Wang Xijue was 45 years old this year. In the 37th year of Jiajing, he participated in the Nanzhili provincial examination and ranked fourth. He was only 25 years old when he passed the imperial examination. In the 41st year of Jiajing, he was the second place in the palace examination. He was only 29 years old at that time.

If Hu Zongxian is still alive now, he would have to be 67 years old. When Wang Xijue passed the imperial examination, Hu Zongxian was already the governor of Zhejiang and a chief official in the territory.

At first glance, the two of them definitely had no intersection. Wang Fulin had never heard of Wang Xijue joining Hu Zongxian's shogunate. After all, when Hu Zongxian was the most glorious, Wang Xijue was just a young boy and could not have fallen into the eyes of the Southeast boss Hu Zongxian. But Hu Zongxian, Governor Zhejiang, and Taicang, is not far from Hu Zongxian's Governor's Governor's Mansion, and he could not have had great magical powers that knew who Hu Zongxian had seen back then!

Of course, the most important thing is that Wang Xijue said Qi Jiguang, but he mentioned Hu Zongxian in no time. Just because he, Wang Fulin, had arranged the fifth anniversary celebration of Hu Zongxian in the countryside, but after all, he was invisible behind the scenes and pushed others in front!

When Wang Fulin left Chen Bingchang and Wu Yingjie and returned to the main room with a lot of worries, he saw Xiaobei painting an embroidery pattern with concentration. He had always known his wife and daughter Hong Pingping, and he couldn't help but wonder at this time. Seeing that the girls were not there, he stepped forward and sat down next to the people and asked, "I have never seen you embroider a sachet or a veil for me. Today the sun came out from the west?"

"I won't use my embroiderer to embarrass you!" Xiaobei looked up at Wang Fulin with some shame and anger, and then said angrily, "It's a gift to someone else."

"Return gifts? There are so many things that can be returned at home. Which family actually needs you to roll up your sleeves and draw this embroidery pattern in person?"

After being interrupted by Wang Fulin's intentional interruption, Xiaobei was afraid that the pen would be distracted and wasted his previous efforts. So he put down his pen and said with his hips: "You busy man go to the Censorate every day. I can't stay at home all the time. There are not so many things at home, so I have to go out to meet guests! My mother is not here, Mrs. Xu and her sister are not here, so Sister Xu often calls me, and later she takes Xiaoyun with me. A few days ago, she went out to your immediate boss, Mrs. Chen Xian's house. As a result, she met Mrs. He, the wife of Hanlin Academy. Because of Mr. Xu, she was very polite to me and Sister Xu, and invited us to be guests at her house..."

Wang Fulin felt his head hurt when he heard this series of relationships. He quickly stopped Xiaobei's words and began to sort out the relationship: "Well, I met He Luowen's wife at Chen Zongxian's house. He Luowen and Xu Xueshi are colleagues... In fact, they are competitors, but now Xu Xueshi has gone to Nanjing, and He Luowen has the upper hand. In order to show his concern, his wife invited you and Cheng Naixuan's wife to his house... OK, it's OK, and finally it's clear. But no matter which family you go to, you only tell me, who has such a great face and let you draw embroidery for her?"

"The wife of the Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

Wang Fulin almost thought there was something wrong with his ears, and suddenly raised his voice: "Who?"

"Wang Xijue's wife!" Xiaobei simply said the name most directly. Seeing Wang Fulin stunned, she asked strangely, "Why, do you have a lot of relationship with Wang Xijue? Didn't you ask Wang Jiguang to fight him? He didn't know! His wife, Zhu, is kind-hearted and kind, not as keen as others. She also taught me a few famous snacks in Jiading, copied the recipes and sent them to me, but asked me to help her find a few rare embroidery pictures. I finally borrowed them, because they were very special, so I personally drew them to her and left the draft. I could use them when making clothes for you at home."

"Jiading snacks... aren't they just the past cakes?" Seeing Xiaobei nodding, Wang Fulin's mouth twitched, thinking no wonder he had eaten a few special snacks in those days. It turned out to be Jiading snacks. Unfortunately, there seems to be no Nanxiang Xiaolong these days, but this is very simple. Looking back, you can make some food in the kitchen... But in a flash, he realized that he was talking about the wrong topic and immediately tense his face tightly, "I said, wife, do you know, Wang Xijue or his Mrs. Zhu, may have seen your father?"

"What?"

This conversation that was very leap-through made Xiaobei a little confused. When she saw Wang Fulin's very serious expression, she couldn't help but exclaim: "Can you want to say that Wang Xijue's wife recognized me? It's impossible. Calculate her age. When she got married to Wang Xijue, her mother hadn't married her father yet... Wait, she seemed to have asked me about my father..."

Speaking of this, Xiaobei immediately raised her eyebrows and thought. She recalled the details that she had not cared much before. Since she remembered, she had no deep impression of her biological mother. The only memory was also what her adoptive mother, Mrs. Su, told her. Thinking that Mrs. Su’s hometown is Jinshanwei and that Mrs. Zhu was from Jiading, she suddenly turned pale and her eyes looked at Wang Fulin were full of confusion.

"Has she met my mother?"

“There is this possibility.”

Wang Fulin once accompanied Xiaobei to climb over the wall into the west garden on the banks of the water. When he stood under the plaque on the southeast pillar stone, he had seen Xiaobei's despairy expression. At this time, seeing her in this scene again, he swallowed up the words he said. Xiaobei's biological mother admired Hu Zongxian and was willing to commit herself as a concubine. As a family member of the Hu family, I think there were very few people who met him, but when I was in the boudoir that day, there were always a few people who knew each other. Most of these people may have forgotten the old things back then, and even if I remember that after so many years, the probability of hitting Xiaobei was very low, and even fewer people had the conditions to visit the old things back then.

Among them, Wang Xijue, who is powerful, rich, and has a lot of leisure, is obviously not included!

"Have you painted this embroidery?"

When Xiaobei was stunned when he heard this abrupt topic, he nodded: "It's just a few strokes."

"Very good. After you draw, you bring your things and call Erniang. I'll take my brother-in-law and brother Chen. Let's go to the Wang family to visit the young master."

"Ah?" Xiaobei suddenly widened his eyes, "Just... just go over so directly? Although Mrs. Zhu invited me, but..."

"Oh, invited? That would be great. I originally planned to kill me directly if I didn't invite me." Wang Fulin picked the corner of his mouth indifferently and said very strongly, "I think since Wang Xijue said that to his brother-in-law and Xiao Chen, I will definitely be sure that I am at home today. There is a great possibility that he is at home. Of course, if he is not here, you can take Erniang directly to see his wife. It will not be too late for me to harass him next time."

It is harassment, not disturbance, and the difference is big. Xiaobei, who knows Wang Fulin's nature, couldn't help but feel a grip in his heart. He couldn't help but grab Wang Fulin's sleeve and whispered: "Fulin, Wang Xijue also found his brother-in-law and Xiao Chen? What did he say? No, it doesn't matter what he said. As long as I don't admit it, even if he is the Minister of Rites, he can't do anything! Don't mobilize all the troops for a little bit of catching things. It's not worth it! You must know that you have finally been idle recently, and it's not worth conflicting with others again!"

"Silly girl, Wang Xijue is not Zhang Siwei, I will not find another enemy for myself." Seeing that Xiaobei was still holding his sleeve, Wang Fulin simply took the person in his arms. "Besides, if someone makes a move, I have to accept it. How can I ignore it and take it as if it is not serious? Don't worry, I will talk to Master Shao Zongbo and send someone to send a post now."

Xiaobei was amused by Wang Fulin's inappropriate tone, and his uneasiness suddenly eased a lot. She nodded, but let go of her hand, broke away from Wang Fulin's arms, stood up, and took the embroidery to draw again. Wang Fulin did not disturb her, but went out to send a message to Wu Yingjie, Wang Erniang and his wife, as well as Chen Bingchang.

Wang Erniang once went to He Luowen's house with her sister-in-law and met Wang Xijue's wife Zhu. Therefore, she just thought that she was just returning to the Wang family, and she was not surprised, but Wu Yingjie almost didn't jump up. Finally, he didn't show it in front of Yan's mother who came to pass the message in person. After the person left, he immediately asked Wang Erniang: "Why is my brother-in-law suddenly going to visit Wang Xijue? He also has something to do with a senior official from the Hanlin Academy like Wang Xijue? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"You haven't heard of many things. Besides, my sister-in-law took me to He Luowen, a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and met Mr. Wang's wife." Seeing Wu Yingjie's mouth open, she smiled and said, "You go to the Imperial College for study. I am idle at home. My sister-in-law insisted on pulling me out, so of course I will go. Don't worry, I'm not overestimating my abilities to build relationships. Listen more, watch more, say less, and do less, and I won't embarrass you."

"No, no..." Wu Yingjie knew that Wang Erniang would have been wrong, so he quickly lowered his voice and told the story of Wang Xijue going to the Imperial College and summoning him to Chen Bingchang. When he was surprised when Wang Erniang was also surprised, he said distressedly, "Xiao Chen and I are both scholars. I think there is no reason to value people like us. It must be because of our elder brother-in-law. Now you say that you have met someone's wife with your sister-in-law, so it's even more obvious. But, if you do this, as long as they go, what else can you take us?"

"Stupid, Brother Wang must have asked you to go because Mr. Wang met you and Mr. Chen, so he asked you to go there. It was like me. I met Mr. Wang with my sister-in-law, so this time we were together. There were more people and even if my brother had other things, it would be less eye-catching." In fact, Wang Erniang was very unsure. When she thought that she was a newborn calf and was not afraid of tigers, the one she caught was probably the factory guard or other big guys, which made her sister-in-law deal with the aftermath for a while, and she felt guilty. Otherwise, based on her former personality, how could she listen, read, talk, and do less?

She has always been fearless and the most active personality!

No matter what the person who was notified was thinking, Wang Fulin sent someone to Wang Xijue's house to deliver the posts back before their family went out, and brought Wang Xijue's message to welcome everyone to visit his house. Regarding such a statement, Wang Fulin curled his lips and immediately took people to set off. When he arrived at the Wang family, the male and female family members were divided into two groups. Xiaobei took Wang Erniang to meet Mrs. Zhu, and Wang Fulin took Wu Yingjie and Chen Bingchang to meet Wang Xijue. He naturally felt relieved to hand over the women's scenes to Xiaobei, but Wang Xijue's side quickly unfolded from the beginning.

Wang Xijue smiled and brought the three of them to meet with his only son Wang Heng.

Although he was a wealthy man from Taicang, Wang Xijue was also a prosperous official and now he is a minister of the Ministry of Rites, this high-ranking official from Taicang did not take concubines and maids like the flashy atmosphere in the court. His son and three daughters were all born to his wife Mrs. Zhu. I remember that after Mrs. Zhu married him, she gave birth to two daughters in a row. It was not until the eleventh year that she gave birth to Wang Heng, the only seedling, which was once a beautiful story. At this moment, he smiled and nodded slightly to Wang Heng, who was seventeen years old, and said, "Chen Yu, Wu Sheng and Chen Sheng are both older than you. Don't you have any questions about your previous homework? You can ask them for advice."

This was clearly the rhythm of the idle people trying to talk about serious business, but Wu Yingjie felt relieved. Seeing that Chen Bingchang was also relaxed, he quickly said a few words, and then went out with Wang Heng with Chen Bingchang.

As soon as they left, Wang Xijue opened the door and said straight to the point: "I knew that as long as the famous Wang Shiqing heard that I had seen them in the Imperial College, he would definitely come here."

"Shao Zongbo also missed one thing. If I hadn't known that Mrs. Zun had seen her for the first time and had seen her several times in a row, I wouldn't have come so presumptuously to visit her." Wang Fulin answered in a humble and arrogant manner. Seeing Wang Xijue reaching out to signal him to sit, he sat down without hesitation, shook the blue silk and waved forward, "Does Shao Zongbo know Xiaobei?"

"Is it really called Xiaobei?" Wang Xijue's expression was a little sad, and then he laughed, "I am from Taicang, and Neizi is from Jiading, so I know some villagers. The story of Hu Gong's favor was circulated in the southeast, and the woman also had some distant relatives with me and Neizi, so of course we would not be unaware of it."

This time, Wang Fulin was stunned. It turned out that it was not that Wang Xijue's wife Zhu knew Xiaobei's biological mother, but that both the couple knew each other?

"What's more, Suzhou Prefecture and Songjiang Prefecture are adjacent to each other, and the Jinshanwei Su family is full of heroic families. Your mother-in-law is not unfamiliar with your inner son."

It turns out that my mother-in-law is indeed very famous in Susong...

In fact, Wang Fulin came with a desire to provoke a sect. At this time, he felt that he was thinking too simple. So while he was glad that he had not come up, he owed his body and said, "What do you want to say to Shao Zongbing?"

"Mr. Hu and I have only met Mr. Hu. Although I have a distant relative with Mrs. Ru, I have only met him from afar once when I was young. But Neizi has met her many times. The most important thing is that Neizi heard her say in her early years that a monk said that she was in the north. If she had a daughter in the future, it would be better to name her with the name Bei. After Neizi met your wife, she happened to learn about her boudoir name. When she heard that she was the daughter of Ye Jun of Yin County, Ningbo, and her mother was Mrs. Weisu of Jinshan, she became suspicious. Although so many years have passed, it is difficult to find evidence, but you should know that since Ye Jun and you are so accomplice in She County, you promised you to be happy. How is that reasonable?"

Hearing this, Wang Fulin looked at Wang Xijue's sure smile and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.

The logical reasoning ability of smart people these days is really annoying!
Chapter completed!