Part 1: A Dream Within A Dream / Rebirth of Ill Fated Concubine

Chapter 033 Ruan Ju

Zi Su and Lian Qiao were thinking about their own things, but Lu Zhu stood beside Jiang Ruan who was writing, and said happily: "The girl's handwriting is really beautiful."

Two big characters were written on the snow-white rice paper: Ruan Ju. It was really impressive. People say that seeing the handwriting is like seeing the person. The handwriting was smooth, but there was a hint of sharpness in it. It seemed to hide the depression in the heart under the calm appearance. At first glance, it was as gentle as water, but in fact it was full of murderous intent.

"Do you know how to read?" Jiang Ruan asked Lu Zhu.

Lu Zhu shook her head: "I can't read, but I know that the girl's handwriting is good."

Jiang Ruan laughed. Xia Yan, the former first talent of the Dajin Dynasty, easily agreed to change the name of the courtyard. She looked very generous, but in fact she wanted to see her laugh. She wanted to change the words on the plaque, but she had no money when she returned home, so she had to write it herself. 

However, she had been in a manor since she was six years old. No one taught her to read and write in the manor. Everyone thought she had become a fool who could not read a single word. If she could really write, she would be so ridiculous.

Lu Zhu asked in confusion: "Miss, you never learned to read and write in the manor. How did you learn it?"

How did I learn it? Jiang Ruan's eyes fell on the paper in front of her. 

In her previous life, she was also taught by Xia Yan to become a fool beauty. She learned to play the piano and dance. As long as the people in the Dajin court mentioned her, they would despise her: 

That evil woman who brought disaster to the country, she only had the skills of a lower-level singer, much worse than her talented sister. Since she was sent to the palace, there were countless women with superb dancing and piano skills in the palace. 

In order to be favoured, she was forced to accept a lot of devilish training, and the one of calligraphy was taught by the eighth prince himself.

Back then, under the rain of flowers, he taught her to hold the pen like this, and wrote on the snow-white rice paper: the exquisite sieve is filled with red beans, and the deep love is deep in her heart. Who would have thought that it was just a play?

Now it seems that she should thank the Eighth Prince. The Eighth Prince's handwriting is one of the most romantic in the Jin Dynasty. He always said that her handwriting was soft and not strong enough, so she died in the end. Now her handwriting is still smooth and soft, but not sure if he can see the murderous intent in it.

Jiang Ruan smiled, picked up the rice paper from the table and blew it, and gave it to Lu Zhu: "Frame it and put it on the gate of the courtyard."

Zi Su and Lian Qiao also laughed when they saw it: "Ruan Ju, what a good name, the girl's handwriting is so good, it would be great if the young master could see it." 

After saying that, they realized that they had said the wrong thing, and looked at Jiang Ruan with some uneasiness.

Jiang Ruan's eyes paused. When Zhao Mei died, she was sent to the manor. Jiang Xin Zhi knelt in the ancestral hall for a day and a night, but in the end he failed to change Jiang Quan's mind. Jiang Xin Zhi joined the army in anger. Before leaving, he told her that he must return home in glory and let no one dare to bully her.

In those painful days, Jiang Xin Zhi was her only spiritual support. Until one day in the manor, news came from the Jiang Mansion, saying that Jiang Xin Zhi died in the battlefield and his body was gone.