Xie Jingtian saw it and felt incredible, why is this girl so strange? He thought for a while, and finally followed.
"Girl, please stay."
Xiao Ting could tell it was his voice, and asked without turning her head, "What's the matter with you?" Why does this boy look like a brown candy.
Xie Jingtian came in front of them and said: "Well, I want to go back to the capital too, why don't I give you a ride."
He didn't know why he had this idea, originally today was the day to go back to the mansion, but he wasted some time to save Xiao Ting and the others today, so he didn't plan to go back.
But now when he heard that Xiao Ting and the others were leaving, he had this idea again. For some reason, he wanted to stay with this woman for a few more minutes
He felt that she was different and innocent, and she was the first woman who dared to hit her, even his mother had never hit him.
Xie Jingtian's proposal was cautious, afraid that Xiao Ting would reject it. After all, a sensible person would be careful when accepting a stranger's kindness, and would not trust others easily. He had already figured it out, or else he would declare his family name and show his identity to prove himself.
Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Ting said with a surprised face, "Oh, you are so kind, thank you, then let's go!"
All the way, only Xiao Ting was chirping, and the other two acted as listeners. The group of three finally entered the imperial city at dusk.
Returning to the familiar place, Xiao Ting looked very excited, lifted the curtain of the carriage, and showed Xie Jingtian the way, "Go to the Nine Princes' Mansion."
The woman in black felt a little weird seeing her ordering others casually. The Ninth Princess didn't treat herself as an outsider at all, so she asked a rich boy to drive a carriage for him as a driver and directed others to deliver it home.
Hearing this, Xie Jingtian was slightly taken aback, thinking about Xiao Ting's possible identity, never heard of any girl in the Ninth Prince's Mansion, the only young master of their family, he is only four years old this year!
Whose family is this girl? Is it a loan
Forget it, it has nothing to do with him!
After a while, the carriage stopped, and Xiao Ting jumped out of the carriage.
He smiled and said to Xie Jingtian, "Thank you, I'm home, you can go back, lest your mother worry."
After finishing speaking, he turned around and left. Butler Mu happened to pass by, and immediately came out to greet him, "Princess, you are back, I am worried about the death of this old slave."
Xiao Ting raised her arms to greet him with a smile, "Oh, Steward Mu, you are the best. It's been like three autumns since we haven't seen each other for a day. You are so worried about my concubine, which really flatters my concubine."
She raised her right hand, revealing a jade white wrist with a very obvious birthmark on it.
"The princess was joking, the prince is the one who worries about you the most, so hurry up and go in."
"Will the prince worry about me?"
Xiao Ting snorted softly, obviously not believing it, "I don't believe it!"
Otherwise, why didn't you see him looking for me
"By the way, she is the maid picked up by my concubine, hey, what's your name?"
Halfway through the introduction, Xiao Ting suddenly remembered that she didn't know the name of the woman in black, so she turned to ask someone else.
The woman in black put on a cold face, and said two words coldly, "Bing Ning."
Xiao Ting nodded, and then looked at Butler Mu: "Her name is Bing Ning, she has some injuries, you ask the doctor to show her, and then send her to Hong Shao."
"The old slave has made a note, the princess should go see the prince first."
People in front of the gate of Nine Princes' Mansion went to the empty building, and everyone went in, leaving only Xie Jingtian standing alone beside the carriage, in a daze, until a long time passed before he came back to his senses.
It turns out that she is the Ninth Princess, Miss Xiao Liu, Xiao Ting.
Then, he turned around abruptly and drove away in the carriage.
Xie Jingtian returned home feeling a bit disappointed, and just as he entered the door, he heard his mother crying miserably.
"Son, you're back, you're dying for your mother, when will you stop going to that Hanshan Temple?"
Xie Jingtian kept a straight face and didn't respond.
"Miss Xiao Liu has been married long ago. You also said at the beginning that as long as she gets married, you will return to vulgarity. It has been several months, what are you going there for?"
Xie's father also came out, and said sadly, "My son, we are almost done. Besides, the emperor let you take such a long leave, it is also for your grandfather's face. Now do you know how many people are staring at that seat?"
"If you don't come back, your future career will be ruined."
Xie Jingtian knew that this would be the result when he came back, so he didn't like to go home.
Instead, staying in Hanshan Temple gave me a lot of leisure.
"Father and mother, the child is tired, go down and rest first."
"Son, what's the matter with you? Are you having a bad time there? What have you been doing? You're so tired, son, son, talk."
Mother Xie followed behind Xie Jingtian and kept asking him the moment he closed the door, almost touching his nose.
Father Xie pulled her over and said, "Don't disturb your son, he is also very upset, let's let him rest, and he will come back when he has figured it out, so that the father-in-law can be more accommodating with the emperor."
"Accommodating? The emperor didn't think about it because he had a lot of things recently. Otherwise, Tian'er's position as the servant of the official department will not be kept. If he can't be persuaded to come back, his future career will really come to an end."
After hearing what her father said, Xie's mother kept trying to persuade her son to come back.
"What can we do?" Father Xie clapped his hands and stamped his feet anxiously.
"Otherwise, let's make a fuss about marrying a relative for our son first?"
Xie's mother felt that this was the reason why Xie Jingtian resigned from office to become a monk at the beginning, it was also to avoid the emperor's marriage proposal, and the emperor felt ashamed of their family because of this, coupled with Xie's mother's father's hard work, this kept Xie Jingtian's position as servant.
Now that Sixth Miss Xiao is the Ninth Concubine, she is living a good life, and she has never heard of the news that the Ninth Prince is going to divorce his wife, and the Emperor probably won't mention this matter, moreover, if the incident about Concubine Xiao Guifei happens, it will affect everyone in the Xiao family.
Now make a marriage arrangement for his son, so that his son might feel at ease.
The old couple made a decision and left.
Xie Jingtian naturally heard what they said, and the corner of his mouth slightly pulled into a wry smile.
I didn't expect him to dodge ten thousand times, but he still couldn't dodge the sixth girl.
"My lord, Commander Xu has arrived. The master invites you to the front hall."
Xie Jingtian's thoughts were interrupted, he frowned, and said: "You go back to the master, and invite Commander Xu to come to my courtyard directly!"
After a while, Xu Wei walked in with familiarity, and seeing his friend's worried face, he asked, "I heard from Mrs. Madam that you are getting married?"
Xie Jingtian glared at him, and said angrily: "It's so late, Commander Xu came to my house, shouldn't it be to condolences on my life-long event!"
"It wasn't originally, but now it seems that there is such a plan."
It is good for Xu Wei and Xie Jingtian to have a small relationship, but when they speak, they are not as rigorous as when they get along with outsiders.
"sit down!"
Xie Jingtian invited him to a seat, and the maids served tea and retreated. Xu Wei looked around and said, "It's a pity that you live in such a good place several times a month."
"I haven't had a deep friendship for several months. When did Commander Xu learn to turn the corner when speaking?"
"Cough cough..." Xu Wei coughed and said, "Actually, I am here this time at the emperor's order."
"The emperor orders you to return to court."
Xie Jingtian, like Xu Wei, has come to this point by his own ability. Although the backing behind him is very strong, he has never relied on his family.
They were both the civil and military champions of that session, and they were hand-picked by court officials to pay homage here.
Seeing that his friend responded, Xu Wei continued: "A few months ago, the emperor bestowed a marriage. We have all heard the rumors that Miss Xiao Liu is really not a good match. So you are self-willed and the emperor will let you."
"Miss Xiao Liu is now the ninth concubine, if you still act like this, no matter how tolerant the emperor is, you can't justify it if you can't give a reason, and I'm afraid it will hurt your relatives."
Xie Jingtian didn't understand what Xu Wei said, it was just...
"I, saw her."
"who?"
"Xiao Ting." Xie Jingtian spat out these two words lightly, neither sad nor happy.
Xu Wei froze for a moment, then asked, "Have you seen her?"
"so what?"
He was a little puzzled, what did his friend mean by his behavior now
Xie Jingtian is a very focused and reasonable person, and will not make exceptions for anyone, including the emperor.
Such a person will not compromise for anything, let alone become so unpredictable for a woman.
Especially Xiao Ting, a woman who made him feel ashamed, he would never mention it.
Xie Jingtian shook his head slightly, and said with a smile, "Unfortunately, it's too late."
Xu Wei was stunned, and there was a turmoil in his heart, "What do you mean? You, you don't like her, do you?"
"It's ridiculous, isn't it?" Xie Jingtian's answer was in the affirmative.
"You, you just met her once and said you like her. It's really ridiculous."
Xu Wei didn't understand very much.
"I can't tell whether I like it or not, but seeing her enter the Ninth Prince's Mansion, and others call her the Ninth Prince's Concubine, I feel empty in my heart."
"you… "
Xu Wei didn't know what to say at all, he came this time under the emperor's order to thank Jing Tian for returning to the court.
Now that I heard the bad news, I don't know what to do.
"If that's the case, then you ran away from marriage..." He didn't finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious. Back then, Xie Jingtian ran away from marriage just to avoid Xiao Ting, and he didn't hesitate to become a monk.
Now he has been a monk for a few months, and Xiao Ting is also married and has become the Ninth Princess, but now he says that it is too late for him to know each other, which is too inconceivable.
"Sure enough, according to the words of Buddhism, the cause and effect of the world's affairs have long been predetermined, and we are ultimately missed."
Xu Wei didn't know how to persuade him, let alone what to say, "The Ninth Princess is indeed different."
He only said this at the end, but Xie Jingtian looked at him in surprise, and turned around to ask, "You actually called her the Ninth Princess? You still make such an evaluation?"
"Otherwise?" Xu Wei asked back.
"I thought you hated her at least." Xie Jingtian was puzzled.
(end of this chapter)