Chapter 188 Cousin
The next day, a team of Jinyiwei and the personal guards of Prince Yan's Palace escorted the Xuanping Provincial Governor, the Jiangnan Education Commissioner and other relevant personnel to the capital. Su Xu and his elder brother also accompanied them.
To be on the safe side, Rong Jinchen specially asked Gu Cheng to go along, as well as the Jiangnan commander and a team of people.
Compared to the cheating in the imperial examinations by the Jiangnan Xuanping Provincial Government and the Jiangnan Education Commissioner, the killing of the governor's concubine's brother was a trivial matter. When the Jiangnan governor saw their fate, he directly handed over the beast and his concubine.
Fortunately, he did not join. His Majesty only punished him for negligence at most. He is lucky to be alive.
Rong Jinchen really didn't know until he saw it that the power of the aristocratic families had reached such a level. If his father didn't change the law, their Great Qin would not last more than a hundred years.
He grew up in the capital and previously lived in the border area, where there were not as many complicated connections as in the Jiangnan region. They didn't have enough time to escape during the war.
Thinking of this, the man's ink-black eyes darkened, then he looked at the sleeping girl beside him and suddenly smiled.
After the Dragon Boat Festival, they left Jiangnan and set off for the Lingnan region.
Around mid-June, they arrived at Fuzhou Prefecture, the governor's office of Fujian Province, where Su Zhenzhen's uncle Ye Mingyi took office as the governor-general of Fujian and Guangdong.
As they were about to reach Fuzhou Prefecture, Su Zhenzhen recalled her second cousin's past behavior. She shuddered uncontrollably, looked at Rong Jinchen with a sweet smile, and said softly, "Husband, my second cousin is a playful person by nature. Don't take his words to heart."
Rong Jinchen was already very wary of this love rival, and after hearing Su Zhenzhen's words that made things even more revealing, he became even more wary.
Seeing the man pursed his lips and said nothing, Su Zhenzhen's desire to survive came online, "Husband, I'm not asking you to give in to him. You are my husband. It's just that my second cousin is a weird person, so..." She blinked her clear eyes at him and put her arms around the man's neck.
"Husband, good husband, the best husband in the world~" Her voice was so sweet that she leaned completely into the man's arms without noticing.
Rong Jinchen said gently: "Qingqing, don't worry, I know my limits." There must be nothing wrong with Qingqing, so the problem can only be the wild man outside.
Since he is not in tune, just beat him until he is in tune.
He wanted to see who dared to flirt with his beloved in front of him?
Su Zhenzhen reluctantly felt relieved, after all, Rong Jinchen was a man of propriety.
Because it was hot, Su Zhenzhen was only wearing a white peony gold gauze skirt, revealing her creamy white skin. She had a single spiral bun with a white jade hairpin pinned on it, and a pair of pink jade twined flower bracelets on her hands. Her face was bare, but she had a beauty like a lotus emerging from clear water.
Rong Jinchen looked at Su Zhenzhen's attire, pursed his lips and said nothing. It was such a hot day, it was normal for Qingqing to wear cool clothes.
He just felt a little unhappy that his beautiful daughter was seen by his love rival.
Su Zhenzhen was very satisfied with Rong Jinchen's attitude. She hated the kind of male chauvinists who forced their women to change clothes. She did nothing out of the ordinary. She was just dressing like a normal lady in summer.
Because they had caused quite a lot of noise in the past few months, there was trouble almost wherever they went.
Therefore, after coming from Jiangnan, he did not make any other secret visits along the way, and the names Su Zian and Rong Qingqing were naturally changed back.
Uncle Ye, Ye Mingyi, had people waiting at the gate of the city for the arrival of His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and His Majesty the Princess of Yan.
Ye Xiao volunteered to pick them up, and Ye Mingyi agreed, thinking that his son seemed to have let go of his feelings for Zhenzhen in the past two years.
Ye Xiao is only eighteen years old this year. He has a sunny and handsome appearance, even comparable to Su Jun and Su Yu. He has a youthful vitality and a good figure. Su Zhenzhen thinks he is a bit like a sunny and lively little puppy, who can be cute or cool.
In fact, in terms of appearance, the most handsome man Su Zhenzhen has ever seen in her two lives is Rong Jinchen. He had fought in the border for so many years and was exposed to the wind and sun, but his appearance was comparable to Xie Cijing.
When the man who had regained his fair skin color met Xie Cijing in Hejian Mansion before, he calmly compared their appearances. Su Zhenzhen noticed this scene with her sharp eyes.
But she didn't say anything. After all, Rong Jinchen was really cute like this, and she liked it.
Su Zhenzhen saw Ye Xiao bowing to them and looked at Rong Jinchen. Rong Jinchen said calmly: "No need to bow, cousin." He then clasped his fingers with Su Zhenzhen to assert his sovereignty.
Ye Xiao glanced at the graceful Su Zhenzhen without leaving any trace, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and then he noticed their clasped hands, a sad look passed across his sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, "Your Highness is so good to my cousin." In fact, he had given up long ago, who made his cousin dislike him?
Besides, he is not outstanding, otherwise why would his uncle choose the top scholar Xie Cijing as his cousin's fiancé?
Sixteen-year-old Xie Cijing was already a top scorer in the imperial examination, but at the age of sixteen he was immersed in spending time with his cousin. He was not even as good as Xie Cijing, so how could he give his cousin a good future?
Ye Xiao is actually quite self-conscious. Even though he is already eighteen years old this year, he is just an ordinary fifth-rank captain, and his rank is hereditary.
Ye Xiao wanted to go to the border to join the army and fight against the Huns at first, but he was too obedient to his father, was still young, and was afraid that his cousin would be promised to someone else while he was trying to make a living, so he did not go.
He now understood that his ability was not as good as Xie Cijing's, so his uncle did not choose him, and his cousin did not choose him either, let alone His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan who was better than Xie Cijing?
In addition, in the past two years, I have always heard how good His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan is to my cousin. He really likes my cousin and only hopes that her life will get better and better.
Seeing that Rong Jinchen pursed his lips and didn't say anything, Su Zhenzhen squeezed the man's palm and said, "Second cousin, long time no see. My husband is very good to me." She looked at Rong Jinchen with a sweet smile.
Ye Xiao subconsciously revealed a silly smile, "Cousin, long time no see." He also scratched the back of his head with his hand. His handsome face, which was tanned, had the sunny handsomeness of a rough man and an athlete, and his face immediately turned red.
Rong Jinchen narrowed his eyes. Although the man, no, the boy in front of him was not to be feared, he would never relax his vigilance even a little when facing his love rival.
Facts proved that Rong Jinchen was right. Ye Xiao didn't know that Rong Jinchen knew that he liked Su Zhenzhen. He just treated her as a good cousin.
Although he had let go of Su Zhenzhen, it was difficult to change his subconscious actions. "Cousin, do you still like flying kites? My kite-making skills have improved again. Do you want to help me take a look?" He smiled shyly and looked at Su Zhenzhen with wandering eyes.
Su Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Okay, my husband and I will fly kites together then. Thank you, cousin." As expected, her cousin was a bit silly. If Rong Jinchen was a suspicious person, she would be a bit embarrassed.
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