Because of the tireless efforts of Xu Zijing and his wife during this period, Sheng Weiqiao no longer resented Xu Caikui, but after all, there was no friendship between the two, so he shook his head: "The eighth sister and Ying Jiang are both at home. My brother will enter the examination room soon, and I'm afraid I can't leave him, but I can only bother him another day."
This answer was also what Xu Caikui had expected. She sighed secretly and said nothing more. She just said: "Then I will take you back!"
It was neither early nor late for them to leave today. When they left at this moment, there were still many carriages rushing from all directions in Chang'an.
There were very few carriages that had finished taking the exams and left. After all, it was not yet time for the Gongyuan to close. Normally, you would have to have a conversation at the door to take the exams.
From what we can see now, they are the only group walking against the current, and their journey is naturally difficult and slow.
Even when passing an alley, you have to stop and let the carriages on the opposite side pass first... This is right. After all, this will leave the carriages at the gate of Gongyuan. The scholars are already there, and the remaining people do not need to enter. , it’s not a big problem to leave early and leave later; as I’m on my way there, there are still scholars in the car to deliver.
For such a big thing, if it can be done conveniently, it is natural to make it convenient for others.
But not long after they stopped, a carriage stopped while wiping their windows. Someone inside raised a voice: "Hey! Give way, you're blocking our way!"
Xu Caikui said in shock: "It's not blocked! Can't we leave?"
"Isn't this the carriage that takes the scholars to the Gongyuan?" Sheng Weiqiao, because he and Sheng Suihe had come here to see the house before, casually said after hearing this, "But the family lives in this alley? In that case, we can't It’s blocking people’s way.”
Because the two carriages were now close to each other, she did not deliberately lower her voice. The other side could hear clearly. After a moment of silence, a slightly excited voice asked cautiously: "But Miss Sheng San?" In the car?"
"Princess Qingfang?!" Sheng Weiqiao frowned upon hearing this. The Huaiyuan Marquis Mansion is not nearby. What was this princess doing here with a group of scholars rushing to the Gongyuan area so early in the morning? Most likely they are here for Sheng Sleeping Crane!
Otherwise, why would you specifically say something to greet yourself
She was really annoyed: How much did this princess hate Sheng Sleeping Crane
Even someone like me, who has been scorned by Sheng Suihe repeatedly, never thought of exposing Sheng Suihe's life experience to the Meng family to take revenge. Even if Princess Qingfang did not do so directly, she paid attention to Sheng Suihe repeatedly and even took the initiative. Wasn't the act of getting close to him a deliberate attempt to put Sheng Sleeping Crane in a crisis? !
Thinking of this, she said in a cold tone, "Hello, Princess! Xu Shimei from Ningweihou's Mansion and I have just sent off our respective brothers. Now we have something urgent to go back to. I can't go over to say hello to you. I'd like to neglect the Princess." Please bear with me!”
He ordered the driver, "Drive forward a few steps quickly, don't block the princess's way!"
In the carriage over there, Princess Qingfang heard the resistance and alienation in her words. Thinking of the girl's disgust and admonishment at the lantern festival, a hint of bitterness appeared in the corner of her mouth. She was about to speak, but she didn't know that her sister was riding with her. Princess Huihe frowned, raised the car curtain and asked, "Who are you? How dare you be so rude to our sisters? Or do you think you can scare us by bringing up the Ningwei Hou Mansion sign?!"
Seeing this, Princess Qingfang hurriedly pulled her and told her to restrain herself.
Sheng Weiqiao was also stunned over there. He didn't expect that Princess Qingfang was not alone in the carriage. The girl who heard this said that she and Princess Qingfang were sisters. She must be the legitimate daughter of the Gaomi King and his wife, Sheng Mie. He's true biological sister, Princess Huihe.
Probably because he had always regarded Sheng Suihe as his elder brother and had gotten used to calling this person "brother" in the past two years. When Sheng Weiqiao met Princess Qingfang before, even though he knew that she was Sheng Suihe's sister, he didn't think anything of it. .
Now I met Sheng Suihe's sister, and thinking that this was the one who was truly qualified to chase Sheng Suihe and call her "brother", I felt a sense of disappointment in my heart.
Especially because Princess Huihe was angry, she raised the curtain of the car and asked. Sheng Weiqiao looked through the gap in the curtain. Although she couldn't see her whole body, most of her face was exposed, and she could see this. The princess was eighteen or nineteen years old, with slender eyebrows and handsome eyes, and a pretty face. The most important thing was that Sheng Weiqiao could easily find similarities with Sheng Suihe from her eyebrows.
"I was really stupid back then. I thought he was my half-brother!" Sheng Weiqiao felt as if a five-flavor bottle had been knocked over. All the sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, and salty flavors came over her for a moment, and she thought mockingly, "Obviously, He looks nothing like me! He doesn't even look like any other member of the Sheng family... Well, you can't blame me entirely, after all, at the time, I thought he was following his so-called 'concubine' biological mother."
She was stunned for a while before answering Princess Huihe: "I am the younger sister of Sheng Suihe, a scholar who is taking the exam. What I just said is true and I did not mean to offend you two. Please don't misunderstand me! "
"My sister-in-law has been in a bad mood recently. Miss Sheng San, please don't take it to heart!" Upon hearing this, Princess Qingfang saw Princess Huihe curling her lips, as if she was planning on not giving up, and held her down with a headache, raising her voice He said, "We are the surrogate mother who came to clean up the other courtyard in this alley. We originally thought that since we met Miss Sheng San and Miss Xu here, we might as well go in and sit together, but the two of them were in an emergency, so naturally we Don’t dare to delay, just say goodbye!”
Over there, Sheng Weiqiao said hurriedly: "Your Majesty, your words are harsh. Thank you for your understanding... Goodbye!"
After watching their carriage go away, Princess Huihe asked Princess Qingfang in confusion: "Sister, she is just the sister of a scholar. Not to mention that the scholar has just entered the scene. It is not known whether she can be named on the gold list. , even if he gets the top prize, how can he compare with a family like ours? Why are you so polite to that little girl? With the tone in which that little girl just spoke to you, why should she be taught a lesson and grow up? Long memory is what it is!”
"Shut up!" Princess Qingfang said with an unsightly expression, "You never forget to cause trouble...Have you forgotten the purpose of our trip? You actually have the energy to care about these trivial festivals?! "
Princess Huihe fell silent for a moment.
After a while, she timidly said: "Sister, do you think it's important for me to go to this other courtyard? My mother and concubine had previously ordered that only you and your eldest brother can come here."
"... Let's try it!" Princess Qingfang frowned, obviously feeling unsure, and sighed, "When my mother and concubine investigate, you can put all the blame on me! After all, your resignation from the cabinet is important!"
Princess Huihe breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "I know that eldest sister loves us the most!"
... At this time, in the carriage that had left the alley some distance away, Xu Caikui also asked curiously: "Sister Shi, do you know Princess Qingfang?"
"When I wanted to buy a house before, I happened to meet her as the proprietor, but the business didn't work out, so I asked for a favor." Sheng Weiqiao secretly cursed Princess Qingfang for causing the trouble, and said nonsense, "I don't know why. After that, she paid a lot of attention to me. You know, just a few days after we came to Chang'an, I didn't think I was lovable enough for her to fall in love with me at first sight. Although we don't know this princess very well, she My mother-in-law’s brother was carried back to Chang’an from Bishui County last year, but I’ve heard about it! So how dare I get close to her?”
The misdirection of these words was very successful. Xu Caikui also changed his expression when he heard this, and said: "The young prince is said to be a useless person, even his face... How could this princess have the idea of my sister?"
"I don't know if this is the case, but other than this kind of thing, I don't think she and I have anything to say? Her son is still young, so he shouldn't be interested in me, right? Then there are only my mother's brother and brother-in-law What's the matter? But Huaiyuan Hou Yuanliu Guang's family background is not bad. With my father's current status, I may not be able to reach high places. He is the young prince of the Gaomi Palace. Although he has a noble status, something happened after all. This requirement for choosing a wife is natural. It will drop a lot." Sheng Weiqiao frowned and said, "But she never said it clearly, so you must not tell it! Otherwise, if she just says a few words, I won't be able to step down! After all, there are rumors about such things. , after all, it’s not good for our girls’ families.”
Xu Caikui nodded solemnly and said, "Don't worry, I'm measured!"
But she didn't want to tell outsiders, but she had to mention it to her parents. After all, the Xu family was already very sorry for this elder sister. What if she was tricked by Princess Qingfang and really followed that loser Rong Qingzui? , this is called the three generations of my family, how can I explain to the Sheng family? !
Next, because Sheng Weiqiao kept frowning and didn't speak, Xu Caikui thought she was worried about being forced into marriage by Rong Qingzui, so he comforted her a little, but seeing her absent-mindedly perfunctory, he sighed secretly and stopped talking.
There was silence all the way, and when they arrived at the door of Sheng's house, Sheng Weiqiao said a few words to her and said goodbye.
Taking Lu Qi through the hanging flower door, I don't know why, but this house is obviously at the busiest time of the day. There are a group of servants doing their own things in front, back, left, and right. There are people living in the left and right wing rooms. The only thing missing from her cousin and niece was Sheng Sleeping Crane, but Sheng Weiqiao felt lonely for no reason.
It was as if very important people and things were suddenly missing.
She raised her eyebrows and tried to put away this thought. She walked up the corridor and returned to her private room. She asked around. The house was fine while she was going to take the exam, so she just stretched. , said: "Hurry up and get rid of this troublesome jewelry... I have to catch up on my sleep!"
However, Tianhe deserved no rest for her!
She just asked her servants to take off her hairpin, took off her outer blouse and skirt, happily entered the inner room, and lay down on the soft couch! Following Jinli, he hurriedly came in and reported: "Miss, a father-in-law has come outside. He is said to be serving the Queen Mother. On the orders of Miss Meng Shishi, please come to the palace to talk!"
Sheng Weiqiao: "... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... "
Meng Shishi! ! !
Does this girl have a grudge against you? ?
PS: I forgot to leave a long comment for two days in a row! ! !