my lord is sick

Xiao Chengzhou took Xie Yan there, naturally not in the name of viewing flowers, on the surface, they were going to the eldest princess' son Gan Bowen's appointment.

Xie Yan is naturally familiar with Gan Bowen, but as a dandy who is still obsessed with eating, drinking and having fun and has no pursuit of grandeur in life, Xie Yan is not the same person as Gan Bowen, who has already served in the court and is doing serious things. It is a common place to meet. It was also at various banquet occasions, and there was no contact in private.

For Xie Yan's appearance, Gan Bowen was only surprised for a moment, and his complexion returned to normal.He had also heard about Xiao Chengzhou getting close to Xie Yan recently, and many people including him were wondering if the Yihou Mansion had made a choice.

The three greeted each other a few words, and then Xie Yan followed Xiao Chengzhou, led by Gan Bowen, to meet the princess first, and then the three went to an attic in the mansion.

There is a big ginkgo tree outside the attic, the leaves are green in summer.The attic is hidden behind the ginkgo trees, and the windows are opened. Standing by the window and looking out through the gaps in the leaves, you can just see the small island in the middle of the lake surrounded by lotus ponds not far away.The small island located in the Princess's mansion was built artificially, so naturally it is not very wide.Many flower pots have been placed on the small island, and there is a pavilion built in the middle. At this time, many female guests have come to stand or sit in the pavilion.

Xie Yan has good eyesight, and at a glance, he saw a lot of familiar girls. When his eyes fell on one of them, he quickly retracted his head like a frightened rabbit, and hid aside, with a look of fear on his face.

Xiao Chengzhou was standing beside him, seeing his changes in his eyes, and couldn't help but follow along.He basically didn't know those girls, but he saw a woman in purple looking in the middle, as if she was looking for something.

"She's looking for you?" Xiao Chengzhou asked Xie Yan, but his tone was very sure.

Xie Yan sighed: "If I had known she would come, I would not have come today."

A dark light flashed in his eyes, Xiao Chengzhou asked: "Who is she?"

Before Xie Yan could say anything, Gan Bowen looked over there and said, "That's the third girl from the Liu family, the cousin of Mrs. Shizi."

Xiao Chengzhou then understood that it was Xie Yan's sister-in-law's family.Xiao Chengzhou smiled and said: "I don't think her appearance is hideous, why are you so afraid of her?"

Xie Yan retorted: "I'm not afraid of her, but I just find it troublesome."

A girl who can't be beaten or scolded and always loves to find fault is troublesome.Although Xie Yan didn't like Liu Wen, he felt that it was not good for a woman from the other party to be discussed by their men, so he exposed this and bluntly praised the ginkgo tree beside the pavilion.

Xiao Chengzhou saw that he didn't want to say more, so he didn't ask.

A servant brought tea, and the three of them sat down at the table. Xiao Chengzhou and Gan Bowen talked about some unimportant business matters, which Xie Yan didn't understand, so they sat next to Xiao Chengzhou and ate to pass the time.

Gradually, more and more female guests were invited, and the laughter outside the pavilion became louder and louder.They were sitting by the window, the sill was not high, and when they sat there and turned their heads to look out, they could see the situation over there.

Gan Bowen looked at Xiao Chengzhou's calm expression, it seemed that Xiao Chengzhou was more willing to turn his head and talk to Xie Yan than paying attention to the boudoir ladies joking outside.But he also understands this, if his own brother ruined the marriage, it would be extremely depressing for anyone else.Less than ten days have passed since the queen mother's birthday, and it is normal that the other party is not in the mood to talk about marriage now.The other party's ability to come today should be due to filial piety, and it's just that she couldn't bear to refuse the Queen Mother's painstaking efforts.

Sure enough, when the Eldest Princess called Xiao Chengzhou over to ask if there was a girl he liked, Xiao Chengzhou shook his head and said apologetically, "I made my aunt bother."

Just as Gan Bowen thought, this answer was also expected by the eldest princess.However, the eldest princess is still a little disappointed. If Xiao Chengzhou's marriage can be facilitated by her hand, it will be a good thing for her.He can only work harder later, he is not young anymore, even if he is unwilling now, the queen mother and the emperor can't wait.

After a short rest after lunch, Xiao Chengzhou bid farewell, and took Xie Yan to leave the eldest princess mansion.Their carriage didn't take long when they were suddenly stopped.

When the servant suddenly rushed out, Kong Qing who was sitting at the front of the car had already swung the knife in his hand, if the other party hadn't suddenly called out "Xie, young master", Kong Qing would have chopped him down with a knife.

The servant looked at the long knife hanging above his head, cold sweat dripped down his forehead, his hands trembled, "I, our third lady, want to see, see Young Master Xie."

Kong Qing put the saber back into its sheath, and said expressionlessly, "Don't be so reckless in the future."

Hearing the movement, Xie Yan lifted the curtain of the car and took a look outside. Seeing that it was the servant of the Liu family, he immediately threw down the curtain, "No, no, hurry up!"

After Xie Yan said this, the carriage started to move again, but stopped after taking two steps, and a familiar domineering female voice came from outside: "Xie Yan!"

Xie Yan showed an impatient expression.

Having known him for so long, Xiao Chengzhou rarely saw such an expression on Xie Yan's face.He opened the curtains and saw the third miss of the Liu family whom he met at the Princess's mansion this morning. The other party saw him and hurriedly saluted, but his attention was always on the carriage, looking around for someone.

Xiao Chengzhou turned his head and said, "Do you want to go down?"

"I won't go down, let's go quickly." Xie Yan directly refused, urging.

But Liu Wen's voice came from outside again, and the other party scolded loudly: "Xie Yan, you are so timid, you dare not even meet me?"

Xiao Chengzhou frowned, while Xie Yan was furious. He lifted the curtain of the car, pointed at Liu Wen, and said bluntly: "If you let me see you, I will see you. What kind of onion are you? I am For my sister-in-law's sake, I won't argue with you, don't push yourself!"

Liu Wen's face turned pale instantly, she looked at Xie Yan, her lips trembled, her eyes were red, angry and wronged, "You!"

Seeing her crying, Xie Yan showed impatience on his face, "It's like this every time, obviously you are the first to speak rudely, making it seem like I did something to you. Miss Liu San, are you annoying? Block me, what on earth are you trying to do!"

"Are you bothering me?!" It was the first time Xie Yan said this, Liu Wen stared at Xie Yan with wide eyes, not believing what she heard.

"Yes, I annoy you, I annoy you to death, I get a headache when I see you!"

Xie Yan said bluntly that ever since his brother married his sister-in-law and their family had contacts with the Liu family, for the sake of his sister-in-law, he always had the feeling of "can't you afford to hide from him?" Attitude, accommodating and patient everywhere.But this girl is so annoying, he has been avoiding her, and she still doesn't know how to restrain herself. It's not the first time that she blocked the carriage and asked him to go out to see her with an orderly tone.

Hearing such a blunt answer, Liu Wen burst into tears, shedding tears, Liu Wen cried and said: "You can't bother me! You can't bother me!"

"You don't care about that!" Xie Yan said. Seeing Liu Wen crying so hard, he still wondered if he had spoken too seriously, and motioned to the servants of the Liu family next to him: "What are you doing in a daze, take your lady back .”

Liu Wen stared at Xie Yan obstinately, and refused to go with the servants, it was the two servant girls beside her who forcibly pulled her away.

"Really..." Xie Yan threw back the curtain of the car and leaned against the wall of the car, with a speechless look on his face, but also very angry, he said aggrievedly: "Why is she crying, I didn't even cry when she scolded me like a coward! "

Xiao Chengzhou poured him a cup of tea with downcast eyes, he could see clearly just now, when Xie Yan lifted the curtain of the car, Liu Wen looked into his eyes with joy and shyness.He handed the tea to Xie Yan and said, "She likes you."

Xie Yan almost spit out his tea, he coughed twice, pointed at himself, in disbelief: "What? You said she likes me?"

Xiao Chengzhou nodded with a smile, he stared at Xie Yan closely, not letting go of any slight changes in his expression, "Some people like a person, and the way of expression will be a little naive, for example, he will talk loudly to attract the other person's attention, Some people are clumsy and will express themselves by bullying the other party to attract the other party's attention."

"Is that so?" Xie Yan felt unbelievable, "Who would be so stupid? To actually fall in love with someone who bullies me all day long?"

No emotion was found on Xie Yan's face, the corners of Xiao Chengzhou's mouth rose, "Yeah, who is so stupid."

Xie Yan still said strangely: "If you like someone, shouldn't you be nice to him? Lu Yu said that once he talked to the girl he liked, he felt that his louder voice would scare her , I can’t wait to talk with my butt between my legs. Liu Wen’s tone of manipulating servants, you say she likes me, I think she is either mentally ill or..." Those who think so are mentally ill.

Xie Yan bit his tongue in time, swallowed the last sentence, looked at Xiao Chengzhou and laughed awkwardly.

Xiao Chengzhou, who may be mentally ill, looked at Xie Yan, stretched out his hands to pinch his face with a half-smile, and let go when Xie Yan pretended to cry out in pain.

This day's dinner, Xie Yan did not eat with Xiao Chengzhou, the carriage stopped at the gate of the Hou Mansion, Xie Yan waved goodbye to Xiao Chengzhou, and returned to the Hou Mansion.

Xie Yan originally wanted to go back to his yard directly, but after thinking about it, he went to Wu Ling first, and told him about meeting Liu Wen and making him cry.Mainly, he felt that according to Liu Wen's temperament, if he said that about her, even if she didn't complain to her family when she went back, the maid beside her would say that if the Liu family wanted to settle accounts with him, then he had to let his mother have a Prepare.

After hearing this, Wu Ling didn't say anything to blame.She could also see clearly that Liu Wen liked Xie Yan, but she used the wrong method, which was self-defeating, which made Xie Yan disgusted again and again.Liu Wen is very lively, and her temperament is similar to that of Xie Yan, but this liveliness is out of proportion, which inevitably makes people unhappy, so she only takes the hints from the Liu family as ignorance, and is not interested in helping to clarify.

Wu Ling herself is a barbaric girl in the eyes of others. The Xie family allowed her to come in and become the mistress of the family. She is not a person with a strong personality, so she is willing to be a sensible mother when it comes to children. Listen more to your children's wishes.For Xie He's marriage, he chose Liu Man himself, and Xie Yan was also planning to do the same, letting him choose the one he liked.