Old Madam Xia's face changed, "What's wrong?"

Xia Shijing couldn't tell for a while, so he only said: "It's a matter in the yamen, what about the snowman? Why isn't it in the Dongnuan Pavilion?"

Old Madam Xia frowned, patient, and said word by word: "Don't care where Yingxue is, you tell me first, what happened in the yamen that can make you so anxious." ”

Xia Shijing's face was bloodless, and he wiped the sweat on his head with a sweat towel due to the hurry, "Today, Xu Yushi has a copy of his son, saying that his son is confused about the case, Xu Yushi is Ning Guogong's protégé, and his son went down to the government to find Ning Guogong, but he avoided it, so he had to let Yingxue ask what was going on." ”

Mrs. Xia pondered for a moment, then called Zhang's mother and said, "You go to the Hidden Autumn Courtyard and invite Mrs. to come to Fushoutang." ”

Zhang's mother nodded and went to the Hidden Autumn Courtyard.

At this time, Xie was talking to Xia Mingche in the Hidden Autumn Courtyard.

“…… You will be fifteen years after the Chinese New Year, and yesterday I consulted with your grandmother and decided to set up a family affair for you first. ”

Xia Mingche looked at Xie Shi in surprise, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Mother, the eldest brother hasn't discussed marriage yet, isn't it appropriate to discuss marriage for me first?"

Xie Shi smiled: "Your eldest brother is far away in the northwest, and I don't know what year or month it will be when he comes back, so I'll give you a decision first, and I'll discuss it with him when he comes back." ”

"But, mother, I ......" Xia Mingche wanted to refuse Xie, but he couldn't find any suitable reason.

"Don't you ask which lady it is?"

Xia Mingche came back to his senses and hurriedly asked, "Whose young lady does my mother fall in love with?"

Xie Shi looked at Xia Mingche's expression carefully, and pretended to say, "What do you think of your cousin Frost Cloud?"

"Huh?" Xia Mingche looked at Xie Shi in surprise, "Cousin Shuangyun's temperament can overturn the roof of our house, if I marry her back, you will not be able to sit still and sleep unsteadily by her every day." ”

Xie Shi couldn't help but say angrily when he heard his son's opinion of his niece: "You don't look down on your cousin, and people don't look down on you." ”

Xia Mingche listened to Xie's words, and was anxious, "Mother ......"

"Okay, okay, it's not your cousin Frostcloud. Xie Shi saw his son jumping anxiously and looked at him funny.

Xia Mingche exhaled at this time, "Mother knows how to make fun of her son. ”

Xie didn't tease him anymore, and asked directly: "I see that Miss Xiao is very good with Wanwan, and she is also very close to you, you told your mother, do you fall in love with someone?"

Xia Mingche didn't expect his mother to ask him like this, and a red cloud flew out of his fair face, not to mention whether he liked it or not.

In the end, it was the son who was raised by herself, how could the Xie family not know what Xia Mingche meant by this, she stretched out her finger and tapped his forehead, and said helplessly: "Fortunately, it's me, if your grandmother sees you like yesterday and wants her to enter our house, don't even think about it!"

Xia Mingche naturally knew how out of place yesterday's scene was in the eyes of others, and even he regretted it very much.

He chased him out to send Xiao Qing yesterday, and wanted to apologize to her, but she turned her head and asked him, "Do you hate me too?"

He knew her temperament, and shook his head at the moment, "Miss Xiao has a straightforward temperament, and it was because she didn't think it through that Miss Xiao was wronged." ”

Xiao Qing's face didn't improve, and his bright eyes glared at him, "Miss Xiao, Miss Xiao, we are all so familiar, what can you do if you call me Sister Qing?" What a nerd, hum!"

After she finished speaking, she climbed into the carriage, he was not good to sit in the same car with her, and shouted softly outside the carriage: "Qing, Qing'er......"

She poked her head out and glared at him, "What Qingqing'er, what weird name did you give me?"

Seeing the embarrassment on his face, she suddenly laughed, looked at him firmly and said, "Xia Mingche, if you hate me, just tell me, I won't pester you." ”

When she had finished speaking, she let the coachman carry the carriage and sail away.

He was left standing in place, but his heart was beating in panic.

It wasn't until his mother asked him this question today that he understood why he was so flustered yesterday.

He lowered his head shyly, "Mother don't blame her, she was kind enough to teach Wanwan self-defense, and I didn't think about it all yesterday to have such an accident." ”

Xie Shi glanced at him funny, and before he entered the door, he helped her speak, she shook her head, "Since you are happy, mother won't say much, I just hope that your mind can last a long time, don't follow ......"

Speaking of this, Xie Shi kept his mouth, the young man's mind was always fresh, but she was willing to make her son happy than regret it in the future and resented her.

Xia Mingche's face couldn't help but bring joy.

Zhang's mother hurriedly came in and whispered a few words to Xie Shi, Xie Shi was stunned for a moment, turned his head and said to Xia Mingche, "You read a book at home", and got up and went to Fushoutang after speaking.

As soon as Xie Shi entered the main house, Xia Shijing hurriedly said, "You quickly pack up and go to the Ningguo Mansion." ”

Xie couldn't figure out the situation, but she only heard Zhang's mother say that her husband had something important to call her, and she asked, "What's wrong, my lord is so anxious?"

Mrs. Xia told the Xie family about Xia Shijing's impeachment, which made the Xie family shocked, it stands to reason that this kind of affairs of each yamen is under the control of each yamen, and the imperial history next to it is good or official, and they can't inquire about it, why did such a thing come out when the year was approaching?

Xia Shijing said: "Xu Yushi is a protégé of Ning Guogong, when you go to Ning Guogong's mansion as a guest, ask Duchess Ning Guo what is going on." ”

Xie Shi nodded and went to prepare the gift.

Mrs. Xia asked Xie to bring her clothes and clothes, and instructed them: "Go to the Ningguo Mansion, you two must not leave an inch, Miss Gu just made such a big ugly yesterday, maybe there will be something bad, you are out of the Xia Mansion, what represents the reputation of the Xia Mansion, no matter which of you sisters has a problem, others will only talk about the Xia Mansion, you must know that only when the Xia Mansion is good, you will have a good future, you know?"

Chanyi nodded, she naturally knew this truth.

Xian Yi didn't think so, these people in Xia Mansion didn't take her seriously, so why did she need to care so much.

But in front of the old lady, she could only pretend to be reasonable.

Old Madam Xia nodded, and after a few more instructions, she let the two of them follow Xie out of the door.

When I arrived at the Ningguo Mansion, the Duchess of Ningguo was making a banquet and invited several wives and wives of the noble family to enjoy the flowers and drink tea.

Seeing Xie Shi smiling and pulling her to let the people serve tea, he looked at Chan Yi carefully, and said to the ladies and wives in the flower hall with a smile on his face: "The young ladies of the Xia family are beautiful one by one, but our family Manman can't compare to it." ”

Chan Yi was stunned, only to feel that the eyes of all the ladies in the flower hall were around her.

Xian Yi couldn't help but pull the silk silk in her hand, she was also the daughter of Xia Fu, she was obviously more beautiful than Chan Yi, why are these ladies all Chan Yi in their eyes?

Chanyi was thinking that Duchess Ning Guo first said that the daughter of the Xia family was beautiful, and then said that her own daughter-in-law, she was afraid that she would settle Gu Manman's account on her head.

There were many guests in the Ningguo Mansion, and the Duchess of Ningguo just said a few words to the Xie family, then hung them aside, turned their heads to chat with other ladies, and finally got everyone to talk about it, and the Xie family found a chance to talk to the Duchess of Ningguo alone.

"I received your post yesterday, and I thought that I would bother the house after the New Year, but I didn't know that there was another incident, which caught people off guard. ”

Duchess Ning Guo had a look of concern on her face, "What's the matter?

Duchess Ning politely called Xie's edict, and listened to Chanyi's ears, but it didn't look like it was close, but it seemed like a sarcasm.

Xie Shi didn't care about these details, and continued: "Our lord has always been diligent as an official, and there are few times when the wrong case is judged, the lord was impeached by Xu Yushi in the court today, Xu Yushi is a protégé of Ning Guogong, so I thought about asking Mrs. about the situation, to see if Mrs. knows what is going on here, can you tell me one or two......"

Duchess Ning Guo looked at Xie Shi in surprise, "Don't dare to say this, our lord just supported Xu Yushi when he was rushing to take the exam, where is the protégé, the inner house does not discuss the affairs of the court, is the lady confused?"

Xie's face was not very good, but it was always difficult to ask someone for help, so he had to smile reluctantly: "It's me who lost my words, and I ask the Duchess not to be surprised, I'm also in a hurry, so I came to ask you when I was in a hurry." ”

Duchess Ning Guo was very happy to see Xie Shi being so cautious, but she didn't give her a clear letter, just put her eyes on Chanyi's body, and praised: "The sister of the lady's family is so beautiful, and I don't know whose family has such a blessing to marry." ”

Xie Shi looked at Duchess Ning Guo in surprise, looking at the meaning of Duchess Ning Guo's words, could it be that she fell in love with Wanwan?

I heard the Duchess of Ning Guo say: "I heard the master say, Lord Xia is in trouble this time, this time the imperial history impeached Lord Xia is because before, a case under the hands of Lord Xia was hastily closed, the son who originally reported the death of the war came back, and wanted to seek justice for his own mother, so it would be so big, Mrs. don't know, the son who died in the war is Lord Du Pingdu, and now he is the commander of Yan Yunqi." ”

Xie Shi's eyes widened, she hadn't heard of such a thing, but Duchess Ning Guo said it clearly.

Duchess Ning Guo smiled, "I just heard about this, so I thought about inviting a lady to come to the house, and then invited Lord Du's aunt to see if this matter could be eased." ”

Duchess Ning Guo couldn't find any mistakes in her words, but when she heard it in Chanyi's ears, she felt terrified.

Is it so easy to solve? Or is this matter planned by the Ningguo Mansion at all?

As they were talking, they saw a tall lady, dressed in a blue butterfly-patterned gown, surrounded by pearls and emeralds, and with a pointed face and a somewhat mean face, enter.

Big eyes looked at Xie Shi, and then stared at Chan Yi straight around, with an arrogant look on his face.

Duchess Ning Guo introduced with a smile: "This is Mrs. Zhang, the aunt of Lord Du. ”

Although Lord Du is a fourth-rank official, Lord Du's uncle is only the deputy commander in the Five Cities Terracotta Division.

Therefore, Lord Du's aunt wanted to salute when she saw Xie.

But this Mrs. Zhang seemed to be unruly, and sat down next to Duchess Ning Guo steadily.