After the general's wife was reborn, everyone knelt down and begged her for mercy.

Emperor Xia Wen sighed after Jiang Yan left, and then knocked on the table.

Eunuch Mo, the eunuch who had been the invisible man's chief supervisor, hurried over and brought fragrant tea.

"Old Mo, why do you think Ayan wants this favor?" Emperor Xia Wen asked seemingly casually.

"Your Majesty, I heard some news." Eunuch Mo glanced at Emperor Xia Wen.

"What's the news?" Emperor Xia Wen turned to look at him, "You old guy is starting to hesitate too?"

"When Mrs. Zheng, the protector's wife, was still alive, she had a handkerchief with Mr. Liu Kan's wife. They had made an engagement for them. However, after Mr. Zheng's death, Mr. Jiang's reputation was lost. Miss Liu insisted on The engagement was broken off, but the Protector personally came to the door and wanted the second young master Jiang Peng to replace Master Jiang..."

"Has there ever been such a thing?" Emperor Xia Wen was a little surprised, "You mean, it is Jiang Peng who is engaged to Liu Sisi now?"

"The Liu family did not agree."

Emperor Xia Wen was silent for a moment: "But this is not an excuse for him to make the marriage contract himself."

"The current wife of the Protector, Mrs. Lin, has a niece who is ugly and extremely fat. The Protector wants Mr. Jiang to marry that little Lin as his wife, but Mr. Jiang refuses and has a conflict with the Protector. In addition, he was impeached by the censor. After all, my parents ordered me to be a matchmaker. I remember that Mr. Jiang was imprisoned for three days and also hungry for three days."

"I remembered what happened last year." Emperor Xia Wen slapped his forehead, "So, that child is really wronged. The Protector of the Country is really..." A trace of murderous intent flashed in his eyes. .

Eunuch Mo stopped talking.

"Okay, if that's the case, then I'll be a good person and do it to the end. Old Mo, you go to the Protector's Mansion in person to pass on my instructions. I will make the final decision on Jiang Yan's marriage, and no one else is allowed to interfere."

"Yes." Eunuch Mo responded and then stepped out.

Jiang Yan met someone just after he left the palace gate.

"I have met His Highness the Third Prince."

"Master Jiang, no courtesy." The third prince Xia Donglin hurriedly extended his hand, "Why don't we meet by chance and have a drink together?"

Jiang Yan clasped his fists and said, "We have responsibilities and cannot drink."

"Then let's have tea." The third prince was not angry and kept inviting with a smile.

"Please." Jiang Yan did not refuse anymore, but followed the third prince to a teahouse. However, when he entered, he couldn't help but look back at the opposite side before walking in.

In another teahouse opposite, in a room on the second floor, there was a man who looked exactly like the third prince, the eldest prince Xia Chunlin.

Sitting opposite him was a man in his thirties.

"Mr. Guo, what do you think?" The eldest prince took a sip of tea from the teacup.

"It's not easy for the third prince to win over Jiang Yan." Guo Yongkang glanced at the eldest prince, "But it's not easy for us to win over either."

"Yes, this Jiang Yan..." The eldest prince narrowed his eyes slightly and played with the tea cup in his hand, "If you can't get it, then you can only destroy it."

Guo Yongkang agreed with this idea, but he also knew that it would be difficult to kill Jiang Yan. After all, he was a man with no weaknesses at all: "Let's try not to do anything. We have to learn to kill with a borrowed knife."

"Yes." The eldest prince nodded, then stood up, "Let's go, since I saw the third brother coming to drink tea, I, the eldest brother, can't pretend I didn't see him, right?"

Guo Yongkang nodded and followed the eldest prince to the opposite side.

In the room at this time, the third prince said to Jiang Yan straight to the point: "I want to compete for that position and get your help."

Jiang Yan frowned: "Third Prince, I have already said that I will not interfere in the matter of seizing the heir. I am only loyal to the emperor. I will be loyal to whoever takes that position."

"Haha." The third prince smiled, "Mr. Jiang," there is no chance of second brother's eyes recovering. A blind man is not qualified to sit in that position. "

Jiang Yan was silent. He had said what needed to be said. The rest is up to you. He couldn't help but look out the window, but his eyes widened instantly. He could actually see her here?

The third prince was still saying something, but he found that Jiang Yan's attention was not here at all. He couldn't help but feel a little unhappy, but he couldn't break his face, so he could only come over and said, "Master Jiang, why are you looking like this? Obsessed?"

"Look at the beauty." Jiang Yan didn't even look back.

The third prince's face suddenly turned red. It's not that he was innocent, but he didn't expect Jiang Yan to speak so straightforwardly. After all, they were used to talking in a hidden way, and they were used to making eighteen twists and turns in one sentence.

"If the Third Prince has nothing important to do, then the minister will leave first." Jiang Yan stood up, "After all, beauty is rare." After saying that, he jumped out of the window.

Third Prince:...

The eldest prince who just opened the door and walked in:...

Ning Ruyan came out to inspect the shop. Of course, the most important thing was to see if Mrs. Li had found all the items in her dowry.

The result was perfect. Madam Li actually found substitutes for all of them. Without careful inspection, they were enough to look fake.

She had the things sent back to her warehouse. In this case, it would not matter even if the Jiang family did not let her leave with her dowry in the future.

After leaving Huarong Pavilion, I took Bai Zhi to go shopping.

As a result, while she was strolling, a person suddenly fell from the sky and blocked her way, and she couldn't help but be startled.

"I've met Mr. Jiang." Ning Ruyan saluted depressedly. This man was really elusive.

"shop?"

"Just wander around."

"I'll accompany you."

"No..." Ning Ruyan was about to refuse, but then she remembered the golden hairpin on the screen and could only change her mind, "Then I'll trouble you, sir."

Upstairs, after the eldest prince and the third prince witnessed all this, they all tacitly sent people to find out the details about Ning Ruyan.

The news soon came out.

However, after the two princes learned about Ning Ruyan's identity, they both chose to remain silent. Jiang Yan was really not taboo about meat and vegetables, and the widow was worried about her.

They even began to wonder whether the Jiang family's collaboration with the enemy was deliberately fabricated because Jiang Yan was attracted to his eldest daughter-in-law?

After Ning Ruyan walked uncomfortably for half a street with Jiang Yan, she used the excuse that it was getting late and prepared to go back home. However, she didn't expect that Jiang Yan actually followed her to the general's mansion.

As soon as the Jiang family heard that Jiang Yan was coming, they hurried out to welcome him without any hesitation.

"I have something to do with the general." Jiang Yan glanced at everyone, "Can you please show me the way?"

Huo hurriedly asked the housekeeper to take the people to Songzhuyuan, but she breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly stopped Ning Ruyan who was about to leave: "Ning, why did you come back with Mr. Jiang?"