Chapter 78: Three cousins

Xu Siyuan's dress is even more elegant than the last time in the Rongguo Mansion, and although the dresses and ornaments on his body are new, they are not outstanding.

According to the Xu family's background, Xu Siyuan is the daughter of the Xu family, and she is still Mrs. Xu's favorite daughter.

And when Xu Siyuan felt her gaze, he subconsciously lowered his head slightly and dodged.

On the other hand, Xue Ruzhen is much more normal.

Although the Xue family is not as luxurious as the Xu family, the foundation is not bad, Xue Ruzhen is wearing a pink and white tencel skirt today, with a small pink velvet cloak with gold threads, pure and dignified.

Although there are not many jewelry on his body, everything is fine, seeing Qin Shuhuang looking over, Xue Ruzhen smiled generously at Qin Shuhuang, and bowed halfway.

Mrs. Xu found her daughter absent-minded and glared at her daughter where others couldn't see her.

Both ladies brought generous thank-you gifts.

The Xu family has always done things simply and directly, and the thank you gift is the title deed of several shops in the rich state capital in the south, and they heard that Qin Shuhuang recently bought soft armor in the military market, so they also brought Qin Shuhuang two hundred sets of newly made soft armor from the Xu family's workshop, plus fifty war horses.

The Xue family has been clear for generations, so they are not so wealthy.

Mrs. Xue's thank-you gift is a genuine handiwork of Wanquan Jushi, a former national handicraft.

There are not many authentic works left by Wanquan monks, and this painting is really hard to find.

In addition to this painting, Mrs. Xue also brought a set of four treasures in the study, ink, paper and inkstone have provenance, among which the pen is made by Xue Ruzhen himself, which is intended to be sincere.

Qin Shuhuang invited everyone to appreciate Gui and taste tea.

The eldest princess's mansion, separated from Guiyuan is the large study in the front yard.

The flower hall next to the study is connected to the water pavilion, and you can see the scene of the Guiyuan garden by standing on the corridor next to the water pavilion.

If necessary, you can also go directly to Guiyuan from the Water Pavilion promenade.

Du Qinglin was invited by Lu Zhou to the study in the front yard.

Although Lu Zhou has served by Qin Shumin's side, he is still a slave after all, and he can't be at the same table with the prince at this time.

He arranged a tea cup for Du Qinglin, chatted a few words, and planned to retreat outside the study, before going out, Lu Zhou said politely: "Today is the neglect of the prince, His Royal Highness in the front yard of the eldest princess's mansion does not use it much on weekdays, only to entertain guests, if the prince is bored, you can go around the study at will, the old slave is outside, you need to call the old slave." ”

"There's Steward Laulu." Du Qinglin thanks.

The snacks and tea in the eldest princess's mansion are good, but the Rongguo Mansion is not bad.

After sitting for a while, Du Qinglin got up and looked around.

Xu is Qin Shuhuang has just moved in, there are not many traces of life here, and some of the books are very new, so it can be seen that no one has read them.

Although the study has a good layout, it lacks popularity, and it is not much different from the study room of Rongguo Mansion for guests, and Du Qinglin soon lost interest.

He walked to the outside of the study, which is connected to the flower hall, and outside the flower hall is the water pavilion promenade, and the scenery is unique.

Du Qinglin walked to the Water Pavilion, thinking about admiring it.

His eyes fell, and he suddenly found that standing here he could actually see the scenery of Guiyuan, not only that, but also the scene of Qin Shuhuang's hospitality.

Among them, the girl of the Xu family and the girl of the Xue family sat sideways to this side, standing in the water pavilion, and the two girls could be clearly seen.

Du Qinglin's gaze couldn't help but fall on Xu Siyuan's body, and he became stunned.

Just when Du Qinglin was distracted, he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder by something.

Du Qinglin Huo Ran came back to his senses, looked back, and instantly saw a young familiar face.

After being stunned for two seconds, Du Qinglin immediately bowed his head and saluted, "Weichen see the emperor!" ”

Qin Shumin fiddled with the fan in his hand and personally helped Du Qinglin up, "Cousin, I haven't seen you for many days, what's polite to me!" ”

Du Qinglin never thought that the emperor would be in the eldest princess's mansion, and then thought that his mother had taken a fancy to Miss Xue and Miss Xu, and he felt suddenly.

But the next moment, he recalled that he looked at Guiyuan's distraction, his eyes dimmed again, he clenched his fists, and finally did not spit out the words that came to his mouth.

In front of the emperor, what is he! The Xu family is afraid that they can't look down on him......

Qin Shumin and Qin Shuhuang also played with Du Qinglin when they were young, when Qin Shuhuang was not married, the relationship between the three cousins was still very good, and in the past three years, the three of them seemed to be running in their respective directions, getting farther and farther away from the ground.

Not long after Du Qinglin returned to Beijing from the camp, if you count carefully, he has not seen Qin Shumin for nearly a year.

At first glance, it suddenly felt extremely strange.

He quietly took a step back and kept a distance from Qin Shumin, and then he gave up again, "Weichen unintentionally disturbed the emperor, and asked the emperor to forgive him." ”

Qin Shumin looked at Du Qinglin, who was so unfamiliar, the dark and lost light in his eyes flashed, and in the next second, he raised a smile and stepped forward to hug Du Qinglin's shoulder, "Cousin was just looking at Miss Xu!" ”

Du Qinglin, who was hugged by the shoulder, suddenly felt very uncomfortable, and when he heard Qin Shumin say this, he was shocked, and immediately knelt down to explain, "Please also ask the emperor to be clear, Miss Xu is clean and self-conscious, and she has no personal relationship with Weichen, but the two families are world friends, and they are close on weekdays, and Miss Xu and I are naturally more familiar than ordinary girls." ”

Qin Shumin sighed in his heart, he stepped forward and helped Du Qinglin up again, staring at Du Qinglin with a pair of deep eyes, "Is my cousin really willing to give Miss Xu to me?" In this way, my cousin has failed Miss Xu's sincerity. If this is really the case, Du Qinglin is no longer the Du Qinglin I recognize in my heart. ”

Qin Shumin's words came out, and Du Qinglin suddenly looked up at him.