Fourth Master Jiang: "..."

He coughed lightly and frowned at the little girl in front of him.

She came here by coincidence.

A few days ago, he made a ruthless effort to rectify Ning Anbo's house, only to find that his elder brother looked innocent and actually had close contacts with some corrupt officials and officials.

He was slightly aware of these things before, but he never thought about it carefully, and he didn't want to doubt it, which ruined his brother's peace.

Now that I have uprooted it, I have seen the scandal hidden under the ground clearly, and I am left with only a panic and a headache for a while. He cut off ties with officials who shouldn't communicate with each other in a drastic manner, but he also encountered some resistance. Those who used to be friends with his eldest brother and benefited from his eldest brother's favor naturally did not want to see him come to power.

Recently, have encountered some small troubles. Pei Songyu, who works in Dali Temple, can help, and only invited him to come to the house today.

Originally, I only planned to talk about some business affairs, and I was chatting and chatting, but the words were very speculative, and I didn't know it at night.

Pei Songyu was in his early twenties, and his eldest daughter was seven. Except for his poor background, there was nothing to criticize about his character and knowledge. Fourth Master Jiang admitted that he had indeed moved to recruit him as his son-in-law.

His brief silence made Jiang Rao see some clues. She looked down and begged, "Dad, don't splash me."

"I don't want to marry." Jiang Rao was a little gloomy and repeated, "I don't want to marry."

Jiang Siye looked at her and smiled softly. Look, this disobedient appearance, if you let it go to someone else's house, you will definitely be punished and scolded. But what can he do? It's not that he raised it.

With infinite connivance and helplessness, he said slowly, "I didn't say I was going to throw you out. Did you listen to other people's nonsense?"

His gaze swept across the maid behind Jiang Rao, but it was hard to hide the sharpness, and Ming Shao was so guilty that she broke out in a cold sweat.

Jiang Rao protected her maid and said, "It was me who had a dream. I dreamed that I was married, and that I had to leave my parents and my younger brother. I felt uncomfortable."

Fourth Master Jiang said in a deep voice, "All I want is your peace and happiness. If you don't want to, I won't force it. You can be at ease."

Fourth Master Jiang seemed to remember something, with a particularly deep smile on his face, and said in the tone of someone who had come over: "You are saying that you don't want to, if you meet someone you really like in the future, maybe you will come and ask me again."

That's how he came here.

But when Jiang Rao left, watching the dazed back of his daughter drifting away, he was a little worried.

If that's when she takes someone he doesn't think is right

Come back, should he agree, or should he disagree?

No matter how think about it, feel uncomfortable.

Fourth Master Jiang called the servant, "Where does Pei Shaoqing often go, find out and tell me."

The servant asked, "Master, what are your plans?"

Fourth Master Jiang wanted to know what kind of person Pei Songyu was, after the incident of Jiang Xingchuan, he didn't dare to be arbitrary, and was as cautious as walking on thin ice, "I just want to see if he is as noble as he says outside, and if he is someone who can be trusted. "

...

The ninth day of the seventh lunar month is the auspicious day of the zodiac. There was a plaque in Rong Ting's courtyard, and the word Bei Shen was engraved on the peach wood plaque.

Octagonal colored lanterns are hung on the eaves of the corridor, and camellias and cypresses have been added to the yard, and the lush potted plants are all pleasing to the eye at a glance. Ting glanced at him, but saw that the bottom of his eyes was as dark as ink, and he did not feel the slightest joy because of the new scene in the courtyard.

Huaiqing said to Rong Ting, "The fourth girl said that she found someone to do the math. The feng shui of this house is not good, but it is not impossible to break it. There are three fires in the word 'shen', which can just drive away the yin in this courtyard. "

His words only started, and he only said the words "Four Girls", and Rong Ting's eyes moved slightly. After waiting until Huai Qing's words were all finished, he asked in a deep voice, "Why didn't Nian Nian come today?"

Huai Qing said: "I heard that there is something in the house, and it was delayed."

Seeing that Rong Ting's eyes darkened, Huai Qing sighed, "Four girls treat Ninth Highness differently than others."

Huai Qing thought about it for a long time and gave an example: "When she was in Egret Academy, she would only write in His Highness's palm, and when she met others, she used a small wooden stick to gesture on the ground."

In the wheelchair, the gloomy young master with thin quilts on his legs didn't care at all, humming and laughing.

Huai Qing only saw her writing into his palm, but never saw his plan.

Before she wanted to write something, he was often the first to grab her wrist.

...

There is something in Jiang Rao's mansion, and she has entered the palace to see Concubine Yun.

Concubine Yun Gui felt that the days in summer were long and boring, so she let Jiang Rao enter the palace to accompany her for half a month.

Concubine Yun Gui was sitting on the swing set up under the flower shed in Shuxiang Palace with Pomegranate in her arms, but she was lazy and did not swing high. Crying, which concubine laughed, chatted, and the conversation gradually turned back to Jiang Rao.

Concubine Yun Gui looked at the lively expression, "I heard that your father is looking at your husband-in-law for you, what's the matter, did you see any results?"

Jiang Rao didn't know where her aunt found out about it, as if the whole world knew that her father was worrying about her marriage. While shaking his head, he remembered the dream he had in the carriage that day, and poured some bitter water to Concubine Yun, "I don't want to get married so early."

"I don't want to either, I just want to be an old girl, now..."

It also changed to want to leave the palace, and want to be an old girl.

It's just that if someone with a heart listens to this, it's easy to provoke discord in front of Emperor Zhaowu. Concubine Yun Gui knew what to say and what not to say. She shook her head with a light smile, and did not continue to speak. She looked at the sky outside the palace, her eyes showed A touch of loneliness and disappointment.

She was not in the mood, but her tone could be regarded as solemn, "If you marry someone, marry someone you like. If you don't, then you will be an old girl for a lifetime. Anyway, you have a lot of money in the family, and you can't spend it all in a few lifetimes."

Jiang Rao naa, "But what counts as liking?"

Concubine Yun Gui thought about it for a long time, and seemed a little embarrassed about how to answer, and finally said slowly: "At least when you are doing intimate things with him, you must not be disgusted."

These words were so straightforward that a little girl as big as Jiang Rao blushes.

Her face blushed and Concubine Yun loved to tease her, "When I entered the palace, the madam in charge gave me a lot of booklets, all of which are kept in the small study in the west wing. Since I am curious every year, I will ask someone to fetch them. show you……"

"No." He was interrupted by Jiang Rao neatly.

She covered her red ears.

What a shame, look at this.

Yun Guifei looked at her with a lazy smile, and nodded her forehead, "Little wood lump."

...

Splendid Palace.

For several years, Xu Guozhang had a rare opportunity to enter the palace to visit Empress Jiahe.

He talked with Empress Jiahe for a long time, in order to seek the throne of the seventeenth prince, all the princes except the seventeenth prince were thorns in their eyes. Even if Xu Guozhang could not enter the palace to visit, they were only between each other and kept secret letters. After entering the palace, they screened all the maids and eunuchs and talked privately. When talking about Rong Ting...

Empress Jiahe frowned, "He left the palace separately, and Ben Gongben found the eyeliner so he could know what he was doing, but the whereabouts of the eyeliner are still unknown."

Xu Guozhang also frowned slightly, his face dry and unhappy. Rong Ting was about to die, dragging his broken legs to live, even if he knew that he couldn't accomplish anything, it was really unpleasant.

"It's your fault that you were soft-hearted in the past and failed to let him die when he was a child."

Empress Jiahe gritted her teeth and said hatefully: "I have

Haven't been merciful. "

"The emperor has been asking him more and more recently, and he is even more concerned about the little seventeen in this palace."

"He relieved the emperor's worries, and the emperor will naturally value him more and more."

A few days ago, when the courtiers were meeting, he was invited to go and saw that the courtiers were all discussing the disaster in Nanzhang. Si Tianjian said that there will still be flood season in Nanzhang next year, and I am afraid that the exchange will be fruitless.

Water canals are built to divert water to the west, plank roads are built to open up commercial roads, and land on high slopes is reclaimed. Different agricultural crops are planted at high and low places.

When he first saw the drawing, he thought it was the idea of ​​the resourceful Chen Bing in the Ministry of Industry. Who would have thought that Chen Bing was standing beside him, looking at the drawing with a look of amazement. After a while, he patted his thigh. I even shouted "I didn't think of it" a few times.

Only then did he know that the person who made the blueprint was not Chen Bing, but Rong Ting.

Because of this matter, Emperor Zhaowu has already intentionally placed Rong Ting in the Ministry of Industry. Until next year, if Nanzhang really comes back to life because of the measures advocated by Rong Ting, I am afraid that Emperor Zhaowu will give him more attention.

Xu Guozhang felt a little remorse, "I shouldn't have told you to treat him harshly at that time."

If such talents can be used for themselves, it will be a rare help.

"Do you think he is really kind?" Empress Jiahe seemed to have heard a joke, "When he was four or five years old, he began to suspect that the death of his biological mother was related to me, maybe it was earlier, I was too harsh at that time. Ever since he was a child, he has had a gloomy and suspicious temperament, and sooner or later, he will not be able to hide it. I only hate him for his great life. He deserved to die when he was born, but he dragged on and lived on."

At that time, Emperor Zhaowu was heartbroken because of the death of his favorite concubine, and he was very concerned about this newly born ninth son. Among all the princes, only Rong Ting had been taken care of by Emperor Zhaowu himself.

If she didn't take the initiative to adopt Rong Ting to her, and let Emperor Zhaowu get along with him day by day, Emperor Zhaowu would definitely unconsciously favor this poor ninth son in the future.

Fortunately, after Rong Ting was adopted, Emperor Zhaowu changed the meeting to ask a few questions for the first two years. Later, he was relieved of her care and didn't ask much.

When there were new favorite concubines in the palace, and Emperor Zhaowu had a new heir, Rong Ting became even more insignificant in his heart.

"But he's too smart." It was like he didn't drink that bowl of soup when he was in Huangquan in his previous life. He was so wise and approachable at a young age that Chen Bing could think of ideas that he couldn't think of at the age of thirty-two. Xu Guozhang said with trepidation, "Be careful recently, don't let other princes pull him over; in the future, we must find a way to cut the grass and root it."

Jiahe Empress was a little anxious.

Xu Guozhang glanced at her, "You don't have to panic, you're just a cripple, there's always a way to deal with him."

He suddenly remembered something, "Shen Que has been looking for a chance to see me recently. I heard that his second daughter always wants to see you. Do you know what they are doing?"