It snowed at the beginning of the month. On Cheng Lan’s birthday, the snow on the road just melted, and the sky was blue and the sun was warm.

Gu Lan dressed up carefully, looked at the mirror, and went to the eldest sister-in-law with great enthusiasm.

She received the post because she was attracted by Meng Xianxian's light, but Meng Xianxian did not plan to go there. First, she rarely went out because of her eyes, and second, Nannan felt a little uncomfortable in the past two days. Meng Xianxian couldn't bear to leave her son half a step, so she asked Liuxia beside her to accompany her sister-in-law.

"You don't have to be restrained when you get there. Sister Lan is gentle and generous, and easy to get along with." Seeing that Gu Lan was dressed in a little plain, Meng Xianxian chose a ruby-inlaid red gold butterfly hairpin from her jewelry box to wear. Gu Lan still remembers the last time her brother scolded her for such a thing, and shook her head and refused. Meng Xianxian knew what she was avoiding and smiled and held her hand, "Alan is going to go out to be a guest. Of course, she must dress up beautifully. Don't be polite to her sister-in-law, put it on."

Gu Lan quietly glanced at Meng Xianxian's two big maids.

Liuxia Chaoyang is not a stingy person. It is not rare for the princess to deliver jewelry. They just hate Gu Lan's previous greed. Now that Gu Lan has changed, the princess occasionally sends things, so they naturally will not go to Princess Shou'an to slander for this little thing.

"Okay, go." Meng Xianxian looked at Gu Lan again, confirmed that there was no omission, and sent her out with a smile.

The carriage was ready, and soon arrived at Prince Jing's Mansion after departure.

Fang arrived a little earlier than her and was sitting in the hall drinking tea.

Xie's face smiled a little more today, and he said to Fang with some helplessness: "I see that the treasure will grow one year later in two months, so he is not in a hurry. The prince is very anxious about his marriage. It just so happened that Lan Lan's birthday to invite some noble ladies from the capital. You are the aunt of the treasure, let's help him take a look."

This is reasonable, Fang smiled and said, "Princess Lao has been bothering, but Huaibi has been right since childhood, so he is afraid that we will look down on him."

Xie nodded, "Yes, but we are elders, we should take the initiative to arrange things. Maybe we can pick someone who is in love with you. Get married early, and there is also someone around him who cares about his well-being."

Fang smiled without saying a word, looking out the window, thinking that she wanted to see which "noble girls" Cheng Jingrong and his wife invited to come today.

"Princess, Miss Gu has arrived."

Xie turned his head and looked over, "Please come in."

The little maid turned around and picked up the curtains and asked a girl in a big red cloak to come in.

This was the first time Fang saw Gu Lan, and he couldn't help but look at her more. The fifteen-year-old girl, perhaps because of the climate in Jiangnan, had a rich face, and she was indeed more delicate than the girls in the capital. She looked outstanding, but her eyes were a little boring, and she wanted to see but didn't dare to look at her. She was so petty that she wore a good dress and jewelry in vain.

But Xie's heart moved.

When she was drafting the post, she did not remember the Gu girl, but Cheng Jingrong reminded her. Cheng Jingrong specifically reminded her that she was obviously determined to marry Gu Lan as her daughter-in-law. Now, Xie also thought Gu Lan was good, saying that she was low in status. Gu Lan was the sister-in-law of the emperor's favorite niece, Princess Yongfu, and a royal relative. It was not unpleasant to spread it, but this was just a false reputation. Princess Yongfu is not in conflict with the world. She could not induce her sister-in-law to do anything. Without Princess Yongfu intervening, Gu Lan's brother was just a little Hanlin, who dared to interfere in the family affairs of Prince Jing's mansion?

The most rare thing is that Gu Lan looks good and stands beside Cheng Yu, and others can't make big mistakes.

After all the guests arrived, Xie said to his daughter: "The weather is good today. You can go to the garden. Although it is cold, you can't always be stuffed in the house. I'll ask someone to prepare tea fruits and you can take a walk and come back."

Cheng Lan nodded and led seven or eight little girls to the garden. Fang stayed here to chat with Xie.

Fang originally wanted to mock Xie's noble daughter, the highest status among the noble girls, was her niece Xie Jin, a fifth-rank official. After thinking about it, she disdained such a meaningless verbal dispute. What does Cheng Jingrong and his wife think, but their nephews don't agree. They just want to force a woman to come over. If the nephew doesn't go to welcome the bride, what can Cheng Jingrong do? She didn't believe that Cheng Jingrong didn't care about the face of the royal palace and did something to let his brothers go to welcome the bride.

But as soon as Cheng Lan and the girls entered the garden, they saw a tall man wearing an ink robe walking over from the opposite side, with his face as jade as his head and long starry eyes. Seeing the girls, he frowned slightly. Because the road ahead was blocked, he had to stop and retreated to the side of the road. His cold face was obviously more unhappy, but this coldness that kept people from thousands of miles away made the little girls' hearts beating. He wanted to take a look at him more and was afraid of being seen by the other party, but he couldn't resist the handsome face without looking at him.

"Why are the second brother here?" Cheng Lan was the only one among the girls who was not confused by Cheng Yu, and asked in confusion.

When she shouted, the girls behind her understood that the person who came was the second son of King Jing. Not to mention these girls who were not from obvious origins, they were truly noble girls from famous families. They might not look down on Cheng Yu's identity, but as long as they saw Cheng Yu, they would probably forget others in a blink of an eye and just want to marry such a god-like figure. No matter how awkward the identity is, they are all children of the royal family. They have such a style and a superb archery technique. They are highly valued by the emperor and are enough to make up for the shortcomings of their identity.

At that moment, the girls either blushed and looked at each other secretly, or relied on their outstanding appearance and slightly raised their chests, hoping to win the favor of the second master of the royal palace.

Cheng Yu did not look at the girl, but looked at Yuantian and said, "Father asked me to come over."

Cheng Lan knew it and noticed the strangeness of the girls behind her. She was very embarrassed. She understood what her mother meant, but Cheng Lan felt that these people were not worthy of her second brother at all. The post was just from her parents. When the guests came, she had to entertain her and could not lose her manners.

"Then second brother, go quickly, we'll leave first." Without thinking about staying for a moment, Cheng Lan turned around and smiled at the girls and walked forward quickly.

Gu Lan walked forward, but his eyes were staring at the man who was escorting the roadside waiting for them to pass first. She once thought that her brother's appearance was outstanding enough. When she saw the Cheng family's son, she realized that there were people outside the mountain.

"What are Sister Gu looking at?" A playful voice sounded in his ears. Gu Lan suddenly came back to his senses, and met Xie Jin's eyes that seemed to be joking but actually somewhat contemptuous. "Does my second cousin look handsome and his soul has been hooked away?"

Gu Lan's face turned red all of a sudden, and she couldn't help but defend herself: "No, sister Jin, don't talk nonsense."

"No, why are you blushing?" Xie Jin embarrassed her more and more. He looked at the direction where Cheng Yu left, but felt unwilling. Cheng Yu was young and promising and handsome. She liked him when she came to visit the palace when she was a child. She also wanted to marry Cheng Yu to be the second grandmother of the Prince Jing's Mansion and enjoy wealth and prosperity like her aunt. Later, the aunt saw her thoughts and made her lose her heart directly, saying that she and Cheng Yu were impossible.

Xie Jin was unwilling to give up, but she also understood that her aunt was the princess, and her uncle loved her aunt, and she listened to her aunt in everything. It was a huge difficulty for her to marry in, so she became more and more disliked Chu Han and hated Chu Han that she could approach her sweetheart as she pleased. Chu Han was Cheng Yu's cousin after all, but what was Gu Lan? She dared to be moved by Cheng Yu?

I wanted to sarcastically say a few more words to Gu Lan, but Cheng Lan couldn't stand it anymore and changed the topic in time.

Halfway through the garden, Xie suddenly sent someone to invite Gu Lan to come. Cheng Lan asked curiously what was going on. The little maid smiled and said, "Mrs. Wu Kangbo's adopted daughter is from Suzhou. I heard that Miss Gu came from Jiangnan, so I wanted to ask the girl over and ask about the customs there."

Cheng Lan does not doubt that he is there.

Gu Lan led Liuxia away with a hurried silence. Halfway through, two figures suddenly flashed from behind the rockery next to her. Liuxia was shocked and was blocked with a veil when she wanted to fight back. She couldn't resist the skills, and Gu Lan, a weak woman, was easily subdued.

The little maid who led the way was nowhere to be found. The two guards looked at each other and carried the master and servant to a side courtyard.

At this time, Cheng Jingrong sat behind the desk in the study in the main courtyard and politely said to his son: "This is the newly given Tieguanyin in the palace. Let's taste the jade first, warm the body and then talk."

Cheng Yu looked at the tea and didn't move: "The father asked me to come over, what's going on? King Ding is still waiting for me. If the father has nothing to do, I'll go back first."

Cheng Jingrong smiled and looked at him and said, "I want to talk about your marriage."

Cheng Yu raised his eyebrows slightly, and was about to speak, but suddenly looked at the incense burning beside him, and his eyes flashed with disbelief, "You..."

Before he finished speaking, his body shook, he staggered a few steps before falling forward.

Cheng Jingrong did not let his son fall, so he quickly got up and rushed over to support him steadily.

Cheng Yu's eyes were closed and he had fainted.

Cheng Jingrong looked at his son silently before calmly instructing the outside world: "Send him to the second master."

"Yes." A gray-clothed guard immediately walked in from outside. He did not make a fuss when he saw the situation inside. He took the unconscious man from Cheng Jingrong and quietly left.

Cheng Jingrong followed him to the door of the study, watched his son's back, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Chapter completed!