Chapter 90 King Ping
Qin Xiu listened to his sister's joking voice with a calm expression.
He said, "Sister, you're joking. I just came here to deliver medicine to you today. It's just a coincidence."
After saying that, he took out two porcelain bottles from his sleeve and handed them to the head nanny beside him.
Concubine Qin's eyes flashed with amusement, and she snorted and laughed: "Just explain it, I won't believe it anyway."
medicine?
Jiang Qingning was suspicious, lowered his eyes and said nothing, but secretly took note of this special thing.
"Sister, remember to take your medicine properly, don't be petty, and rest well if you're tired."
Qin Xiu's expression was slightly restrained, with a warning in his eyes.
"It's just a leftover illness from giving birth. It's not a serious problem. Fortunately, my mother kept it in her diary every day. It's hard for me to go a day without taking medicine." Concubine Qin shook her head helplessly.
Qin Xiu did not respond to Concubine Qin's teasing.
He looked at Jiang Qingning and asked with concern: "Are you tired? I'll take you out of the palace together."
This was exactly what Jiang Qingning wanted.
She stood up and saluted respectfully: "Since Your Majesty is tired, Qingning will take her leave first. Your Majesty, please have a good rest."
"Go, and don't forget to take the reward."
Concubine Qin waved her hands lazily, happy to see the close contact between the two.
Zi Su took the rosewood tray as usual. Even without opening it, she knew that it contained either a complete set of head ornaments, a pearl hairpin from the South China Sea, or a gem pendant.
It is true that Concubine Qin received too many rewards, and now these are the only things she can give away.
On the complicated palace road, Jiang Qingning and Qin Xiu walked side by side in front.
Qingzhi and Zisu followed behind from a distance, both with gossipy expressions on their faces.
Qin Xiu and Jiang Qingning remained silent, neither of them said a word.
Just as they were about to leave the palace, Jiang Qingning stopped and looked at the palace gate that was about to arrive. He turned and looked at Qin Xiu.
"Master Qin, do you really want to marry me?"
Thinking that her whole family was about to go out, Concubine Qin would take out precious jewelry and smash it at her almost every day, as if she wanted to break her heart.
"Jiang Qingning, I thought I had made my point clear enough, but you still didn't notice?"
Qin Xiu thought about the last time she was angry and Jiang Qingning put her in danger. She walked away angrily, but she never met Jiang Qingning again. She knew that she was deliberately avoiding her, but she felt helpless and could only calm down and take the initiative to meet her.
"My love for you didn't happen overnight, nor was it an obsession. It's the determination that, after all these years, I still want to marry you and live with you forever."
Qin Xiu's eyes were filled with seriousness. When their eyes met, Jiang Qingning felt the burning emotions.
Jiang Qingning frowned: "Master Qin, I've been married and had children. I'm no longer an ignorant girl in the capital. You..."
Qin Xiu interrupted firmly: "So what? I like you and I won't give up. It's no different from whether you've been married or not."
"If I had known about you these past few years, I would have disregarded my reputation to snatch you back. Jiang Qingning, do you understand what I'm saying?"
Jiang Qingning was shocked. She came to her senses and took a step back.
Qin Xiu reached out and grasped her wrist sharply, not giving her a chance to retreat.
"Don't even think about escaping this time. I won't let anyone disturb you or me again."
Qin Xiu took a step forward and said firmly, "Jiang Qingning, give me an answer. I swear that as long as you are willing to marry me, I will obey you from now on, and the Duke Qin Mansion will also obey you."
"With so much help, you no longer have to scheme so hard to gain anything, and you don't have to endure your sister's injury and expose yourself to lure the enemy into a trap."
"Marry me, and everything else will be the same as usual, except you'll have another man to bother you. I promise I won't let you down."
Jiang Qingning's pupils trembled slightly, and he looked at Qin Xiu's serious expression in shock. He had guessed it again.
"I can help you with Lin Heng's matter."
Qin Xiu leaned over and whispered in her ear, "What about you, Jiang Qingning? What is your choice?"
Jiang Qingning's eyes flashed with struggle. She opened her mouth, but found that she couldn't accurately answer Qin Xiu's words: "Qin Xiu, don't be like this."
"Don't do what, force you to make a choice?"
Qin Xiu chuckled softly, his voice low, "Jiang Qingning, I'm not going to be young anymore. I want to seize my best opportunity to keep your heart, so please be considerate of me, okay?"
“Ahem…”
A slight, trembling cough came from beside the two of them.
The inner chamber supervisor met the two men's sideways glances and said in a shrill, trembling voice, "Master Qin, His Majesty invites you."
Jiang Qingning seemed to have seen salvation. He shook off Qin Xiu's hand, which had been released submissively, and took a few steps back, saying cautiously, "Lord Qin is busy with official business. Qingning will take his leave."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around without hesitation and walked quickly towards the palace gate. Her movements were so fast that people mistakenly thought she even knew Qinggong.
Qin Xiu looked at Jiang Qingning's fleeing steps, and his heart sank slightly.
Disappointment is inevitable, but what is more is self-contempt. He despises himself for not being able to gain a place in front of Jiang Qingning.
The slight dampness after the rain and the fresh air rising from the grass and trees shone through the intricately carved window panes and fell obliquely onto the piece of mud-gold paper in front of Jiang Qingning.
The ink on the paper is dripping, it is the emblem of Prince Ping's Mansion. Flower viewing banquet, tomorrow afternoon.
As my fingertips brushed across the slightly raised ink marks, a faint chill passed through my heart.
Just one day after leaving the palace, the invitation was delivered to Ning Pavilion.
"I just heard from the doorman that this was Princess Shanyang, the only daughter of Prince Ping's Mansion, who sent it here personally." Zi Su hesitated.
Prince Ping's Mansion, Princess Shanyang Li Youwei, this name Jiang Qingning had occasionally heard when he was summoned to the palace.
Rumor has it that she is the only daughter of King Ping, skilled in martial arts, with a temperament as blazing as the sun, bright and dazzling, and a person that no one in the capital dares to provoke.
But Princess Shanyang chose to invite her, the "daughter of a guilty minister" who had received the emperor's grace but had an awkward identity.
Jiang Qingning lowered his eyes and said in a low voice, "Only wait until tomorrow, and all the reasons will be revealed."
The next day.
The dressing box was opened, and it was filled with precious jewelry. Zi Su picked out a plain silver hairpin and tied up her cloud-like black hair. The bun appeared deftly in Zi Su's hands, and then the gold-inlaid jade hairpin was inserted into the bun.
Jiang Qingning chose a sky-blue soft silk dress, which was so plain that it almost blended in with the ancient books placed beside her. Her face reflected in the bronze mirror was extremely beautiful, but there was an lingering heaviness hidden deep in her eyes.
"Let's go, whether it's a god or a devil, we need to meet for a while."
Jiang Qingning stood up and walked out of the house.
The carriage stopped in front of the magnificent vermilion lacquer gate of Prince Ping's mansion. As expected of the only prince of the opposite sex in Dagan, the mansion was packed with people, and luxury cars and luxury vehicles blocked half the street.
As you step into the gate of Prince Ping's Mansion, you will hear the jingling of jewelry and the elegant clothes. The air is filled with the rich fragrance of powder, incense and various rare flowers.
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