When Niu Mingjie saw Sisi's reply, he thought there was nothing Sisi could do, but when he thought about it again, he felt something was wrong.

Based on his understanding of Sisi, if Sisi really couldn't help it, he would probably let him cook the raw rice first.

Thinking of this, Niu Mingjie thought about those four words carefully. But he still couldn't figure it out.

In the end, Niu Mingjie had no choice but to come to Ning Yirong with Sisi's letter.

Ning Yirong was chatting with Lao Hei when Niu Mingjie came over. Niu Mingjie saluted Ning Yirong. "Your Highness, Uncle Hei."

Ning Yirong looked at Niu Mingjie and smiled. "Why are you here? Aren't you hiding in your room studying poetry and songs whenever you have time these days?"

Niu Mingjie couldn't help but blush. "Your Highness, please stop making fun of me."

"Hahahaha... In my opinion, instead of studying poetry and songs, you might as well study the Thirty-Six Stratagems. Right? Lao Hei?"

Lao Hei said "Yeah".

Niu Mingjie wants to say how can he use thirty-six strategies to pursue the girl he likes?

However, it seems that it is no longer possible to use it now.

Also, both of them have wives, so their words should make sense.

"I just want to memorize a few more poems. Otherwise, I won't know which poem Miss Xu will sing in the future."

Ning Yirong looked at Niu Mingjie and smiled and said, "You want to write a poem for Miss Xu, right? Although you have never participated in the imperial examination, you have learned basic poems."

Niu Mingjie's face turned redder. "Then what? I wrote a letter to Xiaoliu and told me about Miss Xu and me. I wanted Xiaoliu to come up with a solution for me, and Xiaoliu replied with four words.

Can you help me find out what these four words mean? I have been thinking about it for a long time and still can't figure it out."

Niu Mingjie put Sisi's letter on the table. There were only four words in the letter: Drinking to drown sorrow.

Lao Hei: "Xiao Liu asked you to have a drink and forget Miss Xu."

Niu Mingjie didn't want to. He finally found someone he liked again, and he didn't want to wait for more than ten years. "That's not what Xiaoliu means. Your Highness, what do you think Xiaoliu means?"

Ning Yirong took a sip of tea. "Xiao Liu asked you to tell Miss Xu that you only have her in your heart, and that you only like her."

"..." Wouldn't that make Miss Xu even more unwilling to marry him? "Your Highness, please stop teasing me."

Ning Yirong looked at Niu Mingjie and said seriously: "I'm not teasing you, that's what Xiaoliu means. Let me ask you, do you believe that Miss Xu will not marry you unless she is Xiaoliu, and you will not marry unless Xiaoliu is you?"

"The rumors are not credible."

"Don't worry about whether it's a rumor or not. Just ask, does Miss Xu believe it?"

"……yes."

"Isn't this the end? Instead of fighting the rumors, it's better to use this rumor to make Miss Xu sympathize with you and pity you. If Miss Xu starts to sympathize with you and pity you, you will have an opportunity."

is that so?

Niu Mingjie expressed doubts. "How about that? I'd better write another letter to Xiaoliu." Xiaoliu, a little bad guy, is not the roundworm in her belly.

"The day lilies will be cold when Xiaoliu comes back to you. Also, Miss Xu's injury will be healed soon. When Miss Xu's injury is healed, you have no reason to let Miss Xu stay with you. Arrive.

Sometimes it's hard for you to even see Miss Xu. If you can't even see anyone, how can you make people sympathize with you? Pity you?"

Niu Mingjie was a little dizzy. "She began to sympathize with me and pity me. How could I take advantage of this?"

"Miss Xu is not young anymore. Her mother should often urge her to get married, and your mother often urges you. In this case, then you two can get together. In this way, both of you will be free. Miss Xu can concentrate on studying.

, you can concentrate on being an official."

"...you...you want us to be a fake couple?"

Snapped!

Lao Hei couldn't listen anymore.

Lao Hei raised his hand and patted Niu Mingjie on the head. "You silly boy, won't you continue to drink to drown your sorrows after you get married?"

"...I'm already married, so what else do I have to worry about?"

Snapped!

Lao Hei patted Niu Mingjie again. "Your mother is not allowed to push you to have a baby after you get married. If she pushes you too much, won't you get annoyed? If you get annoyed, won't you have to drink some wine? If you drink too much, won't you have to vomit with your wife?

Ku Shui is acting coquettishly? Isn’t it time to do whatever you want to do?”

Ning Yi Rong: "That's right. Also, Miss Xu is so smart, doesn't Miss Xu want to have a daughter as smart as her?"

Lao Hei: "That's right. As long as you marry someone, everything else will be easy."

Ning Yirong: "How about we take him around the flower house and let him see how those flower girls coax the guests into confusion?"

Niu Mingjie: "..." What? Let him learn from Hua Niang?!

Lao Hei: "This is a good idea."

Niu Mingjie: "..." Can I object?

Ning Yirong and Lao Hei are both activists.

Before Niu Mingjie could digest what they said, they took him to the Flower House.

Niu Mingjie was a little at a loss.

Snapped!

Lao Hei patted Niu Mingjie again. "Study hard."

Ning Yirong: "Once you learn it, you will know how to act coquettishly with Miss Xu?"

Niu Mingjie: "..." I suspect you are deceiving me.

Under the pressure of Lao Hei and Ning Yi Rong, Niu Mingjie studied in Hualou for five days.

On the sixth day, Xu Muwan went out for a walk after dinner in the evening as he had done the previous few days. While walking, he saw Niu Mingjie sitting in a pavilion with a jug of wine and crying at the moon.

Xu Muwan wanted to pretend not to see it.

However, a man does not shed tears lightly.

Also, they are both friends in times of need.

Xu Muwan hesitated for a while and then walked towards Niu Mingjie.

Niu Mingjie saw her coming and took another sip of wine. "Is your injury feeling better?"

"Much better. What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing?" Niu Mingjie wiped his tears. "I made you laugh."

"It's okay. Can we be considered friends?"

"Forget it." Niu Mingjie looked at the moon with a sad face. "I have helped you, and you have saved me. We can be considered friends of life and death."

"Then can you tell me why you are drinking alone here?"

There were two more tears in the corner of Niu Mingjie's eyes. "I miss Xiaoliu. Xiaoliu and I grew up together. We both thought we would be together forever, but we didn't expect..."

Speaking of this, Niu Mingjie took another sip of wine. "I really really want to rush to the palace and snatch Xiao Liu back."

Xu Muwan wanted to comfort Niu Mingjie, but he couldn't think of the right words. "I'll have a drink with you. After that, go back and rest. You have to go to the Yamen tomorrow to do errands."

"Your injury hasn't healed yet."

"fine."

"Forget it. By the way, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have lied to you that day. I just... I was just pushed by my mother. Plus you saved me that day. I just... I'm sorry."

"It's okay. My mother often urges me to get married. Sometimes I also want to find someone to marry, but I am unwilling to do so."

Niu Mingjie looked at the moon again. "I'm not willing to do it either."

"...Let's talk about something else."

Niu Mingjie withdrew his gaze. "Okay. Do you know what it was like when Xiaoliu and I met for the first time?"

Xu Muwan was afraid of arousing Niu Mingjie's sadness, but he also wanted to know more about Sisi.

Before Xu Muwan could answer, Niu Mingjie started talking to himself.

(End of chapter)


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