I was a princess in ancient times

The smile on Prince Qinghe's face gradually disappeared.He didn't understand why King Jia was smart since he was a child, but why he was so inexperienced when it came to the marriage of his children.

Is it because a wise man is bound to lose something if he thinks about it?

"It's not Mingtong, it's Xinxue!" Prince Qinghe Prince was afraid that King Jia wouldn't hear him clearly, so he deliberately emphasized loudly, "It's Xinxue who was studying in Hanzhuyuan with Yu Heng."

"How is it possible?!" King Jia felt that Prince Qinghe was joking with him.

The Crown Prince of Qinghe County was very surprised when he found King Jia's reluctance. He patted the table in dissatisfaction, "How is that impossible? They have been classmates for three years and get along day and night. Xinxue's face is like yours, and she is beautiful. Yu Heng has eyes."

After hearing the words of Prince Qinghe's son, King Jia couldn't even force a smile, and repeated in his heart silently.

'This is Uncle Lu Wang, he has no malicious intentions. '

Before today, King Jia never thought that the first time someone came to King Jia's mansion to propose a marriage, the person he would meet would be Ji Xinxue.

Seeing that King Jia didn't reply for a long time, Prince Qinghe's son saw the ease in his eyes gradually turning serious, "I know you are walking on thin ice now, and you don't want to easily arrange a marriage for your children. When Yu Heng begged me to propose marriage, I asked him if you What should I do if I follow in the footsteps of the Fourth and the Ninth."

King Jia stared blankly at Prince Qinghe's son, his voice was extremely hoarse, "What should I do?"

"He said that he only believed that Xinxue was his concubine, and as long as Xinxue had something to say, he was obliged to do so." Prince Qinghe said solemnly.

Yu Heng is the younger generation valued by Prince Qinghe County, so why not King Jia?

To decide on this marriage, as long as the next emperor is different from Emperor Yanguang, no matter what the future of King Jia is, at least the heart and soul of King Jia can live a prosperous and peaceful life.

"Jun, wang, concubine." King Jia murmured in a low voice, and suddenly gritted his teeth, "It must be Xinxue? What's wrong with Mingtong!"

After hearing the hint from Prince Qinghe County, King Jia couldn't help but be moved by this marriage.

Xianglin County King's face will definitely save his future wife, and as long as Yu Heng is willing, it will also allow his future wife's brothers and sisters to have a good life.

Why is Xiao Wu chosen?

As long as it wasn't Xiao Wu, even if Yu Heng wanted to marry Ji Minyan, who was four years older than him, Jia Wang would immediately agree to the marriage.

Before the Crown Prince of Qinghe County, whose expression was gradually getting angry, could speak, King Jia had already looked at the Prince Prince Qinghe County pleadingly, "Brother, you can ask Yu Heng if Ming Tong can do it."

Prince Qinghe and King Jia are uncles and nephews, they have known each other since they were young, Prince Qinghe is mature and prudent, his nature is just like Ji Cheng tried his best to pretend, but King Jia is honest on the surface, always making troubles quietly when others are not paying attention.

Every time he got into trouble, King Jia would pitifully grab the hem of Prince Qinghe's clothes and call him brother, begging Prince Qinghe to take the blame for him.

The young King Jia already knew that the same thing happened to Prince Qinghe, most of them were mild reprimands, but it would hurt Su Zhaoyi if it happened to him.

Now both of them have sons and daughters, even the sons and daughters have begun to talk about marriage, Jia Wang still retains the habits of his childhood.

The tricks that were always invincible, but this time, they were reprimanded mercilessly by the Prince of Qinghe County.

"Nonsense!" Prince Qinghe's face flushed with anger, "Do you know what you're talking about?"

Disappointed and puzzled words came out of his mouth, but Prince Qinghe didn't know what to say, he turned his head bitterly, unwilling to see King Jia's face.

The fact that they didn't leave immediately was due to the friendship between the two since they were young.

Jia Wang smiled wryly and rubbed the hand that was thrown away fiercely.

He knew what he was talking about, to the extent that he felt outrageous.

Song Nian took the Baihuo tea delivered to the door by the servant, and placed it lightly in front of Prince Qinghe and King Jia.

Jia Wang picked up the teacup and drank it down in one gulp, the bitter taste flowed down his tongue and throat.

"Uncle Wang, I accept this marriage." King Jia took out the pendant attached to his chest, and held it to Prince Qinghe County with both hands.

This is a piece of purple jade in the shape of a butterfly, which is just enough to be held in the hand. Two pieces of sapphire are inlaid at the position of the butterfly's eyes, and the wings of the butterfly are also inlaid with jade stones of various colors cut into various shapes. The illusion of flying.

Not to mention the materials used for butterflies, this craft alone has long since disappeared.

The Crown Prince of Qinghe glanced at the butterfly-shaped purple jade that King Jia was holding in his palm, his tense face eased a little. He knew this piece of jade. King Jia had been wearing this butterfly-shaped purple jade since he was a child, and he almost never left his body.

This is a rare treasure given to Concubine Su De by Emperor Yanguang when Concubine Su De gave birth to King Jia. Many people know that this purple jade butterfly is in the hands of King Jia.

King Jia was willing to use this piece of jade to make a verbal agreement with Yu Heng, it could not be said that he was insincere.

The Crown Prince of Qinghe County sneered and pushed King Jia's hand away, and said solemnly, "I ask you, what do you want?"

King Jia closed his eyelids and opened them again, all the complex emotions in his eyes were suppressed, and his tone was exceptionally calm, "I should ask Yu Heng to marry me...Xiao Wu, wait until the time is right, and then talk about marriage."

"You are not willing?" Suspicion flashed in the eyes of Prince Qinghe County.

This was the result that he never expected before coming to Prince Jia's Mansion to propose marriage for Yu Heng.

He didn't think King Jia would have prejudice against Ji Xinxue, but King Jia's various behaviors seemed to be prejudiced against Ji Xinxue, and he even wanted to transfer the good marriage that fell on Ji Xinxue to Ji Mingtong.

"Ji Linyuan, Yu Heng is sincerely asking to marry Xinxue. You can agree to this marriage with the thought of treating him as a way out, but you can't deceive others too much." Prince Qinghe County's son paused every word, warning King Jia with a solemn expression.

King Jia lowered his head obediently, "I know, Uncle Wang, I really want to marry Princess An's mansion."

He was the one who bullied Yu Heng today, and if there is a chance in the future, he will definitely make up for Yu Heng.

The Crown Prince of Qinghe County stared fixedly at King Jia for a long time, finally willing to believe that King Jia really wanted to get married, and took out the token Yu Heng gave him.

Yu Heng's token was a long-lived lock that looked ordinary, compared to the purple jade butterfly that King Jia took out, it could even be considered ordinary.

The back of the Longevity Lock is engraved with names in different scripts in sequence.

Yu Qing, Yu Baoer, Yu An, Yu Yu, Yu Heng.

This is a longevity lock worn by five generations.

Jia Wang rubbed the notch on the longevity lock, almost unable to maintain the smile on his face.

Really sinful.

After the token was exchanged, the verbal agreement was considered valid, and Prince Qinghe reluctantly stayed for dinner.

Seeing King Jia serve him wine and vegetables without complaint, the remaining anger in Prince Qinghe's heart gradually dissipated.

Forget it, presumably it was because the court and the harem had to stop recently that King Jia lost his sense of proportion.

Prince Qinghe's expression gradually softened, and he counted Yu Heng's advantages in detail with King Jia, "Fenglang can work with me at a young age, and he can also be respected by those old fritters in the clan's mansion. Besides his natural status is noble, It's also because he is sensitive and studious, and his majesty can convince those people. Look at Ji Cheng, he also clamors to do errands for me every day. It's not that I didn't give him a chance, but he failed to do anything. I want Yu Heng to clean up the mess for him."

"This child is not only appropriate in everything, but also extremely filial. He has never neglected rituals and birthday gifts. As elders, we don't want him to do this, but it is extremely rare for him to have such an attitude."

"You have such a son-in-law, let's have fun secretly from now on, I just don't have a daughter, otherwise I would never help Feng Lang propose marriage to others."

After counting Yu Heng's benefits in detail, Prince Qinghe wanted King Jia to love Yu Heng more.

He said heartbrokenly, "All the children born to Princess Anguo died in the war. Many years later, there was Aunt Bao. I wish I could hold Aunt Bao in the palm of my hand. It is a pity that Aunt Bao was weak since she was a child, and she gave birth to King An. The queen passed away. Princess An Guo was more careful with Sister An Wang than Aunt Bao Wang, and she never made Sister An unhappy. Sister An used the same energy that Princess An Guo loved her to dote on Yu Yu. But it spoiled Yu Yu."

"You know the jokes that Yu Yu made back then. When she was dying, she didn't arrange a future for Yu Heng. Poor Fenglang suffered a lot in the British government. Yu Yu is headstrong, Qi Liu is ruthless, and the former son of the British prince. The couple is even more... oh."

"You will be Feng Lang's father in the future, and you must love him very much."

……

King Jia nodded indiscriminately, and filled his mouth with the jug.

He will definitely love Yu Heng well, even if he is a father.

Unless it is a righteous son.

Ji Xinxue, who was still in the palace, was completely unaware of the pain in King Jia's heart. He was sitting between the Fourth Lady and the Sixth Lady, listening to Su Xian talk to them about the concubines in the palace in detail.

They don't know how long they will live in the palace, and they may meet some concubines at some point, at least they must know what these concubines hate the most, so as not to cause unnecessary twists and turns.

Su Xian spoke as if she was telling a story, even the most active Ji Baoshan could listen patiently.

The empress is in the middle palace. Although Emperor Yanguang took over the right to manage the six palaces, the empress was selected according to the criteria for choosing a concubine. After getting married, she followed the empress of the first emperor. The concubine of the sixth palace for many years.

In Su Xian's mouth, the queen is a very good-tempered person who is very tolerant when she treats her. She will not embarrass people easily and is a good master to serve.

Ji Xinxue's eyebrows moved slightly.

Su Xian is a concubine, if she wasn't in the Palace of Virtuous Concubine, she would already be the lord of the first palace. When describing the empress, she is still a master who is easy to serve.

Concubine Gui and Concubine Shu have been demoted to common people, and the only concubines are Xian Concubine, Liang Concubine, and the last concubine De Concubine.

Concubine De naturally didn't need to say much, no matter how indifferent she was, she could still be called kind when she treated the little ladies of Prince Jia's Mansion.

Concubine Liang's reputation has long been spread throughout Chang'an, not to mention those who are in school or on errands, even Ji Baoshan, who has not yet started school, knows that she will run away when she sees Concubine Liang.

Concubine Xian is the adoptive mother of Princess Dehui, and the only one among the original four concubines who has never been pregnant.Concubine Xian's natal family has always stood in the court, not only does she not need to worry about it, but can support her.She doesn't expect to be favored by Emperor Yanguang, she only cares about whether Princess Dehui can grow up healthy.

After the young ladies of Prince Jia's Mansion entered the palace, they had already seen the concubine Xian who brought Princess Dehui to visit in Jianjia Palace.

From the temperament point of view, Concubine Xian is completely different from Concubine De. She was born in the Marquis Mansion, and has been wielding knives and guns since she was a child.

Not only did the fourth lady like Concubine Xian very much because of Princess Dehui, but the other young ladies in Prince Jia's mansion also had a good impression of Concubine Xian.

According to Su Xian, Concubine Xian is someone who does not need to be particularly careful.

If the ladies of Prince Jia's Mansion offended her unintentionally, she would look at Concubine De's face and not bother with them.

Under the concubine position, there are also Zhaoyuan, Zhaorong, Xiuyuan, Xiurong and others. They are all concubines who entered the palace in the early years. Because of their good family background, they had a good position when they first entered the palace. Being treated by Emperor Yanguang can also climb up in the harem every time.

These people have long lost the will to fight, and most of them keep cats and dogs in their palaces, and gather together in twos and threes to pass the time.

Besides, it is Emperor Yanguang's new favorite.

Concubine Yan is of course in the first place. As a person who had no extravagant hopes for Emperor Yanguang, Su Xian had a calm attitude when she mentioned Concubine Yan, "That's a smart person. As long as you don't provoke her, she will take the initiative to avoid it." looking at you."

It is precisely because she is smart enough that Concubine Yan avoids the Queen and Concubine De a lot. Even when facing Su Xian, who is also a concubine and has no favor for a long time, she is willing to regard herself as a lowly position and take the initiative to serve Su Xian.

Facing the concubine Liang who had already offended her, Concubine Yan repeatedly punched her hard.

So far, the harem has not had a second concubine from the Cui family, most of which is due to Concubine Yan.

The rest of the new favorites are all low-ranking concubines, and there is almost no special place except that they can see Emperor Yanguang every now and then.

These people are inferior to concubines Liang and Concubines Yan in terms of love, status and even middle-class concubines with family backgrounds. They usually just talk about each other and never dare to be disrespectful to the little ladies of the palace.

"Little granny, can I ask a question?" The third lady blushed slightly, as if she was embarrassed.

Su Xian smiled gently, "Of course you can ask."

The third lady ran to Su Xian's side and whispered something in Su Xian's ear.

Surprise appeared on Su Xian's face, she turned around and pinched the soft flesh on San Niangzi's face, and said angrily, "Why do you dare to ask anything, and immediately burn all your miscellaneous books after returning to the mansion, otherwise the princess will have to teach you a lesson."

The third lady repeatedly begged for mercy, and buried her blushing face into Su Xian's arms, "I know I was wrong, little granny should go around me."

Sixth Lady, who had been restrained for a while, trotted to Su Xian and Third Lady, and said aggrievedly, "Little granny also told me about happy things, I want to know too.

Su Xian coughed lightly, and said to Liu Niangzi seriously, "It's not a happy thing, you're still young, don't ask."

"I'm not young anymore, can I know?" Si Niangzi immediately pushed Liu Niangzi away and put herself on top.

Although Ji Xinxue did not speak, she did not hide the curiosity in her eyes.

Even the eldest lady got up from the chair silently and stood behind the younger sisters.

Everyone looked full of thirst for knowledge, Su Xian was so angry that she patted the third lady on the back in her arms again.

Her eyes flicked across everyone's faces, she hesitated for a while, first coaxed Liu Niangzi a few words, coaxing Liu Niangzi to go to Concubine De, then waved to the person who was still looking at her eagerly, and said reservedly, "come over."

Si Niangzi immediately took Ji Xinxue and threw herself on Ji Jingrou's back, just leaving the middle position for the eldest lady.

Embarrassment appeared in Su Xian's eyes, and she cleared her throat before she spoke, "She asked me if the saint had enough energy to summon his concubine the next day."

Ji Xinxue blinked.

Huh, I didn't expect San Niangzi to know a lot.

"What energy? How can you be tired from talking?" Si Niangzi was puzzled, and turned to look at Ji Xinxue beside her.

The corners of Ji Xinxue's mouth raised into a perfect arc, and she said slowly, "I have already said what I said today to today's concubine. When I meet other concubines in the future, I can't say what I have already said. It's so boring."

The fourth lady felt that what Ji Xinxue said made sense, she nodded her head heavily, and then had a new question, "Did the third sister read some miscellaneous books that she shouldn't have read?"

The smile on Ji Xinxue's face froze, "I'm still young, and I haven't read miscellaneous books. Ask Elder Sister if she knows."

Upon hearing this, the fourth lady immediately turned her head to look at the eldest lady behind her, but she only saw the back of the eldest lady.The eldest lady's voice became softer and softer from the door, "I'm a little hungry, so I'm going to ask Grandma for a piece of cake. If you have any questions, why don't you ask me."

Ji Xinxue took advantage of Fourth Lady's inattention, and quietly took half a step back. When Fourth Lady went to pester Third Lady who was still burying her head in Su Xian's arms and was unwilling to face reality, she faced Su Xian who was looking at him with a smile. Blessed the lower body, turned around and left.

He is also hungry and wants a pastry.

Ji Xinxue's life in the palace gradually turned from frightening to boring.

Concubine De took the eldest lady and third lady with her when she had nothing to do, and taught them housekeeping, and just took the entire Jianjia Palace for the eldest lady and third lady to practice.

The fourth lady was either sent by Concubine Xian to accompany Princess Dehui, or she was waiting in Jianjia Palace for Princess Dehui to come to her, no different from when she was studying in Hanmeiyuan.

Liu Niangzi was young, coaxed by the countless new toys in Jian Jia Palace, she had long forgotten what King Jia and Xu Ruren looked like.

Only Ji Xinxue was deeply bored, staring at the white clouds in the sky all day in a daze, even if Concubine De specially found a pair of black and white rabbits for him, she still managed to make Ji Xinxue show off her face.

Seeing Ji Xinxue's gloom, Concubine De and Su Xian specifically asked Ji Xinxue for something to pass the time, and they asked King Jia to bring it in from outside the palace.

Ji Xinxue wanted the toadstool bowl, but he didn't dare to say it.

After thinking about it, Ji Xinxue asked Concubine De and Su Xian for some Taoist and Buddhist books.

Concubine De specially asked people to go through the warehouse, and sent countless high-quality pens, inks, papers and inkstones to Ji Xinxue's residence.

Ji Xinxue asked people to move the rocking chair in the room to the window, and lazily nestled on it to read a book.

The words in the book were obscure and difficult to understand. He glanced at them, and after closing the book, he found that he didn't remember a single word.

Fortunately, Ji Xinxue didn't come to these books to understand them.

Although he had the idea of ​​knowing himself and the enemy, the monk that Emperor Yanguang listened to must not be a serious monk. Even if he could thoroughly understand all the books on Buddhism and Taoism in a short period of time, he might not be able to understand the monk's thoughts and ideas.

Ji Xinxue wanted to learn the basics of metaphysics through these books.

For example, how did the gods and fairies calculate the Zhengyang year, what is the reason for the mutual generation and restraint of the birth date, and the "nobility" that the monk said was casually fooling Emperor Yanguang or a well-founded fooling Emperor Yanguang...

Ten long days passed, and it was finally the day when Xiu Mu left the palace.

Ji Baoshan opened her eyes at dawn, chose the best clothes, and waited eagerly for the dawn.

Hearing the palace maid took Ji Baoshan's reaction as a joke to Concubine De and Su Xian, the others showed a bit of unnaturalness. They were older than Ji Baoshan, but their reaction when they woke up in the morning was not much better than Ji Baoshan.

Thinking about it this way, it seems that I feel sorry for Concubine De and Su Xian who are doing their best to take care of them.

Concubine De and Su Xian didn't mind this little thing, they knew that everyone was eager to go home, so they put down their chopsticks before eating a few bites of breakfast, and let the palace servants take everyone out of the palace.

The process of going out of the palace was far smoother than entering the palace. Emperor Yanguang was only worried that someone of unknown origin would enter the palace to assassinate him, and he would not worry that the person who left the palace would take things from the palace outside the palace.

After Ji Xinxue walked out of the palace gate, she looked back subconsciously, and felt that the process of leaving the palace was too easy, not like Emperor Yanguang's style.

The lords lived closer to the palace gate than the harem where the young ladies lived, and they also left the palace earlier than the young ladies. Ji Jingyu was already waiting for everyone in the carriage of Prince Jia's Mansion.

Ji Jingyu beckoned Ji Xinxue to his carriage.

He supported Ji Xinxue's arm, and after watching Ji Xinxue sit firmly, he opened his mouth, "Yu Heng asked me to tell you that he has to take a step ahead, and will wait for you in front of the palace gate at night."

Seeing Ji Xinxue smiled and answered without saying anything, Ji Jingyu couldn't help asking, "You and Yu Heng are classmates, and you have a good relationship on weekdays?"

Why did Yu Heng leave a special message for Ji Xinxue before returning home?

Recalling the way Yu Heng turned his head three times when he left, Ji Jingyu had no doubt that if he had spoken out to persuade Yu Heng to stay, he would have stayed.

"En!" Ji Xinxue nodded.

A faint melancholy appeared on Ji Jingyu's brows and eyes, and her voice became weak, "How good is it?"

Like Xiao Si and Ji Cheng?

Ji Xinxue thought for a while, then smiled and said, "Better than Fourth Sister and Princess Dehui."

Si Niangzi and Princess Dehui still quarreled, but he and Yu Heng never quarreled.

Ji Jingyu's heart was ashamed in an instant, and there was no more luck.

Before the fourth lady entered the palace, she asked him with an unhappy face why Princess Dehui was not a young man, otherwise she could marry Princess Dehui.

At that time, Ji Jingyu only thought that the children's words of the fourth lady were very interesting, and patiently told the fourth lady that even if Princess Dehui was a young gentleman, the fourth lady could not marry her own uncle, just like it was impossible for the fourth lady to marry Ji Cheng .

The pity on Si Niangzi's face immediately turned into happiness, and she kept complaining to Ji Jingyu about Ji Cheng's bad behavior.

Finally came to the conclusion that none of the lambs she raised wanted to marry Ji Cheng.

How relaxed Ji Jingyu was in that day, how heavy is Ji Jingyu's heart today.

He knew that Si Niangzi often said childish and childish words that were forgettable, which could not be taken seriously.But Ji Xinxue is younger than Fourth Lady, and more thoughtful and meticulous than Fourth Lady, and will always take Fourth Lady's words seriously in her heart.

With Si Niangzi and Ji Xinxue being inseparable on a daily basis and talking about everything, Ji Xinxue must know that Si Niangzi once thought that Princess Dehui would marry Princess Dehui if she was a young man.

Could it be that Ji Xinxue wants to marry Yu Heng?

Ji Jingyu, who still felt that Yu Heng was a dragon and a phoenix, had an unlimited future, and Ji Jingyu, who had a great affection for Yu Heng, suddenly felt that Yu Heng was nothing more than that.

Now everything is the legacy of the ancestors, but the excellent future may not be mediocre.

Seeing that Ji Jingyu suddenly lost interest in speaking, Ji Xinxue thought that Ji Jingyu was physically and mentally exhausted after a few days in the palace, so she specially poured a glass of warm water for Ji Jingyu, "Brother, drink water."

Ji Jingyu took the teacup from Ji Xinxue's hand, and added something to Yu Heng.

Thoughts were deep, and after spending so many days with him, he was able to resist asking how Xiao Wu was doing in the palace.

When they returned to King Jia's Mansion, King Jia hadn't left court yet, and everyone else went to report to their biological mother, Ji Xinxue also went to Qixia Courtyard, and asked the guards to send the peace scripture he had copied in the palace to Lady Zhong.

Ji Xinxue left after seeing the guards go and come back with her own eyes, and took out the word 'Xue Nu' with wet ink from the Qixia Courtyard.

After changing into looser and faster clothes, Ji Xinxue went straight to the backyard.

The number of rabbits and chickens was the same as when he left, neither decreased nor increased. Ji Xinxue counted the total twice before letting go of the worry in her throat.

When he got to the gate of the backyard, seeing the mournful expressions of the servants, he thought that King Jia had caught all his rabbits and chickens.

so far so good.

While Ji Xinxue was relieved, the servants also breathed a sigh of relief, and they exchanged glances with each other.

'The county lord didn't realize that the rabbits and chickens were half replaced? '

'Certainly not! '

If it weren't for the king's tricky mouth, he could tell that the chicken and rabbits in the Baimo courtyard tasted different from those outside, and Song Nian's internal supervisor would not have made such a bad move.

Now we can only hope that the hidden young rabbits and chickens will be brought up earlier, so that we can hide it from the county lord seamlessly, lest the county lord be sad.

After the servant left, Ji Xinxue went to look at the toadstool bowl immediately, and was completely relieved after making sure that the toadstool bowl was the same as before he entered the palace. After adding new beans to the toxin bowl, he went to the yard to find two unlucky eggs.

Because there was no experiment for a long time, the reserves in the toxin bowl were abnormally sufficient, and Ji Xinxue didn't feel bad about using it.

Before Ji Xinxue left the backyard, the two chickens kicked wildly.

Although Yu Heng didn't wait for Ji Xinxue outside the palace gate, he asked Qingzhu to bring new vegetable oil.

There are a total of five vegetable oils this time, and each vegetable oil has a different taste.

Ji Xinxue's time in King Jia's Mansion was too short, and when King Jia came back, she had to go to the front yard to answer questions. She didn't have time to leave half of each vegetable oil, and directly threw the beans contaminated with toxins into the porcelain jar and the toxin bowl hide together.

Wait until the next time you can go out of the palace, and then find a way to test the effect of these vegetable oils on removing toxins.

In order to minimize errors, Ji Xinxue rubs the beans repeatedly on the bowl to get as much mold as possible before putting the beans in the porcelain jar.

Time flies so fast when there is something to do.

Ji Xinxue hastily dealt with the affairs in the backyard, and before he had time to change his clothes, a servant came to tell him that King Jia had already returned to the mansion and was looking for his children to go to the front yard.

Because Ji Xinxue had to change clothes, Ji Xinxue was delayed for some time. When he arrived at the front yard, there was only Fourth Lady beside King Jia.

As soon as she stepped into the warm pavilion in the front yard, Ji Xinxue felt something was wrong.

The way Jia Wang looked at him... seemed a little strange?

Before Ji Xinxue could think about where it was strange, Si Niangzi had already waved to Ji Xinxue again and again, she raised her chin proudly, "I only showed my face at Auntie's and came to guard the main courtyard, I was the first The one who met Aye."

Ji Xinxue nodded, and had to concentrate on dealing with Fourth Lady. As more and more people came to pay respects to King Jia, she gradually forgot about being vigilant.

In the past ten days, everything in the palace was peaceful and peaceful, Emperor Yanguang didn't make any troubles, King Jia didn't have anything special to tell his sons and daughters.

The daughters were all under the watchful eyes of Concubine De and Concubine Su, King Jia was completely at ease, so he spoke a few more words with Ji Jingyu.

Hearing that Ji Jingyu lived with Yu Heng, Ji Cheng, and Li Jinhuan in the palace, King Jia was relieved and at the same time felt more complicated.

He was silent for a while, and told Ji Jingyu, "You are the oldest, so take care of them, especially Yu Heng."

Ji Jingyu's eyelids twitched violently. With his character, even if he was extremely guarded against Yu Heng, he would only think about Yu Heng's badness in his heart, and would never tell others what hadn't happened yet.

He plucked up the courage to refute King Jia, "Yu Heng is fine and doesn't need my care."

Normally, when King Jia heard Ji Jingyu's words, he would have sensed Ji Jingyu's dissatisfaction with Yu Heng, but now he was in a complicated mood, so he didn't think about it deeply.

"You have aunt and aunt to take care of you, and I miss you outside the palace, but he can only take care of the affairs in the palace by himself, and the princess mansion is all counted on him." King Jia shook his head. After coming to him, he could no longer think deeply about Yu Heng.

There is no other reason, the conscience is too painful.

Ji Jingyu is a kind-hearted person. If someone offended him, he would forgive him as long as he said something nice, let alone Yu Heng who got along well with him.

His anger towards Yu Heng was only instinctive. Now that he heard King Jia's words, he felt guilty towards Yu Heng, "I see, Aye, I will take good care of him."

Think of it as taking care of your sister-in-law in advance, alas.

They had lunch with King Jia, and told King Jia about the progress they had made in the palace for many days. They heard that King Jia asked them to go back to his courtyard to rest for a while, and returned to the palace with energy, although they felt very reluctant , but they all responded obediently.

Even the most playful Fourth Lady and Sixth Lady didn't act coquettishly.

Until they were stopped by Song Nian on the way back to Baimoyuan, Ji Xinxue didn't think there was anything wrong with King Jia asking them to go back to rest earlier.

On the way back to the front yard, Ji Xinxue tried to get the words out of Song Nian's mouth, "Aye, how's your mood lately?"

Song Nian said, "Since you entered the palace, Your Majesty is rarely in a good mood, but it can't be called a bad mood either.

Ji Xinxue was dizzy from being surrounded by Song Nian.

What does it mean?

In a bad mood, but not completely in a bad mood.

Is it complicated?

Song Nian took Ji Xinxue to the study room, instead of going in with Ji Xinxue as usual, he guarded the door.

Ji Xinxue licked her dry lips, and walked into the study cautiously.

"Come." While waving, King Jia drank the remaining tea in the cup. This was the tea he had just started drinking recently, and it was said to have a calming effect.

Ji Xinxue obediently walked to King Jia's side, "Aye, what's the matter?"

Jia Wang looked at Ji Xinxue with complicated eyes, and nodded heavily, "I have already made a verbal engagement for you."

He thought that Yu Heng's conscience would hurt, but he never regretted the verbal engagement.

If he suffers a crushing defeat in the future, and the entire Jiawang Mansion will be implicated, let Ji Xinxue take the token sent by Yu Heng to the prince of Qinghe County to beg Yu Heng. .

If the situation is better, Yu Heng is more kind-hearted and values ​​the youthful friendship with Ji Xinxue, maybe he can save Ji Xinxue's sisters.

This is Jiawang's worst plan for the future.

If he could get what he wanted, the verbal engagement would naturally not count.

He will personally apologize to Yu Heng, recognize Yu Heng as his adopted son, and try his best to make up for the grievances Yu Heng suffered.

What made King Jia toss and turn for many days was not the verbal engagement that had already been agreed, but how to talk about it with Ji Xinxue.

King Jia didn't regret cheating Yu Heng for selfishness, but he didn't know what to do with Ji Xinxue.

What if Ji Xinxue, who is still not enlightened, is so devoted to Yu Heng because of her marriage contract, and after knowing that she is a man, she still cannot forget her youthful friendship with Yu Heng?

But he couldn't suddenly and straightforwardly tell Ji Xinxue's real gender.

Earlier, it was because she was afraid that Ji Xinxue would be at a loss when she suddenly knew her real gender, her behavior would become strange, and even her personality would change.

Jia Wang would find Baifu Wan for Ji Xinxue, and consider making an engagement between Ji Xinxue and Zhong Shishilang, but he would not tell Ji Xinxue's real gender.

In another hour, Ji Xinxue will enter the palace again.

For the present, the only way is to tell Ji Xinxue about the engagement in advance, and give some guidance based on Ji Xinxue's reaction.

If Ji Xinxue was overjoyed when she heard that she had made a verbal engagement with Yu Heng... Apart from preventing Ji Xinxue and Yu Heng from getting along alone, King Jia couldn't think of a better way.

Ji Xinxue blinked, he knew the verbal engagement.

A casual sentence during greetings is not considered a verbal marriage contract. It must be an important token exchanged to be a verbal marriage contract.

Before he left the palace, he had heard rumors that Mohe, who had already retired, had made a comeback. He thought that King Jia wanted to take advantage of the time when the clan girls were making engagements, and minimize his presence, so he made such a sudden engagement for him.

After all, he still has to cheat Twelve Lang.

Even though she has been preparing for this matter for more than three years, Ji Xinxue will still feel uncomfortable when the dust settles.

But he knew that King Jia who made this decision was more uncomfortable than him.

"When will you be officially hired?" Ji Xinxue tried to hide the disappointment and loss in her heart, not wanting to make King Jia feel more uncomfortable because of his reaction.

King Jia's heart sank completely.

He didn't even ask about the candidate, so Yu Heng must have told Ji Xinxue about it.

Knowing that the 'verbal engagement' was a trap from the beginning to the end of King Jia's mansion, King Jia still felt his back teeth itch, so he was silent for a while before he spoke, "I won't be hiring for the time being, you put away the token and don't leave."

Ji Xinxue nodded, and stretched out her hand to get the token wrapped in silk in King Jia's palm, but she noticed that King Jia was quietly holding the token from underneath, preventing him from taking it away.

Helplessness flashed across Ji Xinxue's eyes, but her mood relaxed a bit, and she broke Jiawang's fingers with both hands, trying to pull the token out of Jiawang's palm.

Open the silk silk, the token inside is a golden lock, the style is a bit luxurious, and the pattern on it is a unicorn.

Feeling that there are patterns on the front and back of the golden lock, Ji Xinxue deliberately turned the golden lock over to see the back.

虞卿

Yu Baoer

虞安

虞瑜

虞珩

Ji Xinxue stroked the notch on the back of the golden lock vigorously, and suddenly raised her head to look at King Jia, "What is this?"

"A token of verbal agreement." King Jia's tone was extraordinarily indifferent.

Ji Xinxue spoke incoherently, "No, Zhong, Yu... Didn't Zhong Twelve Lang make a decision? Why are the names on Jinsuo all from Yu Heng's family? Could it be that you took the wrong token?"

King Jia's eyes narrowed slightly, and the long and narrow phoenix eyes were even sharper, "I'm not mistaken, it was Yu Heng who asked the prince of Qinghe County to be a matchmaker. I accepted the marriage and gave the purple jade butterfly to the prince of Qinghe County. Prince Wang, give me this golden lock."

Ji Xinxue's outrageous thoughts emerged one after another, pushing his calmness and rationality into a corner, and said without thinking, "We are all men, how can we get engaged?"

Jia Wang clenched his hands on his lap, the surprise on his face was no less than that of Ji Xinxue.

"What did you say?!"