It snowed on the 10th night of the lunar month. Yueyao pushed open the door, and it was white outside, and the tree in the courtyard was covered with ice skates.

Yue Yao was a little worried, this snow is likely to close the mountain, and the mountain will be closed for the New Year. If that's the case, it's going to have to be spared.

After Yuehuan went out, he was also surprised: "Hey, it's snowing." ”

Yue Yao thought of this and said to Yuehuan: "In case of a big snow blocking the mountain, charcoal should be saved. "Yueyao doesn't worry about food. Even the things sent by the people in the mansion can be used until the end of the month, and the things in the horse mansion are enough for a while. The most troublesome thing is firewood and charcoal. Not only do you need firewood in the kitchen, but the earth dragon also consumes firewood. Charcoal is mainly used in the moon ring.

Yuehuan felt that Yueyao's rainy day was correct, but she felt that the most economical way was for everyone to live together: "Third sister, or a few of us will be huddled together." This will save a little bit. "When I was in college, there were four people sleeping in one room. Yueyao's room was very large, and it was enough to sleep seven people.

Yue Yao shook her head: "I asked just now, save some money to survive the first month of next year." ”

If it really comes to that point, it's naturally okay for everyone to squeeze in, but it's not that far. Yueyao didn't think it would come to that far. It is impossible for the people of Lianfu to wait for them to freeze to death and starve to death in the mountains, and the Lian family cannot afford to lose this face.

Yuehuan looked disappointed.

Yueyao finished breakfast and took Hua Bud and Qiaolan out. Yueyao is preparing to go to the mountain, and on a snowy day, the road on the mountain is not easy to walk. Yue Yao wore a snow-white fox fur sent by Ma Fu this time.

Hongyi muttered to Yueyao: "Girl, this piece is worth a few hundred taels of silver." I didn't expect the three girls to be really rich. "Any piece of clothing costs hundreds of taels of silver, which is too extravagant.

Yuehuan glanced at the red clothes and said to Yueyao: "Third sister, it's all snow outside, the road is very slippery, and it's dangerous for you to go out now." It's not too late to go to the mountains in a few days. ”

Yue Yao said with a smile: "When the snow melts, the road will be even more difficult to walk." And I may have to go back in two days, and I will borrow a few scriptures and copy them back in these days. ”

Yuehuan still felt that it was inappropriate: "Third sister, the road on this mountain is already slippery, and it is raining again, which is very unsafe." "The moon ring is definitely not a curse on Yueyao, but this mountain road is really not easy to walk.

Yueyao heard that Yuehuan was really worried, and seeing that Hao's mother didn't approve of her going up the mountain today, she said with a smile: "Listen to you." But I don't go up the mountain, I'll go outside and have a look. Seeing that Yuehuan was about to follow, Yueyao shook her head and said, "It's cold outside, you stay in the house." I'm not going to go far, I'm just going to walk around the area, and I'll be fine. "This cedar is fluffy, and it doesn't matter if you step on it. In fact, if it is icy, Yueyao will definitely not go out, and it is easy to have an accident if the road is slippery when it is frozen.

Moon Ring didn't say anything anymore.

Hongyi felt that their girl's skin was too thin. Every time the three girls refused, their girls stopped talking. Ahem, it's really bad to talk to a master who can't talk and is too good at talking.

Yueyao wears leather boots, and she doesn't worry about the snow getting into her shoes when she steps on the thin snow. Yueyao walked to the road to see the scenery.

The trees were covered with snow, and the snow bent the branches. The frost and snow of the pine trees are full of ice, like silver bars hanging from the trees, which is particularly spectacular. A gust of wind blew, and the trees in the mountains were blown to the ground, and the snow and ice skates on the trees fell to the ground. The mountain wind still does not stop, and continues to whine and roar, wreaking havoc on everything in this mountain forest.

The sharp wind blew on his face, as if he had been slashed by it, and the pain was unbearable. When blown on the body, it seems to pierce the tight leather jacket, making people feel the cold all over the body.

Yueyao is tightly wrapped, and with good health, she doesn't feel cold. Her attention is now all on the view. Such a landscape she rarely had the opportunity to see. In the past, I was locked up in the yard, but this time I had a rare opportunity.

The flower buds are not as worn as Yueyao, and the cold and biting wind blows on the body and feels very cold, and the flower buds shiver from time to time: "Girl, go back!" It's windy here, and it's easy to catch a cold. ”

Yue Yao saw the flower buds that were about to shrink into a ball of cold and said with a smile: "Okay, then go back!" "It seems that the maid ring around me has also exercised more, so it can't be done, it's all paper-paste.

Hua Bud originally wanted to help Yueyao, but her legs stiffened after standing for a long time. I accidentally slipped and fell heavily to the ground.

Hua Bud got up with great difficulty, touched her sore buttocks and looked at Yue Yao pitifully: "Girl." "Why doesn't the girl's face change, she feels very frustrated!

Yue Yaole said with a smile: "Hurry up and shoot the snow on your body, and walk carefully later." "Actually, light snow doesn't affect walking.

The snow does not turn cold into snow, and the temperature on the mountain is lower than that under the mountain, so it was so cold that the moon ring could not sleep that night, and the charcoal fire increased from two to three pots. Although Yuehuan knows that absorbing too much carbon dioxide is harmful to the human body, it is too cold for her to bear!

Hongmei saw the moon ring shrinking into a ball, and suggested, "Girl, why don't you go and beg the third girl." You won't be so cold when you live with the three girls. "There is a ground dragon in the main house, and even if you lay on the floor, it is warmer than here.

Yuehuai shook her head, she would not go again. Last time, her proposal was rejected by Yueyao, how embarrassed she was to mention it again this time! And she felt that Yueyao might not want others to know her secret, so she didn't want to live with her.

Yuehuan couldn't open her mouth, Hongmei begged Yueyao with Yuehuan on her back: "Third girl, it's too cold in the house, and our girls can't sleep at night." Ask the three girls to let our girls live in! ”

Yue Yao couldn't see the face on her face: "Is it your own idea or your girl's idea." Yue Yao knew that Yue Huan was also an arrogant person, and if she was rejected, she would never mention it the second time. Nine times out of ten, this girl is making her own opinion.

Hongmei knelt in front of Yueyao: "It's the meaning of the slave." ”

Yueyao didn't punish Hongmei, but just asked Yuehuan to come over: "Fourth sister, are you so cold that you can't sleep at night?" ”

Yuehuan thought that she could bear it, and she resisted it last year, but she underestimated the weather on the mountain, even if she burned three or four pots of charcoal fire at night on the mountain, she couldn't stand it: "Well, it's too cold." ”

Yue Yao sighed slightly: "Then you can sleep in my room at night!" "If you really want to freeze the moon ring out, she is the one who suffers.

At night, Yuehuan had the heart to talk to Yueyao, but unfortunately Yueyao was buried in copying scriptures and didn't have time to talk to him. At the end of the day, I practiced calligraphy again, and I didn't fall asleep until midnight. When sleeping, Yueyao was reluctant to share the Yuehuan tax, and the two of them slept on one head. That night, he left the two of them to keep vigil with Hua Bud and Red Plum.

Yueyao thought that she would not be able to sleep, but she didn't expect to fall asleep as soon as she squinted.

Good night's sleep.

When she was doing her homework in the morning, Yuehuan honestly went back to her house without being called. When I arrived at the wing, I shuddered: "The main house is so warm. "Actually, it's cold at night, but it's not as exaggerated as Hongmei thinks. It's just that when Yueyao asked, she pushed the boat down the river, so that she could have more contact with Yueyao.

Guan Jingshuo in Peach Blossom Zhuangzi waited until the snow melted and returned to the capital from Peach Blossom Village. During this time, Guan Jingshuo has been eating according to the recipe prescribed by Dr. Li, and then practicing every morning and noon according to the atlas given by Dr. Li.

Guan Jingxuan used to either ride a horse or sit in a sedan chair, and he had never suffered hardship. Now I spend most of my time exercising every day, and I am really unaccustomed to it at first, and it can even be said that it is painful. It is very painful from the body to the body and mind. However, Guan Jingxuan is a very persevering person, even if it is difficult, he gritted his teeth and persevered.

After a month passed, Guan Jingxuan was pleased to find that his body was much lighter, and the most obvious thing was that he didn't feel like walking for half an hour. I sweated all over my boxing, and my whole body was comfortable.

Not to mention Guan Jingshuo, even Heping has discovered the change of his master. At first, Guan Jingxuan asked him to get those miscellaneous grains, and he looked at the prince who ate grains every day, and he was so frightened that he was stunned by the prince of the world. But under the obscenity of the prince, he couldn't resist.

Peace is a very intelligent person, and there must be a reason why the prince is so tossed every day. After thinking about it, it was finally blamed on Dr. Li. Although Heping didn't understand how Dr. Li wanted to toss his master, Heping thought that although the grains were unpalatable, they were not poison and immortal, and when the prince couldn't stand it, he would naturally correct it. He didn't expect that the prince would persist for a month, and what was even more unexpected was that there was blood on the face of the prince this month.

Although Heping disagreed with Dr. Li and felt that this doctor was too weird, he just saw the prince with a bloody face, and he didn't talk nonsense anymore.

Guan Jingxuan returned to Yongding Hou and went to see Yongding Hou.

Yongdinghou looked at his son's face and was stunned for a moment, and then he was overjoyed: "The imperial doctor said that soaking in hot springs is good for the body, and it seems that what he said is true." I should have known that I would have let you go earlier. ”

Guan Jingshuo saw that the method given by Dr. Li was indeed effective, so he didn't plan to hide it from Yongdinghou: "Dad, the main reason why my son's health is getting better is not to soak in hot springs. My son went to Taohuazhuang to recuperate his body, and the effect was very significant for more than a month.

Yongding Hou was surprised: "What is the main reason?" ”

Guan Jingxuan gave the recipe prescribed by Dr. Li to Yongdinghou, and told him everything about going to see Dr. Li. Of course, he concealed that it was Yueyao who gave him the proposal: "Dad, a friend of mine said that this Dr. Li is a bit crooked and has a lot of research on incurable diseases. Although the method he proposed was a bit weird, it was really useful to look at. ”

Yongdinghou looked at the recipe for a long time, and after a long time, he said, "Does it really work?" "Yongdinghou is not a person who shy away from medical treatment, as long as he can cure his son's illness, he doesn't care what weird method he uses.

Guan Jingshuo nodded: "Well, it works." After a month, I feel much lighter, and I don't feel tired after walking for half an hour. "In the past, Guan Jingshuo would sweat when he walked too much, but now he doesn't. This is enough to show that he is now in better health.

Guan Jingshuo said about coarse grains but didn't say anything about the atlas, Guan Jingshuo knew very well that his father didn't like people who practiced martial arts, as for what reason he didn't know, but he wouldn't touch the scales. So it's better to learn martial arts or something, or secretly.

Guan Jingxuan didn't want Xiao Ning's family to know that his health had improved with the backyard of the Hou Mansion, if these people knew, they didn't know what moth to make: "Dad, I don't want others to know my current physical condition for the time being." ”

Yongding Hou said strangely: "Why? "The body becomes good and good, and what you do is not known. My son's health has improved, and his behavior is unpredictable.

Guan Jingshuo lowered his head for a long time before saying, "Dad, wait until I go to see Dr. Li tomorrow, and wait for Dr. Li to give me a follow-up before it's too late." ”

Yongdinghou hesitated for a moment and said, "Yes, if you don't want to say it, don't say it." But if you have anything difficult, you must tell your father, who is just a son like you. If Yongdinghou's words were heard by his other children, he would not know how to chill them.

Guan Jingxuan smiled and said, "Thank you, Dad." ”

Guan Jingshuo went out of the study and went to see Xiao Ning's family, and Xiao Ning's family also thought that it was because of the hot spring when he saw Guan Jingxuan's expression.

The steward of Peach Blossom Zhuangzi is an old servant of the mansion, and his loyalty to the Hou Mansion is needless to say. Guan Jingxuan looked for him and asked him to block the news from outsiders, but the old man did a good job. Under Guan Jingxuan's deliberate concealment, Xiao Ning's family didn't know much about Guan Jingxuan's situation in Zhuangzi, and the news he got was specious. In fact, the main reason is that Xiao Ning's family is not favored, and there are too many beauties in the mansion, provoking her from time to time, Xiao Ning's family has spent all her energy to deal with the concubine, so that she can't stare at Guan Jingxuan. And because Guan Jingxuan has always been very filial and obedient for so many years, Xiao Ning is also very relieved.

Guan Jingxuan returned to his courtyard, and after thinking about it, he called Zhang Quan and asked him to inquire about the situation of the other three Hou Mansions.

Early in the morning of the second day, Guan Jingxuan took Zhang Yan to Baicaotang. Yongdinghou treats Guan Jingxuan as his successor, and he has always loved this son, so he has a lot of money. These two guards are both first-class skills in the Yongding Marquis Mansion. Therefore, it is very convenient for Guan Jingxuan to act in the eyes of his family.

Dr. Li diagnosed Guan Jingxuan's pulse, and the color behind his pulse also looked much better. The doctor hates the patient the most, and he blames the doctor for not doing his duty if he is seriously ill if he does not cooperate. Dr. Li has a strange temperament, and he resolutely refuses to heal such a person for the second time: "Well, it seems that you really listened to me." Very good, this month is a good raising. I've prescribed you another prescription, and you'll use it once a day in the future, and come back for a follow-up visit in a month. Guan Jingxuan's performance made Dr. Li very satisfied.

Guan Jingxuan nodded again and again: "I'm tired of Dr. Li." ”

Doctor Li prescribed the prescription and said: "You are in good health now, you can take supplements once every three days and five days, remember, it is three or five days, not every day." ”

Heping next to him couldn't help but say: "Doctor, didn't you say before that our young master ate too many supplements, and it was not good to take supplements, why are you taking them again now?" ”

Doctor Li glanced at Peace coldly, and did not answer Peace's words, but just said to Guan Jingxuan: "If you don't need that booklet, return it to the old man." ”

Guan Jingxuan felt that the booklet was a good thing: "Doctor Li, I haven't finished that booklet yet." I'll give it back to you when I'm done. ”

Dr. Li nodded: "Okay, I'll come back in a month." One hundred taels of consultation fee. "It's a fool not to slaughter the big head, with this hundred taels, I can go to the Eight Immortals Tower today to drink the best wine and eat the best dishes.

Guan Jingshuo obediently paid the consultation fee of one hundred taels.

Dr. Li took the silver ticket and went back to the back hall, and said as he walked: "Today I want to eat good wine and food, it's really comfortable." ”

Peace is full of black lines, where is this doctor is simply a drunkard. Guan Jingxuan said with a smile: "If Doctor Li doesn't dislike it, I will ask Doctor to go to the Eight Immortals Tower." ”

Doctor Li looked disgusted: "What do I want you to invite, I am not a beggar." Lao Tzu is rich. With that, he went out.

Guan Jingxuan looked at Dr. Li's back but smiled, there are not many such people in the world. Those doctors don't like to make a name for themselves, but although this person has an eccentric nature, he is not a person to be welcomed. This Dr. Li has first-class medical skills, but he acts very freely, and he is very envious.

Guan Jingxuan returned to the Hou Mansion and showed the prescription reopened by Dr. Li to the Marquis of Yongding. Yongding Hou nodded and said, "Since it is useful, you can use it according to his method." ”

Guan Jingxuan nodded: "Dad, Dr. Li said that I can have such a good effect and it is also related to the daily hot springs." I plan to go back to Peach Blossom Zhuangzi tomorrow and come back when the Chinese New Year comes. Dad, after the New Year, I will go to Zhuangzi and stay until April and May. ”

As long as it is good for his son's health, Yongdinghou will not object to anything. Since it has an effect, Yongdinghou didn't think about going to Jiangnan to find a famous doctor. Looking at this Dr. Li's medical skills are also good, I have a chance to see it.

Guan Jingxuan stayed in the Yongding Marquis Mansion for two days and said that he wanted to go to Peach Blossom Zhuangzi, and Xiao Ning's intention was to go after the New Year, but Guan Jingshuo refused: "Mother, I don't feel cold in Zhuangzi." I can't sleep at night here. ”

Xiao Ning wanted to say more, but the Marquis of Yongding on one side said coldly: "Shuo'er thinks that Zhuangzi is good, let him go, what are you stopping him from doing?" "Yongdinghou is not a fool, his son used to respect this stepfamily very much.

Xiao Ning's face froze, if Yongdinghou's words were serious, he didn't think she had any bad intentions. Xiao Ning tried to take a breath and said with a smile: "I'm also afraid that this back and forth bump will be even worse for Shuo'er's health." ”

Yongding Hou looked at Xiao Ning's family, and then recalled that his son said that he didn't want people to know that his body had improved, and his face was pale: "That's it." Tomorrow, let Shuo'er go to Zhuangzi. After speaking, he said to Guan Jingxuan: "Follow me to the study." ”

When he arrived at the study, Yongdinghou looked at his son and said, "Do you doubt her?" "Although the Marquis of Yongding dotes on the concubine in the backyard, he never allows the concubine to cross Guan Jingshuo. There are good things in the mansion, and the first one to enjoy them is Guan Jingshuo.

Faced with his father who cared for him, Guan Jingxuan couldn't find a reason to deceive. After a long time, Guan Jingxuan said with difficulty: "Doctor Li said that my illness is overdone, and if I continue like this, I will die in Huangquan in less than three years." Dad, I know that my body is much worse than the previous two years. Dr. Li is not alarmist, if he hadn't met him, he might not have survived for three years. "Before, it could be said that Dr. Li was alarmist, but now he is afraid for a while. If there was no reminder from Yueyao, then he would only have three years to live.

Yongdinghou's face changed greatly, but looking at his good-looking son Yongdinghou, he began to rejoice: "Shuo'er, who told you that this Dr. Li can cure your illness?" "Before my son said that he was a friend, he didn't believe it. My son doesn't have many friends, and he can count the people he knows and friends with in a single slap. Besides, this Dr. Li is a person in the market, and the people who come into contact with his son are either rich or expensive, how would he know that there is no famous doctor in such a market.

Guan Jingxuan lowered his head, it was impossible for him to tell Yongding Hou that this was what Yue Yao said. This would arouse his father's suspicions, and he didn't want to cause trouble for Yueyao. Yueyao had already saved his life, how could she still cause trouble to others.

Yongdinghou looked at his son's expression and knew that he wouldn't say: "It's okay if you don't say it, but you have to thank others." "This doctor is not famous, but he has real skills. The person who told his son must not be a general.

Guan Jingxuan nodded heavily: "Dad, I will." ”

After Yongding Hou waited for Guan Jingshuo to go out, his face sank. After a long time, I took out a box from the bookcase, and inside was a painting, and the painting was a stunning beauty.

Yongding Hou looked at the beauty in the painting and said in a low voice: "Yun Niang, I didn't protect Shuo'er. Rest assured, there will never be a next time. ”

Yueyao and Mama Deng's guess was right. Xiao Ning's inability to have children is indeed Ning Yun's hand, but Ning Yun's preparation is more than that. Ning Yun was persuaded by Ma to change her husband's choice, but at this time, the Guogong Mansion did not agree to Ning Yun's request. For the sake of the family, there can be no substitution.

Ning Yun knew that she couldn't fall out with the Guogong Mansion, because her son would have to rely on the Guogong Mansion for support in the future. But she didn't want to suffer this dumb loss, not only prepared a secret hand. Before dying, he also asked Yongding Hou to treat their children well.

Yongding Hou made an oath in front of Ning Yun. Although Xiao Ning's appearance is not bad, there is still a certain gap compared with Ning Yun, who looks like a fairy and has an excellent temperament. Yongdinghou is not a person who only cares about appearance. He is extremely demanding, and he must be both talented and beautiful. And marrying Xiao Ning made him miss the dead Ning even more. Therefore, Xiao Ning's has always been unfavorable.

Back then, the Guogong Mansion did not let Ning Yun regret it, mainly because of the prince of the Ning Guogong Mansion, that is, the brother of Xiao Ning. In the cognition of the two siblings, there is no better family affair than this.

Xiao Ning was afraid that Ning and her mother-in-law would deal with her because of this matter, so they were very careful about food and other supplies at that time. It's just that what Xiao Ning didn't know was that Ning didn't think about starting at his mother's house at all. Within three months of Xiao Ning's passing, Guan Jingshuo had a fever, and Xiao Ning's naturally waited by Guan Jingshuo's side every day to take care of him in order to show his virtuousness. But Xiao Ning couldn't imagine that it was during this time that she lost the opportunity to be a mother forever.

Guan Jingshuo asked Zhang Quan to investigate, and there was a quick reply. Because these things are not secrets, as long as people with a little more information can find out.

Guan Jingxuan sorted out the news that Zhang Quan had probed back and found a problem that frightened him. The Marquis of Jingning, the Marquis of Weiyuan, the Marquis of Luyang, and the Marquis of Yongding, the four hereditary mansions, except for the Marquis of Yongding, the other three mansions all have people holding important positions in the army and holding the authority of one party. However, none of them served in the army in the Yongding Marquis Mansion.

At this time, Guan Jingshuo finally understood what Yue Yao meant by the self-determination of the Yongding Marquis Mansion's self-severance? Since ancient times, civil and military affairs have not been combined, although his father is very famous in the capital, but his father has only one false position and no real power. And the Yongding Marquis Mansion entered the government from the imperial examination, Wu Congwen is equivalent to dissociating from the powerful, but these clansmen are all in the position of six or seven grades, and none of the family holds heavy power, and in the long run, the Yongding Marquis Mansion will fall.

Guan Jingshuo remembered what Yue Yao said, and sighed in his heart. The vision of the three girls of the Lian family is not comparable to ordinary people. There are such big drawbacks in their family, and the parties didn't notice it, but they were known by an unrelated nine-year-old girl, which is really embarrassing.