The stockade was decorated with lanterns and colorful lanterns. Looking around, there were red lanterns everywhere, so it was very lively. All the bandits in the cottage held bowls filled with golden liquor. They drank it lively and occasionally had a drink with the brothers. Large pieces of meat were roasted on the fire, and were rudely sprinkled with seasonings, and the seductive aroma came out, tyrannically permeating the surroundings.
Chu Fei sneaked around the crowd and looked around until he saw the person he was looking for.
He hurriedly walked over, and only when he got close did he cautiously call out, "Miss Ning."
Hearing the words, Ning Nuan turned her head and saw Chu Fei standing behind her, she couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Her head was a little dizzy, and she didn't know why An Wang came here. Even just now, he forgot about him chasing him from the city to the cottage.
But she didn't forget that she and An Wang had made it clear, so her attitude was not eager.
She asked softly, "Why is His Highness Prince An here?" Because of the drinking, her tone was not cold, but rather soft.
Seeing this, Chu Fei was overjoyed, and took a step forward excitedly, thinking about her previous anger, and hesitatingly retreated, just said, "Miss Ning, can you listen to me and let me explain it clearly to Miss Ning."
"What does His Royal Highness An's Highness want to explain?" Ning Nuan held his chin and looked at him: "What did the girl misunderstand, it is worth His Highness An's special expense to come over and explain to the girl?"
Chu Fei said: "Can Miss Ning come with me and let me talk to Miss Ning?"
Ning Nuan shook her head: "My mother said, don't let me pay attention to you."
Chu Fei looked to the side subconsciously, but did not see Jiang Yunlan's figure, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
It was a coincidence today that Ning Lang was busy praying with Yang Zhen, and Jiang Yunlan was still busy with other trivial matters. Although the bandits had been instructed, they were already so drunk that they didn't even see Chu Fei coming. She was also on the side, but she had secretly had a drink just now. Her drinking capacity was worse than that of Ning Nuan, and now she was lying on the table.
Chu Fei was relieved, raised his head, looked at Ning Nuan seriously, and said, "I just need to say a word to Miss Ning."
Ning Nuan dragged her chin and looked at him.
Chu Fei was so nervous when she saw her, he unconsciously touched the clothes on the side with his hand, and remembered that he had been wearing this clothes for many days. He was immediately annoyed, and he only hated why he didn't remember to pay more attention to his image, so that at this time, he looked so embarrassed.
After a long while, Ning Nuan said softly, "Then, Your Highness Prince An, let's talk here."
Chu Fei was annoyed in his heart, when he suddenly heard her answer, he didn't react for a while.
"His Royal Highness An said, just say a word. Is it fake?"
Chu Fei said anxiously, "Of course not!"
"Then when His Royal Highness Prince An has finished saying that, let's go." Ning Nuan said, "The road on the mountain is steep, His Royal Highness Prince An should be careful."
Chu Fei was dumbfounded: "Just... just one sentence?"
"Isn't it your Highness that you said it yourself? Just say a word?"
That was really what he said personally, Chu Fei was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to react. He began to think about it, for fear that Ning Nuan would really drive him down the mountain after finishing a sentence.
Ning Nuan waited for a long time before he could say that sentence, and then said: "If you can't say it, lord, then don't say it, go down the mountain immediately."
"I want to tell you!" Chu Fei said anxiously, "I came to you to ask if you would like to be my princess!"
Ning Nuan was stunned for a moment.
It was windy on the mountain, and after Chu Fei's words and the night wind, her head was no longer dizzy, and her whole body was awake. Ning Nuan silently drew the cloak, pretending that he didn't hear anything.
Afraid of being driven away by her, Chu Fei hurriedly seized the opportunity to say the rest: "I know, it's too abrupt to say this to you rashly, but it's really my sincere words. Since I saw you, I have always wanted to marry you as a princess. A few days ago, you asked me those words, and now I will answer you. Whether it is in a dream or standing in front of my eyes, I am happy for you."
"..."
Chu Fei took a breath, and when she saw that she still had no seizures, she calmed down and continued to say apologetically: "I know, the words you asked me earlier were just testing me, but I had things in mind at that time. , I didn't realize it for a while. It was my fault after all. You asked me, and I answered it in the letter. If you replied to my letter, it was also seen. Although I don't know how you will feel after reading it, It's just..." He paused, not knowing what to say for a moment.
Ning Nuan listened to him silently.
After a long time, Chu Fei said, "I'm sorry."
Ning Nuan blinked.
"You can scold me in the letter, or let your brother hit me, no matter what you do, but don't pay attention to me." Chu Fei whispered, "A Nuan."
Ning Nuan's heart trembled, she adjusted her posture and let the cloak wrap herself. She lowered her head, her eyelids drooped, in the dark night, the fire was not very clear, and Chu Fei couldn't see her expression.
Chu Fei only took it on his own: "If you really want to hear it, I can tell you, but if I tell you, maybe you don't want to believe it. It's just that my mind has never changed, whether it is It's a dream or reality, if you don't believe it, you can come and ask me, and I'll tell you everything."
"I swore to the Buddha that as long as you lived a peaceful and happy life, I would never approach you again, but now that I think about it, I can't do it."
"You are finally willing to tell me your sincerity, but I let you down, I'm too stupid, and now I'm here, I don't want you to forgive me, I just want to tell you, I will start over, Since I have touched you once before, I will definitely be able to make you nod again."
Chu Fei said, looked up and glanced at her, but took two steps back and turned away.
Ning Nuan blinked again, then came back to his senses, got up and stopped him: "Your Highness, stay."
Chu Fei's figure paused, but he turned around immediately, with infinite surprises in his eyes: "A Nuan, are you calling me?"
Ning Nuan said: "I also ask Wangye to pay more attention to etiquette."
Chu Fei hurriedly changed his words: "Miss Ning."
Ning Nuan took off the cloak, took a few steps forward, and handed it into his hands. She lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "It's cold in the middle of the night, when the lord goes down the mountain, pay more attention."
Chu Fei was stunned for a while, then quickly put on the cloak, nodded heavily, and then left happily and reluctantly.
When it was late at night, the bandits had eaten their meat and drank enough wine, and then they dispersed.
Ning Nuan pushed the drunk Xiang Tao, and she woke up leisurely, and said blankly, "Miss?"
"Everyone is gone, get up quickly."
Only then did Xiang Tao come back to her senses, patted her face quickly, and stood up. She led Ning Nuan into the house and wondered, "Miss, where is your cloak?"
"Maybe it's lost." Ning Nuan said, "I didn't see it either."
Xiangtian said "oh", but didn't take it to heart.
The cottage had prepared a room for them early, and after washing up, Ning Nuan lay down in the warm quilt. The warmth enveloped her, perhaps because of the late night, she soon fell asleep.
On the second day, it was still very lively in the cottage. The bandits went to knock on Ning Lang's door early in the morning. Even Ning Nuan was also awakened by their voices, got up and dressed and walked out.
Xiang Tao had a very bad headache today, she was out of energy early in the morning, and Ning Nuan didn't make it difficult for her, let her rest in the room, and went straight to Jiang Yunlan. Jiang Yunlan woke up early and was counting yesterday's expenses. She saw the accounts in the cottage were in a mess, she simply took it over again, and she did it all over again, so she was busy in the morning.
"Mother." Ning Nuan called her and sat down beside her: "Mother, what can I do for you?"
"Ah Nuan, you can just sit by the side, my mother is busy." Jiang Yunlan played the abacus in her hand, and said without raising her head: "If you feel bored, you can go to your brother and let Langer take you with you. Go shopping around, you are the first time you come back here, it should be very fresh."
Ning Nuan responded, but instead of going out as she said, she waited.
The ledger in Jiang Yunlan's hand turned over a page, and she came back to her senses later: "A Nuan, are you looking for a mother for something?"
Ning Nuan nodded.
Jiang Yunlan stopped and looked at her seriously: "A Nuan, you say, mother listen."
"Mother." Ning Nuan said softly, "When you return to the capital, can you not stop... Your Highness Prince An?"
Jiang Yunlan was startled.
She subconsciously opened her mouth to refute, and told Ning Nuan about the hateful things about King An. When the words came to her lips, she remembered that Ning Nuan had asked herself before, why she hated King An so much... Jiang Yunlan's thoughts changed. After a circle, he asked, "Why did you suddenly mention this to me?"
Ning Nuan thought for a while and asked, "Mother has something to hide from me. His Royal Highness Prince An also knows about it, right?"
Jiang Yunlan: "..."
Jiang Yunlan couldn't help but raised her eyebrows, and pressed her shock down, she asked casually, "Why do you ask this?"
"King An said that he and you, daddy, and brother all had the same dream." Ning Nuan said: "It's really strange that this fairy entrusts the dream, not to you, daddy and brother. I am a family member, but I entrusted it to King An."
"..."
"King An told me that if I want to know anything, he is willing to tell me, mother, I am really curious."
"..."
Jiang Yunlan suddenly came back to her senses. It turned out that this time her daughter was looking for her to threaten her!
Jiang Yunlan cursed Chu Fei in her heart, but her face became uneasy. She pulled out and looked at Ning Nuan, but she didn't know whether to tell her the matter. Even if she didn't say it, A Nuan could guess.
Jiang Yunlan said: "Ah Nuan, it's not that my mother doesn't want to tell you, it's just that I told you about it, maybe you won't believe it."
"Mother, don't you think it's strange? King An said the same thing."
"..."
Jiang Yunlan had no choice but to ask: "The mother asked you a question, you answer this first, okay?"
"Mother, say it."
"If mother still had a dream..." Jiang Yunlan said nervously: "In mother's dream, our Ning family is not separated, mother... mother is not like now, your second uncle's family, and your third uncle's family, they It's the same as before, even more powerful than us. Your father hasn't changed. He listened to the words of the old lady and his two younger brothers. Even Ning Qing can bully you. Not only that, we have also implicated you and your brother , your brother is still a bastard, and his brain is not clear, and he was deceived several times outside..."
Ning Nuan listened quietly, her face did not change at all.
Jiang Yunlan carefully picked up a few things from her previous life and said it. The more she said it, the more careful she was, for fear that she would see anger on her face.
She finally said, "If we treat you so badly, will you hate us?"
Ning Nuan said without hesitation, "Mother, how can I hate you?"
"But..." Jiang Yunlan said nervously, "but I... the three of us in my dream not only didn't protect you, but also made you feel wronged everywhere. If you were born in someone else's family, you would definitely be able to live better, if it weren't for us If it hurts you, you won’t…”
"Mother." Ning Nuan interrupted her: "I've said it all, I won't hate you."
Jiang Yunlan stopped, but her face was still nervous.
Ning Nuan said helplessly: "An Wang also asked me such a question."
Jiang Yunlan was stunned.
"He asked me if I married him in my dream, would I regret it." Ning Nuan: "I told King An that I would not regret it."
"Why?" Jiang Yunlan said subconsciously, "But in the end it was we who harmed you."
"Mother, if it's really what you said, it's my own choice. Even if it's the blame, I should blame myself, why should I blame you?" Ning Nuan said, "If I really hate you, I can naturally think about it. Try my best to escape from the house, no matter how bad it is, even if I go to please the old lady, the second uncle and the third uncle, I can still live well. You say that I am implicated by you, but when you are in trouble, come to the door Please, I am the one who promised, if I hate you, why would I try my best to help you?"
She still thinks that way.
Since she personally nodded, did her best, and did everything she needed to do, how could she regret it, and how could she hate them? If you really regret it, it should be because you are not strong enough to protect your family.
Ning Nuan looked at her in confusion: "Mother will discuss everything with me, and she will never force me. If I am really involved, I am willing to do so. Before the separation, my parents and my brother, no matter how bad it is. , but they all treat me and me with sincerity. My mother buys things for Ning Qing and the others, and she will remember to give me a copy. No matter how biased my father is, he is always responsive to me. My brother has a naughty temperament. Bring me something to eat. Since I was a child, I have received every kind of kindness from you. If you are in trouble, but you don't help, isn't it a coward?"
"If I want to hate, I should also hate the old lady, and the rest of the Ning family, why should I hate you?"
Jiang Yunlan's eyes were red, her shoulders were trembling, and she was sobbing.
Ning Nuan was at a loss to comfort her, and after a long time, Jiang Yunlan came over. She wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and then said hoarsely, "A Nuan, it's my mother who's sorry for you."
"Mother, you're joking, do you have something wrong with me?"
Jiang Yunlan raised her head, and she was relieved to meet her daughter's simple blank expression.
She patted Ning Nuan's hand, as if the chronic illness that had been accumulated for a long time had suddenly recovered, but she felt very relaxed all over.
She said to An Wang that A Nuan would definitely regret marrying him, but why didn't she think that way? She kept thinking that before A Nuan died, not only did he hate Prince An, but he must also hate them.
A Nuan was wronged, where there is only King An, there are clearly them!
Jiang Yunlan breathed a sigh of relief, her expression unexpectedly relaxed.
Ning Nuan was stunned by her great joy and sorrow.
It took a long time for her to react and said, "Mother, is the question you asked me over?"
"Mother already knows." Jiang Yunlan said, "Mother is fine."
"Mother, can you tell me the question I asked you?" Ning Nuan said, "What did you hide from me?"
Jiang Yunlan: "..."
"Ah Nuan, mother suddenly remembered that there are still some things to look for your brother." Jiang Yunlan stood up in a panic, and said anxiously: "If there is anything, wait for the night... No, come and ask me next time."
After she finished speaking, she hurried out without waiting for Ning Nuan to respond.
Ning Nuan: "…"
…
They came here from the capital this time for the sake of Yang Zhen's affairs. Now that Ning Lang and Yang Zhen have worshipped the world, Jiang Yunlan and Ning Nuan have let go of the things in their hearts. The two had been out for many days, so they didn't stay much longer, leaving Ning Lang in Qingzhou while they set off to return to Beijing.
On the day they left Qingzhou City, even King An's carriage followed. This time, instead of following secretly, he blatantly followed beside the two's carriage, under the pretext that he wanted to protect them. Jiang Yunlan originally wanted to drive him away, but Ning Nuan was concerned about the safety of the journey, so she stopped her and only let King An's carriage follow.
Following so closely, Chu Fei naturally found an opportunity to join Ning Nuanman to show his hospitality.
He really did what he said that day, and started to pursue it again. Every time he went to a resting place, before the two people in the Ning family's carriage got off, Chu Fei had already prepared everything and let them Much more comfortable than before.
Not only that, but he has been wearing a fox fur cloak all the time. The fox fur was neither white nor fiery red. It looked like a wild fox on the mountain. The fur was not considered top-quality, and it did not match his status. But despite this, Chu Fei wore it every day, even at noon when the weather was the worst. Don't want to take it off when it's hot. Jiang Yunlan wondered a few times, and then looked at the fur cloak, and it looked a little familiar.
She secretly pulled Ning Nuan and asked in a low voice, "Does this look familiar?"
Ning Nuan said calmly, "Did you see it wrong, mother, it's just normal, and it's not about cherishing foxes. Qingzhou has a lot of animal skins. Perhaps King An saw it at a small stall and liked it. I don't want to put it down. Mother has seen it at the stall too."
Jiang Yunlan thought about it for a while, and thought so, so she forgot about it.
Only on Qinglong Mountain, one night, Ning Lang followed the others out to patrol the night. After searching the house for a long time, he could not find his cloak.
"Where are my clothes?"
"If you can't find it, you won't be able to find it." Yang Zhen said, "I'll make you a tiger skin another day."
Ning Lang had no choice but to give up.
After driving on the road for more than ten days, I finally arrived in the capital.
Seeing the city gate also means that they are about to part. Chu Fei saw the city gate from a distance, and he sighed in his heart. He touched the fox fur on his body and felt even more disappointed.
Along the way, Mrs. Ning watched. He couldn't even try to please A Nuan. Although he found an opportunity, he didn't even say a few words. Because Mrs. Ning was with A Nuan every day, it was inconvenient for him to even send letters. Once, as usual, he asked the dark guard to deliver the letter, but it was not delivered to Ah Nuan. On the contrary, not long after it was delivered, Mrs. Ning came to the door and scolded him fiercely.
Chu Fei sighed, and remembered the next day, the gate of Ning Mansion was also guarded by Mrs. Ning, and he felt that the road was difficult.
He sat in the carriage and drove the Ning family's carriage to the Ning residence until it stopped. He was reluctant to leave, so he lifted the curtain and looked over there from a distance.
When he saw Ning Nuan and Madam Ning get off the carriage, his eyes immediately stuck on Ning Nuan's body. As if noticing his gaze, Ning Nuan turned her head, looked at him, and then quickly looked away.
Chu Fei didn't feel disappointed either, but because he had made eye contact with her, he felt good in his heart.
He was happy when he saw what Ning Nuan said to Xiang Tao who was beside him. Xiang Tao turned around and walked towards him. Xiang Tao didn't stop until someone came to his carriage.
Chu Fei was stunned for a moment before asking, "Miss Ning is looking for this king for something?"
Xiang Tao said, "Our young lady asked the servants to ask the lord, what the lord said before, does it still count now?"
Chu Fei didn't react for a while, what word she said.
After Xiang Tao finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave. He hurriedly stopped and leaned out half of his body: "Your lady specially asked you to come to me, didn't you say anything else?"
"Our lady didn't say anything else." Xiang Tao paused, then became curious: "What did the lord say to our lady earlier?"
He also wanted to know.
Chu Fei touched his chin and thought about it in his heart. For some reason, he remembered what he said to her that night when he sneaked up to Qinglong Mountain, found Ning Nuan, stood in front of her.
He said at the time... He wanted to marry A Nuan as the princess.
Chu Fei paused, then raised his head to look at Ning Nuan. Ning Nuan had followed Jiang Yunlan into the gate of Ning Mansion. When he raised his head, he only saw her back. But I don't know if it was Chu Fei's illusion. He seemed to see Ning Nuan paused, turned his face slightly, and nodded towards him.
It was like saying goodbye, but also like confirming his thoughts.
Chu Fei was stunned for a moment, and then overjoyed, regardless of whether Ning Nuan had a heart-to-heart with him or not, almost immediately, he completely affirmed his thoughts.
That's right!
Ah Nuan must have instructed him to come to propose marriage!