"Speaking of which, she was just born in the Prime Minister's Mansion, if she was born in a common people's home, how could she still show off her might." Luo Changdong looks down on such uneducated women the most in his heart, the daughters in the family are not all honest at home to read the women's rules, the women's precepts are not out of the door all day long, guarding the virtues that a woman should have, waiting to marry a woman in the future, a woman should be married and taught children at home, how can there be a reason to show her face.

"Zuo, but the family is the most honorable county lord in a country, and the emperor is optimistic about her, you look down on people here, you are small, don't really say it and make people laugh." Murong Xuan agreed with Luo Changdong's intentions, but whether things are right or wrong depends on the person, so he reminded Luo Changdong to know the proportions when he speaks.

"Cut." Luo Changdong didn't think about it, and secretly wrote down in his heart that he was not a fool without brains, and some things should not be said that he was measured in his heart, but it was just gossip.

"Although the lord of Zunyi is a little willful, he has his own principles in his actions." It was Qi Jie who spoke, he had a relationship with the county lord, although that meeting was not very good, but he believed that the county lord did everything to rely on.

"Oh?" It was the first time Murong Xuan had seen a calm and polite Qi Jie praise a strange girl.

"How?" Lin Shixian asked one step ahead of Luo Changdong.

"I once had a relationship with the county lord." Qi Jie was reluctant to say the embarrassment at that time, "Probably before Zhao Mingli's incident." ”

When it came to Zhao Mingli, everyone frowned, not for anything else, just because of the piece of meat that Zhao Mingli was missing, no matter which man had to protect it.

"It can be seen that its methods are vicious, and this alone knows its heart." Luo Changdong's face couldn't help but be gloomy.

"Whether it is really vicious or not, one or two things are not enough to determine." Murong Xuan hadn't really seen the Zunyi County Lord himself, and those rumors alone were not enough, it was not worth offending the Zunyi County Lord because of a small loss.

"Rumors are rumors, after all." Qi Jie still has trust in the lord of Zunyi.

"You're not going to be interested in that county lord, are you?" Luo Changdong blurted out suddenly, and as soon as the words came out, he felt abrupt, but with his identity, he naturally would not apologize.

Although Qi Jie was shocked by Luo Changdong's words, he was displeased, but he didn't face Luo Changdong in person, and he still had some concerns about how to put his identity there.

"With my family background, I'm afraid it's a fool's dream." Qi Jie half teased back.

"After the emperor canonized the county lord of Zunyi, the matchmaker is about to break the threshold of the prime minister's mansion, if it weren't for the prime minister's excuse to use the county lord's young age as an excuse, I'm afraid that the family would have been decided a long time ago." It was Lin Shixian who spoke, in order to eliminate the previous embarrassment.

"It's not the prime minister's problem, it's the emperor." Murong Xuan talked and spoke: "Those families who want to go to the next level have plans to marry with the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the weight of the county lord himself is not only the prime minister's daughter, but the beautiful jade in the eyes of the emperor, the most noble county lord of a country, is not more than the princess." ”

"If it weren't for the rumors that the county lord was vicious, my old man would also want to participate." Luo Changdong snorted coldly: "It's a pity that the wolf has more meat and less meat, so I don't know which door to enter, and Brother Murong is the same, right?" ”

Murong Xuan did not deny that the Murong family did have a plan, "The decision on whether or not to marry is not in the hands of our family. This is an indisputable fact, there is nothing that cannot be said, there is only one person, then it depends on how much benefit you have.

"It depends on whom, the prime minister or the county lord himself?" Although Luo Changdong doesn't like the county lord very much, even if this person is as beautiful as rumored, but if the family insists on doing it, he can only compromise, and it is a big deal to put it in the backyard as an ornament.

"It's hard to say." Murong Xuan said frankly: "The Prime Minister's Mansion does not have a formal housewife in addition to the Prime Minister, this marriage is not all the words of the parents' orders, which is the decision of the housewife, and although the county lord has reached the age of discussing relatives, she is the emperor's own Zunyi county lord, the word Zunyi is not a simple literal meaning, its noble status is like a princess, and the princess's marriage has always been personally inquired by the emperor." ”

"You mean that the marriage of the county lord ultimately depends on the emperor?" Luo Changdong felt incredible, but as far as the identity of a county lord was concerned, why did the emperor value it, he originally thought that the title of county lord was based on the ability of Prime Minister Ouyang Ye, and it was a means to reward important ministers, but now when he heard Murong Xuan's words, the meaning in his words was even more far-reaching, so he underestimated this matter.

"It is rumored that the emperor may take a fancy to the lord of Zunyi and want to accept him as a concubine." Lin Shixian interjected, "I don't know if this is true?" ”

"No wind, no waves." Luo Changdong said: "You can learn a thing or two from the emperor's birthday banquet, it's good now, those families with wishful thinking can save it." There was a hint of ridicule in his words.

"Whatever the final outcome is, that's another story." Murong Xuan was not worried about a change in his plans, after all, no one could have predicted any changes in the future.

"It's not that the main body of the county is weak and sick, if you really want to marry and go home, it's an ornament." Luo Changdong pinched a piece of cake into the mouth, and his words meant something.

"Frail since childhood?" Murong Xuan didn't know whether to laugh or not, "People who have been weak since childhood can show their heads outside instead of recuperating at home. ”

"Plausible things, has the county lord done less?" Luo Changdong smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you're really weak or not, anyway, everyone is going for the interests behind them, and they don't really care about how people are." ”

Qi Jie didn't say a word about the conversation between the three of them, nothing to him compared to what he saw and heard with his own eyes, and the reason why rumors are rumors depends on the uncertainty of things.

"By the way, I heard that the county lord and the prime minister are at odds?" Lin Shixian threw out another sentence to attract the attention of others.

"You've heard a lot?" Murong Xuan teased, knowing that Lin Shixian was currying favor with him and Luo Changdong, in order to integrate into the family as much as possible, but unfortunately he was too anxious, and his behavior was quite uncomfortable in his eyes, but fortunately, such a person had some use value, so that he could not veto it in one case.

Luo Changdong is very aware of some of the small actions Lin Shixian has made, in his opinion, Lin Shixian is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and now he doesn't make much judgments to see what happens in the future, especially after the autumn season, if he can really leave this person in high school, it doesn't hurt.

"Discord?" Murong Xuan held the tea lid in one hand and gently pulled the tea leaves in the tea bowl and said with a smile: "In my opinion, not really, don't just look at the appearance. ”

"Are you going to talk about it?" Luo Changdong wanted to know what the difference was between inside and outside, "I was sent out of Beijing to be raised abroad shortly after I was born, and this time I was eleven years, and I was already quite old when I came back, so if I want to talk about the father-daughter relationship with the prime minister, it really can't be said to be very good." ”

"If the prime minister really doesn't care about this concubine, he won't send her out to recuperate since she was a child, and take her back to the house at the right time." Murong Xuan knew in his heart that some things didn't just listen to what others said to know the truth.

"I don't think so, if you really have feelings, then the private Ouyang Lin, who is the eldest brother of the county lord, marries his wife, and it is impossible not to show it." Luo Changdong felt that the problems expressed in this were worth pondering.

"Even if you don't like Ouyang Lin's half-brother, you should obey the prime minister's wishes, and at least show your face." Luo Changdong has his own judgment on the facts.

"If there is no connivance of the prime minister, how can a girl who is only eleven or twelve years old show her face outside." Murong Xuan took a sip of fragrant tea, and continued for Luo Changdong beside him, "Without the prime minister's support behind her back, I think she was not the county lord at the time, she didn't dare to go down and finish off Zhao Mingli with a knife, the matter has reached the palace, even if there is King Duan on the side, there is not the slightest fear, and it also entered the emperor's eyes, especially to canonize as the county lord, a county lord with a title." ”

"You mean that Ouyang Ye purposefully let his concubine attract the emperor's attention?" Luo Changdong felt unbelievable, according to this, Ouyang Ye had calculated from the beginning and let his daughter become the master.

"The eldest sister of the concubine is married to the eldest prince as a side concubine, and the young lady is entering the palace, and the Ouyang family can be described as a holy favor." Lin Shixian said to himself, and the meaning of his words was already clear.

"Ouyang Ye is so calculating!" Luo Changdong had to admire, but instead sneered, "I wonder if the emperor will be in the trap and take the county lord of Zunyi into the palace?" ”

"There's no use in saying that these days." Murong Xuan's heart was like a mirror, "It's better to think about it now, no matter how the main lord is not in Shangjing, it will be in vain." ”

"That's it." Luo Changdong drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, stood up and said, "It's not too early, I have to go back, please take it." ”

"It's fine." Murong Xuan also planned to go back to the house, and with Luo Changdong's words, they just dispersed.

After the four of them said goodbye to each other, they left without mentioning it, and Qi Jie and Lin Shixian went to the academy together.

"This year's autumn festival should not be canceled like the previous two years." Lin Shixian spoke.

"No, the first two years were not because there were officials who engaged in favoritism and fraud in the spring festival, and the autumn festival was stopped for a year in order to rectify the law and discipline." Qi Jie was not unselfishly thought that fortunately it stopped, otherwise he really didn't know how to face the prime minister about the teahouse, after all, after the big exam, these students would be students under the prime minister, and the consequences of offending the lord of Zunyi can be imagined.

"I don't see it that way." Lin Shixian's eyes flashed darkly, "If it hadn't been for the fact that I happened to meet the county lord of Zunyi in the teahouse, I wouldn't have suddenly stopped Qiuyu." He attributed the cause to an unpleasant encounter.

"Brother Shixian can't speculate!" Qi Jie reminded: "At that time, we were the people behind the scenes, and it was already rude, and we were bumped into but not held accountable, and we were already the county lord's net." ”

"Open the net!" Lin Shixian sneered: "What I mentioned at the beginning was Fang Zhiyan, but don't you also see that Fang Zhiyan was removed from the academy because of his poor conduct, do you say that there is no county lord's handwriting in this!" ”

"Brother Shixian, Fang Zhiyan's words have indeed violated the rules of the academy, this is an indisputable fact, don't involve unrelated matters together." Qi Jie disagreed with Lin Shixian's words.

"You can't be the Lord of Zunyi, right?" Lin Shixian's sudden words made Qi Jie suddenly angry.

"Brother Shixian, don't talk nonsense and ruin people's reputation." Qi Jie's face was already displeased.

"Okay, let's not talk about that." A hint of jealousy flashed in Lin Shixian's eyes, and he changed his mind.

Qi Jie never imagined that his classmate Lin Shixian would become such an unreasonable person, and in retrospect, the change came from after meeting Murong Xuan and Luo Changdong.

Although the four of them call each other a certain brother, in fact, it is not ranked according to age, the word brother is not the meaning of calling a brother or a brother, but a title, just like saying whose young lady is suffix with the word 'Miss' in the name, calling it brother is a title that seems to be equal in dating, and does not involve identity, it is a means to promote the identity of the other party.

The reason why Qi Jie called Lin Shixian Brother Shixian is this reason, in fact, if you really talk about the age ranking, Qi Jie has a younger birthday than the other three among the four, and it is not rude to call the three brothers brothers.

When the two walked to the intersection, Lin Shixian suddenly spoke: "You go back to the academy first, I remember that there is still something to do." "Let Qijie go back alone.

Qi Jie didn't say anything, looking at Lin Shixian's departing back, his brows frowned slightly, something passed through his mind, and he didn't think about it and raised his feet to leave.

The words that Qi Jie and Lin Shixian had just finished saying soon reached the ears of those who cared.

"Dad, you're looking for me." As soon as Murong Xuan returned home, he was called to the study by his father.

"Before, you asked people to follow those two people, and in less than a moment, someone from below came to report." Murong Rui said the content of the report of the people below.

"It's no wonder that you are cautious in everything, people like Lin Shixian have less contact, and they can't talk enough to find the right place in their brains." Although Murong Rui does not dislike those who cling to the powerful, he must at least be principled, otherwise he will not only ruin himself, but also implicate others.

"It's just a further temptation, just today when it comes to the lord of Zunyi, I Guan Qijie has some thoughts that don't belong to send people to follow, I didn't expect to hear these remarks, Lin Shixian was not like this two years ago, I'm afraid it was because of Luo Changdong's bewitchment, and he was eager to show his true nature."

"Well, you have the bottom in your heart." Murong Rui was so worried that his son couldn't know people clearly, "Time is the best touchstone." ”

"Lu Yao knows the horsepower and sees the hearts of the people for a long time." Murong Xuan said with a smile: "I'm optimistic about Qi Jie, but he seems to have an unusual understanding of the Zunyi County Lord. ”

"Lord Zunyi?" Murong Rui tried hard to recall, and a trace of a young man's figure vaguely appeared in his mind, "If it weren't for my daughter's death, I would definitely have a bright future in the future." ”

"Dad, I want to know if the autumn festival was canceled two years ago, is there Ouyang Ye pushing the boat behind the back?" Murong Xuan asked the doubts in his heart, at that time, he lived in the academy for a long time and did not know the inside story, he only thought that the emperor wanted to vigorously rectify the corrupt atmosphere in the court.

Murong Rui raised his eyes and motioned to his son, and then continued, he wanted to hear his son's judgment on this matter.

"There is also Fang Zhiyan who was removed from the academy, which happened after that teahouse." Murong Xuan had to doubt the truth of the matter, "It was also Fang Zhiyan who first talked about the Zunyi County Lord, and his words were unpalatable, and it happened that the Zunyi County Lord was also there, whether the matter was coincidental and reckless at the beginning, Fang Zhiyan's rude words and deeds are already very revealing." ”

Murong Rui nodded, leaned back on the back of the chair and said, "It's good that you have pointed out the key, but this matter is not as complicated as you think." ”

Murong Xuan's brows couldn't help but raise slightly when he heard this, "Dad means that there are many coincidences?" ”

"Yes, it was a coincidence that the county lord of Zunyi went to the teahouse, and Fang Zhiyan met Lin Zhi on the stairs afterwards is a calculation of a caring person, and the calculation is to confirm that the lord of Zunyi is on the spot." Murong Rui explained.

"At first, they wanted to ruin the reputation of the county lord of Zunyi through rumors." Murong Xuan was completely enlightened at this moment, "I didn't expect that the main lord was also listening to the truth, and he used Lin Zhi's mouth to tell the identity of the county lord in front of his classmates, but unfortunately no one expected what happened afterward." ”

"Yes, everything is unpredictable, and the so-called people are not as good as the sky." Murong Rui said: "Ouyang Ye didn't do anything in this, you think about it, the reputation of the county lord of Zunyi was not small at that time, and many people's eyes were staring at the Prime Minister's Mansion, once Ouyang Ye had a trouble, he couldn't hide it from everyone's eyes." ”

"I see." Murong Xuan believed that this was just the only coincidence, if there weren't so many coincidences, he thought that Ouyang Ye's attention to his only concubine would be pushed on afterwards to promote the necessary results.

"It's not been a few months since Qiuqiu, you have to read more books, and you don't want to occupy a place at the top of the high school list this time." Murong Rui didn't have low expectations for his son, but the big exam that had been stopped for two years, this autumn festival will be huge, and there will be many students participating, and it will take some energy to get the first place among the many students.

Murong Xuan is only seventeen years old and is already a Xiucai, and he has already been admitted to Xiucai at such an age, as a father, Murong Rui is very happy in his heart, so he doesn't want to put too much pressure on his son in this year's autumn.

"I understand." Murong Xuan is not a complacent person, he knows where his shortcomings are, and he will face outstanding students from all over the world in the near future, and he is not worried in his heart.

Murong Rui nodded, he trusted his son, "Your mother told me about your family affairs. "The seventeen-year-old son has reached the age of marriage, and will be an adult in three years.

Murong Xuan knew in his heart that his mother had been nagged by those noble ladies for a long time, and she had thought about it before she informed her father.

"Daddy, do you have any opinions about the county lord?" Murong Xuan knew that his father wanted to marry Ouyang Mansion, no matter how he looked at Ouyang Mansion, it was a good choice.

"I don't think there's anything." Murong Rui raised the corners of his eyebrows slightly, "The lord of Zunyi is a willful little girl, but since the emperor likes us as courtiers, it is not good to interfere too much. ”

This sentence obviously explained the emperor's thoughts, Murong Xuan frowned and said in confusion: "If the emperor wants to marry the lord of Zunyi as a concubine, then Ouyang Ye, as the prime minister, will become the ruler of the dynasty, and this kind of relationship is not very beneficial to the royal family." ”

"Regenerate the next prince, Ouyang Mansion will be the premier family in Shangjing, and no one can compare with it." It's not that Murong Rui hasn't thought about the worst outcome, but it's a pity that some things will change.

"It's too early to say this, as long as the emperor is not blinded by beauty, he will not do anything that harms the royal family." As a courtier, Murong Rui naturally understands the importance of interests.