Chapter 16: Meet

In the study, Wan Pingbo carefully read the holy decree again, frowned and asked, "What is going on?" ”

"My daughter doesn't know." Ran Ning really didn't know, but if she knew, she wouldn't feel so surprised, after all, not all accidents are surprises.

Wan Pingbo pondered for a while, and then asked, "Did the virtuous concubine really just call you to play the song that day?" ”

"Yes." Speaking of this, Ran Ning remembered that Concubine Xian seemed to have asked her if she was married, but because the topic was just there at that time, it didn't seem to be anything special.

Seeing that Ran Ning was indeed innocent, Wan Pingbo sighed helplessly and said, "The Zhong family of Zhenbei Hou has always been the emperor's very trusted minister, and our Wan Pingbo Mansion can't afford to offend. If they want to marry you, they must know something about you and will not act rashly. No one asked his opinion about this matter, which made Wan Pingbo very angry, but he had nowhere to vent.

Ran Ning lowered her head and thought for a moment, feeling that her father's words were very reasonable. Even if the virtuous concubine doesn't care about her wishes, she will definitely take care of her nephew's wishes, and it is impossible to mess with the mandarin duck spectrum. Thinking about it this way, she should have met the scholar with the broken halberd. Come to think of it. Ran Ning's mind suddenly flashed, and that Zhong Gongzi suddenly jumped into her head, making her feel like her brain exploded. If her judgment is correct, that Zhong Gongzi is likely to be Zhong Su. No wonder Du Muyi deliberately covered up his name when he introduced it at that time, probably because she was afraid that she would know that Zhong Gongzi was a scholar with a broken halberd, so she would take a detour in the future.

Wan Pingbo was silent for a while, as if he had completely compromised, and said: "It's better to marry into the Zhenbei Hou Mansion than to stay in the palace until you are twenty-five years old." Although the reputation of the scholar is not good, you are from Wanping Bofu, and he doesn't dare to do anything to you if you think about it. If life is really sad in the future, I will ask the emperor to allow you to make peace with him. ”

Wan Pingbo's ability to do this was already the limit, but Ran Ning wondered if her father would be able to do it if there really was such a day. She felt that it was more likely that she would endure it, after all, if she had an unpleasant quarrel with the Hou Mansion in Zhenbei, her father would probably have to be forced to stand in line, which was the last thing her father wanted to do.

"Rest assured by the father, the daughter is measured." What else could she say? I can only pick this kind of painless words to deal with.

"Hmm. I'll take care of the marriage with your mother, so you don't have to worry. "If it weren't for the marriage, if it wasn't for the fact that the object was the grandson of the Marquis of Zhenbei, Wan Pingbo wouldn't have to deal with this.

"Yes, thank you, father." Ran Ning responded. With her father here, her mother-in-law won't deduct anything from her.

Originally, Ran Ning was going to return to the palace after dinner at home, but because Ran Xiao did not stay overnight, the dinner dishes in the house were transferred to lunch. In this way, the newlyweds can go back early to take care of Mrs. Shen, who is unwell, after eating.

Ran Xiao came out of Zhao's room, her face was a little better than when she came, but if she looked closely, she could still see the traces of crying, but no one would ask more, so she was homesick.

After lunch, Ran Xiao stayed for a while and left with Shen Lian. Shen Lian never found a chance to talk to Ran Ning alone, and his face was a little unwilling, but he couldn't.

Although the marriage was unexpected, Yu and Ran Ji didn't ask much, and Yu didn't feel unhappy because Ran Ning would marry in front of Ran Ji, as if they wanted her to marry out quickly.

After taking a nap, Ran Ning packed up a few clothes and prepared to go back to the palace. This time, she didn't let the sedan chair in the house send her, but took Bizhu out with her, and was allowed to buy some famous dim sum to bring back to the palace for Zhuo Sile and Zou Jinyue, and then let Bizhu go back to the house by herself. Bizhu is estimated to be bored in the house for a while, Ran Ning doesn't want to treat her harshly, it happens to be early, so she takes this little girl out for a walk.

Along the way, Bizhu chattered with Ran Ning about the recently opened shops in the city, or which shop has a new dim sum, these people who are generally responsible for buying will buy it back to the house for the master to taste, when Ran Ning is in the house, the things sent will be divided into a few pieces to Bizhu, now Ran Ning is not often in the house, her share is gone, and Bizhu can only watch others eat, she can't taste it. Ran Ning knew that Bizhu was not a greedy person, but she had never had anything good to give Bizhu, so she was particularly reluctant to wronged her in this regard. I happen to be free today, so I can buy some more and let Bizhu take it back to try it out.

When the two of them were about to walk to the street where the dim sum shop was located, a horse-drawn carriage suddenly stopped their way, the speed was not fast, and it did not startle them, obviously not malicious. The little girl in the car jumped down and saluted Ran Ning respectfully, before saying, "Third girl, my master invites you to get in the car and go to Qinxiao Residence for a while." ”

Ran Ning frowned slightly and asked, "Who is your master?" ”

At this time, the curtain of the carriage was lifted to one side, and it was no one else sitting in the carriage, it was the Zhong Gongzi.

Today's carriage was different from the one that sent her back to the house last time, so Ran Ning didn't recognize it for a while. Zhong Su suddenly came to her, which surprised her, but even if it was an accident, some etiquette could not be abolished.

Ran Ning looked left and right at the pedestrians on the road, then looked up at Zhong Su in the car, and didn't say anything. At this time, there are many people on the road, and she is a girl's family, even if she has been married, she can't get into her fiancé's carriage at will, which is unreasonable and not good for her reputation.

Zhong Su didn't seem to need her to say much before he understood her thoughts. got out of the car directly and said to Ran Ning: "Get in the car." ”

Ran Ning didn't understand his intention to get out of the car, and looked at him puzzled.

Zhong Su was not ready to give her another chance to be in a daze, so he put his hands on her and put her in the carriage.

Ran Ning didn't even have a chance to resist, she was already sitting on the side of the carriage, and when she thought of her actions just now, she suddenly blushed. Even though she met a lot of talented people when she was in the Qinming Pavilion, she was treated politely and never had any contact with half of her □□.

Before Bizhu could figure out what was going on, she saw her girl being carried into the car, but seeing that Ran Ning seemed to know this son, she didn't scold, so she honestly didn't speak. But I'm also wondering who this son is.

Looking at the blushing Ran Ning, Zhong Su seemed to be in a good mood, and said, "Qinxiaoju is some distance from here, you take a carriage over." ”

Ran Ning just wanted to ask, "What about you", but felt that it was not appropriate, so she swallowed the words back.

Zhong Su didn't say much, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Bizhu stared at her with big eyes, opened her mouth, and looked surprised, she had grown so big, and she hadn't seen anyone disappear with a "sigh".

Zhong Su left first, but the little girl didn't leave, only smiled and said to Ran Ning: "Three girls, go in and sit down." Then he said to Bizhu: "This girl, please get in the car too, let's go to Qinxiaoju." Don't let the master wait. ”

They were all already seated, and Ran Ning was not pretentious, so she turned around and sat in the car. Seeing that Ran Ning did not object, Bizhu also followed into the carriage. The little guy lowered the curtain and sat down in front of the car. As soon as the coachman waved his whip, the carriage slowly ran away.

When Ran Ning arrived at Qinxiao Residence, Zhong Su was already waiting for her in the private room. Xiao Er took Ran Ning upstairs, Xiao Wu and Bizhu were waiting outside, and only Ran Ning walked in alone.

Zhong Su has already ordered dim sum and tea, and the most famous thing in Qin Xiaoju is not the wine and food, but these dim sum, it is said that the ancestor of the store used to be the imperial chef in the palace, specializing in these dim sum. Although it is famous here, Ran Ning rarely comes, not for anything else, but the price is too expensive, she has so many shares every month, and she does not have a mother's subsidy like the two sisters, so she naturally wants to save money.

"Sit." Zhong Su gestured to the seat next to him.

Ran Ning nodded and sat down.

Zhong Su poured tea for her before saying, "The last time I saw me in the Imperial Garden, Mu Yi didn't say my name. But I don't know if you guessed it today? ”

"Well, you're Zhong Su." At this time, there is no need for Ran Ning to pretend to be stupid.

"Yes." Zhong Su took a sip of tea and said, "The will to give marriage has been made, and the emperor has appointed me as the commander of the Jingwei today." If there is no major war in the future, I think I will not leave Beijing. ”

Zhong Su is already a general of Zhaowu, and now he has been appointed as the commander of Jingwei, which can be described as a pet. Generally speaking, only the prince and the princess will be promoted to the position when they are married, Zhong Su is only the nephew of the virtuous concubine, but he can get a new official position on the basis of retaining the original official position, and they are both with real power, which is really not easy.

"Congratulations." Ran Ning congratulated him, after all, it was a happy event to be crowned an official.

Zhong Su looked at Ran Ning and asked, "I invite you to come and ask only one thing, whether you want to marry me or not, it has nothing to do with marriage, only sincerity." If you don't want to, I'll find a way to get the emperor to take back his life. ”

Ran Ning didn't expect Zhong Su to come to ask her if she was willing to marry him, and she was a little embarrassed. Putting aside the name of the scholar who folded the halberd, as far as she had contact with Zhong Su in the past few times, she didn't hate this person, and even had some surprise when she first saw him, so after the holy decree was sent, when she guessed that Zhong Su should be the Zhong Gongzi, her heart was much calmer, and she didn't seem to have too many worries to accept this matter, and she never thought of opposing or running away from marriage. But these words, how can she say it directly to a girl's family?

Seeing that her expression was calm, but her ears were red, Zhong Su smiled slightly and said, "If you don't speak, I'll treat you as if you want to?" ”

Ran Ning didn't say that it was one thing, but it was another thing to make a statement, so she replied in a almost inaudible voice, "Hmm." ”

Even if her voice is small, Zhong Su is a person who practices martial arts, and her ear power is excellent, so she can naturally hear it clearly.

"That's good." After asking about the important matter, Zhong Su also seemed to relax a little, and asked, "Are you going back to the palace or going elsewhere?" ”

"Go back to the palace and ask for leave from the Rite and Music Division until tonight." Ran Ning also breathed a sigh of relief, her ears were still red, but she was already willing to say more, "By the way, how do you know which way I'm going?" She wondered how Zhong Su had found her by such a coincidence.

Zhong Su didn't prepare to hide it, and said, "I sent people to keep an eye on you around your mansion, and they wrote back to me when you came out." ”

"I see." Ran Ning can't blame anything for this kind of thing, after all, Zhong Su's people didn't bother her.

Zhong Su pushed the dim sum to Ran Ning's side and said, "My aunt asked the emperor for the marriage, she asked me once before, and then discussed it with my father, and the matter was settled." ”

Ran Ning took a piece of dim sum, but she was not in a hurry to eat it, "I'm just a little musician, even if I am born in Bofu, I won't attract the attention of the virtuous concubine Niangniang, why did Niangniang choose me?" ”

"Don't ask." Zhong Su didn't seem to be ready to explain to her, just waiting for her to guess for herself, and said, "If it were someone else, I wouldn't agree." ”

Ran Ning's heart suddenly jumped, and her heartbeat jumped much faster with this chaotic beat. She doesn't know much about love, but this moment's heartbeat makes her suddenly feel that this may be the "heartbeat" mentioned in the picture book, which she has never experienced, and the taste is wonderful.