Yu Wenke always treated Xia Houshu, an uninvited guest, with courtesy, and soon everyone was introduced to each other.
The man in the vermilion satin shirt is named Yao Jihui. He is the nephew of Queen Mother Yao and Uncle Yao, and the cousin of Concubine Yao in the palace. Yao Jihui has been married for several years. He has many wives and concubines at home and several children, but he is a good man. He was dissolute, relying on the support of someone in the palace, often sleeping outside in flowers and willows, and his wife Min and his in-laws dared not speak out.
The person wearing the lake-blue satin dress is named Liang Zhongping. He is twenty-one years old. He is the concubine of the Liang family, the Minister of Rites. He is the fourth in the family and is known as Liang Silang. He is also a famous dandy in Beijing.
There are also two children from noble families, one named Shen Qingsong and the other named Shen Qingbai. They are cousins. Because they are younger in the family and have no official titles, they follow Yu Wenke every day and flirt with each other. He is a die-hard fan of Yuwen Ke.
The few of them chatted about their respective glorious achievements in Fengyue Field, and even Yingyue who was accompanying them couldn't help but blush.
Xia Houshu also blushed after hearing this, so he had to drink one glass after another to cover it up.
Just as embarrassed as her was Xia Houyi.
Xia Houling has long been able to cope with such scenes, and sometimes she can even agree a few times. But this time the situation is different. Not long after Xia Houling met Ji, she was at an age where she was ignorant about matters between men and women, so she let her It is ultimately wrong to listen to these ridiculous words.
Yao Jihui was vividly describing the bed skills of his recently adopted concubine, and teasing women had to be enlightened, otherwise it would be boring, when Xia Houyi suddenly stood up.
Everyone looked at him in astonishment, even Yao Jihui, who smiled with a cunning and greasy look on his face, was stunned.
Liang Zhongping was the first to react and said with a smile: "What? Brother Xiahou also has interesting things to share with me?"
Xia Houyi noticed his abruptness, quickly calmed down, smiled slightly, and said: "Of course I don't enjoy the blessings of being together like Brother Yao and Brother Liang, but when I heard Brother Yao mention it just now, I suddenly remembered The son of my old servant is getting married today, and I promised to go. If it's later, I might not be able to make it in time."
Xia Houshu was slightly startled. Two days ago, she heard Yunxi and the others talking about the old servant Duan Renyi's son getting married. Many maids and women had made appointments to go out for a drink. She didn't expect that it would be today.
Yao Jihui sneered and said, "I'm just an old servant. Why does Brother Xiahou think it's so important? You'd better stay and have a drink with me and listen to music."
Xia Houyi smiled helplessly and said: "Brother Yao doesn't know something. This old servant once served my late eldest brother. The people in the mansion treat him with special respect. Naturally, I dare not neglect him."
When Xia Houhui was mentioned, everyone looked at each other in shock. They didn't dare to ridicule or stop him, but they just shook their heads with great regret.
Yu Wenke also said: "Since Brother Xiahou still has something important to do, Xiao Wang naturally doesn't dare to keep him, so let's get together next time."
Xia Houyi expressed his apology to everyone, then looked at him and deliberately teased: "Didn't my cousin come here specially for me? Now that I'm leaving, are you happy to miss Shu?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter.
Xia Houshu's face instantly turned red to the point of bleeding, and he glared at his brother fiercely. He thought to himself, if you are so kind and want to take me away, just say so. What if the neighbor said such a thing to embarrass me in front of everyone?
Xia Houshu followed Xia Houyi to Shuyu Pavilion because he wanted to grab his pigtails. On the one hand, he could warn him not to do anything that would disgrace his family, and on the other hand, he could use this as a leverage to force him to provide some useful information for his investigation.
Unexpectedly, stealing the chicken turned out to be a waste of rice. Not only did they not get a good deal, but it was like a monkey show for them. I felt a little unhappy, and even did not give Xia Houyi a good look on the way home.
In fact, after thinking carefully about it afterwards, Xia Houshu could understand in his heart that he had indeed acted too recklessly this time. Since Xia Houyi was selected as the successor of the Changqing Sect, he has his own principles for doing things and will not act recklessly.
She will not ignore the honor and disgrace of her family. What's more, although they are brothers and sisters, they are two people after all. It has nothing to do with her who Xia Houyi wants to make friends with. But somehow, seeing Xia Houyi and Yuwen
She felt uncomfortable when she was in good company with Yu Wen Ke. This discomfort was worse than any of the playboys Xia Houyi had interacted with in the past. Or maybe she just had a deep hostility towards Yu Wen Ke's identity and reputation.
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Xia Houyi followed Xia Houshu leisurely without saying a word. He had his own little plan in mind, so he neither paid attention to Xia Houshu's unreasonable troubles nor explained why he got involved with Yuwen Ke.
.Entering the gate of the Duke of Yue's Mansion, Xia Houyi saw that his sister was still angry. He shook his head helplessly and said: "We are already home. Don't show your face to me. You don't know why I have offended you.
Shu'er, you are so ridiculous, you can't blame me for what happened today."
"Am I kidding?" Xia Houshu thought he heard wrongly, turned around and looked at Xia Houyi in disbelief, and said angrily, "Brother, you have to make this clear!"
"Is this the news we got from Xueying again today?" Xia Houyi looked at his sister and said calmly, "I know that Xueying is on good terms with Yunxi in your yard, even though I know they are secretly passing on me
I have always turned a blind eye to his whereabouts, but now it seems that my yard is really as leaky as a sieve."
"So what?" Xia Houshu didn't deny it and looked at his brother provocatively, "If I hadn't learned about you in advance, how would I have known where you were going?"
"So now that you know where I have gone, what should you do?"
"Aren't you afraid that I will tell my mother?"
"It's up to you." Xia Houyi sat down and made a sign of please, and then took the time to arrange his clothes that were not messy. "It's just... if mother asks you later how you know, how should you answer?"
"You..." Xia Houshu was speechless for a moment, telling his mother that it was just a casual remark, so how could she dare to actually file a complaint against him?
"Why did you go to Prince Ling for no reason?" Xia Houyi finally got back to the topic, with a hint of blame in his words, "He has a special status, and you are not the same. Aren't you afraid that if your identity is revealed, you will get burned?"
Xia Houshu didn't understand why Xia Houyi had to blame herself. It was obviously Xia Houyi who was friends with Yuwen Ke. She went with him because she was worried that he would be in cahoots with Yuwen Ke. How could it be her own fault? The more she thought about it, the angrier she became.
, without showing any weakness, he said: "These days, you deliberately used what happened last time to get estranged from me, so you are hanging out with that Yu Wenke ghost, right? But what kind of person is he, Yu Wenke? You said that I was fooling around, and in the end,
You yourself don’t know how to avoid suspicion!”
Xia Houyi smiled nonchalantly and asked her: "Tell me, what kind of person is Yu Wenke?"
Xia Houshu was stunned for a moment before realizing that he actually didn't seem to know much about Yuwen Ke except the rumors that he was idle and addicted to women. The reason why he rejected this person so much was just because of his identity and the rumors from the outside world. However,
Since there are such rumors in Beijing, they must not be groundless. So she stubbornly said: "Brother, how long have you known him? How much do you know about him? Do you dare to say that he has friends with you?
Do you have a plan?"
"Then what does he want from me?" Xia Houyi continued to ask.
"What you are asking is really strange. Don't you know what he wants?"
What an ecstasy, anyway, I just think he has evil intentions! The emperor now intends to cut down the vassal vassal. He, Yu Wenke, has lived in Beijing for nearly ten years and has nothing to do with my Xiahou family. Approaching you at this time is clearly to win over my father! I won't allow it.
You disregard the safety, honor and disgrace of the Xiahou family!"
After hearing this, Xia Houyi just smiled and said lightly, "Shu'er, you are too suspicious. This is the end of the matter. Don't mention it in front of your parents again. Go back and rest."
Xia Houshu admitted that she was more suspicious, and her actions today were indeed a bit reckless, but she would never admit Xia Houyi's unilateral accusation, and continued to retort relentlessly: "Yu Wenke, as the hostage of the King of Tombs in Beijing, has such a special status. In one fell swoop,
Every move he makes is under the surveillance of others. I think his indulging in Hualiu Liquor Lane all day long is just an act of self-destruction, and his purpose is to hide his eyes from the world."
"Is this the basis for your judgment?" Xia Houyi's tone was rather regretful.
"I know you must have said that I was just imagining things again, but this time I trust my intuition." Xia Houshu refused to admit defeat, "If you think about it again, Prince Ling was brave and good at fighting when he was young, and he dominated the country. Even when the late emperor was there,
I have to give him three points. Now he is addicted to wine and sex, and does not care about government affairs. The behavior of father and son is exactly the same. Isn't it strange? "
Xia Houyi originally didn't really want to compete with his sister for being ugly, but when he heard this, he didn't want to let her continue talking nonsense, just in case the walls have ears, so he quickly stopped him and said: "Okay, I know you are worried about me.
I'm afraid that I might cause trouble for the Xiahou family, but I do things in a measured way, so you'd better stop saying these nonsense in the future."
However, Xia Houshu didn't understand his brother's intentions. He only wanted to clarify the matter, so he said loudly and without hesitation: "There are so many royal relatives and nobles in the capital, and most of them avoid him except those who are seeking influence. Why does he just want to
To make friends with you? Or not because our father holds the military power!"
"Even so, so what?" Xia Houyi interrupted her and simply gave her some reassurance, "There are many royal relatives and nobles in the capital who have deep friendship with him, and I am just one of them. I am outside
Don't you know what kind of reputation and what kind of image he has in the eyes of his father's colleagues? And you are wrong about this. It was not Yu Wenke who came to approach me, but me who took the initiative to approach him. According to your inference, could it be that
Aren’t my intentions impure?”
"My silly brother, I think you are getting more and more confused!" Xia Houshu gritted his teeth in anger. He is really a man of authority, and he confuses the beholder. Xia Houyi is usually as smart as anything, but when he is stupid, he is really hopeless.
Knowing that there are tigers in the mountains, Xia Houshu preferred to go to the Tiger Mountains. Xia Houshu wanted to crack his head open and see what was going on inside.
Xia Houyi didn't care about his sister's rage, and he didn't intend to explain too much. He just said: "Shur, when something happens, don't just rely on your eyes, but also use your brain to think."
Isn't this scolding her for being brainless? Xia Houshu became even more angry when he heard this. He pointed at Xia Houyi and said angrily: "Xia Houyi, don't be too self-righteous! If father and mother find out about this, who can't bear it?
Walk!"
Xia Houyi didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. He covered his face and said: "The ancients said that only women and villains are difficult to raise. If you are close, you will not be inferior and you will be resentful if you are far away. I think this sentence is suitable for you."
"Yes, I am a woman, but Yuwen Ke is definitely a villain!" Xia Houshu didn't care about Xia Houyi's ridicule, but chose to retort, "Yu Wenke is definitely not a kind person, and sooner or later something will happen to you if you interact with him!"
"What nonsense are you talking about here again?" Xia Houyuan's voice suddenly sounded behind him.
Xia Houshu stuck out his tongue and was so angry that he even forgot to go through the back door.
Xia Houshu glanced at Xia Houyi secretly, but saw that he was gloating about his misfortune, so he made a face and threatened him. Unexpectedly, he was seen by Xia Houyuan who was walking up to them again, so he had to hang his head and listen to his father's questioning.
Xia Houyuan looked up and down Xia Houshu's clothes, frowned and said: "Look at you, the daughter of my dignified Duke of Yue, dressed in a nondescript manner, how decent you are!"
Xia Houshu quickly raised his head and smiled at his father, revealing two shallow dimples, and said with an innocent face, "Father, the second brother said he would take his daughter out for a walk. The daughter remembered her father's teachings not to show her face, so she made this move.
, I hope my father will never blame me!"
Xia Houyuan was brave, good at fighting, and selfless all his life, but he didn't have so many principles to talk about when it came to his wife and daughter. But as the head of the family, he couldn't let his children behave randomly. He looked at both children, and still scolded them with a straight face.
Said: "Don't think that I don't know what you two brothers and sisters are doing all day long. You are a young kid who wants to fool me. Do you really think that I am an old fool? I don't ask you to read history books to discuss government affairs in private. Be careful here! Be careful.
Enter through the mouth, and disaster will come out of the mouth! Especially you, Shu'er, your father often taught you to be careful in your words and deeds, and speak with a beautiful heart, but you speak unobtrusively and talk nonsense. If it reaches the ears of someone with a heart, I'm afraid
Another disaster!"
"What the father taught me was that my daughter knew she was wrong." Xia Houshu hurriedly admitted his mistake. Talking about government affairs is a taboo in the family. If it weren't for Yu Wenke, she would not have broken the taboo by speaking out so bluntly today.
"You just said that, since when have you ever listened to what I said seriously?" Xia Houyuan looked helpless. He knew his daughter's temperament very well, but he couldn't bear to punish her, so he had to tell Xia Houyi,
"Yier, you have to take good care of your sister. Don't lead her around all day long and cause trouble."
"Please rest assured, father, my son will definitely take good care of Shu'er and prevent her from getting into trouble." After saying this, Xia Houyi deliberately cast a victorious look at Xia Houshu.
Xia Hou gave him a relieved look and warned him not to get carried away.
Xia Houyuan looked at them again, and when his eyes came to rest on Xia Houshu's clothes again, his brows knitted together, and he said with disgust: "Hurry up and change your clothes, what do you look like! Don't let your mother see it.
I have to talk about you!" Then he turned to Xia Houyi and said, "Yier, come with me to the study."
Xia Houshu breathed a sigh of relief and turned around happily to his residence. He did not forget to wink at Xia Houyi and whisper, "Wish for good luck!"
Xia Houyi glanced at Xia Houshu with disdain and motioned for her to change clothes quickly while following his father's footsteps. This chapter has been completed!