The front hall of the Xuanwang Mansion.

Nangong Yu kindly asked Xu Zishu what hobbies he had and what he usually did.

Xiao Yuhan listened to his forehead. I really want to stop and say: Don't ask again, do you know her well? You ask so much what to do!

Nangong You thought that he was asking for Xiao Yuhan, and the two knew each other better, and they got along more harmoniously.

Xu Zishu said: "I am compiling a book on rites recently, and today I brought the manuscript and wanted to ask His Royal Highness King Xuan to correct it. As he spoke, he handed over the manuscript.

Nangong You took it and took a look, it was about women's etiquette norms. He wasn't interested in that, and he looked at it for ten lines. After reading a page, hand Xiao Yuhan a page.

Xiao Yuhan glanced at it, he was not interested in this, and put it aside after a symbolic look.

Xu Zishu saw that these two were not interested in this book, and he was a little annoyed in his heart. It was only when she saw the reflection of these two people that she realized that they were men and should not be interested in women's etiquette.

Xu Zishu said: "I usually like to practice calligraphy and play chess. ”

Nangong Yu said: "It's good to play chess!" Why don't you come to the next game now? ”

Xu Zishu was overjoyed, but said reservedly: "I'm not good at chess, so it's not good to be ugly in front of the two." ”

Nangong You said: "It's okay, you and Xiao Yu are cold, and I'll make tea for the two of you." ”

Xiao Yuhan glanced at Nangong You. He didn't want to play chess at all.

Nangong You stood up and said, "Let's go, go to the balcony." ”

The three of them came to the balcony, and Xu Zishu saw the dry landscape landscape in the courtyard, and admired the beauty in his heart. So he asked: "His Royal Highness King Xuan, I don't know who created the landscape in this courtyard?" ”

Nangong You smiled proudly and said, "Yan'er made it." ”

"Yan'er?" Xu Zishu didn't know who Yan'er was.

Nangong You reacted and said, "It's Princess Xuan." Her maiden name is Xiaoyan. ”

"Oh." Xu Zishu was slightly jealous. His Royal Highness King Xuan actually called Princess Xuan "Yan'er".

Xu Zishu said: "I don't know how Princess Xuan's chess skills are, why don't you invite the princess to play chess together?" ”

Nangong You waved his hand and said, "Don't call her, she can't play chess." ”

Xu Zishu was a little surprised that the daughter of the prime minister's family didn't know how to play chess. Although she is only a concubine, the concubine of their Xu Mansion is not necessarily proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but at least she knows a little bit of everything.

Xu Zishu said: "Let's have fun here, if we don't invite Princess Xuan together, I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Nangong Yu said: "She still has a lot of things to do, don't worry about her." ”

Nangong You knew that Ye Xiaoyan was going to prepare for the restaurant. Mama Rong came to report this morning, twenty waiters have been found, she taught them some rules first, and next, Ye Xiaoyan said that she would teach them herself. Seeing that Yan'er was busy like that, he wanted to help, but he couldn't. All he could do was not to pull Yan'er to play with him, so that she had time to do her things.

Nangong You's starting point is this, but in Xu Zishu's ears, His Royal Highness King Xuan doesn't take Princess Xuan seriously.

Xu Zishu didn't say anything anymore, she didn't sincerely want to invite Princess Xuan to play tea and chess together.

Xiao Yuhan looked very happy when he looked at Nangong You, and he really didn't understand why he was so enthusiastic about Xu Zishu.

The three of them sat down, and the next person had already set up the tea set and chess set.

Nangong You said to Xu Zishu: "You taste the barley tea in my house." As he spoke, he began to make tea.

Xu Zishu watched King Xuan make tea, his fair-skinned and slender fingers playing on the exquisite tea set, his movements were elegant and smooth. He lowered his eyebrows, his eyelashes were long and black, the bridge of his nose was high, and his thin lips were slightly curled and he smiled. At this moment, King Xuan is so handsome that people yearn for it, and Xu Zishu is a little crazy.

"Ahem" Xiao Yuhan coughed dryly twice, pushed the sunspot in front of Xu Zishu, and said, "You hold the black, you go first." ”

Xu Zishu came back to his senses, took the sunspot over, and smiled slightly: "Thank you." ”

Xu Zishu's chess skills are actually very superb, she has played against many people, and it is rare to meet chess players. Xiao Yuhan didn't take it seriously at first, and after more than ten moves, he found that this woman was very good at chess.

Nangong Yu watched chess on the side. He also saw that Miss Xu's chess skills were exquisite, and Xiao Yuhan was probably not her opponent.

At this time, Steward Zhou came to report that the eldest prince of Yefu had sent a wooden box, which he had handed over to the princess. said that the eldest prince was still waiting for a reply, so please show the prince.

Nangong ordered Qingfeng to go with Ye Hongbo, and the matter was handed over to Qingfeng to deal with.

Xu Zishu saw that King Xuan was not enthusiastic about the Ye family, and thought to himself: It seems that he has a great chance of ascending to the throne. King Xuan doesn't value the Ye family, and Princess Xuan doesn't have the support of family snobbery. She was alone in the Xuanwang Mansion, and she could easily make her an ornament. As long as she gives birth to King Xuan's eldest son before her, that woman will never have a chance again.

Xu Zishu thought about it, his mood was also relaxed, and his chess style was even more sharp.

Xiao Yuhan had no intention of playing chess, and lost after only a quarter of an hour. He threw the chess pieces and said, "No, no." ”

Nangong smiled and said, "I just want to play tricks." ”

"Who cheated, didn't you see that I threw in the towel."

"Miss Xu is skilled in chess, you have to ask her for more advice."

"I don't like to play chess." Xiao Yuhan rolled his eyes, picked up the teacup and took a sip as he spoke.

Xu Zishu noticed that Xiao Shizi's teacup was bamboo, and the word "cold" was engraved on it. Looking at King Xuan's teacup, it is the same, with the word "ghost" engraved on it. And his own teacup is an ordinary ceramic teacup. So he asked, "The teacups of the two of you are specially made?" ”

Nangong Yu said: "Yes, we did it ourselves." ”

Xiao Yuhan said: "I did it!" You're just carving a word. ”

Xu Zishu noticed the words on the teacup. The words on the Xuanwang teacup are bold and longitudinal; The words on Xiao Shizi's teacup are thin and clear. She prefers the font of His Royal Highness King Xuan, which is magnificent.

Nangong You said to Xiao Yuhan: "Why don't you make one for Miss Xu too?" ”

Xiao Yuhan said: "My master is not interested. Then he turned his head aside, dissatisfied with his enthusiasm for this woman.

Nangong saw that Xiao Yuhan was like this. Slander in his heart: This kid, he is creating an opportunity for him to make a gift for Xu Zishu with his own hands, how meaningful this gift is, this kid actually doesn't do it.

Seeing this, Xu Zishu was a little embarrassed and said, "Thank you, Your Royal Highness King Xuan, no need, I'm still used to using porcelain cups." ”

Nangong Youchong threw a look at Xiao Yuhan, meaning: Look at how empathetic people are.

Xiao Yuhan gave him a look back, meaning: No need.

Nangong eased the atmosphere, diverted the topic and asked Xu Zishu: "Didn't Miss Xu make an appointment with the Duan family brothers and sisters?" Why are they all now, and the two of them haven't come yet? ”

Xu Zishu was a little embarrassed, she left first yesterday, and she didn't meet the Duan family brothers and sisters at all.

Xu Zishu said: "Yesterday we were about to go down the mountain, but Sister Qi said that she couldn't walk, so Duan Gongzi stayed with Sister Qi. We didn't go down the mountain together. ”

"Oh." Nangong sighed, in fact, he didn't care who came and who didn't.

Xiao Yuhan said to Nangong You: "You send someone to Duan Haoran to ask, when will they arrive?" We're still waiting for them to eat! ”。

Nangong You nodded and ordered someone to go.