Shangguan Hongye felt very uncomfortable for some reason.
After Cang Qiao was finished, why did he provoke an unknown Chu Yuanbai again?
Is this woman Ming Lanruo really brainless?
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Ming Fei Mansion
"Baicao Garden sent some medicinal materials, including lemongrass and other common things in Miao areas, as well as local tea specially used for making oil tea. Today, the kitchen is making lemongrass grilled fish and oil tea, both of which are Miao flavors."
Ming Lanruo said with a smile.
When Chu Yuanbai heard this, a bright smile appeared on his handsome face: "Really? Sister Lanruo'a is the best!"
"Of course it's true. Just go fishing in the lotus pond by yourself. It's your favorite anyway." Ming Lanruo smiled and motioned to Jing Ming to hand him a fishing net.
Xiao Xi stood watching on the side, raised her little head and looked at Chu Yuanbai: "Little brother, can I fish with you?"
Chu Yuanbai looked at Xiao Xi's big eyes and really liked this little man. He touched his head and smiled: "Of course, I will call Lan Ruo sister, and you can call me uncle."
Xiao Xi's big eyes rolled slightly and she smiled: "I still like to call you little brother, and I still like to call you little uncle."
Chu Yuanbai laughed: "Little guy, your mouth is sweeter than mine. Let's go and fish for fun!"
As he said this, he cheered, took the fishing net in one hand, and ran away dragging Xiao Xi with the other.
Ming Lanruo glanced at Jing Ming: "Follow them."
Jing Ming muttered: "Young lady still knows that you don't trust Chu Yuanbai. I think you are almost treating him as your own!"
Seeing Ming Lanruo's fist coming towards him, Jing Ming quickly ran away.
"No big or small." Ming Lanruo said angrily.
"Although Jing Ming is a little reckless, she is also doing it for her sister's good." A calm girl's voice sounded behind Ming Lanruo.
Xu Xiuyi led the maid, waving her lady's fan, and slowly walked out from a path behind the rockery.
Ming Lanruo looked at her and smiled lightly: "Aren't you in my study? Why did you come out again?"
"If I don't come out, I don't know that Sister Lanruo cares so much about Xiao Jingnan King. If the official from outside takes a look, I'm afraid they will say something about being unruly." Xu Xiuyi didn't speak politely.
Everyone present is his confidant, so what are you afraid of?
Once the prince died, she no longer had to worry and could go in and out of the house freely, but she had come to Ming Fei's house five or six times in the past half month.
I saw Xiao Jingnan Wang here at least three times!
Ming Lanruo was a little helpless: "Chu Yuanbai is just eighteen years old, a young man who has not even reached his prime. I just look at him as he is kind and lively, and I feel like a younger brother."
She paused and said nonchalantly: "Besides, His Majesty the Emperor asked King Qin to be responsible for entertaining King Xiao Jingnan. The first time he came to Concubine Ming's Mansion, it was King Qin who brought him."
When Xu Xiuyi heard this, she sighed softly: "Sister, you have to pay attention. This is the capital city. My sister is a person who does big things. Don't let others say that you are afraid and hurt your foundation."
Ming Lanruo heard this and nodded: "Don't worry, I will tell Xiaobai to be careful and don't do this again."
"Xiao Bai...why is my sister suddenly so close to him?" Xu Xiuyi frowned slightly when he heard this.
Ming Lanruo looked a little confused, but only for a moment, and then she regained her composure: "I don't know, maybe because he and Xiao Xi have something in common, I treat him as a younger brother."
As she said that, she smiled at Xu Xiuyi: "Xiuyi, you go around the yard while I go to the kitchen to see how the food is going."
Xu Xiuyi could only nod: "Sister, go ahead."
Danzhu watched her young lady staring at Ming Lanruo's back, and she was a little confused: "Miss, why do you keep staring at Concubine Ming? Is there something wrong?"
"I find it strange. Sister Lanruo is not someone who easily trusts others, but she seems to have been becoming particularly kind to Chu Yuanbai, the little Jingnan king, for the past half month." Xu Xiuyi said thoughtfully.
Sister Lanruo even allowed Xiao Xi to contact Chu Yuanbai. How much trust does this show?
This was a very strange thing. She always felt something was wrong, but she couldn't tell what was wrong.
Danzhu tilted his head and thought for a while: "Just now, Concubine Ming said that she looked very kindly to King Xiao Jingnan, like Master Xiao Xi. Maybe it's because she really feels that King Xiao Jingnan looks like... a son?"
"..." Xu Xiuyi almost dropped the fan in her hand.
She angrily hit Danzhu on the head with the fan in her hand: "You stupid girl, do you know what you are talking about?"
Son? Sister Lanruo is not the kind of person who wants to be someone’s mother because of her free time!
My sister is ambitious, capable, and ambitious. She is not inferior to men. She is the woman I admire most!
Danzhu rubbed his sore head and muttered: "But, Miss, don't you think a boy like Xiao Jingnan Wang looks cute?"
I feel that Xiao Jingnan Wang is like a heartless little sun, but he is still a beautiful boy who is loved by everyone and is like a flower.
Xu Xiuyi turned to look at Chu Yuanbai, who was fishing with Xiao Xi by the lotus pond in the distance. He was having a great time catching fish, and said coldly: "I don't think so. I just feel that being courteous for nothing is either cheating or stealing."
Sister Lanruo, something is really wrong.
I just don’t know the Governor, do you know?
Xu Xiuyi was thoughtful, and heard that the governor was busy with the succession of the crown prince recently, and there was a flood in the Yangtze River, so he was very busy.
I haven't been out of the palace for several days.
Maybe, she should tell Mr. Qiantose.
Xu Xiuyi was thinking about it when she suddenly heard the voices of servants not far from the door——
"Ouch, why is His Highness King Qin here? Please walk slowly. Rong Xiaoxiao goes and informs the eldest lady!"
Shangguan Hongye frowned and looked coldly at the few servants following him: "Why, you still call her eldest lady, she is already my king's concubine!"
Several boys looked at each other calmly, and the older boy in the lead bowed to him: "You guys are used to it, don't be angry."
Shangguan Hongye said angrily: "Where is your princess?"
"Sister Lanruo went to the kitchen. Your Highness, Prince Qin, why don't you wait for a moment at the pavilion and have a cup of tea?" The girl's steady voice sounded, and she bowed to him politely.
Shangguan Hongye looked over and saw that it was Xu Xiuyi, so he nodded: "So it's the county lord. Do you often come here to accompany the princess?"
This is asking knowingly.
Xu Xiuyi smiled, waved her fan and said, "Yes, not only do I like to come to Concubine Ming's Mansion, I see that Prince Xiao Jingnan also comes often."
"Although His Highness King Qin has been ordered to entertain King Xiao Jingnan, you can't always be lazy and let Sister Lan Ruo entertain the distinguished guests alone."
They are all from the upper-class aristocratic circle in the capital, how could they not know the profound meaning behind their talk in circles.
Shangguan Hongye narrowed his eyes and looked in the direction of the lotus pond in the distance: "What the county master said is that I have been busy these days and have been lazy."
As he spoke, he strode towards Chu Yuanbai's direction.
Xu Xiuyi looked at King Qin's back, a sly smile flashed across his delicate and dignified face.
If she doesn't want to be the evil person who drives people away, then she should let her sister's nominal husband come forward.
Anyway, she just didn't like Chu Yuanbai.
At the other end of the lotus pond, Chu Yuanbai was trying hard to reach out with the fishing net in his hand to catch a large koi carp in the pond.
Xiao Xi applauded on the side: "Little brother, slow down, don't let the fish escape again!"
Chu Yuanbai was also a little troubled. The fish in the lotus pond were not afraid of people, but he kept coming to catch them these days.
Now the fish are extremely wary.
He was planning to carefully fish out a fish hidden under the lotus leaf.
Suddenly, a strong gust of wind came from behind, and a big foot kicked him hard on the butt.