allendalepharm Chapter 484: Too Powerful
Chapter 484: Too Powerful
"Are the two young masters returning to the capital? You two have passed the provincial examination, so you will probably go to the Imperial College to study, right?" Luo Qiu looked very familiar, but his eyes were mostly on Tong Huaian, and he only paid casual attention to Jiang Youzhen.
Jiang Youzhen didn't mind. After all, going to Beijing would give her a wider world. If she didn't make a name for herself, who would recognize her? It was a good start that she was known by others.
"Yes! Why is Second Manager Luo also on the boat? Is he returning to his ancestral hometown?" Tong Huaian was curious. He had never heard of any master of the Luo family returning to Tongzhou Prefecture!
"Alas! Didn't an old man from one of our clan's branches pass away? The master ordered me to come back to take care of the funeral. So I have to hurry back to report."
Jiang Youzhen and the others then realized that the steward was dressed very simply. They all expressed their condolences and let the matter go.
Seeing that the two were chatting happily, Jiang Youzhen had no interest in staying any longer.
"You two take your time chatting. My nephew is not feeling well and I have to go take care of him. I'll excuse myself first!" Jiang Youzhen disdained to talk to this kind of mean person who flatters the weak and looks down on the powerful. Anyway, his target was not her.
"I have things to do too!" Tong Huaian said as he nodded to Luo Qiu, "Second Manager, let's talk later."
"Then the two gentlemen are busy, I will take my leave first!" Luo Qiu was not a person who did not understand the hint, otherwise he would not have been able to be the second manager in the mansion.
After he left, Tong Huaian and Jiang Youzhen talked about what had happened in the Luo Mansion in recent months on their way back to their rooms.
"That Third Miss Luo, I don't know when she hooked up with Princess Ling Shuang. She would invite me to every banquet, which made my stepmother unhappy."
Jiang Youzhen glanced at him with a half-smile on his face, "Brother Huai'an even knows about this? This is a dispute within the family."
Tsk tsk! They are already hooking up now, right? Otherwise, how would they know so much? It seems I have to stay away from the male and female protagonists in the future.
Once these two people are together, they seem to have lost their minds. Tong Huaian acts like a completely different person, and always puts the female protagonist first.
Seeing Jiang Youzhen's half-smile, Tong Huaian raised his eyebrows and suddenly felt unhappy.
"That's because something big happened. Otherwise, how would I know about this kind of inner house dispute, especially in someone else's house? Besides, I've never been interested in this kind of thing."
Tong Huaian snorted coldly. He was too impatient to deal with the internal conflicts in his own family!
"If it weren't for the fact that Princess Lingshuang held a banquet last time and wanted to make an ice man, this matter wouldn't have spread so badly."
"Oh? What's the matter?" Jiang Youzhen immediately became interested. He didn't expect that the heroine and Princess Ling Shuang had such a good relationship.
How did the heroine, a girl from the boudoir, hook up with Princess Ling Shuang? The princess was of noble status, and the heroine was just a concubine's daughter. Logically, the princess should disdain to be with her.
After all, this dynasty also pays attention to the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children. Generally, a princess of this status would not play with a concubine's daughter. The book did not mention it either, so Jiang Youzhen was a little curious.
"At that banquet, the princess said she was inviting young men and women from aristocratic families to appreciate flowers. During the banquet, they played drums and passed the flowers, and there was also a talent competition. It just so happened that the Fourth Prince accepted the invitation that day. Isn't it? The drum and passed the flowers brought these two together."
Tsk tsk! This is fate! The Fourth Prince is one of the male protagonists, isn't that right?
As Tong Huaian spoke, he observed Jiang Youzhen's expression. After seeing a hint of excitement flash in Jiang Youzhen's eyes, he felt a lot more relieved.
It seems that Jiang Youzhen doesn't take the Fourth Prince, who is such a handsome guy, seriously.
"Oh~ what happened next?" Jiang Youzhen had already returned to the room, picking up a piece of red bean cake in his hand, as if he was ready to listen to a story.
Tong Huaian sat opposite her with a faint smile on his face.
"Recently, the Emperor wants to select concubines for the three princes. The major families have heard the news and have their own little ideas. The Luo family and the fourth prince are already related by marriage, so everyone is saying that they probably want to strengthen the relationship.
But you have to know that the eldest daughter of the Luo family is already married, and this third daughter is a concubine. In terms of status, I am afraid they are not a match, unless she is willing to be a concubine. "
Jiang Youzhen carefully observed Tong Huaian's expression and found that his tone was very unfamiliar when he talked about the third lady of the Luo family. Could it be that these two people haven't hooked up yet?
"I remember that Brother Huai'an and Miss Luo San were childhood sweethearts, right?" Jiang Youzhen couldn't help but ask.
Tong Huaian suddenly looked up at Jiang Youzhen, and his heart began to leap for joy.
"Not really. If we talk about childhood sweethearts, then I often played with several young ladies from the Luo Mansion when I was a child, and it wasn't just Miss Luo San."
"Really?" Jiang Youzhen was suspicious. No matter what, it seemed that the heroine's current target was not Tong Huaian.
Forget it! This matter has nothing to do with her. She only cares about her career.
"You don't believe it? She and I have nothing to do with each other. After I returned to my hometown to recuperate, I never saw her again. I only saw her twice until the year before last."
Tong Huaian's tone was a little anxious. Jiang Youzhen thought he was afraid that he would spread rumors, so he waved his hand and said, "Don't worry! I won't spread rumors about your private exchange. We scholars are the most careful about our reputation."
Tong Huaian felt disappointed, took a deep breath, then stood up and said, "I'm a little tired, I'm going back to sleep!"
Jiang Youzhen opened the window and looked at the rising sun outside.
"Didn't he just wake up? It's not a good thing for young people to be sleepy. Maybe he is too weak."
Tong Huaian paused as he was about to step out of the room. He suddenly thought of something and turned to look at Jiang Youzhen.
"The case of taxation at the Tongzhou Prefecture wharf?"
"Hmm?" Jiang Youzhen looked at him puzzledly.
Tong Huai'an looked at Jiang Youzhen steadily, and only saw confusion on her face.
"I read the court bulletin, didn't it say that the case has been closed?" Jiang Youzhen sighed and said, "The prefect is confused! At first I saw that he wanted to take refuge with the Fourth Prince, but fortunately he didn't, otherwise wouldn't he have implicated the Fourth Prince?"
Tong Huaian squinted his eyes and looked at Jiang Youzhen who was sitting by the window, shrouded in the morning glow. The morning mist spread around her, and she seemed to be about to ascend to heaven.
Turning his head, he suddenly had an understanding of the immortal described in the dialogue book. Perhaps, this is what an immortal is like?
Jiang Youzhen can bewitch people with just his appearance.
"But after Huang Andao returned to the capital, he was protected by Lord Shi, the Left Vice-Chief Censor." Tong Huaian searched Jiang Youzhen's face. He wanted to know whether this matter had anything to do with Jiang Youzhen.
"Isn't this reasonable? Lord Shi is the superior of the Inspectorate, so it's normal for Censor Huang to seek Lord Shi's protection. As for whether Lord Shi has a faction, I don't know. What's going on? Is there another hidden story?"
Jiang Youzhen's face was full of curiosity, which made Tong Huaian shut up.
Tong Huaian walked back to his room. The fourth prince said that this might be Jiang Youzhen's doing. And it happened to be Tongzhou Prefecture. How could it be such a coincidence?