Rong Tang entered the hall and ignored Su Huaijing. Some people had already gathered in the room, mostly the younger generations of the two families. Rong Zhengyuan was talking to Rong Ning on the side. When he saw Rong Tang, he walked over and asked with concern, "Brother, are you feeling better?"
Rong Tang frowned and looked at him for a moment, feeling that the concern on his face was real.
Rong Ning also followed, bowed to Rong Tang, and then greeted Su Huaijing sweetly: "Sister-in-law!"
Rong Tang: “…”
He turned his head away and didn't look at anyone, but still heard Su Huaijing respond to her with a smile.
Rong Tang walked to Rong Zheng unhappily and said, "Much better."
Rong Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good. Brother suddenly fainted that day, and my eldest sister-in-law was scared. She was worried that returning to the palace would worry mother, so she hurriedly took you back to Yong'an Lane. I went to visit you several times and said that you were not well and could not see guests. Today, I saw that brother looked much better."
Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, for the meaning of his words, and unconsciously thought of Su Huaijing's meticulous care these days. He secretly turned his head to take a look, and happened to see Su Huaijing looking at him. There was a smile in his watery phoenix eyes. The moment they looked at each other, he raised his eyebrows slightly and stared straight at Rong Tang.
Rong Tang panicked and immediately looked away. He calmed down and asked, "I have been recuperating for the past few days and I really don't want to see anyone. What do you want from me?"
Rong Zheng said, "It's not a big deal. It's just that after Zhehuahui came back, Wukangbo's son came to visit the mansion several times, and he brought gifts every time. But my brother and eldest sister-in-law were not at home, so I didn't dare to make a decision, so I let him go back."
Rong Tang thought of the "explanation" he asked Qin Pengxuan for regarding Li Panyan's miscarriage at the flower-folding party, and frowned in dissatisfaction. He didn't want to see him, but also wanted to cheat something from him.
Before he could finish what he was going to say, Rong Zheng continued, "It's just that the prince of Wukang is a guest from afar after all. Every time he comes to my house, I have people make tea for him. In this way, it's not easy for my house to refuse all the gifts. I don't know what to do with them. Now they are all piled up in the warehouse of Tanghua Courtyard. If you have time, brother, can you ask Shuangfu and Shuangshou to go back and sort them out to prevent some herbs from getting damp and losing their effectiveness?"
Rong Tang: “?”
Rong Tang: “…”
He was speechless for a long time, as if it was the first day he met his younger brother, and then asked word by word: "Bow?"
"Yes." Rong Zheng nodded and smiled, his face inexplicably showing a combination of simplicity and shrewdness. He said, "He handed in his name card and walked through the main gate, passed through the screen wall and sat in the lobby of my Ningxuan Palace. He is naturally a guest. The gift that the guest brought into the palace is not a greeting or an apology?"
Rong Tang: “…”6.
His mood suddenly improved a lot, and he even asked with some interest, "How many times has he come?"
Rong Zheng smiled and stretched out his hand: "Five times."
"Do you always bring a bow?"
Rong Zheng asked back: "What else?"
Rong Tang almost couldn't help but give him a thumbs up, but out of curiosity, he asked, "You and Prince Qin are both good friends with the Second Prince. Aren't you afraid that the Second Prince will blame you for treating him like this?"
Unexpectedly, Rong Zheng smiled shyly and said in a low voice, "To be honest, brother, the Second Prince also meant the same thing. He said that Qin Pengxuan is a dissolute person and does not know etiquette. It would not hurt to let him suffer a few more setbacks."
Rong Tang: “…”
You are really showing off, Sheng Chengming. Are you going to just acknowledge Su Huaijing as your father
Rong Tang was speechless for a long time. Su Huaijing came over from behind, naturally took his hand, and asked, "What are you talking about?"
Rong Tang's hands felt hot, and he wanted to say "we are talking about your son", but he held back and said, "My second brother said that Qin Pengxuan came to our house to look for us several times. What are your plans?"
Su Huaijing nodded his head to indicate that he understood, and then asked, "Have the gifts promised by the Second and Third Princes at the Flower Folding Party been delivered?"
Rong Tang: “…” You are really brave.
He glanced back worriedly, fearing that Rong Mingyu and Rong Mingli would come in from the door and hear what he said, and would immediately punish him according to the family rules, but he heard Rong Zheng answering politely: "The second prince's gift was delivered to the mansion the day after the flower-folding party, and the third prince's was a little later, but it was also delivered last month. The things are all placed in the eldest brother's yard. I have asked people to check the gift list, and there are no mistakes or omissions."
Su Huaijing curled his lips and said warmly, "Thank you for your hard work, second brother."
Rong Zheng immediately became panicked and quickly replied: "It's all my duty, sister-in-law, please don't thank me."
Su Huaijing really didn't bother to be polite with him. Rong Tang almost felt sick as he watched from the side, and once again lamented that people with the same destiny had different fates.
Why is it that everyone the big villain meets is so foolish and obeys him, while those he meets are smarter than the other, and each of them is smart.
Rong Tang glanced at Su Huaijing dimly, and the latter took his hand and walked to the corner of the hall, lowered his head and asked softly: "Are you still angry?"
Rong Tang was stunned for a moment, not realizing what he was asking.
Su Huaijing said: "Stupid persimmon."
Young Master Rong's eyes suddenly widened in anger, staring at his wife!
Su Huaijing smiled and immediately said, "I was wrong. Tangtang is the smartest."
Rong Tang continued to glare at him, not giving in to the flattery at all.
Su Huaijing: "I am just touched by Brother Tangtang's cuteness."
Rong Tang's angry eyes narrowed a little, and he was a little stunned. Su Huaijing said, "Brother Tangtang is my little Bodhisattva. He is kind-hearted and can't bear to see the suffering of the people. Sometimes I feel like you are a little god from heaven who came to save me. I have never heard you speak like you just now."
Rong Tang felt a little embarrassed by his praise, but he pretended to be calm and asked, "What kind of words?"
Su Huaijing cleared his throat, first imitated the phrase 'this prince', then smiled and said: "Obviously, you are only thinking about others. You are worried that I will kill him, and you are also worried that he will offend the princes and nobles on Xuanwu Street. You deliberately act like you are bossing people around, but in fact-"
He paused, his smile deepening: "You can't fool anyone."
Rong Tang was speechless for a moment, and after a moment's deliberation, he asked, "When you asked me whether I should kill him, were you kidding?"
Su Huaijing blinked: "I'm not kidding."
Rong Tang was silent for two seconds, his eyes involuntarily scanning the people in the hall, then he lowered his voice and asked very seriously and solemnly: "How do you plan to kill him?"
Su Huaijing was stunned by his question, and then he laughed unconsciously. He also lowered his voice and replied seriously: "Poisoning, assassination, stabbing, or even walking on the street, I use a very tough thin rope to strangle his neck, and his eyeballs will explode and die immediately."
Although if he wanted Shen Feiyi to die, he only needed to say a word and Shen Feiyi would immediately kneel in front of him and commit suicide, but when Rong Tang asked him, Su Huaijing wanted to tell him the dark side of this world.
He smiled gently, and although he was clearly saying extremely terrifying words, his expression was as warm as a spring breeze. Su Huaijing said, "So Tangtang, human life is the most unpredictable, lightest, and most unpredictable thing in this world. You never know if you will face an unknown danger one day."
Rong Tang raised his eyes and looked at him quietly. There was no fear in his eyes. He was still indifferent, even with a bit of calmness that Su Huaijing could not understand.
He frowned suddenly, suddenly realizing that this seemed not worth mentioning to Rong Tang.
He originally wanted to use this opportunity to tell Rong Tang, so don't leave my sight, you will always be safe with me, but as soon as he met Rong Tang's eyes, Su Huaijing suddenly realized a fact that he had ignored for a long time.
Rong Tang didn't care.
He knew better than anyone that he would die soon. From his perspective, every day he lived was earned.
Su Huaijing didn't like this perception. He couldn't help but stretch out his hand, wanting to hold Rong Tang's wrist in his palm to remind himself that this person was right in front of him and would not suddenly disappear.
But before he could make a move, Rong Tang raised his lips slightly, stretched out his hand and held his, then lowered his head, quietly looked at the pair of spotless and white jade-like hands, and said softly: "But it will get dirty."
Su Huaijing was startled, and his restlessness was instantly calmed. Rong Tang frowned, seeming distressed: "It will dirty your hands. You love cleanliness the most, don't you?"
The long summer was restless. The cicadas in the Princess's Mansion had been trapped. There were only a few sparse bird calls in the yard. Mixed in the noisy voices, Rong Tang said lightly. Su Huaijing was silent for a moment, then suddenly laughed and nodded: "Yeah, Tang Tang is right."
You are right, I love cleanliness the most, and I don't want to hold your hand with bloody and dirty hands. You are a spotless little Bodhisattva, you should sit upright on the platform.
Su Huaijing leaned close to Rong Tang in a dependent manner until Wang Xiuyu appeared in the hall. She hadn't seen Rong Tang for a long time, so she pulled him aside and talked to him affectionately.
Su Huaijing stood in the corner, looking at them with a smile on his face. He waited for a while, and then an old voice came from behind him, saying respectfully, "Are you the Crown Prince's Consort? The Princess invites you."
The corners of Su Huaijing's lips gradually smoothed out. He stood up straight, smoothed his robe a little, glanced in the direction of Rong Tang again, turned around and left the hall with the nanny.
During the Duanyang family dinner, the Princess's residence was filled with the scent of mugwort, and sachets were hung under the eaves. The white jade bricks and glazed tiles that can be seen everywhere in Princess Duanyi's residence are simply enviable for their wealth.
Su Huaijing followed Nanny Jieying straight along the way without looking around and came to a Buddhist temple.
There is a golden statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in the hall, but the cushion is old and shriveled. One can tell at a glance that someone is kneeling and chanting scriptures there every day.
The scent of sandalwood filled the entire room, which was many times stronger than the faint scent of incense on Rong Tang's body. An old woman in simple clothes was kneeling on a mat with her back to the door, chanting scriptures.
Su Huaijing entered the house, the nanny left and closed the door. The noise was instantly isolated outside the door, and the sound of chanting in the house gradually cooled down.
Su Huaijing bowed towards the eldest princess' back, performing the most grand gift in all these years, except for the one he gave when he married Rong Tang.
"Huai Jing thanks Her Royal Highness the Princess for the gift of the tiger."
(End of this chapter)