Chapter 25: So good that people want to rub her head
The closed window trembled three times, and the yard was extremely quiet for a moment.
After just a moment, I vaguely heard the maid named Hua Wu in the room say something, and then the window over there was suddenly pushed open.
Song Tangning avoided her injured hand, supported the window with her arm, revealing a rosy little face.
His eyes were watery, his face was filled with shame and annoyance that could not be concealed, Tang Ning called out in a low and embarrassed voice: "Brother, why are you here?"
Seeing her flushed face, Xiao Yan suddenly smiled. His tense and cold body relaxed, and after the muscles in his waist relaxed, he became lazy and relaxed again.
"Just got off court, came to take a look."
Walking around the yard and into the house, I saw the little girl wrapped tightly, her face flushed.
He stood at a distance and said, "How do you like this house? Do you like it?"
"I like it."
When talking about his future home, Song Tangning no longer cared about being embarrassed.
"Brother, this house is truly magnificent. The carved railings and painted walls in the front yard are exquisite, and even the winged wood carvings on the beams are captivating. Furthermore, Hua Wu said there are many crabapple trees planted by the warm water spring in the backyard. In a month or two, they'll be in bloom."
She stretched her head out to reveal her black and bright eyes, like a child who has gotten her favorite thing, her face as delicate and beautiful as a spring tangerine hanging on a branch.
"Brother, you don't know, but my mother loves crabapples the most. In the past, our house was planted with all kinds of crabapples. Even my name was given by my mother after the flower."
Her mother would call her Little Begonia and would point to the begonia flowers blooming on the branches and tell her that my little Begonia will be more beautiful than flowers in the future.
When the girl talked about her favorite things, her eyes were clear and her lips were raised.
There are two dimples on the small mouth, which makes her look very cute.
Xiao Yan felt that this face was almost identical to the pink ball he had been when he was a child, and a smile appeared in his eyes.
"If you like, you can have crabapples planted in other parts of the backyard. There are several varieties of multi-colored crabapples in the palace. When they bloom, they are extremely gorgeous and rare. I will have someone find some seeds and transplant them to your house. They will bloom next year."
The words "your house" made Tang Ning's eyes bend: "Will it trouble me, brother?"
"No trouble."
"Then can I have two more weeping crabapples..."
The girl blushed, as if she was afraid of appearing too greedy. "There's a large crabapple garden in the Imperial Garden. It's so beautiful when the flowers bloom. It shouldn't be a problem if I quietly take a few back."
"It's no problem. I'll ask someone to dig up a few."
Tang Ning looked up in surprise: "Thank you, brother."
Xiao Yan raised his lips.
After Tang Ning asked Xiao Yan to sit down, she asked Hua Wu to get the tea set to make tea for Xiao Yan, and she handed the silver bills she had prepared earlier to Xiao Yan.
Hearing that it was money to buy a house, Xiao Yan did not refuse and directly took the banknote.
"I heard from Uncle He that you want to change the name of this house to Tang Mansion. I will have someone send the property deeds and land deeds over later. You can send a reliable person to accompany Uncle He to Jingzhao Prefecture to complete the formalities. From now on, this house will be your property and no one else can touch it."
"Since this is your house, the original plaque is no longer useful. I'll find someone to make a new one in a few days to replace the current one. If you have a style you like, have someone draw it for me first and I'll have it made."
Hearing this, Tang Ning looked up at the person opposite her, feeling a little moved.
The man in front of her was extremely good to her, the kind of person who was considerate and considerate without saying a word.
He would take her mood into consideration, care about her feelings, and show his protection and care in the small details, which was completely different from Song Jinxiu, Lu Zhinian and others.
He would not make decisions for her in everything just because he was powerful. Instead, he would try his best to let her decide her own future.
It was as if this house was obviously worth more than this little silver. If it were sold casually, the price would at least double. The silver she gave was less than half of it. But he would rather sell it half and give it away as a gift, so that she could feel at ease after receiving both the silver and the goods. He never said directly that he would give it to her as a gift, which made her still worried about having no place to stay after leaving the Song family.
Song Tangning blinked and said softly, "I'll listen to you, brother."
The child is really well-behaved when she is well-behaved. She is naturally good-looking. The scars on her face are covered with medicine but they do not hide her beauty. Her soft hair is tied loosely behind her head, with a few strands hanging down from her forehead. She is so well-behaved that people want to rub her head.
Xiao Yan twirled his fingertips, his robe hanging at his feet. "I heard someone from the Lu family was here?"
Song Tangning nodded honestly: "The one who came is Lu Zhinian's attendant, his name is Song Mo."
As soon as she mentioned Lu Zhinian, the smile on her face faded.
"The Lu family found out about Song Jinxiu and the others coming to see me yesterday. They also knew that I had moved out of Prince Cheng's mansion with my brother, so they wanted to send someone to coax me back."
"Lu Zhinian even had Song Mo lie to me, saying that Madam Lu was heartbroken about my injury and punished him by making him kneel in the ancestral hall. He also hinted that I had implicated him because of the incident I caused at the Qian family. Then he gave me a coral bracelet that he didn't want, hoping that I would go to the Lu family to help him out."
Xiao Yan paid attention to her expression as she spoke, and saw only disgust, not sadness, and her eyes were extremely clear: "What are you thinking?"
"I just felt like they took me for a fool."
Tang Ning's face was not good, and there was mockery in his eyes.
"Brother, you don't know how much the old lady of the Lu family dotes on Lu Zhinian. Not to mention that there's no way she would punish Lu Zhinian by making him kneel in the ancestral hall for me, even if Lu Zhinian really did kneel, it definitely wouldn't be because of me."
Old Madam Lu would only blame her for not following the rules, for not wanting to settle things peacefully, for making things worse and implicating her precious grandson, and for bringing disaster to the Lu family's reputation.
She didn't feel sorry for her because she almost died in the mountains, or how much she had been abandoned and suffered.
"As for that coral bracelet, I liked it half a year ago."
"On my coming-of-age day, I fell in love with the bracelet he was wearing. I heard that Lu Zhinian had two identical coral bracelets, so I wanted him to give me one."
"But no matter how much I tried to hint or hint, he seemed to not understand at all. He didn't respond to me at all and even put the bracelet away and never wore it again."
Tang Ning originally thought that he didn't understand her thoughts. Although she was disappointed, she didn't think much about it. But now she realized how stupid she was.
Lu Zhinian always knew what she liked and what she wanted. He was even certain that if he took what she liked, it would be enough to please her.
He had always understood her feelings, but he was just unwilling to respond, treating her sincerity as a huge joke.
Xiao Yan listened to her words, his dark eyes turning cold: "Then why don't you cancel the engagement?"
"I will retreat, but not now."
Song Tangning took a deep breath, "I remember my brother told me that the worst thing to do is to act rashly without a plan, and not to easily put yourself in a dilemma."
"The matter with the Lu family is more complicated than with the Song family. This matter concerns the Queen and the reputation of the Lu family. The Lu family will never tolerate me getting away with it and tarnishing Lu Zhinian's reputation. Moreover, with the Song family around, they will not let me lose this marriage with the Lu family and the opportunity to marry the Queen."
"I have to deal with the Song family first before I can cancel the Lu family's marriage proposal. So I didn't confront Lu Zhinian directly. I just let him think that I was angry with him and that his apology was not sincere enough. This delay can not only appease the Lu family so that they don't get suspicious, but also give me time to investigate the Song family."
The little girl carefully told her thoughts, then raised her thick long eyelashes and looked at Xiao Yan, who was standing in front of her and treated her like a respected elder.
"Brother, am I doing the right thing?"
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