On the twenty-second day of the first month, Zhou Shangshu was finally tried after two days of detention.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, Mrs. Mu asked to enter the palace to face the saint.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, An Guogong, who was in the north, handed over a note through his third brother, General Youzhou, and together with Xie Xiang and Gu Daxue, Jiang Wenbin, the head of the Baoju Military Department, to supplement the military department.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, Lin Xiang handed over a note, and again proposed that Yin He Wenmao, the governor of Chunzhou, enter Beijing to serve as the Hanlin Academy, and this time, the emperor responded.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, Mu Hongshang took the initiative to ask Xie Shurou to go shopping.

On the twenty-second day of the first month, the people sent by Mrs. Gu to Ningling to pick up Gu Yilan arrived in Ningling.

Mu Hongshang also went out alone, only taking the old monk Huiming and two maids. But in fact, she didn't go out alone, because with Huiming following, the whole family of Anguo Mansion was very relieved, and even the nanny-style eldest brother Mu Zhengyi did not object. Although he actually wanted to follow, Mu Hongshang didn't allow him to follow.

"Since it's all out, let's go shopping by the way," Mu Hongsheng said while handing An Guogong's letter to Xie Shurou: "Anyway, I'll just send a letter and it'll be fine, why don't we go to the jewelry store together to have a look, maybe we can see something good and add makeup to Sister Gu." ”

"That's why you didn't let your eldest brother come with you, right?" Xie Shurou couldn't help laughing: "You, how can you have a sister-in-law who is in a hurry to add makeup to your sister-in-law." According to the rules, isn't it right for Gu Yilan to give you a gift after she enters the door? ”

"Grandmother doesn't have me, I can't add makeup to Sister Gu," Mu Hongshang blinked: "Sister Xie, let's go to the jewelry store, shall we?" ”

"Yo, you're ready to go to the jewelry store?" Xie Shurou smiled and pinched Mu Hongsheng's face: "You girl, I'm afraid you haven't turned out all the New Year's money at the bottom of the box." ”

"Let's take a look!" Mu Hongshang replied with a smile: "Sister Xie knows, I rarely go shopping, I went to a jewelry shop once before, and I went with my brothers, and the fourth brother bought me a pair of ruby earrings, which are quite expensive." ”

"That's nature." Xie Shurou nodded: "With your background as the young master and sister of the Anguo Mansion, where ordinary jewelry can be seen, it will not be cheap." Forget it, let's not go to the ordinary jewelry store, let's go directly to Linlang Pavilion. The largest jewelry store in Beijing is Linlang Pavilion, where the craftsmanship of the master is not bad, and I hear that some of them are better than the craftsmanship of the Ouchi craftsmen, and the queen has ordered golden silk peonies there. ”

"Oh!" Miss Mu nodded obediently and planned to go with Xie Shurou with her eyes closed: "Sister Xie." ”

"Actually, where do you need to go out to shop," Xie Shurou smiled and shook her head: "Tell your mother, just ask the shopkeeper of Linlang Pavilion to bring the goods to show you." ”

"I don't want it." Mu Hongsheng pouted: "Big brother and Jinyi, they will definitely point fingers." I want to choose a gift for Sister Gu by myself. ”

"So, do you have enough silver?" Xie Shurou smiled and glanced at Mu Hongsheng: "The jewelry in Linlang Pavilion is not cheap, if the silver is not enough at that time, we won't be able to come out." ”

"It's enough to talk," Mu Hongshang nodded: "I will hand over all the New Year's money I have saved in the past few years to my mother, and ask her to exchange it for a silver ticket for me." ”

"Oops," Xie Shurou couldn't help but smile and sighed: "It seems that our red clothes are really expensive this time." I guessed it, you're showing it to me. Even you, a serious sister-in-law, have to give gifts to Gu Yilan to add makeup, and I, an irrelevant person, am even more embarrassed to go to eat wedding wine empty-handed. ”

"Hehe," Mu Hongshang smiled and shook Xie Shurou's hand, not embarrassed at all: "Yes, I'm here to deceive Sister Xie." Anyway, it's to add makeup to Sister Gu, and this thing will go around in a circle, and it will have to be carried back to our Anguo Mansion in the end. ”

"You'll do the math." Xie Shurou sighed half-truthfully: "Alas! I lost, Gu Yilan ran so badly, and caused a lot of trouble, I couldn't wait to find a rope to tie her, but in the end, I had to give a gift when she got married. It's really a loss inside and out. ”

"Huh?" Mu Hongshang tilted her head and stared at Xie Shurou, she didn't understand this sentence at all: "What is deviation?" Why do you want to tie Sister Gu with a rope? ”

"I'm just sighing," Xie Shurou smiled bitterly: "I never expected that she would marry your eldest brother in the end!" ”

"What's wrong with this," Mu Hongsheng raised her head with her chest straight, like a proud peacock with her tail cocked: "There is no better candidate for a good son-in-law than my brother in Manjing." Sister Gu is beautiful and gentle, and only my brother can match her. ”

"When you praise my brother in front of me at night, I think I've been brainwashed by you." Xie Shurou smiled and shook her head: "I suddenly feel that you have a lot of reason." Gu Yilan should be happier than marrying Zheng Jin if she marries your brother. In my experience, the more perfect the person, the more terrible it will be, so it's better for your brother to collapse. ”

"Huh?" Xie Shurou came out with another sentence that was incomprehensible, and Mu Hongshang asked confusedly: "Sister Xie, what is a character design?" ”

"Just like King Yi," Xie Shurou shrugged and replied, "Look at him, obviously his original personality is not the kind of gentle and generous type, but he has to pretend that he is very gentle in front of others." This is called Liren. But that's not his real personality after all, he can pretend to be a year, he can pretend to be ten years, but it is impossible to pretend to be a lifetime, he is a human being and not a god, he can't always be like a robot without making mistakes, there is always an image he planned for himself will collapse, exposing his true appearance in front of others. ”

"Oh!" Mu Hongshang nodded, and derived Xie Shurou's personality theory in a different direction: "Understood, what Sister Xie means is that the more perfect this person usually disguises in front of people, the more terrifying it is." ”

"It's okay if you understand it like this," Xie Shurou thought about it, and felt that there was nothing wrong with Mu Hongsheng's method: "In short, remember my sister's words, and when you meet someone like this who likes to set up a person for yourself, stay away." ”

"Got it," Mu Hongsheng nodded with a smile: "But Sister Xie, why do you want Sister Gu to marry my brother than to marry King Yi?" Sister Gu didn't have much to do with King Yi originally, right? ”

Xie Shurou didn't know how to answer Mu Hongsheng's question, she looked at Miss Mu with question marks on her face very worriedly, and felt a little congested. She can't answer directly, because Zheng Jin and Gu Yilan should have been official matches, right?

At this point, Xie Shurou had no choice but to explain blindly: "I'm just using King Yi as an analogy." You're right, your brother is much better than King Yi. It's much better to marry your Anguo Mansion than to marry into the royal family. How good your family is, you are very good, your brother is also very good, and your grandmother is also rare and enlightened. ”