In the face of Zheng Gongxu's straightforward nonsense and undisguised covetous look, Yan Bing was also angry.

It was inconvenient for the brother and sister to have a hard fight with Zheng Gongxu, and they watched the sallow King of Dingyue talking to the concubine on the other end of the cabin, and they didn't have any intention of stopping him. They immediately looked at Lu Jiuniang, who invited them, but saw her say weakly: "Ah Xu is rude." Nothing else.

"What's wrong with that?" Zheng Gongxu's eyes widened and he made an innocent look, but he had to match his excessively swollen face and red rosacea, which looked very funny and disgusting.

Yan Bing gritted her teeth secretly, and suddenly smiled lightly: "The slave is indeed not ready to wait for the boudoir." Xu Gongzi is afraid that he hasn't taken the word yet? "If you take it, you won't shout like that.

In the blink of an eye, she focused the conversation on "picking words".

It's normal for a thirteen-year-old lady to not say that she didn't take a word. Zheng Gongxu is nineteen years old, and it is said that he has no hope of trying, and he once wanted to enter the office with the shadow of the door, such as mixing a position such as a thousand cow guards, but it is a pity that the excerpt of the request was left by the saint and not issued, so he did not enter the officialdom and did not take the word.

As a royal prince, it is clear that he is about to weaken the crown but is not treated as an adult, what a painful realization. Zheng Gongxu instantly looked like a poked prickly dolphin, and his octagonal eyebrows twisted, as if sharp thorns were erected all over his body.

"What? What's so jealous about this? Yan Bing was "frightened" and shrunk, twisted the embroidered handkerchief, looked at Zheng Gongxu with an ignorant and ignorant look with apricot eyes, and treated him in the same way.

Zheng Gongxu was looked at by the misty eyes, and then listened to the delicate words from the bright red lips like petals, and suddenly his legs were weak and his nasal cavity was hot.

“…… No, no! He couldn't stand the beauty's coquettishness, and immediately weakened his momentum, when Yan Bing said it casually, he didn't want to pull down his face to refute, so he could only swallow his grievances silently. I secretly thought, the news of the rejection of the job application position should not have been spread yet?

In the small talk later, Zheng Gongxu originally wanted to be tongue-in-cheek again three times and twice to tease the little lady with words, but he didn't know who in the pile of jinshi wanted to swim in the lakes and mountains and chant poems.

When they left the apricot orchard, they were immediately invited by the owners of each painting boat to board the boat and play.

In order to show his popularity, the king of Dingyue County naturally invited a few jinshi to paint the boat, and for a while everyone only talked about the topic of elegance, Xingyi and Yan Bing could still say a few words of poetry and songs, but there was no room for Zheng Gongxu to take the straw bag.

Not long after, the servants of the Liuguo family came again, saying that Liu Zixu and Rong Wenyuan were on the Liujia boat to meet the officials of the ministry, and asked about the Rong family's study history, and everyone found that the Li family's family study had successively produced him and Li Yan, two young jinshi, and everyone was immediately interested in the successor Shu Xingyi, and wanted to take him over to speak.

Shu Xingyi was leaving, naturally Shu Yanbing would not stay alone, the two brothers and sisters secretly suppressed their excitement and said goodbye to the prince and his wife, and jumped on the Liujia painting boat as if they were running away, and then took a long breath.

Before entering the cabin, Yan Bing raised her eyes and saw Rong Wenyuan wearing a dark pattern brocade robe of the jujube hunting group, leaning against the railing and smiling to herself.

Seeing this, Xingyi suddenly realized: "You are looking for the source to pick us up?" No wonder the timing was so coincidental. ”

"Well, I just saw you on the boat from a distance before," Wen Yuan said and looked around, seeing that the slave was far away, and there was a lot of music dancing in it, he couldn't help but whisper after thinking about it again and again, "Then Zheng Gongxu is not a good match, next time the princess of Dingyue County can refuse the invitation again." ”

is also an inopportune talk about the marriage of his daughter's family, but listening to him, Yan Bing felt that it was pleasant to listen to, so she only pouted and mourned: "That Xu Gongzi doesn't look like a good person when he sees it." But his eldest brother is the king of the county, so it's hard to refuse to go. ”

"The title of the county king is not low, but Zheng Gongxi has only been short of a foreigner after returning to Beijing for seven or eight years, and he is even willing to go to the ministry to order something. In terms of family background, this man is not to be feared. Rong Wenyuan said in a deep voice, showing disdain.

"...... "What the hell is the county king when he is a member of the foreign lang?" Aren't all kinds of kings supposed to be assassins and governors or something? Yan Bing was stunned for a while, no one had ever told her directly before that this kind of prince should also be divided into three, six, nine and other □□.

But if you really want to talk about family history, Yan Bing couldn't help but sigh depressedly when she thought of this: "Family background...... But we're going to be orphans. After speaking, the two siblings glanced at each other, and they both felt that the future was worrying.

"You still have-" I, Wen Yuan suddenly saw Liu Zixu walking briskly and beckoned to him, quickly swallowed the last word, and changed his words, "I have my grandfather and uncle's family to rely on, don't worry." ”

"Well, yes, although my grandfather doesn't take care of things, my uncle and aunt are very good. Okay, let's go inside, everyone waits. Yan Bing nodded, and then ended the topic, and then said Wanfu to Liu Zixu, who was approaching, and then staggered a few steps with Wen Yuan and entered the cabin.

In a later period of time, Yan Bing and her brother followed Liu Qingqing and Li Wan and others to attend a lot of parties, during which they "met" Zheng Gongxu several times, he sometimes gave poems and sometimes offered flowers, which made people annoyed, but because of the in-law relationship that turned a corner, he couldn't completely ignore him.

"It's not solemn at all like pursuing a prostitute in Pingkangli! How can there be such a nasty person in this world? Doesn't he understand the words of his parents? Yan Bing didn't want to be the heroine of any romantic story at all, she was dignified and socialized as usual, and she vomited when she came home.

"It's better if you don't understand, otherwise he will immediately find someone to propose marriage, wouldn't you become someone else's talking point? I heard my aunt say that you have a good reputation among the ladies of the family, and there has been some word of mouth. Otherwise, we won't go out after that. Xingyi felt that his sister's task of "swaggering through the market and showing herself" was almost completed, so it was better to stay at home and hide from the rotten peach blossoms.

"Okay, okay, don't go, or you'll have to meet him again. Speaking of which, the keys to the Imperial Marquis' Mansion were delivered the day before yesterday, why don't we go and take a look and clean it up? "Can't you hide if you can't be provoked? Yan Bing nodded again and again, and without thinking, she gave up the last grand banquet in Qujiang.

As the name suggests, the banquet is a celebration of the farewell feast after the official examination, and the new science and technology jinshi passed the test and was awarded the official position.

When the brothers and sisters returned to their grandfather's house after inspecting the new mansion, they happened to meet Li Yan, who was going home from the banquet, chatting with the elders, only to hear him sigh with emotion: "Zixu, like me before, got the position of school scrivener. Wen Yuan really couldn't imagine that he would become the lieutenant of Lantian County! ”

"Lantian is on the east side of the capital, isn't it?" Yan Bing was a little confused when she heard this, and she didn't know why her cousin looked shocked. The county magistrates of Gyeonggi County are comparable to the county magistrates in remote areas.

"The location is naturally not too bad, but this errand is not easy to say. The school scrivener also looked at the book to correct mistakes, familiarize himself with the rules of officialdom, and be idle. The county lieutenant has to guard, hunt down criminals, investigate and solve cases, etc., which is considered drudgery. Last year, some people resigned because they were too tired and angry. Li Yan really couldn't understand Rong Wenyuan's plan, he obviously had an uncle who could speak in front of the saint, and it was easy for Zhongjin Shi, did this conferrer go the way or not?

Li Si, who was on the main seat, looked thoughtful when he heard this, put aside the teacup and asked: "Before, the Rong family said that he wanted to be the heir of General Duan, has this news been made public?" ”

Xingyi hurriedly nodded and replied: "It's going to be made public, he posted to us a few days ago, saying that he would officially recognize the wine before he took office early next month." ”

"That's right, a series of things are deliberate. It wasn't until he himself relied on his ability to become a scholar, write good works, and get an official position that he said that he recognized the eunuch as his adoptive father in order to maintain his reputation as much as possible. As a county lieutenant, I also want to cut in from the hard work, at least it doesn't look polished. Li Si said and looked at his grandson with a smile, joking that he thought it was a good thing to start in the officialdom and become a scholar of the Qinggui School, not necessarily!

"In the past, I found that Wen Yuan was very concerned about the law, and he could even say that he was good at it. It turned out that he had been paving this road early in the morning! Li Mao suddenly showed a look of sudden enlightenment, and sighed, "Starting with a county lieutenant to solve a big case, you will definitely be promoted to Dali Temple Review, a saint is a good law, and most of the commentators can enter the Imperial History Stage......

Speaking of such straightforwardness, don't say Li Yan, even Yan Bing Xingyi understands. Yushitai is a supervisory agency, and those who can enter are all saints' henchmen, as long as they have the ability to do things, they don't make mistakes, and there is a smooth road to the prime minister's position.

Li Yan slapped his head and choked speechlessly: "In other words, it is very likely that my first Dalang has been wandering around the six departments for three years, but he has gone up step by step?" This idea is certainly not his own! "A nineteen-year-old country boy can have this ability, and he doesn't believe it to death.

Yan Bing couldn't help but smile when she looked at her cousin's painful expression, and explained: "Ideas are ideas, first of all, you have to be able to meet and solve a big case, otherwise he will have to stumble in the position of county lieutenant and county commander." ”

"Haha, that's true!" Li Yan couldn't help but laugh loudly when he heard these words.

The family was joking, and suddenly a servant entered the inner circle, and it was rumored that the Li family and his party were already in the suburbs of Beijing, and they hoped that the family would send someone to pick them up.

…… In just one sentence, people are instantly pulled back from the beautiful idea of looking forward to the future, back to the unbearable present, and the laughter stops abruptly, leaving only a gloomy sigh.

Grandpa came back, lying down and not knowing who was going on, so thin that he seemed to have only skin and bones left, and he was hanging on to his life by pouring ginseng soup.

He was sent back by the three emaciated women of the Li family, the Pan family and the Xi family, and Xingxu fell off the cliff and disappeared in the chaotic fight, and I don't know if he is still alive or the body is gone.

About because Xingsheng is gone, Xingxuan is not there, everyone has nothing to fight about, just hope that the pillar Shu Hongyang is sober and turns around, so the relationship between the family seems to be harmonious.

For more than ten days, several people took turns to serve the sick every day, and they didn't talk much.

Yan Bing felt that it was like the calm before the storm.

Occasionally, when she made eye contact with Li's eyes, she always felt that the other party's gaze seemed to be quenched with poison, as if the prosperous death monster was on her head, and she was holding back and preparing to make a big move.

However, seeing that Grandpa's breath was getting weaker and weaker, Yan Bing devoted herself to taking care of the injured, and no longer cared about studying her stepmother's relationship, so she only told her maid to pay more attention to eating and drinking, just in case she didn't get hit.

After nightfall in early summer that day, Yan Bing fell asleep due to excessive fatigue, until she was suddenly awakened by the sound of a thunderstorm at midnight.

She bypassed the sleeping maid in the bamboo couch, pushed the window to check, and found that Rong Wenyuan was dressed in a black night suit, standing in front of her like a wolf bèi in soup!

"You, what are you doing here?" Yan Bing looked at him dumbfounded, and quickly reached out to wrap a thin bedclothes. I couldn't help but shudder when I spoke, this is a lonely man and widow night party under the rain curtain?

"Your family doesn't send me a message, and you two haven't been out recently, so I can't come." After a little explanation, Rong Wenyuan said bluntly: "Li Fang is discussing your family affairs with the Wang family of Dingyue County, and Zheng Gongxu!" Find a way to stop it. ”

“…… What? "Yan Bing is almost suspicious of her auditory hallucinations, and she hasn't gone out yet, how can she discuss? Oh, write a letter!

Rong Wenyuan looked at the white-clothed girl in front of him, as if he was a girl with a bud and a desire to release, and said categorically: "Three days, three days at most." If you can't stop it, I'll come and propose. ”