At the same time she recognized Chen Congyun, Chen Congyun reported to her family, "The youngest daughter Chen Congyun, my father Chen Bing, the Ministry of Industry's capital Shuiqing official secretary and left servant."

She looked at Jiang Rao, and there was some confusion in her eyes, "Four girls, can you take a step to speak?"

Jiang Rao thought that her father was Chen Bing, so she couldn't let her guard down for a while, and suggested, "It's snowing in the sky, so come with me to Shuxiang Palace?"

Bring Chen Congjun into Shuxiang Palace, she will not be afraid of what she will do to her.

Chen Congjun nodded in agreement.

Shuxiang Palace, Warm Pavilion.

Although it was Chen Congyun who found her, since the warm pavilion was in Shuxiang Palace, Jiang Rao placed herself as the master and asked the palace staff to bring tea and snacks to treat guests seriously.

The delicately-shaped snacks were placed in front of her, but Chen Congyun was in no interest. She lowered her head, her eyes were a little uneasy, dull for a while, then she suddenly raised her head, with tears in her eyes, "Miss Jiang, please help me. "

Weeping when speaking.

Jiang Rao had been waiting for her to speak first, and after waiting for a long time, she was a little frightened when she said this suddenly, and after a pause, she hurriedly made a wink and asked the palace servant who was waiting on the side to wipe away the tears for Chen Congyun, she asked her softly from the side. , "How do you want me to help you?"

Chen Congyun burst into tears and said, "I don't want to marry the Ninth Prince."

Jiang Rao's face became serious.

Chen Congyun raised her tearful eyes and looked at Jiang Rao, and she stared at Jiang Rao in the shadows, "I will find a girl when I have nowhere to go, I know, if you want to marry the Ninth Prince, can you hurry up and ask your father to go to the sage to ask for help? A decree for marriage."

She looked at Jiang Rao, her eyes revealed extreme prayer and a touch of envy.

Although the foundation of Ning Anbo's house is much better than her family's, there are people in Jinling who are richer than Ning Anbo's house, but all the girls of those families live in the courtyard of the deep house, and all of them carry a name on their back. In the shackles of the family, there is no one who can truly live freely and generously like Jiang Rao.

Jiang Rao was stunned, "How did you know that I wanted to marry the Ninth Prince?"

Only the people in her house and her aunt should know about this matter.

Chen Congjun looked at Jiang Rao enviously, and was so sad that he couldn't speak.

Jiang Rao took the veil from the palace maid's hand and wiped away tears for Chen Congyun in person.

But only when her hand was stretched out, Chen Congjun ducked back as if frightened.

It looked like she was bullying her.

Jiang Rao sighed, "Don't cry first, you can make things clear, and then I will know how to help you."

"You promised to help me?"

Chen Congjun's eyes lit up, he raised his hand to wipe away his tears, and said in a choked voice, "My father was drunk last night, and I wanted to take advantage of his drunkenness to make him promise me and let me marry the person I want to marry. , but he scolds me, in other words, my marriage is about to be taken away by you."

After she finished speaking, she looked at Jiang Rao with a little surprise in her eyes, but she no longer had the initial fear.

Chen Bing's original words after being drunk are naturally not so simple.

He has been having troubles one after another recently. He wanted to say that the model of the Yunling Plank Road was made by him. Who would have known that Emperor Zhaowu had already seen the drawings drawn by Rong Ting. Since the emperor knew about it, how could he dare to take the credit for his son? Even if Xu Guozhang assured him, he didn't have the courage. He just thought that the credit that he could get was gone, and he was annoyed and scolded Jiang Xingzhou for raising Jiang Rao to be unruly and domineering. A series of slurs made Chen Congyun extremely frightened.

Coupled with the long-standing reputation of Jiang Xingzhou's daughter slave in Jinling, she thought... Jiang Raozhen was just like her father scolded her, she was a domineering and domineering girl.

If she wasn't desperate, she wouldn't even want to come to Jiang Rao.

Jiang Rao was a little surprised, "Do you have another crush?"

A blush appeared on Chen Congjun's face, he lowered his head, and gave a soft "um".

Jiang Rao rolled her eyes, she was curious and wanted to know who Chen Congyun liked.

"Can you... tell me?" she asked tentatively.

Chen Congyun hesitated for a moment.

Although Jiang Rao didn't promise her that she would not go out and talk nonsense, she glanced at her and felt that she was someone she could trust.

Jiang Rao's eyes were clean, like a piece of crystal clear and beautiful. Chen Congyun looked at her and suddenly made up his mind, "It's the third prince."

"I'm here today with a plan to break the boat, and I won't hide anything from you."

Jiang Rao was surprised.

The third prince, she had seen it in the academy, but she didn't have much of an impression. She tried her best to think about it, but she could only remember a vague figure, whose appearance was far less than that of Rong Ting, and her talent was no better than that of Pei Songyu. Her personality was mild and cowardly, and she was indeed not outstanding enough.

Chen Congyun could see Jiang Rao's surprise. She couldn't stand her sweetheart being questioned by others. She felt a little aggrieved, "He is a very good person."

She confided in her heart: "A few months ago, I went to the villa to escape the summer and was almost bitten by a dog. He saved me..."

The first time talked to Chen Congyun, heard her say so much

In private matters, Jiang Rao always has a sense of inauthenticity that she is listening to a story, and she is a little unsure, but after thinking about it, even if she believes her words, it will be fine, so she doesn't think much about it, she believes it. her words.

But she frowned, "Help me and my heart... can they be the same thing?"

If it's the same thing, if a man saves her in the future, will he promise her again?

"I didn't fall in love with him at first sight because he saved my life, but only after..." Chen Congyun blushed and suddenly couldn't continue, "He secretly gave me a purse during the Mid-Autumn Festival this year, in exchange for me He rejected the marriage arranged by his mother and concubine for him, I don't like Jinling, he has already told the emperor that he wants to go to a remote fief to be the prince, he has done so much for me, I,..."

"I don't want to blame him."

She raised her hand and covered her face in shame.

Although Jiang Rao was curious about what she wanted to say after her phrase "Only the Queen", but seeing that Chen Congyun was too shy, she held back her curiosity and didn't ask so much.

Chen Congjun suddenly felt as if something had been removed from his heart, and heaved a sigh of relief, "I have never said these words to anyone, and this is the first time I say it today, and I will not hide it from others in the future."

Jiang Rao's eyes swept across the back of Chen Congyun's hand, "On your hand..." Chen Congyun hurriedly put his hand down, covering the scar on his palm.

But Jiang Rao had already seen it, "Why are there so many injuries?"

Chen Congjun lowered his bitter eyes, "I have a reputation as a talented girl, but Tianzi is not smart, even stupid. In order for me to fight for him, since I was a child, my father treated me very strictly and harshly. Forcing me to know the music and rhythm, forcing me to understand the piano and chess, requiring me to be able to call and draw, or I will be beaten by the ruler. I did the same thing, and I did it all these years.

"I've listened to his words for fifteen years, only marriage." She choked up again, lowered her head, and her eyes that had always been submissive showed a touch of determination, "I don't want to listen to him anymore, he taught me what to learn. There are so many etiquettes in the book, but he wants me to help the queen and do evil things, I can't stand it."

Chen Congyun looked at Jiang Rao with some embarrassment, "I've let you see my joke. But Miss Jiang, only you can help me."

Jiang Rao heard so much, but she didn't understand how she could help Chen Congyun.

She couldn't convince her father by herself.

Chen Congyun looked at her hesitant and tangled expression and said, "I heard from my father last night that when he visited your house, your father already wanted to marry you to the Ninth Prince."

Jiang Rao opened her lips slightly in surprise, "Really?"

Chen Congjun nodded immediately, "Can you hurry out of the palace and tell your father to ask for an imperial decree to grant marriage earlier? I am afraid that my father will join forces with the queen in a few days. decree."

...

The next day was clear and snowy, Jiang Rao was alone, standing on the swing in the imperial garden, and when she saw Rong Ting's figure, she trotted over, put the sleeve stove in his arms, and said happily, "I can. married you."

Rong Ting stared at her, as if the heavy snow had crushed the branches, and his eyes were in chaos.

"What you said is true?" His voice was hoarse, and Jiang Rao nodded, "As long as what Chen Congyun said is true."

Chen Congyun?

Rong Ting frowned slightly, "When have you seen her?"

"Yesterday." Jiang Rao said, "She came to me, and I exchanged speculation with her. She told me that my father had softened his attitude and wanted to promise me."

After thinking about it for a while, he felt that the scene was a little weird.

She was able to convert speculation with a person who was almost engaged to him?

"She came to my aunt's palace yesterday because she wanted me to help her. She actually has an interest in your third brother, so I wish we could get married sooner."

Jiang Rao listened to the story all day yesterday, and when she thought about it, she felt lingering and sad. She suddenly sighed, "I didn't expect the third prince to look a little cowardly, but he is actually responsible."

Rong Ting felt harsh.

His third brother should not be the one who almost had a marriage contract with her when he was a child, but even if he knew this, he felt that her praise of other men was harsh.

Stirred by jealousy, his tone was harsh, and he raised his eyes very aggrieved, "I know that some of my royal brothers almost got engaged to you."

"But now that you are about to marry me, you only think about me, okay?"

His tone is too humble, if there is a tail behind him, he will be wagging his tail for pity.

Jiang Rao didn't notice the crazy possessiveness hidden under his eyes at all, she gave him a puzzled look.

brother? who?

"You have been away from Jinling for too long, but you don't know what kind of people my imperial brothers are. They are not good, they are really not good. You say that my third brother is very affectionate and righteous, but he is not only good to Miss Chen, he There are already common rooms and concubines, and several of my royal brothers have them."

With pure and innocent eyes, he said slanderous words, with a little bit of rebuke, a little bit of disdain in his expression, and more, an inexplicable comparison.

"When you were young, the one who almost got married to you was not a good person. You wouldn't want to marry such a person, would you?"

His voice was deep but weak, as if coaxing and coaxing Jiang Rao to say the word "yes".

"Your words are indeed reasonable." Jiang Rao pondered for a while, and raised his puzzled eyes, "But the person who almost got engaged to me, isn't it you?"

Could it be that he knew that Chen Congyun didn't want to marry him, felt that he was not threatened by Queen Jiahe, so he didn't want to marry her, and found a reason to politely refuse her?

Otherwise, how can there be anyone who scolds himself for not being a good person?

Thinking of this possibility, Jiang Rao widened her eyes, "Don't you... don't want to get engaged with me?"