Cao Dayu stood up steeply, ready to go downstairs to greet the guests, and said to Zhou Xiangyun when he was about to go out: "Remember, you must make Master Xu feel comfortable [River Crab]." ”

Cao Dayu hadn't walked downstairs yet, and Xu Jue had already rushed up to the staircase. I saw that he was five short figures, with a garlic nose, fish bubble eyes, and he walked left and right, like a duck.

Seeing his respectful face, Cao Dayu couldn't help muttering in his heart, "Eunuch Feng also has some literary names among the eunuchs, how can the chief housekeeper of his family be so virtuous, he is a toad." But then I think about it: people should not be good-looking, and blessings are on the side of ugly people. The person that Eunuch Feng fancies must still have some ability.

Thinking of this, Cao Dayu shouted to Xu Jue, who was going upstairs: "Manager Xu, Cao Dayu has been waiting here for a long time." ”

"You're Cao?" Xu Jue went upstairs, but he didn't have time to enter the hall, so he shouted while panting, "I poured a few more mouthfuls of yellow soup at noon, overslept, laughed, laughed." ”

When I entered the hall, I first gave up my seat, and then greeted and saluted. Cao Dayu introduced Zhou Xiangyun to Xu Jue. Zhou Xiangyun bent down and squatted for a thousand blessings, and said, "Master Xu, thank you for appreciating your face, and being willing to come to the small place of the slave family to talk about it." ”

Xu Jue stared at Zhou Xiangyun with a pair of [River Crab] fascinated fish bubble eyes, and said with a snort of wine: "Listen to Cao, Miss Zhou's [River Crab] has been lined up for more than a month. ”

"Thank you for your support." Zhou Xiangyun was tired of this father-in-law's big housekeeper in his heart, but because of Cao Dayu's generous appearance, he had to force a smile: "Actually, the slave family is just in vain. ”

"Well, that's a good idea." Xu Jue drank the tea handed over by Yahuan, drank it in one gulp, and then said: "In the capital, I have seen a lot of people doing what you do." When I first debuted, it was good to have a rotten pear to eat, and it was right to quench my thirst. Once it became popular, good guys, they began to raise their arms and claim to be saints and sages. As the saying goes, the wife of the emperor's daughter, [River Crab] [River Crab] is not all the same......"

Xu Jue's words became more and more rude, seeing Zhou Xiangyun's blushing and flying cheeks, and the two willow eyebrows frowning together, Cao Dayu knew that things were not good, so he coughed dryly, and interrupted Xu Jue's words hard: "Steward Xu, it's not too early, do you think it's okay to put the wine on the table?" ”

"Let's have some more tea," Xu Jue took advantage of the wine, and deliberately said a burst of foul language, this is his [River Crab] Ask Liu's usual trick, looking at the beauty's pink face, he has twelve points of happiness in his heart. He glanced at Zhou Xiangyun, who was still deflated, pointed to the pipa hanging on the wall and asked, "Miss Zhou seems to be a master in the song?" ”

"I can't talk about it." Zhou Xiangyun replied lukewarmly.

Xu Jue laughed and said, "I Xu Jue has a big hobby in my life, that is, I like to see beauties get angry. Today, it's another addiction. Miss Zhou, you go downstairs for the time being to dissipate your anger, I will talk to Cao about something serious, and later, let's listen to you sing while drinking. ”

Zhou Xiangyun went downstairs with a sigh of relief.

Listening to Zhou Xiangyun pointing at Sang and scolding Yahuan downstairs, Cao Dayu said cautiously: "Steward Xu, your way of pitying incense and cherishing jade seems to be different from ordinary people. ”

Xu Jue blinked his eyes and smiled: "[River Crab] [River Crab] [River Crab] [River Crab] [River Crab]." Otherwise, she'll pestering you. ”

"Well said!" Cao Dayu praised: "It seems that Steward Xu is a middle-aged and high-ranking person." ”

"Cao gives things, I'm a fast talker, I like to say things clearly, now please make it clear, you have spent a lot of time to see me, what is the matter?"

Compared with the crazy state when he spoke to Zhou Xiangyun just now, Xu Jue was already two people at the moment. Only then did Cao Dayu realize that this person was not an idle person, and Fang Cai's appearance was probably just to support Zhou Xiangyun. He subconsciously raised his eyes to look at the big butler, only to see that two sharp gazes were shooting at him in his pair of fish bubble eyes.

Cao Dayu is a second-year jinshi in Longqing, although he is not a veteran of officialdom, after all, he has also been a magistrate of the county, and he has recently had a mentor to guide him, he naturally flashed that gaze, smiled slightly and said: "Steward Xu is like this, it is like a case trial in Dongchang, could it be that he has been exposed to it and has been nurtured for a long time?" ”

He said this, of course, because Admiral Feng Bao had a year in the East Factory.

"Officialdom is complicated, I have to be careful. What's more, my master has always been clean and self-conscious, always abiding by the ancestral teachings of the Ming Dynasty, and not associating with foreign officials, so he always warned us not to walk around with foreign officials. ”

Hearing Xu Jue's words, Cao Dayu sneered in his heart, but his response was a fleshy flattery: "Gonggong Feng is high-spirited and bright, and the world's corporal Lin has a good reputation." Steward Xu has been by his side for many years, and his ears are life-threatening, day and night, and his realm is natural and elegant. ”

"You haven't said it yet, what are you looking for me?" Xu Jue still had a blazing look, and he refused to relax at all.

Cao Dayu looked at Xu Jue's domineering appearance, and he was already a little unhappy in his heart. The heart said that why is this person so ignorant of the rules, he is a Taoist official, it stands to reason that even if he sees your master, he can also strut with his head, how can you allow this person to interrogate like this. But when I thought of my teacher's repeated advice, I could only keep this for my own use.

"There is nothing special about the lower officials, they just admire the reputation of Gonggong Feng......"

Xu Jue waved his hand quite impatiently: "Cao Zhishi, let's not talk about these official words, what is the situation in the palace and outside the palace now, I know, you also know, let's open the skylight and say something bright, okay?" ”

Cao Dayu was embarrassed and hesitated slightly, feeling that since this person was straightforward, he could say it directly, so he said: "Okay, since Steward Xu is quick to speak, then Cao will also speak directly...... The saint suddenly summoned many young children of the noble family into the palace to accompany the prince to play every day, is there any hidden meaning in this? ”

Xu Jueyu's eyes rolled upward: "The emperor has always cared for the prince, and the second son of the emperor was born in the second year of Longqing, and the emperor wanted to avoid ...... Well, he immediately prepared a canonization ceremony for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and officially canonized it. Now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is about to be eight years old, and he is almost at the age of going out of the cabinet to study, the emperor thinks that the prince is a prince and a generalist in civil and military affairs, so he summons all the young people in the noble family to accompany the prince in the palace, so that His Royal Highness the prince will not only be good at civil rule in the future, but also know martial arts. ”

Cao Dayu naturally didn't believe such a simple statement, and asked with a smile: "Steward Xu is very right, but your lord Feng Gong is a noble person in the palace, so he should always know who offered this policy for His Majesty, right?" As he spoke, he turned around and brought a silk sandalwood incense box, opened it, and said: "I have heard for a long time that Feng Gong has been supervising Dongchang with a pen, but he has always been a Confucian eunuch, and the lower officials have no respect...... Steward Xu, please see, this dragon tail jade toad inkstone is carefully selected from the original stone of Longwei Mountain, one out of ten thousand, and then carefully polished by the world's famous masters, now dedicated to Feng Gong, but also asked Xu Steward to forward. Of course, Steward Xu has complicated affairs on weekdays, and he can take time for a while today, and the lower officials are also deeply grateful. ”