Jiang Rao was stunned and hesitated.

But Hutang stood up excitedly, "You can go if you want. If I were you, I wouldn't have a small bell on my wrist, and I wouldn't have to worry about making my mother angry. I'd definitely go wherever I want."

The more she spoke, the more sad she became.

Jiang Rao glanced at Hutang, "You care about your mother very much."

Hutang nodded slowly, and pursed her lips, "My mother is too poor, and my father is not in the capital all the year round. No one can accompany her except me and my sister. You can't really make my mother sick."

"My mother said that I'm a little monkey who doesn't wear a gold hoop. She is obviously my gold hoop." Hutang sat back, lying on the table, playing with the bell on her wrist, muttering dissatisfied.

Jiang Rao rubbed Hutang's head and smiled lightly.

She also has her golden hoop.

Just now when Hu Tang said why he didn't go to Yunling directly, she was really moved.

But she quickly thought of her father and her mother. It would take at least seven days to go to Yunling, and it would take half a month to go back and forth. She had never been away from her parents for such a long time, if she didn't say hello. Just go, she can't do such a thing.

She persuaded herself that there should be nothing wrong with Yunling.

With Chen Bing's care, he should not be neglected and bullied.

"If only people could split in half." Jiang Rao sighed.

"If only people could split in half." Hu Tang also sighed.

The two of them were depressed together, Hu Tang suddenly thought of something, and stood up again, "I know that there is a caravan that came back from Yunling's side, since you are curious about Yunling's side, do you want to go to the merchant's side? Are the people in the team inquiring?"

"Yes!" Jiang Rao also stood up.

Hutang curled her lips into a smile, and said confidently, "I'm most familiar with this kind of inquiries from people outside Jinling, and it's on me."

An hour later, Hutang proved to Jiang Rao what "I am the most familiar."

She hurriedly opened the curtain, "I've already invited the cook from the caravan for you."

Following behind Hu Tang, an aunt with a thick sackcloth and a long narrow face walked in.

"Why is the girl suddenly curious about the plank road?" She stared at Jiang Rao for a long time, her eyes extremely confused.

A girl with this kind of appearance and temperament knows that she is pampered and ignorant of the sufferings of the world. How can she care about the construction of the plank road? It's obviously something that can't be fought with her.

The aunt's words also aroused the curiosity of Hu Tang, she tilted her head and glanced at Jiang Rao.

Jiang Rao was beckoning to call Ming Shao over, and Fu Er said a few words in her ear.

She looked at the aunt's cracked hand and asked Ming Shao to go out and buy a grease.

After Ming Shao left, she turned to look at her aunt and answered vaguely, "The person who builds the plank road is my father's friend."

Auntie understands.

"You said Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen is really a good official who thinks about the people. If this plank road can be repaired, it will be a lot more convenient for us to run caravans in the south and the north these days."

"Then when you passed there, did the plank road begin to be repaired? How long will it take to repair it?" Jiang Rao was more concerned about this.

The aunt smiled and said, "It is easy to repair and repair. Everyone can trust Mr. Chen's ability."

Hu Tang didn't say a word, looked at Jiang Rao with her cheeks up, she always felt that she was so anxious, as if she was waiting for someone to come back.

Ming Shao came back at this time and gave the ointment to the aunt. The aunt took the ointment, withdrew her hands, lowered her eyes and said to Jiang Rao, "Young lady has a heart."

Jiang Rao's eyes softened and she slowly shook her head, "It's nothing."

The aunt raised her bowed head and looked at Jiang Rao for a long time. Seeing that her eyes were clear and her attitude relaxed and sincere, she suddenly sighed, "It's actually a bit troublesome to build a plank road."

"There are people who are not willing to build the plank road, they are making trouble."

Hu Tang was taken aback, "What's going on? Jinling has never heard anything about this."

Jiang Rao was not surprised.

She had seen similar things before.

She was just a little worried that the conflict between the officials and the people would affect Rong Ting. He was in a wheelchair and could only rely on guards to protect himself.

"You are all enjoying your life, how can you listen to this kind of thing." The aunt lowered her voice, "What I said just now, the two girls don't say it outside. Some adults have deliberately told the people in the caravan, When we get to the capital, if someone asks about the plank road, we will report good news and not bad news."

The aunt's voice became lower and lower, and Jiang Rao keenly caught something from her tone, "How many troublemakers?"

"This plank road was built to transport tribute to the palace. If the people want to pass, they have to go to the government to ask for a pass order. They recruit local strong men. The road that has been repaired can't be walked. The local people are definitely not willing."

The aunt seemed to answer the question, but Jiang Rao already understood.

Sounds like this, the local people are dissatisfied with the construction of this plank road.

She had only seen people making troubles in other places before, smashing eggs and stones, all of them.

Once the person who was smashed with eggs was replaced by Cheng Rong Ting, Jiang Rao couldn't sit still.

After sending off the aunt, Hutang asked Jiang Rao, "You already know what you want to know, why are you unhappy about it?"

Jiang Rao looked embarrassed, "Seeing is believing, I only hear from other people's mouths, half-truths can't be fully believed."

Hu Tang: "What do you mean, you want to go to Yunling instead? But didn't you say your parents wouldn't let it?"

Jiang Rao covered her ears with a tangled face, "I'll talk about it well and see if I can convince them."

But she didn't say anything, as if she had seen her father's obstruction.

...

Jiang Qingshan was cooking wine for her husband in Luoxiang Garden in Ning'anbo Mansion.

Today, Fourth Master Jiang accompanied Qin to her parents' house, and she just came back.

When the admiral's brother and her husband mentioned court affairs, they did not avoid her. The two talked about Yunling's plank road, and Qin Qingshan couldn't help but think of Rong Ting.

There was hot water boiling in the tripod, and the sound of boiling hot water was close to the ear, making the crickets and insects in the yard disappear.

Jiang Qin turned over the wine floating in the tripod with a silver hook, and said slowly: "You said earlier that being nice to the ninth prince every year is no different from being nice to a poor kitten and puppy... But people are people after all. After getting along for a long time, the feeling of cats and dogs is always different. Do you think that since hitting him and leaving, he has always been absent-minded every year? "

Fourth Master Jiang retorted, "What can be different?"

He didn't like hearing this very much, frowned, looking at the warm wine in the tripod on the case, his face was like the dull weather outside.

After being sullen for a while, he said stubbornly, "You are wrong."

"When the weather gets cold, everyone will take a nap in autumn. It's not like this every year, so there's nothing wrong with it."

Obviously he was refuting his wife, but he first persuaded himself with this statement, and his face became more beautiful.

Jiang Qin shook his head helplessly, "Every year is a little dull. She doesn't know who she likes and who she doesn't like. How come you are deceiving yourself."

Fourth Master Jiang was still stubborn, "Where am I deceiving myself?"

Leaning over to take the silver hook from Jiang Qin's hand, he lifted the warm wine in the tripod, poured it into the sapphire cup, took a sip, and his expression became more relaxed, "As soon as the ninth prince left, Nian I found a new friend in the new year? For so many days, I have never seen her ask the ninth prince. If it is as you said, how can she stay at home? Running from Yunling Mountain in the north?"

There was a knock on the door from outside the curtain.

The maid went to open the door and chatted a few words with the person who came.

After a while, the maid opened the curtain and returned, and reported it respectfully.

"Fourth Master, Madam, the eldest maid in the girl's courtyard just said that the girl wants to go to Yunling Mountain to see the scenery."

"..."

Jiang Xingzhou patted the wine bottle on the table, and the wine splashed out. He said to the maid, "Go and call the girl over."

Jiang Rao was waiting outside the hospital.

She sent the maid over because she wanted to let the maid go to see her father's reaction first.

As soon as the maid came out, Jiang Rao greeted her, "How does Daddy look?"

The maid said: "Fourth Master doesn't look good. I heard that you are going to Yunling. He almost crushed the wine bottle used for drinking."

Jiang Rao: "..."

Her father's wine bottle, which was his treasure, was almost crushed, and he seemed unhappy.

She deliberately chose Daddy to come over when he was drinking, thinking that maybe he was in a good mood, and as soon as he got drunk, maybe he promised her.

But looking at the current situation... in front of her father, presupposing something related to Rong Ting is more effective than changing sober soup.

Jiang Rao lowered her head.

Seeing that she hadn't come in for a long time, Fourth Master Jiang opened the curtain by himself, and a tall figure stood by the door and said coldly, "Come in."

After Jiang Rao entered, he put down the curtains and sat down on the Taishi chair in the room, "Go to Yunling, do you really want to see the scenery?"

Jiang Rao knew that she couldn't hide her thoughts from her father. He must have guessed that she wanted to see Rong Ting, so he was so angry, so he didn't nod his head.

Jiang Qin's temperament is gentle, but she is also transparent.

The father-daughter duo kept silent and made eye contact. She watched quietly, her heart was like a mirror, she knew everything, smiled, and broke the silence with a soft voice, "People are more beautiful than scenery."

Jiang Rao's skin was a little hot.

She is not afraid of her father, but a little afraid of her mother.

Her aunt is also afraid of her mother, who is like a tiger with a smiling face. She glanced at her with a gentle gaze like autumn water, as if she had been cleaned inside and out, leaving no one to hide.

Jiang Qin squinted at her daughter for a long time and said, "But you are going to Yunling, do you know that your father will be worried?"

Jiang Rao bit her lower lip, and then said slowly: "I didn't go to Yunling to meet the ninth prince privately, I just...just..."

But apart from the private meeting, she couldn't think of what she was doing.

She only knew that if she didn't take a look, she wouldn't worry at all.

Jiang Rao lowered her head, "I know the rules."

Qin's eyes looked at her softly, Jiang Rao thought she was going to be scolded by her mother, but a gentle voice fell on her head, "Mother doesn't stop you, since you remember the rules, you said you were going to Yunling. Looking at the scenery, the mother will treat you as if you are going to Yunling to see the scenery, but you must also remember that if you do something wrong, you should be punished, and it will not be less at all."

Jiang Rao hurriedly shook her head with a rattle, her eyes full of "I won't make mistakes".

Jiang Qinshi smiled, "It's just that it's a little late today, and you haven't packed up. If you really want to go, don't be in a hurry today. If you leave early tomorrow, you can also come back early. Your father can rest assured."

Jiang Rao breathed a sigh of relief.

Jiang Siye was immediately annoyed, and slapped the table: "I didn't agree to change it!"

Jiang Qinshi was not annoyed, she stood up, "Then you can discuss it later."

But after she went out, she directly instructed the maid to find a driver who was familiar with the Yunling landform. She looked back at the door and laughed. The little maid beside her asked her, "What is the madam laughing at?"

Jiang Qin looked at her husband's figure in the house and said firmly, "He will definitely agree in the end."

Jiang Siye, who was pacing back and forth in the house, stopped at this moment and glanced at Jiang Rao, "I have something to ask you instead."

Jiang Rao stood up tremblingly, "Dad, you ask."

What Jiang Siye said was not a question, "Do you know that if I were a little more cruel, I would directly exchange your Gengtie with your cousin's."

His tone was a little heavy.

Jiang Rao's breath was stagnant, her eyes raised, and she saw a picture album on his square pineapple table.

On the title page - "Gift from Pei Nanyi".

The word "Nanyi" is a word in Pei Songyu, Jiang Rao's mind flickered, and she remembered the conversation with Pei Songyu in the pavilion.

Dad, he probably knew something.

She lowered her head and traced the edge of the azurite crane-patterned boots on Jiang Siye's feet with her eyes.

Her expression looked sad.

Jiang Siye didn't speak for a long time and looked at Jiang Rao.

The long silence was finally broken by the two soft knocks of his fingers on the table.

"Yunling, go." He said word by word, "I allow you to go, don't be sad."