Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly pulled Yu Ji away, and then said in a low voice, "Why did Ye Meisu come?" Have you not confessed your mistake? ”

Yu Ji smiled when she heard this: "On the day when Mei Xiang Pavilion calculated Cao to help Master Sun Helm, Xue Ji also took the opportunity to give her a big faceless, and several of us were there at the time, how could we admit our mistakes." ”

Zhong Ziyuan couldn't help but glance back at Liu Yuqing, and saw that her face had gone away from the previous sorrow, and she was smiling at the corner of her mouth and selecting the jewelry in the box with great interest, and looked up at herself from time to time and smiled. A hint of fierceness flashed in Zhong Ziyuan's eyes, no matter who wanted to destroy Liu Yuqing's happiness at the moment, she couldn't tolerate it.

Zhong Ziyuan whispered to Yu Ji full of anger: "You are so good at kung fu, can't you forcibly take her away, or make her unconscious?" ”

Yu Ji smiled dumbly and said: "I'm full of gold and jade, but I open the door to do business, not a black shop, how can I forcibly take away the guests who come to the door or faint them, what will it be." ”

Zhong Ziyuan pondered for a moment and said, "Then I'll go down and meet her, see what she wants, you help me guard Sister Liu here, don't let her go out and run into her." ”

"Okay." This request, Yu Ji agreed very happily.

Zhong Ziyuan returned to Liu Yuqing's side, and said in a brisk tone: "Sister Liu, there is an old friend of mine downstairs, I want to meet him, you choose here slowly, and I will come when I go." ”

Liu Yuqing asked curiously: "Which old friend of yours do you need me to accompany you?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan said with a smile: "No old friend can delay your choice of dowry!" Besides, you don't know him, so you can't speak. You should wait here with peace of mind! ”

Liu Yuqing agreed with a red face, and before Zhong Ziyuan went out, she suddenly stopped Zhong Ziyuan again. She took the red golden-sprinkled feather shawl from Qing Dai's hand and put it on for Zhong Ziyuan with her own hands, and then smiled gently: "It's cold outside, be careful not to freeze." ”

"Hmm!" Zhong Ziyuan nodded, gathered the cloak on his shoulders, and called Cardamom to leave together.

Slowly coming down from the second floor, Zhong Ziyuan saw Ye Meisu standing in a conspicuous place in the hall with a maid. She wore a simple bun, and she had no hairpin rings all over her body. But on his shoulders, he was draped in a luxurious Xuanhu big hat. The Xuanhu Dayu is a little long and a little big for her, and she is more and more shapely and weak. The maid beside her was obviously a little timid. He only waited behind her with his head bowed.

Ye Meisu raised her head and stared closely at Zhong Ziyuan who was slowly coming down the stairs, her eyes were deep, sad, and full of resentment. Zhong Ziyuan frowned. Just wanted to talk. Ye Meisu was blessed, and spoke first: "I've seen Miss Liu." ”

Zhong Ziyuan was stunned for a moment, and knew that she had recognized the wrong person. Ye Meisu had previously hidden outside the golden and jade hall, and watched the mother and daughter of the Liu family enter the shop with her own eyes, but now she saw that Zhong Ziyuan was also wearing the same red golden flower feather cloak, so she preconceived that she was Liu Yuqing.

Zhong Ziyuan's heart moved, she neither admitted nor refuted, only snorted. said lightly: "Who are you?" ”

Seeing Zhong Ziyuan coming down, a man full of gold and jade immediately moved a chair diligently. After Zhong Ziyuan sat down. Some people served tea and snacks like a tide, warmed the stove, and even brought a foot pedal and gently placed it at Zhong Ziyuan's feet.

Zhong Ziyuan guessed that this was Yuji deliberately building up for herself, and she didn't say anything but accepted it calmly. Ye Meisu originally came with a wave of resentment, but when she saw this scene, most of her resentment was discharged.

You must know that she is also a frequent guest in the golden and jade hall, but she has never seen a guest receive such a courteous hospitality, and she realized the difference between herself and the Miss Liu in front of her.

In fact, Ye Meisu also thought about it, except for Zhong Ziyuan, there were really no other guests in the golden and jade hall who had enjoyed such treatment. Even the two mothers and daughters of the Liu family were only served two cups of tea in the box on the second floor.

Ye Meisu finally lowered her proud head, not daring to look at Zhong Ziyuan, who was surrounded by everyone. only lightly blessed, and said with a pale face: "Concubine Ye Meisu." ”

Zhong Ziyuan showed a confused expression, deliberately looked at Cardamom and asked, "Who is Ye Meisu?" Do we know each other? ”

Cardamom shook her head and said crisply, "I haven't heard of it." She glanced at Ye Meisu contemptuously and said, "This girl, you just report your name, who knows if you are a cat or a dog." Please also report the origin. ”

Ye Meisu's pale face suddenly turned a little blue, she bit her lower lip tightly, trembled her lips and said, "I, I am" Facing the domineering 'Miss Liu', she really couldn't speak. Oiran's identity used to be her pride, but now she felt an unspeakable shame.

A mother-in-law gathered around Zhong Ziyuan leaned over and whispered in a volume that everyone could hear: "Miss doesn't know, the Ye family is the head of Meixiang Pavilion, and he is omnipotent in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but he is a graceful character. Zhong Ziyuan showed a look of sudden realization.

Because Jinyu Mantang is in the business of women, most of the men who receive guests are women. Most of these women came from ordinary and poor families, but they all ate by labor with their hands, so they naturally looked down on this oiran and the like. They looked at Ye Meisu's gaze and couldn't help but have a trace of contempt.

Ye Meisu's fine white teeth bit her lower lip tightly, and a trace of blood was faintly visible. Seeing her depressed and sad appearance, Zhong Ziyuan felt a little pity in her heart, and said tentatively: "It turned out to be Ye Huakui, but we don't know each other, so I don't know what to teach today?" ”

Ye Meisu's eyes flickered, and she turned to say poignantly: "Although I came from a humble background, I was lucky enough to win the favor of Prince Rui, and I served him wholeheartedly for more than a year. Drawing eyebrows and makeup every day, tasting poems and caressing the piano has passed a period of loving time. It's a pity that the emperor's grace is mighty and ruthless, and a holy decree has broken the relationship between me and him."

Zhong Ziyuan began to sneer in her heart, she finally understood the purpose of Ye Meisu's trip, which was simply a demonstration. Ye Meisu's words revealed a meaning, that is, she and Zhu Yi were deeply in love, and they were only forced to shed tears and separated because of the emperor's prestige. If these words really entered Liu Yuqing's ears, I don't know what it would be like to be sad.

Zhong Ziyuan didn't wait for Ye Meisu to finish speaking. He interrupted her crying and asked, "Did Ye Huakui only serve Prince Rui's guest?" ”

Ye Meisu shook her lips and asked, "What does Miss Liu mean by this?" ”

The corners of Zhong Ziyuan's mouth curled. Showing a sarcastic smile, he said: "If Ye Huakui is so affectionate and affectionate to every guest he has served, he must not be tired to death. As soon as her voice fell, it immediately attracted a burst of sneers from the people around her.

Ye Meisu frowned, her mourning, weak. Affection is naturally pretended. At the moment when she was rejected by Zhu Yi, she had no love in her heart except for monstrous unwillingness and resentment.

She has been in the Fengyue place for so many years, and it is instinctive to observe words and looks. Now I see this 'Miss Liu' listening to her own provocation. His face was still calm, his expression was indifferent, and he was sarcastic, obviously not taking himself seriously.

Ye Meisu's heart became more and more resentful. She simply took off the Xuanhu cloak on her body. Holding his hands in his hands, he said defiantly: "So far, I have nothing to say." It's just that this Xuanhu Dayu is Prince Rui's beloved thing, I heard that it was given by the Queen Mother, if it is still in my hands, it will be inappropriate, and now the original thing is returned. ”

Zhong Ziyuan knew that Ye Meisu was already poor in donkey skills, but she smiled, and only lowered her head and fiddled with the pearl bracelet on her wrist. Said lightly: "Ye Huakui is wrong again, Prince Rui's things should be returned to Prince Rui."

"What do you want to give me back?" The voice fell. Zhu Yi strode in with a dark face.

Ye Meisu was shocked, and then relieved. She turned around lightly, held the Xuanhu big puff in front of him, and sneered: "It's my fault, I shouldn't have kept the prince's things, please take it back." ”

Zhu Yi stared at her intently, seeing that she looked stubborn, and there were still mottled blood stains on her lower lip, which was lined by that pale face, which made her look even more thrilling. After all, he couldn't bear it in his heart, so he waved his hand angrily, and immediately an attendant stepped forward to take the fox fur coat. Ye Meisu no longer complained and prayed for mercy, she left with Ying'er with a cold face.

Out of the gate full of gold and jade, Ying'er, who had been timid and afraid to make a sound, said suspiciously: "Miss, how can I see that Miss Liu and the maid next to her are a little familiar, but I can't remember where I saw it for a while." ”

Ye Meisu was full of resentment at the moment, and sneered when she heard the words: "You are stupid, her kind of eldest lady who is raised in the deep boudoir, it is difficult to even step out of the mansion, where have you seen it?" ”

Then she laughed at herself: "No, I'm stupid." How can they be so kind of young ladies who come out of the mansion? They may be cleaner than us, but in terms of means and scheming, we can never compare, how can they be hurt by my words. However, seeing that she doesn't have much affection for Zhu Yi makes me feel a lot more comfortable. ”

Ying'er thought about it and felt that Ye Meisu's words were reasonable, so she quietly stuck out her tongue and left this doubt behind. Ye Meisu finally returned to Meixiang Pavilion, and ten days later, a pink sedan chair was carried through the back door into the mansion of Taifu Siqing.

Of course, that was later, after Ye Meisu left, Zhu Yi set his greedy eyes on Zhong Ziyuan. Zhong Ziyuan impersonated his confidante who taught him a lesson, but he was unlucky to be bumped into by the victim, so he was very weak-hearted. She didn't dare to look at Zhu Yi's face carefully, so she hurriedly stood up and half-hung her head and said, "I've seen Prince Rui." ”

Zhu Yi saw that although she looked deferential, her amber eyes were as bright as cats, but they were grunting around, revealing a sense of cunning. He smiled and said, "You're so bold. ”

Zhong Ziyuan was stunned and smiled cheekily: "It's me who overstepped." ”

Zhu Yi thought that she was saying that the current status was undecided, so she opened her mouth to teach Ye Meisu a lesson, so she overpassed, so she smiled: "It's okay, in fact, I have already told Miss Ye what I should say, and I will never meet her again in the future." I think she will take the opportunity to make trouble because of the grievances in her heart, you don't have to take her to heart. ”

Zhong Ziyuan felt strange in his heart when he heard Zhu Yi's words, it stands to reason that he shouldn't have said this to himself. She thought to herself, so she lowered her head and said nothing.

Zhu Yi looked at her with great affection, he had a stomach of words to say to her, but he hated that this guy who was full of gold and jade was too ignorant, staring at the bull's eye one by one, and he didn't know how to avoid it. So his stomach was full of lovesickness, lingering, and finally turned into only three words: "Don't worry." ”

Zhong Ziyuan became more and more confused, so he had to laugh and said: "The prince said that he was joking, what can I worry about." After a pause, she finally couldn't help but look up, looked at him and asked seriously, "The prince asks to marry the daughter of the prince as a concubine." But a piece of sincerity? ”

Zhu Yi smiled slightly and said, "My desire to marry can be learned from heaven and earth. ”

Zhong Ziyuan wrinkled his nose. A playful smile bloomed on his face, and he said, "I can firmly remember this, and the prince must not break his word." After speaking, she didn't wait for Zhu Yi to reply, she lifted the corner of her skirt and turned around and ran upstairs, and Cardamom hurriedly followed.

Zhu Yi looked at her light back with a smile, and gradually disappeared around the corner of the second floor. Only then did he pac out satisfied.

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly ran to the door of the box, pushed it away with a "snap", and then broke in like a gust of wind. startled Liu Yuqing, who was sitting inside. She stroked her chest and said coquettishly: "Sister Zhong, when will your reckless mistake be changed." ”

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand and said hurriedly, "Come with me." ”

"What are you doing? It's so hot. ”

Zhong Ziyuan pulled the confused Liu Yuqing to the window, and she tiptoed around to look around. Then point to the distance and ride on the horse. Surrounded by a group of guards, the back of Jiao Jian, who had gradually faded away, said with a smile: "Sister Liu, look, Prince Rui is there." ”

"Where, where" Liu Yuqing also lost his previous reserve, and looked in the direction of Zhong Ziyuan's finger. Sure enough, when she saw the person she had been thinking about for a long time, a rush immediately surged up her cheeks.

Seeing this, Zhong Ziyuan smiled narrowly: "Can you solve my sister's lovesickness?" ”

seemed to sense the gaze of the two, and Zhu Yi, who was sitting on the horse, suddenly looked back. Liu Yuqing was taken aback. Hurriedly unfolded the brocade in his hand and covered his face.

Zhong Ziyuan said strangely: "Sister, what are you doing?" ”

Liu Yuqing's cheeks were crimson. He whispered shyly and timidly: "Mother said that I can't meet Prince Rui before we get married, otherwise the family will be restless and the husband and wife will not be happy in the future." ”

Her voice was like a mosquito, Zhong Ziyuan pricked up her ears to hear clearly, she quietly stuck out her tongue, and said with a smile: "Sister, don't blame, sister doesn't know that there are such rules." Zhu Yi didn't know why, waved his hand at Zhong Ziyuan with a smile and rode away.

Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly pulled Liu Yuqing and said, "Sister, look, Prince Rui has already gone away." ”

Liu Yuqing put down the handkerchief in his hand, looked at Zhu Yi's back with a pair of watery eyes, and said to himself: "I am not afraid of the restlessness of the house, but of the dissatisfaction of the husband and wife. ”

Zhong Ziyuan was shocked in her heart and muttered, "Sister, I didn't expect your feelings for Prince Rui to be so high. Liu Yuqing said shyly: "Let my sister smile, and when you marry Guo Shizi in the future, you can understand my sister's mood at the moment." ”

While the two were talking, Mrs. Liu pushed open the door and walked in. Zhong Ziyuan hurriedly stood up and saluted her. Mrs. Liu didn't seem surprised, she bowed her head slightly, and said indifferently: "I haven't seen you for many days, but you have grown a little taller" After a pause, she said again: "You went to the Taifu Mansion to ask for help that day, but we didn't help you for the sake of Mingzhe's self-preservation, do you have resentment in your heart?" ”

Zhong Ziyuan was silent for a while, and said: "The prestige is unpredictable, it is normal for Madam to have concerns, and Ziyuan does not dare to hold grudges. What's more, Sister Liu didn't know how many tears she shed and how much she cared for my business, and Ziyuan remembered it even more and didn't dare to forget it. ”

"Sister Zhong" Liu Yuqing held her hand and looked moved.

Mrs. Liu coughed lightly and ordered, "Yuqing, it's getting late, it's time for us to go home." Caixia, Mingyue, you wait for the young lady to go back to the carriage first. Her gaze swept around Zhong Ziyuan, intentionally or unintentionally, and said, "Ziyuan stays here, can you talk to me a few words?" ”

Liu Yuqing asked curiously: "What does my mother want to say to Sister Zhong, can't I listen?" ”

Mrs. Liu frowned and scolded: "Obedient, go quickly, I just want to ask the Zhongyuan about their current situation." It doesn't sound convenient for you here. Liu Yuqing was helpless, so she had to pout, step by step, and before leaving, she didn't forget to tell her: "The wind is not so tight now, you have to come to the Taifu Mansion to see me from time to time, you know?" ”

"Yes, my sister can rest assured, my sister will go to see my sister as long as she is free." Zhong Ziyuan agreed with a smile.

After Liu Yuqing left, Mrs. Liu's face immediately turned cold, her eyes stared at Zhong Ziyuan fiercely, and she said word by word: "Say it!" When did you meet Prince Rui? (To be continued......)