Tang Minli woke up from a nap, a little flustered for no reason, but for some reason, she got up and read a few pages of the book, and wanted to go to her mother's room to have a look.

As he spoke, he saw the curtain open, and Lin ** walked in in a big red cloak inlaid with snow-white fox fur, and when he looked up and saw her, he smiled and said, "What are you doing or looking like you can't wake up?"

Seeing her look so bright, Tang Minli couldn't help but smile and said, "Didn't I just wake up? ”

Lin ** untied the cloak, the little girl stepped forward to take it, Tang Minli saw that she was wearing a silk jacket with the same red plum blossoms, a turmeric shirt inside, and a skirt of the same color underneath, dressed energetically and refreshingly, she was really amazed in her heart, and hurriedly sat down.

Lin ** glanced at the books on her desk at random, and saw that they were nothing more than "Four Books and Five Classics", "Women's Training" and the like, so she said: "These are all old and not new, I will give you a good-looking book another day." ”

Tang Minli smiled: "Then I'll thank you first." It's cold these days, I don't like to go out, and even you don't come much...... It's so boring, it's just ......."

Tang Minli wanted to say that Xiao Tang was named a "marriage envoy" by the emperor and was going to leave Beijing in a few days, but suddenly thought about it: "Last time, Lord Lin came to propose marriage, and my mother said that if it was settled, fortunately, my aunt's birthday would also make her old man happy, but my mother didn't mention a word that day, and I didn't dare to ask......

Min Li thought that this matter was too sensitive, so she didn't dare to make fun as she used to. I thought that the two family affairs might be blown up, so Lin ** has rarely come to the door recently, but looking at her demeanor today, it doesn't look like a marriage has been rejected.

Tang Minli only smiled, but Lin ** said: "I wanted to come, but recently my father didn't know what to think, and he actually got a person I hated very much at home, and because of the rumors I heard from somewhere, I was afraid that I would be in danger when I went out, so I was not allowed to go out...... Today, I will let him go with me. ”

Min Li asked curiously, "What kind of annoying person, why do you want to stay at home if you are a nasty person?"

Lin ** snorted and said, "Haven't you heard yet? Isn't it the same Ling Jingshen who was messing with your brother before? Recently, he was dismissed by the Criminal Department for dereliction of duty, and I don't know what your brother thinks, but he actually recommended him to my father, and now he is my father's guard! Your brother and my father are still full of praise for him, don't you know that I get angry when I see him?"

Min Li was surprised and laughed, and said, "My brother didn't mention this matter to me. I only vaguely heard that he had been dismissed...... However, my brother said that it was not because he was negligent in his duties, but because his boss blamed him...... I didn't expect it to be at your house. ”

Lin ** said: "What is the guilt, the cow does not drink water and presses his head? He was originally in charge of the prison, why did he let other irrelevant people point fingers? If he can hold it in one breath, he will not be able to fly this flying disaster! Or he is soft-boned, he is afraid when he is frightened, or he is negligent, in short, he can't get rid of the left and right. ”

Min Li smiled: "You actually think that Brother Jingshen is an enemy, but since my brother and Uncle Lin both appreciate him, he must be a good one." ”

Lin ** waved his hand and said, "Don't mention this person, don't bother me." ”

Just as he was talking about this, he suddenly saw the girl come to report: "Mrs. sent to invite, saying that the second sister/sister of the Yingguo Mansion is here, and asked the girl to talk to Miss Lin over to talk." ”

Lin **qi said: "What is the second junior sister of the Yingguo Mansion? I don't know who it is, what do you want to talk about?"

Min Li said: "Have you forgotten the girl who was held by my aunt and sat next to her at the birthday banquet of Mrs. Pingjing? Or did my brother personally lead her in?"

Lin ** remembered this and said with a smile: "It turned out to be her, that child looks good, I have always hated children, she is not at all, but quietly, like a member of our faction." ”

Min Li got up and said, "Don't be ashamed, what do you mean by 'people like us', you still think children are noisy, according to me, children still think you can make trouble more than them...... Come with me to meet the guests. ”

The two of them held hands, and sure enough, they came to Mrs. Tang's room, and before they entered the door, they heard Mrs. Tang laugh and say, "I've been thinking about you recently, but if it's not good, I'll call someone to invite you over...... You seem to know my heart, but you just happened to come. ”

Lin ** was outside and didn't enter, only poked Minli's arm with his finger, and said in a low voice: "Listen, you will fall out of favor from now on." ”

Minli knew she was joking, so she spat lightly. The maid said, "The girl is here with Miss Lin." ”

The two looked at each other and smiled, one left and one right entered the door, and sure enough, they saw a girl with pink makeup sitting next to Mrs. Tang, and when they saw the two of them coming in, they stood up and saluted: "Sister Minli is good, Sister Lin is good." ”

The two of them were overjoyed to see her so polite, and Minli hugged her and said, "No wonder they all love you so much, so well-behaved and sensible, where to find it?"

Mrs. Tang was already anxious and said, "Don't be polite, coming here is the same as your own home, good boy, come over quickly." The three of them returned to their seats.

Minli looked at Ying Huaizhen, the more she looked at it, the more she liked it, and suddenly remembered something, so she smiled.

Lin ** was next to her, and when she saw it, she asked, "What are you secretly laughing at?"

Min Li just didn't say anything, and Lin ** said: "If you don't say it again, I'll have to tickle you." ”

Minli was most afraid of itching, and knew that Lin ** was a person who said and did, so she didn't care whether she was in front of her mother or others, so she had to say: "I just thought of something interesting, and I laughed." ”

Mrs. Tang also asked when she heard this, Ying Huaizhen also watched, but Minli looked at Ying Huaizhen and asked with a smile: "I just thought of it suddenly...... You call my brother 'uncle', why do you call me 'sister'?"

Ying Huaizhen was stunned, it turned out that she saw that Minli was not very old, and the two families had no other relatives, so she could only call it so, and although Lin ** was two years older than Minli, she was also a girl in the boudoir, so she called it "sister", and she didn't think that there was such a thing as Xiao Tang.

Ying Huaizhen's face was slightly red, and he didn't know how to answer for a while. Lin ** smiled and said: "You see that you are only at this age, do you want people to call you aunt?"

Min Li also blushed, so she spat and said, "It's just nonsense without covering your mouth." ”

Mrs. Tang also smiled: "Let's not talk about these false tricks, we can call it whatever we like." ”

Unexpectedly, Ying Huaizhen sat next to Mrs. Tang, secretly anxious in her heart, it turned out that she followed Ying Lanfeng to the Tang Mansion, in fact, to see Tang Yi, but unexpectedly she entered the door, and when she reported inside, Mrs. Tang heard that she was coming, so she immediately asked someone to lead her in, and she didn't even see Xiao Tang's face.

Suddenly, I heard Lin ** say again: "Speaking of Brother Yi, I also think of a funny thing, but do you remember the last time he came back from outside with my father?"

Min Li looked at her and asked, "That's when you sat and waited with me for a long time that day, why don't you go to have dinner with Brother Jingshen?"

Lin ** smiled: "Isn't it exactly? That day, I went to his study to look for books, but I didn't find the book, but found a small bag, he saw me take it, as if he was in a hurry, I was startled, and thought he was hiding something amazing......"

Mrs. Tang and Tang Minli didn't know about this matter, so they hurriedly asked what it was, and Ying Huaizhen also waited fixedly.

Lin ** smiled and said: "Finally, when I opened it, it turned out to be two silver bracelets worn by children......! When I asked, he admitted that he said that he bought it for Huaizhen when he was in Taizhou, but Huaizhen didn't like it, and he didn't want him, I looked at him like that, and couldn't laugh, thinking that although he had always been careful, he had never been careless to girls, not to mention those nephews in your clan, even if it was me and Minli, how could I get any gifts from him? I didn't expect the first time to be careful and considerate, but it was disgusting! So I laughed at him. ”

Mrs. Tang also smiled: "It's the first time I've heard of it, it can be seen that Huai'er is really painful, even Yi'er, who has always been careless, is worried about it, but how does Yi'er know what the little girl likes? ”

After speaking, he took Ying Huaizhen's hand and instructed: "If you want anything in the future, just open your mouth and tell him, and he will definitely buy it for you." Otherwise, he will buy it according to his heart, and he doesn't know what strange things to buy? ”

Ying Huaizhen couldn't help blushing, how did she know that Xiao Tang bought a silver bracelet to give her? This is also a matter of knowledge, but this matter is naturally difficult to explain, and she just wants to find some excuse to see Xiao Tang, so she took the opportunity to say: "Auntie, is Uncle Tang at home now? I still want to thank him in person." ”

Mrs. Tang said, "Naturally, I am at home, probably talking to your father? Do you want to see him? I will ask him to come over." ”

Before Ying Huaizhen could speak, Minli coughed, and said: "My brother has been busy lately, even I have rarely seen him, and now Lord Ying is here again, there must be a long time to say, not to mention that calling my brother here will inevitably snub Lord Ying, it is better to let Huaizhen go over and talk cheaply." ”

Mrs. Tang nodded and said, "That's fine." ”

immediately called the maid over, put on a cloak for Ying Huaizhen and asked her to lead her over, and asked the maid to look at her, pay attention to the wind, and specially instructed her to come back after speaking.

Ying Huaizhen was relieved, although he felt that it was a little strange for Min Li to stop Mrs. Tang behind and not call Xiao Tang over, but he didn't think much about it, and walked to the front study with the maid going out, and asked as he walked: "Sister, it turns out that Miss Lin is the daughter of Lord Lin Yushi?"

The maid said: "That's right, I have been playing with our young master and girl since I was a child." ”

Ying Huaizhen thought for a while and said, "No wonder I listen to Uncle Tang and Sister Minli as excellent." ”

The maid pursed her lips and smiled, "Isn't it good? I almost got engaged a while ago." ”

Ying Huaizhen raised his head and asked, "Who is engaged to whom?"

The maid was about to speak, when she suddenly heard someone in front of her: "Xiao Huaizhen!"

Ying Huaizhen looked up, but saw three people in front of him, coming out of nowhere, in addition to his father, the one on his right hand was naturally Xiao Tang, wearing a vermilion robe, with a bright smile, which looked particularly eye-catching in the bleak winter, and the person standing next to him was still dressed in black, with a snow-white face, like a piece of snow, and looked a little familiar.

Ying Huaizhen didn't pay attention to it, just watched Xiao Tang go, but saw that Xiao Tang had already taken a step first, put aside Ying Lanfeng and the man in black, and came straight to her, and said with a smile: "I heard your father say that you are also here, but I took it to my mother, and I thought I couldn't see it." ”

Ying Huaizhen met his eyes, deliberately tilted his head, looked back from his side, and saw that Ying Lanfeng and Ling Jingshen were still far away, so she said, "Uncle Tang, last time you said that you were also leaving, are you going to Fanbang?"

When Xiao Tang heard this, the smile on his face closed a little. Ying Huaizhen couldn't wait for him to answer, and asked again: "Are you really going to go......, right? Isn't it dangerous?"

Xiao Tang saw her looking at herself, and suddenly realized in her heart that she was worried, so he smiled again, touched her little face, and said, "Don't worry about Huaizhen, Uncle Tang will be fine." ”

Ying Huaizhen looked at him intently, although he knew that he was not a person to be messed with, but suddenly remembered all kinds of acquaintances from Taizhou...... On the street, she grabbed him like a life-saving straw, and in the county office, he witnessed her crying and comforted her carefully, and later returned to Beijing...... She vomited because she saw Ling Jue, he thought she was not in good health, and then he quietly helped Li Xing and Li Huo.

The north wind was a little cool, lifting the corner of her pink and white cloak, trembling slightly, Ying Huaizhen felt a little uncomfortable in his eyes.

Xiao Tang saw that her eyes were red, her nose was also red, and the wind was strong, so he pulled up her cloak and wrapped her, and was about to speak, Ying Huaizhen stammered: "Uncle Tang, I, I have always remembered our agreement...... I—I'll wait for you to come back......"

At this moment, Ying Lanfeng and Ling Jingshen were walking to him, Ying Huaizhen said this with some difficulty, and suddenly felt that the situation was strange: he obviously wanted him to take care of himself and turn around, but it sounded like ...... She couldn't help but be a little ashamed, so she refused to say anything, and just when she saw Ying Lanfeng coming, she was in a hurry to run to him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he moved under his feet, he pulled Xiao Tang and hugged him carefully, and said with a smile: "I haven't finished speaking, why did I run again?

Ying Huaizhen pursed his lips, suspecting that he didn't understand the meaning of what he had just said, Ying Lanfeng stepped forward and took her hand and took it, and said, "Did you hear what your Uncle Tang said? ”

Ying Huaizhen was just unhappy, so he stared at Xiao Tang, Xiao Tang met her eyes, and finally said: "You promise that I will not run around in the future, and I will also promise that you will come back with a good look, okay?"

Ying Huaizhen looked at him with wide eyes, only to know that he really understood what she meant, so he nodded with a smile, stretched out his finger and said, "Then let's pull the hook." ”

Little Don laughed, and sure enough, he stretched out his hand and hooked his finger with her.

Ying Lanfeng asked Ying Huaizhen to say goodbye to Mrs. Tang because he still had something to do, and led her out of the house, Xiao Tang and Ling Jingshen sent them out of the door, seeing them get in the car and leave, Xiao Tang sighed slightly, and was about to turn around and go back to the house, when he suddenly saw Ling Jingshen standing beside him, with a thoughtful expression.

When Xiao Tang saw him show this expression again, he smiled and asked, "What's wrong with you?"

You might as well ask Ling Jingshen: "This, is the kid you praised last time?"

Xiao Tang said: "You say Xiao Huaizhen? isn't it her...... Do you think I'm right? Isn't it a strange child?"

Ling Jingshen nodded slowly, and sighed, "Sure enough, it's a pity." ”

Xiao Tang couldn't help but laugh and said, "You're sick again...... No head, no brain, what's really a pity?"

Ling Jingshen said: "Sure enough, he is a very clever and smart good boy, but it's a pity that he is too young......

Xiao Tang frowned, and asked with a smile, "What does this have to do with age? I don't understand?"

Ling Jingshen looked at him with a smile and said, "Naturally, it's a pity, if this child is older, he will be a couple with you." ”

Xiao Tang was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "I thought you followed your teacher and could learn more seriously, but I didn't expect that you were still so unserious." ”

Ling Jingshen said with a smile: "Children's affairs are very serious...... Speaking of which, I really have one thing to ask you: A few days ago, I clearly heard that Lord Lin intended to marry Miss Lin to you, why did you quietly not follow up later?"

When Xiao Tang heard this, he sighed again and said, "That's it, let's go in and talk about it." ”

The two entered the house, and then went back to the study, who knew that they were halfway there, and they saw Lin ** and Minli coming together, both of them wearing red wool cloaks, generally young and beautiful, and fluttering clothes in the action office, like a pair of children outside the world.

Seeing them from a distance, the two reacted differently, Lin ** glared at Ling Jingshen, and then looked at Xiao Tang with a smile, while Min Li's gaze was always looming on Ling Jingshen, and after looking at it for a while, his eyelids drooped, his cheeks were slightly red, and there was a light smile on his lips