Xia Mengning finished her meal and was about to go to Rongfu Hall to ask for peace, when she saw Li Yan come in from outside the door with two family members, and when she saw Xia Mengning, Li Yan immediately smiled, stepped forward and saluted: "The little one has seen the third lady." ”

Xia Mengning smiled and nodded, "Steward Li came early, I was about to go to ask my grandmother for peace, steward, please take care of yourself, if you don't understand anything, just ask the girl." ”

Li Yan nodded understandingly, beckoned the two family members into the house to repair the table, Xia Mengning and Jiu'er walked out of the courtyard together, and before the garden, Li Yancai hurriedly came from behind.

"I don't know why the third lady summoned the little one to come?"

Xia Mengning gave Jiu'er a look, Jiu'er immediately took two steps away, Xia Mengning smiled: "Yesterday, the girl in my garden went out to run errands, but on the way back, she was framed by gangsters and almost lost her life, the reason for this, I'm afraid it's hard to say, but I suspect that it is related to the person in the house, and I summoned Steward Li to talk today, just to ask the trustee to pay more attention and help see which one of the people in the housekeeper is suspicious." ”

After saying this, Li Yan immediately understood what Xia Mengning meant, and nodded hurriedly: "To be able to work for the third lady, the small one is duty-bound, the third miss should wait and see what happens, and the little one will send a reliable family member to report the news." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, "So, I'm sorry for you." ”

After speaking, Xia Mengning and Jiu'er went to Rongfu Hall together, as soon as they entered the door, they heard bursts of laughter from inside, Xia Mengning listened carefully, it was his grandmother, Xie.

Walking into the house, the girl guarding the door lifted the curtain for Xia Mengning, and as soon as she entered the house, she saw Xia Mengran sitting next to Xie's, and the two of them were smiling happily, so that their grandchildren were happy.

Seeing Xia Mengning entering, Xie immediately pulled down his face, Xia Mengran also smiled, and walked down to Xia Mengning, "I've seen the third sister." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, "No need to be polite. ”

Then he walked over to Xie Shi and said, "I've seen my grandmother." ”

As if he hadn't heard it, Xie picked up the tea bowl on the table and brushed the tea foam, took a sip lightly, and glanced at Xia Mengning who was standing below with slanted eyes, and the corners of his mouth raised a trace of contempt.

The people in the room didn't dare to come out, and as time passed, Xie Shi had already finished drinking a cup of tea, and when he glanced at Xia Mengning, he saw that the other party was still in a relaxed posture, bending gracefully, with a calm demeanor on his face, and even the girl next to him was kneeling with her head bowed behind her, and she was quiet without a trace of panic.

"Ahem......" Xie Shi coughed unnaturally, as if he had suddenly woken up, and said lightly to Xia Mengning: "Get up." ”

Jiu'er hurriedly stood up and helped Xia Mengning, who lightly lifted her lips, "Grandmother Xie." ”

Seeing Xia Mengning's calm and relaxed appearance, Xie couldn't help but feel angry in his heart, and said coldly at the moment: "It's just a salute, and you have to be supported by a girl, our Xiangfu is raising a young lady, but there is no such precious reason, not to mention that when your eldest sister is here, there is no such treatment." ”

It's time to find your own fault! Xia Mengning smiled slightly, what does it matter, now that he has taken care of Xia Mengxi, the Fang clan will also be a matter of time, many major events have already moved forward according to their own plans, and they still care about this little difficulty?

Walking forward, Xia Mengning replied with a smile: "What grandmother taught me is that Ning'er has been taught, and she will not dare to disobey it in the future." ”

It is a serious lady's demeanor, Xia Mengning's salute is elegant and calm, and there is no omission, Xie Shi glanced at it a few times, and said coldly; "Get up."

Xia Mengning lowered his head and walked to the side and sat down, and after a while, Xie Shi said to Xia Mengran with a smile: "Ran'er, come here." ”

Xia Mengran blushed and walked to Xie's side, Xie took out a box with plum blossom branches from under the table on the couch and opened it, and said to Xia Mengran with a smile: "Look at it, these are all grandmother's jewelry when she was young, take whatever you like." ”

Xia Mengran was flattered by the sudden reward, Xie patted her hand, "It's also about to reach the age of Lu, it's time to dress up, grandmother has to worry about your marriage." ”

When Xia Mengran heard this, his face turned even redder, and he shook his body and didn't give up, Xie took out a gilded peacock hairpin from the box, put it in his hand and looked at it carefully: "Look at this hairpin, how meticulously it is made, this was made by the jewelers in the palace back then, come, grandmother will put it on for you." “

Saying that, let Xia Mengran bend over, Xie gently put it in her hair, Xia Mengran raised her head, the vermilion tassel with a huge emerald gem shined in her hair, so it was not dazzling.

"Tsk, the fifth lady is really beautiful when she puts it on, like a fairy descending to earth." Chen's mother on the side flattered.

Which girl doesn't want to be praised by others for being beautiful, Xia Mengran has a strong sense of vanity, and when she hears this, she is extremely happy, but she is still a scheming person, so she smiled and said: "It's my grandmother who has a good eye and picked a good-looking one." ”

Xie Shi was coaxed by Xia Mengran's words to shut up, and praised Xia Mengran for how to sign.

Xia Mengning's face didn't change much, she just blindly sat on the side and drank tea, and exchanged a few words with Jiu'er from time to time, and the corners of her mouth were slightly hooked.

Xie Shi and Xia Mengran finally finished discussing how good-looking this hairpin was, and when they raised their eyes and saw Xia Mengning's appearance, Xie Shi was puzzled in his heart, he deliberately rewarded such a valuable hairpin in front of her, just to stimulate her, but he didn't think about it, the other party couldn't help but be angry like no one, and he didn't make a sound, just drinking the tea in front of him.

Xia Mengran walked down and sat down next to Xia Mengning, deliberately putting on a smug posture, it can be seen that Xia Mengning is calm and light, and her heart is like Xie Shi, confused and angry.

After sitting for a while, Xie Shi also felt bored, so he held his head and said that he wanted to rest, and everyone saluted again before they went out of the door.

Xia Mengning and Jiu'er were walking out of the door of Rongfu Hall, and they saw Xia Mengran and Xiao Lu standing under the tree, and when they saw Xia Mengning coming out, Xia Mengran came over and smiled, "I haven't seen the third sister for a long time, I don't know if the third sister is okay recently?" ”

Xia Mengning smiled, seeing Xia Mengran's smug look, she couldn't help but disdain, "It's okay, Fifth Sister Lao remembers." ”

Xia Mengran looked at Xia Mengning's expression, plain and unwavering, and felt slightly angry in her heart, so she deliberately plucked the tassel between her hair with her hand, and said with a smile: "Feng Shui takes turns, the third sister forced the eldest sister away, I never thought that the person who is most favored by my grandmother now is me." ”

Xia Mengning smiled, shook her head and said nothing.

Xia Mengran's embarrassed smile didn't have time to retract, so he asked, "What are you laughing at?" ”

"It's nothing, I just think that the fifth sister has a bright future, my sister is here to congratulate my sister first, I hope my sister can get what she wants, and everything goes well."

Xia Mengran straightened up, and when she heard this, she couldn't help but feel a little proud in her heart, and she also put that bit of reason behind her, puffed up her chest and said, "Grandmother rewarded me with a hairpin just now, and I didn't take into account that the third sister was also there, the third sister wouldn't be sad, right?" ”

Xia Mengning was silent, and looked at Xia Mengran with a smile on the side, the latter covered the corners of his lips and smiled: "But also, I and the third sister are both concubines, but the fifth aunt's background is much stronger than the fourth aunt, the root of this humble body is also inherited, third sister, are you right?" ”

Xia Mengning squinted her eyes, she didn't want to have anything to do with her today, but this Xia Mengran couldn't help but deceive people too much, she had just been out of the limelight in the house, and she had no intention of worrying about her for a while, but this person was bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, thinking of this, Xia Mengning couldn't help but smile slightly, and held a fan in front of her face, "Fifth sister, what a strange remark, grandmother rewards you with things, how can I be jealous?" As he spoke, he deliberately raised his arm in front of Xia Mengran, and the jade wrench on his thumb was more clearly displayed in front of Xia Mengran.

Xia Mengning's skin was snow-white, reflecting the white and flawless wrench, which was even more delicate and crystalline, Xia Mengran also saw it, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, secretly saying how he forgot this stubble.

Xia Mengning has the royal gift given by the prince himself, where can I see the hairpin made by the first jeweler in Beijing?

Seeing Xia Mengran's unhappy face, Xia Mengning withdrew her hand and walked to Xia Mengran's side, and said in a low voice: "The fifth aunt was born in a businessman, even if she is the richest man in the capital, isn't she still the daughter of a merchant who smells of copper, the fifth sister is so dexterous, she even thinks that the daughter of a merchant can also be in front of the world, doesn't the fifth sister remember, the fourth aunt is the daughter of the county prefect, which is higher and which is lower, the fifth sister naturally knows in her heart!" ”

Xia Mengran's face was turned blue by a robbery, and her hands were clenched tightly, Xia Mengning saw her appearance, so she took a few steps back and said: "Fifth sister, don't bother with it, I have no interest in dealing with you, if you want to stay well until the day of marriage, please accept those thoughts, serve your grandmother well, and please you." ”

After speaking, he turned around and left with Jiu'er.

Xia Mengran looked at Xia Mengning's distant back, a strong hatred surged into her heart, Xiao Lu raised her eyes, and hurriedly said: "Miss, don't be angry with her, now the old lady is the most favored in front of you, in this prime minister's mansion, the old lady is the most able to talk, as long as you hug the old lady tightly, where can you still fall behind?" ”

Xia Mengran glanced at Xiao Lu, didn't speak, turned around and walked back to Xie Xiang Garden.

In Rongfu Hall, Chen's mother was reporting what had just happened to Xie Shi, Xie Shi leaned lazily on the couch, and said without opening his eyes: "I thought it was a person who could calm down, but I didn't think it was a person who couldn't get on the stage, why did this one by one make me so annoying?" ”

Chen's mother walked over to beat Xie Shi's legs, and when she heard this, she raised her head and said, "The old slave looked at the fifth young lady with a scheming, but she was still young, so she couldn't hold her breath, and the old lady was pointing at it, and it would be fine in a few days." ”

Xie Shi sighed, "If that's the case, it's the best, it's just that the three girls are too popular, you go find a few good horses to send to Xie Xiangyuan, and then call the five girls to eat in the evening." ”

Chen's mother got the order, turned around and walked out.