Jiang Rao was stunned and hesitated.
Hu Tang stood up excitedly, "If you want to go, you can go. If I were you, I wouldn't have a small bell on my wrist, so I wouldn't have to worry about making my mother sick. You can go wherever you want."
The more she talked, the more sad she became.
Jiang Rao glanced at Hu Tang, "You still care about your mother."
Hu Tang nodded slowly, pursed his mouth, "My mother's health is too bad, and my father is not in the capital all year round. Except for me and my sister, no one can accompany her. I have to limit my mischief. You can’t really make me sick.”
"My mother still said that I am a little monkey without a golden hoop, but she is my golden hoop." Hu Tang sat back, lying on the table, playing with the bell on his wrist, and muttered dissatisfied.
Jiang Rao rubbed Hu Tang's head and smiled lightly.
She also has her golden hoop.
Just now when Hu Tang said why he didn't go directly to Yunling, she was really moved.
But she quickly thought of her father and mother. It would take at least seven days to go to Yunling. It took half a month to go back and forth. She had never been away from her parents for so long. If she didn't say hello Just leave, she can't do such a thing.
She comforted herself that there should be nothing wrong with Yunling.
With Chen Bing taking care of him, he should not be neglected or bullied.
"If only people could be split in half." Jiang Rao sighed.
"It would be great if people could be split in half." Hu Tang also sighed.
The two of them were depressed together, Hu Tang suddenly thought of something, and stood up again, "I know there is a caravan that came back from Yunling, since you are curious about what happened to Yunling, do you want to go to Shang The people in the team asked about it?"
"Yes!" Jiang Rao stood up at once.
Hu Tang pursed his lips into a smile, and said confidently, "I'm familiar with this kind of asking for information from people from outside Jinling, and it's on me."
An hour later, Hu Tang proved to Jiang Rao what it meant to be "I'm the best."
She hurriedly opened the door curtain, "I have already invited the cook from the caravan for you."
Following behind Hu Tang, an old lady in coarse linen with a narrow face came in.
"Why is the girl suddenly curious about the plank road?" She stared at Jiang Rao for a long time, her eyes were extremely confused.
A girl with this kind of appearance and temperament knows that she is pampered at a glance and doesn't know the sufferings of the world. How could she care about the construction of the plank road? It's obviously something that has nothing to do with her.
The aunt's words also aroused Hu Tang's curiosity, she tilted her head and glanced at Jiang Rao.
Jiang Rao beckoned Ming Shao to come over, and whispered a few words in her ear.
She looked at the aunt's chapped hands, and asked Ming Shao to go out and buy some ointment.
After Ming Shao left, she looked back at the aunt, and replied vaguely: "The person who built the plank road is my father's friend."
Madam understands.
"You mean Mr. Chen? Mr. Chen is really a good official who cares about the common people. If this plank road can be repaired, it will be much more convenient for us to run caravans all over the world."
"Then when you passed there, did the plank road have started to be repaired? How long will it take to repair it?" Jiang Rao was more concerned about this.
The aunt smiled, "It's easy to repair, easy to repair, everyone can trust Master Chen's ability."
Hu Tang didn't say a word, he looked at Jiang Rao with his chin resting, always feeling that she was so anxious, as if she was expecting someone to come back.
Ming Shao came back at this time and gave the ointment to the aunt, who took the ointment, shrank her hands back, lowered her eyes and said to Jiang Rao: "Miss has a heart."
Jiang Rao's eyes softened, and she slowly shook her head, "It's nothing."
The aunt raised her lowered head, looked at Jiang Rao for a long time, saw her eyes were bright, her attitude was comfortable and sincere, she suddenly sighed, "The thing about building the plank road is actually a bit troublesome."
"Those who are not willing to build plank roads are making trouble."
Hu Tang was taken aback, "Making trouble? I've never heard of such a thing in Jinling."
Jiang Rao was not surprised.
She has seen similar things before.
She was just a little worried that the conflict between the government and the people would affect Rong Ting. He is in a wheelchair and can only rely on guards to protect him, and he has no power to protect himself.
"You are all blessed, how can you listen to this kind of thing." The aunt lowered her voice, "What I said just now, the two girls, don't say it outside, an adult told the people in the caravan specifically, When we get to the capital, if someone asks about the plank road, report the good news and not the bad news."
The aunt's voice became lower and lower, and Jiang Rao keenly caught something from her tone, "There are a lot of troublemakers?"
"This plank road was built for transporting tribute to the imperial palace. If the people want to pass, they have to go to the government to ask for a pass. The local strong men are recruited, but the repaired road cannot be used. The local people are definitely not willing."
The aunt seemed to answer the question, but Jiang Rao already understood.
It sounds like the local people are dissatisfied with the construction of this plank road.
She had seen unruly people making trouble in other places before, including throwing eggs and stones.
Once the person who was smashed with eggs and rocks was replaced by Rong Ting, Jiang Rao couldn't sit still.
After sending the aunt away, Hu Tang asked Jiang Rao, "You already know what you want to know, why are you not happy?"
Jiang Rao's face was troubled, "Seeing is believing, I only hear from other people's mouths, half-truths and half-false, after all, I can't believe them all."
Hu Tang: "What do you mean, you still want to visit Yunling? But didn't you say that your parents wouldn't let it?"
Jiang Rao covered her ears with a troubled expression on her face, "I'll talk about it and see if I can convince them."
But she didn't say anything yet, as if she had already seen her father's obstruction.
…
In Luoxiang Garden of Ning Anbo Mansion, Jiang Qingshan was cooking wine for her husband.
Today Jiang Siye accompanied Qin Shi back to her mother's house and just came back.
The admiral's elder brother and her husband didn't avoid her when they mentioned court affairs, and when they talked about Yunling's plank road, Qin Qingshan couldn't help but think of Rong Ting.
Hot water was boiling in the three-legged tripod, and the sound of boiling hot water was close to the ear, which made the crickets and insects in the courtyard disappear.
Jiang Qinshi used a silver hook to turn over the wine that was floating in the cauldron, and said slowly: "You said earlier that being kind to the Ninth Prince every year is no different from treating a poor kitten and puppy... But people are people after all, and getting along with each other is the same. It's been a long time, and it's always different from how you feel about kittens and puppies. Don't you think that since he left, he's always been absent-minded every year?"
Fourth Master Jiang retorted, "What could be different?"
He didn't like to hear this very much, he frowned, looked at the wine warming in the three-legged tripod on the table, his expression was like the dreary weather outside.
After feeling frustrated for a while, he said in a stubborn tone, "You were wrong."
"When the weather cools down, everyone will fall asleep in autumn. It doesn't happen every year, so there's nothing wrong with it."
Obviously he was refuting his wife, but he convinced himself first with this set of rhetoric, and his face became better.
Jiang Qinshi shook her head helplessly, "Niannian is a little slow, she can't figure out who she likes and doesn't like, why are you deceiving yourself."
Fourth Master Jiang was still stubborn, "Where am I deceiving myself?"
He leaned over to fetch the silver hook in Mrs. Jiang Qin's hand, picked up the warm wine in the three-legged tripod, poured it into the sapphire cup, took a sip, and his expression became more relaxed, "As soon as the Ninth Prince leaves, the young Didn't I find a new friend this year? It's been so many days, I haven't seen her ask the Ninth Prince. If it's like what you said, how can she stay at home? She can't think of ways to go there all day Yunling Mountain in the north?"
There was a knock on the door outside the curtain.
The servant girl went to open the door and chatted with the visitor.
After a while, the servant girl opened the curtain and came back, and reported respectfully.
"Fourth master, madam, just now the maid in the girl's courtyard said that the girl wants to go to Yunling Mountain to see the scenery."
"..."
Jiang Xingzhou slapped the wine bottle on the table, and the wine splashed out. He said to the maid, "Go and call the girl."
Jiang Rao was waiting outside the courtyard.
She sent the servant girl over because she wanted the servant girl to check her father's reaction first.
As soon as the maid came out, Jiang Rao went up to meet her, "How does Daddy look?"
The servant girl said: "Fourth Master doesn't look very good. He heard that you are going to Yunling, and he almost crushed the wine bottle he used for drinking."
Jiang Rao: "..."
The wine bottle her father drank from was his treasure, and it was almost crushed, which seemed unhappy.
She deliberately chose to come here when her father was drinking, thinking that maybe he was in a good mood, and when he got drunk, maybe he agreed to her.
But looking at the current situation... mentioning things related to Rong Ting in front of her father is more effective than hangover soup.
Jiang Rao drooped her little head.
Seeing that she hadn't come in, Fourth Master Jiang opened the curtain by himself. A tall figure stood by the door and said coldly, "Come in."
After Jiang Rao went in, he put down the curtain, went back to sit down on the grand teacher's chair in the house, "Go to Yunling, is it really to see the scenery?"
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Jiang Rao knew that she couldn't hide her thoughts from her father, and he must have guessed that she wanted to see Rong Ting, so she was so angry, so she didn't nod.
Jiang Qin's temperament is soft and gentle, but also transparent.
The father and daughter kept silent and made eye contact. She watched quietly from the sidelines, her heart was like a mirror, she knew everything, smiled, and broke the silence softly, "People are more beautiful than scenery."
Jiang Rao's skin was a little hot.
She is not afraid of her father, but a little afraid of her mother.
Her aunt is also afraid of her mother, with a tiger-like smile on her face, she glances over her with gentle eyes like autumn water, as if she has been stripped clean inside and out, making it impossible to hide.
Jiang Qinshi smiled and looked at her daughter for a long time, and said: "But you are going to Yunling, do you know that your father will be worried?"
Jiang Rao bit her lower lip, and then said slowly: "I didn't go to Yunling to have a private meeting with the Ninth Prince, I just...just..."
But apart from the private meeting, she couldn't think of what she was going to do.
She only knew that if she didn't take a look, she wouldn't be at ease.
Jiang Rao lowered her head, "I know the rules."
Jiang Qinshi looked at her softly, and Jiang Rao thought she must be scolded by her mother, but a gentle voice came from above her head, "Mother will not stop you, since you remember the rules, you said you are going to Yun If you look at the scenery in Ling, then mother will think that you are going to Yunling to look at the scenery, but you must also remember that if you do something wrong, you should be punished, and there will be no less."
Jiang Rao hurriedly shook her head in a rattle-drum style, with "I won't make mistakes" written all over her eyes.
Jiang Qinshi smiled, "It's just that it's a bit late today, and you haven't packed it well. If you really want to go, don't worry about it today. If you leave early tomorrow, you can come back early. Your father can rest assured."
Jiang Rao breathed a sigh of relief as if she had been pardoned.
Fourth Master Jiang was immediately annoyed, and said, "I haven't agreed yet!"
Jiang Qinshi was not annoyed, she got up, "Then you can discuss it later."
But after she walked out, she directly ordered the servant girl to find the coachman who was very familiar with Yunling's landscape. She looked back at the door and smiled. The little maid beside her asked her, "What are you laughing at, madam?"
Looking at the figure of her husband in the house, Jiang Qinshi said firmly, "He will definitely agree in the end."
Fourth Master Jiang, who was pacing back and forth in the room, stopped at this moment, and gave Jiang Rao a cold look, "I still have something to ask you."
Jiang Rao stood up tremblingly, "Father, ask."
What Jiang Fourth Master said was not a question, "Do you know, if I were more ruthless, I would directly exchange your Geng Tie with your cousin's."
His tone was a little heavy.
Jiang Rao's breath was stagnant, and he looked up, and saw a picture album on his pineapple wood table.
A book on the title page - "Gift from Pei Nanyi".
The word "Nanyi" is Pei Songyu's. Jiang Rao thought for a moment, remembering the conversation with Pei Songyu in the gazebo.
Dad probably knew something.
She lowered her head and traced the sides of the stone-blue crane-patterned boots on Jiang Siye's feet with her eyes. She spoke softly but firmly, "But you won't."
Her expression looked a little sad.
Fourth Master Jiang didn't speak for a long time, looking at Jiang Rao.
The long silence was finally broken by two soft thumps of his fingers tapping on the table.
"Yunling, let's go." He said in a word, "I allow you to go, don't be sad."