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Chapter 141
Jiang Rao's fingertips tapped on the stone table. Rao is Jiang Xingzhou's mind, which is not very delicate, and he can see that she has something in her heart, "What? Don't want to invite him over?"
Without waiting for Jiang Rao to speak, he guessed it himself, "Did he offend you?"
"Don't look at him being awarded a title in two days. What's wrong with your lord, if something bothers you, you'll go back to your mother's house after you marry."
Jiang Xingzhou lowered his head and pondered for a while, then choked. If this would allow her daughter to live in Ning Anbo's mansion for as long as she does now after she gets married, it seems not bad.
Jiang Rao watched him go silent and didn't know what he was thinking. She guessed that it must be some strange idea. She pressed her forehead helplessly and interrupted his thoughts, "It's not what Daddy thought."
"If you want to ask King Qi to come to the mansion for a drink,"
Jiang Xingzhou was used to being shameless and skinless, not being restrained by etiquette, "What do you say about King Qi, if you don't get a title, you should call the title first, it's just a hairy boy, why give him such a big face."
"Then what are you calling?"
"My son-in-law."
Jiang Rao: "..."
After Jiang Rao came back, he heard Jiang Qin say that her father seemed to be more and more satisfied with Rong Ting's son-in-law, and now he saw it with his own eyes.
Her voice was calm, "Since Daddy wants to ask your son-in-law to come to the house, he will find someone to ask him every year."
Following Jiang Xingzhou's words, Jiang Rao neatly changed the name. But she thought wistfully, in the end, maybe it was.
Jiang Rao realized that she had to ask clearly, got up and left the pavilion and wanted to enter the palace. Ming Shao asked her where she was going, but she hesitated, "Go to the jewelry workshop and look at the jewelry."
She hesitated in her heart and didn't want to let go, but instead asked her to change her steps to enter the palace.
Let her be lazy for two more days.
After Rong Ting's ceremony of conferring nobility was completed, she asked clearly.
...
Jewelry shops are dazzling, and there are many new styles after the New Year.
Jiang Rao watched for a long time, but she didn't catch her eye.
She is also a frequent visitor in the jewelry store. It was always awkward to leave empty-handed. Although she didn't want anything, she read it for a long time, and chose a few items.
Ming Shao casually glanced at the last items Jiang Rao bought, and knew that none of the items she picked were for her.
Either too flamboyant, too plain, or too concise, all far from the style Jiang Rao likes.
To say what Jiang Rao likes, Ming Shao read it
At a glance at the hairpin inserted in Jiang Rao's bun, it became clear.
Seeing that Jiang Rao was leaving, Ming Shao followed with the jewelry that the shopkeeper had installed, "The girl should also add some jewelry to herself, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
Jiang Rao shook her head, "I picked some jewelry for my mother and aunt, it's not for nothing."
"That green jade hairpin, the workmanship is too simple, there is no pattern at all, who would like the madam and the imperial concubine?"
Jiang Rao smiled, "That's for Tang'er."
She took the makeup case into her hands, "She doesn't like things that are too fancy, so I can hold this hairpin and give it to her in person."
Ming Shao handed the makeup box to Jiang Rao, Jiang Rao put away the makeup box, walked outside the inn, and stopped for a while when boarding the carriage.
Another carriage stopped across the street, and the people who came down were Princess Xiang and Xie Xi.
On the days when the Xu family suffered, the expressions on their faces were comfortable and at ease, with smiles on their faces.
Jiang Rao became more and more curious about the mother-daughter duo. Empress Jiahe washed her face in tears in the palace. Xu Guozhang was probably also dealing with Emperor Zhaowu's scorching investigation. The actions of Concubine Xiang and Xie Xi...
Very unlike the Xu family.
Besides, this was the first time she saw them in the shops lined up on the Qinhuai River.
Since she had never dealt with them before, she did not dare to go forward rashly, for fear of being rejected. After this hesitation, Princess Xiang and Xie Xi got on the carriage again and left here.
Jiang Rao was a little disappointed when she heard Ming Shao say in her ear, "Girl, over there in the restaurant, is it Mr. Yan and the others?"
Jiang Rao looked over, but his eyes caught on Rong Ting who was behind Yan Nanxun.
He was tall and straight, and stood out in the crowd.
When Jiang Raodan saw him standing there, it felt like a small hook had fallen in his heart, and he was scratched.
After a while, she saw the people with Yan Nanxun and Rong Ting.
In addition to Liao Qiubai, there was an official who was born to her.
Looking at the color of the official uniform and the pattern on the official uniform, it is a genuine second-grade product.
A carriage passed by on the street, just blocking Jiang Rao's sight. When the carriage drove away, the group of people just entered the restaurant.
Jiang Rao could only see their backs.
She was about to leave, but Ming Shao said, "Miss, do you want to go to the tea house, open a private room, etc. The master didn't say that when he met the uncle, he informed him and told him to come to Ning Anbo's mansion when he was free. back?"
Ming Shao followed her kindness like a flow, saw the change in Jiang Xingzhou's attitude, and called her uncle directly.
Jiang Rao heard this before
The name change would be shy, so Ming Shao was more restrained. At this moment, he remembered that the marriage might not happen. Hearing Ming Shao say this, it seemed like he had stolen something good, and he felt that Ming Shao’s words sounded a lot more pleasing to the ears.
She looked down at the makeup case in her hand, and thought about it, she had been screwing it for several days, and it was not a solution to just drag it on.
Rather than have to wait until after his knighthood ceremony to ask for a clearer question, it is better to ask it clearly now, with a stab in the head, and the end will be over.
Worse yet...
Just now, she seemed to have seen the second-rank official, followed by a girl about her age.
Jinling has always been a place to look at power, and those with power and wealth can get a high look. In the past few days, Ning Anbo's carriage often stopped outside the house to visit her father. She knew clearly that those people were meeting Rong Tingwu, so she turned a corner and started from her father. She knew this, and in her heart Very dissatisfied.
When she planned to use his future power to protect Ning Anbo's house, she treated him as her own, watched him be trampled into the mud when he had no power and power, and then watched him become famous when he became famous. The guest of honor, with an emotional temperament, directly wrote his dissatisfaction with those snobs on his face.
Jiang Rao had a little temperament, intuition that the second-rank official was not a good thing.
She couldn't force their way into their entertainment. She heard Ming Shao's request and decided to stay in the private room next to Rong Ting.
Today, Jiang Rao went out with two maids, Ming Shao and Yu'er, with her. She instructed the two maids to go down to find Xiao Er to order some light porridge and soup. Curious enough to scratch her lungs, she stood up stealthily, walked to the wall, stared at the wall with carved and hollow clouds as if watching flowers for a long time, and finally leaned over and tried to eavesdrop on the corner.
When Ming Shao and Yu'er came back, they saw Jiang Rao's little face sticking to the wall, with both hands covering her ears. Dumb, doesn't look very smart.
Seeing them coming back, Jiang Rao pursed her lips, and made another seemingly not very smart movement, pressing her fingers to her lips and making a "shh".
Ming Shao was extremely helpless. She watched Jiang Rao grow up and understood Jiang Rao's temperament. When she was away from home, she could already feel that her girl and her daughter-in-law became more stable day by day.
But sometimes, she will feel that she is immature.
This elegant sound insulation is very good, how can hear the movement next door.
They couldn't be heard from next door.
She stepped forward and said, "Girl, you have the ability to hear what the next door is saying without a wall, but don't torture yourself by sticking to the wall here. If you want to know what's going on over there, even if you don't ask Uncle, you Just ask Mr. Yan later, don't you know everything?"
Jiang Rao pursed her lips and stood up, her feet were numb, she shook her head, "Don't ask Mr. Yan."
She always felt that if she asked, it would make Yan Nanxun doubt Rong Ting's character, and it would appear that she was not so generous and careful.
Although she... seems to be a little cautious.
Her feet were numb and her legs were weak, so she stood up slowly, Ming Shao hurriedly stepped forward to support Jiang Rao, Jiang Rao wanted to cover up, and softly defended herself, "I didn't want to hear what's going on next door, it's just too boring, so, so I came here. Here look at the patterns painted on the wall."
Ming Shao pursed her lips and smiled. Sometimes she could see the little Jiujiu in Jiang Rao's heart, but she didn't say anything, and she only made Jiang Rao embarrassed. She helped Jiang Rao to sit back on the chair. , There were several knocks on the door outside the private room.
It was the second shopkeeper who came over and served meals to the table.
Jiang Rao wasn't hungry at the moment, so she only ordered bamboo shoot soup, but the second shopkeeper brought an extra bird's nest.
"It's not what we ordered." Ming Shao took stock and found something strange. She called the second shopkeeper, who turned around and smiled apologetically, "It's Xiaoxiao, I forgot to make it clear, this is The ninth highness next door ordered it, and I will give it to the girl."
Jiang Rao was stunned for a moment.
How did Rong Ting know she was here?
She glanced at the wall in the corner where she just wanted to hear, and wondered if she could hear her movement in the room next door.
Just as he was puzzled, there was another knock on the door, and outside the door, standing was Huai Qing.
There was a smile on Huai Qing's face, "Please tell the fourth girl to stay in the restaurant for a few more hours, and after a while, His Royal Highness will come to look for the girl after the entertainment."
Jiang Rao also knew that Rong Ting really knew she was here.
She stopped Huaiqing who was about to leave, and asked her doubts, "Huaiqing, why does Your Highness know that I am here?"
Huai Qing said: "The servant is just here to help His Highness spread the word, and I don't know when His Highness saw the girl."
Jiang Rao was silent for a while, and the strange feeling in her heart still did not leave, she couldn't figure out when she was seen by Rong Ting.
If he knew she was here, she must have seen her enter the private room next to him after she went to the restaurant, but she was always paying attention to her surroundings and obviously didn't see him.
"Girl, the slave may go back
already? "Huai Qing asked softly.
"No." Jiang Rao returned to his senses, hesitated for a moment, and asked quietly, "I just saw that a second-rank official is also with you. Did he come with his daughter?"
She asked in a low voice, with a somewhat casual tone, but the look in Huai Qing's eyes revealed that he would not let him go if she didn't tell her.
Huaiqing understood immediately, and he laughed, "That's Mr. Shu from Dali Temple, he didn't bring his daughter, it's against the rules, just met him outside the teahouse just now, Mr. Shu intends to tell Mr. Liao about his daughter, I stopped her and asked her to chat with Master Liao a few more words, but I didn't ask Miss Shu to come to the restaurant."
Jiang Rao blushed a little.
It turned out that she was really worried.
Just now, she shouldn't scold that Master Shu in her heart.
"I'm just asking." she said today
The second time she was duplicitous, she waved her hand and hurriedly told Huaiqing to leave. Ming Shao looked at the Tremella bird's nest soup that night and said, "This is what the girl likes to eat."
Yu'er agreed, "His Royal Highness is so kind to the girl."
Jiang Rao bit the bird's nest but felt even more depressed.
Instead, she was thinking about what she asked Huaiqing more. She forgot to tell him not to tell Rong Ting when he went back, in case Rong Ting knew about her behavior...
Huaiqing has a taciturn temperament like a lump of wood.
Shouldn't be talking nonsense.
Jiang Rao raised her hand to support her forehead, thinking that Rong Ting would come over after socializing in a while, and she felt a little nervous.
This time, even if she wanted to hide, she couldn't escape. Today, she had to ask clearly what happened to the marriage.
Jiang Rao was a little apprehensive about the final result, but she really thought that she would be happy in the end, and she would no longer have to struggle like the previous days, and she felt at ease.
But when Rong Ting came to her after socializing, she looked at him with a gentle smile, so beautiful and unparalleled, all the frank words that she thought of in her heart were all back in her stomach.
If she misses him, let alone rummaging through Jinling, even if she travels all over the Da Zhao, I am afraid she will not be able to find a better color than him.
Originally, he wanted to be generous and have a good discussion. If he felt that dealing with the past queen, the marriage would not be counted, and she could agree to it, but she only thought about it once in her heart and couldn't say it at all.
"I want to talk to you about our marriage."
This sentence can still be generous and magnanimous, but in the second half of the sentence, her eyelashes trembled slightly, her words were out of control, and she couldn't think of a single word that she had thought of before, "Even...even if our marriage is just for the sake of relieving the flames. The eyebrows are only anxious for a moment, and it is also a marriage of Yuci."
Her tone became a little dumb and stiff, "The emperor ordered it personally, you can't just quit your relationship."
After Jiang Rao finished speaking, she bit the tip of her tongue, and she could hear the unreasonableness in her tone.
Even a little unreasonable.
There is no precedent for the final breakdown of a marriage without a royal gift.
She had the guts to be a villain but didn't have the ability to be a villain.
Rong Ting burst out laughing, his voice was hoarse, and his smile was deep.
When Jiang Rao heard him laugh, the tips of her ears turned red, as if all the little Jiujiu in her heart had been seen, she turned her face away in annoyance.
Isn't she a bully and fearful of toughness? Otherwise, every day, why does it always seem like she is bullying him.
...
Yan Nanxun and Liao Qiubai left together, and Liao Qiubai sent Lord Shu away. Before leaving, Lord Shu said: "Even if it is true as Lord Liao said, Xu Guozhang has raised thousands of dead soldiers who served him, but if you find him Without those people, there is no way to take him."
Liao Qiubai smiled lightly, "Even if he can't find it, Master Shu should know that His Highness has the ability to make him unable to turn over."
Shu Yanqing was silent for a while, and then said, "I understand."
He had never paid attention to this ninth prince who was once disabled until he came back from Huaizhou, and the emperor wanted to investigate the Xu family and let him communicate with him more, so he gradually paid attention.
At such a young age, his wrist and shrewdness should not be underestimated.
Who the emperor would make the crown prince today was a time when the courtiers were at a loss for words.
Shu Yanqing thought of many things in the officialdom in recent days, frowning slightly, and said to Liao Qiubai, "If Your Highness and Lord Liao are useful to the official position, it's okay to say it."
There are only intentions to take refuge.
...
Rong Ting looked at the little girl for a while and then lowered his head in annoyance. He hooked his lips and smiled brightly. His little tiger teeth were looming, and his hand quietly stretched out from under the table. Move up moderately and without breaking the rules. Although it is a little dishonest, it is more like a child who wants to use small gestures to attract attention, wants Jiang Rao to notice him, and wants her to cast her downcast eyes on him. He clicked lightly, but looked at Jiang Rao with the eyes of a little leopard clenching his prey.
When she looked at him, his fingertips stopped, "Yinian, there is something you should know."
Today, he is wearing a dark red python-patterned tunic, showing faint arrogance and extravagance, and his every move is still noble and elegant, but his face is red with white teeth. No matter how low, his demeanor is still as obedient and pitiful as before.
Jiang Rao looked back at him and couldn't take it away.
"I won't marry anyone but you."