Chapter 127 I Won’t Eat Her
Today? Jiang Xue couldn't help but chuckle. She reminded him, "Young Master, aren't you going out with your friends? Are you free today?"
Chong Dixian then remembered something and said with an annoyed "Oh!", "I actually forgot that my friend should still be waiting for me up ahead."
He hurriedly got up to mount his horse, and suddenly turned back to Jiang Xue and said, "Then how can I apologize to the young lady... and my cousin?"
"We are busy today, so it's not your fault." Jiang Xue smiled and said, "I will be free the day after tomorrow. If you are also free, why don't we meet here at this time?"
Chong Dixian nodded happily, smiling like a child, and said, "It's a deal."
Chong Dixian rode away on his horse. Jiang Xue then turned to look at Jing Ye who had been silent for a long time and said, "Let's go."
Jing Ye just snorted coldly and walked forward.
Although his expression could not be seen clearly because of the mask he was wearing, Jiang Xue could still sense that something was not right with him when she walked up to him.
Jiang Xue broke the silence and joked, "Just now I said you were my cousin, why didn't the prince expose it?"
Jing Ye said coldly: "Since you are a member of the Chong family, I probably know what you are planning. If you want to conceal your identity, then so be it. I don't want to do anything bad."
Jiang Xue smiled and teased, "Your Majesty is really straightforward. He didn't get angry when being called a generation older for no reason."
"Angry?" Jing Ye suddenly turned to look at her and said sarcastically, "Isn't it me who is taking advantage? Why should I be angry?"
"What do you say, niece?"
Jiang Xue didn't get angry but laughed instead, but she was a little stunned in her heart.
Does he joke? I don't think he ever does.
Not long after the two of them walked away, they saw Xu Chong standing in front of the carriage waiting. When he saw them, he turned around and said something to the inside of the carriage.
Fu Dong hurried out of the car, holding a veil in his hand, and walked quickly over to put it on Jiang Xue.
Jing Ye walked straight towards the carriage and stepped inside without saying a word.
Seeing this, Fu Dong said angrily, "How can he ride with Your Highness? Why don't you wait a little while, and I'll ask Brother Xu to get another carriage, and let him sit in it if he wants."
Jiang Xue smiled and said, "It's okay. I was going to go with him anyway. I'm sorry to have you sit outside the car."
Fu Dong was still somewhat indignant, but when she was about to get on the car, Jiang Xue took off her veil and put it on her head.
"You are my personal maid, so you'd better wear it, otherwise we will be seen by people we know. Then we will be conspicuous in there." Jiang Xue said softly, then quickly got into the carriage and closed the door.
Jing Ye sat in the middle seat with his eyes closed, so Jiang Xue had to sit to one side and slightly raised the window, trying to let more street traffic into the narrow space.
Otherwise, it would be awkward for two people to just sit opposite each other in silence.
"You have an appointment with Chong's son," Jing Ye suddenly said, "What are you planning to do?"
Hearing this, Jiang Xue retracted her gaze from the outside of the car, smiled at Jing Ye, and said, "I was originally worried about what excuse to use to find Chong Huan to find out the truth, but now there is a young master from the Chong family who has come to my doorstep for free. This will allow me to understand the Chong family a little better, isn't that good?"
Jing Ye said calmly: "The princess seems to like taking advantage of other people's sincerity."
"Use?" Jiang Xue frowned and said, "I have to find the Chong family to investigate this matter anyway. Besides, my original intention is not to harm him. I just want to find out the truth and find out the person behind the scenes, so that Jiguo and Ganguo can be clean. Can this be considered as using him?"
"Besides," she said slowly, "the young master of the Chong family looks innocent, and I originally liked him. What's wrong with making friends with him? He is sincerely apologizing, and I am also sincere in making friends with him."
"Whether it is used or not is not up to the princess to decide, it is up to him to decide."
Jing Ye suddenly opened his eyes and looked at her, and said in a deep voice: "Besides, your so-called sincerity also needs to be seen whether it is sincere to him."
"Then consider it as taking advantage of me," Jiang Xue said, "but I have no ill intentions."
"No ill intentions?" Jing Ye asked, "What if it is later found out that Chonghuan is indeed involved in this matter? What will the princess do?"
Jiang Xue was silent for a long time after hearing this, and then she slowly said, "I believe that Master Chong would not do such a thing."
"Believe?" Jing Ye's voice suddenly became a little cold. "Then Lord Chong is really lucky. A person who has never met the princess before can get the princess's 'trust'."
"I wonder if I should think that the princess is really kind-hearted and trusts others easily, or if the princess's so-called trust is just a mask?"
"Hmm..." Jiang Xue was not annoyed by his weird tone. She just lowered her head and looked at the corner of her clothes, and said softly, "Maybe it's because I was blinded by hatred in the past and I don't want to believe in people's sincerity."
"Now, I don't want to make that mistake."
"Isn't it because Chonghuan holds an important position? If we easily frame him, it will cause unrest in the court of Ji State and threaten the Jiang Dynasty?" Jing Ye sneered coldly and said, "The princess is really sincere when she tells such a touching lie."
"You chose to believe Chonghuan at this moment, but it's just because you don't want the court to suddenly change."
"In the princess' heart, your father, the emperor, your mother, your brother Jiang Yu, and even your grandfather's family are the most important people, aren't they?"
Jiang Xue fell silent again after hearing this.
After a long time, she suddenly raised her head and looked straight ahead, but her eyes were empty, like a lost puppet.
"Maybe you are right," she said, "but this does not conflict with my regrets."
Jing Ye seemed a little upset. He just said in a deep voice: "So what? Whether the princess regrets or not, what does it have to do with me? The people who deserve your regret have already been buried in the earth. It's useless for you to talk to me about this."
Jiang Xue suddenly turned around and looked at him and smiled, "I said all this just to tell His Majesty that I chose to believe in Master Chonghuan, not only for the sake of the Ji Kingdom, but also for my own sincerity. But I don't know what His Majesty is thinking about now?"
"So I don't think that I'm using the Chong family's young master as an advantage by making friends with him," Jiang Xue said cheerfully, "It would be more helpful to the Chong family to find out what happened to Lord Chong's staff member at this time, wouldn't it?"
Jing Ye snorted in disdain and said, "If you are absolutely sure about Chong Huan, why don't you just go to him and tell him the truth? Instead of investigating behind his back? Princess, don't fool yourself with such a cover-up."
Jiang Xue shook her head and said seriously, "Master Chong is not only upright, but also very reckless, perhaps because he is a martial artist."
"He got a reputation as a loyal and stubborn minister because he would speak out against any colleagues, even his grandfather and father, if he didn't like something."
"If we let him know about this, I'm afraid that the aide will be dealt with immediately." Jiang Xue said, "I think the prince is like me, and doesn't want to alert the enemy."
"He is reckless," Jing Ye said sarcastically, "but he is not brainless. Wouldn't it be possible that someone who can sit on the position of Shangshu doesn't know what it means to plan before taking action?"
Jiang Xue said: "Perhaps it will be as the prince wishes, but even if it is true, given his loyal character and to avoid suspicion of being involved in party disputes, the first measure he will take when he learns of this matter will definitely be to report it directly to the emperor."
"Are you worried that if the emperor finds out, this matter will not just be limited to Chong Mansion?"
"Yes," Jiang Xue said, "If this matter is handed over, whether it is Kaifeng Prefecture, Dali Temple or Jingzhao Prefecture, it will no longer be under our control."
There are so many officials in the court, who knows which ones are in the dark and which ones are in the open?
Jing Ye nodded, which was considered as his tacit agreement.
Soon, the carriage stopped. Fu Dong stretched out his hand to open the door and said to Jiang Xue hurriedly, "Your Highness, we're here. Get out of the carriage quickly."
Jing Ye said coldly: "Why are you in such a hurry? I won't eat her."
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