When Mrs. Jiang and Jiang Yibai left, it was already twilight, and Mrs. Jiang forced herself to talk to Jing Ci for a while, but Jiang Yibai never spoke again.

Mama Chen came back after sending the two of them back, and walked two steps to get out of bed, "Your Highness is not too straight, the slave and maid looked at Jiang Gongzi very sadly." ”

"Mama," Jing Ci shook his head, "I don't like him, so why should I give him hope?" ”

Mama Chen knew that she had always had an idea, and even if she decided that one thing would not be changed easily, she thought about it carefully and said, "It's the slave who is talking nonsense, Your Highness is so good." ”

Jing Ci walked to the door, leaned out to take a look, and did not speak.

A few days later, Jing Han really took Lin Ruowei to visit Jing Ci in King Ling's Mansion, and took advantage of Lin Ruowei's gap between washing after dinner, Jing Han whispered, "Third sister, I told Brother Rong Xuan about the jade pendant." ”

Jing Ci had recuperated well, and now she could walk on her own, she walked around the house twice and said, "What did Rong Shizi say?" ”

"Brother Rong Xuan told me not to act recklessly in the future," Jing Han replied with a shy smile, and said, "Climbing trees is absolutely not allowed, and he also said that he will help me find the jade pendant!" ”

"That'll be fine." Jing Ci nodded, and just as he was about to speak, he saw that Lin Ruowei had returned.

She entered the house, sat down on the chaise longue under the window, straightened her skirt and said, "I actually remembered something when I went out, and there has been an incident outside these days." ”

She looked up at Jing Ci and said, "I said that Mrs. Jiang brought Mr. Jiang to visit you a few days ago, and Mrs. Jiang couldn't afford to be sick after I went back." I faintly heard that someone seemed to be rumoring that you had made Mrs. Jiang angry. ”

"Nonsense!" Before Jing Ci could speak, Jing Han was anxious, got up and jumped in front of Lin Ruowei, and said, "The third sister is so gentle, and my aunt is also an extremely kind person, how can there be such a thing?" How I don't know! ”

Lin Ruowei saw that she was really anxious, so she hurriedly got up and pulled her to sit down, and said, "Don't worry, listen to me first." ”

She looked at Jing Ci and then at Jing Han, and continued, "This is not the most important thing, but I have heard from others that Mrs. Jiang brought Jiang Gongzi to the door, obviously with a purpose, and now that she is sick again, others will guess that it is because Ah Ci does not agree to this marriage." ”

"It's nothing," she added, "but this Mrs. Jiang is your mother, Princess Hui's sister-in-law, and Ah Ci made her angry as if she was disrespecting Princess Hui." You are like sisters, Princess Hui naturally does not believe it, and she must not want to let these dirty words reach your ears. ”

Jing Ci walked over and sat down next to the two of them, and listened to Jing Han say angrily, "Then what do you say to us?" ”

Lin Ruowei was stunned for a moment, reached out and grabbed her ear and scolded with a smile, "Good you bad Jinghan!" I kindly told you to listen, lest you know that you are sad from the other place, and you say so about me! If there is a next time, I will not tell you again! ”

Jing Han burst out laughing when he heard this, and hurriedly took her hand and said, "That's my fault, you forgive me." ”

Saying that, she crossed over to Lin Ruowei and took Jing Ci's hand, and said, "Third sister, don't worry, mother will not misunderstand you!" ”

Jing Ci nodded, sighed secretly and smiled slightly, "I'm not worried about this, Mrs. Jiang came to see me a few days ago, and I did say something that made her sad." ”

After that, she told her the two of them what happened that day, and said, "I have a heart-to-heart with you—I will never marry Jiang Gongzi." Even so, it is right to refuse bluntly, and if Mrs. Jiang and the Fourth Emperor Aunt are angry because of this, I will never complain. ”

She turned to look out the window, her eyes faintly desolate, and said, "As a princess of a country, I can't do the marriage event. However, whenever I had the slightest chance, I wanted to give it a try. ”

As she spoke, she stretched out her hand to reach the branch outside the window, and muttered, "Maybe it's going to be done." ”

She looked like a rich lady who was blocked from being able to stay with a poor scholar in the script, which really frightened Jing Han, she hurriedly got up and hugged Jing Ci from behind, and said, "What did the third sister say!" Now that the country and the people are safe, where can't you call the shots? Grandfather Huang loves you the most, and he will definitely do what you wish! ”

Lin Ruowei also said, "Yes, Princess Hui didn't let you know about these things, just because she was afraid that you would think too much." You don't like Jiang Gongzi, if you don't marry, there are good sons in Kyoto! Such as Wen Jiaerlang, Qi Shizi ......"

"Don't mention Cousin Shan!" When Jing Han heard this, he suddenly interrupted her and said, "Now Cousin Shan is the number one on the list of the most hated characters of Kyoto women!" ”

"First place?" Jing Ci broke away from Jing Han and asked puzzledly, "Why is this?" ”

"Why? Third sister, you really haven't been out of the house for a long time, and you don't even know the news! She rolled her eyes and pouted, "Now that the end of the year is approaching, all the provinces are feasting, and the ladies of all the provinces are going to the meeting every day, this dress and jewelry can't be the same every day, right?" Everyone wanted to wear the latest and greatest, but when I went to the tailor's jewelry shop, I found that all the good things in Kyoto had been sent to the Gokuni Mansion! ”

She spread her hands and said, "You say, is he annoying?" ”

Jing Ci and Lin Ruowei nodded in unison, and said in their hearts that this is indeed annoying.

However, Jing Ci's head tilted, and he remembered the boxes of exquisite and gorgeous dresses and jewelry secretly sent from the Protector's Mansion in his own warehouse, so he couldn't help but defend him, "I can't say that people are giving them away?" There are no female dependents in the Protector's Mansion......"

"It's even more annoying to say that!"

Jing Han put his hands on his waist and said angrily, "How many relatives can my uncle and grandfather have in Kyoto?" If you give it away, but you don't even have me, it's too much! Hum! Excessively! If it weren't for the second brother who got some brocade out of nowhere, I wouldn't even be able to cut new clothes! ”

As she spoke, she ran to Lin Ruowei, who fell on the recliner with a smile, forcibly held her hand, and said with a smile, "Ruowei, the second brother has a lot of brocade, and he has made new clothes for the three of us!" ”

"Mine too?" Lin Ruowei asked in surprise.

"That's nature! The second brother also said that he had always seen you wearing plain clothes, and this time he specially made you a big red yeast rice gold peony pattern, which is beautiful! ”

Unexpectedly, Lin Ruowei waved her hand again and again, "I don't dare to ask for this if I don't have any merit!" ”

Jing Han heard this, but said, "How can that be done?" This is for you! ”

As soon as these words came out, Lin Ruowei and Jing Ci were stunned, and Lin Ruowei hurriedly asked, "What...... What do you mean by something made specifically for me? ”

Jing Han was also stunned, and he was able to fall twice in a pit, and he was also busy saying, "I don't know...... Anyway, the second brother said it, it was specially reserved for you! You told me not to rob ...... with you."

She was like this, and the more she talked about it, the more confused she became, and finally Lin Ruo blushed slightly and threw down a sentence, "Anyway, I don't want it!" Don't! Ran away in a hurry, Jing Han saw that something was wrong, so he also ran away, leaving Jing Ci alone in the room thoughtfully.

When it was almost dark, Mama Chen opened the door and entered the house, followed by Qi Shan, who had not been seen for many days.

Jing Ci was sitting in front of the window, and when he heard the voice, he turned to look at him, and saw him slowly move in front of her and hand her a treasure box in his hand.

The treasure box was already extremely gorgeous just looking at the outside, and there were two points of impulse to make people want to "buy and return the pearls", and in his expectant gaze, Jing Ci opened the treasure box - inside were two rows of pearls arranged neatly, each the size of a pigeon's egg, round and translucent, extremely beautiful.

Such a pearl is worth a thousand gold, but there are ten in the treasure box, Rao is Jingci has always been loved by the emperor and Chen Su, such a valuable gift has never been seen, she immediately thought of the box of clothes and jewelry in the warehouse that was about to be unable to hold, and immediately became anxious.

Quickly closing the lid of the box and stuffing it back into Qi Shan's hand, she said hurriedly, "This is too precious!" I can't ask for it. ”

Qi Shan was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?" ”

Jing Ci repeated, "This is too valuable, I can't take it." ”

Qi Shan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "Then do you like it?" ”

"What?"

"Do you like this? I said, do you like this or not? ”

Jing Ci thought about it for a while, and said in all fairness, "These are very good-looking, I like them very much, but I can't ...... them."

"Take it!" Qi Shan interrupted her and said, "Everything I have in the future will be yours, and these are nothing." ”

He put the treasure box back in Jing Ci's hand, and boldly wrapped her small hand with his big hand, as if inadvertently, and said solemnly, "I said, I want to make you happy, I want to give you what you really like." As long as you like, even if it's a star in the sky, I want to pick it for you. ”

Jing Ci was stunned, but she didn't know that this sentence later made her remember it for many years, and in those barren and unbearable years, what she kept thinking in her heart was this sentence, this person, and this period of her happiest and most ignorant youth.

Qi Shan sent the pearl and left, the southwest has not been very peaceful recently, he is busy dealing with all kinds of complicated things, so he didn't even care about the back injury, but fortunately, the weather is cold and will not become inflamed and ulcerate.

As soon as he returned home, he found that Qi Yan was sending people to look for him everywhere, and hurriedly rushed to Qi Yan's room, and saw Qi Yan frowning and staring at the secret report in front of him with serious eyes.

He saluted, and at the signal of Qi Yan, he took the secret report and read it carefully, it turned out that it was Shao Qing, the deputy general who stayed in the southwest, and reported that he had recently inadvertently captured several barbarian spies during a routine inspection.

It's not unusual to capture barbarian spies on the border of the country, but it's strange that these barbarian spies are dressed - they all have a black bell hanging from their left ear.

According to the customs of the barbarians, whenever there is a national funeral, the barbarian men will hang a black bell in their left ear to mourn for three years.

But now that the barbarian clan king is alive, why is this black bell hanging?

Qi Yan said, "Barbarian men don't wear black bells in their ears for no reason, there must be something in this that we don't know yet." ”

"That's right," Qi Shan nodded, and pondered, "Hanging a black bell in your ear is a ritual to pay tribute to the clan king, but the barbarian clan king is not ......"

"Not necessarily!" Qi Yan seemed to suddenly remember something, and hurriedly said.

The two of them glanced at each other, and Qi Shan gradually understood Qi Yan's thoughts, and he said slowly, "Does grandfather suspect that the barbarian clan king is dead?" ”

Qi Yan nodded, and after careful consideration, he said, "In the past, when I fought with the barbarians, the barbarian clan kings would personally play, but this time, I only sent two princes to accompany the army. After the defeat, he did not stubbornly resist as usual, but immediately signed a letter agreement and sent protons, which is indeed somewhat abnormal. ”

Qi Shan shook his head, and suddenly thought of something, and said busily, "In this way, there are actually many abnormalities in this battle," he paused and explained, "Why is it so difficult to exterminate the barbarians?" It is nothing more than because of the insidious and cunning use of poison by its people, but in this battle, the barbarians almost did not use a trace of treacherous tricks, and it was as if they were ......"

He looked at Qi Yan and saw the same doubt and horror in his eyes, so he continued, "It seems that he intends to lose to us!" ”