"Huahua, that girl, is becoming more and more lazy. She has to trouble Mama Chang with such a small matter." Emperor Yunqing smiled and shook his head, "That girl should be punished. She fell in love with … "
"Your Majesty, it was this servant who wanted to run an errand for the princess," Chang Mama sighed, "This servant will say something that is out of line in front of Your Majesty. This servant has been serving Her Highness the Princess all these years. She is worried about you and her children. This servant can only be at ease after seeing Your Majesty with her own eyes. Moreover, the princess is still in mourning. It is not good for her to always enter the palace. "
When Emperor Yunqing heard this, his expression changed, "Zhen … Ai."
Chang Mama stood up, "Seeing that Your Majesty is healthy and vigorous, this servant is relieved. Your Majesty is busy every day. This servant does not dare to disturb you for too long. This servant will take her leave. "
Emperor Yunqing wanted to keep Chang Mama for a while longer. However, he knew that Chang Mama was his aunt's most useful servant. She was also the one who followed the rules the most. She had already said so much today. Even if he wanted to keep her, he could not.
Helplessly, he could only send a female official to escort Chang Mama out of the palace. At the same time, he gave a bunch of gifts to the Ban Family.
Whoever made him happy, he would make them happy.
In the Ban Family, Ban Heng took a bite of the sugar figurine. It was so sweet that he almost spat it out.
"Sister, this sugar figurine is too sweet. I can't eat it," Ban Heng threw the sugar figurine on the plate. He wiped the syrup from the corner of his mouth and gulped down the water.
"Who told you to eat it? I brought it for you to see," Ban Han looked at Ban Heng with disdain, "The sugar figurine is so similar to you. How can you eat it?"
"As long as it is edible, I can eat it," Ban Heng drank half a cup of tea and looked at Ban Han in confusion, "Why did you buy this thing back?"
"I just happened to see it on the road. I made it," Ban Han stood up, "If I knew you didn't want it, I could have saved 20 copper coins."
For ordinary people, sugar was a rare thing, so even if flour was added into the sugar figurine, the price was still a little high. Perhaps it was because Ban Han was more generous, so the sugar figurine maker added more sugar to the figurine to show his gratitude to the generous buyer.
"Who says I don't want it? I want it." Ban Heng remembered that he didn't have much money on him this month, so he quickly picked up the sugar figurine on the plate and licked it twice. "Don't worry, I'll definitely finish it."
"You're still eating?" Ban Han was so angry that he laughed. He reached out to grab the candy and rudely wiped his face with a handkerchief. "It's so sweet. What are you going to do after eating it? Do you still want your teeth?"
Ban Heng cheekily took a sip of tea. "Sis, are you going out?"
Ban Han raised his eyebrows. "What are you doing?"
"It's nothing, it's nothing," Ban Heng chuckled, "It's just that in the past few days, many people were so surprised that their eyeballs almost fell out when they heard that you were engaged to Duke Rong. Do you remember that Zhou Changxiao? He came to our fu early in the morning to ask about this. "
"Then you guys are really bored." Ban Han snorted. "It's going to be the second prince's wedding soon. Why aren't they going to join in the fun? Why are they coming to care about me?"
"Because you're prettier than the second prince's wife." Ban Heng said righteously, "Those women all want to marry Duke Rong, but in the end … heh heh heh."
How bad were the rumors that were spread outside?
They said that his sister jinxed her husband? They also said that his sister couldn't get married, that she was beautiful but brainless. It was as if mocking his sister would make these people nobler.
But in the end? Didn't Rong Junpo, whom they admired, come to their door and ask the Emperor to be the matchmaker? Weren't these people angry and annoyed?
When he thought that these people were angry and annoyed, he felt very happy.
He couldn't help but feel happy when he thought that these people were unhappy.
"Why lower yourself to the level of these boring people?" Ban Han stood up. "You don't find it boring."
Ban Heng drank water. "They don't find it boring when they gossip about people. I also don't find it boring when I mock them."
Ban Han couldn't help but laugh. She knew that her brother had always complained about the injustice for her, but he was worried that she would be sad. He never passed on those unpleasant words to her. She reached out to touch her brother's warm head. "You're so young. Why are you worrying about these things?"
Ban Heng held his head. "Sister, how many times have I told you? You can't touch a man's head casually."
"What man?" Ban Han touched his head a few more times. "You didn't even have a coming-of-age ceremony. What kind of man are you?!"
Ban Heng: Among the four members of the Ban Family, his status was the lowest …
When he came back to his senses, Ban Han was no longer in the room. He called for the servant girl beside him. "Do you think … my sister went to find Duke Rong?"
The servant girl smiled and said, "Heir, how would this servant know this?"
Ban Heng was a bit depressed. "Sure enough, it's better if my sister doesn't marry."
"Heir, why do you think this way?" The servant girl cleaned up the table and whispered, "If the princess can find the right husband, she will have one more person to care about her. Isn't this a very good thing?"
Ban Heng stammered, "Although that's true, but …"
But he was still not very happy. He had been with his sister since he was young. When he was young, if someone bullied him, his sister would help him vent. As long as his sister was there, he wouldn't be bullied. Although he always bickered with his sister, he knew in his heart how much his sister loved him.
Perhaps … he couldn't bear it. He couldn't bear to let his sister marry a man that he didn't know well. He was worried that she would be bullied and that she wouldn't have a good life.
As relatives who cared about each other, as long as the other was not by their side, it was inevitable that they would miss each other and worry. When he thought about how his sister would be called Madam Rong when she married in the future, Ban Heng was very unhappy.
His sister was clearly a member of their family.
In Cheng Anbo's residence, Du Jiu walked into the study with an unpleasant expression. He said to Rong Xia, who was reading with his head lowered, "Earl, there are some unpleasant words coming from outside."
"What words?" Rong Xia closed his book and looked up at Du Jiu.
"There are people outside who say that you … are the type of person who relies on women." Du Jiu's words were more tactful. In reality, there were people outside who said that Rong Xia was living off a woman.
"I knew that the Shi Family would use this kind of method." Rong Xia chuckled. "Let them say what they want. There are so many people who want to live off a woman but can't. Let them be envious."
Du Jiu: "Earl, you …"
"Moreover, I think that the people outside are quite right." Rong Xia's smile became casual. "I am living off a woman."
Du Jiu: "…"
"Books that are worth tens of thousands of taels of gold, famous paintings that you can't get even if you have money. Any of these things can make people go crazy, but the Ban family gave me so many." Rong Xia caressed the pages of "Zhongcheng Theory." "Tell me, if I'm not living off a woman, what am I living off?"
Du Jiu: "Now that you mention it, it does seem like you're living off a woman."
He didn't know how to respond.
"Du Jiu, don't pay attention to what the people outside are saying. The people behind this are waiting for us to jump into a rage." Rong Xia lowered his eyelids and laughed in the study. "Let them be. I'm not the second Xie Qilin. I won't fall for this kind of provocation."
Du Jiu hesitated for a moment. "You mean that the Shi Family is behind this?"
"Other than them, who else would be so worried about the power behind me growing?" Rong Xia laughed mockingly. "Let them be. As long as we don't take it to heart, it won't affect us."
"But I'm worried that the scholars will have other opinions about you." Du Jiu looked troubled. "Some people will inevitably follow the crowd. It will have a bad influence on you."
"You think too simply of these scholars." Rong Xia shook his head. "As long as I haven't lost my power and as long as Her Majesty still trusts me, they won't easily follow the crowd. In this world, there aren't many real fools. The Shi Family thinks too highly of themselves. "
This method worked on Xie Qilin, so they thought it would work on him too. How ridiculous.
There were all kinds of people in the world. Who would think the same way?
Although Du Jiu didn't quite understand, he could only nod when he heard what Earl said. "I'll make the arrangements and let people know that the rumors came from the Shi Family."
It was just playing with public opinion. It wasn't like they hadn't used it before.
"Earl." The housekeeper came in with a wooden box. Seeing that Du Jiu was also there, he nodded to him. "Just now, Ban Shizi had someone send something over. Do you want to see it with your own eyes?"
The housekeeper already knew that the bodyguards who sent things under the name of Ban Shizi were actually the Princess Ban's people. Every time Earl received something from the Ban Family, he would be in a particularly good mood. Therefore, when he saw that the Ban Family had sent something over, he directly took it to the study.
"Where's the person who sent it?" Rong Xia took the box and asked.
"The person who sent it said that he had something to do, so he left the box and left." The housekeeper didn't see what was in the box, so he didn't know what the Ban Family was doing.
"I understand." Rong Xia nodded to the housekeeper. The housekeeper silently retreated.
Du Jiu looked at the box curiously. What kind of precious book did the Ban Family send this time?
Thinking about the rumors about him living off a woman, Du Jiu felt that it was too easy for Earl to live off a woman.
Rong Xia opened the box. When he saw what was lying inside, he couldn't help but laugh.
Du Jiu looked up. What did the Princess Ban send to make Earl so happy? He gathered his courage and took a few steps forward. When he saw that it was a worthless sugar figurine, he was stunned for a while.
What did this sugar figurine mean?
Du Jiu, who had never interacted with a young woman, didn't understand the interest between a man and a woman. He only felt that living off a woman today was a bit cheap.
Rong Xia picked up the sugar figurine and licked it on his hand.
Du Jiu hurriedly said, "Earl, you can't!"
Rong Xia raised his hand, indicating that he shouldn't speak.
En, this sugar figurine is very sweet.
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