Chapter 198 Moonlight Boat (2)
Ji Rangzhou glanced at the carriage of the Duke of Anguo's mansion going away, and returned to the Dali Temple with the yamen runners to deal with the remaining cases.
Late at night, not long after Ji Rangzhou returned to the mansion, the wife of the Duke of Fuguo entered his courtyard with a late supper. "You've been busy lately. I heard from Xing Zhao that you often forget to eat. I guess you didn't have dinner today. I asked the kitchen to keep the food warm. When I heard you were back, I had it brought over."
"Thank you, mother. It's late, please go back and rest."
"There's no rush. You've been promoted quickly in recent years, and you've been incredibly busy. You have a lot of old cases and haven't visited Lin'er very often. Go visit her more often when you have time. Although it's up to Lin'er to marry into our family in the future, I still hope she'll be my daughter-in-law."
Ji Rangzhou was helpless, "Mother, she is still young, your son is not a beast."
The little girl was very sensitive. She had obviously not yet adapted to the change of her status. She felt very awkward when she saw him and didn't even call him by his name.
Ji Rangzhou had raised her like a younger sister, so naturally, he had no other thoughts in mind. After all, he was six years older than her, and the gap between them was quite large. When she reached marriageable age, she would probably like a boy of her own age.
The wife of the Duke of Fuguo coughed lightly and patted her forehead. "It's up to you. I'm going to rest. You should also go to bed early and stop studying the case files late at night."
"Um."
Feizhou is a remote place with many murders. In the eighth year of Chenzheng, the emperor specially sent Ji Rangzhou to Feizhou to solve the cases and eliminate the murderers, with the same position as deputy governor.
At the end of the tenth year of Chenzheng, Ji Rangzhou had made remarkable achievements. The emperor was dissatisfied with the fact that the Dali Temple Minister was timid and cautious, so he promoted him back to the capital and appointed him as the new Dali Temple Minister.
It was already the end of the year when Ji Rangzhou took over the position from his predecessor, the Dali Temple Minister. When the annual holiday came, he had some free time.
Xing Zhao returned from the courtyard in the snow and wind, "Sir, the Duke wants to go to the Duke of An's mansion to have a drink with Minister Ming, and asks you to come with him."
Ji Rangzhou, who was sitting at the desk reading, closed the book, took the cloak beside him and put it on, "Let's go."
When they arrived at the Anguo Mansion, just as they entered the second courtyard of the west mansion, a snowball hit Ji Rangzhou's shoulder with a "bang", and the broken snow splashed on his chin, making it feel cold.
Ji Rangzhou looked over and saw Ming Yuelin smiling brightly. He stared at her for a while, then raised his hand to brush away the snow.
Before I knew it, the little girl in my impression was still the same girl who loved to laugh and make noises, but there were also many differences.
"Second sister, you can't beat second brother and the others, but you can't bully me!" Ming Zhouqi shouted dissatisfiedly.
"You're the youngest, so bear with me." Ming Yuelin rubbed his red, frozen hands. He looked up at the Duke of Fuguo and his son and ran over to them. "Uncle Ji, I didn't abandon you, did I?"
Feeling a little guilty, she didn't look at Ji Rangzhou who was obviously hit by her.
"Are you playing snowball fight?" The Duke of Fuguo waved his hand with a smile and pointed at Ji Rangzhou who was brushing the snow off his shoulders.
"Yes, I was just joking with my brothers and sisters." Ming Yuelin moved in front of Ji Rangzhou, looked up and asked, "I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"No problem."
The others also came over to say hello.
The Duke of Fuguo left Ji Rangzhou behind and said, "Let Rangzhou play with you guys. I'm going to go find your second uncle."
Ji Rangzhou, who didn't want to play with them, looked at his father who left him and fell silent.
Ming Yuelin and the others looked at each other, and finally asked Ji Rangzhou: "Do you want to play?"
Ji Rangzhou shook his head.
"You haven't been here for two or three years, so why don't you take a walk around the mansion by yourself?" The eldest brother was not at home, and Ji Guban had been to the mansion only a few times in the past few years. The second and third brothers had just hit her too hard, and they were afraid of her revenge, so they both slipped into the inner courtyard. When the other brothers saw him, they looked like students waiting to be scolded, standing in a row and looking very obedient.
Ji Rangzhou glanced at her.
"Okay, I'll take you around." Ming Yuelin put his hands into his sleeves to warm them and walked towards the corridor.
It was indeed a bit inappropriate to let him go out alone. Her hands were a little cold after playing for so long, so let's end the snowball fight today.
Ji Rangzhou raised his feet to follow her.
Seeing the half-broken snowball on the ground, Mingyuelin felt itchy and turned around to kick it, and the snowball just happened to hit Ming Zhouqi on the back of the neck.
"Ah! Second sister!" Ming Zhouqi shivered from the cold and howled.
Ming Yuelin laughed at him guiltily a few times, fearing he would counterattack, and quickly took two steps back, "I didn't mean to..."
Unexpectedly, he stepped on the edge of the stone steps and fell backwards.
Ji Rangzhou glanced sideways, raised his hand, grabbed her arm, and pulled her aside.
Ming Yuelin stood up straight, rubbed his arm which was a little painful from being pulled, stared at him and opened his mouth, and finally said: "Thank you."
At least she didn't fall. It hurts if she was pulled.
Ji Rangzhou was silent, "Sorry."
"It's okay. Why did you come to our house with Uncle Ji today?" Mingyue waved to Ming Zhouqi, indicating that she was fine.
"My father sent me here."
"Oh." So honest.
Ming Yuelin glanced at him, then continued walking, zigzagging and searching for fresh snow that hadn't been cleared yet. Her feet made a crunching sound, and she asked, "Uncle Ji, is there anything you want to discuss with my second uncle?"
Ji Rangzhou looked at her lively figure, followed her slowly, and replied: "Drink."
"Uncle Ji asked you to come and accompany him?"
"Um."
"You are really concise and to the point, and you never say a word more than necessary." Ming Yuelin turned around and sighed.
Ji Rangzhou looked at her silently and agreed.
Ming Yuelin moved in front of him and asked, "Are you also so quiet when you play with my elder brother?"
"No, more." When he and Mingzhao were still together, although Mingzhao was the one who spoke most of the time, they had things to talk about, but he and her had very few topics to talk about.
Mingyuelin frowned, expressing worry about his future life.
Thinking about it, she looked him up and down, turned her head and sighed quietly.
Ji Rangzhou lowered his eyes and said, "If you have someone of the same age you like, you can cancel the engagement with me."
Ming Yuelin turned around again and asked in disbelief, "Are you in love with someone else?"
"No." Ji Rangzhou didn't quite understand why she thought so.
"Then why do you say that?"
"You frowned. If you have a better choice, I will grant it."
"My frown doesn't mean I'm unwilling. You don't understand me at all." Ming Yuelin moved closer to him, staring into his eyes. "Putting aside our friendship, putting aside everything else, are you willing?"
She had always been coaxed, but she knew his temperament and could coax her without asking him to, she just wanted him to be a little more proactive.
After looking at each other for a moment, Ji Rangzhou's eyes showed a slight ripple, "It's all fine. If you want this engagement to continue, then we can continue. If you don't want it to continue, then we can't."
"That's not the answer I asked. That's not what I want to hear." Ming Yuelin gritted her teeth, snorted, pushed him away, turned around and walked away, "You're even more annoying than before."
His attitude of "anything goes" made her feel that her previous awkwardness was hypocritical and made her feel that she was not valued.
He is just annoying. Not only can he not coax people, he can't even speak.
It's all right, right? After the New Year, she broke off the engagement and found a new fiancé who would coax her, and pretend that nothing had happened.
Ji Rangzhou subconsciously grabbed her wrist and pulled her back, his voice fluctuating slightly: "Let me make it clear to you, it's not good to leave with emotions."
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