Zhang Xi snorted coldly in his heart when he heard this, in order to hook Zhang Chi, Ming Yan could even use the death of his deceased mother, it was really a child in vain.

"I'm afraid that's not good." Zhang Xi pretended to hesitate and said, "After all, it is my aunt's death, so you must not be lazy, just the third brother's temperament...... I'm just afraid of mistakes. ”

When the British duchess heard this, she immediately felt reasonable.

As a third son, he has always been a child's temper, and he is afraid that he really can't afford such a solemn event as this.

Seeing this, Zhang Xi continued to persuade: "Besides, although the eldest brother is busy, he doesn't have to arrange these things personally, he has to go down, and he has his own steward to handle the order, and my sister doesn't have to worry about it." ”

"Sister Xi is right!" The British Duchess patted Ming's hand and said, "This matter is settled." ”

After that, he instructed Chu's mother: "You go and tell the prince in person, you must handle this matter properly." ”

Chu's mother took the order.

Mingyi's heart was as bitter as swallowing Coptis chinensis, but he had to make a grateful and weak appearance, and thanked the British Duchess and Zhang Xi again and again.

……

Time is like an arrow, March has passed in a blink of an eye, and early summer is quietly coming.

The third day of the fifth month is the birthday of the emperor's biological mother, the Empress Dowager Cisheng, and the birthday ceremonies of each family are prepared early.

Liu Ji attaches great importance to this, and takes the opportunity of holding a poetry meeting to brainstorm and want to give a unique paper kite birthday gift.

After the meeting, Liu Ji listed the desirable styles of paper kites, thought about it, wrote two more prayer posts, handed them to his sister Liu Xiu, and advised: "You personally go to the British Mansion and the Yellow Mansion to deliver the worship posts, don't slack off." ”

Liu Xiu took the post, opened it, and asked puzzledly, "My brother wants me to invite Miss Zhang and Miss Huang to Taoranju for tea?" ”

She doesn't have any personal relationship with Zhang Xi and Huang Yi'an, and her identity is very different, especially Zhang Xi, who is the honorable lady of the British Mansion, how can she rashly invite others to tea?

Liu Ji nodded, pointed to the listed paper kite styles, and explained: "The third day of the fifth month is the birthday of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, these are the paper kite styles to be selected to celebrate her birthday, but to choose the most suitable one among them, let's first know the preferences of the Empress Dowager Cisheng."

"Since the founding of the British Mansion, Miss Zhang has many opportunities to enter and leave the palace every day, so I think I should have a lot of insights about this. It would be best to ask her to come and see more.

"Wuzhangfeng has come to the present, and fame is far more important than profit. If we can seize this opportunity, Wuzhangfeng will definitely be able to go to the next level, and we don't even have to worry about the competition and threats of our peers! ”

Liu Xiu nodded, thinking deeply, looked down at the other greeting post in his hand, and asked again, "Then why do you want to invite Miss Huang?" ”

"Naturally, it's for her good craftsmanship of tying paper kites with one hand!" Liu Ji couldn't help but be excited when he thought of "Colorful Feiluan Illustration".

This time, I congratulated the Empress Dowager Li on her birthday, and I couldn't ignore it at all, in case the paper kite was made at that time, but the test flight failed, it would not be a shame, maybe I would have to lose all my net worth, or even the entire family.

So in order not to make any mistakes, Huang Yi'an's participation is very necessary.

"Besides, in my opinion, that Miss Huang is not a person who boasts indiscriminately, since she said that she can make a paper kite that satisfies all the ladies in the palace, maybe it is really unique." Liu Ji remembered the past, and his eyes became deep.

"In short, whether this birthday gift is successful or not depends on how much Miss Zhang and Miss Huang can help. So you must not take this matter lightly, you must do it yourself! Liu Ji told again and again.

"I remember, brother, don't worry!" Liu Xiuying said.

When he returned to his room, Liu Xiu combed his hair again, put on a hairpin, changed into a newly made lotus lotus-colored summer shirt, brought a prayer post and two boxes of snacks, and went to the British Mansion by carriage.

When he arrived at the door, he reported his name, and Liu Xiu handed over a letter of worship to explain the reason.

Menzi accepted the post and said, "Miss went into the palace with her wife today, and she is not in the mansion at the moment." When the young lady returns, the villain will report by himself. ”

Liu Xiu thanked the door and stuffed a piece of broken silver over.

Menzi took it.

Liu Xiu boarded the car and left, turned around and went to Jiqingfang.

When he arrived at the Huang Mansion, Liu Xiu got out of the car and knocked on the door.

Da Chun heard the noise, opened the door and saw that it was a strange woman, so he asked, "Who are you looking for?" ”

Liu Xiu hurriedly smiled and said, "I am the younger sister of Wuzhangfeng Liu Shaodong, and I came to visit Miss Huang. ”

"Wait a minute." After Da Chun finished speaking, he pedaled and pedaled to pass the message.

After a while, he trotted back all the way back and said to Liu Xiu: "Please come in." ”

Liu Xiu thanked Dachun, told the coachman to wait outside, and brought snacks into the door.

Stepping through the weeping flower gate, I saw that under the leafy green plane tree in the yard, Huang Yi'an, who was combing her bun, was pulling her sleeves and cutting bamboo strips, the thirteen-year-old girl was not enough, and her face was still a little childish, but between her eyebrows was a rare calm and calm, seeing her come in, she got up and greeted with a smile: "Miss Liu is here." ”

There is no half-point description of the crampedness.

Liu Xiu hurriedly smiled and said, "I didn't bother you when I came here, right?" ”

"Miss Liu came at the right time." Huang Yi'an shook the bamboo strip in his hand and said with a smile, "I've been pondering the soft-winged big paper kite recently, and I have a little experience, and I'm now verifying it." But after all, one person's energy is limited, and he is about to ask the master of Wuzhangfeng to help! ”

Liu Xiu got Liu Ji's orders, and didn't dare to underestimate Huang Yi'an, his eyes lit up when he heard this, and he smiled: "That's really good!" When I came, my brother said that he would ask Miss Huang to help improve the soft-winged paper kites in the store! ”

Huang Yi'an smiled: "Then Miss Liu will go to rest first, and we will talk slowly while drinking tea." ”

Liu Xiu happily agreed, handed over the dim sum box to Ah Mei, and stayed behind with Huang Yi'an to clean up the bamboo strips and tools scattered under the tree.

Huang Yi'an didn't talk to Liu Xiu politely, and she helped pick it up.

After cleaning up, Huang Yi'an freshened up, changed into a half-worn home-style summer shirt, and sat opposite Liu Xiu in the Xiaohua Hall.

Amei served refreshments and stood aside to serve.

"I don't know why Miss Liu came this time?" Huang Yi'an got straight to the point.

Liu Xiu told him what he meant, and took out the prayer note from his sleeve and handed it over with both hands.

Huang Yi'an took the post, opened it, couldn't help but be surprised, looked up and asked, "Miss Liu wants to invite me to tea?" ”

Even though the two sides have cooperated happily so far, she and Liu Xiu have only met in a hurry when they signed the contract, and they are far from the point of making an appointment for tea, right?

Liu Xiuguan and Huang Yi'an are not the kind of official ladies whose words and deeds are very tactful and subtle, so they told each other frankly, and explained in detail that Liu Ji planned to ask her and Zhang Xi to help participate in the birthday gift dedicated to Empress Dowager Li.

Huang Yi'an heard this.

Liu Ji needs to understand Empress Dowager Li's preferences through Zhang Xi, and she also needs her to ensure that the paper kite she makes is foolproof.

However, speaking of Empress Dowager Li...... It was really nice to treat her at the beginning.