Chapter 45 Growing Up Playing Together
Seeing him looking at him frequently, Ming Zhouhe asked, "What are you looking at? Is there something on my face?"
Ming Zhou cleared his throat and said, "Nothing, it's your turn, hurry up."
Ming Zhou and Shuang Zhi pinched the chess piece and pressed it on the chessboard. "I've never seen you so anxious before."
Ming Zhouqing propped up his chin, twirled the white chess piece between his fingertips, and said with a smile, "Big Brother asked Big Brother Yu to go out for a drink today. After we finish this game, we'll go for a meal."
As he was speaking, the chess piece was not held firmly and slipped out, hitting Ming Zhouhe in the face and then falling to the ground.
Ming Zhou and Wu Yu bent down to pick up the chess piece. The chess piece was stuck in the gap of the stone bench, and he searched for it for a long time.
"Don't play with the chess pieces next time."
"Oh." Ming Zhouqing responded and reached out to quietly replace the opponent's chess piece.
Zheng Lejun heard faint voices talking and looked towards the pavilion. "Is that the Second Young Master Ming or the Third Young Master Ming?"
Shi Jianli looked over and replied, "The one sitting there is my second cousin."
Blocked by her second cousin and bent over, only two pieces of her cousin's clothes were left.
Ming Zhouhe sat up and threw the white piece he had picked up into the chess cup. He glanced at the chessboard, tapped it with his fingertips, and looked at Ming Zhouqing with a half-smile, "You're a bad chess player again."
Ming Zhouqing didn't feel embarrassed by being exposed. Instead, he said with a bright smile, "You can see through this."
Ming Zhouqing realized that someone was looking at him, so he turned around and saw Shi Jianli and a woman he didn't know very well, with a slightly puzzled look in their eyes.
"Would you like to come over and say hello?" asked Shi Jianli.
Zheng Leyun glanced at her, then at the two people in the pavilion opposite, and nodded: "Okay."
"Cousin, second cousin." When they arrived in front of the pavilion, Shi Jianli introduced, "This is Miss Zheng from Minister Zheng's residence. She is visiting your residence today with Madam Zheng."
"Second Young Master Ming, Third Young Master Ming." Zheng Lejun called with a smile.
"Hello, Miss Zheng." Ming Zhouqing stopped playing around with Ming Zhou and replied to the other's greeting seriously, then looked at Zheng Lejun twice.
The girl's smile was so gentle that it made people feel comfortable.
Ming Zhouhe also nodded: "Miss Zheng."
Shi Jianli took a leisurely look at the expressions of the three people and said, "I saw you were here, so I came to say hello. I won't disturb my two cousins. Sister Zheng, let's go."
Zheng Lejun glanced at the two of them and said, "Goodbye."
"Cousin." Ming Zhouhe called out, and after she turned around, he spoke again: "My second brother and I will go out in a while. What do you want to eat? I'll bring it back for you."
Shi Jianli shook her head, "I don't have anything special I want to eat, cousin, don't worry about bringing it to me."
"Okay." After she turned around, Ming Zhouhe kicked Ming Zhouqing and said, "Move the chess piece back."
"I just moved one seed, and you can remember it so clearly?" Ming Zhouqing asked with a smile.
"Nonsense, you moved what's in front of me."
Zheng Lejun glanced back and asked, "Does the Second Young Master Ming often get along with the Third Young Master Ming like this?"
Shi Jianli defended Ming Zhouqing's image a little: "It's just a joke. My second cousin is not much different from my first cousin. They grew up playing together. Whenever my second cousin does something naughty, it must be because he's tired of playing chess."
"Those two young masters must have a very good relationship."
"Indeed." Shi Jianli led Zheng Leyun to the path on the right. "It's summer now, and the falling crabapple blossoms are quite interesting."
As she spoke, Shi Jianli recalled the day when Yuan Wan confessed her feelings to Mingzhao nearby.
"The Duke's Mansion is much more magnificent than ours. There are different views at every step. I have learned a lot coming here." After walking for a while, Zheng Leyun sighed at what he saw along the way.
Sometimes I see Li smiling but not saying anything.
On the way, she met the old lady walking slowly towards her. Shi Jianli went up to her and bowed, "Old lady."
"Are you enjoying the flowers?" The old lady smiled kindly and looked at Zheng Leyun again, "What is this?"
Zheng Lejun bowed as a junior, "Zheng Lejun greets the old lady. Today my mother came to the mansion to play with the second lady, and I followed her."
The old lady looked her over for a few moments and said, "No need to be so polite. Since you're here to play, just hang out. I'll go somewhere else so you don't feel constrained."
After taking Zheng Leyun for another stroll, Shi Jianli brought her back to the reception hall to talk with Qiao Ruoying and Mrs. Zheng.
After Madam Zheng left, Qiao Ruoying pulled Shi Jianli aside and asked, "Miss Zheng, have you seen your cousin?"
She had heard that her son was at the pavilion, so she asked her niece to bring the girl over there. She had to make a good first impression.
"Yes, my second cousin is there too."
Qiao Ruoying nodded and said, "You've been sitting here for so long, you must be tired. Go back and rest. I'll ask Madam Zheng out next time we have a day off."
This time we just wanted to let the two children meet each other. They didn’t know about the meeting, so we have to find another opportunity to let the two of them accompany them for a walk.
"Okay." Shi Jianli returned to her yard.
In Wuweizhai, Yu Heming sat in front of Ming Zhaohuan and said, "You asked me to keep an eye on Xie Weisong, but there wasn't much to gain."
"If we talk about what I gained, it's that he told his servant to tell Xie Xuezhi, the fourth daughter of the Xie family, to return home immediately. She couldn't escape. His attitude towards his own sister is really intriguing. Is this what you wanted to hear?"
Mingzhao thought for a moment, poured him a glass of wine, and replied, "Well, help me keep an eye on him for a while."
"Is there anything wrong with him?" Yu Heming took the wine glass and took a sip.
"Yes, they sent people to squat outside our house. I don't know what they want to do." If Xie Xuezhi did it, there would be nothing wrong in saying that it was done by the Xie family.
"You're quite bold. Censor Xie wants to impeach your family? This is just looking for trouble."
"We're still investigating, so I asked you to pay attention to Xie Weisong."
Since Xie Xuezhi didn't return to the Xie Mansion, everything was peaceful and nothing could be found out.
The key should be the relationship between Xie Xuezhi and Xie Weisong. He also saw that day that Xie Xuezhi was instinctively afraid of Xie Weisong.
"Okay, he can't escape my scrutiny even if he's in the Imperial College."
Mingzhao even raised his glass and clinked it with his.
"I won't drink anymore after I finish this glass." Yu Heming said, putting down the glass.
"I ordered this fine wine especially for you as a reward."
Yu Heming looked at him with a smile, "You don't have a fiancée, so you don't understand. The princess summoned me to the palace to accompany her. I smell of alcohol, isn't that rude?"
Listening to his deliberately boastful tone, Mingzhao suddenly felt that his smile was too dazzling.
Yu Heming stood up and patted his shoulder. "Jingyao, Jingyao, among the three of us, you are the only one without a fiancée. Shouldn't you hurry up?"
"Go into your palace and don't get in my way." Mingzhao even hit his hand with the end of his chopsticks.
He wanted to, but he had been hanging around the other person for so long, and the other person only spoke to him a few words in a lukewarm and polite manner.
She was too cautious. When Mingzhao heard his sister say that she was not willing to marry into a wealthy family, he didn't know where to start to change her attitude.
Seeing him being humiliated, Yu Heming laughed and walked out of the door in a good mood.
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