She hurriedly restrained her thoughts and smiled at a few people.

"What does the fourth sister say, what can be the problem?"

"I'm just thinking, if the eldest brother becomes the prince's companion, will he have to take the exam in the spring next year, and the eldest brother has been in the national prison all day now, and it is rare to come back, I am afraid that after following the prince, he will be more and more busy."

Xie Huan's mind was not so complicated, and after listening to Su Ruan's words, she couldn't help but pull the tassel hanging from her waist: "Also, the eldest brother has come back less now, and it is estimated that he will be busier in the future." ”

"But I heard the eldest brother say that he wanted to follow the second brother to the border pass, if he followed the prince, how would the eldest brother join the army?"

The prince's companion must stay in Beijing and serve the prince by his side.

Xie Jinyun said: "Then the eldest brother is going to be an official in the capital in the future?" ”

Xie Jiaojiao said on the side: "How can it be so easy, even if you become the prince's companion, it is not so easy to become an official, and it is estimated that it will start from the close ministers of the East Palace at the beginning." ”

"Jiaojiao, how do you know?"

"It's written in the book, and I've heard some of it talk about it before."

Su Ruan listened to Xie Jinyun pull Xie Jiaojiao and asked, and Xie Huan and the others were also attracted to attention, she stretched out her hand and pestle her chin as if she was listening to a few people, but she was thinking about something else in her heart.

As soon as he looked up when he was shaking his head, he met Xie Jinyue's gaze.

Su Ruan was stunned for a moment and smiled at Xie Jinyue.

Xie Jinyue looked at her for a while before looking away.

Su Ruan looked at her somewhat cold side face, remembering Xie Jinyue's inquiring gaze just now, and couldn't help but pull the corners of her mouth: This fourth sister's mind is inevitably too sharp.

……

The little girls were all idle, and after a while in front of the stove, they cried out to go out to enjoy the snow.

Su Ruan didn't stop it, put on a cloak and went out with them, it was rare for a sunny day outside, Xie Jinyun was making a fuss about building a snowman, and finally rolled a big snowball, but was knocked down by Xie Huan, and several people started playing in the snow.

When Shen Fengnian came out of Jintang Courtyard, he heard a burst of laughter from a distance.

He looked over there and saw a couple of little girls playing in the snow.

Xie Yuan sent Shen Fengnian out, and when he saw him looking over there, he couldn't help but smile: "The girl in the house is naughty, which makes the eldest brother laugh." ”

Shen Fengnian said: "Children, it's normal to make a fuss. ”

His eyes fell on those little girls, he had seen several other girls in the Xie family, and the little girl with the best appearance, wearing a pomegranate red cloak and standing on the side and smiling happily, was a little blind, but the figure was ......

"That's Chen's daughter?"

Xie Yuan glanced at Su Ruan, nodded and said, "It's her, called Ruan Ruan, quite a good child." ”

Shen Fengnian raised her eyebrows, the things she saw in the cockfighting ring that day, and later she boldly took Xie Qingyang to Cao's house to make trouble, but she didn't look at what Su Ruan looked like a "good boy".

Shen Fengnian didn't say much about Su Ruan, but after retracting his gaze, he asked, "How is Qingyang?" ”

Xie Yuan pursed his lips: "That's it, he caused a big disaster this time, which made his mother angry, and he should teach him a good lesson." ”

Shen Fengnian looked at him: "Qingyang should grow up, his child's temper will suffer a big loss sooner or later, but you don't just look at him alone, the people next to him should be more disciplined." ”

Xie Yuan was stunned for a moment when he heard Shen Fengnian's words, and only frowned after reacting to the meaning of his words: "Big brother is talking about Ruan Ruan?" ”

Without waiting for Shen Fengnian to speak, Xie Yuan waved his hand:

"Ruan Ruan's big brother don't worry, although she is young, she has a plan and is the most sensible child in the house."

"My mother recognized her under her knees and raised her personally, and I am relieved of her temperament."

Shen Fengnian looked at Xie Yuan with a blank look, and suddenly understood why Shen Tangxi was telling him before that the Xie family's expression after accepting Su Ruan.

That Su Ruan was obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, how could Xie Yuan trust her so much?

Shen Fengnian said: "With the old lady's teaching, naturally there is no need to worry, but the Cao family is indeed too reckless in this matter. ”

"Fortunately, the emperor trusts you, and I don't know why I dislike Cao Xiong, otherwise Cao Xiong will sue the palace today, and then Concubine Hui will talk about it from the side, and I can't say that the emperor will have a dislike for you because of this."

"I'm not asking you to do anything to her, it's just that you still have to manage it in the future, after all, this is not Jingnan, and my daughter's family still needs to understand the rules."

Xie Yuan knew that Shen Fengnian was kind to him, and Shen Fengnian had helped him in the court over the years, but he felt that Shen Fengnian was a little too careful, and he looked at Su Ruan's temperament very well.

In addition to being unwilling to get close to him and the Chen family, and being cold to him, she gets along with all the children in the house, and she is also very filial to Mrs. Xie.

The Cao family's incident before was also caused by Xie Qingyang, and Su Ruan came out to help him and maintain the Xie family, the starting point was good, even if the process was a little out of line, but his Xie family's children had the qualifications to be willful.

Xie Yuan was noncommittal about Shen Fengnian's words in his heart, but he didn't refute it on his face, but just said casually:

"I know, don't worry, big brother."

……

After sending Shen Fengnian away, when Xie Yuan came back, he saw that the few people who were still playing before were gone.

After Xie Yuan returned to Jintang Courtyard, Old Madam Xie asked, "People sent away?" ”

Xie Yuan nodded: "Send it away, but I'm still worried." ”

Old Madam Xie pursed her lips: "He is such a worrying character, the matter has come to this, Qingheng has been appointed by His Majesty to be the prince's companion, what is the use of worrying about it." ”

Xie Qingheng stood beside him, and said in a low voice, "I'm sorry grandmother." ”

He didn't discuss it with the mansion in advance, because he was afraid that Old Madam Xie would not agree, and he could still talk eloquently when facing Shen Fengnian, but when facing Old Madam Xie, Xie Qingheng was a little inexplicably weak-hearted, and hung his head and said:

"It's me who is willful."

Old Madam Xie glanced at him: "There is nothing capricious or capricious." ”

"Your father and I want you to go to the army, but we are afraid that you will be involved in trouble in Beijing, and the prince is weak, so it is not a good choice to follow him, but now that you have chosen to follow him, then your father and I have nothing to say."

"As long as you think about how you want to go in the future, don't regret it in the future."

Xie Yuan also spoke: "Your grandmother is right, since you have chosen, you will go well." ”

"Although the crown prince is weak, he is a righteous prince and the emperor's most valued son, so he may not be without a fight."

"As long as he can ascend the throne smoothly, your choice now may not be bad for the Xie family."