Maybe he didn't notice Ouyang Rong's embarrassment.

Xie Lingjiang said to himself:

"Elder brother also said just now that you can take in concubines without marrying the main wife first, but you also need to have this ability to reconcile the contradiction between the two.

"That's the problem. Dalang actually doesn't have this ability. He probably realizes it himself, so it's better to do less than to do more."

Ouyang Rong immediately agreed:

"That's right, junior sister's analysis is thorough."

Xie Lingjiang tapped his red lips with his index finger:

"Actually, I think it's understandable if Dalang simply refuses to marry. No one has ever refused to marry. But he insists on not marrying a concubine in advance, which inevitably makes Uncle Li, Sister Guo'er and others think that he just doesn't want to get married, isn't it?

What other excuses are there, just wanting to wait for a certain person and using those words as an excuse."

Ouyang Rong praised: "What the junior sister said is absolutely true."

Xie Lingjiang squinted his eyes: "Senior brother, don't praise me so harshly. Why did you suddenly come to me today? If you show your courtesy for nothing, you are either committing adultery or stealing."

"No, I'm just asking about the peach blossom forest in Kuanglu Mountain. I came over to take a look."

"By the way?"

Ouyang Rong immediately changed his words:

"No, I thought about it again. I came here mainly to see you and ask questions. You see, I didn't even go to the prince or princess to ask questions."

"Eldest Brother's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter."

Ouyang Rong didn't answer, and suddenly covered Xie Lingjiang's eyes, took something out of his sleeves, and put it in front of her eyes.

"What are you doing?"

"Open your eyes."

"In what era did you still play such old-fashioned things?"

"The third year of the Great Zhou Dynasty."

Ouyang Rong's serious words came from behind.

"Puch."

Xie Lingjiang couldn't help laughing. After he let go, he opened his eyes.

In fact, when he just closed his eyes, he could smell the fragrance of flowers, but when he opened his eyes and saw it, Xie Lingjiang still smiled.

His eyes looked a little surprised.

"Does it look good?" Ouyang Rong asked.

"Humph." Xie Lingjiang suppressed her laughter and lowered her head to sniff the petals.

Ouyang Rong nodded: "That's just like it, it's duplicity."

Xie Lingjiang didn't answer. He held the flower with two fingers and looked at it. After being happy for a while, he asked curiously:

"It's so good. Why are you sending me an apricot flower? Is today a special day?"

"No, but I think that from the moment two people meet to the moment they get to know each other, every day is actually special and should be treated grandly... Do you like it, little junior sister?"

"I like it, but... senior brother, this apricot flower, could it be taken from Aunt Zhen's vase?"

"That's not it. I was on the roadside. I saw flowers blooming in spring. I found this one particularly beautiful. I thought it suited my junior sister very well. It is as beautiful as the spring sun, so I picked it."

The garden path of Prince Xunyang's Mansion is also a roadside.

Ouyang Rong nodded quietly.

"Then it's really an unforeseen disaster." Xie Lingjiang joked, lowered his head and touched the petals for a while, then opened the pastry box, twisted an osmanthus cake, held it in his mouth, and it melted at the touch.

Two pairs of star-like eyes curved into crescent moons.

"Well, the apricot blossoms are quite fragrant... This osmanthus pastry is so sweet. I tried it with Aunt Zhen last time, and I wanted to know how to make it."

Xie Lingjiang tasted the cake in his mouth and mumbled a few times, his speech a little unclear.

Ouyang Rong looked at his nose and heart with his eyes, and he honestly wiped his little junior sister's hair and curled her temples.

Xie Lingjiang suddenly closed the lid of the pastry and said with a half-smile:

"Eldest brother, here you are sending flowers and bringing pastries...it always makes people feel a little uncomfortable."

Ouyang Rong smiled and said nothing, put down the towel, went to the house to get the mandarin duck emerald hairpin, helped Xie Lingjiang have a high hairpin, lowered his head to look at it carefully, and inserted the hairpin straightly.

Xie Lingjiang stood up, walked over, inserted the apricot flowers into the vase, lowered his head to look at a small piece of water in the vase, and took a look.

The beauty in the water smiles beautifully.

"nice."

Ouyang Rong's voice suddenly came from behind.

Xie Lingjiang looked back and saw that his senior brother was bending over and looking at him with a smile.

She turned her face away shyly.

Ouyang Rong hugged her from behind. This time, his palms surprisingly did not climb up. He hugged her honestly and rested his chin on her shoulder. He lightly smelled the fragrance of Xie Lingjiang's fair skin on her neck. Xie Lingjiang's hair was very lush.

, there are a lot of jet black hair on the neck that has separated from the temples, tickling Ouyang Rong's nose.

Xie Lingjiang asked softly: "Elder brother is interested."

Ouyang Rong scratched the itchy part of his nose:

"Miaosi gave birth to some spiritual ink for me last night."

"Oh? Really? That's a good thing." She tilted her head, with a little surprise on her face.

Ouyang Rong tilted his head and said directly:

"You are a sixth-grade Confucian sage. You obviously need spiritual ink, but you gave it to me without telling me. Instead, you helped me privately feed it the precious ink from my family without telling me, senior brother."

Xie Lingjiang's expression gradually calmed down, and he straightened his head, looking at the few spring swallows returning to their nests in the eaves not far away.

"I'm happy to do it. It has nothing to do with senior brother. Senior brother doesn't need to feel guilty."

Ouyang Rong pointed to the flowers in the vase and the pastry box and said:

"I'm also happy. When I saw some nice flowers, I just wanted to give them to my junior sister. It has nothing to do with my junior sister."

Xie Lingjiang glared at him, but couldn't refute him. He snorted softly and went back to the house.

Ouyang Rong followed and changed the topic.

"Looking at Da Lang, he has refused the marriage and will not hesitate to be beaten."

"Well, so senior brother, you'd better talk to Da Lang more, and he will probably listen to you. I always feel that the methods of uncle and sister Guo'er are wrong."

Ouyang Rong was silent for a while.

"Actually, I understand Dalang a little bit."

"understand?"

Ouyang Rong asked: "If you and I were put in his and Princess Anhui's position, how should we interpret it?"

Xie Lingjiang said without thinking about it:

"If the eldest brother were in his position, he would never sit still and wait for death. Uncle Li and sister Guo'er would not worry about the eldest brother causing trouble. The eldest brother is different. As for me..."

Lady Xie raised her chin slightly:

"It's just a surname, so what if my surname is Wei? No one can try to restrict me. My father has a saying that is right. The wealth and honor that the ancestors of the family have worked hard for, isn't it just to let future generations have better choices? Otherwise

Even if this family doesn’t wait, it won’t make people recognize and fight from the bottom of their hearts.”

Xie Lingjiang changed his style again:

"But it's different from Li Dalang. Uncle Li and sister Guo'er still regard him as their child. Even though they are already the heir, they still think that he will definitely mess things up.

"If only he could be more resolute and stand out like Sister Guo'er sometimes and prove that he has grown up and let Uncle Li and the others realize this, then they might not stop him and might even help him.

Come and persuade us..."

Ouyang Rong was quiet for a while and sighed:

"good."

After a while, Ouyang Rong asked a few questions about the peach blossom forest in Kuanglu Mountain, then said goodbye and left. Before leaving, Xie Lingjiang suddenly said:

"Elder brother is here today, do you have anything to say?"

Ouyang Rong pondered for a moment.

"It's best to hold Auntie's birthday party after the Donglin Giant Buddha lands. In case there is a time collision, it can be postponed for a few days. This is also what Auntie means... Junior Sister, it's up to you."

"Okay." Xie Lingjiang nodded and asked, "You really have nothing else to say?"

Ouyang Rong laughed:

"Thank you for your hard work, little junior sister."
To be continued...