"I also want to ask, how much is your jade pendant worth in silver?"
Yi Ning turned around and saw Lu Jiaxue, dressed in casual clothes, standing at the door with his men. He might have been standing there for a while before he slowly walked in. His personal guards rushed in and surrounded the guards. Soldiers tempered on the battlefield had a completely different aura, a very solemn and murderous aura.
Xu Yong had already been helped up by the guards. Seeing that the person coming was Lu Jiaxue, he was very surprised: "Are you Governor Lu... Lord Lu?"
"That's right." Lu Jiaxue sat down on the stone bench in the yard and leaned back against the stone table. He was a man who had a dragon-tiger aura, no matter what he looked like, and was very domineering. Xu Yong felt a chill all over his body when the wind blew. Seeing Lu Jiaxue's relaxed attitude, he was afraid that he had really gotten into trouble this time. Lu Jiaxue smiled and said, "How much is it worth? I will compensate you. Do you want it?"
Why did Lu Jiaxue suddenly come out!
Yi Ningke still remembered the last time she saw him, the bleeding head in her dowry box.
Lu Jiaxue hadn't wanted to come down, but thinking of how much Wei Ling truly loved his daughter, he couldn't let her go. He'd been standing outside and hadn't come in right away, listening to their conversation for a while. She was quite amusing, even kicking him into the pond. There was always a bit of a fierce edge to her personality, and no matter how gentle she was, she couldn't hide it.
That person was the same. Lu Jiaxue didn't want to do unnecessary work in the garrison, so he just lay in her room and refused to bully her. She thought about the Three Obediences and Four Virtues, and smiled at him with anger.
As a result, when he fell asleep, she drew three cat whiskers on his face with ink. When he woke up, he found that the man was obedient and pretending to be confused when he went to settle the score with her. He then pulled her into his arms, kissed her face, and smeared the ink on her fair little face. The stubble rubbed her face so hard that it hurt.
She soon begged for mercy and cried out that she was uncomfortable. Lu Jiaxue had had enough of bullying. He held her face in his hands again and wiped her carefully with his fingers.
Xu Yong's face turned pale, and he turned back to look at Yining. She was looking at him coldly.
Xu Yong felt extremely embarrassed and quickly clasped his fists and said, "Your Excellency, I really didn't know this lady was related to you... I apologize to this lady, and I hope you won't take it personally."
"No need to apologize." Lu Jiaxue rubbed his ring in his hand and said, "Just slap yourself twice."
Xu Yong's face turned even uglier, but when he thought about the consequences of provoking Lu Jiaxue, he only hated himself for having to step in. He was a scoundrel, but he also knew who to provoke and who not to provoke. Who on earth was this person, and why did Lu Jiaxue stand up and speak for her? He hardened his heart and immediately slapped himself twice, loudly and loudly: "Thank you for your teachings, sir."
Xu Yong then excused himself, but Lu Jiaxue remained silent. He stood there frozen, but he wouldn't leave until Lu Jiaxue told him to. Only when Xu Yong's forehead began to sweat did Lu Jiaxue wave him off.
After they left, the yard fell silent. Yi Ning wondered who had asked him to intervene. She had brought so many people with her. If reasoning didn't work, she would beat the boy to a pulp. And now she was supposed to thank him?
She could only walk up to him, bow and thank him: "I also want to thank you for speaking up for me today. I have no way to repay you, but I will keep it in my heart. I believe you are busy with your official duties, so I will not disturb you."
As soon as she reached the door, Lu Jiaxue said, "Stop, am I letting you go?"
"What else does godfather want?"
A quarter of an hour later, Yining sat in the house, peeling pomegranates for Lu Jiaxue.
Use a knife to cut open the slits, then break them apart one by one, and pick out the grains one by one with a special silver stick.
Lu Jiaxue was playing chess with the Minister of War. The room was completely silent, with only the sound of dripping water from the tip of a bamboo tree.
Lu Jiaxue didn't have any other intentions, he just felt that the little girl didn't take him seriously. After all, he had saved her at her wedding, even though he had personally delivered the head. She didn't seem very grateful for saving her just now, and simply carried her in to help him peel the pomegranate as a punishment.
Yi Ning watched him play chess from the sidelines. His skill was truly terrible. Even though the Minister of War had already given him five stones, he still couldn't beat him. But she watched the game in silence. She didn't want to give Lu Jiaxue any advice, and certainly didn't dare. She probably didn't dare either. Winning or losing was entirely up to the governor, and who knew if he'd be pleased with her advice?
Everyone has their strengths and weaknesses. Lu Jiaxue is a genius in commanding and arranging troops, but apart from writing beautiful words, playing the piano, chess, and painting are all nonsense to him.
The Minister of War probably didn't dare to give Lu Jiaxue too much face, so he gave up two more pieces and still won against Lu Jiaxue.
"A literary toy." Lu Jiaxue threw the chess piece into the chess cup and served tea.
The Minister of War smiled and said, "Your adopted daughter is the wife of the top scholar, so her skills should be quite good. Why not let her try for you?"
The Minister of War is an old man with a big beard, so there is no problem with gender.
Lu Jiaxue glanced at Yining, who then sat down opposite the Minister of War and said with a smile, "Then please leave first, Lord Fu." Her hands were sore from peeling the pomegranates, so it was a good time to take a break.
Lord Fu laughed, liking her straightforwardness, and started to move first.
Lu Jiaxue raised his eyebrows slightly, but said nothing and sat beside her watching her play chess.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and someone spoke at the door. Yi Ning was playing chess when someone came in: "... said it was the maid of the Duke of Ying's family."
Lu Jiaxue let her in.
It was Fuhong, a second-class maidservant of Yining's, assigned to her by Luo Shenyuan. She walked in and whispered in Yining's ear, "Madam, Mrs. Lu, who spoke to you at Xiangyun Club, heard you were having tea here, and sent someone to invite you to a chat..."
The chess piece in Yining's hand fell onto the chessboard with a snap.
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