When Xi Fuwei heard this, the corners of her mouth twitched and she said, "Of course Mr. Ouyang is excellent, but I'm not worthy of him in my beauty."
Zou Yiang said: "But he obviously doesn't care whether you are like Pu Liuzhi or not."
"..." Xi Fuwei was silent for a moment, then said quietly, "Master Zou, let me teach you a lesson: if a girl says that she is Pu Liuzhi in the future, and you not only do not refute it, but also agree, no matter what she looks like , you have offended her all your life!"
Zou Yiang: "..."
After a while, he said, "Well, you are not handsome at all, you are just as beautiful as a peach and a plum... Well, with Mr. Ouyang like this, isn't it true that you are a talented man and a beautiful woman?"
"Mr. Ouyang has a bright future. He looks at me fresh now. Who knows if he will turn around and dislike me later?" Xi Fuwei shook her head and said, "It is best to marry with two surnames, and it is safest to be of the same family."
Zou Yiang didn't seem to believe that she would not be tempted by Ouyang Yuanshui. After asking him repeatedly for a while, he sighed and said, "Well, you really don't have any intention of marrying him... I'm afraid you just want to play hard to get." .”
Xi Fuwei was about to speak when she heard him continue, "After all, he not only wrote the letter 'My Fair Lady, A Gentleman's Love' to you, but also to several beautiful ladies who came to congratulate my grandmother on her birthday that day. I wrote it, well, I didn’t even miss Miss Xu’s side!”
"..." Xi Fuwei was silent for a moment and asked, "Miss Xu? Which Miss Xu?"
Zou Yiang said: "Who else is Miss Xu? Of course she is the one from Duke Dingguo's mansion."
Xi Fuwei said in disbelief: "He dares to provoke that person?!"
"Why don't you dare?" Zou Yiang sneered, "You don't know that my husband, my parents say that he is good at homework and talented, and he is very likely to be named on the gold list in the future... However, my sisters who have been out of the government have long been Guining, he has to find a way to come up and say a few witty words!"
"...Didn't the ladies report it to Madam?" Xi Fuwei said, dumbfounded, "Or Madam wants you to become a talented person so much that she tolerates it?"
Zou Yiang sighed: "What can't be tolerated? You don't even think about it. He is young, good-looking, good at lifting people, and has a sweet mouth. He is especially good at coaxing girls with sweet words. He can make alliances and vows at his fingertips... My sisters are not right either. What does he think? It's just that such a talented and beautiful person is willing to come over to please him, why should he be angry? Since he is not angry, why should he complain? Anyway, he has not done anything excessive, he just likes to find beautiful women to please him. That’s all.”
"What about the letter?" Xi Fuwei said, "Isn't this kind of private exchange too much?"
"He only writes letters to women who are not yet married." Zou Yiang spread his hands, "But I'm not lying when I said before that he really cares about you, because there are only two letters specifically teaching people to buy cinnabar and paint peach blossoms. Feng: I gave one to you and another to Miss Xu. Putting you alongside the eldest lady of Duke Dingguo’s mansion shows that you are taken seriously, doesn’t it?”
Xi Fuwei said expressionlessly: "We take it very seriously... What do you think Miss Xu would think and do if she knew about this?"
Zou Yiang thought for a while and smiled "hehe": "Mr. Shen, you are so unlucky!"
After saying that, he left happily, "When you said that, I really had the urge to find someone to tell Miss Xu... But thinking about you now being in my house, if you are unlucky, you might involve the Zou Mansion!" "
Xi Fuwei looked at his back that was messy in the wind, wiped his face, and then walked towards Fenzhi Tower.
When she returned to Fenzhilou, it was almost dawn. She squinted for a while and then got up to wash up.
On this day, she discussed with Aunt Yao and adjusted the courses in the girls' school. She spent all her afternoon time to go to Shen Diolan and brought Fu Chuoxian's birthday invitation with her.
When I arrived, I smelled a medicinal smell when I entered the door.
The boy who opened the door had a worried look on his face and said, "Go and stay in the study by yourself. Don't look around... I'll go to the kitchen to check the medicine. It should be almost ready. I need to send it to the adults quickly."
"What's wrong, sir?" Xi Fuwei was surprised when she heard this and asked hurriedly.
"I'm a little injured." The boy obviously didn't want to say more. Of course, he might be afraid that the medicine on the stove would be overcooked, so he hurriedly said it and went to the kitchen in three steps at a time.
Upon hearing this, Xi Fuwei went to the study room, which was adjacent to Shen Tiaolan's bedroom. Standing at the door of the study room, she could hear the faint coughing sound next door.
Intermittent, showing weakness.
"Sir?" Xi Fuwei thought for a moment, although she was very doubtful about Shen Tiaolan's credit at the moment. Firstly, considering the pressure from Xu Jingyuan, and secondly, Xi Jiao was still in Shen Tiaolan's hands, so it was time to show off. When being loyal, it is better to be attentive, so he moved to the window of the bedroom and asked tentatively, "Sir, you are not feeling well? Is it important?"
A series of coughs came from inside, and after a while, Shen Taolan said in a hoarse voice: "Nothing happened."
Knowing that there must be something wrong with her coming here when she was not taking a shower, she then added, "Wait in the study for a moment, I'll be right over!"
Xi Fuwei agreed, and after a few words of concern in a gentle voice, she felt she was done, and then returned to the study.
At this time, the boy happened to come over with a medicine bowl. When he saw her nodding, he went in.
Xi Fuwei didn't say anything about helping. After all, this kind of thing was the responsibility of others, so it would be outrageous for her to rob it. Besides, she doesn't really trust Shen Tielan at the moment, and probably Shen Tielan doesn't trust her either.
She may not be able to get her hands on the things that come into her mouth.
After sitting on a chair in the study room and looking around boredly for a while, Shen Dilan got up from next door.
Not long after, this man walked in neatly dressed.
Perhaps due to blood loss when he was injured, Shen Diaolan looked very pale at the moment, and the dark brocade robe he wore further highlighted this bloodless frailty.
However, the look in his eyes still showed silent pressure, showing no sign of decline.
When he sat down behind the desk, Xi Fuwei noticed that a bandage was exposed on his sleeves. Combined with the fact that he covered his lips and coughed from time to time, she guessed that there were more than one injury.
Since this man is a member of the Imperial Guards, he has his own men to dispatch. Moreover, he is from a high-ranking family in Yingtian Mansion. It is estimated that the family will not let him take up the post alone, so they will give him some manpower. The injury was so serious. It seems like something big happened in just two days
Xi Fuwei said thoughtfully, "My lord, you were fine the past two days, how could you be so injured?"
Shen Tiaolan ignored these words. After coughing a few times, he asked in a hoarse voice, "Is something wrong?"
"Something's not right with Zou Zhihan." Xi Fuwei had no choice but to report, recounting exactly what Zou Yiang had reported last night, "My subordinates were thinking that he might be opposed to opening the river, right? After all, the Zou Mansion wouldn't be worried about the cost of standing in line. … This cost is indispensable.”
After the river was opened, the people who benefited most directly were the big families along the river.
How could Emperor Yongle allow these families to completely enjoy the benefits? !
"Go and check the details of the Zou Mansion." Shen Diaolan pursed her thin lips tightly, thought for a while, and then said to the boy next to her, "Check more generations, especially the records of His Majesty the Emperor Taizu at that time."
The boy agreed and went out. Xi Fuwei volunteered, "Is your subordinate also going to help?"
"There are no problems in recent years. They are in the Baihu Office here." Shen Diaolan glanced at her and said, "In the early years, they all existed in Yingtian Mansion. I sent someone to give them to Yingtian Mansion over there. Send a message and ask the people over there to check and send the results over!"
Just say, "Is this the only thing you're here for this time?"
Xi Fuwei thought for a while, took out the invitation from her sleeve, told the details of the banquet at Qinglian Restaurant, and said: "I originally thought that you would not go, but I was afraid of rejecting it directly. Fu Chuoxian followed Yao Zhuosu doesn't look good, so he agreed to take it... Your Excellency is injured now and needs to rest, I will take them back when I get back."
"... No need!" Shen Tiaolan thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Just leave the post!"
Seeing that Xi Fuwei was confused, he said calmly, "The jewel in the eye of Duke Dingguo and the Minister of Industry has not left yet, and neither has Wen Xianyun."
Are you afraid that they will plot against you when you go to the banquet
Xi Fuwei was very surprised, her thoughts turned around, and she lowered her head and said, "Thank you, sir!"
Then he said, "Mr. Zou Mansion, my subordinate refers to the juren who specializes in teaching Mr. Zou. I have never been in contact with him before. When the subordinates started fighting Wen Xianyun at the old lady's birthday banquet, it was he who came to disrupt the situation! Then I didn’t think much about it for a while, but last night I heard Mr. Zou say that he actually wrote a love letter to Miss Xu, which was really surprising."
Shen Taolan said "Yeah": "I understand."
Seeing that he had nothing else to say, Xi Fuwei stood up and left.
On the way out, I met the boy again. Seeing that he was not in a hurry, I stopped him and asked in a low voice: "How did you get hurt, sir?"
"Isn't it about opening a river?" The boy was not as evasive as Shen Diaolan. He pursed his lips in the direction of Dongchang Mansion and whispered, "Song Shangshu found a knowledgeable commoner over there, named Bai Ying. It is said that according to the strategy suggested by Bai Ying, the future Huiteng River will be much better than the river channel dredged according to the old site! I don’t know how this news spread. In short, both Song Shangshu and Bai Ying suffered a lot of plots in the past two days. The brothers over there were a little overwhelmed, so they temporarily invited adults to provide support... I didn't expect that there was an ambush on the way there!"
Xi Fuwei was surprised: "Who is so bold?! This is what His Majesty meant!"
According to Emperor Yongle's deterrence, even if some ministers wanted to oppose the capital move, they would not dare to do it so openly and openly!
Especially the target is the Imperial Guards of the Emperor's personal army!
To put it bluntly, Jin Yiwei has always done all kinds of cruel things to others. When has he ever been tricked like this
If this matter is reported, Emperor Yongle will be furious!
"We're checking." The young man also had a gloomy face. Even though he was doing a servant's job, he was actually a genuine Imperial Guard Captain. He sneered at this moment and said, "I hope those people will realize what they are doing soon." Stop it, otherwise if it falls into our hands, I'm afraid you will regret it for eight lifetimes!"
He had probably met Xi Fuwei a few times. He thought about it and finally said, "If you don't have anything important to do recently, it's best not to run out alone again. After all, even adults have suffered a loss this time. What you said ... With just a few skills of yours, you can deal with ordinary gangsters. When you meet an expert, don’t be too expert. As someone like me, who was supervised by my father and brother since I was a child, it will be easy for me to take care of you!"
"If you really want to go out, coax a few more companions to go with you. If you encounter danger, you can push them up to block the knife!"
"Thank you, I'll pay attention!" Xi Fuwei thanked him solemnly before leaving with a heavy heart.
She had just returned to Zou Mansion, but before she reached Fenzhi Tower, a man suddenly appeared from behind the trees on the road and stopped her with a smile.