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When Xie Jingtian saw this, he felt incredulous. Why was this girl so strange? He thought for a while before finally following her.

"Miss, please wait."

Xiao Ting could tell that it was his voice, and asked without turning his head, "What do you want now?" Why did this youth seem like a candy.

Xie Jingtian came in front of them and said, "How about this, I also want to return to the capital. How about I send you two on your way?"

He did not know why he had such a thought. Originally, today was the day to return to the manor, but he had delayed for a while today in order to save Xiao Ting and the others, so he did not plan to return.

But when he heard that Xiao Ting and the others were going away, he had this thought. For some reason, he just wanted to stay with this girl for a few more minutes.

He felt that she was different from the others. She was innocent and the first woman to dare to hit him. Even her mother had never hit him.

Xie Jingtian carefully proposed, afraid that Xiao Ting would reject him. After all, if one accepted the good intentions of a stranger, a sensible person would take note that they would not easily trust others. He had already made up his mind. Otherwise, he would proclaim his identity and prove himself.

But who would have thought that just as he finished speaking, with thoughts still running through his mind, Xiao Ting said with a face full of joy: "Ya, you're really great, thank you, then let's go!"

Along the way, only Xiao Ting was jabbering away, while the other two were acting as listeners. The group of three finally made it to the imperial city at sunset.

Returning to the familiar place, Xiao Ting was obviously very excited, she lifted the carriage's curtain and showed Xie Jingtian the way, "To Ninth Prince's Estate."

This Ninth Princess did not treat her as an outsider at all. Just like that, she let a wealthy family's child drive a horse carriage to him as a driver, and even sent him to his home.

Hearing that, Xie Jingtian was slightly stunned, he thought about Xiao Ting's possible identity, but didn't hear that there was any lady in Ninth Prince's Estate, their family's only young master, was only four years old this year!

Then whose family is this girl from? Could it be that he wanted to stay here?

Forget it, what does this have to do with him!?

After a while, the carriage stopped, and Xiao Ting jumped out.

He smiled at Xie Jingtian and said, "Thank you, but I'm home now. You should go back, so that your mother won't be worried."

After saying that, he turned around to leave. Steward Mu happened to pass by and immediately came out to welcome him. "Esteemed wangfei, you're back. You must be worried that this old servant will die."

Xiao Ting laughed as she raised her arm to greet him, "Aiyo, Butler Mu, you're the best. It's already been three years since we last met.

She waved her right hand, revealing a white jade bracelet with a birthmark on it.

"My royal concubine must be joking. Your highness is the one who's most worried about you. Please go in quickly."

"Will the prince worry about me?"

Xiao Ting snorted lightly, obviously not believing him, "I won't believe it!"

Otherwise, why didn't I see him looking for me?

"Oh yeah, she's a maid that was picked up by the I, what's your name again?"

Halfway through Xiao Ting's introduction, she suddenly remembered that she still did not know the woman in black's name, so she turned around and asked someone else.

The black clothed female had an icy expression as she coldly spat out two words, "ice coagulation."

Xiao Ting nodded and then looked at Butler Mu, "She is called ice coagulation. If she is slightly injured, ask the doctor to take a look for her and then send her to Hong Shao."

"This old servant will remember. It's better for the wangfei to see the prince first."

The Ninth Prince's Estate's doors were empty, everyone had gone in, leaving behind only Xie Jingtian who stood alone by the side of the carriage, staring blankly into space. It was only after a long time that he regained his senses.

So she was actually Ninth Princess, Miss Xiao Liu, Xiao Ting.

He turned around and left in the carriage.

Xie Jingtian returned home dejectedly. Just as he entered the room, he heard his mother's miserable wailing voice.

"Son, you're back. I'm so worried about you. When are you not going to go to Han Mountain Temple?"

Xie Jingtian kept a straight face and did not reply.

"Miss Xiao Liu is already married. You also said before that as long as she marries, you would be vulgar. It's already been a few months, what are you still doing there?"

Xie Jiuchen's father also walked out and said sorrowfully, "My son, we should be more or less done. Besides, the Emperor asking you to take such a long vacation is just giving your grandfather face. Do you know how many people are watching that seat now?"

"If you don't come back now, your career as an official in the future will be ruined."

Xie Jingtian already knew that this would happen the moment he returned, so he didn't like returning home.

On the other hand, staying in Han Mountain Temple had made him more at ease.

"Father, mother, your son is tired. I'll head down to rest first."

"Son, what's wrong with you? Are you not doing well there? What have you done? So tired, son, son, say something. "

His mother, Xie Jingtian, followed behind him. The moment he closed the door behind him, she almost touched his nose.

Father Xie pulled her over and said, "Don't bother your son. Your son's heart is very annoyed too. Let's let him rest and come back when he thinks things through. Let your father-in-law make peace with the emperor."

"Harmony?" "The Emperor has been busy lately, so he hasn't thought about this matter. Otherwise, how could Tian'er's position as assistant minister of the Ministry of Government be preserved? If he still can't persuade him to come back, his career as an official in the future will truly come to an end."

His mother had always wanted to persuade her son to come back after hearing what her father had said.

"What should I do?" Father Xie clapped her hands and stomped her feet anxiously.

"Why don't we get married to our son first?"

His mother felt that this was the main reason why Xie Jingtian had resigned from office in order to avoid the emperor's betrothal. The emperor also felt ashamed of his family, and his mother's father had to contend with each other in order to keep Xie Jingtian's position as the Minister of Government.

As the Ninth Princess was now, and her life was quite good, she had not heard of any news of the Ninth Prince taking care of her wife. The Emperor should not have mentioned this anymore, and once the matter of the Imperial Consort Xiao came out, it would affect everyone in the Xiao family. Even if the Miss Xiao Liu did not have a good standing in the Ninth Prince's Estate, it would have nothing to do with the Xie family.

If he were to arrange a marriage for his son now, he might be able to calm his son down.

The old couple agreed and left.

Xie Jingtian naturally heard their words and the corner of his mouth curled into a wry smile.

He never thought that even after dodging countless of times, he still wasn't able to avoid this six girls.

"Young master, the Commander Xu is here. The master invites you to the front hall."

Xie Jingtian's train of thoughts was interrupted. He frowned and said, "Go back to the old master and invite Commander Xu to my courtyard!"

After a while, Xu Yu walked in familiarly, seeing his good friend's worried face, he asked: "I heard from the Old Master's wife that you are going to get married?"

Xie Jingtian glared at him and snappily said, "It's already so late. Commander Xu shouldn't be coming to my house to offer his condolences for the rest of my life, right?"

"It wasn't originally, but now it seems that I had such a plan."

Xu Yu and Xie Jingtian had a good relationship, so when they talked, they weren't as strict as when interacting with outsiders.

"Sit down!"

Xie Jingtian invited him to sit down, and the maidservants served their refreshments before leaving. Xu Yu looked around and said, "Such a good place, how unfortunate for you to be staying here a few times a month."

"We haven't known each other for many months, when did Commander Xu learn to turn around when they were talking?"

"Cough cough …" Xu Yu coughed and said: "Actually, I came this time on the orders of the Emperor."

"The Emperor has ordered you to return to the dynasty."

Xie Jingtian and Xu Yu were the same, reaching this stage through their own abilities. Although they had a strong backer, they had never relied on their family.

They were the same batch of civil and military top scholar and had been selected to serve as officials of the imperial court.

Seeing that his good friend did not reply, Xu Yu continued to speak: "A few months ago, the Emperor bestowed this marriage upon us, we have all heard of the rumors in the Miss Xiao Liu, so it's not a good match. So you are at the mercy of the Emperor. "

"Now that the Miss Xiao Liu is already the Ninth Princess, if you continue to be like this, even if the Emperor is merciful, you won't be able to give a reason, and you might even implicate your relatives."

How could Jing Tian not understand Xu Yu's words, it's just that …

"I, have seen her."

"Who?"

"Xiao Ting." Xie Jingtian calmly spat out these two words without a trace of sadness or joy.

Xu Yu was stunned for a moment before asking, "You've seen her?"

"So?"

He didn't understand what his good friend's performance meant.

Xie Jingtian was a very dedicated person who would never make an exception for anyone, including the emperor.

Such a person would not compromise on anything, much less become so uncertain about a woman.

Especially for a woman like Xiao Ting, who had once made him feel that it was a disgrace, he would definitely not bring it up.

Xie Jingtian shook his head and smiled, "Unfortunately, it's too late."

Xu Yu was stunned, his heart was in turmoil, "What do you mean by that? You … You can't have fallen for her, right? "

"Is it funny?" In his opinion, Xie Jingtian's answer was yes.

"You, you only met her once and you already said you liked her. It's truly laughable."

Xu Yu was extremely confused.

"I don't know if she likes it either. It's just that when I saw her enter the Ninth Prince's Estate and other people called her Ninth Princess, I felt empty inside."

"You …"

Xu Yu didn't know what to say. He came on the orders of the emperor and wanted to thank Jing Tian for coming back.

Now that he had heard such bad news, he didn't know what to do.

"If that's the case, then when you escaped the marriage …" He did not finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious. Back then, Xie Jingtian ran away to get married, in order to avoid Xiao Ting and become a monk.

Now that he had been a monk for the past few months, Xiao Ting had also married and become the Ninth Princess, but he said that it was too late to get to know her, it was too inconceivable.

"Indeed, he did. The cause and effect of everything in this world have long been decided. In the end, there is no such thing as fate or destiny."

Xu Yu did not know how to persuade him, nor did he know what to say. "Ninth Princess is truly different from the masses."

He only said that last sentence, but Xie Jingtian looked at him in surprise. He turned his head and asked, "You actually call her Ninth Princess? You still make such an evaluation? "

"Otherwise?" Xu Yu retorted.

"I thought you hated her at least." Xie Jingtian was puzzled.