At any rate, we have been together for half a year, and Huaiyu has seen Jiang Xuanjin in various appearances, when his eyes glowed with joy, when he was tense with anger, and when his ears were red with embarrassment.
I thought I understood it thoroughly, but who would have thought...
Looking up at the person standing in front of him, and then at the room where only the two of them were in, Huaiyu smiled lightly, "What advice do you have, Your Majesty?"
In the past, she couldn't hear his breathing. After all, this person has a good posture and steady inner strength, but now, she can clearly hear his messy breath, like a fish in a dry spot, sucking weakly. The air that does not belong to him is almost dead.
Jiang Xuanjin raised her eyes to look at her, but the eyes couldn't see any light, they were dark, like the sea surface in the middle of the night when a storm was approaching.
He moved closer to her, his white fingertips seemed to want to touch her swollen belly, but finally stopped an inch away. He spoke slowly, his voice sounded like a dry bucket falling into a dry well, astringent and empty: "I've been thinking about it for a long time..."
"After thinking for a long time, I still can't figure it out. How can Lu Jingxing be better than me?"
There was grievance in the tone, as well as trembling and choking brought out by extreme anger. Adam's apple rolls up and down as if drinking all the time. There was not much expression on his face, as if he had been frozen by the cold wind outside just now.
If she still can't figure out what's going on with his appearance, it will be a waste of her head.
How should I put it... Ben was still worried that he would come to grab the child in her stomach, but now he was a little dumbfounded. Huaiyu asked him, "Who told you the news?"
Jiang Xuanjin didn't answer, but instead asked her: "If others don't tell, are you planning to keep it from me forever?"
Huaiyu chuckled lightly: "What's the benefit if you know?"
Heart hurting, Jiang Xuanjin lowered her eyes and laughed hoarsely: "Can you lie to me again? Just say that this child is mine, and when you were with me, you didn't take others into your heart. "
"Wow." Huaiyu clapped his hands. He laughed and said, "This child is yours."
Holding her hand against his chest, Jiang Xuanjin's lips turned white, his long eyelashes drooped, trembling in front of his eyes, obviously he didn't take her words seriously.
Huaiyu tilted his head, stretched out his other hand to touch him.
Lord Ziyang, who stands upright, is trembling all over, his body is cold, and his clothes are full of cold air.
Suddenly I wanted to hug him, like a long time ago, interlocking fingers. Give him all the warmth from your body to make him warmer.
But... Looking down at her stomach, Huaiyu twitched her lips in a self-deprecating manner.
Impossible, if she takes one step closer, her body will be smashed to pieces, she might as well retreat, far away, at least the little guy in her stomach can be saved.
"Does the eldest princess still hate me?" The person in front of her asked with a soft voice like catkins, "If you still hate me, how do you plan to take revenge? Can you tell me in advance so that I can prepare for it?"
Huaiyu really wanted to talk to him in a relaxed and funny tone, but somehow her throat tightened.
"I don't hate you anymore." She pursed her lips, "Xu Xian and the others are fine, and neither am I. If you protect me from the palace, leave the capital and return to Danyang, you and I have already agreed."
To offset it means that it is irrelevant anymore, so I avoid him, don't see him, and don't want to have anything to do with him anymore.
Missing this kind of thing belongs only to him.
Holding her hand and slowly closing it, Jiang Xuanjin said in a low tone: "What if I don't want to offset it?"
"What if I still want to embarrass you?"
Huaiyu was taken aback for a moment, and then tensed up: "What do you want?"
The sarcasm on his lips grew bigger and bigger, Jiang Xuanjin said in a low voice: "Isn't the eldest princess used to do bad things? Why can't I guess what I'm thinking right now?"
When these words came out of his mouth, Li Huaiyu couldn't adapt very much. To deal with her? Because he felt that the child in her womb was not his, so angry that he wanted to destroy her
With a chill behind his back, Huaiyu subconsciously took half a step back.
However, there was a soft couch behind her, and there was a two-inch-high step in front of the couch. She didn't pay attention when she was in a panic.
Jun Ziyang, who had a ferocious face just now, immediately turned pale, grabbed her hand and pulled it hard, barely stopping her falling down, leaning on one side, before her back hit the edge of the soft couch, behind her.
There was a "bang", and the person behind snorted, holding her waist with his hands, and slowly placed her in his arms.
Pupils shrank slightly, Li Huaiyu stared blankly at the furnishings in the room in front of him, and then turned his head to look behind him after a while.
Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips, with mist in her eyes, as if she was still in shock, she stretched out her hand across her body, and hugged her tightly. Resting his chin on her shoulder, he closed his eyes.
"You..." Huaiyu opened his mouth, wanting to ask him if it hurts, but he felt it was wrong, so he stopped talking abruptly.
The room became quiet, and the hem of the green amber clothes was scattered on the pedals, mixed with the hem of her peony-patterned robe, stained with a little gray.
There were many people standing outside the house, Qing Xian and the others tried to enter the house several times, but Jiu Wu stopped them. Chengxu and Yufeng's expressions were ugly, while Lu Jingxing next to him still had a smile on his face, but his eyes were not relaxed.
The two said they wanted to talk on their own, but Huaiyu is still alive, what should they do if something happens
Standing in the distance, Jiang Shen thumped the vermilion pillar next to him: "Why is he still here?"
Shuangtian said helplessly: "The servant has already told the truth to the king, but after hearing the truth, the king still insisted on entering the city."
"What is this silly boy thinking?" Jiang Shen shook his head, "Do you have to come here to make yourself happy?"
"I don't know, but your majesty is really angry." Shuangtian said worriedly, "I'm afraid that he will do something in a hurry... This is still in the first-tier city."
"Swallow your heart back into your stomach." Jiang Shen said angrily, "I bet one hundred taels of silver, no matter how angry he is, he will never do anything to Li Huaiyu."
It's just that he is going to endure this painful pain.
Being hugged a little out of breath, Huaiyu moved her body, frowned and said: "I remember."
The person behind let her go, supported the soft couch behind her and got up, bringing her to stand upright together.
Huaiyu glanced at him, scratched her head, felt a little embarrassed, and wanted to leave after she lifted her skirt.
"I'm going to bother you for a while." Jiang Xuanjin said quietly, "Please prepare a few guest rooms, Your Highness."
There was a pause. Li Huaiyu frowned: "What if I don't want to prepare?"
After tidying up the broken emotions bit by bit, Jiang Xuanjin pursed her lips, rolled up her cuffs and said, "The day before yesterday, there was a letter written by the imperial pen in Kyoto, which was sent to me. The letter said that as long as Ziyang is willing to borrow, he will There is an imperial decree to give me the fiefdom of the three cities of Ziyang."
Behind Ziyang is Danyang, it is self-evident what Ziyang wants to use.
Huaiyu's expression became serious: "Your Majesty, are you threatening me?"
Jiang Xuanjin nodded: "Yes."
He has the chips to threaten her, and he has enough weight, so why not threaten her
Li Huaiyu was silent. Eyeballs rolled around, as if wondering whether his words were true or not.
Jiang Xuanjin reached out and directly handed Li Huailin's handwritten letter in her sleeve to her.
The familiar handwriting and the meaning of attacking Danyang between the lines are far more serious than Jiang Xuanjin's two understatements.
"Your Majesty doesn't want any of the three cities?" Huaiyu frowned, "What good will it do you to stay in the first-tier city?"
Looking down indifferently, he said: "I need to explain to the princess when I do something?"
Well, it’s really not necessary, Huaiyu shrugged: "I am not at a loss for this business, and there is no reason not to agree. But your lord, let me put it up front, you may not have a very comfortable life here. Get angry and break your promise again."
Reaching out and taking the fox fur cloak next to her to wrap it around, Jiang Xuanjin didn't look at her anymore, turned around and opened the door.
The wind rolled in from the outside, and the soft fox fur was rippling. Jiang Xuanjin raised his eyes, facing Lu Jingxing who was standing outside.
For so many years, this person seems to have never changed, he always has this foolish appearance, standing or not, there is a coquettish and cold taste in the corners of his eyes and brows. At first glance, he is not a person who lives with peace of mind.
But there is such a person who has been by her side for many years, knows more things than him, and has her heart deeper than him. She never lied to Lu Jingxing, she treated him as good as ever for many years, but she was so cruel to him that it seemed that they could not live together.
"It's an honor to have Your Majesty's eyes on you." Lu Jingxing frowned, and twirled his closed fan around his fingertips, smiling heartily.
The jealousy and coldness in his eyes are the same as the emotions suppressed in his heart, very good, very good.
A cloud suddenly opened in Lu Da's gloomy heart. Let the bright sun shine.
Jiang Xuanjin didn't say a word, and walked towards Jiang Shen with Chengxu Yufeng.
"Aren't you looking for friends to visit the mountains and rivers?" Standing in front of him, Jiang Xuanjin said coldly, "Do you have half of your friends in this mansion?"
Jiang Shen choked, and stood behind the vermilion pillar: "I said... I know you're in a bad mood, but I'm innocent, what should I do?"
If it doesn't hurt him, who else can it hurt? Jiang Xuanjin said: "You set off tomorrow, go back and report to Lu Qing for me, and ask him to temporarily manage the main city of Ziyang."
Holding the pillar and shaking his head again and again, Jiang Shen's tone was very firm: "I don't!"
"It's up to you." Leaving aside a sentence indifferently, Jiang Xuanjin walked past him and left.
Jiang Shen's face darkened. He laughed back angrily: "Why is he becoming more and more unreasonable?"
Shuangtian behind said in a low voice: "It makes sense, you should go back."
"Um?"
"... The slave is saying that your majesty is really unreasonable!"
With a cold snort, Jiang Shen flicked his sleeves and walked towards his own house, thinking while walking: "I'm not going, this first-tier city is so good, the sky is dry, the dry things are dry, the corpses are everywhere, so suitable for writing poems and lyrics! "
Shuangtian was silent. He felt that the two sons of the Jiang family might be a little out of their minds recently.
Li Huaiyu nestled under the quilt with the chicken soup in his arms, while Lu Jingxing leaned against the head of the bed, playing with the fan and asked her, "What are you going to do?"
Frowning in distress. Huaiyu said: "Now it's not about what I want to do, it's about what he wants to do."
"He already regards this child as mine, what else can he do?" Lu Jingxing snorted, "Either revenge you or me."
If the little accident just now hadn't happened, Huaiyu would have agreed with this sentence, but now, she shook her head: "I don't think so."
He really wanted to take revenge, because he didn't pick her up just now, and let her fall like that, the child would definitely not be able to keep it. In his opinion, he was taking revenge on her and Lu Jingxing, killing multiple things in one fell swoop.
But he didn't do that.
"The most important thing right now is the capital side." Huaiyu said, "I disclosed my identity to the world before, just to give Huailin an excuse to let him attack me so that I can counterattack legitimately, but I have never Wait until there is movement. I thought it was Huai Lin who didn't dare to move, but who would have thought that he has been planning, if Jiang Xuanjin hadn't stopped him, he might have caught us all by surprise."
There are advantages and disadvantages for Jiang Xuanjin's blocking. The advantage is that Danyang is safe, and the disadvantage is that no matter what, Huailin can't justify his fight to the first-tier cities, so he can only do it secretly. Once she resisted, it gave Huailin a reason to call for King Qinqin. Even if she stood up and said that she was killed by the emperor unjustly, no one would believe her.
What should we do
Touching her chin, she was in a dilemma when she saw Qingsi coming in from the outside with a strange look on her face and said: "Master, Lord Ziyang has really settled here with us. Chengxu and the others moved a lot of things and put them in the guest room."
Huaiyu curled her lips: "What's all the fuss about? If they say they want to live, they will definitely live."
"But..." Qingsi pursed her lips, "He lives in the guest room in your yard."
Li Huaiyu: "..."
Turning her head to look at Lu Jingxing, she asked, "Does this person think life is not exciting enough, so he came to my place?"
Lu Jingxing nodded in agreement, "How about we stimulate him again?"
"Okay." Huaiyu said, "Go and tell him that you are pregnant too, it must be exciting enough."
"..."
Lu Jingxing rolled his eyes, and tapped his fan bone lightly on the table: "To be serious, he already recognized this child as mine. When do you plan to marry me?"
Huaiyu laughed, took two sips of soup and said, "I won't spoil you, so why are you rushing to let me spoil you? With your appearance and wealth, it's impossible to marry a decent girl, so you have to be my child's stepfather? He thought I was pregnant with you, but I didn't say that."
Lu Jingxing's phoenix eyes sank: "You have spoiled me for five or six years, how dare you say that?"
"Let's be reasonable." Putting the soup cup down, Huaiyu leaned his hand against the table on the soft couch, looked at him seriously and said, "Don't you feel awkward that the friendship of five or six years has really become husband and wife? "
"You feel awkward?"
"Nonsense!" Huaiyu pointed at Qingsi, "I have also had a friendship with her for eight or nine years. It stands to reason that the relationship is deeper, right? But if we become husband and wife, don't you think it's awkward?"
... It seems to be quite awkward.
Lu Jingxing lowered his head. After thinking about it for a while, I felt something was wrong: "Can I be the same as Qingsi?"
"Why is it different?" Huaiyu stared, "Aren't they all my closest people?"
Lu Jingxing understood, this bastard who killed a thousand swords didn't treat him as a man!
Rubbing his forehead angrily, he whispered: "My friend."
Huaiyu smiled heartlessly, and smiled for a while and said: "Your shop in the first-tier city has been arranged, why don't you go back to the main city of Danyang first? Xu Xian and the others don't know what's going on there, but you go there Can handle one or two."
Lu Jingxing narrowed his eyes: "You want to drive me away?"
"Look at what you said, how can I drive you away." Huaiyu waved his hand, "It's just that there is nothing else going on in the first-tier city. Instead of spending time here with me, you might as well do something else."
Dozens of Lu Ji stores were located in the first-tier cities, and they solved the dilemma of high prices in the city with cheap goods. Although they offended many merchants, they also won the unanimous support of the people. Now when the word "Lu Jingxing" is mentioned again, few people would say that he is "Lang Jackal", most people would say that he is a very courageous and conscientious businessman.
A few days ago, a matchmaker came to his door to propose marriage to him, saying that so-and-so's girl was yearning for him, and she didn't think about tea and food, and her life was dying. Lu Jingxing went, and when he came back, he told her that women are indeed liars, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that a hungry tiger is going down the mountain even if the girl pounced on him so fiercely.
Huaiyu felt that there should be someone beside Lu Jingxing. Whether it's a hungry tiger or someone else, you can't call her a "female leopard" to delay him all the time. Marriage was impossible, and she would have to work hard to clean up their names, and it was even more impossible to drag Lu Jingxing into the quagmire.
Sensing her thoughts, Lu Jingxing lowered his eyes.
After a while, he said, "I was just kidding with you. The marriage is a serious matter. I didn't intend to really come with you. The shop here in the first-tier city has just made a profit, so I can't leave for the time being."
"Huh?" Huaiyu raised his eyebrows, "I've earned more than a month's worth of snowflake silver, and you're still called just profitable?"
"You're not a businessman, what do you know?" Lu Jingxing said as he pressed the fan against her forehead, "I have my own measure."
This person looks carefree, but he is actually thoughtful, and he doesn't want to delay him, so the closer he gets, the farther she will retreat. She was right, five or six years of friendship, it's not worthwhile to spend on this.
That being the case, he should take a step back.
Taking a deep breath, Lu Jingxing stopped and said, "You only cared about Jiang Xuanjin, but you have neglected Mr. Chang Lin. I've settled him down, and you can talk to him when you have time."
"Okay." Huaiyu nodded, looking thoughtfully at his back as he walked out.
Jiang Xuanjin went to the streets of the first-tier cities. He had heard about this place countless times in the memorials, so he wanted to visit it early in the morning. His heart was in a mess, and he couldn't sit still in the room, so he simply came out to walk around.
There are few people on the streets of the main city, but they are not deserted. Ragged civilians were standing in many newly opened shops. Although the passers-by were frowning, they were not in despair.
Li Huaiyu saved this place, and in just two months, this first-tier city was brought back to life.
Passing by the tea shop, he sat down and listened to people's conversations. He changed a few tables beside him. Some praised him for being wu, some praised him for red gold, and some even praised Lu Jingxing and Xu Chuniang. But in the end, he didn't hear a single word of praise from anyone. Princess Danyang.
These people don't seem to realize who is saving the dry city.
"Your...Young Master?" A girl who had been wandering around for a long time bravely stepped forward, blushing and gave him a soup lady, "Your face is pale from freezing, please warm it up."
After stuffing, he ran away, hid in the alley, and then stuck his head out to see him.
Jiang Xuanjin frowned, put Mrs. Tang back on the table, took out the handkerchief, wiped her fingers clean one by one, without any intention of appreciating, and continued walking forward with Chengxu.
Chengxu looked at the girl sympathetically, there are many brave people in this world, but few people know that their master has a cleanliness habit. Naturally, the master would not appreciate the stuff he got.
What's more, my master's face is definitely not frozen white.
Li Huailin's face was very ugly when the papers from the lords of various places asking for tax reduction were handed over to the capital. He didn't say anything when others were subdued by Lord Ziyang, but what happened to Lord Pingling
The current Lord Pingling is Li Shan's bastard son Li Fangwu. Although he was not loved by Li Shan since he was a child and has developed a cowardly and cowardly temperament, he is still a brother to him, so let him not help him. Going to help Jiang Xuanjin instead
Li Huailin sneered, and immediately ordered Li Fangwu to come to Beijing to report on his duties.
Debriefing in Beijing is done every year. It wasn't a big deal at all, but Li Fangwu was scared, just after the memorial, the emperor didn't call others, so why did he call him first? Is it because he wants to reduce too much, so the emperor intends to teach him a lesson, and knock the mountain to shake the tiger by the way
After holding the imperial decree for two days, Li Fangwu pretended to be sick and hid in the Pingling Palace, not daring to move.
Just as Liushen Wuzhu, a young man with red lips and white teeth came to the door.
"Down with Jiang Yan, I met Lord Pingling."
Li Fangwu looked at him for a long time, and suddenly said: "The young master of the Jiang family, the left supervisor of Yuan Tingwei's mansion, what advice do you have?"
Jiang Yan cupped his hands: "Mr. Ziyang knew that Mr. Pingling would be in trouble, so he ordered me to come and rescue him."
Jiang Xuanjin already knew? Li Fangwu was stunned, and immediately asked: "What did your majesty say?"
"Your Majesty said that there is an old case in Pingling that has not been resolved, which is what His Majesty has in mind. In addition to the tax cut, you will definitely take Pingling Majesty's sword. Once you go to the capital, you may not be able to come back."
"..." Just like what he was worried about, Li Fangwu sighed. His father has committed too many crimes. Since he took over as Lord Pingling, he hasn't had a good night's sleep. He is afraid of those who were killed by his father. In the dream, he came to settle accounts with him.
It is said that the father's debt is paid by the son, but when the father was there, he didn't treat him as his own son. How innocent is he, and he still has to bear his crimes
"But the imperial decree has been received, how can we not go to the capital?" Li Fangwu said in embarrassment, "If your majesty says that I resist the decree, I can't bear the crime."
"Your Majesty can't bear it, isn't there Lord Ziyang behind?" Jiang Yan said, "You can be sick for a few more months, and the rest will be handed over to Your Majesty. There will be no charges for keeping it."
Li Fangwu was puzzled: "Why did Lord Ziyang help me?"
"The reason why the lips are dead and the teeth are cold. Your Majesty should understand." Jiang Yan smiled, "We are all neighboring fiefs, and Ziyang Lord should help you."
Yeah? Li Fangwu was skeptical.
In the next few days, he really kept pretending to be sick, waiting for the response from the capital with trepidation. As a result, for the past five days, there were no documents or memorials from Kyoto. He lived a very comfortable life pretending to be sick, and gradually believed in Jiang Yan's words.
Someone reminded him: "Your Majesty, in three days' time it will be the anniversary of your father's death. According to the rules of previous years, you will go to Beijing to kneel and worship at the Ancestral Temple."
"I won't go this year." Li Fangwu said. "Let's just say that if I can't get sick, I'm already on the line of life and death. I believe His Majesty will not blame me."