willingly
Xiao Ting pondered these four words secretly.
It seems that these four words really agreed between her and the Ninth Prince.
"Auntie, Fifth Brother once said that Uncle Wang would never fall in love with anyone, saying that he is a cold-hearted person. Auntie is amazing, so that such a person can fall in love with me."
"You mean, the lord loves me? Don't be ridiculous, the thing between us is at most just getting what we need."
Xiao Ting did not elaborate further.
If one day, the world knows the kind of physique that the Ninth Prince has, and when he is the enemy of the whole world, will these people still think that there is love between them
Love, what a distant word, can that thing be eaten
That night, the two chatted for a long time, from the Ninth Prince to Xiao Ting, and then to the masters of the Jiangnan Palace.
Talking in a mess, the night passed by without knowing it.
In the early morning of the next day, Liu Yanran, the eldest concubine of the Prince of Jiangnan, sent someone to spread the word that she wanted to invite Xiao Ting to go out for a walk.
But these maids couldn't be called out no matter how they called them, so they had to give up.
It was not until lunch time that Xiao Ting got up by herself.
The reason is, I'm hungry.
It was Dongyue at this time, and they were covered with brocade quilts.
Xiao Ting yawned, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, just stepped on her foot, she didn't think about why it was soft? A scream was heard.
"ah… "
The sound was not small, Xiao Ting was so startled that she stepped back and covered her ears.
"Little aunt, why are you stepping on me?"
Xiao Ting recovered her hearing very hard, and after looking at it, she realized that the one who was stepped on by her just now was Concubine Chu Tianfei, the sixth girl of the Jiangnan Palace.
Xiao Ting hurried over to pull her up, "What are you talking about, why are you sleeping at my feet?"
It's strange that this girl doesn't sleep in bed, she insists on sleeping on the floor.
"I slept in the bed last night, why did I come outside? Auntie, did you kick me down because you were dishonest in your sleep?"
Concubine Tian rubbed her waist while patting the clothes on her body, and asked miserably.
Xiao Ting was taken aback for a moment, recalling her sleeping posture, it seemed that it was really not very good, but she refused to admit it.
"How is this possible? I have always slept very honestly, and I can't even lift the corner of the quilt."
"Really, but I sleep very honestly!"
Based on her admiration and conviction for Xiao Ting, Concubine Chu Tian chooses to believe that she is dishonest in her sleep.
After the two of them washed up, they heard that the concubine Shi Zi had come to invite them, Xiao Ting and Concubine Chu Tian looked at each other, shook their heads, and told her to say, we can just eat here.
Just kidding, that concubine is obviously older than her, but it sounds extremely awkward to call her Aunt Nine Kings.
And that well-behaved appearance made her uncomfortable, unlike Tianfei, who called her aunt, but like her sister, she was out of shape.
she likes.
At this moment, in the study of Jiangnan Prince's Mansion, the eldest son Chu Tiankuo and the fifth son Chu Tianshu were sitting opposite each other. On the top sits their father Jiangnan Wang.
The depression on his face was congealed. Obviously, as rumored by the outside world, King Jiangnan died of a long illness.
"Father, how do you think this matter should be handled? This Prince Rui has the audacity to kidnap Xiao Wu, do you want to ask me a question or two?"
Jiangnan Wang coughed twice, and a red tide came to his face.
After a long time, he took a breath, raised his eyes and glanced at the fifth young master, and asked, "I warned you a long time ago, be careful when you go out recently, where have you been? How did you get into a pirate ship?"
In front of the Jiangnan King, the fifth son also behaved like a fool.
His legs were crossed together, and he looked wanton and casual, which made Jiangnan Wang more and more headache.
"Father, what are you talking about? I was just on our territory, walking birds and teasing dogs. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, so I was tied up. If you don't stand up for your son, you're just blaming me?"
He said it very easily, without realizing that it was his own problem.
"Chu Tianshu, please answer your father's words." As the son of the eldest son, Chu Tiankuo was taught to follow the rules since he was a child.
Seeing his elder brother getting angry, the fifth son smiled like a flower, and said: "Elder brother also came to blame me, what I said is the truth, but after wandering outside for a few times, who knows where a group of people came out and blindfolded me, knocked me out, and took me away. If I hadn't met the Ninth Princess, what would my life be like?"
The fifth son said it lightly, Jiangnan Wang and Shizi thought about it for a long time, but they couldn't figure out why.
"Then did they ask you anything, or what purpose?"
The Fifth Young Master shook his head, "I didn't know that, I was arrested by them, I didn't ask anything, and then I ran into pirates robbing the ship."
"Actually, they didn't reveal their identities at all, so I didn't know who they were from the beginning to the end. It's just that when the Ninth Princess rescued me, they saw that the sign on the boat belonged to Prince Rui's Mansion."
The eldest son Chu Tiankuo stood up and told King Jiangnan, "Father, this matter still needs to be investigated carefully. The group of people who appeared in the Linyang Mansion may have plans. If they are really from Prince Rui's Mansion, we must be careful."
"What are you afraid of? Your imperial uncle is still alive, they don't dare to do anything wrong, you just go and see about this matter, don't disturb the other party. Maybe that group of people robbed Prince Rui's mansion of the ship, so don't fall into other people's schemes." Jiangnan Wang was indeed seriously ill, and he would be out of breath for a long time after speaking a few words.
The eldest son Chu Tiankuo naturally took orders.
Before leaving, the Fifth Young Master suddenly remembered, turned around and said, "Oh, by the way, the Ninth Princess once mentioned that the group of people were on the boat, mentioned the name of Uncle Nine Kings, and they bluntly said that Chu Li should not be an ordinary thief."
After saying this, he got up and left. With that swaying demeanor, King Jiangnan waved his hands angrily. If he hadn't recovered, he would have told him to get out immediately.
"Look at what your younger brother looks like, and you are always protecting him like a baby." Jiangnan Wang frowned tightly, looking like he was about to die of anger, "Your mother and concubine passed away early, I am afraid that time will not be long, the eldest brother is the father, you hurry up and choose a day to start a family for him, and set him up in another mansion, don't always let him dangle in front of me, looking upset."
"Father, the fifth younger brother is still young, and this marriage needs to be found slowly, and Yan Ran is already looking for it. Don't worry about it, and have a good rest!"
I don't know what the eldest son Chu Tiankuo said to his mind, but Jiangnan Wang knocked the blessing cup on the table to the ground, pointed at him angrily and said, "You are still young, is Chu Tianshu still young? I don't think anyone in Linyang Mansion can find a girl who is willing to marry him? You just follow him like this. If you have the ability, you can take up the burden of the Jiangnan Palace and support him for the rest of your life."
"That's what my father taught me."
Chu Tiankuo bowed and said yes, without defending or admitting it.
"Get out, get out, get out."
When Chu Tiankuo came to the door, he heard the murmur of Jiangnan King.
"If Tianyue hadn't...would Jiangnan Palace have fallen to this point?"
When Chu Tiankuo came out, he breathed a sigh of relief just now, and the fifth young master from Yilou came out, approached him with a smile, and said, "I just said that I don't need to ask him for instructions, I just say a few words to him."
"Brother, you will never die until you reach the Yellow River."
Chu Tiankuo walked in front, while the fifth young master followed behind, talking coolly.
Suddenly Chu Tiankuo stopped, and the fifth young master didn't notice for a while, and directly bumped into him.
"Why did you stop suddenly without saying hello?" He rubbed his nose, muttering dissatisfiedly.
Chu Tiankuo just stared at him closely. They were about the same height, one was soft and the other was masculine.
But they are all the best looks in the world.
After a while, Chu Tiankuo suddenly asked, "Do you have a girl you like?"
Fifth Young Master paused slightly, raised his eyes and looked at him fixedly, "What do you want to say, brother?"
There was still a smile in his eyes, but there was sincerity.
The two looked at each other, Chu Tiankuo frowned invisibly, then his eyes flickered, and stared at him again.
"You are not young anymore. If you have a girl you like, let your sister-in-law arrange a door-to-door marriage proposal, so that you can start a family and start a career as soon as possible."
Fifth Young Master seemed to want to say something, the words spun around in his mouth a few times, and finally he just let out a long breath.
Feng Qingyun said calmly: "Which girl is willing to marry me?"
"Did he scold brother again because of me?"
He didn't get an answer, so the Fifth Young Master didn't care, and continued: "Then I don't contradict him in the future."
"By the way, Princess Ninth is still at the mansion, I'll go play with her."
After speaking, the fifth son turned around.
"Xiao Wu, I'm not kidding you."
Fifth Young Master stopped in his tracks, turned around and looked at him, suddenly the smile on the corner of his mouth widened, and he sighed softly, "Brother has not called me Xiaowu for a long time."
Chu Tiankuo's mouth moved, but he said nothing.
"A long time ago, we discussed this issue, and my brother also promised me that if I don't find the girl I like, you will never drive me away."
The fifth son lowered his head, kicked the dirt on the bluestone slab, and chuckled like a child: "Brother, is he going to break his promise now? Or is there something wrong with me? If so, you say so, and I will definitely change it. If not, don't talk about it again in the future."
"Xiao Wu, I don't like to hear it."
The fifth son disappeared for a long time before Chu Tiankuo strode away.
Under the flowering tree in front of the court, Lin Qian was jumping like a bird, and two little girls ran out from the forest.
It was Xiao Ting and Chu Tianfei.
At this moment, Concubine Chu Tian was patting her chest, looking overly frightened.
But Xiao Ting blinked, looked at their leaving backs, turned around and asked: "Concubine, why do I think they are weird?"
Concubine Chu Tian's eyes widened, and she said mysteriously, "You see it too?"
"Yeah." She wasn't blind, and the two of them didn't look like brothers no matter what.
"Why is there a lingering smell in it?"
Concubine Chu Tian sighed, turned around to look at the study not far away, and pulled Xiao Ting to go out.
"Let's go out and talk. This is not a place to talk. It will be a disaster if the father finds out."
The two of them had nothing to do at first, so they wandered around the yard after dinner, thinking that Xiao Ting had never seen the landscape courtyard in the south of the Yangtze River, so they brought her here, but unexpectedly, they met the two elder brothers who were talking about things with their father, so they had to stay outside and wait.
(end of this chapter)