The next day, King Yu came to Su's house early in the morning and asked Mei Changsu what happened to the house yesterday. As the situation changed, Mei Changsu only replied that he was going to celebrate the New Year, and did not say much else. After Wang Yu took the initiative to bring up the case of the murder of the internal prisoner, Fang lightly reminded him not to intercede for Mengzhi.
Because it was very late last night when he came back from Meng Mansion, and he hadn't slept for a long time after going to bed, getting up early this morning to entertain guests made Mei Changsu feel very sleepy. King Yu saw that he was in low spirits, that he was weak in speech, and that he was not good at sitting for long periods of time.
Mei Changsu checked that it was still early. Although Yan Yujin asked Yan Yujin to invite some brothers from the Xie family to visit the mansion yesterday, he would only come in in the afternoon, so he gave Li Gang a few words and went back to his room to make up for his sleep.
He was not in good spirits early in the morning, and this sleep was immediately regarded as a top priority by Li Gang. Not only was it strictly forbidden to make noise around the bedroom, but even Fei Liu was coaxed and coaxed to play outside the courtyard.
So Mei Changsu didn't know that that morning, a woman with a light veil covering her face quietly came in through the side door and wanted to see him.
"Sorry, Miss Gong, the sect master is already asleep, so don't disturb him now." Li Gang stopped him in embarrassment, "Do you have anything important?"
"I... want to come to pray for the suzerain in person..."
"If it's just this, I'm afraid it won't work... You also know that the suzerain has always been in poor health, and the doctor said to take more rest. When he slept, he told him that if there is something else in the afternoon, let us wake him up in the afternoon. You see, originally only It’s really inappropriate to be able to sleep for a few hours, to disturb him for his family’s New Year’s greetings or something… Or the girl will wait in the outer courtyard, how about going in after the sect master gets up in the afternoon?”
Under the thin veil, only the white skin and bright eyes of the woman could be seen, but the expression on her face could not be seen clearly. After a moment of silence, a light sigh escaped: "Forget it, I came out without the knowledge of Mr. Thirteen, and I can't wait that long. Please Brother Li, don't tell the sect master that I have been here..."
"Ah?" Li Gang was a little confused, "Isn't the girl here to see the sect master?"
"I originally thought that as long as I could see the sect master, it wouldn't matter even if I was reprimanded by him, but now that I can't see it, why make him angry for nothing? The sect master originally told us that we are not allowed to come here without permission..."
Li Gang was still a little foggy and couldn't quite understand it, but at least he knew that a woman's mind was always fickle and difficult to understand. There was no need to get to the bottom of it, so he just smiled and sent her out.
Gong Yu had just left here, and there were some other mansions in front of him who sent people to celebrate the New Year. Li Gang hurried over to receive him. He was busy with his work, and quickly put aside the matter of Gong Yu's visit.
In the afternoon, Mei Changsu woke up without waiting for anyone to call. He got up and put on his bun again and put on a slightly brighter color. His complexion suddenly looked much better. Dr. Yan came over to take a look. It seems to be quite satisfied. Of course, he didn't even know what Mei Changsu had sneaked out last night, otherwise he would definitely have to nag for another half an hour.
Sure enough, several young friends that I had invited came over in the afternoon. In addition to the three I knew well, they also brought an eighteen or nineteen-year-old young man, presumably the third young master of the Xie family, Xie Xu.
Maybe it’s because the youngest child is so spoiled, maybe it’s because he’s younger and more arrogant, maybe it’s because he doesn’t travel the world like the elder brother, and he doesn’t understand the career economy like the second brother does. Third son Xie looks more like that A typical noble son of a noble family, arrogant and arrogant, his eyes showed obvious signs of being dragged by his brothers to see a commoner who had no job and no title, and who was sick and didn't feel anything special. Impatiently, as if he was saying: "Hey, what is your great ability, let me see it quickly, or I will treat you as a vain name and swindle..."
However, Mei Changsu didn't seem to be interested in taming this aristocratic boy. Except for the initial politeness, he didn't pay much attention to Xie Xu. He spent most of the time talking to Xiao Jingrui and was very gentle and caring to him.
"With so many people in your Xie Zhuo family, New Year's Eve must have been quite lively, right?"
"It's lively, but there are also a lot of red tape. It's almost midnight when you worship the year according to your seniority." Seeing that Mei Changsu was in such good spirits, Xiao Jingrui also became happy and described the questions he asked. New Year's Eve at home. Although he is not as eloquent as Yan Yujin, his eloquence is actually quite good, and his speeches are interesting and vivid, which makes people feel immersed in the scene.
"What's there to talk about, which aristocratic family doesn't celebrate the New Year according to this kind of rules?" Xie Xu was in a bad mood because he was neglected, so he couldn't help but interject and sarcastically said, "Mr. Su has not celebrated the New Year like this before? ?"
"Third brother!" Xiao Jingrui and Xie Bi shouted together.
"Oh, I'm sorry," Xie Xu immediately made a blunder, "I forgot, Mr. Su's background is different, and he is free during the New Year. It's not like we are so restrained, and no rules can be wrong..."
Xiao Jingrui's face changed, and he was about to have a seizure immediately, Mei Changsu raised his hand to stop him, and said indifferently: "Zhongming Dingshi's house, there are indeed many New Year's rules, it is difficult for the third son of Xie to be young and well-educated. "As he spoke, he raised the topic and casually asked Yan Yujin when he would bring Fei Liu out to play.
Since he didn't care about it, Xiao Jingrui didn't want to discipline his younger brother at other people's house. Seeing that Xie Bi had already pulled Xie Xu to sit next to him, he didn't say anything more.
"Brother Su is really at ease for me to take Fei Liu out?" Yan Yujin smiled, "I'm not afraid that what I took out was Fei Liu, and what I brought back was 'Merry'."
Xie Bi continued his words and laughed: "You can still bring 'Merry' back? It would be good to not bring 'Dirty' back."
"I'm starting to be jealous of me again. If you're not convinced, follow me to the Miaoyinfang. Do you think Miss Gong Yu will take care of me or you?" Yan Yujin said with a beaming expression, "It's just that you are someone who has a daughter-in-law when you talk. I'm afraid it has to be restrained."
"What, has Xie Bi been happy with Wen Ding recently?" Mei Changsu and Yan Yujin smiled at each other and deliberately asked.
"Don't listen to Yujin's nonsense... It's only half a year away..." Xie Bi couldn't help blushing as he replied.
"Which girl's daughter is she?"
Xiao Jingrui thought he really didn't know, so he hurriedly said, "It's my Daddy Zhuo's daughter. Everyone comes and goes, so the second brother has long been targeting her."
"Big brother!"
Mei Changsu smiled, "Everyone has affection for each other, and it will be more affectionate after marriage. But Jing Rui, you are the eldest brother, why did Xie Bi take the lead?"
"I..." Xiao Jingrui lowered his head, his face turned white instead of red, "I'm not in a hurry..."
"Don't pay attention to him, this person has too much vision." Yan Yujin squeezed in lightly to change the topic, "Brother Su is now well, why not make an appointment to go shopping in Luoshi Street together? Don't say anything else. , the music of Miaoyinfang is truly unique, and Brother Su is a master of rhythm, so you can taste it."
Mei Changsu smiled and was about to answer when Li Gang appeared outside the door with a stack of posts in his hand: "Sect Master, this is the congratulatory post just sent by the post, do you want to read it?"
"Leave it here for now." Mei Changsu pointed at the desk next to him, "I'll be back at night."
Li Gang came in respectfully and placed the congratulatory post neatly, but Fang Bian stepped out.
Yan Yujin's seat was closest to the desk, so he glanced at it, and as soon as he saw the signature of the light-colored signature on the top, his eyes widened: "Then...that...that's Mr. Mo Shan's congratulatory note. …”
"Really?" Mei Changsu just turned around and said, "It was sent so quickly? I thought that this year when people arrived in the capital, this post won't arrive until at least the fifth day of the new year."
"Does Mr. Mo Shan send congratulatory messages every year?" Yan Yujin leaned over to take a closer look, "He signed the idiot brother Mo Shan, who is actually worthy of your contemporaries, Brother Su..."
"Brother Mo Shan looks at each other with green eyes, but I'm disrespectful. In fact, it's just a letter exchange every year, a gentleman's friend."
"How many people are there in the world who can have a gentleman's friendship with Mr. Mo Shan?" Yan Yujin sighed and deliberately glanced at Xie Xu, who was dumbfounded next to him, "Mr. Mo Shan's Songshan Academy is also a non-juvenile talent that does not belong to the school. Yes... By the way, Xie Xu, aren't you studying in Songshan Academy? So you are a generation shorter than Brother Su... "
Seeing that Xie Xu's face was flushed red, Mei Changsu thought that he was young after all, and didn't want to be too hard on him, so he just said in a relaxed tone, "It's not a relative, not a relationship, what's your seniority?", and then stopped looking at it. He turned his head and smiled gently at Xiao Jingrui, and said, "It's been a long time since I saw Jing Rui dancing the sword. Today is a rare leisure time. Let my brother see how your progress is?"
Although Xiao Jingrui was only annoyed by Xie Xu's rudeness, but at this moment, seeing his little brother embarrassed, he couldn't bear it. Hearing Mei Changsu's words, he knew that he wanted to relax, so he quickly got up, clasped his fists and smiled: "It's been a long time since I received Brother Su's advice. Now, can you all go to the courtyard?"