However, it was said that in the Songbai Courtyard, Qin Feng was led to Gao Daonian's study by Steward Hu, and the two talked behind closed doors for half an hour, as for the specific remarks of the two, they were not known to outsiders.

"Lord Wang," Qin Feng had just walked out of the study, and he had already stood behind him quietly without a trace, and reported softly: "There is news from the palace that King Xuan entered the palace to see the driver and put forward countermeasures for the chaos in the fief. The staff members in his house even folded up one after another to recommend candidates for suppressing bandits. ”

"Oh?" Qin Feng's eyes flashed, "Who are you pushing?" ”

"It's you, Lord Wang."

Without a trace, Qin Feng didn't feel half surprised, but a touch of ridicule crossed his face, and he whispered to himself: "Qin Xi has a good calculation. Yandi is in turmoil, and it's time to take care of it. ”

"After the Ruyi Fang, does King Xuan already have doubts about you?"

"It's not enough to be suspicious, but it's a bit angry. Even if he is really suspicious, this king is not afraid. But if this matter affects others, it is I who can't think about it. ”

Knowing who the 'others' he was referring to in his words, his eyes flickered without a trace, and he didn't make a sound, followed behind Qin Feng, and returned to the palace.

***

It's a dry summer day, and the cicadas are chirping in the afternoon. In such an irritating season, there was no ice basin in the house to cool down, but the master and servant of Shainin were discussing it energetically.

"The eight arts mentioned by His Royal Highness King An are easy for the nobles in Beijing, but it is a little difficult for me."

"Yes," Gu Sui counted on his fingers, "Riding a horse and archery, Miss must be top-notch, and etiquette is not a difficult matter." As for piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, as well as music," she frowned and looked at Xie Ning tangledly, everything was silent.

"Hehe," Xie Ning smiled self-deprecatingly, but the fighting spirit in his heart was not diminished. The female official tried eight arts, although she did not know five arts. But she didn't believe it, what others could do, she Shainin couldn't do.

She is only fourteen years old now, and she is still young, and it is not too late to catch up with the talent that lags behind before the next female official examination.

Just do it, Xie Ning went to the study with fighting spirit, this place she avoided in the past, but she was afraid that it would become the place where she stayed most often in the future.

Greedy and chewy, although he was in an urgent mood, Xie Ning did not blindly do it. Looking at the bamboo slips on the shelves, she endured a headache, read them one by one, and planned to take three or four hours every day in the future to learn these beautiful things.

After finishing these books, it was almost sunset. Xie Ning took the written post, went to find Steward Hu before dinner, and asked the other party to hand it over to Wei Tingcheng. After all, His Royal Highness King An is a man, and she must not know much about this female official, she doesn't want to cause trouble to the other party, so she thought of a noble girl in Beijing who is quite close to her, Wei Xiaomei of Wei Chengcheng.

It's a shame to say that although she has met Wei Xiaomei two or three times, she doesn't know where the other party is, and she doesn't know where to look if she wants to ask someone, so she can only take the written post and ask Steward Hu.

"Miss Wei is the eldest daughter of the Guogong Mansion, don't you know how to show Miss Wei?"

Facing the surprised look on Steward Hu's face, Xie Ning sneered, and said bluntly embarrassedly: "I really haven't thought about it. Are you talking about the Guogong Mansion the Wei State Mansion? "Who would have thought that Wei Xiaomei, such a shy little girl, would actually be the young lady of the Guogong Mansion.

But after thinking about it, Hou Fuyi married the Wei family, and the family of Wei Xiaomei's family was naturally not too bad.

"It's the Duke of Wei's Mansion," Steward Hu replied while opening the post of Xie Ning's handwriting, bowed his head and only glanced at it, then frowned, and when he looked up at Xie Ning again, his face was already solemn, and he said seriously: "The so-called words are like their people, and the font of Miss Biao, if you get it in front of people, I am afraid that it will be despised by others." ”

Shainin's cheeks flushed, "You're absolutely right. ”

"Alas," Steward Hu sighed lightly, folded the post in his hand, and said to Xie Ning: "The content of the post, the old slave will rewrite it." It's just that Miss Biao is on weekdays, and it's better to take more effort to practice calligraphy. ”

Xie Ning is not a person who doesn't know what to do, so he immediately bowed his hand and thanked Steward Hu for his advice. I asked him for two more words before I took my leave and left.

Early the next morning, Xie Ning's post was sent to the Wei State Mansion. However, in just half a day, Wei Tingcheng's reply was handed to Xie Ning.

"I don't know what is written on this post, but it will make you laugh so happily, Miss."

Seeing Gu Sui coming over curiously, Xie Ning pursed his lips and explained to her who was illiterate: "I mentioned to you before that I sent a post to Miss Wei to ask her about the female official, so I invited her out on the post. And she replied that she was going to the bookstore with her brother tomorrow and wanted to meet me here. ”

"Oh," Gu Sui nodded, because of the smile on Xie Ning's face, his mood brightened for no reason, and he happily took out a bunch of dresses from the high cabinet in Xie Ning's bedroom, "Miss, take a look, what should I wear when I go out tomorrow?" ”

"Okay, don't patronize me, and think about what you're going to wear tomorrow."

"Uh-huh."

***

June 21 was the day when Xie Ning and Wei Chengcheng made an appointment to meet at the bookstore. After dressing up briefly, Xie Ning took Gu Sui out of the door, and under the arrangement of Steward Hu, he took a green carriage to the Jiuyang Bookstore in the south of the city.

As soon as he got out of the car, Xie Ning saw the Zhu Dinghua car parked next to the door of the bookstore, and before he could retract his gaze, he saw a small face poking out of the car and calling "Sister Xie" softly

Xie Ning nodded, a smile appeared on his face, he said hello to Wei Xiaomei, and turned his head to look for her brother Wei Qingyang, "Master Wei." ”

Wei Qingyang walked over from the car and said with a smile: "Didn't I tell you that you can just call me Brother Qingyang?" Miss Xie is inevitably too outward. ”

"Haha," Xie Ning smiled, "Brother Qingyang still said, don't you still call me Miss Xie yourself." ”

Wei Qingyang continued with kindness: "Okay, then how about I call you Ning Mei in the future?" ”

Hearing this title, the corners of Xie Ning's mouth twitched, and he tried his best to restrain the thought of wanting to shiver, and refused with a straight face: "Brother Qingyang, let's call me Miss Xie." ”

"Big brother, Sister Xie," Wei Tingcheng got out of the car, walked between the two, and asked softly, "What are you two talking about?" ”

"It's nothing, let's go in first," Wei Qingyang looked away, pulled Wei Xiaomei across the threshold, and entered the bookstore.

Shainin's master and servant followed behind the two brothers and sisters, curiously looking at the layout of the bookstore, so they were quiet and did not talk about it out loud.

There are two floors up and down the Jiuyang Bookstore, and the first floor is mostly men, and the places are all ancient books, strategies, etc. The second floor is specially set up for female guests, Wei Qingyang did not come up, Gu Sui went out again, except for a female shopkeeper sitting next to the desk, there were only Xie Ning and Wei Chengcheng upstairs.

(Thank you to the book friends who voted for the recommendation~ There is a small theater in the book review area tonight)