But since even the old lady Xu Rong and Mrs. Qi sent each other off in person, how could Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan not appear in Zhai Yu's send-off procession. Therefore, in Xu Ming's mind, the two of them should still be in Dongyang Lane now, but how can they appear here?

Yes, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan, who were supposed to be in Dongyang Lane, appeared in Qilin Fang at this time, of course, because Xu Youshan and the others were worried about Xu Mingwen. Although Xu Mingwen still didn't understand anything about Zhai Yu's feelings, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan could see it clearly.

"Can't we come?" As soon as Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan came to Qiaosu Courtyard, they spontaneously sat next to Xu Ming's wife, and also put the ink painting on the stone table by the way, but Xu Ming's wife was only in a daze, and picked up a piece of pastry that had never been touched and tasted it carefully.

"One of you is the eldest lady of the Xu family's room, and the other is the second lady of the Xu family's room, who dares to say that you can't." But looking at Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan, she was naturally very embarrassed, and Xu Mingwen, who took all the pastries and tea in front of her in front of her, really didn't hesitate to give them two big eyes.

"That's fine."

But Xu Mingwen looked unhesitating disgusted with the two people who only cared about eating as soon as they sat down, but Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan also ignored it without hesitation, not only that, but these two people also expressed their appreciation for the craftsmanship of ink painting; "One more plate."

'Yes. ‘

And seeing that Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan arrived, Xu Mingwen couldn't care about the "vibrant" appearance of being in a daze and being angry with them. Mo Hua responded happily in his heart, and immediately went to the big kitchen to cook for Xu Youshan and them.

"Ink painting, you don't have to pay attention to them......" Xu Mingwen was too unconscious by the two of them. I was angry and funny and wanted to ask Mo Hua to ignore them, but before she finished speaking, Mo Hua had long disappeared, so Xu Mingwen turned around and said to Xu Youshan and the two: "You two will instruct people." ”

"We are affirming the craftsmanship of ink painting, unlike you who have ruined other people's minds in vain." Xu Youshan said righteously.

"You have everything you say." Xu Mingwen pinched Xu Youshan's white and tender little face, "Okay, let's talk." What are you doing here? ”

Patting away Xu Ming's slender hand that "ravaged" Xu Youshan, Xu Yourong said, "What are you doing this morning?" ”

"I didn't do anything." Xu Mingwen lowered her eyes.

"Liar." And Xu Youshan, who was originally only busy eating pastries, said directly after seeing Xu Ming's eyes lowered.

"That's right. You see, even Sister Shan knows that you are lying, so I don't have to say anything more. Xu Yourong looked at Xu Mingwen with a smile.

Xu Mingwen has a habit of looking down when she lies. And that's the kind of people who are close to you. At first glance, you can tell that she is lying. After so many years, Xu Mingwen has not been able to change it, so that Xu Youshan and the others can know immediately when she lies.

And when Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan both looked at Xu Mingwen with an expression of being quick to tell the truth, Xu Mingwen was stunned and said directly: "I really didn't do anything." "It's just a morning of stupefaction.

This time, Xu Ming's wife didn't have anything unusual, but Xu Yourong said quickly with a quick look in her eyes: "You won't really do nothing." Got a morning in a daze, right? ”

Seeing that Xu Yourong immediately guessed the facts, Xu Mingwen was stunned, and then didn't say anything for a long time.

Yes. Xu Mingwen didn't do anything this morning, she was just in a daze. And yesterday, or in the past few days, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan, intentionally or unintentionally, were whispering in her ear that today was the date of Zhai Yu's departure, of course she knew it for a long time. But despite this, in this morning, Xu Mingwen still didn't go to Dongyang Lane early in the morning to see Zhai Yu off, but stayed quietly in Qiaosu Courtyard.

Taixue has big rules, which is known to the world, and even the prince Xie Jing and them are treated equally, so after Zhai Yu enters the study inside, although he can still use the reason of visiting Xu Chen, he even dragged Zhai Yu out with Xu Chen, but after all, it is not good to do this every day, right? And if you want to wait for Zhai Yu to take the initiative to come out of Taixue, so that they can create a "chance encounter" between Xu Mingwen and him, such a luxury does not need to be said by others, Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng themselves will shake their heads and sigh first.

Therefore, in fact, in the current inevitable bad situation, although Xu Yourong can still reluctantly cheer himself up, but in fact, if in Dongyang Lane, the best environment and opportunity near the water, these two people are still developing so slowly, then now that Zhai Yu has gone to Taixue, he and Xu Mingwen can still cultivate feelings between him and Xu Mingwen to the possibility that Zhai Yu himself is willing to marry Xu Mingwen, that is really rare.

As for Xu Mingwen, in fact, Xu Youshan and the three of them now have a high degree of tacit understanding and only maintain one opinion, anyway, as long as she can not be calculated by the second concubine of De and Xian, the second prince Xie Yan and the third prince Xie Wen, then marrying Zhai Yu is actually the best ending now.

But in fact, in the final analysis, the main reason is that they don't have time, Xu Mingwen has already reached the end of the line, and the battle for the heir in the court has developed to the present, and it has actually become more and more intense. But in any way, their Xu family is not only a representative of those who advocate being pure ministers, but naturally cannot join the party struggle; And just based on Xu Mingwen's happiness, there will never be happiness if she marries Xie Yan and Xie Wen. So without needing to explain, in fact, not only Xu Youshan and the others, but even Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Zheng turned a blind eye to Xu Yourong and Xu Ming's behavior of matching Zhai Yu and Xu Mingwen.

Otherwise, with the little tricks of the three of them, Old Madam Qi and Old Madam Zheng would have already seen through it thoroughly.

"Then why did you stay in a daze all morning?"

Looking at Xu Mingwen with an expression of "how do you know", Xu Yourong continued to ask.

"No... It's nothing. ”

But Xu Mingwen still refused to say anything, Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan glanced at each other and shrugged helplessly. After all, it's not good to force Xu Mingwen too tightly, otherwise she is still ignorant, and she may not be able to get out of the horns. That's really the opposite. Although Xu Yourong is a little frustrated and anxious now, it's just that.

But Xu Youshan still diverted the topic at the right time and said: "In a few days, it will be the banquet of the lord of Shuoyun, have you thought about what to give her?" ”

Xu Mingwen replied: "I haven't thought about it, but we don't have much friendship with the lord of Shuoyun, so it's good to pick up the ordinary and regular gifts, as long as it's not too simple and not too valuable." ”

Although Xu Xi and King Li's friendship is very good, it does not mean that the friendship between the juniors of the two families will be as close, and on the contrary. Because Xu Yourong didn't like her father Xu Xi, she didn't even get close to Shuoyun County Lord, the daughter of the King of Thunder who was good friends with her. And since Xu Yourong is like this. The other three Xu Youshan naturally didn't get too close to the Lord of Shuoyun, and almost all of them only nodded and said hello when they met.

"Sister You're right, anyway, our friendship with the Lord of Shuoyun is not very good, anyway, I'll talk to my mother and them then. Let them choose one or two for us. Besides, the mother's vision is high, and there will be no wrong etiquette, and it saves us from choosing no matter what she wants. Xu Yourong waved his hand and directly excused himself.

"That's right."

But just after Xu Yourong finished speaking, Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen actually praised the same face.

"So let's do it...... Wow, the ink painting is back. ”

In Xu Youshan's place, it seems that big things can be left behind under the food in a blink of an eye, just like now. There were still many questions for them to think about, but when they saw the ink painting and the little maids behind her come back with baskets of food boxes. Xu Youshan and the three of them still remember anything else, and they only have those pastries cooked by the ink paintings themselves in their eyes.

And just like that, all that was left in the Qiao Su courtyard was the sound of gobbling up, shouting at each other for food, and sighing with Wan'er Yuedai and their foreheads. But no matter what, seeing Xu Ming's wife roaring there again, Mo Hua thanked Xu Yourong and Xu Youshan.

Autumn has come quietly.

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Autumn is quietly coming, and the autumn mood is gradually getting stronger, but the whole Shendu is still lively day by day, in the endless stream of hot things. And the most attractive thing to talk about recently is, of course, tomorrow, the feast of the Shuoyun County Lord of the Liwang Mansion.

Xufu, Zhengyan Pavilion.

"What are you going to send to Lord Shuoyun tomorrow?"

"I don't know, I already entrusted my grandmother to help me choose tomorrow's gift."

"You're too good at it."

"Yo, listening to you, those who don't know still think that your congratulatory gift was chosen by themselves."

As long as you hear the-for-tat tone of Xu Yourong and Xu Mingxi, you don't need to think too much to know that these two must be on the bar again. At this time, on the second floor of the Zhengyan Pavilion, in a big room that was divided into a study by Xu Youshan, Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen were sitting on the big kang near the window, each holding a cup of Biluochun and looking at the distance leisurely.

"Mingxi, how can you compare with me, you are now married to a wife, but you are still so unenterprisingly idle, it really makes Sister Wei worry about you." Xu Yourong said with a sad face.

"For... For sisters? Xu Yourong, can you be so shameless. Xu Ming said angrily.

"Eh, Xu Mingcheng, how did you speak, why am I shameless."

"Do you still want face? Then you will be 'sister' now, but why don't you be 'sister' when it comes to bullying me. ”

"When did you say this, when did I bully you, do you have proof? Human or physical evidence? ”

"Xu, Young, Rong !!"

Originally, Xu Youshan's four people were generally assembled in Xu Yourong's Weizhou Courtyard, but today is a bit special, but the four of them are all gathered in the Zhengyan Pavilion, the reason is that the night before, Xu Youshan was too focused when she looked at the original "Nanshan Collection" of an ancient book that Pei Shi had worked hard to find for her, resulting in drinking more hot tea, so that she didn't sleep well all night, and when she went to ask Pei's peace this morning, she was still sleepy, which made Pei's who asked the reason angry and funny. But in the end, he sent Liu Ruqin to Sheng'an Xuan to ask Wen Ruyi for Xu Youshan's leave, so that Xu Youshan didn't have to go to Sheng Anxuan today. Instead, he went back to the Zhengyan Pavilion to make up for sleep.

So this is also the reason why Xu Yourong and Xu Mingwen didn't go to Weizhou Courtyard after they left school in Sheng'an Xuan, and went directly to Zhengyan Pavilion.

As for Xu Mingxi. Not to mention, after she went back to Qilinfang today to see Mrs. Zheng and the Lian family, she came to Dongyang Lane. And after she came to Dongyang Lane, she asked Xu Youshan and the three of them were in the Zhengyan Pavilion, and Xu Mingcheng also ran here without saying a word, so the four of them gathered in Xu Youshan's Zhengyan Pavilion.

But although the assembly is assembled, Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng are on the "good tradition" as soon as they see each other. These two people really carried it out throughout. No, when Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen both drank a pot of tea, the two of them hadn't finished fighting. And the more you fight, the more courageous you become. So Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen had no choice but to speak out.

"Two eldest sisters, can you not get more and more off topic the more you talk, weren't we just discussing the congratulatory gift to the Shuoyun County Lord tomorrow?" Xu Mingwen said.

"yes, we're talking about congratulatory gifts." But Xu Yourong replied smoothly.

"Ugh. Is it. So you're talking about the congratulatory gift, but I didn't hear it. And when Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng were not a little conscious, and they were so arrogant that they wanted to continue arguing, Xu Youshan hurriedly said again.

"That's because you don't listen to it, listen carefully." Xu Mingcheng said.

"No, no." But Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen hurriedly waved their hands, and then hurriedly separated Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng, "You two have been arguing for so long, aren't you thirsty?" Sit down. ”

"Hmph."

And Xu Yourong and Xu Mingcheng were pulled by Xu Youshan and sat on the chair. Except for snorting angrily at each other, they really don't fight anymore. Xu Youshan and Xu Mingwen saw this. also hurriedly turned back to the topic with a funny childishness of these two people: "Yesterday, the eldest aunt told me that tomorrow the lord of Shuoyun County will have a banquet, and the congratulatory gift she chose for me and my eldest sister is a pair of white jade begonia ice pattern cups. White jade is a rare jade, coupled with the extremely high hardness, it is extremely difficult to carve into a cumbersome begonia flower sample, and there are ice lines, which is also rare, and tomorrow is also suitable as a congratulatory gift to the birthday of the lord of Shuoyun. In this way, the gifts for me and my eldest sister have been chosen, what about the two of you, Sister Huan and Sister Wu? ”

"The congratulatory gift I want to give to the lord of Shuoyun is also chosen by my mother, and it is also the same as my aunt, it is a white jade ruyi with entwined lotus flowers, although this style is common, it is rare in pediatrics to come from the hands of famous craftsmen in the previous dynasty, and it is rare to see it now, so it is also possible to send it to the lord of Shuoyun." Xu Mingwen cooperated with Xu Youshan's answer.

And just after the two of them finished speaking, they looked at Xu Mingcheng with a tacit understanding.

Xu Mingcheng also took the opportunity to say: "Grandmother chose a set of Qingluan peony inlaid with Nanzhu bee flower gold head for me. ”

"Wow~~~"

"No, it won't!"

"Generous !!"

As soon as Xu Mingxi's words landed, the other three looked at her and were dumbfounded, and it was amazing that Xu Youshan and the three of them could have such an exaggerated performance.

"Auntie and grandmother let you be so showy, okay?" Xu Youshan asked with some worry.

"Yes, isn't the head of this set of Qingluan peony inlaid with Nanzhu Bee Flower Golden Top, isn't it the white jade Ruyi that Uncle Hetang chose for his sister-in-law, all of which came from the hand of the famous craftsman of the previous dynasty? And I heard from my mother that this set of head faces is one of the few complete sets of jewelry that the master has left behind today. Xu Yourong said.

"I know all this, but what you don't know is that my uncle and grandmother did this, but it has a deep meaning." Xu Mingcheng said with a mysterious face.

"What a deep meaning, eldest sister, don't sell it, hurry up." Xu Mingwen urged.

"Grandmother, this is trying to marry the lord of Shuoyun for Cousin Hong." Xu Mingcheng whispered.

Qi Hong, the grandson of Qi Yuan, is nineteen years old this year, which is similar to the age of the lord of Shuoyun, and although Qi Hong is not like Qi Xuan, he has the position of the son of the world, and he can be a minister. But after all, he was born in the Beiding Palace, and he is a descendant, and his status is noble. And his noble status is also destined for Qi Hong to be a high-ranking and powerful minister in order for the Qi family of the Beiding Palace not to become a powerful minister who is afraid of the emperor in the future, and in the end he can only be idle, and he will never be able to enter the center.

Therefore, whether it is the old princess of Beiding, or the kings of Beiding, Qi Pei and Qi Yuan, they don't want Qi Hong to suffer the slightest grievance in other aspects. Therefore, it is also Pei's who knows the reason. After returning from going to the Pi King's Mansion two days ago, she informed the old lady Qi of the plan of the Pi King and the Princess of Pi to choose a husband for her at the Shuoyun County Lord's banquet tomorrow. Then, with the approval of Mrs. Qi, the Pei family personally sent Liu Ru to send the news to the Beiding Palace.

After receiving the news from Pei's family, the old princess of Beiding and others were moved, and later after personally inquiring about Qi Hong's wishes, they decided to marry the lord of Shuoyun for Qi Hong in person at the banquet of the lord of Shuoyun and Lu tomorrow.

"I see."

And it is also Qi Hong, who knows a lot of talents. Because of being the heir of the Qi family of the Beiding Palace, and in order to inherit Qi Xuan, the prince of Beiding, Qi Hong is estimated to waste his talents in this life. What a pity it is for Xu Youshan and the others, who were silent for a while, before saying, "Cousin Hong, did he nod himself?" ”

"Well, nodded. Cousin Hong had seen the lord of Shuoyun, and he didn't have much resistance to him. And since that's the case. The ancestors, grandfathers, and grandmothers felt that this was the best choice for Cousin Hong. Cousin Nahong agreed. Xu Mingcheng replied.

But just after Xu Mingcheng finished speaking, Xu Mingwen was silent for a while before she suddenly sighed: "Cousin Kehong is doing this, I'm afraid it's just to make the old ancestor and uncle and grandfather feel a little less guilty." ”

Qi Hong has really seen the county lord of Shuoyun, after all, everyone's position is average and the circles almost coincide, and for the county lord of Shuoyun, Qi Hong may not have much resistance. But for the sake of this, let's not mention what the wishes of the Lord of Shuoyun are, just talk about Qi Hong who Xu Youshan and the others know. Then he may not be willing to marry the lord of Shuoyun for these reasons.

But right now, the fact is that Qi Hong really nodded and agreed that the Rui family would marry the lord of Shuoyun for him. That can make Qi Hong do this, I'm afraid that there is only one reason now, and that is to set the hearts of the old princess for Anbei. If he does this, he can make the old princess and others feel a little less guilty about him, then in this era, in this era, the situation of husband and wife paying more attention to respect each other is more than what kind of mutual affection, Qi Hong will agree, then it makes sense.

And in the Zheng Yan Pavilion, in the atmosphere that was still happy a while ago, after talking about Qi Hong, it suddenly turned into a sharp silence, Xu Youshan and the four of them stopped talking, and the room was a little too quiet. But suddenly the four of them didn't know what to say.

Until Xu Mingxuan suddenly clapped his hands and said, "That's right." ”

"What are you doing?"

"Scares me."

"Hoo ......"

The three of Xu Youshan, who were suddenly startled by Xu Mingxi, all cast countless angry eyes at her, which made Xu Mingcheng embarrassed and apologized: "I'm sorry, I just suddenly remembered an important thing." ”

"What?" Xu Yourong said unhappily.

"You say...... Uh, nothing. But Xu Mingxi, who was still happy, stopped abruptly in the middle of speaking, and after his eyes turned around twice, he didn't say anything anymore. But her expression of no silver three hundred taels here is really impossible to ignore, so Xu Youshan and the three of them squinted, and they all approached Xu Mingxi.

"Mingxi, if I advise you to do anything, it's better to say it."

"Eldest sister, I also think that I can't choke on something, I have to vomit as soon as possible, what do you say?"

"Sister Ming, confess leniently, and resist strictly."

Seeing Xu Youshan and the three of them getting closer and closer to him, Xu Mingyan involuntarily swallowed his saliva and said angrily: "I'm really nothing." ”

"Oh, is that so?"

"Yes."

"Oh~~~ Sisters, on."

"Hey, what are you three going to do...... Help me!!! ”

The Zhengyan Pavilion was lively again, and the ghost screams, laughter, and begging for mercy of Xu Youshan and the four of them in the study were deafening, and the Yuedai people who were standing outside the house and waiting also looked at each other and shook their heads with a speechless smile.

And this calm afternoon, in these delicate laughter, also added a little warmth, making this autumn afternoon more warm and pleasant, the sun is more bright and wanton, so that all the scenery bathed in its light has also become bright and comfortable. (To be continued......)