Took small steps to Rongfu Hall, Xie was having lunch, it was actually extremely impolite to visit people at this time, but Xie was eating with his baby son, although this granddaughter didn't like it, but she didn't care about her son's face, and it was not good to do too much.

When Chen's mother came in to report, Xie said lazily, "Let her come in." ”

Xia Mengru entered the door, and saw that Xie Shi and Xia Chuansheng were eating, and her stomach also gurgled, and then she saw that the table was full of delicacies from the mountains and seas, exuding a rich aroma, Xia Mengru couldn't help it.

"I've seen my grandmother, I've seen my father."

Fortunately, I didn't forget to salute.

Xia Chuansheng didn't care, and said casually: "What, what are you doing here?" ”

Xia Mengru was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "When Ru'er first came to the house, she thought that she could come to her grandmother's side to talk to her grandmother in order to fulfill her filial piety. ”

Xia Chuansheng nodded, Xie Shi was reluctantly comforted, but seeing that Xia Mengru had only come to see him on the third day this day, he was still unhappy, so he said coldly: "I came so late, I have lunch, why don't the six girls use it together?" ”

This is clearly an eviction order, but Xia Mengru was born with a lack of a string in her head, and she didn't react, thinking that Xie Shi liked her performance, so she let out a crisp 'hey' at the moment, sat on the chair, and swallowed saliva at the table full of delicacies.

Xie was almost mad, he didn't know if this granddaughter was really stupid or fake, and the slaves and maids in the room were also looking at Xia Mengru strangely, but the person involved in the matter didn't care about it, and said loudly: "Grandmother, granddaughter doesn't have chopsticks." ”

Xie Shi's old face was gloomy and was about to drip water, grinding his teeth and said, "Go and get a pair of chopsticks for Miss Six." ”

The girls saw Xie Shi's unhappy face, and then saw that the atmosphere on the field was not right, no one dared to take it, this Xia Mengru rarely encountered such a table of delicious, looking at it was too anxious to see that it could not be eaten, and in a blink of an eye, Xie Shi was already leaning on the chair without moving the chopsticks, Xia Mengru hurriedly said: "Grandmother, have you finished eating?" ”

Xie Shi was stunned for a moment, I didn't know why Xia Mengru asked like this, and before she could answer, she stretched out a pair of hands in front of her and quickly took away her chopsticks, Xia Mengru took Xie's chopsticks and picked up a large piece of braised pork and chewed it in her mouth, and said to Xie with a smile: "Thank you, grandmother...... Since you're done eating, your granddaughter can use your chopsticks, anyway, your granddaughter doesn't dislike your ......"

Xie Shi was almost crazy, Xia Chuansheng couldn't stand it, and as soon as his eyes turned, he said viciously: "Ru'er, don't be rude!" ”

Xia Mengru was startled by Xia Chuansheng's shouting, and said timidly: "Daddy, what's wrong?" ”

Xia Chuansheng sighed, "The way you look, are you the way everyone looks beautiful?" The more you look at it, the more you look like a poor girl from a poor country, is that how your mother taught you? ”

Xia Mengru was stunned for a moment, and put down the chopsticks in her hand with some reluctance, and Xie Shi also frowned, "This girl has been raised outside for many years, and Qian is also a broken official lady, presumably this rule must not be taught well." ”

Saying that, Xie Shi looked at Xia Chuansheng and said, "Sheng'er, you come in with me, I have something to tell you." ”

Xia Chuansheng nodded, looked at Xia Mengru, and said, "Hurry up and let me go back to the house and stay, I will be embarrassed to come out." ”

Xia Mengru was frightened by Xia Chuansheng's eyes, Xia Chuansheng was a little violent, there were often things about beating and scolding his wife and concubines, and Xia Mengru was also beaten, so naturally he didn't dare to confront him.

When she stood up and walked out, Xia Mengru glanced at the fragrant meat buns on the table, and while Xia Chuansheng was not paying attention, she quickly reached out and took two and stuffed them in her sleeve.

She thought that no one would see this action, but in fact, all the girls in the room looked at it carefully, and in less than a day, it spread all over the house.

Xia Chuansheng was called into the back room by the Xie family, and the Xie family sat on the couch and said: "Sheng'er, now that you have returned to the house, it is time to add a few concubines here, and the succession is the first priority." ”

Xia Chuansheng himself is lustful, and now he is naturally very willing, Xie Shi saw Xia Chuansheng nodded, and said: "You have seen it today, the six girls are deficient in their conduct and rules, this Qian family, you also married before, before and now now, you are the second master of this house, how can you not even have a serious sister-in-law, this Qian family is already old, I am afraid that you can no longer have children, you should also think about marrying another room." ”

Xia Chuansheng smiled, "It's still the mother who loves the child the most, the Qian family is honest, and it's not interesting to talk or anything, if the child didn't see that her short-lived father could come up with some money, how could she marry such a saltless girl." ”

Xie Shi looked at Xia Chuansheng happily, not feeling how bad it was for this kind of unkind words to come out of his son's mouth, but he was relieved that his precious son could listen to his words.

Xie took out a scroll of codex from the drawer on the side, and spread it out one by one for Xia Chuansheng to see, it was full of portraits of young ladies in the capital who had not yet come out of the cabinet, these were all arranged by Xie in advance, and the daughters on it were carefully selected by Xie, and their appearance and family background were excellent.

Xia Chuansheng looked at it at first glance, his heart blossomed, and he was overjoyed to look at them one by one, and then he was a little unhappy, "Mother, the women above are beautiful, why are they all concubines?" ”

Xie Shi blinked his eyes and said, "What's wrong with the concubine, you are the second master, and you don't have real power, and you don't rely on your eldest brother's reputation, how can the daughter of a high-ranking family marry you?" What about the concubine, one is easy to suppress, and after passing the door, it will not be above the top and cause trouble everywhere, and the second is that this concubine is also humble, and the power of her mother's family must be something you can use in the future. ”

Xie Shi said this, Xia Chuansheng also thought about it, nodded and said: "It's still the mother who is thoughtful, since this is the case, the mother just decides, and the child listens to the mother." ”

Xie nodded with a smile and studied with Xia Chuansheng.

Xia Mengru and the girl Jinglan went back to listen to Yuzhai together, and when they were on the way, they had already swallowed the two buns that they had brought by hand, Jinglan watched from the side and didn't make a sound, but the contempt in her eyes was real.

After listening to Yuzhai, Qian was already waiting for her in the house, and when she saw Xia Mengru coming back, she hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "How is it, what did your grandmother say?" ”

Xia Mengru didn't care about it, and told the Qian family about it, and at the end, she said: "I really don't know what's wrong with my grandmother, she doesn't even want to keep me for a meal, and I don't have to take care of her, the old woman has a ......."

Qian raised his forehead, frowned and said: "Ru'er, I asked you to please your grandmother, you can do it, you don't get up until three o'clock in the morning, but you rush to go when people are eating, you are ......"

Qian already feels that there is nothing to say, this daughter is naturally straight, she can't turn at all, it's just that, now she is thirteen years old, she can't teach her everything, whether it's a blessing or a curse, she has to go through it herself.

Thinking of this, Qian sighed and said: "Ru'er, my mother advises you, if you want to marry the prince, then you have to find a way to change this lazy and greedy problem in the future, you have to learn more from Xia Mengning, and see how people do things, you think, what a noble person the prince is, if he sees you so lazy and greedy, how can he still like you?" ”

Xia Mengru was unhappy in her heart, but she was afraid that the Qian family said that the prince liked these four words, so she didn't make a sound, and said after a while: "My daughter remembered it, and she will change it in the future." ”

Qian was relieved in his heart, if he could use this to make Ru'er change, it would not be a bad thing.

Thinking of this, Qian hit the railroad while it was hot: "Also, if the prince likes Xia Mengning, then Xia Mengning naturally has something that the prince likes, you might as well learn more, and see how Xia Mengning usually speaks and acts, so that you can also think more about the preferences of the prince." ”

When Xia Mengru heard this, she laughed, "Yes, mother, why didn't I think of it." ”

Jinglan eavesdropped outside the house, disdainful in her heart, she was a girl bought by the Wei family, and she was placed next to Xia Mengru, just to take the opportunity to provoke a war between Xia Mengru and Xia Mengning.

Now that she heard the two finally talk about it, Jinglan knew that her chance had come.

"Second lady!" Jinglan stood outside the house, shouting.

Qian was stunned for a moment, looked at it and said, "Come in." ”

Jinglan walked in and said, "The slave has come to deliver tea." ”

After adding tea to the two of them, Jing Lan said: "Sixth Miss, when the slave maid first went to the housekeeper's room, I heard the girl from Zhuzhiyuan say that the prince is coming to the house this afternoon." ”

Xia Mengru was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Really? ”

Jinglan nodded, "The slave maid only heard about it, I don't know if it's true or not." ”

Xia Mengru was already overjoyed when she heard this, where to care about what is true or false, she hurriedly turned her head and grabbed Qian's hand and said: "Mother, do you hear, the prince is coming, the mother will dress up her daughter quickly, and the daughter will go to see the prince beautifully." ”

The Qian family was more stable than Xia Mengru, and asked Jinglan, "Who are you listening to?" ”

Jinglan replied: "It was the slave maid who heard about it in the butler's room, that girl is the Jiu'er girl next to the third miss, she is the personal maid of the third miss, and she has the trust of the third miss the most, presumably it came out of her mouth, it can't be faked." ”

Qian nodded, Xia Mengru got carried away with joy, and dragged Qian's hand to the mirror, "Mother, mother, dress up your daughter." ”

Seeing Xia Mengru so excited, Qian couldn't bear to brush her excitement, so he picked up a comb and groomed Xia Mengru.

At this time, a girl came to report outside the door, saying that Xia Chuansheng was looking for Qian to go back to the house, Qian nodded, turned to Xia Mengru and said, "Ru'er, you have to remember what your mother said." Xia Mengru nodded, not taking Qian's words to heart at all, and smeared them in the mirror.

Seeing that the Qian family was gone, Jinglan stepped forward with a smile to dress Xia Mengru, and said, "Miss is so good-looking, she is really beautiful no matter how she dresses up." ”

Xia Mengru is very useful, in fact, she was born similar to the Qian family, her facial features are a little lighter, and she is barely a delicate woman.

Jinglan didn't have a good heart, so naturally she wouldn't give Xia Mengru a good move, and Xia Mengru had never seen so many kinds of fat powder and hairpins, so she piled all the good colors on her head under a joy, and in the end, Xia Mengru dressed herself up as a stranger, with rich eye makeup, two thick black eyebrows, big blood-red lips smeared with lipstick, and all the hairpins that could be hairpinned on the bun, Jinglan watched from the sidelines, and couldn't help laughing, but Xia Mengru didn't care much, Continue to wear the hairpin on your head.

The news that Changsun Yun was coming was deliberately released by Xia Mengning, in order to attract two uneasy and well-meaning people from this mansion.

The afternoon sun was warm, making people want to fall asleep, Xia Mengning and Changsun Yun sat in the pavilion and played against each other, surrounded by warm yellow Xiangfei bamboo curtains, blocking the fine sunlight.

Changsun Yun held the black chess piece in his hand, slowly put it into the chessboard and said with a smile: "It turned out that you wanted to borrow my hand to help you do things, Ning'er, I knew that you wouldn't be so good to ask me to come to you." ”

Xia Mengning playfully stuck out her tongue and said with a smile: "Didn't I just call you, if it's not good, why don't I call others?" ”

Eldest Sun Yun smiled, his wide sleeves brushed across the chessboard, and he didn't sweep off a single chess piece, but he held Xia Mengning's soft pancreas tightly, "Ning'er, why don't you admit that you miss me?" Like me, I'll admit it. ”

Xia Mengning raised his eyebrows slightly, his narrow phoenix eyes were a unique charm, and when he looked at Changsun Yun with his very amorous eyebrows, he really couldn't help it.

Xia Mengning saw that the eldest grandson Yun's face was stunned, and said with a smile: "If you don't want to help me, then forget it, you can go, I'll find someone else." ”

Before he finished speaking, he was taken into his arms by Changsun Yun, "You dare?!" ”

Changsun Yun said, her lips gently brushed her cheeks, and she was satisfied to see the little woman in her arms blushing, her pink lips pursed slightly, with an indescribable temptation.

Xia Mengning glared at him, and said angrily: "Don't dare, don't dare...... Don't you dare? ”

Eldest Sun Yun shook his head, "No, what did you do earlier?" Now admit your mistakes, it's too late, ......" said, Changsun Yun slightly dumbened his voice, "Ning'er, I want a little benefit, a little bit is good......"

The thin lips as soft as peach blossoms were slightly covered, and there were curtains all around, no one could see the scene in the pavilion, Xia Meng reached out and pinched his waist fiercely, and twisted it without letting go, "Eldest grandson Yun, you bastard......"

"Third sister...... Third Sister ......"

At this moment, a brisk voice interrupted the beautiful scenery, Xia Mengning suddenly stood up from the arms of the eldest grandson Yun, and hurriedly sorted out his clothes.

Eldest Sun Yun frowned and whispered, "Damn it!" ”

Xia Mengning smiled and motioned for him not to speak.

Outside the pavilion, Jiu'er said respectfully: "Seventh Miss, the third lady is playing against the prince inside, you better come back another day." ”

When Xia Mengrong heard this, she was very happy, and sure enough, Liuyan came to tell herself at noon that the prince would come to the house after lunch, and now that she is there, it seems that Liuyan is quite useful.

When Xia Mengrong heard this, she hid the joy in her heart, and said in a panic: "So that's the case...... It's Rong'er who has overstepped ......"

Jiu'er was silent and looked at Xia Mengrong coldly.

Xia Mengrong gritted her teeth, knowing that Xia Mengning would definitely not let herself go to see the prince, she was born so beautiful, if the prince saw it, maybe she would like herself, although she Xia Mengning is also a charming face, where can she compare to her innocence and cuteness.

Xia Mengrong weighed it in her heart, then knelt on the ground and said: "The little girl Xia Mengrong, I have seen the prince of the world, I can't salute in person, the sins of the little girl are counted, the little girl has worshiped the prince here, and the prince is blessed and healthy." ”

After speaking, there was no sound in the pavilion, Xia Mengrong bit her lip unwillingly, but still stood up and walked back.

Xia Mengrong couldn't understand that by doing this, she was showing her identity to the prince, and why Xia Mengning didn't let herself in to meet, but how could the prince not be curious.

Xia Mengrong walked back slowly, secretly thinking that this opportunity could not be just gone.

At this moment, a voice came from behind him, "Who is it?" Come in and talk. ”

This voice sounded like heaven in Xia Mengrong's ears, she hurriedly calmed down her mind and turned around and walked forward.

Jiu'er opened the curtain, Xia Mengrong lowered her head and entered the pavilion, and the purpose was a pair of boots embroidered with auspicious clouds, presumably it must be the prince of the world, Xia Mengrong was so excited that she hurriedly saluted and said: "The little girl Xia Mengrong, I have seen the prince of the world, and I have seen the third sister." ”

Xia Mengning sat on the side and looked at Changsun Yun with a smile, and Changsun Yun smiled back at her, then turned her face, recovered her iceberg face, and said, "Get up." ”

Xia Mengrong stood up, but she didn't dare to look up, Xia Mengning looked at it and said with a smile: "Seventh sister doesn't have to be restrained, they are all their own people, sit down." ”

Xia Mengrong walked to the side and sat down, only then did she dare to quietly look up at Changsun Yun, just one glance, Xia Mengrong's heart fluctuated, how could there be such a good-looking man in this world, warm as jade, just like a person who came out of a book.

Xia Mengrong lowered her head, her cheeks turned red, but Changsun Yun, who was still playing with Xia Mengning, was sensitive to Xia Mengrong's shyness, not only did she not have a sense of accomplishment but also felt a little disgusting, if it weren't for his baby Ning'er, how could his eldest Sun Yun allow such a woman to imagine about herself.

With anger in his heart, Changsun Yun was heavier when he started, Xia Mengning covered her mouth and snickered, and reached out and knocked on the back of Changsun Yun's hand a few times, silently comparing her mouth, "Thank you." ”

Eldest Sun Yun was like a child who had begged for candy, and Xia Mengning's small action drove away his unhappiness.

Xia Mengrong sat on the side but didn't dare to speak if she wanted to, Xia Mengning and Changsun Yun were playing chess quietly, and they didn't care about Xia Mengrong, which really made her anxious.

At this time, I could hear a burst of rapid footsteps outside, Xia Mengning sneered slightly in her heart, this good show was finally about to play.