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Jiang Rao tapped on the stone table with her fingertips. Even Jiang Xingzhou, who is not very delicate, could tell that she had something on her mind, "What? You don't want to invite him over?"
He didn't wait for Jiang Rao to speak, and guessed it himself first, "Could it be that I provoked you?"
"Don't think that he will be awarded the title in two days. What's the matter with the prince, if anything offends you, you will return to your natal family after you get married."
Jiang Xingzhou lowered his head and pondered for a while, then smiled. It would be good if the daughter could live in the Ning'anbo mansion for a long time after she got married.
Jiang Rao watched him become silent and didn't know what he was thinking, guessing casually, she knew it must be some strange thoughts, helplessly pressed her forehead, and interrupted his thoughts, "It's not what Dad thinks."
"If you want to ask King Qi to drink at the mansion,"
Jiang Xingzhou is used to being shameless and not bound by etiquette, "What are you talking about, King Qi, he hasn't been knighted yet, but he's called the title first, he's just a brat, why give him so much face."
"Then what are you shouting for?"
"My son-in-law."
Jiang Rao: "..."
After Jiang Rao came back, she heard from Jiang Qinshi 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 very calm, "Since Daddy wants to ask your son-in-law to come to the house, he will ask someone to ask him every year."
Jiang Rao followed Jiang Xingzhou's words and changed her name neatly. But she thought wistfully in her heart, maybe in the end, maybe.
Jiang Rao realized that she had to ask quickly, and got up and left the gazebo to enter the palace. Ming Shao asked her where she was going, but she hesitated, "Go to the jewelry shop and look at the jewelry."
The hesitation and unwillingness to let go in her heart made her change her pace of entering the palace.
Let her be lazy and delay for another two days.
After Rong Ting's canonization ceremony is completed, she will ask clearly.
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The jewelry shop is full of beautiful things in eyes, and there are many new styles after the new year.
Jiang Rao looked at it for a long time, but he just didn't like it.
She is also a frequent customer in the jewelry store, and it is always a bit awkward to leave empty-handed. Although she didn't want anything, she continued to read. She looked at it for a long time, picking and choosing.
Ming Shao casually glanced at the last things Jiang Rao bought, and knew that none of the things she picked out were for herself.
Either too ostentatious, or too plain, or too simple, far from Jiang Rao's favorite style.
To say what Jiang Rao likes, Ming Shao glanced at the hairpin stuck in Jiang Rao's bun, and it became clear.
Seeing that Jiang Rao was about to leave, Ming Shao followed up with the jewelry that the shopkeeper had installed, "Girl should add some jewelry to herself, otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of time?"
Jiang Rao shook her head, "It's not in vain to pick out some jewelry for my mother and aunt."
"That sapphire hairpin is too simple in workmanship, there is no pattern at all, who would like it, madam or imperial concubine?"
Jiang Rao smiled, "That's for Tang'er."
She took the makeup box into her hand, "She has always disliked things that are too fancy, so I will hold this hairpin and give it to her myself."
Ming Shao handed over the makeup box to Jiang Rao, Jiang Rao put away the makeup box, walked outside the inn, but when she boarded the carriage, her steps stopped.
Another carriage stopped across the street, and the people who got off were Princess Xiang and Xie Xi.
On the days when the Xu family suffered, the expressions on their faces were comfortable and at ease, and they were both smiling.
Jiang Rao became more and more curious about the mother and daughter. Jiahe and Empress shed tears in the palace, and Xu Guozhang was probably torn to cope with Emperor Zhaowu's interrogation of him. The actions of Princess Xiang and Xie Xi...
Very unlike the Xu family.
Besides, this was the first time she saw them among the shops lining the Qinhuai River.
Due to the fact that she had never dealt with them before, she did not dare to go forward rashly, for fear of being rejected, with this hesitation, Princess Xiang and Xie Xi boarded the carriage again and left here.
Jiang Rao was a little disappointed when she heard Ming Shao whispering in her ear, "Miss, are those Mr. Yan and the others over at the restaurant?"
Jiang Rao looked over, but his eyes caught Rong Ting behind Yan Nanxun.
He is tall and straight, standing in the crowd is very conspicuous.
Just seeing him standing there, Jiang Rao felt as if a small hook had dropped in her heart, and she was scratched.
It took a while for her to see the person who was with Yan Nanxun and Rong Ting.
Besides Liao Qiubai, there was another official she didn't know.
Judging by the color of the official uniform and the pattern on the official uniform, it is the second grade.
A carriage passed by on the street, just blocking Jiang Rao's sight, and when the carriage drove away, the group of people entered the teahouse just now.
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. Didn't the master say that when you meet the uncle, you should inform him and tell him to come to Ning'an Bo's mansion when he is free?" back?"
Ming Shao followed the good advice, saw the change in Jiang Xingzhou's attitude, and directly called out for uncle.
Jiang Rao would feel shy when she heard such a title before, so she asked Ming Shao to restrain herself, and now she remembered that the marriage might not be possible. Hearing what Ming Shao said, it seemed as if she had stolen something good. She felt that Ming Shao's words It sounds much better.
She looked down at the makeup box in her hand, thought for a while, she had been struggling with it for several days, and it was not an option to just drag it down.
Rather than having to wait until after the knighting ceremony to ask clearly, it is better to ask clearly right now, and it will be over after the blow is over.
What's more terrible is...
Just now she seemed to see a girl around her age beside the second-rank official.
Jinling has always been a place of power, and those with power and wealth can be looked up to by others. In the past few days, the carriages that came to pay a visit to her father often stopped outside Ning'an Bo's residence. She knew clearly in her heart that those people had no room for visits, so she made a detour to attack her father. Very dissatisfied.
When she planned to use his power in the future to keep the Ning'anbo Mansion, she took his affairs as her own, watched him being trampled into the mud when he was powerless, and watched him be regarded as a man of honor when he rose to fame. The guests, with their temperament exposed, directly expressed their dissatisfaction with those snobs on their faces.
Jiang Rao had a little temper, and felt that the second-rank official was not a good person.
She couldn't force her way into their entertainment, she listened to Ming Shao, and reserved the private room next to Rongting, and stayed there.
Today Jiang Rao went out with two maids, Ming Shao and Yu'er, and she ordered the two maids to go down to find Xiao Er to order some light porridge soup. She sat at the table and waited for a while, and suddenly couldn't help the feeling of scratching. Curiously scratching her lungs, she stood up secretly, walked to the wall, stared at the carved wall as if admiring flowers for a long time, and finally leaned over, trying to eavesdrop on the corner.
When Ming Shao and Yu'er came back, they saw Jiang Rao's small face pressed against the wall, her hands were still covering her ears, she looked cautious, this action would obviously look sneaky, but she did it with a bit of a Stupid, doesn't look very smart.
Seeing them coming back, Jiang Rao pursed her lips, made another seemingly unintelligent movement, pressed her fingers to her lips, and let out 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 already felt that her daughter and Ji Hou were getting more stable day by day.
But sometimes, I feel that she is immature.
The sound insulation of this elegant place is very good, how can I hear the movement next door.
They couldn't be heard from the next door either.
She stepped forward and said: "Girl, you don't have the ability to hear what the next door says without a partition, so don't torture yourself here against the wall. If you want to know what's going on over there, even if you don't ask my uncle, you Afterwards, ask Mr. Yan, won’t you know everything?”
Jiang Rao pursed her lips and stood up, her feet were a little numb. She shook her head, "Don't ask Mr. Yan."
She always felt that if she asked, Yan Nanxun would doubt Rong Ting's character, and it would appear that she was not so generous and narrow-minded.
Although she... seems to be a little narrow-minded.
Her feet were numb and her legs were weak, and she stood up slowly. Ming Shao hurried 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, but I was too bored, so, that's why I came here." Look here at the pattern painted on the wall."
Ming Shao pursed her lips and smiled, sometimes Jiang Rao could see the little Jiujiu in Jiang Rao's heart, but she didn't say anything, and what she said was just to provoke Jiang Rao's embarrassment, she helped Jiang Rao up and sat back on the chair, There were several knocks on the door of the private room.
It was the waiter from the shop who came to serve the meal on the table.
Jiang Rao wasn't hungry at the moment, so he only ordered bamboo shoot soup, but there was an extra serving of bird's nest among the things the waiter brought up.
"This is not what we ordered." Ming Shao counted and found something strange, and stopped the waiter, who turned around and smiled apologetically, "It's the little one who forgot to make it clear, this is His Highness the Ninth Prince next door ordered it for the girl."
Jiang Rao was taken aback for a moment.
How did Rong Ting know that she was here
She glanced at the wall in the corner where she wanted to hear just now, and wondered if she could be heard in the next room.
Just as he was puzzled, there was another knock on the door. Standing outside the door was Huai Qing.
Huai Qing had a smile on his face, "Please tell Miss Si to stay in the restaurant for a while, and His Highness will come to look for the girl after dinner."
Jiang Rao also knew that Rong Ting really knew that she was here.
She stopped Huai Qing who was about to leave, and asked the doubts in her heart, "Huai Qing, why does your highness know that I am here?"
Huai Qing said: "The slave is only here to help Your Highness pass on a message, and I don't know when His Highness saw the girl."
Jiang Rao was silent for a while, the strange feeling in her heart still persisted, she couldn't figure out when she was seen by Rong Ting.
If he knew that she was here, she must have seen her enter the private room next to him after arriving at the restaurant, but she was always paying attention to her surroundings, obviously not seeing him.
"Girl, maybe the servant has gone back?" Huai Qing asked softly.
"No." Jiang Rao regained consciousness, hesitated for a moment, and asked quietly, "Just now I saw that a second-rank official was also with you, did he...bring his daughter?"
She asked in a low voice, with a somewhat casual tone, but the eyes she looked at Huai Qing faintly revealed that she would not let him go if he didn't tell her.
Huaiqing immediately understood, and he laughed, "That is Mr. Shu from Dali Temple. He didn't bring his daughter here. It's against the rules. We just met outside the teahouse. Mr. Shu deliberately told Mr. Liao about his daughter. Called her to stop, asked her to chat with Lord Liao a few more words, but did not let Miss Shu follow to the teahouse."
Jiang Rao blushed a little.
It turned out that she was really overwhelmed.
Just now she shouldn't scold Mr. Shu in her heart.
"I'm just asking." She was duplicity for the second time today, waved her hands and told Huaiqing to leave, Ming Shao looked at the white fungus and bird's nest soup that was delivered that night, and said, "This is what girls like to eat."
Yu'er agreed, "Your Highness is so kind to the girl."
Jiang Rao bit the bird's nest but felt even more depressed.
She was still thinking about what she asked Huai Qing just now, she forgot to tell him not to tell Rong Ting when he went back, in case Rong Ting knew about her petty behavior...
Huaiqing's temperament is as taciturn as 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 soon after the entertainment, she felt a little nervous.
This time, even if she wanted to hide, she couldn't hide. Today, she had to ask clearly what was going on with the marriage.
Jiang Rao was a little apprehensive about the final result, but she really thought that she would have a good time in the end, and that she would no longer have to worry about it like a few days ago, so her heart was open.
But when Rong Ting came to her place after socializing, she looked at him with a gentle smile, his incomparable handsomeness, all the candid words that she thought of in her heart were put back in her stomach for a while.
If she missed him, even if she searched all over Jinling, even if she went all over Dazhao, she might not be able to find anyone with a better color than him.
Originally, he wanted to be generous and discuss it carefully. If he felt that he could deal with the queen in the past, the marriage would not matter, and she would agree, but this was only in her mind once, and she couldn't say it at all.
"I want to talk to you about our marriage."
This sentence can 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 up before, "Even... even if our marriage is just to understand the urgent It's a temporary plan, after all, it's also a marriage bestowed by the emperor."
Her tone became a little hoarse and stiff, "The emperor wrote it himself, and you can't just withdraw the marriage casually."
After Jiang Rao finished speaking, she bit the tip of her tongue, and she could hear the unforgiving tone in her tone.
Even a little unreasonable.
It's not like there was no precedent for an imperial gifted marriage to eventually break down.
She had the guts to be a villain but not the ability to be a villain, she felt guilty first, her eyes lowered, feeling a little weak.
Rong Ting laughed out loud, 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 looked away annoyed.
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Could it be that she has a bullying temperament? Otherwise, how could it be like she was bullying him every day.
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Yan Nanxun and Liao Qiubai left together, Liao Qiubai sent Lord Shu away, before leaving, Lord Shu said: "Even if it is true what Lord Liao said, Master Xu has raised thousands of dead men who served him, but if you find If you don’t reach those people, there’s nothing you can do about him.”
Liao Qiubai smiled lightly, "Even if he can't find it, Mr. Shu should know that His Highness has the ability to make him unable to turn over."
Shu Yanqing was silent for a while, then said: "The old man knows."
He had never paid attention to the Ninth Prince, who was once disabled, until he came back from Huaizhou, and the emperor wanted to investigate the Xu family, so that he could socialize more with him, and then he gradually paid attention.
At such a young age, his wrist and city government should not be underestimated.
Who the current emperor will appoint as the prince is a matter that the courtiers can't understand for a while.
Shu Yanqing frowned slightly thinking of many things in the officialdom in recent days, and said to Liao Qiubai: "If your Highness and Master Liao are useful to me, it's okay to say so."
Already have the intention to take refuge.
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Rong Ting looked at the little girl's domineering, then annoyed lowered his head, smiling brightly with the corners of his lips curled up, his little canine teeth looming, his hands quietly stretched out from under the table, touching Jiang Rao's knees once and for all, forcefully Moderately moving up without breaking the rules, although a little dishonest, but more like a child who wants to attract attention with small movements, wants Jiang Rao to notice him, wants her to cast her lowered eyes on him, He nodded lightly, but looked at Jiang Rao like a little leopard clenching his prey.
When she looked at him, his fingertips stopped, "Niannian, there is something you should know."
Today, he is wearing a dark red python-pattern gown, showing a faint arrogance and nobility. His every move is still dignified and elegant, but he still has the same face with red lips and white teeth. Low, the demeanor is still as cute and begging for mercy as before.
Jiang Rao looked back at him and couldn't look away.
"I will marry no one but you."