Chapter 67: Door-to-door courtship
Although Xile has not been with Qi Simin for a long time, he already knows his own young lady's temperament, and he feels that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince may not understand such a subtle statement of his own young lady.
Immediately, I really heard Qi Simin say in shock: "Your Highness wants to ...... Will you ask me to go to the prince's mansion to be a cook? ”
Qi Simin was really shocked, although he saw that Ji Chengyu admired his cooking skills very much that day, he didn't want him to be able to chase him home.
His Royal Highness the Prince, who has always been calm and dignified, also rarely choked, and probably understood that his statement was too vague, so he got straight to the point: "It's not a cook, it's a princess, how about it?" ”
Qi Simin was stunned for a long time before he let out a long "ah". Then his face quickly became two shades of red, and his eyes were almost unsure of where to look.
"You, why did you ...... suddenly, suddenly"
Ji Chengyu knew why she was asking, and replied with a smile: "I have accepted your dowry, why don't you come to the door to ask for marriage?" ”
Qi Simin's face turned red, and he said angrily: "That's obvious, obviously it's a thank you gift!" ”
Ji Chengyu said leisurely: "This king is not short of money, only a princess." Such a great grace is just a promise to each other. ”
Qi Simin's head was about to hang down to his chest, Ji Chengyu silently took another step closer, leaned over slightly and whispered in her ear: "Old General Qi has already loosened his mouth, as long as you nod, I will immediately enter the palace to ask my father for marriage." But this matter is not urgent, I have always been very patient, if you haven't thought about it today, I will come back tomorrow, if you don't nod tomorrow, I will come again the day after tomorrow, you can think slowly. ”
Although Ji Chengyu spoke in a calm tone and looked serious, Qi Simin was still shocked by his almost scoundrel words, and raised his head and glared at him angrily.
"Y-How can you do this? I didn't expect you to be such a person! ”
Ji Chengyu nodded approvingly: "I never thought that I would do such a thing one day." ”
Qi Simin was blocked and speechless for a while, and only after a while did he close his eyes and said, "I, I don't want to be a ......."
He was only halfway through his words when he was interrupted by Ji Chengyu, he straightened up and said with a normal expression: "It seems that you haven't thought about it yet, then I'll come back tomorrow." ”
Qi Simin looked at him with round eyes, and Ji Chengyu said: "Then I'll go back first, I heard that your milk cake is doing well, make it for me tomorrow." I want more sugar, I like sweet. ”
Qi Simin watched Ji Chengyu leave in a daze, and even forgot to salute. Only then did Joy dare to step forward and say, "Miss, what's wrong with you?" ”
Qi Simin grabbed Xile's hand and put it on his face, and said to her, "You pinch me to see if I haven't woken up yet." ”
Xile squeezed it lightly, and Qi Simin said with relief: "It's really a dream, it doesn't hurt at all." ”
With that, she turned around and walked back, but she didn't see the road under her feet clearly, and suddenly fell and grinned.
"Ahh
So when Bai Yanran arrived, she saw a melancholy Qi Simin, and the joy on the side was also full of worries, and the master and servant looked as if they were about to come to a catastrophe.
It wasn't until Xile couldn't help but push her own young lady that she finally woke up Qi Simin, who was wandering in the world, she looked at Bai Yanran and sighed: "Yanran, I may not have much time." ”
Bai Yanran was taken aback by this sentence, and when she was sick, she was relieved to learn about Fang Cai's matter when she asked.
"The Prince's Mansion is not a wolf's den and a tiger's den, what is the time running out?"
Qi Simin still sighed: "Anyway, my good days are coming to an end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is like this, even if I can escape the Prince's Mansion, my mother will definitely not dare to keep me at home anymore, and she will definitely be busy marrying me off as soon as possible." ”
After that, she came from sorrow, hugged Bai Yanran and cried: "What do you think I did wrong? Why does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince have to get along with me? ”
Bai Yanran didn't know what to say, but in fact, she was not surprised by this matter in her heart. Before King Jian's game, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince rescued people and did not privately let the Qi family pick them up, but blatantly sent people back, Bai Yanran guessed that he also had the same idea as King Jian.
My grandfather was a minister of the humerus who followed the emperor to fight on the battlefield, and now although he has abdicated as the generalissimo of soldiers and horses, he still holds the military power in his hands, and his four sons are also in the court.
The Qi family is powerful and holds military power. Although he has remained neutral all these years and stayed out of the dispute for the succession, it is not so easy to be alone in the court. Since King Jian hit Qi Simin with the idea, the Qi family has not been in charge.
King Jian wanted to bring the Qi family under his command, and the prince naturally thought that now King Jian's stealing of chickens would not lead to rice, but he had a grudge with the Qi family. No matter what the Qi family plans, as long as they can't marry their daughter as King Jianwang wants, if they really let King Jian gain power in the future, they will naturally regard the Qi family as a thorn in the flesh.
Yes, the Qi family seems to be calm now, but in fact, they have no choice.
Qi Changping finally relented, probably because he knew in his heart that the Qi family had now had a grudge with King Jian, and he really shouldn't offend the prince again. And compared with King Jian, the prince can already be regarded as a good person, but Qi Simin's temperament is indeed not suitable for marrying into the waiting door.
In fact, combined with all the things in his previous life, Qi Simin marrying into the prince's mansion is actually the best choice. But in Bai Yanran's selfish heart, she hopes that this pure-minded cousin can stay away from these scheming, and live a simple and happy life, but things are often unsatisfactory.
Compared with Qi Simin's irritability, Ji Chengyu was really calm, but he was a little uncomfortable by Ji Lingyun's smiling appearance. After closing his eyes for a moment, he said helplessly: "Say whatever you want." ”
Ji Lingyun said twice: "I just have never seen the imperial brother so attentive to a woman, and I just felt a lot of emotion in my heart for a while." ”
Ji Chengyu said as usual: "Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, except for the soldiers and horses guarding the border gates in various places, half of the soldiers and horses in the DPRK and China are in the hands of Qi Changping. And Qi Changping is the old department of Taizu, loyal, and deeply relied on by his father, it is no wonder that King Jian would be so unscrupulous to try to win over the Qi family. ”
Ji Lingyun smiled meaningfully, "Brother Huang, this is what you want to say, you want to marry Miss Qi family because you have a crush on the Qi family?" ”
He shook his head and said, "If that's the case, then I have to persuade the imperial brother." You also said just now, the Qi family holds military power and is deeply relied on by the emperor, and the marriage with the Qi family is too eye-catching, but it may make the emperor jealous, and the gains outweigh the losses. ”
Ji Chengyu still looked indifferent and said, "It's okay." ”
Ji Lingyun nodded, and said: "And I also know a little bit about Miss Qi's temperament, and she is really not the best candidate in the world."
Ji Chengyu's expression remained unchanged, and he said, "It's okay." ”
The smile on Ji Lingyun's lips became more and more obvious, and before he could say more, Ji Chengyu had already spoken: "King Ning went to Dali Temple this morning, and I will have people send those evidence to Dali Temple, and there will be results tomorrow at the latest." You send people to keep an eye on King Jian and see what is happening on his side. ”
Although Ji Lingyun felt that his brother's words were a little blunt, he also knew that he would accept it when he saw it, and those who knew each other would no longer ask the bottom of it. As soon as the two returned to the prince's mansion, the red kite reported the news that King Ning had just entered the palace, thinking that he was presenting the evidence to the emperor.
Ji Lingyun said goodbye, Ji Chengyu sent people away and went back to the study to deal with official business, and found that the red kite was still following him, and asked, "What else is going on?" ”
The red kite gritted her teeth and asked, "Did the master go to the Qi family?" ”
Ji Chengyu's subordinates paused, put down his pen and looked up at the red kite quietly. A cold sweat broke out on the red kite's forehead under the pressure of that gaze, and she suddenly knelt down and said, "The subordinates are just, just concerned about the master, the stakes are very high, and the master ......."
Ji Chengyu interrupted her words and said indifferently: "You have always been in charge of intelligence and assassination, these are not things you should meddle in, don't forget your identity." ”
Hearing the last sentence, the red kite's body trembled, and its eyes were instantly covered with a layer of moisture.
"Subordinates, subordinates understood."
She staggered to her feet, took a few steps back and turned around to retreat, Xu Quan happened to come in and bumped into this scene, and couldn't help but be a little stunned and embarrassed.
Ji Chengyu turned to Xu Quandao: "You came just in time, tomorrow you will send away the imperial chef rewarded by the queen mother, what is the use of a cook who doesn't even know the taste of this king." ”
The figure of the red kite staggered, and the steps became more and more urgent, and the figure disappeared in an instant. Xu Quan knew the cause and effect, sighed in his heart, but only said respectfully on his face: "My subordinates understand, so let's do it." ”
Ji Chengyu nodded, then let go of his frowning brows, picked up the pen and continued to review official business, and asked in his mouth: "Look at your expression in a hurry, but what news is there from Dali Temple?" ”
Xu Quan shook his head and said with a solemn face: "I just received news that someone saw a female champion in Beijing more than two months ago. It is said that this person's magic power is profound, and at that time, a beggar was seriously ill and dying, and he was rescued by the female crown within half a day.
It's just that at that time, there were a group of beggars in the broken temple, and naturally no one believed what they said, and it wasn't until recently that our people were sure that such a female crown had indeed appeared, and the time was exactly three days after His Royal Highness King An's accident. ”
Ji Chengyu's eyes were stained with coldness, and the pen in his hand kept stopping, falling one stroke at a time.
"Have you found out where she is?"
Xu Quan sighed: "The next day, the female crown left Beijing to swim, and her whereabouts are uncertain. However, our people have already followed the portrait to find out her whereabouts when she was in Beijing, and the female crown is so eye-catching that she is not afraid that she will not be able to find any clues. ”
Ji Chengyu nodded and said, "Tell them to go down, let them not startle the snake, and come back as soon as there is news." Also, you go and invite Master Yun'an and say that I have something important to discuss. ”
What happened to Ji Lingyun was too unbelievable, although there was no danger in the end, Ji Chengyu still had lingering palpitations, and this matter must be investigated to the end!