"How did they get together?" Jiang Rao asked.
The maid shook her head, "I don't know, young lady, do you want to go out and meet them now? The Fourth Master and the Ninth Prince are waiting in the Yuqing Pavilion."
Jiang Rao nodded immediately, "Take me there."
When she thought of the tone her father used every time he talked about "that kid from the west of the city", she could see his glaring expression.
Jiang Rao had a gut feeling that it wasn't a good thing for the two of them to be together.
…
Inside the Youqing Pavilion, the scene is unusually harmonious.
Fourth Master Jiang's eyes swept over the sickly pale boy's arms, which were covered with red marks that looked like they were cut by thorns. It was really pitiful.
He felt embarrassed to show a bad face.
He frowned, and recalled the few times he had met little Rongting in Jinling over the years.
He had seriously thought that the skinny kid would not survive.
If Empress Jiahe did not have her own child, she might have become his protective umbrella.
But later, there was a seventeenth prince.
Emperor Zhaowu favored the child's mother and said that he fell in love with her at first sight, but to be honest, it was just lust after her and there was not much emotion involved. He has many sons and doesn't have much affection for this child.
If it were him, with so many children, he probably wouldn't be able to remember each one's name, number one, two, three, four, five, six, the eldest, the second, the third, the fourth, the fifth, the sixth...
It’s not easy for No. 9 to survive until now.
Fourth Master Jiang suddenly remembered something.
Looking at Rong Ting, his face was serious, "Have you seen my daughter in the palace?"
Don’t worry about whether he is pitiful or not. Since he is close to the water tower, it is very likely that Rong Ting did not hide anything in this matter and nodded to admit it.
The old father was heartbroken.
The current situation is all his own fault.
If he hadn't returned to Jinling, how could this have happened?
Then his daughter already knew that Rong Ting was the Ninth Prince, and already knew that Rong Ting was the boy who almost had a childhood engagement with her!
My feet hurt. My feet hurt now.
Fourth Master Jiang said in a deep tone, hinting to Rong Ting, "What's past is past."
When Rong Ting heard him talking about how he took Jiang Rao and left Jinling without saying goodbye, even though he was discontented like a little wolf's claws tearing at him, because he was Jiang Rao's father, his expression was gentle and kind, "Yeah."
The two maintained superficial peace.
But Fourth Master Jiang thought about it and realized that he was not happy to see Rong Ting and his daughter together. He coughed and said, "Your Highness, why don't you return to the palace first? I will arrange for someone to deliver the medicine to you later."
Rong Ting’s eyes dimmed.
Mr. Jiang Si felt a little guilty. He was scratched by a cat, and it would be better if he took medicine early.
What's more, he made him walk such a long way.
But that guilt was only a tiny sesame seed-sized thing, nothing compared to his disgust for the brat who might have kidnapped his daughter.
He didn't tell him to get out directly, as he had already been very patient.
At this moment, a clear voice came from behind, "Daddy."
Fourth Master Jiang turned around.
His daughter, whom he hadn't seen for several days, ran towards him, holding up her skirt.
My daughter is truly a treasure. No matter how old she is, I feel happy just by looking at her.
It's only been a few days since we last met, but he's already missing me so much. If I get married in the future, he'll be very worried.
Fourth Master Jiang turned his head firmly, looked towards Rong Ting, and ordered him to leave.
"Please go back, Ninth Prince. I will have my servant bring the medicine to you later."
"What medicine is it?" Jiang Rao had already run to the front of Fourth Master Jiang and asked curiously.
Seeing that Fourth Master Jiang didn't glare at Rong Ting in person, he felt relieved. However, he pricked up his ears instantly after hearing Fourth Master Jiang's words.
"Nothing."
"I was scratched by a cat."
Fourth Master Jiang was trying to hide his intention, but Rong Ting rolled up his sleeves calmly and spoke at the same time.
The red marks on the boy's arms looked darker than the dark red lines on his clothes.
The action is not very deliberate.
The scars on the arms are very eye-catching.
Jiang Rao glanced at the wound on his arm and then looked at the pomegranate.
I probably guessed that Shi Liu had sneaked to Shouhuai Palace again in the morning.
Many palace maids couldn't take care of it, but it was really worth it to grow all that flesh.
Shi Liu was currently nestling in Fourth Master Jiang's arms.
Jiang Rao looked at it and shook her head slowly.
This cat eats other people's mice and in return scratches other people's arms.
A bad cat is always bad.
Shi Liu was having a lot of fun grabbing the beard on Fourth Master Jiang's chin, completely unaware that his reputation was being damaged.
Jiang Rao called Ming Shao to bring Shi Liu over, and took care of the injured one first. She pushed Rong Ting's wheelchair with familiarity and said to Jiang Siye, "Dad, my aunt has medicine. It's not far from Shuxiang Palace. I'll take him to Shuxiang Palace to apply the medicine. You've been busy for a few days. Go back home and rest first."
After saying that, Fourth Master Jiang didn't say anything for a long while, so Jiang Rao assumed that he agreed and pushed Rong Ting's wheelchair away.
Fourth Master Jiang is a male concubine and cannot enter the harem without permission.
Because Emperor Zhaowu invited him to paint, he had the opportunity to stay in the palace for a few more days, which was a rare opportunity. Still can't enter the harem.
At most
He could wait in this pavilion outside the palace for his daughter to come out to find him.
But Rong Ting was not yet sixteen, so if she lived in the palace, she would have more room to move around in the harem if there were palace maids and eunuchs watching over her.
Mr. Jiang Si looked at his daughter's back and a mouthful of blood stuck in his throat.
He wanted to bring Shi Liu back home and tickle him a few times, so that his daughter would feel sorry for him as an old father.
…
At this time Jiang Rao hurried back.
Jiang Siye was so moved that he burst into tears
In the daughter's heart, she still has him as her father!
As for the Ninth Prince, he must be too pitiful to have caused his daughter to feel soft-hearted and sympathetic.
Jiang Rao handed a letter to Fourth Master Jiang, "I almost forgot, Dad, this letter is for you."
Fourth Master Jiang accepted it.
"It's a very important letter." Jiang Rao said.
But her eyes wandered to the side, not daring to look into Fourth Master Jiang's eyes. She began to retreat with small steps, "Dad, wait until I'm gone before you read it. After you've read it, tell Mom, and then destroy it. Don't let anyone else know."
Having said that, he disappeared in a flash.
Jiang Rao thought for a long time about how to tell her father that she wanted to help the Ninth Prince.
Her father would definitely be unhappy because his plan of just staying out of the fight was ruined.
Thinking about it
It’s better to write a letter instead.
In this way, when Mr. Jiang Si reads the letter, she will not be by his side, and will not be scolded or beaten.
Fourth Master Jiang watched her hurriedly running away, and he instinctively felt that this was not a good message.
However, due to the seriousness in his daughter's words, he dismissed the servants after returning home and then opened the letter.
Jiang Rao knew that if she wrote down the reason and what happened in her dream, others would just think she was crazy.
So I just wrote in the letter that my daughter is unfilial and wants to help the Ninth Prince, and I hope my father will agree to it.
She has been obedient since she was young and always does her own thing, except this time.
Mr. Jiang Si finished reading the letter.
He was so angry that his beard almost broke.
Unfilial, she also knows that she is unfilial!
He had good intentions, wanting to keep her away from all the places of gossip, but his daughter chose the one with the most gossip and walked into it step by step.
Jiang Qinshi was standing next to Fourth Master Jiang, and seeing how depressed he looked, she also frowned.
"Master, please be at ease."
She knew that because her daughter was kidnapped when she was six years old and was almost never found, her husband had become extra cautious with their daughter ever since.
But this caution is a bit excessive.
"Each child has his or her own destiny," she advised.
Fourth Master Jiang's eyes were filled with worry for his daughter. Finally, as if he was finally relieved, he smiled bitterly and said, "Please change her letter. It's not asking me to help her get married."
"I will definitely not let her marry a man who may have many wives and concubines. There is no need for my daughter to suffer such an injustice." Fourth Master Jiang raised his hand and put a corner of the letter into the candlelight.
The thin paper caught fire and was gradually engulfed by the flames.
Jiang Qin asked: "What is the master's plan now?"
"Let Niannian do whatever she wants." The candlelight illuminated Jiang Siye's broad shoulders, like a mountain. "She can choose who she wants to choose and do what she wants to do. I won't stop her. But I will always be behind Niannian to protect her."
This means agreeing to Jiang Rao's request.
Jiang Qin smiled reassuringly and held Fourth Master Jiang's hand.
"However." Fourth Master Jiang changed the subject, "Even if I promised this, I would not use the power in my hands to support the Ninth Prince."
He snorted, "The power in my hands is only to protect my wife and children."
He wanted to see what kind of magic potion this boy had given his daughter that made her always stand on his side and forget about him, her elderly father.
The old father was thinking of some ideas in his mind, trying to think of some ways to change his daughter's mind.
…
Shuxiang Palace, side courtyard. The palace maid found the medicine as Jiang Rao instructed.
The small green box contains a slightly cool ointment.
The maid wanted to apply medicine to Rong Ting, but was stopped by Jiang Rao: "Give me the medicine."
Although she saw that the young man had the potential to become a kind person, it was difficult to change one's nature. He was a little eccentric and would not let palace servants serve him when he went out, even if it was not convenient for him to sit in a wheelchair.
Letting the palace maid apply medicine to him might bring bad luck to him.
Jiang Rao took the small box in her palm, pressed the lid with her palm and unscrewed it, revealing the ointment inside.
She handed the medicine to Rong Ting and said, "Here you go."
Rong Ting didn't take the medicine for a moment, but after thinking about it, he took it and lowered his head. After applying it, Jiang Rao wanted to take the medicine away, but he lowered his head, revealing his neck, "There's also some behind my neck, I can't see it."
"Help me," he said.
Jiang Rao took a glance.
Rong Ting's long, dark hair was tied up high and hung on one side of her face, revealing her clear jawline and slender, jade-like neck.
There were indeed a few thin red marks on it, covering up the old scars of varying depths on the front.
His neck was covered with wounds, both new and old.
Even though she had seen those old wounds before, Jiang Rao couldn't help but let out a "hiss" and took a breath of cold air.
She calmly waved her hands
He took the medicine from the doctor's office, and instead of using his hands, he used a clean white jade spoon to dispense the ointment and applied it to the wound on the back of Rong Ting's neck.
She leaned closer, her warm breath hitting his neck. Rong Ting's eyes darkened, and he couldn't help but think of the drunken night. Rong Ting felt that he might be mentally ill.
She just felt at ease when she got closer.
Jiang Rao noticed an unusual blush behind Rong Ting's ears.
She put some medicine on the cool jade spoon and applied it behind his ear.
Be extremely gentle and careful.
Because she saw that some of the wounds had their skin scratched, and it would definitely be very painful to apply the medicine.
This was a really harsh tickle.
After applying the medicine, she tilted her head to look at Rong Ting, frowned and asked, "Is this all caused by the pomegranate?"
Jiang Rao was a little puzzled as to why pomegranates would scratch people.
Except when it is catching mice, Pomegranate is like a cat. Otherwise, it is like a pig. It either eats or sleeps all day long. It lies there limply and white, too lazy to pay attention to people.
She had only been with it for a few days, and it had never scratched her because it didn't recognize her.
“Yeah.” Rong Ting’s eyes darkened, and he curled his fingers, pulling all his nails into his palms, including the hidden weapon clamped between his fingers.
Jiang Rao turned around and called a palace maid over, "Go trim Shi Liu's claws. Don't let it scratch people anymore."
Let her see that this guy might not be committing a crime for the first time.
But everyone in the palace knew that it was Concubine Yun’s cat, a noble among cats, and no one dared to trouble it.
The noble Pomegranate, whose nails were clipped by the palace maid for no reason, had his two flesh pads pinched by the palace maid. He meowed and looked confused on his big round face.
Unknowingly, its reputation was damaged once again.
…
Jiang Rao brought Rong Ting to the side courtyard of Shuxiang Palace not only to apply medicine to him.
I must tell him what I dreamed about.
After dismissing the palace maids and leaving only Ming Shao, Jiang Rao said to Rong Ting, "The two eunuchs around you, one is called Si Ying and the other is called Huai Qing. I recently asked someone to check. The one called Si Ying has a cunning personality and has some problems. He can be easily bribed."
What the palace maid had heard earlier was that Si Ying was clever and Huai Qing was honest, but Jiang Rao knew that Si Ying could be bribed by the Queen, so she labeled Si Ying cunning without hesitation.
Rong Ting was slightly startled.
But I'm not surprised that Si Ying has problems.
It is only a matter of time before Si Ying colludes with the Queen.
He was even the one behind it.
Si Ying and Huai Qing are two servants. Si Ying is slippery and snobbish.
He had known for a long time that Si Ying had some disloyal behavior, but he had never taken any action. Instead, he was waiting.
When Si Ying completely surrendered to the Queen's side and saw his deliberately depressed and frustrated look, he went to tell the Queen some false news.
Wait until the day when Si Ying is no longer of any use, and then find a reason to get rid of Si Ying.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys eliminated the possibility of Huai Qing being bribed by the Queen, and using both kindness and force to train a loyal servant for herself.
He has been patient for more than ten years and will not be in a hurry.
He just didn't expect that Jiang Rao would also think of this.
Fortunately, he thought she was the kind of girl who was too well protected by her family, who was delicate and ignorant of suffering and thought that everyone in the world was good. After all, she had a kind heart and her face looked innocent and simple.
He only asked her if she had thought it through to help him, and he never expected her to do anything for him. This road would be full of dangers and thorns, but he still wanted to fight alone.
As the saying goes, when one prospers, all prosper; when one suffers, all suffer. In the end, glory to her. If anything unexpected happens, he will definitely think of a perfect escape route for her.
And he just needs to know that she is there.
But she helped him find out the details of the servants without him knowing.
Smarter than he thought.
But his plan of killing a chicken to scare the monkeys was too secretive and cruel. If he told her about it... she would definitely be afraid of him.
His hands trembled, as if he had heard this for the first time, and a look of disbelief appeared on his pale face.
Seeing him like this, Jiang Rao became more and more anxious, fearing that he would be deceived by the eunuch named Si Ying, so she said, "Find a reason to drive Si Yinghuan out of Shouhuai Palace while he hasn't done anything bad."
In Jiang Rao's opinion, even if Si Ying was abominable, the most severe punishment would be to send him to the clan house.
But Rong Ting's methods were much more ruthless.
He nodded, as if he agreed, but the original plan in his mind did not change at all.
Those who offend him will have no choice but to be killed.
"If you are short of people in your palace, I will pick a good person and ask the maidservant beside my aunt to go to the Jingshifang to say a few words and send it to you."
Jiang Rao thought about how Rong Ting was now sitting in a wheelchair, with only two eunuchs around him. One of them had ulterior motives. He probably didn't have many servants around him when he was a child, so he didn't have the ability to judge people, unlike her, who was taught by the nanny how to manage people and affairs since she was a child.
She said: "When hiring people, you can treat them equally, or give them small favors. You need to see which people are easily tempted by money. Those who are greedy for small profits are often easily bribed by others with bigger benefits, such as Si Ying."
She thought Rong Ting was a poor little thing who had no chance to understand the ways of the world, and she said too much.
Finally, she went back to the question of how she wanted to help Rong Ting recruit a few servants, "Do you want me to help you choose someone from your palace?"
This is a very important matter.
Although Jiang Rao wanted to choose her own person so that she would feel at ease with the person she chose, she thought about Rong Ting's suspicious and aloof personality and felt that he might not agree.
But I didn't expect him to respond straightforwardly, "If you want, I will agree."
No matter what she asked for, he would agree to it as long as he could do it.
Just thinking about how much she cared about him, he couldn't help but smile.
It makes his beautiful eyes sparkle, weakens his hostility, and the icy cold distance on his handsome face is much weaker.
She then discovered that there was a very small teardrop mole in the center under his left eye. It was darker than his hair, even dark red, making his already delicate and beautiful face even more seductive.
Jiang Rao was stunned for a moment.
After a short moment, she came back to her senses and looked away.
I was annoyed that I was distracted by beauty.
Then she couldn't help but think that her mother and her aunt were right. When you see a beautiful person, you will feel very happy.
At this time, Jiang Rao thought of something very important.
In the dream, after Si Ying was bribed by the Queen, the Queen asked Si Ying to put drugs in Rong Ting's food to prevent Rong Ting from having the opportunity to participate in the spring examination of Bailu Academy and become a disciple of Yan Nanxun.
Si Ying agreed.
She asked Rong Ting: "Do you want to participate in the spring exam at Bailu Academy in March?"
Rong Ting nodded.
Bailu Academy is the best academy in Dazhao, but Bailu Academy was founded by Yan Nanxun.
Mr. Yan was a man of great talent and pride. He lived a noble life, never serving the powerful or bowing to the temptation of money.
Even if one was a royal relative or a prince, if he wanted to enter his academy, he had to pass the spring examination before he could enter.
Almost all the smartest scholars in Dazhao are there. If you can enter this academy, the path to winning over talented and wise people will be much broader.
Therefore, the powerful and wealthy all want to send their children there.
Jiang Rao pursed her lips, with a thoughtful look on her face.
It was easy to bring down Si Ying, a little eunuch.
But toppling the queen is not something that can be done in a short time.
Even if there was no Si Ying, the Queen would definitely have other ways to prevent Rong Ting from taking the spring exam.
Rather than spending all his time fighting with the queen, which would be both worrying and frightening. It would be better if...
Jiang Rao said: "Do you know that besides the spring exam, there are other ways to enter the academy?"
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