Rong Tang had lunch in the princess's courtyard.
Originally, he was very dissatisfied with Rong Mingyu's arrangement, but when he stepped into Wang Xiuyu's courtyard and saw the maids and servants holding the gift list for the princess to review, Rong Tang immediately perked up.
On the surface, his wedding with Su Huaijing was for good fortune, but in private, they both got what they wanted. If they were more selfish, it would allow Rong Tang to raise a paper baby.
He is not short of money now, and the Ningxuan Palace has no shortage of money to build it for him. Rong Tang naturally wants to spend as much gold as he wants. If there is a ranking list of how much money is spent, he will definitely make Su Huaijing the number one.
Not only were the servants shocked by his generosity, but even Wang Xiuyu, who doted on him to no end, couldn't help but frown: "Enough, enough, the betrothal gift is already enough."
Rong Tang was still not satisfied, and said coquettishly: "Mother, please put in the pair of jade ruyi that my aunt gave me two years ago."
Wang Xiuyu was so annoyed by him that she patted his hand lightly and scolded him with a smile: "Those who know you say you are going to get married, while those who don't think you married a Buddha to worship at home, and you want to give her all the good things."
"It's meant to be worshipped in the first place." Rong Tang muttered softly.
Wang Xiuyu didn't hear clearly: "What?"
"Nothing." Rong Tang smiled and his eyes wandered over the gift lists again.
There were four pieces of red paper, each of which was dragged from the table to the ground. Rong Tang thought about it and said, "Mother, those manors in Longxi—"
"Stop it." Wang Xiuyu glared at him. "The annual income from the farm in Longxi goes directly into your private treasury. I don't care how much money you want to give him from your private treasury. Don't even think about giving the farm away directly."
Rong Tang was seen through at a glance. He shrank his neck and shut up in dismay.
Wang Xiuyu coaxed him again: "The wedding dress has been made and will be delivered tomorrow. Do you want to take a look at it first or send it directly to Su's house?"
Rong Tang paused, blinked, and suddenly realized that he had forgotten something very important.
Although Dayu allowed same-sex marriage, it was still rare for wealthy families to hold banquets and entertain guests to enter the family tree. At least in his past two lives, Rong Tang had never seen one.
He doesn't know what a wedding dress looks like!
He turned pale just thinking about the scene of Su Huaijing wearing a phoenix coronet and a red robe. Wang Xiuyu noticed his expression and panicked. She held Rong Tang's hand and asked softly, "Tang'er, what's wrong?"
Rong Tang calmed down and asked, "Mom, I forgot to ask you, what does Su Huaijing's wedding dress look like?"
His voice was trembling slightly. Wang Xiuyu was puzzled: "Didn't the embroiderer show you the pattern? The Crane Chaoyun dress."
When Rong Tang heard the name, he sketched it in his mind and blinked: "Isn't it Fengguanxiapei?"
"What are you thinking about!" Wang Xiuyu scolded him, "How can a boy wear a phoenix crown and a red robe when he gets married?"
Rong Tang: "Not a skirt either?"
Wang Xiuyu looked at him with a strange look this time: "If you want a skirt, I can ask the embroiderer to alter it—"
"No, no!" Rong Tang stopped her with a strong desire to survive, "No change!"
Wang Xiuyu smiled and patted his hands: "Don't worry, I've chosen good materials and styles for him, so your lover won't be wronged."
Rong Tang blushed a little because of her choking, and called out in a tone: "Mom—"
Wang Xiuyu suddenly had an idea: "Then I won't show it to you. I'll send it directly to his house. If the size is not suitable, I'll ask the embroiderer to modify it on the spot. I'll give you a surprise on the wedding day."
Since it was not a skirt, Rong Tang felt relieved and no longer felt embarrassed when his original mother teased him. He smiled and accompanied Wang Xiuyu to tidy it up for a long time before she sent him back to take a nap.
Rong Tang walked slowly towards Tanghua Courtyard in the warm spring sun. Passing by a pond, he gathered a handful of fish food and fed the koi before returning to the courtyard.
Shuangshou had just returned and when he saw him, he hurried over to greet him: "Young Master."
Rong Tang asked: "Has the message been delivered?"
"It was passed on, but Master Su didn't say anything." Shuangshou said.
Rong Tang paused, turned his head and glanced at Shuangshou, his tone dangerous: "Didn't you say anything?"
"I didn't say anything." Shuangshou was confused and was bumped by Shuangfu lightly.
Rong Tang snorted secretly. The amulet was still in his pouch. He squeezed it as if to vent his anger.
He has no conscience. I spent the whole morning fighting for his interests and he even wanted to transfer the farm to his name.
He was so good. When he heard that he was locked up in the mansion, he didn't say a word.
Rong Tang felt a little unbalanced, but he suppressed his thoughts and asked Shuangshou another question: "Did you hear anything new on the street today?"
Shuangshou welcomed the man into the house and poured him a cup of tea.
Rong Tang took a sip and frowned slightly.
He is not a person who likes sweet food, but he also has no habit of drinking tea in modern times. When he was studying, he liked to drink carbonated drinks and fruit juice. After traveling through the book, he only drank boiled water besides tea.
It doesn’t taste good actually, but wealthy families cannot live without drinking tea.
It was rare that Su Huaijing's tea was to his liking. Rong Tang had become a picky eater, but he was transported back to the time before liberation overnight and could only drink the bitter tea in the palace.
Rong Tang was a little angry and felt that the little bastard did it on purpose.
Or just don't give him that small can of tea. Even if you give it to him, he actually calculated the amount to be just enough for six days. And knowing that he likes to drink it, Su Huaijing didn't even think of asking him to bring back another can when Shuangshou went to his place today.
Rong Tang was annoyed and put the teacup on the table. He didn't realize that his hand was a little heavy and the tea spilled a little out of the cup.
He looked at Shuangshou: "You say."
Shuangfu was a little shocked, but Shuangshou acted as if he saw nothing and told Rong Tang everything that happened in Tianjing in a polite manner.
First, the Jinwu Guards committed a crime.
Rong Tang's emotions were suppressed by the serious business, and he asked, "What's going on?"
Shuangshou said that there were a total of 24 Jinwu Guard teams in Beijing responsible for security and patrol in the city, and the captains of three of them were Ding Laibao, the only son of General Ding Weishan of the Left Guard.
The merchants in Beijing have long been angry at him but dared not say anything, but he did not know how to restrain himself at all. What Shuangshou talked about today happened more than a month ago, and it was only exposed in the past few days that it became a fermentation.
It is said that last winter was very cold and a farmer starved to death. The farmer's daughter went to the street to sell herself to bury her father. She was seen by a young master from a merchant family who was studying away from home. He felt pity for her and was about to buy her back to his mother as a maid. However, Ding Laibao happened to pass by and saw the girl's beauty. He had evil thoughts and abducted the girl in broad daylight without saying a word.
If it happened to someone else, he would be skinned alive if he did this under the emperor's feet. But not only did Ding Laibao survive, he actually succeeded in snatching the money.
He took the girl back to his house, but threw the old father's body on the street and left him there. The girl was abused by him in his house for three days, and when he was released, there was not a piece of good meat on her body. When she returned to the place where she sold herself to bury her father, she found that the old father's body was nowhere to be found, only a few bones that had not been gnawed clean by wild dogs.
The girl was so grief-stricken that she went back and smashed her head against the gate of General Xiaowei's mansion and died.
It was not until the first day of March, when the school was closed, that the young master heard about this. He was filled with grief and indignation and reported it to the Jingzhao Yin Mansion. Now Ding Laibao is being detained for investigation.
The second thing is completely groundless.
It was said that a group of knights came from outside the city. They were taught by a hermit and took it as their duty to uphold justice in the world. They came from the south, and wherever they went, corrupt officials and gentry were terrified. Officials who committed crimes and oppressed the good were beheaded by the knights in their jurisdiction, and all the ill-gotten gains in their homes were evacuated to the people. Therefore, they were loved by the people. In some small counties in the south, the people even spontaneously built temples for them.
It just so happened that Ding Laibao had seized a woman and caused her death. For a while, there were many voices in the capital hoping that the heroes would capture Ding Laibao.
After hearing these two things, Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that there was an indescribable shock in his heart.
The system listened to everything and was silent for a long time before speaking silently: [Host, I know how you lost in your previous two lives.]
[He really understands you.]
Rong Tang took a sip of tea, suppressed the excitement in his heart, and slowed down his thoughts.
This first matter had not been exposed in the previous two lives. General Ding Weishan of the Left Guard sat in his general's chair until the end of this year. It was not until the autumn of next year that Ding Weishan was brought down by Su Huaijing because he blocked the way of the second prince for some reasons.
However, he would not have expected that in order to push Shen Feiyi in front of the emperor in this life, Su Huaijing not only fabricated such a background for him to gain fame among the masses first, but also took steps to deal with Ding Weishan in advance.
If Rong Tang guessed correctly, Su Huaijing's idea was to let Shen Feiyi take Ding Weishan's position.
He originally thought that his idea was bold enough, but who knew that Su Huaijing was even more courageous.
How dare you... The emperor's mind is hard to predict, and one wrong step could lead to eternal damnation.
Moreover, Su Huaijing no longer has the relationship with the Second Prince through Qin Pengxuan in this life. How did he convince the other party to follow his plan
Rong Tang felt a little disappointed and swallowed the tea unconsciously. He subconsciously frowned and thought, wondering how far he could achieve if it were him.
The second war of public opinion is bound to happen, but the first one...
Ding Laibao had been doing evil for so many years. It was shocking that the person who reported the case to the authorities could safely stand in the Jingzhao Yin Mansion and bring the matter to court, not to mention that Ding Laibao was actually imprisoned.
Rong Tang was a little confused: "Doesn't the big villain have a growth process?"
He is only seventeen years old. Why does Rong Tang feel that Su Huaijing now is no different from the Su Huaijing who was almost twenty years old when he met him in his previous life
He was so confused that he went for a nap with a groggy head, and as expected, he had a nightmare.
Sometimes he dreamed that Su Huaijing had turned into a long-legged and long-necked crane, chasing after him and poking him with his long, sharp beak; sometimes he dreamed that the villain who had ascended the throne tied him to the dragon throne with a golden chain, Rong Tang kneeled on the ground, and Su Huaijing smiled coldly in his dream, his eyes were so cold that they could kill people: "Who gave you the courage to brazenly say that you want to marry me? Huh?"
Rong Tang was so scared that he broke out in a sweat, and felt that this dream was completely unfounded.
Even if Su Huaijing is not one of the twenty-four filial sons, he is at least a person of truth, kindness and beauty. Ever since Rong Tang came back from outside the city and saw him last time, when he was pinched by the neck and showed signs of turning evil but was coaxed back to health, Su Huaijing has been unbelievably kind and well-behaved.
Rong Tang silently despised himself. Isn't it just that I don't give you tea? Why do you think so badly of me
After spitting, Rong Tang sat on the bed to calm down for a while and planned to go to the study to copy scriptures.
As soon as I stood up, I subconsciously picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip to moisten my throat, but I was immediately stunned by the faint sweetness.
Rong Tang paused, moved the teacup further away, looked around, and took another sip.
He tasted it right, it was Su Huaijing’s tea, he had never tasted it anywhere else in his lifetime.
Didn't he finish drinking it? Or did Shuangfu secretly hide some
Rong Tang was puzzled and pushed the door open to go out. Shuangshou was making tea in the study. The unique scent of tea from Yong'an Lane filled the room.
“What is this…?” Rong Tang was puzzled.
Shuangshou smiled at him and said, "Young Master, you should go to the desk first."
Rong Tang almost thought he was still dreaming. He walked to the desk in a daze and saw a letter under the paperweight.
The handwriting on the envelope was vigorous and powerful, as agile as a startled dragon and as graceful as the tendons of a handsome man and the bones of a willow. It was an unrestrained and elegant style that Rong Tang might not be able to achieve even if he practiced for his entire life.
[Dear Tang Tang]
Rong Tang picked up the envelope in a daze. He could still smell the scent of ink, probably because it was just written today.
Shuangshou smiled and said, "Master Su specifically instructed me to make you a pot of palace tea first. If you don't like it, you can make Master Su's tea. He gave us a whole pot, enough for us to drink until he comes to the palace!"
Rong Tang: "...What about this letter?"
Shuangshou: "Master Su said that the young master is shy. If I were to ask me to do some of the things, you might not want to see me in the next few days. That's why he asked me to wait for a while and wrote a letter to me personally to bring back to you."
"You said you'd wait a while, but I waited outside the study for a whole stick of incense!" Shuangshou smiled as if he was going to marry a wife, "Master Su's sincerity towards the young master is absolutely true!"
Rong Tang was confused for a long while, turning the envelope over and over in his hands, but he still didn't understand what Su Huaijing was doing.
After Shuangshou left, Rongtang tentatively opened the letter and saw four words:
Tangtang my husband —
Rong Tang took the letter back in a flash: "... Damn!"
(End of this chapter)