Chapter 25: Confession
The noble lady was dressed in a black skirt, and she simply combed her hair in a bun, without powder, which was not as red and willow green as the fine powder mask of the man outside, although her face was light, but it was easier to approach than on a formal occasion.
When the princess arrived, the four people present all performed the bow.
She didn't move, and seemed to smile.
"There's no need to be polite here."
asked the people in the old lady Song's courtyard again, "Hasn't the wai man gotten up yet?" ”
As he was talking, he opened the door, and the little boy who followed the old lady Song said crisply: "The old gentleman invites a few people in." ”
Pei Mingshi was the first to go in, followed by Ah Zhu and Song Zhizhi, Xi Zhao and the two brothers walked at the end, Xi Lan was not at ease, pulled his brother's sleeve, and confirmed again and again: "Big brother can't lie to me, leave after saying goodbye." ”
Xi Zhao's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said, "Naturally." ”
Xi Lan breathed a sigh of relief. He was disturbed by last night's dream, Ah Candle in the dream was a little taller than now, lying on the desk to sleep, and his brother and Pei Mingshi were sitting next to him drinking tea.
Probably taking care of Ah Candle who was asleep, the two occasionally talked softly.
Pei Mingshi asked her brother to think about it before making a decision, she didn't want a hot-headed, hot-blooded young man, she was surrounded by an abyss, and if she made a mistake, she would never recover, and she still had to hesitate from a poor background, but Xi Zhao was different, he was born as the pride of the sky and cultivated as an heir.
Even fools know how to choose.
The elder brother was a fool, and he nodded without blinking: "I believe in Your Highness." ”
What do you believe in her!!
Xi Lan was so angry that he wanted to stomp on the floor, and saw Pei Mingshi's woman poking Ah Candle's red face while discussing things with Xi Zhao.
But no matter what Pei Mingshi says, Xi Zhao is one word
- "Good".
What a good!
Ah Candle thinks that today's Xi Lan is weird, he doesn't have a good face and doesn't like to talk, and he always looks at Princess Mingshi with the eyes of the tooth woman, just like she is sick.
Suddenly, she heard someone shouting to herself, and she hurriedly raised her head, and saw the old man sitting behind the desk looking at her with a smile.
"I know that Xi Erlang is handsome, but the little lady should not keep staring at him." One sentence blushed the two people, Shen Yuyou was not satisfied, and added, "When the old man was young, he was much better looking than him." ”
Since the death of the queen, Shen Gong resigned and lived in seclusion. Ah Candle thought he was an extremely serious old man, but he didn't expect it...... Pretty cute?
Ah Candle held on, pretending not to blush, and said with a smile: "There is no basis for what you say, you go to the beautiful hair first, let me see the true face of Lushan." ”
Shen Gong's hair is like silver threads, with beautiful hair, and he is dressed in a wide-sleeved robe, like a crane wanting to fly, and his temperament is extraordinary.
"That's not going to happen." Shen Yu smiled, lit a candle in the air, and said, "Promote the idea of the old man's beard." ”
Seeing that he was not angry, Ah Candle boldly said, "Can you touch it?" ”
It was the first time she had seen such a long haircut, and her eyes couldn't help but shine and stick to it.
Shen Yu pretended not to hear, pushed the brewed tea in front of Xi Zhao, and said to Xi Lan, who was blushing and pretending to be calm: "Shaoxu still wants to stay in this period of time, why don't Xi Erlang come to sit with me as well?" ”
Xi Lan was still in a mess for Ah Candle peeking at him, but when he heard this, he instantly became vigilant, looked at his brother, and signaled him to mention the matter of resignation quickly.
Xi Zhao pretended not to see it, smiled slightly, and said with tea: "Shaochi naturally wants to join me and take advantage of the teacher every day." ”
Xi Lan: "......"
Shock and anger were mixed with a hint of expected frustration.
So much so that he calmly and eerily accepted this indisputable fact.
Forget it, forget it.
Xi Lan said in his heart, if he thinks of other ways, he must let his brother die.
Shen Yu said to Ah Candle and Song Zhizhi: "In the future, I will come to the old man's courtyard every hour to practice calligraphy and endorsement, and when His Royal Highness arrives, the old man will teach together." ”
He pointed to the two Xi Zhao brothers again, so that the students were not relentless, and said with a smile: "If you don't understand, just ask the two Langjun of the Xi family." ”
Xi Zhao smiled.
Xi Lan's face was expressionless.
Pei Mingshi, who had only been drinking tea by himself since he came in, saw that Shen Yu said about the same, so he got down to business: "My cousin is only a weak crown year, is it too impulsive for Wai Weng to let him take the initiative to ask for the poor country to be released?" ”
As mentioned earlier, Mrs. Song has two sons and three daughters. The eldest son stayed by his side, and Yu Jingzhong held a small official position, and he had quite an insight into the art of alchemy, and he could speak well, which was very much in line with His Majesty's wishes; The second son joined the government at the beginning of the year, but under the orders of Shen Yu, he took the initiative to ask to be released as a small county order in a remote place.
Shen Yu smiled faintly: "Only in that kind of place can people be trained." ”
Exercising people?
I'm afraid it's right to eat people.
Xi Lan looked away coldly. Compared with Pei Mingshi, the old and refined Shen Yu is more hypocritical, so he doesn't like both.
The room was quiet for a moment, Shen Yu took the book to Ah Candle, and asked her to read it herself, and if she didn't understand, she could ask Qi Niang or Xi Lan. Then send them out to hug the building to play.
Song Zhizhi saw Xi Lan's cold face, and was stunned, so he went back to the room first under the pretext of changing clothes.
Here in Shen Yu, she didn't even dare to take a sip of tea.
Ah Candle flipped through the book of children's enlightenment, and felt that Shen Gong looked down on her, and when she looked up, she saw Xi Lan's brows tightly knit and absent-minded.
Ah Candle said tentatively: "Is there anything worrying about Xi Erlangjun?" ”
She asked with a shy face, "Can you say it to make me happy." ”
Xi Lan hesitated, thinking that he had misheard, and reacted angrily, and almost blurted out, "You conscienceless-"
Xi Lan held her breath, seeing that her eyes were shining, she suddenly thought that she had seen Shen Yu's beautiful hair just now, and she was eager to try.
Xi Lan said deliberately: "I'm thinking, Shen Gong's hair is delicate and shiny, and it's easy to touch when you look at it." ”
Ah Candle snapped and closed the book, "You think so too, don't you?" ”
It's a pity that I don't touch it.
Xi Lan thought of this old man who was used to coaxing people, and thought of the good granddaughter he had carefully cultivated, his heart was full of malice, and he quietly instigated: "Shen Gong will take a nap after lunch every day, and there is no one in the house, why don't we go and cut a few roots together?" ”
Ah Candle was startled, just touch it, and cut a few sticks?
I can't see it, Xi Erlangjun still likes to do such a rebellious thing.
Of course Xi Lan didn't dare.
The elder brother worshipped Shen Gong as a teacher when he was a child, and he came with him no less than a few times, knowing that Shen Yu regarded the beautiful hair that had been grown for many years as more important than his life, and he was distressed to lose one on weekdays, let alone be cut off.
If he dares to do it, his brother will dare to break his leg.
Shen Yu is deaf and clear-sighted, and Rao is far away, and he can hear them talking.
He sighed faintly, it was really not a family, and he didn't enter a family.
"Your cousin's affairs are considered by the old man, so don't worry." Shen Yu had already passed it, that kid had a hard life, whoever died he would be fine, and he would not be suitable for such a place.
He has made up his mind, and it is useless for anyone to speak.
Pei Mingshi had no choice but to divert the topic, and mentioned a few words about the current situation, Shen Yu said: "You have a plan in your heart, and the old man won't say much." ”
Xi Zhao made tea for the two of them, and said softly: "Teacher, Your Highness, please." ”
Shen Yu took a sip of tea and got up to change his clothes.
Pei Mingshi said lightly: "Xi Shaoxu, you shouldn't stay." ”
How could Shen Yu not see the affection hidden in the young man's sparkling eyes?
Crape myrtle stars already exist, but there are still few left and right.
Xi Zhao is one of them.
"The teacher and disciple are not only one of His Royal Highness, don't you even have the opportunity to serve one or two? His Royal Highness is too domineering. He shook his head.
Pei Mingshi frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "You know what I want to say......"
Xi Zhao raised the tea and said with a smile: "Your Highness knows that I know, and we know each other, so why ask again?" ”
Pei Mingshi lightly clinked glasses with him, and she couldn't see the slightest virtuous and shy lady of a noble girl, warm tea in her throat, sweet after bitterness, she didn't like to drink tea, but she had been with Wai Weng for many years, and she was also accustomed to it.
Xi Zhao thought that she was worried about Song Erlang's affairs, although the place was poor, there were countless fields, and if it was arranged properly, she could also make some achievements.
There are even unexpected results.
"The teacher has always had no last resort, if His Royal Highness is still not at ease, I will write a letter to the county commander of the neighboring county, asking him to take care of it."
"You also said that if you have no last resort, then there will naturally be no big deal." Pei Mingshi said, she was just afraid that her aunt would not be happy in her heart, and she had two sons, one of whom was like a minister to please His Majesty, and the other was sent thousands of miles away, and she was changed to someone else, so she was afraid that it would have already started a trouble.
Xi Zhao looked at her, suddenly stretched his eyebrows, and smiled lightly.
Pei Mingshi didn't know why, "What are you laughing at?" ”
Xi Zhao sighed and said, "Your Highness, please believe in yourself." ”
If there is no hope, there will not be so many people willing to pay for it.
The young princess Mingshi can still say such things, and now, she should not hesitate and move forward.
Xi Zhao believed her.
"Believe what?" Xi Lan walked in, followed by a small tail, and his eyes were eager to learn: he parroted and asked:
"Believe what?"
Xi Zhao: "......"
Pei Mingshi: "......"
Sometimes, younger siblings or something, it's really annoying.
At the end of the day, the two Xi Zhao brothers were asked by Shen Yu to stay in the guest room, saving them more trouble running around in the future.
The eldest brother is like a father, even if Xi Lan is reluctant, he has no right to speak.
When it was time to fall asleep at night, Xi Zhao saw that Xi Lan was delaying and asked politely: "Although I don't mind, I guess Shaochi you shouldn't be the same as when you were a child, because you don't dare to sleep alone because you are afraid of ghosts...... Right? ”
Xi Lan worked on the manuscript for a long time, and all of it came to naught at this moment: "......"
He hated and thought, Pei Mingshi was really not a good thing! As soon as my brother is alone with her, he is like a brother who compares outsiders, and he can't see any conscience at all!
Xi Zhao was also very helpless. He knew that his younger brother had always disliked Princess Mingshi, but after coming to Shengjing this time, he seemed to have a deeper opinion on Princess Mingshi, although he didn't know why, but one was a person who would be loyal in the future, and the other was his own brother, Xi Zhao naturally hoped that Xi Lan could eliminate the mustard for Princess Mingshi and coexist peacefully.
Xi Lan decided that his brother was obsessed, no matter how much he said, he would only be a fart.
Xi Zhao had no choice but to kick him out of the room and leave him to fend for himself.
Xi Lan held his breath, went to bed and slept after washing, he slept well, but I don't know if it was because he saw Ah Zhu today, he dreamed of him again.
"Xi Shaochi, you talk about me again...... Bad words of our Highness, believe it or not, I beat you. ”
Xi Lan didn't believe it, sneered again and again, and even made a big fuss: "Beat me? You're not as tall as me when you stand up, and you want to beat me? ”
This was followed by a scream.
And then...... No then.
Xi Lan was really beaten.
Xi Lan woke up from the dream and subconsciously covered his left eye, the pain was real, it didn't seem to be a dream, it was more like a personal experience in the past.
Frightened, Xi Lan got up in the middle of the night, found a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, picked up the lamp and thought hard, and finally wrote out three major strategies to expose Pei Mingshi's true face before dawn.
He grinds his teeth as he writes.
Hit him...... She actually hit him!
She also said that she fell in love with him at first sight, her love was deep-rooted, and she didn't make drafts when she lied! Swindler!!
If Ah Candle could hear it, he would definitely cross his waist and say: What did Ah Candle do in the last life about Ah Candle in this life?
The next day, Xi Lan slept for less than half an hour before he was picked up by the brother next door, and the whole person was like a ghost, with a collapsed face, and the black air around him was like substance.
Xi Lan got up in the middle of the night and was furious, at this time, even if a chicken passed in front of him, he could be kicked twice, let alone see the culprit who caused him insomnia last night.
The culprit slept well last night, because when she went back, she saw Lord Ancheng drinking medicine...... Hahahahaha!
Ah Candle was elated and waved at Xi Lan and them.
"Xi Da Lang Jun, Xi Erlang Jun is good!"
She was embarrassed to smile at him.
Xi Lan said in his heart, don't think that he will forgive her in this way.
Ah Candle took a closer look, couldn't help but snort, and sighed at Xi Lan's eyes: "Xi Erlangjun, did you go to steal chickens and dogs last night?" ”
Song Zhizhi, who happened to come over: "Poof......" laughed, quickly covered his mouth again, lowered his head and walked to the side, when nothing happened.
I silently said in my heart: I didn't see her, I didn't see her.
Xi Lan was so angry that his face turned red, and he couldn't stay for half a moment! He left angrily, and after walking for long, he couldn't help but turn back, and the surroundings were empty, and there was not even a human figure.
Xi Lan: "??? ”
Forget it, brother, what's the culprit? She was able to go in with peace of mind? Didn't you chase it out and apologize?!
Apologize?
What apologies?
Ah Candle has long forgotten him.
Xi Lan sulked by himself, digested his emotions by himself, thought of business, and took a deep breath, fortunately, he remembered the path of the Song family, turned left and right, and found Song Dalangjun's courtyard.
"Hey, Xi Shaochi? Rare guest, rare guest. ”
The young man who was about to go out was wearing a cyan robe, and when he saw Xi Lan, his face was surprised, and he habitually took out a bottle of pill from his sleeve as a greeting gift.
"Newly refined, you're welcome, accept it."
Xi Lan: "??? ”
Where did this madman come from?
Not to mention that he wanted to match Pei Mingshi and Song Dalangjun and destroy Pei Mingshi's reputation, so that his brother would die......
Xi Lan just looked at the person in front of him, and felt that the future was dark.
If he were Pei Mingshi, he would definitely choose his brother!!