After the carriage traveled for a while, Zi Ting said curiously again, "The shopkeeper of Mobao Pavilion seems to be very respectful to Miss Su. Could it be that Mobao Pavilion belongs to the Su Mansion?"
Sun Qingxue shook her head, "In the battle twelve years ago, the national treasury was empty and overwhelmed, and the supply of food and grass was insufficient. The Rong An Palace and the Su Palace sold most of their properties to support the front line. Later, King Rong An and Princess Wang died in battle, and General Su After rescuing Ye Shizi, after returning to Beijing, when he took the blame and resigned from office, he sold all the remaining properties of the Su Mansion, and only took some silver taels, most of which were given to Ye Shizi to live. In the past twelve years, the people of the Su Mansion have never stepped on the ground. Entering the capital, I have never heard that there is any Sufu industry in the capital to make a living."
Zi Ting wondered, "The Mobao Pavilion has always been standing in the capital, and it is very mysterious. Who is behind the scenes? They respect Miss Su so much?"
Sun Qingxue said, "I heard from my brother that the Mobao Pavilion is the property of the Ye family. In the past two days, it has been rumored that Miss Su and Young Master Ye are brothers and sisters. The shopkeeper of the Mobao Pavilion respects Miss Su for the sake of the Ye family. superior."
Zi Ting suddenly realized, "So that's how it is." After she finished speaking, she became even more curious, "Miss, when Miss Su comes to visit our house tomorrow, when you are chatting with her, ask her why she paid homage to Young Master Ye." What about the same master?"
Sun Qingxue reached out and knocked her on the head, and said with a smile, "If you ask too many things about her, it will make her unhappy."
Zi Ting rubbed her head and said in a low voice, "It's been a long time recently, and I can see Mr. Su visiting our Prime Minister every now and then. Mr. Xiang likes Mr. Su very much. The servant girl also heard Mr. Su and his wife praise Mr. Su for being smart two days ago. Well, let’s say it’s a bit clear.”
Sun Qingxue smiled, "Su's residence is the residence of a general, so it's rare that Mr. Su is talented in literature and politics."
Zi Ting shook her head, "It's not just civil affairs. It is said that Mr. Su's martial arts are also very good, but he can't beat Miss Su."
Sun Qingxue was amused upon hearing this.
Zi Ting said again, "Miss, you haven't met Mr. Su yet, have you? This servant met him once that day, and he looks dignified. Standing with our young master, he is not inferior to our young master at all."
Sun Qingxue shot her a look, "How can you talk about men without shyness? Stop it."
Zi Ting stuck out her tongue and stopped talking.
The master and servant returned to the Su Mansion. When they were at the door, they met Su Qing coming out of it. When he saw Sun Qingxue getting off the carriage, he was startled for a moment, turned sideways quickly, and politely let the door open.
Sun Qingxue didn't expect Ziting to run into Su Qing so soon after she finished talking about Su Qing. She raised her eyes to look at Su Qing, and saluted very politely, "Master Su, be polite."
Su Qing quickly returned the salute, "Miss Sun is polite."
Sun Qingxue saw that his figure was as tall and handsome as a bamboo, and he was handsome and outstanding. He didn't have the reckless air of a general's family, but he was in the same line with Su Fengnuan's casual aura, so she couldn't help but smiled and said, " Just now I ran into Sister Su on the road, she hit it off with me immediately, and will invite Sister Su to visit my house tomorrow. If the third son comes to visit father again tomorrow, he will bring Sister Su along with him."
Su Qing froze for a moment, looked at Sun Qingxue, and said strangely, "Miss Sun said that she met little... my little sister?"
Sun Qingxue nodded.
Su Qing asked again, "Invite her to come to your house as a guest tomorrow?"
Sun Qingxue nodded again.
Su Qing secretly scolded Su Fengnuan in her heart that she ran out of the house to play again when there was no quiet day, and met Miss Sun. With her temper, she has been in contact with Sun Qingxue for a long time in the future, so why not bring her down? But of course he couldn't say this to Sun Qingxue who just met, so he could only nod, "Okay, when I come over tomorrow, bring her here."
Seeing that he agreed, Sun Qingxue stopped talking and said with a smile, "Third Young Master, go slowly."
Su Qing returned the gift again and left the prime minister's mansion.
After Su Qing left, Zi Ting leaned close to Sun Qingxue and whispered, "Miss, is the slave girl right? Look at the third son, he is polite and courteous, and his demeanor is not inferior to our son, right? And he is both civil and military."
Sun Qingxue stretched out her hand to push her, and said with a smile, "There are so many nonsense words, I will send you to him tomorrow."
Zi Ting was taken aback, and immediately made a bitter face, "Miss, I don't dare to say anything anymore, don't say anything, don't say anything."
Sun Qingxue ignored Zi Ting, carried the brocade box to the inner courtyard, met a young servant, and asked, "Where is brother?"
A servant immediately replied, "Miss Hui, the young master just returned home and went to the study."
Sun Qingxue nodded, and took the brocade box to the study.
When she came to the door of the study, Sun Qingxue knocked on the door and called out, "Brother!"
"Come in." Sun Zeyu's clear voice came from inside.
Sun Qingxue pushed open the door and saw Sun Zeyu tidying up the copy paper on the table. She walked up to him holding the brocade box and handed it to him, "This is the Yuzhilan brush wash that my brother asked for. I brought it back for you."
Sun Zeyu opened it, took a look, and said with a smile, "Please trouble my sister."
Sun Qingxue hesitated for a moment, but still said, "The silver taels you gave me were not spent, and this money was spent by Miss Su Fu."
Sun Zeyu was startled, and looked up at her, "Why is Miss Su's money spent? Su Fengnuan?"
Sun Qingxue nodded, "It's her." After finishing speaking, she told how she met Su Fengnuan today, and how she got this gift as a gift.
After hearing this, Sun Zeyu said with a smile, "Is there such a thing?" After finishing speaking, he smiled and said, "Why didn't my sister say that I wanted to buy this brush?"
Sun Qingxue shook her head, "Miss Su is very sincere, and she looks like a person who doesn't care about trivial matters. Even if I said that the pen wash is what my brother wants to buy, she probably wouldn't mind giving it to me, so she thought that one more thing is worse than one less thing. I took it and didn't tell her."
Sun Zeyu nodded, "That's right, but you have received such an expensive gift from someone, so you have to carefully consider a return gift to be polite."
Sun Qingxue nodded, "I invite her to come to our house as a guest tomorrow, and I will go to the main courtyard to talk to my mother later."
Sun Zeyu nodded, "I should tell my mother and make some preparations." After he finished speaking, he pondered for a while, took out a brocade box from the drawer of the bookcase, and handed it to her, "You take this to Miss Su as a return gift Bar."
Sun Qingxue was startled immediately, "Brother? Is there a twelve-bone jade fan inside? It's the only one in the world that seals mountains with skillful hands. Don't you like it very much? How can you get this out?" send someone?"
Sun Zeyu said with a smile, "I heard that Ms. Su gave you such a precious gift without blinking an eye, and she and the Ye family's eldest son are brothers and sisters, so there is no shortage of good things, and she is not a person with shallow knowledge as rumored. This twelve-bone jade fan is said to be a jade fan, but it can also be used as a weapon. If you put bone needles in it, it can be used as a concealed weapon for self-defense. I heard that she likes martial arts, so it can be regarded as what she likes. Although she is skillful Zhang’s work of closing the mountain is not more valuable than the brush wash, but its value is equal to this brush wash. Although I like it, I should not be reluctant in front of etiquette.”
Sun Qingxue hesitated, "I don't think Ms. Su is a person who pays much attention to etiquette. I'll find another gift. How can I take away my brother's love?"
Sun Zeyu smiled, "As Miss Sun said, no matter how good a thing is, it's dead. If my brother doesn't even care about this, he's ignoring his father's teaching. Take it."
Sun Qingxue nodded when she heard the words, "Since brother said so, well, I'll give this to her." After saying that, she put away the brocade box.
The siblings chatted for a few more words, then Sun Qingxue left the study and went to the main courtyard.
Mrs. Sun was watering the flowers. When she saw Sun Qingxue coming, she asked with a smile, "I heard that you went to the Mobao Pavilion to help your brother get the Yuzhilan brush to wash? Can you get it back?"
Sun Qingxue nodded, "I took it back." After finishing speaking, she told Mrs. Sun about meeting Su Fengnuan again.
Mrs. Sun laughed after hearing this, "Although General Su is a military general, he is also from a family. Although the Su family in Fenshui has been hidden in the city for a long time, they are strict in etiquette when teaching their descendants, and Mrs. Su was born in a scholar's house Well, the etiquette of the Grand Scholars' Mansion is well known. Their daughters did not inherit them."
Sun Qingxue said with a smile, "Judging from the fact that my daughter and sister Su met today, she is not a person who does not understand etiquette. On the contrary, she just has a more casual temperament. Otherwise, it wouldn't be when I only did such a small favor. It’s time to give such a precious gift.”
Mrs. Sun nodded with a smile, "She gave such an expensive gift, probably not all because you did her a little favor today, I guess it was also because of Mr. Su. Your father has been pointing out Mr. Su for some time."
Sun Qingxue said immediately, "Because of this advice, haven't the Wang Mansion and Su Mansion already given gifts to father?"
Mrs. Sun said with a smile, "I heard that the four brothers and sisters in the Su Mansion had a very good relationship since they were young. Although the Third Young Master Su and Miss Su always fight, there is nothing to say about their relationship. The gifts from the Wang Mansion and the Su Manor are for For the elders, the gift she gave is for you, that is, she intends to have friendship with you. So, from this point of view, Miss Su is really not as miserable as the rumors say, she is probably a person with a delicate mind."
Sun Qingxue nodded, "Didn't dad also say that earlier? He said that Miss Su's trouble in front of the queen mother ruined her reputation, but it stopped the queen mother's eagerness to promote the marriage. Maybe it was intentional."
Mrs. Sun nodded, "Mother hasn't seen her yet, I want to see her when she comes tomorrow." After saying that, she smiled and said, "Your brother actually took out that fan and brought it back from Qiaoshou Zhang. At that time, I didn't even want to play with it, so I put it away."
Sun Qingxue said with a smile, "Brother knows Miss Su Xiwu, apart from the one in my brother's hand, we really can't pick out a good weapon in our house. So my brother is willing to take out this."
Mrs. Sun nodded, "Your brother is right. No matter how good things are, you will die. If your brother doesn't even care about this, he will ignore his father's teaching. Since he took it out, you can give it to Miss Su. .”
Sun Qingxue nodded.