Ji Shu slowed down after walking a certain distance, as if he was deliberately waiting for someone.
Soon after, Qingtan caught up with her. Ji Shu tilted his head and asked her, "Did you see who it was?"
"You can see it clearly, it looks very familiar! Miss, do you still remember the woman who used to provide disaster relief in Yan'an Mansion to attract attention?"
"is her?"
Ji Shu was stunned. This person actually appeared at Princess Ge's banquet. His identity must be extraordinary.
She was about to ask Qingtan to follow her to find out Xie Shangshan's identity, when suddenly there was a lot of excitement in front of her, and a group of people came towards her, surrounded by a beautiful lady.
Princess Ge had sharp eyes. When she saw Ji Shu, she said, "County Master Wenyu!"
The people behind Princess Ge had different expressions on their faces, looking at Ji Shu with either good or evil expressions, and whispering.
Ji Shu greeted her and said, "I have met the princess."
"You're welcome, get up quickly." Princess Ge held her hand, looked at her face and said, "You look good, I guess you weren't disturbed by those bad things. I thought you wouldn't come today."
Princess Ge's grin almost reached her ears, and the word "eagerness" was written on her face.
But this is normal. Ji Shu solved the snow disaster in Yan'an Prefecture, and accidentally helped King Runan. King Runan served in the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the task of relieving Yan'an Prefecture was personally assigned by the emperor. His superiors The arrangements at all levels can be regarded as due diligence, but they did not include someone like Liu Pang. Without Ji Shu, King Runan would be in disaster.
Everyone saw that Princess Ge wanted Ji Shu to get close to her, and even though she looked down on Ji Shu, she didn't dare to say anything. Only Zhao Yan couldn't figure it out and said:
"Why did the princess invite her here? As the saying goes, those who are close to red are red and those who are close to black are black. I am afraid of being gossiped when I stay in the same place with her! Just now I bumped into her and kindly tried to persuade her, but she didn't appreciate it at all and even humiliated me. , use the emperor to scare me! Princess, don’t be deceived by her harmless appearance!”
Princess Ge twitched the corner of her mouth and turned back: "You don't need to teach me whether to lie or not. I can tell it myself. I invited the county master. If you don't want to stay here, I will ask someone to send you out. Besides, I The concubine remembers that she has never sent an invitation to the Zhao family, may I ask how you got in?"
"Princess, is she going to drive me away because of her?!"
The nurse from the palace came to Zhao Yan, and she quickly said: "The sixth princess brought me here! The prince agreed! The princess can't drive me away! The biggest master of the Runan Palace is the prince! The princess invited such a person without permission! When a woman with a bad reputation comes, has she ever considered the prince? Now she has to drive away the people invited by the prince for her, the princess is going too far!"
Xie Shangshan and Xie Xi came together, happened to hear this, and their smile froze.
Xie Xi looked over with displeasure in his eyes. Xie Shangshan said quickly: "Brother Huang, I didn't teach her to talk like this! If I had known she was so rude, I wouldn't have asked her to accompany me!"
Xie Xi looked away, walked quickly towards the crowd, and said in a loud voice: "The people invited by the princess are the people invited by the king."
Everyone heard the sound and looked around, then hurriedly retreated to both sides to salute, "King of Runan!"
Princess Ge let go of Ji Shu and passed her hand to Xie Xi's palm. The deep affection between the couple was evident at a glance. Zhao Yan panicked and asked Xie Shangshan for help, but she glared back fiercely.
Xie Xi said to Zhao Yan: "Sixth sister said she wanted to bring a companion, but I didn't know that she brought such a fool. The Runan Palace Temple has no room for you. Come on, throw me out."
Zhao Yan didn't even have a chance to explain, so she ran away angrily with tears in her eyes.
Xie Shangshan: "Brother Emperor, Sister-in-law, I really didn't know she was like this, it ruined the Emperor's sister-in-law's happiness."
"I'm fine, it's just that Wen Yu was wronged."
"...County Lord Wenyu, I have wronged you."
Ji Shu and Xie Shangshan looked at each other, shook their heads slowly, and said softly: "It's okay."
She looked at Xie Shangshan silently, her face not showing, but she was shocked in her heart. She didn't expect that this person was actually the sixth princess Xie Shangshan. No wonder she could find people from the Zhao family to block her.
But she had never offended Xie Shangshan. Why did Xie Shangshan want to cause trouble for her?
The fingers under Ji Shu's sleeve tightened the silk handkerchief. Could it be because of Qi Ye?
The Sixth Princess intends to recruit Qi Ye as her consort. Ji Shu knew about it in his previous life. Could it be that she bumped into something when he was at Yan'an Mansion?
Ji Shu was alert and thanked Shangshan for calming down the atmosphere. He smiled and said, "I heard that the lotus flowers bloomed early in the lake at the emperor's residence. Why don't we go see the lotus flowers together?"
Xie Xi: "You go ahead. I have made an appointment with some adults in the Yamen, and I still have some things to discuss."
He just went to the study and stopped here. After Xie Xi left, Princess Ge led everyone to the lotus pond.
Xie Shangshan: "Sister-in-law, why haven't you seen my little nephew?"
"Yoona is reading in the study room."
"The house is so lively today, why should Yoon'er be left alone in the study? Why don't we let him come and stay for a while, and relax by looking at the lotus flowers."
When Xie Shangshan said it, Princess Ge also thought it was good and asked her personal maid to call her son Xie Yunlai.
The nine-curved bridge over the lotus pond leads directly to the pavilion in the middle of the lake. Today is a good day, with warm sunshine and a gentle breeze. It is indeed very artistic to stand in the pavilion in the middle of the lake and look at the pond full of lotuses.
The female relatives were either standing on the bridge or sitting in the pavilion admiring the scenery. Ji Shu took advantage of the excitement and quietly went to the edge of the lake, where it was quiet and quiet.
Not long after she stood, a laugh came from beside her: "Why is County Master Wenyu hiding here? Do you think we are too noisy?"
Ji Shu's eyes flashed, and he smiled happily: "The sixth princess is joking."
Xie Shangshan leads a half-grown boy, dressed in brocade clothes and as gentle and modest as jade, but a little frail. This is Xie Yun, the eldest son of King Runan, who is twelve this year.
He bowed to Ji Shu and said, "I have met the county master."
"Hey! His Highness has embarrassed me. How can I accept His Highness's courtesy?"
Xie Shangshan rubbed Xie Yun's head with his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Yun'er has always been like this, humble and sensible, just like the eldest brother."
But he was laughing in his heart, how could such a self-deprecating, cowardly and incompetent person, who never cared about the family's face, become the emperor? Both father and son were useless, and their only use was to pave the way for the Zhao family.
Xie Shangshan smiled and said to Xie Yun: "Yun'er, your mother-in-law is waiting for you to pick flowers for him. The lotus here is the closest, so you should be careful."
"I know, Sixth Aunt."
Xie Yun walked towards the lake, but Ji Shu did not stop him, but said: "The lake is slippery, and the empress wants lotus flowers. Wouldn't it be better for her servants to take a boat to the center of the lake to pick them?"
"Yun'er's thoughtfulness, why should I be disappointed?"
The palace attendant stepped forward and said, "Princess, Mrs. Wu is here to talk to you."
A group of female relatives gathered here, and the originally quiet lakeside suddenly became lively, and everyone was talking in a hurry.
Xie Shangshan said to Ji Shu in embarrassment: "I'm going to have a few words with the ladies. Could you please the county master to watch over Yun'er for me? You'll be there soon."
Before Ji Shu agreed, Xie Shangshan smiled and said, "Then it's all thanks to the county master."
She walked towards the group of ladies without looking back. Ji Shu squeezed out of the crowd with difficulty. Xitao held Ji Shu's arm, looked at Xie Yun's back and said:
"Miss, why don't I go pick it for him?"
I don’t know what kind of medicine Xie Shangshan sells in his gourd.
Ji Shu walked towards Xie Yun. Although the lotus flowers by the lake were close, they were still some distance away, and the roots were difficult to break and difficult to pick.
Xie Yun tried hard but had no results. At this time, Ji Shu came up and persuaded: "Call the servants, they have experience."
Before she could finish speaking, someone suddenly bumped into her hard from behind, and Ji Shu threw himself on Xie Yun's back!
