The sound of the piano is fresh and elegant, and the melody is soothing and beautiful, like a stream, which is refreshing.

After the song was played, Liu Er realized that there were two more people in the room. Liu Er said in surprise and joy: "Dad, mother, why are you here?" Both husband and wife are very busy, and they rarely come to Biqin Garden on weekdays.

Yunqing said: "I heard that you composed a tune, so I called your mother over." "Actually, Yunqing was frustrated by Zaojube and came to Liu'er to seek comfort.

Yuxi smiled and said, "Did I listen to your father just now with a new song you composed?"

Liu Er said a little embarrassed: "This song is actually not perfect, and there are still many things that need to be modified." Yuxi and Yunqing were able to come to listen to her new song, which made Liu Er very happy.

When Yun Qing heard this, he immediately said: "It's very good, and my father is fascinated by it." ”

Yuxi said with a smile: "Don't listen to your father's nonsense, this piano music must be refined." But my mother doesn't know much about this, so you can ask Mr. Meng for advice. "I have to say that Mr. Meng is a very good gentleman, Liu Er has not only made great progress in piano skills since she studied with him, but also her temperament has become much calmer.

Yun Qing didn't feel embarrassed, but said with a smile: "Dad is a big boss, so I think it's good, but I can't rate one, two, three, four." There is a specialization in the art industry, and you should really consult with Mr. Meng more in this regard. ”

After talking for a long time, Liu Er suddenly asked Yuxi: "Mother, I heard the mother-in-law below say that you met the second young master of the Wu family, mother, what did you do with him?" Liu Er assisted Mother Qu's housekeeper, and she was more well-informed. Wu Jinyu entered the main courtyard with his front foot, and Liu Er knew it with his back foot. Therefore, she also knows about Zao Zao and Wu Jinyu in the school training ground.

Yun Qing's face froze.

Yuxi smiled and said to Yunqing, "Don't you still have something to discuss with Xu Wu?" This is to send Yunqing away.

Yunqing nodded and said, "You don't say that I almost forgot." "Liu'er is not a jujube, these things still let Yuxi talk to her, if he is on the side, this girl should be embarrassed.

After Yunqing left, Yuxi said: "You were also present yesterday, but what do you think?" Seeing that Liu Er pursed her mouth and didn't speak, Yuxi chuckled: "If there is anything bad to say in front of my mother, say whatever you think!"

Only then did Liu Er ask the question in her heart: "Mother, the eldest sister looked at the second young master of the Wu family yesterday with a very wrong look. Mother, did the eldest sister tell you about this?" Otherwise, her mother would not have been able to see this Wu Jinyu today.

Yuxi nodded and said, "Well, Zao Zao took a fancy to him, so he did not hesitate to postpone going to Guizhou for this reason." ”

Liu Er looked at Yuxi with wide eyes and asked, "Mother, you won't agree to the eldest sister, right?"

Yuxi smiled and said: "The second young master of the Wu family is good-looking, has a good temperament, and has no relatives and no sweetheart, so my mother thinks it's not bad." ”

Liu Er couldn't help but say: "Mother, but what about the Wu family being a merchant? How can the eldest sister marry into a merchant family?" It's not that Liu Er looks down on merchants, but Shinong Industry and Commerce, and businessmen have the lowest status. Liu Er felt that if Zao Zao married into the Wu family, it would be a reduction in the identity of Zao Zao.

Yuxi smiled and said, "You forgot, your eldest sister is going to recruit a son-in-law." ”

Even so, Liu Er still felt bad: "Mother, you also said that marriage is a matter of life." The eldest sister said that the wind is the rain, and this matter can't go along with her. ”

Yuxi sighed and said, "You don't know your eldest sister's temperament, since she has identified this second young master of the Wu family, her father and mother can't stop her without a proper reason." ”

Liu Er hesitated for a long time before she said what she said in her heart: "Mother, I think the eldest sister has taken a fancy to the appearance of the young master of the Wu family, not to the person. "To put it simply, jujube is the color of a good person.

Yuxi didn't deny this: "Do you remember what your eldest sister said before about the criteria for choosing a son-in-law? Beautiful, gentle and temperamental, listening to her words, the second young master of the Wu family happens to meet her requirements." ”

Liu Er felt that Yuxi was too indulgent to the eldest sister: "Mother, my sister's temperament is uncertain, what if she sees a man who is more beautiful and gentle than the young master of the Wu family in the future?"

Yuxi was surprised that Liu Er would say this, but Yuxi was very satisfied with this change: "Your eldest sister is not a person who thinks differently, you can rest assured of this." After a pause, Yuxi said softly: "Liu'er, your eldest sister is different from you. She was raised as a boy since she was a child, and her heart and thoughts are the same as men's. Most of these men want to marry a gentle, obedient and beautiful daughter-in-law, and your eldest sister is a daughter with a man's heart, so she wants to recruit a beautiful, gentle and obedient husband. ”

Liu Er opened her mouth, but she couldn't say a word. Because her mother is right, her eldest sister is a daughter with a man's heart, so her thoughts are different from hers.

After a while, Liu Er asked, "Mother, why did you and your father raise your eldest sister as a boy?" This has always been something that Liu Er couldn't understand.

Yuxi was silent for a moment before he spoke: "When my mother was pregnant with you, she was assassinated by Yan Wushuang, and she almost lost her life. Although his life was saved, he was injured, and the doctor said that it might be difficult to get pregnant again in the future. ”

Liu Er was so shocked that she couldn't do it, although she knew that she had a difficult birth when she gave birth, she didn't know that Yuxi was broken because of this.

Yuxi said: "At that time, my mother was very depressed, and your father, in order to ease my mother's heart, said that he would let Zao Zao inherit his mantle after practicing martial arts." At that time, my mother also thought that she couldn't give birth, and she was afraid that your father would take a concubine for the sake of the heir, so she agreed to his proposal. At first, Yuxi also regretted it, but then gradually saw it. As long as the jujube is comfortable and comfortable, it doesn't matter if the daughter is a man or something.

Liu Er suddenly said: "So that's the case!" She wondered why her mother would agree to give the eldest sister to her grandfather to teach, and teach the eldest sister like a tomboy.

Yuxi touched Liu'er's head and said, "Over the years, my mother has been busy, and I don't have much time to accompany the six of you sisters and brothers. I'm really incompetent. ”

Liu Er hugged Yuxi and said softly: "Mother, don't say that, I know that you are so busy with your father to give our sister and brother a stable and prosperous life." "She used to complain, thinking that Yuxi and Yunqing were only busy but didn't care about her. But then she knew more things, and she didn't complain anymore.

Yuxi was very pleased: "Our Liu'er has also grown up." "I am sensible, and I know that it is not easy and hard to understand my father.

Liu Er felt a little guilty and said, "Mother, it's because my daughter was too ignorant before, so she always made you worry about her father." Mother, not in the future. ”

Yuxi smiled and nodded, "Mother believes in you." ”

The Fang clan received an invitation from the palace and immediately went to look for Wu Jinyu. At this time, Wu Jinyu was tending to his pot of withered all-white camellia in the house.

Seeing Fang's family, Wu Jinyu smiled and put down the small shovel in his hand and asked, "Mother, why are you here?"

Fang Clan waved everyone away, including his own henchman. Only the mother and son were left in the room, and then Fang Shi asked, "Jin Yu, you tell your mother the truth, did the princess really only tell you about flowers and plants?"

Wu Jinyu shook his head and said, "I only said a few words about flowers and plants, and asked me about my preferences." Mother, what's wrong?"

Fang Shi felt that there must be something: "What else?" Seeing that Wu Jinyu was a little hesitant, Fang Shi said: "Jinyu, this is not child's play, you must not hide anything from your mother." ”

Wu Jinyu hesitated, but still said: "After meeting the prince and the princess, the maid took me to the school training ground. The lord of the county was practicing in the school practice field at that time, and the lord of the county invited me to watch her shoot arrows after seeing me. Later, I talked to the lord of the county and came back. Mother, it's nothing, is it?"

The Fang clan almost fainted, it was nothing, this was a big deal: "Why didn't you tell your mother the truth when you came back?"

It was also because of the words of the hexagonal last time that Wu Jinyu felt that his mother would think more if he talked too much, so after he came back, he didn't tell Fang Shi about seeing jujubes: "Mother, there were still a lot of people in the school training ground at that time, and I just accompanied the big county lord to say a few words, and it was not a big deal, so I didn't say it." ”

For this son who only knew anything about those flowers and plants in his eyes, the Fang clan did not withdraw: "What did the big county lord tell you?"

Wu Jinyu thought for a while and said, "I just talked about some of her experiences in Jiangnan and Guangxi. Mother, although the lord of the big county is not very old, he has a wide range of knowledge. I don't want to think about it, he stays at home all day and tends to those flowers and plants, but he has been everywhere, and his knowledge is naturally wider than him.

Fang asked patiently, "What else?"

Wu Jinyu said with a smile: "I told the big county lord some interesting stories about my flowers, and the big county lord was also very interested, and said that he had time to come to our house to see my flowers!"

The Fang clan sighed in his heart, the Great County Lord's words were so strange. A big girl's family went to someone else's house to look at the flowers, is this something that a normal person can do? Fang Shi hurriedly asked, "Then did you agree?"

Wu Jinyu nodded and said, "I said that after I cultivate the eighteen bachelors, I will invite her to come in the next post." ”

After asking all the questions that should be asked, Fang immediately went back to the house. Before returning to his courtyard, Fang Shi said, "Don't tell these words to anyone else, you know?"

Wu Jinyu nodded and said, "Mother, I won't tell anyone." "If you say it a long time ago, you won't even hide it from the Fang family.

After a few circles around the house, the Fang clan called the chief housekeeper Wu Shun to come in and said, "I'm afraid that something big is going to happen at home, so you immediately send someone to invite the master back." ”

Wu Shun's heart jumped, but after thinking about it, the house has been calm recently. Wu Shun couldn't help but ask, "Madam, what will happen?"

Fang Shi couldn't say it too clearly, and said vaguely: "You just pass on my words to the master and ask him to come back quickly." "The Wu family's business is in Jiangnan, and Wu Kuo is in Jiangnan for most of the year.

Although Wu Shun was full of doubts, he didn't ask any more questions when he looked at Fang's appearance. The Fang clan usually acted very safely, but this time he was in a hurry to ask the master to come back, and he was afraid that something really big would happen. Wu Shun hurriedly said: "I'll send someone now." ”

That night, Fang couldn't sleep while lying in bed. She guessed in her heart that Zao Zao had taken a fancy to her son, but she didn't dare to say this before the princess spoke. After going through too many things, Fang Shi was very cautious in his words and actions, so he didn't even say anything about his confidant mother.

I rolled in bed all night, and the next day I woke up with a huge black circle under my eyes.

After tossing for an early morning to get rid of the dark circles under his eyes, and having a hasty breakfast, the Fang family went out to the palace with his henchman and mother-in-law.

Yuxi was wearing a water-red embroidered peony and gold brocade skirt on this day, with a little powder, and did not wear any jewelry, but the whole person was radiant and radiant.

Every time he saw Yuxi, Fang knew that there was really another kind of woman in this world who was getting younger and younger.

After inviting the Fang family to sit down, Yuxi said with a smile: "I couldn't recognize Jin Yu when I saw it yesterday, and they all said that the female college has changed eighteen, and this boy has changed a lot when he grows up." ”

Fang Shi hurriedly stood up and confessed: "That kid doesn't understand anything, if there is anything inappropriate, please don't blame the princess." "Fang's attitude is as respectful as it gets.

Yuxi waved his hand and said with a smile: "That kid is gentle and polite, I like it very much...... Seeing Fang's anxious look, Yuxi chuckled and said: "I came to you today just to talk to you, it's nothing, you don't have to be nervous." ”

The more he said this, the more uneasy Fang became.

Yuxi doesn't care, there are really few people who can talk and laugh freely in front of her now. Yuxi said, "Jin Yu is fifteen or sixteen years old this year?"

What should come will always come back, and you can't avoid it. Fang nodded and said, "Yes, I'm sixteen years old this year." After speaking, Fang Shi sighed and said, "This kid doesn't like to read or practice martial arts, he only likes to play with flowers and plants. In order to let him study, the old man broke one of the sticks, but it was still useless. I've been heartbroken for him all these years. Although to outsiders, her son was regarded as a pie from heaven by the lord of the palace, but as a mother, she really didn't want to pick up this pie. The lord of the great county is famous, how can his son be subdued.

Yuxi didn't seem to understand the meaning of Fang's words: "Yes, raising a child knows how hard it is." Not to mention the triplets who didn't go to the house for three days, my eldest daughter Yunlan has never let me worry since she was a child. A big girl's family doesn't learn needlework, and she likes to dance with knives and guns. It's just that the old man and the prince follow her in everything, let her practice martial arts since she was a child, and let her go to the battlefield last year. You don't know, I haven't slept a good night's sleep since she went to the battlefield. I sometimes feel that she must have been owed her in her previous life, so she has come to collect debts in this life. ”

Fang Shi couldn't figure out what Yuxi meant, so he had to say: "Who doesn't know that the big county lord doesn't let the eyebrows be shaved, and he is a thousand households of the fifth grade at a young age. ”

Yuxi shook his head and said: "What kind of soldiers does the girl's family bring to fight, and it is only serious to find a good family." But she said that she wanted to recruit a son-in-law and not marry. What do you think of this? For her sake, my hair turned gray. ”

When Fang Shi heard this, his whole person froze.

Seeing that Fang's expression was wrong, Yuxi asked, "Mrs. Wu, what's wrong with you, are you not feeling well?"

Fang Shiqiang smiled: "Nothing. I feel that the big county lord is really different. "I have a younger brother at home, and I still want to recruit a son-in-law, this can be something that ordinary girls do!

Yuxi said with a wry smile: "It's all the lawlessness of the old man and the prince." cough, blame me, she shouldn't have been allowed to practice martial arts with the old man back then. Otherwise, she wouldn't have developed her character. ”

The two talked again, and Meilan said outside: "Princess, the prince invited you to the front yard and said that there is something to discuss with you." ”

Seeing this, Fang Shi hurriedly got up and said goodbye.