"How did they get together?" Jiang Rao asked.
The maid shook her head, "I don't know, Miss, do you want to go out to meet them now? The Fourth Master and His Highness the Ninth Prince are waiting in the Qingqing Pavilion."
Jiang Rao nodded immediately, "Take me there."
Thinking of her father's tone of voice every time he said "that kid in the west of the city", and his expression of beard blowing and staring.
Jiang Rao felt intuitively that it would not be a good thing for the two of them to get together.
…
Inside the Qingqing Pavilion, the picture is rarely harmonious.
Fourth Master Jiang glanced at the red marks on the young man's sickly pale arm that looked like thorns -
Miserable is really miserable.
He was too embarrassed to show his stinky face.
He frowned, and he remembered the few times he had seen Xiao Rongting when he was still in Jinling for many years.
He used to really think that the scrawny kid wouldn't survive.
It would be fine if Empress Jiahe didn't have a biological child, and it might become his umbrella.
But then there was the Seventeenth Prince.
Emperor Zhaowu favored the child's mother, saying that it was love at first sight, but to put it bluntly, it was just for sex, not much affection. He has many sons, and he doesn't have much affection for this child.
If it was him, there are so many children, I’m afraid I can’t remember which one is called, the number is one, two, three, four, five, six, the oldest, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...
It is really not easy for the number nine to survive till now.
Fourth Master Jiang suddenly remembered something.
Looking at Rong Ting with a serious face, "Have you met my daughter in the palace?"
Regardless of whether he is pitiful or not, it is very possible that he is close to the water!
Rong Ting didn't hide anything about this matter, he nodded and admitted.
The old father was heartbroken.
In today's situation, he lifted a rock and threw it on his own feet.
If he didn't go back to Jinling, how could there be such a thing today
Then his daughter already knew that Rong Ting was the Ninth Prince, she already knew that Rong Ting was the boy who almost made a baby kiss with her!
My feet hurt, now my feet hurt.
Fourth Master Jiang's tone was deep, implying to Rong Ting, "What happened in the past is in the past."
When Rong Ting was talking about him taking Jiang Rao and leaving Jinling without saying goodbye, even though his heart was torn apart like a little wolf's claws, because he was Jiang Rao's father, his expression was gentle and kind, "Yeah."
The two maintained a superficial peace.
But Fourth Master Jiang thought about it, and was still very unhappy to see Rong Ting and his daughter together, so he coughed, "Your Highness, why don't you go back to the palace first, and I will arrange someone to deliver the medicine to you later." go."
Rong Ting's eyes dimmed.
Jiang Siye felt a little guilty, he was scratched by the cat, and he would be better if he took medicine earlier.
What's more, he let him walk such a long way.
But that guilt, which was only the size of a sesame seed, was nothing compared to his disgust for the brat who might abduct his daughter.
He didn't just say fuck off, he had already endured it very hard.
At this time, there was a crisp voice from behind, "Daddy."
Fourth Master Jiang turned around.
His daughter, whom he hadn't seen for several days, ran towards him with her skirt in her hands.
The daughter is really a treasure, no matter how old she is, she will feel happy just by looking at her.
It's only been a few days since we saw each other, and he's been thinking about it so much, he'll be fine if he wants to get married in the future.
Fourth Master Jiang firmly turned his head, faced Rong Ting, and gave the order to evict the guest.
"Ninth Prince, please go back. After a while, I will ask the servant to deliver the medicine to you."
"What kind of medicine?" Jiang Rao asked curiously, already running up to Fourth Master Jiang.
Seeing that Fourth Master Jiang didn't blow his beard and stare at Rong Ting in person, he felt a little relieved, but when he heard Fourth Master Jiang's words, he immediately raised his ears.
"Nothing."
"Been scratched by a cat."
Fourth Master Jiang was secretive, while Rong Ting calmly rolled up his sleeves and made a sound at the same time.
The red mark on the boy's arm seemed to be darker than the dark red thread on the shirt.
The action is not very deliberate.
The scar on the arm is very eye-catching.
Jiang Rao glanced at the wound on his arm, then turned to Pomegranate.
I probably guessed that Shiliu sneaked off to Shouhuai Palace again in the morning.
No matter how many court ladies can't stand it, it's really not in vain.
Pomegranate is nestling in Fourth Master Jiang's arms right now.
Jiang Rao looked at it and shook his head slowly.
This cat eats people's mice and scratches people's arms.
Bad cats are bad.
Pomegranate grabbed the beard on Fourth Master Jiang's chin and had a great time playing, unaware that his reputation was damaged.
Jiang Rao called Ming Shao to carry the pomegranate, Gu Ren took care of the injured one first, pushed up Rong Ting's wheelchair familiarly, and said to Fourth Master Jiang: "Daddy, my aunt has medicine, here is Li Shuxiang. The palace is not far away, I will take him to Shuxiang Palace to apply medicine, you have been busy for a few days, go back to the mansion and rest first."
After finishing speaking, Fourth Master Jiang didn't speak for a while, so Jiang Rao took Rong Ting's wheelchair away as he agreed.
Jiang Siye is a male relative, and he cannot enter the harem without asking for an order.
Because Emperor Zhaowu invited him to paint, he was fortunate enough to stay in the palace for a few more days, which is already rare. Still can't enter the harem.
At most, he could only wait for his daughter to come out to find him in this gazebo outside the palace.
But Rong Ting is not yet sixteen, and still lives in the palace. If there are court ladies and eunuchs watching, he can move around in a wider range in the harem.
Fourth Master Jiang looked at his daughter's back, a mouthful of old blood clogged his throat.
I can't wait to hug pomegranate back and scratch him twice to make my daughter feel sorry for his old father.
…
At this time Jiang Rao hurried back.
Fourth Master Jiang was so moved that he burst into tears—
The daughter still has his old father in her heart!
As for the Ninth Prince, he must be too pitiful to make his daughter feel soft and sympathetic.
Jiang Rao handed a letter into Fourth Master Jiang's arms, "I almost forgot, Daddy, this letter is for you."
Fourth Master Jiang accepted it.
"It's a very important letter." Jiang Rao said.
But her eyes wandered to the side, she didn't dare to look into Jiang Siye's eyes, and she started to retreat in small steps, "Daddy, wait until I'm gone and watch it, after finishing it, tell mother, and then destroy it." Don’t let anyone know about it.”
After speaking, he slipped away.
Jiang Rao thought for a long time, how to tell her father about helping the Ninth Prince.
Her father would definitely not be happy if she ruined her father's plan of just sitting on the sidelines and watching the tigers fight.
Thinking about it—
It's better to write a letter.
In this way, when Fourth Master Jiang reads the letter, she will not be by his side, and will not be scolded or beaten.
Fourth Master Jiang looked at her back as she ran away in a hurry, and felt that this was not a good letter.
But because of the solemnity in her daughter's words, after returning to the mansion, the servants in the house were dismissed, and the letter was opened.
Jiang Rao knew that she wrote the reason, and wrote clearly the things in the dream, others would only think she was crazy.
So I just wrote in the letter that my daughter is not filial, she wants to be the ninth prince, and hopes that her father will be fulfilled.
She has been obedient since she was a child, and she does her own way, only this time.
Fourth Master Jiang read the letter.
His beard almost broke in anger.
Unfilial, she also knows that she is unfilial!
He worked hard to keep her away from all the places of right and wrong, but his daughter still picked the one with the most right and wrong, and walked in step by step.
Jiang Qinshi was beside Fourth Master Jiang, seeing his gloomy face, she also frowned.
"My lord, please be at ease."
She knew that because her daughter was abducted when she was six years old and almost never found, her husband has been very cautious about her daughter's affairs since then.
But this cautiousness is a bit too much.
"Children have their own destiny," she persuaded.
Jiang Siye's eyes were full of indelible concern, all worried about his daughter, and finally seemed to be relieved, helplessly, with a wry smile, "Fortunately, her letter was not written to ask me to help her get married. .”
"I definitely won't let her marry a man who may have a lot of wives and concubines. My daughter doesn't need to be wronged like this." Fourth Master Jiang raised his hand, and stretched out a corner of the letter paper into the candlelight.
The thin paper caught fire and was gradually consumed by the flames.
Jiang Qinshi asked: "Then what is the master's plan now?"
"Whatever you want to do every year, let her do it." The candlelight reflected Jiang Siye's broad shoulders like a mountain, "She assists the person she wants to help, and does what she wants to do, and I will not stop her. But I will always be behind Nian Nian, protecting her and protecting her."
This is the meaning of agreeing to Jiang Rao.
Jiang Qinshi smiled in relief, and took Jiang Siye's hand.
"However." Fourth Master Jiang changed the subject, "Even if I promise this, I will not use my power to support the Ninth Prince."
He hummed: "The power in my hands only protects my wife and children."
He had to see what kind of ecstasy soup this kid had given his daughter, so that her daughter would always stand by his side and forget about his old father.
The old father was pondering his ideas in his heart, thinking of some ways to change his daughter's mind.
…
Shuxiang Palace, side courtyard. According to Jiang Rao's instructions, the maid brought the medicine.
In the small cyan box, there is a cool ointment.
The maid wanted to give Rong Ting some medicine, but Jiang Rao called her back: "Give me the medicine."
Although she saw that the young man had the tendency to develop into a pure and good man, Jiangshan was easy to change and his nature was hard to change. He was still a bit withdrawn, and when he went out, even if it was not convenient for him to sit in a wheelchair, he would not let the palace servants serve him by his side.
Asking the maid to give him medicine, I'm afraid it's another bad luck for him.
Jiang Rao held the small box in the palm of her hand, pressed the lid with her palm and unscrewed it, revealing the ointment inside.
She handed the medicine to Rong Ting, "The medicine is for you."
Rong Ting didn't take the medicine for a while, but after thinking about it, he still took the medicine, lowered his head, and after applying it, Jiang Rao wanted to take the medicine away, but he lowered his head, showing his neck, "There is also on the back of the neck, I can't see it. arrive."
"You help me," he said.
Jiang Rao glanced at it.
Rong Ting's long dark hair was tied high and sideways to one side of his face, revealing his clear jawline and slender neck like jade.
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On the top, there are indeed a few thin red marks, pressing the old scars of different shades.
There are wounds all over the neck, new and old.
Even though he had seen those old wounds before, Jiang Rao couldn't hold back, let out a "hiss", and gasped.
She calmly took the medicine from Rong Ting's hand, she didn't use her hands, but used a washed white jade spoon to dab the ointment, and dabbed it on the wound on the back of Rong Ting's neck.
She leaned over to get closer, her warm breath hit his neck, Rong Ting's eyes darkened, and she couldn't help thinking of the drunken night——
Rong Ting felt that he might be sick.
It's just that she is closer, and I feel at ease.
Jiang Rao saw abnormal flushing behind Rong Ting's ears.
The cool jade spoon put some medicine on it, and put it behind his ear.
The movements are extremely gentle and careful.
Because she saw some wounds, the skin was scratched, and the medicine must be very painful.
This was scratched really hard.
After applying the medicine, she tilted her head to look at Rong Ting, frowned and asked, "Is this all scratched by the pomegranate?"
Jiang Rao was a little surprised why pomegranate would scratch people.
Except when pomegranate is like a cat when it catches mice, it is like a little pig at other times. It either eats or sleeps all day long.
She had only been with it for a few days, and she hadn't seen it scratch her because it didn't recognize her.
"En." Rong Ting's eyes darkened, his fingers curled up, and all the nails were put in the palm of his hand, including the hidden weapon between his fingers.
Jiang Rao turned her head and called a maid to come over, "Go and repair pomegranate's claws, we can't ask it to scratch people anymore."
Let her see, this guy may not be a first-time offender.
It's just that everyone in the palace knows that it is Concubine Yun's cat, a nobleman among cats, and no one dares to make trouble for it.
The aristocratic Pomegranate, who was sent by the maid to cut his nails for no reason, was pinched by two meat pads by the maid, and meowed, with a dazed look on his big round face.
Without knowing it, its reputation was damaged again.
…
Jiang Rao brought Rong Ting to wash the side courtyard of Xiang Palace, not just to give him medicine.
The ones in the dream still have to be told to him.
Dismissing the maids, leaving Ming Shao alone, Jiang Rao said to Rong Ting: "The two eunuchs beside you are called Si Ying and Huai Qing. She has a cunning personality, has some problems, and is easy to be bribed."
What the court lady heard earlier was that Si Ying was clever and Huai Qing was honest, but Jiang Rao knew that Si Ying would be bought by the queen, so she labeled Si Ying as a cunning without hesitation.
Rong Ting looked slightly startled.
But it wasn't surprising that Si Ying had a problem.
It will be a matter of time before Si Ying colludes with the Queen.
He even facilitated it behind the scenes.
Si Ying and Huai Qing are two servants, Si Ying is slippery and snobbish.
He had known for a long time that Si Ying had some small actions that were not loyal enough, but he never did it, but waited.
Waiting for Si Ying to completely vote for the queen, seeing his despondent and frustrated appearance, he went to tell the queen some false news.
Wait until the day when Si Ying is useless, and then find a reason to get rid of Si Ying.
Killing the chickens to make an example to the monkeys cut off the possibility of Huaiqing being bought by the queen. He used both kindness and power to cultivate loyal servants for himself.
He has endured it for more than ten years and will not be in a hurry.
He just didn't expect that Jiang Rao would also think of this.
Fortunately, he only thought of her as the kind of little girl who was so well protected by her family, who didn't know suffering, and thought that everyone in the world was good. After all, she was kind-hearted and her face looked innocent and innocent.
Before I asked her if she had made up her mind to help him, and she had never coveted what she could do for him. This journey would only be a dangerous one with many thorns, and he still wanted to fight alone.
As I said, all prosperity, one loss, one loss. In the end, glory to her. If something unexpected happens, he will definitely think of a safe way out for her.
And he, as long as he knows that she is there.
But when he didn't know, she helped him find out the details of the servant.
Smarter than he thought.
It's just that the plan in his heart to scare chickens and monkeys is too dark and cruel, so if he speaks out... she will definitely be afraid of him.
His hands trembled, as if hearing this for the first time, an expression of disbelief appeared on his pale face.
Looking at him like this, Jiang Rao became more and more anxious, fearing that he would be fooled by the eunuch named Si Ying, and said, "Find a reason, and drive Si Ying out of Shouhuai Palace before he does anything bad. .”
According to Jiang Rao's thinking, even if Si Ying is hateful, the worst punishment would be to let him be relegated to the clan mansion at most.
But Rongting's methods are much more ruthless.
He nodded, as if agreeing, but the original plan in his heart remained unchanged.
Offenders have only one way to be killed.
"If there is a shortage of people in your palace, I will pick good people and ask the maid and aunt next to my aunt to go to the respect room to say a few words and send them to you."
Jiang Rao thought that Rong Ting was still sitting in a wheelchair, and there were only two eunuchs around her, one of whom had a different heart. Most likely, she didn't have many servants around her when she was a child, and she didn't develop her eyesight. Mammy taught some principles of managing people and affairs.
She said: "When employing people, it's okay to level the water, and it's okay to give some small favors, to see who is easy to be tempted by money, and those who are greedy for small profits are often easy to let others buy them with greater sweetness. answer."
She regarded Rong Ting as a poor little girl who had no chance to understand the world, so she talked too much for a while.
In the end, she went back to the matter of her wanting to help Rong Ting add a few servants, "In your palace, do you want me to help you choose someone?"
This is very important.
Although Jiang Rao wanted to choose someone by herself, she would feel at ease with the one chosen in this way, but thinking of Rong Ting's suspicious and withdrawn personality, she felt that he might not agree.
But he didn't expect that he should simply say, "If you want, I will agree."
No matter what she asked for, as long as he could do it, he would agree.
Just thinking that she cared so much about his affairs, she couldn't help but smile slightly.
A pair of good-looking eyes are shining brightly, and the hostility is weakened. On the handsome face, the sense of distance, which is as cold as ice and snow, has weakened a lot.
Only then did she discover that under his left eye, in the center, there was a very small tear mole, which was darker than the color of his hair, even leaning towards dark red, which made his already delicate and beautiful face even more bewildering.
Jiang Rao was a little stunned for a moment.
A small moment passed before she came back to her senses and turned her eyes away.
Annoyed that he was distracted by beauty.
He couldn't help but think that her mother and aunt were right, seeing a beautiful person would make her feel happy.
At this time, Jiang Rao thought of a very important matter.
In the dream, after Si Ying was bought by the queen, the queen asked Si Ying to add medicine to Rong Ting's food, so that Rong Ting would not have the opportunity to participate in the spring exam of Bailu Academy and learn from Yan Nanxun.
The driver agreed.
She asked Rong Ting: "Would you like to participate in the spring exam at Bailu Academy in March?"
Rong Ting nodded.
Bailu Academy is the best academy in Dazhao, but Bailu Academy was run by Yan Nanxun.
Mr. Yan is proud and arrogant. He has lived a noble life all his life. He doesn't care about the rich and powerful, and he doesn't bow his head for five buckets of rice.
Even if he is a relative of the emperor or a noble prince, if he wants to enter his academy, he has to pass the spring test before he can enter.
Almost all the smartest scholars in Dazhao are there. If you can enter this academy, you will have a much wider way to attract capable people and wise men.
Therefore, the rich and powerful want to send their children there.
Jiang Rao pursed her lower lip, her expression a bit more thoughtful.
It was easy to bring down a little eunuch, Si Ying.
But bringing down the queen is not something that can be done in a short while.
Even if there is no Si Ying, the queen must have other ways to prevent Rong Ting from participating in the spring test.
Instead of fighting with the queen with all his heart and soul, he was both worried and frightened. Might as well...
Jiang Rao said, "Do you know that besides the spring exam, there are other ways to enter the academy?"