Jiang Rao was covered by the shadow that he leaned over and sank, and raised her face to look at him, he blocked the source of the light, his gentle face was soaked in the shadow, the clothes were simple, the clothes were simple and the wooden hairpin, even so, it was difficult to hide the expensive body He was angry, but his eyes seemed to have a layer of ashes, and he was unhappy, begging for love.

Jiang Rao looked into his eyes, there was a little she dangling in his pupils, as if she was bewitched, she stretched out her hand unexpectedly, wanting to touch his head.

His gray eyes didn't know which instinct triggered her, making her feel that she should do it.

You Qi Rong Ting smiled when he saw her raising his hand, which was another kind of encouragement and provocation, so that her hand was just like that, her fingertips were about to touch his black hair, and the maid of the Zuo mansion stepped on. Entering the living room, he said to them, "Miss Jiang, Young Master, Madam is back, and I invite you two to have dinner in the front hall. Please come with me."

Jiang Rao saw the eyes of the maid looking at them with a smile, she quickly retracted her hands, coughed to cover up her embarrassment, and followed the maid to the front hall with her hands behind her back.

Rong Ting was behind her, looking at her little hand behind her back, probably she was so ashamed, her fingertips were a little pink, and her fingers were curled up as if there was nowhere to put them.

He smiled and followed with his hands behind him.

The Zuofu mansion is not spacious. Although the distance from the living room to the front hall is not far, it still takes dozens of steps. Jiang Rao took advantage of this time and said to him, "I know what you looked like when you were young."

She had dreamed of his childhood once.

During festivals, children are small, withdrawn and hidden at the end of the crowd.

Although these days, have never been able to have a dream of predicting the future. But it was only the days when could know the future from dreams. Every night's dreams often foreshadowed something. Only that one was not. What dreamed about was the past.

Although she was not sure, she intuitively dreamed of what happened in that dream.

Rong Ting frowned, "You know?"

The only thing he had with her was that after the lantern festival was abducted that year, they huddled together to keep warm all night.

Jiang Rao nodded, she couldn't figure out why he wanted to be cute compared to a three-year-old child, but since he wanted to be called cute, it was just a word, she said it, and she was the best at making people happy. Now, she looked back at Rong Ting, "You were really exquisite and lovely back then."

Rong Ting's footsteps stopped, and his frowning brows were still not loosened.

Stealing her jelly beans, snatching her hairpin, making her cry, in her... Can you be regarded as exquisite and cute?

Jiang Rao simply said that the exchange was not enough, and nodded in exchange, looking like she couldn't be more sure, finally Rong Ting couldn't bear it any longer, and said suspiciously, "When have you seen me?"

Jiang Rao replied, "I heard it from my parents."

There was a maid from Zuofu in front of her, so she naturally wouldn't talk about the dreams she had.

Rong Ting smiled lightly.

It turned out that he was in a mess.

He never had the memory of seeing Jiang Xingzhou or Qin Qingshan.

They went to the front hall and met the magistrate's wife.

Zuo Zhixian's mansion looks very clean and simple inside and out, and he also has a clean and honest style, but his wife is different from him, dressed in gorgeous and extravagant clothes, and the jewelry he wears is very valuable.

During the banquet, the magistrate's wife was holding Zuo Jixuan, Zuo Jixuan was looking at Jiang Rao, and she was also looking at Jiang Rao, the mother and son had similar faces, and their eyes were together, making Jiang Rao ignore it even if she wanted to.

When leaving, Zuo Jixuan looked at Jiang Rao about to leave, and as expected by the maids, he pouted and wanted to cry.

Jiang Rao couldn't see that the child was crying, and the magistrate and the magistrate's wife wanted to keep someone, so in order to coax him, they stayed in the Zuofu for a while.

The magistrate's wife hugged Zuo Jixuan and looked at Jiang Rao, "I'm really sorry, just to make him happy and delay your business, girl."

Zuo Jixuan sat in her arms and looked at Jiang Rao, but looked happy.

The magistrate's wife covered Zuo Jixuan's ears and whispered to Jiang Rao, "He's had lunch, and he'll be sleepy after a while. Then you can leave girl."

Jiang Rao smiled and pulled Zuo Jixuan's hand, "I'm here, and there's nothing else to do. I'm flattered that he is willing to take care of me."

The magistrate's wife smiled and lowered her head to tease the son in her arms. Zuo Jixuan was dissatisfied that his mother had just covered his ears, and ran down to find Jiang Rao to hold him.

Jiang Rao picked him up with a smile. At noon, she asked Ming Shao to go out and buy a rattle for a child to play with. It came in handy at this moment and stuffed it into Zuo Jixuan's hand. Zuo Jixuan was addicted to the little rattle in his hand. The thing, I paid less attention to Jiang Rao. The magistrate's wife hurriedly tapped his head and pointed him, "Thank you, Miss Jiang."

Zuo Jixuan pursed his lower lip in pain, looked up at Jiang Rao, and thanked him with a straight face, "Thank you, Miss Jiang."

Jiang Rao looked at Zuo Jixuan's soft little face again, and couldn't help but think of Rong Ting's saying that he is more exquisite and cute. If she could see him when she was a child, she might want to hold her in her arms and not let go. of.

But she seemed younger at the time.

The magistrate's wife refused to let Zuo Jixuan

After being tired for too long, Jiang Rao quickly brought Zuo Jixuan back.

Jiang Rao's arms were empty, she looked at the magistrate's wife, her eyes blinked and her eyelashes flickered, as if she was about to speak.

The magistrate's wife noticed that she was looking at her and raised her eyes slightly. Jiang Rao met her gaze and smiled softly, "The magistrate is so kind to your wife."

Although it was only a short lunch, she could see that Mrs. Zuo had a cheerful and lively personality, and the magistrate of Zuo was just a typical literati. .

Her parents are also affectionate, but when she was in Jinling, how could she take her relationship with Rong Ting seriously, and never thought about running a business well. In addition, even if her parents were by her side, she was ashamed to ask them about some things. It would be better for a person like Mrs. Zuo, who is destined to have only a few encounters, to be more open to her heart when talking.

When Madam Zuo heard Jiang Rao say this, she covered her lips and smiled, a little proud, "You only saw that he was kind to me, but you can see that I was kind to him? I just had dinner, and the dishes I served for him were about to be eaten by him. The bowls are full."

"His temperament is dull and uninteresting, and he only has books on sages and sages. When he goes back into the books, he doesn't know what else is going on, but he is not an immortal, just a nerd who falls into the eyes of books. He is unavoidable in this world of food and clothing. He and I have been with him since we were young. Acquaintance, familiar with his temperament, don't look at me, I don't seem to distinguish between grains, I can do the kitchen, I can do embroidery well, and I always mend his clothes. If it wasn't for marrying me, where would he be? Is there a second person who can take care of him so well?"

Zuo Jixuan, who was in Madam Zuo's arms, nodded fiercely and added, "Daddy, wood."

Obviously she agrees with Mrs. Zuo's words.

Jiang Rao immediately understood the status of this Zuo Zhixian at home, and she rolled her eyes and smiled deeper.

Mrs. Zuo is a merchant woman. Dazhao respects literature and martial arts, but the status of merchants is low. If you marry a man who sticks to worldly vision, you will definitely not live such a bright and relaxed life. The nerd inside, she also heard that this was not the truth, but contained a bit of sweet resentment.

It's just that she felt a pain in her heart like being scratched by a cat's paw.

Familiar with his temperament...

She pinched her fingers, thinking how much she knew about Rong Ting, the more she thought about it, the more empty her head became.

Jiang Rao didn't know what Rong Ting liked, only what he hated.

It doesn't seem right either.

She knew from her dream that he hated everything.

But he clearly has a dream

is different.

In the end, she still didn't know anything about him.

Not to mention the embroidery and cooking skills she didn't know how to do...

Jiang Rao had a headache while holding his head, the rattles around him gradually disappeared, Zuo Jixuan slept peacefully in Madam Zuo's arms, and Madam Zuo gently handed him into the arms of a maid and asked the maid to take him After going down, she tapped the table lightly.

After a while, a maid came up holding a long jade box, and Madam Zuo handed the long box to Jiang Rao, "This jade Ruyi is a treasure that the concubine has treasured for many years, and the concubine knows that the girl is from Jinling. Now, the family is rich and noble, I am afraid such gadgets won't catch your eye, but Xuan'er has a good relationship with the girl, and it takes a long time for the girl to accompany him, which delays the girl's work. "

Madam Zuo asked her, "When will you and that son get married?"

Although the county magistrate knew that Rong Ting was the ninth prince who fell off a cliff and disappeared in the battle of Huaizhou, but just now when she was having dinner, she heard that when the county magistrate introduced Rong Ting to his wife, he said that his surname was "Qi", using a pseudonym, and he did not share the same name as Mrs. Zuo. Saying that she is a girl from Ning An Bo's Mansion, she knows what to say and what not to say in front of Madam Zuo, and she didn't reveal too much about herself, and said nonsense: "Get the winter day."

Mrs. Zuo nodded, "Then I'm Yu Ruyi, just a little bit of care to add a gift to you when you get married in the future."

Jiang Rao lowered her eyes and looked at the small box. The jadeite was in good condition, but it was indeed not as valuable as the ones in her family, or even the pendant she was wearing at the moment.

But she smiled, with no demeanor or dissatisfaction in her eyes, she said, "Madam is careful," and instead asked Ming Shao to put away the box.

Compared with Zuo Jixuan, Mrs. Zuo is the one who makes her feel more compatible. Mrs. Zuo's temperament is one or two points similar to her aunt, but her aunt is not as lucky as Mrs. Zuo, and she is married to the emperor of the three palaces and six courtyards. You can't get one in a lifetime.

Jiang Rao accepted the gift, and before Madam Zuo was about to speak, she untied the pendant on her earlobe, and handed two small pendants with a clean body to Madam Zuo, "I saw Madam staring at the pendant on my ear all the time. Look, I guess you like it, this pendant is the first time I wear it today, if the lady doesn't dislike it, I will give it to you as a gift."

Madam Zuo looked down, was silent for a while, and then laughed out loud, "Young lady is so attentive."

She was born in a merchant, and her family was in the jewelry business. At a glance, she could see the quality of the two pendants in Jiang Rao's hands. They were worth more than six jadeites. Although she liked it, she knew it was too much. Precious, she didn't even plan to ask which store she got the pendant from. She couldn't go to Jinling, but she didn't expect that, but she secretly changed her mind twice, but Jiang Rao saw through it and picked up the two He touched the earrings fondly, half joking and half earnestly saying: "I thought, if the girl accepts my jadeite Ruyi, I will be able to trouble you to do me a favor, you are good, such a heavy gift, It makes me embarrassed to ask."

Jiang Rao said "eh", "If I can help, Madam, it's fine."

Mrs. Zuo said: "The girl knows my background. The girl who came out of the merchant's family has always been looked down upon by others. Just like this, I can't change my flamboyant personality, which has caused a lot of chaos for my family officials. Magistrate, I shouldn't be here. I always worry that I made him take too many criticisms and delayed his career. Your little gentleman... Although I don't know his identity, I can see how the officials treat him. , I think I have a good status, maybe I can help officials."

Jiang Rao listened carefully, but her eyes were clear.

She finds it tricky.

It's not that don't want to help, it's just that can't help.

It's just a matter of fate, she can't see if Master Zuo is really as capable as Madam Zuo said, but she almost died in the fire in the inn in his jurisdiction.

Even though she felt that she was in a relationship with Madam Zuo and Zuo Jixuan, she was still hesitant.

For the sake of this match, it's okay to ask her to give a heavier gift than earrings. But the power of a career, after all, is not the same as earrings whose value can be calculated.

Jiang Rao felt sad in her heart, why did the person who made her feel like she was destined to say something that embarrassed her?

Mrs. Zuo didn't finish her words, "Don't take the wish I gave you as a bribe, I asked you to help me, I didn't want to find a shortcut, I just wanted to find out it was me who blocked my official career. For something else?"

Jiang Rao knew that she had misunderstood, and bowed her head a little embarrassedly, but she seemed happy, her eyes lightened, her head nodded, and she agreed to Madam Zuo.

Just inquiring about something, this is busy, she can help.

Madam Zuo asked her, "How long does Miss Jiang plan to stay here?"

Jiang Rao said: "Maybe I will leave tomorrow."

Mrs. Zuo said regretfully, "It would be good if you stayed here for a few more days. There is also someone who accompanies me to the jewelry store. I see how you are dressed, and you must have a good eye."

If I don't leave, I will find time to find Mrs. "

Jiang Rao was serious, and Mrs. Zuo didn't take her words as a courtesy. What was Jiang Rao's temperament, she noticed a thing or two when his son pestered her not to let her go, gentle and soft, unwilling to hurt others.

She raised her eyes and looked at the hairpin that Jiang Rao was wearing. Because she knew Jiang Rao's temperament, she spoke very frankly, "Just now, I stared at the girl's hairpin for a longer time, why did the girl only give me the pendant?"

Jiang Rao raised her hand to protect her hairpin, her eyes opened a little rounder inadvertently.

She naturally knew that Madam Zuo looked at her hairpin longer, but this hairpin was made by Rong Ting for her.

"This hairpin was given to me by someone else."

Jiang Rao looked a little stingy as she pressed her fingertips against the hosta and the pear flower, and her face flushed red.

She was afraid that Mrs. Zuo asked her for this hairpin, which was much easier to refuse than just misunderstanding that Mrs. Zuo asked her to help find a way to promote Zuo Zhixian. She has never cared about things outside her body, but this hairpin is the only one that doesn't work.

Mrs. Zuo looked at her like this, smiled lightly, and said to her, "It's a pity that my official is a piece of real wood, and I don't know how to make a hairpin for me."

Jiang Rao didn't know how Mrs. Zuo guessed who gave her the hairpin from her words or actions, and she didn't mention Rong Ting's name.

She looked up and saw Madam Zuo's smiling eyes curved into crescent moons, looking behind her, just as she was looking at Zuo Zhixian during lunch just now. She turned around and saw Lord Zuo and Rong Ting standing under the moon gate.

Rong Ting looked at her with a smile, not knowing how long he had been there.

Jiang Rao's hand was slowly put down, and it was a bit impressive. He wondered if he had seen her stingy appearance just now.

After saying goodbye to the magistrate and the magistrate's wife, Ming Shao arranged for the carriage to wait outside the mansion. Jiang Rao waited for the carriage, and as soon as the curtain was lowered, another person was squeezed into the carriage. She looked at Rong Ting's tall and large figure. When he came in, he thought about whether he had seen the act of holding his head just now. He blushed to death, and pointed to the back, "Ming Shao has also prepared a carriage for you."

"In the eyes of others, we are married couples, and we will not show any flaws if we ride in the same carriage."

Rong Ting saw Jiang Rao looking at him dumbfounded, and smiled, "I said earlier, just pretend to be married here."

"Yannian, have you forgotten?"

Jiang Rao didn't forget, she just didn't understand from the beginning why he pretended that they were married in front of others.

If you insist on explaining, is it to conceal your identity?

such a

Thinking about it, Jiang Rao figured it out a bit, and even from the magistrate who didn't have to hide his identity, he didn't see him say they were married.

She didn't drive him down, she acquiesced to Rong Ting to ride in her carriage, Rong Ting smiled lightly, got on the carriage, sat down beside her, and said more, "I'm here to tell you about the innkeeper too. thing."

Jiang Rao looked up curiously.

Rong Ting didn't say too much, just got close to Jiang Rao's ear and said two words lightly.

"Queen."

Disgust appeared in Jiang Rao's eyes, "The inner ghost in the yamen is really the cousin of the drowned boss?"

Rong Ting shook his head, "It's other yamen."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Rao felt relieved when she knew that he had found the inner ghost. She gritted her teeth, "How did the queen's hand reach here?"

"The Inspector of Youzhou."

Jiang Rao understood what he meant, a Xi Zimo with military power was not enough, and the governor of Youzhou was also connected to the Xu family. The seventeenth prince is now only the prince, and Xu Guozhang's power is so terrible, if it is the seventeenth When the prince ascends the throne, what kind of situation does the power of the father-in-law get?

She trembled a little just thinking about it, her knees suddenly sank, and she looked down, Rong Ting rested her head on her knees at some point, her body tensed, he turned his head, and his profile was reflected in her Tong Renzhong, "I was tired all night last night, and I couldn't get a good night's sleep."

Jiang Rao frowned slightly, she thought it was because she was drowsy last night that made him not sleep well, and she couldn't bear to push him with her hands. Besides, the fact that he was leaning on her like this made her feel extra at ease.

Just now, he was sitting in the Zuofu Guest House. As soon as he appeared, there would be many more maids in the courtyard. Although she remained calm, she felt a little uncomfortable.

She knew that if his leg injury was healed, he would definitely attract attention. But didn't expect this to be eye-catching, and it attracted the attention of other little girls.

It makes me a little annoyed to think about it.

Jiang Rao lowered her eyes, covering her shallow anxiety, the weight on her knees made her bend her lips, and the anxiety in her eyes suddenly dissipated a little.

Others will look at it, only she will be the wife he is marrying in the future.

She looked down at his closed-eyed profile, quiet and well-behaved, with such a good-colored face, even if it wasn't for coaxing, she wanted to admit that he must have been beautiful and cute when he was a child.

She looked down and saw the scars on the back of his neck with scattered ink hair.

When he was young...

Jiang Rao suddenly realized something.

Since the father-in-law and the queen have always regarded him as a thorn in the eye, how did he survive...

She couldn't help but stretch her fingers over those scars. He was born so good-looking, and those ugly centipede-like scars shouldn't appear on him.

But if it had been so long since the injury he suffered when he was a child, I am afraid that even those medicines for removing scars would be ineffective.

Jiang Rao's fingertips just touched the scar that extended behind his ear, and rubbed along the lines of the scar, the phalanx rubbed against his ear, and his wrist suddenly became cold.

Rong Ting held her hand, stood up slowly, his deep eyes locked on her, his big palm slowly pressed down, and kept pressing her small hand against the wall of the carriage.

Jiang Rao's eyes were clear, and she swayed and looked up at him.

She had seen his demeanor before, when she chased him out of Yecheng and hid in his carriage.

Her eyelashes fluttered, and her breathing suddenly became chaotic.

But she shook her eyelashes and bit her lip, but she didn't want to. She closed her eyes, her fair little face was slightly raised, her cherry red lips were moist, and she looked like she was submissive and slaughtered by the king.

But she didn't wait for what she thought to happen.

Instead, she heard his faint smile. She wanted to open her eyes, but he covered hers. Jiang Rao's ears were itchy because of his low laughter. All red, grabbed his hand, and saw him kneeling and half-kneeling in front of her and laughing, as if laughing at her stupid way of thinking.

She was so annoyed that she would be wrong, she opened her mouth to justify herself, but he lowered his head and kissed all her explanations.

The sudden kiss made Jiang Rao grab her hands randomly, grabbed the front of his shirt, her face flushed red, and she let out a coquettish hum, so that Rong Ting raised his hand and grabbed her waist and pinned her to the wall. The force on her lips turned a little heavier.

After a long time, he kissed the tip of her nose and leaned his head on her shoulders, his voice became much lower than before, adding an ambiguous hoarseness.

"Just like me so much." He covered her head with his hand, and asked with a faint smile in her ear with such an unusually provocative voice, "A hairpin?"

"Mrs. Zuo wants it or not?"

He kept laughing, his cool fingers pinched on Jiang Rao's thin red earlobes, and the calloused finger pulps rubbed her body to tremble, "Do you want a pendant every year?"