The old lady was crooked on the black lacquer Arhat bed in the west room, and except for Wushuang Bailu and a few personal servants, everyone else slowly retreated. Su Ke stood on the carpet of the big red peony, looking at his nose and nose, and quietly waiting for the old lady to speak. The atmosphere of this mountain rain is about to come, and people can't help but feel worried.

The old lady took the tea cup that Wushuang had brought over, took two sips, and raised her eyes to look at Su Ke, "What month is Su Siyan's birthday, how old is he this year?" ”

Su Ke replied angrily: "On May's birthday, the first birthday is twenty-three. There is no love in the voice, for such a big age, it is impossible to avoid it, but there is no need to be sad. Sixteen or seventeen years old is the age of flower bones, and she is not without it. Year after year, the flowers will always bloom. When she bloomed, she was in the palace for the right year, and now that she is blooming, the color has faded and there is no fragrance of flowers, but the flowers are falling and bearing fruit, and it is when her mind is mature.

She blessed her body again, and said softly: "Before leaving the palace, she was no longer Si Yan, don't call me that, the old lady doesn't call me that, calling me Su Ke is kind." ”

The old lady didn't say anything good or bad, but continued to say this stubble, "Si Yan is doing a good job, why is he willing to leave the palace?" There is a child who is a female official in the palace at home, and your old son is also tough in the village. Don't you just quit your errand without permission, so you can't be tolerated? ”

Su Ke raised his eyebrows, the old lady's face was demure, and she couldn't see any joy or sorrow. But compared to the smile on her face when she saw her, the calm now seems a little alienated.

She thought of the two mothers-in-law who were sent to Zhuangzi before and after, and felt that the problem was probably here.

If you want to be detailed, it is the relationship with Imperial Doctor Liang.

"The will of the send, the palace lady asked me to stay, I know in my heart, although Si Yan is good, but I can miss this opportunity, I don't know if I can leave the palace next time. I have been in the deep palace for nine years, and every day is like walking on thin ice, and my family is poor, which is better than in the palace. It's just that the family is really difficult, the two elder brothers have already married and had children, and the whole family guards those few acres of thin fields, and when the harvest is not good, they all rely on the monthly silver I have saved. I have no salary, and I have to eat and live at home, so I am naturally prone to dislike. I really didn't want to ruin the peace of the family, so I had no choice but to climb my uncle's family. The family knew about it, and they were all grateful to their uncle. ”

The old lady groaned and nodded, "You are right to do this, there are too many suspicions, and in the future, it will cause great sorrow and anger, and it will become a thought to leave early." As he spoke, he leaned to the pillow on the other side, "The Hou Mansion has a big business, I can accommodate you, just stay in the mansion in the future, I am in charge, no one dares to let you go." ”

Su Ke smiled and thanked him, but he couldn't be happy in his heart, knowing that this "staying steadfast" was to keep people. The deed of the long-term worker is here, although it can't be her life and death, but it can be her arrangement. This is no less than the constraints of a drunken incense pavilion on women, as if there are rules and regulations in this world, and any one of them can bind her, not to mention morality and etiquette.

The palace is a cage, the Hou Mansion is a cage, the Zuixiang Pavilion is also a cage, and even her own home is a cage for her. She suddenly wanted to laugh, as if all the places in the world were against her.

In fact, it is not, just because her heart is not in the right place, there are cages everywhere.

She didn't take a step back to walk, and the road ahead was confused, but it was a road. Houfu is a tiger's den in Longtan, but she is not the only fish. Everyone can survive, why can't she.

Su Ke's heart lit up several times, and after thinking clearly, he made up his mind.

However, the old lady looked worried, "Yesterday, Jincheng brought that mother-in-law to me and said that you were bullied. I grew up watching him grow up, his parents went early, and with me, I treated him like my own son. He was going to dispose of the woman, and I couldn't refute his face, but in the end it was a bit bigger. You've only been in the house for a month, and if you come to me in person, this matter may turn into a small matter. But if he makes such a fuss, you will become the target of public criticism in the house. ”

Su Ke knew that the old lady would care about this matter, so she hurriedly lowered her head, "In the palace before, the palace maids endured a headache and brain fever, and only Imperial Doctor Liang was willing to heal us. After leaving the palace, I set up a wonton stall in Sitiao Hutong for a while, and Imperial Doctor Liang came to eat a few times, and this friendship continued. I broke my foot a few days ago, and Master Hou invited the imperial doctor to come and show me my foot, but I never thought that it was Imperial Doctor Liang. My aunt also blamed this fate. ”

The move out of Furui's family is intended to cover up the relationship between her and Imperial Doctor Liang. Although they are familiar with each other, they also have elders by their side when they get along, and they don't mess up the rules. As for this messy relationship in private, even if the old lady really asked the Furui family to come in and talk, the Furui family would definitely help hide it. So Su Ke wasn't worried.

She smiled bitterly and continued: "Yesterday, Zhang Cai's family and I had some disputes over the matter of laying off people in the warehouse. She fanned it down, and it happened that I hadn't slept well these days, and my face was a little swollen, so the mark was more obvious. Imperial Doctor Liang couldn't see it and stiffened, but I didn't stop it, so I got to the old lady. I was also at fault for disturbing the old lady's peace. Don't blame the old lady. ”

"There's nothing to blame or not to blame." The old lady's face softened, "She is a rough mother-in-law who hurts people, and she should indeed be punished." I'm just sorry for you when you first arrived, and you were a conscientious person, but you were going to be said to be bullying people, and you didn't suffer from these idleness. It's just that you came to my side because Jin Cheng shouted at his own end, so I think it's better for you to avoid the limelight. ”

Su Ke couldn't figure out what the old lady meant, so he had to respond, "Since it's for my good, I will listen to the old lady's arrangement." ”

"There is an old storeroom on the edge of the Shuiqi Pavilion in the back garden, which was originally used to stack bulky furniture that was not used in various pavilions in the garden. Later, if there was anything that could not be decided and did not know how to choose, it would be piled up there, and after many years, the house was almost overwhelmed. The old lady looked at Su Ke with a bit of dependence, "They all said that you are good at tidying up the warehouse, so you will go and help clean up." If it's getting colder today, and there are fewer people in the back garden, you can take this opportunity to avoid the limelight. ”

Su Ke has no reason to refuse, he can avoid the limelight if he has a job, in fact, there is nothing better than this. And it happened suddenly, she really stayed by the old lady's side, and bumped into the Hou Ye to ask for peace, and she really didn't know what to show to deal with him.

And then again, he is the Hou Ye, and he knows her movements in the house, if he really wants to hide it, he should have planned yesterday, instead of running to the Fu family to pull Imperial Doctor Liang to drink.

I'm afraid that her coming to the old lady will not be indispensable to his involvement.

So it's a good idea to stay out of the limelight. Su Kefu responded, intending to go to work immediately. The old lady stopped her and asked her to go to Liu Wuniang first to answer the problem, familiarize herself with the start of the Xiangju, and then go to the back garden when the sun rises and the temperature comes.

Su Ke took the order to go out, but he was not stuck well, and he was bumping into the front and back feet of the third and fourth wives to greet the old lady.

The third lady is still dressed brightly, with a golden step on her peony head, and a new lilac-colored satin gown, graceful and luxurious. The fourth wife is still dressed in ordinary clothes, half-new clothes, only one or two pieces of jewelry on the body, but her complexion is very good, standing next to the third wife, with her pretty appearance, she is not inferior to the third wife.

Su Ke stood under the corridor to greet them, "I've seen the third wife, the fourth wife." ”

The third lady hurriedly raised her hand to support Su Ke, "I heard that you were transferred to the old lady, I know that it was too late, and I didn't have time to rob people." I can't bear you to go, so it's easy to get a capable person who does things quickly and methodically, and I can rest assured in the warehouse. Who would have thought that it had only been a month, and the girl would leave me and leave, and let me rejoice in vain. ”

Su Ke just smiled faintly at this excessive enthusiasm, "The third wife is in love, I was just blown up by the east wind, if I don't know how many catties and taels I have, I will fall sooner or later." I learned a lot in the treasury of the public middle school, but I owe it to the third wife, relying on the teaching of Dong's mother, although I am now transferred to the old lady, the third wife's kindness does not dare to forget. ”

"Look at what the girl said, what kind or unkind, do the errand well, and give the old lady more burdens, it's your heart and mine." The third wife played a good round, looked at her with a smile, and opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by the fourth wife on the side.

The fourth lady raised her eyes and looked to the side, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she looked disdainful, "This east wind is really timely." ”

As soon as she said this, Su Kedeng's heart moved.

Yes, as soon as Imperial Doctor Liang, a merry boy who has lived among thousands of flowers, intervenes, the old lady's calculations will be carefully weighed. In case she has some trouble with Imperial Doctor Liang, how can she be sent to Hou Ye. On the surface, he couldn't break the face of Imperial Doctor Liang, but he transferred her and assigned other errands, which is enough to show that the old lady was testing her and weighing her. If she can grasp it, maybe the old lady's plan will have to think differently.

Su Ke cast a somewhat grateful glance at the fourth wife, because the third wife was still beside her, and Su Ke didn't show too much. Bent his knees and blessed the two of them, and turned to look for Liu Wuniang.

Liu Wuniang heard Su Ke say that she was going to tidy up the old warehouse in the back garden, and her teeth couldn't help but sore, "It's all caused by Imperial Doctor Liang." The tone couldn't tell whether it was regret or anger.

Su Ke didn't say anything, and only pulled Liu Wuniang to ask about the warehouse.

Liu Wuniang briefly explained the starting time of the warehouse, because it was only half the size of the public middle school warehouse, and there was no mention of receiving things on weekdays, so it was a full idle job. Liu Wuniang herself said that she relied on the face of her husband's family to ask for this errand, and there was no shortage of this before, it was Mother Xu next to the old lady who held the key, and only opened the warehouse to get things if she needed it.

What she meant by this was that even Liu Wuniang herself was a dispensable person in this incense curie, and it was not necessary to add one more Su Ke. Since the old lady is willing to transfer her over, Imperial Doctor Liang is on the one hand, but I am afraid that there will be other plans.

Su Ke just didn't understand, and seeing that the sun was already fighting, he took the key and went to the old warehouse to see the situation first.

On the other side, Shao Linghang, who had just dispersed, rubbed his temples and walked towards the palace gate, seeing that King Jing saw him and quickened his pace to dodge, he didn't catch up. The matter of Hengzhu Love has nothing to do with him, if Liang Jincheng can find out the reason, he will just listen to it a few times.

It was only when I turned onto the long street that I saw Liang Jincheng changing into his official uniform, and the little eunuch with a medicine box was walking this way.

"Aren't you inappropriate today, why did you still enter the palace." Shao Linghang looked back at the direction suspiciously, and couldn't help but take a step forward, "Is the concubine holding sick?" ”

Liang Jincheng waved his hand, "It's not the concubine, it's the concubine." I heard that it was cold at night, and I often vomited acid water, and I had some fever. The emperor told me to go and take a look. He looked around, avoiding people and Shao Linghang and whispered, "I'm afraid that there will be more people in the palace." ”

Shao Linghang didn't understand this, but Liang Jincheng said it seriously, and he came to the result after a little thought. It's nothing more than that the concubine may be pregnant.

If the emperor asks Liang Jin to take care of the concubine's child, out of suspicion, it is necessary to have less contact between the concubine's brother and the imperial doctor.

In fact, this is also lining Shao Linghang's intentions.

He showed a clear look, nodded slightly, and the two of them parted on the long street. Just didn't take a few steps, Liang Jincheng suddenly chased after him, and asked breathlessly, "Does Su Ke know that you are Xuanping Hou?" ”

"I haven't had time to tell her yet." Shao Linghang was a little inexplicable, "Why did you suddenly ask about this?" ”

Liang Jin was a little ashamed, and asked again with some embarrassment: "Then do you know that the old lady transferred Su Ke to her side?" ”

Shao Linghang was taken aback, "When did it happen?" After a pause, he asked, "When will she pass?" ”

"I'm afraid that now that she is already in the incense house, she should go over and sort out the warehouse. However, on weekdays, I am free, and I will probably serve in front of the old lady. Liang Jincheng looked worried, "You may have to bump into you when you go back tonight, don't say that I didn't remind you as an elder brother, let's think of countermeasures first." ”

He didn't dare to say that the initiator was himself, at that time, he was indeed out of revenge, seeing that Su Ke was slapped, he felt that Shao Linghang did not protect Su Ke well, and he wanted to deliberately debunk this matter. It's just that after thinking about it, I feel that it is unkind, and he knows Shao Linghang, Shao Linghang concealed his identity, he is also an accomplice, and he really can't get a little cheap from Su Ke.

I forgot about it after three rounds of drinking last night, and I just remembered it, and I sighed and hurried to talk about it. It's a pick.

Shao Linghang looked like he was in a big situation, gritted his back molars and snorted: "Why is it so fast, I haven't heard Mother Sun mention it, this is ...... How is this good? ”

Liang Jincheng shrugged helplessly, with joy and sympathy, but still took the little eunuch away.