Dusk has passed, the light of the slanting sun is dim, and the light in the study is fading, Qingyin put the embroidery shed on her knees, rubbed her sour eyes, and turned her head sideways to see Lin Bining sitting behind the desk, still looking like an old monk. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The light where she sat was worse than that of Qingyin, and Qingyin's embroidery couldn't be seen clearly, and she was very suspicious that Lin Bining could still see the words, or was just in a daze, because she hadn't heard the sound of the paper turning pages for a long time.

Qingyin's hand rubbed the silk that was tightly stretched by the embroidery shed, the master did not command, she hesitated whether to light the lamp, Lin Bining's expression has been very serious since she came back, and she was worried in her heart.

Strictly speaking, except for the night of last year, when she went to take the medicine from the Luomei Courtyard, the eldest lady was kind and pleasant at other times, never rushed with people, and was very tolerant and generous to her subordinates, even if the maids in the courtyard made some mistakes, they would not care about others.

It may be that the previous impression was too deep, so that Qingyin was scared when she saw the serious expression of the eldest lady. At this time, Qingmiao was not here, and she was a little afraid that this move would make the eldest lady unhappy.

When Qing Miao entered the courtyard, she frowned when she saw that the study was dim. beckoned to Qingyin at the door, and when she came over, he poked her forehead with his index finger and scolded softly: "I don't have the eyesight to see, why don't I light the lamp when it's dark, and I carefully hurt the young master's eyes." ”

Qingyin took her hand and shook it, and whispered for mercy: "The young master has a bad face, I don't dare to light the lamp." ”

"That's a point! The young master is the most kind person in the house, as long as you don't make her unhappy, she won't take the fire out of you. Qingmiao glanced at her funny, "I'll leave it to me here, it's not too early, you go to the kitchen to get food." ”

"Okay, Qingmiao, you're good to me." Qingyin said happily, and then took a little maid to the kitchen.

Qing Miao walked into the study, first lit the lamp, the room was lit up, Lin Bining blinked, looked at the direction of the light source in a daze, Qing Miao stood quietly beside her, for a while, Lin Bining looked at her and asked, "Have you done anything about it?" ”

"Young master, I have already explained to the gatekeeper, and in the future, Bai Gongzi will only say that the young master is not in the mansion." Qing Miao replied, "Bai Gongzi came here half an hour ago, and he left when he heard that the young master was not in the mansion. ”

"Hmm." Lin Bining nodded.

Qing Miao endured it, and finally carefully asked the doubts in her heart: "Why does the young master want to do this?" ”

The eldest lady has always treated Bai Gongzi as a guest, why did she go out and avoid it when she came back?

Lin Bining lowered her head, stroked Bai Yi's picture borrowed from her, and fell silent, just when Qing Miao thought that she would not answer, she sighed shallowly and said, "The Tao is not the same, it is better for him and me to break it earlier." ”

Hearing this, Qing Miao was even more confused by the second monk, and after thinking about it, he still didn't understand. That's it, anyway, she's a maid who listens to the eldest lady's orders.

Drawing a clear line with Bai Yi was a decision made by Lin Bining after thinking about it all night.

What Bai Yi didn't finish in the cave yesterday, Lin Bining could probably guess from the way he looked at him. When she thought that such an excellent man might like her, to be honest, she was happy and excited in her heart, but when she thought that she was a man in his eyes, this liking changed her taste.

Did Bai Yi like men in the first place, or did he only like himself as a man in his eyes, or did he already see through that he was a woman?

However, when I think of Bai Yi's identity, the truth becomes meaningless.

If he likes men, then she can't be with him, even if she is a man. If he liked a woman, they couldn't be together.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, although the status of businessmen has been improved, the intermarriage between officials and businessmen will not only be ridiculed for selling their sons and daughters, but also for businessmen who will be ridiculed for clinging to wealth and nobility. Of course, there are many cases where businessmen send their daughters to be concubines in the official's house, but first, although she admits that she has some liking for Bai Yi, but this liking is far from the point where she wants to be with him as a concubine, and secondly, this is a matter of the bottom line, and it is impossible for her to be a concubine. As for the possibility of marrying Bai Yi as his wife, she didn't dare to think about it.

Whether she has low self-esteem or self-knowledge, she is no longer naïve, no longer fantasizing, no longer ignorant and fearless.

Therefore, Lin Bining wanted to take advantage of the fact that the love roots were not deep, uproot it, no longer meet Bai Yi, and as time passed, slowly, each forgot about the other.

After a hasty dinner, Lin Bining carried the lamp and painted a picture overnight, and the next day someone sent it back to Yuanxiang Courtyard with the books.

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When Bai Yi's sisters heard that Prince Zhong's mansion had been burglarized, they returned to the palace to inquire about the situation, and they learned about his injury.

At this time, several people were in Bai Yi's room, sitting around his bed.

Lord Jingmin picked up the red dates on the table casually, and said while eating: "I just saw my mother, listening to her description, I thought you were dying, and you only had one breath left, but now I see that your face is ruddy, and you look healthier than me." I said, "Where are you hurt?" ”

"Hyun'er, don't talk like that." The county lord of Shuning glanced at the county lord Jingmin reproachfully, and then turned his head to look at Bai Yi with concern, "Concubine Fang Cai didn't say it explicitly, where were you injured, Yun Xian?" ”

"It's not a big injury to the arm." Bai Yi pointed to the injured position of his right hand, with a helpless expression on his face, and said pitifully, "Several sisters helped me intercede with my mother, but my mother didn't allow me to get out of bed." If I had been in bed for so many days, I would have been dying. ”

Lord Jingmin covered his mouth and smiled happily, gloating: "You deserve it, who made you hurt, it's not that you don't know that your mother can't see you hurt the most." ”

Bai Yi turned his eyes for help to the other two sisters, and the county lord of Shuning coughed, "Since it is the order of the mother, Yun Xian, you still obediently raise it in bed for a few days, and it should be regarded as a comfort to the mother." ”

Hearing this, Bai Yi looked at the county lord of Yaqing again, and his gaze could be described as pleading, and the county lord of Yaqing glanced at him with a smile, and said, "Lying in bed all day long is not the way to recuperate, I will talk about it with my mother." ”

Bai Yi's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said with a smile: "Then the second sister will help me talk to my mother by the way, and lift my ban on not being allowed to leave the house." ”

"Nope." Lord Yaqing's smile became more and more gentle, "If you get another inch, I won't be able to count what I promised just now." ”

Bai Yi sighed after hearing this, the second sister has always been a good talker, so he didn't dare to say anything.

As he was talking, Xi Pei came in with a cup of tonic soup, smiled and saluted several county lords, opened the stew cup and said to Bai Yi: "Master, this is the angelica astragalus black chicken soup specially ordered by the princess to make in the kitchen, you can drink it while it's hot." ”