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Rong Ting walked towards them, Jiang Rao saw him coming, subconsciously turned his toes towards him, took the cloak that was draped over his arm and held it for himself.
Rong Ting cooperated with her movement of wanting to take away his arm-bending cloak, and bent slightly. From the corner of his eyes, seeing Jiang Jinxing standing aside and watching them, he straightened up a little, put his arms around Jiang Rao's shoulders, and held Jiang Rao Pulling closer to his side, he asked Jiang Jinxing, "When did my brother-in-law come?"
As time goes by, his habits are completely different from when he was a teenager. He is used to smiling when he looks at people, but the smile is always the same. His narrow eyes are like shining and warm crescents when he smiles. The little mole swallowed and disappeared.
Jiang Jinxing frowned.
After being thrown into the academy to study at the age of eight, he took a lot of care from Rong Ting there, and he couldn't be more satisfied with Rong Ting being his brother-in-law.
And when Jiang Rao got married, he tried to talk to his elder sister in Uncle Ning'an's mansion but couldn't find anyone, so he gradually felt uncomfortable, and finally turned around.
Rong Ting, who is good at calculating, 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? He also got a lot of his elder sister's preferences and whereabouts from him.
It was clear that he had plotted against his sister early on.
Since he had planned it long ago, he misunderstood him for a long time. He had no intention of showing his elder sister, thinking every day how to help his elder sister get back the husband she wanted... Really... Jiang Jinxing thought clearly about the entanglement inside, and his heart Somewhat dissatisfied.
He wanted Rong Ting to be his brother-in-law before, firstly, his sister liked it, and seeing Rong Ting's eyes seemed to be filled with stars, and secondly, he also had face, Rong Ting was smart and good at kung fu, which just made up for his lack of a brother .
But now he feels a little disgusted by Rong Ting's cleverness.
Such a smart person, it's okay when he likes his sister, but if he doesn't like him one day, he may not have the ability to help his sister to seek justice.
No matter how good Rong Ting's appearance is, in his heart, men in this world are not as handsome as himself, Jiang Jinxing replied lightly, "I came here a few hours ago. I have nothing to do. Let's see if there is anything I can help The place."
"Oh." Rong Ting mentioned casually, "I know your sister is giving out porridge, so I came back earlier today."
Just now Jiang Rao wanted to ask Rong Ting why he came back so early today, seeing him talking to her younger brother, she didn't step forward to disturb him, when she heard Rong Ting's words, she secretly smiled and gently touched him hand, suddenly left.
Jiang Jinxing immediately had a subtle feeling of being compared, but he had already told Jiang Rao in a desperate manner just now that his parents drove him here, so he couldn't change his words, he could only sulk himself.
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Jiang Rao and Rong Ting only used a small round table for meals on weekdays. Although the table is small, the workmanship is exquisite. The material is high-quality small-leaf red sandalwood. Although it was a small round table, the two of them were very warm when they sat around it. Today, there was one more person, and they immediately seemed a little cramped.
Jiang Jinxing looked at the two people on the opposite side, holding the celadon porcelain bowl in his hand, and did not move his chopsticks for a long time.
There was a small bamboo basket on the dining table, and the boiled chestnuts were drained and filled with water. Rong Ting pulled up his sleeve and peeled off one, and habitually handed it to Jiang Rao's mouth.
Jiang Rao remembered that Jiang Jinxing was still there, so she didn't dare to open her mouth to accept the feeding as usual, she pushed the bowl, blinked her wet eyes silently, and asked Rong Ting to put the chestnuts into her bowl.
Rong Ting was obedient and let go, but gently rubbed the toe of Jiang Rao's embroidered pear flower with the toe of his boot, expressing his dissatisfaction silently.
With a glance, Jiang Jinxing guessed how the two of them got along in private, and was immediately bored.
He peeled the chestnuts by himself, feeling very lonely, peeled the chestnuts, put them in a golden heap on the plate, but did not touch any of them.
After a while, he pushed the bowl away, said "I'm full", and went to the yard first.
Jiang Rao still remembers what Jiang Jinxing wanted to say to her, and seeing that he never mentioned it, she felt a faint feeling in her heart.
He seemed to want to avoid Rong Ting.
She noticed this, and she was inexplicably puzzled.
Is there anything that Rong Ting can't let Rong Ting know
Seeing Jiang Rao's gaze following Jiang Jinxing's back, Rong Ting slowly put down his chopsticks and said to her, "I'll go and have a look."
He walked out the door, and Jiang Jinxing was standing on the porch, leaning against the wall thinking about something, when Rong Ting's footsteps came, he quickly came back to his senses, and called out "Brother-in-law."
Rong Ting looked at him with a little more deep meaning, staring at Jiang Jinxing, watching him feel hairy, just when he was wondering if Rong Ting knew what he accidentally learned, Rong Ting opened his eyes. He sighed, "Have you learned all your homework?"
In front of Rong Ting, Jiang Jinxing did not dare to lie, and replied honestly: "So-so, but recently Mr. Yan went back to his hometown to visit relatives, so I have some free time."
Rong Ting nodded and said nothing.
Jiang Jinxing recollected Rong Ting's expression and understood something.
He has been running to Prince Qi's mansion more frequently in recent days, because he has been annoyed.
"A man came to the porridge stand just now."
Rong Ting looked sideways slightly, and turned his gaze to Jiang Jinxing.
"Brother-in-law must not have guessed who it is." Jiang Jinxing pretended to be mysterious, "Sister wanted to tell you from the beginning, but I stopped her. If I told you directly, I'm afraid you lost all thoughts of eating and just wanted to go to Dali Temple. "
"Second Miss Shen, Shen Xiuying."
There was not much surprise in Rong Ting's eyes.
He already knew.
He knows all the movements in the house.
In the eyes as deep as the sea, there was a bit of anger hidden.
Although he still doesn't have great power in his hands, the things he wants to control can only be safe if he can control everything in his hands.
The Shen family caught fire and burned Mrs. Shen to death, as well as Shen Que's second daughter. He found out that there was no news of one of the Shen family's servants. That maid was about the same age and shape as Shen Que's second daughter...
At that time, he guessed that Shen Xiuying was still alive, so he sent people to look for her, and also arranged eyeliner at the gate of the city.
But Shen Xiuying was finally brought back by Jiang Jinxing.
He thinks that he has laid a net of heaven and earth, but there are still fish that slip through the net, this is what he can't bear.
Rong Ting's voice became gloomy and cold following his mood, "Miss Shen Er, I will interrogate myself."
Jiang Jinxing is not like Jiang Rao, who stays away from 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 still teasing cats and dogs all day long, he seemed out of shape, but the intrigue in the court had already jumped over those who wrote about heroic deeds. The talking book has become his favorite thing to listen to when he is pastime.
He knew what kind of reputation Rong Ting had in the court.
When Rong Ting left the mansion, Jiang Jinxing found Jiang Rao, "Before sister, did you always want to get close to Princess Xiang and her daughter, Xie Xi?"
When Jiang Rao did this, she didn't deliberately hide it from the people around her. She was not surprised that Jiang Jinxing knew about it, but was a little surprised that he cared about her. She nodded and corrected: "It's not that I want to get close to you." , I just want to find out why Princess Xiang is clearly the daughter of the father-in-law, but why she always hides from the father-in-law?"
Jiang Rao had already had all kinds of guesses in her heart, and the one she felt the most reliable was Princess Xiang who resented her father for favoring her sister Xu Lanruo.
She found out that the relationship between Princess Xiang and Queen Jiahe was not good when they were in the boudoir.
It's only natural for Princess Xiang to feel jealous when the first sister enters the palace and becomes a queen all the way.
She guessed that Princess Xiang was driven by this jealousy and gradually cut off contact with the Xu family.
Jiang Rao told Jiang Jinxing exactly what she was thinking, and said: "I wanted to find out before, because I wanted to know if I could find the handle of the Master of the State from Princess Xiang. Now that the Xu family has lost power, I will There is no need to stare at the mother and daughter anymore."
After listening to her words patiently, Jiang Jinxing finally couldn't help laughing.
His tone was still full of sarcasm, "The daughters of the father-in-law are notoriously filial daughters."
"What do you mean..." Jiang Rao frowned.
"Concubine Xiang didn't resent Mr. Xu." Jiang Jinxing said firmly: "Master Xu married her to King Xiang because he wanted her to keep a close eye on King Xiang, secretly to restrain King Xiang's power, so as not to have a close relationship with King Xiang The third prince took away the crown prince. However, the matter 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. Princess Xiang was useless as a pawn. Her father-in-law's influence does not dare to cast her down. Now that Princess Xiang is hated by her husband, and also by Xu Guozhang, she has become depressed now."
Jiang Rao was stunned, and after a while, she found her own voice, "What if she is lying to you?"
Jiang Jinxing frowned, very dissatisfied with her distrust, "You only know how to start with Princess Xiang and Xie Xi, but you don't know that women's minds are sometimes more difficult to guess. What's on your mind, you have to say it the other way , 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, digesting the ins and outs of what Jiang Jinxing said, and suddenly turned cold, "Prince Xiang is drunk, why are you by his side? Didn't you also drink?"
Jiang Jinxing frowned, and said angrily: "It's not that you are always checking on Princess Xiang, but you are clumsy and can't find anything, so I tried to find a way to establish a good relationship with King Xiang , what is wine, I even paid for Xiaoliu."
"little six?"
"My cricket."
"Prince Xiang loves to fight crickets. Xiao Liuquan, who I trained to be number one in Jinling, lost to him on purpose and gave the crickets to him. He took the crickets I gave him, and he was always good. Others praised him for being good at training crickets. How can I do that?" A cricket that is easy to train, the reputation has been given to him, so 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, begging for it confidently.
Jiang Rao wanted to remind him a few words, but at this moment, she didn't understand. She knew immediately that her younger brother had helped her find King Xiang a few months ago.
Jiang Rao was quick enough to give the money, and gave him a bank note with a face value of one hundred taels.
Jiang Jinxing held the banknote in his hand, patted it twice in the palm of his hand, raised the corners of his lips, but stretched out his hand again, and handed the banknote back to Jiang Rao.
Jiang Rao was amazed at his rare generosity, when Jiang Jinxing's voice sounded again, "The account of the thousand taels is my cricket's account, and the hard work of getting the news from King Xiang, I have to continue to calculate it." Nah."
He talked about money with open eyes, and smiled as if he could urge February's peach blossom bones to bloom, "Sister, I won't embarrass you, just take back the thousand taels, and after the spring, buy dozens of tans of rice and put them in the grain In the shop, help me run the business, if it can be sold, the principal and interest will be returned to me, if it cannot be sold, it will not be too late to give me another thousand taels, will it work?"
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Jiang Rao took back the bank note, said "heh", and said angrily and helplessly, "Success."
This will be calculated, and she doesn't have to worry that he will squander the treasury of Ning'anbo Mansion in the future.
Jiang Jinxing rubbed his throat, "I'm tired of talking, tea."
Jiang Rao sent Ming Shao down to make tea, and put the bank notes back in the drawer.
When Ming Shao came back with the pot and poured tea for the two masters, Jiang Rao thought of something and asked Jiang Jinxing, "What about Prince Xiang's mansion...why did you wait until your brother-in-law left to tell me?"
How can there be a place to hide this matter from Rong Ting
Jiang Jinxing drank half a cup of tea, and looked at Jiang Rao in amazement, "You have been by his side for so long, and you never noticed anything?"
Jiang Rao frowned slightly, and asked, "What do you want me to notice?"
"Don't you think that revealing the matter about Princess Xiang in front of King Xiang is very much like a brother-in-law?"