Vol 2 Chapter 418: 缱绻

What Ren Yaoqi said was actually to appease Xiao Jingxi, but he didn't want Xiao Jingxi to have no joy on his face after hearing this sentence.
Yaoqi was wondering what was going on with this young master today, but Xiao Jingxi looked at her with a dark expression, "I should have been happy if you were not angry with me, but now I would rather you be angry." ."
When Xiao Jingxi said this sentence in a very low voice, it was almost a mumbling to himself. If it weren't for Ren Yaoqi who was standing close to him, he might not be able to hear it clearly.
Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi like this and suddenly realized that he is different from hers. Although Xiao Jingxi has always given people a feeling of omnipotence, his ability always makes people ignore his age, but When she met Xiao Jingxi, he was only a fifteen-year-old boy, and now he is only twenty.
Xiao Jingxi can plan tactics when facing major events, or even count as exhaustive measures, but in terms of emotional issues, he may not be more mature than ordinary men of weak crown years.
Thinking of this, Ren Yaoqi looked at Xiao Jingxi with a gloomy look in front of him, and couldn't help feeling a little guilty.
"Although I am not angry with you, if I say that I hate Yan Ningshuang, would you think I don't know the general situation?" Ren Yaoqi said embarrassingly. Ren Yaoqi has never said this before. She said in front of Xiao Jingxi for a while, it was inevitable that she was a little bit jealous, so after saying this, her face was flushed with blood, but this feeling is actually quite new, from the last life to In this life, she has not experienced this kind of awkward mood with her little daughter.
But obviously, her words pleased Xiao Jingxi. He had a dim face just now, but the corners of his lips were curved in a pleasant arc.
"Really?" Xiao Jingxi lowered his head, looking at Ren Yaoqi and asked in a low voice.
The two of them were already standing close. Xiao Jingxi bowed her head like this, and the two of them could hear their breath. Ren Yaoqi subconsciously wanted to retreat, but after thinking about it, she still bit her lip and stood there without moving. The breath of Jingxi's close at hand made her shiver a little.
Ren Yaoqi raised his head to look at Xiao Jingxi's bright eyes like dark night stars, and nodded almost invisible.
The smile on Xiao Jingxi's face gradually deepened, and the color in his eyes seemed to congeal into a whirlpool, allowing people to drown in his gentle and focused eyes.
He took Ren Yaoqi's hand, and Ren Yaoqi's lightly drooping eyelashes trembled. Seeing that she didn't break away, Xiao Jingxi cautiously hugged her again.
Ren Yaoqi is still not used to being so close to men, but this person is Xiao Jingxi, Ren Yaoqi can't help but feel soft. At this moment, she realized with hindsight that she could not see him showing a little bit of aggrieved and sad expression. Whether Xiao Jingxi was really wronged or sad or pretended to be, she didn't like to see it.
In Xiao Jingxi's arms, Ren Yaoqi was a little startled.
She even thought about wandering around the world. Maybe she understood what Xiao Jinglin meant to her by "beautiful tears, heroic grave". She is not a hero and can't pass the beauty level.
"I like your ignorance, and I like it very much." Xiao Jingxi whispered in Ren Yaoqi's ear, his low and dull voice was so good that he couldn't help his blushing and heartbeat, and his whole body was numb.
Xiao Jingxi just hugged Ren Yaoqi quietly for a while without any other actions. Ren Yaoqi also did not move obediently, but the atmosphere was so beautiful that it was nostalgic.
In the end, Ren Yaoqi moved and blushed and stood straight from Xiao Jingxi's arms. This time Xiao Jingxi let go of her.
"Are you looking for me for other things?" Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi and asked softly.
Xiao Jingxi was in a good mood right now, and took Ren Yaoqi to sit down in the middle of the room, and poured her a cup of tea: "I heard that you have accepted Zhu Ruomei's marriage?"
"Zhu Ruomei is yours, why do I need to give permission for his marriage? He asked to marry my maid, I agree." Ren Yaoqi lowered his head.
Xiao Jingxi chuckled when he heard the words, and looked at Ren Yaoqi and said, "Who said his marriage doesn't need you to give permission? He is mine."
The meaning of Xiao Jing's western dialect is already very straightforward. Where can Ren Yaoqi not understand? But this is not easy to respond or refute.
Xiao Jingxi did not want to embarrass Ren Yaoqi, although he loved her blushing and shy appearance "I want to discuss with you whether his wedding date can be advanced."
Ren Yaoqi raised his head to look at him, a little surprised: "The wedding date is early? When is it early?" Zhu Ruomei's wedding date was set by Zhu's family. Suddenly, it was rescheduled and Xiao Jingxi had to come to meet him. She said that of course Ren Yaoqi was surprised.
Xiao Jingxi pondered: "The sooner the better, what about after the Duanyang Festival?"
Ren Yaoqi was even more surprised when he heard this. Today is the second day of the second day, and the fifth day is the Duanyang Festival. That is to say, Zhu Ruomei's marriage will be fixed a few days later.
"Why are you in such a hurry? But what happened?" If it wasn't that Zhu Ruomei was not too young, Ren Yaoqi originally thought it was too early to get married at the end of June, fearing that they would not be able to prepare in just two or three months.
"I want Zhu Ruomei to travel far away. If his wedding date is not advanced, I'm afraid it will be postponed. I asked him what he meant, and he said he wanted to get married earlier." Xiao Jingxi said.
Ren Yaoqi glanced at Xiao Jingxi. Xiao Jingxi asked Zhu Ruomei to go out of the country because there must be important things to explain to him. Ren Yaoqi originally wanted to ask clearly. After all, Sydney is hers, she just I can't just ask. However, Ren Yaoqi was also afraid that he shouldn't ask about these things, and he would embarrass Xiao Jingxi if asked.
Looking at Ren Yaoqi’s expression, Xiao Jingxi naturally understood what she was thinking, and smiled and said,
You know that the queen mother chose ten ladies to come to Yanbei this time and there are three other court officials? Coming for the banquet of the daughter and the book "The Picture of Yanshanhe", it is not in essence."
Upon hearing this, Ren Yaoqi immediately thought of what he asked Yuan Dayong to inquire about last time. Of those officials, perhaps only Pei Zhiyan actually came for "Yanshanhe Tuzhi", and the other two officials were for reconciliation with Liaoren. The matter of border trade.
Ren Yaoqi nodded: "I was asked about it last time." Now, Yuan Dayong has always been able to know this, and it must have been Xiao Jingxi's instruction.
Xiao Jingxi didn't have the notion that women in the house should not interfere with the outer courtyard. Xiao Jinglin is also a woman, which does not prevent Xiao Jingxi from admiring her in some ways. Ren Yaoqi was about to become his wife, and she was also a woman he admired, so Xiao Jingxi didn't mind that Ren Yaoqi knew these things.
"The new Liao King was only fifteen years old when he took the throne. It is inevitable that he will be young and vigorous. Since he took the throne, he has led troops to invade southward every year, but he can't enter Jiajing Pass anyway, and his prestige in Liao is greatly reduced. Queen Shunzhen, the last wife of the Liao King, was the niece of the governor of the Peking University Royal Court. Queen Shunzhen and the North Court wanted to support her younger son to replace her. In order to win over the South Court, the new Liao King married the daughter of the South Court. Don’t look at this one. The Great King of the Southern Court was silent on weekdays, and few people came to Liao with his contempt. Few people were his opponents. This time, the King of Liao sent people to Beijing to ask for peace with the court of the Great Zhou Dynasty. The West analyzed Ren Yaoqi's situation in Liao.
Ren Yaoqi lowered his eyes and thought for a while: "Is the Liao Kingdom defeated this time, do they plan to give up land or lose money?"
I don't want Xiao Jingxi to laugh after hearing this, but the smile does not reach the bottom of his eyes: "Pay the money, but it is not the Liao State that pays it to Da Zhou, but Da Zhou pays it to Liao State."
Ren Yaoqi raised his eyebrows when he heard the words: "Is there such a good thing?"
"The imperial court has been rehabilitating and rejuvenating in the Southern Territory these years, and there is no shortage of silver." Xiao Jingxi said quietly.
After careful consideration, Ren Yaoqi understood that the court did not lack silver, but the control over Yanbei.
The Liao people suffered defeat in the hands of the Yanbei Army, but bypassed the Yanbei Palace to seek peace from the court. It is false to seek peace, and it is true to hide evil intentions.
The Liao Kingdom now has its own affairs in the South and North Courts, and it may not be a short-term task to decide whether to win or lose. The prestige of the new king of Liao has been greatly reduced. In the near future, he will not be able to lead his troops south to attack the city again. Therefore, the king of Liao wanted to take this opportunity to breathe his breath and clear the door, so he proposed to reopen the border trade between the two countries.
No matter how powerful the Yanbei Palace was, it was only a feudal king, and Da Zhou was still named Li.
The Liao people knew that the Yanbei Palace was a fishbone stuck in the throat of the Zhou court, compared to the Liao Kingdom, which was separated by the sixteen states of Yanyun. Can't vomit, can't swallow, it will fester and suppurate after a long time. Therefore, even if the people of Liao were defeated, they dared to ask the Great Zhou Dynasty to donate money to them and allow the border trade to be reopened.
Because if the Liao people truce with Yanbei, the existence of the Yanbei Palace will become embarrassing. Without war, if Yanbei wanted to feed so many troops, the people would have complaints. As time passed, the Yanbei Palace would not want to disarm. In this way, the Zhou Dynasty wanted to clean up the Yanbei Prince's Mansion much easier, and it was much more legitimate.
Thinking about this, Ren Yaoqi was also in a cold sweat, and couldn't help sighing: "No wonder you said that the Great King of the South Campus is so scheming. This double-edged strategy made him beautiful.
When the Yanbei Palace was forced to become weak, the Liao Kingdom had already handled its own internal affairs, and its national strength was gradually restored due to the reopening of border trade. When the time comes, it will send troops to the south. Where can the Great Zhou Dynasty be able to resist?
Xiao Jing smiled when he heard the words, and every time he talked with Ren Yaoqi, it was his most relaxed time. He didn't have to guard her, nor was he afraid that she wouldn't understand. Every time, as long as he started, she would be able to understand it. He hadn't seen a few women as smart as hers.
"So the Yanbei Palace wants to prevent this peace talks between the court and Daliao?" Ren Yaoqi asked.
Xiao Jingxi did not immediately answer when he heard the words. He thought for a while and smiled at Ren Yaoqi: "If this is the case, you are not afraid that we will become sinners throughout the Great Zhou? After all, for ordinary people, it is always good not to fight. "Yes." Xiao Jingxi feels at ease about putting Ren Yaoqi in the category of "us".
(To be continued