It was the first time she had encountered such an embarrassing thing when she was seventeen years old.

Mrs. Jiang was talking about Xiaoman and Han Shi through a screen, while Zhou Gongyu was on the other side of the screen, gently hooking her arm and wrapping her in her arms.

The two of them were close together and could feel the breath of each other.

Zhou Gongyu's hair was half a bunch of ink, and his cool and smooth hair was pressed against her and swept across her hot cheeks. She blinked and felt that her breathing became difficult.

"Xiaoman, haven't you changed it yet?"

Seeing that she had no movement for a while, Mrs. Jiang spoke out and reminded her. Xiaoman immediately broke away from Zhou Gongyu, tidied up her clothes and walked out.

"Switch it, come here."

After all, Mrs. Jiang couldn't avoid Xiaoman's marriage.

Finally, he sighed with regret and said, "Don't be sad either, your adopted father and I regard you as your own.

After all, Jiang is also a famous business in the southeast. You are the crown princess, and the show will never be as small as Rururuo on the day you get married.

The end of the year is approaching, and I will also go to worship Tao Si. She will definitely be happy for you when she learned that her only daughter has become the crown princess.”

"Thank you, my elder mother. As for the marriage, I still hope that everything will be simple, without any pomp, just be able to pass."

In short, she can't stay as the position of the Crown Princess for too long and will leave in the future.

If the mother of Taoism took out some rare treasures as a dowry, wouldn’t she send them all to the palace?

Mrs. Jiang said something again, but finally saw that Xiaoman insisted, she had to give up.

"Let's discuss this matter in the future, so there's no need to worry too much."

After the person stepped over the door and finally left, Xiaoman slowly breathed and turned around to face Zhou Gongyu with a resentful eyes.

She stumbled for a moment and explained, "My adoptive mother didn't mean that."

Zhou Gongyu lowered his eyes and slowly smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes, his tone a bit harsh.

"I don't care what others mean, I just want to know how you think.

Is the wisteria in my palace not as good as the gardenia on the windowsill?"

Before he said this, he felt a little aggrieved.

Xiaoman was silent and did not give an answer immediately, which made him feel even more wronged.

Where is Han Shi good? When will she be asked to read it?

Xiaoman shook his head, Zhou Gongyu's heart suddenly tightened, and then he heard her say: "Actually, I didn't like wisteria before, but the corridor in Jiang Mansion is quiet and I was relaxing there.

Later I liked wisteria because I could see you.

Every time you will appear there, like a dream, and even if I see that purple, I will feel happy."

But for a while later, she had never been to the corridor, and she didn't want to see the flowers, for fear that she would feel sad when she was touched by the scene.

"But it wasn't like that later. When I saw the gardenia, I felt happy, but when I saw the wisteria, I just felt uncomfortable.

It’s not that it’s not as good as it is, it’s just different.”

There was no emotion in her words, she just narrated it in a plain way.

Zhou Gongyu would rather have some resentment in her words, whether she cried or scolded, and accused him of letting down her affection.

But these things seemed to be difficult to touch her anymore, and she didn't even bother to show her unnecessary expressions.

He is different from Han Shi, and it is incomparable in her heart.

"I see."

Zhou Gongyu hugged her from behind, buried her cheeks on the side of her neck, his voice trembling, and even showed a sense of fragility.

"I know, sorry."

——

As the end of the year approached, Jiang Ruoruo got married. Mrs. Jiang wanted to discuss the affairs of Jiang Susi and Princess Lingyang. The affairs of Ba County were handed over to Jiang Suzhi to handle them. They stayed in the capital for the time being. After the New Year, Xiaoman would marry the prince and then return to Ba County.

Jiang Hengzhi fell completely ill, and Jiang Yuefu's death was another heavy blow.

First, his wife passed away, then Mrs. Jiang left, and finally she had to send a black-haired man away.

The day when Jiang Yuefu's body was sent to Jiang Mansion, Jiang Hengzhi vomited a mouthful of blood and then fell ill. Jiang Yuefu's funeral was handled by his confidant.

Jiang Chi, who was sent away, also returned to the capital because of this incident.

In just one winter day, white lanterns hung three times in Jiang Mansion.

People in the capital were talking about this, and Xiaoman was also called various unknown disaster stars.

Some people believe that the misfortune of the Jiang family was caused by her, and she also called her indifferent and ruthlessness. When she saw that Jiang Hengzhi's family had collapsed, she left the relationship and went to the Jiang family.

Xiaoman didn't care about those rumors. At Jiang Yuefu's funeral, Xiaoman went to hang three incense sticks, but he didn't see Jiang Hengzhi.

The huge Jiang Mansion looked silent and deserted. The white cloth was blown by the wind, like a wandering lonely soul.

Only lifelessness is left here, without any warmth.

When she walked through the corridor, she saw Jiang Chi from afar.

In the past, he was also a young man with great energy. He rode his horse across the bustling street and moved the hearts of the girls along the street, but now he has a depressed expression and a silence.

Jiang Chi also saw Xiaoman, his eyes lit up slightly, but he quickly lowered his lips, and his lips were pursed, and he did not look at her again.

Neither of them had anything to say, including Jiang Chi himself. When he recalled what he said in front of his mother's mourning hall, he was also ashamed and upset.

He is not qualified to say such words.

Not to mention the delusion that Xiaoman accepts his affection. In the Jiang Mansion, he was naive and stupid to use the method of bullying Xiaoman to satisfy his dirty thoughts.

Since I knew Jiang Chi’s thoughts, Xiaoman always felt uncomfortable whenever he thought of him.

After a brief look, he quickly turned his eyes away and quickly left.

A few days later, the capital became colder and every household had purchased New Year's goods.

On the first day of New Year's Eve, Xiaoman went to Tao Si's grave to burn incense.

She thought she would see the desolate scene of the weeds on the grave, but she didn't know that the opposite was true.

Someone cleaned Tao Si and sacrifices were placed in front of the grave.

The incense chopsticks have not yet been extinguished, and the blue smoke is rising. The person in front of the grave is standing in front of the monument with his head down, and his back looks like a bent old tree.

Jiang Hengzhi did not turn around, and sighed before saying, "Xiaoman is here..."

"Mr. Jiang."

He trembled for a moment before frowning and said helplessly: "You haven't called my father for a long time."

It was since she was dragged to take Cun Hancao that Xiaoman's throat was damaged by the medicine, and since then she has lost her "father".

"What do you want to say?"

Xiaoman didn't want to deal with him more, and his tone was a little impatient.

Jiang Hengzhi hesitated for a moment, and it seemed difficult to say it.

"Can you stay at home and spend time with your father this year?"

She felt inexplicably, and her tone was a bit ridiculous.

"It's strange. I lived in the mansion for fifteen years. My father never cared about my birthday. I never thought about New Year's Eve, Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival.

I always wonder if I am not good at anything, which makes you dislike me, so I work hard to read and practice calligraphy, not to compete or scramble, and not to cause trouble.

I don't even dare to get sick, for fear that you will not like it if you know.

But I tried my best, and you wouldn't look at me.

Now that Jiang Yuefu is gone, you realize that I am also your daughter, not a livestock.”

Jiang Hengzhi looked at her in silence.

"I didn't think you were a livestock..."

“Not important.”

Xiaoman's eyes moved to Tao Si's tombstone and his eyes turned cold.

"You are sorry to my mother, sorry to Mrs. Cheng, and sorry to your children.

What I hate the most is that you pretend to be deeply in love and do not repent.

He attacked Lin Wan and wanted to use the child in her belly to save Jiang Yuefu.

I let Lin Wan down and my first wife down.

Since you want to be a villain, why do you have to pretend to be forced and say these words to disgust me."

Jiang Hengzhi never thought that Xiaoman would say such words, and he couldn't hold on for a moment and his face looked very ugly.

"I am your biological father, and I can't change it. You are still my blood. Even if you have the support of the prince, treating your biological father like this is unfilial."

He was so angry that he pointed at Xiaoman's hand and kept shaking, and his breathing became heavier.
To be continued...