After the poetry and wine party ended, everyone went back to their respective homes to find their own mothers. Because the Lin family wanted to instruct the Yi Luochuan brothers and sisters to pay attention to at the Gao family's birthday banquet the next day, they asked their subordinates to pass the dinner of Yi Luochuan and Yi Xiangxiang to the main courtyard.

At this time, Yi Xihu and Lin sat at the round table of Huanghuali Fugui Huadiao in the main hall of the big house, and the two of them sat Yi Luochuan and Yi Xiangxiang respectively, and then came down to the dragon and phoenix fetus and happy people on both sides.

The family had a happy dinner, and when everyone had eaten almost, Lin advised: "Tomorrow we will go to the flower hall to celebrate Mr. Yu's birthday, and then the juniors of the Gao family should take you around to have a look, remember not to trespass." Before the main banquet begins, there will be maids to lead you to your respective positions. And because it was to celebrate Mr. Yu's birthday, the Gao family did not divide the front and back halls, but arranged the male guests and female relatives in the main hall. Your father should be at the same table as His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince, I should also be at the old lady's seat, and you should be at the table of the sons and young ladies. There are many people and many things at the banquet, and you have to obey the rules without me watching! Don't say what you shouldn't say, don't do what you shouldn't do! ”

The Gao family can let Mr. Yu, who is a woman, be listed as a teacher, and naturally they are not very rigid in traditional etiquette. Moreover, when the four princes came to Tongzhou, in order to meet everyone's idea of seeing His Royal Highness's demeanor, the Gao family naturally arranged the guests in the main hall, which is reasonable.

There is a reason why Lin solemnly told a pair of children, and now her husband is the governor of Tongzhou, so he can't make jokes for others to see. Moreover, the four princes came to the Gao family to celebrate their birthday, and in the face of this highness, the Lin family showed twelve points of caution!

In fact, Zhao Zixiu has come to the door many times in the past two days, and the Lin family really feels that his scalp is getting tighter and tighter day by day, for fear of accidentally offending the fourth prince. Now they only hope that the birthday banquet will end soon, and they will send the big Buddha away early.

Huan Xile is still young, and it is not their turn to go out to socialize, so it is Lin Shi's words that he naturally said to Yi Luochuan and Yi Xiangxiang.

Yi Luochuan was peeling shrimp for Yi Lele, and when he heard this, he replied: "Mother rest assured, son can save it." As he spoke, he glanced at Yi Xiangxiang, who said very well: "Save it!" ”

"Humph! What do you save? You're the one that worries me the most! I've heard that you had a conflict with Miss Xiao again at this afternoon's poetry reception? Tomorrow's banquet is not a small venue for your young lady, you have to take it easy for me! Lin pretended to be stern and Yi Xiangxiang said.

Yi Xiangxiang pouted and asked for foreign aid: "Daddy, look at your mother!" I've promised her that she's still going to be unforgiving! ”

Yi Xihu on the side was happily watching his wife lecture her children, and she really didn't react to the situation of being suddenly dragged onto the field, and blurted out: "Your mother is right, you have to be obedient!" ”

Wife slave, wife slave! Yi Xiangxiang was helpless, she could only rely on herself!

"Mother, tell me with your conscience, when did I really disgrace you? Rest assured, no problem guaranteed! Kowtow to the kowtow, congratulations to the congratulatory, as long as others don't look for me, I have never taken the initiative to provoke others! Yi Xiangxiang stuffed a mouthful of dessert snacks into her mouth, and complained to her mother, almost choking.

Lin hated that iron could not be made of steel and said, "Look at you! Don't talk while eating, you won't listen to what I've told you a few times! It's not everyone's girlfriend at all! She said and hurriedly made half a bowl of soup for Yi Xiangxiang and served her snacks.

"It's not in my own home, how can I come here! It's enough to pack it outside, and I have to carry it when I get home, how tired I am! Yi Xiangxiang shrugged indifferently.

Lin looked at Yi Xiangxiang helplessly, what his daughter said, yes! Although her daughter lives in a simple house on weekdays, she will not find fault with anyone who participates in any banquet and behaves at all. Although it is rumored that her daughter is talented and virtuous, only the Lin family knows that the annual income of the Xile Building run by her daughter is a big fortune!

Lin knew that his daughter was unwilling to be in the limelight, and Lin also agreed, after all, it was indeed better to keep a low profile. Anyway, those accusations are not a big deal, she has always been afraid that her daughter will be premature and easy to break, and she will never correct the flaws in the rumors! It's just that sometimes my daughter's appearance at home is too casual, and I really can't help but want to be verbose.

"You're the one who doesn't let people worry!" The Lin family is still teaching Yi Xiangxiang a lesson.

Yi Xiangxiang stuck out her tongue "slightly", her funny appearance was very naughty, and the joy and joy sitting next to her also followed, but it really made Lin laugh.

After dinner, Yi Xiangxiang hurriedly escaped from the main courtyard, for fear that her ears would be cocooned. After that, his brother Yi Luochuan was chased out and took a walk in the garden to eliminate food, and then returned to Yongle House to take a comfortable bath.

Yi Xiangxiang, who was taking a bath, remembered Zhao Ziqian next door, and thought that tomorrow would be the birthday banquet, and then there would be a wedding banquet for the Hu and He families, so she might be lacking in skills, so she changed her clothes and came to the side room next door, ready to interrogate Zhao Ziqian.

Zhao Ziqian fell into the river after falling from a height, and the impact was reduced a lot because he didn't directly smash it, and now he has some skin injuries. The more serious thing is that he has a fracture in his right leg and is still unable to walk.

Or to be more precise, he can't walk on two legs, after all, he can still jump on one leg.

At this time, he had just finished dinner, and was helped by Tan Lin to the window to breathe. Speaking of which, he had been bored in this room for several days, and his biggest pastime on weekdays was to blow the wind by the window and read a book, this was really the first time he had felt imprisoned when he was so old.

However, it seems to be quite pleasant.

Nature is pleasant! For Zhao Ziqian, compared to being in the Prince's Mansion, he is really much more comfortable in Yongle Residence! There is no need to worry about assassination, and there is no need to worry about poison in the food...... Listening to Yi Xiangxiang and the maids next door tell jokes every day, or watch the writing and writing, it is really the easiest life he has lived in so long! He had to admit that he was about to fall.

When Yi Xiangxiang walked into the room, he saw Zhao Ziqian sitting in front of the window reading a book, the moonlight condensed on his knife-like cheeks, revealing an angular cold handsomeness. What is the origin of such a person with eyebrows like distant mountains and eyes like stars? Yi Xiangxiang pondered.

Zhao Ziqian also found Yi Xiangxiang standing not far away at this time, she was wearing a simple white dress, her face was not powdered, and the green silk hanging down her waist was only half dried by a handkerchief, and now she was loosely draped. A lazy stream flowed from between her brows, but her dark and shiny eyes were as bright as grapes.

Well, inexplicably fascinating.

"Ahem, what about reading?" Yi Xiangxiang admired the beautiful man's gaze unabashedly, so she naturally found herself stared at, but she thought that the other party had caught her eyes, so she took the lead.

"Hmm." Zhao Ziqian replied simply, more precious than Yi Luochuan.

Yes, another one who doesn't like to talk. Yi Xiang Xiang belly slander.

In front of Zhao Ziqian is a mahogany inlaid tea case, with two bowls of large ink chrysanthemums inserted in the blue and white glazed porcelain vase on the top, the color is black and red, dignified and lively, gorgeous and charming. Yi Xiangxiang felt that this flower was very flattering to Zhao Ziqian's appearance at this time, restrained and unassuming! She yawned and sat down in the rosewood carved wreath chair opposite Zhao Ziqian, staring at him with a big grin.

Beautiful man, beautiful man! It's really a rare beautiful man.

The room was quiet like this, and only after Yi Xiangxiang had finished admiring Zhao Ziqian's beauty and had some immunity to it, did she ask, "What book are you reading?" ”

"The Art of War." Zhao Ziqian said.

When Yi Xiangxiang heard this, she took out the book in Zhao Ziqian's hand and took it to her eyes to take a closer look, and found that it was indeed her simplified "Art of War" from modern times!

This book is actually Yi Xiangxiang in order to learn the employment and strategy of the Huanxi Pavilion, etc., and deliberately copied it, at that time, in order to train the Huanxi Pavilion, she also copied some modern special forces training methods, of course, they are all some of the fur learned on TV! However, Sun Tzu's Art of War was a rare time for her to write down a lot of content, and the book she held in her hand was written by herself. At that time, Le Qi felt that the pen and ink of the woman in the boudoir was not suitable for transmission, so he re-copied a copy and sent it to Huanxi Pavilion. So the book she wrote silently was put aside, and later it was estimated that Shumei put it together with some of the calligraphy and paintings she usually scribbled when she received things.

Eh, Yi Xiangxiang sighed! She felt that she was really not very cautious recently, not only did she go to Huanxi Pavilion to be followed, but she almost attracted Zhao Zixiu's attention at today's poetry party, and now even such an important thing has been seen by an outsider!

When she was in modern times, she liked to read some books like "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or "The Art of War", and it was not a problem to write a point or two, but she still felt that it was a little inappropriate to steal the fruits of her predecessors like this, and she was afraid that these things would attract suspicion, so she instructed Mo Wen to only study within Huanxi Pavilion, and not to spread it to the outside world.

"Where did you find this book?" Yi Xiangxiang asked.

Zhao Ziqian pointed to the bookshelf behind her and said, "There." ”

Yi Xiangxiang turned her head and saw the long Huanghuali bookshelf, she got up and walked to the bookshelf to look through, and found that what was placed here was indeed some calligraphy and calligraphy that she usually wrote in her idle and boring, but she didn't expect that she had unconsciously written and painted so many things.

She put Sun Tzu's Art of War back on the bookshelf and said, "These are some poems that I have copied in my spare time, and there is nothing beautiful about my daughter's house!" If you want to read a book, go back and tell Tan Lin the title of the book, and I'll have someone find it for you. ”

The meaning of these words is that he doesn't want Zhao Ziqian to look at these things again.

There was nothing wrong with what she said, and there were still some paintings on the shelves that she had drawn when she was a little girl, which were really not suitable for outsiders to see.

Zhao Ziqian was not annoyed when he saw this, and he didn't let him see his daughter's pen and ink? Yes! So he said, "Then I want to read the original book of "The Art of War." ”

Yi Xiangxiang just said that it was a transcribed poem and article, and Zhao Ziqian's side naturally brought the words into the original work, which was also deliberately tricky!

Yi Xiangxiang, who was standing by the bookshelf, was flipping through the big characters she wrote when she was a child, and secretly sighed that it was so ugly that she cried ghosts and gods, no wonder her brother forced her to practice calligraphy so much at that time. She was looking at these things and laughing, and after hearing Zhao Ziqian's words, she turned around and stared at the man who had been in front of the tea case for a long time, and she was a little skeptical that Zhao Ziqian knew something.

"This is the original!" Yi Xiangxiang picked up the book again and held it to Zhao Ziqian, and stared at his eyes, intending to find something in his eyes. At the same time, I silently thought to General Sun Wu in my heart, I'm sorry for you!

Zhao Ziqian smiled, the ice and snow melted like spring returning to the earth, and he only heard him say: "I didn't expect that Miss Yi Jiaba, who is rumored to be talented and virtuous, is so brilliant!" ”

This afternoon, after he heard that Yi Xiangxiang took someone to the garden, he looked for books on the bookshelf when he had nothing to do, so he turned to a lot of calligraphy and paintings, and the handwriting was from one person. The handwriting has changed from scribbled as a child to a girl-like juanxiu, and it looks like there is often practice! And some later calligraphy and painting in the pen is even more leisurely ingenuity, and there is even a trace of domineering on the pen!

As the saying goes, words are like people, and Zhao Ziqian almost immediately guessed that these things were from Yi Xiangxiang's hand.

This woman is really extremely low-key, and the low-key is a bit surprising! Not to mention the articles and poems on the shelves, just take out this hand, and she will not be criticized as talentless and virtuous! But she let the rumors spread and didn't come forward to clarify, but she didn't know why.

However, it wasn't until he turned to this book of the Art of War that the logic of strategy and tactics in it was extremely meticulous and rigorous, and the whole story was completely amazing! Only then did he know why this woman was so smart but secretly introverted, too rigid and easy to break, if she showed such talent early, I don't know how many people would compete for it, and how many people would want to get rid of it.

Even the proudest of him now felt that if this woman could not be used for himself, she would never fall into the side of others! Otherwise it's a big trouble!

Yi Xiangxiang's admission was actually to test Zhao Ziqian, thinking that he had seen Sun Tzu's Art of War, and guessed if it would be a fellow countryman. But Zhao Ziqian's answer was obviously not what he thought, and he said with some disappointment: "Just kidding, this is an excerpt I copied from a single book, and the old book is not easy to preserve, and it has long been broken." ”

Also, where are there so many traversers! Yi Xiangxiang sighed in her heart.

Zhao Ziqian didn't know what Yi Xiangxiang's sudden loneliness was, he felt an extreme loneliness, but he felt that it might be his sensory mistake. The Yi Xiangxiang he saw was optimistic by nature, and he was sincere to his subordinates, and he had a family that loved each other, so he shouldn't have that kind of cold loneliness.

"Oh, that's right. Can you lend me this book? Zhao Ziqian asked very sincerely.

He who has been to Colorful Valley and entered Huanxi Pavilion naturally doesn't believe Yi Xiangxiang's words, but he doesn't debunk it.

"Yes! But first you have to tell me, who are you, or whose person are you? Yi Xiangxiang tied the books in a circle and knocked on the bookshelf, and said to Zhao Ziqian very well.

"I thought you hadn't asked me all these days, because you didn't want to do much!" Zhao Ziqian said with a smile, he admitted that he had laughed too many times today!

Speaking of which, he has been waiting for Yi Xiangxiang to ask questions for the past two days, but he didn't expect that it was only a wall away, but the number of times the latter came over was only a handful, and there was no mention of his identity. And just when he thought that Yi Xiangxiang didn't want to cause trouble, so he wouldn't ask, she spoke instead.

Oh, it's unpredictable!

Yi Xiangxiang smiled and walked over with a book and said: "Know yourself and know your opponent, you will not be defeated in a hundred battles!" I thought you had learned! ”

Sun Tzu's Art of War is a preface, knowing each other and knowing oneself, and not being defeated in a hundred battles; Knowing oneself without knowing the other, one wins and one loses; I don't know who I am, I don't know myself, I will die in every battle.

"You and I will not be enemies." Zhao Ziqian took the book from Yi Xiangxiang's hand and said.

He really didn't want to be an enemy with Yi Xiangxiang, this sentence was from his heart. Thinking that he had never bowed his head to anyone in his life, it was also an accident that he repeatedly backed down in front of Yi Xiangxiang.

"How so? Just because I saved you? You must know that Yongle Ju took you in just out of necessity! If the fourth prince gives a bounty of 10,000 taels, I can hand you over with an excuse! Yi Xiangxiang walked to Zhao Ziqian's side and looked at him with burning eyes, as if he was appreciating ten thousand taels of gold!

The latter was not angry, he knew that Yi Xiangxiang would not hand him over, but he turned the book to the page he had just read and said, "You won't do this." ”

The tone was so determined that Yi Xiangxiang was very unhappy.

"Don't beat around the bush, I really don't have much patience, you know? Don't challenge my endurance! Yi Xiangxiang suddenly gritted her teeth, and while speaking, she actually pinched Zhao Ziqian's cheek with her hand, causing the latter to look confused.

Later, Yi Xiangxiang felt that the other party should be blamed for being too good-looking, which made her self-control weaker! However, at this time, Yi Xiangxiang used her strength, and when she let go, she saw that Zhao Ziqian's face suddenly appeared with red marks.

Zhao Ziqian was still in shock, but Yi Xiangxiang immediately slipped back to the circle chair opposite! Joke! If she really provokes someone, the other party can cut off her neck with one hand! Yi Xiangxiang admits that she was too impulsive just now.

"You see, I'm so excited that I'm really going to do something unexpected! Maybe I'll give you to Zhao Zixiu to sell favors as soon as my brain is pumped! To be appreciated by the Four Princes is an extremely honorable thing for my Yi family! Yi Xiangxiang stabilized her mind and spoke again.

Zhao Ziqian came back to his senses and couldn't cry or laugh, he was actually pinched in the face by a little girl! He was also surprised that he was offended but didn't feel angry, and at this time, looking at Yi Xiangxiang on the other side with a guarded appearance, it was a little funny.

"You've guessed a few points, haven't you? There are only a few people who can grab things from him! Zhao Ziqian no longer beat around the bush.

Who this "he" represents, naturally, is self-evident!

"Prince? Second prince? The Seven Princes? Which side are you from? Yi Xiangxiang didn't expect to pinch Zhao Ziqian, and the other party was surprisingly cooperative.

And the reason why she mentioned these people is because the princes who are now more powerful in the court are just a few of them! The point is that none of them are good! Yi Xiangxiang had no intention of investigating, so as not to cause trouble to the Yi family. But from the perspective of Huanxi Pavilion, she still felt that she should find out who knew about the treasure.

Grab something! What Zhao Zixiu wants is a treasure, then what they robbed must be a treasure! And now that this windfall is in Yi Xiangxiang's hands, she naturally has to be cautious.

Zhao Ziqian was about to answer, when there was a knock on the door. Yi Xiangxiang let in after hearing this, and then saw Qing Xuan walking in with a white coat.

"Miss, it's cold at night, put on your clothes! And this jade pendant will be worn tomorrow? Or let Shumei put it away for you? Qing Xuan said and put on Yi Xiangxiang's clothes, and handed Yi Xiangxiang the fox-shaped jade pendant he was holding in his hand.

Just now when Yi Xiangxiang took off this jade pendant when she was bathing and changing clothes, she really almost forgot it. Qing Xuan saw it when he was packing his clothes, so he took it with his hand. And Yi Xiangxiang's hairpin ring jewelry or something, all of them are sorted out and summarized by Shumei, and it is because Qingxuan just now asked this question.

Yi Xiangxiang took the jade pendant and looked at it, thinking in her heart that it was worthy of being a royal reward, and the condition was indeed excellent. After that, she handed the thing to Qing Xuan again and said, "Put it on the dresser, and tell me to put it on tomorrow." It may not match my clothes very well, but it is also something rewarded by the four princes, and he should be given this face. ”

That's right, this is the color of the afternoon poetry reception. At that time, it was Yi Luochuan who came out on top, and it was Yi Xiangxiang who was a sister who got the cheapest.

In fact, the clothes she will wear for the banquet tomorrow are prepared in advance, which conflicts with this jade pendant. But because the jade pendant was appreciated by Zhao Zixiu, Yi Xiangxiang naturally had to wear it very face-saving to show respect, and at least it could not be put away until Zhao Zixiu left Tongzhou!

Zhao Ziqian, who was sitting here, squinted his eyes slightly when he heard that the jade pendant was actually given by Zhao Zixiu!

Qing Xuan retreated after listening to the order, Yi Xiangxiang looked at Zhao Ziqian and asked, "Huh?" Say, which side are you on? ”

"Miss Yi still don't know too much, so as not to cause trouble!" Zhao Ziqian's tone was not good, and it was as cold as snow in winter.

What! Turning your face is faster than turning a book! Yi Xiang Xiang belly slander.