Li Siyu was afraid that the third prince would continue to come out of the couplet, and she couldn't help her answer, so she said: "Today's autumn is crisp, the chrysanthemums are in full bloom, and it's boring to sit in the house and play couplets, why don't you go outside the house to enjoy the flowers and compose poems?" ”

"Okay!" Cao Xiuling said. Li Siyu taught her to memorize a lot of poems about chrysanthemums, and told her that she could use these poems as if they were written by herself. Therefore, if she goes out to admire chrysanthemums and compose poems, she has a little confidence.

Cao Xiuling was so happy that she forgot to ask the third son's opinion and agreed, but now she reacted and asked carefully: "Is it okay for the third brother?" ”

Cao said leisurely: "Very good!"

Cao Youran came here to test whether Cao Xiuling had real talent and learning, and composing poetry was a good opportunity to show his talent.

The three of them walked out of the house, looking at the chrysanthemums blooming in the yard and outside the courtyard, Cao Xiuling said: "Third brother, why don't you and I compose poems with chrysanthemums as the theme today?" ”

The third prince said: "Very good." My brother has never heard my sister compose poems, so why don't my sisters come first? ”

Cao Xiuling looked at the chrysanthemum and thought about it, and said: "The sassy west wind is planted all over the courtyard, and it is difficult for the cold fragrance and cold butterflies to come." If I am the Green Emperor in his year, I will report that the peach blossoms will bloom together. ”

The style of this poem is very similar to the style of Li Siyu's Tianxiang Pavilion Lord's lower couplet, "Who dares to play the pipa road when the silk is made", and they are all very heroic.

The third prince looked at Cao Xiuling carefully, and saw that she looked like she was not in the wind, but he didn't expect her to be so proud. He said: "The second sister is talented and ambitious, and she can't compare to you as a brother." That Jiang Gongzi is not worthy of you at all, don't worry, my father has already retired from this family business. ”

Cao Xiuling was overjoyed, "What the third brother said is true?" "The thing that bothers her the most now is her marriage with Jiang Ke, if the marriage is really canceled, her heart can be relaxed a little, and she doesn't have to do something deviant like running away from marriage.

She has been restless for the past few days, for fear that Li Siyu's method will not work, and she will marry Jiang Ke in the end. To be honest, even if Hou Ye didn't quit this family business in the end, she would not marry Jiang Ke. She was ready to run away from marriage. Although she is timid by nature, marrying Jiang Ke is undoubtedly her life, she wants to live and live well, so she has the courage to escape from marriage. However, it is naturally best not to run away from marriage.

The third prince said: "Naturally, it's true. "His sister is so talented, it's really wronged to marry Jiang Ke. So even if he guessed that the matter of the literati writing to the Hou Mansion was promoted behind the scenes, he didn't think there was such a thing. From the bottom of his heart, he was grateful to that man for saving his sister.

Cao Xiuling and Li Siyu looked at each other, one of their eyes were full of surprise and gratitude, and the other's eyes were very calm, as if they had expected such a result a long time ago.

"Xiaoyu, thank you!" As soon as Cao Xiuling was excited, she didn't care about Cao Youran's presence, and thanked Li Siyu directly.

The third prince looked at Li Siyu seriously, thinking in his heart why Cao Xiuling thanked her. Feeling Cao Youran's gaze, Li Siyu hurriedly said, "What did the second miss thank me for?" I'm just asking you to beg Hou Ye, it's because Hou Ye loves you that he will withdraw from your marriage to Jiang Ke, you should go and thank Hou Ye. ”

Cao Xiuling understood that she had missed her words, and hurriedly took Li Siyu's words and said, "Thanks to you for reminding me to beg my father, otherwise I would only know how to cry in the house." ”

The third son thought about it, it turned out that Xiuling and Aunt Zhang knelt outside their father's house all night was this girl's idea. This girl is a little smart. Xiu Ling didn't know about the literati Mokeqi writing to the Hou Mansion, thinking that it was her bitter plan to kneel outside her father's house all night that worked, so she would be grateful to this girl.

The third prince felt that it was good for Cao Xiuling to think so, at least she would feel that her father felt sorry for her and couldn't bear her suffering, so he quit this family business. If she knew that his father was forced to quit, she would probably feel uncomfortable. The third prince felt that such a misunderstanding was very good, so he didn't break it.

The third prince didn't think about anything else, so he didn't have the slightest suspicion that the person behind this matter was the girl he thought was a little smart.

The third prince was very curious about one thing, he thought for a while and asked: "As far as I know, the government has never found a gentleman for you to teach you to read and write, who did the second sister learn this ability from?" ”

Cao Xiuling was slightly stunned and couldn't answer. First, she doesn't have any real talent, and her talent is very deceptive. Second, what she knows is what Li Siyu taught her. Li Siyu came to the Hou Mansion in less than two months, and if she said that she could become the first talented woman in Luoyang after studying for two months, she would not believe it.

Li Siyu hurriedly said: "Third son, Xiaoyu wants to ask you a question, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

It stands to reason that Li Siyu's current identity is just a maid, and it is a very rude thing for the maid to interrupt the conversation between the masters, but the third son doesn't care.

The third prince looked at Li Siyu with interest, and he said, "You ask." ”

Li Siyu said: "If the third prince thinks that an egg is delicious, will he go to see what the hen that lays the egg looks like?" ”

The third son, Cao Youran, was obviously stunned for a moment, what is the problem, he said: "Naturally not." ”

Li Siyu said with a smile: "In this case, why should the third prince ask the second lady where he is taught?" ”

Cao Youran thought about it and felt that this seemed to be very reasonable, but he always felt that something was wrong, and he didn't understand it for a while.

Cao Xiuling said: "Third brother, it's not that I don't tell you, it's just that the person who taught me doesn't want others to know who she is, so please forgive Xiuling for not being able to tell me." ”

Cao Youran thought about it, the person who can train his sister to be the first talented woman in Luoyang is naturally the top in talent. Such people have their own temperaments, most of them don't like to be high-profile, and it's normal to tell their sister not to disclose personal information. To be able to meet such a person can be regarded as the creation of his sister!

Cao Youran said: "It's for my brother to be abrupt, you have been in the Hou Mansion for more than ten years, and we have never found that anyone is secretly preaching for you, which shows that that person doesn't want us to know his identity, I shouldn't ask." ”

I can't imagine that the Hou Mansion still hides people with advanced knowledge! It's really a little hidden in the forest, and a big hidden in the city! It would be a pleasure to have a night conversation with this person!

Li Siyu had been observing Cao Youran's expression, and seeing that he was not suspicious, his heart was a little relieved. She didn't want to be the object of his suspicion. If you let him know that the person who taught Cao Xiuling is himself, or let him know that the first talented woman in Luoyang is actually not Cao Xiuling, I don't know how much turmoil it will cause.

Cao Xiuling said: "If it were me, I would be curious." Therefore, the third brother should ask. It's just that I can't give you an answer. ”