Transmigrated as the Doomed Scumbag Alpha of the Eldest Princess (GL , ABO) - Chapter 10
Jiang Si felt frustrated. She did not even bother to bow to Mowan Ci and sat carelessly on the couch, complaining loudly, “It’s too hot.”
When Mowan Ci first entered the Marquis’s residence, she had already thought about how she should behave.
Since Jiang Si had previously shown willingness to offer a bow, Mowan Ci naturally accepted it. However, she was only a concubine of the Marquis of Jiajing after all. Whether or not someone offered her a bow was a small matter. She did not care much.
Still, when she heard Jiang Si’s complaint, she frowned slightly. “The Marquis should have more ice brought in.”
It was true that no new ice had been arranged for today. Mowan Ci glanced at the ice container, then turned her eyes away and got up to put on her outer robe. In her heart, she told herself to endure it a little longer.
She then asked Jiang Si, “Does the Princess have some business today?”
“I came to discuss something with the Marquis. It is about returning to the capital.”
For Mowan Ci, it was truly a return home.
But for Jiang Si, it meant traveling to a place completely unfamiliar to her.
Since she was already here, she might as well get used to it. Everything in Yue Kingdom was new to her, but the more she went out, the more familiar it would become.
At that moment, Jiang Si suddenly felt her restless desire to travel stir within her.
She kept her expression calm and pretended to think for a moment before asking, “It is natural for the Princess to return to the capital to visit her family.”
“When are you planning to leave?”
“I hope to leave tomorrow. If the Marquis agrees, I will have Zhi Miao begin the preparations right away.”
“So soon?”
Tomorrow was also the day the reinforcements were scheduled to leave for Pingjin. By reason, she should be going to the city gate to see them off.
But now that the Princess was planning to leave as well, it put her in a difficult position.
“Is it inconvenient for the Marquis?”
Since she had already agreed to this, there was no reason to go back on her word. Jiang Si shook her head and asked, “What time tomorrow?”
“At noon.”
The reinforcements were scheduled to leave at dawn, so their departure would not conflict with the journey to the capital. She would just need to go back and forth a little.
It was manageable. She agreed to the Princess’s plan and told Su Xun and Zhi Miao to begin packing what was needed.
Mowan Ci nodded, but when she heard Su Xun’s name, she paused.
“General Su is going as well?”
“Yes.”
“And the soldiers who are going with us…”
“There is no need to worry, Princess. I have made all the necessary arrangements.”
That much was true. Jiang Si had already planned to bring Su Xun with her on the journey to the capital.
After Mowan Ci left, she sent someone to summon Su Xun.
Su Xun arrived quickly. Just as Jiang Si was removing her outer robe, she put it back on again.
She thought for a moment. Mowan Ci was right.
In times like these, it was important to follow the rules of this place.
One must treat others with courtesy.
“Marquis, do you have orders for me?” Su Xun asked.
“Yes. We will leave for the capital tomorrow. You will go with me.”
“As for the Marquis’s residence, choose someone you trust to guard it while we are gone.”
After she finished speaking, Su Xun hesitated instead of replying right away. He looked at her as if he had something to say but was unsure how to start.
Jiang Si turned her head slightly and asked, “What is it? Do you think something is wrong?”
Su Xun no longer hesitated. He spoke directly. “It is not that something is wrong. It just seems like a strange coincidence. The reinforcements leave tomorrow, and the Princess also plans to return to the capital on the same day.”
Jiang Si had not thought of it that way before. But now that he said it, it really did seem too convenient.
She did not know much about the Princess and even less about the Emperor far away in the capital.
If the reinforcements were already planned, why send her away at the same time?
Jiang Si could not help but feel suspicious of the siblings’ intentions.
“I will think about it.”
After saying this, she dismissed Su Xun and also ordered someone to bring in more ice.
By the time everything had been handled, it was already evening. After eating a quick dinner, Jiang Si lay down on the couch.
For the past half month, she had mostly been sleeping in the study.
Only once had she gone back to the original host’s usual bedroom.
That night, the dream she had was so disturbing that she did not dare return again.
Over and over again, she dreamed of the moment when Mowan Ci drove the golden hairpin into her gland. The pain felt almost real.
The study was not a bad place to sleep anyway, so she had decided to stay there.
But tonight, she wanted to take a chance.
What if she dreamed about something else?
Without another thought, Jiang Si grabbed her bedding and went straight to the room next door.
She lit a lantern and prepared to sleep peacefully.
Just as she expected, her dream was once again about the original host.
And once again, it was from a first-person point of view.
Jiang Si now understood that the matter of returning home to visit family was real. It was just that the original host had never agreed to it.
In fact, she had gone so far as to cut off the Princess’s and Zhi Miao’s food supply for three full days.
It was only when Zhi Miao cried and begged her that she finally relented and allowed the Princess to be spared.
From then on, the Princess never brought up the idea of returning to the capital again.
All the letters exchanged between the Emperor and the Princess had also been seized and withheld by the original host.
Within the Marquis’s residence, these actions caused no further consequences.
But after waking from the dream, Jiang Si thought to herself that all of this must have remained in the Princess’s heart. Everything was remembered, just like the golden hairpin that pierced into the original host’s gland.
She dreamed of it again. Because it was seen through the original host’s eyes, she could clearly feel the fear as if it were her own.
The weather was already hot and stifling, and the dream made her sleep even more restless. Jiang Si woke up covered in sweat.
She looked around the room and felt even more uncomfortable.
The layout and everything in it made her uneasy. There was not a single part she liked.
She decided that the room must be renovated the next day.
That same night, Jiang Si returned to the study. While lying awake, she began to think about how the room could be redesigned so she could live there again in peace.
The study was quiet, which she appreciated, but the couch was definitely not as comfortable as a bed.
By the time her thoughts settled, it was almost morning. She no longer tried to sleep and instead got ready to wash up and head out to send off the soldiers.
Standing at the gates of Ling Shang City, Jiang Si looked down at Cheng Pu and the soldiers on horseback.
Their numbers were small, but they stood with strong presence and energy.
As long as Cheng Pu stayed away from fooling around with Ye Chan and focused on leading the army, he could be taken seriously.
Jiang Si stood atop the city gate, handed the military banner to Cheng Pu, and wished him a victorious campaign. Only then did Cheng Pu lead the troops southward.
After coming down from the gate, it was already close to noon.
Jiang Si had not expected to see Mowan Ci below, standing quietly as she watched the soldiers leave.
Still shaken by the dream from the night before, Jiang Si decided she should try to ease the tension between them. She took the initiative to speak.
“If the Princess planned to come, why not let me know in advance?”
“The wind at the gate is strong. I did not want you to catch a chill.”
Her words were filled with concern. Mowan Ci could not keep a cold expression and finally allowed a faint smile.
“I arrived later than the Marquis. It is no trouble,” she replied softly.
“They are marching to the battlefield for Yue Kingdom. I only came to see them off. It is the least I could do.”
These words were sincere.
Mowan Ci still looked slightly worried.
Jiang Si pressed her lips together. She was touched, though the feeling did not go very deep.
She had grown up in peaceful times. War was something she only ever heard about or saw in dramas.
Even so, she could imagine how cruel it truly was.
She felt concerned too, but knew she had no right to speak on the matter.
The departure of twenty thousand soldiers was not what she had wished for, but she had played a part in it.
So had the Princess, as well as the imperial Mu family.
Because of this, she did not want to bring it up again. She acted as if nothing had happened and said casually, “It seems we will not be able to leave for the capital today after all.”
“How about tomorrow instead?”
Jiang Si kept her eyes on Mowan Ci as she spoke. When she said the first sentence, Mowan Ci frowned slightly.
But after hearing the second, she looked as if she had finally let out a breath.
So, it was not just a coincidence that the Princess had planned to leave on the same day the soldiers were sent off.
She simply wanted to return to the capital as soon as possible.