Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Chapter 411 Go see Meng Changqing first
"Master, the East Palace has something to say."

Chen Xingqi tilted his head slightly, and the maid behind him immediately retreated tacitly.

The servant said, "Master Meng is back and is having dinner in Xiangmanlou. The prince asked you to meet Master Meng before going to the East Palace."

"Which Lord Meng? Is Meng Changqing back?"

"Yes, the old master has been ill for a long time, and Lord Meng has returned to the capital to visit him."

"Walk."

As soon as Chen Xingqi had filled the building with incense, the shopkeeper came up to him and asked, "Which elegant room has your distinguished guest booked?"

"Master Chen!"

Chen Xingqi looked over where the voice came from and saw Bafang beside Meng Changqing putting down his chopsticks and walking towards him.

The shopkeeper understood the situation and stepped aside with his hands clasped.

"Where is your young master?" Chen Xingqi asked.

After not seeing each other for a long time, Ba Fang was happy to see Chen Xingqi again, and he replied enthusiastically, "Young Master and Master Zong are in the private room upstairs. I will go up and inform them right away."

"No hurry." Chen Xingqi stopped the man, "I'll wait for him downstairs."

"Then Master Chen, please do us the honor of sitting with us."

Chen Xingqi turned sideways and said to his entourage, "Wait for me outside."

Bafang pulled out a stool and said, "Master Chen, please sit here."

After helping Chen Xingqi sit down, Bafang went to the side and told the waiter to serve tea and snacks.

Chen Xingqi saw Chu Mufeng and bowed politely, "Master Bai, long time no see."

Now that he knew Chu Mufeng's identity, he felt strange looking at the person in front of him, with more inquiry in his eyes than before.

"General Chen, would you like to eat together?" Chu Mufeng didn't care about Chen Xingqi's gaze.

"No." Chen Xingqi recalled that when he first learned the news, he asked the prince whether Meng Changqing knew about Chu Mufeng's identity. He remembered that the prince said at that time that there was no reason for Meng Changqing not to know Chu Mufeng's identity.

What a good Meng Changqing! He didn't tell him any of this news.

Chen Xingqi sat down and drank a pot of tea, and the guests next to him also changed.

Bafang said again: "I'd better go up and report it."

"No hurry." Chen Xingqi didn't want to see Zong Shouqing. He had nothing to say to a scholar like that.

Just as he finished speaking, he saw Zong Shouqing and Meng Changqing coming down from upstairs.

"No wonder you want to come out to eat." Zong Shouqing looked at the extra people at the table in all directions, "I think we've been waiting for you for a long time. I'll go back home first and see you tomorrow."

"Master Zong, take care." After seeing off Zong Shouqing, Meng Changqing walked to Chen Xingqi's side and said, "Master Chen, are you talking upstairs?"

Chen Xingqi smiled at Meng Changqing and said, "Of course we have to talk upstairs."

"Baifang, follow me up. Master, Doctor Hu, you can help yourself after you finish eating. You don't have to wait for me. Master Bai, you can help yourself as well."

"When did you come back?" Chen Xingqi asked as he went upstairs.

"The day before yesterday."

"Why didn't you tell me?" Chen Xingqi said, "I had to hear it from someone else."

She went back to the private room. When she left, the waiter had already cleared the dishes on the table. Seeing Meng Changqing bringing someone in again, he quickly served tea and snacks again.

"Who are the others?" Meng Changqing asked him.

Chen Xingqi laughed twice, and after watching the waiter close the door, he continued, "You know it well. He asked me to come and see you. What do you want me to say?"

"Did he ask you to ask this?" Meng Changqing asked back.

"I asked."

Seeing that Meng Changqing didn't say anything, Chen Xingqi stood up and walked to the window, leaning on the window sill to look at the street below, "We just met, and you're talking so rudely. If someone who doesn't know the truth hears it, they'd think we've never gotten along."