Chen Mintao was woken up in the middle of the night, Cuiwen and Qiu Ju stood by his bed with a lamp, and whispered that the eldest lady fainted in Huatang Garden, and the people in the third, fourth and fifth rooms had all passed, and Wutongju also got the letter.

Chen Mintao got up when he heard this, approved the cloak and Qiu Ju and Qiu Xiang and went over together, leaving Cuiwen to take care of the house.

On the way, I met the fourth lady Chen Yao, the two met in the air, Chen Mintao squatted slightly and saluted, the fourth lady nodded slightly, and entered the courtyard of the eldest lady without a word.

"Sure enough, it's a famous beauty, even if you just woke up, you're so beautiful!"

The moon-white brocade cloak on Chen Yao's body was like a faint blue white light in the dark night, and he took advantage of his weak and fluttering temperament.

Chen Mintao's eyes flashed, and he didn't blame the maid for her mouthy, "It's so beautiful." ”

The fourth master does not return home all the year round, and even marries the fifth master on behalf of the fifth master, and some of the subordinates have broken mouths and arranged that the fourth lady is still a beautiful person, and then was beaten and driven out of the house by the eldest lady.

Following the fourth lady, the three of them entered the courtyard of the eldest lady, and the courtyard of Nuoda was already crowded.

I can't see the eldest lady's housekeeper mother and the eldest maid, it is estimated that they are all waiting inside, there are only two second-class maids in the yard to greet back and forth, Qiu Ju is older, and usually walks around a lot with the eldest lady's yard, so she doesn't need Chen Mintao's instructions to go to the little sister who is familiar with her first to ask for news.

He and Qiu Xiang found a corner of the corridor and sat down, "Miss, the eldest lady is sick, is it good or bad for us?" Akika whispered in a mosquito voice that only the two of them could hear.

was covered by a hood covering most of his face, Chen Mintao also lowered his voice, "There are both good and bad, the good thing is that the third room has officially emerged, and the contradiction with the long room has deepened, the eldest lady is sick, and the third lady is going to throw off her arms now, and there will be a personnel change in the house after a while, so let your grandmother's family see the opportunity and get a few reliable people to go up." ”

Qiu Xiang's grandmother is naturally the son of Chen Liang's family, but after all, half of the people in the house are bought from outside, and there is no root and no ping, and the third lady will not be suspicious when there is a shortage of people.

Qiu Xiang nodded and wrote it down, and then doubted, "What about the bad one?" ”

"The bad thing is that the third room is shaking too fast, and it is easy to show the tail, and the third lady is not as secure as the eldest lady after all, and the attitude of the third room towards our hospital is not very clear."

"Why is the young lady still helping the third room?"

"Because we can't let the Changfang family become bigger, the official position of the third master is not obvious, and the old lady of the East Mansion is worried again, with his age, I am afraid that it will be difficult to have the idea of recovering in two years, our eldest master in Xifu is currently in full swing, and it is also the time when he has no time to take care of the private affairs of the women in the back house. Help the third room up first, so as to completely muddy the pond of Xifu. ”

Qiu Xiang didn't seem to understand when she heard it, Chen Mintao smiled and stretched out her finger and poked her forehead, "Your grandmother's family is the son of the eldest lady, but after working for these generations, she has never entered the inner courtyard of the Chen family, why?" ”

Although Wutongju is the courtyard where Chen Mintao lives, there are countless pairs of eyes staring at you all the time, just like a reality show with dozens of surveillance videos, the best one to follow the whole process is naturally a smart and careful Cuiwen girl, so Chen Mintao and Qiu Ju Qiuxiang have developed a habit and say everything outside.

The rows of people in the courtyard were obviously standing a little impatient, and they exchanged their heads one by one, Chen Mintao and Qiu Xiang quickly talked in their ears in the midst of the noise.

Chen Mintao, "In addition, Mother Rui, who has been suppressed by the eldest lady, is afraid that she will wait for the opportunity to move, and she wants to move back." ”

Qiu Xiang in the shadows couldn't help but roll her eyes, "Then the old guy hasn't given up yet?" ”

The most hateful thing about Rui's mother is the lively and inactive Qiu Xiang, from Zhangzhou Liang's cloth line to the back house of the Beijing West Mansion, Qiu Xiang's status is the sky and the earth, it is not easy to endure it by pressing his head, but he has to face Rui's mother's theory of no rules and no square circle all day long, Qiu Xiang almost wants to hit the wall and die.

"Let's relax, the third lady can't do it, and the old lady, Mother Rui wants to move back after moving out, but it's difficult, but the eldest lady is here, and I don't know if it's a real illness or a fake disease."

"Miss wants her to be really sick?"

Chen Mintao replied without thinking, "It doesn't matter if it's a real illness or a fake illness, if it's a real illness, let's help Chen Minran, if it's a fake illness, let's continue to help Sanfang, anyway, the cards in Xifu have been disrupted and reshuffled now, although it's not yet time for us to serve the table, but it doesn't prevent us from messing it up a little more." ”

The third room can turn over so smoothly and beautifully, in which Chen Mintao has contributed a lot, but it is a pity that the eldest lady splashed all the dirty water on the head of the third room, only to find that there is no point of strength, and after fighting twice, the stamina will not continue.

"Why does the young lady help the long room for a while, and the third lady for a while?" Akika is already a little confused.

"This truth is actually very simple, if the long room and the third room join forces, then there is basically nothing to do with our second room, only their two rooms are afraid of each other, fighting endlessly, we can keep the three points of Wutong House to live a leisurely and comfortable life."

Seeing that Qiu Xiang was still ignorant, Chen Mintao said helplessly, "You just remember, if one day they don't fight in the two rooms, then we will be the first to be excluded, and it is estimated that our best outcome is to cut our hair and go into the nunnery to be nuns." ”

With a pair of small eyes, Qiu Xiang said pitifully, "Then let them fight, the second young lady's glass-eared ......"

Chen Mintao pinched Qiu Xiang's hand under her sleeve and interrupted her words, Qiu Xiang looked up and saw Chen Zexin, the second young master of the third room, walking towards the corner with an octagonal lantern, his voice was slightly hoarse, "The fourth sister is also here, and she came from Wutongju so late, the road is not easy to walk." ”

Chen Mintao looked at it fixedly, only to find that there were only two juniors left in the courtyard, she and Chen Zexin, and Aunt Ping's grandmother had taken the young sixth master back to the room at some point, no wonder Chen Zexin would take the initiative to come over to talk to her.

Chen Mintao replied in a low voice, "The road is a little slippery at night, but it's okay, Second Brother Xie remembers, didn't the third aunt and second sister come with the fourth brother?" ”

Chen Zexin was slightly embarrassed, "My mother and uncle are already in the house, and Sister Ke coughed at night, so she didn't let her come with her." ”

The people in this courtyard who fainted because of the eldest lady are afraid that they all know it, it would be good for the third lady to come hard, Chen Minke is the key prevention object of Changfang now, this time is not a good time for her to play cute and sell and move forward.

Reaching out and lowering the hood, Chen Mintao didn't even bother to pretend to be concerned, "Second brother, do you know what's going on in the house, why did the eldest lady suddenly faint?" ”

Avoiding talking about the reason why the eldest lady fainted, Chen Zexin said with a solemn face, "The doctor had already gone in when I arrived, but there was no news for half a day, and the fourth sister didn't have to worry too much, I think there would be news in a while." ”

As soon as Chen Zexin's words fell, the roar of the eldest man suddenly came from the house, and the two and a half children under the eaves of the porch were silenced, and the whole courtyard seemed to have been silenced, leaving only the sound of the wind blowing through the branches.

At this time, the curtain of the main house was lifted abruptly, revealing the dignified half of Bu's mother's side face, and the little maid of Huatang Garden, who was waiting in the yard, hurriedly greeted it, and her ears were close to Bu's mother's mouth, and the two muttered quietly for a while, and then Bu's mother quickly lowered the curtain, and the little maid hurriedly ran out of the yard and went in the direction of Huatang Courtyard.

There must have been another change inside, Chen Zexin twisted his eyebrows, the cold wind in the night blew the octagonal lantern in his hand, the fire shadow was taken up and down, and the expressions of everyone in the courtyard were flickering under the lonely moonlight and lamp shadows, and Bu's mother's brief appearance did not bring much hope to the courtyard, but fell into a more silent death-like silence.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night, the highest power people in the entire Xifu are gathered in the main room, and the people around the courtyard stand more and more neatly, the deeper the night, the more no one dares to relax at this time.

It seemed that it had been so long since there was a pillar of incense, Chen Zexin pulled back his thoughts, turned around, looked at Chen Mintao, who was a head shorter than him, and asked in a low voice, "Fourth sister is not cold, I asked the little girl to ask you for a cup of ginger tea to warm up?" ”

Saying that, he bent down and tried to see Chen Mintao's little face under the hood, was Chen Minke already so tall when he was nine years old? Chen Zexin was in a trance for a moment by the question that suddenly rose in his mind.

The boy's voice has the unique hoarseness of the voice change period, through the rabbit fur collar on the hood, Chen Mintao looked at the young man in front of him through the dim light, it seems to be a little taller than during the New Year, the forehead is a few broken hair, the eyebrows are thick and long, the eyebrow bones and nose wings are towering, the appearance is really not the handsome practice at the moment, the most fatal is the short hair beard on the chin.

"Second brother doesn't have to bother, but my sister can't drink anything at this time."

When the words fell, the two of them were relatively speechless for a while, and after a long time, Chen Zexin took out a gadget from his sleeve pocket and held it up in front of Chen Mintao's eyes, "Let's take this to the fourth sister to play." ”

It is estimated that it is regarded as a child who needs to be taken care of, Chen Mintao looked at a bamboo cricket with a smile and sat quietly on Chen Zexin's palm, Chen Mintao nodded and motioned for Qiu Ju to take it.

The two were only half a meter apart, and seeing that Chen Mintao didn't reach out to take it himself, Chen Zexin was stunned for a moment, "It's my brother who is abrupt." ”

Today is completely done with the insects, Chen Mintao smiled kindly, "My sister likes it very much, thank you second brother." ”

The moment Chen Mintao raised his head, the hood slipped inadvertently, and with a ray of orange light, a thin and white little face flashed in front of Chen Zexin's eyes.

Chen Zexin couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, under the lamp was still the emerald brocade feather satin cloak, which was embroidered with gold and silver threads as thin as fetal hair into a thousand leaf begonia pattern, and the edge of the hood was decorated with a circle of snow-colored rabbit fur.

Chen Zexin suddenly had an impulse, wanting to reach out and peel off the rabbit hair, he had never looked at this sister carefully before, except for the ceremony, the two of them said no more than a slap, and there was always an iron-masked old woman beside him like a demon tower.

Chen Lu was still young when he was there, and then he knew that his second uncle had gone, and no one in the house mentioned the second aunt and the third young master, this fourth sister seemed to be conjured out of thin air, and when she came back at the beginning, she was still surrounded by the countryside.

"It turns out that I didn't know that the fourth sister was such a peugeot character." Chen Zexin subconsciously blurted out, after saying that he regretted it, men and women were seven years old at different tables, not to mention that the fourth sister even called a straw cricket to pick it up.

Seeing the embarrassment of the young man opposite, Chen Mintao asked softly, "What did the second brother always think his sister was like?" ”

"I see that you always hide behind and don't speak, and I think you are a gourd character." The stuffy gourd was a nickname given by the young masters and ladies in the house when Chen Mintao first returned to the house, Chen Zexin was quick for a while, and scratched his head with regret.

Except for the New Year's Festival, Chen Zexin and Chen Mintao have only seen a handful of times, compared to the other young masters of the Chen family, Chen Zexin lacks bright spots, which can be said to be mediocre among everyone, and it is almost difficult to turn it out in a group of young people.

Chen Mintao just wanted to joke with him, you are still a gourd grandfather, and you started to grow a goatee at a young age.

The curtain of the main room suddenly opened again, Bu's mother walked out with a tired face, and bowed half-salute to Chen Zexin and Chen Mintao who were standing in the corner, and the two of them hurriedly turned sideways.

"Second young master, fourth young lady, the eldest master ordered you two to go back to the room first, the night is heavy, it is not good to let the two little masters wait outside the courtyard for a long time, the two of them know the intentions of the master and several masters, and there is no hurry to be filial piety at this time, if the two little masters also fall ill, it is the sin of the long room."

In fact, there is no need for Bu's mother to persuade her so much, Chen Mintao also wants to go home, and the second half of Bu's mother's sentence reminded her.

However, Chen Zexin, a second-year teenager, was much more upright, "Thank you, Mother Bu, for telling me how the situation is inside?" ”

Slowly shaking her head, Mother Bu sighed and didn't say a word, only twisted her body and made a gesture of please.

This is an eviction order, and I don't feel offended, after all, Mother Bu has been an old man in the mansion for decades, and her majesty is not far behind the master in the mansion.

It couldn't be more suitable for the eldest lord to ask her to come out and pick up people, Chen Mintao confessed and took Qiu Xiang away, Chen Zexin insisted on sending Chen Mintao half the way and diverged at the fork in the road.

The road at night was really slippery and difficult to walk, Chen Mintao held Qiu Xiang's hand, and when passing by a puddle, the two of them deliberately rolled on the ground for half a week.