Chapter Seventy-One: Big Brother

"Big brother, would you like to see my begonia?" Ying Qi invited Alben. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"It's a great honor. Albena said modestly.

The two of them stood idly under the begonia tree. Begonias are lush and green.

"I have to thank the third aunt today, otherwise I'm afraid I'll be at a loss. Ying Qi said.

"My sister's business is my business. Besides, it's just a trifle. It's my sister who is willing to believe in my mother like this, which shows my sister's intelligence. Arsona smiled.

"Oh, I naturally believe in the eldest brother and the third aunt. After all, I'm just a big brother like you, right? My mother is gone, and I can only rely on my eldest brother in the future. Ying Qi smiled.

"Where, where. My sister is the eldest among sisters, and I am also the eldest among brothers, so naturally I should watch over and help each other. Maybe I need my sister's help in the future. Albon replied busily.

"It should. When Ama came to pick me up, she once told Concubine De that she would not continue the strings in the future. Ying Qi threw a weight bomb.

"Really?" Alben's eyes lit up instantly. If there is no continuation, there will naturally be no son-in-law. Then, as the eldest son, he has a great probability of inheriting the title. This sister really lived up to her expectations, and she may be the biggest variable for herself. Alben thought of his second brother, his eyes couldn't help but darken, and then recovered.

"By the way, the eldest brother is now working as an attendant next to the eighth elder brother, isn't it hard?" Ying Qi looked at Alben, noticed the change in his expression, and changed the subject.

"It's good. Alben blinked, pretending not to hear what he had just said, and he naturally understood what Ying Qi meant. He laughed along. "Brother Ba is as gentle as jade, humble and generous, and respects the teachers, so we are quite relaxed as attendants. ”

"Big brother, tell me about your school. Ying Qi looked excited.

"Don't you know, when we were in the school, many of the attendants were often disciplined by the teacher. Especially the reading of the Ten Elder Brothers. When reading the subset of Bible history, I never saw the figure of the ten elder brothers. When the teachers are angry, they naturally have to read to blame them. Albena laughed when he talked about the school.

"Are all the princes the prince's attendants?" Ying Qi was a little puzzled.

"Not really. The inner school hall is mainly composed of princes and brothers. And then there are the princes. Then there are the hand-picked noble sons. And then we read. However, the hand-picked aristocratic sons are not as good as us. Because we are all with our brothers, and the hand-picked nobles are generally alone, in this way, it is naturally easy to be ignored. Of course, Alben's statement that ignoring is a bit simple, but it's actually easier to be bullied. Everywhere is a faction, not to mention the inner school where the brothers are piled up.

"Oh my God, the princesses' inner school is like this?" Ying Qi sighed a little.

"It should be. But since you are hand-picked by His Majesty, you can choose which princess to follow at that time, so that you will not be bullied. Our family has Empress Xiao Zhaoren and Concubine Wen Gui Niangniang, so she and the eleventh elder brother are cousins. The relationship between the eleventh elder brother and the eighth elder brother and the ninth elder brother is very good, so I was fortunate to become the eighth elder brother's attendant. Qingshu has a very good relationship with the Twelfth Princess Saren. Albena pointed.

"Got it, let's talk about it then. I haven't gotten used to it at home. Ying Qi shrugged.

After chatting for a while, I heard the sound of the study opening, and Alinga came out first.

"Sister Qi, Ama still has business, you should rest early. ”

"Okay, Amma go slowly! Big brother go slowly!" Ying Qi hurriedly went over to salute.

"Alban, let's go. And Alingah took Alben and departed.

"Miss!" Mama Wang walked up.

"Well, let's go inside. Ying Qi looked at Ah Ling'a and the two walking away, nodded to Mama Wang, turned around and returned to the room.

After Alinga went back, she did not hesitate to refuse the whispers of several aunts, and ordered that no matter how tired and difficult the young ladies were, they must come and listen to Mama Wang's teachings. If I was really afraid that my body and bones would not be able to stand it, I specially invited a doctor from Baohetang, who treated the noble ladies, to come over and concentrate on their conditioning.

"Mama, how do you know that when you say that, I, Amma, will immediately agree. Ying Qi was lying on the chaise longue, and Mama Wang was sitting on the rattan chair next to her chatting. Xueyun was massaging Yingqi and kneading her fatigue, and Qingzhi had already been sent back by Coral.

"Adults have their own thoughts. But no matter who it is, it is impossible to refuse the glory of his daughter being able to become the prince of Fujin, right? Although the eldest lady, according to your current identity, you must be the prince's concubine in the future, but although the other young ladies are concubines, the world is unpredictable, who can guarantee that you will not be able to grow into a noble person one day. Even Shu Fujin is one of the nobles. Surely Lord Alinga hoped so, too. Mama Wang said with a smile.

"Moreover, eldest miss, your mother's family is also a great capital, so you have to think carefully about what kind of family the young ladies will marry in the future. Aunts, if you don't like it, if it's not suitable, just change it. I have a headache and brain fever, it's normal. Ying Qi couldn't help but shudder, Mama Wang's words were completely the idea of beating the aunts to death. Could it be that the people in the palace, well, don't take human life seriously.

"On the contrary, young ladies, if she marries well, whether she lives well or not, the focus is on her husband's family, maybe it will be a big help for you. ”

"But is it possible that it will increase my hostile strength instead?" asked Ying Qi.

"Of course, it's possible. This requires us to stifle it before we get married. Mama Wang was stalked and frowned.

"Like a parrot, well, if you don't obey, you have to teach it to be obedient, and if you don't teach it, you can only let it not speak. Mama Wang said.

"Understood. Ying Qi nodded.

On the second day, several young ladies came over in a proper manner. Ying Qi was a little surprised, Qingshu said that she would not be alive the night before, but today she was able to come over to learn the rules alive.

The second day passed without a hitch. On the third day, Qingshu took leave, and at the same time, Dr. Zhu from Baohetang also went to the courtyard of the second aunt, saying that it was a little cold.

On the fourth day, because the fourth aunt was a little unwell, she hurriedly asked for leave and went back after less than an hour of studying. Qing's words were sincere, and Ying Qi did not refuse. So only she and Qingzhi were left studying. What I am learning today is the gift of serving tea.

At this time, the kitchen was in full bloom.

"Lady of the He family, what did you just say?" The third-class maids Huang Yu and Lu Yu in the courtyard of Chunguiyuan were standing outside the kitchen.

"I said Qian girl, why did you change your name to Huang, or something, oh, Topaz, right, I can't even understand the words of the old woman. The lady of the He family held a bowl of braised pork in one hand and squinted at the topaz.

"You, do you dare not prepare the meal of Chunguiyuan?" Topaz was furious.

"The old woman doesn't dare. The second aunt had already sent someone to inform her that each garden would make its own lunch today, and the big kitchen would boil the second lady's soup. The lady of the He family said coldly.

"When did you notify me? What's more, it's such a big kitchen, but you can't use all the food for the whole house, right?"

"I don't bother you about it, anyway, I informed you that the garden did it yourself. The lady of the He family turned around and left. "Close the door!" The two rough envoys came up directly, pushed the topaz and green jade out of the outer courtyard of the large kitchen, and then closed the door of the outer courtyard with a bang.

Topaz and Green Jade jumped to their feet in anger, but they couldn't help it at all. Green Jade thought about it, and pulled Topaz around to the other side of the large kitchen, where there was a small door. Green Jade whistled softly. Someone inside answered the whistle a moment later. Then the two came to the door. The small door opened a crack, and a girl's voice came from inside. Soon he explained to them what had happened, and then left.

It turned out that the lord was going to have a banquet for one of his distant cousins, saying that he would go to Beijing to receive the reward after the evaluation. The old man set up a banquet in Tianxiang Building, and it is impossible to return when he can't estimate the time. Even if he comes back, he is estimated to be drunk, and he will not rest for long and will have to go to court again. It's not a big deal, and it's impossible to alarm the lord at all. So the second aunt is going to take this opportunity to clean up Yingqi and them.

Early in the morning, all the outer courtyards and gardens were informed that they would not prepare meals for today, and that they would each use their own kitchens. The big kitchen wants to boil the second lady's decoction. The copper core that informed Chunguiyuan separately was said to have been having diarrhea and didn't go at all. It's impossible to say about diarrhea, and even if Alinga knows about it, he can't blame anything.

Topaz and green jade go to fetch meals every day, and they are all in time. It's too late to cook when I go back. Moreover, even if they were to be told to prepare their own meals, it would not be possible. Because the small kitchen on Yingqi's side is only a decoration now, it can't be fired at all, and the things in the small kitchen are not complete at all, but the second aunt put a few kitchen utensils in the face-saving project at that time, and even there are only five or six firewoods.

"I've seen the eldest lady and the third lady. ”

Emerald came in.

"I've seen Mama. Jade seemed to want to say something to Mama Wang.

"What's wrong, something?" Mama Wang walked over in a low voice.

"That, Mama Wang, Mama Li, I didn't see it. Something. Jade whispered a few words to Mama Wang, and Mama Wang frowned.

"Wait a minute. It's up to the eldest lady to decide. Mama Wang turned around.

"Miss, there is something that needs to be decided. Mama Wang stepped forward to salute. "Please pause the etiquette of the two young ladies, is it okay?"

Mama Wang asked very politely.

"Mama Wang, what's the matter?" Ying Qi looked at Qingzhi with her eyes, and Qingzhi took the initiative to stop.

"Miss, today, the third-class maids Topaz and Green Jade below the Jade went to get today's lunch, but found that not only did the big kitchen not prepare a meal, but also drove the two Topaz out of the big kitchen. After they inquired privately, they said that the master was going to have a banquet outside today and would not come back for a while. Isn't the second miss sick, the kitchen has been cooking soup for the second miss. I boiled eight kinds of soup, and I didn't have time to make lunch. The other aunts are said to have small kitchens, and they have already been notified by the little maids to do their own things, but we are the little maids who notified us that they have diarrhea, and we didn't have time to notify them for a while. And the small kitchen here hasn't started cooking yet, so it's impossible to fire at all. So we don't have lunch today. Mama Wang explained the whole thing succinctly.

"Oh, I see. No wonder Qing'er was recalled today. Ying Qi blinked, "This is to take advantage of my Amma's absence, to give me a horse." ”

That's what it means. Mama Wang nodded.

"What does Mama mean?" asked Yingqi.

"What a fuss!" Mama Wang said succinctly.

"I like this. Ying Qi smiled slightly. "Xueyun, tell everyone to prepare. A third of the people were left to guard the courtyard, and the rest were all set off, just so that I could see who was loyal and who was not. What about you, Mama, or do you stay in the garden together?"

"The old slave will stay in the garden, let the pearl also stay, she is the big girl, just to observe the people in the garden. Mama Li, go with you, Miss. ”

"Okay. Ying Qi nodded. "Snow clouds, ready to go. ”

"Yes, miss. Xue Yun pulled the jade with an excited look and ran out. Fighting is her favorite.