Early the next morning, Jiang Ruan got up late, and the subordinates in the general's mansion got Li Shi's order and did not disturb her dreams, because when Jiang Ruan woke up, the sky was already bright, and there was no shadow of Xiao Shao around him, and the house was clean as if nothing had happened last night. She slowly stood up, only to feel that her whole body was sore, but there were faint red marks on her shoulders, Jiang Ruan looked at it speechlessly for a while, Xiao Shao has not seen him for dozens of days, but he is becoming more and more a beast, and he is also very strong, but it is really the so-called "little biesheng newlywed".

Jiang Ruan called Forsythia and Dew Drop to come in and freshen up, Forsythia looked a little embarrassed when she combed Jiang Ruan's hair, Jiang Ruan saw her appearance, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"It's better for the girl to change her clothes." Forsythia glanced at the back of Jiang Ruan's neck with a blushing face, and saw that Jiang Ruan was still a little dazed, so he buried his head and went to get a bronze mirror and looked at her from Jiang Ruan's back. I saw a red dark mark on the white neck, which looked extremely ambiguous. Jiang Ruan was stunned for a moment, and then scolded Xiao Shao in his heart, so he let Lu Zhu go and fetch the clothes that could cover the red lines on his neck with a vertical collar.

Dew carefully observed her face, and saw that although she was a little blamed, she was not angry, thinking that Xiao Shao's arrival last night still made her change, at least the coldness on her face also disappeared, about the husband and wife reconciled as before, and the estrangement was eliminated, which was a good thing. Dew Drop was also sincerely happy for Jiang Ruan, but she didn't pay attention to Jiang Ruan's thoughtful gaze at her. Dew was stunned, and then asked with some hesitation: "Young lady, but what do you want the slave to do?" ”

Jiang Ruan did shake his head and said, "It's fine." "What happened to Xiao Shao last night confirmed her conjecture, Jin Er is really just a scene, but in this play Xiao Shao knows Lu Dao, she knows Lu Dao, Jin Er himself knows Lu Dao, but Dew Drop is the one who doesn't know Lu Dao, what kind of feelings Lu Er has for Jin Er, other people's lives and feelings can't be decided by her, so how to solve this matter, it depends on Jin Er and Lu Zhu herself. Jiang Ruan sighed softly and said to Tianzhu: "Pack up your things, let's go home today." ”

"Going home?" Tianzhu was a little stunned, although Zhilu Dao must have reconciled the two last night, but why did he return home so suddenly? Jiang Ruan just said: "It's okay, it's good to be surprised." After that, he got up and went out first: "I'll go and explain to my grandfather and grandmother." ”

The Li family was naturally taken aback when they heard that Jiang Ruan was suddenly leaving, and for more than ten days, the Zhao family was very happy because of Jiang Ruan's arrival. Although Jiang Ruan's personality is not very enthusiastic, she is very good at dealing with everyone, and in her previous life in the palace, she also learned a lot from Xuan Li, and now she is even more comfortable with the Zhao family, who have already reciprocated kindness to her. is because the Zhao family has long regarded her as a member of the family. Leaving so suddenly, there is no need for others to say it for the time being, and the Li family is naturally reluctant. Only Jiang Ruan only said that Xiao Shao came to urge, and the Li family naturally couldn't stop it. The two young couples have a good place, how can they live in their parents' house every day. I don't have to get rid of the love between husband and wife. It was Li Shi who smiled and said: "In this case, I can't say anything, let the housekeeper bring the gift back later, and bring a little bit to Xiao Shao's child, Ah Ruan, you have to come to the General's Mansion more often in the future, this is your house, grandmother thinks of you." ”

Jiang Ruan laughed again, but when he saw the carriage prepared by the General's Mansion, he was stunned, and the carriage pulled almost a whole cart of gifts, and sure enough, the Li family gave her almost everything he could think of. The elders didn't dare to resign, and they couldn't all go back, Jiang Ruan couldn't cry or laugh, so many gifts, where is the ordinary return gift, it seems to have moved. Tianzhu hesitated a little: "Young lady, the carriage is probably going very slowly." ”

There are a total of two carriages, one is for Jiang Ruan to sit alone, and the other is to pull the salute. With the ceremonial car, Jiang Ruan's carriage also went slowly, and the General's Mansion and the Jinying Palace's Mansion were not too far away, but the distance was several times the original. Forsythia came up with an idea: "If the young lady goes first, the carriage behind will slowly follow, and no one will rob the carriage in broad daylight." ”

Jiang Ruan shook his head and said, "It's okay, go back slowly." In the past few days in the General's Mansion, she has not observed the surrounding things and sent letters to Xuan Pei as she did in the palace, and she has lagged behind a lot in the news. Unlike Xiao Shao, Xiao Shao used Jinyiwei to collect information, but Jiang Ruan used his own eyes to deduce possible abnormalities with different bits and pieces of ordinary life.

Forsythia didn't say anything more, the carriage drove slowly all the way, but it was very smooth, and when he walked to the streets of the city, he only heard a crisp female voice from outside the carriage: "Dare to ask if it's the carriage of the lord of Hong'an?" ”

Jiang Ruan sat in the car, and the carriage stopped. Tianzhu had already jumped down first, looked at the people outside and asked, "Who is it?" ”

The person outside was just a young girl dressed as a maid, and the fabric worn by the girl could be seen that her family background was also extraordinary. It's just that the maid didn't expect a cold-faced woman to suddenly jump out of it, and she asked who she was when she opened her mouth, but she was startled. She settled down and was about to speak, when a soft voice came from beside her: "It's me, my maid was rude, and I bumped into the county lord, and I asked the county lord Haihan." Just now I saw the carriage of the General's Mansion and guessed that the county lord was also on it, so I rashly stepped forward to say hello. ”

This is said very cordially without a pretension, as if treating an old acquaintance. A moment later, the curtain of the carriage was lifted, and Jiang Ruan walked out of it. Tianzhu stood beside Jiang Ruan and looked at the woman in front of him together, this woman was none other than Miss Yao, Yao Niannian.

Jiang Ruan also smiled: "What a coincidence, I never thought to meet Miss Yao here, it can be seen that it is really fate." ”

Yao Niannian also smiled: "Yes." Nian Nian suddenly stepped forward to disturb, not wanting to be too rash and rude, I really didn't think about it, but I had a few encounters with the prince, and I had to say hello if I thought about it. ”

The dew drops frowned when they heard it inside, what was going on with this Yao Niannian holding Xiao Shao all the words in his mouth? These words deliberately caused Jiang Ruan to misunderstand. Lu Zhu couldn't help but feel a little nervous in her heart, just thinking that Jiang Ruan and Xiao Shao had just released their suspicions last night, and today Yao Niannian came to make trouble again, which was really hateful. Forsythia pulled the dewdrops, lest she lose her mind for a while and rush out, after all, she had to be calmer, but even so, she didn't agree with Yao Niannian's words.

Who knew that Jiang Ruan didn't answer Yao Niannian's words at all, he was still smiling on his face, but he asked, "Speaking of which, there is still something to ask Miss Yao for help." ”

Yao Niannian's expression changed slightly, and then he smiled: "If I can help the county lord, I will naturally go all out." ”

"On the occasion of my grandmother's birthday, I plan to embroider a convex thousand-armed Guanyin for rent. However, there are few beads on the statue of Guanyin, and I heard that the Nanhai Jialin area is rich in moonstone, and the color of the beads is the most brilliant when used to polish the beads. However, there are no such beads in the shops in the capital recently, and I know that Lord Yao is the governor of Binhai, can you bring some for me next time I go to the South China Sea. I would be very grateful. ”

The dew drops and forsythia in the carriage were a little puzzled, when did Jiang Ruan plan to embroider the thousand-armed Guanyin. Yao Niannian didn't expect Jiang Ruan to ignore her words, but he suddenly asked such a request, Governor Yao is the Governor of Binhai, and he always sits in the South China Sea most days of the year, Yao Niannian also lived in the South China Sea when he was a child, and he was sent back to the capital after he grew up. This little thing is naturally difficult for her, Yao Niannian smiled and said: "There is no need to thank you, since I have also had a friendship with the prince, naturally I am also friends with the county lord, and I always want to help with my friend's affairs." When I got home, I talked to my father. ”

She always pulled things on Xiao Shao, but Jiang Ruan didn't get angry at all, but didn't seem to hear her words, and said with a smile: "Then thank you Miss Yao." ”

Yao Niannian smiled and said, "No need to say thank you, it's just that looking at the county lord's appearance, he came back from the General's Mansion?" ”

"Exactly." Jiang Ruan also replied.

Yao Niannian lowered his head, as if he remembered something, and said in a low voice: "No wonder he ...... in those days." When it came to speaking, Yao Niannian suddenly raised his head and looked at Jiang Ruan, as if he suddenly realized that there was something wrong with his words, and hurriedly stopped his mouth. Halfway through that, it's even more itchy. However, this is obviously a failure for Jiang Ruan. She still didn't seem to see Yao Niannian's expression at all, she just smiled and said, "If it's okay, I'll go first." There are still many things in the house, and I have to wait to deal with them when I go back. If Miss Yao wants to continue shopping, she hopes to have more fun. ”

It's like a punch on cotton, you can't use any kind of strength, and anything that can provoke others seems to be as if you don't care at all when you get to Jiang Ruan. Seeing the carriage go away, the maid beside Yao Niannian said indignantly: "Miss, she must have done it on purpose!" I must have been angry in my heart, but I have to pretend to be a light and breezy appearance on my face, it must be like this! ”

Yao Niannian stood still, his eyes followed the direction of the carriage, and a hint of darkness flashed in his eyes. What does the phrase "there are still many affairs to be dealt with in the palace" represent, the supreme power of the master in the palace of King Jinying, or is it a demonstration? Yao Niannian slowly lowered his head, his face seemed to be the same as Fang Cai's smiling expression, still with a light appearance, and said, "Let's go." ”

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In the carriage, Dew Drop and Forsythia really didn't dare to say a word, just because Jiang Ruan's expression was very solemn since she got into the car, which was really rare for her who was used to smiling and facing everything. Dew Drop and Forsythia don't know the reason, but Jiang Ruan was angry with Yao Niannian again, and they just wanted to drive Yao Niannian out of the capital immediately, how could there be a woman who had not been out of the pavilion staring at other people's husbands all day long. The identity of the Yao family will always not let Yao Niannian come to Jinyi Mansion to be a concubine, but Yao Niannian's attitude now is obvious, she has the purpose of entering the house at all, is it possible that she still wants to sit on an equal footing with Jiang Ruan? Forsythia and Dewdrop Wu thought to themselves, only to see that Jiang Ruan's expression on the side was more solemn, and they didn't even dare to ask.

When he returned to the palace, Steward Lin saw Jiang Ruan coming back and celebrated it lively. Then he was amazed that the General's Mansion was so generous that it was really the young lady's maiden family, but Jiang Ruan didn't have the heart to say more to him, so he only asked Steward Lin to pack up the pile of gifts and go back to the courtyard first. When he arrived in the courtyard, he only called Tianzhu to go to the study alone.

Tianzhu followed Jiang Ruan into the study, Jiang Ruan walked to the table and sat down, Tianzhu hesitated for a moment and asked, "What's wrong with the young lady?" "As long as she goes in alone, there must be something important. As a result, Jiang Ruan just looked at her and said, "That Yao Niannian just now, what do you think?" ”

"This ......" Tianzhu was a little confused: "What is the young lady asking?" ”

"What martial arts does she have?" Jiang Ruan's expression was very solemn. Tianzhu was also slightly surprised, but she recalled it carefully, shook her head and said: "No, but the maid next to her has a little kung fu, but it is not high, it should be for self-protection." "It's not difficult to explain anything, a girl with Yao Niannian's identity goes out by herself, and she always has to bring a few guards with her. Yao Niannian probably didn't want to bring a guard, so he brought a maid with some kung fu.

"Without martial arts, is there anything special?" Jiang Ruan asked.

Tianzhu shook his head: "I didn't find it, what is the young lady asking for?" Miss Yao is just an ordinary lady, how can she have martial arts or? "There is never a shortage of information in Jinyi Weizhong, Yao Niannian is one of the best ladies in this capital, what kind of situation is naturally known to everyone, this is Yao Niannian, how could Jiang Ruan suddenly ask her if she can do martial arts? Tianzhu was puzzled, but saw Jiang Ruan slowly lower his head and said, "She is not Yao Niannian." ”

"What?" Tianzhu was taken aback and said in a low voice: "She is not Yao Niannian, who is it?" ”

"Things are a little tricky," Jiang Ruan said suddenly: "You can find a way to find Xiao Shao and let him go home as soon as possible, and there are important matters to discuss." ”

Tianzhu was also very quick in doing things, and it was only an hour's work, and Xiao Shao returned home. He should have rushed back from outside, and he didn't have time to change his clothes, and when he saw Jiang Ruan, he asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Jiang Ruan was stunned for a moment when he saw him so worried, and then pulled him into the room and closed the door, Xiao Shao quietly let her do all this, and when Jiang Ruan pulled him to sit down at the desk, he poured a cup of tea for Jiang Ruan unhurriedly: "Speak slowly." ”

"I met Yao Niannian today." Jiang Ruan said.

"Huh?" Xiao Shao raised his eyebrows, only to hear Jiang Ruan say again: "I suspect that she is not Yao Niannian." Seeing that Xiao Shao didn't react, Jiang Ruan was a little puzzled, and then he understood and said angrily: "You already know the way? ”

"Don't be angry," Xiao Shao saw that she was going to be angry again, so he hurriedly nipped Jiang Ruan's anger in the bud and soothed: "I had suspicions before, but it has almost been confirmed now." How do you know the Tao? He digressed.

Jiang Ruan glared at him, but did not dwell on this issue. She hasn't been in the house for the past few days, and Xiao Shao didn't have to tell her even if he wanted to. He said: "I thought it was a little strange before, probably intuition." I always felt very different from when I first met her, so when I saw her on the street today, I deliberately tested her. Jiang Ruan asked Yao Niannian to help find the moonstone on the street, and then said: "That Jialin is just a place where I casually talk nonsense, and there is no moonstone at all, she actually responded." Obviously, I am very unfamiliar with the South China Sea. Yao Niannian has followed Governor Yao to work in Binhai since he was a child, how could he not even be able to distinguish this little thing. There must be something wrong with her. Jiang Ruan's eyes sank, and he slowly spoke: "I guess, she is from southern Xinjiang?" ”

Xiao Shao looked at her for a long time, then sighed slightly, and said a little helplessly: "Yes, Nanjiang is cunning in nature, once you are involved, it is inevitable that you will be in danger." ”

"I'm not afraid of any danger." Jiang Ruan glared at him and said, suddenly a trace of cunning crossed his eyes, and said, "I probably know your plan, so I'll help you start in advance." ”

Xiao Shao was slightly stunned, as if he was figuring out the meaning of Jiang Ruan's words, and then said, "You ......." ”

Jiang Ruan smiled slightly and interrupted what he was about to say: "No need to say it, I have already decided." If Southern Xinjiang and Xuanli want to collude together, sooner or later it will also affect Xuanpei, and I can't let this happen. ”

"You're going to demolish her?" Xiao Shao asked.

"Why bother me to debunk it, she can't use this identity anymore. And it is not so easy to find the identity of such a minister's family member who can get close to the center of gravity of the DPRK and China in a short period of time. ”

As Jiang Ruan said, at this moment, in Yao's mansion, the housekeeper beside Governor Yao looked at Yao Niannian with some surprise, and said in surprise: "Miss said she wanted Jialin's moonstone?" Garin ....... The South China Sea doesn't seem to have heard of any Jialin, but what is moonstone? Is it famous? ”

The teacup in Yao Niannian's hand fell in response, and her expression suddenly stiffened for a moment, and the maid next to her was startled, and hurriedly squatted down to pick up the crisps of the teacup that broke on the ground. The housekeeper saw that Yao Niannian's expression was wrong, and he asked nervously for a while, "Miss, what's wrong?" If the old slave asks someone to ask again, maybe it's just that the old slave is shallow and doesn't know the reputation of the moonstone. ”

The little maid on the ground knew the reason for the matter, and said indignantly: "Take a thing that is impossible and let the young lady find it, then Princess Jinying is really black-hearted." If the young lady can't find it, won't there be something for her to accuse? She didn't notice anything wrong.

"It's okay, I'll go back to the house first." Yao Niannian suddenly whispered, for the first time, there was no smile on her face, only a little cold. After returning to the house, sitting alone in front of the dressing mirror, Yao Niannian stared closely at the woman in the bronze mirror, and said to herself: "Trap? I was seen through. She sighed, and her sleeves flashed, and she didn't know what floated out, so she went straight out of the window, leaving behind a burst of orchid fragrance.