30. Chapter XXIX
Before Zhou Chengzhi directly expressed his intentions, Jiang Ling could still pretend to be stupid and tender, and continue to establish a pure friendship with him. But at night, he went into the boudoir and said that big call, and it was impossible for her to pretend that she didn't know anything.
Pinching her fingers and counting, the combined age of her two lives is many years older than Zhou Chengzhi today, although she still looks like a child in front of people all day long, but psychologically she has already regarded herself as an adult anyway, and she is still an adult who used to be a wife. Therefore, for the confession of a beautiful boy like Zhou Chengzhi, although it will be a little chaotic, it will not be uncontrollable.
After all, if you really have any feelings for a fifteen-year-old boy, for Jiang Ling today, there are still some wild nights to talk about.
However, Zhou Chengzhi came to this scene, and Jiang Ling had a legitimate reason to avoid him - because he was shy.
Speaking of which, Zhou Chengzhi looks like he has the nobility and arrogance of a royal child, but he is not thin in his bones. Jiang Hongwen's previous roundabout words about chasing guests did not make him retreat at all, and he still took the eldest prince and lived happily in Jiang Mansion, just like his own home.
Jiang Hongwen gritted his teeth every day, eager to drive this uninvited guest away directly, so as not to let his daughter be remembered. But Zhou Chengzhi came in and out with a polite smile, and his words were full of praise for Jiang Fu. No matter how much Jiang Hongwen wants to beat around the bush and drive people away, he really can't do it. Take a step back and say, he is a prince who is high, and the whole world is not the king's land, and his Jiang Mansion also belongs to Zhou Chengzhi's father to put it bluntly. The prince stayed in the Jiang Mansion, which was a great honor for the Jiang family.
That's weird! Jiang Hongwen hated it so much. If it weren't for seeing that Jiang Ling and Zhou Chengzhi hadn't seen each other in the past few days, he estimated that his heart and liver would be so angry. It's just that his own territory is encroached upon, and the most delicate daughter must be protected.
Because Zhou Chengzhi was sick in the Jiang Mansion, Jiang Hongwen didn't even have the heart to deal with official business for a few days, and stayed in the mansion all day long, guarding his daughter who was a student girl in the house, so as not to be approached by Zhou Chengzhi.
It wasn't until he saw that Zhou Chengzhi was indeed bent on taking the idiot prince to play in Yangzhou that he was a little relieved and let Jiang Ling go out for activities.
Jiang Ling was bored in his boudoir for a few days, and it was easy to go out, but he was the first to meet the prince.
Zhou Chengwen was quite successful because of the black lawsuit, and he wished that his third brother and cousin could no longer be as close as before, and seeing that Jiang Ling was confined to the house by his uncle, he didn't have to keep an eye on her and Zhou Chengzhi's movements from time to time, so he was quite proud to eat, drink, and have fun outside these days.
Now seeing Jiang Ling being released, he ran forward and grabbed her hand: "Ling'er, I said a long time ago not to get too close to my third brother, and you didn't listen to me, and now you are punished by your uncle, right?" β
Jiang Ling glared at him angrily: "It's not all your complaints. You say you're a man, what's the point of going to these tongue chews? β
Zhou Chengwen disagreed: "I said I wouldn't listen to you, of course I have to sue Uncle SΓΉ, but I am all for your good." My third brother is not kind to you, if you are confused by him and teach him to take advantage, it will be difficult not to marry him in the future. β
"Brother Chengzhi is not that kind of person!" But this is not finished yet, and the last two words are obviously unconfident. She remembered Zhou Chengzhi's night break into her boudoir. I don't know how much he took advantage of himself.
Zhou Chengwen snorted: "Look, what you said is enough to show that you were deceived by him." He is a good-looking person, and anyone who is not familiar with him will be deceived by him. But anyone who has been in the palace for a while knows what kind of guy he is. β
"And what the hell is he?" Jiang Ling asked curiously. After the rebellion in the previous life, Zhou Chengzhi disturbed the lives of the world, and the bad heavenly principles were intolerable. But before the rebellion, her impression of Zhou Chengzhi was that he was arrogant, indifferent, and unapproachable, and his badness was only hearsay.
Zhou Chengwen raised his eyebrows and smiled: "In short, it is completely different from his deceptive appearance, he is obedient and violent when he is a child, and he is ruthless in his work." β
Jiang Ling continued to ask: "What kind of cruel thing can he do as a child?" β
Zhou Chengwen said: "Is it considered to have killed several palace maids and eunuchs?" β
Jiang Ling was slightly stunned: "What did he do when he killed the palace maid and eunuch?" β
Zhou Chengwen said: "Naturally, it hindered his eyes. Anyway, his father didn't care about him, he relied on the queen mother and the general's uncle, and he was really reckless in the palace. β
Jiang Ling thought for a while and asked, "How can the third prince say that he is also the emperor's own son, how can he ignore him?" β
Zhou Chengwen sneered and whispered: "His mother didn't abide by women's morals, had an affair with her lover, and was found out by the emperor and sent to the cold palace. The father did not depose the third brother, and he was already thinking of the love between father and son. β
Jiang Ling smiled: "You are very clear about the affairs of the elders. β
Zhou Chengwen said: "Don't think that I like to chew the root of my tongue, everyone in the palace knows about this." β
Jiang Ling pursed his lips: "You say this, I think His Royal Highness the Third Prince is quite pitiful, no matter what entanglements the elders have, what does it have to do with him as a child." β
Zhou Chengwen pinched her cheek: "You were deceived by him, no one dared to mess with him in the palace, what was pitiful about him." β
Jiang Ling smiled and slapped his hand away: "Don't you dare to provoke?" β
Zhou Chengwen snorted coldly, and was quite proud: "I am the prince, and I will still be the emperor in the future, is it possible to let him press my head?" He waved his hand and took her hand again, "Forget it, don't always talk about him, I'll be upset if I talk too much." Take a walk with my cousin, you have been locked up in the room by your uncle these days, I miss you. β
Jiang Ling glanced at his radiant face, and said in his heart, he was afraid that he would not miss her if he had been having fun outside these days, where would he really miss her.
She followed him, but without a trace, she broke away from his hand.
The two of them walked all the way to the back garden. At this time, it is late autumn and early winter, the insects and birds are gradually decreasing, the shade is gradually thinning, and the sky is high and far. Jiang Ling hadn't been out of the room much for a few days, but it was rare to feel a little refreshed. The only fly in the ointment is that Zhou Chengwen has been talking noisily, and as for what he said, Jiang Ling didn't listen to it at all.
"Second brother! Second brother! As soon as the two of them reached the lotus pond, a shout came from the water pavilion in the pond.
Jiang Ling looked over from afar and saw two familiar figures in the water pavilion, Zhou Chengru was shaking a fishing net in his hand, and he was about to jump up while shouting Zhou Chengwen.
Zhou Chengwen laughed: "My stupid big brother is fishing, don't be fished." β
Jiang Ling really didn't like his mocking tone, shook his head and sighed.
Zhou Chengwen raised his hand and waved towards the water pavilion, responding to Zhou Chengru: "Big brother, I'm here!" β
After speaking, he took Jiang Ling's hand and walked over there.
He was so strong that before Jiang Ling could react, he had already been taken away by him for several miles. She only felt that there was a burning gaze at the water pavilion, looked up, and sure enough, she saw Zhou Chengzhi next to the eldest prince, looking at this side with a heavy face.
Jiang Ling actually had the illusion that she had done something wrong, and quickly broke free of her cousin's hand. But Zhou Chengwen obviously did it on purpose, and when she broke away, he grabbed her tightly again, and didn't let her break free.
Jiang Ling almost scolded his mother.
After the two walked onto the water pavilion, Zhou Chengru suddenly threw away the fishing net pole in his hand, pouted and pointed at Zhou Chengwen and said, "Second brother, why do you pull Sister Ling'er?" β
Zhou Chengwen glanced at his stupid eldest brother, and then glanced at Zhou Chengzhi, who had a cold face and didn't say a word, and said with a smile: "Ling'er is my cousin and my future crown princess, why can't I pull her?" β
Zhou Chengru looked at Zhou Chengzhi next to him, probably aware of his displeasure, waved his hand vigorously, and said to Zhou Chengwen: "No, no, the second brother is not right, Sister Ling'er is not the crown princess, she is the worried princess." β
Jiang Ling secretly pinched Zhou Chengwen hard, and when he was in pain and relaxed, he was finally able to break free of his hand, and then touched the place where he was holding the pain, and said dissatisfiedly: "Cousin, men and women don't kiss, although you are my cousin, don't move your hands and feet." β
Zhou Chengwen disagreed: "We have to get married sooner or later, why are we so reserved?" β
Jiang Ling knew that it didn't make sense to talk to him, and Zhou Chengzhi was here, so she didn't want to keep dwelling on this issue, so she changed the topic to Zhou Chengru: "Your Royal Highness, are you fishing?" β
Zhou Chengru nodded and gestured with his hand: "Fished ...... Caught a big fish, but ran away. β
Jiang Ling walked over, picked up the fishing net pole on the ground and handed it to him: "Then you can catch it again!" β
After that, she glanced at Zhou Chengzhi lightly, and saw that the corners of his lips were slightly hooked, as if he was smiling, and the eyes that came over made her feel a little palpitations inexplicably.
Zhou Chengru grabbed the fishing net and went to the lotus pond below, a group of fish scattered in all directions, and the net came up, only the dripping mesh, but there was no fish.
Jiang Ling sneered, Zhou Chengru pouted and handed her the fishing net: "Sister Ling'er, you fish." β
Jiang Ling took the bamboo pole and was leaning forward. Zhou Chengru pushed Zhou Chengzhi on the other side over, took his hand, and put it on Jiang Ling's hand holding the bamboo pole: "Worry and Sister Ling'er together." β
Seeing this, Zhou Chengwen naturally quit, and stepped forward to push Zhou Chengwen away, but was blocked by Zhou Chengru: "Second brother, worry and Ling'er together." β
Zhou Chengwen grinned angrily, pointed at his stupid eldest brother and shouted: "I'm also your own brother, why don't you only help that guy." β
Zhou Chengru opened his eyes innocently, and was about to step forward to appease him, but he was pushed away with a disgusted palm. Zhou Chengru stood next to the fence, and Zhou Chengwen's palm used enough strength, and the tall and straight prince fell heavily on the fence.
Zhou Chengzhi's mind was in Jiang Ling's hands, and he reacted later, but he only grabbed a piece of Zhou Chengru's shirt, and watched him fall into the lotus pond with a thud.
The water in the pond is not too deep, but the weather is much cooler at this time. Zhou Chengzhi jumped down and helped Zhou Chengru, who had drunk several sips of cold water, up.
Jiang Ling, who was above, was also taken aback: "Brother Chengzhi, how is it?" β
Zhou Chengzhi had a cold face, and reluctantly dragged Zhou Chengru ashore. Because he was frightened, Zhou Chengru seemed to have fainted.
Jiang Ling threw down the fishing net in his hand: "I'll call someone." β
Zhou Chengzhi patted Zhou Chengru's face, and finally woke him up after half a sound, but Zhou Chengru drilled into him with a shudder, obviously frightened.
Zhou Chengwen stepped forward and said stupidly: "Big brother, I didn't mean it. β
Zhou Chengru cried, grabbed Zhou Chengzhi's clothes and said, "Worry, I don't want to be here." β
"Okay, okay, worry and take your eldest brother to another place." He glared at Zhou Chengwen as he spoke, and said coldly, "If anything happens to the eldest brother, I will never spare you." β
Although Zhou Chengwen was weak-hearted, he was also dissatisfied with his tone: "Who are you talking to?" Don't forget that I'm the crown prince, and I don't understand at least dignity and humility, is it possible that you are going to rebel? β
Zhou Chengzhi snorted, not bothering to pay attention to his words.
After a period of chaos, Zhou Cheng's Confucian feelings recovered slightly, but because he had soaked in the cold lotus pond, the cold and flu were inevitable, and he was frightened again, and he always had nightmares in a daze.
Zhou Chengzhi thought about it, and finally took Zhou Chengru to leave Jiangfu and go to Yunxian Villa to recuperate.
Jiang Hongwen expressed relief at the departure of the two big Buddhas, but knew that the eldest prince's fall was because of Zhou Chengwen, so he inevitably blamed the prince's nephew with the identity of his uncle.