"Speaking of which...... The peach blossoms planted in the garden are all blooming, and I heard Chengfu from the second gate say that there is a layer of petals floating on the Chengxin Lake in the garden," everyone smiled, and Shi spoke, "Sister An, you take your fourth brother Qi to take a walk, doesn't Duchess Qi always say that the fourth brother is stuck in the house and refuses to come out?" Xu Our family's little scenery can win the heart of the fourth brother? ”

Zuo just wants to get the children out, and the two women also have something to whisper. Duchess Qi was overjoyed when she heard this, and nodded busily: "Yuan'er, you go out with your sister to have a look, I heard that your new Shen Mansion still has the emperor's reward, where do you want to come to the scenery?" ”

The two little ones got up together, and said goodbye to the two of them in a proper manner, and then went out together.

To be honest, Shen Nanzhi hasn't been to the new Shen Mansion Garden much, and he has helped Fang Yue deal with a lot of things for more than a month, and the rest of the time is either practicing calligraphy in the house, or playing cards and chatting with Lilac in his own small Anyuan. It's still rusty outside, where do you go out every day?

It was Shen Nanzhi who took Qi Yuan to the garden, but he walked the wrong way twice in a row, and finally met Shuncai who went to the kitchen, so he took the two of them there.

"You, this is your own home, you are more like an outsider than me!" The scenery by the lake is really beautiful, both sides are planted with peach trees, now it is the season of blooming in spring, both sides of Chengxin Lake are pink, from a distance, you can only see pink and delicate silk-like peach blossoms surrounding the clear lake, there is an isolated lake pavilion in the lake, only by taking the waterway can you go up.

Qi Yuan stood on the shore and looked at the ripples on the surface of the water, and couldn't help but smile.

Shen Nanzhi's face was slightly red: "After all, it's only been a long time since I came, my Anyuan is a little farther away, and I haven't been here much on weekdays, so I haven't remembered the road in the house......"

Seeing that she replied so seriously, Qi Yuan was even more in a good mood, and couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha-I'll just say this, look at your nervous appearance!" ”

When they met for the first time, they didn't know much about each other, and there was an awkward atmosphere between the two, both of them stared at the lake and were silent for a long time, Xu also noticed that no one spoke badly, Qi Yuan scratched his head, and said: "Ahem, fourth sister, a few days ago, Wanbao Zhai should have sent a set of red agate jewelry?" ”

Shen Nanzhi turned his head with a soft smile on his face, "Yes." ”

It was useless to say more, she still chose to wait for the other party to speak first.

I didn't expect her to react like this, Qi Yuan was stunned, and glanced at the fair-skinned little guy Baoliang behind him, before saying: "Speaking of which, this set of jewelry is actually sent to the Shen Mansion by my mother for Baoliang, but it's just ...... A few days ago, Wanbao Zhai came looking for me, saying that the fifth sister of our family brought someone to pay for the jewelry. I know my fifth sister, where did I go out that day? This is how it opened...... It's only the fourth sister you ......."

It was Qi Yuan who said that it was requested by the Duchess of Qi, and Shen Nanzhi only went in one ear and the other ear went out, but since he was embarrassed to ask, Shen Nanzhi couldn't continue to pretend, so he only made a sudden expression of enlightenment: "It turned out to be sent by the Duke of Qi!" The second shopkeeper's speech was vague, and we thought it was sent by Wanbao Zhai! I went to pay, but I only listened to my mother, and when I went, I didn't say anything, just asked if there was such a thing. ”

Qi Yuan nodded dumbly-it was really Mrs. Shen's explanation, it was not strange, it would be strange if such a little girl who was less than thirteen years old was really so clever! He smiled: "It's also strange that Baoliang didn't explain his words clearly, and the fourth sister was so tired that she went out for a run!" That Wan Bao Zhai also returned the silver, such a toss, but asked the fourth sister to buy and sell a set of jewelry. ”

"It's okay, it's okay, it's clean, I like it." Shen Nanzhi smiled, but his heart was dripping with blood.

"Many of the items of our Qi family are bought from Wanbao Zhai, if they have any good things there, they can't forget the first one to tell us, next time I will come better again, I will give the fourth sister a set." Qi Yuan smiled, feeling a little inappropriate, and hurriedly added, "You and I are also acquainted now, even if it is a gift from me to my sister." ”

Only then did Shen Nanzhi nod and answer.

Shen Yao went back to his house, and after having lunch with the guests, the Qi family left. Shen Nanzhi was called to Shi's side.

"Guess what Duchess Qi told me?" Shi Shi finished taking the medicine brought by Mother Lian and asked her with a smile.

Shen Nanzhi silently clutched his handkerchief, "I don't know." ”

What can be said? If it was an ordinary thing, Shi would not specially call himself up to speak, they could talk about topics related to themselves...... That's just the only one.

Shi Shi didn't deliberately sell Guanzi, twisted his somewhat stiff neck and said: "Duchess Qi's words reveal a bit of marriage-" Without waiting for Shen Nanzhi to speak, she said again, "Grandpa Qi is now calling for wind and rain in the court, and the impeachment of the old minister a few days ago has caused a lot of turmoil in the court. Your brother and uncle...... There is no shortage of shocks for this matter. ”

Thinking that it was said when he returned to the Hou Mansion that day, Shen Nanzhi didn't know much about the affairs of these courts, and only listened to Shi Shi say this, which seemed to be a very big deal, so he couldn't help but worry: "That, what does my mother mean...... Can Grandpa Qi help his brother and uncle? ”

Shi Shi shook his head: "The two of them have always been the most cautious and cautious, and they have a good relationship with the first emperor, but this matter is ......."

"Once a son of heaven and a courtier, I'm afraid that now my brother and uncle can't rely on the friendship of the first emperor to bless the smooth career!" Shen Nanzhi said.

Seeing that the villain's face was full of immaturity, but he could say such a thing, Shi couldn't help but be a little surprised, but he quickly suppressed it and said: "Having said that, if your brother and your uncle have to rely on your marriage to be good officials, it will be too useless!" It's just that if we marry the Qi family, the three of us can be more relaxed. ”

In other words, there are naturally a lot of benefits for her and Qi Yuan to get married, but what the Shi family means still depends on Shen Nanzhi's own thoughts, and it is better to have the help of their Qi family, no, it is okay!

"You got along with Qi Yuan today, what do you think of him?" Shi asked.

"I think...... Careful, but nothing remarkable. ”

Shi nodded, and his heart was clear: "This matter is not in a hurry, you are still young, how much do you get along with each other these days, if you think it is good, it is also a good choice to think about the Qi family?" ”