After Li Hao heard the sound, he opened the curtains and saw Xiaotao talking to someone on the street. Looking carefully, the person seemed to be Buwei next to Qi Heng.
Seeing this scene, Li Hao could roughly guess that they were talking about the incident that happened on the day of Sheng Changbai's wedding. He thought that Qi Heng was really ignorant and actually believed that at this time, Princess Pingning would Help him go to Sheng Mansion to propose marriage.
But Li Hao didn't intend to care about anything at this time. After all, there are some things that they can only understand after going through it themselves.
But when Xiao Tao finished speaking and walked back, Fu Deng unexpectedly stopped Xiao Tao and asked, "Who was Miss Xiao Tao talking to just now? She is so happy."
After hearing this, Xiao Tao looked over and saw that it was Li Hao and the others, so she walked over. After saying hello to Li Hao, she replied, "I didn't say anything. I just chatted with a friend I met on the road."
After hearing this, Li Hao thought about the two maids beside Minglan at this time, Xiao Tao and Dan Ju, who all supported Minglan and Qi Heng to be together. He couldn't help but shook his head and said: "You are really bored, and your taste is not very good."
Xiaotao was a little dazed when she heard this nonsense.
Li Hao then said: "It's nothing, just go back and accompany your girl." After that, he asked the driver to drive away.
Xiao Tao was really confused when she saw Li Hao's carriage leaving, but she didn't take it to heart and went straight back to Sheng Mansion.
When Xiao Tao arrived at Sheng's Mansion and saw no one around, she walked over to He Minglan and said, "I ran into Buwei next to the young master on the street. The young master asked him to tell him that he had discussed it with his family. Well, at Brother Changbai’s wedding banquet some days later, the princess and the father-in-law came to the house to have wine and proposed marriage to the family, asking to marry you, girl."
Minglan was both surprised and shocked after hearing this. It took a long time before she thought of telling the old lady about this. But when Minglan came to the door of the old lady's room, she hesitated and did not dare to go in.
It was only after the mother in the old lady's room came over to ask Minglan that Minglan made up her mind and entered the old lady's room.
After Minglan confided the matter to the old lady, the old lady was a little angry, but she still let Cui's mother and Danju come in first and ordered them to keep Mu Cangzhai safe and not let anyone out who shouldn't be allowed out.
Then Xiao Tao was called for questioning, and the old lady asked: "Besides you and the girl, is there anyone else who knows about this matter?"
When Xiao Tao was about to swear that she had never told anyone, she suddenly thought of something and said: "I have never told anyone. I came back today and no one was in the house, so I closed the door and said it in the girl's ear. But today When I was talking to Buwei, I ran into Mr. Ciao."
After hearing this, the old lady hurriedly asked: "Then did you say anything to him, or did he see anything?"
After hearing this, Xiao Tao thought about it carefully and said, "Young Master Biao was far away at the time, so he probably wouldn't have heard me talking to Buwei. But later, Young Master Biao said something very strange, and I don't know what it meant."
"What did Li Hao say?" the old lady asked.
Xiao Tao replied: "Master Biao said that we people have bad taste and are too bored, so he let me go."
When the old lady heard this, she didn't understand the meaning, so she asked, "Do you understand what this means?"
Xiao Tao said: "I didn't understand either. The young master Biao left immediately after he finished speaking, and I didn't have time to ask."
After hearing this, the old lady muttered, maybe he saw something.
At this time Minglan said: "My cousin actually knew about Qi Heng. I think he just wanted to say that Qi Heng and I are not a good match. I believe my cousin will not tell this matter, so grandma can rest assured." "
After hearing this, the old lady hurriedly asked: "What's going on? How did he know this?"
Minglan was about to answer, but before Minglan spoke, the old lady ordered Xiaotao: "You have rotten in your stomach what you said today, and you are not allowed to say even a word of it for the rest of your life.
You are the person next to the girl, you have grown up with her, and you are the most powerful one. If you say even a word that ruins the girl's reputation, I will beat you to death with a stick. "
After speaking, Xiao Tao retreated, leaving Minglan to speak.
After Xiao Tao left, he asked Minglan to explain, so Minglan said: "My cousin may have seen something from the last time on the polo field. In addition, when the young master chased Sanqingguan later, my cousin also happened to When Mrs. Xue and the others arrived, my cousin even came to remind me."
After hearing this, the old lady asked: "Why is it that Qi Heng chased Sanqingguan? What happened at that time?"
Minglan then told the old lady about the day Qi Heng came to Sanqing Temple to swear an oath in front of his wife, and what Li Hao said about Qi Heng later.
After listening to this, the old lady couldn't help but said: "My young father-in-law is a good person, but in some aspects, what your cousin said may not be true. Even if my young father-in-law really likes you, he can really protect you." ."
After saying this, the old lady looked at Minglan and saw that Minghou only lowered her head but did not respond. She knew in her heart that Minglan still had some thoughts in her heart after all.
So he said: "Then let's wait. When your second brother gets married, we will know where you will live in the future.
But it's a pity that according to what you said, it seems that Li Hao really doesn't like you, otherwise he shouldn't have this reaction. "
After the old lady finished speaking, seeing that Minglan still didn't speak, she sighed softly and said, "Forget it, let's just wait for the result."
Next, with the help of Mrs. Wang, the Sheng family prepared for Sheng Changbai's marriage in an orderly manner. Li Hao did not think about visiting the Sheng Mansion later, he just waited for the day when Sheng Changbai got married.
Two days later, when Li Hao was going to the office, Ouyang Xiu called Li Hao over and told him the good news. The polo field next to Jinming Pond has been acquired from Xungui, and will be handed over to Li Hao and the others in a few days.
Li Hao was happy when he heard this, because everyone at Gu Tingye's side was almost ready. Now that there is a venue, it can start operations. It will save a long time and easily wear off the curiosity of some people.
After hearing this, Li Hao was ready to leave. He was still thinking about telling Gu Tingye as soon as possible after he was released from office, so as to start the competition as soon as possible.
But before Li Hao could leave, he heard Ouyang Xiu say: "If you are in such a hurry to leave, don't listen to the good news. If you don't want to hear it, forget it. I'm too lazy to tell you."
After hearing this, Li Hao hurried back and asked, "Is there any other good news?"
Ouyang Xiu deliberately paused for a while and waited for Li Hao to get impatient before saying, "Didn't you originally say that you wanted officials to come forward and give you awards?"
When Li Hao heard this, he asked curiously: "Is it possible that the officials are willing to come forward to help us present the awards? That would be great."
After hearing this, Ouyang Xiu said: "Then you are dreaming. Officials will not come to give you awards in person."
After hearing this, Li Hao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. Originally, Li Hao hadn't thought about it, but now that Ouyang Xiu mentioned it, Li Hao thought it was an unexpected surprise.
After Ouyang Xiu saw Li Hao's disappointed expression, he continued: "But the officials agree to give you a plaque in person as a reward. You can think of what you want to write and tell me and I will report it to the officials. In addition, you can I’ll give you a lottery as a reward for the first place in the competition.”
After hearing this, Li Hao immediately became excited again. But after a while, he calmed down and asked: "How did the officials know about this? Could it be that my uncle helped us to ask for the official's favor."
