On the last day of the year, on December 28, a white flag was hung on the Second Prince's Mansion. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although it was delayed by two years compared to the novel, the second princess could not escape the fate of being cannon fodder after all.

Wu took his daughter-in-law and nephew to mourn the letter, Xia Bangqiu and Xia Chu were left in the house by Luo Ziqian, both of them have been married, especially Xia Bangqiu, who will get married next year, in order to avoid collision, it is better not to go.

Mei entrusted a pair of sons to Xia Chu to take care of, and she took the two back to Cihetang. The two little dogs jumped directly on Luo Ziqian's legs, one of them hugged one thigh, and called his grandmother sweetly...... It was the first time she had seen such a strange child at the beginning of the summer, or maybe she had never seen what an ordinary child looked like.

There were no children in the palace, and children were three or four years old, and they had already begun to know how to calculate people. Even if it is her peace, it is only under her protection that she can have a few years of peace, and she doesn't dare to let her be too simple and naïve.

A child who is too simple will not survive in the palace.

The environment has created the indifferent and ruthless personality of the royal children, and it is precisely because of this that compared with the Jiangshan Sheji, the love of children has always been used to be used by the party, and it is ridiculous to talk to the emperor and the prince.

The children are always full of energy, and after a morning, they are not tired, but Luo Ziqian asked the nurse to carry them to take a nap, which stopped.

When I woke up, there was another burst of crying, this mother, that father, tears and tears made people's hearts sour. At the beginning of the summer, I couldn't, so I had to hug a coax that was circling in the house with one hand, and when the coax was good, I became two bear children who gave people a headache, and I had long forgotten about crying and asking for my father and mother, and I laughed heartlessly, chasing and making noise.

Strange to say that the child's face, the April day, this rainy and sunny space switch seamlessly, it is simply dumbfounded.

Luo Ziqian thought it was funny, and didn't let the maids take over, but only told them to pay attention not to let the two little masters run out, and as a result, the three of them who were tired all afternoon were enough to choke. Luo Ziqian, the housemother, can still be a hands-off shopkeeper and looked at the two little devils with a smile and the two of them, Xia Wanqiu was tired enough, and finally took a breath and looked back, and saw that Xia Chu carried the two small things that secretly ran to the door back to the house one by one, and almost didn't get angry.

She knew that Xia Chu had a lot of strength, but why did she still be so energetic after tossing for so long a day?

In the evening, Wu returned.

“…… I met in the General's Mansion a few years ago, who knew that it would be gone, how could I ...... it if I was alone" Wu's eyes were a little red, probably rubbing a handkerchief with ginger juice too much, and the corners of his eyes were hot and painful. She doesn't have much friendship with the second princess, so naturally she can't say how empathetic she is, but she has some emotion.

After all, the second princess is only in her thirties this year.

Wu sighed that the world is impermanent, Xia Bangqiu looked at her and sighed and thought, if she knew that the second princess should have died two years ago, and her niece Wu Qingyun had also married the second prince as a concubine at this time, how would she feel?

"After all, it was an accident, and no one expected it." Luo Ziqian shook his head and said: "The king of Hades wants people to die in the third watch, how can he keep people until the fifth watch, it is better to do more good deeds and accumulate some yin virtues for himself." ”

Wu's eyes flashed slightly, and Luo Ziqian's sentence was clearly something in his words.

However, Luo Ziqian did not continue, some things can only be understood but not spoken.

The funeral in the New Year's Festival is always more unlucky, and the second prince's mansion did not make a big deal and only stopped for three days before the funeral, which seemed to be a bit hasty, but the second prince's concubine's family never said a word.

…… What happened in King Luo's mansion that day has also become a mystery.

Because of this funeral, this year has been a little tasteless, the capital is immersed in a strange atmosphere, up and down solemnly, because of the emperor's body, even the banquet in the palace has not been attended, only the three princes appeared.

**

After the New Year, the funeral of the second princess has disappeared invisibly in Beijing, at least on the surface.

The royal family kept this matter secret, and no one dared to say it in public.

Xia Chu understood that there must be a reason for this, and the second princess was only afraid that she would do something terrible to suffer such a result. Presumably, Luo Ziqian's thoughts were the same as her, otherwise she would not have said those words to the Wu family.

The first is to remind them that this matter is not something they can blindly mix, and second, it is also a disguised reminder.

The royal business can't be touched.

In March, the peach blossoms bloom, the spring stained with spring color is exceptionally warm, the cold winter day recedes the withered color, and everything recovers in spring, and people seem to have left the cold winter behind early.

These days, the Wu family has also begun to get busy, preparing for Xia Bangqiu's marriage. The dowry has been prepared, which is excellent compared to ordinary people, but in a family like them, it looks a little shabby.

Fortunately, Xia Bangqiu is not the kind of person who likes to compare, she also knows the situation of the Song family, and knows that it is better to get some benefits than to pretend to be too bright and useless with a large number of them, so she has no complaints.

It's just that when I want to talk to Xia Chu on weekdays, it becomes inconvenient.

First, she is very busy now, she has to prepare for embroidery dowry, and all kinds of tedious little things have to be seen by her one by one, not that no one helps to deal with them, but Wu said that if she is in charge of the house in the future, these are all things to know, just practice at this time, and she will not be timid in the future, it is better than eating and hanging under her mother-in-law's hands - then Mrs. Song is not a good person to get along with.

The closer the wedding date, Xia Bangqiu was also a little nervous. She was married for the first time in her two lives, and she once dreamed of a bride wearing a white wedding dress into the auditorium, but she was afraid that she would not have this opportunity in this life.

The bright red paved her eyes, and even the small yard where she lived gradually became red and gorgeous.

Xia Anchong quietly stuffed her with two thousand taels of silver, which made her feel a little uncomfortable - even after the relationship with this sibling brother gradually became closer, she never thought that he would be so kind to her.

"It's not a lot, but you should have enough to spend." Xia Anchong's tone was very flat, but his words were full of concern: "I have already read your dowry list, my mother has not treated you badly, there are two shops that are very profitable, you have to take care of them." The dowry is the foundation of your future life at dawn, and you must keep it. ”

Such a serious speech made Xia Bangqiu couldn't help but choke up a little.

"Silly girl, what are you crying about?" Xia An Chong smiled at her and said, "Although my own brother doesn't have any skills, he can still support you." My brother-in-law and I are classmates now, if I am wronged in the future, you tell me, I will not let him go! ”

Xia Bangqiu smiled, tears burst out from the corners of his laughing eyes, stretched out his hand to wipe it, and said seriously: "Fifth brother, don't worry, I'm not the kind of person who is bullied, even if someone wants to bully me, I will definitely want him to look good!" ”

Xia Anchong nodded, about this, he naturally believed.

His sister is no longer the shadow-like crybaby who fell behind him when she was a child, she used to be introverted and cowardly, but she knew that she silently saved money for him as an elder brother, and she was actually an understanding person in her heart. Later, he was a little dizzy and reckless, but looking at her now, he also felt that this was better.

The Song family has a simple population, and there won't be many bad things after getting married, she just needs to deal with the relationship between her mother-in-law and daughter-in-law and husband and wife. Even if there is a difficult mother-in-law, it doesn't hinder anything, as long as someone in the Xia family is an official in the capital one day, he can protect her one day, it is himself, and he also has the confidence to protect his sister.

The relationship between their brother and sister is really good.

Although there was a time when he saw Xia Bangqiu and began to distance himself from him, even if he didn't know why, he never asked her about anything...... If she wanted to change, then why should he stay away from her?

"These two thousand taels of silver are the dowry that my aunt prepared for you." He was silent for a while, but his sudden words made Xia Bangqiu's eyelids jump, and he couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at him.

"Auntie, she ......"

"You were too young and ignorant to know anything, so you didn't know about it." Xia Anchong shook his head and said.

Aunt Qing knew that something bad was going to happen when she was pregnant with her second child, and the Wu family knew that she and Xia Yan conspired to deceive her, how could they give up? She has never been a woman with a big heart.

She took precautions, but she didn't expect that she didn't do it when she was pregnant, but after she gave birth to her daughter.

At that time, Xia Anchong was still young, and he didn't know what was going on, but he knew that the day after his aunt gave birth to his sister, he had someone take him in and hand him a small box.

"Auntie, I can't see your brothers and sisters grow up, Chong'er, promise Auntie, you will take good care of your sister back." Aunt Qing said that she didn't hate the Wu family, because at least she didn't do anything to the child, which was enough for her to be grateful, and she didn't even mention a word in front of Xia Anchong, but said: "Be filial to Mrs. ...... Although the lady looks fierce, she has the softest heart. Half of this box is yours, and the other half is for your sister, remember? ”

There were a total of four thousand taels of silver in the box, and Xia Anchong remembered Aunt Qing's words and divided it into two parts.

Even when life was at its worst in his house, he never touched the box.

Four thousand taels is not a small amount, and as a favored aunt, she will inevitably get some good things from time to time. Although she never had any particularly valuable items, she was able to save a lot of money from time to time.

And this process, which lasted for several years.

Xia Anchong didn't know if his father remembered his aunt, but he knew very well that his aunt didn't love him as much as his father thought. It's just a slave, if you want to get ahead, there is only this way to go.

My aunt stayed with my father for several years, and finally my father forgot about him.

Xia Anchong didn't hate her, because he was actually the same, like his father, he forgot his aunt.

The box was probably the only thing he could use to remember her.

Therefore, he did not take the box, but only married the silver ticket and handed it to Xia Bangqiu.

He knew that Xia Bangqiu had no impression of his aunt, after all, she was just a newborn baby at that time, and she didn't know anything but to eat and drink.

It is naturally impossible for a little baby to remember a woman she has never met.

No one knew that when he was a child, he was already able to understand the words of adults, and he firmly remembered his aunt's words and forgot everything in the past.

Now, my sister is getting married, and this thing should be taken out.

"Fifth brother?"

Xia Bangqiu's surprise was beyond words, but more than that, it was an inexplicable touch. She didn't know about it, Xia Anchong could clearly keep the two thousand taels by herself, after all, she didn't know at all, but he still told her.

"This is my aunt's intention, you take it." Xia An Chong smiled at her: "In the future, take good care of yourself." ”

In the future, we will not be able to meet each other easily, you have to take good care of yourself, my sister.

Xia Wanqiu nodded vigorously, always feeling that his eyes were sour, as if he was about to cry.

When Xia Chu entered the door, he saw the brother and sister standing silently, and suddenly felt that he had come at the wrong time, so he was about to push it out, but the maid guarding the door had already opened his mouth: "The third girl is here." ”

Looking at the eyes of the brother and sister who looked at each other, Xia Chu had to walk over.

"Second sister, fifth brother." Xia Chu said hello with a smile and raised the book in his hand: "I saw a book a few days ago that was very interesting, thinking that the second sister might be interested." ”

"It's okay, I don't have anything to do, so I won't bother the two sisters, I'll go back first." Cheyenne Chongdao.

After speaking, he really left Xia Bangqiu's side and went back to his yard.

"What book, show me it?" Xia Bangqiu asked with a smile, stretching out his hand and smiling: "You are making fun of me, when have I read many books?" It's just for show. ”

At the beginning of summer, he hooked the corners of his lips.

Xia Bangqiu's eyes fell on the book cover, and he couldn't help but be stunned, but he saw a line of beautiful hairpins written on the title page of the book, which looked like a girl's handwriting - this handwriting, no matter how you look at it, it looks like the beginning of summer!

Even though Xia Bangqiu's ability to distinguish fonts is really too weak, don't forget, she has been teaching under the same female gentleman as Xia Chu for many years!

She could still see such undisguised handwriting at the beginning of the summer.

"You can copy the book?" Looking at the words of the Nine Grades of Imperial Food, Xia Bangqiu didn't need to open it to know that it must be a recipe.

"Yes, the store didn't want to sell the original book, so I had to borrow it and copy it...... It's a congratulatory gift, and I don't know if the second sister likes it or not? ”

"Naturally, I like it!" (To be continued.) )