The fourth prince, Zhao Zixiu, really sent someone to investigate, and Yi Xihu asked Yi Luochuan to tell him about saving people from beginning to end, plus Jiang Xuanrui and Wu Feng as evidence, so he was not embarrassed. The person who came just taught him a few words, saying that if he saw a suspicious person in the future, he would send him to the government office, instead of pulling him back to his own home! Yi Xiangxiang later complained that the guilty one was sent to the yamen, and she didn't know if she had committed a crime, how to pull it? However, Yi Luochuan naturally didn't want to confront him face to face, but he repeatedly promised to pay attention next time, and also complained to the four princes for forgiveness.

Forgiveness is definitely forgiveness, and Zhao Zixiu did not blame the Yi family for this incident, at least not on the surface. Using Yi Xiangxiang's logic to analyze, that is, the four princes cherish their feathers very much, the Yi family's original intention is to save people after all, you can't punish a person who does good deeds, right? Zhao Zixiu cherishes his reputation very much, and he will not punish the Yi family on this issue.

And despite this, Zhao Zixiu did not completely let go of his suspicions about the Yi family in his heart, but some witnesses said that there was indeed a man in black who staggered out of the Yi Mansion and then disappeared near Tongzhou Lake, because he was very entangled.

With this entanglement, he naturally had to visit and investigate. So, Zhao Zixiu entered the Yi Mansion several times in the name of discussing poetry with Yi Luochuan, and almost walked up and down the Yi Mansion.

It's a pity that nothing was found.

In Zhao Zixiu's eyes, this Yi Mansion is really too clean to be clean. The population of the big house is very simple, and the second room is not complicated, and there are no other guests in the house except for the family of the county official of a certain county.

However, because there were no other clues, Zhao Zixiu could only die as a dead horse doctor and knock the Yi family to death. Things have come to this point for him, and they can't get worse, so let's see. And he thinks that this Yi family is also very interesting, according to common sense, there will be a little bit of you and me in every house, but the juniors in this Yi Mansion seem to be extremely harmonious.

In the past few days, he has carefully observed, because of the relationship between Yi Xihu and Yi Xihu, the Yi family should have been respected by Yi Xihu. But in fact, the guests in this junior are all sisters in the second room, for example, two of the young ladies in the Li family live in the courtyard of the fifth lady in the second room! And the other daughters who came to visit in the past two days were almost all entertained by the eldest lady Yi Ruonan in the second room, Yi Ruojiao the sixth lady, and Yi Ruofan in the seventh room, and the eighth lady Yi Xiangxiang in the big room almost never appeared.

Zhao Zixiu was very puzzled, this was a little different from what he imagined, according to common sense, shouldn't this Yi Xiangxiang have a good relationship with those young ladies of the family? Why does he have a feeling that the other party doesn't like to deal with him? Even he thinks he might be in the untouched!

There is also Yi Xihu, the eldest son Yi Luochuan, who is a person with real talent and learning, but he doesn't look like a person who loves to socialize. In the past two days, he came to Yi Mansion, this Yi Luochuan didn't hide his selfishness at all, and called out his second brother Yi Hanchen to entertain him together, and also called Jiang Xuanrui of the Jiang family and Wu Feng of the Wu family, I really didn't regard it as an honor to please the four princes of the dynasty at all.

Zhao Zixiu was very depressed!

Of course, he wouldn't know that Yi Luochuan not only didn't want to entertain him, but also wished that he would leave quickly.

What Zhao Zixiu visited Yifu repeatedly for, only a few people know; In the eyes of the vast majority of people, it is said that the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu values the Yi family very much, which also makes others very envious.

Because of Zhao Zixiu's "favor", so much so that two days before the birthday banquet, the Yi family's courtyard was called an endless stream. Yi Xihu couldn't entertain, because he had to go to the government to order something, and now that Zhao Zixiu was in Tongzhou, he had to run to the government very diligently, and he couldn't relax when dealing with official business.

It doesn't matter if Yi Xihu doesn't have time to entertain, there are other people in the Yi family after all! There is a pair of ancestors in Ci'an Hall, who are responsible for entertaining the old ladies and ladies who come to the door; The Lin family took the Huang family to entertain the noble ladies of the same generation; Yi Luochuan didn't need to say much, he naturally entertained the four princes and other princes, and Yi Hanchen assisted from the side; Yi Xiangxiang, as the concubine of the Yi family's big house, is that even if she is not happy, there will still be young ladies who will come to Yongle House to visit first.

"Sister Xiangxiang, your flowers are so beautiful! I heard that the flowers in your home are also very good, my sister has the honor to let you take me around the garden? ”

The ninth! This is the ninth daughter who let Yi Xiangxiang take her to visit the garden today!

But why do today's visitors want to visit the garden?

Because the fourth prince, Zhao Zixiu, held a poetry party in the garden of Yifu today!

And he also made a special mention that poetry does not distinguish between men and women, and it is to invite talented and beautiful people!

said that it was widely invited, but this poetry and wine party was provoked by the four princes on a whim, and the Yi family didn't even have time to post. But despite this, the people who got the news still went to the garden of Yifu in large numbers. Those who were good friends with Yi Ruonan and the others went directly to the garden, and there was no way, so they first came to Yongleju to talk to Yi Xiangxiang under the pretext of coming to Yongle Residence.

What on poetry does not distinguish between men and women! Sounding!

He said that you will flock to men and women?!!

What about the so-called rules and regulations?!

Be reserved, girls!!

While Yi Xiangxiang hated that iron could not become steel, she completely ignored the fact that there was a man lying next to her!

"I'm not going, I've been a little cold for the past two days, and it's not suitable to go to the garden to blow the wind. If Miss Liu wants to visit the garden, I will ask the maid to take you over, just now Miss Song and the others also went to the garden, and they are probably talking to my eldest sister there! Yi Xiangxiang kicked the ball directly to Yi Ruonan.

In the past two days, Yi Ruonan has helped her receive a lot of daughters who she didn't remember her face clearly, but Yi Ruonan also likes to do this, because Yi Xiangxiang has no psychological burden.

As soon as this Miss Liu heard that Miss Song and the others had passed, she immediately got up and followed the maid, completely forgetting that she had come to talk to Yi Xiangxiang today in the name of being a classmate.

Eh, this can be regarded as an ancient star-chaser. Yi Xiangxiang thought so.

"These young ladies are really eyeless, where are the flowers in the garden as beautiful as the young lady here!" Today, Yi Xiangxiang's ladies and maids who are serving her are very busy, and they are second-class maids who come up to serve Yi Xiangxiang.

Yi Xiangxiang looked at Xiaoxi's face, thinking that now that Leqi is Zhou Niangzi, one of the four girls is missing, but Xiaoxi can be brought up. Speaking of which, this Xiaoxi is still older than Shumei and Painting, and she has been looking at her well-behaved over the years, although she is not a particularly smart person, but she is also an honest person.

The moon and autumn chrysanthemums in the yard are contrasting, and they are indeed better looking than the sparse flowers in the garden, so Yi Xiangxiang said proudly: "Of course, the flowers in our garden, but they are all raised by Miss I use my own fairy energy." ”

Zhao Ziqian, who was deaf and clear-eyed in the side room next door, laughed when he heard it, which made Tan Lin, who was waiting on the side, suspicious.

In fact, although Tanlin followed the evil spirits to treat Tanlin, there was no need to squat in front of Zhao Ziqian all day long. It's just that Zhao Zixiu has been in and out of Yi Mansion frequently in the past two days, and Yi Xiangxiang was afraid of extraneous branches, so he stayed in the side room and watched Zhao Ziqian.

Yi Xiangxiang in the main room naturally didn't know that she was listened to by the wall, and she was still amusing her own maid with great interest.

"Xiao Xi thinks that these Royal Highnesses of the Four Princes are good-looking?" Yi Xiangxiang saw that no one came to visit outside the door, so she lay down on the beauty couch by the window.

A small table of mahogany gall hearts and dragon tiger legs was placed on the edge of the beauty couch, and snacks and tea were served, and then Yi Xiangxiang was fanned by sitting on the Huanghuali Sikaiguang pier.

When she heard the young lady ask like this, she replied very seriously: "It's good-looking, His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is as gentle as jade and has a graceful demeanor, it's really good-looking!" ”

She lightly played a fan in her hand, and her shining eyes were full of sincerity, but she felt that Zhao Zixiu looked good from the bottom of her heart.

"Eh, it's not bad, and I know that it's as warm as jade!" Yi Xiangxiang praised.

Xiaoxi smiled and said, "It's all taught by Miss well!" Does the young lady think His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is good-looking? ”

Yi Xiangxiang took a sip of tea and nodded, "It's beautiful!" Mo Shangren is like jade, and the son is unparalleled in the world! ”

Yi Xiangxiang has also seen the fourth prince Zhao Zixiu in the past two days, and thought that the gentle and elegant breeze and clear moon lang were beautified by the market, but I didn't expect this person to look really amazing. She thinks that it would be better if such a person was born in a family, at least she estimated that she could really get out of the dust! And although the current four princes look unimpurified, there is always an indifference in their eyes that is thousands of miles away.

Even if he is personable, even if there are very few people who can feel that indifference, it can't change the fact that he doesn't have much sincerity towards people.

But if you really say it's royal, let's just say that they are ordinary people, which one is absolutely sincere?

No one is perfect!

"Miss said it well!" Xiaoxi applauded, in Yi Xiangxiang's opinion, she was really a little silly.

"You're big! The young lady asked you, if you were to be sent to His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince to serve, would you be willing? Yi Xiangxiang was already squinting and lying down at this time, and her mouth seemed to ask this sentence unintentionally.

Xiaoxi's hand with the fan stopped, Yi Xiangxiang opened her eyes and saw Xiaoxi looking at her with a tangled face, Yi Xiangxiang only heard her ask, "What did Miss say...... Is it the kind of service that slaves and maids understand? ”

Yi Xiangxiang was embarrassed, and couldn't help laughing: "What kind of service do you understand?" ”

This little girl's brain is really a little different!

"The slave understands normal service! If it is a normal maid to serve, the slave and maid are willing, but if it is that kind of ...... That kind of serving, the slave and maid are unwilling. ”

Xiaoxi is also sincere, honestly admitted, and doesn't care whether these words will displease the master's family, because after all, at this time, according to common sense, it should be back to "the slave maid listens to the young lady's orders".

But Yi Xiangxiang won't blame Xiaoxi, she still respects others very much, even if she has lived in the Li Dynasty for so long, she is almost used to the distinction between master and servant, but she still doesn't take this kind of trivial matter to heart, and she still picks up this question and asks it herself. It's just that Yi Xiangxiang was a little surprised by Xiaoxi's answer.

"Oh? Why? Most of the young ladies in the garden wish they could serve His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince! Yi Xiangxiang asked.

"The slave maid was brought up by Mama Li when she was a child, and she told the slave maid that this back house is a place to eat people, if you are an aunt and a mother, then it is a precarious life, it is better to be a maid at ease! The slave maid thinks that His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is so noble, and there must be many aunts in the future, so the slave and maid don't want to suffer that crime! Little Joy said.

Yi Xiangxiang poked Xiaoxi's forehead funny and said: "His Royal Highness the prince's partial room is not called an aunt and a room, it is a side concubine or a concubine, which is more valuable than the partial room of ordinary people." If...... If the four princes ascend to the throne in the future, it will be a noble mother! ”

Xiaoxi pouted and said, "No matter how noble it is, it's just a concubine, Mama Li said, you can't be a concubine at all!" ”

Yi Xiangxiang was a little sad when she heard Xiaoxi mention Mama Li again, but she still praised Xiaoxi and said, "You are transparent, smarter than those young ladies." ”

Xiaoxi also reacted at this time that she mentioned her own young lady's sadness, so she hurriedly apologized: "Miss, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to......"

"It's okay, Mama taught you very well, and you learned very well! The most important thing is to be happy, but you must also recognize your own identity. Compared with being a concubine in a wealthy family or even a noble royal family, it is indeed better to be a lady outside! It's not that we don't strive for honor, but we need to know what is best for our lives! Yi Xiangxiang said to Xiaoxi with a smile.

She sat up and took a sip of water, thought for a while and continued: "Although there is a Buddha who says, you can't get it because you don't ask for it!" But the Buddha also said that if you ask for it, you can't get it because you ask in vain! With this glory and wealth, it is good to follow nature, not to be deceived by those vain surfaces, and to keep your heart. ”

You don't get it because you don't ask for it, and you don't get it because you ask for it.

Zhao Ziqian, who didn't know this wise saying, refreshed his cognition of Yi Xiangxiang again, but he didn't expect that this money-greedy eighth lady still had a Buddha heart.

"Well, the slave knows!" Xiaoxi said more cheerfully fanning Yi Xiangxiang.

Yi Xiangxiang saw the appearance of this little maid, and teased again: "Then what kind of Langjun does Xiaoxi want to marry in the future?" ”

She thought that Xiaoxi would be shy, but she didn't expect this girl to say it without pretentiousness: "If the slave wants to marry an honest man in the future, it is best to have a few fields at home, so that we can grow our own food." During the day, he went to the fields to farm, and I was at home to wash his clothes, cook for him, and nurse the children......"

"What...... What's the matter with the baby, you think too far! Yi Xiangxiang said that she was stunned, and then laughed!

"Isn't that just about breastfeeding the baby? We can't afford to hire a nurse in the future! Xiaoxi said aggrievedly.

Yi Xiangxiang cried and laughed and said: "Okay, okay, don't be wronged, I'll invite you, I'll invite you!" ”

The painting style turned too fast like a tornado, and Yi Xiangxiang replied completely according to Xiaoxi's words.

Xiaoxi asked excitedly after hearing her young lady's words, "Really?" Miss, do you mean it really? ”

"Really! It's even more real than pearls! Later, Miss will find you an honest farmer, and let you wear a big red and obey Yongleju to get married! "Yi Xiangxiang is very sure of the guarantee.

As she spoke, she took out a handkerchief to wipe away the tears from the corners of her eyes, but before she could finish wiping it, Geng Zhixiao smashed the problem down.

"Then what kind of Langjun does the young lady want to marry in the future?" After Xiaoxi finished speaking, she blinked her eyes and looked forward to Yi Xiangxiang's answer.

Not only Xiaoxi, but Zhao Ziqian next door also became inexplicably serious, and was pricking up his ears and waiting for Yi Xiangxiang's answer! He really wanted to know what such an informal Yi Xiangxiang planned for the future, could it be that he was really going to wander the rivers and lakes as Tan Lin mentioned before? Zhao Ziqian thought so.

"Me? I'm sure I won't marry a farmer, it's not good to be tanned! Yi Xiangxiang said with a smile.

Zhao Ziqian subconsciously looked at his arm and muttered that it was good not to be dark......

"Then the young lady marries a businessman, right? Doesn't Miss like Joy House very much! Even the lady praised Miss for being able to do business and run the Joy House well! Obviously, Xiaoxi didn't know the truth of the workers, peasants, and merchants, and didn't know that the merchants were actually the lowest in the family.

Also, like Xiaoxi, they are slaves, and they just hope that they will not be punished by the master's family if they are full of food and warm clothes.

However, Xiaoxi's words made Zhao Ziqian next door confirm that Xile Building was Yi Xiangxiang's masterpiece, and he had this guess after knowing that the owner of Huanxi Pavilion was Yi Xiangxiang, which was a certainty.

He thought of the news that Kang Rui gave about Xile Building, and at that time it was said that the Lin family was in charge of the operation of Xile Building, and at this time he didn't know whether to praise Yi Xiangxiang for being cautious and careful, or complaining about Kang Rui's ineffective work.

Speaking of the matter of Huanxi Pavilion, Kang Rui also gave a wrong judgment, Zhao Ziqian found that as long as he faced this Yi Xiangxiang, many things would not be so controllable, but fortunately, they were not enemies now, otherwise it would be really a trouble.

This Yi Xiangxiang can't be an enemy, otherwise it will be quite difficult, Zhao Ziqian thought like this, and he had already begun to think about how to pull the Yi family into his camp.

Be a pure minister? Hum! Think beautifully! Zhao Ziqian is a rare tsundere.

"Don't, don't! The merchant smells of copper and doesn't like it! Yi Xiangxiang selectively ignored that she was also a businessman.

Xiaoxi was embarrassed at this time, she lowered her head and thought for a while and said, "Then the young lady marries Jiang Gongzi, right?" I see that Jiang Gongzi often sends things to Miss, and he is kind to Miss! ”

"It's really embarrassing to say that you have a mallet, Jiang Gongzi's sister is going to become your young lady's sister-in-law, don't you know?" Yi Xiangxiang said and gave Xiaoxi a big chestnut.

However, Xiaoxi is right that Jiang Xuanrui does often send things to Yongleju, and at first she thought that she wanted her to take more care of Jiang Jingshan in the future, but the number of times she sent it was indeed a bit much, and she had to ask if she had something to ask her to do.

Xiaoxi was dissatisfied that she was knocked on the head, pouted and said, "You can kiss and kiss!" It's not for nothing! ”

"Xiao Xizi, you don't understand, the marriage of people like us will not be used to repeat the relationship, do you know? A layer of marriage is enough, even if my father and mother will not use my marriage to do political marriage, the Jiang family also needs to use Jiang Xuanrui's marriage to win over the relationship, do you know? ”

Poor Xiaoxi naturally didn't understand these twists and turns, and she didn't understand what a political marriage was, she only understood that even if her own young lady liked Jiang Gongzi, they couldn't be together. But why? She still didn't understand! But...... Does Miss mean that she likes Jiang Gongzi?

"Miss, do you like Jiang Gongzi?" Xiaoxi asked excitedly.

Yi Xiangxiang was speechless, this girl is a single-celled organism, right?

"Like you big-headed ghost! I don't like it, I don't like it, Miss doesn't like Jiang Gongzi! Yi Xiangxiang knocked Xiaoxi's head again.

Xiaoxi lowered her head to think again, and suddenly her eyes lit up and she raised her head and said, "Then His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince!" Didn't Miss say that the four princes were good-looking? ”

Yi Xiangxiang, who rolled her eyes to the sky, sat up from the beauty couch, stretched out her hand and grabbed Xiaoxi's ear and said, "Okay, you are a little happy!" I don't want to be a concubine, fool your young lady to be a concubine, right? ”

Yi Xiangxiang's father is just a state official, if Yi Xiangxiang enters the prince's mansion, it is estimated that it will be difficult to mix with a side concubine!

"Ah, miss, the slave is wrong, wrong!"

Xiaoxi hurriedly begged for mercy, and Yi Xiangxiang let go of her hand as if she was an adult and didn't remember the villain's mistakes.

"Then what kind of Langjun are you going to marry, Miss?" Xiaoxi asked wistfully.

Yi Xiangxiang shook her head and pretended to be mysterious, and then no matter how much Xiaoxi made a fuss, she kept silent.

In fact, she still looks forward to having a couple for the rest of her life, but she knows it's hard. She wanted to wander the world and become an unmarried family, but she knew that her parents would be criticized for doing so. It's because she's really confused about the future.