At the beginning, I saved a little mute

Somehow, when Xie Chengjing heard Jiang Zao calling him the Third Prince, he felt depressed and uncomfortable.

However, he couldn't find out where he felt uncomfortable.

He simply poured a cup of tea himself and filled it for Jiang Zao.

"Miss Jiang, please."

"You are too polite, Third Prince." Jiang Zao was extremely terrified.

Hiss, the Third Prince seems a little more approachable today.

She is not used to it.

Jiang Zao drank his tea in small sips.

Actually, she doesn't like drinking tea, but she has to pretend.

I was thinking about how to start the conversation.

Xie Chengjing noticed the food box she brought, and couldn't help but curl his lips slightly, "What did Miss Jiang bring? It smells so good."

"Ah, these are the thousand-layer cakes I made. I thought the Third Prince must be hungry at this hour. Although these won't fill him up, they can fill his stomach."

After saying that, Jiang Zao opened the food box, and a fresh fragrance wafted out. On the plate that was brought out were five green pastries arranged in the shape of a plum blossom. They looked like they had the flavor of spring, making people unable to resist their appetite.

"what is this?"

"This is a thousand-layer cake, made with white peas, white sugar, jelly powder, etc." Jiang Zao introduced, while picking up a piece with chopsticks and placing it on a clean small plate.

Xie Chengjing looked at her sleeves which were slightly lifted to avoid getting stuck on them, revealing a bit of her white jade-like wrist.

His face suddenly changed.

He tilted his head and looked out the window. There was nothing there, but that didn't stop him from stiffening his neck.

Jiang Zao was surprised, so he had to bite the bullet and said, "Third Prince, try it."

"I, I ate a lot at noon, and now I can't eat anymore. Please put it aside for now."

Xie Chengjing said, stuttering for the first time in his life.

Thinking of all these abnormal reactions, he suddenly picked up the teacup and took a big sip, which left Jiang Zao stunned.

Maybe she came at the wrong time today.

Jiang Zao immediately changed his strategy and stopped mentioning the purpose of his visit today. Instead, he changed his tone and said, "Third Prince, I just came here to pick up some food. Now that the food has been delivered, I will not stay any longer. I still have a lot of things to do at home."

Without waiting for Xie Chengjing to say anything else, Jiang Zao quickly stood up, bowed and left.

The dianthus guarding the door looks a little strange.

Why did you leave so quickly?

After waiting for a while, he heard Xie Chengjing calling him loudly.

"Shizhu, come in."

Shi Zhu was completely confused and walked in bewilderedly, "Master."

It's strange, why does my young master look so red-faced and angry?

There were still a lot of water stains on the tea table in front of him, and next to the open food box was a plate of green pastries that he had never seen before.

Everything seems normal.

Only the young master's face looked abnormal.

There is red in the white, and green in the red.

Shizhu was very confused, was she happy or angry?

It doesn't look like anything!

"What are you thinking about?" Xie Chengjing suddenly asked.

Shi Zhu was provoked to say what he was thinking, "I was thinking, every time Miss Jiang came before, the young master was very happy, and you always talked for a long time, but today, Miss Jiang left after a while, and she was very relaxed when she left, but you, the young master, looked very strange."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shi Zhu met Xie Chengjing's sharp eyes.

That look seemed to be saying, what nonsense is he talking about?

Shi Zhu's voice immediately lowered, and then lowered, "Well, then I just feel that the young master treats Miss Jiang... differently."

As soon as the last three words came out, Xie Chengjing's face became colorful.

The seven colors appeared on his face one by one, and in the end only black was left, and his face was like the bottom of a pot.

Shizhu was trembling with fear, and he swore that what he had just said was an accident.

The young master had been reluctant to leave these days, so he had some guesses in his mind, but Miss Jiang and Mr. Que were an engaged couple.

Everyone knows this.

Although it is wrong for the young master to steal someone's girl, he still hopes that the young master will be happy.

After all, it's rare to find a young lady like Miss Jiang who is gentle, capable, and able to make money and manage the household.

The ladies of noble families in the capital city are all too picky and look down upon their own young masters who only have the title of prince but have no future at all.

Since Concubine Shun already had her own biological son, she naturally wouldn't think much about the young master, and she even hadn't spoken to him for a long time.

Think about it, the young master was sent to the northern border by His Majesty the Emperor.

How scared he was at that time.

The New Year is almost here. If he comes to the northern border, he will definitely not be able to celebrate the New Year in the palace. I'm afraid the emperor will forget what his son looks like.

As long as someone takes over the hot potato, does it matter who it is?

It was thanks to the young master that he tried his best to find a good New Year gift to send to the palace, but all he got was a bland reply from Concubine Shun, "You are so thoughtful."

There was not a single word from the Emperor.

Shizhu felt very sorry for the young master.

Moreover, the young master will be seventeen after the Chinese New Year, and no one in the palace has put the young master's marriage on the agenda.

Originally, princes like them were able to choose their spouses when they were very young. For example, the crown prince's crown princess was chosen when he was three years old.

But his young master had nothing, no one asked, no one cared.

But when he was fourteen, Concubine Shun said that the child was grown up and should move out to live on his own.

So the young master was sent away to a simple mansion.

If the young master had not known his situation since he was a child, he would have been actively planning survival skills for himself.

His shabby mansion, which had never been repaired, was probably uninhabitable.

Over the years, the young master had been running around and had only managed to save up a small fortune.

I dare not let anyone know, it makes me sad to talk about it.

Ugh.

The young master likes to travel, not only for the sake of traveling, but also to relax.

Shizhu has followed the young master since childhood, so she naturally knows.

That's why he feels even more sorry for the young master.

I hope the young master has someone who understands him.

It’s just that the young master seems to treat Miss Jiang differently, but Miss Jiang treats the young master normally.

Shizhu couldn't hold back what was in her heart and said it out loud.

After the words were spoken, the air in the room became eerily quiet.

Xie Chengjing stared at the food box, gasping for breath.

He finally understood where the problem came from.

But he also knew it clearly.

He and Jiang Zao will never be together.

forever!

He was Que Yunsheng's benefactor and had helped Que Yunsheng. It was impossible for him to take someone else's wife for the sake of a future general with a bright future and ability, which would make Que Yunsheng feel cold.

He can't do it, and he can't do it.

He has his bottom line.

He understood from a young age that even if he liked something, he might not be able to get it.

Xie Chengjing closed his eyes and didn't open them until a long time later.

At this time, he had concealed all his expressions and returned to his original look.

"Don't mention these words again."

"Yes."