Exile with Storage Space: Family Fortunes in the Barren Lands-Chapter 771 - 0724 Li Yuwen Enters Jiang Mansion (1)

Chapter 771: Chapter 0724 Li Yuwen Enters Jiang Mansion (1)

The weather was hot, and Li Yuwen had no appetite and lacked energy. In the morning, she only ate some mung bean soup and went to the small garden in the backyard to cool off in the shade of the trees.

Jiang Suyun entered the Pei Mansion and saw her lying comfortably on a recliner, enjoying the breeze fanned by two little maids.

Lady Sun led Jiang Suyun forward, "Young mistress, Miss Jiang is here."

Li Yuwen turned her head and saw Jiang Suyun, her eyes red and swollen, walking towards her with a pale face.

"Yun, what happened to you?" Li Yuwen immediately sat up straight from the recliner and beckoned Jiang Suyun over, "Come, let me see your face."

Seeing her, Jiang Suyun felt even more aggrieved, her eyes reddening further, "Sister Wen."

Li Yuwen said to Lady Sun and Xiao Lingdang, "You all go mind your own business, we don’t need serving here."

Lady Sun poured two cups of iced tea and left with the two little maids.

In the small garden, only the cicadas on the trees were calling, with no other noises, it was still relatively quiet. But to Jiang Suyun, even this lone cicada sound was irritating her.

She sat on a chair in front of Li Yuwen’s recliner, her head lowered, twisting a handkerchief in her hands, and said nothing.

Li Yuwen leaned over, looked at her face, and asked suspiciously, "What’s wrong? Who bullied you? Tell me, I’ll go and beat them up."

"Yesterday at dusk, I arranged for Chunmei to quietly follow Yu Wen Zan, and discovered..." She gently sighed, with an expression of distress that she couldn’t verbalize.

Li Yuwen squinted, "Discovered he has issues?"

"Chunmei took me to that place, and I saw... saw him coming out of the Xue Family’s house, and as they parted, they... held hands." Jiang Suyun, after pondering all night and forgetting most of last night’s unhappiness, brought it up again as if she had reopened an old wound on herself.

The pain of that wound was invisible to outsiders, only she could feel it.

As Jiang Suyun recounted last night’s events, she felt a tightness in her heart, her face becoming even paler, and her hands starting to tremble.

Li Yuwen was not surprised, she just looked calmly at Jiang Suyun, "Suyun, what do you plan to do?"

She could only remind Jiang Suyun about Yu Wen Zan’s character.

But how to choose was up to Jiang Suyun herself.

"I think... I don’t know what to do." Mentioning Yu Wen Zan, Jiang Suyun’s heart was in turmoil again.

Divorce?

She couldn’t bear it; having several women wasn’t a big deal for men.

More than half of the men in the Capital had concubines, side rooms, some even had mistresses.

Not divorce?

But he clearly said there were no other women...

Jiang Suyun’s heart was in a mess, not knowing what to do.

Li Yuwen understood her character and didn’t rush her, only holding her hand, "Alright, think about it first and let me know once you’re sure."

She understood Jiang Suyun’s character too well.

When dealing with other matters, she was a calm and wise girl, but as soon as it came to romantic relationships, she turned chaotic.

Once a man glanced at her, and after three chance encounters in one day, Jiang Suyun could conjure up a storybook’s worth of scenarios.

But in reality, that man was looking for a lost set of keys, while Jiang Suyun was there admiring the fish.

She didn’t leave, and since he didn’t find his things, he didn’t leave either, so naturally, they could meet three times in a day.

But how was this a fateful encounter orchestrated by heavens?

The man merely glanced at her three times, and she could imagine a whole series of stories.

When Jiang Suyun shared her thoughts with Li Yuwen, Li Yuwen was dumbfounded for a while.

Even a small incident three years ago could excite Jiang Suyun for days, let alone Yu Wen Zan, her legitimate fiancé. Whether Jiang Suyun could completely sort out her feelings for Yu Wen Zan was uncertain.

Jiang Suyun only spoke of her grievances and didn’t ask Li Yuwen what she should do.

Li Yuwen asked once; when Jiang Suyun avoided the topic, she didn’t ask again.

The two just sat and had tea, chatting.

By noon, during lunchtime, Li Yuzhu, who had been out, returned.

Li Yuwen privately told Li Yuzhu about Jiang Suyun’s situation.

Li Yuzhu raised an eyebrow, "With Jiang Suyun’s temper, can she take such a blow?"

Li Yuwen shook her head helplessly, "Exactly, she’s just all over the place, looking heartbroken one moment and forgiving the next."

Li Yuzhu said, "Big sister, in such matters, it’s best to tell her family and see what their stance is."

Though she supported marital freedom, it was better to cut off unsuitable marriages.

To avoid a lifetime of regret.

Li Yuwen sneered, "You’re right to remind me. I must talk to the Jiang Family and make it clear. Yu Wen Zan is a schemer trying to use the Jiang Family to climb up. If he takes the position of Left Minister, others certainly won’t have good days ahead."

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Jiang Suyun stayed in the Pei Mansion with the sisters Li Yuwen and Li Yuzhu, chatting casually until after dinner in the afternoon before returning home.

When she got off the carriage, she saw the Yu Wen Zan family’s carriage parked at her door.

The gatekeeper told her that Yu Wen Zan’s attendant had come to deliver some seasonal fruits and some sour plum soup to relieve the heat.

Jiang Suyun didn’t say anything and went to the back residence to see her parents with her maid.

The Jiang Family’s rule was that upon returning home, one must greet their parents and report what happened during their outing before they could return to their own courtyard to rest.

In Madam Jiang’s main room, Jiang Suyun saw the housekeeper lady of the Yu Wen Family sitting in the guest seat.

The housekeeper lady saw her approaching and smiled as she stood up to greet, "Miss didn’t visit our house today. The Second Young Master said that perhaps the young lady has been weary from recent labors, and he feels guilty, so he specially asked me to deliver some of the young lady’s favorite seasonal fruits and some sour plum soup for cooling. Additionally, there are also two wild ginsengs sent to nourish the young lady."

Jiang Suyun did not, as she had in the past, show a happy expression upon seeing anyone from the Yu Wen Family. Instead, with a calm demeanor, she nodded slightly, "Thank you for the trouble, ma’am."

Madam Jiang noticed Jiang Suyun’s fatigued and cold expression and felt puzzled, but with guests present, she didn’t ask questions.

The housekeeper lady from the Yu Wen Family sat for a while longer, finished her half cup of tea, and then took her leave.

Madam Jiang sent a servant to see her off.

After the housekeeper lady left, Madam Jiang took her daughter’s hand and asked with concern, "You don’t look well. What happened?"

"Nothing, just tired and in need of rest." Jiang Suyun forced a smile and said nothing more.

But who knows a daughter better than her mother? Her eyes clearly held an unspoken worry.

Madam Jiang knew her daughter was stubborn and that if she didn’t want to talk, no amount of questioning would make her. So she didn’t ask further and simply said, "Since you’re tired, go and rest."

At night during the second watch, assuming Jiang Suyun was asleep, Madam Jiang sent a nanny to quietly summon Chunmei to her room for questioning.

Chunmei had already been warned by Jiang Suyun not to speak about matters concerning Yu Wen Zan.

Jiang Suyun said she wanted to think it over first, regarding how to handle her relationship with Yu Wen Zan.

So, despite Madam Jiang’s repeated questioning, Chunmei did not reveal a single word.

Madam Jiang was worried but helpless.

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Unlike Madam Jiang’s bewildered situation, Li Yuwen had more means.

Similarly, Jiang Suyun did not disclose the address of the Xue Family to her, but the clever Li Yuwen extracted the answer from Jiang Suyun’s few words.

Jiang Suyun said that Chunmei followed Yu Wen Zan on foot and reached the place after passing five market blocks.

Knowing the general area and understanding the surroundings of the Xue Family’s residence, she just needed to search around the Yu Wen Family.

Li Yuwen sought help from Pei Shenyan.

Pei Shenyan used his connections to contact a group of patrolling soldiers in the city.

These people were familiar with every market block and residence in the city.

In less than half a day, Pei Shenyan found the residence of the Xue Family.

At the address given by Pei Shenyan, Li Yuwen found the place. She waited for an hour in front of the house and indeed saw the Xue Family member, who had gone out, enter the house.

Li Yuwen noted the address and then took a carriage to the Jiang Mansion.

When she was still a Commandery Princess, she rarely visited other ministers’ homes and could only be seen at a few grandly hosted banquets of prominent families or at court banquets.

Given her aloof and proud nature, she was generally not easily persuaded to attend, nor did she mingle well when she did go. She wasn’t impressed by the less lively court banquets.

Although her reputation was widespread, there were not many who truly knew her.

She visited the Jiang Mansion with Pei Shenyan’s introduction card.

The Jiang Mansion people assumed she was the country girl spoken of by the Pei Family members.

Aside from being beautiful, there was nothing particularly praiseworthy.

Nonetheless, the Jiang Mansion people, unlike the Pei Family, had no direct conflict of interest with Li Yuwen. Although they were not overly fond of her, they didn’t dislike her either.

The servants politely welcomed her into the mansion.

Madam Jiang was upright and didn’t mind the rumored country girl connected to Pei Shenyan. Since Pei Shenyan was a court official, no matter how low his wife’s status, she was still an official’s wife.

Madam Jiang instructed the housekeeper lady to have Li Yuwen brought into the main hall of the rear courtyard.

While Li Yuwen was sipping tea, Madam Jiang arrived with her nanny.

Upon entering, Madam Jiang immediately noticed a stunningly beautiful young lady, seated gracefully and sipping tea.

She was utterly taken aback.

She blinked several times and then realized her vision was indeed not deceived.

Li Yuwen, seeing her enter, set down her teacup, stood up, and with a smile and a nod, said, "Hello Madam Jiang, it’s been a while, Madam Jiang."

It was indeed Li Yuwen!

Madam Jiang recognized Li Yuwen’s voice; she had seen her twice while she was in the palace.

Li Yuwen’s striking beauty, her lazily relaxed voice when she spoke, was unmatched in the Capital.