The weather is getting colder and colder.

It rained overnight, and the air was much fresher the next day. Bai Zhi pushed open the window, and the branches in front of the window still had the raindrops left by the rain last night, which were crystal clear, and fell into the soil below. The room was filled with the smell of earth after the rain.

Jiang Ruan freshened up and had a breakfast meal, put it in front of the window, and Dew Drop hurriedly walked into the house, put the rose crisp tea in his hand on the table, blinked his eyes and looked at Jiang Ruan, and suddenly whispered: "Girl, the eldest lady is gone." ”

Jiang Ruan said "en" and sat down on the chair by the window, the rose cake brought back by the dew looked extremely delicious, emitting a little pink, and it looked more and more moist and lovely under the morning sun. She slowly twisted a piece, and her snow-white fingertips pouted on the snack, showing a little unique coquettishness.

Dew Drop continued: "The second lady is gone, and the fifth aunt is gone. ”

Three people died one after another, but Jiang Ruan's expression did not change in the slightest, as if he had already predicted the ending. There seemed to be a flash of boredom in his eyes, but this look was so fleeting that no one noticed.

"The spies under the prince saw it with their own eyes," Lu Zhu was a little anxious about Jiang Ruan's reaction, and said very quickly: "It was the second young master who took the people to find the second miss, but somehow killed the second miss again, and after returning home, he told the master that the second miss was kidnapped by the mountain bandits and committed suicide." As for the fifth aunt, she swallowed gold and died. Luzhu thought for a while: "The eldest lady is a little strange, I heard that the second young master went to visit his wife in Zhuangzi last night, and in the middle of the night, someone found that a white silk had committed suicide." However, for the time being, the master will not let him make a noise, and he doesn't know what Lu Dao is for. ”

Jiang Ruan said lightly: "It's not surprising, now that three people have died in the mansion, and the red tassels are just a little girl." The second lady of the Jiang Mansion and the wife of the Jiang Mansion died violently together, which will inevitably attract speculation from people with a heart, and now that the Jiang Mansion has been rumored in Beijing, my father is so cautious, naturally he will not add fuel to the fire at this time. ”

Dew suddenly realized: "I see. But why did the eldest lady commit suicide? There is also the second young master, just to free the second young lady, he killed the killer, which is really too much. ”

A hint of mockery flashed in Jiang Ruan's eyes, and his tone was frightening: "He didn't do this to let Jiang Susu get rid of it as soon as possible." He just doesn't want Jiang Susu to become a stumbling block in his career, Jiang Susu lives for a day, and it may become evidence of his criticism in the future, my second brother wants to climb up, of course, he will destroy this evidence with his own hands. ”

Dew Drop gasped, she hadn't expected so much. Because Jiang Chao's two siblings no matter how they treat Jiang Ruan, the two always stand on the united front, and the relationship between the brothers and sisters is not fake. Who knew that Jiang Chao could abandon his sister and kill him for his own selfish desires, which is really not terrible.

Although Dew Drop was born in the market and has a broader knowledge than Angelica Angelica and Forsythia, she is naturally kind and can't think of these dark and pickled things, and she always holds the view that human nature is good. Jiang Ruan is different, to a certain extent, she is extremely suspicious of human nature, firmly believes that human nature is inherently evil, and things that are difficult for others to consider come to her are naturally thought of.

She continued: "As for Madame's death, it was just provoked by the second brother. The second brother is now considered to be broken, and he is so disregarding the back road, it is obvious that he wants to give it a go. I'm afraid that soon, I will have to do a big thing. ”

When Luzhu heard Jiang Ruan say this, she was shocked and said, "Then they are ready to deal with the girl?" ”

"I'm afraid they won't move." Jiang Ruan smiled slightly, but the smile was a little chilly in Luzhu's eyes, and she said, "I also want to see who is the winner in this scene." ”

Lu Zhu didn't speak, and after a while, she suddenly seemed to remember something, and said, "Girl, the slave maid heard Jin Er say that in ten days, Prince Xiao will go on the expedition." ”

Jiang Ruan paused slightly, lowered his eyes, ten days, is it so fast?

……

Xiao Shao was reading the excerpts in the study, and the military situation from the frontier fast horse was full of crises, just looking at it already made people feel the tension of the situation. Jiang Xin's whereabouts are unknown, Guan Lianghan was wounded again, the morale of the army was low, and the army of the Bitian Jin Kingdom somehow changed its tactics repeatedly, and the direct attack was taken by surprise, and if it continued like this, the only remaining army would be wiped out.

On his left hand side is a marching formation, even if he is thousands of miles away, he must control the overall situation. Everyone in the world is known as the young hero of King Jinying, who is in charge of 300,000 brocade guards, but no one has seen his wisdom in winning thousands of miles away and strategizing. It takes more than a month to come and go from the capital to the border pass, and now I can only write down the defense method and send it to the border pass for the time being, and hold on for the time being, and wait for him to come to the battlefield in person, and then kill the enemy by surprise.

There was silence in the room, and all the brocade guards retreated. He hadn't closed his eyes all night, and he had studied the enemy's march so far that he hadn't eaten much.

The door was suddenly pushed open, Xiao Shao frowned, smelled the aroma of food on the tip of his nose, but was slightly stunned when he saw the person coming. Jiang Ruan came by himself with snacks and porridge.

These days, although she lives in the Jinying Palace, the two of them abide by etiquette and have never done anything transgressive. What's more, Xiao Shao sees the dragon on weekdays, runs outside during the day, and comes back at night to study military methods, and the two rarely meet each other. Jiang Ruan is even more of a cold character, and he is comfortable every day in Jinying Palace, but he is not even willing to go out of the courtyard.

I don't want Jiang Ruan to come in person now, Xiao Shao was slightly stunned, Jiang Ruan had already walked to his side, put down the dim sum and porridge, and said: "The osmanthus cake and chicken porridge made in the kitchen are not too sweet, I have tasted them, and they taste very good." "She did it all so naturally, as if she had done it a thousand times. Xiao Shao glanced at her and didn't move.

"You haven't eaten in a day." Jiang Ruan said: "Do you want to starve to death in your own house? ”

Jiang Ruan always treats people gently, and always maintains a smiling expression on her face, which makes her facial features appear vivid and bright. However, when I looked closely, the smile did not reach the bottom of my eyes, as if it was just a mask made of excellent clothes, which made people feel faintly alienated. And there are very few times when her emotions leak out, except for those close to her, even when facing Jiang Xin, she has a comforting expression, and she has never had any particularly unhappy looks.

She is a person who loves and hates in her bones, but whether she loves or hates, it is hidden under a smiling expression. This makes her smile a little intriguing, the same smile, the meaning of the expression is probably different, for example, right now, it is clearly a smile, but the anger and displeasure in the eyes are finally seen by someone.

Xiao Shao sighed, silently took the spoon in Jiang Ruan's hand, slowly scooped a mouthful of porridge and tasted it. On weekdays, I don't think there is anything special to eat, but for some reason, today I feel extraordinarily delicious, Xiao Shao is in a happy mood, and he quickly finished drinking porridge. Even the pastries that I don't eat on weekdays have been eaten.

Jiang Ruan was very satisfied with Xiao Shao's knowledge, sat down opposite him, and said, "I heard that you are about to go on the expedition?" ”

She asked so bluntly, but Xiao Shao didn't feel anything wrong, and replied, "Hmm." ”

"You ....... Always be careful. Jiang Ruan thought about it, and still instructed. After all, he still has to marry the person in front of him in the future, no matter what he is, now it seems that Xiao Shao has been helping her unconditionally. In this life, she no longer trusts people easily, but Xiao Shao is an exception. She paused and said, "I will guard the Jinying Palace" for you." ”

Xiao Shao was shocked by her words again, and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at her.

What kind of person Jiang Ruan is Xiao Shao knows well, since the first time he met her, Xiao Shao saw it clearly, this girl is calm and decisive, ruthless and ruthless, her whole body is full of anger, she seems to have a lot of secrets, and she stubbornly seals her heart in a corner. It seems to be a heartless person, but in fact it is not at all. She risked everything for Jiang Xinzhi's life, and she did not hesitate to alienate herself in order to protect the Zhao family, and even Xuan Pei, who was only a one-sided relationship in the palace, would help. She is actually a person who is extremely protective of her shortcomings, but there are too few people who can let her protect her.

Her words today are actually a promise. This is a promise to him, and she is saying that the Jinying Mansion will be part of her responsibility from now on. I'll take care of it for you......

The girl in front of her has bright eyes and zirconium teeth, her already picturesque eyebrows, different from Jiang Susu's clear beauty, her facial features are not exquisite in her life, and now she is gradually shedding her childishness, and she has already shown a bit of peerless elegance. The pair of moist eyes like a mountain stream spring at the end of the eyes if there is a hook, it will become an excellent charm. And when she laughed shallowly, it seemed that the sunset in the sky was reflected in her eyes.

Xiao Shao admits that he has seen countless beauties in his life, and at this moment, he can't help but admit that the girl in front of him can indeed afford the words "demon girl of the country". If she is aspiring to be here, carefully seduc, and meet the emperor who loves beauty, I am afraid that she will really overturn the country because of her.

"You don't have to do that." Xiao Shao looked at her and said, "The Jinying Palace's will protect you, if you can't protect it, you don't have to bother about it." ”

Jiang Ruan is a person who protects his shortcomings in his bones, and Xiao Shao is even more. At the beginning, there was no leader in the 300,000 brocade guards, Xiao Shao was still young, and the emperor did not dare to hand over the power to him easily. Jinyiwei became a hot potato, at that time, everyone said that such an elite centaur was only loyal to the Jinying Palace, and it was too difficult to really accept it, and everyone guessed that the emperor regretted disbanding this group of people the most. In such rumors, Jinyiwei's life has become extremely difficult. The soldiers of the army who had been suppressed by them in the past fell into the ground one after another. At that time, it was Xiao Shao who stood up by himself, and on the condition that he went deep into southern Xinjiang to kill the leader of southern Xinjiang, he kept Jinyiwei. He can overturn a palace for a small secret guard in the brocade guard, and he can also fight with the powerful for the vain death of one of his subordinates. Xiao Shao's protection is well known, and because of this, the brocade guards respect him, love him, and are willing to go to the soup for him.

Xiao Shao has such a temperament, and now Jiang Ruan is his future wife, so he naturally includes Jiang Ruan under the wing he wants to protect. He didn't want Jiang Ruan to be hurt for some false things, and it was already very surprising that she could make this promise.

"No, Xiao Shao." Jiang Ruan refused: "This is not a dispensable palace, this is the Jinying Palace, where your father and mother live." It is the credit and pride of King Lao Jinying, and the dignity of the Xiao family, even if this dynasty falls, it cannot be trampled on. She said softly, "I won't let it be trampled on." ”

Xiao Shao was shocked, and a complicated feeling that was difficult to explain suddenly surged in his heart. Jinying Palace, when the world mentions Jinying Palace, King Jinying, they will only think of the old Jinying King's rebellion. A bad person has done a thousand bad things, and as long as he does a good deed, he is a good person, and a good person has done a thousand good things and done a bad deed, and all the good things in the past have been wiped out. For so many years, he has guarded the Xiao family and Jinyiwei, and the world is afraid of his power, but they have never respected him from the heart. People are always forgetful, they forget who in the past years led these Jinyi guards, who were scolded as thieves, to fight against the foreigners and maintain the balance of this dynasty. The achievements of the ancestors are becoming more and more prosperous in the flowers, but those who charge into battle are gradually disappearing.

And she said that the credit and pride of King Lao Jinying in this matter is the dignity of the Xiao family. Even if this dynasty falls, it will not be trampled on. At this moment, the shock in his heart could not be overflowing, and his actions were faster than reason, he grabbed Jiang Ruan's hand and pulled her into his arms.

Jiang Ruan was slightly stunned, she was already in Xiao Shao's arms, she was lying on Xiao Shao's chest, and she was inexplicable, feeling Xiao Shao's chin resting on the top of her head. The young man's voice was slightly deep, with a hint of sighing, and said, "Thank you." ”

Jiang Ruan's heart moved, thought about it, hesitated, and also stretched out her hand to hug his waist back and forth, she said: "Don't thank me, since I will marry here, this is my responsibility." ”

Xiao Shao slowly let go of his hand, Jiang Ruan broke free from his arms, and before he could stand up, he was pinched by Xiao Shao's chin. She was stunned for a moment, and raised her eyes to look at Xiao Shao. only to find that the other party was also staring at her.

This young man is already beautiful, and he is even more heroic. However, on weekdays, there is always a faint three-point coldness, which is convenient

It gives people a sense of alienation that is thousands of miles away. However, when the eyebrows and eyes softened, the whole person had three points of warm beauty, and his eyelashes were long and straight, and when they hung down, they drew a graceful arc. And the most touching thing is a pair of black eyes, like the starry sky sprinkled with broken diamonds, suddenly forced out of endless brilliance in the deep night, almost dazzling people's eyes.

At this moment, he pinched Jiang Ruan's chin, leaned forward slightly, his thin lips raised slightly, and suddenly there was endless romance, and he felt that this cold day in late autumn suddenly had a compelling spring. The picturesque young man has a peerless appearance, but he has slowly leaned over in a firm, irresistible posture.

Jiang Ruan was slightly stunned, only felt that his body was a little stiff, and he wanted to avoid it directly, but when he met the pair of ink-colored starry eyes, somehow, he didn't move.

This young man, he seems to be indifferent, but in fact he is affectionate. The face is cold, but the heart is hot. He is strong, so he lives his life unscrupulously. She was too far away from him in her previous life, and she came so close again in this life. He didn't put pressure, like a drop of water and a cloud, he surrounded her step by step and walked into her life. She tried to resist, but found that she was helpless. She has a strong heart, but the other party is not a fragile person.

In this life, he silently helped her, and rejected a mutually beneficial way of cooperation, he ...... It's not just a person who is simply taken advantage of.

Jiang Ruan slowly closed her eyes, she didn't refuse.

The kiss landed on her lips, and the dragonfly nodded a little bit of water, and then quickly stepped away - he was a gentleman after all.

Jiang Ruan slowly opened her eyes, and she saw a little joy in the eyes of the young man, and there was affection that could not be hidden. That layer of shallow love slowly caused a ripple in her heart, and then it was like a short knife slowly grinding on her heart.

He is such a good person, he is so sincere, not hypocritical. However, what is it for this world.

If she had changed her previous life, she would still be the simple, almost stupid, girl with endless hopes for love, and when she faced Xiao Shao, she could love wholeheartedly and repay this sincere love. But God always makes mistakes, and what Xiao Shao just met was the cold-blooded and ruthless woman in this life, who was bent on revenge and would not love others.

In her heart, a little disgust and despair of self-abandonment suddenly appeared. Xiao Shao noticed her expression and was slightly stunned, he hooked her chin again, forcing her to raise her face to himself.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked with a frown.

Jiang Ruan looked at him and suddenly smiled slightly: "Xiao Shao, do you regret asking the Queen Mother for marriage?" ”

"No regrets." Xiao Shao looked at him, no matter how calm he was on weekdays, he was always like all hairy boys who were just starting to fall in love. He couldn't guess the woman's complicated thoughts, and he hadn't bothered to guess before, so he didn't understand what Jiang Ruan's sudden depression was about?

His fiancée has always had an excellent way of hiding her emotions. For example, at this moment, he clearly felt Jiang Ruan's sluggishness and disgust in a flash, but after a while, she returned to her previous smiling and calm appearance.

Jiang Ruan suddenly reached out and hugged his neck, pulling him closer to him, and the whole person hugged him tightly.

Xiao Shao was slightly stunned by Jiang Ruan's sudden initiative, and hesitated for a moment before reaching out and patting her back gently, as if to appease some frightened little animal.

Jiang Ruan put his head on his shoulder, he couldn't see Jiang Ruan's expression, and naturally he couldn't know what decision his fiancée had made at this moment.

This person is so good, Jiang Ruan closed his eyes, so good that people can't bear to hurt it. Since he said that he has no regrets, there will be no chance of regret in this life. She is willing to let go of her knot and try to try, whether she is affectionate or ruthless, naturally, she will not let him regret it.

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