Zhu Yong knelt in front of the old lady's door for three hours, although the snow on the ground was swept away, but the ground was cold and oozing bones in winter, and he couldn't even feel a pair of legs after kneeling.

Seeing that the night was getting darker, someone finally lifted the curtain in the house, and it was Zhu Yong's genuine wife, the henchman Jiang Shi, who was next to the old lady.

Jiang was also a gentle and lovely beauty embryo when he was young, and Zhu Ling's appearance was Xiao Ru's mother. It's just that now that I'm getting older, I'm getting more and more quiet, and I'm dressed more and more plainly, and I'm really like a pretty girl in the past.

She lowered her eyebrows and said detachedly: "Get up, the old lady will let you in." ”

Zhu Yong breathed a sigh of relief, but when he was about to get up, he found that his body was already stiff like a block of ice, so he stretched out his hand to help Jiang Shi borrow strength. But he didn't want Jiang to seem to be burned, so he stepped back suddenly, and Zhu Yong almost planted a heel without holding on.

He opened his mouth and wanted to scold, but he was afraid that this was in front of the old lady's door, so he had to swallow his anger for the time being, his eyes were gloomy, he glanced at Jiang Shi, snorted coldly, and slowly stabilized his body, and then limped in.

Jiang Shi was so frightened by his cold snort that his body trembled involuntarily, and a trace of panic flashed on his face. Seeing that Zhu Yongren had already entered, she followed in nervously.

Zhu Yong frowned coldly at Jiang Shangneng, and when he arrived in front of the old lady, he only had to bow his head and ears. Old Madam Tong turned the Buddha beads in her hand, closed her eyes and didn't look at Zhu Yong, and asked, "I heard that you were sent back by someone from the queen's palace, what is going on?" ”

In front of the old lady, Zhu Yong didn't dare to hide it anymore, so he told the matter as it was. I bothered to steal Buddhist scriptures because I wanted to teach Bai Yanran a lesson, and I didn't want to be calculated.

Now that the matter has come to the queen's mother, it is about the birthday gift dedicated to the emperor, and he should not be let go so easily. But the Tong family took care of the face and the old lady of the Tong family, so they only sent Zhu Yong back to the Tong family.

But the old lady is the mother of the Tong family, how could she not understand the daughter raised by herself. The Tong family was really unhappy this time, otherwise he wouldn't have sent people back without saying anything.

The old lady opened her eyes and looked at Zhu Yong, a pair of slightly cloudy eyes flashed.

"In addition to the Buddhist scriptures, what else did the queen ask you?"

Zhu Yong shrunk his neck and replied stubbornly: "The queen mother also asked about the theft of the palace treasury, and the slave didn't dare to deceive the queen mother, so she had to, she had to be honest." ”

The old lady asked nonchalantly, "Oh, how did you tell you honestly?" ”

Zhu Yongfu replied with a smile: "The slave said that the prince was busy with official business, and the slave shared the worries of the prince, so he occasionally picked something to send to the old lady to honor the old lady, so as not to divide the two families." ”

The Tong family has been in charge of the harem for many years, where will they be fooled by these words. It's just that the things that were lost were sent back to their parents' homes, and the Tong family didn't want to make a big deal out of it, but I'm afraid there was already a disgrace in my heart.

This is Bai Yanran's purpose, first of all, let Zhu Yong make a big mistake that cannot be forgiven, and hand over this hot potato to the Tong family to solve by himself. Then he specially mentioned the theft of the warehouse, which made the Tong family realize that Mrs. Tong had overstepped.

The reason why Bai Yanran endured Zhu Yong again and again, and punished him with small punishments and big commandments, was because Zhu Yong was a member of the Tong family in the end, and the Tong family personally selected and brought it from the Tong family.

So no matter what Zhu Yong did, it would not be good to really do anything to him for the sake of Tong's face, otherwise it would not only slap the Tong family's face, but also blow Tong's face.

Zhu Yong is well aware of this truth, so he dares to commit a black hand behind his back again and again. But I don't want to walk by the river often, how can I not get my shoes wet, and in the end I don't end up being swept away.

The old lady knew what was going on, but she didn't think so.

She knows best that her daughter is not on good terms with the emperor, so she regards the Tong family as her backing. Even if there is some unhappiness because of these things now, it will not really be alienated from the family because of this.

Zhu Yong couldn't see the old lady's thoughts, and his heart was uneasy. Seeing that Jiang was like a wooden stake on the side, and did not intercede for himself, he hated it in his heart, but he groveled and said loyally: "Everything the slave did was for the sake of the old lady and the Tong Mansion, and asked the old lady to stay with the old lady for the sake of the slave's loyalty, and let the slave stay by the old lady's side as a cow and a horse." ”

How could the old lady not know his thoughts, she waved her hand impatiently and said, "Okay, you go down first, and we'll talk about these things later." ”

Zhu Yong heard that the old lady didn't mean to drive her away, but she still couldn't rest assured. Afraid that he would really fall into the fate of being a cow and a horse, he got up and walked out in response, and at the same time gave Jiang Shi a look and asked her to intercede for herself.

Seeing Zhu Yong go out, the old lady turned her head to look at the Jiang family beside her, and sighed: "I really wronged you for marrying such a man, this useless thing was actually driven back." If it weren't for your sake, this thing that didn't succeed enough and didn't have more than enough to do should be beaten and thrown out. ”

Seeing that Jiang was silent, she said meaningfully: "It's Ling girl who impresses me, although I haven't been able to be an aunt to King An, but now she is also a confidant by the princess's side." If she can be used by us, she will be more useful than ten Zhu Yong. ”

Seeing that Jiang Shi lowered her head more and more without saying a word, the old lady knew that she was unwilling in her heart, so she softened her voice again: "I know you are reluctant, if you don't even fold Miao Yu in, I won't embarrass you." But now you have seen this situation, I didn't expect a woman from a small family to be so difficult.

If there is no one of us around, maybe someone will calculate it one day, and I don't know. I didn't let Ling do anything, just let her have one more pair of eyes. That's what she's supposed to do, after all, she's ......"

Jiang didn't know what to think, and suddenly hit a spirit, and said stiffly: "The old lady doesn't need to say it, the slaves and maids all know." ”

The old lady took her hand and patted her lovingly, and smiled with satisfaction.

The old lady's calculations Tong didn't know yet, she had been depressed since she read Miao Yu's testimony and the two letters, and even Lingxi was absent-minded when she came to speak. Lingxi saw the clue and didn't ask much, only saying that he wanted to go to the Hanlin Painting Academy to see paintings. city

This is not a big deal, Tong Shi casually responded. Ling Xi took the token and was overjoyed, and when he left Fengyi Palace, he went straight out.

Fortunately, today she was not accompanied by Aunt Sang Cong, but the palace maid Li'er, otherwise she would not dare to be so bold.

Li'er is completely different from Aunt Sang Cong, she has always been a princess, and Lingxi listens to whatever she says. I had never heard of the princess going to the Hanlin Academy of Painting and Calligraphy to see paintings, but now I can't wait to ask too much.

Lingxi took the token given by the queen, and sure enough, he easily went to the outer court through the inspection of the guards.

All the way to the Hanlin Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, this is a quiet place, anyway, there is no one around, she put her toes to look inside from the window, and saw the figure of the person inside, and it was Bai Boren who was on duty today.

In fact, Lingxi came prepared today, and the sudden marriage on her father's Halloween that day made her wake up from a dream. As a princess, even though she is a golden branch and jade leaf, she has enjoyed glory and wealth since she was a child, but she is also the most involuntarily.

In the first half of his life, he was trapped in a boxy world in the palace, and maybe he would be married in the second half of his life. If she hadn't been so worried before, but now that she has a place in her heart, she is naturally reluctant.

After thinking about it, Lingxi decided to fight for herself.

Now that Bai Boren has come to work at the Hanlin Academy of Painting and Calligraphy, it is much more convenient to see each other. It's just that at this point, she hesitated a little.

Li'er saw the princess pacing back and forth, and when she didn't see where the door was, Xiao Xiaobu ran over and pushed the door open with a "squeak", and smiled with a small face: "Princess, please come in." ”

Lingxi held his forehead and could only go in.

But Bai Boren, who didn't want to be inside, also heard Li'er's voice, put down the scroll in his hand and hurriedly walked out. The two of them stopped abruptly at the door, looked at each other across a threshold, and didn't know how to speak for a while.

After a while, Bai Boren came back to his senses first and saluted: "Weichen didn't know that the princess had arrived, and there was a collision, so please don't blame the princess." ”

Ling Xi waved his hand and said, "It's okay." As he spoke, he walked inside, not even daring to look at Bai Boren out of the corner of his eye.

Bai Boren kept a short distance behind her, and he was a little nervous for a while, and he didn't know where to put his hands and feet. Seeing Lingxi staring at the scattered scrolls on the table, he explained: "Weichen is checking whether these paintings are damaged, and there is some mess on the table, which makes the princess smile." ”

Lingxi didn't care, and was already looking at the paintings on the table with great interest. The Hanlin Painting and Calligraphy Institute is all the collection of Emperor Yuan He, and a pair of them are all hand-me-downs.

Ling Xi picked up a painting that he had only heard of and had never seen before while admiring it, and said with a smile: "You are a good errand now, you are both idle and can feast your eyes, even I am a little envious." ”

Bai Boren chuckled, made another series, and said, "Weichen, this is all thanks to the princess." ”

Lingxi also remembered that it was precisely because Bai Boren solved Princess Jiaye's difficulties for him that he was looked at differently by his father and transferred from the Ministry of Rites to the Hanlin Academy.

She turned around and blushed and said, "Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you yet." If you hadn't lifted the siege for me that day, I don't know how it would have ended. ”

Bai Boren shook his head and chuckled, and replied, "The princess doesn't have to be polite, these are all things that Weichen should do." ”

Ling Xi bit his lip and asked, "You mean, if it was someone else who was embarrassed that day, it was the imperial sister, you would also come forward?" ”

Bai Boren looked at her crimson cheeks a little distracted, and was stunned before coughing and replied, "Not really." ”

Lingxi's eyes lit up, and he listened to Bai Boren continue: "Presumably, if the person that day was Princess Shaohan, there would be no need for Weichen's class to get an axe." ”

Bai Boren's words are true, Princess Shaohan is very talented and good-looking, if it weren't for her weak body so she doesn't often appear in front of people, I'm afraid that the name of the first beauty in the capital will be left whispering.

Lingxi stomped his feet in anger, puffed out his cheeks and turned around and left.

This turn was unwilling, thinking of the purpose of his coming today, he suddenly turned around, but he happened to see the smile on Bai Boren's lips, and immediately reacted.

"Okay, Bai Boren, you dare to tease me!"

Bai Boren couldn't help laughing more and more, and couldn't help but shake his head and laugh. Lingxi was stunned by the warm and bright smile, and the redness spread all the way to the back of his ears, and he mustered up the courage to open his mouth.

"Hmm. Bai Boren, you, are you willing to ......"

Before Lingxi's words were finished, she was interrupted by a sound of footsteps, it turned out that someone was coming, and Li'er, who was sent by her to guard the door, was also busy coughing. Lingxi pouted dissatisfiedly, and had to wait until next time.

Before leaving, she turned around and smiled: "Bai Boren, I will come to look for you next time I am on duty." ”

Bai Boren stood in place, his face was no longer pleasantly smiling, and he saluted respectfully without saying a word.