I’ll Be the Male Lead’s Sister-in-Law

Suihe three years, summer.

Jiang's Mansion has deep trees and heavy green shadows. The corridors are visible in the bushes. People walking in it are not easy to notice.

Mu Mingtang wore a light blue patterned silver top and bottom, with six pleated skirts underneath, standing behind the bushes. The two people outside were talking intently and did not find her.

She was originally dressed lightly, mixed in the mottled shadow of the tree, it is indeed not easy to notice without looking carefully. But Mu Mingtang knew that the real reason was that King Jin was lost and recovered and met his old love again. He was so happy. Even though he had always been wary, he didn't notice a person standing behind the tree.

"Brother Ji, I was sorry for you back then. I blamed me for being deceived and deceived by a treacherous man. If you misunderstood you, I left my parents behind and left home. Fortunately, everything is fine for you this year. Otherwise, I really ..."

The woman in Biyi suddenly choked and couldn't speak. She didn't apply powder and pure clothes. She was not stunning at first glance, but the more she looked, the more beautiful she became, and the more she looked at her. She has big eyes and high eyebrows. She looks a bit strong and stubborn. Now she has tears in her eyes, and she is trying hard not to let the tears fall, which is especially distressing.

Xie Xuanji felt distressed. He couldn't help but take a step closer, holding the arms of the woman in front of him, obviously wanting to use force but holding back, not daring to offend the lady: "Ming Wei, it's all fine, as long as you come back. The position of Nian Jiang’s house is always reserved for you, as long as you come back, nothing will change."

The woman known as Ming Wei burst into tears: "But, Brother Ji, I am no longer worthy of you. I was deceived by the Rong people, and I didn't know how to fall into the devil, so I doubted your intentions, and I was still up Yuanjie escapes from marriage. I have thought a lot this year, but the more I understand, the less dare I come back to see you. Even if the Rong people held me hostage, but to put it bluntly, I still don’t know people, and I’ve come to the point today. , I can’t blame others. I’m already satisfied when I know you’re okay, and I don’t dare to expect anything else. I heard that you are already engaged to her. That’s great. She will take care of you for me.”

"No, Mingwei." Xie Xuanji seemed to be anxious, and took a step forward, almost already pasting Jiang Mingwei. He bowed and looked at Jiang Mingwei, his eyes focused and deep: "I said that as long as you come back, I will always be there. The marriage contract has been postponed to Jiang Mingtang, but because the imperial decree has been announced to the world, Uncle Jiang cannot defy the imperial decree. I claimed a daughter outside and came back to take your place. But the real is true, and the fake is fake. Now that you have returned, what do you want to replace? Princess Jin, it will always be you."

"But, I was taken away by the Rong people, and my whereabouts are unknown for a year. The royal family is the most chaste. I know I am still clean, but how can others believe it? If I marry you, wouldn't it cause you to be laughed at by others?"

Jiang Mingwei seemed to be ashamed and ashamed when she said that, she couldn't help lowering her head, revealing a slender neck. Xie Xuanji was very happy when he heard it. He was always gentle, calm and self-sufficient, but now he couldn't help but laugh, and almost gagged Jiang Mingwei into his arms: "Great, Mingwei, do you know that you just did it? In other words, how happy I am after hearing this. You do not belong to other men, you are still a virgin, and I am simply ecstatic. Don’t worry, the things that you disappeared this year, except you, me, and Jiang Shushu Jiang Madam, no one else will know. When outsiders ask, you can just say that you are recuperating in another place. As for the father and the queen, I will tell you that you only need to be prepared to marry."

Hearing Xie Xuanji's words, Jiang Mingwei's face turned red, and red clouds appeared on her cheeks. After a while, she seemed to think of something suddenly, her face faded, and she gently pushed Xie Xuanji away: "Brother Ji, I am very touched by your heart for me, but now I am no longer worthy. You have not passed the door. The princess of Wang has become someone else. She is more well-behaved and filial than me, and will not irritate her parents like me. When her parents adopted her, she must think she is more caring than me and more suitable as a daughter. Since the marriage contract has been changed, I should get acquainted and walk away. My reappearance will not only delay your marriage, but also upset the second lady."

"Ming Wei, what are you talking about?" Xie Xuanji said coldly, without a hint of hesitation, "I have never had any feelings for her, I always regard her as your stand-in. The same is true of Uncle Jiang and they, if It’s not that she looks three-way like you. With her humble status as a refugee, how could she have entered the Jiang family? She was originally a refugee, but now she has enjoyed a year of wealth in Jiang’s family. She knows it’s okay to be grateful. If she can’t figure out her identity and dare to target you, I will not let her go."

Jiang Mingwei's tears filled her eyelashes, and tears filled her always strong eyes, which will not fall: "Brother Ji..."

"Ming Wei." Xie Xuanji was heartbroken by the look of her, and couldn't help but hug her tightly. "It's fine if you come back. Uncle Jiang and I have waited for you for a year, and now it's time for everything to return. It's time for the place and things to return to their original owners."

...

How touching, Mu Mingtang put a faint smile on his mouth, the more he smiled, the more he felt that he was a joke. The childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, but passed by because of a misunderstanding, and now going around, the two are finally reunited again, express their hearts to each other and solve the misunderstanding. What will happen next is probably to enter the marriage with the blessing of both parents and be happy for a lifetime.

What a moving scene, what an enviable feeling. And Mu Mingtang was the intervener in this pair of childhood sweethearts, a replacement who didn't know the height of the sky, and the only outsider in the whole incident.

The "she" in Jiang Mingwei's mouth and the "stand-in" in Xie Xuanji's mouth are Mu Mingtang.

As Xie Xuanji said, Mu Mingtang did not have a high background. Especially compared with the two people in front of him, Xie Xuanji is the prince and has been divided into the king of the Jin Dynasty, and the other person Jiang Mingwei is the daughter of high-ranking officials, and Xie Xuanji's childhood sweetheart, grew up together since childhood. And Mu Mingtang is not even from Beijing.

She was originally from Xiangyang, and her family was neither a scholarly family nor an official family, but a merchant with the smell of copper. Although he was not born well, but fortunately his parents are harmonious and the family is rich. Mu Mingtang also grew up to twelve years old under the love of his parents. Originally, her life trajectory should be the same as that of many ordinary girls in small towns, with ordinary family background and loving parents, and grew up step by step, and then married another ordinary man when she was in love, became a biological child, and formed an ordinary small family. .

Mu Mingtang's first half of her life was exactly the same as the trajectory above, but when she was twelve years old, all the peace was broken.

In Hongjia's three years, Xiangyang was besieged. After the prefect resisted for a few days, seeing the Jie people raging and greedy for life and fear of death, the prefect left the huge city of Xiangyang and the common people all over the city, and fled the city overnight. When the prefect left, he also swept away the elite troops and weapons of the whole city. Without weapons and command, Xiangyang would not attack and destroy itself. The Jie people went into the city to massacre. Mu Mingtang's parents and parents were killed by the Jie people just to cover Mu Mingtang from leaving the city.

Unfortunately, even so, Mu Mingtang did not run out of Xiangyang in the end. After all, there are many ordinary people in the world. Mu Mingtang has neither the martial arts skills nor the wisdom to survive danger, so he was discovered by the Jie people halfway through. She almost left with her parents. Fortunately, after Wu'anhou entered the city, she was killed.

After that, Mu Mingtang rushed northward with many refugees to find a place to live. After the destruction of his hometown, Mu Mingtang fell from a well-to-do business lady into a penniless refugee who could step on him. She is a girl, or a pretty woman of twelve or thirteen years old, what she will experience on the road is self-evident.

Mu Mingtang had a very difficult journey. Fortunately, she later met Granny Zhou, who was in the same family and died. Granny Zhou protected her in the name of grandchildren, so that she could live and walk to Yingtian Mansion intact.

Later, Mu Mingtang and Zhou's mother-in-law stopped in Chenliu and planned to start their lives again. Although Mu Mingtang and Granny Zhou did not know each other, but after a journey northward, Mu Mingtang really regarded Granny Zhou as a grandmother, and planned to take care of Granny Zhou in the future. The two of them depended on each other for their lives, sewing, washing clothes, weaving bamboo strips, everything. As a result, life has finally improved, but Granny Zhou fell ill due to overwork.

Mu Mingtang ran out of wealth to seek medical treatment for Granny Zhou, but Granny Zhou still did not survive, and died before spring arrived. After Granny Zhou died, Mu Mingtang cried a lot, wanting to send Granny Zhou to the ground with dignity. Heroes are born in troubled times, but they are just ordinary ordinary people, without the martial arts to charge into battle, and no generals to raise their arms. They can only live like mustard. Granny Zhou had no dignity when she was alive, so she could walk with dignity after she died.

Unexpectedly, God would not allow Mu Mingtang to fulfill his humble wish. After the death of Granny Zhou, the **** shop owner saw Mu Mingtang's beauty and became ill-spirited, and told the people in the street that Mu Mingtang was stealing. Otherwise, as a weak woman, how could she take out the **** from time to time.

Mu Mingtang was so angry that he scolded the pawnshop owner in the street. On the way to escape, Mu Mingtang developed a copper muscle and iron bones. She cursed and screamed. The **** shop owner was robbed by her one after another. She was so angry that she jumped and couldn't help but hack her. Mu Mingtang has been able to walk until now, the innocence and reservedness in the boudoir have long been tempered, and when he saw it, he bit and grabbed the ground to fight with each other. As a result, while tearing, he was stopped by a line of well-dressed guards.

When Mu Mingtang and the pawnshop owner were pulled apart by the guards, she didn't know what had happened, but when she looked at each other's clothes, she knew that this was someone she couldn't afford. People who ask for life are most aware of current affairs, and Mu Mingtang immediately reduced his arrogance, lowering his head and daring not to contradict him. At this time, I stopped far, and at first glance, a maid came down from the very rich carriage. The maid was wearing a clean stone green skirt with her hair tightly squeezed, and the soles of her shoes were cleaner than Mu Mingtang's face. When the maid saw Mu Mingtang's appearance, she seemed to be disgusted, and then she pinched her nose and said, "Your ancestors are in blue smoke and you are in luck. Come with me, our wife wants to see you."

The identity of a person who can be called a wife is not trivial. And seeing the other party has a carriage, he can also call a guard, maybe it's a government official. Mu Mingtang followed tremblingly, only to discover later that her identity not only limited her knowledge, but also her imagination. The person who stopped her that day was not only an official person, but also the wife of the third deputy envoy in the capital.

Sansitong manages salt and iron, degree branches, and households. The name is "calculation and province". It is the highest institution in charge of national finance. The third deputy envoy is the second commander of the Ministry of Finance and Economics. To describe it in a concept that Mu Mingtang can understand, he is the deputy of the prime minister in charge of the country's finances in the imperial court.

Mu Mingtang didn't expect that he was only in a fight and hit the deputy prime minister's wife. Mrs. Jiang looked at Mu Mingtang for a while and asked her to take her back. Mu Mingtang arrived in the capital in such a muddled and trembling manner. She washed for a long time at night, changed her clothes the next day, and was taken to Mrs. Jiang and Master Jiang.

Master Jiang watched for a long time and nodded lightly to Mrs. Jiang, "Just do what you said."

By what? What did Mrs. Jiang say?

Mu Mingtang didn't understand, but soon she knew.

Her life was turned upside down from here. She was adopted by Mrs. Jiang as an adopted daughter and became the second daughter, Jiang Mingtang, of Jiang Honghao, the third deputy envoy. That's an out-and-out official lady, a famous daughter, how could Mu Mingtang, who was tumbling among the refugees, thought that he would have such good luck. The officials and the people and the merchants are just like a great moat. In the past, even the daughter of a master of the Xiangyang government office, the Mu family had to detour around with their tails between them. Not to mention the daughter of the vice minister in the central court.

Mu Mingtang was soaring so fast that he was scared. As the saying goes, famous children are neither humble nor overbearing, but the villain will be rampant when he is determined. Mu Mingtang understands this mentality well. She was too scared to lose all of this, so what Mrs. Jiang asked to do, she did what she did, and she did what the maid said.

Mu Mingtang later learned that the reason why Mrs. Jiang appeared in Chen Liu that day was because he went out to find Miss Jiang, Jiang Mingwei.

The maids uniformly said that the people were too crowded during the Spring Festival, and the eldest lady went out to look at the lights and accidentally got lost. Even if Mu Mingtang had never entered the government, he could feel that this sentence was wrong. She was originally the daughter of a merchant. When she went out to watch the lights, her parents would arrange for a maid and a maid. Miss Jiang was a maid lady. Will Mrs. Jiang neglect the guard? But Miss Jiang was lost, don't worry about how to lose it, Mrs. Jiang said that it was. Mrs. Jiang found Chen Liu all the way, but saw no trace of her daughter. Instead, she caught a glimpse of Mu Mingtang on the street.

Mu Mingtang was scolding and beating at the time, which was very conspicuous. Mrs. Jiang looked at it for a while and found that Mu Mingtang and her lost daughter were about the same age, and even their faces were somewhat similar.

That's why Mrs. Jiang brought Mu Mingtang back. After Jiang Honghao saw it, he felt that it was not a solution, so he agreed. After that, Mu Mingtang was adopted by the Jiang family and changed his surname to Jiang, remembered as the second miss, as a stand-in for the lost eldest Jiang Mingwei.

Mu Mingtang knew his identity from the beginning. His parents missed his daughter and found no results for a long time, so he put a resembling one in front of him to comfort him. Mu Mingtang understands very well, so he willingly becomes the shadow of another person, wears the color Jiang Mingwei likes, lives in the house where Jiang Mingwei once lived, learns Jiang Mingwei's speech, and learns Jiang Mingwei's walk.

She erased the characteristics of Mu Mingtang from her body little by little. Mrs. Jiang despised her as vulgarity and felt that she was disrespectful in fighting in the street. Mu Mingtang interrupted her minions tempered in the troubled times and became gentle and well-behaved. Smile without showing your teeth, without showing your steps. No matter what you say, speak softly and slowly.

She hid all her true character, abruptly becoming another person. She was afraid of being thrown out of Jiang's mansion. She was afraid of going back to the days of precariousness and robbing wild dogs for food. In troubled times, dignity is useless, let alone imitating a person?

Mu Mingtang was locked up and trained for a year, and finally transformed into the famous lady that Mrs. Jiang wanted. Skin-like is easy to be bone-like. Of course, she can't compare with Jiang Mingwei, who was born rich and noble. There is too much difference in knowledge and conversation, but when he is not speaking, Mu Mingtang already has a shadow of Jiang Mingwei.

Mrs. Jiang was grudgingly satisfied, and in March this year, she officially took Mu Mingtang out to cross the Ming Road. After that, Mu Mingtang really understood why the Jiang family had to adopt an adopted daughter, and why Mrs. Jiang was anxious to train her.

It turns out that the glory of Jiang's mansion is not only Jiang Honghao ranked in the province, Jiang Mingwei was even given marriage to the prince.

What the emperor said was never taken back, let alone a marriage decree. Jiang Mingwei was missing during the last Spring Festival. It was easy for her to find freedom on her own, but it was difficult for the Jiang family to step down. Mrs. Jiang chased Chen Liu personally, on the one hand, she was worried about her daughter, on the other hand, it was also because of the marriage between the Jiang family and King Jin.

The king of Jin is a descendant of the prince, known as a virtuous prince, is the most popular candidate for the crown prince. Had it not been for the emperor to see that he and Jiang’s family were neighbors before he became a king, he would never have put such a great honor on the Jiang family. Jiang Mingwei’s escape from marriage—of course, it was Mu Mingtang’s own statement. Mrs. Jiang always insisted that her daughter was taken away—this holy appreciation became a reminder for Jiang Honghao. After Jiang Honghao learned that Jiang Mingwei had disappeared, he was furious, and immediately said that he did not have the daughter of Jiang Mingwei, and he refused to send someone out to chase Jiang Mingwei. Mrs. Jiang felt sorry for her daughter and was sad at her husband's unfeelingness. The husband didn't care, she could only take care of her. Later, I happened to meet Mu Mingtang, and Mrs. Jiang was desperate and came up with a plan that Li Daitao was stiff.

Mrs. Jiang only hopes that Jiang Mingwei will be on a whim, and will come back when her heart is relieved. If she does not come back, or if it is too late, then it will be a remedy for Mu Mingtang to step up. After all, the saint gave the marriage to the daughter of King Jin and Jiang Honghao. He didn't say that it must be Jiang Mingwei. After Mu Mingtang was adopted, Mu Mingtang was barely considered Jiang Honghao's daughter.

In March, Mrs. Jiang completely put no hope of Jiang Mingwei, and formally introduced the second daughter "Jiang Mingtang" to the wife of all officials in the capital. In April, under the care of their elders, Mu Mingtang and Jin Wang Xie Xuanji looked at one side through a screen. Even if the unmarried couple met before marriage, they acquiesced to the marriage.

Mu Mingtang said that the king of Jin was really obsessed with Jiang Mingwei, and his heart was a lesson. Jiang Mingwei escapes from marriage and is suspected of elopement. As the prince and quasi-fiance, King Jin did not get furious, but quietly helped Mrs. Jiang find Jiang Mingwei. Later, seeing the wedding date approaching, Xie Xuanji did not say anything, and accepted the imitations arranged by the Jiang family.

Mu Mingtang was moved when he saw it. As a stand-in, Mu Mingtang knows her own position very well. She knows that what Mrs. Jiang sees and thinks in her heart has always been her daughter. Even King Jin looked at her and looked for something similar to Jiang Mingwei. Mu Mingtang can enjoy the fine clothes and jade food in this life, and finally become the princess, she is already sincere and frightened, she is not greedy, let alone hope for the love of King Jin.

She is ready to exist as Jiang Mingwei's shadow all her life. Before getting married, she will be a good daughter who looks like Jiang Mingwei but is more docile than Jiang Mingwei, and will be a projection of the white moonlight in King Jin's heart after her marriage. As for who Mu Mingtang is, what she likes, and what kind of person she used to be, it doesn't matter.

Who knows, just today, at the birthday banquet arranged by the Jiang family for Mu Mingtang, the master Jiang Mingwei actually appeared.

Jiang Mingwei did not appear in front of the others, but Mu Mingtang discovered that King Jin had suddenly disappeared, and an inexplicable intuition told her that something was wrong. Mu Mingtang quietly followed, but he didn't expect to hear such a moving scene.

She stood behind the shadow of the tree, and after hearing the true love confession of the affectionate lord and Bai Yueguang for a long time, she felt that their love was really great.

King Jin's deep affection and dedication to his lover are touching.

So what about her, her botched substitute, a humble refugee, how can she dispose of it?

Mu Mingtang didn't want to listen anymore, turned around and walked back. She walked halfway, came out to find her maid chased it out. Seeing her, the maid raised her eyebrows in disgust: "Second Miss, the lady said that she can't go away, why can't you remember?"

The maid stood in another direction and did not see the figure behind the bushes. Xie Xuanji and Jiang Mingwei both stopped talking when they heard the voice. Xie Xuanji's expression changed, and he quickly bypassed the obstruction, seeing a light blue background in the corridor slowly moving away. Her outer cover is printed with silver frost flowers, covering the light blue Ling Luo, like a frost cloud.

Always wear light and high-grade blue, green and white, and always bring the alienation of the world's passers-by and the world's ignorant. From Xie Xuanji's perspective, this figure really looks like Jiang Mingwei.

But Xie Xuanji knew it was not. Xie Xuanji frowned secretly, why did she come?

The maid naturally talked about it for a long time. Mu Mingtang was not ladylike or elegant enough, and Mu Mingtang could bear it. She didn't think about it before, but today she discovered that in Jiang's house, even a maid would dare to blatantly dislike her.

Yes, because she is a stand-in. Jiang Mingwei's imitation, the substitute of the white moonlight of Jin Wang's heart, but he still painted a tiger and was not an anti-dog, especially the feeling of being embarrassed.

The maid chattered endlessly, and Mu Mingtang was just deaf, not arguing or responding. She waited quietly, waiting for the Jiang family to deal with her.

She thought that Jiang Honghao would not help Mrs. Jiang at night and would always send someone to talk to her. However, Mu Mingtang found that people really can’t be self-righteous. She waited for a long time, and no one came to look for her. There was only a mother, and said coldly to her: “Second Miss, this is Missy’s house. Missy doesn’t like it. If others touch her things, please move out."

Mu Mingtang was taken aback for a while, stood up and nodded and said: "It makes sense. This was originally my sister's room. Now that the eldest sister comes back, I have no reason to occupy her room. I will clean up the delicate things."

"No need." The mother said with her eyelids down and indifference to her, "All the furnishings in the room belong to the eldest lady, even the clothes. The second lady is enough for you to come out by yourself."

Mu Mingtang thought that the Jiang family had adopted her after all, and provided her with clothes and food and shelter in the Guangsha this year, so she resisted the humiliation, said nothing, and left for a year almost humiliated. Moved to the icy guest room. In the past year in exile, Mu Mingtang had long been taught that she was warm and cold, with high and low eyebrows, and she became practical and unfair. It was nothing to lose face, it was enough to live well.

Mu Mingtang thought, she was so acquainted, so someone from the Jiang family would always come to her to be polite.

Facts have proved that Mu Mingtang still values ​​himself. She was left in the guest room and lived indifferently for three days. At noon on the fourth day, someone finally came to her: "Second Miss, the official will pass you over."

Mu Mingtang tidy up and walked to the study like a well-behaved gift. In the study, Jiang Honghao was already sitting, and to her surprise, Xie Xuanji was also there.

Mu Mingtang withdrew his gaze after only one glance, and saluted Jiang Honghao very gracefully: "Father."

As for Xie Xuanji, they turned out to be an unmarried couple, but now they are not. Mu Mingtang has no reason to talk to the foreigner. Jiang Honghao did not speak, so Mu Mingtang could not take the initiative to greet Xie Xuanji.

"Yeah." Jiang Honghao just nodded, he looked at the girl in front of him, thinking of what was going to happen in a while, it was rare to give birth to some pity. In any case, she stayed in Jiang's house for a year, and waited two days to get married, so please prepare more dowry for her.

Jiang Honghao was very satisfied with his kindness. He put his beard in one hand and said, "Presumably you already know that your eldest sister is back. The marriage contract of King Jin was originally with Mingwei. It is really helpless to let you replace him. You should. Understand?"

Mu Mingtang bowed his head gently: "I understand."

"That's good. But don't worry, since you have become my adopted daughter, I will not treat you badly. King Jin asked his Majesty for an order a few days ago. Your Majesty agreed today and let you marry to Qiyang Palace."

Jiang Honghao said with a smile, and said: "Although you are my adopted daughter, the Jiang family is by no means a favoritism. After you marry at the Qiyang Palace, you will still be the princess. Later, your sisters will become concubines and will be in the clan Keep watching each other so that you can live up to your father’s teaching. You have today, it’s truly extraordinary."

Mu Mingtang was stunned for a long time before he realized what Jiang Honghao was saying. She is still the princess, but not to marry King Jin, but King Qiyang?

Moreover, listening to Jiang Honghao's meaning, she was the daughter of a merchant, and she became a refugee in the back, and she could become a princess because she was in the light of the Jiang family. Mu Mingtang slowly raised his head and asked, "Father, King Qiyang, is he already the living dead?"