The concubine was reborn, and the cold prince was made red in the face

Ling Xiao did not confront his father anymore, but he had his own ideas in mind.

He wants to marry Zuo Xiangning, and no one can stop him!

Seeing that his son no longer persisted, Marquis Zhongyuan softened his attitude and said, "When you have time, go back to Marquis Zhongyuan's mansion and our family will have a meal together. Since you left Beijing, your brother has been here all the time. I am thinking about you, you are my elder brother, I have a lot of people, give your brother a chance, and listen to him explain to you what happened in the past..."

Ling Xiao felt a little uncomfortable when he heard the mention of Ling Chen, "Let's talk about it after a while."

"Don't wait for a while, let's do it tomorrow." Marquis Zhongyuan said: "In more than a month, I may have to leave the capital, and I don't know when I will come back. After I leave the capital, Marquis Zhongyuan You also have to take care of the affairs of the mansion. Your eldest son will come back to inherit the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion in the future, while the second son will be left to inherit the Jingyuan Marquis Mansion. The ancestral hall of our Ling family is in the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion, and the eldest son and eldest grandson must guard it. …”

Ling Xiao had no intention of letting his eldest son inherit the Zhongyuan Marquis Mansion, so he stood there silently.

"Then I'll go back first. After I've booked the restaurant tomorrow, I'll let someone tell you."

Ling Xiao sent Marquis Zhongyuan to the door, and when Marquis Zhongyuan got on the carriage, Ling Xiao said to Changfeng, "If Marquis Zhongyuan sends someone over tomorrow, just say I'm not here."

In the past, he always thought that he and Ling Chen were biological brothers. No matter how he looked at him, he felt that he was a simple and honest good boy. However, after that incident and what Ling Chen's biological mother did, he really had no idea. The only way to treat him is as before.

At least not now.

He took the baggage and went to Zuofu.

Zuo Xiangning returned home on the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. After taking a shower, she almost didn't sleep all night.

She thought Ling Xiao would come to see her, but she waited all night and Ling Xiao didn't come.

The next day during the day, she slept in a daze for most of the day.

I finally woke up a little in the afternoon.

She went to see Jiang Ruolan. When Jiang Ruolan saw her, she threw herself into her arms and cried bitterly, "Fourth sister, are you okay? You almost scared me to death last night. It's all thanks to fourth sister. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to do it." You know what’s going to happen.”

"It's okay, stop crying." Zuo Xiangning patted her back and coaxed softly: "It's over now, so don't think about it anymore. I'll order two more of the soothing incense sent by someone." One night, after you get better, I will accompany you to the Jingyin Temple to listen to the scriptures."

Jiang Ruolan sobbed and nodded, but she wasn't very interested.

What happened last night obviously scared her so much that she still didn't recover for a while.

Zuo Xiangning herself was not very energetic. She stayed with Jiang Ruolan for a while and then returned to her yard.

After dinner in the evening, she took a bath and got into bed early, but she couldn't sleep at all.

At midnight, she felt someone enter the room.

She turned her head and watched as the bed curtain was lifted.

Zuo Xiangning sat up holding the quilt and looked at the familiar figure.

"Why aren't you asleep yet?" Ling Xiao looked at her gently, "Were you scared last night?"

Zuo Xiangning looked at him for a while and then said: "It's okay."

Ling Xiao took off his coat and hung it on the shelf next to him, then sat by the bed and put Zuo Xiangning in his arms, "I was afraid that Gu Zhiqing would cause trouble when there were more than fifteen people, but fortunately it was tight Those who were hurrying slowly finally caught up... I feel scared just thinking about it."

Zuo Xiangning leaned lightly on his shoulder and asked softly: "Don't you think I'm cruel? Too cruel?"

"Gu Zhiqing pushed people too hard. It's normal for you to hate him." Ling Xiao said bitterly: "I wish I could cut him to pieces, but it's just hard to do it in front of everyone's eyes. However, I hung him up. Half a day outside the city wall can be regarded as a bad death for him."

"You hung him outside the city wall?" Zuo Xiangning's eyes widened in shock.

"Let everyone see that you are not easy to bully!" Ling Xiao snorted coldly and said: "I have asked the emperor for a marriage. Although the emperor did not agree immediately, I think he will be able to believe it tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. , if there is no letter, I will go to the palace again to beg the emperor."

Zuo Xiangning looked up at the man's face, which seemed to have aged several years, and felt a pain in her heart. "Do you think the emperor will really agree to the marriage?" Zuo Xiangning asked worriedly.

"It should be possible." Ling Xiao smiled and said, "The emperor is also planning to send me to Lingnan. My Jingyuan Marquis Mansion can't even have a master, right?"

Zuo Xiangning pursed her lips and said nothing.

"What's wrong with you?" Ling Xiao looked at her face, stretched out his hand to touch her forehead, and asked worriedly: "Are you feeling uncomfortable?"

"No," Zuo Xiangning breathed a sigh of relief and said with a wistful expression, "I'm a little sleepy."

Ling Xiao thought she was scared because of what happened yesterday, so he didn't think much about it. He hugged her and lay down, patting her back gently, "Then go to sleep quickly."

Zuo Xiangning closed her eyes, but she did not fall asleep.

She was thinking just now that Ling Xiao must have been frightened by her actions and didn't dare to come again, but she didn't expect him to come again.

Her heart was going up and down, and she always felt like she couldn't put it down.

She felt that her marriage to Ling Xiao might not go so smoothly.

Seeing that she was motionless, Ling Xiao thought she was asleep, so he closed his eyes.

He had been traveling day and night for the past few days and had not slept well at all. Now that he was holding this limp woman, sleepiness swept over him uncontrollably.

Zuo Xiangning tightened her arms and felt the man pat her back comfortingly, kiss her hair, pull up the quilt on her body and tuck it tightly.

Ling Xiao slept for more than two hours at this time. When there was a tapping sound on the window lattice outside, Ling Xiao suddenly opened his eyes.

He first glanced at the woman in his arms and saw that she had no intention of waking up, then he gently got out of bed.

He originally had a lot to say to her, but now it seemed that he could only wait until tonight.

Zuo Xiangning waited until Ling Xiao left before opening her eyes and staring at the roof until dawn.

I don’t know if the emperor will grant the marriage.

Waiting until dawn, Zuo Xiangning saw the bundle on the Arhat's bed outside.

She opened it and found some things inside that were rarely seen in the capital, including headscarves, hairpins, earrings, wooden bracelets, small stone-carved ornaments and the like.

Although the material of each item is not expensive, the workmanship is very fine, and it can be seen that it has been carefully selected.

She left a kitten-shaped handle on the kang table, and put the other things in the cabinet.

She felt a little regretful. He rushed back in such a hurry for her sake, but she was so cold to him. He must feel very uncomfortable, right?

But Ling Xiao was waiting for the emperor's imperial edict. He thought that the emperor would issue the edict of marriage today, but the emperor did not.

Ling Xiao was secretly anxious. The longer time passed, the more difficult things would become.

In the evening, when it got a little dark, he went to Xianglan Zhai.

Zuo Xiangning had just finished her meal when she saw him swaggering in from the yard.

She suddenly thought of what her eldest brother said, and a lot of extra people were deployed around the yard. Did that mean that he came in the middle of the night yesterday, and her eldest brother knew about it?

He stayed in his room for several hours. Her eldest brother wouldn't misunderstand anything, right?