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The water melody singer is singing in the evening.

There was a whisper, and the pavilion on the huge Xingyun boat was fragrant and quiet. Xie Zhipu and Xie Mingyue passed through the guards and maids before entering the front cabin. They saw Ming Jin sitting in the pavilion reading a book.

"Is something wrong?" Ming Jin put down his book and asked them.

Just as Xie Zhipuru was about to speak, Xie Mingyue asked first, "Aren't you seasick? You are sitting on a boat and reading at the same time."

Ming Jin glanced at her, "Are you talking about yourself?"

Xie Mingyue hesitated and said, "I'm just seasick."

Ming Jin: "Oh, so you really didn't read the book, and you didn't finish the study I told you."

Xie Mingyue: "!!!"

Are you a biological sister? No, are you still a human being?!

Xie Mingyue sat angrily and said nothing. Ming Jin glanced at her pale face and knew that this girl was not someone who would not quarrel with others because she could not quarrel with others. She was afraid that she felt uncomfortable.

She raised her hand and waved slightly, and Shaoyao took out a box of sugar cups.

"Hey, there are candies!" Xie Mingyue's eyes lit up and she couldn't wait to take two. After looking at Ming Jin's face, her little chubby hand reached in again and grabbed several.

Haha, so greedy!

Xie Zhipu originally wanted to laugh, but he soon stopped laughing and just looked at the scene in front of him expressionlessly.

The hand stuffed into the mouth of the sugar cup...can't be pulled out.

Shaoyao stared at the sugar cup hanging from the plate because Xie Mingyue pulled it hard.

Um, a strong female warrior who uproots willows and weeping willows?

Xie Mingyue: "???"

Ming Jin: "..."

The breathless silence finally ended with Xie Zhichun gritting his teeth in shame.

"It's really... disgraceful! Si! Wen!"

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Bang! The sugar cup was finally smashed, and the candies were scattered on the plate. The blushing Xie Mingyue simply followed her extremely embarrassing state and took all the candies.

The reason is simple - this candy cup hurt me, and I must pay for it! The candy in its belly is mine!

She was confident, but Ming Jin just looked at her calmly, "Can you say it again?"

Xie Mingyue suddenly had a look on her face. She could only cover the top few candies she had just taken away, peeled off the wrappers and ate two of them, and then...

Her face was distorted.

“It’s so painful!!”

She was about to spit it out.

"If you spit it out, you will be punished by having ten books copied."

"!!!"

Xie Mingyue couldn't believe it and had to swallow it.

"It's used to stop seasickness. Two pills are enough. Go inside, drink some soup, and have a good sleep."

After Ming Jin said that, he asked someone to take Xie Mingyue away. Only then did the latter know what he was eating. After a closer look, the candies in the sugar cup seemed to be wrapped in two kinds of candy wrappers, the top one and the bottom one.

no the same.

It was obviously a pill to treat seasickness. It was also extremely bitter, but it took effect very quickly. Xie Mingyue soon became sleepy, and asked with a grimace: "Are you going to sleep here?"

Ming Jin: "Huh?"

Xie Mingyue: "Your bed?"

Ming Jin was slightly puzzled. He glanced at the little girl's bright eyes and asked, "Do you like sleeping on the floor?"

"No, no, no, I haven't. I'll go right away."

Xie Mingyue immediately got up from the chair and followed the maid obediently. Before leaving, she proudly winked at Xie Zhipur - look, she really liked me more.

Ha! Xie Zhipur sneered, and after retracting his gaze, he glanced at the candies on the plate that Shaoyao was clearing away, thoughtfully.

His sister-in-law is the best at discerning people's hearts and personalities, and is very meticulous.

He was deep in thought, and when he came back to his senses, he realized that he had been distracted for a long time. He was a little embarrassed, but he found that Ming Jin was still reading and ignored him.

"When I left, Dong Zhan made an appointment with me and asked me to convey his gratitude."

Xie Zhichun felt a little strange, "When we set out to leave Wuling three days ago, several officials came to see us off. Dongzhan was among them, and they even talked to you. Why did you ask me to convey my gratitude later?"

Thank you? Ming Jin put down the book and his thoughts returned to that day.

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"Thank you Mr. Dong for your help at Luanxi River that day."

"It's just a security responsibility."

"I am also one of the common people, so I should express my gratitude."

Ming Jin's attitude was sincere, and Dong Zhan didn't want to criticize the other party harshly due to prejudice, so he simply nodded and said, "Miss Jin, you're welcome."

After thinking for a while, he added: "I came to see you off today because of the wishes of the Wuling officials, and I must come because of the etiquette and righteousness."

It was as if he didn't want to come.

"Master Dong, you're welcome."

Eastern War: "...."

There is embarrassment and depression that I don’t know what to say.

So Ming Jin said goodbye and turned around to board the ship, but heard Dong Zhan's voice behind him.

"I have always disliked the Xie family. They are arrogant, cold and hypocritical. I also thought I was extreme, but after seeing them this time, my judgment was not wrong."

Ming Jin turned around and looked at him, but said nothing.

Dong Zhan said expressionlessly: "When I was young, I don't know how many people told me that the Xie family is a noble family and should not be insulted lightly. The Xie family knows etiquette and observes etiquette. The family rules are strict. The head of the Xie family, Xie Yuan, can surpass others. The humerus of the country is the most powerful."

Value your legitimate daughter."

Ming Jin smiled, "Have you found out now that they were all fake?"

Dong Zhan: "At least the last thing is not true."

If you really value your legitimate daughter, how can you make such an engagement come true? Even after passing the betrothal hurdle, there is no room for change.

And such a result would be of great benefit to the Xie family and Duke Xie.

The Duke's Mansion, the top-notch Zixun family, must take this path if they want to move to the next level.

Everyone benefited, except Xie Mingjin.

Thank you, thank you.

He looked at Xie Mingjin, who was a few steps away, and thought of the banquet king again, feeling inexplicably unreal.

absurd.

But he saw Ming Jin calmly saying: "There is no perfect thing in the world. I want wealth and wealth, but also talent and virtue. What I want has already been prayed at Luan River. I don't know if the gods will favor me. If I do it again,

Greed is for fear of offending the gods."

"However, thank you Master Dong for your kindness."

"It's not a kindness, I just want to see if Miss Jin is in a bad mood."

Ming Jin paused for a moment and looked at Dong Zhan, who had a cold expression. After a while, she held the hanging loose sleeves with her fingers, carefully counted the lines on them with her fingertips, and turned around.

She said something that made Dong Zhan suddenly change his face.

She actually knew?!

"If I had known that others were malicious, I wouldn't have taken it to heart. Master Dong is probably not as good as me in this regard - so why bother remembering the gossip of some idle people from the Xie Dong family back then."

She left, the wind came, carried the fragrance, and left the afterimage.

That scene seemed to be saying goodbye to the whole of Wuling.

Dong Zhan, who changed his face because of her words, stood there, his expression changing unpredictably. But in his mind, he thought of the capital transfer order in the secret cabinet in his study, and heard Xiao Ji teasing him walking not far away.

"Brother Dongzhan is proud of his horse's hoofs. I'm afraid he will have to go to the capital soon."

Dong Zhan said nothing, while Xiao Ji continued to laugh, "But my congratulations are not for your official career. I heard that the county governor values ​​you very much and has already invited relatives to step on the threshold of your mansion."

Xiao Jijie said twice, "But I still don't know which girl from the Ye family Brother Dongzhan is marrying, whether it is the older one or the younger one."

The sisters he mentioned were obviously not the concubines of the Ye family who were in the spotlight.

Because in Xiao Ji's opinion, with Edongzhan's current official position and great career, he should marry his legitimate daughter.

But... isn't Xie Mingjin a better candidate?
Chapter completed!