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In the courtyard of Huanyi, there are maids beating bangs and beating clothes by the well, and the sound is ringing. Jiang Rao buried her head for a while, then stood up unsteadily, the words she said seemed overwhelming, she glanced at Ming Shao and the others again, no surprise, they still lowered their heads.
Jiang Rao: "..."
She glanced at the old clothes in the tub, and with just one glance, the blood stains in the water were getting darker and darker, which made her look away hastily, leaving the old clothes to Huai Qing, and followed Ming Shao back to the inn room .
She comforted herself, Huai Qingwu Que and the others are not people who talk nonsense, let alone Ming Shao, since she was a child, she has helped her hide a lot of things.
Today's matter only caused them to misunderstand, and they couldn't explain it clearly, but it didn't matter.
Jiang Rao glanced back, Ming Shao's complexion had changed as usual, the surprise just now was gone, she calmed down a little, and she took it as the past, and heard Ming Shao muttering behind her, "No wonder today I saw His Highness Ninth Prince coming out of the girl's room earlier." He hurriedly turned around and covered Ming Shao's mouth, "Don't bring this up again."
Ming Shao had a history of secretly telling her father about her, Jiang Rao warned her, "Don't tell my parents."
Ming Shao hurriedly shook her head, waited for Jiang Rao to let go, she chased after her and said, "This servant is just thinking, should I find a doctor for the girl and check her pulse, otherwise we'd better go back to Jinling first, and go to the doctor in the mansion to see her." Look, don't worry about the doctor going out and talking nonsense."
The more Jiang Rao listened, the more she felt something was wrong, and she frowned, "What are you worried about?"
"I'm worried... I'm worried that the girl is pregnant." Ming Shao said with some self-reproach, "I wish I had known that I would ask the nanny who knows these things to follow. I really don't know about this."
Jiang Rao: "..."
If she said now that she didn't know about this matter, would Ming Shao still believe it
Sure enough, things like rumors must be explained clearly when they have just started.
Otherwise, it will just be like a snowball, getting bigger and bigger.
In the end, even the smooth tongue couldn't explain it clearly.
She rubbed her forehead and said to Ming Shao with a very headache: "I tell you to forget about this matter, it's fine if you forget about it, but don't worry about it anymore, I have my own measure."
Ming Shao nodded, and really put the matter behind her, but Jiang Rao couldn't forget it. When she saw Rong Ting again, she just saw him standing there, and her ears turned red unconsciously. Pulling the buns on both sides of the head to hide the redness on the tips of the ears.
After leaving the office at night, Rong Ting didn't have to go any further, and stayed in the inn with Jiang Rao beside him, always feeling that he couldn't breathe and was completely occupied by Ming Shao's nonsense words.
She has always been very obedient, even though she felt a little uneasy when she was by Rong Ting's side, she obediently followed him in when he waved and called her back to the inn room.
But she didn't close the door when she went in, she intentionally let Ming Shao see the innocence between her and Rong Ting, she was not as shameful as she thought!
Ming Shao looked at Jiang Rao's back and sighed. She walked forward quickly, closed the door for Jiang Rao, and said carelessly twice in her heart.
Jiang Rao heard the sound of the door closing, and her ears went numb.
Rong Ting glanced at the door, a little smile appeared in his eyes, Jiang Rao almost washed his clothes, he already knew from Huai Qing and Wu Que, naturally he also knew what Jiang Rao said at that time, he I really wanted to hear her say those words in front of him, so I blinked my eyes lazily twice, and asked in a coaxing tone: "Just now when I met Huai Qing on the road, he didn't dare to look me in the eye, maybe there is something to hide with me?"
There was a hook in the lazy voice, hooking Jiang Rao to say something.
Jiang Rao avoids his half-smiling sight, and closes her fingers slightly. She won't tell him what happened during the day, no matter how much shame she has given her, it's too embarrassing.
She pursed her lips, shook her head and pretended not to know, and was afraid that he would blame Huai Qing, and said: "Perhaps you misunderstood, Huai Qing has always been timid, but she is serious and responsible, and nothing wrong can happen."
Looking at her expression that wanted to hide, and hearing her praise others, Rong Ting was rarely angry, but smiled instead.
Jiang Rao walked to the table, picked up the yellowed parchment map on the table, changed the subject, and asked what she wanted to ask the most, "Since you already know who is behind the scenes, are you still planning to stay here?" how long?"
She said: "I want to know when I will be able to return to Jinling."
Rong Ting heard what she didn't say, "How long will you stay as long as I stay?"
Jiang Rao nodded.
Apart from this, she didn't think of any other options.
Rong Ting's eyes moved slightly.
After staying in the yamen for half a day, I had to interrogate the yamen servants who were in collusion with the innkeeper. Each of them had ulterior motives, and each had their own little secrets in their hearts. It was disgusting to scramble to put the blame on others and want to save their own face.
The hostility that had risen during the interrogation of the prisoner finally dissipated after seeing her.
He stared at her fair little face for a while, then smiled slowly, "It will be ready in three days."
The things that should be checked are almost done, and it is time for him to return to Jinling.
Jiang Rao's eyes lit up, seeing that he had been looking at her with a look of nostalgia, she couldn't help frowning, and a guess came to her mind.
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He wouldn't want her to go back to Jinling alone.
She put away the smile on her face, and said solemnly: "You can't feed me that kind of medicine anymore."
He slept for several days as soon as he fell asleep, as if he had been poached for a day and night for nothing, plus he stunned her every time without saying hello to her... If he continued to do this this time, she would really be angry.
Rong Ting nodded, and Jiang Rao asked again: "Then you said that you will go back in three days, maybe you will come with me?"
Rong Ting was silent for a while, but did not answer.
Jiang Rao also knew in her heart that in the eyes of others, he was a dead person. It might not be so easy to hide his identity and let him go back to Jinling with her.
She stretched out her soft hand and grabbed his, "If you can't go back, I will stay here for a few more days."
If he didn't plan to go back to Jinling with her, but just asked her to go back first, then she didn't plan to go back first, and it would be fine to stay here for a few more days.
Afraid of being rejected, Jiang Rao did not hesitate to pour dirty water on himself, "I am not strict with my mouth, if you let me go back alone, maybe I will reveal your whereabouts."
Rong Ting's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and he smiled faintly. Spreading his fingers, he slipped in along the gap between Jiang Rao's fingers, and clasped Jiang Rao's hand instead, "I will go back with you in three days."
Jiang Rao was surprised, "Really?"
"I'm afraid you won't be strict with your mouth, so I want to follow around and never leave." Rong Ting said with a faint smile, "but I have to change my identity."
His smiling eyes had a tenderness that seemed to be able to eat away people, almost drowning those who looked at his eyes, "Niannian, let me serve you, okay?"
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After discussing with Rong Ting, Jiang Rao was still in a daze when he came out of the inn room.
Ming Shao lay on the railing and waited for Jiang Rao. When she heard the sound of the door opening, she turned around and saw Jiang Rao coming out, and called out "girl".
Jiang Rao was brought back to her senses by Ming Shao's "girl", and remembered the sound of the door falling after she entered just now, she was angry and funny.
She walked over, lightly pressed Ming Shao's forehead with her fingers, and said, "You have good eyesight."
Ming Shao didn't realize that there was something in Jiang Rao's words, but just thought it was a compliment to her meritorious service in closing the door, and laughed innocently.
Jiang Rao glanced at her and said without pointing it out, "Follow me to count the money I brought."
Ming Shao chased after Jiang Rao, "Miss, what do you mean...?"
"It's time to go back to Jinling, and we've discussed it with His Highness the Ninth Prince." Jiang Rao walked forward, paused a step, and looked back at Ming Shao, "After you go back, don't reveal to the public that you saw him here."
The last time I asked Ming Shao, it was more because she was cautious, but this time, she had discussed it with Rong Ting. Jiang Rao's tone was much more serious than last time, "If others have seen him, they know him. Whoever it is, we have to seal it up. Assuming that we were in Qiliu Town this time and we didn’t meet him, if after returning to Jinling, someone asked why we went back, they would say that I was scared and timid because of the fire in the inn. Only then did we return to Jinling."
Ming Shao frowned, "Isn't this the idea of His Highness the Ninth Prince?"
Having said that, I'm afraid those who know Jiang Rao's going south will laugh at her for giving up halfway.
Jiang Rao shook her head, "It's my own idea."
It's just acting, she doesn't mind taking the reputation of being timid on herself at all.
Ming Shao breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, otherwise, this servant really feels wronged for the girl."
Jiang Rao knew what she was worried about, and laughed, "I won't misjudge anyone."
Ming Shao pursed her lips, "The servant is not willing to let the girl suffer."
"Then His Royal Highness wants to stay here?" Ming Shao asked.
"No." Jiang Rao shook her head, just now Rong Ting told her in the room that she wanted to pretend to be her entourage and follow back to Jinling.
Thinking of his tone when he mentioned this just now, she still felt a little hot. He just said that he wanted to pretend to be her follower, but if he insisted on saying it was... waiter, his eyes were as soft as a small animal, which made her wake up. The mind of captivity.
Color word pawn, a knife.
Jiang Rao read it again, and went with Ming Shao to count the money they had brought.
The last time the inn caught fire, it didn't cost her too much. Jiang Rao sorted out some jewelry and planned to give it to the magistrate's wife before leaving.
In the afternoon when Rong Ting was not around, she asked the maid to go out and inquire. Zuozhi County has a good reputation among the common people, clean and upright. Jiang Rao has always had a good impression of this kind of official who is popular with the people. Even with Ai Wu and Wu, she already had a warm feeling for Mrs. Zuo, but now she likes it even more. Some of the jewelry she likes are also put in. Presented to Mrs. Zuo.
If Zuozhi County can be promoted to Jinling in the future, maybe she can still meet their family, without the dream, but Jiang Rao still has an inexplicable intuition in her heart.
The corner of Jiang Rao's lips curled up at the thought of seeing Zuo Jixuan's little milk dumpling again, and the next day, she went to the county magistrate's mansion with a gift for Mrs. Zuo.
The weather was much better than yesterday, and it cleared up early.
Mrs. Zuo heard that Jiang Rao was leaving in a few days, so she insisted on keeping Jiang Rao at her home for a few days.
Jiang Rao felt it was inconvenient at first, but when she took a look at the little dumpling who hugged her calf and acted coquettishly for her to stay, she lost any resistance, so she stayed in Zuofu.
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County government office.
Zuo Zhixian accompanied Rong Ting out of the prison, he looked completely different before entering the prison and after leaving the prison.
When he stepped in, his face was as usual, but when he came out, his face was as pale as frost.
After arriving at the study, he ordered the boy to go down to make tea, and he said to Rong Ting: "My officer... didn't consider the fire in the inn as a big case."
Jiang Rao was born beautiful, even though he kept a low profile, he still seemed to be much richer than ordinary people. Regardless of whether the innkeeper is looking for money or color, he can give an explanation.
Even if Rong Ting came out suddenly and said that he wanted to investigate this matter thoroughly, he only regarded this young man as a young man who wanted to find justice for his fiancée. Because of the battle in Huaizhou, he respected Rong Ting a little and was willing. Help Rong Ting to investigate this simple case.
He never thought about this simple case, and it almost got him involved.
Although the owner of the inn is for money, he was bought by someone. The person who bought him was sent by the governor. The governor and Zhizhou have a very good personal relationship. Even if he wants to investigate, Zhizhou can stop him. Yamen servants, governors, governors, and officials protect each other. He couldn't find out the reason, and in the end he had no choice but to resign.
Zuo Zhixian smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "It's the lower officials who were negligent."
There was such an incident in Qiliu Town, if he handled it carelessly, his official hat would fall off, if it was really his fault, he would admit that the official hat was taken off, but it had nothing to do with him, it was just because he wanted to find The scapegoat was found on his head
He was no longer just palpitations and fear, but even a little angry.
He has been a county magistrate for more than ten years, and he has been suppressed all the time. If something like this happens, he has to be scapegoated
Working diligently as an official, but in the end he was taken advantage of, this kind of thing can't be tolerated by anyone.
Rong Ting took a panoramic view of the changes in the magistrate's expression, saw the lingering fear in his heart and the anger and resentment hidden in his eyes, his expression was indifferent, as if throwing bait, and said: "My lord, don't worry too much, it has been investigated, and it is not enough for you." scared."
Zuo Zhixian looked at Rong Ting, and sighed deeply, "If His Highness Ninth Prince hadn't been here, the lower official would have been wronged."
He looked at Rong Ting, and asked in a low voice: "The witnesses and the evidence are all there. Is Your Highness going back to Jinling?"
Before Rong Ting could answer, there was a knocking sound from outside the study door. After entering, he whispered a few words to the magistrate. After hearing this, the magistrate raised his eyebrows and asked Rong Ting with a smile, "Ms. If you stay late, you can also let the officials entertain you a few times for the last time to show your friendship as landlords."
Rong Ting raised his eyes slightly.
The magistrate explained, "Mrs. Cai just sent me a message that Xuan'er is pestering Miss Jiang and insists on letting her stay."
Zuo Zhixian could think of his son's obsessive appearance, and smiled guiltily, "Thanks to the girl's soft heart."
Rong Ting raised his brows slightly, lowered his eyes, and smiled slightly, "She has always been like this."
The fingers pinching the cup were slightly tightened.
Zuo Zhixian frowned unconsciously.
He felt that Rong Ting's expression and talent seemed to have changed.
But as for what was different, he couldn't say it himself.
I just feel that even though he is smiling, he looks a little cold.
Even though he is also a man, he can tell that the young man in front of him is good-looking, with fair skin and red lips, not the kind of white skin and tender flesh, like alpine snow, which makes people feel cold and difficult to approach at a glance , the magistrate became a little suspicious, when he invited Rong Ting to his mansion the day before, he didn't feel what he felt at the moment, whether he remembered it wrong or he didn't notice something...
Rong Ting took a sip of tea, looked up at Zuo Zhixian, and answered some of his words just now, "I will leave for Beijing in three days, I will not break the letter with you, I will give you an explanation."
"Tonight, I'm going to go to the house to disturb you for a while."
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The troublemakers would not dare to go to the door of the magistrate's house. Jiang Rao stayed here in Zuofu, which was much cleaner than in the inn, and played with Zuo Jixuan behind the rockery.
Whatever she said, Zuo Jixuan would do. Jiang Rao's obedient appearance made Jiang Rao very useful. He insisted on the small wooden stick and taught Zuo Jixuan to write his name.
Jiang Jinxing was invited to come to the Zuo Mansion together. He was too lazy to talk to Zuo Jixuan, a child so young. He has delicate skin and tender flesh, and a face like a peach. He is like a girl. He can't be beaten or scolded. Jiang Jinxing looked carefully Two eyes, suddenly curious, "Is this really a boy?"
Jiang Rao nodded, Jiang Jinxing's eyes were still a little suspicious, Jiang Rao said: "It's hard to tell whether a child is a boy or a girl at such an age, so don't talk nonsense, let Mrs. Zuo hear it, and you will definitely be arrested." Get out."
After being trained, Jiang Jinxing pursed his lips. He looked down at the crooked "Ji" characters on the ground, his eyes were full of disgust, and he muttered, "I've done this several times, how stupid."
He didn't make a sound, but Jiang Rao knew what the kid was talking about just by watching his lips open and close, "When you were his age, you were not as good as him."
Jiang Jin snorted angrily, "Isn't it because he was born a few years earlier than me, and remembers those embarrassing things when I was young."
He leaned against the wall, stood with arms crossed, and taunted Jiang Rao, "If I were the one who was born early, you would be the one being laughed at right now."
Jiang Rao didn't bother to pay attention to him, and taught Zuo Jixuan to write the character "Zuo", and said to Zuo Jixuan, "Your handwriting is much prettier than that brother over there."
Zuo Jixuan grinned, his black eyes shifted to Jiang Jinxing, and he glanced at Jiang Jinxing. Jiang Jinxing pursed his lips in anger, and gave Zuo Jixuan a fierce look regardless of his age and wanting to give way to the child.
Zuo Jixuan still smiled at Jiang Jinxing, which made Jiang Jinxing annoyed, and turned away from behind the rockery.
Jiang Rao pulled Zuo Jixuan's little hand, looked at his younger brother's back, and didn't know how to cure his bad temper, "What do you think of that older brother just now?"
Zuo Jixuan was milky, and replied loudly: "It looks good!"
Jiang Rao shook his head, the child is indeed a child, and his vision is not enough, "He has a bad temper."
Jiang Jinxing hadn't gone far, when he heard the crisp sound, he blushed, paused for a while, and became annoyed because of his pause, and quickened his pace.
Jiang Rao rubbed Zuo Jixuan's small face, feeling extremely rare, and suddenly paused, looking at the child's fan-like eyelashes, he felt the same confusion as Jiang Jinxing.
The child's appearance was too exquisite, and after seeing the growth, he would be more beautiful than the girl, and his voice was softer.
What a girl
She suddenly remembered Rong Ting's face, and shook her head to drive this weird thought out of her mind. As soon as she stopped shaking her head, her wrist felt cold, and someone took her hand off Zuo Jixuan's face.
Jiang Rao looked up and saw Rong Ting's face.
He smiled gently, "Stay overnight in Zuofu today?"
Jiang Rao nodded.
"I'm with you." His smile was still gentle, and he didn't let go of his hand holding Jiang Rao's wrist. He glanced at the ground, "Teaching him calligraphy?"
Jiang Rao let out a "hmm", and Rong Ting laughed, "These words are probably too difficult for him."
Jiang Rao watched Rong Ting write two horizontal lines, two left strokes and two strokes on the ground, and Zuo Jixuan read out in a childish voice, "Ma'am."
"Do you know what this means?" Rong Ting pointed to Jiang Rao, "This is my wife, with a marriage contract."
He smiled and looked at Zuo Jixuan, biting "mine" hard.
Zuo Jixuan blinked, with an innocent look on his face, "I also have a wife."
Rong Ting also followed his movements, blinked his eyes, and said slowly with his face against the light: "Since you have a wife, you must obey the rules and don't hang out with other little girls."
Zuo Jixuan wrinkled his nose and snorted angrily, "I will divorce the engagement."
Jiang Rao was a little dizzy by Zuo Jixuan's words.
The little maid behind Zuo Jixuan explained: "When the young master was born, an eminent monk told her fortune, saying that there would be a calamity at the age of fifteen, and she had to find a girl with a matching zodiac sign to make a marriage first, so as to avoid that disaster. Jie, so the young master has a marriage contract right now, but this marriage should not be possible in the future, after the young master's fifteenth birthday is over, the engagement can be annulled."
Zuo Jixuan was sleepy and was carried down by the servant girl. Jiang Rao scratched and smeared the word "madam" on the ground with a wooden stick, and his ears were extremely red.
Why didn't she realize that he was so good at comparing with children
The way he blinked just now was no different from Zuo Jixuan's innocence.
On the day of leaving, Zuo Jixuan followed Mrs. Zuo to the city gate to see Jiang Rao off. His lips were puffed up and he wanted to cry. Jiang Rao's heart was broken, and his eyes were red.
Jiang Jinxing rode a horse and followed Jiang Rao's carriage, with an extremely ugly face, and asked the man on another red-maned horse, "When will you marry my elder sister back?"
On the red-maned horse, Rong Ting was dressed in an unremarkable gray cloth, and his hair was combed like an ordinary entourage. He wore a straw hat on his head, lowered to cover his face. He only had a few words with Jiang Jinxing at this moment, and later When the children's caravan is moving, it will mix with other followers so as not to be noticed.
He leisurely looked at Zuo Jixuan's face about to cry, his eyes were satisfied, he seemed to dislike Jiang Rao in his tone, and asked, "Why?"
President Jiang Jin sighed, "Crying every now and then, I'm so sad."
Rong Ting's eyebrows and eyes were curved, and there were little smiles in his eyes, "I coax you."
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On the same day, Splendid Palace.
"This is the newly-arrived fabric. It uses snow silkworm silk that is hard to find in the world. It takes three years for the embroiderer to embroider one piece. This year, the emperor just paid tribute to the palace, and the emperor ordered the empress to bring it. The emperor treats the empress with care." Perfect."
Empress Jiahe lowered her head and stared at the cloth in front of her. She moved slowly and stroked her fingertips. The cloth under her fingers was as delicate as water. She gradually laughed, feeling complacent.
Empress Jiahe asked the maid beside her, "Where is Shuxiang Palace?"
The palace maid laughed, "What can the Shuxiang Palace have? There are less than ten horses of this material, and the empress owns three horses alone, and the remaining seven horses. How can she have a share?"
"That's right." Jiahe Empress smiled sarcastically.
Over the past year, the emperor's love for her has continued unabated, and he indulged her day by day. If she could find Qin Yun's handle at this moment, the emperor would only stand by her side.
Even if there is no handle, it can be fabricated.
Which of the affairs in this palace is not decided by the emperor? As long as the emperor's heart is with her, it's just to see when she has the mood to get rid of Qin Yun's thorn in her side that has been dancing in front of her eyes for more than ten years.
Thinking of Qin Yun, she soon thought of Jiang Rao, the queen raised her hand from the cloth, and asked her confidant at the side, "Is there any news about Qiliu in Rui County?"