Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

There are a dozen large and small boxes placed in the corner, randomly placed in the corner according to their sizes, and they don't look like anything valuable.

Mrs. Ji only glanced at her casually, then turned to Ning Xiuyuan, who was kneeling respectfully in front of her, nodded lightly, and said, "Master Ning... I have long admired you." She was polite, distant, and a little deliberate. Its indifference.

Ning Xiuyuan lowered his eyebrows and was obedient as never before, "You are an elder, just call me Xiuyuan."

"Although he is a junior, he is a young and promising emperor's master and the third son of the Duke's palace. This figure is called Third Master by everyone in Yanjing City..." Mrs. Ji lowered her eyes and smiled softly, "I am just a stranger. A merchant woman really cannot and dare not entrust her to the throne."

"You are being humble." Ning Xiuyuan smiled slightly, seemingly unaware of the displeasure in the other party's words, and continued, "The head of the Ji family, a century-old family, a giant in the south of the Yangtze River, even my father is here to be able to compete with others. You are an equal and proud... If this junior can accept your "Sir Ning", it will be a big deal."

If we really talk about seniority, when our parents see the person in front of them in the future, they will probably call them "senior".

Outside the screen, grandma lowered her head and called, "Old madam, tea is here."

"come in."

The old lady took a slow look at the young man sitting in front of her. Almost as soon as she finished speaking, Ning Xiuyuan had already stood up to take the tea from her grandma. He was a very discerning young man - probably... I have been serving the emperor for a long time.

I have to say that this young man is indeed very good-looking, with excellent skin and bones, and excellent demeanor and manners. At first glance, he is a descendant trained by a large family.It's just... The old lady looked at Ning Xiuyuan who was bending down to pour her tea, and saw him retracting his hand and sitting back, still so obedient and obedient, even more obedient than the child Jifeng... But she just didn't I like Ning Xiuyuan.

The tea is good tea, brought from the south of the Yangtze River, and it is also the tea that the girl likes.

While the tea was fragrant, the old lady lowered her eyebrows and slowly picked up the tea cup in front of her, lowered her head and blew on it before saying, "I heard... Master Ning and the little princess of the You family are childhood sweethearts?"

"That's not the case." Ning Xiuyuan lowered his head, but his back was straight, "Princess You is just getting closer to my mother. The younger generation is the elder in the family. Although he is young in Yanjing City, he has a higher seniority. , so I didn’t have many playmates growing up, and the only one who played well was the one from the Bai family.” I heard that Mrs. Bai and Mrs. Ji were close friends in their early years...

Sure enough, when she heard about the Bai family, the old lady raised her eyelids, glanced at Ning Xiuyuan behind the teacup, and said nonchalantly, "The Bai family... I've heard something about it."

"Young Master Bai and Miss Ji are also good friends."

The old lady nodded and didn't answer any more. She just lowered her head and took a sip of tea, twisting the lid of the cup to stir the surface of the tea. After a long while, she raised her chin to the untouched cup of tea in front of Ning Xiuyuan and said, "Drink." Tea...try this tea, I brought it from Jiangnan. My girl's favorite tea..."

"Yes……"

Ning Xiuyuan leaned over and picked it up, and then heard the old lady opposite say, "I have been in Yanjing City for a while. I have heard something about Mr. Bai. He is free and unrestrained, carefree, and has a true temperament..."

"That's true." Ning Xiuyuan agreed. After saying that, he lowered his head and prepared to drink tea. Then he heard the old lady say, "Master Ning's reputation is not very good. I heard that he is a scheming, cruel and scheming person."

Ning Xiuyuan was stunned, holding the teacup in his hand, neither drinking it nor letting it sit for a while... After a long while, holding the teacup on pins and needles, he explained to himself, "There are rumors in the market, some of which can be believed, and some of which cannot be believed... …Besides, as an official in the court, you must have some means of intimidating people... Only by having means can you protect your loved ones. Do you think so, old lady?”

"That's what it is." The old lady nodded slightly, thoughtfully, and raised her hand for a while, "Drink tea... try the tea I brought from Jiangnan."

"Yes..." Ning Xiuyuan breathed a secret sigh of relief, lowered his head and prepared to drink tea.

But then I heard the opposite person say abruptly, "Parents and relatives are destined by fate and cannot be changed. But the person accompanying me is this one this year, maybe next year it will be another... The one I love today, I don't know when I will be ready to leave you alone." . As the saying goes, a flower never lasts a hundred days, and a person never lasts a thousand days. This is the truth. At that time, no one knows that the means used to protect the other party can also become a sharp blade that hurts others overnight. "

This tea seems to be too much to drink.

Ning Xiuyuan's heart was as agitated as the cup of tea in his hand.The old lady in front of me speaks softly, unhurriedly, and even has a bit of the intellectual gentleness of a Jiangnan woman. She has no strong sense of duty. Even if she has a huge opinion about you, she will not tell you aggressively - —Leave my girl!I don’t agree with this marriage!
But these insinuating words, with an unconcealed edge in his eyes, are like a soft knife sharpening people. They can't kill, but they don't feel comfortable either.

Ning Xiuyuan sighed softly and put down the tea that he had been drinking several times without taking a sip. Then he finally raised his head and looked directly at Mrs. Ji, "I understand what you mean. I will probably say or do whatever you want at this time." Guarantee, it's useless in front of you. It's just...there is one thing that this junior has to say."

"Ok?"

"This junior is not a kind person. He has come a long way from the discord of people's hearts and treacherous storms. He has killed people and been stained with blood. The reputation you heard in the public cannot be faked. This junior has always known that he is not worthy of her. I have struggled like this in my heart. But..." He frowned slightly, but there was a smile on his lips. His fingertips resting on the edge of the tea cup unconsciously rubbed it carefully. After a while, he looked up and smiled softly. , but his expression was stubborn, "In the end, we will be defeated and lose our armor."

The old lady was stunned and looked straight into those eyes.

His mind was filled with excitement.

Just listen to this young man continue to say with such a gentle expression as if he is drowning, "I don't ask for much in this life. Before I met her, my plan was just to protect the safety of my family in the turbulent situation. After meeting her, ...There is one more item in my plan, and I dare not neglect it day and night, just for fear of being sparse."

"What's one more thing?"

"May all her wishes come true."

The usually steady heartbeat suddenly skipped a beat, and it was like a piano string was gently plucking her heart, causing the old lady to tremble slightly all over.The other party's eyes were focused, and his dark pupils had a sense of ethereal emptiness behind the dense mist. He couldn't see clearly, but she... actually believed him.