The Qinghe County Lord of the Red Chamber

The next day, when Xie Ling entered the palace, he returned to his usual serious appearance.

He is a martial arts practitioner, tossing and turning in his mind is unacceptable, and the momentary entanglement is quickly sorted out.

In the past few months since the misunderstanding a few years ago, he and Shang Chanchan have also met many times, and they have always treated her as his married wife.

That's why he went so hard to investigate everything for her, tried his best to teach her how to practice archery, and considered everything for her.

So even if it was a misunderstanding, Xie Ling was still ready to practice his principles.

His reasoning is not some good luck tricking people, just accepting fate.

His reasoning comes from practicing martial arts: hard work will pay off.

So what if Shang Chanchan misunderstood, their relationship these days is not fake, and his intentions for her are real.

Just like what he confessed before, the three generations of dukes of Cheng En Gong's mansion, the family of Zanying, the two are a good match no matter their background or age.

Besides, they are also childhood sweethearts. If he is not worthy, who can be the son-in-law of Baoninghoufu.

As the saying goes, there is no first place in literature, and no second in martial arts.

As a martial artist, Xie Ling naturally has an indomitable and unstoppable mind.

He has already typed up all the drafts, and he just waits to meet Shang Chanchan three days later.It can be said that while looking forward to the trip to Qianqiu Pavilion, he and the second prince had a lot in common.

Before that, Xie Ling did not forget the business.

So after entering the palace, he invited the eldest prince to see the concubine Xian's mother and son's plan and the reaction of the Baoning Houfu one by one.

Calculated, although the eldest prince is only one year older than Shang Chi, he probably followed the emperor's appearance, looking quite mature, with a sense of stability like a mountain.

After hearing Xie Ling's words, the First Prince smiled and said, "It's a good thing, and it can relieve my worries."

When Xie Ling entered the door, he also saw that the eldest prince rarely showed embarrassment and sadness, so he asked why.

These princes are also pitiful.

Both the Supreme Emperor and the Emperor had a grudge over the matter of abolishing the crown prince, so now not only did the crown prince not be registered, but even the princes' divisions were not mentioned.

The eldest prince is married, and he still lives in the palace for no apparent reason.

The thing to worry about is that once the government is divided, the princes will have their own retainers and advisers, and these people will become restless if they have no intention of provoking.

So the poor eldest prince didn't even have a courtier to discuss with, when he saw Xie Ling asking, he told him that he was going to ask Xie Ling to go back to the mansion and ask Cheng Engong's mansion about his ideas.

It was the red-eyed errand that made the second prince jealous that went wrong.

That famous Confucian, Mr. Zhou, refused to become an official in the court.

The emperor thought very well. Inviting such a famous scholar of Confucianism to the Chongwen Museum is just a bright and golden signboard.

But Mr. Zhou, don't say that he is seventy this year and doesn't want to come to work when he is old. Even when he was young, he never had the heart of fame and wealth.

My lifelong ambition is to be a good teacher.

For those students who are eager to learn and have qualifications, if they are poor, he not only refuses to study, but even subsidizes the students to go to Beijing to catch up with the exam.

As a result, there were not a few children from poor families who passed the imperial examination and became officials from his subordinates, which made this Mr. Zhou more and more famous.

Therefore, he left his hometown in Shandong after the age of 50. During his study tours across the country, he almost never needed to spend on his own. What he did was that he was not entertained by his old students. He was invited to give a grand reception.

Now that he was in the capital, the emperor wanted to give him an official position, but Mr. Zhou refused to do so.

The eldest prince also didn't want to fail his first job.However, Mr. Zhou was very resolute. Not to mention the people from the Chongwen Museum, even the Minister of the Ministry of Rites went in person, but Mr. Zhou still declined.

It's not that the eldest prince is unwilling to go because of his status, but because he is afraid that if Mr. Zhou shakes his head again, it will be too late for him, and no one else will be able to go.

Could it be that the emperor and the Supreme Emperor are invited to invite them in person?

So the First Prince was quite worried.

Xie Ling pondered for a moment and suddenly said: "Your Highness, why don't you ask Shang Shilang if there is anything you can do?"

Shang Chi is now working as a servant in the household department, so Xie Ling is called this.

The eldest prince took two steps on the spot: "In the past, I naturally didn't want to take the initiative to contact the Baoninghou Mansion, so as not to arouse the embarrassment of my father. But now regarding the matter of the third brother, the Baoninghou Mansion is the first to reveal its intentions. It’s really a good way to get closer.”

It was only after the first prince finished speaking that he realized that his cousin had a lot of words today.

Xie Ling is very sober now, if the Marquis of Baoning refused to stand by the eldest prince, his marriage with Shang Chanchan would naturally be impossible.On the contrary, if the Baoninghou Mansion forms an alliance with the First Prince, then his marriage with Shang Chanchan is undoubtedly the best bond between the two parties, and it is logical.

Now let's say three days later,

In spring, the scenery is prosperous, and the imperial garden is full of lush vegetation and wonderful flowers.

Qianqiu Pavilion is located in the south corner of the Imperial Garden, quite quiet, with rockery obliquely obstructing the front and vines hanging upside down.In addition to the current spring scene, several weeping willows are mixed with peaches and apricots, covering a path leading to the pavilion so that there is almost no sunlight.

Princess Lirong chose such a remote place on purpose, just because she didn't want to make a big noise, and it was well-intentioned to ask Xiao Rang to be taken by His Majesty to investigate.

Of course, she didn't know that the second prince would deliberately plan to find fault.

Now, she and Shang Chanchan are just happily preparing to shoot pigeons.

Looking at the fallen flowers on the ground, Shang Chanchan thought of Daiyu's "Song of Burying Flowers".Princess Lirong saw her looking at the flowers, and had a sudden thought: "The steamed dim sum on the plantains has a special fragrance. I don't know what it would taste like if I got some other flowers and leaves?"

Shang Chanchan's thoughts also turned to eating: "We can try it, but we still have to ask an imperial physician, it is said that some flowers are poisonous."

The two of them brought only two young maids, and walked separately, and when they arrived at the Qianqiu Pavilion, they found that Xie Ling and the Fifth Prince were already waiting there.

As soon as the fifth prince met, he apologized and complained: "Last time, I miscalculated the date, which disappointed everyone. Alas, the emperor has been arresting me more and more severely recently, and only ordered me to be careful, and I will settle the score together later. .”

So recently the fifth prince avoided the emperor like a cat and mouse.

Shang Chanchan smiled and said, "If you have too many lice, don't bite, and if you have too many debts, you don't have to worry about it. I think it's cheaper if you count them together, Fifth Highness."

Princess Lirong picked out the slingshot and projectiles placed on the stone table, walked over and said with a smile, "What Chanchan said is very true."

Xie Ling stood aside.

He had already typed up a lot of manuscripts, and he was about to tell Shang Chanchan directly when he saw Shang Chanchan, but when he saw her walking from among the flowers, talking and laughing at Yanyan, he was stunned for a moment.

Seeing Xie Ling looking at her, Shang Chanchan thought she had something to say about Concubine Xian, so she nodded to him.

The two now have a tacit understanding, and after looking at each other and nodding, they will find an opportunity to chat alone.And these opportunities are so easy to find.

Because the daily life of Princess Lirong and the five princes is choking.

Sure enough, it started again at this time.

Princess Lirong said casually: "You can't usually focus on catching up with your homework, and then be more down-to-earth when you come to fight with us, so as not to worry about yourself, and we often disappoint the fun."

The fifth prince retorted: "If I could put my heart into my homework, would I come out to hunt birds? Have you ever seen the second brother and the third brother willing to coax your girls to play?"

Princess Lirong became angry on the spot: "Are you kidding me? Who do you look down on? You can compare me first before talking."

Shang Chanchan knew that if they didn't start a fight, the two of them could quarrel until the end, so she just smiled and extended her hand to Xie Ling as an invitation: "Brother Xie, come and help me pick some bullets."

Then the two came to the stone table.

Shang Chanchan casually played with the marbles on the table: "What's the matter?"

Xie Ling got straight to the point: "Do you still remember what I said to you on the Lantern Festival?"

Shang Chanchan paused: "I said a lot that day, which one do you ask?"

Xie Ling repeated what he said that Jia Baoyu could not be entrusted to him for life, but he was different.It was rare for him to say so many words in one go, so he paused before continuing: "Do you really understand these words?"

Shang Chanchan was very guilty: Could this person be able to read minds?From that day on, although I agreed with my mouth, I never said a good word about him to Sister Lin.Besides, he had just been kicked out of the brother-in-law list, why did he come to ask today.

He remembered that Xie Ling had always been very kind to her, but he didn't fulfill his promise.

Even Shang Chanchan was short of breath.

So he bowed his head and said in a low voice: "Brother Xie, there are some things that cannot be forced. Hey, don't stare at me, I'm not perfunctory, but speaking for you is really out of courtesy, so it's not easy to speak."

It can be said that Shang Chanchan perfectly inherited Shang Duo's temperament in this aspect.

When the etiquette is beneficial to her, she will act according to the rules. If it is not good, she will try her best to take advantage of the etiquette.

No, at this time, Xie Ling was blocked by etiquette again.

Xie Ling has already lost his mind now, upon hearing her words, he immediately understood: Sure enough, he was the only one who made a mistake in the past.

However, he had already planned for the worst, so he just suppressed the disappointment in his heart and continued to speak straightforwardly: "You don't need to speak to anyone. Those words were meant for you."

The bullet in Shang Chanchan's hand fell back onto the table with a crisp sound.

And she herself felt that her hair stood up in surprise.

It can be seen that the reincarnation in this world is not good.

A few days ago, Xie Ling in Cheng Engong's mansion was shocked like a blow to the head, and now Shang Chanchan felt the same way.

However, as long as she has nothing to do with knowledge, her mind always turns quickly, so she just froze for a moment, connected all the things together, pointed to Xie Ling and said, "So it's... no wonder... that's how it is!"

Those subtle eerie feelings from before were immediately explained.

Like a small jigsaw puzzle that has been misplaced, it is difficult to distinguish at first glance in the whole picture, and I just feel a little awkward.Once corrected by others, you will immediately understand: it is so.

It was all my own misunderstanding!It turned out that the Xie family wanted to marry the Baoninghou Mansion!

That's why Xie Ling confessed to himself the inheritance and wealth of the Xie family and his own ambitions.

Shang Chanchan's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and she didn't know what to say, so she just stared at Xie Ling for a while.

Seeing Shang Chanchan staring at him with burning eyes, Xie Ling lowered his head and looked away, and continued to memorize the draft he had drawn up.

"You and I also know each other's temperament quite well. These days, it can be regarded as..." Xie Ling paused before saying the words childhood sweetheart.

Why didn't he understand, these four words were a bit abrupt, but since he had already explained the matter today, he simply spoke freely.If it doesn't work, Shang Chanchan probably won't see him again, so what's the use of keeping these four words.

As soon as he said these four words.Shang Chanchan panicked instead.

Ever since she realized that she had returned to the ancient times, the first thing she convinced herself to accept her fate was that it would probably end in a blind marriage, and that getting married depends entirely on luck.

Fortunately, the Marquis of Baoning's mansion is very powerful, she comforted herself that the future would definitely not be as bleak as Yingchun.

Because the mother's family is too strong, so Xie Yucee's words just now, she only thinks that the two families are preparing to marry, and the Xie family also wants to win over Baoninghou's mansion just like the concubine's natal family.

But now, as soon as the words "childhood sweetheart" came out, it immediately became more serious, with affection in it.

In her past and present lives, all these years add up, she has always been a happy single dog, with no experience in this matter.Rather than face such an embarrassing situation, she would rather face ten Zhou Jingran who bared their teeth and claws.

So when Xie Ling uttered the words childhood sweetheart, her face turned red, and she retorted subconsciously: "What childhood sweetheart, according to your theory, if you understand each other's temperament, then you are childhood sweethearts, then...all the races in the world are still It's family now."

She wanted to say: According to your theory, there are really 56 nationalities and 56 flowers, and 56 nationalities are one family!

Fortunately, when the words came to his lips, he remembered that the dynasty was wrong, so he turned around abruptly.

So he said something that even he didn't know, he just spoke incoherently and completely messed up.

On the contrary, Xie Ling suddenly raised his eyebrows, as if a sword was about to come out of its sheath, showing a cold light: "You actually compare me with a foreign race?"

"The Xiongnu, Qiang and Rong have been a trouble to China since the time of Yao and Shun. The Jin and Tang dynasties suffered greatly from it. Now our dynasty also has many soldiers stationed on the frontier all year round. The flesh and blood and bones are piled up into mountains, just to prevent these rampant and young people! You Are you comparing me to them now? Don’t they regard me as an enemy.”

Shang Chanchan: ...? ? ?

Where does this follow.

She is also to blame, as a history blind, she made a wrong analogy.

In a family like the Xie family who have been generals for many generations, many relatives died on the battlefield, and even no bones survived.Naturally, he hated those alien races who invaded the territory.

Xie Ling had just expressed his sincerity, and when he told Shang Chanchan to say such a thing, he would rather admit that the other race was a family than admit that he was with his childhood sweetheart, so it didn't hurt.

So for the first time, he showed a stern look towards Shang Chanchan.

At this moment, the two of them escaped from the embarrassing atmosphere caused by the words of their childhood sweethearts, and fell into an even more strange atmosphere, which could almost be called a tense atmosphere.

Shang Chanchan had always seen Xie Ling being very gentle towards her, but when she had seen him be so fierce, she felt a little wronged in her heart: You said you were a childhood sweetheart, that's how you caught my fault?

So Shang Chanchan just said: "Okay, count me as wrong. We are neither childhood sweethearts nor enemies."

Xie Ling frowned: "What is that?"

Shang Chanchan pointed at him first: "Pedestrian A." Then pointed to herself: "Pedestrian B. Do you understand?"

Xie Ling shook her head: "I don't understand."

Shang Chanchan's chest was blocked. In the past, Xie Ling understood what she said. Why is it so difficult for the two of them to communicate today, so he became more angry and said, "It's just a passerby, a passerby who just met by chance!"

When she blurted out like this, seeing that Xie Ling's lips turned pale immediately, she couldn't bear it and lowered her head.

Xie Ling took a deep breath and said, "Okay. Since you are a stranger, I will investigate the affairs of the concubine Xian's mother's house for you. How will you pay back what you owe me? When will you pay it back?"

Shang Chanchan was dumbfounded: ... This person really turned his face like a book, last time he said that there was no debt between you and me, now he will start asking for debts!

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