The guards stepped into the courtyard one after another, but when they arrived in the courtyard, the courtyard was quiet and empty, and there was no one there.
The moon in the sky is big and round, reflecting the shadow of a tree in the courtyard.
There is no wind on all sides, but the shadow of the thickest branch of the plane tree trembles on the bluestone floor.
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A guard immediately looked up sharply, looked at the plane tree, and shouted, "He's there!"
Those with good lightness skills rushed to chase, but the guard with the arrow in his hand didn't move, but drew his bow and released the arrow. The arrow was like a shooting star, and he chased after him, faster than a human.
There was the sound of clothes being blown by the wind and cloth being torn in the air.
After two cups of tea, the place returned to silence.
The guards who went to chase came back one after another, all with annoyed expressions on their faces, the thieves broke into the mansion in the middle of the night, and they went straight to the fourth master's study, it was a big deal. They lit up the lanterns, went into the study and checked that Jiang Siye's calligraphy and paintings were not missing, and then went to report the news to Jiang Siye that there were thieves breaking into the mansion in the middle of the night.
The guard pleaded guilty and said: "Fourth Master, this subordinate was not good at handling the affairs, which caused the thief to escape. However, he was shot by an arrow in his right arm, so he probably won't dare to come back in the future."
Jiang Xingzhou frowned.
Jiang Rao has been locked in the study by him all this time. Today, just one day after entering the palace, the study was met with thieves.
If the thief had come here sooner...
Who knows if he's trying to steal his painting or his daughter
He was furious, and his face turned livid.
It was still dark outside.
Fourth Master Jiang looked up at the dark night, and said to the guards: "We need to let the police on the street know about this. If he is a thief, since he came to Ning'an Bo's mansion, he may not go to other people's house; if he is not a thief …”
He clenched his fists, and said with rejoicing and fear: "Fortunately, Niannian is not at the house today. When she comes back, send more people to guard her yard."
The guard took the order, but hesitated before leaving, "Then fourth master, do you need more people in your study?"
"I used to find the best guards to guard my calligraphy and paintings, right?" Jiang Xingzhou waved his hand casually, and said calmly, "Transfer those skilled ones to Niannian's place to protect her, which is more important? , you should know it in your own mind."
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The news that Uncle Ning'an's mansion had recruited thieves spread throughout the streets and alleys of Jinling the next day, and also reached Concubine Yun's Shuxiang Palace.
Concubine Yun Gui was invited by a concubine with whom she didn't get along well to admire plum blossoms at Meilin's place. At the moment when she was in the middle of the day, her genius was dim, and she got up to do her makeup.
Originally, her appearance was already beautiful, and she still needed to be carved with jade. Only when her makeup was perfect, Concubine Yun was satisfied.
Jiang Rao had something on her mind, and she didn't sleep deeply. She woke up just as the morning sun broke through the clouds, and there was a ball of fluffy white beside the bed.
Pomegranate seemed to know that she was in a bad mood, so she slept on her couch all night, and when she woke up, she quickly meowed and entangled her.
After Jiang Rao cleaned up, he took it out, picked up a ball of clean snow under the palace wall, and made a snow mouse for it to play with.
Pomegranate was very excited, but it was a pity that the snow mouse was useless, and the pomegranate crushed it when its claws fell down.
The little white cat became unhappy, and jumped out of Jiang Rao's embrace, leaving a string of footprints in the shape of plum blossoms on the snow.
Outside the palace wall, the people who went to the palace were talking about the thief in Jiang Siye's study, and they were guessing who the thief was. Inside the palace wall, Jiang Rao was bending over to pick up the pomegranate. In her ears, her movements faltered slowly.
The thief who sneaked into the study in the middle of the night
Isn't it the Wu Que who came to deliver things to her with Rong Ting's orders
"Ning'an Bo's mansion is heavily guarded, so the thief broke in. At this moment, the dignitaries in Jinling, as well as wealthy businessmen with rich families, are all in panic, afraid of being stolen."
"I don't think they need to be afraid. From my point of view, the thief probably went after Mr. Jiang's own or those rare and famous paintings in his collection. Maybe, it's not a thief who steals money, but a painting idiot Phrases."
At this time, there was a sound from the side.
"The thief, was he not caught?"
The two maids raised their eyes and saw Jiang Rao standing in front of them with the cat in their arms. They bowed their heads respectfully to her, "I've seen Miss Four."
One of them answered her question just now, "The thief was not caught, but don't worry, girl, there is nothing missing in Fourth Master's study."
Jiang Rao thought to himself, of course there will be nothing missing.
Wu Que was there to give her something, not to steal it.
It is really a bit wronged to be labeled as a thief for no reason.
But she couldn't jump out and explain. If she explained, let her father know that her father didn't want to agree, and now he won't agree.
"Miss, don't worry about this. Someone came from the uncle's house. They only intend to tell the empress about this, and they don't intend to tell the girl. The purpose is to prevent the girl from worrying." He was caught. He was shot in the arm by the guard's arrow last night, as long as he shows up in the hospital, he will be caught by the people waiting there."
Jiang Rao raised her eyes in amazement, "Injured?" Was Wu Que injured
"Yeah, no matter how capable he is, he is only one person. He is no match for so many guards. After all, he is outnumbered. I heard that his injured arm is his right arm. Even if he doesn't go to the hospital, his behavior must be different from ordinary people. , mixed in the crowd, it's easy to recognize, girl, don't worry, he can't escape."
Jiang Rao: "..."
It was because she couldn't escape that she couldn't relax.
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Jiang Rao couldn't go out of the palace, and Ming Shao wasn't around. She couldn't trust the new maid, and couldn't find someone to help her pass the news outside the palace. I knew them well, and asked them for help, so I got rid of those new maids for a while.
She walked all the way to the imperial garden.
Today, the concubines are all enjoying the flowers in the plum grove, but the imperial garden looks deserted.
When she left Shuxiang Palace, the snow was still light, but when she came to the Imperial Garden, the snow fell heavily. She was wearing a powder velvet snow jacket, but she didn't feel cold.
Jiang Rao carried the pomegranate and went to a camellia tree to hide from the snow. Looking up at the snow, she saw a camellia that was half white and half pink, which was very rare. She couldn't help stretching out her hand. I went to pick it, but she was so petite that she couldn't reach it even on tiptoe.
The pomegranate jumped out of her arms and jumped onto the tree. Jiang Rao hurriedly pointed to the branch with the camellia she wanted, "Pomegranate, go there."
When the pomegranate moved, half of the branches of the whole tree were lowered. Jiang Rao hurriedly picked off the flower. All the branches were shaking, and the accumulated snow on the branches was like falling fruit, and they all rushed towards her. Smash it over.
Jiang Rao subconsciously covered her face with her hands, but she was not really hit by snowflakes as she expected.
She slowly moved away the arm that was blocking her view, and a clean and picturesque face was reflected in her pupils.
Rong Ting held up the umbrella and propped it on the side of her face. This umbrella blocked the cold wind and falling snow, and also blocked the sunlight in the sky, casting a shadow on his face.
On the snow behind him were two long wheel marks.
"Why are you here?" Jiang Rao asked.
Before he could answer, the umbrella suddenly became heavier and collapsed, making the shadows even heavier.
Jiang Rao raised her head and saw that the pomegranate, which was as heavy as a small pound, jumped onto the umbrella. The umbrella surface pressed her head directly.
Huai Qing quickly chased after her, stopped her feet with an "Hey Yo", covered her eyes and turned around, "Why are you still hugging me?" The two figures under the umbrella were too close.
He thought that no one heard what he said, but Jiang Rao blushed, and hurriedly poked the umbrella twice, poking pomegranate so hard that she couldn't sit still on the umbrella, she jumped away, and there was more space under the umbrella, Jiang Rao felt comfortable. Take a breath.
"I'm here, waiting for you." Rong Ting said at this moment.
Jiang Rao turned to him, only to find that his face was flushed red from the cold.
This is... How long have you been waiting
She lowered her eyes and said, "You don't have to wait so long."
She was the one who brought up the marriage, as long as she came to deal with everything.
"If I don't wait here, I can't see you. If I didn't know that you entered the palace last night, I wouldn't have come so late."
"What if you can't wait?"
"If you don't wait, there's not even a chance."
Miserable mandarin ducks.
These words popped out of Jiang Rao's mind suddenly.
It's so hard to see each other.
But in this marriage, they each have their own wishes, and the word "mandarin duck" can't be touched, so they have a hard life.
The snow falling on her eyelashes and eyebrows will soon turn into water, Rong Ting breathed into her hands, and gently wiped off the snowflakes on her face.
Jiang Rao was itchy from his rough fingers, and laughed weakly.
He followed with a smile, "Why are you so happy?"
"Because I saw you." He made her feel at ease more than anyone else.
When she said it casually, his eyes darkened immediately, but soon he laughed secretly as if mocking himself.
When the arm was lowered, Rong Ting's teeth were slightly tightened by the slight pain.
A few white cloths were wrapped around the arms under the jacket, which were soaked with blood, and the outermost clothes were night-like black, even if it was stained with blood, it would not be visible. His breathing was heavy, but his expression remained the same.
In winter, the bureaucrats are free to pay for farming. Today in the Ministry of Works, colleagues were idle, discussing the burglars in Ning'an Bo's mansion, one by one guessing what would happen to a person with an injured right arm, Rong Ting listened to them, and mentioned what they said avoid everything.
He still holds things with his right hand and writes with his right hand.
No one could see that there was any difference between him and the usual, and no one would associate a thief who broke into other people's houses at night with a disabled man in a wheelchair.
"The thief who entered my study yesterday was actually a black magpie who came to bring me snacks, right?"
Rong Ting nodded slowly.
"Then you wait here for me." Jiang Rao left in a hurry, and came back in a hurry after nearly two quarters, but there was an extra prescription in his hand, "This is the prescription I asked the imperial doctor to prescribe, you follow this prescription, Get the medicine several times, and don't let Wu Que go to the hospital by himself, there are people waiting to catch him."
Rong Ting lowered his head, seeming a little displeased.
Although he was the one who broke into Ning Anbo's mansion at night.
But in her heart, that person is a black magpie, and the injured person is also a black magpie.
Her medicine, care and compassion are all for Wu Que.
Really upset.
Why can't you just pity him alone.
He slowly stretched out his left hand and took the medicine bag from Jiang Rao's hand.
Outside the palace gate, Wu Que was waiting outside the carriage, and when the figures of Rong Ting and Huai Qing appeared at the palace gate, he hurriedly greeted them, "Your Highness the Ninth Prince."
Rong Ting glanced at him, gloomy.
Wu Que subconsciously felt that he had done something wrong. After thinking about it carefully, he didn't do anything wrong.
He was at a loss for the coldness that flashed across Rong Ting's phoenix eyes just now.
Going to ask Huai Qing, Huai Qing glanced at Wu Que suspiciously, and said in a low voice: "Your Highness is in a very good mood, you are wrong."
Wu Que scratched his temples in confusion.
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Jiang Rao walked back to Shuxiang Palace.
The snow on the palace road was deep and thick, and there was a man wearing a purple cloak with green calyx and plum blossoms, waiting at the end of the long road.
The figure kept walking back and forth anxiously in place, until she stopped when she saw her.
Then he walked towards her step by step, faster and faster.
This is specially waiting for her.
But she didn't know her.
Jiang Rao was subconsciously on guard, and put her hand on the purse at her waist. When the figure walked in front of her, her finger bones were tense.
The man stopped in front of her, shortened his body, took off his cloak hat, and revealed a pair of melancholy but determined eyes, "Miss Jiang Si."
Jiang Rao saw her face clearly, and suddenly had some impressions.
Although I haven't dealt with them before, I have seen them from a distance at the banquet.
It's Chen Congyun.