After time travel, he devoted himself to helping his father with his career.

Mingjun always gave priority to Mingjia's thoughts on such matters. The moment Mingjia turned around, Mingjun raised his heels and followed. Xu Honglei was stunned for a moment, but he quickly reacted and caught up with Mingjun and Mingjia.

After the three of them returned to the carriage, Mingjun looked at his sister. Seeing that Mingjia's expression was very bad, he hurriedly asked. "Jiajia, what happened?"

Mingjia had a guess in her mind, but she didn't dare to confirm it. Mingjia knocked on the car window directly, "Uncle Thirteen, Uncle Fourteen, who is here?"

"Master Mingjia, we are all here!" Thirteen's voice sounded outside the car window.

"Uncle Thirteen, send someone to keep an eye on that house. Keep an eye on whoever went there today and who left midway. If you don't have enough manpower, ask Uncle Li for manpower!" Mingjia was really angry. , even if you are looking for someone to borrow from Li Hansheng, you must find out the matter clearly.

Xu Honglei also understood what Ming Jia meant at this moment, "I also have a few people I can use. How did you two brothers offend the Xie family?"

Mingjia heard the concern and protection in Xu Honglei's words, and her face looked much better now.

Only then did Ming Jia look up at her brother Ming Jun and said, "Brother, we thought we were guests, but we were afraid that the owner of the house would treat our brothers as the main course."

The three of them went directly back to Shiqu Building to wait for the news. When Xu Honglei got off the carriage, he winked at the boy beside him. The Xu family's boy nodded slightly and found an opportunity to go directly back to the Xu Mansion to report the news.

During lunch, Shisan didn’t come back to report. Mingjia asked Mrs. Yan to arrange lunch, and Xu Honglei shamelessly followed her. It stands to reason that this plan is obviously aimed at Mingjun, and Xu Honglei should take the initiative to avoid it.

However, Mingjun and Mingjia did not explicitly tell Xu Honglei to avoid them, so Xu Honglei stayed in Zhiqu Building to wait for news.

Lunch was over and the three of them had drank a pot of tea before Thirteen and Fourteen hurried back. Ming Jia raised his eyes and saw that Thirteen and Fourteen's expressions were not very good, so he knew that he had guessed correctly.

"Master Mingjia, this house is indeed the villa of the Xie family. In addition to a few people who have been to Shiqulou before, there is also a concubine from the third room of the Xie family who went there dressed as a man..."

Thirteen only spoke half of what he said and did not continue. Mingjia couldn't stand to listen. "Planning your brother's marriage? Do you want to use this to bind Master to the Xie family? What a brainless person can come up with this idea!"

Ming Jia originally thought it was Xie Zhiqiu's plan, and was already thinking about how to unite with the Crown Princess's family to take revenge. After listening to Uncle Thirteen's words, Ming Jia felt that this "fellow fellow" couldn't really be that stupid!

Xu Honglei was stunned as he listened. He is Xu Shengyuan's youngest son and his legitimate son. His mother has been interested in him since he was ten years old, and there have been times during these years when she tried to plot against his marriage.

But Xu Honglei felt that all the women he met were from low-class families, and he wanted to marry into the Xu family in this way. Xie family? A skinny camel is bigger than a horse! Xu Honglei began to wonder if the Xiao family had any hidden power.

Anyway, it was because of Xiao Mingjun's erudition and talent that the Xie family was optimistic about Xiao Mingjun's future in advance, but Xu Honglei didn't believe it.

Mingjun was even more dumbfounded. He was already thirteen years old, and he was indeed old enough to see each other. His master has already talked with his father. His master has made the final decision on his marriage, and his father and mother have also agreed.

When Ming Jun came out for the exam this time, Xie Boyuan specifically told him to pay attention to the precautions of men and women, and not to be plotted about their marriage. Mingjun was a little scared, he was careless after all.

Ming Jia wanted to test his conjecture and asked Thirteenth Uncle: "Thirteenth Uncle, is the Liu Jue who invited my brother there the legitimate son of the third brother of the Xie family, Xie Jue?"

Thirteen did not expect this. Before he could report it, the lady knew about it. "As for the young master, that's right. It's him! Xie Zhiqiu's biological brother."

Looking at Thirteen and Fourteen's looks, Ming Jia guessed that they might not have had lunch yet, and quickly waved them off to eat and rest.

Thirteen and Fourteen stood up and walked out. Suddenly Thirteen stopped again. After thinking about it, he turned around and said, "Master Mingjia, there are many scholars participating in the poetry meeting today. We don't have enough manpower. I will go back to the Duke's Mansion and transfer a few people." , the Duke already knows about this!"

All of a sudden, Mingjun and Mingjia were silent. Once Li Hansheng found out about this matter, it would be soon before Master Xie Boyuan knew about it.

Ming Jia sighed, "It's okay! Uncle Thirteen, let's go down and rest first!" After Thirteen and Fourteen went down, Ming Jun looked at his brother and comforted him: "Brother, we can't hide this from Master. The Xie family's affairs, Master probably I know it well."

Both Mingjun and Mingjia were worried that this incident would make Xie Boyuan feel even colder towards the Xie family.

Xu Honglei was listening on the sidelines and couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. So is he the master of these two brothers? It seems that there are many things that my father has not told me!

The carriage coming to pick up people from Duke Li's mansion came extra early today, and Xu Honglei was anxious to go home and ask his father to find out what was going on. So, everyone went back to their homes early in the afternoon.

Xie Zhiqiu of the Xie family has been waiting for her brother to come back and tell her the results of the poetry meeting. Originally, Xie Zhiqiu wanted to go to the Poetry Society in person to keep an eye on her, but when she woke up early in the morning, Xie's mother Liu suddenly suffered from a heart attack, and Xie Zhiqiu was left to attend to her illness.

If you want to hold a poetry meeting in another courtyard, not to mention Xie Jue's identity, even Xie Zhiqiu's father is not qualified.

This time, in order to allow his younger brother to hold a poetry meeting in another courtyard, Xie Zhiqiu spent a lot of money to give generous gifts to the elders of various clans. Xie Zhiqiu even did not hesitate to use the name of the prince, claiming that he was borrowing it from another courtyard to entertain the people the prince wanted to win over.

Xie Zhiqiu waited confidently. She hoped that her younger brother could become good friends with the Xiao brothers, preferably to the level of confidants.

However, the actual situation was destined to disappoint Xie Zhiqiu.

Xie Zhiqiu did not wait for the news that Xie Jue and Xiao Mingjun had become friends. Instead, she got the news that the Xiao brothers arrived at the other courtyard and left without even entering the gate. Xie Zhiqiu couldn't hold herself steady anymore. She had to know what happened quickly.

Xie Zhiqiu dismissed her servants and went to Xie Jue's yard in person. She was told that Xie Jue was in her mother Liu's yard. When Xie Zhiqiu walked to her mother's yard, she was still thinking in her heart that her younger brother was a filial brother and knew that he would go home to see his sick mother first.

"Cry! Cry! Cry! You know how to cry!" Before Xie Zhiqiu entered the yard, she heard her mother's angry yelling.

Xie Zhiqiu heard the crying, which seemed to be that of a concubine. Xie Zhiqiu frowned a little. She didn't like the concubine, but she didn't like it even more when her mother beat and scolded the concubine to vent her anger.

Xie Zhiqiu was just about to speak out to stop her mother when she suddenly heard her brother Xie Jue's voice, "Mom, what do you think we should do now! The matter has not been done, and Xie Zhiqiu is still waiting for me to reply!"