Empress Liu has a son and a daughter under her knees, the eldest prince Wei Jichang is seventeen this year, and the little princess Wei Deyin has just turned three years old.

Perhaps because the queen mother and Emperor Zhaoyuan were cousins, the two children born were not very healthy. Wei Jichang was born deaf and dumb, and his physique was weak; The little princess has been frail and sickly since she was a child, and she was soaked in a medicine jar.

When the little princess turned one year old, the queen asked a Taoist priest with a high degree of Taoism to calculate a hexagram, and the Taoist priest said that the little princess was born in a rough life, and her life was weak, and she might not live to be three years old. Empress Liu treated the little princess as if her eyes hurt, and she was not allowed to touch anyone until she was three years old. Not long ago, the little princess had just turned three years old, but she was still alive and well, and the emperor and queen were very happy, so they held such a flower banquet to invite the families of civil and military officials to enter the palace to enjoy the flowers together.

Su Xi had participated in this lotus banquet in her previous life, and it was no different from the flower banquet of ordinary people, but because of the presence of the queen mother, she was more restrained.

It was Wei Deyin, who left a deep impression on Su Xi.

Wei Deyin inherited the good looks of the emperor and the queen, born with pink carving and jade, not to mention the cuteness of jade snow, and his temperament is also lively and innocent. The most important thing is that she is exactly the same as Su Xi when she was a child, she is a gluttonous little girl, she wants to taste and lick everything she sees, the only difference is that Wei Deyin is not fat no matter how she eats, but Su Xi was a little fat when she was a child.

Thinking of this, Su Xi had to sigh at the injustice of God.

The day before the lotus feast, Su Xi's Moon Rabbit Title Purse was finished with only one point left. She lit the oil lamp, yawned four or five times in a quarter of an hour, and was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes, but she continued to embroider the purse in her hand.

Listening to Li coming in with a cup of osmanthus tea, seeing Su Xi covering her lips and yawning again, she couldn't help but be full of doubts: "Girl, can't you embroider again tomorrow?" Why bother to finish the embroidery today? You'd better rest early, your eyes won't be good if you're tired. ”

Su Xi shook his head and said, "It's just a little bit, I'll go to sleep after embroidering." You don't have to worry about me, go to sleep first. As she spoke, she continued to thread the needle, but because she was too sleepy, she pricked her finger with a needle, and she hissed softly and frowned.

This time, because of embroidering a purse for Wei Feng, she doesn't know how many needles and holes she has pierced in her hands. Su Xi put her index finger in her mouth and sucked it lightly, and thought very angrily, Wei Feng should really feel honored, this purse was bought by her with a needle and a blood.

Su Xi stayed up until the middle of the night and finally embroidered the purse. When she was done, she put her purse on the table, got into the quilt and fell asleep.

The next day, Su Xi slept until three poles on the sun, and tomorrow was the lotus banquet held by the queen's mother. She lay on the bed, looking at the gold curtain above her head, her thick eyelashes slowly fluttered, and her big clear eyes were a little dazed.

Why did Wei Feng ask her to embroider the purse, and she stayed up so late last night? She shrank her body and shrunk her whole body into the quilt, and then she began to reflect on it in hindsight, she was in a hurry to embroider the purse last night, isn't it because she knows that Wei Feng will also go on the day of the lotus banquet?

Su Xi became uneasy, did she already care so much about Wei Feng in her heart?

If not, why didn't she resist much when Wei Feng kissed her the last two times? And after kissing, she didn't rinse her mouth with mint tea, but her mouth was full of his sandalwood fragrance, and she seemed to be used to it......

Su Xi hadn't figured out a reason yet, and when she heard Yan come in from outside, she said while hanging up the curtain: "Girl, the sixth girl in the second room has come to look for you." ”

Su Xi poked her head out of the bed, looked like she was waking up from a dream, and said, "What is the matter with the sixth sister coming to me?" ”

Tingyan shook her head, "The sixth girl didn't say it, the slave invited her to sit in the flower hall, and said that you will go over in a while." ”

Su Xi said "um" lightly, got up and changed her clothes, and after freshening up, she went to the flower hall on the side.

Su Lingyun waited for a while, she must have been a little impatient, and looked out from time to time while drinking tea. Seeing Su Xi come in, he smiled and walked up to her affectionately, "Sister Xi'er didn't sleep well last night?" I just heard your maid say that you haven't gotten up yet, it's almost noon, fortunately, our family is not happy to save every morning and dusk, otherwise you wouldn't be trained by your ancestors? ”

Su Lingyun has never been very good at talking, and her mind is not flexible enough, so the second lady Guo and the old lady don't like her very much.

Su Xi had already become accustomed to her straightforward way of speaking, so she didn't answer her first question, but said, "Sixth Sister came over so early, is there something wrong?" ”

Su Lingyun didn't expect Su Xi to ask so directly, even if the rhetoric was brewed on the road when she came, she was a little surprised at this moment. She slurred, embarrassed to speak: "That's the case, won't the queen set up a banquet tomorrow, and I will follow my mother into the palace together...... I have worn the two sets of hairpins several times this year, and the other jewelry is also old, and the last time I participated in the flower banquet of the Qingguo Mansion, others asked me why I always wear these two hairpins. I was worried that I would lose the dignity of the General's Mansion in front of the queen mother, so I wanted to come over and borrow a few pieces of jewelry from the ninth sister......"

Su Xi came to her senses, and subconsciously glanced at Su Lingyun's dress today - she wore a plum blossom hairpin on her single screw bun, which was the head of the unified play in the house last year, and Su Xi also had one.

Guo's family is harsh, and Su Lingyun is a concubine, so it is not easy to live under her. In addition to the jewelry that is customarily distributed by the house, there are few pieces of jewelry that can be held under her hands, and her aunt is weak, and she only sticks to her own small yard all day long, and she can't help her get anything at all.

To be honest, Su Xi's affection for Su Lingyun's sister is not deep, and it is not as deep as the two cousins in the Governor's Mansion.

Although Su Lingyun did not do anything to hurt Su Xi, in her previous life, she and Su Lingrong sarcastically mocked her face, and Su Xi can still recall it. In this life, she has lost weight and changed some things, so she changed her position and showed goodwill to the big house.

Seeing that Su Xi didn't react, Su Lingyun tentatively called "Ninth Sister" and said, "I know that you have a lot of jewelry, although Ninth Sister can rest assured, I will only wear it for one day tomorrow, and I will definitely return it to you after the palace banquet, and I will definitely not break it for you." ”

Speaking of which, Su Xi couldn't refuse. It's just that she doesn't like to wear jewelry that others have worn, so she said: "Sixth sister, don't say borrow it, I'll give you a few, you don't have to return it to me." ”

Su Lingyun didn't expect Su Xi to be so generous, her face showed joy, but she refused: "This ...... It's not good, I'm embarrassed to take your stuff for nothing. ”

But as soon as she walked into Su Xi's boudoir and saw the dazzling jewelry in her dresser, she was speechless.

Next to Su Xi's dressing mirror was a red sandalwood carved bright lattice cabinet, about one and a half people high, with a total of five layers, each layer full of jewelry. Su Lingyun walked closer and took a look, and found that every piece of jewelry was very delicate and valuable, no wonder Su Xi casually said that she wanted to give herself a few pieces of jewelry just now, it turned out that those pieces of jewelry were just the tip of the iceberg for her.

Su Lingyun knew that Su Xi had a lot of good things, and the jewelry she wore was rarely the same, but she didn't expect it to be so much.

Su Lingyun stood in front of the Liangge cabinet and looked stunned, her heart was sour, astringent and jealous. are also girls from the General's Mansion, why is there such a big difference between her and Su Xi?

Su Xi said: "Sixth sister, pick a few." ”

Su Lingyun hesitated for a moment, and finally picked a golden silk butterfly hairpin, a pair of jade carved hairpins and a pair of gold-inlaid jade lantern earrings, and later valued a pair of red jade bracelets, originally embarrassed to take them again, but she thought about it, Sister Xi has so many good things, even if she doesn't take them, she can't wear them, so she hesitated for a moment and still wanted to go.

Su Xi's face was as usual, and she didn't feel distressed at all, and asked, "Does the sixth sister still like it?" ”

Even if there were, Su Lingyun couldn't continue to ask for it, and said, "These are enough, thank you Sister Xi'er......"

Su Xi nodded, walked out and said, "I'll have someone bring you a box and put it up." ”

Su Lingyun followed closely, passing by a Huanghuali three-bent leg incense table, and saw a delicate purse on it, embroidered with the branch pattern of the moon rabbit, the moon rabbit looked smart, fat and cute, and looked very flattering. Su Lingyun liked it at a glance, and was about to say something to Su Xi, when she saw that Su Xi had already walked out. She looked at the purse, and couldn't help but think about it, thinking that Su Xi had so many purses anyway, there was no more of this one, and there was no less of this one, but it was gone, and Su Xi might not be able to find it, so she picked it up and stuffed it into her sleeve.

*

After sending Su Lingyun away, Su Xi had time to have breakfast.

Su Xi drank a bowl of white fungus custard and ate a piece of lotus root flour osmanthus cake, and was called by Yin as soon as he finished eating.

Yin talked to her for half an hour. Su Xi came out of Qiutang Residence, thinking that he hadn't been to see his grandfather for a long time, and went to Chunhui Hall to play chess with the old lady for an hour, and returned to the time when the flowers were fragrant, just after noon.

Su Xi returned to the inner room, looked at the empty Huanghuali three-bent leg incense table above, and asked, "Sister Tingyan, who cleaned up the house this morning?" What about the purse I put here last night? ”

Listening to the wild goose: "Is the girl talking about the moon rabbit branch pattern purse?" ”

Su Xi nodded.

Tingyan said: "The slave maid heard that it was the homework assigned to you by Mr. Yao, and she didn't dare to move it when she cleaned up the house, and she kept it here." ”

Su Xi frowned, "But why is there nothing on this table?" ”

Tingyan also glanced at it and said suspiciously: "It's strange, why is it that the slave maid saw it when she woke you up early this morning?" ”

Su Xi asked, "Who else has entered my house today besides you?" ”

Tingyan thought about it again, "After the girl left with breakfast, only Tingli went in and wiped the table, and no one went in. ”

Su Xi called the oriole again and asked. Listening to Li's words: "When the slave came in, she didn't see the purse on the table, and she thought that the girl had put it away by herself, so she didn't think much about it." ”

Su Xi pursed her lips, she didn't put her purse away at all, it was too late when she embroidered it last night, she put it on the table and fell asleep, and she didn't bother to collect it when she got up in the morning. The purse was still there when the goose came in, but the purse was gone when the oriole came in, and only one person came in during this period, so you can hardly think about it to determine who took it.

Two bedrooms, Xihu Garden.

Su Xi came to Su Lingyun's house.

Su Lingyun was having lunch, and when she saw Su Xi coming in, she was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Why is Sister Xi here?" ”

Su Xi didn't beat around the bush and asked, "Did the sixth sister take the purse I put on the incense table this morning?" ”

Perhaps he was in a hurry, the usual sweet smile on Su Xi's face was gone, his brows were slightly furrowed, and his appearance was a little strict.

Su Lingyun's smile froze, she didn't want to lose face in front of her maid, and pretended not to know: "What purse?" Sister Xi'er, I haven't seen your purse. ”

But no one has ever entered his room except her, who could it be if it wasn't her? Su Xi said: "That purse is embroidered with the pattern of the moon rabbit branch, which I only embroidered last night, sixth sister, think about it." Anyway, thinking that the purse had been embroidered for more than ten days, if it was lost, it would definitely be too late to embroider again, and reminded: "This morning, before the sixth sister went, the purse was still on the table, and after the sixth sister left, the purse was gone." If the sixth sister likes it, I'll send you some other purses, and you can return that one to me. ”

Su Lingyun saw that she insisted like this, and if she continued to deny it, she would not only be unable to get benefits, but also lose face, so she suddenly realized: "I remembered." I did see the purse you said, I saw it fall to the ground, and I thought it was not wanted by the ninth sister, and when I saw that it looked cute, I picked it up. Since the ninth sister still wants it, I will take it out and return it to you. ”

Su Xi breathed a sigh of relief, and her brows furrowed.

Su Lingyun went into the inner room and took the purse, and after a while, she came out and asked, "Sister Xi'er, take a look, is this it?" ”

Su Xi saw that what she was holding in her hand was the moon rabbit branch purse that she had embroidered, so she nodded hurriedly and stepped forward and said, "Exactly." ”

Su Lingyun didn't hand it to Su Xi immediately. When Su Xi was about to walk to her, her eyes darkened, and her hands loosened.

There was a stove at Su Lingyun's feet, and a pot of hot tea was simmering on the stove, and now that the tea was gone, the purse fell out of Su Lingyun's hand, and then under Su Xi's surprised gaze, it fell into the stove without warning.

Su Lingyun felt that Su Xi had embarrassed her in front of her subordinates, wasn't it just a purse, as for coming over to her or not? She was not happy in her heart, so she deliberately wanted to make Su Xi unhappy once.

It's just that what Su Lingyun didn't expect was that after Su Xi was stunned for a moment, he actually put his hand directly into the brazier!

"Girl!" Hear the geese exclaim.

Su Xi didn't think about it so much for a while, his fingers were burned hard, but he never let go, and rescued the Moon Rabbit Rank Branch Purse from the brazier. She hurriedly took a look, although the purse was not completely burned in time, but because it hit the bottom of the pot, the leaves held by the moon rabbit in both hands were burned off by the tongue of fire and became a black sticky piece, which was very unsightly, and it must not be able to wear it.

Su Xi was distressed and depressed.

Hearing the wild goose in a hurry: "How can the girl use her hands to reach it?" What if I hurt myself? Let the slave and maid see your hand......" said and carefully picked up Su Xi's hand, and saw that only the fingertips were hot red, and nothing else was serious, so he was a little relieved.

This Su Lingyun was also surprised, who knew that Su Xi would impulsively put his hand into the brazier, that purse was so heavy or......

Su Lingyun snorted: "Sister Xi'er ......"

Su Xi didn't look at her, held the purse with her uninjured other hand, and said, "Listen to Sister Yan, let's go back." ”

*

"Girl, don't do such a stupid thing next time, fortunately nothing happened this time. But look, you have two big bubbles on your hands, can you feel good? Listening to Yan while giving Su Xi medicine on her hands, she persuaded her bitterly, for fear that she would make another stupidity.

Su Xi obediently responded.

The purse was burned out, and I am afraid that the palace banquet tomorrow will not be able to be given to Wei Feng, I only hope that I will not meet him tomorrow, so that he will not think of asking for a purse from himself.

Su Xi thought of Su Lingyun again, she didn't want to think too badly of people, after all, they were all sisters of the family, one was prosperous, and the other was lost. But this time, Su Lingyun deliberately threw her purse into the stove, and she went too far.

In the early morning of the next day, the Yin family freshened up and dressed up early, and someone came to urge Su Xi.

After Su Xi packed up, he went to Qiutangju first, and then walked out of the gate with the Yin family.

Su Xi was still in a carriage with Su Lingyun. Xu was weak because of yesterday's incident, and she couldn't pull her face to apologize, Su Lingyun didn't open her mouth all the way, but she was wearing the jewelry that Su Xi gave her on her head and ears.

Su Xi only glanced at it and looked away.

The carriage soon arrived at the entrance of the palace. Su Xi followed behind Yin, and after not taking a few steps, he heard several more carriages coming behind him. She looked back and saw that the word "Jin" was printed on the front of the carriage, which was the carriage of the Jin Palace.