Strategy? I'm at full level and criticizing like crazy, taming sickly villains

Jiang Li made an appointment with the prefect Chu Junyi to come to the Donglin Palace as a guest today.

In addition to him, of course there are other officials, big and small. After all, they will have to deal with each other in the future, so they must meet.

So the house started to prepare early, and it was lively and bustling, not as deserted as if they had just moved.

When Jiang Li got up in the morning, Qin Jue had already disappeared. Later, when he asked about it during breakfast, he found out that he had gotten up early to practice martial arts again.

It's really hard work that makes people speechless.

Jiang Li asked him: "Why do you want to practice martial arts so much? Is it because you want to kill someone in particular?"

Qin Jue nodded, "You can understand it this way."

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows, "Could this person be me?"

Qin Jue just looked at her and fed a spoonful of porridge directly into her mouth.

"If I want to kill you, I don't need martial arts."

Judging from the current closeness between the two of them and his current strength, it would not be too easy to kill her.

Jiang Li refused to admit it, "Of course it's easy for you to kill me, but it's not that simple if you want to kill me without getting into a lawsuit."

Qin Jue said "Yeah", "Then if I am good at martial arts, it will be the same if I kill you."

"There are so many annoying things every day, so don't keep thinking about these weird things in your little head."

"In the past, when I practiced martial arts, I really only wanted to kill people, but now... I also want to protect you."

"You forgot what I promised you that night in Yangzhou City. I said I would protect you."

Jiang Li was very good at good words. He said "Oh" with a smile, "Don't just drink honey for breakfast, but also eat some pumpkin porridge!"

Jiang Li felt like she was a little sick. She just liked to keep bringing up these topics and then listen to Qin Jue's excuses.

After listening to it, even if I don't believe it in my heart, I feel happy in my heart.

It was as if she was deceiving herself and others, soberly indulging in these nice words, never getting tired of them.

Near noon, Chu Junyi and other officials came to Prince Donglin's Mansion one after another with gifts.

As hosts, Jiang Li and Qin Jue came forward to entertain.

Jiang Li had read Chu Junyi's information when he was in the capital.

He is twenty-four years old this year and comes from the Chu family in the capital. The Chu family has been officials for generations, and the highest he has been is the prime minister. He is also considered a famous family in the capital.

However, his father's area was already a bit down and out. His father was over forty this year and was only a fourth-rank official in the capital.

When he arrived, he was directly released from the capital. Although he was now a fourth-rank official, he was still only a fourth-rank official in Donglin County and could not be compared with the official from Beijing.

On the surface, Chu Junyi's family background is ordinary, but...he was transferred from the capital to Donglin County just half a year ago.

At that time, Emperor Qing had just made Qin Jue Donglin King.

Jiang Li didn't believe it was just a coincidence.

I just don’t know how Chu Junyi got in touch with Emperor Qing, and how he was able to trust him so much and entrust him with such an important matter?

Jiang Li was curious about Chu Junyi before meeting him.

But when I really saw it, I felt a little clearer.

Chu Junyi has a very smart face, and at first glance he is a smart, steady and capable person.

The so-called young talents are just like this. He can stand out from so many people in the capital, and it is not surprising that Emperor Qing chooses him.

While looking at Chu Junyi, Qin Jue also kept chatting with everyone.

After everything was said about the scene, Jiang Li said bluntly: "I heard that you all came to visit before, and I want to apologize to you today."

"It's not that we were arrogant and refused to see you before. It's actually because we just arrived in Donglin County yesterday."

As soon as Jiang Li said these words, everyone looked surprised.

But with just one glance, she could tell which ones were genuinely surprised and which ones were just fake.

Chu Junyi and the officials around him were obviously pretending, and only those with low official positions really knew nothing.

Jiang Li deliberately used these words to test whether these people were well-informed, and now he got the answer he wanted.

After that, she didn't take the initiative to speak. Most of the time she pretended to be a virtuous wife, focusing only on Qin Jue.

Her behavior is very deceptive. People who don't know them well will naturally realize that Qin Jue has the final say in the palace, so they talk to him more often.

Only Chu Junyi never spoke much. The only time he took the initiative to talk was towards Jiang Li.

"I heard that the princess was assassinated on the road, and it was the Flame Army that you arranged in advance that saved you. It seems that the princess has foresight."

Jiang Li raised his eyebrows slightly and said with a smile: "Master Chu's words are too flattering to me. How can I have that ability?"

"Those Flame Army just returned to Beijing with General Yang and set off a little late. It's a coincidence that they met us."

No matter what Yang Jin's starting point was, it was hard to say why he kept troops for her privately.

Although there are only a dozen or so people, Jiang Li will naturally not give anyone any clues about whether this matter is big or small.

So even though Chu Junyi seemed to be just mentioning it casually, she still chose to tell lies and deny that the Flame Army was arranged by her in advance.

Jiang Li's lie was too clumsy, but Chu Junyi just smiled and said, "I see. Should I say that General Yang has foresight, or that the princess is lucky?"

"Of course I'm lucky." Jiang Li said calmly: "General Yang didn't stipulate a specific day for them to go back or which way to take them. It's just my luck that I met them, nothing more."

Chu Jun also smiled playfully, nodded and said, "The princess is right."

When they first met, not only Jiang Li tested him, but Chu Jun also tested her.

He seemed to vaguely see something, but it was more like some kind of keen intuition without evidence.

Except for this time when he vaguely targeted Jiang Li, he did not show any special behavior until the end of the luncheon.

Just like an ordinary eunuch who welcomes the prince of the fiefdom according to his duty.

When he was finally about to stand up and say goodbye, he suddenly looked at Jiang Li again.

"Speaking of which, I wonder if Princess Changrong still remembers that we met once before when I was in the capital."

Seen it?

Jiang Li looked confused. She had definitely never met Chu Junyi. If she had, it was the original owner.

Although Jiang Li had merged the memory of the original owner, he naturally seemed to have no memory of such trivial matters.

So she shook her head blankly, "Really? I don't remember."

Chu Jun also smiled and said, "Princess Changrong is really a noble person who forgets things... At that time, your evaluation of me was that I looked okay, but my clothes were too shabby."

Jiang Li: "..."

Is the original owner so rude?