Chapter 12: Jiang Wuyou's Thoughts
Such an arrogant apology, while the crowd was shocked, also made Du Yinyun, who was far away from the martial arts observatory, smile.
Previously, she had always thought that He was a mischievous and unpleasant person. But now it seemed that his mischievousness was real, and his unpleasantness was not, and this kind of straightforward apology was really a bit cute.
Jiang Wuyou saw the light smile on the corner of Du Yinyun’s mouth, so she pulled her up from her seat and stood by the railing of the martial arts viewing platform, resting her arm on the railing, holding her cheeks up and looking down to her heart’s desire.
This was a lovely, youthful but undignified gesture, which, in terms of etiquette, would only be done by a maid or a girl from a small family who did little or no manners.
Du Yinyun was already eighteen, an older girl, and not only that. But the Du family was a new up-and-coming family in Yinjing back then, and Du Lie was a strict governor, so that the education regarding Du Yinyun’s manners was very strict. To adapt to the upper class circle as soon as possible and not to become a laughing stock.
At the railing, Du Huakui stood upright, while Jiang Wuyou, who was over twenty, leaned against the railing, obviously slightly older, but more like a young girl at the moment.
“What does sister think, of him?”
Both of them had their eyes on the scene below, but it was Jiang Wuyou who spoke first.
Du Yinyun said, “Seeing is believing, hearing is not believing, rumours are half-truths, so you can’t believe them all.”
Jiang Wuyou said amusingly, “I was talking about Chu Fan.”
Du Yinyun froze, her face flushed slightly, and she said forcefully, ” I am also talking about Chu Fan.”
Jiang Wuyou arched her eyebrows and smiled, “You’re lying.”
Lying was a difficult task for Du Yinyun, who normally did not like lying, but had somehow lost her mind just now.
Since she was wrong, all she could do was accept the mistake.
Du Yinyun countered, “Sister too.”
Jiang Wuyou conspired, “‘too’? Could it be that Yinyun admitted to lying just now?”
Du Yinyun was naturally no match for Jiang Wuyou in the talk. She usually didn’t even say two words, so she had to change the subject.
“How did sister come to this Spring Breeze Mansion?”
“I volunteered.”
“Voluntarily?” Du Yin Yun was a little surprised.
The education she had received since childhood made it difficult for her to think of why a virtuous woman would voluntarily come to such a dirty place as the Spring Wind Mansion.
“During the famine, my parents sold me to a person in order to stay alive. The man then resold me to the owner of the Mansion. The owner’s courtyard was full of children who came like me and had teachers who taught us to read, play the piano and practise dancing. It was hard but at least we had enough to eat.”
“Later, when I became a good dancer and was pretty, the owner called me to come to Yinjing. And here I am now.”
Du Yin Yun frowned. Her experience was much worse than Jiang Wuyou’s, she was bought back by the owner of the Spring Breeze Mansion from the Department of Education and stayed in the Mansion for a year to learn the music, and that was how she became the Head Lady.
“How did sister become familiar with young master?”
Even Du Yinyun herself did not know why she asked this. She had only opened her mouth, and the words “Young master” had already slipped to her lips.
Jiang Wuyou’s eyes looked a little teasing as he said, “After I came to Yinjing, I was quite popular. Every night, many people paid a lot of money to line up to talk to me and watch me dance. Those people were so boring, pretending to be moral, but in fact they were full of that naughty thought.”
“Then, one night, a drunken man came barging in, and being unreasonable, he simply shooed my guests away and sat himself down. That was your, young master.”
My young master?
Du Yingyun knew Jiang Wuyou’s nature. There were no limits to her speech, and the more she retorted in annoyance, the happier this woman would be.
So be it, let her talk.
“What happened afterwards?” Du Yingyun asked.
Jiang Wuyou was in no hurry to say what happened next. Instead, she sighed, “Your, young master is really different from the norm.”
Du Yinyun’s heart twitched; Wu Qinghou held 120,000 elite soldiers in his hands, which inevitably aroused suspicion. Could it be that He Yunxiao was deliberately hiding his clumsiness? Was his usual drunken and domineering appearance an act? Rumor has it that he has done a lot of evil, but why has he never made a big mistake?
She hurriedly asked, “How different?”
Jiang Wuyou said with a smile in her voice: “Others would more or less spend some time in front of the moon and then carefully reveal their thoughts. But He is different, he is straightforward, he threw the bag of money on the bed and asked me to sleep with him.”
Du Yinyun’s mouth opened slightly, not responding for a moment.
“Naturally, I didn’t allow it, but I found him very interesting. So in turn, I gave him silver and asked him to keep me company, but I didn’t expect this to work.”
Du Yinyun, who was always cool, sighed, “Young Master He, he is really a genius.”
Jiang Wuyou thought so.
She said, “As you can see today, this man is usually very kind and obedient and doesn’t act like the son of a marquis at all. Just now, he had an idea of his own and had to apologize, and I couldn’t stop him.”
As Du Yinyun listened to Jiang Wuyou’s joyful, sulky, and somewhat proud words, a sour taste welled up in her heart for some reason.
“Does sister like young master?”
Jiang Wuyou said very graciously, “I think I do.”
Jiang Wuyou’s frank words made Du Yinyun’s heart tingle.
It was good to like each other, but why did she feel so bad?
Jiang Wuyou added, “What’s the use of liking? He is the son of a marquis, and I am a woman of the dust. With my status, I can only be a maid in the marquis’ house. That would be still better than being here.”
“Besides,” Jiang Wuyou stole a glance at Yahou, who was not far away, “I work under the master’s authority, where I can leave just by saying so.”
These words struck a chord with Du Yingyun.
Her feelings in this regard were much deeper than Jiang Wuyou’s.
After all, Jiang Wuyou herself had a lower starting point and was not originally a girl from a wealthy family, while she, Du Yinyun, had fallen high from a high place and into the mud.
Jiang Wuyou’s heart was also troubled.
To be precise, she had been asked by He Yunxiao to assist Du Yinyun as a partner, but now that she saw that Du Yinyun was gradually taking a liking to He Yunxiao, she was a bit reluctant.
But in her heart, she knows that even if He-Yunxiao could set aside his prejudices and treat her honestly, it would still be impossible for her and He-Yunxiao.
Her true identity was as the head of Yan’s secret agents in Yinjing.
North Yan and South Qi had been at war for generations, and once such an identity was revealed, it could only be a break in enmity.
She did not want to get too deep into it.
It’s just that, since you want sister’s silver, sister will help you out.
“Speaking of which, sister’s father is General Du Lie?”
The highest military position in Qi was that of the Right Minister, who was in charge of the military, but now that the Right Minister was gone, all power was under the Left Minister, Han Wenxin. Next to the right minister was the upper general, a second-ranking martial position, which was held by He Yuanhao, father of He Yunxiao, and Chu Tianzhu, father of Chu Fan.
Next in rank is the Great General, a third-ranking martial post.
Du Lie, on the other hand, was a general, a fourth-ranking martial rank.
Du Lie was not bad at ability, but he was bad-tempered and poorly liked. If someone had helped him, he would have no trouble rising to the rank of third-ranked great general.
Du Yinyun responded, “Yes, My father is indeed Du Lie.”
Jiang Wuyou nodded and said, “Then you are a good match for He Yunxiao.”
Du Yinyun said indifferently, “I am not destined to be with young master.”
Jiang Wuyou said to herself, “That may not be true, and said, “Are you free tomorrow night? Why don’t you come to my sister’s room and we can talk all night?”
The Du family had fallen overnight and almost all of Du Yinyun’s former friends had abandoned her, although there was still a girl from the Fan family that she was still in contact with. but it was not the same as before, and Du Yinyun did not want to bother them.
Now Jiang Wuyou, who is also a poor girl, offers her an invitation to join her, and Du Yinyun has no reason to refuse.
“Okay.” She agreed.
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