A woman's cry could be heard in the hall. Prince Jin'an, who had hesitated to come over again, stopped his steps and looked shocked again.
Cry!
I have known her for four or five years, and this is the first time I heard her cry like this, and I burst into tears.
Who could make her cry like this without any scruples?
Prince Jin'an couldn't help but look carefully.
The door of the hall was open, and there were two men faintly visible through the gauze curtain. Because their backs were turned, they could not be seen clearly. Only one of them could be seen with his figure slightly lowered. Prince Jin'an recognized him as Manager Cao.
As for the other one, her clothes were a little shabby and she was thin, but her posture was relaxed and casual. The woman was leaning on the ground facing him, her shoulders hunched.
It's this person.
Who is this person?
"Say he's a member of the family."
A voice whispered in my ear.
Prince Jin'an was startled and stood up straight, looking at Eunuch Jing next to him.
"What are you doing sneakily?" He raised his eyebrows and shouted in a low voice.
Who is sneaking around...
Eunuch Jing murmured in his heart.
This is your yard, your house, your wife is seeing her foreign husband, but you dare not come in and stand outside to peek.
"Your Highness, it is said that he is from Jiangzhou. Since he is from the princess's natal family, Your Highness, you must meet him," he said.
The crying in the hall continued.
In fact, being able to cry is also a kind of happiness.
Prince Jin'an shook his head.
"Let them talk freely first. They will naturally come to see me in a while." He said, turned around and stepped forward, "I'm going to the study room outside."
Eunuch Jing looked into the courtyard again and saw that the woman was still leaning over and crying.
It's really strange. Is it because you met your mother's family?
It's really strange, is there anyone else in her family who can make her so moved?
At this time, Cheng Ping and Cao Gui, who were sitting in the hall, looked very strange.
Cao Gui's servant bowed his head slightly, while Cheng Ping looked at the hall with his hands in confusion, his lips moving slightly, as if he was murmuring to himself.
The girl's cries gradually subsided in the room, and then she saluted and stood up.
Banqin, who was wiping her tears beside her, quickly got up and followed her to the bathroom to help her wash up.
Cao Gui and Cheng Ping both breathed a sigh of relief.
"After all, no one from my mother's family was around when I got married." Cao Guihu said in a low voice, "When I first meet my elders, my wife will inevitably feel uncomfortable."
They were waiting for the announcement in the outer courtyard, but they didn't expect Cheng Jiaoniang to run over in person. After running over, they couldn't help but salute, cover their faces and cry.
Cheng Ping was so frightened that he wanted to run away on the spot. Fortunately, Cao Gui was no stranger to this kind of scene, so he held Cheng Ping down in time and calmly.
This sadness continues from the outer courtyard to the inner courtyard.
Meeting elders for the first time? When she first met in Jiangzhou, she had no shortage of elders named Cheng. Didn't she cry when she saw her?
Because of this face.
Cheng Ping couldn't help but reached out and touched his face.
It's been so long and it's still like this.
"Based on seniority, I have to call her little aunt." He smiled dryly and whispered to Cao Gui.
Cao Gui glared at him.
"Stop talking nonsense, I'm giving you an advantage by promoting you as an elder." He whispered, "If I had known better, I wouldn't have brought you here."
I thought that my wife is now married and living a good life, and it will never be the same as before, but I didn't expect...
Cao Gui suddenly hesitated, not knowing whether he was right or wrong in bringing Cheng Ping.
What is right is that the lady is really unusual for Cheng Ping, but what is wrong is that the lady will become weird when she sees this Cheng Ping.
The sound of footsteps was heard, and Cheng Jiaoniang walked out after washing her face and applying makeup again.
Cao Gui hurriedly lowered his head and sat down.
There was silence in the room.
"Originally, I had gone out a long time ago, but later I learned that Cheng Ping was in trouble again, so I turned back to bring him here, which delayed my time in going back and forth." Manager Cao hurriedly spoke first.
"How do you call yourself a troublemaker? What trouble did I cause?" Cheng Ping said with a frown.
Manager Cao turned around and glared.
"What trouble is it that someone dies in front of you if it's not your fault?" He said, "If you hadn't told them that their life span was up, would they have died of anger in front of you?"
Back then you said that our wife is a lifeless person. How many people in this world are like our wife? You just tell people nonsense and cause trouble.
"He died in front of me because his lifespan was up. Why am I so angry?" Cheng Ping shook his head and said.
Manager Cao stared and was about to speak, but someone spoke before him.
"His life span has expired, so you are just following fate by making him mad, right?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
Cheng Ping was stunned for a moment.
"No." He hurriedly waved his hands and said, "No, I'm really not mad at him. It's destiny that he has reached the end of his life, but I can't be mad at him either."
"If destiny is like this, why not?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
Why not?
There’s no need to ask Cheng Ping. Manager Cao thinks he can answer it himself.
Because there is no hatred or hatred for no reason, how can you kill someone just because he is going to die?
Look, look, you really shouldn't have brought Cheng Ping to see your wife, you should have left him in the care of Mr. Cheng, and look at the stupid things that made your wife say something stupid.
"You said this."
Cheng Ping did not answer, but said with a hint of surprise.
Which?
Manager Cao was stunned for a moment and looked at Cheng Ping.
"Of course not, because all things have their own moral principles, and moral principles are also responsible for the creation of human beings." Cheng Ping said with a smile.
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Prince Jin'an picked up the book in his hand again.
"Your Highness, if you don't want to read it, then stop reading it." Eunuch Jing said. Without waiting for Prince Jin'an to speak, he hurriedly continued, "Your Highness is in good health after all, and it is more important to rest your mind."
Anyway, I can’t stand it any longer, so I’m going back and forth between picking it up and putting it down to rest my mind.
The prince of Jin'an County threw the book down.
"How well prepared is the table?" he asked.
"Don't worry, Your Highness, everything is ready." Eunuch Jing said with a smile, "It's rare for Madam's family to have an important relative come to visit, so we can't let Your Highness lose face."
It's rare that she has someone she cares about...
Prince Jin'an nodded and shook his head.
"She doesn't care about the shamelessness given by others." He said, unable to conceal his curiosity, "...what kind of person is that person?"
She looks very young from the back, not much older than Cheng Jiaoniang.
"I didn't look carefully. I thought those who were being ordered around by Manager Cao were all Madam's messengers. They are only twenty-three or four years old, fair and skinny..." Eunuch Jing said without saying anything.
Finally the waiter came in.
"The princess sent someone to see your highness."
It's finally here.
I still know some rules.
Eunuch Jin made a fuss, and Prince Jin'an already nodded happily.
Su Xin brought Cheng Ping in, while Manager Cao kowtowed outside the door.
As expected, he was a fair-skinned young man, nothing special. He was similar to Cheng Silang, but he looked much more energetic than Cheng Silang. He looked like he had traveled a lot and seen all kinds of things in the world.
"...In terms of seniority, Madam is my little aunt..." Cheng Ping saluted and said.
Talk about seniority!
Prince Jin'an raised his eyebrows.
If it is seniority, it is seniority. Unless it is not seniority, it is said to be based on seniority.
He is from Nancheng.
Prince Jin'an understood immediately.
Nan Cheng and Bei Cheng were already far apart, but she didn't expect that there would be someone who could make her lose her composure.
Cheng Jiaoniang would never lose her composure in front of Cheng Silang. Nan Cheng’s distant branch...
"Where is the banquet?" Prince Jin'an asked after thinking.
"Madam has arranged it in the outer courtyard. Just let the slaves accompany you." Su Xin said hurriedly.
She doesn't even need him to accompany her? And she doesn't accompany her either!
Prince Jin'an was a little surprised, but since it was Cheng Jiaoniang who said it, he would not say any more and watched Cheng Ping leave his luggage before leaving.
Eunuch Jin nodded with some satisfaction.
It turns out that they are distant relatives, so naturally they are not qualified for His Highness to come to accompany them. Let alone distant relatives, only Master Cheng Er and Master Cheng of the Cheng family can be qualified for the prince to accompany them.
It seems that he is not a relative whom he values much.
"Your Highness, do you want to eat here, or..." he asked.
Before he finished speaking, Prince Jin'an had already walked out.
Nonsense, no need to ask, I just wish I could never leave.
Eunuch Jin lowered his head and curled his lips and hurriedly opened the curtain.
Returning to the inner courtyard, Prince Jin'an found that even Banqin was no longer in front of him. He was surprised and a little surprised.
You can say that you don’t need to accompany yourself, you can also say that you don’t need Cheng Ping to accompany you.
Isn't this also a kind of consideration?
"I thought the lady wanted to entertain her personally." Banqin whispered, looking into the hall.
A table was set up in the living room in the outer courtyard, and the maids and waiters filed in and out. Cheng Ping was the only one sitting in the huge hall.
"I am actually enjoying such a nice table all to myself."
He said with a smile without any restraint.
"Guanshi Cao is on the other side." Su Xin said with a smile, while pouring the wine herself, "I don't dare to sit with you at the same table."
Cheng Ping smiled and took the wine glass.
"It just so happens that I can have my own meal, but he is too nagging." He said with a smile.
No fear or pride, just deal with it calmly.
Su Xin smiled and stepped aside.
"Do you know why Madam doesn't entertain you personally?" she whispered to Banqin.
Banqin shook his head.
I thought I wanted the Prince of Jin'an County to accompany me, but it didn't happen either.
"Because I don't dare." Su Xin laughed in a low voice, "You don't dare to look at Cheng Ping until you see Madam, let alone sit at the table with her."
Prince Jin'an's eyes fell on Cheng Jiaoniang again.
She had cried. Although cleansing her face and applying powder could not hide it, he knew this change.
This absent-minded change was what surprised him.
"Have we known each other since childhood?" he couldn't help but ask.
Cheng Jiaoniang raised her head and seemed not to hear what he said clearly, so Prince Jin'an asked again with a smile, and felt a little regretful after asking.
He knew very clearly about her. He knew that she had been stupid since she was a child, that she had left home since she was a child, and that she knew who she knew when she was a child...
Have you known each other since childhood?
Cheng Jiaoniang looked slightly startled.
"Yes." she said.
From the time he could barely walk, he was held in his arms and pointed at the portraits in the ancestral hall.
"Ah Fang, this is our ancestor."
It's just that the ancestor in the portrait is not what he looked like when he was young, but a kindly old man.
A smile appeared on Cheng Jiaoniang's lips.
Prince Jin'an was stunned when he heard this answer. Then he looked at the smile on her lips and her soft and bright eyes...
No way? We have known each other since childhood!
"Madam, I've finished eating and said I wanted to say goodbye." Banqin walked in quickly from outside and said.
Cheng Jiaoniang immediately put down the chopsticks in her hand.
"Please wait a moment, I have something to say to him," she said.
Banqin hurriedly responded, opened the curtain, and Cheng Jiaoniang rinsed her mouth and wiped the corners of her mouth before hurriedly going out.
The room fell into silence.
The prince of Jin'an County sat in front of the table with chopsticks in his hands, looking shocked.
There is something I want to say to him...
There are times when she wants to talk to someone!
She actually laughs when she thinks of someone!
There is such a person in the world!
Who is this person!
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For the sake of continuity of the plot, I will add a paragraph in the afternoon as the second update. (To be continued)
