At this time, the Xia Mansion was silent, and occasionally there were a few bangs, and it was quiet and peaceful in the snowy night.

In the next room, the little maid Xia Qi was staring at the roof in a daze, and the sound of bangzi came into his ears, one after another seemed to hit his heart, knocking him into a daze.

Xia Dong turned around, and saw Xia Qi in a daze that he didn't sleep with his eyes open, and muttered, "What time is it?" ”

Xia Qi didn't speak for a long time, Xia Dong was a little anxious, got up and put on a jacket and ran to the clean room.

A sound of water and light came out of the clean room, vaguely with the sound of Xia Dong yawning, he walked out after untying his hand, and saw Xia Qi staring at the roof with a pair of eyes, and couldn't help but pat him lightly on the head.

"Hey, you kid, your eyes are as big as a copper bell in the middle of the night, don't you sleep here and pretend to be Zhong Kui catching ghosts?"

Xia Qi's eyes blinked, and then he came back to his senses, and his tone was a little dazed: "Brother Dong, the third master of Ming'er is about to return to the palace, do you think he will take me back with you?" ”

Xia Dong was climbing up the kang with his hands and feet, and was stunned for a moment when he heard his words, and then slipped neatly into the warm quilt, "hey", and said, "Of course the third master can't take you!" ”

Xia Qi asked unconvinced, "Why?" I've been serving since the third master entered the mansion, so he should take me with him, right? ”

Xia Dong glanced at him angrily, yawned heavily, closed his eyes and was a little impatient: "Is there a man in the palace?" If I want to take you into the palace, you have to be stabbed, you can think about it, if you really want to follow the third master, Ming'er will make a statement with the third master, I estimate that the third master will definitely follow your thoughts. ”

When Xia Qi heard this, her eyes widened, and she hurriedly waved her hand and said: "Then forget it, my mother is just such a lone seedling, if I am stabbed, my mother can chase me with a kitchen knife from the head of the village all the way to the end of the village." ”

The two whispered softly for a while, and then turned to sleep.

On the other side, Qingyue tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, and woke up Biyue, who was sleeping in the same Chase shop.

Biyue yawned lightly and asked, "Qingyue, why don't you sleep yet?" ”

Qingyue turned over and faced Biyue, but her voice was full of disbelief: "Sister Biyue, I can't believe until now that the third master will be the prince." ”

Biyue yawned while pulling the bedding higher, wrapped her tightly, and muttered: "A character with the demeanor of the third master, at a glance, you can know that you are not an idle person, we can live in a prince in the house, and it will be more face-saving to go out, okay, don't think about it, Ming'er has to get up early." ”

Qingyue couldn't sleep anymore, reached out and pulled Biyue's hand, and said with some sorrow: "Sister Biyue, you said that the third master must be served by few people when he returns to the palace, will the third master take me back?" ”

Biyue dozed off and thought for a moment with one of the few lucid thoughts, then shook her head.

Seeing her shake her head, Qingyue asked directly, "Why?" I have been with the third master since I was a child, and I serve the third master's food and clothing......"

Biyue glanced at the eager Qingyue, and sighed: "The errands in the palace are all female officials with clean net worth and good family backgrounds, and maids like us can't enter, not to mention, female officials who have entered the palace are not allowed to be released if they are less than twenty-five years old, and if you are in the palace one day and are not pleasing to the eye by a master, your little life will be folded in it!" ”

Qingyue was taken aback, and exclaimed: "I'm the third master's person, if anyone dares to touch me, I have to see the third master's face." ”

Biyue's drowsiness was frightened back by her voice, and she reached out to cover her mouth, "Grandma, are you in the palace or in the house?" I've heard the uncle talk to the second master, there are four princes in the palace alone, and there are even more princesses, all of whom are dragons and phoenixes like the third master, and the third master is going back halfway, it's good not to be hated, where can I take care of others? Hurry up and go to sleep, beware of being reprimanded by Su's mother if you don't get up tomorrow morning! ”

Qingyue pursed her mouth, although she was unwilling, she also knew that what Biyue said was reasonable, and there was nothing she could do, so she had to cover her head with the quilt and fall asleep.

At this time, far away in the Feixiangxuan in the far corner of the Xia Mansion, Xia Xianyi was in a daze at the tearful candlestick.

It was pitch black outside the window, and the latticework in Feixiangxuan was covered with peach blossom paper, blocking the vast snowflakes outside.

Yun Lan lightly lowered the curtain on the shelf bed, and at the same time lit a soothing incense in the silver furnace, yawned slightly, and a thin wisp of smoke spread in the room, with a faint smell of roses in the incense, rich and fragrant.

She walked over and said softly: "Fourth Miss, it's time to settle it earlier, Master Ming'er ordered to send the third master together." ”

Xia Xianyi's eyes still fell on the candlestick, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the wick of the candle had been burned to charcoal black, and the first drop of the candle was dripping with wax tears, like a candle crying sadly, with a stunned expression and a soft tone, with a little ethereal.

"My brother is going back to the palace tomorrow......"

Yun Lan extinguished all the lights in the room, leaving only the candlestick on the table, and persuaded in a soft voice: "Ming'er Sanye goes back to the palace, you can't be as petty as before, you must discuss with the third master, it is best to ask the third master to ask for a favor from his aunt, so that your life in the mansion will be better." ”

Xia Xian's stunned face was faintly cold, remembering that these days, no matter how she cried and begged, Feixiangxuan's mother-in-law guarding the door was indifferent, neither talking to her, nor letting her out, making a lot of trouble, and directly pressed her back to the house.

She once heard her aunt say that those big families used this method to grind the disobedient concubines and young ladies, and after a few years of grinding to smooth out their temperament, they married those unpopular generals to be the main room or married to a high-ranking family as a concubine, in short, to sell for a good price.

Xia Xianyi reached out and pinched the wax tears left on the candle, and said absentmindedly: "Did you inquire about anything?" ”

Yun Lan's face was a little ugly, and she thought for a while before she whispered: "The slave maid, like the fourth lady, was detained in Feixiangxuan, and she couldn't get out and couldn't inquire about anything, until tonight the master sent the Xia family over, indicating that the third master would return to the palace in the morning, so let's prepare to prepare, get up early in the morning to send the third master, and the slave and maid will know some recent things that have happened in the house." ”

Xia Xianyi glanced at Yun Lan's face, raised her chin and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Yun Lan's face turned even pale, and she said slowly: "Xia Quan's family said that there is another Aunt Zhao in our house, just a few days ago, Aunt Yan ...... said that he had a body before, but later it was found out that it was fake, and the old man and his wife were furious and forced Aunt Yan to touch the pillar......"

Xia Xianyi looked up at Yun Lan suddenly, and exclaimed, "What? My aunt, she touched the pillar? ”

Yun Lan hurriedly said: "Later, I rescued it again, but I hurt my head and couldn't see the wind, I'm afraid Ming'er won't be able to send the third master, and I heard from Xia's family, the master said that he would send his aunt to the family nunnery......

Xia Xianyi's eyes widened, looking at the candle that was almost burned in front of her, and the wax tears piled up on the candlestick, looking desolate,

She felt like her whole body was frozen, how could things be like this?

She subconsciously reached forward and grabbed it, but it was empty and didn't catch anything.

The wind outside the window was whistling, and suddenly there was a "slap", the window was blown open by the wind, and it hit the window lattice, and a cold wind blew into the inner room, blowing away a lot of the warmth in her body, and she suddenly collapsed on the back of the chair.

Yun Lan hurriedly got up and closed the window, used wood to cross the window, looked back and saw Xia Xianyi like this, her eyes were a little unbearable, she moved her fingers, helped her up, and whispered in her ear: "Miss, don't be discouraged, let's get up early tomorrow morning, see the third master, you must hold back and don't lose your temper, discuss well with the third master, if the third master asks what you mean, you will say that the aunt is also the aunt of the third master, you can't ignore it like this, let it go to the family nunnery, it will go to a life, the third master will be close to you when he is young, You should discuss with the third master, first keep your aunt and then plan for the future. ”

Xia Xianyi's whole mind was clouded, and she listened to Yun Lan's words word for word, she only felt that the world was uneven, she grew up with Brother Yi since she was a child, but she had always been a little puzzled by Brother Yi's temper, and now that he was going back to the palace, what should she do?

Her mind was in a mess, and she couldn't think of a way, until she lay on the bed, she was still a little stunned, and after thinking for a long time, she couldn't resist the heavy sleepiness, and she fell into the black sweet country with her head tilted.

Yun Lan served Xia Xianyi to bed, and she also laid a thick futon on her head and kept vigil for her.

The lights in Feixiangxuan's inner room gradually dimmed.

Early the next morning, all the rooms in Xia Mansion got up early.

Lan Xinyuan, Jin Se put the yarn that Chan Yi had typed out late last night in a brocade bag, Jin Ping served Chan Yi and put on her clothes, washed and brushed her teeth, and handed her a cup of honey water to her palm.

Chanyi drank honey water and asked, "Have you ordered the big kitchen?" ”

Jinping made the bed with one hand, hung the curtain hanging on the bed with the other, and whispered: "Don't worry, the big kitchen got your orders last night, and the food prepared this morning is what the third master likes to eat." ”

Chanyi drank the honey water in one gulp, and looked up at the snowflakes outside the glass window, it had been snowing all night, and the snow this winter was probably all over the place.

She took out a small heavy box from under the dressing box, opened it, and there were all kinds of gold nudes, silver nudes, and Nanzhu Dongzhu stuffed a box full of them, thought about it, and filled a large bag with a full bag of gold nudes, and brought it with her.

Jinping came over to help her comb her hair, put on the big hat, put on a hood, and covered a hand warmer in her hand, and went to Fushoutang.