Chapter 11: The Prince of Houmen (2)
"The family doesn't talk to each other, Miss Ye, I can give it up, but I need an opportunity."
Xue Peiqi put down the teacup and looked at him with a serious expression, "Second brother, is this true?" ”
"Naturally, it's true, you don't know about me running away from marriage and living in Silla."
"Do you know how embarrassed Qinyu is because of this?!" Xue Peiqi clenched his fists, and the relaxed atmosphere just now was gone.
"If you succeed in your marriage, you won't embarrass her! Speaking of which, you can't convince your dad to accept her! ”
Xue Peiqi was speechless for a while, Xue Chunyue was right, if his father agreed, Prince Jing would not accept the dowry of the uncle's family, to put it mildly, he was burdened by his identity as a son of the world.
"My father's fate is hard to disobey, and I have no choice but to do so. What about you, Uncle obviously likes Qinyu as his daughter-in-law, but you don't want to, do you care about her disability? ! ”
"You came to me just to ask about it?"
"Qin Yu doesn't say it, but I also know that she has this question in her heart, since it is inconvenient for her to ask you, then I will ask for an answer."
"It's boring!" Xue Chunyue didn't bother to respond, picked up the teacup and continued to taste the tea, would she feel embarrassed? Not a single letter has been ...... for more than a decade said that she was contentedly waiting for him to withdraw from the marriage, and he would not believe it.
Xue Peiqi settled down and continued, "Su Yuming is already married to the eldest brother, don't be lucky. ”
"It seems that even if you are far away in Changxing, you know everything about Haizhou."
"You guys are all over the city, and it's hard to know if you don't know."
Xue Chunyue was immediately angry when he heard this, he and Su Yuming have always adhered to their duties and never exceeded the rules, but it was he Xue Peiyu and Ye Qinyu who have been intimate since childhood, making a lot of noise, he can hear it from a young age in Haizhou, but at this time Xue Peiyu beat him up and talked about him!
Fortunately, Xue Chunyue is calm by nature, and no matter how angry he is, he can easily not show his color, since Xue Peiyue is just here to be angry, he doesn't need to pay too much attention to it, so he stood up and said, "It's useless to say more, I still say the same thing, Miss Ye family, I can give it up, but I need an opportunity." ”
"Okay, since the second brother is so happy, I won't say much and say goodbye."
Xuecheng was about to come in, and when he saw Xue Peiqi who was striding away, he passed by before he could salute.
"Xuecheng, come in, don't worry about him."
"Yes, young master."
"Do you have an eyebrow on what you're investigating?"
"Exactly. Ye Cizhun has already made a rough sense of the villain. ”
Xue Chunyue turned around and sat down, motioning for him to continue, Xuecheng took a few steps closer to him, lowered his voice and continued to report, "The villain has been following Lord Ye for several days, and found that he has not had much contact with the Ye family, but has a close relationship with Jiang Shaohan, the servant of the ministry. It seems that he is not in the camp of Prince Jing. ”
"This is strange, the Ye family has been loyal to the alliance camp of Prince Jing and the Sixth Emperor King Xu since Ye Cikai was reused by his grandfather and held a high position, how could Ye Cizhun be so special."
"Back to the young master, this may have something to do with his origin. Lord Ye three years ago Shi and the first, originally released to the southern wilderness of Jingnan Province a seven-pin county order, but people still received an order from the imperial court halfway, reappointed as the seventh grade of the Ministry of Officials, since then it has been smooth sailing, less than three years has moved to the Taifu Temple of Zhengwupin, there is reason to believe that the person behind him is the Ministry of Shangshu Han Yang, that is, the second prince Xi Wang camp. ”
"No wonder the Xue family does not have him in the list of gifts to Changxing during the New Year's holidays, it turns out that he is from the ministry...... It's really hidden...... In this way, King Xi's power has expanded to the money and grain national tax agency, if King Xu is still holding on to the incompleteness and does not want to forge ahead, the household department, and the Taifu Temple, which undertakes the affairs of the household department, will change the sky sooner or later. ”
The villain also heard a news, it is reported that the salt order and iron smelting order of Taifu Temple will also be changed, most of them are people who are replaced by King Xi. If this is the case, then Ye Cizhun, who is the head of Taifu Temple, will be the chief helmsman of the court's business. But...... Young master, with all due respect, if you want to know more about Ye Cizhun, you may not be able to avoid Miss Ye Qinyu. ”
"What do you mean?"
"Lord Ye Cizhun was born in the side branch of the Ye family, and his status in the Ye family is very low, and he is not even qualified to participate in the annual Spring and Autumn Festival. Therefore, he has not had much contact with the Ye family since he was a child, and the Ye family also looks down on him. It is said that his family was once so poor that he couldn't open the pot, and if it weren't for the Ye family's family education, he wouldn't even have the opportunity to study. A few years ago, Miss Ye went back to the Ye family to visit her relatives, and had the fate to meet this uncle who was a few years older than herself, both of them were duckweed of the Ye family. ”
"Xuecheng, your ability to inquire about news has grown more and more."
"The young master praises falsely, the villain is just ...... I just chatted a little more with the old old man of the second master's family......"
Ye Qinyu ...... That being the case, Xuecheng, you help me to ask Xinyan to prepare a generous gift for the next girl, and three days later, this young master will come to visit! ”
"Yes."
"Wait...... I'll go with Xinyan! ”
Looking at Xue Chunyue, who walked straight out of the door, Xuecheng stayed where he was, and wondered, how could the young master, who had always been arrogant to Ye Qinyu, personally do such a trivial thing as buying gifts......
Changxing West City was bustling, and Xue Chunyue and the three of them went around, but they couldn't buy a satisfactory gift.
"In my heart, do girls only like hairpin ring jewelry and ayara powder?" Xinyan has been wandering around the trading house that sells these things, and Xuecheng is annoyed, and he can't help asking.
"Or else? Do you still like the sword and halberd in your hand? ”
Xuecheng looked at the sword in his hand and stopped speaking.
Xue Chunyue has seen a lot of rare treasures, but he has never given anything to a girl, so he can't figure out what to send, but he can't get into those bright and golden hairpin rings that he likes in his heart, how can he get into the eyes of Jing Wang's adopted daughter.
"Young master, in my opinion, we can't pick and choose why we can't pick and choose, so it's better to ...... Ask Miss Liu who I met a few days ago? She is a lady who grew up in Changxing City, and her vision will not be bad! ”
Xue Chunyue thought about it for a while, and suddenly smiled, "Xinyan, it seems that you don't have a good eye for picking gifts, and your head is quite flexible!" We haven't informed Liu Gongzi after we settle down, so it's better to take this opportunity to go to his Chengdong Villa! He didn't know what was wrong with him, and when he heard that he had the opportunity to meet her, he just wanted to say yes......
Early the next morning, Xiying Garden
"This house is so big...... It seems that Liu Gongzi must be either rich or expensive, my suggestion is good. Looking at the mansion covering an area of dozens of acres, I couldn't help but feel a little complacent.
Xue Chunyue praised her twice, and then Xuecheng raised a letter of worship to the concierge.
The concierge originally looked domineering, but after carefully reading the post, his face changed, and his face was instantly full of smiles, "It turned out to be Gongzi Xin!" My son-in-law has been waiting for a long time, and I think you have forgotten our son-in-law! Come in! There is no need to pass it on, just call a few small maids in the door to come out and huddle the three of them in.
As soon as you step into the gate, you will be greeted by a finely carved white marble screen, which is no different from other courtyards, but as soon as you bypass the screen, it is a large courtyard ten zhang square, with two rows of corridors on the side, and a two-story main building in front of you.
The gatehouse can only send them to the main building before, there is another group of gorgeously dressed inner court servants to lead them around the main building on the left side of a water and built on the Feihong Bridge, Feihong, the left side is a ten acres square lake, Feihong is connected with more than ten zhang long waterfront corridor, there are many pavilions and pavilions, water pavilions and painting boats built near the water, sparkling under the light of the sun in the summer season, making people refreshed.
Xue Chunyue looked at the formation of this villa and knew that Liu Gongzi's identity must be above the prince, maybe he was still a close relative of the royal family, the prince and the prince of the county, thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little annoyed by his rashness, in case he provoked the powerful, he was afraid that the gains would outweigh the losses.
While thinking about walking, it didn't take long to come to the main hall of the backyard, and after the little maid guided them to sit down, they served fragrant tea, and after a while, a middle-aged man who looked like a housekeeper walked in, "Distinguished guests are coming, and they are not far away...... Wang Su, the housekeeper of Xia Naibie Garden, my son-in-law is out of the house, and someone has already sent someone to spread the information of Xin Gongzi's visit, and he will be able to return home soon, so you will drink tea here and wait. ”
Xue Chunyue saw the salute and waited in the hall.
About half an hour later, there was a rush of footsteps outside the door, and when I looked out, I saw the Liu family brothers and sisters striding in.
"Brother Xin's visit, he missed the welcome, don't blame him!"
"I've seen Gongzi Xin." I don't know if it's because of the hurry or the shyness of her daughter's family, Miss Liu's face turned crimson.
Xue Chunyue saw the salute one by one, and laughed at himself and said, "I didn't expect that Liu Gongzi's mansion was such a noble family, and it was really rude to visit rashly." ”
Liu Gongzi smiled and excused himself a few words, turned his head and ordered someone to hold a banquet, and everyone chatted while eating.
Xue Chunyue couldn't help but look at Miss Liu a few more times, for some reason, as soon as he saw her, he felt like he was reunited after a long absence, and he hated seeing each other late, these feelings were definitely not produced by knowing each other for more than a month, but he couldn't tell why he had such feelings.
After pushing the cup and changing the lamp for a few rounds, the sense of restraint at the first sight was swept away, and Xue Chunyue also got straight to the point and explained the intention.
"I thought that Brother Liu was just an ordinary nobleman, so I thought about visiting and reminiscing about the old days, and secondly studying the ceremony, but I never thought that Brother Liu was a noble person, this little thing was really disturbing, and the younger brother punished himself with a cup."
"Xin Gongzi, take the liberty of asking, who are you the girl you want to give a gift?"
Xue Chunyue looked at Miss Liu's clear eyes, and was a little panicked for a while, do you want to say that she is her fiancée? However, can a fiancée who is not going to marry also be considered a fiancée?
"It's my young master's-" Xin Yan, who was standing aside and waiting, saw that Xue Chunyue was silent, and was about to answer for him.
"It's a sister of my kind, I haven't seen her for many years, and I just want to surprise her."
Xinyan looked at Xue Chunyue with wide eyes, and suddenly seemed to understand something, and hurriedly took two steps back and pulled Xuecheng's clothes.
Miss Liu's eyes originally had a trace of worry, but after hearing his answer, that worry suddenly disappeared, and was replaced by a touch of warmth like spring.