Chapter 759: The Maid Is Reckless

Xuanyuan Yao and Xie Jin lingered in the room for a while before going out. When they arrived, several other people had already arrived.

The weather was hot in summer, so Mr. Ji chose a pavilion with a nice view. There were many flowers planted outside. The trees outside the pavilion were shaded so densely that the sun couldn't come in, so it was a cool place.

The Ji family's maid prepared tea, iced watermelon, and iced sour plum soup, and presented them one by one. The gentlemen took their seats in the pavilion. There was a separate pear wood tea table. There were fruit plates, tea, sour plum juice, and some delicious snacks on the table. .

There is plenty of food and drink, so feel free to use it as you please.

Xuanyuan Qi, Chu Xuanyi, Mo Lingan, Mo Xuanwu, Xuanyuan Yu and Lu Chonglin were sitting in the pavilion chatting. Xuanyuan Yao and Xie Jin were led into the pavilion by servants of the Ji family.

Ji Dongli stood up and greeted him: "Thank you, Sir Yao. Please take a seat quickly."

Xie Jin took a casual look and saw that there were not many people there. There were a few familiar people who had appeared frequently when he was more active in Junqian in the past two years. There were also a few people he didn't meet often, but they were all the legitimate sons of the family.

Lu Chonglin's father was Prime Minister Lu, the son of a powerful minister, and he had to give him face no matter how others looked for him.

Chu Xuanyi and Mo Xuanwu are also not very active, but given their family background, no one dares to underestimate them.

Ji Dongli invited so many legitimate sons of aristocratic families to come over today and put on such a show. It seemed that they were just for the purpose of building relationships. He wanted to use such a tea party to build a good relationship with the royal celebrities, but he couldn't show it too obviously, so We also invited Mo Xuanwu, Xuanyuan Yu and Chu Xuanyi, three people who rarely showed their faces.

However, Xie Jin always felt that things were not that simple.

"Thank you, Lord Yao."

Seeing Xuanyuan Yao and Xie Jin coming over, several people in the pavilion stood up to greet them out of politeness. There was no distinction between superiority and inferiority. Most men were polite when meeting each other and could not be too arrogant.

"Prince Yao, please sit over here." Xuanyuan Yu pointed to the spot left by his predecessor, "It's rare to sit down and gather together today, and I feel very happy."

Xuanyuan Yao glanced at the seat, but without saying anything, he walked over and sat down, brushing his clothes.

Xie Jin sat between Xuanyuan Qi and Lu Chonglin, with Xuanyuan Qi on the left, Lu Chonglin on the right, and Xuanyuan Yao on the opposite side - there is no need to show affection in public when you are a guest in someone else's house.

Besides, there is a distance between the seats, so it doesn’t matter whether they sit together or not.

"The weather has been too hot these two days, so I have nothing to do. I have long wanted to invite you all to come and get together, but all of you are busy, so I don't have the nerve to disturb you." Ji Dongli behaved like a master, and his hospitality was pretty good. Zhou Zhengde couldn't find anything wrong in every aspect, "The prince's cousin is now the prince's tutor. He is busy giving lessons to the prince all day long. It is not easy to meet him normally."

Xuanyuan Qi smiled faintly: "The regent loves me, I just play with the prince with help, I am not a great tutor."

"How can it be true that His Majesty's personal title of Grand Tutor can be false?" Ji Dongli smiled kindly, "Cousin, there is no need to be humble. This is such a glorious thing. It is too late for Dongli to envy you."

Xuanyuan Qi smiled faintly, reached out and pinched a crystal clear grape from the fruit plate and stuffed it into his mouth without saying anything else.

"Mr. It’s all a bit more colorful.”

Xie Jin accepted the compliment calmly and said calmly: "Master Ji is very eloquent and makes people feel comfortable when he praises you."

"Thank you, sir. You are a rare young talent." Lu Chonglin continued, "He is a role model for our generation."

Xie Jin raised his eyebrows: "Master Lu is too praised."

"What Mr. Lu said is true. Mr. Xie is indeed worthy of our serious study." Xuanyuan prayed, "He has received the power of two ministers at a young age. He has a bright future, but we can't keep up with him."

Xie Jin glanced at him leisurely: "Your Majesty, you don't have to be so humble. You don't need to flatter me to be better than me. Not everyone is qualified to be the Crown Prince and Tutor. Besides, your daughter-in-law is even more popular in front of Her Majesty the Queen. People are replaceable. It’s okay for others to envy me. You’d better save yourself.”

"Are you two flattering each other, or are you sincerely humble?" Chu Xuanyi sneered, "Compared to me, a scholar who is still studying in the Imperial College, you two have reached the top of an untouchable mountain, and are you humble in front of me? Why? Sorry?"

Xie Jin turned his head, patted the ground slowly, and said apologetically: "Why did I forget? Mr. Chu, please don't mind, I just took the scientific examination a few years earlier than you, even if you started late, , as long as you have the will, you can still catch up."

Chu Xuanyi took a sip of tea and said calmly: "I'm not in a hurry. Being famous at a young age is not necessarily a good thing. I'm worried that I won't be able to calm down and make a big mistake. There's nothing wrong with joining an official later. Calm."

Xie Jin nodded: "Master Chu, this idea is right."

"Speaking of the husband and wife," Xuanyuan Qi suddenly smiled lightly, "Xie Jiuye is enjoying a smooth ride in the court, rising all the way up, while Crown Prince Yao is in the military camp with great military prowess. Don't you two have the same success? As much grace as possible?”

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the pavilion became slightly quiet.

Xuanyuan Yao took a bite of the watermelon. He felt that the Ji family's attitude towards hospitality was really good. The fruits they prepared were fresh and delicious, with just the right amount of sweetness and coldness. It felt refreshing and comfortable in the stomach.

As for the tit-for-tat confrontation between the few gentlemen present, he didn't care how much was sincere and how much was fake.

Except for him and Mo Xuanwu, everyone else present was a civil official. They had different styles and different ideas in their heads. He didn't have so many thoughts in his mind. He could leave such a scene to Xie Jin. He had no interest in dealing with it.

Xie Jin was about to speak, but saw two maids in pink dresses coming over with freshly brewed herbal tea. They added a cup of tea to the tea table in front of each guest and some freshly cut fruits to the fruit plate. The maid opposite came to Xuanyuan Yao's table with a tray. When she lowered her head to put the fruit, her hand suddenly tilted, and the herbal tea on the tray that had not been put down in time fell towards Xuanyuan Yao.

Even though Xuanyuan Yao reacted quickly and dodged in time, some tea was still splashed on his robe.

The pavilion suddenly became quiet.

The maid seemed to have not expected this, and was completely frightened. She immediately put down the tray and knelt down, her face pale, begging for mercy in fear: "Master, please forgive me! I didn't mean it, I deserve death! I really didn't mean it!"

"What's wrong? You are so irritable, you can't do even the smallest things well!" Ji Dongli said angrily, "Someone! Drag her out--"

"I know I was wrong, Master, spare my life!" The maid begged for mercy in fear, "I really didn't mean it, I... I..."

"Okay." Xuanyuan Yao frowned, "She really didn't mean it, and it wasn't a big deal, just a few drops of water splashed on her clothes , there is no need to make such a fuss. "

Ji Dongli was still angry: "Master Yao is generous, it is the maid's blessing. If it were normal, she would have to be beaten a few times to correct the rules. It's really outrageous."

As he said, he said to the maid: "Master Yao doesn't blame you, it's your good fortune today, why don't you take Master Yao down to change clothes!"

"Yes, yes!" The maid kowtowed and thanked, "I will take Master Yao to change clothes now-"

"No need." Xuanyuan Yao said lightly, "No need to bother. It's okay for a grown man's clothes to be a little dirty. It's nothing."

Besides, it's just a few drops of tea stains, which can't be seen without careful observation.

Xuanyuan Yao is not so hypocritical.

"Master Yao, please don't refuse." Ji Dongli apologized, "It was my maid who was reckless and accidentally bumped into Master Yao. There are always clean clothes in the guest room that have not been worn. Please bear with it, Master Yao, otherwise I will feel bad. "

Feel bad?

Xuanyuan Yao frowned. What's wrong with that? Literati really like to be particular about what they do.

"Master Ji feels guilty, Prince Yao, why don't you go change it?" Xuanyuan Qi said, "It won't take long."

Chu Xuanyi smiled and said, "If you don't change your clothes today, the maid of the Ji family will be punished."

Xuanyuan Yao frowned, turned his head and looked at the pale maid. He was about to get up to change his clothes, but heard Xie Jin calmly say, "No need to change."

The air was so quiet, and everyone turned their heads to look at Xie Jin at the same time.