Cai Wei thought about it for a long time, although she thought of one reason, but this kind of matter, how could she say it as a girl who had not left the pavilion, so she had to reply: "Concubine Xu thinks that the time has come, and her niece has almost honed her skills in that mansion, so this-"

The concubine smiled meaningfully, "It's really time, seeing that a major event of yours is approaching, this is a major event related to the daughter's family's life, how can I not come forward again, I can't let that villain make trouble on this major event in my niece's life!" ”

Cai Wei's face suddenly turned red, and she wanted to thank her, but how could she say a word under embarrassment.

The concubine tweaked her sideburns for her, "Okay, okay, my cousin won't tease you, go change your clothes and rest for a while, come over to eat with me when it's time to come, and let's talk to each other in the evening." ”

Although there were more guests of her, the dinner that night was not very rich, but it was four dishes and one soup, and there was only one meat dish. Cai Wei didn't feel neglected, because these four dishes, one soup and three dishes were her own Huaiyang dishes, and two were Sichuan dishes, her hometown dishes.

After she tasted them one by one, tears almost fell in her eyes, how long had she not tasted these hometown dishes again? In her Nabo Mansion, even though there are dozens of kinds of dishes on the table every time she feasts and drinks, none of the dishes on the table is the taste she likes to eat, and the delicacies of the mountains and seas, chicken, duck and fish on that table are not even the simple four dishes and one soup in front of her at this time.

As if she knew what she was thinking, the concubine said gently: "Although you like these dishes, you are not allowed to eat more, it will be late at this time, just eat six points full, so as not to accumulate food." I didn't let the two new cooks do more, although I only made these few dishes tonight, but there will be tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I guarantee that you will not be the same in these few days, and you will understand your slander over the years! ”

After the meal was washed and washed, Mama Wen brought tea, and Mrs. Tai asked her how she had spent the past few years with her father in Meizhou, and what books her father had taught her to read. Later, the two of them talked about all kinds of things in the book, and they were all interested, and they forgot all about the dignity and inferiority of all the generations, and only cared about what they wanted to say, and when it came to the fit, the two of them looked at each other and smiled, and when they disagreed, they expressed their opinions, and sometimes they laughed together in the end.

Because the two of them had never chatted so heartily, this conversation reached the second watch. When Concubine Shen saw that she had arrived in Haizheng, she hurriedly urged Cai Wei to freshen up and rest, "You have been busy all day today, hurry up and go to rest and sleep first, there is still a 'distinguished guest' who will come to see you tomorrow!" ”

Cai Wei asked who the distinguished guest was, but the concubine didn't say, just urged her to go and rest quickly. On the second day, I saw that it was time to arrive, but I still didn't see the shadow of the "distinguished guest" in the mouth of the concubine.

She knew that the concubine would not say anything, so she didn't ask again, fortunately, there was a big shelf full of books in the concubine's room, and the subset of scriptures and histories was everywhere, so she was so excited to see it, where could she still see these books in the past few years, at this time, it was like seeing a relative, and as soon as she got the permission of the concubine, she took a book and sat by the window to look at it.

I was fascinated by this look, not to mention any "distinguished guests", I even forgot to eat lunch, or the concubine ordered Mama Wen to call her, so she dragged her to the dinner table. When she got up from a nap with the concubine and wanted to go to the library to read, she heard the concubine say: "I have ordered them to lock up the library, you have been watching for a long time in the morning, and you should rest your eyes, and follow Mama Wen to the garden to take a stroll to see if it can compare to the Gusu Garden?" ”

Cai Wei had to take the orange to follow Mama Wen to the palace garden, as soon as she entered the garden, she opened her eyes wide, looking at the familiar small bridges and flowing water, mountains and stone pavilions, and wondered if she had returned to the Xiu Garden of Gusu, the scenery in the garden not only full of the essence of the Xiuyi Garden of Gusu, but also had a calm atmosphere.

Cai Wei walked around and enjoyed it for a long time, before she said: "This garden must have been cooked by the concubine herself, and this kind of scenery charm is definitely not arranged by ordinary craftsmen." ”

After she finished speaking, she didn't see Mama Wen responding, and couldn't help but turn around to look, only to find that there was no one behind her, not to mention Mama Wen, even her maid Xiangcheng was gone.

She was in a panic, suddenly heard the sound of footsteps behind her, hurriedly turned around and looked over, and saw a person walking slowly out of the bamboo forest path on the right hand side, and said to her with a smile: "Miss Zhou really has a good eye, every grass and tree, mountain and stone pavilion in this garden is arranged and taken care of by my mother, thank you girl for your praise!" ”

Cai Wei didn't want to come to anyone, but it was His Royal Highness the King of Yingchuan, so she hurriedly saluted and said, "The people have seen His Highness!" ”

Qin Min gave him a hand and said with a smile: "Girls don't have to be polite, let alone panic, Mama Wen and they just stepped back first according to my instructions." ”

Cai Wei was even more puzzled in her heart, so she said, "I don't know why His Highness asked the two of her to retreat?" ”

"Because Xiao Wang wants to ask the girl to borrow a step to speak!"

"Actually, Xiao Wang is just entrusted by someone, and there is a 'distinguished guest' who wants to see the girl, but there is a lot of inconvenience, so he comes to ask me for help. So Xiao Wang had to ask his mother for permission, and invited the girl to the garden to meet the 'distinguished guest', without first telling the girl that she knew, and asking the girl to forgive her sins! ”

Cai Wei had no choice but to say: "Yesterday, the concubine also mentioned a 'distinguished guest', but I don't know who wants to see me?" ”

Qin Min smiled slightly, made a gesture to the right and said: "Please also ask the girl to walk along this path, there is a pavilion in it, called 'Liubi', and that 'distinguished guest' has been waiting for the girl in the pavilion for a long time." ”

Cai Wei and he saluted goodbye, along the zigzag bluestone path all the way, I don't know how many turns, after bypassing a few bushes of green bamboo, suddenly the eyes are cheerful, I don't realize that there is a small pond in this bamboo forest, there are a few water lilies floating on the pond, there is a hexagonal pavilion built in the middle of the water, the three words "Liubi Pavilion" are written on it, and a man in a blue shirt stands with his back in the pavilion.

Although she only saw a back, Cai Wei already recognized who that person was, remembering that the concubine and the king of Yingchuan both called him a "distinguished guest", and her face was slightly hot, she couldn't imagine that the concubine was mysterious, but it turned out that this "distinguished guest" was him! But why did he rush to see him, because his great-aunt had not come to attend his ceremony, or did he still want to come and discuss the marriage proposal with him?

Cai Wei didn't dare to think about it anymore, so she hurriedly walked to the edge of the pool, and saw that there were three very short bamboo bridges leading to the pavilion, so she stepped on a bamboo bridge, and wanted to go to the pavilion quietly, so as to scare someone. No matter how careful and light she was, she still inevitably made a few creaks when she stepped on the bamboo bridge.

She hurriedly looked up at the pavilion, but saw that the blue figure was still motionless, as if she hadn't heard any movement here, until Cai Wei had already walked five steps behind him, and he didn't notice that there was already an extra person in the pavilion.

I don't know what he was thinking, he was so engrossed? Cai Wei muttered in her heart, and then called out loud: "Brother Wenguang! ”

Seeing Zeng Yi's body trembling, as if he had suddenly woken up, he turned around and looked at her blankly for a while before he said apologetically: "Sister Wei, you are here, I, I just came out of my mind, and I didn't pay attention to when you came." ”

Cai Wei was slightly confused by him, and said with a smile: "Brother Lao Zeng has been waiting here for a long time, the concubine only said that there was a 'distinguished guest' who wanted to see me, but they didn't say who it was, I didn't expect it to be you, you would ......"

"These days, I have always wanted to see my sister again, but I don't know how to see it, yesterday I heard at my cousin's house that my sister was the cousin and niece of Concubine Yingchuan, and she has been taken to live in the mansion by the concubine, so I begged His Royal Highness the King of Yingchuan to bring me into the palace, so that I can see my sister."

Cai Wei thought that he had just finished the ceremony, so he thought about Fa'er to inquire about his news, and was anxious to see him, as if he had eaten honey. Suddenly, he remembered something again, and hurriedly asked, "I wonder how Brother Zeng invited His Highness?" "After all, there is a difference between men and women, and the concubine and King Yingchuan will never let a pair ......of young men and women be alone for no reason.

It was only at this time that Zeng Yi smiled slightly, "Sister, don't panic, the oral relationship between you and me, the concubine has known for a long time." ”

"Ahh This time it was Cai Wei's turn to be surprised, she didn't know that there was such a noble family as the concubine, but the concubine knew that her father had set her for her, and what was even more strange was how her brother Zeng also knew that the concubine knew about it?

Zeng Yi said: "It was my father who told me before he died, he said that Uncle Zhou was thoughtful and far-reaching, and when he and his late father orally made a marriage contract between you and me, no matter how much my father insisted on hiring first, writing an engagement letter, he just refused to agree. It is said that there are still a few years before you and I grow up, and who knows what will happen in this, it is better to make a verbal agreement on marriage first, even if there are any variables in the future, it is more convenient for each other to act. ”

Now that I think about it, Uncle Zhou is really like a god, and things in this world are really unpredictable!

"Uncle Zhou also because he was worried that his own limit was approaching, so he told his late father that he had entrusted his sister to one of your cousins, and whether our Zeng family came to propose marriage to his sister in the future, or if there were any other changes, we must come to see Cousin Ling first, because the token that my father gave to Uncle Zhou that day was kept by Cousin Ling, saying that when our sister and Lu arrived, we would know who our sister's cousin was, but we didn't want to be the princess of Yingchuan!"

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have come to this Yingchuan Mansion to see Cai Wei, but Cai Wei's cousin's transcendent identity was enough to make what he wanted to do at the moment even more difficult.

Although Cai Wei didn't know that she also had a cousin, she knew that this must be a relative's gift in the hands of a relative and friend of her father for her safekeeping. Her father had told her that this token was an extremely important thing, and that she would not keep it with her for the time being, and that someone would bring it to her when she arrived.

After she and Lu found out that the things in the room had been touched that night, they didn't worry that the tokens of her marriage would be stolen, because they weren't by her side at all. No, this token was not stolen, but she lost the jade phoenix that was more important to her, and she didn't know if she could find it again?

Thinking of her lost jade phoenix, Cai Wei had a sad face, not wanting to, Zeng Yi's expression looked even more sad than her.

Cai Wei thought about it carefully, the face of the Zeng family's brother seemed to be a little wrong when they first met, from the time the two of them met until now, he had hardly seen him smile, remembering that she and Aunt Huang had said that it was because Mrs. Zeng was worried about the future of the Zeng family's brother's career, and the old illness recurred, so she said: "Brother Zeng, my aunt's illness is safe?" ”

Zeng Yi's expression was gloomy, and he shook his head, "It's getting worse and worse!" ”

If it weren't for his mother's illness getting worse day by day, he wouldn't have made this decision ruthlessly.

"Then, what about you, Brother Zeng, how are you doing lately?"