Judging from Young Master He's frank expression, it was obvious that he had no idea that Zi Yan had a crush on him.
Shangguan Ruoli smiled and said: "I just asked Zi Yan to give it to someone, why do you two look at me with such expressions?"
Both Dongming Ziyu and He Dashao gave her a "pretend, keep pretending" expression.
Shangguan Ruoli chuckled and said, "Go back and pack your things and prepare to return to Beijing!"
Zi Yan was following behind Ding Baotou over there, feeling mixed emotions in her heart. She didn't know what to say, but she felt depressed and uncomfortable.
Zi Yan sighed softly, maybe she felt too empty because of her broken love, and was anxious to find someone to fill it, otherwise she wouldn't worry about gains and losses because of Ding Baotou, a black man like him.
It's just a passing by. She will leave tomorrow. From now on, the mountains and rivers are far away, and it will be difficult to see each other. This hazy and tangled relationship will soon be dissipated with the wind, right?
Thinking that they might never see each other again in this life, Zi Yan felt that there was no need to be reserved, just like Mr. He, who regretted it later when he had someone he loved.
Anyway, it's impossible to see him again in the future. It's just this one shame.
"Hey!" Zi Yan was caught off guard and hit a solid wall of flesh.
She was so lost in her thoughts that she didn't notice that Ding Baotou suddenly stopped and bumped into him.
Ding Captou laughed, "Miss Ziyan, are you okay?"
Zi Yan's cheeks turned red, "I, I'm fine, why did you stop?"
Ding Captou smiled and said: "We've arrived at the door. Miss Zi Yan will be sent here."
"Ah?!" Zi Yan realized that she had already arrived at the door of the inn.
A sense of embarrassment made her a little angry, so she stuffed the box into his arms and said, "Ding, Capt. Head, walk slowly!"
Ding Baotou caught the box and stopped talking.
He liked this girl quite a bit, but he saw that although she was a slave, she was not an ordinary slave, and she was not something he could reach with his current status.
Zi Yan looked at him for a few seconds, waiting for him to say something. Sometimes, women still have to be more reserved.
Ding Baotou held the box, murmured for a moment, and then said, "My name is Ding Yifan, I am twenty years old."
Zi Yan blushed and nodded mechanically, "What a good name."
Ding Yifan felt that she looked a little stupid, so he smiled again, showing his big white teeth, "Are you going back to the capital?"
Zi Yan wondered: "How do you know?"
She is from near Yuancheng, and her speech is not the accent of the capital, but the Mandarin with the accent of her hometown.
Ding Yifan smiled and said: "You guessed it, don't forget, I am the head catcher."
His skin is very dark, his teeth look very white, and his smile smells like sunshine.
Zi Yan suddenly relaxed and smiled, "Welcome to the capital."
She wanted to leave her contact information, but considering that she would live in the palace after returning to Beijing, telling him would be tantamount to exposing her master's identity.
Ding Yifan seemed to understand her thoughts and said with deep eyes: "If everything goes well this autumn, I will go to Beijing to take part in the examination next spring."
It's not convenient for her to tell her her address. If she wants to, she can go find him.
The location of the test is in the Ministry of Etiquette, which is easy to find.
Zi Yan pursed her lips and nodded, "I understand."
In fact, she wanted to ask who was in his family and how was his relationship with his family, but she felt that he didn't express his feelings clearly, so she couldn't ask more questions.
Ding Captou looked at her deeply and said, "We'll see you later."
After saying that, he turned around and strode away without looking back.
Zi Yan watched him disappear around the corner and then came back.
Shangguan Ruoli saw her shy face and said with a smile: "Do you want to know the situation at Ding Yifan's family?"
Zi Yan blushed and stamped her feet, "Master! Why are you making fun of your slave?"
"Forget it if you don't want to know." Shangguan Ruoli lowered his head and continued folding his clothes.
Zi Yan stepped forward to help, "It's okay to come to his home if you want, otherwise the master wouldn't let me see him off."
Shangguan Ruoli smiled and said: "You know me quite well. Indeed, his family tradition is good. His parents are both healthy and he is a small landowner. There are four brothers and sisters, two brothers at the top and a sister at the bottom. They are all married and have no income.
Concubine’s situation. Because Ding Yifan was a scholar, he took the imperial examination and worked as an errand at the same time, but his marriage was delayed. "
After hearing this, Zi Yan sighed softly: "Let it go."
It can be seen from the slightly upturned corners of her lips that she is in a good mood, which shows that she still has expectations.
Shangguan Ruoli will also match each other appropriately when they are interested in each other, and will not force the two of them to be together. How far they will go is up to them.
Early the next morning, everyone set out.
Ding Yifan rode his horse and sent everyone twenty miles outside the town. Everyone knew who he was sending.
There is Ziyan, and there are also Dongming Ziyu and Shangguan Ruoli.
Shangguan Ruoli doesn't dislike smart people, as long as they are not particularly flattering. Ding Yifan did it just right, creating the most comfortable social distance.
The convoy headed west for more than half a month, then boarded a northbound boat and took the river to the north.
Because I was worried about Ling Yao's pregnancy, I didn't deliberately stop the boat to go ashore except for a day's stay when docking to replenish supplies.
The main reason is that Ling Yu also misses her brothers and sisters. It is not an exaggeration to say that Xiao Nizi's return home is as fast as an arrow.
After walking for another month, we arrived in the capital at the beginning of May, just in time for the eighth day of May, the birthdays of Jing Xi and Jing Yang.
Dongming Ziyu didn't tell Jing Yu the exact date of his arrival in Beijing, so the provincial government mobilized people to pick him up.
But Jingyu made some calculations based on the itinerary, and had already ordered people to guard the pier to take them to the capital. After receiving the news, he took Ling Yao, Jing Xi and Jing Yang to wait outside the capital.
No officials were alarmed, only Feng Jinxing, Wang Mingxuan, Wang Mingzhong, Shangguan Anning, Gu Yunwei and others accompanied him.
"Here we come!" Jing Xi shouted happily when she saw the convoy from a distance, then rode up to meet it.
When Shangguan Ruoli saw his son coming over like he was having fun, he was very excited and said with a smile: "This Jing Xi is still so out of the ordinary."
Dongming Ziyu snorted coldly: "Not stable at all! Where is the majesty of a prince!"
He dotes on his daughter to the highest degree, but he is very strict with his sons.
Uh! Shangguan Ruoli rolled his eyes at him, "This is what children of this age should be like. Don't treat them like little old men."
That is to say, Jing Xi is more lively, while Jing Yu and Jing Yang, one is really mature and the other is pretending to be mature, they have dignity, but they lack the liveliness and immaturity that they should have at their age.
As soon as she heard her brother's name, Ling Yu's eyes lit up, "Brother, brother, are you home? Yu'er misses her brother!"
"Father! Queen! Sister!" Jing Xi's voice carried by the wind, getting closer and closer.
Ling Yu's little head immediately stuck out the car window and saw a high-spirited and beautiful young man galloping towards him on a horse.
He immediately waved a small handkerchief and shouted: "Second brother! Second brother!"
Shangguan Ruoli also looked over, his eyes immediately sore, his son was handsome again! He had grown taller!
Ahem, when a mother looks at her own child, the more she looks at her, the more beautiful she becomes.