When they arrived in front of Xie's house, they met Xie Huaichang saying goodbye to George at the gate, the two of them had an elegant and dignified British RP accent, when there was no George to compare, Xie Huaichang's accent had been learned enough standard, but Zhuyu was in front, and immediately dwarfed, Wanlan shook her head when she heard it in the carriage, and couldn't help but open the curtain and laugh at Xie Huaichang.

Xie Huaichang and George's eyes were pulled over together, and when they saw Chen Ji getting out of the car first, he didn't mean to pick Wanlan off the car, but instead stood sideways to the side, making room for her to get out of the car.

Seeing this scene, George shook his head regretfully, walked over and parked his hand by the car door, and said to Chen Ji: "A gentleman should try his best to provide convenience for a lady on a qiē occasion." ”

Chen Ji shrugged his shoulders and said in a regretful tone: "It should have been like this, Mr. Spencer, but this lady and I are in the most misunderstood relationship in China, so we have to pay more attention to avoid suspicion." ”

When Wanlan heard this, she immediately understood what Chen Ji was going to say next, and hurriedly interrupted him: "Okay, Mr. Yuji, I'm afraid George can't understand the most misunderstood relationship in your mouth." ”

"Okay, then let's not talk about it," Chen Ji nodded to her with a smile, and filled his tone intentionally or unintentionally: "Auntie." ”

Xie Huaichang couldn't hold back, burst out laughing, and was immediately glared at by Wanlan, and hurriedly waved his hand at her: "It's not intentional, Pingqing, it's really wonderful under the phrase 'China is the most easily misunderstood', Yuji, you have been alone with us Pingqing for a long time, isn't this enough to be misunderstood?"

Chen Ji looked at Xie Huaichang and shook his head sincerely: "I have never been alone, and there is a third person on all occasions." ”

"Oh," Xie Huaichang suddenly realized, and immediately pointed to the hired carriage: "Is there also one here?"

Chen Ji smiled calmly: "In order to avoid suspicion, the curtains are all opened all the way." ”

Xie Huaichang was taken aback, and hurriedly went to see Wanlan's face, and sure enough, he saw that the tip of her nose was red from the cold, and when he heard Chen Ji's sanctimonious words, he was glaring at him fiercely.

George looked at Wanlan with pity, and condemned Chen Ji with dissatisfaction: "How can a gentleman do such a thing." ”

Chen Ji shrugged his shoulders: "It's all forced by the people's feelings, Mr. Spencer, I'm also thinking about her reputation, are you right, aunt?"

He accentuated the word "aunt" again, and then put on that upright expression, showing a well-intentioned look. Wanlan mobilized her facial muscles that were almost frozen, made a smiling expression, and couldn't help but sarcastically: "Thank you for thinking so thoroughly, brother-in-law." ”

Chen Ji listened to her "brother-in-law", who was also deliberately aggravated, and his expression became more stern and upright: "It's over, then I'll leave first, auntie, we'll see you tomorrow." ”

Wanlan was taken aback and hurriedly asked, "Tomorrow?"

Chen Ji nodded and said, "I want to give Miss Lan the same Western jewelry as a gift, but I don't know what her taste and preferences are, I want to think about it, and I have to work for you to run more, after all, it is for your close cousin's business, you won't not agree, right?" ”

Wanlan stiffened her face and smiled dryly at him twice: "I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you, I have other important things tomorrow." ”

Chen Ji immediately said: "Don't worry, it's okay the day after tomorrow." ”

George had heard that Wanlan had a fiancé who was already engaged, and now watching the words and deeds between the two of them, he guessed that this Mr. Yuji was probably the Yushu of the Chen family, so he deliberately leaned into Wanlan's ear in front of Chen Ji and asked in a low voice: "This is the gentleman who is lucky enough to marry Oriental Rose?"

Wanlan was startled by his sudden intimate movements, subconsciously pushed him, and also lowered her voice: "What are you doing?"

George straightened up with Wanlan's shoulders and laughed: "Will my actions like this hinder your reputation?"

Wanlan frowned and did not answer.

George continued: "If anything, I don't mind being responsible for my actions, or rather, I'm more than happy to be responsible for your reputation. ”

Wanlan glanced at Chen Ji's expression and said to George: "You love to joke too much, George, beware of self-defeating, it will be too late to regret it." ”

Chen Ji originally stood aside and smiled at their interaction, but at this moment, he walked over and stood quietly between the two of them, and naturally stretched out an arm to separate the two of them: "A friend of mine said that Mr. Spencer's insight and knowledge are rare among Chinese and foreigners, although he has never met you, but he has been admired for a long time, today Miss Tuo Pingqing's blessing is fortunate to meet the deity, I wonder if Mr. would like to enjoy a face and have dinner with me?"

George took a step back with his movements, put his gaze on his face, and nodded happily: "Of course I do, I also really want to talk to the lucky one who is about to marry Lan." ”

As they spoke, they walked out together, and Wanlan's heart almost rose to her throat, because George didn't know that she had approved Xie Wanxin's name and dangled in front of Chen Ji, so he hurriedly stopped: "Why bother so much, just stay in the house together." ”

Chen Ji turned his face and put on a smile: "If you stay for dinner, I'm afraid it's inconvenient." ”

Wanlan said: "Where is Mr. Yuji, there is no inconvenience. ”

George shook his head: "No, miss, your uncle is going to have a banquet for a distinguished guest today, and it is indeed inconvenient to have idlers such as me present." ”

Wanlan was taken aback, and hurriedly turned her head to look at Xie Huaichang, Xie Huaichang nodded, and said, "Today, Duke Ze came to the mansion as a guest, and he has already met George." ”

Ze Gong refers to the Zhenguo Gong Zai Ze who participated in the constitution, not long after the imperial court promulgated the "Oath to Prepare the Constitution", it was the time to discuss the new official system, Zai Ze, as one of the five ministers who went abroad, was anxious about this time every day, and today he actually disbanded the meeting so early, and he actually had the leisure to come to Xie Mansion to attend the banquet.

Wanlan said goodbye to Chen Ji and George with the fear of half-doubts and half-lies that they were about to be exposed, and returned to the inner mansion with Xie Huaichang.

Wanlan's eye knife immediately flew over: "What are you laughing at!"

"Laugh at you and your brother-in-law, Pingqing," Xie Huaichang's smile on his face became deeper and deeper, and in the end, he couldn't help but lean forward and fold together, holding on to the door frame for a long time and couldn't walk: "I'm looking forward to the next time you two meet." ”

Wanlan raised her hand, grabbed the flesh through his clothes on his upper arm, and twisted it fiercely: "It's all your fault, if you and Ah Xin don't take my name on their own, I don't have to be so wolf now." ”

Xie Huaichang hissed and gasped, and said aggrievedly: "If you had the heart to solve this misunderstanding, you wouldn't have waited until now." ”

While speaking, the two had already walked to the front of the main hall, Wanlan let go angrily, rolled her eyes at Xie Huaichang, raised a smile, pushed the door and entered. A young male protagonist in the hall was chatting with Xie Daoyong at the top, and a woman with delicate eyebrows and eyes on the side was holding a small doll in her arms, and she was also smiling with Mrs. Feng, standing on the side like a new rule, and when she saw Wanlan coming in, she bent her eyes and smiled sweetly at her: "Sister Lan is back." ”

For a while, the eyes of the people in the hall converged, and Wanlan saluted to the head of the skirt, and her voice was soft and gentle: "The folk girl knocks on the town of the country and the prince Wanfu Jin'an, and knocks on the Zegong Fujin Wanfu Jin'an." ”

The man hummed and stretched out his hand to her: "No courtesy, no courtesy, presumably this is the eldest lady of the old mansion, and it is really Tianzi Guosheng." ”

Xie Daoyong looked at her with a smile, and said humbly: "A rough village and a rough people, should not be a natural country." ”

Zai Ze laughed: "Zhiheng is always so happy to depreciate himself, it's just a matter of degrading himself, and people are so colorful that you are also said to be a rough person in the village, so you are not afraid that the eldest lady will hate you?"

Xie Daoyong said: "Ze Gongfu Jin is not coming, I am happy to recognize this good name for Alan, but Ze Gongfu Jin is famous, how can I have that face." ”

Zai Ze laughed again: "You are really good at talking, why did the new bureaucratic parliament leak you, if you were added, maybe there would be no fight today." ”

"It's all good for Ze Gong's high hat," Xie Daoyong waved his hand to Wanlan and Xie Huaichang, motioned for them to sit aside, and asked Zai Ze: "What's going on today? Didn't you talk about discussing the issue of the abolition of the Military Aircraft Department?"

"The abolition of the Military Aircraft Department is decided, there is a responsible cabinet, and what do you want the Military Aircraft Department to do, this matter is not negotiable, but where the high-ranking and powerful ministers of the original Military Aircraft Department will go, it has become a problem again," Zai Ze said this topic, smiled, and frowned again:" Lao Qing is the cabinet leader, this new responsible cabinet is formed, the first prime minister is always he didn't run, and the team under his command will not be disappointed in sending silver, but Qu Junji's faction may not have this good luck, plus the original princes and nobles of the Military Aircraft Department, who doesn't want to make a profit in the new official system, Yuan Shikai ...... Hum. ”

He snorted heavily with great sarcasm: "Yuan Shikai, the internal vice premier, is not worried, who told people to have the eyesight, he became a lackey under Lao Qing a few years ago." Zhiheng, you don't know, I see the group of people at the meeting every day for their respective official interests to start a battle of tongues, my heart and mouth are full of pain, you said that our five ministers have been running around for a year, and they have not dared to sleep in peace for a day, and it is easy to fight for the constitution, and it has been ruined like this, you see, Lao Qing will not fall for a day, and the Qing Dynasty will not be good for a day!"

"Ze Gong, Ze Gong," Xie Daoyong raised his hands and pressed down emptily: "Don't be angry, don't get angry." ”

Zai Ze exhaled heavily, picked up the teacup in his hand and drank it all: "What I told you today, but it is all heart-wrenching, I know that you are now begging for a living under Yuan Shikai's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and you have a lot of intersections with him on weekdays, but you say it's not strange, Zhiheng, I just believe that you won't betray me." ”

Xie Daoyong laughed: "Duke Ze is loyal to the Qing Dynasty, if Daoyong betrays you, then he is really blindfolded, but Duke Ze, it's not me who said good things for Yuan Shikai, think about it, since Yuan Shikai took over the stall in Beiyang, this foreign affairs are no worse than Li Wenzhong's, and he also supports the new policy reform of the Qing Dynasty." When the Queen Mother first returned to Luan, Qu Hongji made that vigorous purge of officials, and the spearhead was directed at King Qing, but what was the result? He folded a cadre, but King Qing still sat on his top spot. ”