She did not have as good an ear as the Duke, so she could only hear faint voices inside, but she had no idea what was said.
"Do you even need to ask?" Xu Yun clasped his hands behind his hands, feeling quite proud of himself.
Are you kidding me, he won't be able to catch the points when they are given out?
Anyone who really wants to marry a wife would have no reason to answer wrongly.
Wu Jingying smiled and nodded.
Indeed, there is no need to ask.
I wonder how he would answer.
And his answer must not be to deal with his father, but should be sincere...
Xu Yun made a plan as he walked: "Tomorrow morning, I will go to pay my respects to the prince, and then I will beg him again..."
In short, before the matter is decided, his knees will follow the prince, and he will kneel wherever the prince is.
"By the way, what are the prince's hobbies? Eating wine? Appreciating paintings? Or tasting tea?" Xu Yun had never been so active in half his life.
Wu Jingying thought for a while and said: "My father used to like fishing, but now... I haven't been with my father for more than ten years. I may have to ask others about this..."
Ask others...
The prince's preferences are not revealed, so he must ask those who are familiar with him...
Xu Yun was thinking, but the first thing that popped into his mind was his father's face.
Then he shook his head again.
If he asks his father what the prince likes, he always thinks that his father will probably answer - what does he like? I think he likes to scold you the most!
No, no...
It is more reliable to go to Wu Shizi and Wu Shisun.
Xu Yun thought and said it.
Wu Jingying thought for a moment and suggested: "A Yuan can ask. As for Jing Ming... let's forget it."
After all, my younger brother knows it himself.
Not to mention it's his father's preference. I'm afraid my brother doesn't even understand his wife's preference.
but……
"I feel that although my father has not relented, he probably won't really object." She guessed: "If I think about it for two more days, I should just be trying to show off, and I don't want the Duke to get too complacent...
"
If his father had intended to object, he would not have asked Qinghu those three questions.
She didn't even need to use these to distinguish, just by looking at her father in the study, she could feel that her father was willing to fulfill her...
She felt that there was no suspense, but Xu Yun was half-convinced and worried about gains and losses, and did not dare to really let go.
At this juncture, we must not be lax and careless...
The plan to greet you tomorrow remains the same——
He's going to find Wu Shisun... Well, it's called birth, he's going to go find his future niece-in-law!
Xu Yun made up his mind, but inevitably became a little anxious, and urged: "A Ying, let's go faster, I'll send you back first."
After saying that, he took her arm and led her forward quickly.
"...?" Wu Jingying's eyes were full of confusion.
This has just been reconciled...
The first day...
The first hour!
Don’t you want to walk or talk to her again?
What's the point of urging her to go back quickly?
Can this man still do it?
"If you're really in a hurry, why don't I walk back by myself?"
Hearing this suggestion, Xu Yun blurted out: "That's fine, but can you remember the way?"
Hmm, why does it seem like the slender arm you are holding suddenly feels a little tight?
Xu Yun looked down subconsciously.
In his sight, he saw those white fingers clenched into fists...
"I have always had a good memory, didn't you know?" Her tone was calm and dignified.
"Ahem, of course I know." Xu Yun squeezed out a very sincere smile: "It's just that even if you remember the way, I won't worry. It's safest for me to take you back... Ah Ying, be careful when it gets dark.
Let’s walk more slowly.”
The two of them walked slowly.
The stars are shining all the way, and the moonlight gives everything a gentle color.
…
At the other end of the garden, Xu Mingshi, who was scurrying around the house like a rat—a rat that had just taken rat poison, finally found his sister.
His sister was walking with her sweetheart while admiring the moon, and was about to go back to her residence.
"...But it's easy to find me if you call me!" Xu Mingshi was so tired that he wanted to roll his eyes.
At first I went to look for her in her courtyard, but Ah Zhu only said that she hadn't come back yet.
He then went to his grandfather's place again, but heard Qin Wu say that only King Nan and his grandfather were discussing matters in the study, and she and Wu Shisun had left long ago——
As for where to go, I asked Qin Wushu and he didn't know.
In the end, he used his brain to think about it for himself, and felt that since he was walking with Wu Chao, he was probably visiting the garden - Huayuanzi, a place for young girls to fall in love in the storybook!
Oh, it's not just limited to young girls... Didn't the second uncle and the queen also come to the garden before?
But the garden is so big, and there are more than one large and small, so it is not that easy to find. He was able to find this place in the end thanks to the help of the Third Eye - raising a bird for a thousand days, using a bird for a while, that's it.
This is it.
"Why are you looking for me in the middle of the night?" Xu Mingyi looked at the boy in confusion.
"..." Xu Mingshi glanced at the jade-like young man standing beside her.
She also knew it was the middle of the night?
Where did he get the confidence to remind him so confidently?
Facing the complicated gaze of his future brother-in-law, Wu Chao coughed lightly and said, quite a bit like he didn't have three hundred taels of silver here: "...After I came back from the general, I happened to have some details that I wanted to explain to Zhao Zhao in detail, so I was delayed for a while.
You're here in such a hurry, but there's something important?"
Xu Mingshi hesitated for a moment.
There is indeed something urgent.
"I just..." He lowered his voice and did not express his request to talk to Xu Mingyi alone. "About an hour ago, I saw my second uncle and the Queen quietly going to the garden to talk..."
He thought for a while, this was a matter between two families, and there was no reason to avoid Wu Shisun in order to appear magnanimous.
He added: "I happened to see it, and because I thought it was a little strange, I came here to tell you..."
However, after saying these two sentences, there was no reaction from the two people in front of him.
Xu Mingshi was in doubt when he saw his sister opened her mouth and said in surprise: "Is this happening?"
After hearing this sentence, Wu Chao knew the way to go——
He frowned slightly, with appropriate confusion in his eyes: "Could I have seen it wrong?"
"..." Xu Mingshi didn't answer for a while.
Looking at the two people in front of him, the boy's eyebrows furrowed more and more tightly. After a moment, he issued a question——
"Did you already know this?"
There was silence for a while.
The girl said in a tone of "Now that you can see it, I'm too lazy to act": "It's not very early."
Hearing these words, Xu Mingshi had an inexplicable feeling that "it's not that surprising."
After all, this is Xu Mingyi——
But why is Wu Shisun like this?
Seeing the disappointed look cast by his brother-in-law, Wu Chao realized that this was very detrimental to him. His wife had not married yet, and a creature like his brother-in-law must never be offended——
Therefore, he immediately "subconsciously" glanced at the girl beside him, and then looked at his brother-in-law with an embarrassed and apologetic look.
"..." Xu Mingshi understood it immediately.
It turned out that due to Xu Mingyi's lustful power, he had no choice but to help the villain.
In this case, Wu Shisun cannot be entirely blamed.
Again - after all, this is Xu Mingyi.
Xu Mingyi moved the tip of his nose slightly.
Why do I suddenly feel a faint aroma of fine quality tea floating in the air?
"I clearly asked you specifically that day!" The boy was quite angry.
Hearing this accusation, Xu Mingyi looked like a calm gentleman: "After all, this is the private matter of the elders. They are not willing to talk about it for the time being, so how can I spread the opinions at will? Right?"
This counterattack was so sudden that it almost made Xu Mingshi blush.
Is he himself the one who gossips and talks too much?
"But... did you really see that the second uncle and the empress entered the garden alone? There was no one else around them? Then did you hear what they said?" Xu Mingyi's voice became lower and lower as he asked, and the fire of gossip in his eyes grew stronger.
prosperous.
Xu Mingshi raised his eyes and looked at her:... Didn't you just return the honor of being a gentleman with unparalleled etiquette and justice?
He only said in a strained voice: "I didn't hear anything, I just saw it."
Xu Mingyi: "Seriously?"
The boy said angrily: "I can't tell lies!"
Xu Mingyi ignored him, turned to Wu Chao and said, "Now that we have met, there is still hope."
Wu Chao nodded: "And I don't think my grandfather will insist on opposing it anymore -"
My grandfather was a man of few words, and he just didn't say much about his love for his younger generation, but that was not true.
Xu Mingyi also nodded: "It is even less likely that there will be any resistance from my grandfather's side."
So, it depends on whether the second uncle can live up to his expectations.
Hearing the two of them talking like this, Xu Mingshi felt angry, but he still couldn't fight the flames of gossip. He couldn't help but said: "If you say that...then I will have a second aunt soon?"
And she is a real female aunt——
When he suddenly mentioned this title at this time, he even felt that it was quite unrealistic.
Second aunt...
Second Aunt—Before this, he never dared to imagine that one day he and Xu Mingyi would be able to have this kind of magical existence that could only be realized in a daydream.
The attraction of this matter was too strong for Xu Mingshi, and he could not resist it at all, so the number of people who sent Xu Mingyi back became two instead of one.
Several people walked and talked all the way.
When I arrived in front of Xu Mingyi's courtyard, I saw a woman wearing a camel-colored gown standing under two lanterns outside the courtyard.
The woman holds a baby in her arms.
The woman had obviously been waiting here on purpose and had been paying attention to the movement. When she saw Xu Mingyi coming back, she hurriedly held the child in her arms and went forward to salute.
"Miss Xu, you are back!"
Then he blessed Wu Chao and Xu Mingshi: "I have met Wu Shisun and Xu Shisun."
"What are you waiting for here?" Xu Mingyi looked at her and asked.
This Aunt Qi is Concubine Rong's wet nurse, and she is quite content following her all these days.
Aunt Qi's tone was grateful and respectful: "Miss Xu sent a message today, saying that she would send someone to send me and the young prince out of Linyuan City, and she also gave me two some money..."
"Yes." Xu Mingyi glanced at the eight or nine-year-old child in her arms and said, "There's no need to come here late at night to say goodbye."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the other person kneeling down while holding the child.
"I came here to beg Miss Xu not to expel us from Linyuan City..." Aunt Qi's voice was sincere and pleading: "I know a lot about housekeeping and accounting, and I don't have to do any dirty work.
Done!"
As he said that, he pushed the child forward a little, just like a grandmother selling vegetables on the street showing people how fresh her food is and how cheap it is: "...Although Xu Jiajun is unparalleled in bravery, now he is robbing...and taking...
Once we get to Linyuan City, we have the ability to deal with the rest! But what if the little prince can be used for something someday? If you are prepared, you will not suffer any loss if you keep it and use it, don't you think?"
Xu Mingshi was shocked when he heard this.
Why are you still addicted to being a hostage?
With "Please Miss Xu continue to hold us hostage" written all over her heart, Grandma Qi was determined.
Along the way, although she and the little prince were hostages, they were not treated harshly. At first, the little prince had no milk to eat, and Miss Xu even asked people to snatch it from a passing town... Look at her unfaithful talk.
!——A wet nurse was invited!
The nanny also brought the baby with her and followed them to Linyuan City. She just stayed here today and heard the news that she and the little prince were being sent away. She was so anxious that her milk supply was running low!
It is not easy to be a nanny. She is only 18 or 19 years old. She is forced by her family to marry a hunter. The hunter goes into the mountains to hunt during the day and returns home to hunt for his wife at night. This is not a good thing!
That day, I saw a group of soldiers entering the town to recruit wet nurses, and they were willing to pay a high price. I didn't even ask the soldiers where they were from, and just pushed my daughter-in-law out.
The wet nurse nursed the two babies all the way, staying together with her every day, and they became good friends as they went back and forth - with a confidant, the children were by their side, and they had no worries about food and drink, and Xu Jiajun was following them, and there were no damn men to disturb them.
, this is simply a magical day!
Don't leave!
Even if you die, you won’t leave!
Aunt Qi's thoughts were very different from those of the nanny.
In the past, when she was following the imperial concubine in the palace, she was worried and scared all the time. She felt that the guillotine was stuck on the back of her neck all the time and fell down at some point. She was busy running away even in her dreams!
It was an accident when I was kidnapped by Xu Jiajun at first.
Later, she begged Miss Xu in the alley to take her and the little prince with her in order to save her life and not be silenced.
And now...that means I really don’t want to leave!
And where can I go?
Go back to the palace?
If what you are holding in your arms is true, then you will come back!
If you don't return to the palace, where can you hide in this troubled world?
Where else could it be more stable than here?
Listening to these pleas, Xu Mingyi looked at the child and said: "I'm letting you go now because I didn't really want to kidnap you from the beginning. If I really needed a hostage, I wouldn't pick a fake one -"
Hearing these words, Grandma Qi's figure immediately froze, and her eyes became frightened.
Xu Mingshi felt dizzy after hearing this.
What's fake?
Little prince?
Subconsciously looking at the child in the grandma's arms, he cried softly - he has a nose, eyes and can talk. Isn't this true?
"You dare not return to the palace. It seems that you know that this child is not of royal blood." Xu Mingyi said.
At this moment, Xu Mingshi was so shocked that his eyes and mouth were rounded.
Actually...it's actually such a fake method. Is it so exciting?!
