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Chapter 66
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The next day, Jiang Rao woke up a little later than usual.
She rubbed her head drowsily and woke up. Seeing Jiang Rao awake, Ming Shao called Yu'er over and waited on Jiang Rao to change and wash.
Sitting in front of the makeup mirror, Jiang Rao glanced at Ming Shao's slightly smiling face from the bronze mirror.
"Anything good?"
"The slaves went to see a lively event this morning."
Ming Shao used a wooden comb to take care of Jiang Rao's hair slowly and meticulously.
Long hair like a waterfall, hanging down to the waist.
It's as cool as satin to the touch of your fingertips.
She held her bun for Jiang Rao and said, "The eldest lady was sent out of the house this morning. Before getting into the carriage, the servant gave her a look. Maybe she hadn't slept all night, her face was so ugly that she seemed to be seriously ill, and her eyes were about to swell. It's a walnut."
Yu'er also agreed, "Unfortunately, the uncle didn't put her away directly. If she were to be divorced, she would probably cry and bleed."
The two little girls were filled with righteous indignation.
If it was a servant girl in someone else's yard, when she was serving her master, she might not dare to let out the air.
It's just that Jiang Rao has been traveling outside for a long time, and Dazhao's rules are far from south to north. She has seen them all. The red tape was so restrictive that no bones in the body were comfortable, and she didn't bother to set so many rules in the yard.
What's more, when she was serving as a servant girl in the dream, she was also a servant.
I've seen tall buildings rise and fall in my dreams, and since then, I have never looked down on those who were not as good as myself.
She slept with her eyes open, and then she was very lazy, like a cat's round eyes that squinted slightly under the dazzling sun. Through the bronze mirror, she watched the two little maids go back and forth with you and me.
Not too curious about the content of their conversation.
Last night, she also dreamed of Liu Shi being driven out of Ning Anbo's house to spend the rest of her life in that remote and desolate village.
It was not until the two of them were tired of talking that they reminded them softly.
"Evil has been repaid, so there is no need to discuss this matter. Especially outside, don't mention a sentence or a half of it."
Misfortune comes from the mouth, so as not to cause criticism.
Ming Shao then inserted a silver hairpin into Jiang Rao's bun.
Jiang Rao looked at herself in the bronze mirror and said, "Change it."
She nodded at a hosta on her desk, "Change this."
Ming Shao glanced at the hairpin, "The girl likes His Highness Ninth so much...is the hairpin given to you?"
Jiang Rao heard her joking pause, shook her head and denied, "I like this hairpin."
For some reason, she just liked this hosta a little more.
In the hairpins that were sent together, the other styles were more elaborate.
But only this white jade hairpin made her feel familiar for no reason.
As if had seen it somewhere before and liked it very much.
...
At one end of the table, there was an extra long box made of fragrant nanmu. Only then did Jiang Rao realize, "This is..."
"Because of the eldest lady's fault, the uncle wants to make amends for the girl. The trustee sent this over, saying that he hoped not to ruin the harmony between the girl and his children because of the eldest lady's momentary confusion."
Jiang Rao frowned, but did not move the box.
harmony……
If she is her cousin, even if her mother is wrong, she will be very angry with the person who exposed her mother.
"Another day, go back with a similar gift."
She can't afford this gift. Harmony, no need.
After Jiang Rao finished speaking, she felt a little strange in her heart.
For her, it is natural to wish that the worse the Liu family who wanted to harm her mother, the better.
But to her uncle, the ten-year-old wife is not a bad relationship, and it looks good on the surface...
If you say that you are expelled, you will be expelled, but you don't feel bad at all?
Her impression of her uncle was only the description of her father, except for some vague moments of getting along with him before the age of six.
According to his father, the uncle is kind and generous, and he has to take care of his younger brother first if he treats himself badly.
When my father was a child, he made trouble again and again. Every time, the uncle lied and took the wrong on him, and suffered for his younger brother.
Such a person sounds like the kind of person who would rather self-destruct to save his family.
Why are you suddenly so heartbroken?
Jiang Rao bit her lip, she couldn't think of anything for a while, and suppressed this strange emotion.
Thinking about another thing in the dream, he frowned again and asked the time.
Hearing that it was a moment, she sighed softly and said, "Hurry up, take me to his yard before the young master is awake."
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In Jiang Rao's dream last night, she dreamed of Liu's leaving the house today.
In a dream, her brother ran away from home with a small luggage on his back.
When he was caught by the servant, he burst into tears and cried and said, "I don't want to go to Egret Academy."
When Jiang Rao was accompanied by the maid to the outside of Jiang Jinxing's yard, just in time to catch up with Jiang Jinxing to pack a small burden, she finally avoided his servant and stepped out of the yard.
Dodging the servant boy, he ran into Jiang Rao when he went out, and his little face suddenly turned blue-gray.
Jiang Rao walked quickly,
Go grabbed the small burden of Jiang Jinxing who turned around and wanted to flee, "What are you running for?"
Jiang Jinxing lowered his head, turned his head and hugged Jiang Rao's leg.
He blinked.
"I don't want to go to Egret Academy to study."
He shed tears, pulling his small bag and not letting Ming Shao take it away.
"I'm so small."
"..."
Jiang Rao wiped away a few tears for him, "How could anyone say that they want you to go to Egret Academy?"
Jiang Jinxing said loudly, "Mr. Yan! In exchange for my father, at the banquet yesterday, Yan Nanxun said that he would take me to study at Egret Academy, and he would not let me out until the books in the academy were finished."
His tears were bigger.
"But Mr. Yan didn't take me away when he left. I thought I would hide and accompany my father, mother and sister, but my father asked the servant to come back with a message last night, saying that he would let me go to the academy today. The teacher is staring at me."
Jiang Jinxing threw himself into Jiang Rao's arms and said, "I'm not going to school, I'm going to my own grave. There are so many books and so few words I know, I can't finish reading them in my life."
"Even if you don't go to Egret Academy, you have to go to other schools. You are almost eight years old. If you hadn't been on the road all the time, you should have entered the school a few years ago, instead of relying on your father to teach you. "Jiang Rao rubbed his head, "Mr. Yan likes to bully people verbally, but he is actually soft-hearted, don't listen to him scare you, he found a special teacher for you, because he is afraid that you will not be able to keep up with other people. The coursework was specially recruited to teach you."
Jiang Jinxing listened to it, his cry became less, and he nodded.
Jiang Rao smiled lightly, a little helpless, "I want to enter the Egret Academy, but I can't."
Her parents are open-minded, so that she does not live like those women who can only be restrained in the boudoir, and don't have much chance to go out after marriage. She can do many things she wants to do.
But even so, if she is a girl, if she goes to a place full of men like the academy, her reputation will only be ruined.
Sometimes she was worried that Rong Ting would be pitifully bullied inside, so she couldn't go in and see, and she couldn't find any way to inquire.
She sighed and looked at Jiang Jinxing's tear-drenched face, "Sister can't save you from this, you have to go to the academy to study when you are old."
"However." Jiang Rao was also a little reluctant to part with her younger brother, "I'll go and plead for you, let you stay at home for a few more days, don't leave in such a hurry."
Jiang Jinxing burst into laughter and took Jiang Rao's hand, which is called an intimacy.
...
"Mr. Yan has to take him with him even when he goes to a birthday banquet. I heard that he was with him the whole time. Prince... Oh, it's really different."
"Just now in class, Mr. Yan was only friendly to him, and he was dissatisfied with the articles we wrote. But you say, what kind of homework can a disabled person learn to shoot and hunt on horseback? Even if there are some genuine articles, you can really read them. In the end, I can only be a waste king."
"Hey, the teacher has been sober all his life, but when he gets old, he starts to get confused."
After the Sinology class was over, the students who had been disgraced by Yan Nan's training gathered together.
The few people who were drenched in blood, dissatisfied with Quan Cai, came to Rong Ting, the only one who had escaped the disaster in the class just now and was praised by Yan Nanxun.
With a sarcastic tone, he wanted to ridicule him because Rong Ting's leg injury was difficult to heal and would not be a hidden danger in the future.
Huai Qing followed behind Rong Ting, and when he heard a few words or two of gossip, his face became a little displeased. He glanced at Rong Ting, but found that he had the same expression as he had heard nothing.
Or rather, numbness.
Huaiqing didn't know if Rong Ting had listened to those words. Rong Ting didn't say a word. As an eunuch, he didn't dare to rashly provoke Liu Gelao's grandson and Qian Shoufu's son.
At this time, Fourth Master Jiang crossed the moon gate and walked into the academy. He heard only a few words of gossip in his ears.
"I didn't do my homework well, but instead complained about the eccentricity of my husband, the bastard seedlings who do not distinguish between priority and secondary."
Although Fourth Master Jiang did not hold an official position, he could grow up in an orderly manner, and those scholars did not dare to be disrespectful.
What's more, they only dared to talk behind their backs, and dared not say that Yan Nanxun was a good friend and said that Yan Nanxun was not, like a quail, shrinking his head and keeping silent.
Huaiqing felt grateful when she saw Jiang Siye's eyes, but unexpectedly, when Jiang Siye's eyes swept over him, it was extremely cold.
Taking a closer look, it turned out that he was looking at Rong Ting.
Huai Qing began to wonder again.
I don't understand why Fourth Master Jiang helped His Highness Ninth, and when he saw His Highness, he wanted to kill him with a thousand knives.
Not only Huai Qing can't figure it out.
Today, the patriarch of the Xu family who came to the academy to see the seventeenth prince, the father-in-law, Xu Shanqing, was also a little confused.
He heard that Jiang Xingzhou came to Bailu Academy. Today, he borrowed the name of the seventeenth prince to see that Jiang Xingzhou would give Rong Ting a letter of recommendation to help Rong Ting. In order to compete with her for favor, the imperial concubine used the means.
Seeing Jiang Xingzhou looking at Rong Ting today, his eyes were like a knife hidden in his eyes, which was definitely not an act of displeasure and warning.
Rong Ting's words just now helped him, but he didn't
To excuse Rong Ting, it was as if he was helping his old friend, Yan Nanxun.
The father-in-law gradually recognized the words of Empress Jiahe.
But he looked at Rong Ting from a distance, even in a wheelchair, he couldn't hide his graceful bearing, his eyes were as cold as a poisonous snake.
The tiger with broken teeth is also replaced by a tiger.
Xu Shanqing frowned with a trace of fear in his eyes.
Egret Academy is the best academy in Dazhao.
Previously, he told his daughter thousands and thousands of instructions, and did not give Rong Ting the slightest chance to study. Instead, he let him learn the knowledge that would enable Yan Nan to be accepted as a disciple.
Leaving him in the Egret Academy would be even more troublesome for raising tigers.
It can't go on like this.
Yan Nanxun was very satisfied with the disciple Rong Ting and could not start with him.
It was only Rong Ting's life in the academy that he couldn't survive, forcing him to admit defeat.
It's okay to let him spend these days in the academy.
In the gloomy vulture-like eyes of the father-in-law, there was a bit of shrewd ridicule.
People are scumbags.
Let him know the sweetness first, and then go to the bitterness, no one will be able to bear it.
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During lunch.
Huaiqing's head grew big when he looked at the meals delivered from the academy's kitchen.
Recently, the amount of rice given is getting smaller and smaller. To this day, who can eat these green leaves and a small bowl of rice?
Just like dealing with beggars.
He chased after him and questioned him, and the small worker who brought the meal looked at him with contempt, and said in a peculiar manner: "Now Nanzhang is suffering from famine and there is a shortage of food everywhere, even if the ninth highness is the only son of an emperor, he should know how to be considerate of the people and lead by example. ."
"But the ninth highness's injury is not good."
"Yeah, I sit in a wheelchair all day, and I'm not tired. I don't have to eat so much."
Huai Qing rushed out, wanting to find someone to give a theory, but when he arrived at the kitchen, the steward said in a light voice: "Everyone's meals are the same, why is your master doing something special? Don't be so ignorant, there's not enough food. I'll give you another bowl of rice, save a little, the prince will set an example for the prince."
Huai Qing struggled.
He could smell the smell of cooking meat in the kitchen, how could the food be the same.
He ate and went back sulking.
Anxious but unable to do anything.
Translate the words of him and the head of the kitchen to Rong Ting for listening.
But the pair of Hantan's eyes did not show any turbulence.
Even as if he had expected these things to happen, he told Huai Qing, "If there is such a thing in the future, there is no need to argue about the theory."
Going to argue is only more to others
Speaking white, the opportunity to speak white as black.
His pupils were as lonely as a cold night.
"No matter what you hear people say about me, don't argue."
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Huai Qing didn't understand what Rong Ting meant at first.
When heard the voices of various discussions in the acade, suddenly became clear, but was shocked and angry.
From the day he went to the room to question him, rumors spread among the scholars of the academy that Rong Ting was greedy for comfort and pleasure, regardless of the people.
But he was the eunuch serving by Rong Ting's side.
What he said, others said he was a fool and loyal protector.
No one listened to him.
Huaiqing was anxious to become an ant on the hot pot, and suddenly thought of a person.
...
Outside the Egret Academy, in the private room on the top floor of the restaurant, Jiang Rao took Jiang Jinxing and waited for her father to come in.
She watched Jiang Jinxing sneaking in the corner and didn't know what he was doing, and after a long time, she leaned over to take a look.
The child was holding a peeled red pepper in his hand and smearing it on the edge of his eye socket, and his eyes were full of tears.
"What are you doing?"
"I'll cry, cry, cry, and daddy pity me, so I don't have to study woo woo."
Jiang Jinxing choked on the chili peppers, his nose itching, he sneezed a few times while crying, and hugged Jiang Rao with his hands and feet, "Sister, I don't want to leave you, I don't want to leave my mother."
Jiang Rao: "..."
Change it well before going out, how come it is about to enter the academy, and it starts to make trouble again?
The wooden door of the private room opened at this time, and the outside wind blew in.
It was spicy and cold, and Jiang Jinxing's tears flowed even more happily. Seeing his father walking in, Little Pepper hid in the pocket of his clothes, ran over and rubbed it, "Daddy, I miss you so much, you don't need to worry about me, woo woo."
Last time, tears worked well with my grandfather.
Jiang Jinxing was looking forward to his father, like his grandfather, who would take care of him quickly.
But Jiang Siye gave him a light look.
cold voice
"Since no one is in charge, go to the window to blow the air and calm down. I cry so ugly and go out, don't say it's my son."
Jiang Jinxing's eyes were cool and sour, his heart was turbulent, and he watched his father walk away unsympathetically, crying louder with a wow, this trick was useless.
In exchange, Jiang Rao felt more distressed for him, ran over and hugged him in his arms, wiped the tears from his eyes with a handkerchief, asked the maid to lead him to wash his hands and face, and said to his father, "Dad, please do it. It's just a day when I'm not used to studying in the academy."
Neither of her siblings have stayed in the same place for a long time. She changed it better. She had been in Jinling until she was six years old. For Jiang Jinxing, it would be difficult for Jiang Jinxing to change a place every few months to live in a common place and trap him in the academy. .
Thinking of the crying bag that shook the whole restaurant just now, Fourth Master Jiang's beard cocked up in anger, "I didn't get used to it before I entered the academy?"
"If he's not used to it, then I'll get him used to it."
After washing his face, Jiang Jinxing, who was brought back by the maid, was so frightened that he burst into tears.
Jiang Rao went to take him into his arms again, "Daddy scared you, when did he really hit you?"
Jiang Xingzhou refused to lose face in front of his son, "If he doesn't obey, I'll really beat him."
Jiang Jinxing shrank his head and quickly confessed, "Dad, I'm used to it, I'm used to it now."
But he held Jiang Rao's fingers tightly and looked at Jiang Siye eagerly, "Dad, can you let my sister accompany me?"
"You think beautiful."
Jiang Jinxing pursed his lips, "But my sister said she wanted to go, but she couldn't."
Hearing this, Fourth Master Jiang frowned deeply and looked at Jiang Rao, "Really?"
Jiang Rao nodded, but his eyes dropped.
She knew that her idea was out of her mind and could not be realized.
When girls go to the academy, they don't go in for school. When others hear it, they don't know how much they get a joke.
She said to Jiang Jinxing, "If my sister can't get in, you should study hard. If there is anything you want to know, just ask you."
"Why can't you get in?" Jiang Xingzhou was very dissatisfied with her words, and said in a deep voice, "This worldly woman is too tired to live. Although I can't screw up this world, but if you can't even bring you the little Egret Academy. Go in, I've lived for nearly forty years, haven't I lived in vain?"
The more he spoke, the more indignant he became.
A pair of big round eyes with similar children looked at him, shining brightly.
They said in unison: "Dad, what can you do?"
...
"Women can't enter, but if it's a man, won't it work?"
Looking at the bronze mirror, Jiang Rao looked at the yellow mud and powder that his father had smeared on her face and neck, the makeup on her face, the man's bun tied up and the man's hairpin, her eyes were fresh and amazed.
——It turns out that if she were a man, she would be like this.
"No wonder mother always asks daddy to thrush her eyebrows, daddy is really the master of Danqing."
Jiang Siye was very proud, "Although it is not as high as those who can disguise, at least it will not let people see that you are a woman."
"That mother said that you pretended to be a woman and tricked her into being a close friend. Is it true?"
Fourth Master choked heavily, his eyes were complicated, his face was embarrassed, he coughed a few times in embarrassment, and retorted: "Nothing."
He said to Jiang Rao: "I will take you in as an adopted son in a while. If you are not tall, I will say that you are eleven years old and have been sick since you were a child. Then you should not speak and pretend to be dumb, so as not to be caught If someone sees it through, let Jiang Ping follow you, I am also relieved."
Jiang Rao nodded, "Then what's my name?"
"Think about it yourself."
Jiang Rao thought about it carefully.
Seeing her pondering deeply, Fourth Master Jiang said, "You think so seriously, what good name have you come up with?"
"Think about it." Jiang Rao sat upright, "I want to call Jiang Youfu."
"..."
Fourth Master Jiang smiled helplessly, "Okay, the name of the land is easy to support."
Jiang Jinxing came over with a powder box at this time, "Dad, you have a daughter and a son, and now my sister has become a son, look, can I be the daughter who doesn't need to go to school?"
Fourth Master Jiang immediately had a big head.
If it weren't for the fact that he didn't have a ready-made stick at hand, he would have chased the dog boy all over the house and shouted angrily: "Don't think that you don't need to go to the academy if you turn you into a girl, you have to think about escaping from the academy and wait until you get in. I won't let you rest for a day."
Jiang Jinxing pursed his lips, tremblingly put the powder box back.
...
In order to disguise a woman as a man, in addition to applying a thick layer of makeup on her face that even changed her face shape, Jiang Rao had to think about clothes in exchange.
She is too small.
But the chest has begun to show plumpness.
It's just... it hurts too much.
Jiang Rao looked at the man's makeup that her father had put on her in the bronze mirror. Her complexion was dull and her facial features were flat. She really didn't look good, and she instantly lost her obsession with beauty.
Anyway, Jiang Youfu is not her Jiang Rao, so she stuffed a piece of cloth in her stomach and tied it up, pretending to be a little fat man with a lot of meat.
After a long time, when Jiang Rao came out of the restaurant's cubicle wearing the men's clothes that Jiang Siye bought for her, Jiang Jinxing looked at her.
He looked down at himself again, lost in thought.
It was as if he saw his own future.
Immediately there was some resistance.
Jiang Xingzhou was very satisfied with her daughter's appearance.
Walking with them outside Bailu Academy, he suddenly remembered something and asked Jiang Rao, "Why do you suddenly want to study?"
The rich and stupid little dumb Jiang Youfu pursed his lips and blinked his eyes.
She went to the academy and didn't want to study.
She just wanted to see if the poor little one was doing well.