He talked to Kang Shilin for a long time in Kangfu, and Zhao Ruxi didn't come out of Kangfu until it was almost noon.

As soon as he got off the carriage when he returned home, the porter greeted him, handed Qingfeng a post, and said to Zhao Ruxi: "Girl, this is sent by someone from King An's mansion, saying that Princess An invites you to be a guest at the mansion tomorrow." ”

Zhao Ruxi: "......"

Princess Ann? Xiao Lingpu's wife? The young lady of the Cen family?

Does she want to cultivate her relationship in advance, or does she want to achieve something?

Several thoughts flashed through Zhao Ruxi's mind in an instant.

Don't blame her for thinking too much.

Since Xiao Lingyan made up his mind to take the position, assisting Xiao Lingpu is not as wholehearted as before.

Of course, he is not a fool, it is impossible to say clearly, brother, I don't support you anymore, I want to fight for the throne by myself. In that case, Xiao Lingpu might have killed his brother first.

After Xiao Lingyan crossed over, because he wanted to keep the secret of the crossing, he never showed most of his strength to Xiao Lingpu.

After all, the original owner is a child who is well protected by his mother and brother and has little ability, and suddenly transforms into a shrewd and capable, able to make a lot of money, strategic, and highly intelligent.

The small part of the ability he showed was also revealed little by little as he got older.

After determining Zhao Ruxi's identity and reaching an agreement with Zhao Ruxi, he didn't want to expose Zhao Ruxi and bring danger to Zhao Ruxi. So the money Zhao Ruxi earned him was all hidden from Xiao Lingpu. He used all this money on Xiao Lingpu to train dead soldiers, collect intelligence, make secret weapons, and buy grain and grass.

Because of his participation in Zhao Ruxi, the Battle of Border Pass did not evolve into the same as in the book, so almost everything he prepared was useless, and in the end it was still used to train dead soldiers and establish an intelligence network.

Xiao Lingpu knew about training dead soldiers and establishing an intelligence network, but what he knew was only the tip of the iceberg.

But it was only the tip of the iceberg that was exposed, which made Xiao Lingpu find that this younger brother was getting stronger and stronger, and his personality was becoming more and more popular with his father. Xiao Lingpu has more and more expectations for him, always hoping that he can come up with more money and strength to help him, and at the same time he is more and more jealous of him.

He began to suspect that Xiao Lingyan no longer assisted him wholeheartedly and wanted to be the emperor himself. His attitude towards Xiao Lingyan also became strange.

On the one hand, he treats Xiao Lingyan better, shushhs the cold and warm, cares for him, and controls everything about Xiao Lingyan in the name of care, such as arranging marriage for him. Xiao Lingyan didn't follow his advice to marry the woman he proposed, and he was very unhappy about it for a while.

On the other hand, he made Xiao Lingyan spend money in various names, trying to squeeze out the money earned by his auction house; On the one hand, he began to set up an intelligence system by himself, and he no longer believed in Xiao Lingyan.

Although Xiao Lingyan was a little chilled when he saw this phenomenon, emotionally speaking, he had the memory of the original owner, and he didn't want to tear his face with Xiao Lingpu; Strategically speaking, with Xiao Lingpu in the way, the safety factor of him and Zhao Ruxi will be much greater, and there is no need to draw a line with Xiao Lingpu.

So he still supports Xiao Lingpu very much on the surface, and although the strength of his support has not increased, it has not decreased. Outsiders, including the Cen family and Cen Guifei, can't see the contradiction between the two. But Xiao Lingpu's suspicion of him and the estrangement in the hearts of the brothers are well aware of each other.

In this world, Xiao Lingyan and Zhao Ruxi feel that the most trustworthy thing is each other. Therefore, every time they meet, Xiao Lingyan will tell Zhao Ruxi about the big and small things in the capital.

Although Zhao Ruxi is in Nanyang, she doesn't seem to hear anything outside the window, and goes to the farmland every day to see the reclamation and water conservancy, but through Xiao Lingyan, she knows everything that happens in the capital, the temperament and the risks of several princes.

She took the invitation from Qingfeng's hand and looked at it, and found that there was a line of hairpins on it, and invited her to go to King An's Mansion for tea. The hairpin is handwritten beautifully, I don't know if it was written by Cen Peixuan herself.

She returned to her courtyard and wrote a letter in Chinese, told Xiao Lingyan about the matter, asked him how to do it, and then sent someone to King Qi's mansion generously and asked the gatehouse to deliver the letter to Xiao Lingyan.

Although the women of the Great Jin Dynasty did not require three obedience and four virtues, they were also inferior to men. Whatever a woman does, asking her husband and asking for his consent before doing it is an act that will be praised by everyone.

Now Princess An invited her to come over for tea, naturally because she was the future Princess of Qi. Then ask King Qi first, it's always okay to do this.

When Xiao Lingyan received the letter and wrote a reply letter and asked someone to send it to Zhao Ruxi, the matter was reported to Cen Peixuan by his subordinates.

Cen Peixuan's beautiful brows furrowed slightly: "What does she mean?" I am a dignified princess, the eldest lady of the Cen family, invite her to have a cup of tea, does she still want to refuse? ”

"Not really." Her personal maid snorted in her nose, "Even if she wants to marry His Royal Highness King Qi in the next year, isn't she still married?" Even if she gets married, she has to call the princess your sister-in-law and cousin. His Royal Highness the King of Qi is respectful to you. She's putting up a stand in front of you, and that's too ignorant. ”

The housekeeper Mama Wan glanced at the eldest girl with warning eyes, and persuaded: "It is precisely because the princess is the sister-in-law and cousin of King Qi that she asked King Qi for advice, right?" Wouldn't it be better for her to look at His Highness's face and act instead of asserting her opinions? In the future, she will also be respectful to you, the princess. ”

Cen Peixuan's face looked better, took a sip of the health tea handed over by Mama Wan, stroked her bulging belly, and did not speak again.

Zhao Ruxi picked out a set of jade heads from his jewelry shop, and went to King An's Mansion as scheduled the next day to hand over the post.

Mama Wan hurried over and smiled at Zhao Ruxi: "Miss Zhao, forgive me." Our princess is now double, and it is inconvenient to come out to greet her, so she waited for the girl in the hall. ”

Qingfeng glanced at Mama Wan meaningfully, and turned her head to look at Zhao Ruxi.

Obviously, Princess An invited them to come in a post. But they arrived on time, but there was no one at the door to greet them, and the porter told them to wait until he went to report it. I waited for a long time for Mama Wan to come.

If this is not deliberately given the girl a dismissal, it is deliberately neglected. What are the benefits of this in the Ann Palace?

Zhao Ruxi smiled, no emotion could be seen on his face, and said, "The princess is polite, her body is important." I haven't congratulated the princess yet. ”

"Miss Zhao doesn't blame my princess. Come, girl, please get on the sedan chair. Mama Wan turned sideways and made a gesture of please to a sedan chair.

The house is large, and it takes a long time to walk from the main gate to the second gate, so most wealthy families have sedan chairs.

Zhao Ruxi usually doesn't like to ride in a sedan car. But here the guests are at their disposal, and she got into the sedan chair without saying much.