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MTL - Marriage of the Di Daughter-Chapter 238 distortion
Two days later, Jiang Yuanbai went to the palace with Jiang Li.
Originally, Jiang Li’s intention was that Jiang Yuanbai and Hong Xiaodi rejoined the same time, but Jiang Yuanbai insisted that Jiang Li first deal with the affairs of the National Government. Jiang Li did not know how Jiang Yuanbai managed, and how he said with Hong Xiaodi. When he went out, Jiang Yuanbai only told her that the Su Gonggong would take her to see Hong Xiaodi. As for how to say after seeing Hong Xiaodi, how to Do, look at Jiang Li himself.
Along the way, Jiang Yuanbai was very silent, and Jiang Li did not speak. In her heart, thinking about what to say next to Hong Xiaodi, it is really difficult. On that day, she said to Jiang Yuanbai that it was to deal with the affairs of the National Government. This is true, but it is not the one that Ji Yun has asked, but Jiang Li himself has some problems and cannot understand. In these days when Ji Yun is not in Yanjing City, she always thinks about what happened to Ji Yun in the past. In the past years, Ji Wei alone took on many things that he should not admit. The past is irreparable, but Jiang Li still hopes to know more about some of Ji Rong's past. She heard some of the past events of Ji Yun from Situ's September and heard people's mouths. Sometimes I thought of the tragedy of the sinister leaves and the generals of Jinwu. When I thought about it, I came up with some mistakes. .
This is the secret of the National Government. She can't tell others that Ji Yun is not in front of her eyes, so she only has to find the answer. However, in the process of seeking an answer, it is necessary to get the approval of Hong Xiaodi. Jiang Li knows that Hong Xiaodi is an emperor who has tolerance and ambition and has the means to be ambitious. She does not dare to take it lightly. Even if it seems that Ji Yun is the confidant of Hong Xiaodi, but with the king as a tiger, and the red leaves and In the past, Ji Xiaohan also involved the royal scandal. Jiang Li was not allowed to pay attention to Hong Xiaodi's attitude towards this matter, so she must personally see Hong Xiaodi to determine what to do next.
After entering the palace, the people arranged by Su Gonggong came to pick up Jiang Li, and Jiang Yuanbai did not keep up. He only let Jiang Li go by himself and waited outside. Jiang Li did not quit, followed the Su Gonggong, along the way, the palace eunuchs along the way could not help but look at Jiang Li, his eyes faintly with shackles.
Who can think of it? In the past, Jiang’s family, who was notoriously forgotten, was almost forgotten behind her, and now she became the prospective wife of the National Government. Especially now that the Jiang family is no more than before, Jiang Li is the most glamorous one of the Jiang family. It is no wonder that the world often says that the wind and water are turning, but the second lady of Jiang’s family, who looks warm and gentle, can actually surrender to Su Guogong’s 蘅 蘅, which is also a powerful means, not to be underestimated.
Su Gonggong is very respectful to Jiang Li, and Jiang Li does not dare to neglect. Su Gonggong stood at the door of Yang Xin Dian, saying: "Miss Jiang Er, the emperor is in the Yang Xin Dian, you please come in."
The small **** outside the police reported, Su Gonggong took Jiang Pear and went in. In the temple, Hong Xiaodi was sitting at the table. Jiang Li approached and found that he was practicing words. His words are also very emperor-like, arrogant, like the past years of crouching until today, finally no need to disguise, showing the domineering of the ninety-five.
Jiang Lili salute: "The courtier has seen her majesty."
Hong Xiaodi put down the pen and said: "Get up." Look at Jiang Li.
Jiang Li stood up and looked at the emperor.
Her expression was as calm and calm as ever, so that Hong Xiaodi remembered the Mingyitang school exam. Jiang Li won the top spot. He personally gave a gift, and he saw that the vicious and sinister Miss Jiang Er was completely different from the others. . After a lapse of more than a year, she seems to have not changed at all, still as gentle and calm as in her memory, even if she is facing him.
He knows that Jiang Li has always been very courageous. From this, she can see from the Tongxiang people playing stone lions in front of Chang'an Gate. It is no wonder that Ji Yun will treat her differently. Hong Xiaodi thinks of Jiang Li’s stepmother and looks at her eyes and finally eases it down.
He said: "The first assistant said that you want to see you because of the affairs of the government office. If you have something to say to you, what do you have? Let's talk about it now."
Hong Xiaodi is actually less than ten years old than Jiang Li. The tone of speech can be like the elders facing the younger generation. In a certain way, Hong Xiaodi and Ji Yun are forced to grow up at a very young age, so their temperament seems to have no naivety and juvenile enthusiasm for young children, and some are just intriguing. Under the rapid growth of maturity. This seems to be called an old tycoon, but only those who know the inside understand the blood and tears represented by these four words.
"Your Majesty, the minister came today, it is indeed for the purpose of the government, the minister asked the majesty, let the minister see the Queen Mother."
Hong Xiaodi's face changed slightly, carefully looking at the **** pear, said: "He even told you this?"
Jiang Li was silent, and Ji Yun was in the cave that day, telling the entanglement between Ji Jia and Yin Zhan for many years, and naturally told the identity of Empress Dowager. Ji Wei said that Hong Xiaodi should have put the Queen Mother under house arrest. For the Queen Mother, Hong Xiaodi will not let her go.
Jiang Li knows that this matter involves the royal secrets, and he and Ji Ji are not the same. Hong Xiaodi still uses Ji Yun, but he is a woman, and he is dispensable to Hong Xiaodi. If Hong Xiaodi realizes that he is threatened, he will definitely not hesitate to remove it. The best way is to pretend that nothing is known. The more you know, the more dangerous it is.
But she can't do this, she has to figure out one thing, even if she risked being suspected by the emperor. She can do very little for Ji Yun, at least to help Ji Yun find the truth.
"What do you want to look for in the Queen?" asked Hong Xiaodi.
His voice was low and very stressful, but Jiang Li didn't move, just bowed his head and whispered: "It's something about Mrs. Ji who wants to ask the Queen Mother."
"You are not willing to say it?" Hong Xiaodi said: "Ji Yu told you everything, he really did not want to die."
"The minister is the man of the country." Jiang Li replied, "There will never betray the country's grandfather."
She knows what Hong Xiaodi is jealous of. The emperor who grew up like this will be wary of the people around him and will not trust others easily. About the practice of Ji Yun in the eyes of Hong Xiaodi, it was simply stunned by a woman, ridiculous, completely disapproved.
Sure enough, Hong Xiaodi heard the words, but asked: "Oh? Forever? Then ask you, if Ji Ji goes to Qingzhou, can't come back, what should you do? You will keep the card for a lifetime? Pear, you can't help but look at yourself too high."
"Your Majesty is too underestimated the minister," Jiang Li answered not humble. "If the country grandfather goes to Qingzhou no longer, the minister has stayed in Yanjing City, waiting for him. If he is dead, the minister is willing The hair is shining, and he is alone in the door, and he is widowed for a lifetime. Forever, it is not so difficult. It will be over the evening."
Her voice was mild, as if to say that a little bit of truth, so that Hong Xiaodi could not turn his head to look at her, as if to see her look clearly, to see if Jiang Li is lying.
Jiang Li looked at him calmly, her eyes were firm, and people could not help but feel that if she doubted her determination, it was also an unforgivable thing.
Hong Xiaodi snorted and said: "Flower words."
Jiang Li smiled instead. From the words of Hong Xiaodi, she can see that Hong Xiaodi is not only a husband and wife, but also a little bit of sincerity. It is precisely because of the consideration of Ji Ji, Hong Xiaodi will be so alert to himself.
This is much better than she had planned at the beginning.
"So, do you have to see the Queen Mother?" Hong Xiaodi asked.
"Please be convinced."
"You can promise you. When Ji Yun walked away, I begged you to take care of you. I didn't expect you to look after you before you come. You are looking for yourself. It is a matter of the National Government, you don't intervene, you need to find the Queen Mother. Ask the answer, just ask yourself, but one thing, you must remind you that the Queen Mother is a madman. If you angered her, can you bear the consequences, you have to look at yourself."
Jiang Li heard it, but it was a smile. She once again bowed down with respect and respect, from the Honourable Hong Xiaodi, said: "Thank you."
She thought that Hong Xiaodi also knew about the death and hatred between Ji and the Queen Mother, otherwise it would not be so lightly taken. However, this is convenient for her to act. She worshipped like this, Hong Xiaodi was impatient, and greeted Su Gonggong, let Su Gonggong take Jiang Pear and quickly went to see the Queen Mother.
Everything is much smoother than what Jiang Li expected.
Su Gonggong said: "Miss Jiang Er, come with my family."
Jiang Lii withdrew from the Yang Xin Dian and went out with Su Gonggong. The direction of Su Gonggong’s departure does not seem to be Kunning Palace. It is like a cold palace. There are no people along the way. Jiang Li walked away and understood a few points in his heart. I am afraid that as Ji Ji said, the emperor has put the Queen Mother under house arrest. Also, Yin Zhan died and Yin Zhili rebelled. Hong Xiaodi had long anticipated that this day would come. Even if he had already known the disasters committed by the Queen Mother, he would not have to maintain the false mother-child friendship. .
Su Gonggong took Jiang Pear to an abandoned palace and said it was abandoned because there was no shovel outside. The yard was small and empty, and a thick layer of dust was accumulated on the ground, as if no one had swept it for a long time. Jiang Li guessed that it was not so cold that the cold palace was not so depressed. I did not expect that there would be such a deserted place in the palace.
The whole yard was quiet, as if no one lived here. Su Gonggong walked outside the door of the innermost room and whispered: "Miss Jiang Er, please come in. The family is waiting outside. If you finish, or if you have anything to tell the miscellaneous family, the miscellaneous family will come in again. ""
Jiang Li Chong Su Gong Gongdao thanked him and pushed the door and went in.
"Oh," the door seemed to have passed for a long time, and finally it was pushed by people to make a squeaky voice. Being so pushed, the dust is flying in the air, it is clearly white, but the room is like the night, black and lacquered. There seems to be something in the dark, and the woman screams: "Who?"
Ginger pear paused and said: "The Queen Mother," she said as she opened the curtain in the room.
The room was suddenly illuminated by the light.
Sitting in front of the dressing table, a woman is sitting. She was so lighted, and some of her eyes were uncomfortable. Jiang Li saw that the clothes on the woman seemed to have not been washed for a long time. The white coat had become dirty and some yellow, her The hair is also greasy, without any jewels, but also with a delicate hair, more and more hair is dirty. She looked at Jiang Li from the side and looked at her with a sharp look. The face was both aging and embarrassing, but it was swearing, as if to smash the **** pear.
"Who are you? What are you doing?" She repeated it again.
This is Lin Roujia, the Queen Mother of today. Since being under the house arrest by Hong Xiaodi, she has become this virtue. Hong Xiaodi will not be able to eat and drink her well, especially after knowing that the person who killed Xia Guifei has her, although Hong Xiaodi did not use the punishment for the Queen Mother, but this is more than a rough wife. The child is not as good as it is, so it is tantamount to making the Queen Mother die.
She has been pampered for so many years, even when she is the most refuge in Hongshan Temple, there is Yin Zhan in front and behind, she will care for her. Where has passed such a day, as if her self-respect has been trampled on the ground and trampled. Even so, she still maintains her dignity as a Queen Mother.
Jiang Li is not willing to fulfill her pride. She knows that the woman in front of her is so vicious, killing the red leaves and Ji Hanhan, and the life of the evil Ji Yun has changed since then. In any case, she could not give half a sympathy to Lin Roujia.
"I am Jiang Li in the first auxiliary government. You can also call me the future lady of the National Government."
"The government office?" The Queen Mother frowned, seems to think for a long time, just want to understand who is Jiang Li, she looked at Jiang Li, and said: "It turned out to be you, you come here, what is it?"
Jiang Li seems to have no reason to look for the Queen Mother.
"I am here to ask you about the fact that you and Yin Zhan conspiring to kill the red leaves." Jiang Li replied.
When the words came out, the Queen Mother first squatted. After a while, she suddenly sneered: "What happened to me? It was originally for the kind of sorrow to ask the sin. What qualifications do you have to ask the past? Jiang Yuanbai’s waste is not worth mentioning. You wouldn’t think that you could climb the Ji Yun. You can really sit back and relax. The mourner’s family can kill even the cold, and he will die in the family of the mourner sooner or later. !"
In the heart of Jiang Li, there was a burst of anger. Even this anger is more than when she learned that she was Shen Yurong and Princess Yongning. How can there be such a shameless person in the world, sitting down and doing things that hurt the world, not only do not know the remorse, but also arrogant, from her eyes, only pure malice.
She was too lazy to talk to the Queen Mother and went straight to the subject. She only said: "Don't say anything else, I just want to ask you a sentence. When you broke the ground with your wife and Yin Zhan, you designed and killed Ji. Madame. In the deep palace, how can Mrs. Ji suddenly appear, this is what you arranged. You deliberately seduce Mrs. Ji to come, and then kill her with the hand of Yin Zhan, right?"
The laughter of the Queen Mother came to an abrupt end. She stared at the **** pear, like a wild beast with a hair.
Ginger pears are cold. She had already felt that something was wrong. When Ji Yun told the cause of the death of the red leaves, Jiang Li felt a little weird. Ji Yi is in it and it is difficult to see it. But when she was outside the office, she could detect that something was wrong. It is rumored that the red leaves are smart and not smashing. The Queen Mother and Yin Zhan privately, I am afraid that I will not find a place to start complaining, and I want to come to the outside to guard. Because it is in the palace, that person will only be the confidant of the Queen Mother. The temperament of the Queen Mother is so unsatisfactory, and even a weak woman can’t stop it. Also let the blush leaves break through?
It doesn't matter.
When Jiang Li wanted to come and think, he only felt that the problem was here in the Queen Mother. I was afraid that it was not an accidental tragedy, but a well-planned premeditated plan. The red leaves were undefended and became the first pieces to be sacrificed.
"When are you going to question the mourner, do you want to confess your grief?" The Queen Mother caressed her own side. This action was made by a girl, and it would be very delicate, but she did it at the moment, only Nondescript, creepy. She said: "When people are dead, what is the difference between the mourning and the confession? Yes, it was the sorrow that deliberately let the blush leaves come in. Who told the monk that he was always in front of the mourning, but it was The cockroaches in the brothel are also held in the palm of your hand. Why? The mourners are born in high gates, but they can’t be the masters of marriage, and they are so sly, but they can live as fast? Isn’t that unfair?” She lifted The high chin, the corner of his mouth raised a smile, "The sorrow makes her die like a dog, no dignity!"
This person is really mad at the extreme, and there is only one thought in Jiang Li’s heart.
After the Queen Mother finished, it was very happy, laughing, but his eyes fell into memories.
Jiang Li guessed well. It was indeed that Lin Roujia deliberately let Mei Xiang’s mother, her milk lady, lure the red leaves to smash her and Yin Zhan’s personal feelings, and took the opportunity to kill the red leaves. Because she really hates red leaves, but she is a Queen Mother, in the deep palace, the red leaves are the generals, she can not find a way to start, can only kill by Yin Zhan. In the end, she succeeded. The red leaves were indeed dead, and the pain was still as painful as death. Her heart was like a sigh of relief, and she was completely comfortable.
But when asked, why should she hate red leaves? Hate did not hesitate to risk her to kill her. In fact, there is no direct contradiction between Lin Rojia and Yan Hongye. Even in the early years, when Lin Roujia was not married, he heard about the family's affairs, and knew that the beauty of the Yanguan Jingcheng fell into the Qinglou, and he was very sympathetic. At the same time, she is in Lin Family for herself, and she does not have to go through those terrible things and be grateful for the fate of people.
It was changed from time to time. Lin Roujia couldn’t remember it, but since she was given a marriage, she became a prince. The past Lin Roujia began to cease to exist. Later, she was married to a person who did not love in the palace. Her husband did not love her. In the backyard, she was intrigued. Everyone must fight for love. She was unhappy and began to hate her identity. Come.
It was at this time that the red leaves were transformed, from the sinful daughter of the Qinglou to the wife of the main house of General Jinwu.
Lin Roujia is envious of the red leaves. In order to smash the red leaves, Ji Yuhan did not hesitate to fight against the whole family. He did not hesitate to go to the emperor. He struggled for a long time and finally broke the red leaves into the door. And he is also very fond of the red leaves.
Hate people have no laughter, Lin Roujia has the status status, the original red leaves are not, now there is. Lin Roujia did not have the power to swear by the lover, the bright and happy marriage, and the red leaves. She couldn't get it. It turned out that she couldn't look at her eyes. Even the sympathetic people had it. It was like a slap in the face, and she slammed on the face of Lin Roujia. She stunned and beat her hysterically.
Ji Xiaohan sometimes enters the palace with a blushing leaf. Every time he enters the palace, the smile on the face of the blushing leaf can always deeply hurt the heart of Linroujia. Even though she later had Yin Chong's care, it was like a mouse that could not be seen, and could not appear in front of people. But the blushing leaves can be, the distinct people of Ji Hanhan and Yin Zhan are the same people, all of them are famous generals, and her identity as Miss Lin Jia seems to hinder the fact that there are no women in the Qinglou crimes. Why is it that she can't get anything?
Her heart didn't feel twisted. This kind of unwillingness and jealousy reached the peak after learning that the red leaves were pregnant.
At that time, the relationship between Emperor Xian and Ji Yuhan was good. He often called Ji Han into the palace, and the red leaves were naturally accompanied. Lin Roujia also had to say a few words with the red leaves. Looking at the belly of the red leaves, Lin Roujia could not wait to push the red leaves down, so that she also tasted the pain of losing her son.
Yin Zhan did not know the secrets of Lin Roujia’s heart. He often talked about his friends’ joys. The more Yin Chong is like this, the more desperate Lin Roujia is. He rejoiced for his brother's joy, but did he ever think that he and he could never have a child with a bright future.
After the red leaves gave birth to Ji Yun, they once held Ji Jin to the palace and gave the first emperor. Lin Roujia sat aside and looked at the baby's pink face, just then, a very vicious plan appeared in her mind.
She lured the red leaves, deliberately let the blush leaves "crash" her and Yin Zhan's affair, successfully used Yin Zhan to remove the nails in her eyes, and since then, she has not let her unsightly existence, everything is very smooth. It is now that Lin Roujia did not regret the things he had done at the beginning. If he said that he was confessing anything, the only thing that was that he did not even go out with him, leaving the scourge and harming himself. In such a dilemma.
The woman's appearance is no longer young. She is sitting in front of the dressing table. In the darkness of the light, Jiang Li is coldly glaring at her. "You have done so many heart-wrenching things, and you hate the red leaves, you can't understand Ji. In the end, in the end, what you hate most is Yin Zhan, and you."
The Queen Mother turned her head and said, "What are you talking about?"
Jiang Li was not scared by her face, but cold: "What you hate is that Ji Yuhan and Yin Zhan are not much different in status. The same is the general. But Ji Jihan can make a red leaf. At all costs, I have to marry her with the whole family. But Yin Zhan does not want to come to you because of all your costs. You are jealous of red leaves, and even more hate is Yin Zhan. You think Yin Zhan does not have what he said. Love you, you have done so many things, in fact, to make Yin Zhan feel embarrassed, let him compensate. He did not give you a happy marriage, you must ask for it elsewhere. In the end, you are still too selfish."
The Queen’s mouth screamed: “You shut up! Nonsense! I love you cold! What do you know, he loves me!”
Jiang Li picked up her mouth. At this moment, her look was very similar to that of Ji Ji in the past. She said: "Do you know why Yin Zhan will not be like you at the same time, and he will marry you at all costs?"
The Queen Mother groaned and asked, "Why?" She looked at Jiang Li's eyes a little nervous, as if she valued the answer very much. Yes, this problem has been plaguing her for the past few decades, but her pride does not allow her to ask Yin Zhan, and no one around her dares to answer her on this question.
"Because you are not worth it." Jiang Li said a word.
"The red leaves are crowned in the capital, and the five cars are rich, even though they are fallen, the character is high, but what do you have? You are just a boring woman who is careful, selfish and vicious, weak and easy to anger others. You think Yin Zhan does nothing. Do you know? When you designed to kill the red leaves, do you think that Yin Zhan doesn’t know the truth? I think maybe Yin Zhan knows the truth, and for so many years, I never thought about taking you away, but let You stay alone in the palace of Yanjing."
The body of the Queen Mother trembled violently. Her lips began to turn white and her face was gray.
Jiang Li knows that since Lin Roujia chose to use a knife to kill people, instead of directly telling Yin Zhan to let Yin Zhan kill the red leaves, it is obvious that he cares about his appearance in Yin Zhan's heart. Although I don’t know what happened between the Queen Mother and Yin Cham, it is conceivable that the life of the Queen Mother, perhaps the most concerned, is the most cherished, that is, Yin Zhan, even her own son Yin Zhili, who did not come to Yin Zhan. important.
Even for Ji Yun, Jiang Li does not want the Queen Mother to be too good. It is much harder to live with pain and confession than to die. She is a deceit, but also a little bit to destroy the self-righteousness of the Queen Mother, let the Queen Mother live in pain.
"Yin Zhan said again, so I used to be a hero in the past, and it was a matter of light and openness. And since I was with you, I have seen what he has done, killing a friend’s family, killing his wife and children, and being referred to by thousands of people. 10,000 people are reviled and stinking for a long time. You said that in the past years, did he regret it for a moment and regret that he knew you. If you start over again, never meet you again?"
The Queen Mother looked horrified and muttered: "No, he loves me, he loves me."
"Wake up!" Jiang Li said sharply: "Look at yourself in the mirror. You are just an old woman. When you are old, there is no character worthy of nostalgia. You think you killed it." Red leaves, you are victorious? Wrong! The red leaves are always left in her most beautiful time. She has the love of Ji Hanhan and the son's tie to her death, but what about you? Because of you, Yin Zhili became The chaotic thief, the origin of the singer can not see the light. Yin Zhan did not leave a sentence with you before death, why? Because he finally got rid of! He can leave you here, and live in the world!"
"No" Linroujia screamed and turned to look in the mirror. The woman in the mirror was born, and the corners of her eyes were full of wrinkles. Her face was no longer blown, and it was not so easy to blush. In the memory, Miss Lin Jia, who met Yin Shang on the mountain road, seems to be another person. It seems that she is not her.
Does Yin Zhan regret it? In the heart of Lin Roujia, she has been stunned and helpless. She has always lived with the love of Yin Zhan. Even if Yin Zhan died, she only needs to know that Yin Zhan loves her when she is dead. She is not alive in her life.
But Jiang Li has torn her dreams hard, which makes her look like a joke, her dignity is gone. She is like a deserted woman abandoned by Yin Zhan.
Yin Zhan really does not love her? She didn't love her many years ago, because she was poisonous, selfish, and killed the red leaves, so Yin Zhan did not want to take her away, but let her be old here.
She has been here for a lifetime!
The Queen Mother desperately picked up the cup on the table and slammed it into the mirror in front of him. The mirror was "smashed" and the portrait of the woman above was broken. Some fragments of the mirror scratched Lin Roujia’s hand, and she was unaware of it, muttering in her mouth: “Impossible, he loves me, he loves me”
Outside the door, Su Gonggong heard the movement inside and asked: "Miss Jiang 2?"
Jiang Lidao: "It's okay, father-in-law." She looked at Lin Roujia, Lin Roujia looked mad, and did not look at Jiang Li, but squatted down and hugged her head. She has completely collapsed from the very beginning, like all the things that keep her pride broken and the painful color.
Jiang Li looked at her coldly and turned and walked out the door. There is no need for her to say anything more. Lin Roujia still lives here. It is her fragility and unwillingness to let her destroy herself. In her life, she lived to get a perfect love. Even if this love has been distorted and deteriorated, only one person needs to tell her that this love is false. It has long been because of her own viciousness. Lin Roujia will wake up from his fictional dream.
When I wake up, it is always extraordinarily cruel.
Jiang Pear couldn't make Hong Xiaodi kill the Queen Mother. For Lin Roujia, it was too cheap for her. Sometimes the torture of the soul is ten thousand times more painful than the torture of the **, she is here, for the sins committed in her first half of life, slowly redemption.
Su Gonggong smiled at the outer door: "Mrs. Jiang Er’s words can be finished?"
Behind him, it seems that Lin Rojia’s painful crying, Su Gong’s face is as usual, Jiang Li knows that after she leaves, Su Gonggong will tell Hong Xiaodi everything that happened here. As for Hong Xiaodi's thoughts, will she give birth to another feeling, and Jiang Li does not care.
She is not comfortable with the softness of Lin Roujia live, she is Ji Ping, the pain of Ji Yun’s youth, and should also make Lin Roujia long. Lin Roujia destroyed the things that Ji Yun cherished, and Jiang Li also destroyed the love that Lin Roujia cherished.
Is this poisonous? Jiang Li does not think that she just wants a fair.