30: Afterstroke
Rong Jiang was about to nod yes, but when he heard Qian Zhi, he opened his mouth again: "But you have to sue Sister SΓΉyuan when you go back." β
He stopped his words at the right time, which aroused the curiosity of the two sisters and brothers, and they looked at him one after another, and then commanded proudly: "Let her definitely advise His Highness, tomorrow on the next fold, ask Guning Hou Rongjiang to go to Jiangbei together, it is best to go to the court on the day of departure, and ask for it in person above the meeting." Rong Min was about to ask, "Didn't you say you wouldn't call it", Qian Zhi laughed once, and said to Rong Jiang, "And you have to refuse." Say that you don't know how to do this, it's useless to go with you, and since you have been relieved of military power, you just want to be a rich and noble marquis in Kyoto. β
Rong Jiang understood that this was to make her express her determination in front of Zhao Heng, no matter whether what she said was true or not, at least Zhao Heng would not deliberately suppress her in the short term, and it might even be in the way of her feelings, and she was very respectful of her, so she nodded and responded: "Fortunately, Your Highness lifted Sister Ehime, and I will inform her when I go back." β
"But in this way, I'm afraid that His Highness will have a dislike in his heart," Rong Min disagreed with this mentions, and stood next to him and said in a deep voice, "What if he thinks that his sister is blindly avoiding trouble and unwilling to help him, the prince?" β
Qian Zhi smacked him: "I just said that you have grown, don't you even understand this truth?" β
Rong Min was very unconvinced and wanted to argue a few words, but Rong Jiang grabbed him with a smile and explained to him as he spoke: "Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not good at government affairs, he is not a stupid person, and he has the King of England to assist him. If they really encounter tricky things on this trip to Jiangbei, they just need to sign a joint table, and then ask His Majesty to allow me to go to Jiangbei Town, and His Majesty will not be allowed. β
"You also learn from your sister," Qian Zhi hated the iron and steel, and glanced at Rong Min, "Such a big person, I don't expect you to join the ranks, you also have to have such a scheming." β
Rong Min didn't care at all, and just looked indifferent: "You don't expect me to be in the office, what should I do with such a scheming?" Although Ruyi Building ushered in the rich and noble people in the officialdom, who would dare to talk to me? He said and pulled Rong Jiang's sleeve, "I just need to bring out my sister's prestige, and it's enough." β
His words made the two of them cry and laugh, and pointed at him for a long time "you, you", but they couldn't say anything.
After laughing, the sister and brother were going to accompany Qian Zhi to the inner house to meet the elders, but when they heard Qian Zhi call Rong Jiang, she immediately stood still, and did not let go of Qian Zhi's hand, only looked at him sideways, and listened to his words: "If Jiangbei has nothing to do, it is naturally best, but once you really want to go to Jiangbei, then after Jiangbei returns, you will have to stay away from the court for a while." β
His words were heavy, and even Rong Jiang's heart sank together.
Yes, Zhao Heng is an extremely shrewd king, and he is suspicious by nature. Since she returned to Beijing, Zheng Yong suddenly turned her face and joined her, causing her to go to the military power, and Li Mingshan brought up the old things again and pulled Zhang Wei off the horse, and there may be such a plan to go to Jiangbei in the future.
I'm afraid that Zheng Yong's incident that day can't be hidden from Zhao Heng at all, he should have known that this was a scene they had calculated, but the ending was exactly what he wanted, so even if he didn't respect him enough in this process, he could force it and not care about it.
But he has no evidence of Zhang Wei's affairs, and he is extremely conceited, so he definitely doesn't want to believe that the upright Li Mingshan will take revenge on Zhang Wei for her, maybe in the end he will only blame Zhang Wei for misbehaving over the years.
But if there is another Jiangbei incident, then Zhao Heng's endurance will reach the limit. An emperor who has a monopoly on power will never tolerate them playing with him again and again in applause, and acting and calculating several times. If she doesn't withdraw from the court immediately, she is afraid that disaster is coming.
These thoughts went through in his heart, Rong Jiang lowered his head, and his voice was weak: "I know." β
Qian Zhi couldn't bear it, caressed the top of her hair, and said with relief: "Siniang, if there is progress in life, there will be retreat, but only when there is retreat can there be advancement." You are young and have a lot of military achievements, and you have a marquis, you are already infinitely beautiful, looking at Yecheng, which family can compare with you? So, it's time for you to step back. β
Rong Jiang threw away the thick disappointment that lingered in his heart, and pulled out a far-fetched smile, telling Qian Zhi to be relieved.
And Rong Min followed alongside, but his hands were already clenched into fists. In his eyes, Rong Jiang deserves the best, and he should be proud, his sister became famous at a young age, wearing silver armor to fight in all directions, and should be the most proud person in this Daye Dynasty, but now it is just because the Son of Heaven is not virtuous, what to learn is to advance and retreat, thinking of this, only anger and killing intent flashed in the depths of his eyes.
The two of them had lunch with Mrs. Qian in the mansion of the Qian Mansion, and talked with them for a while before resigning from the mansion. Originally, the old lady and Mrs. Dada tried their best to keep it, but Qian Zhi said that Rong Yuan returned to the door today, and it was very inappropriate for them to run back like this, if they stayed for a long time, they were afraid that they would be told that they did not know the etiquette, so the old lady let them go, but they also talked about the two of them to always think about going back to the house to accompany her.
As soon as she got into the carriage, Rong Min couldn't suppress the dissatisfaction in her heart, and pulled Rong Jiang with a hand and asked her: "For so many years, you have been fighting everywhere, all for the country and the king, although I advised you not to be secretly sad that day, but today I listened to my grandfather's words, I" did not wait for Rong Jiang to open his mouth to reprimand her, so he asked closely, "When the Cheng family said that they wanted to marry you and Cheng Yi, if it weren't for the eight characters that didn't fit, you would have given Cheng Yi since you were a child, and you wouldn't have to put on armor when you were thirteen years old, let alone have a lot of bad things in the future!" β
He said more and more urgently, and even his breathing sped up a lot, but Rong Jiang was not like him, but when he heard that he was talking about marriage with Cheng Yi, his eyebrows frowned slightly and pushed him, and he scolded lightly: "You still talk nonsense about this, he is also old, and the elders of the Cheng family are about to tell him about family affairs, you talk nonsense about things when you were a child, and your grandfather will beat you carefully." β
Seeing Rong Min's ugly face again, knowing that he was wrong, he stretched out his hand to straighten his clothes, and asked him with a smile: "Do you know why your grandfather never sees the two uncles often?" Even if the uncle entered the cabinet to pay respects, he was always cautious in front of his grandfather. β
Hearing her ask like this, Rong Min thought about it very seriously and shook his head. Rong Jiang smiled even happier when he saw him like this, and then said to him: "The Rong family is a military general, and my grandfather told me that the Rong family, who can't die on the battlefield, is no longer promising, and in the future, Jiuquan will not be able to raise his head in front of the ancestors and ancestors," as if he was afraid that Rong Min would think too much, he patted him on the shoulder, "You are different." Because of me, you are destined not to go on a career and not to go to the battlefield again. "So even if my uncle becomes the first assistant in the future, he will never be a good son in the eyes of my grandfather." β
Rong Min understood, but felt even more sad, reached out to hug Rong Jiang, tilted his head on her shoulder, and was a little frustrated: "Sister is for me - if it weren't for you, it would definitely be me." You don't want me to fight bloody battles and be afraid of the suspicion of the Son of Heaven, so I led the troops out at a young age, and now I am so embarrassed in front of His Majesty. β
Rong Jiang was afraid that he would be cranky, and even more afraid that he would blame himself for this, so he patted his hand on the back: "I told you, this is the path chosen by my mother, and if she can't finish it, I will go down for her, be kind," she said in a very soft voice, as if she was afraid of startling her brother, "If one day / I am no longer there, this road, it is time for you to go down." β