Hearing the invitation from Prince Kang's Mansion, Liang Qing'an's face suddenly darkened. Prince Kang is His Majesty's younger brother, and the princess also has a special status. She extended the invitation, and it would be a bit unkind for her daughter not to go, and besides, her daughter and that princess The two princesses have a close friendship. To some extent, she dares to be so unrestrained at home because of this relationship.
"What do you want to do?" Liang Qing'an asked.
"The princess invites young talents, and Zhou Xiaoyi must be among them. We will definitely meet by then, but the princess is specially inviting talents from all over the society before the palace examination. If I don't go, the princess will definitely treat me too. I have an opinion, so to get the best of both worlds, I don’t want to invite Mr. Che to come with me." Liang Baiyun said at the end, seeming a little more shy.
Seeing his daughter like this, Liang Qing'an also burst out laughing and couldn't help but nodded: "You're right, you're right. I think Mingde must also know the importance of Princess Kang's invitation. Let's meet other talents in the capital." Jun is also a good thing, you can go together tomorrow."
"Since you said so, dad, this is what my daughter will do." Liang Baiyun looked at his father's happy expression and felt a little confused in his heart. His grandfather was so talented and he was so smart. Why was his father like this?
The next morning, after breakfast, Liang Baiyun went to the small courtyard where Che Mingde lived in person.
When listening to Liang Baiyun saying that he would take him to attend Princess Kang's cultural gathering, Che Mingde knew that he was afraid that this test was coming, but he was not sure whether it was the other party who wanted to make him look bad, or this arrogant big man. The young lady was studying for her own exams, but no matter what, she had to take a trip now, and when she heard Princess Kang, Che Mingde couldn't help but think of the sound of the piano in Beiguan County.
Naturally, Che Mingde could not refuse Liang Baiyun's invitation, but for this thoughtful woman, Che Mingde himself did not know whether he had to obey his father's orders, but if he did not follow this, Che Mingde was afraid that My father's career will also suffer setbacks, and the Che family that has gradually become a powerful family will stop there.
Che Mingde sometimes felt that these burdens were too heavy. He longed more and more to travel around the world like his teacher. But he didn't know where his teacher was after so many years and whether he had returned to Jingguo. He said he was twenty years old. Will definitely come back before.
After lunch, Che Mingde got on the carriage early.
This carriage is different from the one from the previous outings. It has the mark of the Liang family on it, which is equivalent to telling others that this is the carriage of the Taiwei Mansion.
When the carriage arrived at Prince Kang's Mansion, there were already some carriages parked here, and the carriages also had the symbols of various families.
The teacher said many years ago that although the current emperor of Jingguo was born into a poor family, the clan of Jingguo has been formed and the noble clan has been initially stabilized. It will be more and more difficult for children from poor families to get ahead in the future. It may be the last chance to be like my father, and even my father wants to To continue going up, we also need to rely on the strength of the Liang family.
When Che Mingde followed Liang Baiyun out of the carriage, he noticed that the eyes of the people around him also seemed to fall on him. Although they were far away, he could guess what those people were muttering at this time.
At this time, a girl who looked to be a year or two older than Liang Baiyun also came over with her maid.
When she got closer, the woman couldn't help but look Che Mingde up and down, and then smiled and said to Liang Baiyun: "Sister Baiyun, who is this young man? Why are you here in the same car with your sister?"
"This is the son of Mr. Che, the deputy economic envoy of Changhua Mansion, Mr. Che Mingde. Mr. Che went to Beijing to take the exam, and he sponsored it in my house." Liang Baiyun first introduced the girl, and then to Che Mingde. He introduced: "Mr. Mingde, this is the daughter of Zuo Tingwei. Miss Zuo is also my best friend."
"Hello, Miss Zuo," Che Mingde said with a smile.
"It turns out that you are Huangzhou Che Mingde. Mr. Che has already become the prince of the state at a young age. It is not easy. Your father is also the right-hand man of Taiwei. As expected, a tiger father has no son." The daughter of the Zuo family said slightly arrogantly. .
Che Mingde nodded silently when he heard this, not caring about the other party's arrogance. After all, the other party might be a little older than him, and Tingwei was also one of the Nine Qings, so he was considered to be of high authority. Such a daughter could not say this. It's quite reasonable.
At this moment, the servants and maids of the palace also came to guide the way. The group also followed the servants who led the way, and not long after, they arrived at a garden.
This garden occupies a large area, and there are many wine tables set up in a slightly open space in the middle. It is obvious that the party will be held in this garden.
Che Mingde glanced at it, and there were about twenty tables set up here. It seemed that there was one table and chair per person, but when Liang Baiyun just sat down, a maid said to Che Mingde: "This young master, This is Master Zhou’s position, please move here.”
When Che Mingde heard this, he couldn't help but frown slightly, and glanced at Liang Baiyun, waiting for her to explain. Liang Baiyun pretended to have just remembered it, and immediately said: "Mr. Mingde, I'm really sorry, the princess's wedding party will be The place has been arranged. Don't mess up your identity. You can sit with her first."
"Since it is the princess's rules, naturally you have to abide by them." Che Mingde smiled slightly and agreed as if it had no influence.
Others watched Che Mingde follow the maid to the back. Some couldn't help but smile sarcastically, some even started whispering directly, and some people also came to Liang Baiyun at this time, seeming to be asking something.
As soon as Che Mingde sat down in the last seat, Wanxia couldn't help but muttered: "What the hell, the princess's literary society has so many rules. Young Master, you are the most capable, but you are asked to sit at the back."
"Everyone here is a child of a prince or aristocrat. My father is just a deputy in the government. If he sits in front, I'm afraid he might offend others. You should also speak less. It's not good for others to hear you." Che Mingde reminded.
Wanxia also nodded, she didn't want to cause trouble for her young master.
"Master Zhou is here!" At this moment, someone shouted, and soon a handsome man who looked to be in his twenties strolled in.
After coming in, his eyes fell on Liang Baiyun, and then he took a few steps to her and said with a smile: "Your father was so angry before, I was really afraid that you would be grounded. I didn't expect that you would come out so soon. You wouldn't be the captain."
Are you back?"
"My father is not that unreasonable, and this time he was invited by the princess." Liang Baiyun said with a smile.
"That's good. I've been worried about you these past two days." Zhou Xiaoyi also breathed a sigh of relief.
"Sir, what's going on?" Wanxia, who had just made up her mind not to speak, suddenly saw this scene, and her expression suddenly changed.