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After this monthly assessment, Sheng Ling entered the third class with great success, and what was particularly coincidental was that this time Ji and Wen Momo were also admitted to the third class together, and Qiao Ran planned to take Sheng Ling with him. It meant going out to relax, so they took advantage of their vacation to go out for a few days.
However, what Ji Xiaoxiao noticed was that although there was nothing unusual about Sheng Ling on the surface, Ji Xiaoxiao had grown up with Sheng Ling after all. Naturally, he could tell that Sheng Ling's actual condition was not the same. Not as good as it seems.
Therefore, after returning from the trip, Ji Xiaoxiao went back to the Princess Mansion with Sheng Ling and chatted with her a lot. She asked Sheng Ling what his plans were after finishing school. Sheng Ling shook his head and said, "I haven't thought about it yet."
"Then you have to think about it in advance, right?"
Sheng Ling did not think about it immediately, but asked her instead: "Have you ever thought about it when you were a child?"
Ji Xiao leaned his head on the desk and said, "Well, I don't have any big ambitions anyway, and the Taifu has taken root in Beicheng because of me. After thinking about it, I might consider going to the Hanlin Academy to work as a handyman. fine."
"I want to go to the Imperial Academy, and I said it's not a big ambition. In fact, you just want to stay with your Taifu Xu." Sheng Ling ruthlessly exposed her thoughts.
However, Ji Xiaoxiao didn't blush at all. He snorted and said, "So what, isn't it normal for me to care about my husband?"
"It's very good." Sheng Ling naturally agreed with her words. She had always felt that Xu Cenran's treatment of Ji Xiaoxiao was completely different from Jing Ling's treatment of Wen Momo. Xu Cenran was the kind of person who wanted to treat Ji Xiaoxiao. The good thing is that people who make it clearly, like Ji Xiao, will tell them directly if they have any ideas.
So what Ji Xiaoxiao could tell her, he had naturally already told Xu Cenran.
"Okay, you've asked me so many questions, what about yourself? No matter what, you have to plan for your future."
Sheng Ling really thought about it and finally said: "I really want to go to Dali Temple to study, but my father will definitely not let me go."
Ji Xiao glared at her: "I won't do it either, can you think of something more peaceful?"
"Then I can only continue my old profession. My teaching is quite popular among students."
"Go aside, let's see which princess becomes the Tutor. You'd better think slowly and don't do this nonsense to me." Ji Xiaoxiao couldn't stand her misbehaving like this.
"Okay." Sheng Ling lowered his head, held the tea cup, rubbed it slightly with his fingertips, and said after a long silence, "When I was young, I actually didn't care what I wanted to do in the future. I felt that I could do whatever I wanted. all the same."
Seeing that she was finally willing to reveal her true feelings, Ji Xiao couldn't help but reach out and hold her hand, and said to her seriously, "That's because you have no hope in your heart now, A-Ling, do you know that? You were not like this before. , just like when you get into the third class, you get in for yourself, not to show to the people around you, I want Ah Ling to be as happy as before."
Sheng Ling looked at Ji Xiaoxiao, took a deep breath slowly, and suddenly opened his eyes wide, full of energy: "Okay, I'll try my best to change back!"
"It's so ugly!" Ji Xiaoxiao glared at her.
Sheng Ling instantly wilted like a rabbit and lay back on the table with his ears drooped. He sighed and muttered: "I wasn't unhappy when I was a kid, but I just can't get enough energy these days..."
"Let's take you to visit the brothel!"
Sheng Ling was so excited that she almost jumped up, her eyes widened for a moment, and she stared at her in disbelief, "What did you say?"
"Didn't you say you can't get enough energy? I'll take you to visit the brothel—"
Before she finished speaking, Sheng Ling stretched out his hand to cover her mouth. He was really frightened by her and whispered: "Stop talking nonsense. If Mrs. Xu finds out, I will definitely settle the score with you!"
"So you have to be good, otherwise if I do something extraordinary, it will all be your fault!"
Sheng Ling was really afraid that she would do something wrong, so he had no choice but to agree to her, "I know, I know."
Seeing this, Ji Xiaoxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
However, she was still afraid that Sheng Ling would have random thoughts, so she made an agreement with Sheng Ling. Now that they were assigned to the same class again, Sheng Ling could no longer hide anything from them.
Sheng Ling was now afraid that Ji Xiao would ask her to take her to the brothel again, so he quickly nodded and agreed to her without thinking.
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At that time, in the palace.
After Bai Ling returned to Beicheng, he took the time to visit the palace and personally checked Ji Xili's pulse.
"Why did you come here in person?" Ji Xili waited for Bai Ling to check his pulse, then put down his cuffs, looked at Bai Ling with a smile, and asked the maid to bring tea.
"I thought it had been a long time since I came to see the queen, so I came to the palace to say hello. The queen is in good health, but the season will change in a few days, and the queen should pay attention to keeping warm." Bailing took the teacup, took a sip, and smiled. He told Ji Xili.
Ji Xili nodded and said yes.
After Bai Ling put down the tea cup, he asked casually in a gentle tone, "Jing Ling didn't cause any trouble for the Queen in the Imperial Hospital these days, right?"
"How could it be possible? Jing Ling has excellent medical skills, and many people in the hospital praise him. I was discussing with the emperor two days ago about promoting Jing Ling."
After Bai Ling heard this, he waved his hands and said helplessly: "The Queen has commended you, please don't do this. No matter how hard it is, Jing Ling has only been in the Tai Hospital for only a year. There are many people with more senior qualifications than him in the Tai Hospital, so the Queen will Let him hone it slowly and talk about it later."
Ji Xili thought about it. It would be better to wait for Jing Ling to become more senior than to be promoted and make people jealous.
"There is one more thing..." Bai Ling thought about it, but still felt that he should tell Ji Xili, "Did the princess tell the queen about my trip to Bell City?"
Ji Xili didn't expect Bai Ling to mention this matter, so he paused, nodded and said, "Ling'er told me, what's the matter?"
Bai Ling hesitated for a moment and replied: "Actually, Li Yu's child is not dead."
Hearing this, Ji Xili was stunned. She really didn't expect the truth to be like this. Ji Xili opened her mouth, quite unconvinced: "But I clearly heard Ling'er say..."
Bai Ling shook his head and continued: "After I rescued the child, I wanted to send a letter back to tell Ling'er the good news, but the child wouldn't let me tell Ling'er that he assassinated the emperor and cheated on the princess' feelings. He told me that he deserved to die, and letting the princess know would only offend her... Actually, what I wanted to tell that silly boy at the time was that Sheng Ling could go to her to save him, so how could he offend her? Here we are. I didn’t originally want to hide it from Sheng Ling for Li Yu, but... "
(End of chapter)