The second son, Cao Kang, refuted his own point of view, and he said: "Why don't I know when Xiuling became the first talented woman in Luoyang City?" To say that the talented girl Xueer is well-deserved. In my opinion, this is definitely someone behind the scenes! ”

Cao Kang was adamant, and it was clear that he believed his reasoning very much.

Cao Youran said: "The second brother has never had much contact with Xiuling, and he doesn't know much about her, so it's natural that you don't know that she is talented." ”

Cao Kang wanted to refute, but he moved his mouth but had nothing to refute. Yes, he has very little contact with Cao Xiuling, and he doesn't know her at all.

Cao Hou said: "You are a talented man in Luoyang, you find time to try whether Xiuling is worthy of the name of the first talented woman in Luoyang." "If it is worthy, then it is very likely that this thing will happen naturally, as leisurely said; If you can't afford it, then someone must be behind the scenes.

"Yes, father." Cao Youran thought for a while and said, "How does my father plan to deal with this matter now?" ”

Cao Hou said: "Just do as you say, and withdraw from the marriage between Xiuling and Jiang Ke." If Jiang Ke is a good person, he is not afraid of the accusations of outsiders, but he also knows that Jiang Ke is a rotten person, he used to be able to marry Cao Xiuling with one eye and one eye closed, but now he can't.

After leaving from Cao Hou's place, the third son, Cao Youran, went to Cao Xiuling's residence.

Li Siyu didn't recognize Cao Youran, so when she opened the door and saw him, she frowned, "May I ask who is Childe?" ”

When Cao Youran saw Li Siyu, he only felt that his eyes lit up, and it was the first time he had seen such a smart and beautiful girl. Cao Youran said: "I'm Cao Youran, I'm here to find Xiuling, is she there?" "If I'm not mistaken, it's the first time he's come to Cao Xiuling's courtyard, no wonder the maids here don't know him. He has always been reluctant to use the banner of the prince of the Hou Mansion outside, so he reported his own name, not the third son.

Li Siyu thought about it, since his surname Cao was likely to be the son of the house, so he said very politely: "Son, come in first, I'll go and inform Miss." ”

When he saw Cao Youran, Cao Xiuling was obviously a little cramped, "The third prince came to find Xiuling, I don't know what happened?" "Cao Youran came to her for the first time, and they rarely interacted with her on weekdays, so she was a little nervous. Thinking that Cao Xue didn't let her call her sister, she didn't dare to call the third son her brother. Perhaps this is the sorrow of being a concubine.

Only then did Li Siyu know that Cao Youran was the third son. What is the purpose of these three sons coming here at this time?

Cao said leisurely: "Although you and I are not the same mother, but we are also the same father, you can just call my brother." The title of the third prince came out of Cao Xiuling's mouth, which made him very uncomfortable. Because although he rarely interacts with her on weekdays, he still regards her as a sister in his heart.

Cao Xiuling was a little flattered, moved her mouth, and finally called in a low voice, "Third brother." ”

Cao Youran smiled, and then asked, "I heard that you recently left a couplet in Tianxiang Pavilion, but is there such a thing?" ”

Cao Xiuling couldn't help but clench her hands, her heart was nervous, and her face showed a hint of strangeness, she had always been very weak about the matter of replacing Li Siyu's name, and now when the third prince asked, she couldn't help but panic.

Li Siyu saw that Cao Xiuling couldn't answer, so he hurriedly said: "What the third prince said is the one that the second lady gave to the pavilion master of Tianxiang Pavilion is called 'The upper link of the sea tide and the tide and the tide of the tide'?" ”

Cao Youran was a little surprised, "You also know? ”

Li Siyu said: "I listened to what the second lady said. Originally, the second lady was going to give the painting to the owner of Tianxiang Pavilion, who would have thought that the shopkeeper would actually copy a copy and hang it in the store for the people to refer to, so that everyone knows it. I heard from the second lady that no one has come out with the next couplet so far. Our young lady is amazing! ”

I don't know how much business Li Siyu left behind for Tianxiangge, I knew that Tianxiangge would do this, Li Siyu should have asked Tianxiangge to collect some advertising fees.

Cao Xiuling didn't dare to look at Cao Youran, but just lowered her head and looked at her toes, which was a tacit acquiescence to Li Siyu's statement.

Cao Youran said: "I can't imagine that the second sister has such a talent, there is an upper link here for my brother, and I can't think of a lower link, I don't know if my sister can give me advice?" ”

Li Siyu instantly understood that the third prince was here to investigate Cao Xiuling's reality.

Cao Xiuling instinctively wanted to refuse, but she didn't know what to say, so she cast a look at Li Siyu for help. Li Siyu knew that Cao Youran was here to find out the truth, so she couldn't refuse. So he gave Cao Xiuling an encouraging look.

Cao Xiuling took a deep breath, "Xiuling is a shallow learner, where can I teach the third brother, since the third brother can't think of the next link, how can the younger sister think of it?" ”

Cao said leisurely: "The second sister is now the first talented woman in Luoyang, and my brother's talent is afraid that it is not as good as you." I also asked the second sister to give me advice. He spoke frankly, without the slightest hint of sarcasm.

"This," Cao Xiuling looked at Li Siyu. Li Siyu said: "Third son, please say Shanglian, I'll make tea for you." Li Siyu gave Cao Xiuling a look, and then walked out.

As soon as Li Siyu left, Cao Xiuling instantly felt that she had no support, but she knew that she had to hold on now, and she knew that Xiaoyu would definitely find a way to help her. So he smiled, "What is my brother's uplink?" ”

Cao Youran said: "Shanglian is: Lou Wanghai Haiwanglou." This is a palindromic couplet, and when read backwards, it is also Lou Wanghai Hai Wanglou. I thought about it for my brother for a long time and didn't have an answer. He looked at Cao Xiuling very expectantly, obviously hoping that she would be able to make a match.

Cao Xiuling said: "Let me think about it." Her heart was very nervous, but her face was forcefully calm.

Cao Youran nodded, "The second sister thinks slowly, just wait for my brother." He didn't expect her to come out right away.

Li Siyu brought two cups of tea, one to Cao Youran and one to Cao Xiuling. When giving the tea to Cao Xiuling, she blocked Cao Youran's sight and motioned Cao Xiuling to look at the lid of the cup with her eyes.

Cao Xiuling comprehended, slowly picked up the tea, pretended to drink it, and secretly looked inside the lid of the cup, only to see that it was written "water is connected with water every day", these words Cao Xiuling happened to know, and she felt a little at ease. took a sip of tea, made a thoughtful look, and then said: "The third brother thinks that the water is even water every day, how about this link?" ”

"The building looks at the sea and the sea looks at the building, and the water is connected with water every day." Cao Youran did not hide the surprise and appreciation on his face, and he said: "The second sister came out of this couplet so quickly, and she really deserves the name of the first talented woman in Luoyang." ”

Cao Xiuling's face turned red, "The third brother praised it falsely." In fact, she was very ashamed in her heart, because this couplet was not made by her. She robbed others of the fruits of their labor.