Great Song Super Scholar

Chapter 170 Headache Housework
Before dawn, Fanning was awakened again by a rustling sound. He dimly opened his eyes and felt that there was another person sitting on the chair beside his bed.

He was really dissatisfied and said, "You always intrude into other people's homes like this?"

"Actually not!"

Xu Qing said with a smile: "If there is a girl in your room, I will never come in."

"Looks like I'm going to hire a little maid today."

Fanning yawned, closed his eyes and fell asleep again.

In a daze, he heard Xu Qing drop a sentence, "If you owe someone a favor, even if you can't pay it back for a while, you should still express your gratitude."

Fan Ning didn't know when Xu Qing left, but when he woke up, the doors and windows were closed, as if nothing had happened.

Xu Qing's good words of persuasion are actually good. If it weren't for Zhu Pei, he might still be under surveillance by others in a daze. In any case, he should thank Zhu Pei for his help.

Fan Ning's attitude was not bad, and he went to Zhu's mansion early the next morning to thank Zhu Pei for helping him get rid of surveillance.

He waited for a while at the gate of the Zhu Mansion, and a tall and fat housekeeper came out and said, "Young official, please follow me!"

"Trouble compound!"

Fan Ning followed him into Zhu's house, which was different from Zhu's house in Mudu and Wujiang.

This house in the capital city is extremely exquisitely built, each courtyard wall has long eaves, white walls and black tiles, it looks extraordinarily elegant.

The courtyards in the mansion are not big, and each small courtyard has its own style, some are exquisite, some are elegant, some are quiet, some are rich and noble, and the scenery changes with every step, which is too beautiful to behold.

Fan Ning walked into a small courtyard along a corridor. In the middle of the small courtyard was a circular fish pond. In the pond was a Qingtai Lake stone about Zhang Xu high.

"This is the guest hall, please sit down for a while, my master will be here soon!"

Fan Ning walked up the steps and walked into the elegant and rich living room. The floor was covered with a thick red jacquard Persian carpet. In the center were two rosewood official chairs. In the middle was a coffee table. Rosewood official chair.

There is a three valuable white jade screen in the corner, on which are painted pictures of court ladies.

Fan Ning looked up again and looked at the walls on both sides. There were several calligraphy and paintings of famous people hanging on them. One of the calligraphy he recognized was Ouyang Xiu's handwriting.

The other sketches of flowers and birds are probably also painted by famous artists.

At this time, a maid came in and served him tea, and Fan Ning was startled by the fact that the tea cup was actually from a Jun porcelain official kiln, and this kind of crystal clear and full texture could not be produced by ordinary folk kilns.

Just as Fan Ning was holding the teacup in amazement, there was a crisp ringing sound outside, and then there was a burst of footsteps, as if five or six people were walking towards the guest hall.

Fan Ning suddenly realized that something was wrong, it was not Ju Pei who came, but someone else.

As soon as he stood up, he saw a group of gorgeous women coming in from outside the hall. There were five or six women, and in the middle was a middle-aged beautiful woman about 40 years old. Her hair was combed in a high bun and her eyebrows were beautiful. The golden silk embroidered beige is very elegant and decent.

She smiled and said softly, "You are Fanning! I am Jupe's mother."

It turned out to be Zhu Pei's mother, and Fan Ning quickly stepped forward to salute, "Junior see Madam!"

Mrs. Zhu, surnamed Wang, was born in Changzhou County and was also a well-known lady. She married Zhu Pei's father Zhu Xiaoyun and gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Although the eldest son Zhu Zhe was 19 years old, his intelligence was like a three-year-old child, which brought great benefits to the Wang family. pain of.

Although she is only 37 years old, she has fine wrinkles around her eyes and forehead, making her look like a woman in her forties.

Mrs. Wang had to take care of her mentally handicapped eldest son, which took up a lot of energy, so she had to hand over her youngest daughter, Zhu Pei, to her grandfather to raise her. She was not brought back to the capital until she was ten years old.

Of course Mrs. Wang knew about Fan Ning. Her sister who was married to the Xu family wrote many times to complain to her, saying that Fan Ning was so rude and domineering. .

Mrs. Wang knew exactly what the gossip meant, she was startled and angry at once, and decided to prevent her daughter from going to school again.

It wasn't until Mrs. Wang found a stone carving of a young boy from the eldest son's room, and when she knew that the wooden carving was Fan Ning, she realized that the eldest sister hadn't told herself the truth.

The person who can make the eldest son Zhu Zhe like it and make him remember the statue will never be the rude and rude person that sister said.

Mrs. Wang believed in her eldest son even more. The pure and flawless heart of the eldest son would never tolerate any cold and evil people.

Otherwise, why would the eldest son never give his aunt a statue?

"Little official, please sit down!" Mrs. Wang smiled gently, and she could feel the knowledge and understanding of the child in front of her.

Fan Ning sat down, and a maid served tea to Mrs. Wang, and several maids and maids stood on both sides of the gate.

Mrs. Wang sat down beside Fan Ning, and asked with a smile, "When did the little official come to Beijing?"

Fan Ning hurriedly leaned back and said, "Report to Madam, this junior will go to Beijing in five days!"

Mrs. Wang nodded, "I heard that your boy did well in the exam. Not bad, it is worthy of praise!"

"Mrs. Xie praised that this junior is still far behind, and he just passed the exam by luck."

Mrs. Wang laughed, "When Zhu Pei's father was admitted to Jinshi, he also told my mother that he passed the exam by luck. I didn't know until later that there is no such thing as a fluke, it's just modest words."

"Juniors don't dare to be!"

Mrs. Wang vaguely saw the shadow of her husband back then in Fan Ning, and she liked him even more in her heart.

As soon as she waved, a maid stepped forward and put an exquisite wooden box on the coffee table. Mrs. Wang opened the lid, and inside was an extremely delicate stone figure.

"Does the little official know this little stone man?"

Fan Ning looked at the wood carefully, and was startled. The little stone sculpture turned out to be himself, stroking the back of his head and giggling. That day.

"Is this the masterpiece of elder brother Zhu Pei?"

Mrs. Wang nodded with a smile, "That's his hobby, and this little stone statue is for you."

"Thank you! Thank you!"

Fan Ning thought for a while, then took out a pebble-shaped Tianhuang stone from the leather bag, and put it on the table, "This kind of stone is called Tianhuang stone, which is most suitable for carving. I will give it to Zhu Zhe, and ask my wife to pass it to him for me."

"Thank you, little official, I will pass it on to him."

Although Mrs. Wang was very polite and the reception was warm and thoughtful, she used the VIP hall to meet Fan Ning, but from the beginning to the end, Mrs. Wang did not mention Zhu Pei at all.

After sitting for a while, Fanning had to get up and leave.

Mrs. Wang didn't ask to stay either, she asked the housekeeper to send Fan Ning out of the house, and politely welcomed him to visit frequently.

After walking out of Zhu's mansion, Fan Ning breathed a sigh of relief. He is not a stupid person. Of course, he is very clear that Mrs. Wang is actually using a very tactful way to hint to herself that she will try to keep as little contact with Zhu Pei as possible in the future.

Of course, Fanning also fully understands that any mother will protect her daughter.

After all, Zhu Pei has grown into a young girl, even if she won't hurt Zhu Pei, but Zhu Pei hangs out with a boy, she still considers her daughter's reputation.

Fan Ning shook his head. In the past, Zhu Yuanfu never prohibited Zhu Pei from associating with him, but when he arrived in the capital, Zhu Pei's parents would strictly restrain their daughter.

Forget it, let Xu Qing tell Xu Qing later, and ask Xu Qing to convey to Zhu Pei, it's not because he doesn't know how to be grateful, but because he has tried his best.

Fan Ning was looking for an ox cart by the side of the road. At this moment, a carriage came quickly from a nearby path, 'Gah! ’ stopped in front of Fan Ning, and the car door opened, only to see Zhu Pei in the car with a displeased expression on his face, “Get in the car first!”

Fan Ning got into the carriage and saw Jian Meizi sitting behind him, still expressionless, as if he never knew him.

Fan Ning had long been used to her indifference, and asked Zhu Pei with a smile, "How do you know I'm here?"

Zhu Pei said angrily: "I insist on firing that damn housekeeper, but he doesn't pay attention to me!"

Fan Ning also felt that the butler was a little too much. He obviously came to see Zhu Pei. Even if he was worried, he could report to Zhu Pei's mother, but he should also tell Zhu Pei at the same time. This is the correct way.

But he concealed it from Zhu Pei, which is also a kind of disrespect to the guests. If the butler is not dereliction of duty, then he really did not take Zhu Pei seriously.

"Then how did you know I was coming?" Fanning asked again.

"Sister Jian told me."

"But...you rush out now, if your mother finds out, she will be angry."

After a while, Zhu Pei said coldly: "Since she has ignored me since she was a child, why bother now?"

(End of this chapter)