This Tingzhuxuan had a great view. Sitting by the window, you can have a panoramic view of the scene in front of Dingxiang Building and the street.

King Yan didn’t know where his gaze fell, and a glimmer of interest flashed in his eyes.

Only the guard standing beside King Yan could see what King Yan was looking at.

A coachman drove the carriage to turn around, and a group of female family members wearing curtains hats whose faces could not be seen were getting on the carriage. King Yan’s eyes clearly fell on the girl wearing a sky-blue dress.

You can’t see the face, just look at the graceful back, and you can guess that this was a rare beauty.

It seemed that this was the Ninth Miss Ling that Eunuch Xi mentioned.

Ninth Miss Ling was quite keen. She seemed to notice that someone was staring at her figure and quickly turned her head to look over. Through a layer of gauze, she met King Yan’s eyes from a distance.

His Highness King Yan raised his eyebrows and smiled.

Ninth Miss Ling showed no reaction and quickly turned around and got into the carriage.

Then, the Ling family’s carriage didn’t stop for a moment and quickly left.

Ninth Miss Ling, who was obstinate, stubborn, tenacious, clever, and quick-witted in disposition…

King Yan’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, and an inexplicable smile passed through the corners of his lips.

Eunuch Xi noticed that King Yan was distracted, so instead of panicking, he became secretly happy. It seemed that King Yan only planned to punish him a little, but had not made up his mind to kill him.

“This slave is loyal to the master. Please, your Highness, spare this slave’s life and allow me to work well in the future to repay the master’s kindness!”

Eunuch Xi cried out his loyalty to the master, which was quite emotional.

King Yan twitched his lips: “It’s a shame that you became a chamberlain because of your talent. If you had gone to the Liyuan to be an actor, you would have become a famous actor long ago.”

There was a joking tone in his words.

In other words, the deception just now was in the past.

Eunuch Xi was overjoyed and smiled flatteringly: “Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness. However, I have to serve Your Highness for the rest of my life, so I can’t go to the Liyuan.” ^[1]I am guessing it is an opera or theatre house

King Yan frowned in disgust: “Go and wipe away the blood and tears on your face. Come back after washing yourself, it’s really disgusting to see.”

Eunuch Xi agreed in succession, and hurriedly stood up and left.

After Eunuch Xi left, King Yan ordered the guards around him: “Li Jun, order someone to check on Ling Zhiyuan, the lángzhōng ^[2]the post of Eldest Ling of the Ministry of Industry. Find out about everyone in his house.”

Especially this Ninth Miss Ling.

There was no need to say this last sentence, Li Jun naturally understood it. He immediately accepted the order: “Subordinate obeys the order.”

……..

Ling Jingshu sat on the carriage with a calm expression but secretly recalled the startling glance before getting on the carriage.

A quick glance, and against the light, she didn’t see clearly. But she knew clearly that the person sitting by the window looking at her was King Yan.

She was under house arrest in the Lu family in her previous life and had vague memories of things outside. She only knew that the person who finally took the throne was King Yan. But she didn’t know anything about King Yan’s temperament.

This meeting only lasted a short moment and they exchanged a few words. Based on these, we can only draw the most superficial impression. King Yan’s behavior was quite willful and unruly. He was completely different from the Imperial Grandson who always had a cold face and there was no difference between joy and anger.

King Yan’s true face and temperament were unknown.

Silent all the way, when they returned to the Ling family, it was already past the Shen hour. ^[3]3 to 5 PM

Everyone went to see Madam Sun first.

Seeing that everyone was not in high spirits, Madam Sun was a little surprised and asked with a smile: “What’s wrong with you guys? After going out to play for a long time, why are you not happy, but come back with droopy faces? Is everything alright? What happened?”

“Nothing happened.” Everyone answered in unison.

The answers were so consistent.

It was almost as if it had been agreed upon… Madam Sun had doubts in her heart, and without looking at Ling Jingyan and Ling Jingshu, she only asked Jiang Shi: “Yu Niang, was there really nothing wrong today?”

After being pressed like this, Jiang Shi was still calm and replied with a smile: “We went to the Huichun Hall first. The name card has been given to the steward, and tángdì Xiao’s name has also been written down. All we have to do now is wait for the morning of the fifteenth day and go there earlier. Then we can meet Imperial Doctor Wei. Later we went to Dingxiang Tower for lunch.”

“Dingxiang Tower is famous for its great reputation and business is booming. There was only one private room left today. After we entered the private room, the guests who had originally reserved the private room came again. So we had a few quarrels and got sulky. Fortunately, a spare room was vacated later, and we came back after lunch.”

“It’s just a small matter when you talk about it, but I was a bit upset, so my mood wasn’t high. It ended up worrying my mother-in-law.”

She didn’t lie at all, but she cleverly avoided all the important points. If things were exposed in the future, Jiang Shi would not fall into the trap of deceiving her elders.

Her words and deeds were indeed thorough and meticulous.

Ling Jingshu couldn’t help but secretly admire Jiang Shi.

As expected, Madam Sun’s suspicion was gone, and she smiled and reassured: “That’s all, it’s just a trivial matter, don’t take it to heart. You are tired after running around for a long time, so go back and rest first. I will call you again at dinnertime.”

……….

Ever since she left Dingxiang Tower, Ling Jingyan had not spoken again, nor had she looked at Ling Jingshu again.

Living together in Luoxiayuan, they inevitably traveled together.

Ling Jingyan lowered her head in confusion and did not speak to Ling Jingshu the whole way.

Ling Jingshu didn’t step forward to ask for trouble, she took Ling Xiao’s hand and walked forward slowly. She thought to herself when Ling Jingyan got over her anger, she could talk to her again and coax her…

Just as she was thinking about it, Ling Jingyan, who had already stepped into Luoxia Courtyard, suddenly turned around with a sullen face: “Shu Tangmei, come with me. I have something to tell you.”

Ah Shu, the intimate name before, became Shu Tangmei again.

Her tone was also tense, completely losing her usual liveliness.

Ling Jingshu sighed secretly in her heart, but kept a smile on her face: “Okay, I’ll send Ah Xiao back to his room first and then come find you.”

After sending Ling Xiao back to the dormitory, Ling Xiao grabbed Ling Jingshu’s sleeves to prevent her from leaving. : “Ah Shu, from the tone of Yan Tangjie, it seems that she is looking to quarrel. Don’t go, so as not to quarrel with her.”

“We are now living in dàbó’s house. You and Yan Tangjie have a conflict. No matter who is right or who is wrong, dà bómǔ and dàbó will support Yan Tangjie. You will always be the one to suffer.”

Looking at Ling Xiao’s serious and worried face, Ling Jingshu felt warm in her heart: “Ah Xiao, what you say makes sense, but don’t worry. You know Yan Tangjie’s temperament, so, you know it is important that I explain the misunderstanding clearly. Otherwise, this knot will be left in the two people’s hearts, and it will be even worse in the future. Besides, we don’t know how long we will be staying in the capital. No matter how long we live here, we can’t keep hiding from her!”

Ling Xiao fell silent for a moment before reluctantly letting go: “I can never win an argument with you.

Ling Jingshu pursed her lips and smiled, patting Ling Xiao on the shoulder with a relaxed tone: “Don’t worry, I’ll be back soon.”

(To be continued.)