Chapter 539 You Are Not Allowed to Like Her!

Miss Meng, the daughter of the Minister of War, who had once dated Xu Jingxi, pursued him even more fiercely. (っ◔◡◔)っ

She often invited Xu Jingxi to go out for a walk. Knowing that he was quite fond of poetry and songs, she spent her own money to organize poetry gatherings and invited Xu Jingxi to participate.

However, Xu Jingxi had no intention of getting married and seriously rejected Miss Meng once.

He had made it very clear that he would not get married before his elder and second brothers got married.

Unexpectedly, Miss Meng was not discouraged and still sent him things every now and then.

One day, Mr. Xie went out.

Before he reached the street corner, he was stopped by Miss Meng.

"Hello, Uncle Xie, I am a friend of Mr. Xie San, my surname is Meng." The little girl called out in a delicate and sweet voice.

Mr. Xie was startled and confused: "What do you want? Yuan'er is not at home today."

Miss Meng waved her hands repeatedly: "I am here to visit you and Prime Minister Xie."

As she spoke, the maids behind her handed over four exquisitely wrapped brocade boxes.

"It's the beginning of spring recently. Here are the snow lotuses that my family asked someone to buy. They can strengthen the body and are particularly helpful for Uncle Xie's recovery. Those are some Cordyceps sinensis, and some secret medicines from foreign lands, which can help legs and feet to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis."

Mr. Xie paused: "Thank you for your kindness, but I won't accept the gift without merit. Please take it back, Miss Meng."

Miss Meng smiled: "Just accept it. These are all worthless little things. It's best if you can use them."

Her maids were smart and had planned it long ago. Seeing that Mr. Xie refused, they directly stuffed the gift box into the hands of the servant behind him.

Miss Meng was afraid that Mr. Xie would refuse again, so she quickly fled with the maids.

Looking at her back, Mr. Xie frowned helplessly.

The servant behind him had his face completely blocked by the gift box: "Second Master, our Third Master is so charming!"

Second Master Xie pursed his lips: "We are not related, so we should not accept other people's things. You send these to Yuan'er's yard and wait for him to come back and let him deal with them himself."

That night.

Xu Jingxi went back with Ye Shangyi.

Today, Xu Jingxi was invited by Master Ye to listen to a lecture by a literary master at Ye's mansion, so he came back a little late.

I heard that the Xie family has a collection of calligraphy and paintings left by the old lady Shen Siyi, and Ye Shangyi came here specially to appreciate it.

When Xu Jingxi entered the door, the servant did not see Ye Shangyi behind him, and quickly said: "The Third Master is finally back. Miss Meng sent a lot of things to the first master and the second master during the day. The second master asked you to take care of it."

Xu Jingxi turned his head and saw four brocade boxes on the table in the main hall of the hall.

He stared at her for a moment: "Go back, thank her for me, but ask her not to send it again in the future."

At this moment, Ye Shangyi asked: "Why don't you take a look at what it is?"

Xu Jingxi shook his head: "I don't plan to take it, what do I want to see it for?"

The servants saw Ye Shangyi following him back to the mansion, and hurriedly greeted: "Miss Ye is here... I will serve tea now."

Xu Jingxi asked someone to bring the literary master's hidden characters.

"I just asked my uncle, you can take it back and taste it."

Ye Shangyi thanked him and was about to leave, but suddenly she remembered something.

"My grandfather's birthday is coming in a few days, he asked me to invite you to go, don't forget it."

Xu Jingxi subconsciously wanted to refuse.

Recently, Master Ye has invited him frequently, and he has been too close to the Ye family.

But I heard from my uncle Xie Suzhi before that if you want to enter the official career in the future, it is better to keep a gentleman's friendship as light as water when making friends.

Now Master Ye is very grateful to him for what happened last time, and he almost regards him as his grandson.

Ye Shangyi saw Xu Jingxi's hesitation, and she immediately said: "This is my grandfather's 70th birthday, Ningning will also come."

Xu Jingxi agreed: "Okay."

Afterwards, Ye Shangyi wanted to go back, and Xu Jingxi specially sent her to the carriage.

The carriage left, and he turned around and saw Xie Mingan leaning against the door frame, looking at him with his arms folded and eyebrows raised.

"Is it almost done?" Xie Mingan asked.

Xu Jingxi frowned: "What?"

He passed by Xie Mingan with a calm face, and Xie Mingan was in a questioning posture: "Your marriage! Recently, many of my colleagues have asked me if you are going to become the grandson-in-law of the Ye family."

Xu Jingxi stopped.

He looked at Xie Mingan and smiled slightly: "Second brother, I'm sorry to disappoint you. I told everyone that I would only consider my own marriage after you and my eldest brother are married."

After that, he lifted his robe and left, leaving Xie Mingan alone in a daze.

"You——! Are you still brothers?!" Xie Mingan's roaring and frantic voice came from behind.

The next day.

Shen Ningning went to the street with Ye Shangyi. She was going to pick some birthday gifts for the old master Ye who was about to celebrate his birthday.

The two also called Qi Xiuwei.

The three girls went shopping for a whole morning, first searching the jewelry store and the silk shop.

They bought a lot of things for themselves, but they haven't bought the gifts for Master Ye yet.

Shen Ningning looked around and was not satisfied.

The few people were tired from shopping, so they found a teahouse to sit and rest.

People were coming and going in the lobby, and the spring outside was bright and sunny, shining a shadow of flowers.

"I think I'd better get something from the mountain. Hmm, how about giving ninety-nine spiritual herbs to Grandpa Ye?" Shen Ningning said.

Ye Changyi drank tea and said: "Anyway, as long as it is a gift from you, my grandfather will definitely like it. Even if you don't give it anything, he will be happy to see you."

Qi Xiuwei smiled and said: "I have already thought about it. When that day comes, I will give you the century-old ginseng that I have saved at home."

While several people were talking, suddenly, a pleasant voice sounded from the side.

"What a coincidence, Your Highness the Princess, Miss Ye, Miss Qi, you are all here."

The three of them looked to the side and saw Miss Meng walking over with a few maids.

When Ye Changyi saw her, her eyes flashed, she pursed her lips and said nothing.

However, Shen Ningning smiled and waved: "Miss Meng, are you coming to have tea too?"

"I happened to be passing by and saw you all there, so I came to say hello."

Qi Xiuwei sat a little further to the side, and was about to ask the waiter to add a stool to Miss Meng, but she stopped her.

Miss Meng smiled brightly: "I won't sit down. I have something else to do. Your Highness, Princess. Recently, my brother came back from Huizhou and brought their Taihu pens and red sandalwood inkstones. You happen to be here, so please help me give them to them." Thank you, Third Young Master.”

Shen Ningning was startled and waved her hands quickly: "Miss Meng, I can't collect things for my third brother. If you want to give it to me, how about giving it to him yourself?"

Miss Meng's smile paused, then nodded: "That's right, he mentioned it to me a while ago, so I thought of giving it to him quickly, so I won't disturb you for tea."

With that said, she briefly exchanged greetings and left.

Looking at her back, Qi Xiuwei couldn't help but say, "She is really attentive to Mr. Xu."

Shen Ningning echoed: "Yes, I also heard that she always comes to the house to deliver things recently. The matchmaker has introduced so many ladies on blind dates. She is the only one who has been in contact with my third brother. Maybe the third brother likes her?"

"No!" Ye Changyi had been silent, but now she suddenly slapped the table so loudly that the originally noisy teahouse immediately fell silent.

Everyone's doubtful eyes fell on her face. (End of chapter)