In the spring of the twelfth year of Dongliang II, the Son of Heaven changed the Yuan, abolished the name of Mingzong, and officially opened Xiaozong on the first day of the first month of the new year.

When the imperial court's decree was quickly delivered to the most remote Lingzhou, Liangzhou and other prefectures, it was already the seventeenth day of the first month.

When the state government received the news, it immediately organized people to manually draft and transcribe notices, and posted and spread them in the streets and alleys of all sizes, so that the people of the world would know about it as soon as possible.

On the afternoon of the 17th, the thin sunlight fell on the beast's spine on the high place of the Liufu gatehouse, shining with a faint glazed luster.

Newly changed into a nine-purple silk black color smock, wearing a melon skin hat Steward Liu stood with his hands in his hands, and watched a carriage go away at the gate, the old man went to the state capital yamen to attend the meeting, and the new governor of Lingzhou Mansion arrived, the first thing the new official took office was to convene local squires, famous sages, rich people, big families and other people to gather, foreign officials came here to be officials, first of all, the first thing to deal with is naturally the relationship with the local forces, and in the future, it is necessary to govern this party of Li people, and naturally the assistance of local sages from all parties is indispensable.

Master Liu Dingmao, as the official of the dynasty who was at home, was naturally invited.

Recently, there are a lot of things in the house, but with the death of the old lady four years ago, the old lady died of illness a year ago, this year's Liufu is the most smooth and happy year, although things are still coming one after another, in fact, think about it, in addition to the death of a young lady, an aunt and wife followed her daughter to the family temple to wake the spirit, other things are good things, the biggest good thing is that the lord who has been seeking a child for many years has the first healthy little son this year, and then the eldest lady is pregnant with the lord's sister-in-law in her belly.

It's a joyous event.

People are in good spirits on happy occasions, and the masters in the house have been serving very well recently, especially the eldest wife, who is mentally tired and lazy, and even handed over the adjudication power of many major matters to him to deal with.

Suddenly, the carriage behind him was sparkling, and when he looked back, a cyan carriage was rolling towards him.

Steward Liu immediately smiled when he saw the sign on the carriage, and he personally ran over to lead the horse and press the reins, and smiled and arched his hand, "It's Ziqi's nephew who has arrived, this year's Lantern Festival nephew has not arrived, but we are all thinking about it in our hearts, especially the eldest lady, which day is not to say it three times and fifty times——"

As he spoke, he bent down diligently to lift the curtain.

A little guy had just stepped out of the gate to run errands, but when he saw the carriage, he stopped doing anything, turned around and ran to the door, and went straight to the middle courtyard.

"Little pillar, what are you running in a hurry, not afraid of falling and breaking your head?"

A sister-in-law smiled and joked when she saw it,

The little guy ignored it and ran out of breath all the way.

"Miss, Miss Five, Cousin Bai is here—"

Before the others reached the door, the voice had already entered the door.

Liu Ying slept lazily, and the cyan wrapper thrown on the pillow was open there, revealing the big red obscene pants, pink bra, and a box of fat powder inside.

Liu Shen, who was guarding the pillow, sat carefully, she was not as calm as Liu Ying, she had already put on the underwear from the corner courtyard, it seemed to be tailor-made, the size was more appropriate, especially the underwear was made of pure cotton fabric, the cut was loose but the style was chic, it was soft to wear, and it looked good. The small bra is also very close-fitting, highlighting a pair of small breasts that have just begun to develop into two small soft arcs, Liu Shen has already looked in the mirror in her room, but at this time she still can't help but peek at her figure from time to time, she feels that she is really beautiful all of a sudden.

Liu Ying looked angry, and viciously kicked the green cloth burden on the side of the kang to the ground, "What kind of tattered things, what expensive gifts can a poor tenant's daughter give, I'm not as shallow as you, I won't wear them-I'm afraid that little mute will give me sickness!"

Liu Shen didn't dare to speak back, so he muttered quietly: "She's not dumb anymore, we saw with our own eyes that she can speak." ”

"Are you still protecting her?" Liu Ying suddenly grabbed a tea cup from the girl ring in the tray next to the pillow, picked it up and was about to smash it on Liu Shen's body.

"Fifth Miss, good news, Cousin Bai is here. ”

The big girl ring laughed and shouted while running, and because of the fierce running, she collided with a little girl ring.

"Huh?"

Liu Shen and Liu Ying, the two girls exclaimed at the same time, and the surprise in their voices could not be concealed.

Liu Shen stood up and walked a few steps briskly on the ground, according to her surprise at the moment, she really wanted to turn around and run to the gate to greet Cousin Bai in person.

But taking a look at Liu Ying, she suddenly realized that she was a little out of shape, hurriedly lowered her head, suppressed the impulse in her heart, and tried her best to pretend to be careless, who among the sisters didn't know that Cousin Bai was the fifth lady's favorite person, since the fifth miss already liked it, then there could be someone else's share, Liu Shen naturally couldn't afford to provoke it.

Liu Ying turned over and sat up, ran down to the ground barefoot, looking for shoes and socks all over the ground, shouted to Yahuan to fetch water and freshen up, and shouted to change clothes.

A few maids and servants were trotting in a mess.

Liu Ying squinted and saw Liu Shen's tall little chest, and suddenly her eyes were cold, and she grabbed the profane pants and bra of the kang head, and slipped into the tent with a snort.

Since I was going to see Cousin Bai, I naturally couldn't be unkempt, and I couldn't lose to Liu Shen, a girl.

Liu Shen quietly looked at the young lady who was still sick just now, and saw that she suddenly swept away her sick face and dressed up excitedly.

Who said you would never wear the rags that little mutes made?

Why did you forget it just after you finished speaking?

Liu Ying is older than Liu Shen and plumper, and when Liu Ying turns out from behind the curtain, a kind of self-shame arises spontaneously from Liu Shen's heart, compared with the sisters, after all, they are more beautiful.

As soon as the curtain moved, without waiting for Steward Liu's strength, someone opened it from the inside, revealing a middle-aged face with a red light.

Steward Liu's hand softened and took a step back, isn't this Bai Ziqi?

"In the Baifu family of Xiaqingzhou Mansion, come here to deliver a letter to my master. The middle-aged man said as he took out a letter from his bosom and handed it in.

Steward Liu saw that the other party was polite and thoughtful, it was the appearance of a big family, he was busy staying, please eat before leaving, but the person who came refused to stay for a single step, turned over and turned around to say goodbye.

"Brother Qi didn't come, is it the family who came to deliver the letter?"

Chen had just finished drinking the tocolytic medicine, the taste of the medicine was a little bitter, she had just melted the pill and swallowed it in her throat, and the little girl ring next to her had already melted half a cup of honey-blended milk custard, holding it in front of her and waiting.

Lan Mei unfolded the letter and read it softly.

Chan gently stirred the soup juice with one hand.

Mama Li waited in front of her with a smile.

The two little girls stood solemnly with their hands down, standing quietly under the curtain of the door.

"Quick, quick, the first person he will see when he enters the door must be his mother, let's go to the middle courtyard!"

Liu Ying trotted, urging, and behind her Hulala followed Liu Shen and a bunch of women waiting.

"I don't know why he didn't come for fifteen, I haven't seen him for many days, has he grown taller and turned white—"

Liu Ying's mouth threw out a string of questions.

Her voice was anxious and sweet.

Liu Shen pouted behind him, he asked, it's only been a few days since he left, can he grow taller and whiter?

However, Liu Shen's own heart had already flown up and floated in the air, and she also wanted to see if Cousin Bai had changed after the farewell, whether he was more upright and handsome.

Chen scooped up a spoonful of juice, and lifted the color-seeping glazed porcelain spoon with a curved handle from the porcelain cup, and in the verdant spoon, the honey water was yellow, orange and orange, and a natural floral fragrance suddenly diffused all over the house.

Lan Mei read the letter in one go.

"What?" Chen exclaimed, and at the same time, the spoon in his hand fell silently, and it crashed into the porcelain bowl with a bang, and the small porcelain cup was light and light in the palm of Yahuan's hand, which was already unstable, and suddenly sank after being impacted, slipped from Yahuan's hand, and fell to the ground with a bang.

The spoon and the porcelain bowl were smashed at the same time.

"Damn it, slave and maid—" Yahuan immediately knelt down, her body trembling like a leaf in the wind.

"Brother Qi has met a robber?" Chen trembled, muttering and repeating, unable to believe it.

Lan Mei's voice was also trembling, "He was going to arrive at our house before the 15th Lantern Festival as in previous years, and accompany his aunt to celebrate the Lantern Festival, leaving Qingzhou, and when he passed through Liangzhou, a gang of gangsters appeared on the side of the road, killed the coachman, injured the little guy, and kidnapped Cousin Bai, so far Cousin Bai's whereabouts are unknown, and his life and death are unknown." ”

"Ah, what's wrong with him, cousin? How can he be unknown if he is alive or dead, what happened to him?"

Liu Ying heard the words through the curtains, and no longer cared about maintaining the reserved image that the young lady should have, so she stumbled into the door, her face was pale, and she asked at Chen.

Chen Shi looked up at Zhang Huang's daughter who was at a loss like this, she suddenly calmed down, and coughed heavily, "Ying'er, what do you look like in a panic?

Liu Ying hurriedly lowered her head to tidy herself up, still anxious, "Cousin Bai, what's wrong?"

Chen took the letter and read it again, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "Brother Qi is in trouble, but don't panic, he was just kidnapped by gangsters, your aunt will definitely find a way to save it, the letter was sent by your aunt, tell us not to panic, we just wait quietly and wait for the news." ”

Liu Ying was unwilling, "What is written in my mother's letter?" cousin, he ...... Are you alright?"

Chen's face was displeased, "After Liu Mei gets married, it will be your turn to be the eldest lady in the house, and you should also have the appearance of being a sister. ”

Liu Ying didn't dare to stiffen her mouth anymore and walked out of the door stupidly.

As soon as Liu Ying, Liu Shen and the others left, Chen quietly cried in the mirror, something like this happened to the eldest son of his biological sister, this is the sky is about to fall, his whereabouts are unknown, life and death are not in vain, how could such a thing happen?

She thought about it for a while, and told the housekeeper to prepare the car quickly, and she wanted to send someone to go to Cheongju Mansion quickly, send a reply letter, and at the same time inquire about the latest developments in the situation.

When she wrote the letter, she touched her stomach and smiled helplessly, if it weren't for the fact that she was pregnant with her son in her belly, she would really go to see it in person, so as to comfort her sisters. (To be continued.) )