Since that day, Yinzhen has come to the courtyard more often, and those people in the house who were originally lukewarm suddenly began to become attentive. The focus of attention in the house seemed to have shifted from the Li family's courtyard to my small courtyard all of a sudden.

Although this change did not concern me in the seclusion, the Li family experienced a tormented period of ups and downs in life. But this time she didn't seem to be as noisy as before, but unusually quiet,

The new old Gege has been snubbed by Yinzhen. Although I don't know the reason, I can feel from Yinzhen's attitude that he seems to be very disliked for the character that Kangxi is referring to.

I also tried to persuade him: "After all, it is the person pointed out by the emperor, so you should be kind." ”

Yin Zhen said: "This is the grace of Huang Ama, naturally it should be treated kindly, I let Su Peisheng explain, whether I go to her or not, Gege should have half a point of monthly rules and offerings." ”

The kindness I said is naturally not what Yinzhen meant. But he deliberately misinterpreted it and avoided talking about it. I don't want to ask too much, so I have to secretly feel a little sorry for this woman who doesn't like her master when she enters the house.

After the Dragon Boat Festival, the house released a group of old people who were old, and the Internal Affairs Office selected a batch of new maids to be sent in as a supplement as a custom.

Yinzhen said that Wanqing will be twenty-five years old after the New Year, and it is also the age when it is time to go out of the house and get married. Thinking that this girl has been serving by her side for some years, and now she is quite dedicated to me, so she plans to guide her to a good marriage, which can be regarded as a complete friendship between master and servant. Because of this reason, I want to discuss with me to have someone from the newly entered maid to pick a sensible and steady person to send over, so that I can familiarize myself with the affairs of my hospital, and when I leave next year, I will not take over in a hurry and make any mistakes.

Wanqing can have a good home, I am naturally happy for her, and it is rare that Yinzhen can still think so carefully for me in her busy schedule, so she didn't refuse, just said that it would be arranged by him.

The next morning, just after breakfast, the servant came to the house. As soon as I saw the visitor, I was overjoyed and blurted out, "Chun'er, why are you?"

Chun'er lowered her eyes and smiled, saluted according to the rules, and said, "Slave Chun'er asks Geng Gege for peace." ”

Seeing this, the steward who sent Chun'er over hurriedly stepped forward and answered: "It turns out that Gege really knows her, that's really a coincidence." Yesterday, Father-in-law Su came over and said that the master had instructed him to choose a stable and reliable person to replace Aunt Wanqing to serve Gege. The slave asked them who was willing to come over, but unexpectedly, this girl said that it was Gege's old acquaintance and was willing to come and serve. When the slave saw that she was indeed stable, he thought that if it was Gege's old knowledge, it would naturally be reliable, so he brought her over. ”

Listening to the chatter of the steward, he nodded perfunctorily, knowing that there were outsiders and many things were difficult to say, so he motioned to Wanqing to lead the steward to get the reward, leaving me and Chun'er to talk in the house.

I looked at Chun'er, who I hadn't seen for two years, at the age of sixteen, her figure and appearance had grown, and she was more beautiful than before, but she was less childish at this age, and more stable and restrained. Thinking back to the time when she said her little daughter's thoughts, she felt that she was kind and strange in front of her.

"There are no outsiders here, they won't be so formal, I haven't seen you for two years, are you okay?" I asked, gesturing to her next to her and asking her to sit down.

Chun'er hesitated for a moment, sat down as I meant, and replied with a light smile on her face: "Laugege is worried, the slave is fine." ”

"My sister doesn't have to be polite in this courtyard, just be comfortable. Didn't I hear that you were arranged to be on an errand in the Ninth Master's Mansion before, why were you sent to the Fourth Master from the Internal Affairs Mansion?"

"Originally, I asked someone to help me enter the Nine Masters' Mansion. Chun'er thought for a moment and responded: "But I didn't expect that the person entrusted me didn't cut me out of the roster of the clothed showgirl, and it was only delayed for two years." So after working as a errand in the Nine Masters Mansion for two years, I was helplessly told that I still had to participate in the selection this year, and my family had no money to do it again, so I had to resign myself to fate. Fortunately, he was sent to the fourth master's mansion, and he heard that there was a vacancy on Gege's side, thinking that it was an old acquaintance after all, and he could take care of each other in the future, so he recommended himself to serve. ”

I don't know if it's because Chun'er used to be an errand in Yinyu's mansion, although the reason for listening to her is perfect, I always feel that everything is too coincidental, and my heart is a little unsteady.

"After a long absence, I feel that my sister has changed a lot, I don't know what is wrong with being in the Ninth Master's Mansion?" I asked casually tentatively.

Chun'er responded: "It's just doing some rough things in the house, and there are no specific errands."

I let out an "oh", took her hands as affectionately as I did back then, just put it down for a moment, smiled on my lips, and said, "The ninth master should treat my sister well......

Chun'er suddenly raised her head when she heard this, a flash of surprise flashed on her face, and she hurriedly explained: "Where did Gege start with this?"

In fact, everything is just speculation, but from the time she held her palm, she knew that Chun'er's words were true and false. I sighed at the ubiquitous connections and eyeliner, even the use of my childhood best friends and playmates.

"Sister, you should know that I've never been easy to fool. Now that the words have been spoken, I simply didn't detour with her more, and said bluntly: "I have known you for many years, so I naturally know that your family is hard, and I began to help the family with housework when I was a child, and I have some old cocoons in my hands. If the work he has done in the Nine Masters' Mansion over the years is really a rough errand, there will definitely be new calluses on his hands. But just now I held your hand and found that in the past two years, not only have there been no new calluses in your palms, but even those old calluses have softened a lot, which shows that what you are doing is not a rough errand, I am afraid that it is much more comfortable than ordinary minions. ”

Chun'er was silent for a long time, and when she raised her eyes again, she put down the restraint and etiquette of Shicai, and said with a smile: "My sister is really still so smart, and the ninth master really treats me very well, these are all blessings for my acquaintance with my sister." My sister is blessed, even if she has entered the fourth master's house, she can still make the ninth master so attentive, which is really enviable. ”

"Did he arrange for you to enter this mansion?" I didn't say this and knew that it was eight or nine, but I couldn't help but ask more.

"The ninth master said that you are surrounded by people from the fourth master, and you are detained everywhere, Yun Hui is a little younger, and her heart is undecided, and there is not even a person around you who can speak, so life is not good. So let me come over, firstly, old acquaintances, so that they can take care of each other, and secondly, they can serve more properly than Yunhui. Speaking of which, Chun'er didn't hide it, and told the purpose of Yinyu asking her to come.

"Actually, I'm not as miserable as he said in the house, Yinzhen treated me very well, he didn't think about detaining me anything, he just arranged someone to protect and take care of me, and the people in this hospital are also very loyal and conscientious, not as unbearable as he thought. "I defended Yinzhen and Xiaoshunzi.

"It seems that Gege is really biased towards the fourth master. Chun'er's expression darkened, and she said with disappointment and resentment in her tone: "Regarding Gege's affairs, the Ninth Master has never hidden it from me. He said I was the only one who could hear him talk about it. Gege knew that after the ninth master returned home that day, he locked himself in the study, leaving me to serve from the side. Throughout the day, he has been painting Gege's portraits, with all kinds of expressions and demeanors, and his smile is lifelike, which really engraves your appearance in his heart. Then he got himself drunk, burned all the paintings, and wept as he looked at the ashes. I've never seen Jiu Ye like this, he has always been so high-spirited, and few things seem to be able to stump him ....... The next day, he sent me to the Internal Affairs Office, and specially told me to send me in, so that I could find a way to serve you. He said he didn't ask for anything else, as long as he could see that you were okay. ”

"Chun'er, I'm sorry, since you were sent in by him, I can't keep you by my side. "Make up your mind to completely let go of the fetters with Yinyu, even if his original intentions are good. But I can't keep being involved with him like this. I resolutely said, "Wait a minute, I'll have someone take you back, and then I'll tell them to arrange a better errand for you, but you can't stay with me." ”

Seeing that my words were resolute, Chun'er was anxious, got up and knelt down, and said: "The slave is stupid, I don't know which sentence I said wrong, Gege just punishes me, don't send the slave elsewhere." The slave is just to fulfill the intention of the ninth master, and he also thinks about coming to Gege, so he is willing to listen to the arrangement of the ninth master to come to the fourth master's mansion on an errand, can't Gege even accept the intention of the ninth master?"

I shook my head, in order to make her stop the idea of persuasion, and said coldly: "Since I am already a member of the fourth master, there will only be the fourth master in my heart in this life." The Ninth Master shouldn't have been obsessed with me after entering the Fourth Master's Mansion, he had thought about his brotherhood with the Fourth Master, and he had taken into account my reputation and situation. ”

"But the Ninth Master is sincere to you, he is really thinking about you everywhere, haven't you ever cared at all?"

"I don't care, from the moment I entered the house, I was destined to be strangers to him in this life, and there should be no more intersections, everything he did was originally his wishful thinking. I looked away and said with a vague heart.

Chun'er wanted to refute, but saw that I had no intention of listening anymore, and saw that I called Xiaoshunzi in, and understood that I was determined not to want her, so I had to say quietly: "Gege should not regret it in the future." ”

I didn't pay attention to Chun'er's words, but just asked Xiao Shunzi to send Chun'er back to the servant's house, just said that Chun'er is a young playmate, not an ordinary slave, if you come to serve, it will inevitably hurt the feelings of previous years, so let the steward arrange a better position elsewhere, and take care of it more. As for my hospital, I am slowly choosing, anyway, there is still half a year to go, so there is no need to rush to send people over. (To be continued.) )