ex-wife asura field
Chapter 26
Wei Chenxi stared at the cup of tea with a large spoonful of salt in front of him, and fell silent.
Jiang Jingying naturally threw the spoon back into the jar, her expression was calm, and she looked at Wei Chenxi again, as if asking her:
Didn't you say you want to taste me?
Why not try it?
Just hinting with her eyes is not enough, she said directly; "Master Xiangguo's words are too euphemistic, I almost didn't understand."
What's your taste, what's my taste, why don't you just say that you like salty taste?
Wei Chenxi: "..."
Wei Chenyi: "..."
For some reason, Wei Chenxi, who was obviously stunned by Jiang Jingying's every action and word, was speechless, but she somehow felt that the conversation was tinged with color.
Must be an illusion.
Xiaoying looks so serious, she thought.
Thinking of this, Wei Chenyi clenched his fist with his right hand to his lips, coughed lightly, pretended to inadvertently raised his hem and sat down beside Jiang Jingying, and then naturally diverted the topic away:
"Taste how this dish tastes."
Since Jiang Jingying came to this world, she has been tossed by this Shura field one after another, Sanguan has suffered a great blow, and her sanity has been smoothed.
Now being reminded by Wei Chenyi, she suddenly realized how naive her revenge was, so she lowered her eyes to block the uneasiness in her eyes.
Keenly aware of the changes in her surrounding breath, Wei Chenxi slightly hooked his lips, unexpectedly picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
Wei Chenyi caught a glimpse of her movement from the corner of his eye, and his eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
Just seeing the amount of salt that Jiang Jingying poured just now, she could imagine how bad the cup of tea in Wei Chenxi's hand was, but Prime Minister Wei didn't know if it was something wrong with his tongue or something, but he kept drinking it without changing his face. I took several mouthfuls.
Wei Chenyi only took a few glances and felt that his throat was about to smoke, and he didn't know how Wei Chenxi endured it.
Jiang Jingying lowered her head and picked off the bones and meat from the plate with her chopsticks. Just about to put it in her mouth to taste it, she lifted the chopsticks halfway and forgot about it.
She was still thinking about what happened last night.
Except for the strange hickey on her neck, the reactions of people around her, including Wei Chenai, seemed to tell her that the scene of the death of Wei Shendi, Wei Chenxi, and Wei Chenyi she saw was just a dream .
It's just that the dream was too real and left a deep impression on her.
but--
Jiang Jingying clearly realized that she is now in Wei Chenbi's consciousness. Although everything in the consciousness world is difficult to use common sense to infer, she clearly remembered that when she was in the first layer of space, she also slept many times... …
And never had a dream.
There is no doubt that this dream has a special meaning.
It's just like……
I want to remind her, or tell her something.
"Don't ignore everything you encounter in the conscious world, no matter whether it conforms to common sense or not, because it is likely to be an important message from the master of consciousness."
"Another point is that the instinct of animals naturally has the desire to reincarnate, and human beings are no exception. No matter how dangerous the situation is, you must learn to think and distinguish whether it is the master of consciousness who is asking you Help."
Before immersing herself in the world of consciousness, the common sense content that the researchers of the Wisdom Biotechnology Company crammed into her to supplement her now inadvertently popped up in her mind.
Jiang Jingying stopped eating suddenly.
Help?
She wondered if it was because the four of them went on in the current situation, they would inevitably reach the situation where the Great Wei was destroyed, and there would be no eggs under the collapse of the nest. If such a major premise could not be resolved, even if she was among the four It is useless to make a choice in the end.
"What, it doesn't suit your taste?" Wei Chenyi was always paying attention to her movements, seeing that she only moved her chopsticks and didn't even take a bite, she couldn't help but frowned, and began to recall whether she had made any major mistakes in the cooking process. mistake.
Jiang Jingying came back to her senses after being reminded, and subconsciously turned her head to look at her. Originally, she thought that Wei Chenyi was a rare and innocent person among the few people, and the difficulty of formulating words was not high.
Who knew that as soon as he arrived, he would immediately bump into Wei Chenxi...
Jiang Jingying changed her original plan calmly, her black eyes met Wei Chenyi's gaze, the corners of her lips twitched, and she replied:
"No, the smell of this dish makes people move their index fingers."
"I was just wondering what kind of spices it was marinated with, and I wanted to see if I could let the cook at home make it the same way."
Wei Chenyi's brows loosened. It turned out that it was because of this. She eased her expression. Although her facial features, which were accustomed to the cold and severe state, were not completely relaxed, it was enough for people to see the gentleness she was trying to show.
"If you like it, I will write down this method for you later."
Jiang Jingying's eyes bent for a moment, like a frightened shadow, which disappeared in a flash, and she looked at Wei Chenxi calmly, and asked:
"Your Prime Minister can come here by chance, it seems that he also appreciates Prince Rui's craftsmanship, why don't you take a copy with you later?"
Wei Chenxi rubbed the teacup with his pale fingertips, and when he heard what she said, he raised his eyes to Wei Chenyi, and the two eyes met.
She replied unhurriedly: "Alright, then please trouble His Highness Prince Rui."
Jiang Jingying continued: "Now at this table, I am the only one who enjoys His Royal Highness's craftsmanship, which is not beautiful. If the Prime Minister doesn't mind, can you share it with me?"
Wei Chenxi lowered his gaze: "Yes."
Wei Chenyi gritted his teeth: "No."
She stood up from her seat, stared at Wei Chenxi, seemed to blame her for being so incapable of picking the time today, and said unhappily: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Prime Minister, I will go and see the second dish , should be almost fine."
Then Wei Chenyi said something fierce to Jiang Jingying:
"It's fine to eat by yourself. My restaurant is not so poor that it can't provide meals for two people."
Seeing her leaving, Jiang Jingying frowned indiscernibly, and felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in her heart.
so deceitful--
It seems that he has "rich" experience, showing his true nature.
Jiang Jingying tried her best to hold her conscience who was trying to leave. At this moment, Wei Chenxi raised her eyelids and looked at her, and said slowly:
"You seem to want to ask me something."
Lan'er next to her has been keeping quiet since she shared meals with Prince Rui and Cheng, and pretended not to exist. Now she keenly sensed that her young lady had something to say to Wei Chenxi, and she hesitated for a second. Continue to support Prince Rui.
But the next moment, Wei Chenxi's cool eyes swept over.
Lan'er jumped up from the bench reflexively, crying in her heart that the servants really did their best, and at the same time reached out and took away the teapot in front of her:
"Look at my memory, miss likes to drink sweeter tea, I forgot to tell them just now, I'll go change a pot now."
Jiang Jingying glanced at it, but did not stop her.
Beside the long dark brown and almost black wooden table, only she and Wei Chenxi were sitting at opposite ends, looking at each other.
Wei Chenxi let her scrutinize him, but at the same time, he looked back. Obviously, when he looked at other people, his back was chilled. When he stared at Jiang Jingying, he was a little unclear... Greed was in it.
It seems that he is carefully observing his entire world, and he can't get enough of it.
Jiang Jingying tried her best to ignore her gradually warming eyes, and said calmly: "Now I don't remember many things, I heard the maid mentioned in the afternoon that I have known the Prime Minister since we were young, and we have written letters—is that so? "
Wei Chenxi smiled, the curve of his lips was like a swaying flower protruding from the cold cliff, there was a kind of lonely tenderness.
"Yes," she said.
Jiang Jingying blinked slowly, with an apologetic expression on her face: "Will you be a little disappointed if you forgot those things before? I'll go back later and ask someone to look for them. I'll dig out all the letters and read them again." Maybe you can think faster."
Wei Chenxi lowered his eyes, his smile gradually faded, and a little loneliness appeared in his light brown eyes.
"You..." She paused, and then said: "When I just returned to the capital, the dragon happened to turn over. Most of the Jiang family's house was destroyed and renovated again. You may not remember that batch of letters. It has unfortunately lost its whereabouts.”
Jiang Jingying tried her best not to show her suspicious eyes too clearly.
Before she went out, she asked the maidservants to rummage in the house, wanting to know what kind of "past" friendship she had with Wei Chenxi, but unfortunately, let alone the pages, she didn't even have a single bit of misleading paper. looking for.
What's more, even Huang'er, who highly respected Lord Xiangguo, leaned into Jiang Jingying's ear and whispered when Jiang Jingying asked about her friendship with the prime minister:
"Miss, I don't remember. You have contacts with the Xiangguo, and you told the servants later...My, I was surprised when I found out about this for a long time! But don't worry, I will keep this matter to myself, let alone the master. Ma'am, even Lan'er and the others will never know."
Sometimes, the traces are too clean, making people even more suspicious.
Thinking of Wei Chenxi's strange abilities, Jiang Jingying easily connected her with the ghosts in the Liaozhai storybook——
The friendship between them is so "deep", but the people around them don't know it at all, and they don't even leave any traces. It doesn't look like she has been subjected to strange spells, and she believes everything others say.
Especially Wei Chenxi's weak appearance is really her natural advantage.
Wei Chenai knew that she had no memory, so her reaction was the most natural, wishing she could be put in the closet so that she could immediately recall herself, so as not to be bewitched by others.
Wei Shendi is tolerant and tolerant, as if she is what she says, but it is not difficult to see from her words and deeds that she also hopes that Jiang Jingying can "remember".
Wei Chenyi has no trace for the time being——
And Wei Chenxi is...
Make it clear that it doesn't matter if you can't remember.
When she said this, her tone was very gentle, with a sense of comfort, but no one was sure whether she wanted Jiang Jingying to recall the things she got along with.
Jiang Jingying even wondered if she was thinking too much.
However, in the dream, the other party's sentence "... Hurry up and forget me, just like I made you forget Wei Chenai back then" is still in my ears.
If that dream is indeed a dream that foretells the future, Jiang Jingying thought, then Wei Chenxi's acting skills in front of him are really at its peak.
Jiang Jingying had a guess in her mind, so she naturally changed the subject: "Master Xiangguo should have a good relationship with Prince Rui, right?"
Hearing her words, Wei Chenxi had an inexplicable smile in his eyes——
If the people in the court knew about her cooperative relationship with Wei Chenyi, there might be many disturbances.
but……
In her whole life, there were not many people she was willing to treat with sincerity, and Jiang Jingying was the only one.
Wei Chenxi was silent for a while, and told her truthfully: "It's not a good relationship, at least not to the point where I can hand over my sweetheart."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Before she could react, Wei Chenxi changed the subject naturally: "It's just that everyone gets what they need in the court - now there are Rong tribes in the north who are eyeing them, and they often go south to plunder the border towns in the spring and rob the people of food, causing People at the border do not have a living."
"There are two factions in the court, the main war faction and the main peace faction. Prince Rui is in charge of the finances of the household department. He knows that the imperial court may not be able to handle it easily by easily mobilizing troops. What's more, these soldiers in the north come and go on horseback. They want to wipe them all out at once. Light, must be a long battle—"
"The treasury of the Great Wei has not been abundant in recent years. In addition, there have been frequent minor disasters in various places. The court needs to appease all parties. Jiangnan reduced the grain tax by [-]% last year. In the first half of the year, there were locust plagues in Guangdong and Guangxi. Now it is even more unfavorable to start a war."
After she finished speaking in a few words, Jiang Jingying listened thoughtfully, but she seemed to mention it casually: "Master Xiangguo and Prince Rui are on the same side?"
Wei Chenxi smiled at her: "It's just the same political opinion."
Jiang Jingying carefully recalled the first meeting with these people yesterday, and vaguely found some clues.
The tendency of Prince Rui and the Crown Prince to be at odds with each other is probably not a day or two. It is estimated that the two people's political views in the court are also at odds. Since Prince Rui and the Prime Minister are peacemakers, then the Crown Prince is likely to be the one to fight.
As for Wei Shendi... the position of her buttocks determines her head, and she must take the lead.
Seeing Jiang Jingying thinking, Wei Chenxi pursed his lips slightly, wanting to know her better, so he asked slowly, "Are you interested in government affairs?"
Jiang Jingying: "There are many things I don't remember, so I'm just curious about everything—"
"What are the signs of the Rong people? I should have stayed in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty since I was born. There are still many people and things that I haven't had time to see."
Wei Chenxi casually described the appearance of the Rong people, who are much stronger than the Central Plains people, and...
"The Rong people respect purple, and most of the nobles wear purple clothes, even the battle flags."
"Besides, the Rong people are not so difficult to meet. A few days ago, the Beirong envoys came to discuss with the Great Wei about the opening of the commercial market in the northern border city. They should be wandering in the streets these days."
After a pause, she added another sentence in a strange way: "It's just two eyes, a nose and a mouth, nothing to see."
Jiang Jingying didn't pay attention to her weird tone at the end, but when she heard the color of the battle flag, her heart trembled——
Purple battle flag?
So in the scene where Wei Shendi pulled him in last night, it was Bei Rong who took down the Great Wei City?
The mystery that haunted her was solved little by little, and the truth about her dream was about to surface.
Jiang Jingying was waiting to ask some more clues about what Wei Chenxi said in her dream, "It's all my fault", but Wei Chenyi came out of the kitchen empty-handed, his face was so heavy that he could drip water, and he strode towards the two sides with big strides. People come from this table.
As soon as Fang approached, she said to Wei Chenxi:
"Today there is a banquet in the palace to invite the envoys from the Rong, and Wei Shendi was invited to the palace to have the banquet together. Do you know about this?"
Wei Chenxi glanced at her indifferently: "This is the palace banquet that was ordered yesterday morning, not to mention that General Di is the person who knows Beirong best in the court, and it is a custom to attend the banquet."
The intention is to urge her to get straight to the point.
Wei Chenyi's face was solemn, and a sharp light appeared in his eyes, and he said quietly after a long time:
"That's right, even if the envoys of the Northern Rong Dynasty attack during the banquet, Wei Shendi and his imperial army will deal with it, and then the emperor will reward them, which is also a common practice—"
"However, the rewards given by General Di today are quite different from those in the past."
Wei Chenyi glanced at Jiang Jingying as he spoke.
That gaze was cold, as if a young man who had been lured into love turned around and found that his sweetheart was just using him as a backup.
Jiang Jingying felt a chill down her spine for no reason.
She has a bad feeling.
not……
Wei Chenxi also noticed Wei Chenyi's eyes, and frowned inadvertently.
Immediately afterwards, she heard Wei Chenyi tell the result:
"General Di asked His Majesty to give him a marriage today, asking to marry Miss Jiangfu—"
Wei Chenxi pursed his lips, thinking of something, it took him a long time to hear her casually say: "Didn't the saint intend for Xiaoying to marry into the royal family?"
Although Wei Shendi is also from the royal family, her status as a proton is embarrassing after all, not to mention that she has now mastered the Imperial Guard, which means that she has been a sharp blade of the Great Wei ever since, and she exists to protect the dignity of the Great Wei royal family all her life.
Anyone can sit in that position, except her.
To some extent, she is no longer a prince.
As for myself...
Wei Chenxi habitually ignored the fact that her own identity was also embarrassing, because Jiang Jingying was the one she had to get.
Wei Chenyi looked at her expressionlessly before replying: "That's right, but..."
A sneer hung on the corner of her lips: "Although the sage did not grant a marriage, he said that Miss Jiang's family is a person of good fortune, and whether she can be blessed depends on fate, so don't force it—"
"General Di can order a matchmaker to propose marriage, and the Jiang family will decide whether to marry a daughter."
Instead of giving Jiang Jingying and the crown prince a marriage directly, but giving Wei Shendi some hope, in the eyes of the emperor, it is already a great gift.
Wei Shendi said the last sentence emphatically: "Just now, people from the General's Mansion and the East Palace have already arrived at the gate of Jiangfu."
Wei Chenxi: "..."
Jiang Jingying: "...?"
No matter how fast she runs, can Shura field catch up?
Wei Chenxi immediately got up from the table, her expression was still downplaying, but she spoke much faster, revealing her urgency:
"I will immediately enter the palace to face the saint."
Wei Chenyi nodded, and replied: "I will also go to the palace to find the queen mother."
Then, thinking of something, she looked threateningly in her eyes, and looked at Jiang Jingying:
"Which matchmaker should you talk to, you should have a good idea, right?"
Wei Chenxi blocked this threat for Jiang Jingying without any trace: "His Royal Highness Prince Rui has such an attitude, be careful of self-defeating."
Then, she smiled at Jiang Jingying and replied, "Don't be afraid, they can't hurt you."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Yes, if you strike down with lightning, nothing will happen to them.
She was inexplicably guilty, and stood up from the table, ready to leave with Lan'er.
Seeing her avoidance, Wei Chenyi was inexplicably annoyed, but compared to Wei Chenxi's gentleness next to her, she worked hard to make her tone not so fierce.
"Wait, just the menu." She stopped Jiang Jingying, took out the recipe of the dish she just wrote from her sleeve, threw it into Lan'er's arms, and left without saying a word.
……
evening.
Jiang Jingying, who returned home, was called to the hall, facing the worries of Jiang's father and Jiang's mother.
"Oh, my mother is not willing to marry you into the palace, but General Di has been fighting outside all year round, and now my Great Wei is being missed by the Bei Rong, I am really afraid that something will happen to her... Even if she doesn't, marrying is tantamount to being a widow gone."
"Yes, yes, although life in the palace is a bit boring, but fortunately the prince has known Xiaoying since childhood, and will take care of her to some extent, so that she will not be bullied." Jiang Dahe echoed his wife.
In fact, neither of them wanted to agree, but they didn't dare to refuse both of them. They could only worry that the day of marrying a daughter would come so soon.
Jiang Jingying drank tea next to her, looked at one and then the other, wanting so much to persuade her parents to refuse.
At this very moment—
The concierge came to report: "Master and Madam! Rui, someone from His Royal Highness Prince Rui's residence has delivered an invitation card."
Jiang Dahe was still struggling with his daughter's marriage, and said with a sad face, "But what did you say, if it wasn't something important, I would have disappeared today."
The concierge replied straightly: "It's His Highness Prince Rui's wet nurse. She came to the door with a matchmaker, and wanted to propose marriage to the young miss. They even brought the eight characters over there."
Father Jiang and Mother Jiang: "..."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
She put down the teacup, not to mention she couldn't eat, she couldn't even drink the water now.
Just when she was numbly thinking about whether the storm would dare to be more violent, another porter came and said tremblingly:
"Master, Madam, Prime Minister, Your Excellency Prime Minister handed over invitations to the family..."
Jiang Dahe frowned into a bitter gourd: "Why did they all rush together?!"
Mother Jiang put the teacup on the table and asked, "Why, could it be that the prime minister also invited a matchmaker for a kiss?"
The concierge was taken aback by the mistress's voice, and it took him a while to remember and shake his head:
"No no no..."
Jiang's father and Jiang's mother breathed a sigh of relief, and the two picked up their teacups again, ready to take a sip of tea to calm their shock.
Immediately afterwards, the concierge said: "The prime minister did not bring a matchmaker, she said she had already done the calculations, the lady and her are a match made in heaven, a match made in heaven—"
"She came directly with the betrothal gift. Eighteen carriages have already parked in front of the gate of the mansion. Now there are a lot of people watching in front of the gate. Do you...do you want to invite me in?"
Jiang's father and Jiang's mother: "Pfft——"
The two spouted the tea at the same time.
Then, Yang Sui looked at his daughter, glaring and said: "What's going on? When did you provoke the Crown Prince, Prince Rui, Prime Minister, and General Di?!"
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Good question.
But isn't she desperate? ?
Jiang Jingying naturally threw the spoon back into the jar, her expression was calm, and she looked at Wei Chenxi again, as if asking her:
Didn't you say you want to taste me?
Why not try it?
Just hinting with her eyes is not enough, she said directly; "Master Xiangguo's words are too euphemistic, I almost didn't understand."
What's your taste, what's my taste, why don't you just say that you like salty taste?
Wei Chenxi: "..."
Wei Chenyi: "..."
For some reason, Wei Chenxi, who was obviously stunned by Jiang Jingying's every action and word, was speechless, but she somehow felt that the conversation was tinged with color.
Must be an illusion.
Xiaoying looks so serious, she thought.
Thinking of this, Wei Chenyi clenched his fist with his right hand to his lips, coughed lightly, pretended to inadvertently raised his hem and sat down beside Jiang Jingying, and then naturally diverted the topic away:
"Taste how this dish tastes."
Since Jiang Jingying came to this world, she has been tossed by this Shura field one after another, Sanguan has suffered a great blow, and her sanity has been smoothed.
Now being reminded by Wei Chenyi, she suddenly realized how naive her revenge was, so she lowered her eyes to block the uneasiness in her eyes.
Keenly aware of the changes in her surrounding breath, Wei Chenxi slightly hooked his lips, unexpectedly picked up the teacup, and took a sip.
Wei Chenyi caught a glimpse of her movement from the corner of his eye, and his eyelids twitched uncontrollably.
Just seeing the amount of salt that Jiang Jingying poured just now, she could imagine how bad the cup of tea in Wei Chenxi's hand was, but Prime Minister Wei didn't know if it was something wrong with his tongue or something, but he kept drinking it without changing his face. I took several mouthfuls.
Wei Chenyi only took a few glances and felt that his throat was about to smoke, and he didn't know how Wei Chenxi endured it.
Jiang Jingying lowered her head and picked off the bones and meat from the plate with her chopsticks. Just about to put it in her mouth to taste it, she lifted the chopsticks halfway and forgot about it.
She was still thinking about what happened last night.
Except for the strange hickey on her neck, the reactions of people around her, including Wei Chenai, seemed to tell her that the scene of the death of Wei Shendi, Wei Chenxi, and Wei Chenyi she saw was just a dream .
It's just that the dream was too real and left a deep impression on her.
but--
Jiang Jingying clearly realized that she is now in Wei Chenbi's consciousness. Although everything in the consciousness world is difficult to use common sense to infer, she clearly remembered that when she was in the first layer of space, she also slept many times... …
And never had a dream.
There is no doubt that this dream has a special meaning.
It's just like……
I want to remind her, or tell her something.
"Don't ignore everything you encounter in the conscious world, no matter whether it conforms to common sense or not, because it is likely to be an important message from the master of consciousness."
"Another point is that the instinct of animals naturally has the desire to reincarnate, and human beings are no exception. No matter how dangerous the situation is, you must learn to think and distinguish whether it is the master of consciousness who is asking you Help."
Before immersing herself in the world of consciousness, the common sense content that the researchers of the Wisdom Biotechnology Company crammed into her to supplement her now inadvertently popped up in her mind.
Jiang Jingying stopped eating suddenly.
Help?
She wondered if it was because the four of them went on in the current situation, they would inevitably reach the situation where the Great Wei was destroyed, and there would be no eggs under the collapse of the nest. If such a major premise could not be resolved, even if she was among the four It is useless to make a choice in the end.
"What, it doesn't suit your taste?" Wei Chenyi was always paying attention to her movements, seeing that she only moved her chopsticks and didn't even take a bite, she couldn't help but frowned, and began to recall whether she had made any major mistakes in the cooking process. mistake.
Jiang Jingying came back to her senses after being reminded, and subconsciously turned her head to look at her. Originally, she thought that Wei Chenyi was a rare and innocent person among the few people, and the difficulty of formulating words was not high.
Who knew that as soon as he arrived, he would immediately bump into Wei Chenxi...
Jiang Jingying changed her original plan calmly, her black eyes met Wei Chenyi's gaze, the corners of her lips twitched, and she replied:
"No, the smell of this dish makes people move their index fingers."
"I was just wondering what kind of spices it was marinated with, and I wanted to see if I could let the cook at home make it the same way."
Wei Chenyi's brows loosened. It turned out that it was because of this. She eased her expression. Although her facial features, which were accustomed to the cold and severe state, were not completely relaxed, it was enough for people to see the gentleness she was trying to show.
"If you like it, I will write down this method for you later."
Jiang Jingying's eyes bent for a moment, like a frightened shadow, which disappeared in a flash, and she looked at Wei Chenxi calmly, and asked:
"Your Prime Minister can come here by chance, it seems that he also appreciates Prince Rui's craftsmanship, why don't you take a copy with you later?"
Wei Chenxi rubbed the teacup with his pale fingertips, and when he heard what she said, he raised his eyes to Wei Chenyi, and the two eyes met.
She replied unhurriedly: "Alright, then please trouble His Highness Prince Rui."
Jiang Jingying continued: "Now at this table, I am the only one who enjoys His Royal Highness's craftsmanship, which is not beautiful. If the Prime Minister doesn't mind, can you share it with me?"
Wei Chenxi lowered his gaze: "Yes."
Wei Chenyi gritted his teeth: "No."
She stood up from her seat, stared at Wei Chenxi, seemed to blame her for being so incapable of picking the time today, and said unhappily: "Please wait a moment, Mr. Prime Minister, I will go and see the second dish , should be almost fine."
Then Wei Chenyi said something fierce to Jiang Jingying:
"It's fine to eat by yourself. My restaurant is not so poor that it can't provide meals for two people."
Seeing her leaving, Jiang Jingying frowned indiscernibly, and felt an inexplicable sense of guilt in her heart.
so deceitful--
It seems that he has "rich" experience, showing his true nature.
Jiang Jingying tried her best to hold her conscience who was trying to leave. At this moment, Wei Chenxi raised her eyelids and looked at her, and said slowly:
"You seem to want to ask me something."
Lan'er next to her has been keeping quiet since she shared meals with Prince Rui and Cheng, and pretended not to exist. Now she keenly sensed that her young lady had something to say to Wei Chenxi, and she hesitated for a second. Continue to support Prince Rui.
But the next moment, Wei Chenxi's cool eyes swept over.
Lan'er jumped up from the bench reflexively, crying in her heart that the servants really did their best, and at the same time reached out and took away the teapot in front of her:
"Look at my memory, miss likes to drink sweeter tea, I forgot to tell them just now, I'll go change a pot now."
Jiang Jingying glanced at it, but did not stop her.
Beside the long dark brown and almost black wooden table, only she and Wei Chenxi were sitting at opposite ends, looking at each other.
Wei Chenxi let her scrutinize him, but at the same time, he looked back. Obviously, when he looked at other people, his back was chilled. When he stared at Jiang Jingying, he was a little unclear... Greed was in it.
It seems that he is carefully observing his entire world, and he can't get enough of it.
Jiang Jingying tried her best to ignore her gradually warming eyes, and said calmly: "Now I don't remember many things, I heard the maid mentioned in the afternoon that I have known the Prime Minister since we were young, and we have written letters—is that so? "
Wei Chenxi smiled, the curve of his lips was like a swaying flower protruding from the cold cliff, there was a kind of lonely tenderness.
"Yes," she said.
Jiang Jingying blinked slowly, with an apologetic expression on her face: "Will you be a little disappointed if you forgot those things before? I'll go back later and ask someone to look for them. I'll dig out all the letters and read them again." Maybe you can think faster."
Wei Chenxi lowered his eyes, his smile gradually faded, and a little loneliness appeared in his light brown eyes.
"You..." She paused, and then said: "When I just returned to the capital, the dragon happened to turn over. Most of the Jiang family's house was destroyed and renovated again. You may not remember that batch of letters. It has unfortunately lost its whereabouts.”
Jiang Jingying tried her best not to show her suspicious eyes too clearly.
Before she went out, she asked the maidservants to rummage in the house, wanting to know what kind of "past" friendship she had with Wei Chenxi, but unfortunately, let alone the pages, she didn't even have a single bit of misleading paper. looking for.
What's more, even Huang'er, who highly respected Lord Xiangguo, leaned into Jiang Jingying's ear and whispered when Jiang Jingying asked about her friendship with the prime minister:
"Miss, I don't remember. You have contacts with the Xiangguo, and you told the servants later...My, I was surprised when I found out about this for a long time! But don't worry, I will keep this matter to myself, let alone the master. Ma'am, even Lan'er and the others will never know."
Sometimes, the traces are too clean, making people even more suspicious.
Thinking of Wei Chenxi's strange abilities, Jiang Jingying easily connected her with the ghosts in the Liaozhai storybook——
The friendship between them is so "deep", but the people around them don't know it at all, and they don't even leave any traces. It doesn't look like she has been subjected to strange spells, and she believes everything others say.
Especially Wei Chenxi's weak appearance is really her natural advantage.
Wei Chenai knew that she had no memory, so her reaction was the most natural, wishing she could be put in the closet so that she could immediately recall herself, so as not to be bewitched by others.
Wei Shendi is tolerant and tolerant, as if she is what she says, but it is not difficult to see from her words and deeds that she also hopes that Jiang Jingying can "remember".
Wei Chenyi has no trace for the time being——
And Wei Chenxi is...
Make it clear that it doesn't matter if you can't remember.
When she said this, her tone was very gentle, with a sense of comfort, but no one was sure whether she wanted Jiang Jingying to recall the things she got along with.
Jiang Jingying even wondered if she was thinking too much.
However, in the dream, the other party's sentence "... Hurry up and forget me, just like I made you forget Wei Chenai back then" is still in my ears.
If that dream is indeed a dream that foretells the future, Jiang Jingying thought, then Wei Chenxi's acting skills in front of him are really at its peak.
Jiang Jingying had a guess in her mind, so she naturally changed the subject: "Master Xiangguo should have a good relationship with Prince Rui, right?"
Hearing her words, Wei Chenxi had an inexplicable smile in his eyes——
If the people in the court knew about her cooperative relationship with Wei Chenyi, there might be many disturbances.
but……
In her whole life, there were not many people she was willing to treat with sincerity, and Jiang Jingying was the only one.
Wei Chenxi was silent for a while, and told her truthfully: "It's not a good relationship, at least not to the point where I can hand over my sweetheart."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Before she could react, Wei Chenxi changed the subject naturally: "It's just that everyone gets what they need in the court - now there are Rong tribes in the north who are eyeing them, and they often go south to plunder the border towns in the spring and rob the people of food, causing People at the border do not have a living."
"There are two factions in the court, the main war faction and the main peace faction. Prince Rui is in charge of the finances of the household department. He knows that the imperial court may not be able to handle it easily by easily mobilizing troops. What's more, these soldiers in the north come and go on horseback. They want to wipe them all out at once. Light, must be a long battle—"
"The treasury of the Great Wei has not been abundant in recent years. In addition, there have been frequent minor disasters in various places. The court needs to appease all parties. Jiangnan reduced the grain tax by [-]% last year. In the first half of the year, there were locust plagues in Guangdong and Guangxi. Now it is even more unfavorable to start a war."
After she finished speaking in a few words, Jiang Jingying listened thoughtfully, but she seemed to mention it casually: "Master Xiangguo and Prince Rui are on the same side?"
Wei Chenxi smiled at her: "It's just the same political opinion."
Jiang Jingying carefully recalled the first meeting with these people yesterday, and vaguely found some clues.
The tendency of Prince Rui and the Crown Prince to be at odds with each other is probably not a day or two. It is estimated that the two people's political views in the court are also at odds. Since Prince Rui and the Prime Minister are peacemakers, then the Crown Prince is likely to be the one to fight.
As for Wei Shendi... the position of her buttocks determines her head, and she must take the lead.
Seeing Jiang Jingying thinking, Wei Chenxi pursed his lips slightly, wanting to know her better, so he asked slowly, "Are you interested in government affairs?"
Jiang Jingying: "There are many things I don't remember, so I'm just curious about everything—"
"What are the signs of the Rong people? I should have stayed in the capital of the Great Wei Dynasty since I was born. There are still many people and things that I haven't had time to see."
Wei Chenxi casually described the appearance of the Rong people, who are much stronger than the Central Plains people, and...
"The Rong people respect purple, and most of the nobles wear purple clothes, even the battle flags."
"Besides, the Rong people are not so difficult to meet. A few days ago, the Beirong envoys came to discuss with the Great Wei about the opening of the commercial market in the northern border city. They should be wandering in the streets these days."
After a pause, she added another sentence in a strange way: "It's just two eyes, a nose and a mouth, nothing to see."
Jiang Jingying didn't pay attention to her weird tone at the end, but when she heard the color of the battle flag, her heart trembled——
Purple battle flag?
So in the scene where Wei Shendi pulled him in last night, it was Bei Rong who took down the Great Wei City?
The mystery that haunted her was solved little by little, and the truth about her dream was about to surface.
Jiang Jingying was waiting to ask some more clues about what Wei Chenxi said in her dream, "It's all my fault", but Wei Chenyi came out of the kitchen empty-handed, his face was so heavy that he could drip water, and he strode towards the two sides with big strides. People come from this table.
As soon as Fang approached, she said to Wei Chenxi:
"Today there is a banquet in the palace to invite the envoys from the Rong, and Wei Shendi was invited to the palace to have the banquet together. Do you know about this?"
Wei Chenxi glanced at her indifferently: "This is the palace banquet that was ordered yesterday morning, not to mention that General Di is the person who knows Beirong best in the court, and it is a custom to attend the banquet."
The intention is to urge her to get straight to the point.
Wei Chenyi's face was solemn, and a sharp light appeared in his eyes, and he said quietly after a long time:
"That's right, even if the envoys of the Northern Rong Dynasty attack during the banquet, Wei Shendi and his imperial army will deal with it, and then the emperor will reward them, which is also a common practice—"
"However, the rewards given by General Di today are quite different from those in the past."
Wei Chenyi glanced at Jiang Jingying as he spoke.
That gaze was cold, as if a young man who had been lured into love turned around and found that his sweetheart was just using him as a backup.
Jiang Jingying felt a chill down her spine for no reason.
She has a bad feeling.
not……
Wei Chenxi also noticed Wei Chenyi's eyes, and frowned inadvertently.
Immediately afterwards, she heard Wei Chenyi tell the result:
"General Di asked His Majesty to give him a marriage today, asking to marry Miss Jiangfu—"
Wei Chenxi pursed his lips, thinking of something, it took him a long time to hear her casually say: "Didn't the saint intend for Xiaoying to marry into the royal family?"
Although Wei Shendi is also from the royal family, her status as a proton is embarrassing after all, not to mention that she has now mastered the Imperial Guard, which means that she has been a sharp blade of the Great Wei ever since, and she exists to protect the dignity of the Great Wei royal family all her life.
Anyone can sit in that position, except her.
To some extent, she is no longer a prince.
As for myself...
Wei Chenxi habitually ignored the fact that her own identity was also embarrassing, because Jiang Jingying was the one she had to get.
Wei Chenyi looked at her expressionlessly before replying: "That's right, but..."
A sneer hung on the corner of her lips: "Although the sage did not grant a marriage, he said that Miss Jiang's family is a person of good fortune, and whether she can be blessed depends on fate, so don't force it—"
"General Di can order a matchmaker to propose marriage, and the Jiang family will decide whether to marry a daughter."
Instead of giving Jiang Jingying and the crown prince a marriage directly, but giving Wei Shendi some hope, in the eyes of the emperor, it is already a great gift.
Wei Shendi said the last sentence emphatically: "Just now, people from the General's Mansion and the East Palace have already arrived at the gate of Jiangfu."
Wei Chenxi: "..."
Jiang Jingying: "...?"
No matter how fast she runs, can Shura field catch up?
Wei Chenxi immediately got up from the table, her expression was still downplaying, but she spoke much faster, revealing her urgency:
"I will immediately enter the palace to face the saint."
Wei Chenyi nodded, and replied: "I will also go to the palace to find the queen mother."
Then, thinking of something, she looked threateningly in her eyes, and looked at Jiang Jingying:
"Which matchmaker should you talk to, you should have a good idea, right?"
Wei Chenxi blocked this threat for Jiang Jingying without any trace: "His Royal Highness Prince Rui has such an attitude, be careful of self-defeating."
Then, she smiled at Jiang Jingying and replied, "Don't be afraid, they can't hurt you."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Yes, if you strike down with lightning, nothing will happen to them.
She was inexplicably guilty, and stood up from the table, ready to leave with Lan'er.
Seeing her avoidance, Wei Chenyi was inexplicably annoyed, but compared to Wei Chenxi's gentleness next to her, she worked hard to make her tone not so fierce.
"Wait, just the menu." She stopped Jiang Jingying, took out the recipe of the dish she just wrote from her sleeve, threw it into Lan'er's arms, and left without saying a word.
……
evening.
Jiang Jingying, who returned home, was called to the hall, facing the worries of Jiang's father and Jiang's mother.
"Oh, my mother is not willing to marry you into the palace, but General Di has been fighting outside all year round, and now my Great Wei is being missed by the Bei Rong, I am really afraid that something will happen to her... Even if she doesn't, marrying is tantamount to being a widow gone."
"Yes, yes, although life in the palace is a bit boring, but fortunately the prince has known Xiaoying since childhood, and will take care of her to some extent, so that she will not be bullied." Jiang Dahe echoed his wife.
In fact, neither of them wanted to agree, but they didn't dare to refuse both of them. They could only worry that the day of marrying a daughter would come so soon.
Jiang Jingying drank tea next to her, looked at one and then the other, wanting so much to persuade her parents to refuse.
At this very moment—
The concierge came to report: "Master and Madam! Rui, someone from His Royal Highness Prince Rui's residence has delivered an invitation card."
Jiang Dahe was still struggling with his daughter's marriage, and said with a sad face, "But what did you say, if it wasn't something important, I would have disappeared today."
The concierge replied straightly: "It's His Highness Prince Rui's wet nurse. She came to the door with a matchmaker, and wanted to propose marriage to the young miss. They even brought the eight characters over there."
Father Jiang and Mother Jiang: "..."
Jiang Jingying: "..."
She put down the teacup, not to mention she couldn't eat, she couldn't even drink the water now.
Just when she was numbly thinking about whether the storm would dare to be more violent, another porter came and said tremblingly:
"Master, Madam, Prime Minister, Your Excellency Prime Minister handed over invitations to the family..."
Jiang Dahe frowned into a bitter gourd: "Why did they all rush together?!"
Mother Jiang put the teacup on the table and asked, "Why, could it be that the prime minister also invited a matchmaker for a kiss?"
The concierge was taken aback by the mistress's voice, and it took him a while to remember and shake his head:
"No no no..."
Jiang's father and Jiang's mother breathed a sigh of relief, and the two picked up their teacups again, ready to take a sip of tea to calm their shock.
Immediately afterwards, the concierge said: "The prime minister did not bring a matchmaker, she said she had already done the calculations, the lady and her are a match made in heaven, a match made in heaven—"
"She came directly with the betrothal gift. Eighteen carriages have already parked in front of the gate of the mansion. Now there are a lot of people watching in front of the gate. Do you...do you want to invite me in?"
Jiang's father and Jiang's mother: "Pfft——"
The two spouted the tea at the same time.
Then, Yang Sui looked at his daughter, glaring and said: "What's going on? When did you provoke the Crown Prince, Prince Rui, Prime Minister, and General Di?!"
Jiang Jingying: "..."
Good question.
But isn't she desperate? ?
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