His voice was low like a string.

Jiang Rao was frightened by the meaning behind the word tablet, her vision was instantly blurred by tears, her eyes were misty, she looked up at him in a daze, her eyelashes were moist, and the look of water in her apricot eyes was pitiful. .

Rong Ting's fingers slowly loosened.

He really wanted to lock her up against her wishes, locked up in a place that only he knew, after all, he had thought of all the ways that she would never see other people only look at him.

But he was afraid of her crying.

He thought that if she shed tears, he would definitely feel distressed, but he didn't expect that she just got red eyes and he was a little flustered.

He put away his fangs, and in an instant he looked submissive again. He released his long fingers and slowly rubbed the red mark on her wrist.

The calluses on her fingertips made Jiang Rao unable to ignore the feeling of rubbing her wrists. The gentler his movements, the more her heart stinged as if it was being pulled, and the mist in front of her became heavier, tears like tears. It fell like raindrops, and she cried so hard, her voice trembled, "I won't marry someone else, and I won't marry a piece of wood."

Rong Ting paused and wiped the tears from her face with his fingers, but a smile broke out on her face, "Just stay in Jinling with peace of mind, I will definitely come back."

But in his eyes, there was still the expression on his face when he spoke, that deep and frightening seriousness, and his voice was low, "I don't want even a piece of wood."

His promise not only failed to make Jiang Rao feel relieved, but made her even more uneasy. Looking at the tears on his fingertips, she suddenly realized how hard she was crying, and bit her lip to stop her crying. After washing, her eyes were as red as rabbits. She grabbed his wrist again and didn't ask him to continue wiping her tears. With tears on her cheeks, she choked and asked, "When are you leaving?"

"Two days later." Rong Ting's voice softened, and it was the pitiful look he often had in front of her, "Will you come and see me off, Nian Nian?"

Jiang Rao pursed her lips, lowered her head, and looked like she was nodding, but if she nodded, her movements would be too light.

There was more sharpness in her eyes.

...

As the sun sinks and the moon rises, the last light of the sun is swallowed up by the night, and the ashes disappear like ashes, sinking into the night.

When Jiang Rao returned to Ning'an Bo's Mansion, Jiang Xingzhou was waiting for her at the shadow wall, and the shadow was long with the moonlight.

Jiang Rao walked slowly, lowered her head, absent-minded, and didn't even realize that there was someone at the shadow wall, until Jiang Xingzhou coughed, she raised her eyes suddenly, startled, and then called out "Father".

Jiang Xingzhou took the lantern from the servant behind him and walked slowly to Jiang Rao's side. He walked beside his daughter with big steps, taking half a step.

Jiang Rao waited for him to speak to her, but he didn't say anything, letting the lantern illuminate the road on Jiang Rao's side.

He didn't say anything, Jiang Rao couldn't help it, "Dad... don't you ask me, where did you go after you got out from my aunt?"

This matter must not be hidden, it is better for her to say it first.

Jiang Xingzhou stopped for a while, but didn't say anything.

Behind Jiang Rao, Ming Shao, who knew the inside story, couldn't help coughing twice.

Jiang Rao didn't know anything, and couldn't hold back any longer.

At this moment, she was so bored in her heart that she wanted to know what her father was thinking, so she went back to the yard to deal with it, "I went to see His Highness Ninth Highness, isn't father angry?"

"What am I angry about?" Jiang Xingzhou finally spoke, but his tone sounded like a joke, "I see, maybe you will do something more angry with me in the future."

Jiang Rao was startled and looked away.

Jiang Xingzhou said lightly, "You don't get mad at me once or twice for this kind of thing. You get angry every time. How can I live so long, your father?"

After he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrows, and it really looked like he was joking. Jiang Rao's heart was relieved, but he smiled bitterly.

How could she be in the mood to make a joke, the feeling in her heart at the moment was anxiety that she had never experienced before.

Jiang Xingzhou said in a light tone when she saw that she was too stunned, "Do you know that the Ninth Prince is going to be sent to Huaizhou?"

Jiang Rao didn't speak, her eyelids changed to a touch of red, and she pursed her lower lip, acquiescing.

"Before, I told you to marry into the royal family, you would suffer and suffer, but you didn't listen and insisted on marrying him. Look, are you suffering this time?"

Jiang Rao lowered her head, maybe she saw that her father didn't mean to blame her, or maybe she was too sad to ignore it.

Jiang Xingzhou added fuel to the fire, "If you had listened to me back then, why would you be so sad now."

His cool tone with a bit of disgust and a bit of arrogance made people annoyed.

Annoyed and tired, Jiang Rao stomped her feet, "Father, if you want to punish me, just punish me."

Why are you talking so much today?

This kind of sarcastic words from the closest person are more piercing than the fastest knife.

"I have no regrets about marrying him."

Sometimes she thinks that she is very similar to her aunt, and her mind is very light on love, and she prefers to think about what she wants to get.

To get what you want, you have to give what you should give.

Her marriage seemed to help Rong Ting, but it actually helped her find the most comfortable position.

She said that she wanted to find someone she liked to get married, but she had met so many people since she was a child, and no one has ever moved her heart.

She didn't even know what it was like to be tempted.

"He was going to Huaizhou, but the fault was that General Xi led his troops to guard there but did nothing, that the rebels were delayed for a long time, and he suppressed the disaster and did not report it, causing the people to suffer. The fault was that the queen wanted to use General Xi's hand to kill him. , it's not my fault."

After she finished scolding, she remembered that she had scolded one less person, fearing that someone with a heart would put the "disrespectful" hat on again, and after seeing that there was no one around, the little girl lowered her head and whispered in a low voice, "Instead of the emperor , he doesn't care about his own son's life or death."

Jiang Xingzhou smiled.

Jiang Rao didn't know what he was laughing at. Seeing that she had said it like this, he turned into a non-serious look, and stomped a few times annoyed and weakly, "Dad, I'm really sad today, don't you? Make fun of me again."

Jiang Xingzhou didn't listen to her at all, there were faint wrinkles at the corners of her eyes, Jiang Rao was petite, and once she lowered her head, Jiang Xingzhou had to tilt her head to see the expression on her face, "Look at my beautiful daughter, I am so worried. What has it become?"

Jiang Rao spoke differently from him as if in a fit of anger.

She was originally a little guilty, but being disturbed by him like this, her anger prevailed.

Jiang Xingzhou finally stopped smiling.

"You know why I said it just now, do you change it more when you're angry with me in the future?"

He stood the lantern on the railing, let go of his hand, took out a parchment roll from his sleeve, unfolded it under the light of the lantern, and asked Jiang Rao to come and take a look.

"Two hundred miles from Huaizhou, there is a Taoyuan. There is almost no material exchange with the outside world, and it is inaccessible. When you were nine years old, we went there. Because of my paintings, the county magistrate gave me a face and asked us to live there. For a few days, I drank the wine from the county chief's house and owed him a painting, and now seven or eight years have passed, and the county chief has changed to the county chief, and I owe him a painting..."

He paused, lowered his head, and said a little embarrassedly, "I still owe it."

"But it's time to change."

Jiang Rao looked at the sheepskin map under the candlelight and asked inexplicably, "Daddy, what does this mean?"

"I know your mind, you want to go to Huaizhou."

Jiang Xingzhou glanced at her sharply, Jiang Rao was stunned for a moment, and his eyes were avoided again.

She never mentioned it to anyone...

"Why are you thinking

You haven't mentioned it in front of others, but I know it. "Jiang Xingzhou smiled again," I am your father. "

"Last time in prison, I figured out a few things."

He also wanted to make his children live carefree, but at the same time he drew the ground as a prison, using good excuses for them to add some rules to them, but instead told them to live restrained by his side.

He was too confused.

"Go," he said. "Go to Taoyuan, get closer to him, and then come back with him."

Tears welled up in Jiang Rao's eyes again.

"Don't cry, I didn't say everything just now. My daughter, the most beautiful daughter of Da Zhao, is ugly when I cry."

Jiang Xingzhou couldn't bear her tears, so he frowned and pretended to be disgusted, "Don't think I've sacrificed so much for you, I think I don't agree, and you have to go back to Ren Fuqing to ask for medicine. , ran out without making a sound, taking care of himself and making his own decisions."

When the old account was turned over, Jiang Rao stopped her tears in embarrassment.

"Tell me, if I didn't come to you, would I want to sneak out instead?" Jiang Xingzhou asked her.

Jiang Rao subconsciously shook her head quickly, swayed and slowed down, and admitted, "Daddy is just worried about my safety, but I think... I can be careful and nothing will happen."

"If you think something is wrong, then it will be your mother and I who will be sad." Jiang Xingzhou said, "You have to promise me, at most you can only go to Taoyuan, and you are not allowed to go further south, I'm afraid you will contract that disease. ."

Jiang Rao nodded.

It's good that her father agreed. If she didn't agree, she would feel guilty for him and her mother in her heart.

There was one less stone in her heart, but she was not completely relieved.

She frowned and felt that Rong Ting might not ask her to follow.

Maybe, have to figure out a way.

...

Two days later, before the convoy left the city, Rong Ting never got on the carriage, and with a deep gaze, he looked at the avenue paved with bluestone slabs, and went all the way to the end.

After waiting for more than half an hour after the sky was blue and raining, until the sun gradually became brighter, Jiang Rao was still not seen.

After Huai Qing finished packing her things, she came over with a sullen face, "Your Highness, everything has been packed up, it's time to set off."

He glanced in the direction where Rong Ting was looking, thinking that Jiang Rao didn't wait, and he felt strange in his heart, "Your Highness, the fourth girl might be delayed by something."

Rong Ting retracted his gaze.

The dark guard came to report for the last time, saying that after she returned from him, she saw Jiang Xingzhou and cried a lot.

It's okay not to come.

With the dark guard by her side, she can't get out

something happened.

But even after persuading himself, he still couldn't hide his disappointment. After boarding the carriage, he leaned against the cold wall and closed his eyes.

The carriage bumped southward.

Caixing went out less than a mile, Rong Ting suddenly opened his eyelids, his eyes were cold.

Besides him, there was someone else in the car.

The daggers and hidden weapons in his sleeves were moved to his fingertips. He stared at the structure of the carriage, only to find that the carriage prepared by the Ministry of Internal Affairs was different from the one he was riding in front of him. There was a wooden board standing in the corner at the rear left.He took a look with his eyes, and there was just enough to block a thin person.Rong Ting touched the long sword behind him with his fingers, without saying much, without blinking his eyes, he drew the sword and slashed the plank.

The cold light flashed, the planks were broken, and Rong Ting looked there with sullen eyes.

The little girl was curling up and hugging her knees, hiding quietly inside.