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

Chapter 066 Li Yang

Xia Yan smiled and said yes. The two talked for a while. Jiang Quan said, "Then I will send an invitation to the Li family and ask them to come to the house for a chat."

Xia Yan smiled and said, "Then I won't bother you, Master. I'll go see Chao'er." 

She closed the door and the smile on her face disappeared instantly. She walked through the corridor and walked into the yard. Cui Yu was taking care of Jiang Chao. When she saw her come in, she stood up and stepped aside.

Jiang Chao lay motionless on the bed. Xia Yan sat down beside him, took up the hands wrapped in white cloth and put them to her lips, and whispered: "Chao'er, don't worry, mother will definitely avenge you."

Linlang stood aside and asked: "Madam, do you really want to matchmake the eldest girl with the second young master Li?"

"How is it possible," Xia Yan smiled viciously: "I want her to be a concubine of Li Yang in this life, and don't even think about the title of wife. I want her to be ruined and become a plaything of the father and son of the Li family. Marrying into the Li family, she will suffer for the rest of her life!"

Linlang couldn't help but shudder, and only heard Xia Yan laugh softly: "The wife of the second young master Li? Dream on!"
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The incident of Baihua Tower in Capital seemed to spread all over the streets overnight. In the past few days, the Jiang family has become the talk of the town, but it's all a joke.

In the Jinying Palace, a young man wearing a black crane cloak stood by the window, which made him look particularly tall and straight. A snow-white pigeon flew from the window and landed in his palm. He took the note tied with red thread from the pigeon's leg. The pigeon's red bean-like eyes looked at him. He stretched out his fingertips to touch the snow pigeon's head. The snow pigeon chirped happily and flew into the blue sky with its wings flapping.

Xiao Shao unfolded the note and read it. His eyes were stern. He knocked on the table, and two people in black clothes suddenly appeared in the room.

"Master," one of them spoke first, "I found out. I followed the book boy of the Imperial College. The letter came from Jiang Quan's mansion in the capital. The one who sent the letter was the maid next to the eldest daughter of the Jiang family. But no connection between the two was found."

"I know, go down." Xiao Shao said.

The room returned to silence. Ye Feng stood behind Xiao Shao and thought for a while: "The previous rumours were also spread by Miss Jiang. Master, Miss Jiang's identity is really suspicious." 

"She is not a traitor." Xiao Shao said. When he found out that it was Jiang Ruan, he was also very surprised. 

Generally, only the emperor's close friends know the questions of the emperor's palace examination. Jiang Ruan is just a woman in the boudoir. She can't be a traitor in the palace anyway. 

But there are indeed many things about her that don't make sense. For example, before in the mansion of Minister Shen, she even knew the most secret passages. 

He has 100,000 Jinyiwei and many capable people, but he can't find any suspicious things about this Miss Jiang who suddenly appeared, as if she should know those secrets. He also heard about what happened in Baihua Tower in Capital last night. 

Recently, there have been frequent incidents in the Jiang Mansion, and it seems that they all started when Miss Jiang returned home. As it turned out, the Jinyiwei found the servant who followed Jiang Chao in Baihua Tower last night, and he also admitted that he took the money to deliberately lure Jiang Chao there.