This was the first time Ying Nianrong came back to see the old lady after her marriage, except for the three visits she made to her parents' home.
He was asking the old lady to help Jing Shengwen keep the job that had already been arranged but was not very stable.
The old lady was unwilling to take care of it, and Ying Nianrong cried pitifully.
Kneeling beside the old lady's legs, he raised his face, which had been specially retouched to look more like the old lady's abducted daughter Ying Rongniang, and pleaded pitifully:
"Old Madam, please help Rong'er. If Sister Rongniang knew about this, she would definitely help Rong'er as well."
The old lady reunited her with the Rong Niang in her memory and agreed with her eyes closed, "Okay, this is the last time."
Ying Nianrong got a satisfactory answer and returned home to find Jing Shengwen to take credit for it and told him not to worry about the assignment.
After Aunt Sun's persuasion and a night of calmness, Jing Shengwen had long since regained his usual gentle self. He hugged Ying Nianrong, spoke sweet words to her, kissed her on the lips, and lamented that it was not dark yet.
Ying Nianrong smiled sweetly and hit him. Jing Shengwen felt a pain in his chest. She was so strong.
Ying Nianrong felt embarrassed. She had been trained by her biological parents to perform since she was a child, so she naturally developed strength.
Jing Shengwen forced an exaggerated smile and pinched her nose, "I was just teasing you."
Ying Nianrong was angry and was about to hit him again, but this time Jing Shengwen grabbed her arm in time.
The two of them were in a mess.
After this incident, the two of them had a better relationship.
There were some rumors about Jing Shengwen outside because of the Yongchang Marquis's Mansion, but these rumors did not affect the job Jing Shengwen was seeking.
Jing Shengwen got the job and happily invited some good friends to dinner at Zuixianlou.
One of the good friends muttered, "Originally, King Zhuang and his faction wanted your lucrative position in the Ministry of Personnel, but unexpectedly, you got it."
Jing Shengwen said modestly: "This is also my luck, all thanks to the help of my family."
Everyone knew that Marquis Jing'en had always doted on him, but Li Erlang, the second son of the Minister of Rites, was well-informed and knew that it was Duke Ying who was behind this. He drank a glass of wine with resentment:
"You are the one who will find a wife."
When others had doubts, Li Erlang told them about the Duke of Ying.
Jing Shengwen smiled embarrassedly:
"My wife is indeed the apple of my eye of the eye of the old lady of the Duke of Ying. I don't want to trouble the old lady, but she can't bear to see my wife frown."
When others saw him like this, they laughed:
"If you're feeling proud, don't hold it in. You're really lucky."
Jing Shengwen raised his glass and drank several times to calm everyone's jealousy.
King Zhuang, who lived just across the wall, was also the owner of Zuixianlou. The vacancy he had his eye on was snatched away, so he got to know Jing Shengwen.
Now he felt that it was necessary to win him over. As long as he helped Jing Shengwen to secure the position of Crown Prince, then for the sake of Jing Shengwen's wife, and considering the empathy that the old lady of the Ying State had for this adopted daughter, the Ying State Mansion should be used for his own purposes.
When Jing Shengwen was about to go home alone after the banquet, King Zhuang invited him to a private room.
After hearing what King Zhuang meant, Jing Shengwen sobered up a little. Now the prince was not only the legitimate son of the empress, but also had gentle means, many followers, and a very stable position.
Although Prince Zhuang is the eldest prince, his mother's family is not strong. It is too risky to follow him.
Jing Shengwen did not agree to King Zhuang, but he did not dare to offend him.
Even though he failed the first time, King Zhuang was not in a hurry. After all, he had already reminded people who needed to be reminded.
So what if the Crown Prince didn't have any children yet, while he himself had a bunch of children. According to his observation, his father's health was not very good.
Although Jing Shengwen did not agree, this matter took root in his heart. He could not bear it any longer and stopped Jing Ruchen who was returning home from his shift.
After a few polite words, he tried to test the waters:
"Brother, I heard some rumors outside today. Now that you and I are married, the issue of offspring will always attract attention. I admire you from the bottom of my heart. When my first child is born, I will adopt him to you so that outsiders will not discuss the issue of offspring in our mansion anymore."
Jing Ruchen shook his head and refused decisively.
"It's better for the child to stay with his biological parents. You don't have to worry about my offspring. It's all fate and can't be forced."
Jing Ruchen actually doesn't plan to adopt his own child, so is he planning to give the position of crown prince to himself?
Or maybe it was because his wife had a grudge against him and planned to find a child from another family.
He went to see Aunt Sun with deep concern.
Aunt Sun only urged him to coax Ying Nianrong to give birth to a child as soon as possible, and he didn't need to worry about anything else.
In fact, Aunt Sun had already found a strange man from the martial arts world who could shrink his body. The man could shrink his body and disguise himself as a woman to enter the backyard and complete the assassination mission.
But the price of assassination was too high, and Danruo was just a weak woman. As long as he brought his men to catch the man in her room, he could force her to death.
The man was locked in the woodshed, so it was easy for him to escape.
After some communication, the man felt that the order was very simple and he would accept it even if the price was half off.
In this way, Aunt Sun arranged for Jing Jing'er to go out to buy cloth, and then brought the man disguised as Jing Jing'er's personal maid back to the Marquis' Mansion at the cloth shop.
Jing Jing'er's heart was pounding.
She actually brought the man into the inner courtyard, thinking that Danruo would soon be disgraced, and then her dowry would be left in the mansion.
As the only daughter of the Marquis's family, she naturally wanted a large dowry. She called her stepmother "mother", so how could she have the nerve not to give her a dowry?
It’s all Danruo’s fault. As soon as she appeared, she took away all of her stepmother’s dowry.
That night, it was confirmed that Jing Ruchen was in the camp outside the capital and would not return to the Marquis's Mansion. Jing Jing'er pulled Marquis Jing'en and said that she saw a man in her sister-in-law's yard.
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