It's not that King Yingchuan and the concubine shut Mama Du out of the door and refused to see her, but that the concubine and the king of Yingchuan are not in the house. The people in the concierge knew that Mama Du had come twice and knew her, so they told her that because of the cold weather in winter, King Yingchuan's cough was a little worse, and the concubine accompanied him to the hot spring courtyard in Xishan outside the city to recuperate, and the return date was uncertain.

Mama Du was disappointed there, so she heard a voice say, "The third brother really doesn't give me face!" It is rare that this king personally came to pay him a New Year's greeting this year, and he actually hid in the hot spring village. ”

Mama Du saw that the face of the person in the gatehouse changed, and her face immediately wrinkled like a bitter gourd, and when she turned her head to look, she immediately knew who was coming.

I saw a head poking out of an extremely luxurious carriage, wearing a golden purple and gold crown, surrounded by a fluffy white sable fur, eyebrows and facial features are very similar to the king of Yingchuan, but the same appearance rests on the king of Yingchuan, that is a humble gentleman, gentle as jade, but in this person, it is a hanging, not a proper style.

Mama Du was hesitating whether to come forward to pay a salute, and the porter had already stepped forward and saluted: "The villain sees His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan, His Royal Highness didn't know that Your Highness was visiting today, and I didn't receive His Highness's post in advance. If His Royal Highness is in a hurry to greet the concubine for the New Year, you might as well go to the hot spring courtyard, which is just outside the city and not far away. ”

Although the tone was extremely respectful, Mama Du still heard a trace of dissatisfaction from it. It's no wonder that this doorman is not angry, it's the twelfth day of the first month today, as a concubine to pay New Year's greetings to his mother and brother, how can he come so late, and he didn't even hand over a post, so he ran over directly, and he complained here when he couldn't see anyone.

The porter was slandering in his heart, and he listened to Qin Fei, the king of Linchuan, lazily drop a sentence, "Who said that it is not far, it is more than ten miles away, this king does not have the time to spend most of the day running over, since they are not there, then let's talk about it another day, I have to come here every year to pay New Year's greetings, and it is strange to be boring." ”

Mama Du couldn't help but sigh in her heart, she couldn't imagine that she hadn't seen her for so many years, and this highness still had the same temper as when she was a child, and she was still so rude. How could he still have the intention of going to see him again, but I was afraid that this little overlord of the capital would not remember who she was, so he turned around and wanted to leave.

I didn't want to take a few steps, but I heard a voice behind me: "Stop!" Did this king let you go? Not only did you not greet this king, but you were also in a hurry to run, for fear that this king would eat you? ”

Mama Du had to turn around and go back to greet this demon king. The King of Linchuan stared at her left and right for a long time, and suddenly smiled: "Isn't this the Aunt Du in the palace back then?" It's only been a long time, and you don't recognize this king when you leave the palace? If it is said that my aunt is old and forgetful, how can she know that she came to my third brother's mansion to catch up with the past? I'm like a passerby when I'm prejudiced, didn't I reward my aunt when I was in the palace in the past? ”

Mama Du felt that she really shouldn't have gone out without watching "The Jade Box" today, not only did she not see the concubine, but she bumped into this demon king, so she had to say helplessly: "Isn't it His Royal Highness the King of Linchuan, please forgive the old slave for being clumsy, he couldn't recognize His Royal Highness for a while, the old slave asked His Highness for peace, I wish you a healthy health and a prosperous New Year!" ”

King Linchuan tilted his head and stared at her, touched his chin, and said with a smile: "I think it's because this king is a man who has changed eighteen times, and he is becoming more and more handsome and unparalleled, so he dazzled his aunt's eyes, and he didn't recognize me for a while, is this king right?" ”

Mama Du couldn't help but slander this highness's cheekiness in her heart, but she could only say yes again and again, so as not to make this young master unhappy, and she didn't know how to make herself angry, this demon king of the mixed world was not as sympathetic as his brother King Yingchuan.

For a while, Mama Du carefully coped with a few words, and thought about quickly saying goodbye and leaving, but the king of Linchuan did not let her go, and there was no sentence on the street in front of the Yingchuan palace to talk to her about the old days. Dong Laxi talked for a while, and then he seemed to smile and said, "Aunt Du thinks that she often comes to this Yingchuan Mansion to see my third brother!" My Linchuan Mansion is not far away, but it is only a hundred steps away, why don't you see my aunt come to see me when she is free? Don't just think about looking at my brother, forget about me as a younger brother! ”

Mama Du suddenly remembered that when His Royal Highness was young, he liked to compare with his third brother Yingchuan Wang the most, but he didn't compare his homework and study, but clothes and accessories, and he couldn't see others like his brother but not him. He once whipped a little eunuch with his own hands with a horsewhip two hundred times, and beat him half to death, because the eunuch had a miserable white face every time he saw him, and there was no smile at all, but when he saw his brother, he greeted him with a smile.

Thinking of the tragic situation of the little eunuch back then, Mama Du's heart suddenly burst into her heart, and she hurriedly said: "The old slave doesn't dare to come to this palace often, but once I met His Royal Highness King Yingchuan, so I came to the house to ask the concubine for peace, if it wasn't for this time I was desperate, I had to come to ask the concubine, the old slave would never dare to come here again, after all, the old slave is just a subordinate, and now he is still selling himself as a servant in another family, where do you dare to climb the palace again!" ”

King Linchuan's eyes narrowed, "I don't know what difficulties my aunt has encountered, can I only beg my mother-in-law, and this king can't help you?" Why don't you come to my house and ask the king? ”

When he was in the palace, although everyone lived in the same palace, Mama Du had never waited for him, but the palace people on the side of Qin Min, the king of Yingchuan, and there was no master-servant relationship between him, how could he come to beg him? Mama Du didn't think she was so thick-skinned, so she had to explain it to him.

The king of Linchuan glanced at her, "Auntie thinks too much, although you haven't waited for me, you have also served my third brother in the end, that is, for the sake of the third brother's face, if you come to beg me, I will definitely not ignore it." Now that I've been bumped into, why don't you tell me what the hell is going on? So that this noble man can pull you along! ”

Mama Du couldn't, so she had to say that she wanted to ask the concubine to help her find a lonely Taoist, but after she didn't want her to say it, the king of Linchuan retreated, yawned, and said boredly: "How big does this king think?" It turns out that it's just looking for a bull-nosed old way, this kind of trivial matter is too lazy to do, it's better to do this, when the king of Japan visits my third brother in the hot spring courtyard in a few days, I can help you talk to the concubine. ”

Mama Du already knew his temperament, and when she saw that His Royal Highness had spent so much time with her, and finally reversed her words and simply left, she was not so surprised and disappointed. Because I know that this highness is the most unreliable, I am afraid that he will not necessarily go to his mother-in-law to pay New Year's greetings, so how can he be expected to bring words. I just shook my head and smiled bitterly, feeling that I was really unlucky today.

Therefore, after going back, she didn't mention this section to Cai Wei, so as to save her hope in her heart, looking forward to it left and right, only saying that the concubine was not in the house, and I didn't know when I would see it.

In the first month of the nineteenth year of Lin De, in the Anyuan Bofu, it was far more lively than the previous year, because of the addition of Cui Xiang's relatives, the people who came to the Bofu this year to pay New Year's greetings in addition to the old friends of the previous years, there were many people who had no contact with each other before.

Whenever a guest visits, several girls from Bofu will change into new clothes to meet guests, and even Wu Wan and Wu Juan sisters and children will be called to the front from time to time to meet guests. Cai Wei was the only one, and most of the time she stayed alone in the house of Qiutang Courtyard. She didn't care, when she was alone, she didn't feel so lonely and desolate when she was alone, or silently reciting the articles that her father had taught her to memorize, or copying Buddhist scriptures, and then doing some needlework.

Seeing that it is about to reach the seventeenth day of the first month, this day is her father's death day, and it is the sacrifice of great auspiciousness*, last year's Xiaoxiang sacrifice, because Yizhi was helping the fourth wife housekeeper, and prepared a sacrifice for her early, although this year the fourth wife ordered someone to prepare a sacrifice to her on the 16th, but when Cai Wei saw such simple and shoddy things, she knew that she was deducted by the person who handled it, and only took some inferior things to perfunctory her.