Chapter 195 Lan Yan’s confidant
With its painted beams and flying eaves, bright windows and clean desks, the Roujing Pavilion stands tall inside the manor and is particularly beautiful.
Upon hearing the servant's report, Zhuang Xianhui ordered tea to be prepared and walked away with a smile.
"Brother Mu Zhan, why are you here? Don't you have anything to do today?"
Tao Muzhan walked quickly and happily, exchanged greetings with her, and sat down together.
"I'm taking a day off today."
"After returning to Beijing, I have been busy with the Fengzhengtai. A few days ago, something happened in Tuobin County, so I went back. I was busy until today, and finally got to see you."
"By the way, I heard from the servants that you came to Tao Mansion to look for me?"
Zhuang Xianhui's eyes were filled with a faint smile.
I remember that time, I pretended to visit her in order to cooperate with my cousin's plan, so she didn't stay, but just walked around and left.
Since it concerns her cousin, she naturally wouldn't say it clearly.
"Well, I looked for you once, and the servant said you were not at home."
After getting a positive answer, Tao Muzhan immediately frowned and looked angry.
"Speaking of this matter, I get angry, so I came to ask you, which servant is the one who made the rumor?"
"At that time, it was still early. I had gotten up in the morning and washed up, but had not yet gone to Fengzhengtai. I was clearly in the mansion."
Zhuang Xianhui was stunned and smiled, pretending not to know.
"Then I don't remember."
Tao Muzhan kept asking without giving up.
"Is it a boy or a girl? I don't remember?"
Zhuang Xianhui didn't want to implicate innocent people, so she smiled and shook her head.
"Can not remember."
Tao Muzhan sighed helplessly, still looking annoyed.
"Well, well, he's lucky."
"Since leaving Beijing, we have rarely met in the past two years. I can only see you when Ling Xu is on vacation. It's rare that you take the initiative to look for me, and you come alone. It's all because of that villain. He dared to maliciously obstruct me. What's your intention?"
"Fortunately, I'm back in Beijing now. Otherwise, I would have regretted missing that chance to meet you for months, and I wouldn't have recovered."
Having said this, he suddenly changed the subject.
"By the way, Hui'er, I heard...you're married?"
When she thought of her husband, Zhuang Xianhui smiled sweetly.
"Well, we're married."
Tao Muzhan's lips trembled slightly, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.
"Then I'll have to hurry up too."
"The girl I courted last time rejected me again. Please help me choose who to choose next."
Noticing that there seemed to be something slightly different in his expression, Zhuang Xianhui became suspicious and began to test him.
"I thought you were here to ask about Sister Yuan's situation."
Tao Muzhan just felt unfamiliar, so he asked.
"Who is Sister Yuan?"
"Which sister Yuan?"
Zhuang Xianhui's eyes were filled with surprise and disbelief.
"Ah? You forgot?"
Tao Muzhan couldn't help but panic when he saw this.
"Is he an important person? Then I'll think about it."
After racking my brains, I finally remembered this person.
"The person you are talking about is Yuan'er who follows you all day long?"
"She seems to be a noble lady from some family, right?"
"What's up with her?"
Seeing that he didn't seem to be pretending, Zhuang Xianhui was a little confused.
"She's dying."
Tao Muzhan smiled calmly, not caring at all.
"Now that you mention it, it reminds me that she is often sick, right?"
"What disease did you get this time that could threaten your life?"
"After all, we grew up together. Why don't I prepare a gift and we go visit her together?"
Zhuang Xianhui had some guesses in her mind, but she was not sure, so she continued to test it.
"You really aren't here for her?"
"In the past, didn't you always say that she was prettier and more dignified than me? You've been away from Beijing for two years, and you've seen her a few times. She even went to Tuobin County a few times for you. How could you forget her?"
Tao Muzhan spoke briskly and clarified with a smile.
"How could there be someone more beautiful and dignified than you? I was just teasing you."
"Don't we always exchange tricks between each other?"
Zhuang Xianhui nodded slightly.
"Oh, that's how it is."
"If Brother Mu Zhan wants to visit, he must ask for an imperial decree or a royal decree before he can enter the Yinsitai."
Tao Muzhan was stunned.
"Yin Sitai?!"
"What did she do?"
Zhuang Xianhui was filled with doubts, her mouth corners drooped, and she gradually could not maintain her smile.
"It's nothing."
"I won't go. You can go and visit her yourself."
Tao Muzhan was completely unaware and continued to speak as usual.
"Then I won't go either."
After that, he took the initiative to invite again.
"I heard that the East Market has been very lively recently. Why don't we go take a look together? And by the way, see if there are any suitable women."
"The method of courtship remains the same as before. Please help me with some advice."
Zhuang Xianhui refused directly.
"Another day."
Tao Muzhan could not hide his disappointment.
"OK then."
Zhuang Xianhui ordered them to leave.
"Brother Mu Zhan, take care."
Tao Muzhan left a few words reluctantly.
"I'll come see you next time I'm off."
After he left, Zhuang Xianhui fell into deep thought.
Ning Xuanfeng walked slowly into Roujing Pavilion, with a hint of tiredness in his smile.
"My eldest uncle is busy, so he asked me to take over and go shopping for clothes with my second uncle."
"I was in such a hurry to leave that I didn't even have time to tell you."
"My second uncle and I were exhausted. Mother went shopping in several streets but only bought one thing. But fortunately, she finally smiled with satisfaction."
"My eldest brother-in-law left a message for you to go and persuade my father. Have you been there?"
"He must not make his mother angry again. I really can't walk around any more."
Zhuang Xianhui curled her lips and complained casually.
"I persuaded you."
"It's just a small matter, but it's not worth quarreling about. They have nothing to do."
Ning Xuanfeng's reproach was light, but not without warmth.
"All couples are like this, it's normal, don't say that to them."
Zhuang Xianhui turned to the window, looked up at the sky, and continued to complain as if she was talking.
"Big brother is just too bored. What does their quarrel have to do with him? He has always intervened since we were little, and even dragged us into it."
"This is even more excessive. He hid himself in Tongshitai and left us alone to work."
Ning Xuanfeng also spoke in a casual tone.
"I think a family like this is warm and cozy, isn't it?"
Zhuang Xianhui asked curiously.
"Is the Ning family like this too?"
Ning Xuanfeng smiled awkwardly and sat next to her.
"I don't know. They don't tell me anything."
"As far as I can remember, my parents never quarreled, so my brother naturally never tried to stop them from quarreling."
"But when they bullied my third sister, my brother would accompany them to be punished, or stay to comfort them."
That’s the conclusion.
"Maybe the eldest brother in every family likes to mediate family conflicts."
Having said this, he turned his attention to other matters.
"When I came in just now, I saw that you looked troubled, and I thought something had happened with your father."
When it comes to this, Zhuang Xianhui feels distressed.
"Father is fine."
"Brother Mu Zhan came here just now, and it reminded me of some past events. I am thinking about the meaning of them."
Ning Xuanfeng smiled sincerely and became interested.
"What past events? Let me help you think about them."
Zhuang Xianhui took his arm and leaned gently on his shoulder.
"Just now, Brother Mu Zhan, when you mentioned our marriage, your lips trembled slightly, which made me think deeply."
"Usually, he calls me a brother and praises Sister Yuan as a lady from a noble family. Although he uses the excuse of courting her, he occasionally hints that he actually loves someone else in his heart, but their minds are different, so it is difficult for them to be together."
"I always thought he was in love with Sister Yuan, but I didn't expect that he would forget about her in the blink of an eye."
"The three of us have played together since we were young. Since he has no interest in Sister Yuan, could he like me? Just thinking about it, I feel that the way he looks at me is also weird."
"My dear husband, am I being too sentimental?"
Ning Xuanfeng touched her head lovingly.
"Then tell me specifically, how did you two meet?"