Autumn is crisp and sunny! It's a good day!

The Gao family's birthday banquet is indeed very lively, and there is an endless stream of people coming and going. When the Yi family and his party walked into the flower hall, it was already full. They smiled and congratulated Mr. Yu on his birthday, and as soon as he finished singing the congratulatory speech, Master Gao Zhijing in the front hall sent someone to invite Yi Xihu to come over for tea, so Yi Xihu and Mr. Yu retired, and then took Yi Tangquan to go together.

Today's occasion is not enough for the second room of the Yi family to be listed, but because of the relationship between Yi Xihu, the Gao family is also willing to sell a face, so this is why the invitation was sent.

After Yi Xihu left with Yi Tangquan, the Lin family and the Huang family were left with the juniors to greet Mr. Yu, and then the family of Li Ming, the magistrate of Showa County, came in to celebrate his birthday, and the Lin family naturally retreated to the side with people.

The Li family temporarily lives in Yi Mansion, and today they set off with the Yi family. However, when he celebrated his birthday, it was not good for the two families to enter together, so they came in after the Yi family celebrated their birthday.

Similarly, after the Li family sang the congratulatory message, Master Li Ming was also invited to the front hall. Mrs. Li came over and exchanged a few words with the Lin family, and then pulled the Huang family next to her away, and naturally followed by the other juniors in the second room.

When did these two ladies get on such a good footing? Yi Xiangxiang wondered.

Mr. Yu, who was sitting at the top, was a fine person, and when he saw that the people in the second room of the Yi family were gone, he said to the Lin family: "Don't stand still, sit down quickly!" ”

Only then did Lin see that the sensible maid who didn't know when had already moved a new circle chair and placed it on Mr. Yu's left side. She smiled and sat down, and Yi Luochuan and Yi Xiangxiang naturally stood behind their mother.

Mr. Yu didn't seem to be in good spirits today, but she still asked Yi Xiangxiang with a smile if she had studied and practiced calligraphy recently.

Yi Xiangxiang suddenly felt a bit like a home visit, although it was the teacher's house she came to, but this time it was always a little embarrassing to talk about the grades! Mr. Yu is a female teacher in the academy, she is one of Yi Xiangxiang's teachers, and it is normal for this teacher to care about her students, but Yi Xiangxiang, who is a scumbag, does not like this kind of care.

In fact, if you talk about it carefully, she and Concubine De are still sisters in the same school, Yi Xiangxiang secretly thinks it's funny.

"Sir, did you do it on purpose?" Yi Xiangxiang said the mischievous Mr. Tongyu.

She actually likes Mr. Yu very much, and she has never missed every class he attends. In the early years, Mr. Yu taught students piano, chess and calligraphy in the women's school, but in recent years, she felt that she did not have enough energy, so she transferred the piano and calligraphy to other female gentlemen, and taught chess skills alone.

Mr. Yu's chess skills are superb, and the chess game also has his own style and city, Yi Xiangxiang likes some of her chess ideas very much, and she is more serious in every class. And she also learned a lot from Mr. Yu, such as freedom and pride, as well as the most basic outlook on the world.

Yi Xiangxiang has always felt that Mr. Yu is an amazing woman, and she and her husband have dedicated their lives to education! In fact, with Dean Gao's talent and Mr. Yu's wisdom, they have the opportunity to enjoy the glory of high-ranking officials! But in this era when everyone defaults to being an official, they have given up those vanities, and instead focused on teaching and educating people, which really deserves praise and respect.

"You little girl, you know how to play all day long! Learn from your brother and read poetry well, and it will be helpful to yourself in the future! Mr. Yu was a little happier when she looked at Yi Xiangxiang's naughty appearance, and she said with a smile. The wrinkles on his face are clearly visible, but the love in the vicissitudes of life is like a warm sun.

Mr. Yu is a wise person, and in her game with Yi Xiangxiang in class, she clearly found that this girl is not as bad as others say, but she is really lazy.

Yi Xiangxiang smiled and said, "Okay, okay, the students know!" When I go back, I must ask my brother about teaching! ”

"Hmph, you think I don't know you're perfunctory to me? You little slippery head! Well, you're bored here, they're all playing in the garden, so let's go too! Mr. Yu said.

The "they" Mr. Yu said naturally refers to the other young ladies and gentlemen, and the ladies from various provinces are sitting in the flower hall now, and they are already a little crowded, if the young ladies are there, it really can't accommodate so many people. The juniors are all entertained in the garden by the sons and ladies of the Gao family, and they will not go there until the main hall opens.

"Eh, bad students just don't like it! Gotta get it, don't be here to please you! Yi Xiangxiang laughed with Mr. Yu again, and after amusing the latter, she and her brother Yi Luochuan followed the maid who led the way to the garden.

Yi Luochuan looked at the maid in front of him at a distance from them, and estimated that it was also to make it convenient for them to talk, and then saw that the slaves around him were also well-behaved and polite, so he couldn't help but praise: "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince came to celebrate his birthday in person, the Gao family can still be so arrogant and impatient, and the family style is indeed rigorous!" ”

"Although the Gao family is not a hairpin family, it is also a Tongzhou family, and there are many students under Dean Gao who are officials, so this kind of small scene can still be handled." Yi Xiangxiang answered disappreciatively.

The brother and sister walked slowly while enjoying the scenery in the garden, and they were not in a hurry to go to the water pavilion at all. This garden of the Gao family is not like the bamboo forest among the flowers of the Yi family, but it is squarely pruned with great regularity and order, which is very unique and worth watching.

Yi Luochuan listened to his sister say that this was just a small scene, and he was a little funny for a while, you must know that the Gao family's birthday banquet this time can be regarded as a guest from all over the world! And this morning, he learned that even Zheng Biao, the governor of Jizhou, came with his family, which shows that this appeal is really extraordinary.

Of course, everyone knows that this appeal is because of the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu!

"Let's not care about the scene, I always feel that there are some things that are very strange, this is a few years ago, when Dean Gao had a full birthday, Concubine De Niangniang just gave some rewards! This time, Mr. Yu's birthday banquet was so fanfare, which is really incomprehensible. Yi Luochuan looked at his sister restlessly wanting to pick flowers, and pulled her sleeve and said.

"I guess I want to use this birthday banquet to make my filial piety famous! Isn't it said that the Four Princes are highly regarded by scholars? Now that he has come to Tongzhou to brush up on a wave of presence, what he wants may be that praise! Yi Xiangxiang heard her brother mention the suspicions in her heart like this, so she opened her eyes and made up nonsense.

Now it is obvious to all that several princes in Kyoto are fighting openly and secretly, and the popularity of the four princes is so high, it is also an invisible pressure on the other princes.

Yi Luochuan didn't agree with this, but he couldn't think of any other reason, so he could only accept it for the time being. It's just that he just found out that Mr. Yu didn't seem to be happy because of the arrival of the fourth prince, so he started a discussion with his sister Yi Xiangxiang on this topic.

Yi Xiangxiang took advantage of Yi Luochuan's inattention and stopped to pick a moon flower. After that, she turned around and looked at Yi Luochuan with an expression of "Brother, you are a fool", and then only heard her say:

Mr. Yu was not particularly happy, indicating that she also knew that this was just a face-saving affair between Concubine De and her! Brother, think about it, Concubine De is now a high-ranking lady in the harem after all, and Tongzhou should actually be a place of shame for her! In the early years, in order to repay her kindness and fame, she supported Lord Gao Zhijing all the way to serve as the right hand of the Imperial Palace! But with the character of Dean Gao and Mr. Yu, it must have been explained that Master Gao Zhijing did not participate in the partisan dispute! I guess that in recent years, Concubine De has not had close contact with the Gao family, but this time she suddenly pulled the Gao family to the ship of the fourth prince, do you think Mr. Yu can be happy? ”

She was right, Dean Gao and Mr. Yu were not happy, just because Concubine De inexplicably asked the four princes to celebrate her birthday! As a result, in the eyes of outsiders, the Gao family was tied to the boat of the four princes. But in fact, the Gao family just wants to keep their duty!

Mr. Yu helped Concubine De back then because of her compassion, and since Concubine De entered the palace, she felt that the relationship was different, after all, that little girl was a noble lady. And she also knew that Concubine De didn't particularly want to see the old people in Tongzhou, which was one of the reasons why the couple never went to Kyoto to reunite with their son.

Concubine De is no longer the little girl who needed the care of the Gao family in Tongzhou City back then, she is now only one step away from the most noble position! If you stay in a high place for a long time, you won't be considerate of the people below, and Concubine De and the Gao family are actually a kind of discord between face and heart!

If it weren't for the need to come to Tongzhou justifiably in the name of celebrating the Gao family's birthday this time, presumably Concubine De would not have supported the Gao family. Of course, Dean Gao and Mr. Yu don't need this inexplicable support, so they are not happy.

"No wonder my grandfather once said that my sense of smell is not as sensitive as yours, but I really didn't think of that." Yi Luochuan admits that his sister's understanding of some issues is more accurate than his.

Olfaction? We're not dogs! Yi Xiang Xiang belly slander.

In fact, the reason why Yi Xiangxiang has this reasoning is just that she knows Zhao Zixiu's true purpose. If the Gao family is really in the same group as Concubine De, there is no need for Zhao Zixiu to go south in person, as long as he hands over the matter to the Gao family, after all, the Gao family has lived in Tongzhou for a long time, and they will definitely know more about Qishan than Zhao Zixiu.

If you dig down like this, it can only show that the Gao family is not on the ship of the Four Princes.

"I'm just guessing, looking at the essence through the phenomenon! Brother, you must know that all superficial relationships have a chain of interests underneath! Just like when Lord Jiang elected our father as the governor of Tongzhou, my father has also taken care of the Jiang family over the years, and even married him at the risk of offending the Hou Mansion and offending Meng Zhaoyi, which is the exchange of interests in the alliance between them. And like Concubine De and the Gao family, except for the promotion of the tall people in the early days, they have not been able to explore the interest chain at all over the years, which shows that the alliance may not exist! Yi Xiangxiang knew that her brother was going to be an official in the future, so she tried her best to know everything about many things.

Yi Luochuan naturally understood the intention of these words, he nodded and said, "I understand. ”

Yi Xiangxiang saw that her brother had no intention of going to the Water Pavilion, but accompanied her to walk slower and slower, so she called the maid who led the way and said, "We don't go to the Water Pavilion, you can just take us to find a pavilion to sit down, and we will go directly when the main seat begins." ”

The little maid said yes, and led Yi Luochuan and Yi Xiangxiang to a secluded small corner pavilion very well. The small pavilion by the lake is also not large, and the small cobblestone table can only seat six people. But the wonderful thing is that there is a lake behind it, but there are rockeries around it, and you can't really find it if you don't look carefully.

"Miss Childe, sit down first, and the slave will go and bring some refreshments." The blue-clothed maid said.

"You've made a great trip." Yi Xiangxiang bowed her head, and Qing Xuan behind her stepped forward to give a reward.

Originally, if you went to the water pavilion, there was tea and snacks for the guests, so naturally you didn't need a maid to get it. But now that they have changed places on a whim, this maid has to go on another trip to get food for the guests, which is extra work for her, so Yi Xiangxiang asked Qingxuan to reward her very intimately.

In ancient times, it was customary for the master or guest to reward the maid, and the blue-clothed maid only excused herself and then smiled. She quickly thanked the reward and exited the pavilion.

So in the small corner pavilion, only the Yi Luochuan brothers and sisters, as well as the accompanying Qingxuan and Ah Ping. In fact, Ah Ping could only wait in the outer courtyard, after all, he was a man. Of course, the usual wedding banquet Yi Luochuan was also arranged in the outer courtyard as a male guest, but because today's birthday banquet did not adhere to these rules, the male guests all entered the flower hall of the back house to celebrate their birthdays, so that Ah Ping could be by Yi Luochuan's side.

Yi Xiangxiang looked at this place and was hidden, so she asked Qingxuan and Ah Ping to sit down and chat together. But they felt that this was a guest at an outsider's house after all, and if someone came over, it would not be good for others to think that the Yi family had no rules, so they refused.

Yi Luochuan was very relieved to see his sister so considerate of the people around him! The little girl who was chased by herself every day to practice calligraphy has grown into a girl's family, and many times she is more experienced than herself in doing things and speaking, and she was a little emotional for a while.

"My brother has been making tea and discussing wine with the four princes in the past two days, have you heard him mention that he is more impressed by which young lady in Tongzhou?" Yi Xiangxiang asked.

Just like when I was in school, there would be a discussion in the girls' dormitory about which boy was more handsome, Yi Xiangxiang felt that when this man was together, he would inevitably mention some more eye-catching women.

"You want to listen to Miss Zhu?" Yi Luochuan looked at Yi Xiangxiang and asked.

At the poetry reception that day, he had already seen that Zhu Qianqian's attitude towards the four princes was very enthusiastic, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that it was a secret promise.

Yi Xiangxiang played with the moon flower in her hand and said: "It's not all, isn't this big sister also very unusual towards the four princes?" I think she is also interested in the Prince's Mansion! ”

When Yi Luochuan heard Yi Xiangxiang mention Yi Ruonan, he frowned unconsciously, thinking of his sister's response to Yi Ruonan's Hou Mansion, and said, "Well, she has really been extremely ...... these days Extremely attentive. But...... Didn't she want to enter the Hou Mansion? ”

Regarding the discussion of Yi Ruonan, Yi Luochuan still has some psychological and moral suppression, and he is quite difficult in terms of words.

"Just be attentive! She is like this, she values wealth, not people. If I can guarantee her to enter the Prince's Mansion, she will immediately choose to give up the Changping Marquis Mansion, believe it or not? I just dislike her now, if she doesn't get married quickly, but your brother marries Jiang Jingshan first, it is not suitable after all. Speaking of which, there is another Yi Hanchen above who has not yet started a family, and the second aunt is picking and choosing between high and low, which is really troublesome. Yi Xiangxiang is not so polite, and she will not show mercy at all when she complains.

The reason why Yi Xiangxiang has this complaint is because nominally, Yi Ruonan and Yi Hanchen are the eldest lady and the second young master of the Yi family respectively, if they have not yet started a family, Yi Luochuan, who is ranked third, will marry a wife first, which is indeed not suitable. Although Yi Luochuan married his wife because of the draft and was in a hurry, he set the date of welcoming his relatives at the beginning of spring, but if the marriage between Yi Ruonan and Yi Hanchen could be resolved during this time, it would naturally be better.

"Ahem......" Yi Luochuan heard his sister mention his marriage so aggressively, it was really a little unnatural. But he still spoke: "I heard from my mother the day before yesterday that the Li family wanted to marry the second room and marry Miss Li Yanping to the second brother. ”

The second brother that Yi Luochuan said is Yi Hanchen, the second young master of the Yi family, is actually his cousin, but the Yi family's big house and two rooms are arranged in a common order, so he is called the second brother.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't know about this stubble, so she asked, "Are you sure it's the concubine Li Yanping and not the eldest daughter Li Yanqing?" ”

"At that time, I went to my father's study to get rice paper, and I happened to hear my mother and father mention that the name was Li Yanping." Yi Luochuan said.

At that time, the rice paper in his yard ran out, and the new goods in the inventory had not been replenished, so he went to his father's study to get some for himself, and just happened to hear this.

"I thought it would be Li Yanqing! Go back to Qingxuan, you go and investigate, and see what's going on. Yi Xiangxiang turned her head and said to Qing Xuan, who nodded in agreement.

Then Yi Xiangxiang thought about it again and said to Yi Luochuan: "Brother, what if you send your eldest sister Yi Ruonan to the Prince's Mansion?" What do you think? ”

"Didn't you say you wouldn't get involved in those fights? If the eldest sister enters the prince's mansion, won't she tie up the Yi family? Yi Luochuan frowned and asked.

His sister has a delicate heart, and sometimes he really can't figure it out.

"Yi Ruonan is in the second room, as long as his father is not transferred to Kyoto, it will not have much impact. And I'll tell you secretly, the two aunts on the other side of the second room will make some trouble in a few days! I think the big sister's arguments about convincing my grandfather and grandmother are probably useless. But if she can't enter the Hou Mansion, she will definitely not be reconciled, I don't want a time bomb buried next to me. ”

The reason why Yi Xiangxiang said this is because she already knew that Aunt Wang of the second room had an alliance with Aunt Su because of the relationship between Luo Yingcao and laid a trap for the Huang family and Yi Ruonan. No matter what Yi Ruonan's original persuasion plan was, I'm afraid this wishful thinking won't work! And as long as Yi Ruonan can't make her reputation beautiful, Yi Xiangxiang has a reason not to help her enter the Hou Mansion. But in this way, Yi Ruonan will inevitably have other incidents in the future, Yi Xiangxiang doesn't want to waste effort on this senseless person, so she just wants to solve it as soon as possible!

Yi Luochuan didn't know what a time bomb was, but his instincts told him it wasn't a good thing! He was already extremely disappointed in this so-called sister because of Yi Ruonan's design of Wu Feng, and he would not object to what his sister wanted to do. Although he doesn't know what will happen in the second room now, he believes Yi Xiangxiang's words.

I saw that Yi Luochuan seemed to think for a while, and then said: "My sister wants to get people into the Four Princes' Mansion? In fact, it's okay like this, now on the surface, the Yi family and the Jiang family are tied together, and the Jiang family is connected to Meng Zhaoyi and the eleventh prince! At this time, if the eldest sister is arranged into the Fourth Prince's Mansion, it can weaken some of the relationship between our Yi family and Meng Zhaoyi. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, we have a relationship with the fourth prince and the eleventh prince, but it has become a balance. ”

The reason why Yi Luochuan said that it was the Four Princes' Mansion was because Yi Xiangxiang asked about the Four Princes Zhao Zixiu at the beginning, and now they only know this one prince.

Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect that her brother would analyze the relationship between the Yi family and Meng Zhaoyi, she really ignored this before, so now it seems that the prince's mansion is more suitable for Yi Ruonan!

"Brother, in this way, it is more beneficial for us to let Yi Ruonan enter the Prince's Mansion! But it doesn't have to be the Four Princes' Mansion, the reason why I asked the Four Princes just now is because I think it would be more convenient if he was interested in Yi Ruonan! But if he doesn't have an idea, we can make other arrangements! Yi Xiangxiang said.

"Huh? What else is the arrangement? Yi Luochuan asked.

"Brother, you don't know, do you? The one in Yongle Juli now is actually also from the Prince's Mansion! Yi Xiangxiang smiled wickedly.

Yi Luochuan was very surprised when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Such a coincidence?" Which prince is it? ”

"I don't know! But this little favor, he should be able to help! Anyway, no matter which prince's mansion it is, I think Yi Ruonan will want to go in! She has all her ambitions, so let her do it herself! Yi Xiangxiang said.

The reason why Yi Ruonan was holding on to the Hou Mansion before was just because the highest position she touched was the Hou Mansion! Now that I see everyone's respect for the imperial power, this prince's mansion must be more in line with her wishes!

Yi Xiangxiang felt cold, but in this matter, she couldn't be blamed for being cold. Yi Ruonan gambled with the Yi family three times and twice for her so-called future, and she had no reason to tolerate it.

Since Yi Ruonan wants to go, let her go to the tiger wolf's den by herself and fend for herself!

It's not a good life

Non-red-faced, not thin-hearted, cool-hearted