Qin Ran thanked Jiang Shen, nodded slightly at Gu Yan, and returned to his seat with Xun Lu.

Qin Yuan had already heard about it, and said that Jiang Shen had sent a pair of words to his sister-in-law, and when Qin Ran just sat down, Qin Yuan came over very doggedly and said.

"Sister, I heard that Jiang Shen gave you a pair of words?"

Qin Ran nodded and responded.

"yes, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing, I just think that Jiang Shen has always been above the top, and he has never given his calligraphy and paintings to others." Qin Yuan paused and continued, "I also heard that when he was in Jiangnan, someone asked him to buy a pair of characters with a lot of money, but he was all refused. ”

"Oh?"

"So my brother thinks it's strange, why did he give you the word? You asked him for it? ”

Qin Yuan asked with a grin, only to be glared at coldly by Qin Ran.

"This is Jiang Tanhua who took the initiative to send Miss."

Xun Lu interjected, and then Qin Yuan suddenly realized, he said.

"Is it because you have a crush on my sister? It shouldn't be..."

Qin Ran, looking for green: "......"

Qin Ran had to do almost all his strength to resist the urge not to beat his brother.

Is there a brother who would talk like that?!

Have it?!

……

After the Jinshi Garden Party, the emperor assigned positions to all the Jinshi. Zhu Yao was sent to the Sixth Ministry, and he happened to work under Shang Shuling, while Jiang Shen entered the cabinet, and by mistake he became a colleague with Gu Yan.

Gu Yan's affairs were busy, and His Majesty handed over Fang Hua's affairs to him, and he was busy every day without touching the ground, so that Jiang Shen had not seen Gu Yan much after he had been in office for several days.

It wasn't until a few days later that Gu Yan returned to the cabinet hall and happened to collide with Jiang Shen.

"His Royal Highness."

Jiang Shen saluted several times and said with a smile.

"Master Jiang, this is the cabinet, so you don't need to call me the prince."

Gu Yan said slowly, and Jiang Shen was even more surprised by these words.

In his impression, don't these powerful children of the capital care about their identities?

Obviously, he thinks that Gu Yan is the same.

In this way, Jiang Shen is more respectful.

"Master Gu."

Jiang Shen glanced at the sunlight seen through the window lattice, it was already the time of sunset.

He straightened his robe and spoke.

"It's not too early, I wonder if Master Gu will have time to talk to the lower officials?"

Gu Yan smiled lightly.

"Lord Jiang kindly invited, how could Gu have a reason to refuse?"

Jiang Shen also laughed, and the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the two of them, with a soft halo.

Half an hour later, Jiang Shen and Gu Yan were already sitting in a teahouse in the center of the capital.

Coincidentally, this teahouse is the one where Princess Jiayang and Wei Le came.

Gu Yan walked to the attic on the second floor and ordered a pot of good tea to be served.

The attic is elegantly decorated, and a few flowers are offered in a white porcelain vase by the window, which is exuding a faint fragrance.

"Master Jiang."

Gu Yan was the first to speak.

"His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't have to be polite, just call me Ziyuan."

Gu Yan said: "Brother Ziyuan, just call me Mingzhou." ”

Jiang Shen knew that Gu Yan was already a little relieved of himself.

Jiang Shen has studied hard for more than ten years, and he is quite famous in Jiangnan. He is a person with great ambitions, whether it was in Jiangnan in the past or in the capital now, Gu Yan, the son of Mingzhou, is his goal.

"Brother Mingzhou, what do you think of today's court?"

"The wind is calm, but the dark tide is turbulent."

Gu Yan replied with a short eight words, but these eight words were extremely contradictory.

But Jiang Shen chuckled, he poured Gu Yan a cup of tea, and spoke.

"Brother Mingzhou really hit the nail on the head."

"What does Ziyuan think?"

Gu Yan took a sip of tea slowly, and the taste of tea spread in his mouth, full of fragrance.

He curled his lips slightly.

"Go and get rid of him," Jiang Shen paused as he spoke, his gaze stayed directly on Gu Yan's body, "However, you can't do it alone." ”

Gu Yan raised his head suddenly, just in time to see Jiang Shen's face was serious, but his eyes were jumping.

That's the glow of confidence.

Gu Yan was silent for a long time before a smile slowly overflowed in his eyes.

He lifted his teacup and said in a deep voice.

"Brother Ziyuan is reasonable, Mingzhou, replace wine with tea, toast you."

The teacups collide with each other and make a crisp sound.

The two looked at each other and smiled.

At some point, the window was blown open by the wind. The night breeze sneaked into the room with a slight coolness, and it was warm and comfortable. The question Arthur was completely dark, but the two of them had a good conversation, and there was no sense of return.

"Brother Mingzhou, I had a great time talking with you."

Gu Yan smiled, and then he thought of someone, so he asked.

"Brother Ziyuan, can you understand Zhu Yao? I heard that he and you are fellow townsmen? ”

Jiang Shen was stunned for a moment, and then replied disapprerovantly.

"The Zhu family is also a scholarly family, and it is not far from my Jiang family. Zhu Yao's knowledge is not low, but he attaches too much importance to fame and fortune and success or failure, so he is easy to be controlled by this. ”

"Oh?"

Gu Yan listened to Jiang Shen with interest and continued.

"For some reason, Zhu Yao likes to compare with me since he was a child, and he always feels that I am pressing him everywhere."

Jiang Shen's words revealed a trace of helplessness, but the arrogance between his eyebrows could not be concealed.

"Now that I'm in the capital, I don't know what to do!"

"Since he is an official in the same dynasty, he is all doing things for His Majesty, and Brother Ziyuan doesn't have to bother."

However, although Gu Yan's words were so, he still had to guard against Zhu Yao, and from Jiang Shen's mouth, he could know that Zhu Yao was too jealous. And now Zhu Yao is an official in the sixth department, and it is inevitable that he will not be used by Shang Shuling.

Shang Shuling has many henchmen, if you add a Zhu Yao...

Gu Yan's brows furrowed slightly.

"Brother Mingzhou, but what's the difficulty?"

Gu Yan thought about it for a moment, but still decided not to tell Jiang Shen.

"It's fine, it's just a little trifle."

Gu Yan said, "I don't think it's too early, and there are still some things to deal with in my house, so I left first." ”

Jiang Shen stood up, "Brother Mingzhou, let's meet again next time." ”

Gu Yan nodded, asked Feng to wrap Gu Yan in a cloak, and the carriage headed to the Anguo Mansion.

As soon as he arrived at the Anguo Mansion, Gu Yan heard a commotion, his brows furrowed slightly, and he turned his head to ask Wen Feng beside him.

"What's wrong?"

Wen Feng looked at it intently, and his face changed slightly.

"The noise seems to come from the courtyard of the first lady."

When Gu Yan heard this, his whole face couldn't hold back, he hurriedly grabbed the little guy who was hurrying by, and asked sharply.

"What the hell is going on!"

The little guy had never seen the gentle and jade-like prince speak in such a stern tone, and his face could be described as terrifying.

"Let's go, we're on the water."

Gu Yan's voice was trembling, and he said sharply.

"Why don't you go put out the fire!"

Before Gu Yan's words fell, he rushed directly to the courtyard of the first lady.

Ask Feng also quickly caught up, he knew what it meant to Shizi.

Whether it's that yard, or Aunt Mo...

After many years, even if the courtyard is dilapidated, in the heart of the son, it cannot be abandoned.