"What's so funny?"
Jiang Cha's expression hardened slightly.
"Xiaoru, don't you think your behavior today was a bit inappropriate?"
“Miss, I’m doing this for your own good. These people are clearly no good. How dare a country bumpkin like him covet you?” Xiaoru said, her eyes wide. “If Master finds out about this, he’ll be furious.”
"Don't try to intimidate me with my dad. He won't mind."
Otherwise, I wouldn't have wanted to marry her off to that relative in the first place.
"But—is this family really that poor?—he's really bold."
Xiaoru looked conflicted. She felt that her young mistress really had something wrong with her head. In the capital, there were so many princes and nobles to choose from, yet she complained that they had concubines and maids. Didn't that just spread her reputation for being jealous?
Now, all the families in the capital don't want her anymore.
She was genuinely worried. If her mistress really took a liking to such a country boy, wouldn't she also have to come along as part of her dowry?
She didn't want to spend her whole life in the countryside.
Jiang Cha understood Xiao Ru's thoughts.
"Don't worry, if I really do marry into the countryside, I will talk to my parents and ask them to let you stay in the mansion."
"Miss, that's not what Xiaoru meant."
"Let's assume you mean that."
“Miss, I really have no such intention. Wherever you go, I will go.”
"If you say that, I'll take it seriously."
Jiang Cha chuckled softly, stopped in her tracks, and couldn't help but look back. "What if I really do fall for that boy?"
"Miss, are you serious?"
Xiaoru's expression changed completely.
Jiang Cha shook her head and strode away.
"You, what exactly have you been doing today?"
Another maid, named Xiaoguo, couldn't resist reaching out her finger and poking Xiaoru's forehead.
"I'm doing this for your own good, Miss."
Although my own factors played a part, it was mainly for the sake of the young lady.
"Stubborn and uneasy."
Xiao Guo sighed and chased after him.
As servants, what right did they have to interfere with their masters' thoughts? They simply had to do whatever their masters told them to do.
"Brother, do you really like that girl?"
Seeing his brother staring at the other person's back as they left, Ning Anuo frowned and asked.
"Hmm, you don't like her?" Hearing Ning Anuo's voice, Ning Hongze turned around and looked at Ning Anuo.
"Do my thoughts matter?"
"Of course, you are my most important younger brother, so of course I care about your feelings."
"What if I say I don't like her?"
"Then I can only arrange for her to stay outside for now. Of course, I will try my best to persuade you to accept her."
"——"
Okay, it's not about giving up that girl for him, it's about convincing myself for that girl's sake—
Where is my most important younger brother?
"That girl's name is Jiang Cha. She's from the capital. I heard she has relatives in Huayang City, and this time she came to visit them. Brother, I'm not trying to discourage you, but judging from that girl's clothes and appearance, her family probably looks down on our family."
"It depends on human effort."
Acha definitely belongs to him.
Ning Hong thought to herself with a smug smile.
The capital city.
Mingzhi felt uneasy when he received the secret letter sent by Jiang Cha.
On one hand, he hoped to get the news and find the truth about his tragic death in his previous life; on the other hand, he was afraid to know the truth.
Mingzhi took a deep breath.
What must be faced will always be faced; avoidance will ultimately be futile.
Mingzhi opened the letter.
The contents of the letter made him sway involuntarily.
Although Jiang Cha did not say it explicitly, she wrote in the letter that she saw someone in a mountain village near Huayang City who looked extremely similar to her mother.
His appearance bears no resemblance to his parents.
"Ah Zhi?"
Seeing Mingzhi's unpleasant expression, Jiang Yun felt a pang of pity.
"Ah Zhi, it's okay." She walked around the table to Ming Zhi and hugged her.
"Your mother is right here. Whether it's true or not, you are still your mother's good son."
“Mother—” Mingzhi’s lips trembled twice, “There is a young man near Huayang City who looks very much like you.”
He took a deep breath. "He could very well be Mother's biological son—"
Summer in the capital is hot, with flowers blooming and willows swaying in the breeze, but Mingzhi and Jiang Yun's hearts are cold.
Of course, it wasn't entirely because of this.
Mingzhi suddenly thought of something more important.
In his previous life, not long after, his father had an accident.
He died in Huayang City.
Otherwise, how could he have inherited the title and become the new Marquis of Dingyuan?
At such a young age, he had to shoulder the responsibility of the entire Dingyuan Marquis's mansion.
The entire court was focused on the Marquis of Dingyuan's residence—
Therefore, the most important thing now is to prevent his father from dying young.
There has been a traitor in the army; we must be vigilant.
But his father was a straightforward person and didn't consider these things. "No, Mother, I'll make a trip to Huayang City. If possible, I'll bring my brother back to see you."
"You need to be extra careful." Jiang Yun held Mingzhi's hands. "Although I feel bad for that child, in my eyes, you are more important. You should be extra careful."
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