Xie Mulin blinked and straightened up: "Why is Second Young Master Xiao here?" ”

Xiao Rui walked into the gatehouse with a smile, took two benches, put them next to the charcoal basin, sat down on one by himself, and then looked up and smiled kindly at Xie Mulin: "It's cold outside, right?" It's windier today than in the morning, and it may snow. Sit down and warm up. After that, he opened the lid of the basket beside him, took out a small copper kettle wrapped in a cotton cover from it, two cups, poured more than half a cup of brown sugar ginger tea into one of the cups, and handed it to Xie Mulin, "This is the sweet ginger tea that has just been boiled, it is your family's recipe, drink two sips to drive away the cold." ”

Xie Mulin felt that he was a little weird, so he didn't take the cup, and sat down on the bench opposite: "You're welcome, I'm not thirsty." Second Young Master Xiao drink it himself. ”

Xiao Rui smiled, put the cup on the end of the bench beside her, and sat back down: "Don't be so angry, we have dealt with a lot of times, why can't you call me Second Brother Xiao like the Third Brother Xie?" ”

Xie Mulin wanted to roll his eyes, but couldn't help but tug at the corners of his mouth: "We are not so familiar yet, Second Young Master Xiao, please respect yourself." "Her second brother just called Xiao Rui Brother Xiao, or a very polite name, who wants to call him "second brother"? She has a second brother by herself!

She turned her head to look in the direction of the door: "Why did Second Young Master Xiao suddenly come to the gatehouse?" What about the people who were supposed to stay here? Also, where did my second brother, the servant woman in the family, and the doctor who invited me go? ”

Xiao Rui smiled: "Thanks to the second brother Xie for inviting the doctor, everyone is now in the room of the sick and injured to see how the doctor diagnoses and prescribes for them." Everyone is moving today, and they only ate some simple things for lunch, and I'm afraid they won't last long, so Jia Da took two servants to the kitchen to cook ginger tea and rice porridge, and he can't pull it out at the moment. The Xie family has helped us so much Jin Shanwei, and all of us are very grateful in our hearts. Seeing Second Sister Xie entering the house alone, how could I leave you alone to blow the wind in the concierge? Naturally, I'm going to accompany you. ”

Xie Mulin finally couldn't help it and rolled his eyes. She was sure that this guy did it on purpose! The other soldiers divided into two ways, but they didn't notice that she was coming to the gatehouse, so Xiao Rui came over alone with ginger tea. When the second brother accompanied the patient, they would think that he had gone to the kitchen, and the kitchen people were busy with work, and most of them thought that he had gone back to see the patient. Doesn't that make him a loophole?

Xie Mulin looked at Xiao Rui unattractively and said, "Say, what's the matter with me?" Don't use excuses to prevaricate. There's no reason why you're scheming at such a trivial matter? ”

Xiao Rui laughed when he heard this, looked at Xie Mulin and said, "It's not important, it's just that when you left, you seemed to be a little unhappy, so I want to ask you to see if there is any misunderstanding between you and me." ”

Xie Mulin said dryly: "There is no misunderstanding, I just think that my second brother is kind-hearted, not a reason for you to pretend to be pitiful." Making friends is a real thing. My second brother was originally willing to befriend you, you don't have to be scheming with him. ”

"I didn't try to be pitiful." Xiao Rui straightened his expression and said very solemnly, "What I said is the truth, it is what I have really experienced, and I definitely did not coax Brother Ling." I did this for a purpose, but not to make friends with Brother Ling, but to hope that he would not misunderstand me because I was a general, a military general, a relative, and a reputation for being a gentleman, and opposed my proposal to the girl. ”

Xie Mulin choked for a moment, pretending not to hear his last words: "Is what you said really all the truth?" But how do I remember that the prince chose to study with him not long ago, and the young children of the Cao family almost split the family in order to compete for that place. But in your story, when you were young, the princes already had companions. ”

Xiao Rui immediately explained: "That's different. Although they are also companions, when they were young, they could only be regarded as playmates, and generally the relatives of the prince's mother's family or the children of the officials of the court and the central government can be selected, and accompany the prince to be enlightened, go to school, and play, which is used to relieve the princes' boredom, and when they are older, they may be sent out of the palace at any time. But the companion that the prince wanted to choose not long ago is equivalent to the auxiliary minister of the East Palace in the future. The prince has reached the age when he can participate in politics and discuss politics, and the few selected companions are his right-hand men. When he officially entered the Zhan Mansion, he was also a concubine of the Chunfang, to say the least.

"If Cao Wentai is selected, he may even be directly appointed as the Shao Zhan Shi of the fourth product. How old is he? What kind of fame can it have? That's one step to the top. When the crown prince ascends the throne in the future, he will be able to go straight to the center and save the time for seniority in the middle. Such a shortcut, who doesn't want such a shortcut? ”

Xie Mulin understood that this was probably similar to the subordinate officials in the palace when the current emperor was still a prince in the past. The grandmother of the Song family's ancestor Song sacrificial wine, which was originally the long history of the emperor's palace, was a fifth-grade official, and his colleagues also had Jiao Wenying, who was at the same level. When the emperor ascended the throne, Jiao Wenying directly made a general political history of the three products, although the Song sacrificial wine could only be the four-grade official position of the country's priest wine because it angered the emperor, but it was also promoted by leapfrogging. Once a son of heaven and a courtier, such a shortcut will not be criticized by the government and the opposition.

The concubines of several heads of the Cao family almost broke their heads in order to compete for a place for the prince to accompany the study, of course, it will not be just to be able to accompany the prince to study. What they are fighting for is simply a road to heaven that can be achieved without going through the imperial examination and qualifications.

Xie Mulin secretly sighed in his heart, and didn't want to mention more, so he said to Xiao Rui: "Okay, I didn't figure it out and misunderstood you." ”

Xiao Rui glanced at Xie Mulin twice and said with a smile: "It's okay, if Second Sister Xie has any questions, just come and ask me, I will definitely know everything, and I will say everything." As long as you don't misunderstand me, I won't be angry at all. ”

Xie Mulin glanced at him speechlessly: "Why did you suddenly ask my second brother, do I have a marriage match?" You haven't actually met me a few times, so you can't be familiar with each other, right? I don't think I'm a stunning beauty, and I don't have outstanding talent, and the few times I've seen you, I'm dressed like a boy, and I can't have the ability to charm you. Isn't it really a joke that you suddenly proposed? ”

Xiao Rui smiled at Xie Mulin: "Ordinary ladies don't have the courage to say such things as Second Sister Xie." Just the courage of Second Sister Xie compares ordinary ladies. If I have seen a good girl like you, why should I go to a mediocre woman who is far inferior to you? Second Sister Xie must know how different she is, so why question my sincerity? ”

"Your sincerity is to fool my second brother by selling miserably?" Xie Mulin snorted coldly, "When you meet a girl who is not the same as the average girl, you become interested." What will you do when you meet another girl who is different in the future? There are so many wonderful women in the world, everyone has a different temperament, who knows how many you will meet? How many times will your heart move? This kind of sincerity is too cheap to be believed. ”

Xiao Rui smiled: "What do other girls have to do with me?" I just know that your temperament is the most to my heart, and that's enough. I'm not a greedy person, otherwise I wouldn't have left the three princes in Beijing and the General Zhuguo Mansion and went to the northern border town to fight for military exploits. Second Sister Xie should believe that I am. Three thousand weak water, I only take one scoop to drink, and I don't even want to look at it at the side. ”

Xie Mulin heard and watched this a lot, and he didn't feel moved, but felt quite cliché: "Rhetoric." I didn't expect Second Young Master Xiao to be such a person, he really deserves a reputation! ”

Xiao Rui blinked and couldn't help but wipe a handful of sweat. This girl is really not easy to coax, and she really deserves to be the person he likes!

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