little wife

Chapter 16

Ning Luo walked around the women's hall, but couldn't find Jing Yun, but met Mr. Lu.Instructed by Ning Zhenchuan's precepts and deeds, Ning Luo is quite accomplished in poetry and prose, so although Mr. Lu's behavior is almost rigid, he likes Ning Luo very much.

Mr. Lu asked her father how he was, and learned about her recent physical condition. After a short chat with her parents, he said in relief, "Okay, that's good. It will be the flower viewing party of the academy soon. Sir, I still hope that you can be a gift for the girl hall." Got the lead."

Ning Luo responded, and asked a little shyly: "Mr. Lu, I don't know where Brother Jing has gone? My brother asked me to bring him a few words."

"He went to see Mr. Lin, and it just so happened that the ancient book he wanted to borrow is here with me, bring it to him for me," Mr. Lu put a cloth bag into her hand, and said, "Go and come back quickly, Don't miss your homework."

Now that there was a legitimate excuse, Ning Luo happily took it, and walked out of the women's hall all the way towards Lin Qingju's courtyard.

Lin Qingju and Ning Zhenchuan have always been friends, and they often visit Ning Mansion on weekdays. They are not surprised to see Ning Luo, but Jing Yun is not here, so Ning Luo has to leave the book bag and leave.

Returning in vain, Ning Luo was a little unhappy. The conversation with Jing Yun in class just now reminded her of her previous life.

When she was 16 years old, the marriage between Yang Yan and her was about to be settled, and her mother's lingering sick bed was about to die. She was deeply afraid that her father would be alone after she got married, and she racked her brains to reconcile her father and brother, but After receiving the news that Ning Heng was about to go to northern Xinjiang in the near future, he finally went to find Ning Heng regardless of his father's prohibition, and met Jing Yun at Ning Heng's residence.

Jing Yun stopped her and said a lot of things that sounded inexplicable at the time.

"Sister Luo, the desert is solitary and the smoke is straight, and the long river is full of sunset. The scenery there is very beautiful."

"How do you like it?"

"If you want, I can take you to see it, you will definitely like it."

"Actually, what I want with all my heart is to be able to walk through the mountains and rivers of Dachen with someone who is destined."

Thinking about it now, could that be Jing Yun's confession to her?But she was worried about her brother's safety, so she didn't think about it, and casually refused, and wished him that he would find someone who was destined to marry him soon.

The so-called mistake of Yin and Yang may be like this.If he could understand Jing Yun's intentions at that time, would there be a different ending?

Ning Luo smiled wryly, but how could she have imagined this level at that time?
Marquis Dingyun is stunningly talented, lonely and noble, and regards all women in the world as dung. He heard from his aunt that the matchmaker who proposed marriage to Jing Yun back then almost broke through the threshold of Marquis Dingyun's mansion. portrait, you will get a comment from Jing Yun, and from then on you feel ashamed and dare not come to the door. The last one to protect the matchmaker is His Highness Kang Wang, the uncle of the current emperor, who wants his niece Princess Pingning and Jing Yun to marry for a hundred years. The princess of Pingning was fifteen years old, like a flower like a jade, he won the three top prizes of Qin, calligraphy and painting in the flower viewing party that year, and was famous in the capital, even better than Ning Luo.Kang Wang also excitedly went to invite Jinjin to marry him, but he didn't know that Jinjin specially called Jing Yun to ask him for his opinion, Jing Yun was silent for a long time before he could say a word: "Princess Pingning is all good, but only a pair of eyes If it is too high, I will not like it."

His Royal Highness King Kang almost vomited blood when he heard that, Princess Pingning's most beautiful pair of red phoenix eyes, but was disgusted by Jing Yun, this is just an excuse.

Since then, no one has ever asked themselves to be a matchmaker for Jing Yun.

Back then when the eldest aunt talked about this matter, she speculated a lot. First, she suspected that Jing Yun had some hidden disease, and second, she suspected that there was some gap between Jing Yun and her parents, and deliberately made her parents anxious.In the end, he always sighed with restraint, "What's the use of a son's future, if he doesn't give him the pleasure of teasing his grandson, Huai'er is still filial."

Cousin Ning Huai lived a busy life, and the only thing worthy of praise was getting married and having children early. Ning Luo had a pair of children when she got married. She was filial and obedient, and she was the greatest pride of the eldest aunt.

Ning Luo's thoughts were mixed, and all kinds of past events came one after another. Unknowingly, she reached the end of the path. Looking up, she saw the water in front of her was sparkling, and the green lotus leaves that had just emerged were rippling on the blue waves.

The green lake of Qionghua Academy was excavated and built under the decree of Emperor Taizong that day. Pavilions, pavilions, small bridges and willow shades, together with this century-old academy, are the favorite places for literati.

Seeing that there was no one around, she couldn't help but feel childlike, and in a few steps she reached the Taihu stone on the bank of the river, half squatted down, and splashed the lake water towards the lotus leaves.

The water droplets rolled on the lotus leaf, crystal clear, Ning Luo was happy, picked up another small stone, and threw it forward with a wave of her arm. Her strength was too weak, and the stone didn't even make a splash before "gurgling" "It sank into the water with a sound, startling a few lake fish and splashing water.

Ning Luo exclaimed, her feet slipped, and she was about to fall when she saw that she was unstable.

A pair of big hands supported her waist, and left quickly when she stood still.

"Be careful." Someone whispered.

Ning Luo turned her head quickly, only to see Jing Yun standing with his hands folded, with a slight smile on his lips, as if he was looking at a child who was occasionally mischievous.

"I... I'll just play around..." Ning Luo was a little ashamed, it was really unlucky for him to see him in a mess all his life.

"There will always be some moss on the stones by the lake, and it will be better to avoid them." Jing Yun tried it on a nearby stone and motioned her to come over. If it’s not enough, you can hit three or four.”

He picked up a stone to try his hand, raised his hand and threw it, and the stone made eight or nine splashes on the water, and reached the other side of the river.

Surprised and delighted, Ning Luo imitated his posture and threw one. Sure enough, the stone hit two floats before falling into the pool.

"Brother Jing, you are amazing," she took the opportunity to flatter her, and raised her face and smiled at Jing Yun, "May I ask you for advice in the future?"

The smile in front of him was shallow but sincere, the faint dimples were intoxicating, and the corners of his mouth were even sweeter. Jing Yun couldn't help shaking his head, and even secretly laughed. The girl's smile felt familiar.

"What do you ask? You have Mr. Ning in Wen, and your elder brother in Wu. I don't dare to fight with others." He shook his head and smiled, "Besides, Mr. Ning has a gloomy face when he sees me now. If you talk to me again Get closer, I'm afraid you even have the heart to kill me."

Ning Luo's heart sank, and the corners of her mouth could no longer curl up.

"It's you, I can't see it, and you still have a bit of freedom to roam the world. How could you think of traveling all over Dachen's mountains and rivers? This is a hard job." Jing Yun asked with interest.

"It won't be hard if someone is with you." Ning Luo blinked, as if a light flashed in her eyes.

Jing Yun was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but want to raise his hand to touch her head, but stopped abruptly halfway through. This is not his sister, "Then let's talk about it after you find someone to accompany you."

"Brother Jing, have you found it?" Ning Luo asked curiously, but her heart was beating violently.

Jing Yun didn't speak, but his eyes became softer, falling on the unknown water in front of him, a kingfisher passed by, and there were ripples in his dark and deep eyes.

Ning Luo's heart sank, almost crying: "Brother Jing, why don't you speak?"

Jing Yun said disappointedly: "I don't know who she is yet, and when I know she won't be able to run away."

After all, he himself thought it was a little funny, and said what to do with a little girl: "Okay, you are still young and don't understand, go back quickly, don't forget what you promised me."

Ning Luo gritted her teeth: "I'm only four years younger than you, and I'm not a child anymore. Huiyao is as old as me, and I'm almost engaged."

She kicked the stones under her feet angrily, and the mud splashed on Jing Yun's leather thin-soled boots. Before Jing Yun could recover, Ning Luo ran away.

Back in the women's hall, Han Yunji's piano lesson was over, and the girls in the room, Yingying and Yanyan, were like frogs croaking on a summer night.

Ning Xuan was still sitting in the corner. She didn't know if it was because of her feet being grounded these days. Her face was a little pale. When she saw Ning Luo coming back, she looked at Ning Luo blankly, and she twitched the corners of her mouth after a while.

"How is it? Did Mr. Han praise you?" Ning Luo asked with concern.

Ning Xuan nodded slightly. Han Yunji had just praised her for her high talent, and if she worked hard, she should be able to improve to the next level.

"That's good." Ning Luo was very happy. She planned to hide her strength and bide her time at the flower viewing party. If Ning Xuan could win the first place in piano skills, she could kill Zhao Daiyun's prestige.

Ning Xuan stared at her smiling face, hesitated for a while before whispering: "Thank you Jiumei."

"We are a family, so why not be polite," Ning Luo said with a smile, "You haven't come for a month, I have already explained it to Mr. Lu for you, Mr. Han will be teaching in the girls' hall for a while, and grandma loves you so much." I will be responsible, don't give up this good opportunity just to get angry."

Ning Xuan, as the concubine's granddaughter of Duke Ning's government, was not allowed to enter the women's hall to become a formal student, but Qin Xianglan asked her husband to ask Lin Qingju to make an exception for her help.

Ning Xuan's eyes were complicated, and she answered "yes" in a low voice.

When school was over, the two sisters went back to Duke Ning's mansion one after the other. As usual, the whole mansion had dinner together. The old lady didn't say anything when she met her two granddaughters, and asked a few questions about the academy as usual.Ning Luo said a few words that the old lady liked to hear, and praised Ning Xuan for being praised by Han Yunji.

The old lady didn't seem to be in a good mood, she said lightly, "Han Yunji is already at this age, is she still showing her face in the academy?"

Ning Xuan bit her lip, her palms were about to be pinched.

"Mr. Han likes to be lively," Ning Luo said with a smile, "It was also Imperial Concubine Mei who asked her to come to the academy to teach piano."

The old lady's face paled slightly: "Meihuang Guifei has put in so much effort for the academy."

"I heard that the sage will come to this flower viewing party, but it's a pity that I have taken so many classes, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch up with them." Ning Luo looked regretful.

Ning Zhenchuan glanced at her in surprise. Knowing daughter Mo Ruofu, Ning Luo's skills in calligraphy and painting, not to mention taking classes for a month, even if he didn't go for a year or so, would not be inferior to those classmates.

The old lady smiled, with a look of indifference: "Those are all false names, some are icing on the cake, and nothing can be lost. Your grandmother and I have lived at this age, and I have already seen it clearly. As long as you are happy, the daughter of our Ningguo Mansion does not need those titles to decorate."

Ning Luo's eyes widened, her throat suddenly felt a little choked.

In her previous life, she was competitive and insisted on taking a place in the flower viewing party. In the end, she was indeed the most beautiful woman in the capital, and she was praised as the most beautiful woman in the capital. But wake up from the dream.

As soon as these words came out, Yang Yan ran to the Ning Mansion more and more diligently. Almost everyone in the capital regarded her as the future Rui Wangfei. this marriage.

Naturally, she will not repeat the same mistakes in this life, and she is deeply afraid that her grandmother will be disappointed in her, so she wants to beat the side drums in advance, but she did not expect her grandmother to be so transparent and open-minded.

How could she not protect such a good family with all her strength?
(End of this chapter)