On the way back to the study from the main courtyard, the fourth master walked very slowly, and every step seemed to be a painstaking thought.

The words of the lady in Yonghe Palace seem to be close at hand, and the words of Concubine Hui in Zhong Cui Palace are so vague and difficult to read. He let out a long sigh, feeling for the first time a fog all around him.

Niangniang wants him to be a loyal minister, and he can give up his life for the emperor. But he couldn't do it for a long time, so he has rarely entered the palace in recent years, and he has provoked more than 14 times to stab him with this in front of outsiders.

The fourth master sighed.

Niangniang is wise, although he didn't grow up beside her since he was a child, he still thinks that Niangniang can see through his heart.

Competing for the throne, these words can be tacitly understood in front of the brothers, but they are not so justified in front of the mother. Niangniang has become the lord of the palace from the palace waiter, and all her glory depends on the grace of the saint. She is loyal to the emperor2.

As for Concubine Hui, she is just looking for the king of Zhijun.

As soon as the holy decree was pointed out for marriage, the king of Zhijun, Da Gege, fell ill before the gold festival, at least it was unlucky, and at worst, it was a grudge against the emperor? However, his Ergege also fell ill after going to the Zhijun Palace, which caught the Zhijun Palace, which originally wanted to cover up this matter, by surprise.

Concubine Hui was naturally a little unhappy in her heart, and she couldn't be angry directly, so she had to call Fujin over to pay tribute on her behalf.

He walked slowly, and Zhang Desheng, who followed, had to rub slowly, taking three steps at a time, carrying a lantern and hunching his waist, and carefully shining the light under his feet for the master.

finally returned to the front yard and handed over to his master Su Peisheng, and his errand was over. Zhang Desheng complained bitterly in his heart, today he was looking after the house, but the master was sent back by the master to send a few little brothers, and told him to hurry to the main courtyard and wait. He hurried over bitterly, and standing outside, he could smell the cold smell between the master and Fu Jin in the house.

When he was waiting for the master in the east courtyard, the girls who came and went had smiles on their faces, and the atmosphere in the room was good.

It's like in the main courtyard, the girls waiting outside look like their dead fathers, let alone in the house, they can only hear the careful voices of the masters, and they can't hear a trace of laughter.

What kind of life is Fujin having this day? You don't laugh when you see the master, when are you going to laugh?

Outside the door of the study, Su Peisheng was waiting, the fourth master raised his feet and entered the room, and Zhang Desheng nodded to his master at the bottom of the steps and retreated.

Su Peisheng glanced into the room, and saw that the fourth master was sitting at the desk thinking about things, he took the tea brought by the little eunuch and put it in the master's hand, and when the master came over, he bowed down and said, "The little masters are all resting in the house." The eldest brother is endorsing, the second elder brother is soaking his feet with the third elder brother, and he just asked someone to cook the Lantern Festival to eat. ”

The fourth master came back to his senses and asked him, "What did Fujin ask someone to send just now?" ”

Su Peisheng remembered clearly and said: "Eight kinds of dim sum, rice cakes, rice cakes, fried cakes, small crisp cakes, mille-feuille cakes, red bean cakes, mandarin duck cakes, and lotus cakes. And two kinds of sweet soup, white fungus red dates, longan soup and red bean glutinous rice soup. ”

"What did the brothers use?"

Su Peisheng was much more careful when he replied to this: "Big Brother picked up rice cakes and mandarin duck crisps and left them, and didn't use sweet soup." The second elder brother and the third elder brother...... I'm using the Lantern Festival, and I didn't ask for it. ”

Liu Baoquan prepared the Lantern Festival, steamed dumplings, stewed pots, braised pork and other labor-intensive dishes early, and the little masters said they wanted it, and he sent it there, which was one step faster than the one sent by the main courtyard.

After speaking, Su Peisheng went to see the fourth master's face, and he was relieved when he didn't see anything unpleasant.

At this point, he boldly added a sentence and asked, "Master...... Can you use a little? ”

Who knows, the fourth master seemed to remember something, got up and left!

Su Peisheng hurriedly followed, and looked at this direction to go to the East Courtyard? He was convinced. It's been this hour, the master is back, and you have to go back there to rest?

The fourth master has to see the fourth elder brother every day, and he especially misses him today. I came out of the main courtyard just now and went back to the front without paying attention, and I remembered it now.

When he arrived at the East Courtyard, the jade bottle welcomed him in, and when he saw that he hadn't changed his clothes, he asked, "Does the master want to change his clothes?" ”

The fourth master looked down and didn't even change his clothes after returning home for half a day. He nodded, and the jade bottle went to bring the clothes, and waited for him to finish changing. He asked them, "What about your masters?" ”

I didn't see anyone for a long time. Without waiting for them to answer, he remembered himself and asked, "Where is Erkh?" ”

While kneeling down to take off his boots, the jade bottle said: "After the master came back, he went to see Ergege, and accompanied Ergege to eat, and played cards for a while. ”

The voice landed, and Li Wei just came in.

The two of them retreated, and when they turned around and lowered the door curtain, Yuzhan saw the master stretch out a hand, and the master took it, and the master leaned back while pulling the master to his side and sat down.

The master, who was sitting upright in front of them just now, relaxed a lot in front of the master.

There was no one, the fourth master just wanted to ask how Ergege's body was, but when he saw her face was gloomy, he patted her hand and asked, "Have you been wronged in the palace?" I heard Fu Jin say that Niangniang didn't reward you for your ornamentation? ”

At this he felt her hand want to pull out, and he clenched it and looked at her face, only to see that she turned her head away from him.

He laughed, closed his eyes and thought, oh, I just mentioned Fujin.

He slapped her twice, lay down on the pillow and closed his eyes.

Li Wei was impulsive and angry, and she would have regretted it long ago when she saw him ignore her. Speaking of which, it is natural for him to go to Fujin, and it is okay for her to be jealous, but ...... Annoying him will outweigh the losses.

As she reflected, she slowly leaned up and lay down gently against him.

The fourth master knew that she was angry for a short time, so he hugged her and said slowly: "You are becoming more and more lonely now, and you have to be vinegar when you go to Fujin." ”

Li Wei wanted to daoqian, but she couldn't say 'I'm sorry I was wrong', so she had to bury herself in his arms.

He slowly touched her head, wanting to say a few more words to make her restrain her jealousy, after all, Fujin is orthodox. But when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed them back.

To be honest, he felt distressed when he saw Su Su like this.

He had to stroke her back over and over again, patting her gently. Slowly, the lump in her throat disappeared, and she whispered, "It's my mistake, I'll ...... next time."

The last few words were blocked by his fingers, and the two looked at each other.

He looked at her and said, "Don't say it, I understand your mind." Sometime...... I don't live up to you. ”

At this time, Li Wei realized that there were three people in a relationship who weishenme said too much. remembered that when she first entered the elder brother's office, whether it was the Song family, Fu Jin, or the Wu family and others later, she could deal with it calmly, even if she was occasionally uncomfortable, it was only to the extent that 'the girls in the same dormitory like to eat other people's things and hate them'.

When she thought that the fourth master really loved her, she had no jealousy. When she thought she really loved the fourth master, she was just a little vinegar.

Only now, she thinks that when she falls in love with him, jealousy is like a wildfire that burns the prairie and burns lawlessly.

If it had been before, where would she dare to express her dissatisfaction with him going to Fujin?

Li Wei's eyes were slightly hot, and countless complicated feelings came to her heart. Can she say that she hates to meet when she is not married? It's obviously her advanced door. Complaining that his family background is not enough to match him? How can things be as good as they should be? She can be reborn after death, can be born in the Li family, and grow up with great love, if there is still dissatisfaction, she will be a white-eyed wolf.

It can only be said that no one is perfect.

She has everything, and it is nothing if she lacks a family background and can't stand side by side with him. If she wants to exchange everything she has now for Fujin's status and status, she doesn't want to.

The Li family's parents and brothers, she was reluctant.

He, she was reluctant.

Once in this life, I have a clear conscience.

Li Wei hugged him and muttered, "It's me who I'm sorry for Fujin, master...... I won't let it be given to her. ”

The fourth master was hugged hard by her, and when he heard this, he said, "Is there anything else to do?" again. As he spoke, he slapped her twice, "What do you do with your grandfather?" You just let it, and the master is not hers. ”

The two lay down for a while, Li Wei was in a better mood and remembered to ask him if he wanted to eat.

"Hongyu, they all said they were hungry when they came back, you didn't eat much in front, did you? Do you want to call it now? She asked, sitting up.

The fourth master was not hungry at all, but he thought that for the sake of his health, he should use a little bit to hum.

Li Wei saw that he had no appetite, so she asked Liu Baoquan to mix the soup noodles, put vinegar, soy sauce, chopped green onions, minced garlic, etc., and cut a plate of pine eggs and braised beef to match it. The fourth master ate a bowl hotly, sweated in a blink of an eye, changed his clothes and lay down again, and his whole body was comfortable.

There was nothing to say all night, and the fourth master slept until dawn in the morning, and he didn't get up when he woke up, so he lay on the bed to recuperate. She got up, and he got up and dressed slowly.

She came over and tried his forehead and asked, "You can't have called Erhe sick, right?" ”

The fourth master shook his head, he was so tired that he didn't want to get up.

After breakfast, he went to the study to see the three children reading, and he was about to enter the palace. Yesterday's incident in Yonghe Palace, he should have gone to ask Niangniang early in the morning for his guilt today.

Niangniang will not bluntly say that he is a bully, but he can't pretend to be stupid. Probably to listen to a lesson.

Before leaving, he explained to Honghui: "You have worked hard in the study, don't be in a hurry to read in the next few days when you come back, just what Mr. Wen Yiwen said." If a friend calls you, go out with them. ”

Yesterday at the banquet in front of them, their group of juniors was quite lively, and he heard them say that they were going to hunt or run horses. Honghui has a heavy heart, so it's good to tell him to go out and run more.

Honghui bowed and said, "Yes." Amma, yesterday Hongyu said that he wanted to run a horse, run to Jingshan and come back, everyone compared to see who ran faster. ”

The fourth master patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "If you want to go, you can go, bring your people, and then bring your belongings, and if you want to bake and eat a rabbit over there." Just remember to come back in time. ”

Honghui answered, and sent the fourth master away with Hongyu and others.

The three brothers studied another book, and the husband had already been instructed, and Honghui did not talk about new books after he came back, but only assigned homework on practicing words and endorsements. After reading the book, the gentleman said that after class, the three brothers packed up the pen, ink, paper and inkstone with their own hands.

The haha beads all went home, and there were only three brothers in the front yard, which seemed to be a lot deserted.

Honghui walked in front, and Honghui and the two followed. Out of the study, Honghui smiled at Hongyu, and Hongyu hurriedly stepped forward and shouted with a smile.

Honghui said: "I'll go out to run a horse in a while, do you want to go with me?" They are all members of their own family, Hongxi, Hongjin, you also know them, and they all say that they want to meet you. You call Fu Chi a few more, let's go to Jingshan together, run and scatter, and beat two rabbits, the rabbits are fat at this time. ”

Hongyu smiled and refused: "Didn't the eldest brother say that this is to covet the younger brother?" It's just that yesterday when I entered the palace, my brother was greedy for wine and ate a few glasses, and I still had a headache when I got up this morning, and my nurse read me all morning, telling me to go back and lie down earlier today, if I told her that I was going to go out to run a horse, she would definitely be able to read that my brother's head became two big. Let's bother the big brother next time. ”

Honghui didn't force it, bent down and said to the third elder brother: "When the third brother is older, the eldest brother will take you there." ”

The third elder brother smiled well-behaved, standing beside Hongyu and pulling one of his hands in a proper manner.

Asked Honghui to look hot, if only he could have a few more brothers.

Patting the third elder brother's little head, Honghui returned to his yard. The two of them stood respectfully and watched him go in, before turning around and returning to Hongyu's courtyard.

The little eunuch who was waiting on the side said in his heart, this brother is a big rule, and if the brother in the countryside wants to go out to play, he doesn't take his younger brother with him, so he has to fight with his younger brothers first and get rid of this group of followers before he can go out. The younger brother is still obedient, and he is still sensible and says not to go, and he still waits for his brother to leave before he dares to leave......

The little eunuch shook his head, no wonder he is the master, this ordinary life is like what Mr. said, a brother and a brother. Unusual is unusual.

In Yonghe Palace, the fourth master came unfortunately, and it happened that the fourteenth was also there. This made him swallow all the words he was going to talk about.

The two brothers were still very polite in front of Concubine De.

Fourteen got up and said, "The fourth brother is here!" E-Niang just talked about you. ”

He gave up his seat to the fourth master, and called Concubine De a rare praise: "Seeing that you two are so good, I can rest assured in the palace." ”

The fourth master sat down with kindness, and Fourteen stood next to him and smiled at Concubine De: "What did E-Niang say?" You don't know how powerful the fourth brother is at me! Last time, I went to drink with Lao Jiu and them, and when he bumped into him on the road, he drove me back to the house. ”

As he spoke, he raised his chin at the fourth master.

As soon as he was a little more obedient, he couldn't help but want to kick down.

The fourth master sighed and said to Concubine De: "Don't worry, Niangniang, I will look at the fourteenth." ”

Concubine De had been watching from the side just now, and at this time she just smiled and nodded, and said, "You two are brothers no matter what, as long as you can understand this, I won't worry." ”

Hearing this, the fourth master was a little distracted, and when he raised his eyes, he saw Fourteen's sneer full of deep meaning, which made him even more uncomfortable.

What is a 'brother'?

Could it be that he doesn't recognize Fourteen's own brother?

The original intention was to explain a thing or two for Da Gege, and then talk about Zhong Cui Palace and King Zhijun, but the fourth master Zuihou only used a bowl of tea in Yonghe Palace and retired. When he left, Fourteen almost jumped up and said to Concubine De: "Eniang, look at him!" Facing us is like facing the minister of the DPRK and the central government, sitting enough and leaving, is there a warm word? ”

Concubine De never broke a lawsuit between the two brothers, and it was the same as if she hadn't heard it. Fourteen can't ask all at once, it's boring to say two words by yourself.

But he was holding back the fire in his heart, and after coming out of Yonghe Palace, he beat his horse and ran wildly on the street, startling the pedestrians on the side of the road to avoid in a hurry, and even the people of the infantry army including the yamen were alarmed. But when people came to see it, the yellow belt hung on the waist of the master, and there were eunuchs and guards with knives around him, like wolves and tigers in front and back, how dare he step forward to find a kick?

He shrunk his neck and flashed, and the two uncles of the Jueercha family behind him, Ta Fu and Feiyangu, shrank more neatly than him, and when the fourteenth master ran over with his entourage, this group of people came out.

Hardly any of the street vendors can hide. Tafo snorted twice, but did not speak. In this world, the powerful and not tyrannical are like living in vain, and the rules are all in charge of the people below, in order to make it convenient for the people above to manage them. Whoever shouts that the Son of Heaven is guilty of the same crime as the common people, he must either be a fool with a lack of brains or a solid eye.

The small people are also used to it, begging for a living in the capital, do the princes and nobles still see less of it? Obey the people and obey the people, and those who obey are the people, and Diao is the hero in the play, and it is rare to see it on the roadside.

A group of people continued to patrol the streets in a pretend, and suddenly Feiyangu sighed, grabbed Tafu and pointed to a restaurant in front of him, and said, "That man...... Isn't it the person with the yellow belt just now? ”

A few people took a closer look, and the tables sitting at the entrance of the lobby under the restaurant were all wearing the same clothes, with knives hanging from their waists and arrows on their backs, and they were indeed the guards beside Huang Ribbon just now.

A few people looked upstairs, and the person sitting in the private room facing the street on the second floor was not the yellow belt? There were three or five other people at the same table, two of whom were also yellow belts.

Tafu said decisively: "Let's change the street." ”

A few people didn't have an opinion, and they flashed across the street. When you turn the corner to the street, the bustling market is filled with fireworks and roadside stalls selling all kinds of snacks.

Several people breathed a sigh of relief, and took the filial piety of mutton buns and beef patties from the vendors, chewed and ate them heavily, wiped their mouths after eating, and said: "I don't know how much silver does it cost to eat a table on the second floor of the restaurant?" ”

Another said: "I've heard people say that a reservation is two taels." ”

A group of people tsk, two taels of silver in exchange for mutton bun beef patties, that can be exchanged for a big cart.