The shadow of the sun shifted, the autumn day was shorter than one day, and in the steward's room in the outer courtyard of the ancestral house at night, Steward Yao leaned on the Taishi chair and tasted tea thoughtfully.

The little girl bent down and whispered back: "Second grandma went out a total of six times this month, and four of them went to Yejing Valley. ”

Yejing Valley is the deep valley near the boundary of Gangneung, and it takes about five hours to travel back and forth from the ancestral house by the fastest carriage.

Steward Yao was ordered to stare at Zhuang Liangzhen's every move in Jiangling, and she was a little confused at the moment, what was she always doing over there, wouldn't she want to contact the Xiao family or other families with undead hearts? This point was quickly denied, Mo said that it was difficult for those people to get in, and this girl couldn't escape the net laid by the Liang clan anywhere, to put it bluntly, don't look at her jumping joy, as long as she doesn't spit out all the horse scriptures for a day, she won't be able to jump out of the Liang clan's control range for a day.

The little maid continued to reply: "Aren't there wild horses in the depths of the Wild Jing Valley, and the few people who stared at Grandma saw two wild horses running out and circling around her, as if they were ...... It seems like...... Like people, I greeted old friends. ”

This doesn't need to be explained, and Steward Yao already understands: "This girl is a descendant of the Erbarian tribe, and she knows the temperament of horses. ”

He thought it was interesting why Zhuang Liangzhen didn't bring the two horses home if he liked them, but often traveled long distances to visit them, and regarded them as friends, these barbarians were really puzzling.

The little girl said: "This grandmother is really weird, those two horses are good horses at a glance, and so many horses are among the top goods even in our horse farm, she is not even impressed." ”

In the eyes of these people, Zhuang Liangzhen should drag the white dots and jade green home or turn them into a pile of gold and silver, which is what normal people do.

As soon as he heard the good horse, Steward Yao let out a long sigh, and couldn't help but be interested, "I didn't expect her to have this kind of opportunity." "But in my heart, I must take a look at the past next time, in case I fall in love, wouldn't it be for the horse farm to find a good stallion.

The quiet Zhuting Courtyard has already turned on the lamp at this moment, and Mu Tao and Chunlu are personally serving Zhuang Liangzhen to bathe in the clean room, but in fact, the three masters and servants are whispering.

It has been a year since they came into contact with Yuqing, and they learn to identify herbs every day under the instruction of Zhuang Liangzhen, match and make zuò, and deeply imprint those common or uncommon weeds on their hearts.

Zhuang Liangzhen would rather teach them the most despised "cheap maids" one by one, rather than give both hands to the ruthless old lady, if the old lady knew it, he would vomit three liters of blood if he was not crazy.

"Grandma, that Yao is in charge of thieves, he is not a good person at first glance, if he finds Yuqing one day, I don't know what kind of turmoil he will set off." Mu Tao said.

"It's okay, we're waiting for him to find out." Zhuang Liangzhen soaked in the fragrant soup, playing with the petals floating on the water with both hands, "In the past, when I was in a bad mood, I would pour bitter water with Yuqing, and I didn't care if it could understand human feelings, but I never thought that it could accumulate this good fate, it actually took the initiative to help me, I never thought about what to do with a horse, but I wanted to stir up the chaos with my own strength, until the appearance of the Chen family, I found that this person's survival is really an obstacle, with her, I can't control all the horses." But Yuqing can. ”

The voice is gentle, as if there is a tender and heroic spirit that expresses his chest directly, and Zhuang Liangzhen's pair of watery eyes are shining.

Yuqing told her in the language of horses that she could leave with all the horses or come back with all the horses.

Chunlu lowered her eyes and groaned, and looked at Zhuang Liangzhen in a daze: "But grandma, even if there is no horse farm, the Lu Mansion will not be able to throw it down, it is just a loss of money, not to mention that they also seem to be short of money, and at worst, they will become ordinary nobles in Kyoto." ”

What she meant Zhuang Liangzhen understood that although this could greatly hit the Jiangling Liang clan, it could not defeat the Lu Mansion.

Zhuang Liangzhen looked ahead and said resolutely: "If it is replaced by someone else's horse farm, it may not be able to be defeated, it is a big deal to make a comeback, and it will be able to turn over in a few years, but the Jiangling horse farm is not good, and if you lose the Tianzi horse farm, it is tantamount to climbing to the sky." Because the most elite horses they raised came from the five-flowered horses raised by my great-grandfather, although some people think that the five-flowered horses are the green horses, but in fact, they are not the pure-blooded green horses, and the five-flowered horses are fierce and run like thunder, but the endurance is far inferior to the real green horses. So in the past few years, they have tried unscrupulous means to secretly find the real green horse. ”

Therefore, the mysterious and tempting Tianzihao Racecourse is just a few green horses with impure blood. With each generation of breeding, the advantages of the five-flowered horse will be weakened, and then some of the shortcomings may be magnified, which is not obvious at first, or even negligible, but it will be impossible to ignore after a long time. Otherwise, they wouldn't have chased Zhuang Yizhou all over the world.

If the loss of this carefully preserved five-flowered horse is undoubtedly a blow to the Gangneung Liang clan, even if they still have the financial resources to make a comeback, how can the horses bred at that time be far ahead of other horse breeding families?

Once the absolute advantage is lost, there will be no monopoly strength, and there is no need for Zhuang Liangzhen to make a move at that time, the people of the royal family will naturally come forward to solve it, once the people of the royal family intervene, it is only a matter of time before it collapses.

Mu Tao scratched her head, "But it seems that Duke Lu's Mansion will not be affected too much, don't those bad people still live a life of fine clothes and fine food?" ”

Zhuang Liangzhen smiled and gently pushed her cute head, squinted her eyes and said, "There is no invincible Gangneung Racecourse, do you think the Heavenly Family will let them continue to be immortal?" How flamboyant and powerful it was in the past, how low-key and restrained it will be in the future, the second room of the Lu Mansion and the old mansion of Liangge have been powerful for so many years, I am afraid that without the help of the heavenly family, there are countless pairs of shining wolf eyes waiting to devour them alive in the dark. Besides, the Heavenly Family has been angry for so many years, and it is already a shame not to uproot them. ”

But grandma, Duke Lu's Mansion is also your home, and your home is gone, where are you going? The two little girls looked at her with tears in their eyes.

"The world is big, I can go anywhere, I have prepared your deed of sale and dowry, enough for you to go back to the township to be a little rich woman, although it is taken from the Lu Gongfu, but they should borrow the rent of my banker's scriptures over the years."

Chunlu and Mu Tao shook their heads together, it is good to be able to sell the deed and wealth, but they are not unintentional people, Zhuang Liangzhen is Mu Tao's benefactor, and they have been with each other for the longest time, how can Mu Tao leave her with confidence, and Chunlu is not as deep as Mu Tao, but she also really has feelings, in her selfish heart, she still hopes that the second master can get back together with her grandmother.

Otherwise, with grandma's appearance, she can't live anywhere, just think about Yu Chenxing and Liangjun looking at grandma's hateful eyes, she feels desperate, although those two are not good people, they are good and can be regarded as moving their true feelings, but they have never really hurt grandma, but such good luck is not always there, in case you meet a ruthless person, such a flower will not wither.

In such a world, except for the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha who is far away from the hustle and bustle, Zhuang Liangzhen can never be peaceful.

What this spring dew thinks and thinks is very real, such a beautiful and such a young woman, if she is not held in the palm of her hand and pampered, how can the future be unbearable?

Women can neither be in business nor become officials, and the biggest way out is to find a lover who cherishes them. Whether the second master is considered a lover in grandma's heart, Chunlu can't decide, but to this day, what he sees and feels, is really only the second master who hurts grandma in his heart.

Chunlu pursed the corners of her mouth and whispered: "Grandma, the slave can't say anything big, many things come from feelings and what you see and hear, and now I have something I want to tell you, if what I say is wrong, grandma will forget it immediately, don't take it to heart." The slave thinks that the second master is the best person for you, even if it is ...... With that Dongzhu, it's the same, he is better to Dongzhu than to us ordinary slaves, but that's just respect, if you talk about pet and love, it's only grandma you, because when he sees you, his eyes are particularly bright, and when you turn around, the brightness will dim by three points. It's the same when you laugh and don't laugh, the slave and maid accidentally found out about such a thing, so she had the courage to secretly observe it several times, every time it was like this, and even once she was glared at by the second master. ”

The little girl said that the love was sincere, this only looking forward to her good intentions, how could Zhuang Liangzhen not feel it, just ...... There is no longer a question of whether she forgives or hates between her and Liangxiao, but is at a loss, unrecognizable, his willingness to let her go is the biggest accident, and now she is half free, and he has someone else around him, and there are others in his heart, and he can't go back for a long time. Of course, Zhuang Liangzhen never doubted that Liangxiao liked her, and it was probably still very much, but no matter how special it was, his love was not pure enough from beginning to end, it was like this before, and it is like it now...... If you ask her what is pure, she can't answer it all, but she knows that the feeling must be sincere and hot, impossible to ignore and fearless.

And she, by his side, is always full of fear, how strong she is on the outside, how fragile she is in her heart.

She also knows that with such beauty, as long as she bows her head, the glory and wealth of the second half of her life will definitely be stable, but in that case, life may be even more lonely, in addition to her appearance, can anyone find that she is a little cute and special in her heart?

Who cherishes her soul as much as she loves her beauty?

When Hua was old, was he really willing to hide in the deep house and pin the rest of his life on his children?

But she wanted to climb high mountains, sail clear streams and rivers, and see the most beautiful scenery.

Aside from hatred, she is the simplest, unwilling to fight with anyone, no one, so that the real happiest days are the years when she wandered away from her father.

After the first day of the new year, the ancestral house was cleaned from the inside out, and even the embroidered grass dotted on the stone steps was wiped clean one by one with a wet rag by the subordinates, not stained with half a cent of dust, and the green oil was moving.

On the eighteenth day, the family of Lu Gongfu returned to Jiangling to worship their ancestors.

The Zhu family had already told Zhuang Liangzhen about this, and it turned out that Liangchi in the third room had fallen into a tanhualang, and the woman's eyebrows danced, as if it was her own son who had been hit by Tanhua.

It's rare. Zhuang Liangzhen couldn't help but be a little curious, Liangchi was annoying, but he did not contain water in his studies, even Liangxiao asserted that he was very likely to win the top spot this year, why did he become a tanhua again?

With Liangchi's temperament, life is definitely better than death, so this trip to worship the ancestors who returned to his hometown in the eyes of others may be a spiritual Ling Chi for him, thinking of this, Zhuang Liangzhen couldn't help laughing.

Zhu Shi also laughed: "This is really a great joy, so I have been busy these days and can't take a break, if you don't take care of it, Liangzhen, you have to take care of it." ”

"Aunt Tang's words are serious, but Liangzhen thinks that she will bother her aunt and not go."

The two of them spoke softly, but they didn't get along.

Sure enough, when Zhuang Liangzhen accompanied the Zhu family to the outer gate to greet a large family that day, he didn't find the bullish Tanhualang from a few young people riding high-headed horses, and it turned out that Tanhualang was sitting in the carriage with a delicate body!

But she found Liangxiao at a glance.

Liang Xiao was also looking at her.

Zhuang Liangzhen subconsciously twisted her face, afraid that her eyes would reveal something involuntarily, so what was she afraid of divulging? As soon as this thought came to her mind, she shook it off vigorously.

The ancestral hall is solemn and pure, although there is suddenly a group of people in the dark, but since the first bluestone slab here, no one has made a noise, and there is not even a cough.

The patriarch and a group of elders surrounded Lu Guogong in the center, and offered incense in order according to their generation, as the central figure of this sacrifice, Liangchi was covered with dark clouds, forced to smile, and stood in front of the elders in a rusty red body, and the elders were full of horror when they fixed their minds: "This is Shiro, they have grown so big." ”

Zhuang Liangzhen smiled secretly in her heart, I'm afraid the other party wants to say that this is Siniang, hahaha!

Liang Chi looked down at the elders with gray temples, bent over and bowed, the corners of his lips slightly hooked, looking shy and modest.

It was probably because the gloating look on her face was too obvious, two burning eyes shot over, Zhuang Liangzhen was stunned, Liangxiao stood at the head of the juniors, looking at her lightly, she hurriedly lowered her eyes, and her heart jumped suddenly.

The tedious ancestor worship ceremony is finally over, a large family set up a banquet in the ancestral house in the Hehuan Hall, only in the middle of a long Meilan, bamboo, chrysanthemum, red sandalwood screen, and then men and women each occupy five tables, lively celebration.

The Lu Mansion is now headed by the second room, and the second lady is naturally the center of this group of female dependents, her skin is still tender and smooth, standing with the Zhu family, she is obviously five or six years older than the Zhu family, and she looks like she is seven or eight years younger, but under her calm and elegant demeanor, the corners of her eyes show a trace of fatigue.

In fact, only the second lady herself understands the suffering, since she walked into the ancestral house, the figure of the cheap maid has been swaying around from time to time, she can't wait to order someone to twist the neck of the cheap maid, but she still has a gentle and kind smile.

Second Mrs. Liang glanced at Zhuang Liangzhen as if she had unintentionally.

When teenage girls are still growing their bodies, they are really the same day by day, but it is a month of time, and they are becoming more and more delicate and moving, and from time to time there are girls on the table who look curiously at this simple Mrs. Shisun, who is the ancestor of the ancestors, and I don't know how many pairs of eyes are staring at her.

Thinking of Aiko's gaze at Zhuang Liangzhen, the second lady of Liangzi really hurt and hated, naturally it was her own son who hurt, but it was Zhuang Liangzhen who hated the inappropriateness.

But his son himself knows best, forcibly ruining the love in his heart, it will definitely ruin the relationship between mother and son, the second lady of Liang is unwilling to ruin the relationship between mother and son for a cheap maid, so she can only compromise with Liangjun against her will first, and do not trouble Zhuang Liangzhen for the time being, but that is only on the surface no longer troublesome with her.

Because Zhuang Liangzhen is the wife of Liangxiao Mingmei, the Zhu family naturally doesn't want to settle him in Zhuting Courtyard.

It must have been very hard to travel and travel. Zhuang Liangzhen instructed his subordinates to bring the stewed soothing soup and serve Liangxiao to drink.

His demeanor was the same, and he did not fluctuate due to the interval of more than 30 days.

"Has anyone embarrassed you?" He took a bite of the soup, and his voice was low and deep.

Zhuang Liangzhen shook his head, wanting to ask him something else, but somehow it became: "Are you okay?" ”

"Not good."

Well? Zhuang Liangzhen's eyes couldn't help but widen and looked at him.

Liang Xiao drank the soup down, and his black eyes met her surprise: "What do you want me to say?" ”

"I thought you'd say yes."

"Why should I say yes against my will? I'm not good, not good at all, how can you let me tell you well? ”

This tone and attitude are really tight, but his gaze is too deep and gentle, if her right hand is not so domineering on her side, she may be moved.

Liang Xiao stared at her, and only after a moment did he retract his gaze and get up to take a shower and change clothes.

Zhuting Courtyard is not big, it is three rooms with two ears, there is no spare room, Liangxiao can only be in the same room with Zhuang Liangzhen. After the beginning of winter, the temperature difference between day and night is very large, and the big kang near the window does not have a mattress, it is still a plum blossom and two splendid futons with autumn fragrance, usually sitting on a moderate soft and hard, very comfortable, but not suitable to lie down, you can't let him lie on these for several nights in a row, right?

In fact, Liang Xiao is not afraid of the cold at all, there is no pressure to sleep on the kang in this weather, but why should he wronged himself, why should he be entangled for her?

said that Zhuang Liangzhen was entangled for a while, and saw Liangxiao walking in in a soft thin silk shirt.

"Why don't you go to bed for the night, it's because I didn't think it well and forgot to ask for a few more bedding." In the end, she only cared about going back and forth to Yejing Valley in the past two days, and she forgot that Liangxiao, as her husband, came to the ancestral house, and she must have been with her.

It's a person who is used to sleeping, so he didn't think about me at all. Liang Xiao sneered in his heart.

Zhuang Liangzhen's eyes trembled, and the sarcasm that swept the corners of his mouth was painful. Is it to laugh at her selfishness or to be unwilling to sleep with her? After thinking about it, this is indeed a bit difficult for a strong man, although he always sleeps on the couch, but his natural tone is a bit excessive, and he doesn't necessarily want to sleep in this bed. She lowered her eyelashes, and the corners of her mouth opened slightly: "Otherwise, it's the same if I sleep on the kang......"

Liang Xiao was stunned, turned his face and said impatiently: "I'll talk about this later, I'm tired, let's sleep." ”

Zhuang Liangzhen looked at the big hand stretched out to him, hesitated for a moment, stopped twisting, and gently put the white jade hand in his palm, which was immediately held by him, and both of them couldn't help but tremble slightly.

"Liangxiao ......" She was obviously a little stiff, lying stiff in his arms, and the moment he leaned over and picked her up, she stiffened even more.

"Don't be afraid, just sleep, not sleep you."

The voice of his explanation came from the top of his head, the magnetic sand sank, and even the chest cavity shook a little, Zhuang Liangzhen's ears were slightly hot, and they burned little by little, and his body finally relaxed.

He didn't put Wen Xiang's beautiful woman in her futon, but held her in his arms and looked at her for a while before closing his eyes.

Because of this promise of "not sleeping with her", Zhuang Liangzhen shrank in Liangxiao's arms, smelling a familiar clear and clean body, which was a faint Mingwei Gansong, snuggling up to his strong and hot arms, and couldn't help but be drowsy.

In fact, she didn't hate his touch so much, and even liked it, like to snuggle up to him. But when he let go of his wandering form, he completely changed as a person, he dared to do anything, she cried and screamed when she tossed, and in the end she left a deep shadow, which can be faded overnight.

Sometimes she feels very comfortable, but the deep-seated fear is like a shadow, especially when he always keeps his eyes open and stares deeply at her under him, which makes her feel like a lamb to the slaughter, happy one moment, maybe the next moment it will be torn apart, in short, she is afraid.

Shame and fear separated her from him like nightmares, but she coveted his breath and embrace so much.

But there will always be some changes in him.

I don't know how long I slept, Zhuang Liangzhen opened his eyelashes in a daze and crashed into his dark eyes.

The night was thick, and there was only a palace lamp covered with a dark veil outside the veil, and the hazy light and his breath weaved a strange undercurrent, ambiguous and dangerous.

"Why did you wake up, are you not feeling well?" The voice was slightly hoarse, he looked down at her, and without waiting for her to answer, he turned over and pressed down, Zhuang Liangzhen exclaimed, his eyes turned around, it turned out that he thought she didn't like the posture just now, so he turned her into the crook of his left arm.

In fact, he preferred her lying on his chest/chest...... Liang Xiao irritably waved away all kinds of strange thoughts in his mind.

"Why didn't you even say hello, it scared me." Zhuang Liangzhen gently stroked his heart, found a comfortable posture next to him again, and in the next moment, his expression gradually became solemn, embarrassed and helpless, and he almost didn't dare to move at all.

"Leave it alone, that's a normal reaction, I'm a man." Liang Xiao broke the embarrassment, calmly explained, and then changed to a flat lying position.

Zhuang Liangzhen's cheeks were hot for a while, so she had to pretend not to care, and slowly moved left and right, but no matter how she moved, it was like lying on pins and needles, and finally couldn't help but cry a little: "Let go of me, don't ......"

The hand that held her stiffened suddenly, and Liang Xiao simply supported half of his body and kissed her hard.

Don't do anything, he wants her!

Like a bee butterfly that has found honey, and finally sipping the flower dew that he has been thinking about day and night, he tries not to make himself appear impatient, and touches the petal-like sweetness again and again, until she gradually adapts, no longer panics, and slumps in the crook of his arm.

"Zhenzhen, it doesn't hurt...... Doesn't hurt you. He was finally able to indulge in the fragrant lilacs, and in an instant, it seemed as if thousands of flower buds were blooming among the ten miles of spring trees.

Zhuang Liangzhen trembled, his pink cheeks were so tightly pressed by him, his vision was almost completely blocked, and his breath was disordered from time to time, and he couldn't hold on for too long, so he only cared about panting, and he didn't care about doing other things to himself at all.

But he didn't do anything excessive, buried his head, gasped for air, and desperately hugged her.

"You're strangulating me." She whispered.

He relaxed a little at this time, and whispered in her ear: "Zhen'er, my good Zhen'er, don't move, don't move, please, don't move, I'll let go immediately......"

Zhuang Liangzhen's eyes were wide and he didn't dare to move.

Liang Xiao let her go, and walked out of the house in three steps and two steps, not knowing what to do.

After lying down for a moment with a beating heartbeat, Zhuang Liangzhen got up to look for him, and lightly bypassed Mu Tao who was on duty at night.

A cool wind blew in her face, she shivered, crossed her arms and walked forward, the yard was not big, and she found him around a few flowers and trees.

He stood silently by the well, with a pool of water under his feet, and his thin figure was beautiful and arrogant in the night breeze.

"Liangxiao ......" Zhuang Liangzhen stood behind him in a daze.

As if he hadn't thought she would come out, Liang Xiao, who had already regained his calmness, turned around in surprise, letting the cold water beads roll down his sideburns, and the soaked placket was faintly transparent, and the outline of his collarbone could almost be seen!

"Yes, it's going to catch a cold." Zhuang Liangzhen stammered and looked at him, vaguely guessing why.

"You know what you're going to do when you catch a cold? It's windy here, come in. With that, he took off his wet clothes, wiped them casually, and leaned over to pick her up.

As if nothing had happened, he hugged her to sleep.

Tonight he was out of control, intellectually he told himself not to even touch her hand, but as soon as he saw her, he forgot everything and wanted to touch everything. I thought that I would be very satisfied with holding her, but when I really hugged her, I found that I was even emptier, and I couldn't wait to kiss her and grind with her ears and temples, who knew that in the end, in addition to making myself more painful and thirsty, I never got the slightest comfort, and I almost lost control.

He didn't dare to imagine that Fang Cai had forcibly asked her for it without control...... Now, she probably lies there helplessly hating him again, right?

The next day, Zhuang Liangzhen woke up from his bed, and Liangxiao was already missing next to him.

After that, he was not seen for most of the day, and the men held a banquet in the outer courtyard, and at noon Xibao sent a new set of bedding, and ran to her like a monkey, holding a branch with verdant leaves and several oranges, and said with a smile: "Grandma, this is folded by the second master in the orange orchard, for you to eat." After eating it, you will know how sweet the oranges in Gangneung are, and the second master will take you to pick oranges tomorrow. ”

It turns out that there is an orange orchard in the south of the ancestral house, it is a good season to mature, it is planted for the people to play, I did not expect that the soil here is extremely moist, and the fragrant orange is as sweet as honey, since last year it got a compliment from the queen mother, and has been included in the list of tributes, and since then it has begun to pay tribute every year, which is also a beautiful thing to glorify the ancestors.

Zhuang Liangzhen peeled one, it was indeed very sweet, and he couldn't help but smile.

Mu Tao likes to eat oranges the most, holding the six rewarded by her grandmother and the spring dew, I can't wait to run to the orange orchard now.

Gluttonous girl! Chunlu nodded her forehead, and hurriedly said to Zhuang Liangzhen: "Grandma, the slave thinks that she can't take Mu Tao tomorrow." ”

Why? Mu Tao pouted dissatisfiedly.

Chunlu smiled: "I don't know who is greedy for oranges, eating that little face yellow, making a big joke, if you are greedy again tomorrow, won't it fall into grandma's face." ”

Mu Tao was ashamed and annoyed, chasing Chunlu to fight.

Zhuang Liangzhen also snorted and laughed: "Okay, okay, now that Mu Tao has grown up, she won't be so greedy anymore." ”

After practicing calligraphy for a while in the afternoon, until the wrist was sore, Zhuang Liangzhen stopped writing, called Chunlu to pinch his shoulder, and a pair of delicate hands put it on his shoulder, slowly kneading.

This strength and hardness quickly aroused Zhuang Liangzhen's vigilance, and there was no half of a girl's softness.

She turned her head and stared wide.

"Are oranges delicious?" Liang Xiao lowered his eyes and kissed her forehead.

Zhuang Liangzhen's eyes lit up: "I didn't know that there was an orange orchard here, if it was in bloom, it must be beautiful, right?" ”

He looked at her: "Beautiful, very beautiful. Hold her lips.