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Chapter 278 – My Son Has Facial Paralysis (part 9)
In this manner, Jiang Hewen began to order people to approach the servants of the general’s mansion in order to try and collect Li Su’s preferences. On the other hand, he was considering who would give birth to his son.
In the end, Jiang Hewen thought of one person. He remembered that Su Ruoxue had a sister who was seven years younger than her.
Jiang Hewen met Su Ruoxue’s younger sister, Su Ruolan.
When he saw Su Ruolan in Beautiful Pavilion, he went back to the day he and Ruoxue first met many years ago.
Too similar. These two sisters were too similar. The only difference was that Su Ruolan had a mole at the left corner of her left eye, which made her feel more charming.
Jiang Hewen made a decision immediately.
Half a month later, after giving the Su family 10,000 taels of silver notes, Su Ruolan became Jiang Hewen’s concubine.
Maybe it was empathy, or maybe it was Su Ruolan’s good-natured personality, but Jiang Hewen treated Su Ruolan very well. The promises that he had not fulfilled to Ruoxue before were all directed towards Ruolan.
As for Su Ruolan, she felt wronged at first. However, under Jiang Hewen’s love, this grievance turned into sweetness.
The Su family knew about the cause of Su Ruoxue’s death. Under such circumstances, the Su family’s family background and character could be seen because they were willing to let a young girl be a concubine for 10,000 taels. It was also for the sake of money that Su Ruoxue was able to marry into the Jiang family. The Su family had always prioritised sons over daughters. After receiving 10,000 taels, the Su family quickly moved out of the capital and returned to their hometown. They bought a house and lived happily ever after.
As for Su Ruolan’s future, no one in the Su family cared.
Su Ruolan’s life in the Su family was not easy, but now she had met Jiang Hewen. That made her realise what it was like to be loved by someone. She was only a concubine. Hewen had difficulties and she could understand why. Besides, Hewen had promised her that he would let her give birth to his first child and that he would find a way to take her back to the mansion in the future.
She was no smarter than her sister and had a high spirit. Her only advantage was that she was well-behaved and obedient.
Soon, Su Ruolan was pregnant. Although the gender had not been confirmed yet, Jiang Hewen had decided that it was time to start.
The courtyard where Li Su and Li Chen lived was located at the foot of Yiluo Mountain in the suburbs of the capital. It had beautiful scenery and a quiet environment. Li Su and Li Chen were very happy to live there.
On this day, Li Su was a little bored in the other courtyard, so she came out to relax.
“Eldest Princess, look, someone is flying a kite. There are a lot. The butterfly is the most beautiful!” Wen Yu suddenly pointed to the sky excitedly.
Li Su looked at it. Did it look good? She supposed they had never seen the kites in the future, otherwise they would not make such a fuss.
“Hey, there seem to be characters on the kite,” Wen Mo said with narrowed eyes.
Li Su looked at her in surprise. “You can see so far?”
Wen Mo looked at Li Su strangely. “Eldest Princess, you can’t see the words on it? Wen Yu, can you see them?”
Wen Yu looked at it. “It seems there is the character for ‘roar’ on it.”
Li Su looked at it. Why couldn’t she see the words? Was she nearsighted?  She must have read too many manuscripts during this period of time and didn’t pay attention to protecting her eyes. There were no myopia glasses in this era, and it was not good to have bad vision. In the future, she would have to pay attention to protect her eyes. She should go out and walk more.
“Oh, that kite string broke! It’s gone. It’s gone! It looks like it fell nearby. Eldest Princess, I’ll go get it!” Wen Yu ran forward.
Li Su and Wen Mo also followed.
“Eldest Princess, look, this kite really has characters on it.” Wen Yu took the kite.
Li Su took the kite and looked at it. There were indeed words on it. It was a poem. “These feelings can be successfully recollected, but at that time it ended in disappointment.” That was all. Maybe it was a pair of pining lovers.
“Forget it, someone must be in a hurry if they have lost the kite. Hurry up and send it off!”
As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a male voice. “Young ladies, I’m sorry, the kite in your hands seems to be mine.”
Li Su turned around and saw a familiar person, Jiang Hewen!
Wen Yu and Wen Mo immediately put Li Su behind them. “Why are you here?!”
When Wen Yu heard that the kite in her hand belonged to Jiang Hewen, she immediately threw the kite out with disgust on her face.
The moment Jiang Hewen saw Li Su, a lot of emotions flashed in his eyes, excitement, surprise, joy, and guilt. In the end, there was only silence.
When Wen Yu threw the kite to the ground, he picked it up with a distressed expression, gently brushed off the dust on it, and held it in his arms gently. Then, he looked up at Li Su. It took a long time before he said, “Are you alright?”
Li Su was impressed by Jiang Hewen’s series of facial expressions. This acting was simply amazing. If Li Su had not known what kind of person Jiang Hewen was, she would have been deceived by him.
“My young miss is now the eldest princess. The empress dowager and His Majesty love her very much. Naturally, she is very good. You don’t need to worry about this!” Wen Mo rolled her eyes.
“There’s no point talking nonsense with him. Let’s go back!” Wen Yu glared at Jiang Hewen, turned her head and spoke to Li Su.
Li Su nodded, turned around, and walked back.
Wen Yu and Wen Mo quickly followed.
After a while, Wen Yu said, “Eldest Princess, that Jiang Hewen is still standing there and looking over here! Hmph, if people who didn’t know the situation saw him, they would think that he was infatuated!”
But Li Su felt that it was a little unusual. “Go tell Uncle Zhong to find someone to check and see what he’s going to do!”
Was he treating her as an ignorant girl? Did he think that this gesture would make her soften and change her mind? He wasn’t taking her seriously! Did he think that she had never seen a man before, so she would be fascinated when she saw a good-looking man?
A few days later, Li Zhong angrily put the result in front of Li Su. “This Jiang Hewen is unbelievable!”
“What’s wrong? Why are you so angry?” Li Su was inquiring about Li Chen’s homework, and Wen Yu was fanning beside him. When Li Su heard this, she looked up at Li Zhong.
“Eldest Princess, this Jiang Hewen has been secretly contacting the servants of the general’s mansion to collect your preferences. He knew that you recently lived here and deliberately bought a residence here under the guise of coming here to relax his mind. In fact, he came to you on purpose. He also writes love poems in his residence every day about his regrets and what he missed out on. He made a lot of the kites you saw last time, and the strings of the kites broke. Several times, this subordinate let people set fire to the kites,” Li Zhong said angrily.
Li Su gave Li Zhong a strange look. “This is worth your anger, Uncle Zhong? Maybe that person misses his second sister-in-law!”
Wen Yu next to her couldn’t help but laugh.
Li Chen next to her glanced at her faintly. Wen Yu didn’t dare to laugh anymore and avoided Li Chen’s eyes. But Li Chen stubbornly stared at her. Wen Yu was unable to do anything and she shot a look at Li Chen that said ‘I will explain it to you later’.
“That is now why this subordinate is angry. Eldest Princess, you are so good. It is normal for him to have been blind before and repent now, but he shouldn’t make this gesture while keeping a concubine who is pregnant!”
This time, no matter if it was Li Zhong, even Wen Yu was indignant after hearing this.
Li Su was very calm, “How did Uncle Zhong know about this?” Jiang Hewen seemed to be someone who could do such a thing, but Jiang Hewen was good at disguising. Such a thing must have been done very secretly. How did Uncle Zhong find out?
“Jiang Hewen was very cautious and he was very careful when going in and out. He had never been to the outer room since she became pregnant. But last time, we found the servant next to Jiang Hewen by accident, didn’t we? This time it was also through him. I followed the lead and found the concubine. Eldest Princess, guess who the concubine is?” Li Zhong asked.
“Who?” It couldn’t be that Su Ruoxue came back to life?!
“It’s Su Ruoxue’s younger sister! Hmph, this Jiang Hewen really has these feelings!” Li Zhong said contemptuously.
Li Su thought that this was really something Jiang Hewen would do! She didn’t know if he was too conceited or too stupid. He already had all that and he still wanted to achieve the best of both worlds! Did he take everyone else for a fool?
“Uncle Zhong, give him something to do,” Li Su ordered.
“Eldest Princess, do you want us to…” Li Zhong made a gesture of wiping his neck.
Li Su smiled. “Uncle Zhong, we can’t do something that violates the law! Don’t worry, as long as I stand firm, I won’t be confused by him. He won’t be able to make any waves. Recently, there hasn’t been anything fun going on. Just pretend as if he is jumping about and let us watch his acting!”
Li Zhong had no choice but to let go of his hand regretfully. He really missed the days when he followed the general to kill the enemy on the battlefield. It was such a joy to have a knife in his hand, but unfortunately, his leg was crippled. Otherwise…
After inquiring about his homework, Li Chen came out of the room. He wasn’t in a hurry. He stood in the shade and waited.
After a long time, Wen Yu poked her head out from the door, looked around and saw no one. She just sighed in relief when she saw Li Chen looking at her on the left.
Wen Yu was startled and was about to speak.
Li Chen glanced at her, turned, and walked forward.
Wen Yu knew that Li Chen was afraid of disturbing the eldest princess, so she sighed helplessly, and followed him.
Li Chen stood still at the entrance of the garden, turned around, and looked at Wen Yu without saying a word.
Wen Yu was accustomed to his behavior. Before he could open his mouth, she revealed the past grievances between Li Su and Jiang Hewen.
Li Chen’s eyes were dim. So it was like that.
Wen Yu continued, “Young Master, our eldest princess suffers because she doesn’t have relatives. If the general and his wife were still here, there would be no room for Jiang Hewen to jump around. Although the empress dowager and the emperor treat the eldest princess well, they have different identities and there are too many misgivings. Young Master, you have to work hard and grow up quickly so that you can support the princess.”
Li Chen glanced at Wen Yu and thought, Why do you need to say that? Then, he turned around and walked to the training ground.
Wen Yu looked at Li Chen’s back and smiled. Although the young master was young, his unsmiling appearance had the shadow of the general when he was alive. Alas, their master’s temper was still softer. He had not inherited the general’s decision to kill and was more like the madam! She hoped that the young master could be tougher in the future so that the eldest princess could also count on him.