the slave couldn’t stop him. Fortunately, the young master seemed to wake up after entering the water and no longer struggle.”

Jiang Changning wanted to ask something else when the doctor came out.

“Doctor, is there something wrong with my son?” Mother Jiang hurried forward.

“Young Master Jiang is fine, it’s just that he fell into the water and was startled and choked, so he passed out. Wait for me to prescribe two prescriptions to soothe the nerves and warm the body.”

“What a relief, thank you, doctor.”

“Hong Xing send the doctor out of the house.”

Mother Jiang panicked, but Jiang Changning had already made a plan, so she gave Hong Xing a wink. She gave the doctor money bags when she send the doctor out of the house.

One is to thank him for saving Jiang Changbai’s life, and the other is to ask whether the boy servant told the doctor anything about being possessed. Jiang Changbai is a person who is going to be an official, so he can’t get involved with these rumours. So this is to prevent him from spreading rumours in the future.

“Changning, go back to your room to rest first, I’ll just watch over Changbai.” Jiang Changning was about to go to see his brother with Mother Jiang but was stopped. She was surprised for a moment.

Jiang Luo followed Mother Jiang, and while Mother Jiang turned her head, she slowly raised her lips and smiled at Jiang Changning, with a sinister look on her face.

Suddenly thought of something, Jiang Changning suddenly raised her head. Does this matter have something to do with Jiang Luo? Jiang Changning didn’t hear the conversation between her and the system. Jiang Changning thought it was just a coincidence, but recalling what happened at the flower viewing banquet, it was not a power that people could control…

Sitting on Jiang Changbai’s bed, Mother Jiang felt exhausted when she saw Jiang Luo, but she still remembered the old master’s words in her heart, saying that Jiang Luo was good for Changbai, so she didn’t let her go out.

Hong Xing came back after sending the doctor off and saw her master standing alone outside Jiang Changbai’s door. Although she didn’t understand what happened, she couldn’t help feeling a little sad.

She walked over and called softly: “Miss.”

Jiang Changning came back to her senses, closed her eyes, and withdrew all expressions: “Let’s go.”

It took two hours for Jiang Changbai to wake up coughing.

“Changbai” Jiang’s mother was overjoyed, and hurriedly asked someone to help him up, and at the same time called someone to bring the soup that was warmed on the stove.

“You finally woke up.”

“I made mother worry.” Jiang Changbai tried hard to recall what happened before he fell into the water.

But his memory was unclear he couldn’t remember it. He just remember that there seems to be something in the water leading him there.

“It’s good that you’re fine, but do you remember why you fell into the water?”

“Your son is ashamed to say but I saw a strange-growing aquatic plant by the river and wanted to observe it, but I didn’t notice the soft mud by the river, so I slipped into it without noticing it. I expect my mother to hide this matter from my sisters for me, it is really shameful.” Jiang Changbai couldn’t remember it, so he made it up and fooled it.

“Let’s rest at home tomorrow, and send someone to ask for leave.”

“No, mother.” Jiang Changbai touched the tip of his nose in embarrassment, “I’m fine, it’s okay to rest for a night, but don’t say anything about it. If anyone knows that I have fallen into the water and spread it, I am afraid it will make other colleagues laugh.”

Seeing that he is in good spirits, Mother Jiang no longer insisted, stretched out her hand to pull Jiang Changbai’s quilt up, and said: “If this is the case, then you should rest.”

“Thank you, mother.”

After leaving the house, Mother Jiang went to the housekeeper to ask how Zhuangzi’s affairs were arranged and urged him to implement them as soon as possible.

Although Jiang Changbai said it was because of momentary negligence, Mother Jiang always remembered the old master’s words in her heart, and she couldn’t take this risk.

She didn’t see her brother yesterday, and heard that he went to the palace early in the morning, so he must be in good health, Jiang Changning was relieved.

Mother Jiang sent someone to say that there was no need to meet early today, so Jiang Changning and Hong Xing simply nested in their small yard.

It rained some time ago, and the house was a little damp. Taking advantage of the sunshine today, they just took out some ancient books to dry in the sun.

Hong Xing moved out the reclining chair as Changning will sometimes lay lazily on it to rest, holding a book she had read halfway through in her hand. When she looked up, she could see small yellow daisies blooming in the corner of the wall.

She was lying on her back, the warm sun was shining on her face, her fair complexion was slightly tanned, and she could smell the ink from the books.

In my last life, I’m afraid it was difficult for me to even have such a time.

She stretched out her hand to cover her face and was slightly warmed by the sun. She was so warm that she almost shed tears. What she was looking for was never wealth nor glory.

“What? You want to bring Sister Ning and Luo’er for the royal hunt?” Mother Jiang was shocked, and she accidentally knocked the teacup on the ground with her sleeve and heard a loud noise.

Jiang Changbai was still drinking tea slowly, thinking that Mother Jiang was overjoyed.

The weather was good recently. He heard that Jiuyong Mountain has beautiful scenery, birds flying around and it is full of vitality.

The emperor became interested and wanted to go out for a walk to exercise his muscles and bones, so he invited all civil and military officials of the dynasty to enjoy the spring scenery and hunt around the mountains.

After receiving the news, Jiang Changbai asked for extra attendance.

Mother Jiang was planning to find an excuse to send Sister Ning out in the next two days, but this news caught her off guard, so what to do.

Jiang Changbai looked longingly, “Many noble children will go to the Jiuyong Mountain hunt this time. Such a grand event and taking advantage of the good spring weather, I will naturally bring my younger sisters. What’s more, the emperor has authorized the three daughters of the Hou Mansion to participate. Mother doesn’t have to worry, I will take good care of them at that time.”

I am not worried about this… Forget it, you have already made it clear in front of the royal family: “In that case, you can take them there.”

When the news came, Jiang Changning had just put the books into the study with Hong Xing. In her previous life, she had also heard about the hunting at Jiuyong Mountain, but she had no chance to participate at that time. She never thought that she would have the opportunity to see it this time.

“That’s great, miss! I heard that you will be able to see the emperor and the empress during this hunt!” Hong Xing was sincerely happy for her master, as many high-ranking daughters have no chance to admire the majesty of the royal family.

Despite that, Jiang Changning who has experienced two lifetimes remained nonchalant. It was difficult for her to have major emotional ups and downs, and she only shows a glimmer of expectation in her eyes.

Jiang Luo received a reminder from the system, [Host, this hunting event is a chance to meet important targets, please be prepared. ]

In the blink of an eye, it’s time for hunting. Jiang Luo has been very busy recently. She asked for many rewards from Mother Jiang, and went out to buy new clothes, intending to show them off in Jiuyong Mountain. Those who can attend the event are mostly wealthy and noble people who are not ordinary people.

“Miss, don’t you want to wear other jewellery?” Hong Xing took the inlaid gold phoenix hairpin and the lotus pattern enamel tassel with her left and right hands respectively and looked at Jiang Changning who only had a gold-plated white jade hairpin with a swallowtail butterfly on her head.

She was wearing an off-white skirt embroidered with Strelitzia orchids, and a goose-yellow silk blouse with persimmon pedicle pattern. She had a slender waist, and the pleats of the skirt spread out as she walked, like a white peony in full bloom.

Her skin is as white as frost and snow, and her pair of emerald green eyes seem deep and watery, which makes people dare not look too much.

“Just put them away.”

Before walking out of the courtyard, she saw that the peonies in the garden were in full bloom, and the petals were wet with dew, making them look delicate and beautiful.

Jiang Changning reached out and plucked the most brilliant white peony in bloom, put her hands on the stem and smiled at Hong Xing: “It’s not so thin.”

Inexplicably, she thought of a poem she once heard a girl from her family recite: The eyebrows are open and charming, and the green temples are full of spring smoke.

Jiang Changning had already walked out the door, and Hong Xing quickly followed after.

t/n:
the poem is titled Jade Butterfly by author Liu Yong:
“The green hills in the distance are like the dark eyebrows of a beauty, and the smoke in spring is as thick as her sideburns.”

This sentence describes the girl’s eyebrows and temple hair and describes the girl’s delicate and beautiful face.

I think it’s a little bit longer than that but this is all I got. It is also a famous poem to describe beauty in Chinese media (as far as my understanding).

p/s:

currently, updates are slow like snails due to the upcoming Eid celebration in a couple of days… will resume upload once I’ve got enough time to do some translations

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