The carriage drove outside the 'Diners' Carnival, and Tillian and Xie Hengxu went up to the third floor.

Pushing open the door of the private room, you can see that there are a dazzling congratulatory gifts on the purple wood table with the octagonal carved fence in the middle, Uncle Wen and Liu Junchen are sitting at the table, and there is also a person sitting on the soft couch under the south window, blue and white river and sea pattern brocade clothes, jade belt and silver crown with a clear face, it is Yun Shili.

didn't expect him to be there, Xie Hengxu was really stunned.

Uncle Wen and Liu Junchen stood up and saluted, Liu Junchen pointed to the congratulatory gifts with different packages on the table, and said with a smile, "Girl, these are all congratulatory gifts from stores all over the world. ”

Uncle Wen glanced at him, and bowed down one after another, "Congratulations on the girl's birthday." ”

Tillian smiled, and glanced at the things on the table selectively, all of them were tightly bandaged, and she couldn't guess what they were without opening them, and said with a smile.

"What's the joy of birthday every year? It's hard for them to have a heart. Now that she has really become a landlord's wife, these people always want to change the law to please themselves.

Hearing her say this, Uncle Wen and Liu Junchen laughed, and Uncle Wen said, "Does the girl take a look at these things now, or will the old slave send someone back to the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Xie Hengxu waved his hand, "Pack it up and put it in the car, you guys go out first." ”

The two of them answered, and they retreated and closed the door.

Tilian had already stepped to the side of the soft couch, looked at Yun Shili and said with a smile, "You got the news again, and you actually came here in person." ”

The sea blue peach blossom eyes were wet and clear, Yun Shili smiled gently, and pushed the vermilion wood carving box on the small table in front of her.

Seeing this, Tilian stretched out her hand to support her, and her eyes curved, "Thank you." ”

Xie Hengxu stepped forward and sat on the other side of the soft couch, glanced at Yun Shili, unceremoniously picked up the box and looked at it, his eyebrows frowned slightly, and he looked serious, only to see that the box was long, half an arm long and a palm wide, it must not be a big thing.

Seeing him so rude, Di Lian glared at him as a warning, and Xie Hengxu put down the box when he saw it, staring at Yun Shili meaninglessly.

Shaking her head helplessly, Tilian looked at Yun Shili again, but saw that he was still smiling Wen Xi didn't care, so she asked with a smile, "What happened to the South China Sea?" ”

Yun Shili lowered his eyes, took out a black ink charcoal pen and a palm-sized stack of rice paper from the sachet on his waist, and put it on the small table to write word by word.

Seeing this, Tillian pursed her lips and smiled, last time she casually said that he should carry these things with him in order to communicate with people, and today this person really brought this thing with him.

Xie Hengxu looked puzzled, looked sideways, his heart moved, and he raised his eyes to look at Di Lian hesitantly.

Dai raised her eyebrows slightly, and Tillian did not hide that she had taught him by herself, and generously admitted it.

Xie Hengxu's face turned blue, and he snorted coldly with a tense face.

After writing what he had to say, Yun Shili handed the paper to Di Lian, "Washington has promised to stamp the book of self-circulation, but only after the drainage channel is rebuilt. “

Tillian bowed, "It's good to get them to say yes, but it's okay to wait for a month or so, you can send someone to help him fix the drain." “

Yun Shili smiled and nodded, he had already sent someone to it, and it would be completed in about ten days, thinking of this, he wrote on the rice paper again.

'The Yun family's ship has entered the South China Sea, the dock is under construction, and the business is going to expand to Starfall, and now it can be moved. ”

Xie Hengxu was stunned for a moment, and raised his eyes to look at Di Lian, "You want to build a shop in Starfall?" ”

Tilian bowed his head, Xie Hengxu's eyes sank, such a big matter, he hadn't discussed it with him before.

Seeing that his face was not right, Tillian sighed and explained, "This matter can't start in a moment, at least a year or two to prepare, I just greeted Shili in advance." ”

Xie Hengxu's face softened slightly, "It really takes a long time to prepare, and it needs to be changed, I'll deal with this matter." ”

Tilian bowed her jaw and looked at Yun Shili, "When I have accurate preparations, I will tell you." ”

Glancing at Xie Hengxu, Yun Shili nodded lightly, and wrote, "The sons from all over the country are about to enter Beijing, and my grandfather wants to tell Lord Zuo that the only son of the widow of the Song family in Qianzhou is coming to the capital. ’

Tilian blinked, looking confused, "Qianzhou Song Clan? ”

Seeing her like this, Xie Hengxu smiled and said, "The ancestral home of the Jiang family is also in Qianzhou, four generations, the Song family and the Jiang family are world friends, the former Song family Taizu and your Taizu are classmates, and they entered the imperial examination in the same year, but the Song family Taizu did not have the Jiang family Taizu to be reused, the Song family was implicated in the palace during the period of the great-ancestor Emperor Xiang, your great-ancestor had tried his best to persuade the first emperor to leave a single seedling for the Song family, your grandfather and father have been sending people to help them all these years, and now three generations have passed, and it is also feasible for the only son of the Song family to enter the imperial examination again." ”

Tilian wondered, "This Song family, but I have never heard my father mention it." ”

Yun Shili smiled lightly, Xie Hengxu shook his head, "The battle between the palace and the palace involved the secrets of the royal family, and Emperor Xiang of the Great Ancestor had a decree to ban this matter, not to mention that the Song family has disappeared from the capital, who will always mention it." ”

Tillian shook her jaw, looked at Yun Shili and said, "If the mother and son of the Song family enter Beijing, the only one who can take refuge is my father, Yun Hou specially asked you to tell him, but there is anything else to remind?" ”

Yun Shili nodded and continued to write, "Although decades have passed since that incident, Song Gongzi's career must be difficult, and my grandfather reminded Lord Zuo Xiang that he should be kind and not helpful. ’

Xie Hengxu was contemplative, "It is this reason, giving their mother and son a place to live is considered to be benevolent and righteous, if this son of the Song family is really talented, it is his creation to be able to enter the office, but the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion must not get too close to him, so as not to be criticized." ”

It has always been like this, once the nobles of Shengmen are lonely, it will be even more difficult to rise again, and everyone will come to step on it, and it is absolutely rare to send charcoal in the snow.

Tillian knew that with her father's temperament, he would inevitably take in their mother and son, but he would only do this, so there was no need to worry too much.

When she returned to the mansion that day, Di Lian told Jiang Luoxiu and Princess Shenghua about it, Jiang Luoxiu pondered for a moment, and sure enough, Princess Shenghua prepared a garden in the mansion in advance, waiting for the mother and son of the Song family to visit.

The words were brought to her, and Tillian didn't take it to heart anymore, after all, a mother and son who heard about it for the first time had little value for her to be remembered.

The triennial imperial examination of the Xia Lan Dynasty, the warriors and talents who poured into the capital were no less than the nobles who were at the national funeral last year, but the large and small inns in the capital were in short supply for half a month, and the more exaggerated scholars with a little money were like living in the 'Diners', and the thirty-six elegant rooms on the second floor were wrapped by the same guests for several days, and even paid double the package at night.

Uncle Wen asked Tillian if she would like to take the opportunity to increase the price of the food and drinks.

At this time, the price increase, isn't it pushing out the guests, not only does it not rise, but it is necessary to launch some 'free tasting' strategies to attract customers, and all the guests who come to the 'diners for the first time' will be discounted by all the wine and food.

Uncle Wen was deeply impressed by this, and was once again impressed by Tillian's unusual business methods.

On the fifth day of the fifth month of May, Di Lian was invited by Yunhou to go to the Hou Mansion to congratulate him on his birthday, in addition to the 60th birthday of Yunhou, there was a big feast, and Yunhou has not publicized his birthday every time over the years, although so, there are not a few people who go to Yunhou Mansion to give gifts, but they are all sent away, and Yunhou never keeps it.

Yunhou has only invited Di Lian to stay for dinner over the years, and Di Lian is naturally not easy to refuse.

In the afternoon, after talking to Yun Shili in the study about some difficult account books, Tillian took her leave and went home.

Yun Shili personally sent her into the carriage, watched the carriage turn the street and disappear into the downtown before returning to the house.

Tillian leaned against the wall of the car frowning and pretending to sleep, only to feel a pain in her forehead, last night for some reason, a night of dreams are a past life that I haven't remembered for a long time, the father who died of illness, and the mother who brought her up, since her mother died in a car accident, Tillian has been running around alone in the noisy city, because she is too busy, she has not dreamed of them for a long time.

Due to the recent influx of many scholars rushing to take the exam, the already noisy downtown has become more densely populated, and the carriage is moving very slowly, and Tillian is about to fall asleep in the vague shouting, but she listens to Liu Junchen's voice coming from outside.

"Girl, there is an argument ahead, and the crowd is full of water, so I'm afraid we'll have to wait."

Di Lian opened her eyes with a shallow sigh and said in a low voice, "Guisi, you go and have a look, and if you can convince them, let them let them go." If not, wait for the Gyeonggi Army to come. “

The coachman answered, jumped out of the carriage and left.

Liu Junchen lifted the corner of the car curtain and looked at Di Lian worriedly, "The girl looks in poor spirits and her complexion is not very good, but where is it uncomfortable?" Why don't you find a nearby doctor? “

With a shallow smile on her lips, Tilian shook her head and said slowly, "It's okay, it's just that I didn't rest last night." ”

At this time, Guisi trotted back, jumped on the wheel of the car and raised the horsewhip and said, "Girl, I know that it is the carriage of the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion, and the crowd has dispersed, so let's go back to the house." ”

When Tillian answered, she felt the carriage move slowly, and she couldn't help leaning against the wall of the carriage and letting out a long sigh.

But listening to a burst of discussion outside the window, a rather flamboyant male voice mocked, "Aren't you looking for the Zuo Prime Minister's Mansion just now?" See, the car in the past was the carriage of Prime Minister Jiang's mansion, do you want to see if people will stop? Ouch, what kind of people really want to climb the dragon and attach the phoenix these days, and the left prime minister is leaning towards the government and the opposition, will there be poor distant relatives like you? ”

Hearing this, Tilian couldn't help but lift the corner of the car window curiously, and looked sideways, and saw a big man with a beard and a full face in the passing crowd tiptoe and spitting, and opposite him was a pair of mother and son in simple and shabby clothes.

A thought flashed through her mind, and Tillian guessed in her heart, and raised her voice to order, "Stop." ”

When Gui Si heard this, he hurriedly stopped the carriage, and he and Liu Junchen also heard the words of the big man.

Seeing that the carriage stopped, the crowd of people who were talking suddenly fell silent, Liu Junchen sat on the wheel and leaned over to look back, looked the mother and son up and down, and called into the car suspiciously, "Miss?" ”

Although the mother and son are good-looking, they are dressed simply, and they are just ordinary people, Liu Junchen doesn't believe that the Prime Minister Mansion will have such distant relatives.

I heard a soft and gentle female voice coming from the car, "Mr. Liu, you went to ask each other, but you are from Qianzhou?" ”

Liu Junchen looked confused, jumped out of the carriage in a low voice, and listened to Di Lian again, "If they are from Qianzhou, please let them get in the car." ”

Walking closer, Liu Junchen looked at the mother and son carefully, the middle-aged woman looked at her forties, her appearance was simple but beautiful and upright, and her eyes had been staring at Tilian's carriage at the moment, with a restrained expression; The man next to her was born white and handsome, tall and thin, full of bookishness, and when he looked at him, he was also gentle and calm, not humble or arrogant.

Seeing that Liu Junchen looked at the two of them but didn't speak, the man glanced at the carriage, bowed his hand to Liu Junchen, and said softly, "Dare to ask Mr., but Prime Minister Jiang is in the house?" ”

Liu Junchen still didn't believe that these two people would be distant relatives of the Prime Minister's Mansion, so he bowed his head lightly and asked with a suspicious expression, "Exactly, I don't know if this lady and son entered Beijing from Qianzhou?" Although he still didn't believe it, since Di Lian spoke, Liu Junchen still spoke politely.

The man's face softened slightly when he heard this, and his expression became more polite, "In Song Shengyue, Xia Qianzhou, this is the mother of the family, and the two of us are about to pay homage to Lord Zuo, and ask Mr. to guide the way." ”

Is? But is it surnamed Song? Liu Junchen only felt more confused, but he also followed Di Lian's instructions and politely replied, "My master knows the identities of the two, please follow Junchen to the car." ”