"Meet Miss, and please show the invitation." As soon as Xie Qingyu walked to the door, a little servant first bowed politely, and then asked about the invitation.

When Xie heard the rumors, he took out the invitation in his arms.

It's just that when everyone saw the appearance of the invitation, their faces changed slightly.

"Miss Xie, please come in."

The sharp-eyed little guy recognized at a glance that this was the invitation of the female official election Jiangnan leader, Xie Qingyu!

Very respectfully, he made a gesture of invitation to Xie Qingyu, and then his eyes signaled to a servant girl and asked him to bring Xie Qingyu into Zhu's mansion.

The invitation of the top three is actually different from the other young ladies, but Xie Qingyu has only seen himself and Qin Zixuan's, and it looks the same in general, so he didn't think much about it for a while.

But now the little guy in the Zhu Mansion can know who is coming by looking at the appearance of the invitation, it seems that the Zhu Mansion is really good at governing the family, Xie Qingyu secretly praised.

At this time, Xie Qingyu also understood why those maids stood outside Zhu's mansion, and they thought that they were also leading the way for the young ladies of each family.

Now, although Xie Qingyu, Xie Youran and Qin Zixuan have won the top three, the twenty people in the qualifiers are basically the best candidates for next year or the year after.

The prefect is now holding a banquet, on the one hand, to congratulate the three people, and the other small reason is to let the remaining seventeen people not be discouraged, and they can also apply for the women's official election again next year, and they will be the best among them at that time.

The maidservant who led the way for Xie Qingyu was good-looking, very polite, and introduced the internal structure of the entire Zhu Mansion for Xie Qingyu along the way.

The architecture of Zhu's Mansion is quite in line with the personality of Zhu's Governor's Mansion, and it is elegant and solemn.

Zhu Zhifu was originally a civil official, and he also served in the capital in his early years, and then he has been serving in Gusu in middle age, and he is very familiar with every grass, tree, flower and tree in Gusu.

As soon as Xie Qingyu entered the gate of Zhu's mansion, he was greeted by a lotus pond, on which the rockery was rugged and lifelike, and one or two small fish would jump out from time to time in the middle of the water, as if they also disliked the heat of this summer.

However, after entering the Zhu Mansion, the heat on Xie Qingyu's body has been reduced a lot.

Just because there are so many big trees in Zhu's mansion, it is almost equivalent to seeing an ancient tree without walking a few steps, and the green shade on it is all covering a large area of sunlight.

The bluestone-roofed dark red lacquered pavilion is located in another part of the pond, and the direct sunlight on it shows the Jiangnan style.

Then the two of them passed through a long corridor, all built by the water, the interior walls were all white, and bluestone bricks were built on them, and within two steps you could see the hollow walls, and the scenery of the other place was even more beautiful.

At the end of the corridor, another courtyard turned to a hollow round wall, which was planted with green bamboos on both sides and green pines.

Xie Qingyu felt like he had come to a small Suzhou garden, and most of the buildings in Gusu City were surrounded by a pool in the mansion to show the reputation of the water city.

"Miss Xie, in front of you is the place where the young ladies of each family take a rest first, our lady is waiting inside, and then the lady will lead the young ladies of each family to the Siyuan Pavilion where the lord will set up a banquet, Miss please."

The maid was quite proud to see that Xie Qingyu had been looking at the surrounding scenery with interest, but now she had already walked to Mrs. Zhu's hospitality residence.

"Thank you so much for today." Xie Qingyu saw that the maid was very polite, and said thank you very politely, although there is a slave and a master in this world, but in her education from elementary school, she knows that all people are equal.

Now that this servant girl is leading the way for herself, she still deserves this thank-you.

The maid didn't seem to expect that Xie Qingyu, the dignified leader of Jiangnan, would say thank you to herself, and she was a little stunned for a while, isn't this what she should do?

Then Xie Qingyu stepped inside, and the maid followed, although it was to the place, but it was still necessary to send people in.

This resting place is called Luoyun Xuan, and Xie Qingyu can hear the laughter and laughter inside just by standing outside.

The exterior repair of Luoyun Xuan is very elegant, on the top of the green tile roof of Luoyun Xuan, the eaves tips on both sides are raised high, as if the clouds on the horizon are also hooked.

Xie Qingyu followed the gesture of the maidservant and walked towards the inner room of Luoyun Xuan step by step.

In the inner room, which was originally full of laughter, since Xie Qingyu appeared, all eyes have been on Xie Qingyu.

Today's Xie Qingyu is wearing a ruyi pattern moon skirt with an apricot white background, and three thousand green silk combs into a rather neat Ling Xuan bun, on which there is just a wooden hairpin that he and Nangong Chengyu bought back in the market that day.

Although the whole person looks casually dressed, the extravagance of the whole body cannot be hidden, and the bookish atmosphere between the eyebrows adds a few more handsomeness.

Xie Qingyu entered the interior and found that in addition to Mrs. Zhu, who was sitting in the main seat, there were already many other ladies sitting on both sides of it.

They are all familiar faces, after all, they have already met on the day of the draw for the qualifiers.

And Xie Youran happened to be sitting on the left side of Mrs. Zhu.

Xie Youran dressed up today, wearing a purple dark pattern engraved silk Tianxiang silk placket robe, a mopping lotus blue group flower folded branch flower hundred water skirt, a chic flying bun, and a golden silk phoenix tail ceramic flute inserted in the cloud temples, the whole person looks beautiful.

Xie Youran saw Xie Qingyu, who was dressed in plain clothes, and sneered on his lips, and the ruthlessness in his eyes flashed.

After today, I see how you will sit firmly at the top of Jiangnan!

"The rumor is coming, come and sit down."

Mrs. Zhu recognized Xie Qingyu at a glance, and beckoned to the seat on the other side of her very warmly, signaling Xie Qingyu to sit down.

"Thank you, Madame." Xie Qingyu bowed to Mrs. Zhu, and then walked towards the main seat on the other side.

"Why bother with these false courtesies, it's almost over."

Since Mrs. Zhu saw Xie Qingyu at the reception banquet that day, she felt that this woman must not be in the pool, and now how could she have expected that this woman would win the championship in one fell swoop and compare all the young ladies in Jiangnan.

Now the banquet prepared by the lord is also to congratulate the female officials on their ascension.

"Sister, why are you here so late today? But let my sister wait. Xie Youran saw that as soon as Xie Qingyu appeared at this moment, he took away all the enthusiasm that Mrs. Zhu had for him, and stared at Xie Qingyu with a pair of eyes full of resentment.

Thank you for being in the limelight recently!

It's all mine! It's mine!

Thinking like this, Xie Youran pretended to be very concerned and asked Xie Qingyu, but the fleeting gloom in his eyes just happened to fall into Xie Qingyu's eyes when he turned to look at her.

"Sister, it's still early today, and I'm afraid that coming early will affect the rest of Mrs. and Master."

She had already gotten up very early today, and after coming here, although she felt that it was not early, it must not be too late.

Now that Xie Youran is like this, he is just deliberately looking for trouble, and seeing that Xie Youran has a fearless expression, there should be a follow-up move!

Fortunately, I brought the antidote pill today! Otherwise, if you are a little careless, you may fall into Xie Youran's way.

Xie Youran listened to Xie Qingyu's words, and a trace of embarrassment flashed across his face.

I came early, Xie Qingyu is sarcastic about affecting his wife's rest? Why didn't I find this girl so sharp and sharp-mouthed before! Seeing that Xie Qingyu came to the banquet alone today, he felt quite strange in his heart, so he asked.

"Hey, why don't you see Zixuan, haven't you two always been in the same place?"

Before Xie Qingyu could speak, he saw Mrs. Zhu seriously say that Qin Zixuan would not come today.

"Zixuan's family is in a hurry, and I have already informed my lord and me."

At this time, not only Xie Youran was surprised, but Xie Qingyu was also surprised, Xuan left in such a hurry that day, she didn't even tell her who lived in an inn, why would Mrs. Zhu know?

The more Xie Qingyu thought about it, the more he felt that Qin Zixuan was hiding a secret.

And this secret is even more related to her identity, otherwise just the daughter of a small town can let the prefect's wife lie for her at will.

Xie Qingyu boldly guessed that the prefect Zhu and the prefect's wife had known Qin Zixuan for a long time!

I didn't care about it before, but now it seems that there are doubts everywhere, and it was Qin Zixuan who spoke out to relieve herself during the reception banquet that day, and Zhu Zhifu agreed to her proposal in an instant.

Xie Youran wanted to use this to teach Qin Zixuan a lesson, but who knew that Qin Zixuan had actually gone home?

It was Madame Zhu who told her personally.

"The song you sang on the Dragon Boat Festival is famous in Jiangnan, how did you come up with such a tune?" Mrs. Zhu saw that there was no one to speak in an instant, so she changed the topic under the pretext of talking to Xie Qingyu.

sighed secretly in his heart, Zixuan, this child, fortunately sent someone to inform them, otherwise he really didn't know how to answer a few people's questions today.

"Mrs. Hui, I love to study some bell and drum instruments, and I practice a lot on weekdays, so I came up with the group drum instrument."

Xie Qingyu listened to Mrs. Zhu's words, and felt that Qin Zixuan and Zhu Zhifu should know each other.

"I see, I want to learn, I wonder if I can teach a little bit of light rumors?"

Speaking is a young lady of the family who is also in the top 20 in the qualifiers, but Xie Qingyu doesn't know it.

"I don't dare to teach me, if he has a fate, I will definitely ask the young lady for advice." Xie Qingyu looked at the young lady and smiled slightly, and then said very humbly.

For a while, everyone's laughter reappeared.

Qin Zixuan was not there, and there were no more people chatting with her around, so Xie Qingyu could only say a few more words to Mrs. Zhu.

The crowd chatted for a moment.

I saw a person who looked like a maid walked in and whispered a few words to Mrs. Zhu.

Mrs. Zhu said to the young ladies

"Ladies of the family, go, come with me to the table."

When Xie Qingyu came in, he knew that Mrs. Zhu was a female dependent, so it was naturally better to communicate with these candidates, and now if Mrs. Zhu brought them into the table, it would also be in line with the rules.

Now that the banquet must have been arranged, someone was sent to invite Mrs. Zhu and many candidates to come over.

The group was marching towards Siyuan Pavilion again.

As the saying goes, think of the source when you drink water, and Zhu Zhifu is reminding them not to forget their roots, and Jiangnan is the hometown of these women.

When I arrived at Siyuan Pavilion, I saw a pavilion with a very scholarly background.

Its walls are all white, and the eaves are covered with black tiles, which is not as luxurious as the palace building, but there is a different kind of beauty, everything is black and white, and no one understands things more thoroughly than Zhu Zhifu.

On both sides of the gate of the Siyuan Pavilion are a couplet carved by Nanmu.

Do what is righteous.

Read the books of the sages.

Just by the words on the couplet, I can understand the good intentions of Zhu Zhifu, first Siyuan Pavilion, and then Sage Union.