Rong Ting walked towards them, and when Jiang Rao saw him coming, his toes subconsciously turned towards him, and he took the cloak that was on his arms and held it by himself.

Rong Ting cooperated with her move to take away his arm and cloak, and bent slightly, seeing Jiang Jinxing standing by the side looking at them from the corner of his eye, he straightened up a little, took Jiang Rao's shoulders, and put Jiang Rao's shoulders. Pulling closer to himself, he asked Jiang Jinxing, "When did my brother-in-law come?"

As time passed, his habits were completely different from when he was a teenager. He used to smile when he looked at people, but the smile was always the same. His long and narrow eyes smiled like luscious crescent moons, and the shadows cast by the thick eyelashes cast a slightly evil spirit in the eyes. The small mole devoured and disappeared.

Jiang Jinxing frowned.

After being thrown into the academy to study at the age of eight, he received a lot of care from Rong Ting there. Rong Ting came to be his brother-in-law, and he was most satisfied.

When Jiang Rao got married, he tried to talk to his sister in Ning Anbo's house, but couldn't find anyone, and his heart gradually became unpleasant, and he finally turned around.

Rong Ting is so calculating, he can have a place in the court in a few years, how can he take care of him in every possible way just because of a little kindness at the beginning? In exchange, he took a lot of his elder sister's preferences and whereabouts out of him.

It was clear that he had plotted against his sister early on.

Although he had a plan for a long time, he had misunderstood him for a long time. He had no intention of his elder sister, and he was thinking every day how to help his elder sister get back the husband she wanted... Really... Jiang Jinxing figured out what was going on inside. , felt a little dissatisfaction in heart.

He only wanted Rong Ting to be his brother-in-law. First, his sister liked it. Seeing Rong Ting's eyes was like a little star. Second, he also had face. Rong Ting was smart and had good skills, which just made up for his lack of a brother. Sorry.

But now he is somewhat disgusted with Rong Ting's cleverness.

Such a smart person, change when he likes his sister, if one day he doesn't like it, he may not have the ability to help her sister get justice.

No matter how good Rong Ting looks, in his heart, the men in this world are not as handsome as himself, Jiang Jinxing replied lightly, "I came here about an hour ago. I have nothing to do, let's see if there is anything I can do to help. The place."

"Oh." Rong Ting mentioned casually, "I know that your sister is cooking porridge, so I came back a little earlier today."

Jiang Rao just wanted to ask Rong Ting why he came back so early today. Seeing that he was talking to her brother, he didn't step up to disturb him. Hearing Rong Ting's words, he secretly smiled and touched him quietly. hand, and left suddenly.

Jiang Jinxing immediately felt a subtle sense of being compared, but he had already said to Jiang Rao just now that his parents had driven him here, so he couldn't change his words, so he could only be sullen.

...

Jiang Rao and Rong Ting only use a small round table for meals on weekdays. Although the table is small, it is exquisite in workmanship. Although it was a small round table, the two of them were very warm when they sat around. There was one more person today, and it immediately appeared a bit cramped.

Jiang Jinxing looked at the two people on the other side, holding the celadon bowl in his hand, but did not move his chopsticks for a long time.

There was a small woven bamboo basket on the dining table. The boiled chestnuts were drained and the basket full. Rong Ting rolled up his sleeve and peeled one, and habitually handed it to Jiang Rao's mouth.

Jiang Rao remembered that Jiang Jinxing was here, and did not dare to open her mouth to accept the feeding as usual. She pushed the bowl, blinking her wet eyes silently like a sound, and asked Rong Ting to put the chestnuts into her bowl.

Rong Ting obeyed and let go, but just gently rubbed the toe of Jiang Rao's embroidered pear flowers with the toe of his boot, silently expressing his dissatisfaction.

Jiang Jinxing glanced at it and guessed the private relationship between the two, and he was immediately tired of it.

He peeled the chestnuts for himself, feeling that he was alone. He peeled the chestnuts and put them into a golden pile on a plate, but none of them moved.

After a while, he pushed the bowl, said "full", and went to the yard first.

Jiang Rao changed her mind about what Jiang Jinxing wanted to tell her. Seeing that he never mentioned it, a strange feeling appeared in her heart.

He seemed to want to avoid Rong Ting.

She noticed this, and felt a little puzzled in her heart.

Is there something that Rong Ting can't know?

Seeing Jiang Rao's eyes following Jiang Jinxing's back, Rong Ting slowly put down his chopsticks and said to her, "I'll take a look."

When he walked out the door, Jiang Jinxing was standing under the porch, leaning against the wall for some reason, when the sound of Rong Ting's footsteps came, he quickly recovered and called out "Brother-in-law."

Rong Ting looked at him with a little more meaning in his eyes, staring at Jiang Jinxing, and seeing his heart tremble, just when he wondered if Rong Ting knew what he had inadvertently learned about, Rong Ting opened his eyes. He said, "Have you learned your homework?"

In front of Rong Ting, Jiang Jinxing didn't dare to lie, and answered honestly, "It's so-so, but recently Mr. Yan returned to his hometown to visit relatives, so I got a little bit of time."

Rong Ting nodded and said nothing.

Jiang Jinxing recalled Rong Ting's expression and understood something.

In recent days, have been running to Prince Qi's mansion more frequently, which is annoying.

"Just now, in front of the porridge stall, someone came."

Rong Ting turned his eyes slightly to Jiang Jinxing.

"Brother-in-law must have no idea who it is." Jiang Jin pretended to be mysterious, "My sister wanted to tell you from the beginning, but I stopped her, if she told you directly, I am afraid that you will not have the mind to eat and just want to go to Dali Temple. "

"Miss Shen, Shen Qinying."

There was not much surprise in Rong Ting's eyes.

He already knew.

He knew all the movements in the house.

There was a bit of anger hidden in the deep eyes like the sea.

Although he can't calculate that he is in control, the things he wants to control can only be peacefully in his heart if he has all the control in his hands.

The fire in the Shen family killed Mrs. Shen and also the second daughter of Shen Que. He found that there was no news of one of the servants of the Shen family. The servant girl was about the same age and shape as Shen Que's second daughter...

At that time, he guessed that Shen Xiuying had changed her life, and sent people to search around, and eyeliners were also arranged at the city gate.

But Shen Qinying was finally brought back by Jiang Jinxing.

He thought he was laying a net, but only a fish slipped through the net, which was unbearable for him.

Rong Ting's voice became gloomy following his mood, "Miss Shen, I will personally arraign the trial."

Jiang Jinxing is not like Jiang Rao, who is far away from the court and doesn't care about court affairs. When he was a little older, he became interested in this kind of power struggle. Although he was playing cat and dog all day, he didn't seem to be upright. In fact, the intrigue in the courtroom had already leapt over those who wrote heroes. The storybook of deeds has become his favorite thing to listen to in his pastime.

He knew what kind of reputation Rong Ting had in the court.

When Rong Ting left the mansion, Jiang Jinxing found Jiang Rao, "Sister just before, did you always want to get close to Princess Xiang of King Xiang's mansion and her daughter, Xie Xi?"

When Jiang Rao did this, she didn't hide it from the people around her. She was not surprised that Jiang Jinxing knew about it, but she was a little surprised that he also cared about her affairs, nodded and corrected: "I didn't want to get close. , I just want to find out, Princess Xiang is obviously the daughter of the father-in-law, why is she always hiding from the father-in-law?"

Jiang Rao had already had all kinds of guesses in her heart, and the most reliable one was Princess Xiang who resented her father's preference for her sister Xu Lanruo.

She found out that the relationship between Princess Xiang and Queen Jia and Queen was not good when they were in the boudoir.

When the sister-in-law entered the palace and became the queen all the way, Princess Xiang would feel jealous, of course.

She guessed Princess Xiang

It was because of this jealousy that he gradually cut off contact with the Xu family.

Jiang Rao told Jiang Jinxing what was in his mind, and said, "I just wanted to find out, because I wanted to know if I could find the reason for the father-in-law from Princess Xiang. Now that the Xu family has lost power, I will There is no need to stare at this mother-daughter duo anymore."

After Jiang Jinxing patiently listened to her words, he finally couldn't help laughing.

His tone was still mocking for begging, "The daughters of the father-in-law are notoriously filial."

"What do you mean..." Jiang Rao frowned.

"Princess Xiang does not resent Xu Guozhang." Jiang Jinxing said firmly: "Xu Guozhang married her to Xiang Wang, so that she wanted to keep a close eye on Xiang Wang, and secretly suppressed the power of Xiang Wang, so as not to have a close relationship with Xiang Wang. The third prince took the crown prince position. But the fact that the father-in-law arranged for her to monitor King Xiang was stabbed in front of King Xiang a few years ago. King Xiang was furious, and the chess piece of Princess Xiang was useless. The power of her husband did not dare to bring her down. Now that Princess Xiang is hated by her husband and rejected by Xu Guozhang, she is now depressed."

Jiang Rao was stunned, and after a while, she recovered her voice, "What if she was deceiving you?"

Jiang Jinxing frowned, dissatisfied with her distrust, "You only know to start from Princess Xiang and Xie Xi, but you don't know that a woman's mind is sometimes more difficult to guess, and when it comes to words, you have to say the opposite. It's very troublesome. These things were revealed by King Xiang after he was drunk, and every sentence is true."

Jiang Rao was silent for a while, digested what Jiang Jinxing said before and after, and suddenly his face turned cold, "King Xiang is drunk, why are you by his side? Are you drinking too?"

Jiang Jinxing's whole body froze, and said angrily: "It wasn't that you were always checking Princess Xiang, but you were clumsy and couldn't find out anything, so I thought of a way to have a good relationship with King Xiang. , what is wine, I lost Xiao Liu in exchange."

"little six?"

"My cricket."

"King Xiang loves fighting crickets. The Xiaoliuquan I trained was the first in Jinling. I deliberately lost to him, and then gave the crickets to him. He took the crickets I gave him, and it was always good. Others praised him for training crickets. Cricket, who is easy to train, has given him fame, and he is naturally grateful to me in every possible way."

"But I was really wronged. Silver, I want silver." Jiang Jinxing stretched out his hand towards Jiang Rao and asked for it confidently.

Jiang Rao wanted to remind him a few words about playthings, but at this time, she didn't care. She knew as soon as she heard it that her brother had helped her to investigate King Xiang a few months ago.

Don't look at his lightheartedness, the young boy is just at the age to save face, and the hardships are definitely not mentioned, so he wants to be praised for his cleverness.

She didn't say much, and gave the money readily enough, took the money box, and found a silver note with a face value of one hundred taels for him.

Jiang Jinxing weighed the silver note and clapped it twice in the palm of his hand. With a smile on his face, he reached out and handed the silver note back to Jiang Rao.

Jiang Raozheng was surprised at his rare generosity, when he heard Jiang Jinxing's voice faintly rang out, "This thousand taels is my cricket's account, in exchange for the hard work of asking for news from King Xiang, it can be counted later. ."

He talked about money with open eyes and a full smile, as if he could open up the peach blossoms of February, and tapped his fingers on the table, "Sister, I will not embarrass you, you will take back the thousand taels and buy more after the spring. Ten tans of rice, put it in the grain shop to help me manage it, and if it can be sold, exchange the capital and interest for me, if it can’t be sold, it’s not too late to give me a thousand taels, can it be done?”

Jiang Rao took back the silver note and said "ha", a little angry and a little helpless: "It's done."

This will be calculated, she doesn't have to worry that he will squander the treasury of Ning An Bo's house in the future.

Jiang Jinxing scratched his throat, "I'm tired of talking, tea."

Jiang Rao assigned Ming Shao to go down to make tea and put the banknotes back into the drawer.

When Ming Shao came back with the pot and poured tea for the two masters, Jiang Rao remembered something and asked Jiang Jinxing, "The matter of Prince Xiang's mansion...why did you wait until your brother-in-law left before telling me?"

How could there be anything to hide from Rong Ting?

Jiang Jinxing drank half a cup of tea, and gave Jiang Rao a very worried look, "You have been by his side for so long, and you have never noticed anything?"

Jiang Rao frowned slightly and asked, "What do you want me to notice?"

"Don't you think it's very much like a brother-in-law's style of smashing the matter of Princess Xiang to the front of King Xiang?"