The sudden arrival of the third prince, Zhao Heng, made the other three daughters, except for Princess Yinghui, no longer as casual as just now, and seemed restrained for a while. Especially Xiao Yiran, who was occupied by Zhao Heng just now, had to choose another chair to sit down, and while his face felt hot, his heart was also up and down. First of all, the last time he handed himself a handkerchief in Tianbo Mansion, and now he is sitting in his seat, the meaning of which is very clear. Xiao Yiran sat silently, one hand always in his sleeve, pinching the square handkerchief, not knowing what to do.

Cai Yun and Li Ying stopped talking for a while, but Princess Yinghui and the three princes chatted.

"Why did my brother come to me when he was free?"

When I had nothing to do, I wanted to sit here with my sister. I didn't know that my sister had a guest here. ”

"My sister also asked the three younger sisters to come together because of the good weather."

"Aren't I welcome?"

When Zhao Heng said this, he seemed to be asking Princess Yinghui, but his eyes fell on Cai Yun, Li Ying and Xiao Yiran. Seeing that the three daughters all lowered their heads and did not speak, Princess Yinghui answered:

"Originally, we had a good conversation, but the younger brother came to make the three sisters restrained."

"What is there to restrain me, how should you talk and how to talk well, I will only be a spectator."

Listening to Zhao Heng's meaning, he had no intention of leaving at all, Xiao Yiran didn't want to sit down anymore, and was just about to stand up and say goodbye, when he heard the voice of the maid outside the door of the princess's mansion:

"Your Highness, Your Second Highness has arrived."

Hearing the announcement of the maid outside the door, everyone in the room stood up. Princess Yinghui took the lead towards the door, and said in her mouth:

"What day is today, why are the two brothers here too?"

Xiao Yiran, Cai and Li, the three girls, followed closely behind Princess Yinghui, came to the door, and saw two fifteen or sixteen-year-old boys walking in from outside, knowing that it was the eldest prince Zhao Yuanzuo, the king of Chu, and the second prince Zhao Yuanxi, they were about to kneel down and salute. was stopped by Zhao Heng, the third prince behind him.

"The three young ladies don't need to make this big gift."

The third daughter looked at Princess Yinghui in front of her, and Princess Yinghui also said:

"The three sisters are not allowed to do this, this is not outside, just see each other politely."

Xiao Yiran followed Cai and Li, and after bowing to the two princes, he bowed his head and stood aside.

"Big brother, second brother, what kind of wind is blowing you to me today."

"I heard that my sister has a distinguished guest here today, so I came here to take a look."

"Hehe, I really can't hide anything. As soon as the third brother came, the two elder brothers came. Please sit inside. ”

After the three princes sat down in turn, Xiao Yiran and the three daughters each found a seat and sat down. After the maid finished serving tea, Princess Yinghui asked the eldest prince in puzzlement:

"The eldest brother's palace is so far away, how did you hear that my sister has guests here?"

"When I entered the palace to visit my mother today, I happened to meet the second brother, so I naturally listened to what the second brother said."

Princess Yinghui turned her attention to the second prince Zhao Yuanxi.

"Haha, I'm fine, when I walked through the third brother's yard, I heard the maids say that the third brother came to my sister's place to meet guests, and I only knew."

Since the eldest prince and the second prince were already adult men, Cai Yun, Li Ying, and Xiao Yiran looked even more cramped, all sitting quietly, and no one took the initiative to speak.

"Why didn't my sister introduce her brothers?"

"This is the sister of Cai Yun of the Ministry of War, this is the sister of Li Ying of the Ministry of Industry, and this is the sister of Yiran of Xiao Shilang's family."

Princess Yinghui introduced the three daughters one by one.

"But Miss Xiao, the talented girl who went viral outside?"

"Big brother heard about it too?"

"Not only did the eldest brother hear about it, but I also heard about it in the palace. There seems to be a prodigy, who seems to be surnamed Lin. ”

"It's Lin Chen, the grandson of the lady of the Ministry of Rites."

The third prince, Zhao Heng, explained to the second brother.

"The third brother knows?"

"I've seen it twice."

"If you have the opportunity to be forgotten, I will also introduce my brother to him."

Since the two princes came in, Xiao Yiran and the other three daughters have not spoken, Princess Yinghui is a little reluctant, and it is difficult to open her mouth to catch up with the two royal brothers. had to signal Zhao Heng with that eye, wanting Zhao Heng to come forward and ask the two imperial brothers to leave.

"Big brother, second brother, we are here to let my sister's guests be restrained, why don't we go elsewhere and let my sister treat her well."

Zhao Heng comprehended and immediately said to the two imperial brothers.

The two princes also knew that they stayed here, afraid that the three girls would not be able to speak, so they took a closer look, and the three girls in front of them, especially Xiao Yiran, the youngest, had other things to do, and pulled Zhao Heng to leave Princess Yinghui's residence together.

"Okay, the royal brother and the third brother are gone, let's continue to play."

In the end, Xiao Yiran couldn't return the veil to Zhao Heng, so he had to comfort himself in his heart and wait for another chance next time.

The three teenagers stayed at Princess Yinghui's place, and after lunch, they said goodbye and went home.

"Ran'er is back?"

Xiao Yiran returned to Xiao's mansion and first came to his mother Sun's room to sit down.

"Hmm."

"My mother hasn't entered the palace yet."

"Nothing good, so many rules."

"Who did the princess invite?"

"There was a young lady from Cai and Li last time, and then the third prince came, and soon the eldest prince and the second prince went to sit again."

Xiao Yiran simply told his mother Sun about the situation at that time, and then went back to his room in the backyard to rest. When Xiaoxing and Xiaoxi saw that the young lady had brought the handkerchief back, Xiaoxi asked:

"Mademoiselle didn't return the veil?"

Although Xiaoxi didn't know who the owner of the veil was, when the young lady left in the morning, she deliberately brought the veil with her, thinking that she should be able to meet the owner of the veil, so she asked.

"Wait for next time."

Xiao Yiran said listlessly, then leaned to the bed and closed his eyes to rest. But in his heart, he was thinking about how to face Zhao Heng in the future. After thinking about it, Xiao Yiran couldn't think of a proper way.

"If Daddy can be transferred outside the capital to be an official, he can stay away from them."

Xiao Yiran secretly thought in his heart, maybe only in this way could he get rid of Zhao Heng's possible entanglement.

At dinner, Xiao Yiran came to the front yard and accompanied his father and mother to dinner, and when he saw the melancholy look on his father Xiao Guoliang's face, he couldn't help but ask curiously:

"What's on Daddy's mind?"

Sun naturally saw it a long time ago, because Xiao Guoliang didn't mention it, she guessed that Xu was in front of her daughter, and her husband was not easy to speak, so she planned to wait for the night to ask. Hearing his daughter bring it up, Sun also looked at Xiao Guoliang expectantly.

"Oh, that's right. Today in the Ministry of Officials, I heard from my colleagues that there is another war in the north. ”

Seeing the puzzled eyes of the mother and daughter, Xiao Guoliang then explained:

"In recent years, although there have been constant wars in the north, most of them have been petty fights. However, listening to the discussions of colleagues, this time is different from the past, and the Liao State has a posture of large-scale attack. Now they are already hurrying to mobilize people, horses, food and grass to prepare for the next big war. ”

The mother and daughter listened quietly, and Sun sighed and said:

"It's only been a few days of peace, why ......?"

"Listening to their discussions, it seems that the saint has the meaning of the royal conquest."

Xiao Yiran roughly remembered that Song Taizong once personally went to Wutai Mountain to supervise the battle ahead, but when he was in Wutai Mountain, he was raided by the Liao army and almost died. The story was compiled into the commentary "Yang Family General", and there was a storyline of Dalang Yang Yanping pretending to be Taizong and surrendering, and died at the same time as Erlang and Sanlang, Shiro was captured, and Goro became a monk.

"Daddy, today my daughter was invited by Princess Yinghui to go to the palace to play, and accidentally met the eldest prince, the second prince and the third prince, as if she didn't see anything from them."

"Now all the princes are still young, except for the eldest prince who was named the king of Chu, the rest of the princes have not been divided. The princes also don't have specific errands, and presumably they may not know about these things. Besides, even if you know it, it will not be able to reveal it to you. ”

After the family of three finished dinner, Xiao Yiran did not leave immediately, still accompanied his parents, sat in the living room to drink tea and gossip.

"Daddy thinks it's better to be a Beijing official, or is it better to be a foreign officer?"

"Why did Ran'er suddenly ask this?"

"I just feel that my life now is not as comfortable as it was in Huazhou, let alone the six years in Taicang."

"It is indeed not easy to be a Beijing official, especially the intricate interpersonal relationships, if you are not careful, you may offend people. It's just that whether you stay in Beijing or send it to a place, it's not up to your father to have the final say. ”

"That's right, Daddy, Mother. Since I received a few letters from the big brother of the four books when I was in Taicang, it seems that there has been no news of the big brother of the four books for five or six years, right? ”

"Sishu is now in Jizhou, and I asked someone to bring me a message a short time ago, and I forgot to tell you."

"When did Brother Sishu become a Jinshi?"

"I just won the lift, but I didn't get into the Jinshi. It was in the fourth year after we arrived in Taicang, and then we were elected. ”

"Is the eldest sister of the Zhao family okay?"

"There is no mention in the Sishu message, and by the end of the year, Sishu should also return to Beijing to report on his work, and he will know when the time comes."

"The last time I went to Sister Xiaoxi's house, Brother Lin Chen and I would take a look at our small yard."

"Ran'er, that little courtyard is still there, right?"

"Mother, I'm here, but it's long gone. The roof had collapsed a bit, and the yard was full of weeds. I happened to meet an uncle, and I learned from the uncle that since the four big brothers left, no one cleaned up the yard. ”

"Houses that no one lives in will soon collapse. Don't worry about it anymore, I'll bring a letter back another day, let the village chief watch and deal with it, don't keep it for us anymore. ”

"What the husband said is that it is also abandoned if you keep it, it is better to give it to the neighbors in the village, maybe they can still use it."

After a while, Sun seemed to have just remembered, and said to the father and daughter:

"Forget to tell the husband and the child, Xiaoxi is already happy."

"Really? After that, Xiaoxi can't be a girl anymore, and she should buy another girl for Ran'er. ”

"Daddy, don't use it temporarily, isn't there still a little apricot?"

"Xiaoxing and Xiaolian are also older, they should get married in less than two years, and they should buy two smaller girls."

"The virtuous wife turned around and told Cai Xu to do it."