For a while, everyone in the room was silent.

At this time, Li Xiucai helped the old mother to step forward: "Xiaosheng Li Zhao, with my mother, thank Miss Gongyu for sending charcoal in the snow." After speaking, the mother and son both bowed down and made a big salute.

Helian Yanran ordered the shopkeeper to help the old lady up, and Li Xiucai also stood up. He was dressed neatly today, showing his original handsome appearance. At this moment, he is long and jade, with the unique bookish atmosphere of a scholar, which is also in line with the appearance of a handsome and talented man in the heart of the boudoir.

Bai Sheng saw that his eyes were always revolving around Helian Yanran, and he felt more and more unpleasant to look at him, and when he spoke, he took a bit of the arrogance of the superior: "Your name is Li Zhao?"

"Xiaosheng is Li Zhao, the word Confucianism, a person from Ze County, Anhui Huai. Li Xiucai leaned over at Bai Sheng and said.

"Can you do the errand of taking inventory?" Bai Sheng asked lazily.

"Back to Gongzi's words, Xiaosheng did it. Li Xiucai replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Bai Sheng glanced at him, and said in a gracious tone: "Since this is the case, it is so decided." Now that the work has been properly assigned, you wait to do your best, as long as you do your duty, don't cheat and cheat, especially don't move your mind that shouldn't be moved, my son will not treat you badly. ”

Everyone is busy, thank you.

Bai Sheng summoned Hong Quan forward again and instructed: "Let's take everyone down, what to do and what to do." If you do a good job, Young Master Ben will naturally be rewarded. ”

Hong Quan took the order and waited with a group of people.

Li Xiucai couldn't help but look back again, only to see that Bai Sheng had already stood up from the chair, walked in front of Helian Yanran, stretched out his hand to tease the little girl she had just taken from the maid, and then said a few words very close to her, with a very pleasant smile on her face.

Bai Sheng didn't see him look over, smiled even more, and gently pinned the scattered strands of hair to Helian Yanran behind his ears, and held her hand affectionately. Then I was satisfied to see Li Xiucai's back of leaving gloomily, and I felt a little happy in my heart.

Helian Yanran naturally understood his little trick, but he didn't pay much attention to it. is only dedicated to choosing a suitable maid for Cui'er to serve closely, and asks her a few words of opinion from time to time.

"Sister. The girl timidly addressed Helian Yanran.

"It's not my sister, I'm going to call my aunt. Helian Yanran corrected softly.

"Auntie," the girl obediently changed her words, "will Cui'er follow her aunt in the future?"

"Would you like to?" asked Helian Yanran.

The girl thought carefully, in the original family, in addition to the occasional care and love of her father, it was more driven and scolded by her mother and brother. She has endless work to do every day, endless beatings and scoldings, and some new injuries will be added to the two ends in three days. She rarely had time to go out and play with children her age, and she remembered getting up before dawn every day to cook, sew and wash, day after day, as if there was no end. Thinking about it this way, it seems that there is nothing to be reluctant to.

"Will someone beat me and scold me in the future, let me do a lot of work and not give me enough food?" She was a little worried, although the woman in front of her treated her well, but who knows what her family is like, and will she be embarrassed?

"As a girl in my family, with my aunt here, there will only be endless blessings, and no one dares to treat you badly. Helian Yanran touched her head and comforted.

"Then I'm going to be with my aunt forever. The girl suddenly said in a loud voice.

Helian Yanran smiled and said a few words to her again. Only then did he hand her over to the maidservant: "Let these two sisters take you to freshen up and eat first, and then sleep well." ”

The girl hurriedly grabbed Helian Yanran's hand: "Will my aunt come to see Cui'er?"

"When you wake up, your aunt will come to see you. Helian Yanran patted her shoulder soothingly and said, "Go ahead." ”

The maid took the girl and held her firmly in her arms, and the girl twisted her body a little reluctantly and whispered, "Auntie remember to come to see me." ”

Helian Yanran nodded: "Auntie remembers." ”

When she was carried by the maidservant and walked to the door, the girl grabbed the door frame, looked back at Helian Yanran and said loudly: "Auntie, don't forget to come to see Cui'er!"

Helian Yanran didn't have the slightest impatience, but smiled dotingly: "Okay, my aunt will definitely not forget." ”

Only then did the girl let go of her hands that were holding the door frame, and finally let go of her heart, and let the maid hold and leave.

Bai Sheng was amused by her actions and said, "It's quite clever." Why did you take a fancy to her?"

Helian Yanran has a respected status in the clan, and whoever sees it must respectfully call him "Yuan Niang", no matter how old or young. Only the exclusive lord Helian Shuo and his children and grandchildren are qualified to call her "aunt". From this point of view, this Cui'er's status in the Helian clan will definitely not be low in the future, but I am afraid that she will be able to walk sideways.

"The courtier's situation was not very good when she was young, and she used to be very difficult. Helian Yanran paused here and there, and then continued after a while, "I guess I saw some shadows of my childhood from this kid." At that time, someone pulled the courtier's daughter, and the courtier's daughter was able to have today. Now, the courtiers also want to help this child, hoping that she can live a better life. In this way, it will not live up to the favor of the people of the year, and the hearts of the courtiers will be better. ”

The situation is not good? It is still very difficult? Who is this talking about? Helian Yanran? Bai Sheng didn't believe it when he was killed. According to the excessive strength of the Helian clan, if the most noble Yuan Niang is still in a difficult situation, won't the women next to him be able to live? But Bai Sheng thought about it, but seemed to understand again.

Helian Yanran's actions, conversations, methods, and bearing are far from the level that a fourteen-year-old girl can have, even the old foxes he has seen who have been in the officialdom all their lives are beyond the reach of the dust. Helian Yuanniang is too special, and she is naturally not the same as other women in the clan. In order to be able to bear the responsibility of this title, Bai Sheng could not even imagine the effort and hardship she needed to pay for it.

Bai Sheng suddenly felt a little distressed about the little woman in front of him, and the hand holding her soft hand tightened unconsciously, and his voice was a little softer: "It's all over." Forget about the bad ones and don't think about it anymore. It was different from now on. In the future, with me, I will not let you bear it alone, I will protect you. ”

Helian Yanran was slightly stunned, and His Royal Highness the Prince with the bright moon and breeze in front of him seemed to coincide with the gentle and sad man back then. The man also cherished her so tenderly: "With me in the future, everything will be fine, and you and I will never be separated again." ”

Although he quickly came back to his senses, the overlap of the moment just now made Helian Yanran feel the same as the man's affection for him, although he didn't do it. Now she only has these pitiful sweet fragments, and it is these that have supported her to get to where she is today firmly and without regrets.

Helian Yanran's heart was filled with a hint of sweetness, and her face also looked warm: "Courtiers, thank you Your Highness for your protection." ”

Bai Sheng smiled and didn't speak again. He vaguely felt that the weight of the girl in front of him had changed in his mind. But at the moment he didn't want to think about it. Let's just do it for now, at least for this moment, the atmosphere is peaceful and beautiful. And because of his willfulness this time, he doesn't care about anything, but only listens to the truest wishes of his heart.