Chapter 169: Doubts
Princess Chengyang did not hesitate this time and immediately agreed.
Seeing the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion acting like this, she took it for granted that Qiu Jinting had lied just now, and that person was clearly Jiang Ke.
At this time, Princess Chengyang could only be glad in her heart, when Qiu Jinting shook her head at her just now, she felt that she was about to collapse. As for why Qiu Jinting lied, she didn't delve into it.
Unlike Princess Chengyang, hearing the news that the Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion had advanced the wedding date, Qiu Jinting was not only relieved, but even more panicked, and his worries about the future were even stricter than when the imperial doctor gave his conclusion just now.
She also knew some details of the marriage between the two families in the past, including preparing to ask for marriage and the like.
The Marquis of Jingyuan's Mansion suddenly changed its mind at this time, obviously knowing something. οΌ
But didn't Mrs. Wu ask Jiang Ke before making a decision? If you asked, shouldn't you choose to get out of the marriage?
Qiu Jinting was puzzled.
In fact, there was one thing she was right.
Mrs. Wu did notice her strangeness, and as soon as she returned home, she called Jiang Ke to ask.
It was precisely because he got a positive answer from Jiang Ke that he decided to complete the family affairs within a month.
Early the next morning, before Lu Qingrong came over, Lu's mother handed over a corrected list to Mrs. Wu for review.
After receiving the order last night, she was busy for most of the night, reducing what should be reduced, and changing what should be replaced, so that according to Mrs. Wu's request, half of the original list was deleted without being rude.
But at this time, Mrs. Wu stared at the changed list for a long time, and then slowly raised her head and asked, "This is half of the original?" β
"Yes." Lu's mother wasn't sure what she meant, and she was worried that she might have lost too much.
When Mrs. Wu heard this, she frowned slightly at first, and then asked her to take pen and ink.
Just when she thought that Mrs. Wu was going to write something up, she saw Mrs. Wu wave her pen. I crossed out a few more of the above items before handing them back to her.
Lu's mother took a look and found that she had deleted the little dowry that had been deleted by herself. It was removed a lot by Mrs. Wu again, only the part about the wedding banquet was not moved again.
Lu's mother knew it in her heart. didn't say much, just put the list away.
At this time, on the side of Yuyuan, Lu Qingrong was not in a hurry to go to the council.
Yesterday, in her own cognition, she looked at Jiang Xuan for no reason, and after a night of silence, she didn't think Jiang Xuan had anything abnormal.
These days, Jiang Xuan gets up early in the morning and goes to the study to write first, and then comes back to have breakfast with Lu Qingrong, and today is the same as usual.
"Will it be busy these days?" Lu Qingrong opened his mouth first.
"Not necessarily." Jiang Xuan thought for a while and said, "The prince has been sick for the past two days. Yulinjun was a little nervous up and down, and no one dared to ask the emperor for instructions when he couldn't make up his mind. β
Jiang Xuan didn't take this very seriously, just a little helpless.
The Yulin Army has always been in charge of the prince, and this Lu Qingrong also knows it.
But to be honest, she always thought it was just a faΓ§ade. The forbidden army of the imperial city must be firmly in the hands of the emperor himself, and the princes and emperors of all dynasties have a very delicate relationship, which can be said to be both close and nervous, no matter how much the emperor trusts the prince. These are very few of them.
Obviously, the crown prince of the current dynasty is really a little unusual.
"Yulin Army...... Is it really the prince who is in charge of it? Lu Qingrong still asked.
Jiang Xuan was slightly stunned when he heard this, and he also understood the doubts hidden in Lu Qingrong's words. Not surprising.
"Yes, indeed." Jiang Xuan explained: "Although some highest-level orders still need to be ordered by the emperor, the power of daily scheduling and other things is completely handed over to the crown prince. Speaking of this, he paused slightly, seeing that Lu Qingrong's face was still puzzled, and added: "The emperor has great trust in the crown prince. β
Even he didn't know why he added that.
Hearing this, Lu Qingrong nodded thoughtfully and did not continue to speak.
Although he only said a few words, Jiang Xuan's heart was a lot more steady, and he saw that Lu Qingrong was no longer angry with him. Only then did I leave with peace of mind.
Lu Qingrong didn't take Luzhu to Qinyi Courtyard until Jiang Xuan left Yuyuan.
Mrs. Wu didn't have much communication with her today. Instead, she asked Lu's mother to accompany her to cooperate with the director, and she also very considerately instructed that she did not have to stay in Qinyi Hospital. It's the same when you go back to Yuyuan to deal with it.
Lu Qingrong did not refuse this kindness, and directly took Lu's mother back to Yuyuan.
"Listen to Madame, there is already a list of items and silver taels that the second master needs to get married." Lu Qingrong said unhurriedly, "Since this is the case, let's not prepare on the ground." Since everything must have a sequence, I think the wedding banquet or something can be slowed down, and the preparations such as the dowry should be followed first, what does Mother Lu think? β
"That's what Mrs. Shizi said." Mother Lu nodded again and again, and immediately respectfully handed the list that Mrs. Wu had just changed to Lu Qingrong from her sleeve.
Lu Qingrong took it, only glanced at it, and noticed a few obvious marks on it, and couldn't help frowning slightly at Mother Lu.
"The slave is in a hurry, it's a bit messy, why don't you copy it again?" Mother Lu hurriedly said.
She only thought about letting Mrs. Wu see before Lu Qingrong went to Qinyi Courtyard, but she didn't expect such a big change. If she had known this, she should have sent it there sooner, leaving time for a new transcription.
"No, just be able to see clearly." Lu Qingrong felt that he could see the clues more from this.
She looked at the list in her hand, and the more she looked at it, the more surprised she became.
Even if all those who have been crossed off are counted, this seems very unreasonable. If the plan of the wedding banquet is barely reasonable, then the part of the bride price and bride price is too rude.
Lu Qingrong's mind suddenly flashed Princess Chengyang's arrogant appearance, if she saw this, what kind of expression would she have? Will it just throw it in Mrs. Wu's face, and then shoot it in two?
was almost amused by his own crankiness, but in fact, Lu Qingrong understood that this was impossible.
Mrs. Wu's style of acting, she still knows a little bit.
He was a person who was very attentive to superficial kung fu, and Mrs. Wu and Princess Chengyang were relatively familiar, so it was impossible for her to make such an unbelievable temptation knowing the princess's temper. In other words, since she dared to do this, she expected that the princess's mansion would not have any objections.
Lu Qingrong now felt that apart from the guess that he thought was completely impossible before, he could hardly find any other reasonable explanation.
Looking at the list in front of him, which was not even half of when he got married, Lu Qingrong tried his best to remain quiet, "At the moment, this dowry is the most important, today let's go to the warehouse according to the list to check it out, mark all the missing items, and then hurry up to buy it." β
Lu Qingrong then explained some details, and Lu's mother wrote them down one by one.
By the time Lu's mother was ordered to leave the Yuyuan and walk alone on the way to the warehouse, the palms that had been clenched were already sweating a lot.
It's not that I'm too surprised by Lu Qingrong's well-organized arrangement, after all, the Lu family is not a small family, and it is not unusual to have learned some housekeeping affairs.
What worried her the most was that Lu Qingrong didn't have the slightest doubt about the list of obvious anomalies.
It's understandable to say that others don't know, but what kind of pomp and circumstance was when Mrs. Shizi married in herself, it is impossible for her not to know in her heart, but she can look at the list just now as she should be.
The more Lu Qingrong remained silent, the less steady she became.
Madame calculated before, what kind of opponent did she find for herself......
Mother Lu only hopes now that Mrs. Shizi didn't guess what happened to the second master.
At this time, in the Feng Courtyard, Jiang Ke was standing alone in the courtyard.
As the name suggests, there are a number of maple trees planted in the maple garden, and as the late autumn approaches, the fiery red leaves have passed their most vivid period and are slowly withering.
Jiang Xuan, who was dressed in a blue and purple brocade robe, stood motionless in the maple forest with falling leaves.
After a long time, he suddenly reached out and caught a falling maple leaf, looked at it carefully for a moment, and rubbed the leaf with extremely gentle movements, before slowly letting go and watching it fall.
If he only saw Jiang Ke's expression at this time, he would definitely not be able to guess what he was doing from that extraordinarily gentle gaze.
Seeing it fall to the ground, as if its pitiful figure could no longer be found in the background of the fallen leaves in the courtyard, Fang raised his head with satisfaction and turned slightly sideways.
At this time, Jiang Ke's line of sight seemed to be able to penetrate the layers of barriers in front of him and see the Yu Courtyard.
The direction he was facing was right there.
He couldn't tell what mood he was in right now.
Yesterday, my mother went out to a banquet, and as soon as she came back, she called him angrily and asked him a lot.
I don't know if my mother was a little incoherent at that time, or if I was frightened by her angry appearance, but I didn't understand what she meant after listening to it for a long time.
His mother asked him if he had gone to play outside the house without permission, and if he had seen a female relative who he shouldn't have seen......
He was really confused.
Since I was a child, let alone going out of the house, I haven't left Fengyuan very often.
Sometimes he really envied his eldest brother, who could live so wantonly, as if no one could restrain him.
Later, his mother said a lot one after another, and he finally understood that he was asking if he had personally contacted the county lord of Kangning, the woman who was about to marry him.
It turned out that something had happened to the woman......
Just when his mother was waiting for his answer, making it clear that he would withdraw from the marriage if he got a negative answer, he nodded so ghostly...... (To be continued) R580