139: Chapter 83: Encountering Beauty 139: Chapter 83: Encountering Beauty After dealing with Shen Ruyun, Jiang Li felt even better.
Her steps even became light-hearted, and in a trance, it was as if she had returned to the rural paths of Tongxiang in Xiangyang, and she couldn’t help but want to sing a song.
At last, she had also drawn Shen Ruyun into this complicated battle.
Jiang Li had been worrying about how to lure everyone to Yuxiu Pavilion, but Shen Ruyun had delivered herself to the doorstep.
Knowing Shen Ruyun’s foolish passion for Zhou Yanbang, Ruyun wouldn’t be able to endure watching the man she loved secretly meeting with another woman.
Understanding the impulsive and thoughtless nature of her young sister-in-law, Jiang Li believed that at the very moment Shen Ruyun witnessed the affair, she would definitely create a scene and let everyone at the palace banquet know about this scandal.
As a result, everyone would know that Miss Jiang the Fifth and the fiancé of Second Miss Jiang had slept together.
It’s certainly immoral for the younger sister to steal her elder sister’s man, but Zhou Yanbang, as the fiancé, would also be despised.
Jiang Li thought that Jiang Yuanbai, who cared about his reputation, would never allow Jiang Youyao to marry Zhou Yanbang after this.
And since Jiang Youyao was deeply in love with Zhou Yanbang, having him taken away would be like cutting out a piece of her heart—she would surely be in unbearable pain.
And what about Jiang Yue?
At best, she could marry the Heir of Marquis Ningyuan as a concubine, but is being a concubine really that great?
The Marquis of Ningyuan and his wife would not look kindly upon a woman who tarnished their son’s reputation.
No matter whom Zhou Yanbang marries in the future, the main matriarch of the household will surely torment a seductive woman like Jiang Yue without mercy.
As for Shen Ruyun, since she was the one who discovered and exposed the affair, there was no doubt that she would become an enemy of Marquis Ningyuan’s Mansion.
Zhou Yanbang would not develop any affection for Shen Ruyun, and it was impossible for her to win his heart in this lifetime.
In this drama, each person got what they deserved, and Jiang Li was very satisfied.
As she was thinking this, she suddenly saw two people talking ahead.
One of them was very conspicuous; even in the dark, he shone like the most dazzling moonlight, attracting one’s gaze involuntarily.
The young man was dressed in a bright red outfit, which, in the night, made him appear even more like a ravishing Spirit Demon.
He was looking down and speaking with the person opposite him.
Since he was turned sideways from Jiang Li, and the light was dim, it was impossible to see his expression.
She hadn’t expected to encounter Duke Su here.
Jiang Li’s heart chilled, and the good mood she had after dealing with Shen Ruyun immediately dissipated.
Every time she saw Duke Su, Jiang Li felt an uncomfortable sensation throughout her body.
Perhaps it was because Duke Su’s appearance was too dazzling, too aggressive, or perhaps it was his eyes, which seemed lazily amused but made one feel as if he was observing you with absolute clarity.
Jiang Li stopped in her tracks.
Duke Su and his companion also noticed someone had come, and they turned their heads to look at her.
Jiang Li internally cursed her luck, but outwardly she did not show any panic.
She composedly paid her respects to Duke Su and then turned to walk in another direction.
To an observer, it would appear as if she had wandered here by accident, encountering Duke Su as if by chance, with no particular interaction, before leaving, as ordinary as anything.
Still, inside, she was far from calm.
She always felt that the man talking with Jih Heng looked incredibly familiar.
When that man turned his head to face her, the sensation of familiarity became even more intense.
Although she couldn’t place where she had seen him before, Jiang Li was certain she had met this man before.
She was somewhat puzzled.
She and Jih Heng had been strangers, their few encounters lacking in substance, and even in the past, they had been like passersby to one another.
She should not know someone close to Jih Heng.
That man must not be one of Jih Heng’s people.
But who could he be?
Thinking hard but unable to resist the thought, why on earth was Jih Heng here, boldly walking around the palace banquet?
Only someone as flamboyant as Duke Su could do such a thing, and this was also because Emperor Hongxiao was especially lenient towards Duke Su.
Of course, with the Jiang Family on one side and the Right Chancellor and Prince Cheng forming a faction on the other, the only person Emperor Hongxiao could rely on against these forces was Jih Heng.
Right, the Right Chancellor?
Jiang Li’s mind raced suddenly recalling, the person who had spoken with Jih Heng just now wasn’t he a servant of Li Jing, the eldest son of the Right Chancellor?
Li Family’s eldest son was both talented and well-connected.
When Shen Yurong topped the imperial exams, Li Jing actually didn’t mind his identity as the son of the Right Chancellor, and took the initiative to congratulate her.
At that time, Jiang Li had been accompanying Shen Yurong in receiving guests and remembered among the guards accompanying Li Jing, there had been such a person.