Mei Xiaoren's feet couldn't help but take a step forward, but thinking about it, this is the Duke of Wei, he won't be here alone for no reason, maybe he is waiting for someone.

"It's you, the little apprentice that my senior brother accepted?"

Mei Xiaoren was startled when she heard the clear voice, she hurriedly withdrew her feet and looked back at the comer.

Ji Nanrou walked from behind her, she was not wearing a veil today, and her beautiful face was unabashedly displayed in front of people.

Mei Xiaoren couldn't help but sigh in his heart, she deserves to be the young lady of the Guogong Mansion, not to mention her outstanding temperament and talent, but her appearance is so beautiful, no wonder she can attract the two sons to fight for it.

She saw that Ji Nanrou was holding a few scrolls of calligraphy and painting in her hand, and she vaguely heard Ji Nanrou and Gu Chuyu talking about calligraphy and painting last time, so the person he was waiting for was still Miss Ji?

Ji Nanrou had seen her in the academy and knew her relationship with Gu Chuyu, but Wei Guogong didn't know that there was such a thing.

"Miss Ji......" Mei Xiaoren wanted Ji Nanrou to help her keep it secret, but she really didn't know how to open it.

Ji Nanrou seemed to know her worries, and smiled slightly, "Don't worry, I won't tell my father, only you and our three senior brothers and sisters know about this matter." ”

Mei Xiaoren bowed, "Thank you, Miss Ji." ”

Ji Nanrou glanced at the gazebo in front of her, "Senior brother is there, do you want to go up together?" ”

Mei Xiaoren hurriedly shook his head, "No, don't bother Miss Ji not to tell Xiangye that I've been here." ”

With that, she moved away, and the figure came into his sight after passing through the rockery. She walked in such a hurry that Gu Chuyu inadvertently locked her eyebrows.

"Senior brother."

Gu Chuyu slowly turned his head, "What's the matter?" ”

"Didn't Senior Brother agree last time, help me look at these paintings, and when I heard that Senior Brother was here, I went back to the room to get the paintings." Ji Nanrou looked around again, "Isn't Senior Brother Wei here?" ”

"Master......" Xingyun was stunned as soon as he climbed the rockery, and swallowed back the words he wanted to report.

The master asked him to invite Mei Gongzi, but he didn't find Mei Gongzi after looking for a long time in the guest pile, so he had to come back to resume his life, but who knew that Gongzi didn't come, but Miss Ji was here.

Gu Chuyu looked sideways and ordered: "Go and call Wei Shuying." ”

Xingyun was ordered to leave again.

Gu Chuyu also looked at the figure walking towards the lotus pond. She hid again, was it because her heart knot was unresolved, or because she bumped into Ji Nanrou?

Lotus pond side.

Mei Xiaoren looked at the withered lotus flowers in the pond, his mind was heavy, and he walked to Jiang Rong's side and stood still without saying a word.

"What's wrong?" Jiang Rong frowned and asked, "Who bullied you?" ”

Mei Xiaoren shook his head and said, "Who can bully me?" ”

Jiang Rong showed his face at this time, "I've always wanted to go and see you, but my uncle told me not to get too close to you in front of people, otherwise I agreed to make you a thorn in the side of the Prime Minister, so I ......"

Mei Xiaoren raised her lips slightly, "Thank you for thinking about me." ”

"When have I not thought about you, look, I helped you so much this time, how are you going to thank me?" Ei asked with interest.

"Your Highness doesn't lack anything, how can I be grateful?"

Gu Chuyu had already escaped from the pavilion and stood behind a rockery closest to the lotus pond, witnessing the two talking and laughing on the edge of the lotus pond.

He thought that she hadn't come up before because Ji Nanrou was there, but now that she came over, he realized that she had come here because someone else wanted to see her.

After the feast, the guests enjoyed the plum blossoms in the plum grove of the Guogong Mansion. Wei Guogong specially summoned Mei Xiaoren, took her around the crowd, and introduced her to the princes and ministers present.

Wu Xian accompanied Tao Fuyin to stand under a peach tree, their eyes moving with Wei Guogong and Mei Xiaoren.

Wei Guogong's move was not only to help Mei Xiaoren get through his contacts, but also to declare that Mei Xiaoren was his staff in front of the ministers.

"Senior Brother Mei is really popular." Wu Xian smiled.

Tao Fu Yin was puzzled: "Senior brother? ”

"Yes, Gong Tao, Senior Brother Mei studied at Jinshan Academy, and he is a classmate of me and Senior Brother Tao." Wu Xian said, "Moreover, he only stayed in the academy for one year and then got a national scholar, which is really rare." ”

"My family Ze'an has been studying in the academy for five years, and he has not yet graduated, so it turns out that under the old man's hands, there is a subordinate who is more productive than Ze'an." Tao Fu Yin stroked his gray beard and looked at Mei Xiaoren's back with empty eyes.

It was freezing outside, but it was very warm in the Xuan Pavilion next to the Merlin.

Wei Shuying sat in it with Gu Chuyu, he saw that Wei Guocheng was introducing Brother Mei to the ministers, and couldn't help but look at the people around him, only to see that someone's gaze had never been withdrawn, and he still had a cup of tea in his hand, but he hadn't drunk it for a long time.

Wei Shuying picked up his teacup, took the lid of the cup and said with a smile: "What's the matter, the apprentice ran away with the others, ignoring you, I feel uncomfortable, right?" ”

"Not necessarily."

"Hard mouth! Just now, you asked me to show the painting to my junior sister, didn't you want to take time out to meet Brother Mei? How's that, have you seen it? Wei Shuying continued to quip, "Xiao Yu'er, in my opinion, you are an opponent in chess, the only one in the world who can avoid you, people just don't see you, what can you do?" ”

Gu Chuyu glanced at Wei Shuying: "It's useless to talk more, it's better for you and me to make a bet." ”

"Bet Mei brother is willing to see you?" Wei Shuying looked disgusted, "What kind of gamble is this, you just go to the gate of the Beijing Government Office, and all the shrimp soldiers and crabs will have to run out to meet you, not to mention Brother Mei." ”

Gu Chuyu said lightly: "I bet that within three days, she will definitely come to the door." ”

Wei Shuying just took a sip of tea and almost squirted out, he looked at Gu Chuyu suspiciously, "Are you so confident?" ”

"You just have to say what to bet on."

Wei Shuying thought for a while and said: "Little gambling Yiqing, I just ordered a jar of good plum wine from Old Man Wei, if Brother Mei is really willing to go to the door of your Prime Minister's Mansion, I will personally send the wine to your mansion." He put down the teacup again and squinted, "If you lose, show me the painting you stole from King Yu last time, I've always been curious." ”

Gu Chuyu nodded in agreement.

Ji Nanrou walked into the warm pavilion and asked curiously: "What are the two senior brothers talking about, what painting?" ”

Wei Shuying smiled: "It's nothing, junior sister, today is your grandmother's birthday, you don't have to take care of us." ”

"I'll send some tea fruits to the two senior brothers." Ji Nanrou took a plate of candied fruit from the maid's hand and presented it to the two of them, "This is a candied plum fruit, which is the most suitable time to eat when you enjoy plums, senior brothers, try it." ”

Wei Shuying unceremoniously picked up one.

Ji Nanrou turned to Gu Chuyu instead, "Senior brother." ”

Gu Chuyu glanced at it with heavy eyes, and only asked Ji Nanrou to put it down.

"Senior sister, don't care about him, what plum blossoms and plum fruits he sees now, his heart is either bitter or sour, and no matter how sugary it is, it can't be sweet."

Wei Shuying carried the eye knife flying towards him, took another plum fruit, and in a blink of an eye, he saw a figure just passing in front of the door of the warm pavilion, his steps were extremely fast, and he ignored them inside.

Wei Shuying couldn't help laughing, "Senior brother, I think you still have your paintings ready, and I'll give you an appreciation and appreciation." ”