Concubine's true colors

Chapter 255
Xiao Jinxuan was slightly surprised to hear that an old friend came to visit, and it was obvious that Wen Xin could recognize this person from his expression.Then the other party must be from Yangzhou.

It has been more than half a year since she left her hometown. Xiao Jinxuan really doesn't miss home at all when she is free. Although there are not many people in Yangzhou that she misses, the love of the hometown is always unforgettable.

Therefore, Xiao Jinxuan was very pleasantly surprised to hear that she was able to meet her old friend from Yangzhou in the capital, and without further delay, she immediately walked to the hall in the Forsythia Courtyard, which was used for receiving guests.

Originally, Xiao Jinxuan thought that this person would be Deng Jiu, the housekeeper of Xiao Mansion in Yangzhou, or someone close to Xiao Heng.

After all, although Yangzhou and the capital are far away, it is already the end of October, and it will be the end of the new year in two months.

Xiao Heng, who works in other places, cannot return to Beijing for a reunion, so he will ask Deng Jiu to send some gifts to the commander's mansion, which is also a proper courtesy.And Xiao Heng also does this every year.

But when she entered the living room, Xiao Jinxuan realized that she had misunderstood, because the people sitting in the living room had nothing to do with their Xiao family.

And this person turned out to be the old man who chased her for several days and wanted to give her farewell gifts, countless precious books, to her young master of the Meng family, Meng Mian.

When she was in Yangzhou, Xiao Jinxuan and Meng Liangjun were very good friends. Later, by chance, she rescued Meng Mian under the huge ice, so her relationship with the Meng family is indeed not shallow.

As for Meng Mian, who was drinking tea with his head down, and sitting quietly in the hall, when he heard some movement, he quickly turned his head to look. When he saw Xiao Jinxuan coming, he quickly stood up with a chuckle, and then bowed his hands and said:

"Miss Si came to the capital and heard the news that you fell off the cliff after leaving for a few months. Meng Mian really worried about you for a long time, and now that he has returned safely, he came to visit us without sending a greeting card in advance. , I hope Miss will not blame you for the abruptness."

This person who reads is good at flaunting the integrity of bamboo, and Meng Mian is naturally no exception. Now he is only seen wearing a dark blue purple bamboo pattern gown. In addition, he has a handsome face and elegant temperament. Just going to this stop gives people a calm and polite feeling.

Talking about elegance, in fact, among the people Xiao Jinxuan knew, Gu Qingping was definitely a scholar.

However, Gu Qingping's Confucianism always gives people a feeling of pedantry and rigidity, with too many rules, while Meng Mian's Confucianism has a sense of free and easy.

The other party has more of a stubborn temper, but is far from Gu Qingping's sour air. Both of them are young talents who have read sages, but they give people completely different feelings.

Seeing Meng Mian get up, Xiao Jinxuan also hurriedly returned a salute, and after welcoming the other party to re-seat, she said with a look of joy:

"Mr. Meng, don't be too polite. You and I are old friends. And we are both from Yangzhou. In this capital, it is rare for Jinxuan to see a few people from her hometown. Seeing you, you feel very kind. A few days ago, I really I encountered some accidents, but fortunately everything has passed, now that I see you son, Jinxuan wants to ask Liangjun how he is doing, I haven't seen her for a long time, I really miss her a little."

Hearing that Xiao Jinxuan mentioned her younger sister, Meng Mian couldn't help chuckling a few times, then said rather helplessly:
"When the fourth lady was in Yangzhou, Jun'er listened to you the most. Now that you have come to the capital, this girl is becoming more and more lawless. Seeing that she has reached the age of marriage, she doesn't care about Knitting Girl Red at all, and she doesn't even care about her temper. She's getting more lively and active, if she can have half the gentle temperament of Miss Fourth, I, as a brother, don't have to worry about her."

Upon hearing Meng Mian's words, Xiao Jinxuan covered her mouth and smiled, and Meng Liangjun's frank and innocent appearance, as well as the memories of the time in Yangzhou, slowly emerged in her mind.

Seeing Xiao Jinxuan's eyes showing a bit of homesickness, although Meng Mian didn't say anything, he understood the difficulty of the other party.

After all, he was alone, far away from his family, and now he left Yangzhou to come to the capital. In addition to the delay on the road, it was only about a month, but he never let go of his family's thoughts.

As for Xiao Jinxuan's farewell to Yangzhou, more than half a year has passed, and the other party will be homesick and forget the accent of her hometown, which is nothing but a normal thing.

He glanced at Xiao Jinxuan with some emotion, and suddenly Meng Mian patted his forehead, then hurriedly put his hand into his bosom, and then said apologetically:
"Look at my memory, I was entrusted by someone to pass this thing on to Fourth Young Lady, but now I just focus on talking and forget about it."

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that Meng Mian had already taken out several neatly folded papers from his jacket, and handed them to Xiao Jinxuan. Looking at the other party's puzzled expression, he said with a smile:

"Miss Si, do you know who wrote the words above? Every single stroke of them was written by your younger brother, Young Master Yao. Knowing that I was invited by you and will soon come to the capital, Liang Jun knows that your brother and sister have deep feelings for each other. I went to the Xiao Mansion specifically to ask Master Yao if there was anything I wanted to hand over to you, but Master Yao wrote these big characters, saying that he would let Miss Si see for himself that his younger brother never slacked off for a moment, and he was always working hard on his homework. review."

It is said that sending goose feathers from thousands of miles away means that gifts are less important than others. Now that Xiao Jinxuan held these few pieces of book paper, her eye circles immediately turned red, and even now she feels that ten thousand gold is not worth this few thin papers.

After Xiao Jinxuan came to the capital, it's not that she didn't send home letters to Yangzhou. At the beginning, everything was fine, but for some reason, the letters she sent back were like disappearing into the sea, and she never received a reply.

And since three or four months ago, she has not received any news about Xiao Wenyao, this younger brother.

It was not that Xiao Jinxuan was not in a hurry, but at that time she was in a precarious situation in the capital, and she carefully planned and dealt with it every step of the way, so although she remembered the strange incident of not receiving a reply, she never took the time to investigate the reason.

As for Xiao Jinxuan who misses her younger brother now and has no news to send back, these few copybooks sent by Meng Mian really relieved her a lot of pain of separation.

Although I really want to open the post to read it immediately, but Meng Mian is a guest after all, and he is still sitting here, Xiao Jinxuan will not be rude enough to neglect the other party, and get busy with her own affairs in public.

But regarding the current situation of the family, Meng Mian is from Yangzhou, so Xiao Jinxuan still has to ask a few questions. If she can figure out why the family letter was interrupted, then she can save a lot of trouble of investigation.

And after Xiao Jinxuan asked the doubts in her heart, Meng Mian frowned slightly, and then said with some embarrassment:
"I'm an outsider about the affairs of the Xiao Mansion. It's really not good to talk behind your back. But before leaving, Miss Fourth entrusted Jun'er to take care of Young Master Yao, and Jun'er is here after you leave , so I recognized Young Master Yao as a god-brother, so the young lady of your mansion often goes in and out, and when I left Yangzhou, Jun'er asked me to give a letter to the young lady. I will tell Miss Si one by one about the matter, so Meng Mian will not say more here."

Seeing that Meng Mian was unwilling to say more, he just took out another thick letter from his sleeve and handed it to himself.

Xiao Jinxuan's heart sank immediately, knowing that the Xiao Mansion in Yangzhou might really have changed, otherwise the other party would not have evaded like this, and was unwilling to elaborate.

But since Meng Liangjun wrote to her, and the letter was extremely heavy.

Xiao Jinxuan knew that this good sister of hers must have written a lot of things in the letter, and the changes in Xiao's residence, according to the other party's impulsive personality, must also be mentioned.

So Meng Mian didn't want to say more, and she didn't force her to press on.

And Xiao Jinxuan didn't ask in detail, but seeing that Meng Mian had explained all the entrusted matters to him, and handed over everything to the other party, he immediately had doubts in his heart for a long time, so he couldn't help asking.

"Miss Si, there is something Meng Mian needs to ask in person to be at ease. You and your sister have always exchanged letters, but two months ago, Liang Jun found me with a letter written by you, saying that one of the letters was actually It was written to ask me to give it to you personally, but after I read the letter, I realized that Miss Fourth's letter actually asked me to come to take part in the scientific examination. The teacher of Xianyun Yehe has no intention of becoming an official through the scientific examination, and it is really difficult for me to understand the meaning of the young lady's words, so I ask the fourth young lady to help me personally."

I think Meng Mian was stunned for a long time after reading Xiao Jinxuan's letter, because he really couldn't figure out why this Miss Fourth wrote a letter, telling him to go to Beijing to take the scientific examination.

After all, whether he is an official or not has nothing to do with Xiao Jinxuan, even if someone worries about this matter for him, it is not the other party's turn to write a letter to persuade him.

So for the past two months, Meng Mian has been thinking about what Xiao Jinxuan's intentions are. Now that he has met the other party face to face, he naturally wants to ask the question clearly.

And hearing Meng Mian's words, Xiao Jinxuan couldn't help but smiled gently, and then said without answering the question:
"Since Mr. Meng has no intention of becoming an official, but he still came here now, if he knows the answer or not, he must have already prepared for the scientific examination, so is the answer really that important?"

Helplessly smiled, Meng Mian sighed, but said with gratitude in his eyes:
"Miss has the grace to save my life. When I was rescued by the fourth lady, Meng Mian promised that in the future, as long as the lady has any errands, I will definitely not refuse. Although I have no intention of taking the imperial examination, since it is a letter written by the fourth lady. If you want to invite me, there is no reason for me not to come. But Meng Mian must know the reason why he did this. If you want to help Miss Yu, but do something that violates morality, then I will be ashamed of Miss Yu in the past His kindness is absolutely unacceptable."

Ruo said that after being rescued by Xiao Jinxuan, because Meng Mian was not familiar with each other, he couldn't understand the character of the other party.

But through Meng Liangjun's narration afterwards, Meng Mian was sure that Xiao Jinxuan was by no means an ordinary boudoir girl. After coming to the capital, he had also deepened his understanding of Miss Xiao Si in the past few days.

After all, Meng Mian's father was the prince's teacher, and he also lived in the capital, so he also met many family friends.

As for Xiao Jinxuan's relationship with Yu Wang, and even the royal family, under Meng Mian's deliberate detection, she understood everything clearly.

Having a close relationship with the royal prince means that Xiao Jinxuan is likely to be involved in the party and government.

Besides, the original intention of holding the imperial examination was to select talents for the imperial court, but now Xiao Jinxuan called him here. Meng Mian didn't want to become a tool for the opponent to suppress dissidents and persecute others without knowing it.

If this is the case, even if the other party is kind to him, Meng Mian will not want to be involved in the party and government, and do things like that shameless villain.

When Xiao Jinxuan saw Meng Mian looking at her with a serious face, she immediately smiled gently, and then said with a trace of hatred in her eyes:

"Mr. Meng is worthy of being my number one talent in Yangzhou. His thoughts are indeed clear and sharp. Yes, I invited you here with a letter. I really want you to help me deal with a person in the imperial examination, and this person is Prince Tai. Ji Lingfeng, the chief think tank and staff member!"

(End of this chapter)