The door of the academy slowly opened, and a young man in blue walked out. He had a thin face and a strong scholarly temperament.
Behind him was a servant boy, and beside him was the third prince.
He is Yan Nanxun's most proud disciple - Pei Songyu.
Although he was born in poverty, he was not greedy for money and fame. Even though he is now the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, a fourth-rank official, he is still as diligent in his studies as he was at the beginning, with a gentle and firm look in his eyes.
In the academy, Pei Songyu and the third prince were in the same class and they had a very good personal relationship.
He looked at Rong Ting who was sitting in the wheelchair and knew that this was the new disciple accepted by the master this year. He bowed slowly to Rong Ting.
"Your Highness, I will take you to see Mr. Yan."
Rong Ting withdrew his gaze.
Pei Songyu followed his gaze and looked all the way to the second floor of the restaurant. She caught a glimpse of a figure standing by the railing on the second floor. Her gaze paused for a moment, then quickly turned back to Rong Ting.
"Today, I will take you to see Mr. Yan, and then I will show you around the academy. You can come out once in the evening, but you will not be allowed to go out for the next ten days."
Rong Ting glanced at Pei Songyu.
I remembered what Jiang Rao said, that he missed the spring exam and her father wrote a letter to recommend him to Yan Nanxun.
The Third Prince looked towards Rong Ting at this time, not missing the slight flash of delight that just passed across the young man's delicate face.
It is easy for people to notice that someone who is usually as cold as ice suddenly smiles like ice and snow melting.
I just don't know what happened just now to make him so happy.
The third prince's mother, Concubine Xian, has always been like a transparent person with little presence in the harem.
She has come all the way to the top because of her son.
Because she gave birth to the third prince, she was promoted to concubine.
Later, because the third prince entered the Bailu Academy, she was promoted to concubine.
The Queen regarded her as a thorn in her side, but facing someone like Concubine Xian who was always smiling and amiable, she would not get angry no matter whether she provoked her openly or secretly. Queen Jiahe had no other options except to sulk.
The third prince raised by Concubine Xian has a personality very similar to his mother.
He has a round and kind face, as kind as the Kitchen God in New Year pictures. He always smiles when he speaks, without showing any sharpness at all.
Rong Ting was his ninth brother. Even though the two of them had no interactions on a daily basis, if they were studying in the same academy, he wouldn't even be able to greet him...
The common people who watched the incident, when they had nothing to do after returning home, might write a little article about this incident, guessing the intrigues and rivalries among the princes within the palace walls.
So I hurried over to do some superficial work.
"Ninth brother, third brother congratulates you on your admission to school." said the third prince.
I'm really not familiar with you. After saying this, the big guy couldn't find anything else to say.
"Thank you, my royal brother."
Rong Ting looked at the Third Prince.
The tone is polite and distant.
But his figure moved.
The third prince pondered his action, which seemed like he was blocking someone.
Why does this action feel so familiar?
I remember...
After Rong Ting returned to Jinling, he had only seen him twice, including this time.
The last time was at a palace banquet. When passing the flower hall, Rong Ting stopped and talked to a girl from an unknown family.
But at that time, he didn't recognize who was talking to Rong Ting.
Because he wasn't watching at all.
The girl was completely blocked by Rong Ting.
It was in gear last time, how do I change gears this time?
The Third Prince looked behind Rong Ting at this time, but didn't see anyone.
I was extremely puzzled for a moment.
Rong Ting's brows and eyes were slightly cold.
After rejecting Pei Songyu's request to help push his wheelchair, he entered the Egret Academy and looked back at the restaurant for the last time. He glanced around and saw Jiang Rao.
Because of the distance, she couldn't see clearly, but the determination to win clearly emerged in her pupils.
After returning to Jinling, he had been investigating who had arranged a marriage with Jiang Rao.
But this happened too long ago, and no one in the palace had ever heard of it.
There are probably only a few people who know about it - Emperor Zhaowu, Fourth Master Jiang, and Jiang Qinshi. It's hard to ask any of them.
But even if I don’t know who it is, it doesn’t matter.
No matter who he is, he will not give up what he wants to others.
…
However, the desire to cut the other party into pieces was still deeply rooted in his mind.
There was a scarlet murderous intent in his eyes.
…
The three of them stepped into the Egret Academy. Pei Songyu took Rong Ting to Mr. Yan, and the Third Prince no longer followed them.
When Rong Ting went to see Yan Nanxun, Pei Songyu and others were outside Yan Nanxun's study.
The book boy beside him asked him at this time, "Sir, why did you keep looking at the girl in the restaurant just now?"
Pei Songyu was slightly stunned, then said with a smile: "You are quite clever, I actually let you see it."
The book boy said with a smile, "Master always likes to read books, not girls. This is the first time for me. I saw Master looking at a girl for a few more times, so I naturally paid special attention to her."
The book boy said: "Although we were far away and couldn't see clearly, the girl was really pretty. You, sir..."
"Don't think too much." Pei Songyu said calmly.
She interrupted him, "She is only the daughter of my benefactor and a distant cousin, so I took a closer look at her. Don't talk nonsense and ruin her reputation."
The book boy secretly stuck out his tongue.
His master is a graceful and elegant man with a successful official career, just like the bright moon in the sky. Many girls in Jinling want to pick him. But the moon is made of stone. It has no emotions, a heart of stone, and only eyes for the books of sages.
The Lord has no self-awareness and is unaware of how good his reputation is in Jinling. I was actually worried about ruining the reputation of other girls.
…
As all the scholars of the new year entered the academy, the door of Bailu Academy slowly closed.
The onlookers gradually dispersed.
But there was only one carriage that was slow to leave.
Shen Xiuying sat in the carriage, looking out through the small curtain on the window, with a confused look on her face, muttering, "Impossible..."
She came here today to see if Rong Ting had really entered Bailu Academy.
Unexpectedly, it actually went in.
This is something that has never happened in the previous life.
In his previous life, Rong Ting was thrown into a military camp. At that time, everyone said that the Ninth Prince was disabled and would die before he could even go to the battlefield.
But he survived to the end. Even though he could not walk, he was still full of tricks and strategies, so wise that he was almost invincible.
In the end, he held military power and ascended the throne as emperor.
But what is the situation now? Rong Ting actually went to study at Bailu Academy?
This is different from the previous life...
Although this was a good thing, it made Shen Xiuying feel extremely uneasy.
If this life is different from the previous one, then what's the point of her being reborn again and knowing that things from her previous life will never happen again in this life?
She pinched her palms, lowered the small curtain on the window, and saw the Jiang family's carriage slowly passing by.
Shen Qinying's eyes darkened.
Ning'an Marquis's Mansion, the only legitimate daughter of the Fourth Master Jiang, Jiang Rao.
She could never even dream of having such a background.
She asked the maid and found out that her father had a good relationship with Uncle Jiang.
This also reminded her of some things that she had not paid much attention to in her previous life.
The eldest master of the Jiang family, together with her family, joined the Fourth Prince's army.
But with the defeat of the Fourth Prince, the Jiang and Qin families were both liquidated by Rong Ting, who usurped the throne.
The crime committed by Mr. Jiang has affected all nine generations of his clan.
She finally confirmed that Jiang Rao was the little maid who would stay by Rong Ting's side in the future.
The jealousy and hatred in his eyes kept surging.
She just couldn't understand why not only was she born with a better life than hers, but even though her family fell into decline and she had to do similar servant work, her life was so much better than hers. But then she thought of something else.
If Old Master Jiang of the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion passed the position of Marquis to the eldest master of the Jiang family, then the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion would join the Fourth Prince's camp. It was only a matter of time.
Jiang Rao is not like her. Even if she had known that her previous life was all about seeking benefits and avoiding harm, she would still have ended up with her family being broken up and loved ones being killed.
Shen Qinying couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.
Uncle Jiang and her father mentioned that they did not want Jiang Rao's family to come back. Uncle Jiang was the one in charge of the Jiang family now. Perhaps Jiang Rao's life in the Jiang family would not be so easy.
She felt even more relieved.
…
The eldest master of the Jiang family is having a headache because the fourth master Jiang wants to take the shop back.
The shop originally belonged to his fourth brother. When his fourth brother returned to the capital, he had to give it back if he wanted it back.
But over the years, he had made a lot of money from those stores with excellent locations, and it was as painful as cutting flesh from his own body to give them back.
The eldest master of the Jiang family, his wife, Liu, also hated this matter very much.
Don't be fooled by the magnificent appearance of the Ning'an Marquis' Mansion. In fact, such a large house with so many people requires more and more money every year, which far exceeds the salaries of several masters in the family, and the family's income is not enough to cover its expenses every year.
Only the fourth family had the generous dowry brought by Jiang Qinshi, plus the calligraphy and paintings of Fourth Master Jiang that were worth thousands of gold. It was estimated that the fourth family had more money than the savings of the entire Ning'an Marquis' Mansion combined.
As for the eldest family, it only appears to be prosperous to outsiders. Her husband is helping the old uncle to manage the entire Jiang family, and he seems to be the old uncle's successor. But you know the ups and downs of life yourself. Others may think they are having an easy life, but that doesn't mean they are really having an easy life. Only you know the taste of it.
This time, seeing Jiang Xingzhou coming back with his wife and children, I thought they had been struggling and suffered a lot outside, but who could have thought that they would come back so bright and beautiful.
Jiang Qinshi no longer had to worry about the trivial matters in the house, and she was still as beautiful as when she left Jinling, without any change.
When Liu saw this, she felt both envious and jealous.
"You raised him from childhood to adulthood, so what if he gave you those shops? You actually want to take them back. That's really stingy." Liu said viciously.
The elder brother of the Jiang family frowned and said, "My fourth brother gave me some calligraphy and paintings..."
"Paintings and calligraphy are dead things. When they are sold, they only go into the account once. But a shop is alive. If we hold it in our hands, money will come in every day."
Liu was so angry that she panicked, "The fourth son wants to lay
What do you want to do when you go back? ”
Jiang Xingchuan was distracted.
He was truly kind to his fourth younger brother. His biological mother died young, and he felt sorry for his younger brother who lost his mother at such a young age, so of course he protected him everywhere.
But later, after he got married, he became estranged from his younger brother.
Later, when he saw that his brother had grown up and was more capable than him, he felt even worse.
Now that his fourth brother had left Beijing to travel far away, he no longer had to compare himself with him, and he felt relieved in his heart.
Now, the fourth brother has returned at the critical moment when his father is about to decide who will be the successor of the title...
Before Jiang Xingzhou returned to Jinling, Liu asked him
"If the old master finally gives the title to the fourth son, aren't you afraid?"
Afraid, of course I am afraid.
No one knows his fourth brother's abilities better than him, the eldest brother.
His fourth brother is the kind of person who is most envied - he is lazy and has a leisurely and casual personality, but he has a natural talent. He became famous at a young age and is extremely talented. Others have practiced hard for more than ten years and cannot catch up with his attainments in horse riding.
It's not that I can't accomplish great things, it's just that I'm too lazy to do anything. If he really takes something seriously, there is nothing that his fourth brother can't do.
Fortunately, his fourth brother had no interest in the title and was not keen on fame and fortune.
If he had been determined, why would he have run away from Jinling to travel at the prime age of thirty-something, leaving behind Jinling's glamour, fame and wealth without any nostalgia?
Uncle Jiang felt relieved and came back to his senses, saying, "My fourth brother said he wanted to give these shops to my niece to play with."
“Just for fun…”
When Liu heard her husband's words, she was choked with anger.
Jiang Xingzhou actually gave the shop that she had been coveting so much to a little girl who had not yet reached marriageable age to play with.
She cursed, "Let that half-grown girl watch over them, and just wait and see those shops lose a lot of money!"
She was so angry that she was spinning around in the pavilion, and said angrily: "It would be great if that girl was kidnapped when she was six years old and was not found."
Uncle Jiang immediately covered her mouth, "How can you say that?"
Liu pursed her lips and was quiet for a while. Then, with a hint of resentment in her heart, she said quietly, "Who would have thought that she was so lucky. The child who was kidnapped with her was only a little kid, but he was a murderous little devil. He actually killed the trafficker who kidnapped them, allowing all the children to escape. If this isn't a coincidence, what is this? All the good things have been taken by their family."
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