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Jiang Rao, accompanied by Hu Tang, arrived outside the martial arts arena. She stopped and became a little worried. She wanted to go back to the arena to take a look.
Hu Tang frowned, "You keep going back and forth, how come you're just like my mother? Every time I wanted her to see her daughter's skills, she covered her eyes and dared not look. For a martial artist, getting hurt is nothing new."
Jiang Rao was persuaded by her and said slowly: "Then I... go back and take a look?"
"You don't have to go back either." Hu Tang held Jiang Rao, "If you really don't dare to look, you can wait here. I'll go and see what's going on. If you think the situation is not right, go and stop it. The emperor won't blame me."
Jiang Rao stopped walking after hearing her words, but she pulled Hu Tang's sleeve and said, "If anything happens, remember to ask the maid to call me over."
Hu Tang nodded.
Jiang Rao stayed where she was and sighed.
She knew she was a little timid before, but that couldn't be considered indecisive.
But when it comes to Rong Ting's matter, I feel a little uneasy.
Empress Jiahe is imprisoned in Jinxiu Palace this time. I wonder if she will be deprived of the Phoenix Seal and lose the ability to rule the six palaces in the end as others say.
If this is really possible...
Her engagement to him was originally intended to deal with Queen Jiahe, but now that the Queen has lost power, it seems unnecessary.
Jiang Rao felt a sudden pain in her heart.
The Qiang warriors loved to show off. When they heard that there was going to be a rematch, they insisted on asking the people of Jinling to come and watch. They wanted to win gloriously in front of the people of Dazhao. But the one called Adanu would go back to his Qiang tribe after the competition. Instead, Rong Ting showed up in public. Even she, who was used to seeing beautiful women, thought her face was pretty, let alone others.
She has her strengths, but she also has many flaws. Before she got married, she didn't like to follow the rules, and after she got married, she didn't regard her husband as her God. Apart from the background and appearance given to her by her parents, she was not a good girl suitable for a family. There were so many ladies from aristocratic families in the martial arts field this time, and maybe one of them was better than her in every way.
Jiang Rao twisted a handkerchief in her hand. Seeing that Hu Tang was not coming back for a long time, she wanted to go back and take a look.
See if anyone looks at Rong Ting more, and also see if Rong Ting looks at others more.
Just when I told Ming Shao that I wanted to go back to the martial arts field, Hu Tang came out of the field.
Jiang Rao went forward and asked anxiously, "Is anyone injured?"
"I thought you would ask who won first." Hu Tang said to Jiang Rao, "No one was injured. The Ninth Prince deliberately exposed his flaws in order to lose to Adanu. Unexpectedly, the barbarian named Adanu was a real man. He admitted defeat without hesitation. However, I can't tell the style of your fiancé's moves. I just think his moves are a bit sinister. Some of them are aimed at people's vital points... Niannian, are you listening?"
Jiang Rao heaved a sigh of relief after hearing that no one was injured. She turned to look at Ming Shao and told her to tell the kitchen to ensure that the medicinal food was not out of stock. Hu Tang talked for a long time, but when he saw that Jiang Rao didn't seem to be listening, he walked around to her and gently called her by her nickname, "Niannian."
Jiang Rao's eyes lit up at this time, "He won..."
Hu Tang scolded: "You didn't listen to me."
Jiang Rao lowered her head embarrassedly.
Hu Tang was puzzled when he heard what Jiang Rao told Ming Shao. "He won so easily, why did you ask the kitchen to prepare medicinal food for him?"
"This medicinal food is beneficial to the body and has no harm. In case he managed to win the competition by forcing himself, it can also help him replenish his body."
Jiang Rao believed that he knew Rong Ting better than anyone else. He fell off a cliff in Huaizhou and was injured. It was only a few months ago. It would take days to heal the broken bones, not to mention that falling off a cliff was something that almost cost him his life.
She was an amateur when it came to martial arts and couldn't figure out the details of the martial arts styles, but after seeing the seventeenth prince being defeated miserably just now, she felt that Adanu was not a good person.
Thinking about it this way, she actually felt that her worries were somewhat possible.
Hu Tang pressed his fingertips on Jiang Rao's forehead, looking disapproving.
She had thought that Jiang Rao would jump up in joy after Rong Ting defeated Adanu, but she never expected that she would look worried instead, "Do you really think he is weak?"
"I can see it clearly. His palm power is very strong. Even Adanu couldn't take it. His power is not weak either. He doesn't look like someone with weak internal energy." Hu Tang's voice suddenly lowered, and he muttered, "You have always told me that he is gentle and easy to be bullied. After he went to Huaizhou, you worried about him every day. But a person's character can be seen from his martial arts. If this was not just an ordinary exchange, he would have left room for maneuver. I am afraid that every move of his is aimed at taking people's lives... some, some..."
Jiang Rao fell silent.
Hu Tang suddenly stopped talking, and did not say the word "brutal and violent". He just said: "Do you... want to ask someone about his style of fighting in Huaizhou?"
Jiang Rao shook her head, "That's not necessary."
Hu Tang pursed his lips, feeling that he was meddling in other people's business.
He said nothing more, but his face fell when he saw the figure walking up from behind Jiang Rao.
"Miss Jiang, Miss Hu."
Jiang Rao heard a voice behind her and turned around to see the Seventeenth Prince, supported by his attendants, walking towards them.
The Seventeenth Prince had been cleaned up, and did not look as disheveled as he had just come down from the martial arts arena. However, his voice was a little weak and he had no strength.
He walked up to Jiang Rao, bowed gently, his face gentle, without the usual confrontational look.
Jiang Rao was alert and did not answer, but took a step back.
Seeing her rejecting him like this, the Seventeenth Prince looked guilty and said, "You will be my Ninth Sister-in-law in the future. I was wrong for not taking good care of my cat before. I should apologize to the young lady."
Jiang Rao frowned, not knowing what the Seventeenth Prince's intentions were. Hu Tang had already stopped her, "He has a wolfish ambition."
Hu Tang was used to being aggressive. Even in a crowded place like the martial arts arena today, she didn't care about the etiquette that a lady should follow. She looked at the seventeenth prince coldly, "Just now you shouted at me that you would definitely beat Adanu, but you lost. Since you lost, don't bother us anymore."
The seventeenth prince looked at her twice and finally left. When he left, he still looked back twice.
Jiang Rao's eyes swept across the Seventeenth Prince's background, and then across Hu Tang who was huffing beside her, and she vaguely sensed something, "Just now you said you met someone you didn't want to see, could it be the Seventeenth Prince?"
Hu Tang was annoyed, "I'm not a petty person. There are only a few people I can hold a grudge against, right?"
This was considered as tacit agreement to Jiang Rao's question.
Jiang Rao sneered, and a subtle intuition arose in her heart. She was about to pull Hu Tang to ask a few questions, but Hu Tang pointed behind her and said, "The King of Qi is over there."
Jiang Rao tilted her head and saw Rong Ting.
He stood in front of the martial arts arena, with the wind and noise of the arena behind him. He was tall and handsome, with an indifferent smile and eyes. When she looked at him, he blinked, and his eyelashes were full of light. When his eyelashes fluttered, his face looked gorgeous and dazzling.
Jiang Rao really couldn't imagine that someone with such a docile and gentle demeanor and pure eyes would be a vicious disciple who wanted to kill his opponent with every move in a martial arts competition.
She felt that Hu Tang was exaggerating.
Hu Tang was concerned about what was happening in the martial arts field, so he said something to Jiang Rao and went back.
This time, in addition to the prince, there are many young men from noble families in the martial arts field. If anyone thinks his kung fu is good enough, he can compete with Adanu.
Hu Tang secretly looked around to find a skill that not many people noticed, and secretly challenged Adanu to a duel.
As for Rong Ting, she saw at a glance that she could not cope with such a brutal move and had no intention of sparring with him. She noticed that Jiang Rao had been silent for a long time and seemed to disagree with her evaluation of Rong Ting. She didn't know how to explain it to Jiang Rao in the future.
She wasn't sure whether she should explain it to Jiang Rao or not.
Hu Tang looked back. After she left, Rong Ting walked towards Jiang Rao. He stopped beside her and the scene of him looking down at her was as beautiful as a painting.
Not to mention anything else, there is no one in Jinling who is prettier than Rong Ting. She looks perfect standing next to Jiang Rao.
But...if that person is cruel at heart, can being with Jiang Rao, who is kind and gentle and can't even bear to watch small animals being hunted during the autumn hunt, be considered a good match?
Jiang Rao had been looking at Rong Ting from head to toe since he appeared, fearing that he might have some wounds on his body. She breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he had no injuries after a quick look.
She asked Rong Ting, "Why don't you stay with the emperor?"
"My father wants to return to the palace at dawn, so he asked me to go back first and continue to track down the Xu family."
Jiang Rao nodded half-comprehendingly, "I am not interested in the competition in the martial arts field anymore. It just so happens that I want to go back to the palace to see my aunt."
She nodded casually, looking a little confused. Rong Ting smiled softly, "Just happened to be with me."
His eyes were somewhat dim.
He planned to find her after fighting with Adanu. The cheers and praises were not worth his greed, so he happened to follow the Seventeenth Prince.
Every move of the Seventeenth Prince fell into his eyes.
After entering the palace, he followed behind her. Seeing his shadow pressing down on her body, he curled the corners of his lips in pleasure, but in his mind he remembered what the Seventeenth Prince said and did, and his smile quickly fell back.
There was no admiration or entanglement in the seventeenth prince's eyes when he looked at Jiang Rao, but that scene made him lose his composure a little.
He stepped on the bluestone road and suddenly called Huai Qing over, instructing him, "Find Imperial Doctor Zhang and ask him to prescribe some blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing prescriptions, and send them to Jinxiu Palace."
Jiang Rao stopped walking suddenly. From what he said, it seemed that he was going to deliver the medicine to the Seventeenth Prince or Empress Jiahe. "Send it to Jinxiu Palace. Who is it for?"
"Seventeenth brother." Rong Ting's eyes fell on her face, "He was injured too badly in the martial arts arena just now."
Jiang Rao frowned, inexplicably unhappy. After a pause, she realized what she was unhappy about. "He treated you badly before, so don't bother getting medicine for him."
What Hu Tang said was correct, but in attack and defense in the martial arts field, perhaps his attack was a bit too heavy. But look at him now, is he going to get medicine for the Seventeenth Prince?
This is too tolerant.
Jiang Rao called Huai Qing and said in a rather fierce tone, "You don't have to go."
Huai Qing stopped as he was told.
There was a hint of smile in Rong Ting's eyes, which was almost undetectable.
He would not really let Huai Qing deliver medicine to the Seventeenth Prince.
He was just testing Jiang Rao's attitude towards the Seventeenth Prince.
Several bunches of flowers leaped out from the palace wall, casting shadows on his face. He said slowly, "Seventeenth brother really treated me badly and never regarded me as a brother."
"Even if there is another queen, she won't treat you well either." Jiang Rao added.
She paused after she finished speaking, thinking that the scene was a little strange.
She seemed to be teaching him to hold grudges.
Rong Ting smiled faintly, and his smile looked a little bitter. He said to himself: "We are both children of our father. He can study with the best teachers, but I am locked in the room and cannot go out."
"Whatever book he wants to read, someone will personally find it and deliver it to him, but I have to go to the library like a thief and steal the book."
His tone was not sad, his voice was low and calm, but it sounded sad.
"When the Imperial Grandmother was in power, she once called me and my Seventeenth Brother to her presence."
"She rewarded my Seventeenth Brother with a handful of gold beans in front of me, but left me empty-handed. Later, she asked my Seventeenth Brother to leave first, leaving me alone to teach him a lesson."
"She told me not to covet things that don't belong to me... those things that belong to my Seventeenth Brother."
Jiang Rao felt unhappy, "Maybe, she wants to teach you how to survive."
Those who can live a flamboyant life have someone to rely on.
This is true both inside and outside the palace.
"But I didn't do anything wrong, did I?" Rong Ting clenched his fists, his face full of sorrow, his eyelids drooping, "Since childhood, my Seventeenth Brother couldn't bear to see me get anything good. He could easily take away everything from me."
He stood under the sun and shade, looking extremely vulnerable and aggrieved.
Not to mention someone as soft-hearted as Jiang Rao standing here, even if one had a heart of stone, he would probably feel compassion when seeing him.
He had clearly just defeated Adanu, so he should be in high spirits. Jiang Rao didn't know how to coax him, so she bit her lip and said, "Not anymore. He won't take your things anymore."
Rong Ting seemed to sigh, "Before, no one has ever stood on my side."
Jiang Rao frowned and recognized
She looked at him sincerely, "At least you have me now."
Rong Ting finally curled the corners of his lips and smiled faintly, with a look of triumph in his phoenix eyes.
Jiang Rao lives a simple and comfortable life. Even if she likes someone, she wants to be comfortable with the person she likes. If she doesn't get the other person's love, she will try a few more times at most and then let go. She is too lazy to make things difficult for the other person, and even more lazy to make things difficult for herself. In this world, love and affection are not the only things that can make her persistent. She has endless mountain and river wonders to see, and endless human beauty to appreciate.
But Rong Ting was different. He was indifferent to all living beings, except for her. He never took the bullying and neglect he received as a child seriously, and he never felt sad. Sooner or later, he would take back everything he deserved. He was too lazy to talk about those past events with others.
But if talking about his childhood could earn her sympathy and pity for him, there would be no harm in saying it.
Have sympathy and pity for him.
In this way, I will be reluctant to let him go.
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