Lu Chengyong walked out of the lobby, and there were a few idlers outside, in groups of three or five on the porch, or gossiping and laughing, or caressing the trees and looking at the flowers. Lu Chengyong went down the steps and went out, and no one paid attention to it.

He went out to be idle, not wanting to entangle with the irrelevant man, but to go to the secluded place. Along the way, I saw countless pavilions, water pavilions, and rare and strange scenes. This Lu Chengyong has never seen such a landscape in his life, how can he not like to see it, so he walked farther and farther.

Traveling all the way like this, I was able to meet a few short-clothed guys at first, but gradually there was no trace. After walking for a while, he turned to a garden. I saw that the rockery in this garden is stacked, the strange stones stand in a forest, the kudzu vines climb on the mountain stones, the moss is all over, the breeze comes from time to time, and the people are all over the body cold.

Lu Chengyong ate a few glasses of wine at the banquet, and walked all the way, sweating on his body, seeing that this place was cool, he found a clean stone, picked up the hem of his clothes and sat down to enjoy the coolness, enjoying the surrounding scenery, and thought in his heart: This place is quiet, not as noisy as before. Fortunately, I couldn't get out, I only circled the hall, and I couldn't see it.

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard the sound of a bow shoe wiping the floor, and he looked up at the place where the sound came from, and saw a pink skirt flickering behind a mountain of rocks. He only said that he was a maid of the Hou Mansion, and he didn't take it to heart.

After sitting for a moment, he thought about going any further, and got up and went. I walked a stone's throw away, and I was about to go back, but I suddenly lost my way, only to see the rockeries and strange rocks around me, like a lost forest, and there was no way on the left and right. After turning a few times, I saw a cave under the head, and a sheep intestine trail passed by. And he followed the way, and went inward.

After walking for about half a mile, I came to a small and elegant garden.

Lu Chengyong raised his eyes and looked around, only to see that this garden was full of fragrant flowers, falling flowers and colorful, there was a swing in the garden, and there was a wing room in the close, the branch window was ajar, and the window was covered with emerald green smoke. There was a faint woman's laughter in that room, Lu Chengyong secretly said in his heart that it was not good, knowing that he had broken into the women's boudoir, he hurriedly turned around and went outside. Behind him, he heard a loud voice: "That son, but our lord's guest?" ”

When Lu Chengyong heard the greeting, he had to stand for the time being, turned around and saw a girl in a pink dress and a double bun standing at the bottom of the steps, and immediately bowed and said: "I walked around under it, I didn't want to get lost, so I walked to Miss Xiangnui, and I looked at Miss Haihan." Let's go here. ”

The girl looked him up and down, grinned, and didn't answer, but said, "Son, wait a minute, I'll go and ask our young lady to show me." As he spoke, he turned around and walked into the room.

Although Lu Chengyong didn't know who the woman in the room was, he thought that since the Hou Mansion was holding a banquet today, the female dependents who could be here must not be a small family, and when he heard the girl call him Miss, he became more and more uneasy in his heart, and he didn't dare to leave, so he just stood in place.

After a while, the girl came out again, holding a tea tray in her hand, on which was placed a small pastel porcelain covered bowl tea cup and two small plates of fruit, and came forward and said with a smile: "My young lady said that the son is not only the lord's honored guest, but also the friendship of the landlord." This place is far away from the Ciyong Hall, and the son must have been thirsty all the way, and after eating this tea, I went to call someone to take the son back. ”

Lu Chengyong was not good at facing women, and when he heard this, in order to get out, he stepped forward and took the tea bowl. The maid turned lightly, dodged away, put the tea tray on the stone table under the mountain stone, and smiled at him: "Son, sit here less, I'll go and call someone." After that, he ignored Lu Chengyong and went straight out.

Lu Chengyong had no other way, so he sat on the bean celadon stone cool pier, because he walked a place, he was really thirsty, and he picked up the tea bowl and drank it all. I also saw that the tea bowl and the fruit plate were painted with some patterns, and I couldn't see anything good or bad, but they were all painted with gold, and I couldn't help but admire it.

Behind the green screen, Situ Yanran was sitting by the window, staring at Lu Chengyong through the screen window for a moment. Seeing that he was wearing new clothes today, against his tall figure, he looked more and more heroic under the sun. Thinking of his recent thoughts, he couldn't help but blush. Another girl beside her covered her mouth and snickered: "This boy is really a rough man, a good finch tongue, and he doesn't know how to taste it, like a cow drinking, it is really a cow chewing peonies." Situ Yanran reprimanded softly: "He must be thirsty, just like this." The girl said, "I know that Miss has been lovesick to him lately, but Miss still has a good check." Mrs. Ago reprimanded Miss for this, and grounded Miss Miss, Miss forgot about it? ”

Situ Yanran heard her mention her pain, she couldn't help but glance at her, and said coldly: "Is this what you should say?" The girl thought of this young lady's obscenity in the past, and her face suddenly turned pale, and she immediately knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and couldn't spit out a word.

Situ Yanran was condescending, glanced at her a few times, and said lightly: "Madam sent you here to serve me, not to spy on me." Remember your identity, otherwise the water chestnut will be your example. Seeing the girl lying on the ground, trembling all around, she said "yes" for a long time, and then nodded and said, "Get up." ”

At this moment, the girl who went out to greet her had already found a small girl to come over, and led Lu Chengyong out, she walked into the room by herself, stepped forward quickly, and said in a low voice: "Miss, it's not good." When I came back, I happened to meet Jiao Xing next to my wife. As soon as she saw Lu Gongzi, she immediately turned her head and left, but she was afraid that her wife would stay. Miss, let's think of a countermeasure! ”

When Situ Yanran heard this, she was slightly flustered, and then secretly thought to herself: That's fine, the last time I told my mother about this, although my mother scolded me, she didn't do anything to me in the end. Seeing this again this time shows my ambition. My mother has always loved me, and if I pestered me more, I guess my mother agreed to it. After paying attention to it like this, she settled down in her heart, and shouted on the spot: "Madame is just coming, why are you panicking!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a beautiful woman with a beautiful makeup and a group of servants, and hurriedly walked into the door.

Seeing this, Situ Yanran immediately got up, stepped forward, said a thousand blessings, and said, "I've seen my mother." ”

Mrs. Situ raised her eyebrows and was angry, so she didn't answer her first, but only ordered: "You all go down!" The servants and maids all answered in unison and withdrew.

Seeing that the situation was not good, Situ Yanran smiled and said: "How can my mother ......" Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Situ raised her hand and slapped her, and Situ Yanran's cheeks were red and the corners of her mouth were bloody.

Situ Yanran received this slap, but she calmed down, looked up and asked, "Why did my mother beat me?" Mrs. Situ shouted, "You still have the face to ask me why I hit you?" You are a beautiful girl, and you haven't married yet, so you seduce a foreign man like this, but you still know the word shame? The last time you talked to me about this, I only told you to think about it behind closed doors when you were young and willful, and I didn't care about you. Who knew that you didn't know how to grow, but instead intensified and hooked people into the yard! It's also called so many people to watch, but fortunately it's just our family. If this word spreads, do you still want to get married?! ”

Situ Yanran raised her head and said, "My daughter told her mother early in the morning that her daughter's husband wants her daughter to choose it herself." The mother also said at that time, but now that her daughter has taken a fancy to this Lu Chengyong, why did her father and mother change their hexagrams? My mother reprimanded me for being willful and rude, but my daughter learned that my grandfather did not allow my mother to marry my father in the past, and my mother went on a hunger strike for three days, forcing my grandfather to agree to the marriage. If it weren't for my mother's insistence back then, how could we be in our family today? Now that the daughter is just following the example of her mother, why does the mother come to rebuke her daughter? ”

Mrs. Situ listened to her move out of her old past, and laughed angrily: "Okay, you have inquired thoroughly, and even these old millet and rotten sesame seeds have someone to tell you!" We don't pay attention to it, you are getting more and more arrogant! Your father used to tell you about so many young talents from prominent backgrounds, and you couldn't see any of them, how could you choose this married man who was in a broken household?! I was a little deviant with your father back then, and your father was not married at that time, and we were still relatives of the royal gift! Who are you learning from now?! ”

When Situ Yanran heard this, she immediately refuted: "I have seen most of the people my father told me. It's just a bunch of people, and they don't have the ability to do anything, and they have no teacher to eat, drink, prostitute and gamble. Mother didn't look down on such people in the past, why did she carry them out now? The cousin of the Xu family, looking respectful on his face, was a bad idea. He teased me behind my back, but I just looked at my mother's face and didn't bother with him. It's a shame that you still see him as a person! If you want me to be worthy of such a person, it is better to let me die headlong! Speaking of this, she felt sour in her heart, squeezed out two tears, rubbed her eyes and said: "My father and mother used to say that they loved me, but when it comes to such things, they forget about it!" It turns out that they all lie to me on weekdays! As he spoke, he sobbed harder and harder.

Mrs. Situ saw that her daughter was choked and unspeakable, and she also felt distressed, her heart softened, and her words were relaxed, so she only said gently: "It's just that everyone else, he sees that he has a wife, how can he marry you?" There's no way to do that, so you'd better dismiss the idea. I promise you, except for this person, my mother will not stop you from seeing anyone you fancy in the future. Even if your father disagrees, I will make peace for you. ”

Situ Yanran pouted and said, "What if you have a wife, it's a big deal that I put up with this breath and let her be a concubine." ”

Mrs. Situ reprimanded angrily: "What nonsense, a good wife of others, can you become a concubine just by your words?!" Situ Yanran saw that her mother was not allowed, her stubborn temper flared up, she pulled out a hairpin from her head, and shouted: "If you don't agree, I don't have to live!" As he spoke, he stabbed the hairpin into his throat.

Mrs. Situ was shocked, and hurriedly stepped forward to take down the hairpin and threw it on the ground, and looked carefully at her daughter's throat, only to see that there was a bloody mark on the delicate skin after all. was distressed and angry, so he scolded: "You stupid boy, why do you do such a stupid thing!" ”

Situ Yanran sobbed and said, "I can't be with the person I like, what else do I want to do with this life!" Mrs. Situ saw that she was making a lot of trouble, and she was helpless, so she spoiled this daughter when she went to Japan, and was afraid that she would really seek death, so she had to say: "That's it, don't worry, I will discuss this matter with your father, but you are not allowed to do stupid things again." Seeing that her mother agreed, Situ Yanran burst into tears and smiled: "It's good to have a mother, I know that my mother loves me." ”

Mrs. Situ sighed, comforted her daughter for a while, called someone to come in and bandage her with medicine, and went out herself.