Chapter 19: Rivals
Rui Guo Gong Mansion.
Xu Sini took the maid and carried the food box to the second brother Xu Yuanche's room.
The little guy in the courtyard hurriedly went to report, and soon the brother and sister met in the house.
"It's so late, why did the third sister come over." Xu Yuanche hurriedly beckoned his sister to sit down.
"I heard that the second brother was called out by the Shen family brother again when he just came back from the banquet in Su Mansion today, he has always loved to drink, I am worried that the second brother has drunk too much and has an upset stomach, so I specially made a soup to warm the stomach and sent it."
Xu Sini said as she opened the food box and brought out the exquisite plum porcelain bowl inside.
She is good at craftsmanship, and as soon as the aroma of this soup wafts out, it will arouse people's appetite.
Xu Yuanche picked up the bowl and sniffed it, then smiled, "The third sister has always been intimate, but we didn't drink wine when we went out today, we drank tea." β
"Tea?" Xu Sini was a little surprised, and immediately covered her lips, "This is strange, I thought that the elder brother of the Shen family only likes to drink, and he doesn't like these." β
Xu Yuanche, who took a sip of the soup, shook his head.
"Where does he know how to taste tea, he just asked us to talk, he has drunk enough in Su Mansion today, and he even had a drink with Miss Su Si."
Hearing his brother's words, Xu Sini's eyes flashed imperceptibly.
He immediately pursed his lips, "Today, Miss Fourth and Xu, it is also appropriate to give her a drink." β
Because the Su and Xu families are not very close relatives and friends at the moment, so at today's banquet, only Rui Guogong and his wife took Xu Yuanche to the Xu family, and no one else went.
Therefore, Xu Sini didn't know what happened at the Su Mansion banquet today, and he actually wanted to talk at this time.
However, Xu Yuanche didn't notice the young sister's thoughts, and laughed to himself.
"I think that kid is also close to him, and when I was drinking tea today, I also said that the fourth lady is beautiful, and I appreciate it by looking at him a few more times, he is very slippery."
Xu Sini also smiled in agreement, and when Xu Yuanche finished drinking the soup, he took the empty bowl and left quietly.
When he returned to his yard, his face sank a little.
Fanghui, the personal maid, helped her remove her makeup while comforting her softly.
"Miss, don't think too much, you and Shen Gongzi have known each other for many years, and he has always treated you very well, how could you change your mind because of a fourth miss of the Su family who suddenly appeared."
"His heart has never been in me, so how can he change his mind." Xu Sini said lightly.
Fang Hui was puzzled, and the movements in her hand paused, "However, the slave maid has always had a good relationship with Shen Gongzi and you." β
The annual birthday ceremony, once does not fall, when I come to Xu Mansion to play, I occasionally bring some snacks to eat or something.
In this regard, Xu Sini just sighed softly, and her eyes fell on the bracelet that Shen Qianwei gave her last year.
"You don't understand, his friendship with me is brother and sister, not male and female, but what I want is not for him to treat me as his own sister, but... That's it, what the second brother said will not be groundless, I still have to meet this fourth lady of the Su family to see if Brother Qianwei has any thoughts about her. β
In the bronze mirror, Xu Sini's beautiful eyes revealed firmness and unwillingness, as well as a trace of panic as if facing a great enemy.
After all, she didn't know what she would do if Shen Qianwei really liked Su Juning.
At this time, Su Juning didn't know that she had been regarded as a fierce rival by Xu Sini, and she was fighting with her sister who was not worried at home.
Today's banquet is over, and the family finally sits down to have dinner with peace of mind, and Su Zhiyi began to exert his strength.
She first apologized to Cui Shi and Su Junning for today's Gao Wenbo incident, and then counted Xiao Lu's hardships over the years.
Su Yi and Cui's husband and wife, one was guilty of Su Zhiyi, and the other wanted to get into a relationship with Su Zhiyi, so they naturally immediately said that they had forgiven Xiao Lu's actions.
Su Juning didn't interject, after all, this is a trivial matter, as long as the family doesn't hurt the harmony.
But unexpectedly, Su Zhiyi next proposed that he hoped that Cui's family could intercede with Yingtian Academy and let Gao Wenbo go to Yingtian Academy to study, which made Su Junning unhappy.
Deng Shi said in a strange manner, "In the past, the second sister was the most public and private, and did not show favoritism, why did she take the initiative to go through the back door today, and my grandfather was willing to call?" β
Although the Cui family is not an official eunuch family, the Yingtian Academy founded by the ancestors of the Cui family is the best academy in Bianjing City and even Beidi in the country.
Therefore, although the Cui family has no children to be officials, their protΓ©gΓ©s are all over the world and Beidi officialdom, and they have always been respected by scholars.
Because of this, the first daughter of the Cui family can still marry Su Yi as his wife.
Now the head of Yingtian Academy is Cui's father, Su Junning's maternal grandfather, Cui Jinyan.
Su Zhiyi was stunned by her, and her pretty face immediately changed blue and white, and then her eyes turned cold.
"My aunt has a trust, I'm just asking, whether I agree or not it's all in the Cui family, there is no intention of persecution, don't misunderstand the fourth sister, if my mother feels embarrassed, I will send someone to tell my aunt tomorrow that this matter is not successful."
As soon as he heard this, Cui Shi gently pulled Su Junning, and then spoke gently to Su Zhiyi.
"Don't be annoyed, Ning'er has always liked to joke, let my mother talk about this matter first, and then tell you when there is news."
"Then thank you mother." Su Zhiyi narrowed his eyes, got up and saluted.
Su Junning wanted to say something, but she saw Cui Shi put a chopstick dish in her bowl.
This is what it means to tell her to eat more and say less.
There was no way, Su Junning had to suppress the displeasure in her heart and eat the food silently.
During this time, the other people at the table did not make a sound.
Su Yi was caught between his daughter and his wife, and it was difficult to speak, Su Yuhui felt that this matter was inappropriate, but seeing that his father didn't speak, he had no choice but to sullen, and Su Yu'an was hanging up high on his own business.
Often this is also the only time when he is glad that he is a concubine, and he doesn't have to be caught in the middle.
After dinner, everyone went back to rest.
In Cui's yard, Su Yi sighed and shook his wife's hand.
"I've wronged you all these years, and I know that the kid is always ignorant."
"What did the master say about this, when I got married, I didn't care about this, besides, it's normal for girls to be heavier than boys, although Zhiyi has been cold to me and Ning'er over the years, he has also behaved politely, and he hasn't disrespected me, if it weren't for the sister of the Lu family..."
Cui paused at this point, then stood up.
"That's it, don't make small talk, it's so late, I'm going to call someone to fetch water to serve the master to wash, lie down early, Ming'er still has to go to court."
After that, he took Luo's mother's hand and went out.
Looking at his wife's back, Su Yi's mind was still echoing with the words that his wife hadn't finished, and he suddenly felt even more guilty.
couldn't help frowning, it seemed that he had to restrict the contact between Xiao Lu and his second daughter, and the children were all damaged by her.
And that's exactly what Choi wants.
Whether Gao Wenbo enters Yingtian Academy or not is a trivial matter, holding Xiao Lu's family and tying her husband's heart is the purpose of Cui's family.
She knew very well that Su Zhiyi's nature was not bad, but she had always had Xiao Lu's side to pick her up, and if she didn't cut off the bane of Xiao Lu's family, she would only have more troubles in the future.