A Lady's Tranquility 1

Chapter 2

ALT chapter 2.1 Yan Lin
She is reborn.

To the eighteen and a half years old' her.

　　But neither at the beginning of everything, nor after everything had completely happened.

When she returned to the capital at the age of fourteen, she began to disguise herself as a man. She pretended to be the Biao[2] Young Master of Assistant Minister Jiang's family in the capital, and followed Yan Lin to wildly play in the capital. In September when she was eighteen, she was summoned to the palace to accompany Princess Le Yang as a study companion. In November of the same year, something happened to the Yongyi Marquis Mansion.

Jiang Xuening dazedly remembered that in the period of her true youth, Yan Lin was always there.

　　She is not afraid of anything if there is Yan Lin.

He was born in the family of a General. He had been in the frontier fortress for a period of time. He had the high spirit that most men in the capital didn't have. Dressed in fine clothes and rode on well-groomed horses, walking with a sword, always around her, loving her, protecting her.

If there is no accident, he should be marrying her and bringing her to his house.

Only, in this year when she followed Yan Lin, she unexpectedly ran into the King of Linzi, Shen Jie, who came to find Yan Lin.

At that time, she did not know Shen Jie's identity yet.

　　But when Yan Lin saw this gentle and elegant, splendidly clothed young man, the first sentence he blurted out was: "Why did you[1] come out?"

What is Yan Lin's identity?

The Shizi of the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, which is comparable to the Xiao clan, was personally appointed by the Emperor since long ago and he is very popular in the palace. Wherever he goes, others will respectfully call him with the honorable 'Young Marquis' title.

　　There are not many people who can make him use the word 'you'.

Jiang Xuening, who always wanted to be the Empress in her previous life, secretly thought about it. After a careful inquiry, she indeed found out that Shen Jie was actually the King of Linzi. It was rumored in the capital that the Emperor had no son and wanted to establish Shen Jie as the Emperor's (eldest) younger brother.

So the originally unintentional contact, turned into an intentional approach.

　　Later, something happened with the Yongyi Marquis Mansion, and she married Shen Jie as she wished.

　　Within two years, the Emperor died of illness and passed the throne to Shen Jie, and she also became the Empress.

However, although Shen Jie grew up in the palace since he was a child, he was different from his other brothers. He was too kind-hearted that he is irresolute and hesitant. He was too gentle that he behaved cowardly. Although he had the means, he couldn't bear to use it on others, so he couldn't even hold down the civil and military officials. He always needed the newly appointed Crown Prince's Grand Tutor, Xie Wei, to deal with it for him, to encircle him.

In the end, he was poisoned to death.

　　Jiang Xuening had been put under confinement by Yan Lin at that time, and she could not even see him for the last time.

People who are too kind cannot be the Emperor.

　　This is the only enlightenment that Jiang Xuening could get from Shen Jie's tragedy in her previous life.