Upper Beijing.

As soon as they left, it was more than half a year, and when they left, the spring scenery was just right, and when they returned, the weather was light and cold.

Chu Yu originally wanted to finish the three salutes of Nacai, asking for names, and Najib on the road, but who knew that there was still a big problem in front of them.

She and Chu Yuren are not in Yun County, and the etiquette can be simple, but the matchmaker can't compromise.

Mei Xiaoren thought that Chu Yugui was the prime minister, and he couldn't just pull a mother-in-law in Yun County to be a matchmaker for him; And Chu Yu felt that marrying her could not be perfunctory, and it was necessary not to go to the Xiao family to mention the matchmaker at will.

They discussed from Yunxian to Shangjing, but they did not come up with a result.

Most of the people with noble status are in the court, and it is not trivial for Gu Xiang to marry a wife in secret, if it is known by the people in the court, the news may spread; Knowing that she is a woman, or who is not in the temple, she has no decent status......

When Mei Xiaoren returned to Shangjing, she had other things on her mind, such as how many people she was going to visit, the first of which was the bishop whom she had been concerned about for a long time but had never heard from.

Bishop Zhou was imprisoned for the fall of the Wen family, but his fate was very different from that of the Wen family. The Wen family was regarded as a dissident by Chu Yu and locked up in prison, destined to have no way to live, while Bishop Zhou was not only alive, but also living very well.

Chu Yu said that the reason why he did not embarrass Zhou Xun was because although Zhou Xun was pedantic and stubborn, he was an official and a good official.

Mei Xiaoren met Bishop Zhou in Gyeonggi County, the farthest from the capital, and at this time Bishop Zhou was working as a master in the county school and returned to his old job.

Bishop Zhou's three-rank official position is still there, and he can still receive some money every month, but he can't go back to Beijing, and he can't let others know his whereabouts, otherwise the "benevolent" side of the prime minister will be exposed.

Mei Xiaoren stood outside the study and saw the students reading meticulously, and she remembered that when she was a student in the college, Bishop Zhou treated the students so strictly.

She waited outside for a while, waiting for the students to get out of school, while Bishop Zhou was still sitting inside, flipping through a book in his hand.

When the students were finished, she went in, and stood silently beside the Bishop, looking down at the book in his hand.

Mei Xiaoren picked a random sentence from the book, opened his lips and asked: "Dare to ask Master, what does it mean to 'see the good as if you can't see it, and see the bad as if you are exploring the soup'?" ”

Bishop Zhou's flipping hand paused and raised his head to look at her, his eyes flashing with surprise.

Mei Xiaoren took a step back and made a big salute respectfully: "The student has seen Master Zhou. ”

Bishop Zhou stared at her for a long time before he asked, "Mei Xiaoren, why are you here?" ”

"The student already had an official position before coming to the academy, and after leaving the academy, he returned to Xuanzhou to serve as a general judge, and was promoted to Beijing last year. She replied truthfully and gave her hands away.

Bishop Zhou nodded with satisfaction, and said slowly: "It can be seen that the teacher is not wrong, you are really a manufacturable material, sit down and say." ”

Mei Xiaoren bowed his head, sat down next to the bookcase, and said: "His Royal Highness King Yu is also worried about his master, and he still doesn't know the whereabouts of his master." ”

"Don't tell him." Bishop Zhou sighed, "Now the most ashamed of being a teacher is His Highness, and he failed to assist His Highness when he took over the important task of the country. ”

"Master, rest assured, Your Highness is all right."

"That's good." Bishop Zhou looked at her and smiled: "It's a good thing that you can rise step by step, and I'm happy for you as a teacher, but do you remember the words of being a teacher?" ”

Mei Xiaoren fell silent. She didn't know how to answer, Master Zhou asked her to stay away from the turbidity current, she wanted to say that the Xiangfu was not a turbidity current, but she couldn't come up with any exact evidence, and Chu Yu didn't want others to know whether he was good or evil, so she didn't say much.

"The sentence you just asked is the meaning of being a teacher, when you see a good person, you are afraid that you will not have time to learn from him, and you will see a person who is not a good person; It is like exploring the soup and avoiding it. ”

Mei Xiaoren nodded yes.

Bishop Zhou still had the students' plans in front of him, Mei Xiaoren didn't want to disturb him more, and after greeting the bishop for a while, he said goodbye and left, and when he went out, he saw a person standing outside, and he didn't know how long he had been here.

"Did you hear it all?" Mei Xiaoren asked in a low voice.

Gu Chuyu took her hand and took her out of the county school, slowed down, and said, "Xiao Xiao, Zhou Xun is solving a problem for us." ”

"What?"

"Didn't he keep you away from me? Then I'll let him go to Xuanzhou. ”

“……”

In the afternoon of the same day, Xingyun was ordered to set off with Bishop Zhou, and traveled lightly to Yunxian County, Xuanzhou, so that Bishop Zhou could go to her house as a matchmaker to propose marriage to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Mei Xiaoren and Gu Chuyu returned to Shangjing City and went to the bamboo forest in the south of the city alone.

Jiang Ei's grounding order has been lifted, and she asked Chu Yu to help deliver the letter into the palace and invite Jiang Ei to come to the Bamboo Forest Tea Shop to talk.

The breeze is gusting and the ground is full of dead leaves.

Jiang Rong received her letter and couldn't wait to leave the palace for the appointment. He knew that she had come back a few days ago, and he had also learned from Wei Guogong that she had been exiled to the Xia Kingdom, and even if she had returned safely now, he still had lingering palpitations in his heart.

She was the only one in the tea shop, and she was stroking a snow-white horse.

"Villain......" Jiang Rong called.

Mei Xiaoren turned her eyes to look at the person who came, and said in her original voice: "Your Highness, this is a compensation for Your Highness." ”

Jiang Rong was stunned, and his footsteps stopped, as if he couldn't believe his ears.

Mei Xiaoren led the horse towards him and asked with a smile, "When did Your Highness know?" ”

"I ...... I ......" Jiang Rong was speechless, and only came back to his senses after being stunned for a long time, and said slowly, "Do you remember that I accompanied you to the Gaofu for a banquet?" ”

"Did you hear my conversation with Xiao Ru?"

Jiang Rong frowned, "I didn't mean to eavesdrop, I was just worried about you, and I didn......'t find you everywhere," he swore again, "Don't worry, I didn't say it before, and I won't tell anyone in the future." ”

"Your Highness." Mei Xiaoren answered and handed the reins in his hand to him.

Jiang Rong didn't answer for a long time, looked at her and said, "Actually, I didn't want you to pay it back." ”

"Take it, what you owe is what you owe, and if you owe, you have to pay it back."

She pulled the reins and stuffed them into Ei's hand.

Jiang Rong took the reins and asked again: "Villain, what are your plans in the future, and continue to be an official?" ”

"I don't know anything else except being an official, so I naturally have to rely on this to make a living." Mei Xiaoren smiled easily.

"Then you really plan to be with Gu Chuyu?"

Mei Xiaoren only said: "It was not Gu Xiang who hurt His Highness at the beginning, and there are probably other hidden arrows around His Highness, Your Highness should be more careful." ”

"He told you?" Jiang Rong couldn't help laughing, and his tone became a little cold, "Who else in the world is looking forward to my death besides him?" ”

"What did he do this?"

"Naturally, it's the throne!" Jiang Rong's expression was solemn, he looked at her again, and said in a calm voice, "I still want you now." ”

"If Gu Xiangtu is on the throne, then His Highness will still have the life to talk to me here now?" Mei Xiaoren paused, and then said, "As for me, he doesn't need to figure it." ”

Ei's eyebrows furrowed more and more.

"Your Highness was born in the palace and grew up in the temple, how the wind blows in Beijing, Your Highness should know better than me, and I hope that Your Highness will think more about things in the future and distinguish between friends and foes." Mei Xiaoren gave up his hand, "Farewell." ”

She walked away on the dead leaves all over the ground, leaving him alone in the wind.

Jiang Rong didn't have the heart to think about what friends or enemies, but only remembered her sentence "He doesn't need to draw", which showed her willingness.

He also understood that she had come here to return the horse because she would never owe him anything else......