"Go to Jingyi Court."

"yes."

Ouyang Rong held the golden oil sesame cake wrapped in oil paper and boarded the waiting carriage on the street.

He gave the order casually, and the coachman responded immediately, and the carriage turned towards Xiu Shuifang and drove away.

In the early morning, the dew on the weeds on the roadside was shaken off by the "clack-dap-dap" of the horse's hooves.

In the carriage, the golden oil sesame cake was a bit hot to the touch just after it came out of the pan. Ouyang Rong changed his hands several times before trying to take a small bite.

The hot cakes filled his hungry stomach. He leaned on the back of the car seat and breathed a long sigh of relief.

The carriage Ouyang Rong sat in was entering the city from the west gate.

He has been outside the city these two days.

All food, drink and accommodation are provided at Shuangfeng Peak.

The construction of the Giant Buddha in Xunyang Grottoes is entering a critical stage, and he needs to go and watch it in person.

Ouyang Rong finished the sesame cake and the rest of the oil paper. After hearing the children playing outside the carriage, he folded a paper airplane.

He opened the curtain and flew out of the paper airplane with a smile.

Watching the group of runny-nosed children chasing paper airplanes in the sun go away.

Ouyang Rong withdrew his gaze and sniffed the fabric on his left and right shoulders.

I haven't taken a shower in a few days, so I happened to go to my junior sister's place to take a hot spring bath.

The junior sister has been living in Jingyiting recently, so it is convenient for her to accompany Qin Ying to attend the elegant gathering banquet.

Not long after, the horse-drawn carriage drove into the back gate of Jingyi Court.

Before Ouyang Rong got off the car, he took out a long cloth bag from under the seat of the carriage and carried it inside.

After seeing Xie Lingjiang outside the door of the quiet boudoir, he handed her the long cloth bag.

Ouyang Rong walked directly into the hospital.

Xie Lingjiang skillfully held the long cloth bag and followed him step by step.

As if she had just woken up, Xie Lingjiang had a plain oval face with no make-up, and it was naturally sculpted. Her satin-like hair was tied casually with only a red rope.

She rubbed her gloomy almond-shaped eyes from time to time, and her demeanor had the lazy temperament of a beauty who wakes up late to do her makeup.

"Why did you come back suddenly?"

"I'm going back to the city to take care of the accumulated official business. I'll take a look at you by the way."

"Go and wash it off quickly, your body smells like sweat."

"Not together?"

"You think beautifully."

"I'll just go to the hot spring to get some water and wash it off. There's no need to waste it."

"You can just mess with it, huh."

"You don't drink, what's wrong with me taking a bath? Oh, I remembered, that was someone's foot washing water, right? No wonder you attach so much importance to it, it turns out you are reluctant to part with it."

"You are not allowed to mention it again." The beauty with no makeup glared at him fiercely, and asked a little unhappy: "You still use this foot wash?"

Someone was noncommittal and blinked: "So after I washed you that day, did you like it and secretly went to wash it again?"

"Who is as shameless as you?"

"I understand, it's not fun to soak your feet alone without me. It seems I have to come."

"You, go take your bath and don't talk nonsense."

Xie Lingjiang let out a squeak and pushed his chest lightly.

Ouyang Rong smiled and stopped teasing his junior sister.

"You have a set of clothes left here. I'll bring them to you. Waiting."

Approaching the hot spring that both of them were familiar with, Xie Lingjiang suddenly spoke, turned around and ran to get some clothes.

However, Ouyang Rong felt that she was looking for an excuse to run away, fearing that he would cause trouble and drag her into the water in the middle of the shower.

Ouyang Rong laughed and shook his head, too lazy to expose her.

Perhaps because he had to go to Jiangzhou Hall to handle official business in the morning, he came to take a shower this time and came down the whole way without causing any trouble.

When he came to the hot spring, he fetched water from a wooden bucket, washed it casually, and put on the clean clothes that his junior sister had just found.

Xie Lingjiang, who purposely squinted his eyes to observe carefully from a distance, looked at the senior brother who was wiping his hair honestly under the sun, and found that he did not mention anything bad about asking her to hand over towels and clothes. Xie Lingjiang felt in his heart

I can't help but feel something novel and weird.

Did he change his nature? It's rare that he didn't do anything bad.

But...she felt a little disappointed in her heart. What was going on?

Xie Lingjiang, who was standing quietly aside, looked away, bit his lip, and secretly criticized his random thoughts in his heart.

"The clothes are all sweaty and dirty, and I don't know how to change them. No one cares about you outside. I just wear the same clothes and don't know how to change them..."

She muttered to herself.

However, Ouyang discovered that the junior sister bent down to clean up his dirty clothes without stopping. She crumpled them into a ball and held them in her arms. After lowering her head and taking a sniff, her little face turned her head in disgust...

"Why did you take it with you when you went to the Twin Peaks this time?"

After handling the dirty clothes, Xie Lingjiang returned holding the long cloth bag and tilted his head to ask.

"in case."

"To guard against those unconvinced merchants?"

"Yes, you must be on guard against others."

"Actually, just let Rokuro keep an eye on it. Senior brother... you are really cautious."

"You have to be cautious. Junior sister may think that the benefits of Xingzifang are not that great, but for those people, it is enough to take risks."

"It makes sense." Xie Lingjiang nodded lightly and quickly understood.

In fact, this is also the reason why Ouyang Rong likes to talk to little junior sister Xie and often acts as a mentor to her - junior sister is not stubborn and arrogant, but is considerate, listens to what is right, and has a gentle temperament that is unique to women.

What man doesn't love?

She looked straight at Ouyang Rong:

"However, that Pei Shisanniang doesn't look like someone who can't figure it out. They happen to be from Yangzhou. They know my aunt's methods and power. If they dare to do something small, they have to think about how to deal with her in the future."

"I'm just afraid of being stunned." Ouyang Rong whispered. Xie Lingjiang lowered his head and untied some cloth bags.

"Ahem, stop talking."

"Reason." Her eyes squinted slightly.

"There is a Yunmeng Jianze sword inside. The craftsman needs to hold it down and not leave it at will. Don't let the little one slip out."

"oh."

Xie Lingjiang nodded. He did feel that the sword box was much heavier than before, and he was curious:

"This sword has great sword energy."

"Follow its owner."

Before Xie Lingjiang could ask any more questions, Qin Ying's voice sounded outside the yard, coming to find her.

Ouyang Rong put on his coat and went out hand in hand with Xie Lingjiang.

Xie Lingjiang and Qin Ying are going to Xunyang Palace to find Li Guoer and go with them.

Before Ouyang Rong went to the Jiangzhou lobby, he also wanted to find Li Xian and Li Dalang to discuss the recent situation, so he happened to be on his way.

A group of people rode in a carriage and arrived at Prince Xunyang's Mansion.

After the two girls got off the bus, they said goodbye and left.

Ouyang Rong turned around and went to the study, and happened to meet Lu Ya who was leaving the study.

"Where is Director Lu going?"

"Her Royal Highness, the little princess, will travel to Kuanglu later. The prince has asked Pindao to accompany him for protection."

Ouyang Rong nodded, thought of something, and asked calmly:

"Has Director Lu recently gone to Xingzifang to look for the Huang family?"

"Went there the day before yesterday."

"I have never asked why Director Lu often goes to see them. Is he just looking after them?"

Lu Ya hesitated.

"Not entirely."
To be continued...