After almost an hour of fishing, the fish in Ji Chengxuan's fish tank were almost full. Ji Yunli and Song Huai also caught more than 20 fish each, but there were only a handful of fish in Song Ruoxi's fish tank. He said angrily: "This fish is snobbish! He also prefers boys over girls!"

Everyone laughed.

Mrs. Ji got up from the recliner again and directed the servant to take all the fish in Ji Chengxuan's fish tank into the Song Ruoxi fish tank, clapping her hands and saying, "Okay, okay, our Xi'er wins, the old man loses!"

"Grandpa lost, sister won! Sister quickly ask for the grandpa's first prize."

"Grandpa lost, cousin won! Cousin asked grandpa for the first prize."

Ji Yunli and Song Huai agreed in unison, except for the different titles, they were all the same.

Ji Chengxuan stroked his beard and asked, "Xi'er, are you winning or losing?"

"My skills are not as good as others, so I am willing to accept the loss." Song Ruoxi said loudly.

"Good boy!" Ji Chengxuan praised.

Mrs. Ji had a smile on her eyes, but said, "The old lady looked bad, and she slapped the horse's hooves."

Song Ruoxi stepped forward and hugged Mrs. Ji's arm, and said with a flattering smile: "Grandma, we will eat grilled fish at noon, Xi'er will personally roast it for you."

"Okay, okay, grandma likes to eat fish grilled by Xi'er." Mrs. Ji smiled happily.

On the other side, the servants were counting fish. Ji Yunli caught twenty-seven fish and Song Huai caught twenty-five fish, and lost by two.

"Hahaha, Xiao Huai'er, I won this time!" Ji Yunli said proudly.

Song Huai raised his eyebrows disdainfully and said, "If you often lose to the general, you will be arrogant if you win a small game."

Ji Yunli and Song Huai competed every time, with more losses and less wins, but he was not convinced every time, and he always had to find a reason to compete. He was not annoyed by being squeezed by Song Huai, and said, "Little Huai'er, you don't need to study hard. I'm calling you fight again and again, and you're still tough and resilient until you win!"

Song Huai snorted coldly and said, "You are the best at making excuses."

Ji Chengxuan and the other two were smiling and watching the two quarrels. The village house guarding the village gate hurried over and said a few words in Lao Yu's ear. Lao Yu stepped forward and said, "Old Master, Ye Xiangye has arrived outside the village gate with his people."

"What do he want to do when he comes here?" Ji Chengxuan and Ye Zuoxiang were in conflict with political views. The two were in power in the court. Although the two families were close to each other, they did not interact with each other. They were surprised that Ye Zuoxiang suddenly came to visit.

"Old Master, the visitor is a guest. You can take the two boys to welcome you. The sun is shining, Xier and I will sit in the house and have tea." Mrs. Ji said softly.

Song Ruoxi followed Mrs. Ji into the slightly spacious yard. The east room had been cleaned up long ago, but the people in the mansion did not come to live often. Although it was breathable and incense, the faint smell of rottenness remained in the air.

The grandparents and grandchildren sat in the room for about a stick of incense, and the servant brought Mrs. Ye and Ye Dongyuan over.

"Lady Ye, I've been missing you for many days!" The two old ladies often met at banquets in various residences and would chat a few times. A few years ago, Mrs. Ye was infected with the cold and was recuperating for several months. She had not come out for socializing for a long time. When we met, Mrs. Ji greeted politely.

"Mrs. Ji, you are polite. You are uninvited and disturbing me!" Mrs. Ye looked at Song Ruoxi with a smile, "Oh, whose beautiful girl is this?"

Song Ruoxi gave a standard blessing gift, "Ruoxi greeted Mrs. Ye, and the old lady is blessed."

"This is the old granddaughter, who only returned from Guangling Mansion last year." Mrs. Ji smiled.

Ye Dongyuan stepped forward to salute Mrs. Ji, "Dongyuan has met Mrs. Ji, and the old lady is very blessed."

After leaving the seat and having tea, the two old ladies praised each other's granddaughter and granddaughter. Mrs. Ye praised Song Ruoxi for her good appearance, smart and cuteness.

Mrs. Ji said a few humble words: "This child is so naughty, but it is better for the girl in the house to be well-behaved and sensible." And so on.

It was the first time that Mrs. Ye saw Song Ruoxi, so she put the beaded bracelet on her wrist on her and smiled and said, "I didn't expect to meet her. I was not prepared. I'm a little thinner, don't be surprised."

Mrs. Ji went out today and was dressed very simply and casually. A pair of jade hairpins were inserted into the round bun. She could not use the hairpins as a gift, so she could only give Ye Dongyuan the jade bracelet that she had worn for more than ten years.

The two old ladies talked about the past in mid-Beijing. Song Ruoxi and Ye Dongyuan sat on the chair by the window. After listening for a while, Ye Dongyuan turned sideways and whispered: "Miss Song, I'm in a hurry. Can you take me to change your clothes?"

"Miss Ye, please follow me." Song Ruoxi happened to ask for Xiao Jie, so he came out with her and asked the servant to lead the way to the clean room.

"I heard that Miss Seven is a closed disciple of Shenni and often goes to Taohua Temple to copy Buddhist scriptures. I have something to do, so I ask Miss Song for advice." Ye Dongyuan said.

Song Ruoxi's eyes flashed slightly, and he smiled indifferently: "I dare not take the word "instruction". Miss Ye, please say something."

"A Zen master went out to preach the Dharma. He met a couple quarreling on the way. His wife: 'What kind of husband are you? You don't look like a man at all!' Husband: 'If you scold, if you scold me again, I will beat you!' Wife: 'I will scold you, you don't look like a man!' The two of them quarreled very hard. After hearing this, the Zen master shouted to passers-by: 'You come to see you, look at bullfighting, you have to buy tickets; watch crickets and cockfighting; now fight people, don't want tickets, you come to see you!' The people passing by surrounded me, but the couple continued to quarreled. Husband: 'You say I don't look like a man, so I will kill you!' Wife: 'You kill! You kill! I will say you don't look like a man!' The Zen master clapped his hands and said: '

It's so wonderful. Now I'm going to kill someone, come and see me!' Some passers-by were puzzled and asked, 'Monk! Why are you yelling? What's your business? The couple quarreled, what does it have to do with you?' The Zen master laughed: 'Why don't you have to do with me? Didn't you hear that they were going to kill someone? If you kill someone, you have to ask the monk to recite scriptures and do rituals, don't I take the money?' Hearing him say that, the couple and the passers-by were very angry, 'It's really outrageous. I hope to kill someone for the sake of money! You monk has no compassion.' The Zen master said: 'I hope you can't die, so I'll be going to preach.' The couple stopped quarreling after hearing the Zen master's words. Miss Song knows what the Zen master said?" Ye Dongyuan said as he walked.

Song Ruoxi smiled, "Miss Ye wants to know what this Zen master said, so he should ask the storyteller."

Ye Dongyuan stared at Song Ruoxi with cold eyes, "You want to fight with me?"

"Why did Miss Ye say this?" Song Ruoxi asked in surprise.

"Who said this story? Others don't know it, Miss Song must know it."

Song Ruoxi frowned. Could it be that Ye Shuhua wants to use this story to select the marriage candidate? This is too ridiculous. "Miss Ye, I won't fight with you, but I won't help you cheat."

Ye Dongyuan sneered: "You hate the most. You act like a person who is detached from the world. In fact, you are not like a secular woman, and want to compete for that position."

"I am not the only one who understands Buddhism in the world. When Miss Ye goes to find someone else, she will definitely get a satisfactory answer." Song Ruoxi didn't want to argue with Ye Dongyuan, so she walked past her and entered the clean room.

Ye Dongyuan bit the corner of her lips hatefully, and the cold light flashed in her eyes. If the Empress Dowager had not sent an oral order, the six girls who had heard the story would not be allowed to contact Buddhists before entering the palace on the sixth day of the fourth month. She was helpless and had to beg her grandfather and grandmother to go on this trip. If the six girls did not give the answer, they would have lost this great opportunity. The Empress Dowager would definitely choose another six to enter the palace. Song Ruoxi did not go this time, which does not mean that the Empress Dowager would not choose her next time, so Song Ruoxi would definitely not give the answer. She came in vain this trip, so there was no need to stay here again.

When Song Ruoxi came out of the clean room, Ye Dongyuan had already left and walked to the door of the Dongzi room. He met Mrs. Ji who sent Mrs. Ye's grandparents and grandchildren out. He retreated aside, lowered his eyebrows and looked down, pretending not to see Ye Dongyuan's eyebrow stabbing.

Mrs. Ji sent Mrs. Ye's grandchildren to the gate of the courtyard, and asked the maid to take them to the fish pond to find Ye Zuoxiang, and turned back to the east room.

Song Ruoxi told her about Ye Dongyuan's purpose of coming here.

Mrs. Ji pondered for a moment, her eyes were slightly slight, "Xi'er, you should tell her the answer."

"Why?" Song Ruoxi was puzzled.

"The Young Master Ye City Lord is the cousin of the Empress Dowager. He is twenty-four years old and has not yet married. The Empress Dowager is very anxious and has summoned eighteen girls to the palace to choose his wife. The top twelve have been defeated. Yesterday, six more people were summoned into the palace. If these six people still can't answer, the Empress Dowager will continue to summon the girls to the palace. Maybe it will be your turn next time." Mrs. Ji frowned, "Hurry out the answer and let someone chase her and tell her that it is still time."

"Grandma, Miss Ye doesn't understand Buddhist meditation. Even if she can answer this question, if the senior brother asks her a few more questions, she will not be able to answer it. If she is anxious and says that I told her about this, the senior brother is gentle and charitable, he will not be angry, but the Queen Mother will..." Song Ruoxi showed a fearful expression. The last time the imperial court lost her manners scared her. She kept her away from the palace.

"Xi'er's words are reasonable." Ji Chengxuan walked in with a disdainful look on his face. "Old man Ye failed to send his granddaughter into the palace, so he took his mind to Dengying City. It was really stupid. I am ashamed to be an official with this person."

"What if the Empress Dowager summons Xi'er?" Mrs. Ji asked worriedly.

"Grandma, I can go to find my senior brother and advise him not to use this method to select people. The Empress Dowager will not summon me to the palace." Song Ruoxi had already thought of a solution.

"Can you persuade him?" asked Mrs. Ji.

"Yes, I'm the best at convincing people." Song Ruoxi smiled cunningly, "Grandpa, do you know where he lives? I'll go find him tomorrow."

Ji Chengxuan stroked his beard and said, "You can't find him when you come to the door to find him. I will tell him tomorrow, just say that you will go to Taohua Temple the day after tomorrow and ask him for any discussion."

Song Ruoxi nodded, "Okay."

The charcoal fire outside was already burned and the fish were cut and marinated. Song Ruoxi went out to grill the fish with Ji Yunli and Song Huai in a charcoal stove. Although the fish was grilled black by her, it tasted good.

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Chapter completed!