Chapter 420 Confirmation of Mind
Ye Mingzhu looked at her and always felt that her expression was not right.
"There's nothing on my face, why are you staring at me?" Jian Pingping glared at her with an expression of shame and anger on his face.
But this expression is really not convincing.
Ye Mingzhu discovered that Jian Pingping had become more lively and looked more like a girl of her age.
"Pingping, who did you come back with this time?" Ye Mingzhu had a guess in her mind.
The blush on Jian Pingping's face deepened, making her look very lively.
"Doctor Murong is coming here to collect herbs, and I came with him."
"Doctor Murong?" Ye Mingzhu's guess came true. She smiled and said, "Collecting herbs? How come I don't know what herbs we have here?"
"Doctor Murong said that there are some medicinal herbs in the sea that are not found anywhere else." Jian Pingping said this, but perhaps only she knew the answer.
"Is it because you said you wanted to go back to your hometown that Doctor Murong said he wanted to come and collect herbs?" Ye Mingzhu asked her.
"No, it's not like that. He said he wanted to come here to collect herbs, so I mentioned going back to my hometown." What Jian Pingping said was the truth, but no one knew whether Doctor Murong thought so.
Ye Mingzhu looked at her: "Just because he said that, you believe it?"
Jian Pingping glanced at Yunniang next to him, and Ye Mingzhu waved her hand to let Yunniang go down.
"Is there something you want to tell me?"
Confusion flashed in Jian Pingping's eyes: "I don't know either."
"My aunt came to me and told me that she had arranged a marriage for my cousin. If I wanted to stay in the Zheng family, she could hire me as his concubine in a year. I went to look for my uncle, but he was nowhere to be seen."
"I told my aunt that I didn't want to be a concubine. No one knew that my cousin and I were engaged, but my aunt actually agreed."
Jian Pingping lowered her voice as she spoke: "I know it was Doctor Murong who helped me, otherwise my aunt would not have let me go."
"You want to marry Doctor Murong?" Ye Mingzhu could see that Jian Pingping was moved.
"I don't know. With my status, if I marry Doctor Murong, I can only be a concubine, but I will never be a concubine no matter what." The blush on Jian Pingping's face had faded, and the confusion in her eyes was deeper.
"Have you told Doctor Murong?" Ye Mingzhu asked.
"No." Jian Pingping shook his head. "I came back this time to tell my parents that my engagement with my cousin has been annulled, but my aunt has also announced my identity to the public."
In fact, these are not what Jian Pingping wants, but she has no say in these things.
After her cousin got engaged, the Zheng family invited relatives to dinner, and that's when she saw her uncle. Her uncle only told her that if she had any difficulties in the future, she could go directly to her aunt, who would definitely help her.
Jian Pingping understood at that time that her uncle knew that her aunt wanted her to break off the engagement and become a concubine, so he avoided her and never met her.
But now that things have come to this, there is no point in saying these things. Jian Pingping knows that the Zheng family doesn't want to have much contact with her. Ever since attending Zheng Yuang's engagement party, she has never been to the Zheng family again.
Originally, some people were attracted by Jian Pingping's status and wanted to use her to get closer to the prefect, but Jian Pingping never went anywhere else except the shop and home, and no one from the Zheng family came to visit her.
The people in the city didn't know the reason, they just thought that the merchant's niece was not liked by Lord Zheng.
The cosmetics shop, which had been bustling for a while, finally returned to calm, and Jian Pingping breathed a sigh of relief.
No one from the Zheng family came, only Mei'er came to show off, saying that Zheng Yuang and Xu Mengqing were a match made in heaven, and that Zheng's aunt was going to find her a man, all of whom were well-known families in the capital.
Jian Pingping was not angry at all, and took the opportunity to ask Mei'er to buy the most expensive bottle of the new perfume.
After this happened twice, Mei'er stopped coming, and the Zheng family seemed to have forgotten their niece.
During this period, Dr. Murong did not look for Jian Pingping. She thought she had given up and developed a high fever that night. Jian Anan was scared to death and went to the clinic immediately.
When Doctor Murong heard that Jian Pingping was sick, he went to Jian's house without even putting on his clothes.
Jian Pingping's illness was not serious. After taking a dose of medicine, the fever subsided.
Doctor Murong stayed at the Jian family for two days, and only returned to the clinic after Jian Pingping's illness was completely cured.
During this period, the clinic sent someone to ask for Doctor Murong's services, but he was not sent away.
Doctor Murong's feelings for Jian Pingping were already obvious.
After Jian Pingping recovered from her illness, she wanted to return to Pinggu Town. Doctor Murong immediately said that he was coming here to collect herbs, and left his medicine boy at the Jian family to take care of Jian Anan.
To avoid suspicion, the two of them bought separate tickets to board the ship, but Dr. Murong was afraid that Jian Pingping would be bored, so he would get off the ship every time it stopped. Sometimes, if they couldn't buy tickets, the two of them would stay overnight in the local area.
After such a trip, the two returned to Pinggu Town much later than expected.
The good thing is that the relationship between Doctor Murong and Jian Pingping is developing rapidly, and Jian Pingping also promised Doctor Murong that when he returns to the capital, Doctor Murong can come to propose marriage.
Ye Mingzhu listened to Jian Pingping's brief account of their journey, with a look of admiration in her eyes.
Doctor Murong's journey of pursuing his wife would still be very advisable even in modern times.
"Anyway, your good days are coming." Ye Mingzhu congratulated her with a smile.
Jian Pingping's face flushed again: "Doctor Murong promised me that An An can live with us in the future."
Ye Mingzhu understood that since Doctor Murong agreed to this, he must really like Jian Pingping.
Jian Pingping left the things that Jiang Yue gave to Ye Mingzhu and did not stay long.
Ye Mingzhu wanted to keep her for dinner, but Jian Pingping looked outside a little uncomfortably and said, "I still need to go buy some things."
"Is Doctor Murong waiting for you outside?"
After Ye Mingzhu finished speaking, Jian Pingping actually nodded.
"Pingping, there's something I want to remind you. You and Doctor Murong aren't married yet, so you should be careful when traveling together."
Ye Mingzhu didn't want to pour cold water on her, but the ancient times were too harsh on women. Jian Pingping still dressed like a girl, and when she was outside, she always had to keep a distance from Doctor Murong.
"Well, I know," Jian Pingping held Ye Mingzhu's hand, "Mingzhu, I know you and Jiang Yue are doing this for my own good. I will pay attention."
"I'm only staying for a few days this time and will be leaving soon. After we get married, we'll come back and stay longer."
When Jian Pingping talked about getting married, she felt three parts hesitation, three parts anticipation, and three parts shyness.
"Well, it's good that you know it yourself." Ye Mingzhu said nothing more and sent Jian Pingping to the door.
Unexpectedly, Dr. Murong was waiting in the carriage outside the door.
"It seems that Doctor Murong really has a good heart." Ye Mingzhu whispered to Jian Pingping.
Jian Pingping had a sweet smile on her face as she walked towards the carriage.
Doctor Murong helped her onto the carriage, nodded to Ye Mingzhu, and drove the carriage away himself.
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