Xi Xuetian said: "He has already left, but he looks a little angry, can the owner think about what to do next?" ”

Chonglan waved his hand, half-closed his eyes and said tiredly: "I have nothing to do with him, but I just helped him a few times in the love of my old neighbor, what does he have to do with me next?" Just every man lives his own life. ”

Although Xi Xuetian didn't know why she suddenly figured it out, her face was still slightly happy, and she pondered for a while, and said: "There is something I was afraid that the owner would feel uncomfortable, and I was thinking about what to say, since you said so, then I will sue you." ”

He saw Chonglan nodding, and then said, "Didn't Chongdà Ye come to make trouble in the morning, and kept saying that you and Jiang Xiucai had a private relationship?" Just now, when you were talking to Lord Yan, I looked for a few bad people on the street to inquire, this rumor came from the Jiang family's courtyard, and the head of the talk was the Tao, no wonder Master Chong consciously took your handle. ”

"What does he mean by this, trying to force me not to marry him through rumors?" Chonglan's voice was a little angry, and then he tiredly raised his forehead and said: "I didn't expect me to try and try, I thought I would find a gentleman with good conduct, but I didn't expect it to be one" She paused, and laughed at herself: "I pride myself on reading a lot of people, but I didn't expect to look away, why didn't I see it in the first place?" ”

Although she didn't have much affection for Jiang Rong, she was still quite unhappy when she thought that her marriage was calculated like this.

Xi Xuetian waved his hand quietly, ordered his subordinates to prepare dinner, and personally poured a cup of tea from Ning Shen for her: "If a person is not a sage, who can be without fault?" Jiang Rong doesn't have any bad habits on the surface, one is not lustful, the second is not good for gambling, and the third is not good for drinking, and he has thoughts about the owner, so he naturally tries his best to let you see his personable appearance, if it weren't for today's incident, I'm afraid that he would still be able to pretend to be in front of you for a long time. ”

Dinner has already been prepared, just need to serve it one by one, Chonglan beckoned Xi Xuetian to the table, and personally served him a bowl of gooseskin sour bamboo shoot soup: "You've been busy all day, so you'll use dinner here." ”

She shook her head and sighed: "I originally blamed Lord Yan for being rude and offending him, but now I think about it, although people are offended, but the character is also revealed, fortunately, it is at this time that I see that something is wrong, if it is at night, I am afraid that it will be very tricky." ”

Holding the soup bowl with ten fingers, Xi Xuetian's heart was hot, and he lowered his eyes and didn't dare to look more: "The owner doesn't need to be anxious, with the talent and character of the owner, he can always find Qin Se and Ming." ”

Chonglan sighed and said, "I can only watch slowly." She used ebony silver-inlaid chopsticks to clip a barbecued deer breast, thought about it while eating, and said after a while: "It's just that the Jiang family is cut off and can't go back and forth anymore, but it's not good to break it off immediately, and let the second brother come forward to settle it if there is anything to do in the future." ”

Xi Xuetian snorted: "I made a bet with the owner, Jiang Xiucai will not be so resigned, how does the owner feel?" ”

Chonglan smiled and shook his head: "I have nothing to do with him, what can he do if he is unwilling, just bet." ”

She originally felt that although Jiang Xiucai's character was a little flawed, it was also the innocence of some scholars, and she would not come to the door again after this incident, but she didn't expect him to carry things to Chongfu again a day.

Jiang Rong stood in front of the door of Chongfu, looking at the upright and brilliant plaque, although there was still fire in his heart, but thinking of Chonglan's appearance and family wealth, he forcibly suppressed the fire, he felt full of talent, but he suffered from no money to continue studying, and Chonglan was a rich person, coupled with the appearance of the flower and the moon, although the reputation was lost, but the husband was greater than the sky, and he didn't have to listen to himself when he married into the door.

He figured out this verse, and his heart was much happier, and he resumed his usual gentleness and courtesy, and quietly waited for Chonglan to order someone to welcome him in.

Over there, Chonglan had just gotten up and was standing in front of the flower and bird mirror to try on clothes, when he heard someone hurriedly come to report that Jiang Gongzi had come to the door again.

Qingyun looked down on Jiang Rong at the beginning, and hurriedly said: "Miss, this person is not a good person, let's get rid of him quickly, save gossip!" ”

Qingge combed Chonglan's hair on the side, and stepped on her when she heard the words: "Where can you say that you can hurry, wouldn't it be more gossipy?" ”

Qingyun said unconvinced: "He spread gossip to harm our young lady's reputation, and this kind of person made us dirty when he stood at the door." She pouted and said, "At first, I just thought he was a little petty and not very good on the stage, but I didn't expect him to be such a villain." ”

Chonglan waved her hand, signaled the two not to quarrel, and asked sideways, "Didn't the second young master come back last night?" You ask him to come over, and I have something to say to him. ”

The person who reported the news took the order, and in a blink of an eye, he called Chongzheng over, Chong is Chonglan's second brother, and his eyebrows are six or seven points similar to her, looking forward to the romance, his eyebrows and eyes are full of flowers, and when he sees his sister-in-law, he smiles all over his face, and takes out a bag of dim sum to offer treasure: "Don't you love to eat hibiscus lotus seed cake?" I got up early this morning and waited at the door of the store to buy it for you, and it was still hot. ”

Chonglan didn't answer, looked him up and down a few times, frowned, and said, "These days, only I have seen you in the few days I woke up, and where did you go." ”

Chongzheng smirked: "Go and help run the business, you eat, you eat." "He was very handsome, but he didn't even have a point left with such a smile.

Of course, Chonglan didn't believe his nonsense, snorted coldly, hesitated for a moment, and still told him about Jiang Xiucai, no matter how much Chongzheng loved to mess around, he was also her own brother, and after hearing it, he couldn't help but be furious: "This shameless poor sour scholar, look at how I clean him up!" ”

Chonglan was afraid that he would make a mistake and really do something, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said: "Don't mess around, if you make such a big fuss about this, it will be nothing and become something, and then the streets and alleys may not know how to spread it." After she finished persuading, she leaned over again, and looked at the words in Chongzheng's ear.

After listening to this, Chongzheng frowned and muttered: "It's cheaper for this kid." Then he complained again: "I said that this person is unreliable, you didn't listen to it at the beginning, and now it's troublesome, right?" ”

Chonglan glared at him: "Why are you talking so much nonsense, do you want to go or not!" ”

Chongzheng shook his head, sighed and went to the main hall, and saw Jiang Rong sitting in the main hall, looking at the ornaments depicting gold and silver in the hall for the first time, his expression was slightly cramped, and his eyes were full of envy, but he wanted to pretend to be light and light.

When Chongzheng came in, he was looking at a celadon ice pattern vase with a peacock feather, Chongzheng no longer lowered his eyebrows in front of his sister, changed his expression, coughed and walked in, and said with a smile: "Brother Jiang likes this vase?" I just have the same one over there that I haven't used yet, so I'll go back and bring it back to Brother Jiang. ”

Jiang Rong really wanted the pomp and circumstance of wealth and splendor, but she was disdainful of it from the inside, and when she heard this, her face was a little unhappy: "I'm just looking at it casually, the second young master doesn't have to be like this." He pretended not to care and looked behind him, and when he saw that Chonglan didn't follow, he was disappointed, and asked carefully: "I accidentally offended the third miss the day before yesterday, and I came to the door today to apologize in person, I don't know where the third miss is?" ”

Chongzheng thought of Chonglan's advice, and waved his hand indifferently and said: "Girls are careful, Brother Jiang doesn't have to take it to heart, besides, you only have close friends with me, and it has nothing to do with her, you and I won't be separated from this." ”

Jiang Rong is not stupid, her heart sank when she heard this, and she smiled forcefully: "I am also very familiar with the third lady, and it is not good to be afraid of being offended like this."

Chongzheng interrupted him with a wave of his hand: "What's this, anyway, you are not common, what can you do if you are guilty?" ”

The more Jiang Rong listened, the more she felt that something was wrong, she couldn't even hold up a smile when she sat in place, she only felt that her heart was like numbness, and after a while, she made up her mind, gritted her teeth and said: "Second Young Master, I can't hide it, I have admired Third Miss for a long time, so I think"

Chongzheng's face sank, slapped the case hard, and suddenly got up and said: "Don't talk nonsense, my sister and you are innocent, but because you have always had dealings with me, we have only met a few times, where can we talk about what we have admired for a long time!" ”

Jiang Rong's face was red and white, and she continued: "I heard that the third young lady is now choosing a son-in-law, and I ask myself if my talent and appearance are not inferior to others, why should the second young master be so categorical?!" He said that he felt a little confident, and said in a loud voice: "Besides, the streets and alleys have spread, if the third lady has no intention of me, why did she send things and visit me!" Am I talking nonsense?! ”

Chongzheng couldn't help but be furious when he heard him so cheeky, but when he thought of Chonglan's command, he swallowed this breath again: "She is looking at my face and being an old neighbor, which gives you a little face, you still dare to lick your face and talk about this, regardless of shame!" ”

Jiang Rong's face twitched a few times, and suddenly sneered a few times, and said in a weird manner: "I see, I know, your family wants to pick up the high branches and fly, no wonder you look down on me, it's really disrespectful." It's just that I don't know if other high-ranking officials and dignitaries can look down on a merchant woman, don't end up with a bamboo basket to draw water! ”

Chongzheng saw that he was not talking yin or yang, and finally couldn't hold back the fire that had accumulated in his belly, so he punched him. Jiang Rong staggered a few steps after being beaten, covered her painful left cheek, and exclaimed, "You dare to hit me!" He valued the appearance of being about to ask people to continue to do it, for fear that he would confess here today, and hurriedly rushed out of the door.

Chongzheng was worried about Chonglan's reputation, but he didn't think about what to do with him, but just spat on the ground. Jiang Rong returned home, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he had long been thinking about Chonglan, and Chonglan also saw that he was interested in him, he thought that by letting out the rumors, he would be able to let her marry tightly, but he didn't expect Chongzheng to say so ugly today, and it was clear that this family business was yellow, how could he be willing?

He returned to the courtyard and thought about it for a long time, for a while he felt that Chonglan was ruthless and unrighteous, and he only looked at climbing up, and for a while he thought of Yan He's talent and appearance, and hated him for taking his fiancée, the more he thought about it, the more he felt indignant and unwilling, the green bricks in the house almost stomped on him, and the wolf pen clenched and creaked, and the pinched joints were white.

Mother Jiang heard the movement in his house, stood in the courtyard and shouted, "Son, what's wrong with you? ”

Jiang Rong was shocked, she was busy answering nothing, her clenched fists were loosened a little, and she looked at the empty room with cracks, the corners of her mouth slowly drooped, her face was cowardly and unwilling, she walked around the house a few times anxiously, and finally made up her mind, and her steps became brisk

Chonglan over there knew that Jiang Rong had been beaten by Chongzheng, and couldn't help but complain to him: "I specially told you to talk about it, but if you don't listen, how will it end if it gets big?" ”

Chongzheng didn't care, and poured a pot of tea: "It's really hard to talk to him, I see that he is still dead and won't leave, and he will make irresponsible remarks about you, so I can't help but give him a punch, can it be that he can end up by letting him stay in our house?" ”

Chonglan shook her head helplessly, she knew that something was wrong, but she had already promised Yan He to come to the mansion to visit, and she had no time to think about anything else, thinking that Qi Guofu was in the filial piety period, so she changed into a solemn black color men's clothes, and ordered someone to prepare a gift, and deliberately tidied up before getting into the carriage.

To say that this Qi Mansion is also unlucky, originally close to the palace there was a big mansion with eight in and eight out of the holy reward, but as a result, he was involved in the rebellion case three times in a row, although he did not seize the title, but he still confiscated a lot of mansion property, and then moved to Nancheng, which is far away from the palace, but not far from where Chonglan lives, and it is slightly inferior to the exquisite Cheng dù.

I don't know which way the Qi Guofu collided with the immortals, seeing that the old things of the year were about to disappear, and last year he was involved in the case of the rebellion of the king of Linchuan, and Yan He, the only one who could speak, ignored it again, and this time he didn't know where to move. While thinking about the old things of the Yan family, she couldn't help laughing.

After a while, he arrived at the Qi State Mansion, Chonglan opened the curtain and felt a moment of nostalgia for a pair of stone lions, and then ordered someone to hand over the name card to the porter. The Yan family has now fallen, but this house is very sloppy, he saw that it was not a dignitary but a businessman, so he took the post and looked at people, but he didn't say anything.

Chonglan was very familiar with this kind of virtue, and smiled and ordered Qingge to stuff a silver ingot, the porter hadn't seen such a rich reward for a long time, and he almost didn't drool, and finally stopped making it difficult, and turned around and went into the door to hand over the post.

It was also her bad luck that she had inquired about Yan and Yomo returning home at this time, but she didn't expect him to come back now, and after several tosses, this post fell into the hands of the Ning family.

Some time ago, Yan Ru hurt He Lanlan, after Yan He returned home, she was locked up again without saying a word, and Mrs. Yan also let go of cruel words, if she didn't learn well, she wouldn't give food for a day, and said that He Lanlan would lock Yan Ru up for the rest of her life if she didn't wake up, she was determined to rectify it this time, no matter how much the mother and daughter cried and begged, the mother and daughter were heart-to-heart, and even with the Ning family these days.

At this time, she leaned on the purple bat-patterned pillow on the chaise longue's couch, wiped her forehead with gray squirrel skin on her forehead, and didn't look at the famous post, and said coldly: "Idiot, why are you on an errand, even a businessman dares to come to the door, when our Yan Mansion is a market?" ”

The lady in charge who spoke back and forth replied: "She said that the eldest young master instructed her to come to the door, and the little one didn't dare to make decisions without permission, so she had to go back and forth to you." After a pause, she added: "The girl at the door has a heavy surname, and she is a famous imperial businessman, and she can be regarded as somewhat decent." ”

When Ning heard Yan He's name, he thought of Yan Ru, who was still closed, his face turned pale, and when he finished listening to the second half of the sentence, he half stood up, pushed away the maid who was beating his legs and asked, "What?" Is it a woman looking for him outside? ”

The lady in charge was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, yes, I just looked at it, and it is an extremely beautiful young lady." ”

Ning Shi sneered: "How serious he is, he didn't touch how many beautiful maids I, who was an aunt, gave him, it turned out that he fell in love with the outside." Yan He hadn't had a scene with that woman, let alone let someone come to the door, so she muttered again: "I just said that he went out to some important mansion before, and it turned out that he was looking for a woman." “

She subconsciously decided that the two of them were a little head-to-head, hung her head and thought for a while, and got up with her clothes on: "It just so happens that he is not here now, bring the one at the door for me to see, but don't bring any messy people to the house." ”

The lady in charge didn't dare to refute, so she could only take the order, and when she saw Chonglan when she went out, she smiled and said: "It's unfortunate that Miss came, our eldest young master has something to do, but it's only a matter of time to come back, Miss will go to the main hall first and wait." ”

Chonglan was about to say that I would come back another day, but she didn't expect that she had already ordered someone to lead the carriage to the parking place, and pulled her very affectionately to go inside, Chonglan had no choice but to break away quietly and follow her inside.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I bypassed the shadow wall outside the Hanging Flower Gate, I saw Ning sitting in the hall of the second courtyard, and the courtyard gate guarded the maids and women in two rows side by side.

She saw that the visitor was not good, and subconsciously raised her hand to look at Ning's, and saw her sitting steadily in the hall, as if she hadn't seen her, and she didn't raise her eyelids while drinking tea.

Chonglan was about to ask, when she saw two stout mothers-in-law take a few steps forward, walked up to her, and said with a smile: "The rules of our Yan Mansion, guests who come for the first time should be searched, and I hope this young lady will be considerate." ”

The two of them said, one was about to come up and twist Chonglan's arm, and the other was about to turn over her clothes, Chonglan saw the opportunity and quickly took a few steps back, Qingyun quickly blocked in front of her, and scolded in a deep voice: "You are so bold, you will move your hands and feet as soon as you come up, which one treats guests with such rules!" ”

The two mothers-in-law were instructed, and they were not afraid at all, and they still reached out with a hippie smile and wanted to turn over her clothes: "No way, rules are rules, what if there is a villain who hides the murder weapon on his body and wants to sneak into the house?" Miss, don't believe it, the old lady of our Yan Mansion was almost harmed like this, so I had to set this rule, Miss is not strange. ”

Qingyun snorted angrily, stepped forward and grabbed the woman's wrist, and twisted it hard, and the woman immediately sighed and fell to the ground in pain. She has some fists and feet on her body, otherwise she wouldn't have been picked by Chonglan at the beginning, and she became a close-fitting big girl.

Chonglan straightened out the straightness of the Xuanse, and said slowly: "I don't like others to touch me the most, but since your mansion has this kind of rule, it is also a matter of no choice, so I will leave." ”

She glanced at Ning, who was still pretending to be deaf and dumb, and added with a smile: "But this rule is the first time I have heard it, but it is quite unusual, it just so happens that I am now doing business with several official wives, so that I can tell them about it, lest they don't know this rule when they come to your mansion to visit, and make jokes like me." ”

The Ning family really couldn't sit still, if this reputation spread, would anyone dare to go to the door of the Yan family in the future? She coughed lightly and put down the teacup, as if she had just seen Chonglan, and said in surprise: "Yo, why did you come so soon, I thought I would have to wait a while to arrive." ”

Chonglan bowed to her from afar across the courtyard, and said with a slight smile: "Mrs. Lao is waiting, but I am leaving, forgive me for not being able to salute Mrs." ”

Ning got up and walked out of the hall, glared fiercely at the mother-in-law standing in front of her, ordered someone to drag these two down, and held the jade hairpin on the sideburns and smiled: "The next person is not sensible, but let Miss Chongjia see the joke, Miss please sit down." ”

Chonglan made an embarrassed look on his face: "I'm afraid this is not good, since the rules of the house, how dare I disobey it, what if I, an outsider, have bad intentions and hurt my wife?" ”

Ning thought that a young girl's family would scare and scare casually, give a dismount, and still don't explain everything? How could she have thought that she was so difficult, and even squeezed back with the original words, she said quietly on her face: "It's just nonsense, this rule was set by the old lady for a while, but it was too offended people, and then this rule was abandoned." ”

Chonglan sighed, and then lifted his robe and walked in. To say that although Ning's temperament is as bitter and annoying as Yan Ru, he always has a lot more brains than Yan Ru, and it is a saying in his heart.

Ning Shi did it above, and looked at her a few times quietly, with a friendly look on his face: "Are you here to find Brother He'er?" What's going on? He straightened the hem of the concubine's skirt again: "Brother He'er is not here now, I am his aunt, you might as well tell me about something." While secretly thinking, looking at this charming and natural appearance, it is no wonder that the boss is tempted.

Chonglan smiled: "Madam knows that I am a businessman, what else can I talk about besides business?" ”

Ning blurted out, "What business?" Then he smiled disguisedly: "Brother He'er is not short of money, and he doesn't need to do business." ”

Chonglan said lightly: "Lord Yan wanted to buy some valuable ornaments from the open sea, but he was afraid that he would not be able to buy the real best, so he specially called me over to negotiate." ”

Ning naturally didn't believe it, but she couldn't find any loopholes in what she said, so she could only reluctantly answer: "I see." As if he didn't know what to think, he took her hand affectionately and smiled: "You are a good boy with ability, good looks and good at directors, I look really good, no wonder I have blue eyes on you with my brother." ”

As she spoke, she took off a jade bracelet from her hand and put it on her hand, and said with a smile: "I saw you at first sight, just like my junior, and this bracelet should be my gift to you." "This is also a character, and if you see it, you can't make it soft. The businessman values profit over affection, and gives her some sweetness to taste first, not afraid that she will not take the bait in the future.