The sky was getting dark, and after greeting his grandmother, Shen Xitong and Jiang Liluo sat in the carriage back to Beijing. In his tone, he seemed to be a little displeased with Jing Yu.

Riluo wanted to know more about this Jingyu, so she asked, "Why do you call him the Great Yama?" ”

Shen Xitong replied lazily, "That's what many people in Jingshi call me, so I followed suit, he always has a straight face, and he likes to be elusive, and he almost scared me to death today." ”

Seeing that Liluo lowered his head and didn't reply, Shen Xitong continued, "Last time I heard Qingluo say that Pei Guifei intended to set Pei Jia as her daughter-in-law, you also know that Pei Jia is my sworn enemy, so how far away you have to be from this Great Yama King, don't be fascinated by men, do you hear?" After speaking, he also looked at Pear Luo with a slightly threatening look.

"Where do you want to go," Riro laughed, "yes, yes, how far away I will be in the future." The two immediately laughed and mingled.

The carriage slowly drove into the east gate of the Jingshi, "It's so lively outside," Shen Xitong is a person who loves to join in the fun, after hearing the movement outside, she immediately lifted the curtain, intending to find out, only to see a lot of people around the entrance of the City Gate Restaurant, many of them are young girls.

"Liluo, take a look, what are they doing?" Shen Xitong greeted Liluo.

Ah Zi knew that Miss Biao liked to join in the fun, and he was afraid that she would lose her sense of proportion in front of Miss Biao impulsively, so he hurriedly walked to the carriage and whispered to Shen Xitong, "In the restaurant is Lin Chongyi, a student of Suiyang Academy, and a group of students drinking and chanting poetry, and these people all rushed over to see Lin Xuexue after hearing the news. ”

Shen Xitong hurriedly raised his head and glanced at the restaurant, there was a young man sitting by the window holding a cup and drinking something, it was Lin Chongyi, he also happened to look out of the window at this moment, the two made eye contact, and Shen Xitong immediately returned to the carriage angrily.

At this time, Liluo also happened to glance curiously, and saw a man in an ink robe with long hair standing up casually looking here, he had a pair of handsome eyes that saw the overall situation, and looked gentle and elegant.

Liluo closed the curtain of the car and asked Shen Xitong curiously, "This person is Lin Chongyi, the genius of the Beijing Division?" ”

"It's this person who embarrasses me in public, Liluo, you don't want to be as superficial as those people outside." Shen Xitong continued in her vicious tone.

Seeing her like this, Liluo could only smile helplessly, but this Lin Chongyi didn't seem to be the same as Shen Xitong described, this person happened to appear in the City Gate Restaurant, could it be a coincidence?

Sure enough, in the crowd, Shen Xitong quickly found Qin Shiyu, although she was standing in an inconspicuous place in the crowd and covering her face with a light veil, she was still seen by Shen Xitong at a glance, Shen Xitong asked her maid to bring her a sentence, "My young lady wants to bring a message to Shen Chuling, saying that her daughter-in-law, who has never been married, chased Lin Chongyi to the restaurant, and looked at him with a look." ”

The carriage stopped on the side of the restaurant, and Liluo looked at Shen Xitong with a bomby face, and consciously did not speak on the side.

After a while, a girl dressed in yellow hurriedly walked over, she opened the curtain of the carriage window, and saw that it was Shen Xitong and Jiang Liluo inside, and hurriedly said, "Oh, Miss Shen, why are you here?" After speaking, he smiled wryly, and did not forget to wink and greet Liluo.

Shen Xitong was sitting precariously, with a serious attitude, she had already decided to seek justice for their Shen family, Liluo saw her little face and said to Qin Shiyu with a serious face, "Your carriage follows us, let's go to Qin Yulou." ”

Qin Shiyu knew that she was a little weak-hearted, so she nodded hurriedly, and ordered the maid to hurry up and call the carriage from home.

Liluo felt that the situation was not good, and just wanted to say if she could go home by herself, but suddenly Shen Xitong glanced at her, and she said with a serious face, "Liluo, I will have a good appointment with Qin Shiyu later, you are the judge, see who loses and who wins!" ”

Forehead. Liluo felt that there were a lot of crows on her head, really a lot. But still, she said weakly, "What are you going to debate?" Isn't the wind of pure talk over? ”

"I want to count with her, our Shen family's family style. Qin Shiyu, as the unmarried lady of our Shen family, how could she openly admire other men in public. Shen Xitong said with a serious face, and glanced at Jiang Liluo after speaking, "You're right?" ”

Jiang Liluo nodded with an embarrassed expression, she didn't want to get involved in the war between Shen Xitong and Qin Shiyu, so she hurriedly diverted her attention and said, "What kind of place is Qin Yulou, why have I never heard of it, let's go at this time, won't it be too late?" ”

Speaking of Qin Yulou, Shen Xitong's mood changed a little better, she blinked, and smiled mysteriously at Liluo, "You'll know when you go, don't worry, I'm here, I can open it at any time." ”

The carriage walked down along the moat of Jingshi, and after passing through a large round stone arch, Liluo found that the buildings here were unique, the buildings were not high, about two floors, all of them were white and black tiles, and the water in the moat evolved into ditches here, shuttling through these small alleys, and the road was full of poplars and willows, which looked quite a bit of Jiangnan flavor.

Jiang Liluo knew that the Suiyang Academy where his brother was located was also nearby, and the famous schools in Beijing should be nearby, and there were some shops here, where you could almost buy all kinds of four treasures and antique jade used by students. If Liluo is not mistaken, the Fangcao Pavilion where Shen Xitong is located is also nearby.

However, what exactly does this Qin Yulou do?

After about a quarter of an hour, Riro finally figured it out.

If it weren't for Shen Xitong to argue with Qin Shiyu here, Liluo still liked this place very much, it is located diagonally opposite Fangcao Pavilion, it was founded by a female official of Fangcao Pavilion before, it is basically a garden building, full of all kinds of flowers, at this time, violet, June snow, crape myrtle, pomegranate red, etc. are vying to open first, and Qin Yulou is located next to the Luoshui River.

In the courtyard, a flower hall was built with green bamboo, and the names of the flower halls are very good, such as Yin Yan Pavilion, Yusheng Residence, Wuwu Garden, Qianyun Residence and so on. These flower halls are separated by bamboo curtains and bamboo doors, and the ice cubes that are put in it are put to suppress the heat, and Qin Yulou leads the river water to enter from the outside, and the pear falls on the ground paved with bamboo boards in the courtyard, and you can feel the gurgling sound of water under your feet wading under the bamboo floor, which feels particularly cool.

At this moment, in a hall called Jacaranda, on a long table made of bamboo, Shen Xitong and Qin Shiyu were sitting facing each other, their expressions were more solemn, and they looked at each other quite unpleasantly.

At this time, there is a strange sandalwood incense in the flower hall, which smells very good. Liluo could only sit in the middle of them, drinking tea silently, thinking about whether she should find an excuse or something to go first, or simply pretend to be dizzy.

Qin Shiyu was the first to break the silence, she said excitedly to Liluo, "Liluo, the lotus root dumplings here are particularly delicious, they are made of freshly picked lotus roots, you can taste them." After speaking, he pushed a plate of lotus root flour balls in front of Liluo.

Liluo hurriedly caught it and thanked her, only to hear Shen Xitong say, "Come on!" We limit the time of one stick of incense, the host and the guest, the first round, I host and you are the guest, I put forward my point of view, you can refute it by citing facts and telling the truth. In the second round, you are the host and my guest, and I will refute your arguments when you put forward them. In the third round, each presented his or her own views. After three rounds, Riraku serves as the judge to determine who wins and loses. ”

I don't want to do this kind of thing that offends people, Liluo wants to cry without tears now, she cleared her throat, "Since the two sisters have to debate, I will make a ruling alone, it is inevitable that it will be unfair, it is better to let my maids Zimi and Cherry also join in, and the three of them will rule, if two of them are judged to win, then this person wins." ”

After hearing this, Zimi and Cherry were full of black lines, and they thought to themselves, Miss, if you don't bring such a small pit, they can't afford to mess with these two big ladies.

The maid had already prepared the incense neatly, Shen Xitong took a sip of tea, cleared his throat and said, "My opinion is that since you have made a marriage contract with my second brother Shen Chuling, you should not look up to other men. The reasons are as follows, one of them, in the poem "Peacock Flying Southeast", Jun should be a rock, a concubine should be a reed, Pu Wei is as tough as silk, and the rock has no transfer, since you are interested in my second brother, when the marriage contract was made, it was also the willingness of both parties, that is, when this is the case, you should be devoted to my second brother, instead of running to the street to see other men in broad daylight. Second, as the so-called wife does not dislike her husband ugly, the reason why you admire Lin Xuezi is because you admire his talent, but when you know my second brother, you also know him, he likes to learn martial arts, and he doesn't like to learn literature, then you can find some other advantages in Shen Chuling, and your obvious admiration for scholars will greatly hurt my second brother's self-esteem. Third, as a noble daughter of Beijing, you have studied the Four Books and Five Classics since you were a child, you should know etiquette, righteousness and shame, not to mention that you have not yet left the cabinet, as an official eunuch woman, you really shouldn't show your head outside for a man. ”

Shen Xitong spoke one by one, which shocked Jiang Liluo and a few maids on the side, it was simply a burning speech, and every sentence was reasonable.

Qin Shiyu was not to be outdone, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, and she had a calm self-confidence, "Since the beginning of the dynasty, the people have been open, and the style of learning has prevailed, not only many talents, but also many female poets, female painters, female Taoists, etc., such as Xuanyu Taoist of Jing'an Temple, Mrs. Lu of Jiang Guo's Mansion, and Dui Yu, a talented woman in Jiangnan, etc., as a man, you can worship the prince and seal the marquis, and you can walk the rivers and lakes below. His strategy of governing the country does not stop there, I have the same heart as Brother Shen, but even so, he can't win people's favor. Liluo nodded unconsciously, and was glared at fiercely by Shen Xitong.

Qin Shiyu continued, "Although Brother Shen is not as talented as Lin Chongyi in my heart, he is the best person in my heart, I have never disliked him, let me ask, which Jingshi woman would dislike a man as outstanding as Brother Shen?" After speaking, she blushed slightly, "As for what you said about courtesy, righteousness and shame, I wear a veil on my head, and I only stop for a while, where do you come to show up." And I have always felt that society has a lot of constraints on us women, and we women should be more sympathetic and tolerant of each other. ”

With this sentence, Liluo had already judged in her heart that Qin Shiyu had won, it turned out that this woman was not just a superficial liking for learning, her thoughts and her knowledge had surpassed most of today's women.

In the second game, Qin Shiyu was the main and Shen Xitong was the guest, she stood up and preached to Shen Xitong, "Xitong, as a member of the Shen family, I can understand that you want to fight for your brother, but as a sister-in-law, will you care too much?" Qin Shiyu continued, "Although I have made a marriage contract with the Shen family, it is always your brother who lives with me, and I think you shouldn't interfere too much in our affairs." ”

Shen Xitong was already angry, and when she heard this, she was even more angry, she just had a good discussion with her, she actually said that she was nosy, "You and my second brother met because of me, because of me, you met and made a marriage contract, you don't thank me as a matchmaker, and you dare to think I'm nosy." ”

Sure enough, the situation was not good, the two parties had already begun to quarrel a little, Shen Xitong felt that Qin Shiyu did not give face to the Shen family, Qin Shiyu felt that Shen Xitong's tube was too wide, and the time for a stick of incense had passed, and the two sides were still anxious, so they looked at Liluo together, "Which side do you think makes sense?" ”

This is simply more difficult than adjudicating the case, Liluo felt that she was in a deep quagmire, and her two clever little maids, one supported Shen Xitong and the other supported Qin Shiyu, and pushed the problem on her.

Liluo had no choice but to conclude, "Qin Shiyu won the first game, because she agreed with Qin Shiyu's concept of women, and Shen Xitong won the second game, because Shen Xitong, as a person who doesn't like trouble, absolutely doesn't like to interfere in other people's affairs, she feels that Qin Shiyu's rhetoric is a bit exaggerated." ”

"Hmph," they continued.

Liluo had no choice but to smile dryly.