The relationship between her aunt and Prince Cheng has always been very good. Tang Ning often visited Prince Cheng's mansion when she was a child, and would often stay with her aunt. She had seen with her own eyes how obedient Prince Cheng was to her aunt.
From clothing, food and travel, to hairpins, pearls and flowers, King Cheng would take everything into consideration. He even personally selected the pieces of embroidered cloth that he used to make clothes for his aunt every year.
He obeyed his aunt in everything and never lost his temper. When the two of them occasionally had disputes, it was mostly King Cheng who asked his aunt to admit her mistakes.
After being married and having children for many years, her aunt was still as coquettish as a girl in her boudoir, and Tang Ning had seen the two of them secretly rubbing each other's cheeks more than once, with such strong and enviable feelings.
Prince Cheng was so kind to his aunt that it was hard to fault him, and he also loved her as if he were his own daughter.
But in her last life, she was trapped in the back house of the Song family, and her aunt suddenly died of illness. The uncle she had looked forward to many times, hoping to rescue her, did not appear even half a time. Even Xie Yin and the Song family bullied her like that. , Lu Zhinian broke off the engagement and married another, and he seemed completely unaware of it.
Later, before Song Shulan and Lu Zhinian got married, she learned that there was a step-concubine in Prince Cheng's palace.
At that time, it had only been less than two years since my aunt passed away, but Prince Cheng had already married a new man a year ago. He was deeply in love with the new Princess Cheng, and they were in and out of each other as a couple. It seemed that all the years of deep love for his aunt had been transferred there. On the new princess.
Except for Xie Yin who complained a few times, everyone seemed to have forgotten their aunt.
Tang Ning pinched her palms, and the pain wrapped around her fingers was bone-piercing.
Is it because King Cheng empathizes too quickly, or is his deep love for his aunt always fake?
The night wind outside the house rises and falls, and the branches in the courtyard are blown softly.
Tang Ning lowered her head and fiddled with the dragon-patterned pendant hanging around her neck. The knot on the jade pendant had been torn off by Xiao Yan before. Later, Madam Qin helped her to weave a diamond knot again and thoughtfully hung two wish-fulfilling beads on it. Next to the jade pendant, it is said that it can keep her safe and everything goes well.
She suddenly wanted to see Xiao Yan.
He is so smart, he can definitely know what King Cheng is thinking.
"Don't want your hands anymore?"
Tang Ning, who was distracted, was stunned.
"Silly?"
The low voice, with a hint of carelessness, was like the cold snow falling on people's hearts in winter, making Song Tangning look back instantly.
The originally closed window sash opened at some point, and the night breeze was blowing gently. Xiao Yan, dressed in white, stood there, his cloak with dragon and brocade patterns fluttering as if he was in his own mansion.
Behind him were the painted red corridor pillars, and the surrounding candlelight shone on his body, making his eyes ripple lightly.
Tang Ning's eyes widened: "Why are you here?"
"The governor can't come?"
"no……"
She just whispered about him secretly, and then he suddenly appeared. Is he the wishing pool of Lingyun Temple?
But she didn't throw away any money...
The child's wide-eyed look made Xiao Yan laugh, and he walked around to the front door and walked in.
"I forgot to give you the medicine for the wound this morning. Madam Qin prepared the jade powder and specially told the governor to bring it to you so that you can apply it on your face every day so that there will be no scars on your face. She said that the little girl's mother-in-law is afraid of pain. Afraid of the bitterness, I also made some sugar pills for you to take with medicine to sweeten your mouth."
Song Tangning's eyes turned into crescent moons as she remembered how the newly introduced sister Qin talked about people's abilities.
Outside the house, the servants of Prince Cheng's Mansion were nowhere to be seen, and Cang Lang was standing there carelessly.
Inside, Xiao Yan walked to the armchair opposite and sat down, then looked at the little girl opposite: "What were you thinking about just now?"
So focused, but also vaguely confused and painful.
Xiao Yan always felt that the little girl in front of him seemed to be hiding something. She was obviously at an innocent and innocent age, but she always showed that kind of uneasiness that made people confused.
"Does the Song family's affairs embarrass you?"
Song Tangning was stunned for a moment and shook his head: "No."
"That means someone in Prince Cheng's palace is making things difficult for you."
Xiao Yan's expression was calm and cold, and his words were firm.
"Princess Cheng protects you to the extreme. In order for you to embarrass your own son in public, she will not embarrass you. When you were at the Qian family, you were also very powerful towards Xie Yin. You didn't care about him at all. It must not be him, so Is it King Cheng?”
Tangning's eyes shrank.
"He is really King Cheng." Xiao Yan frowned slightly, "Did he bully you?"
"No!"
Tang Ning saw that he was just asking coolly, and there was not even a frosty look on his face, but she vaguely felt that he had the intention of killing King Cheng if he disagreed with her.
She hurriedly said: "He didn't bully me, there are just some things I can't figure out..."
Seeing that Xiao Yan wanted to speak, Tang Ning pressed the corners of her mouth and said,
"Lord Governor, can you stop guessing people's thoughts so much..."
She knew that she wasn't smart enough, and she also knew that she had been wasted for many years, but every time her thoughts were read, she felt particularly stupid.
Obviously she has lived a new life, and she is trying her best to become more considerate than before, but every time this person appears, her touching touch makes her feel extremely frustrated.
After Tang Ning finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at Xiao Yan. She lowered her eyes and looked at her fingertips wrapped into rice dumplings, thinking that they were really ugly.
The room was quiet for a moment, and then someone suddenly tapped him on the back of his head.
"Call Brother."
Tang Ning looked up and saw Xiao Yan walking over and sitting next to her.
"I can see through your mind. It's not that you are stupid, it's just that I have been used to guessing others over the years. If you don't like it, I won't guess anymore."
Tangning looked in a daze.
Xiao Yan looked at her dark eyes and turned his hand to reveal the sugar pill lying in the other palm.
"I have never raised a sister before, and I don't know how to treat you. If you don't like it, tell me and I will change it."
Tang Ning listened to his clear and calm voice, and the sugar pills rolling down her palms brought with them the residual warmth in the man's palms, making her almost forget to breathe.
After a long time, she tightened her grip on Tang Wan a little bit: "Is it possible that whoever holds the dragon-patterned pendant can have the governor treat her so well?"
Xiao Yan turned his head in confusion, but still said truthfully: "No."
Tang Ning looked at him intently.
"The dragon pattern pendant is a relic of Aunt Xue. Aunt Xue is kind to me. I will only take care of others wearing it."
Aunt Xue saved him, and the lady was kind to him, but more than ten years have passed, and he is no longer the sincere-hearted young man he was back then.
He might take some care of the person holding the object because of the old friend, and he might make her life better without getting bored.
But when it comes to doing it himself, he is not that free yet.
Xiao Yan looks at Tang Ning differently because more than ten years have passed, and the child in front of him can still see the shadow of the messed-up dumpling who hugged his legs and cried.
Because her mind is simple, she is still the same as the chirping child in the darkest time. She is not polluted by the world, and her eyes can see everything at a glance.
To put it bluntly, what Xiao Yan values is that Song Tangning is her, not that she is Song Tangning.
Tang Ning's eyes turned red for a moment, and her eyes were filled with moisture.
She didn't want to cry, but the grievance of being robbed of her life made her want to howl.
She turned away hastily and raised her arms to block her misty eyes. Before she could swallow back her tears, she heard a noise coming from the courtyard outside.
A moment later, the voice approached, and Canglang in front of the door said, "Supervisor, Crown Prince Xie and the eldest son of the Song family are here."
