Before King Zhongshun's carriage arrived, Jia Rong went to the ancestral hall to get some things and ran to the Xifu.
"Uncle Xiao Rong is here."
Lin Daiyu walked out of the room after listening to the call of the maid in the courtyard. Jia Rong only saw her delicate little face with red eyes from crying, and said, "Please greet Aunt Lin."
Lin Daiyu hummed softly: "Brother Rong, why did you come to my place today? You are not afraid of the ladies telling you that you have broken the rules, and you dare to enter the girl's yard."
This little girl can still joke, and she doesn't seem to be in a bad mood. Jia Rong also knew in her heart that this was human nature. Although she would be worried and sad when she heard that her family was seriously ill, she couldn't just worry about it. He said: "I originally thought of waiting for my aunt outside the courtyard, but unexpectedly, the maid Xueyan next to my aunt called me into the courtyard. This is not a trespassing."
Lin Daiyu didn't listen to his sophistry and snorted: "You came in anyway."
"Then I'll quit now."
"Come in, just stay there for now." Lin Daiyu said, "Your aunt is not an unreasonable person. What's the matter with coming here so early in the morning?"
It's also interesting to hear a teenage girl being raised. Jia Rong took out the portrait he carved some time ago from his arms and said: "I painted and carved this wood carving for two months. I wanted to send it to my aunt for her birthday. I heard this morning that my aunt was going back to Yangzhou. Go, I guess my aunt will have her next birthday in Yangzhou, so I’ll bring it to you now.”
Jia Rong carved three wood carvings in total. Qin Keqing's and Feng Jie'er's were given to them on their birthdays. Now only Lin Daiyu's is left. Brother Rong came here today, and he didn't just come with the wood carvings casually. He also prepared a brocade box to contain them.
Lin Daiyu was curious when she heard that it was carved by Brother Rong himself, and asked Xue Yan to open the box and take out the contents. Xue Yan handed it over in surprise and said, "It looks like a girl."
"How similar are they?" Lin Daiyu held it carefully and asked the snow geese and rhododendrons nearby.
Zicuckoo said: "Uncle Xiao Rong treats girls very well. He must have put a lot of thought into carving. There is no reason why he is different."
Lin Daiyu pouted and said: "He is sarcastically saying that I am like a piece of wood, pretending to be bad."
Brother Rong shouted that he was wronged. He never imagined that Lin Daiyu's brain circuit was like this. He quickly said: "How dare you ridicule my aunt? Since ancient times, most of the gods and bodhisattvas were carved from wood? I am offering my aunt a peace of mind as a fairy."
Lin Daiyu's little face, as white and tender as jade, turned red, and asked curiously: "How many of these have Brother Rong made?"
"Just this one."
Lin Daiyu's face changed slightly after hearing this, she frowned and threw the wooden sculpture to Zicuckoo beside her, and said leisurely: "Some time ago, I saw a similar one in your wife's room."
"Give her one, and I also made one for my aunt, one for each of us." However, Lin Daiyu's face became even more ugly without thinking of Brother Rong's explanation. It suddenly occurred to me that saying it like this sounded a bit ambiguous. Could it be that Lin Daiyu and Qin Keqing were put in the same position, and he quickly added.
"I also made one for Aunt Feng, three in total."
Lin Daiyu then showed her face and smiled softly, saying: "Brother Rong is interested."
Jia Rong didn't want to stay in this courtyard for too long, so he left in a hurry after giving the gift. If he hadn't heard the maid in the mansion say that Lin Daiyu was going back to Yangzhou with Mr. Lian in the afternoon, he wouldn't have rushed here.
Xue Yan saw that Mr. Xiao Rong was missing outside the courtyard and joked: "The master of the West Mansion has lost his mind, but it is the Master of the East Mansion who remembers our girl."
Zijuan listened to Xueyan teasing Second Master Bao, and said casually: "It's because the girl has a good personality and we can talk to both houses. Naturally, there are many people who remember the girl."
Lin Daiyu took the wood carving back from Zicuckoo, looked at it carefully, and then put it back into the box for Zicuckoo to put away.
When Brother Rong rushed outside Ning Guo Mansion, the carriage from Prince Zhongshun Mansion was waiting. King Zhongshun stood beside the carriage with his staff in hand, and said angrily: "It's becoming more and more unruly, and you even ask me to wait for you."
Who made you wait? Jia Rong raised her eyebrows. She clearly told the gatekeeper to let you go to the manor first. However, he didn't dare to say that. He just said: "Excuse me, Mr. Qiantose, but the injury on my foot has occurred again?"
"Hurry up and get in the car." King Zhongshun hummed and said, "When the weather gets cold, the old disease in my legs will hurt a little. If not, why would I allow you to ride with me in the car?"
Uncle Rong only smiled and said nothing, and carefully helped King Zhongshun get into the carriage. It's strange to say that just because Xiong Da caused trouble that time, he got close to King Zhongshun inexplicably.
After entering the car, the soft curtain was lowered.
King Zhongshun told him: "Brother Huang and officials from the six ministries will go to the manor today. You must behave better today."
And this thing? Why didn't this old Chitose tell me earlier? Otherwise, I would have to change my clothes anyway. Jia Rong said: "Master Qiansui, do you want me to change into my royal uniform and come here?"
"I'm not asking you to enter the palace to meet the saints, so what kind of uniform do you want to change into? Do you want to show your authority in front of the officials?" King Zhongshun said angrily, "Can the uniform be worn easily? I'll change it when you enter the palace one day. Your clothes.”
When he heard the word "enter the palace", Uncle Rong shrank inexplicably. He shook his head repeatedly and said: "If you don't enter the palace, you won't enter the palace."
King Zhongshun was very angry after hearing this. He stretched out his hand and knocked Jia Rong on the head twice. "It would be a good thing if it could be said that you entered the palace. Just wait and see, I don't know what kind of good luck your Jia family got. You were the one to thank me years ago."
Brother Rong sounded confused and didn't understand what King Zhongshun was talking about. He asked with a gossipy face: "Can the prince reveal some news? What's the good thing?"
"There is no conclusion yet. I hope your Jia family can expect this to be a truly good thing." King Zhongshun sneered.
Jia Rong saw King Zhongshun remove a jade plaque from his belt and handed it over. He took it over and saw that the card was white and flawless, with the word 'xiang' engraved on it, and a dragon engraved on the other side, surrounded by bright gold.
My dear, isn't this the gold-rimmed dragon jade plaque that symbolizes the prince's status?
Holding this sign in his hand, Jia Rong was afraid of accidentally throwing it away, so he asked: "What does this mean, Your Majesty?"
King Zhongshun said expressionlessly: "Although you are a little undisciplined, you are still passable. If you encounter difficulties one day, just take out this card."
This, this, this...
Jia Rong was stunned. What day do you encounter difficulties? What's the difficulty?
The difficulty in getting King Zhongshun to produce a gold-rimmed jade plaque as a guarantee should not be small. The only difficulty that King Zhongshun paid attention to was that the two mansions were raided. He felt like crying for a moment. He was careful, he was careful, could he end up like that in the end?
He thought to himself that the Jia family hadn't done much recently. Is it Jia She? Jia Lian? Or several other places within four kilometers and eight kilometers? Or which one is Wang, Xue or Shi?
King Zhongshun saw the tearless expression on Jia Rong's face and said calmly: "There is no need to act like this, but I am pleased with you, so that you will not be angry in the court in the future."
