Raiders of the Duke and Duchess

Chapter 821: This young master is engaged

Ning Xiuyuan's movements were careful and skillful, and he would not pull her hair. He only smiled gently when he heard this, "Don't get too involved in their affairs, just let them get along on their own. Grandma also You all like Miss Shen, and even if Brother Chu doesn't mean it, he can't refuse you coldly, but if that's the case, it won't be a good thing for Miss Shen. "

Ji Wuyan raised his eyes and looked at Ning Xiuyuan in the bronze mirror. The man lowered his eyebrows and could not see his expression. He only held his hair with both hands as if he was holding some unparalleled treasure. She arched her eyebrows and nodded in agreement, "What you said makes some sense..."

My little girl is particularly good at this. She can listen to what is said. No matter whether the words are reasonable or not, she will not rush to deny them. Ning Xiuyuan combed her hair with fingers and asked curiously, "The folk customs in Jiangnan are relatively open. Literati like to hang out in teahouses and restaurants to recite poems and listen to music. Many celebrities are also guests of famous actors. This Brother Chu really hasn’t had a confidante in recent years?”

This person... what is this word? Ji Wuyan raised his eyes and glared at him, "Then Mr. Ning hasn't had a confidante in these years?"

Ning Xiuyuan smiled and said, "I'm not as handsome as Brother Chu, and I'm not as rich as Brother Chu. In addition, I'm famous for being cold-hearted and ruthless, so no famous actress is willing to spend time on me."

Ji Wuyan raised her eyebrows and looked at him, and reminded him narrowly, "There are no famous actresses, but there are little princesses!"

The little girl had a disgusted expression on her face, and Ning Xiuyuan rubbed the top of her hair, "I have always avoided the little princess... After all, I am engaged to be married."

It was just a tongue-in-cheek engagement, and no one took it seriously at all. Besides, when did he, Ning Xiuyuan, have to be controlled by a marriage contract? Speaking of this, Ji Wuyan remembered something, "Speaking of which, my grandfather arranged a marriage for my brother in the early years. The other party was also a well-known and scholarly family in Tanzhou, and the elders were very respectful to their brother. She was very satisfied and was about to talk about marriage, but the girl was not happy and said that her brother only cared about business all day long and left the table in a hurry several times when he had dinner with her. It’s a pity that it’s over.”

Ning Xiuyuan nodded. This style of recognizing money but not people was indeed very similar to what Shangguan Chu could do.

After all, that guy could serve me tea and water for ten thousand taels one moment, and then when he heard that he didn’t recognize five thousand taels, he could jump up and snatch the tea cup from his hand...

When the hair in his hands was mostly dry, he put down the handkerchief and combed his hair with his fingers, "That's why I advise you, don't get too involved in the affairs of these two people. Now. There are already some rumors outside. If Miss Shen didn't do it unintentionally, she would be very distressed. If you were involved in it, wouldn't it be even more difficult for her? "

Ji Wuyan nodded. Although she knew that Shen Luoxin did have some thoughts about her brother, thinking about her angrily leaving the table tonight, she regretted not trying to persuade him. She touched her hair, looked at the sky, and urged Ning Xiuyuan, "It's getting late, you should go back and rest early."

"Okay." Ning Xiuyuan didn't want to disturb Ji Wuyan's rest, so he agreed readily, "You can sort out the account books that you haven't read yet, and I'll take them back. Since you're not in a hurry, I won't read them tonight. I'll take two books to the palace tomorrow. I'll read them in the side hall while His Majesty is sleeping." "Okay!" Ji Wuyan smiled happily and read all the books on the side. Passed it to Ning Xiuyuan. In fact, she was not slow when she saw it herself, but she was not interested in these businesses. Shangguan Chu said that she had no ambitions. At that time, Ji Wuyan proudly told Shangguan Chu that she had no ambitions in this life. The safest thing and the most fearful thing is to jump up and down without ambition, and commit crimes and crimes from time to time. Only then will the ancestral career be really ruined.

That was one of the few times that Shangguan Chu was speechless.

After sending Ning Xiuyuan away, Ji Wuyan leaned against the door frame and looked at the mottled light and shadow cast by the moonlight in the courtyard, and smiled suddenly. If it were him now, he probably wouldn't be able to say such a confident thing, right? Although I still don't like these businesses, now I have already understood the true meaning of the four words "life is impermanent", and I no longer dare to speak so confidently.

However, the price of this lesson was too painful, no less than the pain of a cramp and skin peeling.

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Although Lin Yi imprisoned the fifth elder, he hated this woman. He hated all living creatures in the world, humans and animals, beautiful and ugly, living in the sun and living in the shadows. He hated them all. , including himself.

He learned the art of witchcraft from the fifth elder, but he also hated the undisguised disgust, disgust and fear in the eyes of this woman who looked at him up to now. However, the art of witchcraft had not yet been fully developed, so Lin Yi could only Leave her alive for now. As for whether to torture him or not, it doesn't affect the overall situation. As long as this woman lives, it doesn't matter how she lives, whether it's a rat or a bedbug.

Therefore, he would only bring some food over every now and then to ensure that the other party would not starve to death. If he was in a bad mood during this period, or if he looked at the other party displeased, he would give her a good beating to relieve her anger, and she would not be able to escape.
That day, he returned to the cave carrying some leftovers as usual, only to find that the cave was empty. He immediately panicked - the ashes of the bonfire had lost half of their warmth, and there were no signs of fighting in the cave. , for a moment I couldn’t tell whether he left by himself or was kidnapped. But based on this old woman's lazy temperament these days, she would rather be beaten by him than escape, and her persistence in the art of witchcraft. After thinking about it, Lin Yi didn't think of any reason for the other party to choose to leave.

With her current appearance, even if she did enter the city, she would just be kicked out again as an old beggar.

He didn't leave on his own, and obviously he wasn't dragged away by wild beasts in the mountains. It was even less likely that some hunter who entered the mountains took him back to serve as a servant. That was someone who was kidnapped. It's just that there was a huge disparity in strength. This old woman even He was taken away without a chance to resist or struggle.

Thinking about it this way, the identity of the other party was naturally obvious - Ji Wuyan.

He actually didn't know the relationship between Ji Wuyan and the fifth elder. He could think that the reason why Ji Wuyan did this was to catch him or the prince. He was still frightened by the weirdness of the Ji family after dark, so he first went to the East Palace to move reinforcements, but after standing at the door for a long time, he finally turned around and left.