Hongqiang understood what An Lan meant, so she had to follow An Lan's words, specially prepared some high-end gifts, and went to Shangshu Mansion with An Lan.

At this moment, the Shangshu Mansion is full of lights, all kinds of lanterns are hung high, all of them are red, and even the teapot inside is changed to red, which looks very festive.

Lord Shangshu was sitting on the side drinking tea with a woman with excitement on his face.

"Lord Shangshu, don't come unharmed." An Lan walked in with a smile and reached out to make a fist gesture for him.

Lord Shangshu was originally drinking tea and drinking happily, but he didn't expect An Lan to come over at this time, his face sank, and he reacted instantly.

put down the tea in his hand, strode over, and knelt on the ground with the woman, wanting to

Give Anlan a big gift.

Above the court, they are all officials, but outside the court, An Lan is Chu Xingze's concubine, and she is also the master, and these ministers, in front of the royal family and nobles, can only be called scary.

"Xiaguan see the princess."

"The women of the people see the princess."

As soon as this woman spoke, An Lan realized that she was the woman of this Shangshu lord. It's just that this woman looks younger, and at a glance, she knows that she is not the original wife.

An Lan was not overly entangled in this matter, and it was not difficult to imagine Xia Jingjing's difficult situation. Xia Jingjing looks outstanding, and she is completely much more outstanding than the other children of Shangshu?

If you marry her to the son of the prime minister, you can still curry favor, and as long as you are a person, you will not refuse. Where would a person in officialdom like the Ministry of War Shangshu refuse this matter.

"Adults don't have to be polite. Madam Shangshu, please hurry up," An Lan smiled slightly, didn't put on any shelf, and bent down to help them up from the ground.

Lord Shangshu is very polite, and immediately asked people to serve tea to An Lan, An Lan sat in the main hall on one side, took a few sips of tea, and did not say anything about it first, but talked about something else.

"In my early years, I heard the name of Lord Shangshu, when you led a thousand troops to return, the momentum and pomp were really huge, I was still young at that time, and I saw the demeanor of adults from afar in the crowd......"

An Lan deliberately mentioned the past, Lord Shangshu was a military general back then, and he had countless achievements.

Originally, he was going to be a general, but because he committed some things, he was demoted to a remote area to be a county commander, and then he returned to the capital with hard work and a little luck to become the secretary of the military department.

Hearing An Lan mention his past, Lord Shangshu's face was full of pride and confidence.

"The princess is so polite, the so-called heroes don't mention the courage of the year, and they don't mention it anymore as soon as the things of that year pass." Lord Shangshu's slight chin bowed, where did he want to get an axe in front of An Lan.

As everyone knows, An Lan's mention of this is just a cover, and what he really wants to say is not about how brilliant Lord Shangshu was in the past.

After a few sips of tea, An Lan said something else, and finally was willing to lead the topic to let Xia Jingjing get married.

"Lord Shangshu, I know that you are an unruly person who is heroic and swaying, but I can't figure out why you must let Jing Jing marry someone who you don't feel for. Besides, the son of this prime minister has always been romantic, I think you know this better than me, and you know better, right? ”

An Lan squinted his eyes and said with a smile, even if he used his toes, he could guess how a name as big as the son of the prime minister could not be a sensation.

These women's families don't go out of the door all day long, so naturally they won't know these things, if Lord Shangshu doesn't know, then it's a little unreasonable.

As soon as An Lan asked, he opened his mouth to stammer. After being nervous for a while, Lord Shangshu smiled a little.

"As the so-called people are not romantic teenagers, the son of the prime minister is still very young, and it is nothing to be romantic. After all, it is normal for a man to have three wives and four concubines, and the lower officials do know these things, but he is the son of the prime minister, and his status is noble, and he is also compatible with my daughter. The princess should have wanted to mention this when she came over this time, right? ”

Master Shangshu is a smart person, from the time An Lan came to visit, he was able to find out why An Lan came over, just to intercede for that girl.

At the same time, he also had doubts in his heart, how could An Lan know about this? It's obviously very hidden.

Now that he knows, An Lan doesn't want to hide it too much.

"You're right, this time the princess came to persuade Lord Shangshu not to give her daughter to this kind of person. Looking at the court, there are so many sons who can match Ling Ai, why not choose another ...... she is satisfied with"

An Lan planned to be affectionate and reasonable with this man, hoping that he could dispel this matter, but he didn't expect that after talking for a long time, Lord Shangshu not only did not dispel this idea, but was quite unhappy with An Lan.

For a long time, An Lan's mouth was dry, and the man opposite didn't feel anything.

"Princess Niangniang, Xia Guan knows what you mean, but this marriage is the order of my parents, Jing Jing is my daughter, how to let her choose should be decided by Xia, is the princess a little redundant?"

Shang Shu squinted his eyes, although he was smiling, on the surface he respected An Lan, but this sentence was already a great disrespect to An Lan.

The red rose next to her was angry.

"You are a little scholar, you are too arrogant, you dare to speak to my wife in such a tone, you have to do what my lady tells you to do, where is the reason for you to refute?"

Hongqiang scolded Lord Shangshu angrily, but Lord Shangshu was not angry, he still accompanied the smiling face.

"Xiaguan wants to follow your wishes, princess, and now that the dowry has been placed, and the two sides have exchanged matchmakers, as well as the eight characters of the birthday, I am afraid it will not be recovered. Even if the emperor knows about this, he can't stop it, this is a joint decision of both parents! ”

Lord Shangshu's face was extremely dark, and he was not polite to An Lan at all, so he immediately sat on the side, picked up the tea and took a few sips calmly.

He respects An Lan on the surface, but in his heart he is actually sarcastic to the extreme, as for this, how could An Lan not know.

Looking at his performance now, he also knew that he couldn't persuade Master Shangshu to dispel this idea at all, so he sighed helplessly, and An Lan had no choice but to leave,

Back in the school, she was still full of sorrow.

This matter was known to Chu Xingze for the first time, he only knew that An Lan personally went to visit Lord Shangshu, but he didn't know why.

Chu Xingze came to the school in person and found that Hongqiang was holding a water cup, collecting the dew on the flowers for An Lan. It was a little late, but the water on the flowers had not yet dried up.

"Where's the princess?" Chu Xingze walked over, glanced at Hongqiang coldly and asked.