Sweet Beauty Chapter 74: Love and Exclusivity
Let's go back to King Kang's fifth son Jiang Jue and Master Rong Er who went to Yudi.
Jiang Jue was raised in the palace since childhood, and was favored by the Empress Dowager Zhuang. Although he was diligent in his studies and literate, he was also praised by the great Confucian scholars. Everyone in the court thought he was a good young man, but he was really a servant of many brocade clothes and jade food. When I grew up, I didn't suffer much, and my body was a little weak, so I was ordered by the emperor to go to Yudi to be gilded... er, to supervise the Yellow River dam, from the capital to Yudi, although the carriage was comfortable enough along the way, at the beginning It's not interesting to watch the scenery all the way, but after a few days, my body can't stand it anymore, and people also wilt.
In order to take care of Jiang Jue, Master Rong Er also slowed down the journey. The two did not arrive at their destination, Puyang County, Yudi, almost in early November.
Although Jiang Jue also had the heart to do something, he had been exhausted by the carriage for nearly a month, and one day he followed Mr. Rong Er to the dam for inspection, and he fell ill the next day.
Master Rong Er was afraid that something would happen to him, so he was really messed up by himself, so he persuaded the golden and precious little prince to recover from his illness first, and then he met with local officials every day to inspect the dam , come back in the evening to see the situation and pick some to report to Jiang Jue.
After some time like this, Jiang Jue's health got better and better. With the flattery of local officials, he felt that this was not bad. Let Master Rong Er make a report, and then spend the rest of the time wandering around the city of Puyang, strolling around the academy, meeting the students, and "feeling the feelings of the people".
These days, Jiang Jue often went to the official school on Liyuan Mountain in Puyang County. Everyone just thought he was going to communicate with the teachers and students of Shanchang Academy. Only his personal bodyguard complained secretly, because it didn't last a few days. , he knew that Jiang Jue went to the academy not to find her husband, but his beautiful distant relative.
There is an old gentleman in this academy, Mr. Zhu Lao, who is said to be a scholar on the two lists of the former dynasty, but he is withdrawn and not good at interacting with people. During the former dynasty, his career was not smooth, and he did not know where his ancestral home was. After the establishment of the new dynasty, he He lived in this academy in Puyang and became a gentleman.
But he is very knowledgeable, and his poetry, calligraphy and painting are famous in the local area.
He has never been married and has never heard of any relatives before. Recently, a cousin and grandniece whose parents are said to have died came to live with him.
This cousin's grand-niece, Miss Zhu, was born very well, and she is very intelligent, and she knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In just a few days, she has been praised by many academy students and secretly fell in love with her. Not a few.
But this girl is a very well-behaved girl. Because she is still in her father's filial piety, she seldom shows her face. She just helps Mr. Zhu copy books and repair old paintings in the yard.
Jiang Jue at first admired Mr. Zhu's knowledgeableness, and often came to talk to him about some knowledge. After a long time, he unknowingly fell in love with this girl Zhu.
In fact, Miss Zhu has always been polite and distant to Jiang Jue. Only occasionally when she was painting, Jiang Jue saw that she was standing next to her for half an hour, and then she could put the finishing touches on such a few sentences. Qi Yantiandi is the only two of us who feel that we are confidants. That quiet courtyard in the mountains is really touching.
At this time, Jiang Jue still remembers the young lady Hua Yurong who grew up in the splendid pile of splendid clothes and loves fiery red clothes.
Only one day, Jiang Jue cautiously took a pair of jasper earrings as thin as a cicada's wings and delicate as a girl's mind. When he went to the mountain courtyard to find the rhinoceros girl, there was only a white-haired old man in the courtyard. Write a book, but no one else.
Mr. Zhu looked at Jiang Jue's dejected appearance, he just thought he didn't know, shook his head and sighed: "You Xunzhener, she has already gone to marry in the land of Shu. Speaking of which, this child is really pitiful, parents. Both died, even though her grandfather was still alive, she ignored her, and she did not dare to go to Datong to find them, so she could only inquire about some distant relatives to go to flee, alas..."
"The old man is getting old, and he has less contact with the world, so he can't take care of her anymore, and even more afraid of delaying her, he instructed her to find relatives on her grandmother's side. I heard that they are also a good family. I don't know how many times stronger this old man is..."
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Rong Weijia put down the mirror and leaned against the wall of the carriage, feeling the wooden man behind her.
If it was before, she would definitely feel hard, and she would pout and act coquettishly with the wet nurse, and then the wet nurse would coax her... No, if it was before, how could she be riding in such a carriage?
But at this time, she was a little numb. Thinking about these days, her mood was even more turbulent than that of the carriage, but her face was even more numb.
Mr. Zhu Lao is not a person from Niangu. He is really a distant relative of Zhu Rongzhen. Fortunately, Niangu was able to find him and arranged for him to live with him for a while to hook Jiang Jue.
Mr. Zhu is a cold-hearted and eccentric person, and he also helped him with various books these days, and even gave him "the books that his grandmother originally treasured", so he reluctantly allowed himself to live with him for a while day.
He was eager to leave.
When she left Yudi, Nian Gu once said: "This matter between men and women, I want to come to your nurses and nuns to teach you, but unfortunately they only teach those charming people in your palace. Dao Dao, but it doesn't teach you to refuse and welcome, and to find it again, the harder it is to get, the more you cherish these reserved principles."
"Hmph, that charming way can only tempt people for a while, but it can't attract people's hearts for a long time. Look at you and send yourself out, then Ling Xiu'an can miss you a little... "
As soon as these words came out, Rong Weijia's face turned white.
Nian Gu sneered, but didn't see it, and continued, "Now, that's when Jiang Jue is thinking about you, and if he cuts it off at this time, he will only beautify you more and more in his heart, and wait for you to come back in the future. When he arrives in the capital, he will love you more and more."
The corner of Rong Weijia's mouth slipped a touch of sarcasm, what if he was so in love with me? Could she still marry him, not as a concubine?
Nian Gu seemed to be able to see through her thoughts, snorted softly, and said: "In the future, he will be the emperor of Da Zhou, that Hua Yurong, but he was forced to marry by the Hua family, the Hua family... Sooner or later, you will lose, and it is hard to say what will happen in the future. What kind of creation depends on your own means."
"If you marry him, there is still a chance. If you marry that surnamed Ling as a concubine, what can you have? Some of them are nothing but a knife hanging around your neck by the old thief Ling!"
But are you doing it for me? You are just treating me as a knife for revenge. It's just that sooner or later, the person holding this knife can only be myself.
In late December, a house in Mianzhou City in the middle of Shu.
Mianzhou City is about two hours away by carriage from Yizhou City, the king of Shu. On this day, Jiang Yujingshu and the others arrived in Mianzhou City. It was already dark. It happened that Jiang Yu also had another courtyard in Mianzhou City, so they rested there. Mianzhou City.
Although this house is just an individual courtyard, it is very large and comfortable, and the courtyard that Jiang Yu arranged for Jing Shu is naturally very thoughtful.
These days are spent in the inn. Even in Xining, the conditions are simple. Thinking of seeing her mother tomorrow, Jingshu is even more beautiful. She ordered Dongying to prepare a bath potion. , soaked for more than half an hour, and finally was almost half asleep and half awake.
She has been practicing that exercise for nearly a year, and the potion soaked at this time is no longer the torture of demyelination and bone washing at the beginning of the year, but more often it will only make people feel tired and lethargic. That's it.
After she finished soaking in the medicinal bath, then rinsed, wrapped herself, and reluctantly wiped her hair half-dry. He blinked, wondering if he hadn't woken up.
Although she and Jiang Yu had some extravagant intimacy, but in fact it was very rare. This time she went to Xining, basically sticking with Yuanling, for the convenience of doing things, Even if he didn't live in the same house, Jiang Yu was probably too busy and rarely came to look for her.
At this time, Jiang Yu suddenly came into her room, which really made her unable to react, especially after soaking in the medicinal bath.
Jiang Yu saw Jingshu come out, put down the book in his hand, patted the position beside him, and motioned her to go over.
Jing Shu frowned, instinctively a little unhappy, but looking at Jiang Yu's serious look, she was still in a state of confusion, and she was a little scared for no reason, so she lowered her eyes and pouted, walked over and sat down .
Jiang Yu stretched out his hand, pulled her to sit next to him, smelled the faint fragrance on her body, saw her long eyelashes trembling slightly, holding her little hand and rubbing it back and forth with her fingertips for a while, Then he asked in a warm voice, "Shu'er, are you avoiding me these days?"
Jing Shu raised her eyes, her big eyes looked at him hazy, as if she thought for a while, and then she nodded frankly...
Jiang Yu tightened her hand, but at this time Jingshu's expression was serious, pure and innocent. This way, it really made him unable to talk about it.
He lowered his head and wanted to kiss her on the forehead. He didn't know whether to appease her or to appease himself, but he never thought that she would block him as soon as he reached out.
He pulled her hand helplessly, stretched out the other hand to hug her, sighed, and asked in a soft voice, "Shu'er, are you afraid of me? Why?"
Jing Shu raised her head and looked at him quietly, frowning slightly, trying to regain her somewhat detached sanity, but this was just a futile effort, on the contrary, she became more and more dizzy.
She took out her small hand from Jiang Yu's hand, pressed her temple, and then frowned and whispered: "I don't know, I'm probably afraid that I will disappear, that is, disappear..."
What is this?
But Jiang Yu didn't think this was funny at all. He looked at the little girl who was leaning against his arms at this time, and saw her fair skin that was almost transparent, and his heart tightened for no reason.
He looked at her and said word by word: "Don't think about such a thing. Don't worry, Shuer, I will let you do whatever you want. But, you will always only It can be done by my side."
Jing Shu shook her head, she leaned against his arms, sighed softly, and said, "Huaizhi, I don't know, but you are such a powerful person, you don't need me at all, but I But I need you all the time, and you can control everything about me, so that between us..."
The voice faded away, Jiang Yu looked down at her, but she was already asleep.
He looked at her for a long time, sighed softly, hugged her and placed her on the bed carefully, then stroked her cheek, unable to hold back, he lowered his head and kissed her softly from his forehead down. After a while, she pulled away, covered her with the quilt, turned around and went out the door, and left after a long gust of cold wind.
Jing Shu opened her eyes not long after he left and looked at his indistinct figure in the dark night outside the door. In fact, although she was affected by the medicinal bath, she was not completely unconscious. She just, did not know How to express it.
She thought that a person like him would probably never change, and all she could do was try to change herself and adapt to his feelings.
But since she can live again, she will never give up trying to control her own destiny.