As soon as Xie Shi heard this, he already knew about it, and sighed and said: "This matter is really tricky, the daughters of our Xia family are all enjoying a princess-like life, so they naturally want to contribute to the Xia family, originally I wanted to stay next year Xi'er and Lu, so I married her to the prince's mansion as the main room, now it seems that the prince is not a good match, that son, it is an excellent choice, I never thought that he would fall in love with the daughter of the Xia family, and now it is naturally best to marry the prince's mansion, but Ning'er, after all, it is a concubine, no matter how much the prince likes her, at most she can only be a side room, If you let Xi'er go, the main room is okay. ”

Xia Chuanyuan shook his head and told Xie Shi about today's events word for word, Xie Shi was silent for a long time after listening to it, and finally sighed, "We can't afford to offend Shizifu, it's just that Xi'er is too useless, Ning'er is a child who knows how to advance and retreat, you don't care about it for now, see what is going on in Shizifu, by the way, it will be my birthday in a few days, take this opportunity to invite the prince of Dingxi to come, I will see for myself." ”

Xia Chuanyuan nodded, and at this time, someone outside reported, "Master, the prince is here and is waiting for you in the front hall." Xie frowned, how could the prince come, the prince and the prime minister had no friendship before.

Xia Chuanyuan was also surprised, but fortunately, the prince came in person, so he immediately stood up, and Xie waved his hand, "Go quickly, don't slack off the prince." ”

Xia Chuanyuan walked out, Xie Shi propped his arms on the table and supported his head, and Chen's mother hurriedly poured a cup of tea, "The old lady is worried about the third lady's affairs?" Xie took the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said to Chen's mother on the side, "This Ning'er, since he woke up after his head was broken, he has changed, what kind of person is the son, you see that he is arrogant and domineering on weekdays, doing whatever he wants, on the surface relying on the emperor's favor and lawlessness, but if he has no sense of proportion, he will not be so comfortable in front of the emperor, no one can help him, he is a scheming person, Ning'er is also a smart person, now she has no power in the house, if she knows about this, she will definitely hold on to it." ”

After speaking, Xie's face sank, "The daughter of the Xia family, if you marry into the Shizi Mansion, you must be a descendant, Ning'er's background is not good, and she can only be a side room when she marries, and she can't help much, besides, this Ning'er City Mansion is quite deep, and she is a child who can plan, how the front clan treats her, can she forget?" I'm afraid I won't help when the time comes. ”

Mother Chen didn't speak, and added some water to Xie's cup, "Old lady, don't blame the old slave for being too talkative, this third sister's heart is transparent, and the matter of this world, I don't know how to get it, I'm afraid you can't hide it if you want to." ”

Xie Shi was silent, pinched his palm and asked, "When you go to the Bamboo Branch Garden, you will say that the bead string I put in the Buddha Hall a few days ago is missing, and let Mother Xin come back to look for it." ”

Mother Chen took the order, Xie sighed, this Ning'er really wants to climb the high branches, but this Xia family's family affairs can't be decided by you.

Xia Chuanyuan walked to the front hall of the reception, and saw the crown prince eldest grandson Ye sitting on a chair, and immediately walked over and arched his hand: "The old minister sees His Royal Highness the prince." As he spoke, he saw the person next to him again, and hurriedly bowed his hand: "See King Mojun." ”

"Prime Minister Xia doesn't have to be polite!" The eldest grandson said.

Xia Chuanyuan asked with a smile, "I don't know why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came to the Humble House?" ”

The eldest grandson waved his hand and said: "I have heard for a long time that Prime Minister Xia has the most unique garden in the capital, and I have come here today to hope that Prime Minister Xia can take the time to take the prince on a good tour." ”

Xia Chuanyuan muttered in his heart, I don't know why this prince, who has never been friends with him, wants to come to visit his own homeland, but how to say it is also the prince's order, you must not disobey, thinking of this, Xia Chuanyuan hurriedly smiled and said: "The prince wants to visit, where is the reason why the old minister is not accompanied." The three of them walked out of the front hall, Xia Chuanyuan trembled all the way, Changsun Ye didn't speak, he walked in front alone, and when he walked to the listening platform, Changsun Ye spoke, "The scenery is good there, just go and sit there." ”

The three of them walked to the rain platform and sat down, a maid brought tea and pastries, and the eldest grandson took a sip of tea casually and said: "The good scenery in Prime Minister Xia's garden, no wonder it is famous, but I don't know if this good scenery will decay?" Xia Chuanyuan couldn't figure out what the eldest grandson Ye meant, so he could only smile, and the eldest grandson looked at his appearance and laughed twice, "The prime minister has always been a smart person, and my father values you the most, but my father is very old, so can the prime minister think about how to go next?" This is to force himself to show his heart, Xia Chuanyuan hung his head, "Prince, the old minister is a young official, and now it has been more than ten years, the old minister's loyalty to the royal family, how can His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doubt it?" The eldest grandson Mo watched from the side, and thought silently in his heart, this old fox, don't you say anything.

The eldest grandson Ye also heard the meaning of Xia Chuanyuan's words, and was a little dissatisfied with him playing Tai Chi on himself, but he thought of what the fifth brother said to him before he came, and couldn't help but say patiently, "Where is Prime Minister Xia, this prince naturally knows your loyalty, but now there are always some villains in the court, and they keep thinking about the following crimes, and the father and the emperor think of the old love, and don't want to attack them, but they are even more intensified, Prime Minister Xia is the most important courtier of the father, it is better to have Prime Minister Lao Xia go to the father to admonish, Execute these villains who made something out of nothing. ”

Xia Chuanyuan hurriedly shook his head, "No, His Royal Highness the Prince, such a thing...... What kind of old minister is good to say? It's impossible...... "Eldest Sun Ye frowned, "So, is Prime Minister Xia going to be in the same group as such villains?" Xia Chuanyuan knelt down, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is aware of it, the old minister has no such thoughts, please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is aware of it." The eldest grandson stood up angrily by his attitude, "Prime Minister Xia, don't be soft and hard, if you are still so obsessed, don't blame this prince for being unkind to you." Eldest Sun Mo walked over, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince doesn't need to move. After speaking, he turned his head to Xia Chuanyuan and said: "Prime Minister Xia can know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not yet married the concubine, if Prime Minister Xia Cheng is willing to say a few fair words in front of the emperor, the glory of this crown princess is your Xia family, and in the future, Prime Minister Xia's future is unlimited." Xia Chuanyuan was shocked, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he could only kowtow in fear, the eldest grandson was upset, and waved his hand: "Forget it, this prince has made his words clear enough today, if the prime minister is a smart person, he should know what to do." After speaking, Changsun Ye waved his sleeves and left, Xia Chuanyuan stood up, and happened to meet Changsun Mo's pair of dark eyes.

"Does the King of Mojun still have orders?" Eldest Sun Mo nodded, "The third young lady of your mansion, the prime minister should be trained well." ”

A sentence that was neither light nor heavy, made Xia Chuanyuan sweat coldly, and before he could ask clearly, the eldest grandson Mo left, Xia Chuanyuan wondered in his heart, how could this have anything to do with Ning'er again?

Xia Mengning sat under the tree in the garden and talked to Jiu'er, pulling the family cooking, Zhulian embroidered on the side, and occasionally interjected, after saying these words, Xia Mengning's defense against Jiu'er was reduced a little, a person can fake anywhere, but only the eyes can't do fake. Jiu'er talked about the past, Xia Mengning only felt that if it was leaky, I was afraid that it was carefully arranged in advance, but she asked her many questions on a whim, and she answered them all like a stream, not at all fake, Xia Mengning was happy in her heart, after all, it is much better to have one more friend than one more enemy, but after the last betrayal and frame-up, Xia Mengning still can't fully believe Jiu'er, just wait a few days to see how Xia Mengxi tosses, and at that time, you can really see Jiu'er's nature.

"Does Miss Three like sweets? There is a method in the slave's hometown, which is to steam wine and honey together, and then add fresh osmanthus petals to make drinkable nectar, sweet but not greasy, and fragrant. Xia Mengning looked at Jiu'er and said with a smile: "Do you like to drink very much?" I've never heard of it. Jiu'er said proudly: "That's natural, the slave maid's mother often did it when she was a child, and even the slave's father liked it very much, but because of the wine, the child was not allowed to drink too much, saying that if he drank too much, he would be drunk, and the slave once secretly drank some, and somehow fell asleep, and the next day, he was scolded by the slave's mother." ”

Xia Mengning listened interestingly, and Zhu Lian couldn't help but ask, "Why is that?" ”

Jiu'er covered her mouth and smiled, "Mother said, the slave maid drank too much yesterday, and somehow climbed the tree, not to say that she was a fruit, but also to say that she was ripe, so she had to jump down, fortunately the tree was not very high, the slave maid just fell and hurt her waist, and she was fine after lying on the bed for a few months." ”

Xia Mengning covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief and smiled, and the bead curtain also put down the embroidery work and pointed at Jiu'er and laughed, Jiu'er stood there with a red face, stomped her feet and said, "How can the third lady laugh at the slave maid with Sister Zhulian." Xia Mengning finally stopped laughing, "Good Jiu'er, what you said is really too interesting, don't be angry, isn't it okay for Miss to compensate you?" Jiu'er hurriedly shook her hand, "I can't help it, don't take it seriously Third Miss, the slave and maid said casually, originally the slave and maid just wanted to make you laugh." ”

Zhu Lian also came over, "Sister Jiu'er is so powerful, why don't you turn into a fruit now, so that we can open our eyes." Jiu'er's face turned red when Zhu Lian said, Xia Mengning pretended to be angry and pushed Zhu Lian, "Okay, don't make fun of Jiu'er, if you haven't embroidered this pillow before dark, I won't spare you." Just as she was talking and laughing, a figure walked in outside, Xia Mengning stood up and said with a smile: "Why is Mother Chen here?" ”

Seeing the scene of the three masters and servants in a group, Chen's mother looked a little embarrassed, this third lady, for some reason, since she woke up last time, it was like a different person, every time she looked at her eyes, she always felt dangerously tight.

"Back to the third lady's words, the old lady thought about looking for the Buddha strings that she had asked for a few years ago, but she couldn't find it, and she thought that the Buddhist hall was all managed by Xin's mother before she came, so she came to Xin's mother to help find it." Xia Mengning nodded, "It turned out that my grandmother was looking for Mother Xin, then Mother Chen would wait for a while, and I asked Jiu'er to scream." As he spoke, he said to Jiu'er on the side: "You go and call Mother Xin out, just say that Mother Chen is here." ”