The stars are scarce, the bells and drums are resting, and the warbler is waning outside the curtain. The blue dew is heavy, the willow wind is slanting, and the courtyard is full of falling flowers

The next day, when the sky was slightly bright, Jia Min woke up, put on a gown and got up to the beauty couch near the window, sat on it and gently pushed open the window, and the breeze blew in to bring a trace of coolness. Looking up at the sky, there were still remnants of stars, and there was the chirping of birds in my ears. I stared blankly at the scenery outside the window, and my heart was full of thoughts. also thought of the Lin family from the Jia family, and from Jia's mother to Daiyu.

I suddenly remembered the jade ring given by the fairy, which seemed to be some kind of storage space, and there were pills and medical books in it. So Jia Min looked at the ring in his hand, because the fairy did not tell him how to take things, but he shouldn't talk about how to take things inside. I thought about it for a long time, but I didn't get it.

Outside, there was the sound of getting up and dressing and grooming, and they whispered faintly, thinking that they got up. So, she closed the curtain and went back to bed, half-reclining.

Mama Qian walked in lightly, and found that Jia Min had woken up before the hour, and said, "Girl, why don't you call the old slave in the morning." ”

"I just woke up, and Mama came, how do you let me call?" Jia Min smiled.

"Yes, yes, it's Mama who said it wrong. After listening to Jia Min's words, he also laughed, walked to the wardrobe and asked, "Girl, what clothes do you want to wear today?"

"My mother didn't tell me to stay in the room for a few days, so I just needed to find some home-cooked clothes. When Jia Min heard this, he pointed casually, "Just wear that pink gown and moon-white dress." Mama, you go and get water, I'll freshen up later. ”

Mama Qian put the clothes she said on the hanger in front of the bed, and walked out when she heard the sound, Jia Min had just put it on, and Cai Mei led a few maids to walk in with a basin of water and other things for washing, Jia Min fixed her eyes, but she didn't see Cai Ju, so she asked: "What about Cai Ju, I didn't see her when I woke up yesterday, why didn't I see her coming." ”

"Girl, how did you forget, Sister Caiju's old lady was sick, and after giving her wife, she went home to serve the sick. When they left, the wife and the girl gave them a lot of medicine. Cai Mei said as she made her bed. "The girl only remembers Sister Caiju in her heart, and the slave can't catch up with the horse. ”

"You girl, I didn't ask casually, but I provoked you to talk a lot, don't I usually treat you well, what Sister Caiju has, which is less than yours. If you say that again, be careful, if there is anything new in the future, it will only be given to Sister Caiju and Cailan, and you will not have a share. Jia Min sat in front of the dresser and let Cailan clean her face, Wan'er said.

"Girl, if you only give it to the slave maid and Sister Caiju and don't give it to her, then you won't have pantothenic acid every day in the future, and you will be like a big frog in the air. Cailan joked.

When Jia Min heard this, he also laughed and said, if Caimei is so strong and greedy, Cailan is right. The little girls around also laughed together, but Caimei didn't follow after hearing it: "That's what you said, as if I was staring at the girl's things all day." Okay, you're making fun of me one by one. ”

Looking at her appearance, the people around her burst into laughter.

At this time, Mama Qian walked in, looking at Jia Min's head before it flowed, but the girls were in a mess, and said with a calm face: "Look at what time it is, the girl hasn't dressed up yet, but you are making trouble here, and there are no rules." Cailan, you still don't groom the girl, Caimei, you don't put away the girl's clothes. ”

After listening to Mama Qian's words, the girls in the room all smiled, and their eyebrows were lowered and they were doing what they were doing. Cai Lan held a sandalwood comb in her hand and pulled the three thousand troubles into a hanging bun. Jia Min looked at the appearance in the mirror, crescent eyebrows, high nose bridge, eyebrows without painting, lips without dots, face like peach blossoms, elegant temperament, gentle and quiet, similar to Yu'er when she was a child.

Mama Qian on the side saw Jia Min in a daze in front of the bronze mirror, and wondered if she had made the girl unhappy by reprimanding the girl just now. After all, a seven-year-old child is the age when he loves to play and make trouble. And the other girls in the room, seeing that the girl was in a daze, Mama Qian had just reprimanded them, so they didn't dare to make a noise for a while, and they were very silent for a while.

Jia Min came back to his senses and wondered: "What's the matter, I was still chattering just now, why did I become a drama gourd mouth one by one after a while." ”

"Girl, isn't it time to eat? The bamboo picks are set up outside, and they are waiting for the girl to use them. ”

Jia Min answered, went out of the inner room, and came to the outer room, only to see the bamboo picking standing on the round table of yellow rosewood, with bird's nest porridge, crab roe buns, rose rolls and a few side dishes. Jia Min sat down slowly, and the girl behind her began to make vegetables.

Hearing only the sound of bowls and chopsticks colliding indoors, Jia Min drank bird's nest porridge while looking at the girls in the room, among which Cai Mei, Cai Lan, Cai Zhu and Cai Ju at home are first-class girls, but although these four people are the same first-class, their status is still different. Among them, Cai Ju was originally a first-class girl in Jia's mother's body, just because Jia Min had her own yard at the age of six, on the one hand, it was to balance Mama Qian, and on the other hand, it also had the meaning of ears and eyes. These four girls have their own good and loyal, but they also have their own thoughts. The most important thing is that these four girls are not his own wedding girls, so Jia Min is watching the disputes between them.

As soon as I finished eating, I heard the girl guarding the door outside: "Girl, the uncle is here." That is, the door curtain moved, and a young man walked in, Bai Yu's face was facing peach blossom eyes under a pair of sword eyebrows, the corners of his eyes were affectionate, and his beautiful eyes were flowing, don't be romantic, he is really a beautiful man, and he can't see the lustful appearance after that.

"Why is the big brother here, Min'er has been sick for a few days, and I haven't seen you coming, I thought you had forgotten Min'er a long time ago. Jia Min got up and said coquettishly.

"Sister, but I was wronged as a brother. The day will fall into the water, and I'm afraid of it. I wanted to guard you in the room, but my mother said it was not in accordance with the rules, and said something like 'men and women have different tables for seven years old'. You had to leave, and then you fell asleep for a few days, and my mother wouldn't let me disturb you, and as soon as I heard that you were awake, I hurried here. Jia Yu was afraid that she would misunderstand, and hurriedly explained.

Jia Min saw that he was anxious, and secretly laughed in his heart, but he still didn't believe it: "Hmph, who believes it, I woke up yesterday, and you only came now, so where did you go yesterday, why didn't you come." ”

Seeing that my sister didn't believe it and looked angry, she was even more anxious: "Yesterday, a friend invited me to drink, and I didn't come back until the time of the unitary, and my sister was already asleep at that time, so I didn't come." ”

Jia Min didn't care what he said, he was unmoved, and he still pretended to be angry. And Jia Yu was even more anxious when he saw it, and there were some beads of sweat on his forehead. The girl in the room saw it, and knew that the girl was not really angry, but just joking with the uncle, looking at the uncle's hurry, she also laughed secretly.

Jia Yu was so anxious that he was about to go around the house, when he had an idea: "Good sister, it's just wrong to be a brother, you see I went out yesterday to buy you something new." Just take my brother to make amends, okay?" said he took out a rectangular cotton box from his sleeve, and opened it to put a carved jade ball, which was still layered, and each layer could move, Jia Min counted it, there were five layers, and the patterns carved on each layer were not the same, and several layers together formed a painting, but with a slight turn, the painting also changed. It's ingenious and fun.

Jia Min saw it and couldn't put it down, she had lived a lifetime and had seen a lot of novelties, but she really hadn't seen the jade ball, and she didn't care about teasing Jia Yu, so she asked, "Big brother, where did you get this jade ball?"

"I know my sister will like it, didn't I go to a banquet to eat wine yesterday? I met a group of people studying jade cups in the restaurant, I walked over and only glanced at it and found that it was a utensil from the previous dynasty, but the owner kept saying that it was from the Warring States. I explained to him in detail, and he was convinced, and then he gave me this jade bead. I didn't want to take it, but he wanted to give it anyway. Jia Yu proudly said the origin of this jade ball.

"How can I give you such a valuable thing? The eldest brother knows who his surname is. Jia Min felt that it was not as simple as Jia Yu said, so he asked.

"I don't know his name, he is a few years younger than me, I guess he is not much older than you, I heard the people at the table call him the fifth master. Why does my sister think that person is different, and I didn't say who it is, what is he trying to do?" replied.

"What, brother, you said his surname is apprentice?" Jia Min heard this surname, and felt that it was not simple, it was very likely to be from the royal family. I wanted to listen to Jia Yu in my heart, but when I saw a bunch of Yahuan Mama in the room, it was inconvenient to say, and then Jia Min sent them all out, leaving only Mama Qian alone, and after everyone walked out, he lowered his voice and said: "Big brother, you can know that the surname of the country is Situ." Others call that person the fifth master, and this jade bead is afraid that it is such a rare thing, I am afraid that only the royal family will have it. ”

Jia Yu was not stupid, listened to her words, and said excitedly: "Sister, you are suspicious of that person"

Before Jia Yu could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Jia Min, "Big brother, you be quiet." ”

Because of Jia Min's reminder, he also understood that what he said was about the royal family, and he couldn't let others hear it, so he continued in a low voice: "He is from the royal family?"

"This is also my guess, the current saint has passed the age of his establishment, and there are seven princes and five princesses under his knees. The crown prince is the eldest son of the queen, who was born to the first queen and is 18 years old, the second prince died young, the third prince is the son of Zhen Guifei at the age of 16, the fourth prince is the son of the queen and is also the son of the concubine, who is 12 years old, and the fifth prince is the son of Zhuang Concubine and is now 8 years old. The sixth prince and the fourth prince have the same mother and are only three years old. The seventh prince is the son of Wang Meiren, and he is still a milk doll. Jia Min explained the existing princes to Jia Yu in detail, and explained: "Among several princes, only five princes are similar to that one in terms of age and ranking. ”

It's just that Jia Min can't understand that at the age of the fifth prince, he can't leave the palace, how can he appear in the place where Jia Yu is drinking, but he still talks about antiques so coincidentally. As long as you know Jia Yu, you know that he is not good at literature and martial arts, and he is idle all day long, and he does not learn or know. But there is a bit of crooked talent in the appreciation of antique calligraphy and painting. So was yesterday's incident intentional or unintentional? If it was unintentional, then it was fine, if it was intentional, then what did he want from his eldest brother?

Jia Min pondered deeply, but missed the shock on the faces of Jia Yu and Mama Qian beside them, they only felt that what they talked about just now was not at all what the seven-year-old girl they knew said, and it was more like the words of a housewife.

"Sister, they all say that you are smart, sensitive and studious. is also a father who often says that if you are a man, the Jia family will definitely prosper for three more generations. Now it seems that this is false, but my sister knows more about the royal affairs. If it weren't for your words today, I wouldn't know how many princes the saint has. ”

After listening to Jia Yu's words, Jia Min realized how suspicious what he said just now, and said remedied: "I listened to my mother for those words, and the eldest brother is either staying in the house every day to study antiques, calligraphy and paintings and laugh with girls, or messing around with fox friends and dog friends, so I have time to remember these things."

Jia Yu was red-faced by Jia Min's words, although he had often heard these words from others, he didn't feel anything at the time. But today is the first time that my sister has said it so clearly, and I feel embarrassed. After all, my sister is only seven years old, and he is fourteen. He had long forgotten what he had just said, and said shyly: "My sister is now growing up and has to preach as a brother, and my sister doesn't know if others don't know it? ”

Seeing that he has been transferred, he is relieved, but he thinks that if he wants to change the fate of the Jia family, he can only start with his mother and brothers, but she is dissatisfied with Jia's mother and Jia Zheng, then she can only change Jia Yu.

Thinking of this, he said in a straight voice: "I don't know what the big brother is like, but only I know, what's the use! Outsiders don't know, it is related to the reputation of the big brother and the family style of the Rongguo Mansion, how can it be treated lightly." I know that my eldest brother doesn't like to study, and he doesn't want to join the army, but there are not only these two lines in the world, you must know that there is also the saying 'three hundred and sixty lines, and the line is the champion'. Big brother can choose what he likes to do it to the extreme, which is also a success. After all, the eldest brother will inherit the Rongguo Mansion in the future, and he will be the head of the family at that time, so he can't be without a little responsibility. ”

When Jia Yu heard this, she realized that she was not like everyone else, but just blindly let herself practice martial arts, and said very fondly: "Listening to my sister's words today, it is like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and then I understand that what I think about on weekdays is too narrow, and today's words are very much thought about by the brotherhood." It's just a matter of what to do now. ”

Jia Min thought for a while and said: "This has to make me think about it, and the big brother can also change it slowly, so that it will not make people suspicious." It's just that the big brother can't laugh with the girl at home anymore, don't be frivolous, be well-behaved, and wait for the rest to be talked about. ”

"My sister said, for my brother Yiming, the hour is not early, I will leave first. After speaking, he was about to walk out, but he didn't take a few steps and turned back: "I forgot about the jade ball, what should I do? Or this ball is still kept by my sister, I'm afraid to let me go, if I lose it, it's not a matter of right and wrong." ”

"Okay, then let me go first, it's just that the matter of the jade ball should not be known to outsiders. If you meet that big brother again, don't let him know his identity. Jia Min thought about it and felt that he was right, so she left the jade ball, at this time she knew that this jade bead would cause so many rights and wrongs, and it was impossible to stay.

After Jia Min finished instructing, he left. Looking at Jia Yu's departing figure, pondering how to change him. After a while, she thought of her grandmother, if she was grandmother, there would definitely be a solution.

Mama Qian was even more worried, if she was shocked just now, then now she is frightened, the girl was born by her, and it has been seven years since she understood it, it is impossible to say what she said today. But looking at the person in front of her, she was obviously a girl, and those little habits had not changed, so she could only bury her doubts in her heart.