At this time, Xie Yuan, the prince of Zhongguo, and Xie Zhong, the prince of the world, were in the study of the prince of Zhongguo.

Zhong Guogong's study is very spacious, but the furnishings in the room are very simple, and the window is a large black lacquer painting. On the case, there was a stack of celebrity stickers, and four or five square inkstones were placed. An azure-colored official kiln pen holder, there are no less than a dozen pens of different thicknesses. Next to it is a wide-mouthed celadon water tank, but it is filled with scrolls of different thicknesses and lengths. As soon as you enter the door, there is a piano table by the wall, and a hoop chair on one side, and the wide back ring is accompanied by two exquisite tiger skins. A row of multi-treasure cabinet shelves is filled with books. Behind is a black lacquered chaise longue, paved with a half-new autumn moire brocade mat. Other than that, there are no vases or frescoes for decoration or anything like that. The whole study feels simple and atmospheric. But everything looks simple, but it also reveals luxury.

Xie Yuan, the Duke of Zhongguo, sat on an old pear blossom wood Taishi chair, one hand lightly resting on the armrest, and quietly listened to the eldest son sitting in the circle chair.

"According to what you say, except for the Beiting Xie Clan, the other two family heads have made their positions clear."

"Yes, my son had a very happy conversation with the Xie family and the Songzhou Xie family in his arms. The grandfather in my arms also asked me to tell my father that if it wasn't for our family's help, their branch would have withered long ago. Listen to our Zhongguo Mansion no matter what, and tell Uncle Yong in person to take care of the family. As for Songzhou, Uncle Hu's body has not been well because of Uncle Hu's cold last time, and the affairs of the clan have been taken care of by Cousin Ren. As soon as he heard what his son said, Cousin Ren promised that there would be no trouble in Songzhou. ”

"Hehe~ It seems that my uncle in Beiting is old-hearted. Your grandfather said when he was the restless, and he was not mistaken. You should keep an eye on others, especially Xie Hai's dealings with him. Okay, just come back, you're tired, go rest for a while. ”

"Yes, my son wrote it down." Xie Zhong stood up and saluted his father in an orderly manner, turned around and walked out of the study.

Grandpa Guo's study is in the southeast corner of the Zhongguo Mansion, there is only a row of five upper rooms, in addition to the study, there is an open hall for discussing with the staff, an inner room for Grandpa Guo to rest, and the rest is the clean room and the pantry. The study is not named, and when people in the house mention the study of Grandpa Guo, they are used to calling it Qingzhulin. There was no garden around the house, only a large open meadow surrounded by neatly planted bamboo. A small river more than five meters wide flows around Qingzhu. To get out of the study to the inner courtyard, you have to cross a small wooden bridge. From a distance, the study seems to be on a small island, and there is a feeling that the idle people are not approaching, and of course, this is indeed the case.

As soon as Xie Zhong got on the bridge, a boy of seventeen or eighteen beckoned to him on the opposite side, with a big smile on his face. Seeing Xie Zhong looking over, he shouted loudly: "Big brother, I've been waiting for you, why has it been so long?" ”

Xie Zhong smiled slightly, slowly walked off the wooden bridge, and greeted his younger brother, Xie Yi, the second son of the Zhongguo Mansion. Xie Yiquan is not as calm as Xie Zhong, because Xie Zhong was taught and raised by the old lady when he was a child, and he was strictly educated according to the future successor of Zhongguo Gong. And Xie Yi grew up beside the Tan family, and was more or less uninhibited and unruly as a child of the capital, but he was honest and pure.

Xie Zhong looked at the second brother who was standing in front of him and was as tall as himself, raised his eyebrows and said, "Why are you still such a temperament, you can't hold your breath for anything, you can't wait for me to go back, you are shouting and jumping here, be careful that your father turns around and says that you don't know how to restrain." ”

"I'm not in a hurry, I didn't talk to you alone when I entered the door. Hehe," Xie Yi said embarrassedly, scratching her hair with her hand.

Seeing that his face was flushed, Xie Zhong no longer teased him, but took the first step forward, "Let's go, go to my study, I'll let Banrong talk to you." ”

"Hey, big brother, you don't know that you have been gone for the past few months, I have also worked hard, and my father wants me to ...... every day" Xie Yi followed behind Xie Zhong and said babblingly.

After entering the Canglang Garden where the prince and the wife of the prince lived, the two went straight to the study on the east side along the corridor. In fact, Xie Zhong has a special study in the outer courtyard, because he has now begun to help Zhongguo Gong take care of the affairs of the house, so he has set up a study in the outer courtyard since he became married. But for the convenience of reading, he still chose a room in his yard and placed a table as a study.

When the mother-in-law in the courtyard saw the two brothers coming in, she was going to go to the house to tell her, Xie Zhong raised her hand to tell her that it was not necessary, and said to the mother-in-law, tell Banrong to come in. The brothers were sitting in the study and had just finished drinking a cup of tea, when a girl outside the door said that Banrong was coming.

The little guy who came in was sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a azure silk shirt and silk pants, and stood by the door without saying a word after saluting the two.

Xie Zhong put down the teacup, "Let's tell the second young master about letting you go to Beiting to inquire about the girl of the Li family." ”

There are two major families in Beiting, one is the Xie family in Beiting, and the other is the Li family in Beiting. The ancestor of the Lee family was a descendant of Lee Hwan-zhi, a cabinet minister during the Taejo period. It's just that the descendants of the Li family have not produced more important ministers above the second grade. To this day, there are only two, one is Li Xian, who has done the right deputy capital of the Sanpin Metropolitan Procuratorate in the capital. The other branch is the Beiting Li family, when the family Li Ang is the champion of Jing'an for six years, due to physical reasons, after five years as an official in Beijing, he resigned and returned to his hometown to open the Beiting Academy.

This Beiting Book Garden is one of the most famous books in the Great Xia Dynasty, because no matter whether they are poor or old, they only accept students with real skills. In just over 10 years since its establishment, it has produced a champion, two tanhua, a list and countless jinshi, so its reputation has resounded all over the country.

And the Li girl mentioned by Xie Zhong is Li Ang's eldest daughter, Li Yingzhi, who was engaged to Xie Yi two years ago and will marry the second grandmother of the future Zhongguo Mansion next spring. And Xie Yi and Li Yingzhi can be described as childhood sweethearts.

Because of Li Ang's talent, he was greatly appreciated by the old Zhongguo Gong. At that time, Li Ang's family lived in Beijing, and there was often movement between his wife, and Li Ang and Mrs. Li only had this one daughter, and whenever Mrs. Li came to greet the Lin family, she would bring Li Yingzhi. The Li family is a typical civil official family, paying attention to etiquette and work, and Mrs. Li is also from a scholarly family, and she teaches her daughter to advance and retreat to a certain extent. And Yuxue, who grew up at a young age, was cute, and every time she came back, she had a very pleasant time with Xie Yi, and Mrs. Lin liked it very much, and joked with Mrs. Li that she would be her granddaughter-in-law.

But Li Ang resigned and returned to his hometown after only five years as a Beijing official due to health reasons, and the two families just did not break the etiquette during the New Year's holidays, so this matter was not mentioned again. Until Xie Yi reached the age of discussing relatives, people with school-age women in Beijing were looking for people to investigate, and the Tan family didn't dare to make their own decisions, so they reported to the old lady what they thought were a few good girls. One of them is the second daughter of Li Xian, the right deputy of the Imperial Palace, and the old lady only remembered this Li Yingzhi at this time.

After discussing with Grandpa Guo, he thought it would be better for Xie Yi to book a Yue family far away from the court. So Mrs. Lin personally repaired the book to explain her meaning to Mrs. Li, and at the same time, Xie Yuan also wrote to Li Ang and said very sincerely that she wanted to marry the Li family. I thought that it would take several round-trips to do it, but I didn't expect the Li couple to immediately reply and agree to the family matter. So, Zhongguo Gong settled the family affairs according to the regulations.

"Yes, after the villain went to Beiting, he bought off the mother-in-law who went in and out of the corner door to buy vegetables on weekdays. The mother-in-law said that although she was not waiting in the inner courtyard, she knew that the young lady of the Li family was the most knowledgeable and had an excellent reputation in Beiting. And he is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, saying that it is the calligraphy and painting in Li Daru's study, and it is usually this Li girl who helps to sort out and clean up. Li Daru's love for this daughter is far greater than that of his two sons.

What is even more rare is that Miss Li is kind and generous, and never scolds her subordinates. The mother-in-law said that last winter, a third-class girl in Miss Li's yard had a cold, and the family spent all the money on medical treatment. Miss Li saw that the girl was crying, and after asking about the situation, she specially begged the young master of the Li family to invite a doctor who is used to seeing a doctor for the Li family to take a look, and afterwards gave ten taels of money for the New Year. ”

Xie Yi heard this, his mouth cracked, Xie Zhong squinted at his younger brother quietly, and thought to himself that he was like this when he was married to the Xu family.

After saying this, Banrong stopped talking. Xie Yi wanted to ask again, but she looked embarrassed, and looked at her eldest brother vigorously. Xie Zhong couldn't, so he had to say to Banrong: "It's okay, just say it, it's what the second young master wants to know, and he won't reprimand you." ”

Half-tolerant of this, Fang breathed a sigh of relief and continued: "After waiting for the Li family for seven days, the little one finally waited for the day when this Miss Li accompanied her mother out to the library to deliver things to Li Daru. The little one kept following behind, and he mixed in like a boy in the library. Hiding in the ......"

"Who asked you to say this, you only said that Li, what does Miss Li look like and what is her size......" Xie Yi said with a blushing face and extremely unnatural.

"Yes, because the small one is far away, it can't be seen very really, but the body is slender, as tall as the eldest lady, but it is more graceful than the eldest lady. The eyebrows and eyes are not clear, but the complexion is white, and the voice is gentle. ”

"That's enough, go down." Xie Zhong said. Banrong saluted and withdrew.

"Big brother, in this way, grandmother really didn't see the wrong person, she must be a virtuous lady. In the future, when you enter the door, you will definitely be able to get along with your sister-in-law very well. ”

"That's natural, when will you see your grandmother and miss someone, so this time, rest assured, you can be your groom's official in half a year." Xie Zhong made a rare joke about his younger brother.

"I won't bother my eldest brother, you can go and rest quickly, and you have to go to your grandmother's to eat at night." Xie Yi said as he walked out of Canglang Garden.