Chapter 36: Don't Marry
Jiang Ruofu was very surprised when he received the letter from Baijulou.
Because this is the first time that the prince of the world has not exchanged and asked her to meet without urgency.
When the carriage arrived at Baiju Building, Xiao Er respectfully led her up to the second floor.
Just as someone was changing the lamp on the dome, the lotus-shaped sandalwood lamp was slowly pulled down.
Jiang Ruofu went upstairs from the side of the stairs.
The sandalwood lamp slowly rose above her head, and a bright candle fell.
Running the hall pulled the thread of the lamp, and was about to bind the thread.
The tail of the lamp was sharpened by the wooden wheel, and in the last pull, it broke unexpectedly.
Suddenly, the lotus lantern fell suddenly.
Xiao Er didn't have time to scream, so he could only watch the lamp quickly smash down.
Jiang Ruofu walked forward unconsciously, and the lamp fell rapidly, and it was about to fall on her head!
Suddenly, a white figure flew out, grabbed Jiang Ruofu's waist, turned over and flew down the stairs.
It's just that the moment Jiang Ruofu was picked up, the lamp fell to the ground and shattered to pieces, and the wooden plank on the ground was also smashed out of a huge pit.
The wooden base of the lamp spread and poured with oil, and burned on the mahogany floor with a "whirl".
The crowd was frightened by the loud sound of the lamp falling, and turned back.
Jiang Ruofu was forced to fall straight down the stairs with one hand.
She couldn't help but scream, but the scream was stuck in her throat.
As her coat flipped away, she saw the man's resolute jawline.
The eyebrows are handsome and picturesque, and the fierce is like a picture scroll.
The hand that was tightly wrapped around her waist was warm, and the heat soaked into the fabric, holding her strongly.
It's the son of the world.
Jiang Ruofu's cry choked in his throat.
As the lamp slammed into the place where she was standing, Jiang Ruofu knew what was going on.
She was terrified.
Xiao Er in Baiju Building hurriedly stepped forward and put out the fire with a cloth towel.
Hurriedly put it away.
The shopkeeper was in a cold sweat, and walked in front of Wen Guqi in awe, bowing his head,
"Shizi, Baijulou actually caused you such a disaster, it is really a crime that deserves death, but please look at the past and spare a little life."
"The little ones are grateful!"
As he spoke, the shopkeeper knelt down directly.
Without the slightest hesitation.
The muffled sound of your knees hitting the wooden floor also hurts to listen to.
And the people around looked at the shopkeeper's kneeling, but no one felt strange.
On the contrary, he didn't dare to look back in that direction for fear of getting into trouble.
Wen Guqi's face was gloomy, and he let go of Jiang Ruofu.
Jiang Ruofu suddenly felt that something had left her waist, and her waist was light.
Wen Guqi said in a deep voice,
"If I hadn't appeared today, and the person who hurt me hadn't been, would you still admit your mistakes like this?"
The shopkeeper's sincerity is fearful,
"Lord Shizi..."
The shopkeeper looked at Jiang Ruofu beside Wen Guqi, as if he had grasped a life-saving straw, and begged,
"This girl, this matter is purely an accident, it is an unintentional mistake of Baijulou, and you are not well entertained, fortunately, the girl is blessed with a great life, and it is also a good heart with the prince of the world, and the prince of the world is in danger, so that he can avoid this difficulty, the girl and the prince are so united, it will be a long time, and they will be accompanied until they are old, and please ask the girl to open up the net and let go of Baijulou. Baijulou must be grateful for a thousand thanks, and pray for you and the prince in the Chang'an Marriage Temple. ”
The shopkeeper bowed to Jiang Ruofu for a long time.
The shopkeeper was a young man, and his beard was gray. The humble begging appearance at this moment made Jiang Ruofu a little unbearable.
Wen Guqi stared at each other, his tone was sharp, and he didn't see the slightest softness.
"Tell your owner that if Baijulou is so slack, there is no need to open it in Chang'an."
A lamp doesn't fall out for no reason.
Long-term failure to check its wear and tear is the real reason.
Since it is a place where people come and go, it should be ensured that every place is complete and sound, not to mention that the people who come and go are either rich or expensive.
Now he is making this low-level mistake.
It's not careless, it's not used at all.
If this is not simply careless.
That is, to use all his mind, to smash the head, and to be fatal with one blow.
When the shopkeeper heard that Wen Guqi mentioned the owner of Baiju Building, his pupils shrank in fright.
Wen Guqi's deep peach blossom eyes were only cold and cold at the moment.
His thin lips opened slightly, and his face was cold,
"Or did your proprietor see the right time to cut off the lantern, and just wait for my people to be hit by this sudden lantern and die on the spot?"
At the mention of the owner, the shopkeeper was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he hurriedly kowtowed,
"The owner definitely didn't mean this, it's all the fault of the little old man, he didn't check the lamp properly, so that the lamp fell and almost injured your person."
Jiang Ruofu heard Wen Guqi say that she was his.
My heart couldn't help but move, my eyes drooped, and I lowered my head and didn't speak.
The shopkeeper's desperate kowtow,
"Please, let go of the little one, the little one really doesn't have such a pickled mind!"
"The owner has not had any instructions, and today it is all the little old man's poor inspection, which caused a sudden disaster today."
Wen Guqi stared at the shopkeeper,
"If he wants to go against me, he can try it."
The little two who were holding the lantern line moved slowly and ran away towards the side door.
The shopkeeper broke out in a cold sweat,
"How can this be, the owner respects the Queen Mother the most and respects you, how can it be deliberately against you?"
Wen Guqi glanced at him coldly, didn't speak again, took Jiang Ruofu's hand and walked out directly, the shopkeeper wanted to chase him out but didn't dare to chase him.
Jiang Ruofu was held by Wen Guqi's wrist.
She followed in small steps,
"Shizi, could it be that you are thinking too much? We have met so many times in Baiju Building, but not once we have encountered something like today, maybe it was just an accident? ”
Wen Guqi didn't speak, just clenched her wrist.
Went directly to the Seifukaku next door.
Qingfeng Pavilion had someone open the way for Wen Guqi and open the door of the wing.
Song Juan curiously followed his grandfather all the way.
I saw my grandfather leading a girl out.
If you look closely, the girl is so untouchable!
Song Juan suddenly recalled the first time he broke through his family and met a woman, and the woman pressed against him.
In his heart, he naturally matched Jiang Ruofu with the figure at that time.
That was the first time he had seen the prince and the woman involved.
Now Song Juan watched Wen Guqi clasp Jiang Ruofu's hand and go straight to Qingfeng Pavilion, and everyone surrounded him, covering the girl's appearance.
Wen Guqi's hand was clasped extremely tightly, and it didn't even seem to be loose at all, and the girl didn't seem very willing, and kept trying to struggle.
Song Juan was slightly shocked, and kept staring at Jiang Ruofu's back,
This is the woman of the world.
Jiang Ruofu still said,
"Why are you so angry, it's also a disaster for the shopkeeper, and why bother to embarrass others, there is nothing wrong with me."
Wen Guqi's thin lips opened slightly,
"It's not as simple as you think."
Jiang Ruofu wanted to ask again, but seeing that Wen Guqi's face was not good, he could only shut up.
Although she and Shizi's situation is special, in the end, they have to take care of men and women.
Jiang Ruofu pulled his hand out vigorously.
The wing room opened, and the little guys who opened the way and blocked the face of Jiang Ruofu, who was not wearing a vertebral hat, retreated.
Wen Guqi asked Jiang Ruofu to sit, and when he saw that Jiang Ruofu still wanted to move, he pressed her shoulder and asked very seriously,
"Jiang Ruofu, listen to me."
Jiang Ruofu only felt that Wen Guqi was weird today.
She nodded submissively,
"Shizi, you say."
Wen Guqi's eyes looked at her fixedly, and the burning heat in those eyes almost burned people,
"Do you want to marry Wen Qingcen?"
Jiang Ruofu was about to refute.
Wen Guqi lowered his eyes and looked at her and said,
"Do you know that the Wen family is not as simple as you think."
"Why do you think the Wen family hired you with these staggering dowry gifts?"
Jiang Ruofu shook his head puzzled.
Wen Guqi's eyes were cold,
"Because you're the daughter of the Inner History Mansion."
"What they want is to marry with the Internal History Mansion, connect the national fortunes, and tie up the Jiang family."
His face was grim, and he said word by word,
"The Jiang family is the internal history of the Su family, as long as they sit in this position, they will have the possibility of being favored by the Wen family, and the former internal history of the Su family has also discussed with the Wen family."
His words shocked Jiang Ruofu.
There was shock in her eyes.
Wen Guqi's tone was solemn, without the slightest hint of joke,
"Zhisu Neishi is in charge of a country's finances, all the money has to flow from Zhisu Neishi's hands, and all the fields and household registrations are also monitored by Zhisu Neishi, the Wen family is the richest man, it is impossible not to know this, so at the same time as the former Zhisu Neishi abdicated, the Wen family retired from his relatives and was busy looking at the new Neishi Jiang family. In other words, if you marry in the past, the Wen family and the Jiang family will collude with each other, and give each other money and channels, resources and documents behind their backs, and they will easily bind you."
"If what I heard is correct, Wen Qingcen used half of the vein to hire you."
"That's not a vein, it's used to cross the road in front of the Queen Mother, as long as there is that half of the veins on the offering, it solves the urgent need of the imperial court to build a moat in many places, the Queen Mother will naturally turn a blind eye and let the Jiang and Wen families go."
But after a long time, the Queen Mother may not be jealous. At that time, the Wen family, who is extremely smart, will take the initiative to abandon you and untie you from the Jiang family. ”
"At that time, the Wen family can naturally marry another, at this time they also have enough evidence of your father's guilt in their hands, as long as a little bit, it is enough to make the Inner History Mansion collapse and let him step down, and when the time comes, there will be a new Inner History to replace your father, the Wen family will be relieved of the crisis, and the road can be paved again, and the in-laws who have left each other a handle over the years will be killed, and the other party's mouth will be sealed tightly."
Wen Guqi pressed her shoulders and said loudly,
"Jiang Ruofu, do you really think that you can endure the end of being abandoned as soon as you marry?"
"Think about it these days, is Wen Qingcen very good to you, as if he wants to tell everyone that he admires you? Did the Wen family show that they had already decided that you were a daughter-in-law? Did you give a marriage letter and a dowry that people couldn't easily refuse? ”
Jiang Ruofu's eyes flowed back one by one in these days.
Suddenly, there was a feeling of enlightenment.
She is a concubine, even if Gongzi Wen can really fall in love with her at first sight just by relying on one side at that time.
Wen Qingcen's brain fever is understandable for a while, but the elders of the Wen family are also sober, and it is impossible to come up with such a dowry to hire her.
Such a dowry gift, not to mention hiring her, is more than enough to hire the eldest daughter of the Jiang family.
But the Wen family has made up their minds.
Even handed over the marriage letter when they met for the first time, and they had already prepared everything before they met her, which seemed too purposeful, more like a plan and a prepared come.
It is not so much to exchange such a dowry for a low-born concubine of the Jiang family, but to use this dowry in exchange for an opportunity to collude with the Inner History Mansion.
Even if Wen Qingcen really likes her.
But he was too exposed.
It seems that everyone knows that he is very affectionate to her, and he will not marry her.
The more Jiang Ruofu thought about it, the more cold he felt.
Yes.
Dropping out of Qingyun Academy, even if Wen Qingcen really likes her, the elders of the Wen family will not agree.
But Wen Qingcen really turned around.
He even showed everyone the reason why he came, and sure enough, within a day, no one thought that the matter between her and Wen Qingcen had been settled.
This is to take the lead in public opinion, so that she has less room to consider.
After all, women all value fame, not to mention that she is from a very low background and very special.
This is to use public opinion to pressure her and make her go in the direction of promising the Wen family.
Even though Wen Qingcen has three points of true affection, during these days, he performed a full twelve points for her and everyone for the sake of profit.
Jiang Ruofu felt more and more clear in front of him, and there were some things that he couldn't understand before, but at this moment, he suddenly realized.
Wen Guqi let go of his hand, her shoulders loosened, his eyes were still heavy,
"Jiang Ruofu, the Wen family has been able to sit firmly in Diaoyutai for so many years and hold the position of the richest man for so long, it is impossible not to understand the truth that wealth is not exposed, not to mention that the Wen family is Zuo Fengling, in order to prevent the fame of the rich rival country from flooding and arousing the fear of the imperial power, he will definitely try his best to hide his strength. But they took out such a dowry to marry you, and the unfathomable hidden for so many years was suddenly exposed to people, so that everyone knew that the Wen family could also come up with so many dowries by hiring a concubine as a daughter-in-law, which was risky for the Wen family. ”
"But this risk is worth it now, because it has given the Jiang family enough face, and it is difficult for the Jiang family not to agree."
"Wen Qingcen is the next head of the family, on the surface, he looks simple, but in fact the city is very deep, he has five points of affection for you, and it is not difficult to act to ten points. What's more, you deliberately covered up your appearance at that time, how much can he fall in love at first sight when he sees you once? As for this, is it like this? ”
"You have to think about it."
Jiang Ruofu looked at Wen Guqi.
This was the first time that Wen Guqi deliberately leaned down to look at her and talk to her, and Jiang Ruofu was still a little unaccustomed to it.
This is also the first time that Wen Guqi came to her because of something that has nothing to do with him.
Just because of her.
It's not because you want to reduce the hassle when swapping.
The various incomprehensible points of the Wen family and Wen Qingcen were finally straightened out in Jiang Ruofu's mind at this moment.