After a while, Xi Rong came in with her maid.
She looked at Shi Qingluo and asked with a smile: "Are you done talking?"
Shi Qingluo nodded, "We've finished the discussion, and he agreed."
Xi Rong was her good friend, so she told her how she was going to use the recipe to exchange benefits with King Jin.
Xi Rong chuckled and said, "He probably didn't expect you to do this."
"By the way, I just saved a handsome scholar on the road. He looked gentle and had a good temper."
She added playfully, "I don't know who sent it."
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "I also met a boy who was bullied."
Xi Rong was stunned, "Ah, who is so funny, actually using the beauty trap on the two of us."
She once said in the capital that if she wanted to get married in the future, she would find a man with a good temper, a gentle personality, and a handsome appearance.
I just said it casually at the time, but I didn't expect to meet him in North City today.
Not to mention the man's performance in all aspects, he was really to her liking.
But how could it be such a coincidence, especially in the territory of King Jin of Beicheng, so she concluded that the other party was sent by someone to seduce her.
Shi Qingluo laughed, "It may be a beauty trap for you, but not for me."
"The man I met was only thirteen or fourteen years old. Oh, and he's Zhuo Jun's younger brother."
Xi Rong also knew about Zhuo Jun and the previous dynasty.
The emperor took the initiative to tell Xi Rong before she came to Northern Xinjiang.
Xi Rong raised her eyebrows, "What is Zhuojun's brother here for?"
Shi Qingluo shrugged, "I don't know."
Then he pointed to his head and said, "Nine times out of ten, he's attracted to me, too."
Xi Rong chuckled and said, "That's right, yours is very valuable."
"If the remnants of the previous dynasty want to restore their country, it is necessary to accumulate a large amount of money."
Only if you have money can you do things, otherwise how many people would be willing to get involved with those people from the previous dynasty?
Shi Qingluo asked with a smile: "What was your heroic act of saving a beautiful girl like?"
She was actually quite curious.
They were attacked on the same day, could they all be from the previous dynasty? Xi Rong smiled and said, "On my way to the teahouse, a carriage suddenly lost control, and the horse pulling the carriage rushed towards a stunned scholar in the middle of the street."
"When I saw that man was about to be hit, I threw him to the side and saved him from being crushed by the carriage."
"Then he acted very grateful to me and insisted on repaying me."
Shi Qingluo raised his eyebrows, "Are you willing to risk it? If you don't take action, won't he be injured or even killed?"
"Yes, so when I was saving people, I didn't think that someone was deliberately plotting against me."
Xi Rong paused and continued, "But after I rescued him, I found that his appearance, temperament, voice, and behavior and personality all suited my taste."
"Especially, he also proposed to stay with me to repay my kindness."
"I just don't think it's possible for such a coincidence to happen."
Shi Qingluo smiled and asked, "Did you agree?"
Xi Rong curled her lips, "Why not agree? I also want to see whether it was Prince Jin who was behind this, or whether it was the remnants of the previous dynasty who did this."
"It's boring in the Northern Frontier anyway, so it's nice to keep him around to entertain you."
She did develop some interest in that person.
Shi Qingluo saw Shi Rong's interest, thought for a moment and reminded, "Then you better be careful, don't capsize."
Xi Rong nodded, "Yes, I know my limits."
She added, "I have already ordered the secret guards to check his identity and background."
Shi Qingluo nodded, "It would be good to know more."
She also reminded, "But if it was arranged by someone, the identity found may also be problematic."
Xi Rong said: "So I wanted to see what tricks he and the people behind him were going to play, so I took the initiative to accept it."
Shi Qingluo replied: "After a few days, when Prince Jin sends us the information about the Northern Frontier, we can go back soon."
After being out for so many days, she missed her husband.
Although they communicated every day, when she saw his handwriting and the longing between the lines, she wanted to go back even faster.
She had never thought that one day she would fall in love with a man and think about him all the time.
I also understood the meaning of the saying "A day without seeing you feels like three years".
Xi Rong smiled and said, "Then I'll tell him when the time comes and see if he's willing to follow us back to Heyang County."
Shi Qingluo nodded, "Okay."
After drinking tea for a while, they went shopping arm in arm.
It was another round of shopping, which left the secret guards from Prince Jin's Mansion and Xiao Yuanshi who were following the two speechless.
Two days later, Concubine Hua sent a letter to Shi Qing, inviting her to visit her house.
The carriage from Prince Jin's Mansion came directly to pick people up.
Shi Qingluo did not refuse and went to Prince Jin's Mansion in a carriage.
It also made the noble families in North City frightened again. It seemed that Prince Jin attached great importance to Shi Qingluo.
Xiao Yuanshi was once again extremely curious as to why Shi Qingluo was going to Prince Jin's Mansion again.
Could it be possible that he really boarded the ship of Prince Jin’s Mansion ?
The maid brought Shi Qingluo to a pavilion, where Prince Jin and Concubine Hua were sitting and playing chess.
Liang Mingyu sat nearby and watched.
Seeing Shi Qingluo coming, Concubine Hua stood up with a smile and greeted her in a familiar manner, "Qingluo is here."
"Do you know how to play chess? Do you want to play a game with the prince?"
Shi Qingluo knew that playing chess could help one understand a person, so he did not refuse. “My chess skills are only half-baked, and I’m afraid that the prince will dislike me.”
Prince Jin smiled gently and tolerantly, "Concubine Hua is just a bad chess player. I don't dislike her, so I won't dislike you either."
"Come on, let's play a game of chess."
Concubine Hua glared at Prince Jin and said, "Your Majesty is making fun of me again."
She pulled Shi Qingluo to sit down, "Qingluo, you have to help me get back my face."
Shi Qingluo was really not used to Concubine Hua being so outgoing.
However, Concubine Hua has a good grasp of the scale, so people don’t feel disgusted by her.
She smiled at Concubine Hua and said, "I'm afraid it will be difficult. If I lose, Concubine Hua, please don't blame me."
Concubine Hua chuckled, "I don't blame you. If you lose, we will share the hardship."
Shi Qingluo nodded to her and looked at Prince Jin, "Then Your Majesty, I will show you my ugliness."
King Jin smiled and raised his hand, "I'll let you go first."
Shi Qingluo smiled and said, "Okay!"
She first looked at the chessboard carefully, then picked up a chess piece and placed it in a position.
Prince Jin didn't think he would lose, and he played casually at first.
But the more he played, the more frightened he became. He couldn't help but take it seriously. In the end, he put in his full concentration and focused on playing chess.
Half an hour later, Shi Qingluo placed the last chess piece.
He raised his head and smiled at Prince Jin, "I didn't expect that I would win. Your Majesty, I'm honored!"
In modern times, she was abused by both her grandfather and her grandfather-in-law, which made her chess skills better and better. Later, she was abused by her young husband, which made her level even higher.
So dealing with King Jin is a piece of cake.
She liked to see Prince Jin go from being confident at first to doubting his life in the end.
Prince Jin: “…” Where’s the half-baked one you promised me?
(End of this chapter)
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