Chapter 411 Promise
She said it was a courtesy, but she just thought that the farmer had let them eat too much and had nothing to do.
But he was better than those old-fashioned people. He just strictly abided by the rules and didn't talk too much to her.
That's why Bei Jingchu evaluated him as a young man from an aristocratic family. As for the others, they were just fairy tales.
Chang Tingyi waved his hand and asked all the servants in the room to leave.
He even made a joke: "If Your Highness were a lady from a noble family, she would lose her reputation if she stayed in the same room with a man."
"The next step may be to marry into the Chang family."
Bei Jingchu: “…”
I can't laugh.
She just continued to clasp her arms around her chest with a blank expression on her face.
Chang Tingyi shut up angrily and got to the point.
"Our personal servants grew up together with us and we have a deep bond. I guess Your Highness will be reluctant to let them go."
"If we can find evidence, the incident with the musket was not leaked by Madam Changyan."
"She will be found guilty of dereliction of duty, but she will not lose her life."
"Your Highness, would you like to do me a favor?"
Chang Tingyi used a long-handled spoon to pour a cup of tea from the tea stove and placed it in front of her.
At this time, people's popular way of drinking tea was not just tea powder, but also adding salt, green onions, and ginger to season it.
Bei Jing thought the taste was strange at first, so she followed her example in making tea in the East Palace and only drank the tea leaves.
The palace maids also added ghee to her favorite milk tea.
As for the popular flavored mixed drinks on the market, Bei Jingchu still cannot accept them.
Seeing the scallions floating in the teacup, Bei Jingchu's mouth twitched.
She picked up the teacup, returned the greeting, and drank it down with her head tilted back.
The taste of tea leaves mixed with green onion, ginger and salt is really weird!!
Bei Jingchu drank the tea and wine happily, and then...let out a sigh.
The smiling face of the person opposite froze.
Bei Jingchu tried her best to maintain her image without letting her true emotions show, but when she raised her head, she still had a mask of pain on her face.
Chang Tingyi realized belatedly: "Your Highness, you don't like to drink this?"
"Nonsense."
He seemed to realize something and hurriedly defended himself, "I didn't mean to force you to drink. I didn't know you hated this."
Bei Jingchu was also confused: "Aren't you saying that if I want your help, I have to do it?"
"No, I don't have such bad taste. Why don't you ask, Your Highness?"
Bei Jingchu would never admit that she was overthinking, and she pushed the blame very skillfully: "Who told you to look so cunning?"
"When I talk to you, I feel like every sentence I say has to go through eight hundred twists and turns before I can understand what you mean."
Chang Tingyi: “…”
Blame him?
Maybe this is the price of pretending to be cool.
After Bei Jingchu expressed her ugly refusal to mix tea, she added water and tea powder to an empty cup and stirred it, finally getting a drinkable drink.
Bei Jingchu always believed in give and take in transactions, so he asked, "What do you want from me?"
Chang Tingyi smiled and said, "I want your Highness to promise that I will ask for it when I need it in the future."
This deal was so good that Bei Jingchu couldn't help but look at him as if he were a fool.
Chang Tingyi seemed to understand her expression and explained in a gentle voice: "I understand that exchanging money with goods is the most cost-effective way."
"Now that I have the evidence of saving lives, Your Highness will do his best even if my request is a little difficult."
"But if Changyan has been rescued, Your Highness can go back on his word at any time if I come to make a promise again."
"Promises are the most illusory things in the world. You can't trust what men say."
He looked straight at her, as if to pierce into her heart, and shook his head gently, saying, "You can't believe what a woman says."