When Zhao Heng said about watching a play, he really just watched a play, but it was not the kind of play that adults like to watch, but a shadow puppet show that children especially liked.

As soon as Xie Rongzhao agreed, Zhao Heng took her hand and walked out without seeing anything outside.

Although Zhao Heng is two years younger than Xie Rongzhao, Zhao Heng is not shorter than Xie Rongzhao at all, perhaps because he was born rich and noble, and he ate better when he was young.

Zhao Yue has no concubines, only a few concubines.

Zhao Yue's wife, Gao, treats people leniently, and she is not harsh on the concubines and concubines in the house, so the atmosphere in the backyard of the prince is still very harmonious.

"This is my second sister, one year older than me, Sister Zhaozhao, which of the two of you is older?"

Zhao Ying hurriedly came over and said, "Sister Zhaozhao, I'm Zhao Ying, I got the gift from you before, and I haven't had a chance to thank you in person." ”

Xie Rongzhao also returned the salute: "I am seven years old this year, since you call me sister, you must be younger than me." ”

Zhao Ying smiled: "I'm six years old. Brother Heng brought you over, but you want to watch a shadow puppet show together? Let's go, the best spots are reserved. ”

Today is Zhao Heng's birth, and among a group of children, he is naturally the biggest.

The table at the front was naturally reserved for him.

Originally, Zhao Yue had mentioned that Xie Rongzhao would come to the Hou Mansion to learn some courses with Mr. Female, in addition to etiquette rules, that is, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Xie Xiuwen felt that it was inappropriate, so he pushed it.

Xie Rongzhao herself doesn't like to be detained all day long, not to mention that she is self-aware, her father is now a small sesame official, and a family like the Hou Mansion is not something ordinary people can afford.

Although Xie Rongzhao did not come to the Hou Mansion to learn from her, the Gu family usually taught her the rules at home, and it can be seen from some ordinary trivial things that the Gu family used to work in Gaomen.

After Xie Rongzhao and Zhao Ying met, as soon as the two girls chatted, there were many words, and when Liu Ruolan said goodbye, Zhao Ying was still a little reluctant to give up this sister.

In the evening, Liu Ruolan discussed with Xie Xiuwen that it was time to invite a female gentleman to Ganbao.

"I've inquired, several female gentlemen in the Hou Mansion are either female officials from the palace, or after the Great Confucian, not all the girls who attend classes there are girls from the Hou Mansion, I heard that there are also children of relatives, and there are several Miss Tang of the Cousin, I don't think it is appropriate for us to be good in the past."

This matter has been mentioned before, and Xie Xiuwen is naturally unwilling to let his daughter go outside to be wronged.

Those daughters from famous families think very highly of themselves, if they really go, even if people don't bully her, the atmosphere will definitely not be good, but the difference in clothing is huge, and it is easy to hurt the child's self-esteem.

"I've always been concerned about this, I heard that there is a female gentleman living in the west of the city, her father was originally from a lifting family, and her husband is also a talented man, but then the family is unfortunate, her husband passed away, leaving only their orphans and widows, and they have also taught some young ladies from merchant families before, and now they are idle at home."

Liu Ruolan's eyes lit up slightly: "What is the character of that female gentleman?" ”

"Okay. Her husband's surname is Wang, so people call her Mrs. Wang. She has a son and a daughter, her daughter is married, and her son is studying in the academy, and he usually doesn't come back much. ”

"Then if it can be done, will we send our good baby over, or will she come over?"

Xie Xiuwen doesn't care about the affairs of others, but he cares very closely about the affairs of his daughter.

"Naturally, let her come over every day, and if she wants, she can also live in our house, which is more convenient. However, her piano skills are average, but her painting skills are very famous. ”

"Then ask someone to inquire, as long as the character is okay, we will invite someone to the house. It's just that I don't know how much the bride price this Mrs. Wang wants. ”

"It won't be too much, ten taels of silver a month will reach the sky."

Liu Ruolan breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this, now they have their own industry in the capital, and they have income every day, and ten taels of silver is indeed nothing.

Xie Xiuwen now has Lu Mi in addition to the monthly salary.

It's just that Lumi is generally distributed at the end of the year, and the one-year amount is distributed at one time.

Don't look at Xie Xiuwen just when he talked about ten taels of silver, it seems to be fluttering, but in fact, he doesn't have ten taels of silver from a six-grade official, so he rushes at his little money, and he really can't afford to raise so many servants.

Without waiting for the matter of the female gentleman to be decided, Xie Xiuwen first received a letter from Xie Laosan.

After reading the letter, Xie Xiuwen's eyebrows were twisted together, and he was so angry that he smashed his fist on the bookcase.

"How can it be!"

Xie Xiuwen took advantage of wanting to invite a female gentleman, so he sat alone with Xie Lin.

"Brother Zicheng, but what do you need my little brother to help with?"

Xie Xiuwen nodded, then shook his head again and pushed a few letters over.

Xie Lin was a little puzzled for a while, but he still opened it in front of him and looked at it carefully.

The content of this is really amazing, and what surprises Schelling even more is that this trace is very familiar to him, it is his good cousin Schelling.

"Brother Zicheng, this?"

"Brother Xian don't be surprised, this is all true, and I went back to my hometown to worship my ancestors before, and I also dealt with this matter, the patriarch punished Xie Liujin in front of the whole clan, oh, that is, Xie Chen's biological father, but my Gaoyang Xie family didn't want to cause more trouble, so the matter was not reported to the yamen, otherwise it would ......"

Otherwise, it wouldn't have ended so well.

Xie Lin frowned, he had known that Xie Chen's temperament was a little insidious, but he never thought that he could be so harmful.

Just to prevent Xie Xiuwen from coming forward, he was able to come up with such a bad trick, which is really infuriating.

"Brother Zicheng forgives his sins, but the younger brother really doesn't know about this matter. Don't worry, I will definitely show the elders in the family this matter and give Brother Zicheng an explanation. ”

Xie Xiuwen raised his hand and signaled him not to be in a hurry.

"Don't hide it from Brother Xian, I didn't plan to pursue this matter anymore, after all, this is the capital, and Xie Chen is your cousin, I, Xie Xiuwen, have just arrived, and my foundation is shallow, and I don't have to hit a stone with an egg. But it backfired, Xie Chen actually sent someone back to my hometown to stir up trouble, which is really annoying. ”

Xie Lin was slightly surprised, obviously he didn't expect Xie Chen to dare to do anything to Xie Xiuwen.

"Xie Chen sent someone to Gaoyang County a few days ago, and he actually promised a generous profit to my ex-sister-in-law Gao, and then thought of letting my two nieces go to Beijing to join me. Brother Xian doesn't know about the trivial matters in my family, the Gao family once murdered my wife, and almost sold my daughter, and it is precisely because of the evil she did that my eldest brother will abandon her.

But I never expected that Xie Chen would be able to find her, provoke the relationship between our uncle and nephew, and even secretly arrange for two nieces to enter Beijing. If it weren't for the letter I received from my third brother yesterday, I am afraid that my Xie Xiuwen's reputation would be ruined, and I would have ended up with a cold-blooded and ruthless reputation! (End of chapter)