Liu Rumeng just received a message from Ye Xizhi, saying that Zhao Qingcheng would come with him today. When she heard the news, Liu Rumeng was so excited that she asked the maid next to her to inform Xi's mother that she would not see anyone today.

Liu Rumeng was dressing up in the room with great anticipation, but her good mood was interrupted by a sudden knock on the door.

"Like a dream, there is a son who wants to see you." Xi's mother said outside the door.

Liu Rumeng frowned instantly, "Mother Xi, didn't I say that there are distinguished guests visiting today, and all the idle people are gone, you let him go!" ”

Xi's mother was slightly embarrassed, and said: "This son is a friend of Ye Gongzi, and he came here for the matter of Qian Gongzi." ”

Hearing this, Liu Rumeng waved her hand irritably and motioned for Xiaocui to open the door.

"Childe, please." Xi's mother let Li Wei and the two of them enter the room, but she retreated and closed the door for them.

After Li did not hesitate to enter the room, Liu Rumeng didn't even look at her and continued to comb her hair.

Although Li Wei regretted that he was a little displeased with Liu Rumeng's attitude, he didn't show it on his face, and he still politely behaved, "Miss Rumeng, although I was entrusted by Brother Ye below, I hope to forgive me for not visiting without visiting the post." ”

Liu Rumeng didn't get up, but glanced at Li Weixi, and said lukewarmly: "Even if it's Xizhi's friend, why do you want to see it like this, I don't know what to call the son?" ”

"In the next surname Zhou, a single name is a child character." Li reflexively used this name.

"Zhou Gongzi, sit down! Xiao Cui, tea. ”

"Miss Rumeng doesn't need to be polite, there are only a few questions I want to ask the girl, and I will leave after asking, and I will not disturb the girl's reception." Li didn't intend to delay here for a long time, and Liu Rumeng seemed to be very concerned about the meeting later, so there was no need for her to stay here for a long time to annoy people.

"If you have any questions, you can ask, and if I know, I will tell you the truth." Liu Rumeng still turned her back to Li Weixi, but her attitude softened, and occasionally glanced at her from the bronze mirror.

"Thank you, Miss Rumeng. However, the question below is a bit abrupt, and I hope the girl will bear with me. Li did not hesitate to say it first, so as not to be criticized in the future.

Seeing that Liu Rumeng had no doubts, he said: "I wonder if Miss Rumeng and Mr. Qian are acquainted?" ”

Liu Rumeng didn't answer, but the maidservant Xiaocui beside her said in a very unfriendly tone: "How do you speak!" How could that scoundrel be acquainted with my girl. ”

Li did not hesitate to look at Liu Rumeng, who continued to comb his hair, noncommittal to Xiao Cui's words.

Li did not hesitate to smile slightly, "Miss Rumeng, I wonder if this maid's answer is also your answer?" ”

Liu Rumeng was still silent, and Xiao Cui replied for her: "My girl has been serving me since she came to this Joy Pavilion, and I know who she knows well. ”

Li didn't hesitate to answer, just looked at Liu Rumeng with a smile, knowing that Liu Rumeng was indeed thousands of miles away from what Ye Xizhi described.

I only heard Chun Tao behind Li Weixi: "Joke, you have only served the girl like a dream for a few years?!" If they had known each other before, how would you have known? ”

"I ······" Xiaocui was asked by Chun Tao, and she didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Smack!" Liu Rumeng buckled the rosewood comb in his hand heavily on the dresser, and turned around, "Xiaocui, don't be rude!" How do I teach you on a daily basis, and how is it such a way to be hospitable? Don't let Zhou Gongzi misunderstand me, conniving at the arrogance and rudeness of the maidservant, if I accidentally spread the word, where is my face. ”

Liu Rumeng's words obviously refer to Sang scolding Huai, obviously teaching Xiaocui a lesson, but secretly accusing Li Weihe. How could such a smart Li Weixi not be able to hear it, and her evaluation of this dream-like girl fell a few points in her heart.

"Yes, the slave knows it's wrong." Xiao Cui stepped aside after speaking.

Liu Rumeng slowly stood up, facing Li without regret. This is the first time she has come face to face with Li Weixi, "Zhou Gongzi is Xizhi's friend, so he naturally knows my origin." She paused and said: "Even if I was at the beginning, I didn't have anything to do with that Qian Gongzi, if you don't believe it, you can ask Xizhi." I came to this Joy Pavilion to have a few encounters with him, but I never had a deep friendship with him. ”

Liu Rumeng only looked at the self-proclaimed "Zhou Tong" son in front of her at this time, although she had never seen or heard Ye Xizhi mention this handsome Zhou Gongzi, but she always felt that this Zhou Gongzi seemed familiar.

"Does the Dream Girl get along well with the other girls here? Have you ever had a holiday? ”

"I never go to them on weekdays, I don't have a holiday, and of course I can't get along."

"What is the relationship between Miss Rumeng and Miss Fleur?" I didn't hesitate to go straight in.

Liu Rumeng Dingqing looked at Li Weixi, and smiled contemptuously, "Master Zhou, it is common to be jealous in this land of fireworks, so it is inevitable to be hated. ”

"As Dream Girl said, it is very true." Li did not hesitate to give a gift, "I will stop bothering the girl today, and I will say goodbye." ”

Liu Rumeng smiled charmingly, "Then I won't keep my son, and I still have to worry about Gongzi Zhou." She turned around and called, "Xiao Cui, send off." ”

After walking out of Liu Rumeng's room, Chun Tao complained: "This master and servant are the same, which makes people not like it." ”

Li didn't hesitate to hear the words and smiled. Changing the subject, he said, "Are you hungry?" You and I will sit down and order some good wine and food, and find a few girls to accompany me. Then you can eat and drink to your heart's content, and I will have to meet Miss Fleur. ”

Hearing this, Chun Tao nodded like pounding garlic. She was hungry for a long time, but she didn't hesitate to speak, so she had to endure it.

Soon, Xi's mother arranged the two in a private room on the second floor and served a table of delicacies. Li did not hesitate to give the silver to Xi's mother, but the latter refused. She was not polite and thanked her with a smile.

"Mother Xi, I want to trouble you to invite Miss Furong here."

"Don't bother, I'll have someone help you get her." Xi's mother withdrew from the private room.

After a while, Xi's mother turned back again, her face full of apologies, "Gongzi Zhou, Furong has a guest here." It seems that you are going to have to wait a while. ”

"No problem." Li didn't hesitate to think about it, "Mother Xi, I want to trouble you again, and invite the three girls who surrounded me before." ”

Xi's mother responded, and soon the three girls came.

As soon as they entered, the three girls introduced themselves in a chatter. It turns out that the one who wears a purple dress is called Peony, the one in a yellow dress is called Yingchun, and the red one is Xiaoyu's master, the Peony Girl.

Li did not hesitate to learn from them that the three of them, like Furong, were the flower cards of this Joy Pavilion, second only to the top brand Liu Rumeng.

When Li did not hesitate to bring the topic to Liu Rumeng and Furong, it led to the dissatisfaction of the three people in front of him.

Yingchun said disdainfully: "That Liu Rumeng goes in and out with a pretentious look, and he gets angry when he looks at it." ”

"Not really! But what's so great about being the daughter of a sinner. Peony chimed in.

"By the way, you stinky men like her arrogant appearance." Yingchun complained.

"It's just like a dream, after all, the family is not ordinary, and the second son of the Prime Minister's Mansion is taking care of him. The most infuriating thing is Fleur, why is she?! The high-spirited dog looks down on people all day long. Peony said indignantly.

Yingchun caters, "That's it." She is no better than any of us, and she pretends to be superior, which is really annoying. ”

I saw Fleur slowly walking in, "Who owes so much, and chews the root of the tongue behind his back!" Although she smiled and welcomed, there was fierce anger in her eyes.

The three of them seemed to be very jealous of Fleur, and they didn't dare to say anything when they heard the words, so they got up and urged each other to go out.

Seeing this, Li Wei understood in his heart that although the four of them were all flower girls here, in the final analysis, there was still a difference between high and low ranks. And it was obvious that Fleur was slightly taller than the other three, otherwise they wouldn't have talked about her behind their backs, and they wouldn't dare to make a mistake in person.

Fleur gave them a hard look as the three of them passed her, and changed her face when she turned back to face Li. She smiled diligently: "Let Zhou Gongzi wait for a long time, Furong will punish herself first." Stretching out his hand, he drank all the wine in the cup in front of him.

Li didn't hesitate to smile and silently looked at Furong.

The woman in front of her is indeed slightly better than the previous three women in appearance, and she is not inferior to Rumeng, but the smell of wind and dust on her body is too strong. Next year, I will be a little younger than Rumeng, but under this thick makeup, it looks almost the same as Rumeng.

Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Furong thought that Li didn't hesitate to feel sorry for the words of the three flower cards, and hurriedly explained: "I just let Gongzi laugh, there are naturally many rights and wrongs where there are many women, and I hope that Gongzi will not take those gossips to heart." She didn't want to miss a benefactor because of those few troubles, and she would lose a benefactor in the future.

"No, it won't. I feel that the Hibiscus girl is quick to talk and is a person of temperament. ”

"Zhou Gongzi is really good at making people happy."

"I've always told the truth, Fang Caixi's mother said that Miss Furong had a guest, and she played the drum in her heart, so I was afraid that I wouldn't see the girl. You must know that Miss Furong is the favorite of the Privy Councillor's Prince, and she really doesn't dare to take away his love. Li did not hesitate to lead the topic.

"What a love!" Fleur looked disdainful, "Childe really lifted me, I'm just a consolation for Master Qian after he ran into a wall in Rumeng." Furong squinted at Li Weixi, and asked tentatively: "Zhou Gongzi didn't think of me when he ate a closed door at Rumeng, right?" ”

"Why did Miss Fleur say that?"

Fleur sighed gloomily: "How can a woman like us who is vulgar compare with a woman as clean as a dream, and it is understandable if the son cares about himself like a dream." ”

"I thought otherwise. There are many such women on weekdays, but it is rare for a woman to act as casually as Miss Furong. ”

Fleur exclaimed as if she had met a bosom friend: "Oh, Childe is really discerning! Don't look at the serious women outside who look like they are rejecting people thousands of miles away all day long, if you really meet a man you like one day, you can't wait to catch up. Then, she smiled and said, "The little girl and the son are very close to each other, why don't we go to my room and continue to talk." ”

Li didn't know what Furong meant, but she didn't get up, and took the opportunity to ask: "Miss Furong's boudoir will go next time, let's talk about it here." ”

"How can this be the same as in my room, Childe should go back to my room with me!" Fleur urged.

But no matter how good Furong is to persuade her, she just doesn't hesitate to obey. Furong couldn't bear it a little and said angrily: "What, Zhou Gongzi is afraid that he will be eaten by me?!" ”

"Miss Furong is naturally not afraid of it below, but what you are afraid of is the thief in your Joy Pavilion." Immediately, he said: "I heard that Mr. Qian lost a lot of money here a few days ago. I knew that my family background was not as rich as that of Mr. Qian, so I didn't dare to make a mistake. ”

Hearing this, Furong blurted out, "Mr. Qian didn't lose money, he just ······" She knew that she had lost her words, so she quickly shut up.

Li didn't regret that he was willing to let it go, and asked while the iron was hot: "Is what Miss Furong said true?!" Li did not hesitate to frown deliberately, as if puzzled: "Then what is this Mr. Qian?" ”

Furong thought about it for a while, motioned for Li to come over with his ear, and whispered in her ear: "Mr. Qian came up with this plan so that Xi's mother could use Rumeng to offset his lost silver taels, but there is no such thing as stealing." ”

Li did not hesitate to spend so much time with Furong here waiting for Furong to sit down on the matter, so that he could also confront him in court when he went to court.

Seeing that Li didn't react for a long time, Furong added: "What I said is the truth, Mr. Qian gave me a hundred taels of silver tickets and is still sitting under my bed!" After finishing speaking, he repeatedly told him not to spread the word, "I can only tell Childe about this matter, and Childe must not let a third person know about it." ”

"Zai Xia is not a noisy person, not to mention that Zai Xia rarely returns to Beijing for business abroad all the year round, Miss Furong can rest assured."

Furong was a little relieved at this time, looking at Li Wei's beautiful face, and her heart was moved. She whispered in Li Weixi's ear: "Since I have explained the truth to my son, my son has no worries. This Spring Festival is worth a thousand gold, hurry up and go back to the room with me! There seemed to be spring waves flowing in Fleur's eyes.

Seeing this, Li did not hesitate to quietly reach under the table and twist Chun Tao's leg vigorously.

At this moment, he spit out the chicken in his mouth with a painful bite of Chun Tao, which has not stopped eating until now, "Oops! He looked down and looked at him, and said busily: "Young master, the hour is not early, if you don't go back, the master will be punished." ”

"It's so late, it's time to go home." Li didn't hesitate to look back and show regret, "Miss Furong, I have to go out of the city early in the morning." I won't bother you today, and I'll come to see you next time I go back to Beijing. After speaking, he didn't give Furong a chance to stay, so he stuffed a silver ticket for her, and walked out of the private room with Chun Tao.

Furong was a little unwilling to leave when she saw Li Wei, but she was suddenly full of joy when she looked at the silver ticket in her hand, and shouted: "Master Zhou, don't forget to come to see me again!" ”