On the second day, the mother of the flower house gave two pots of winter dwarf winter plums, which bloomed very lively. Sister Hui looked at the impulse to describe Danqing, and also learned to go back to the ancients, and asked Qiu Ju to put the flower pot in the small courtyard behind, so she put all the utensils in the courtyard, and squatted on her stomach to paint plums in various postures.

"Miss, why don't you go into the house and paint, if you get a cold, it's terrible." Qiu Ju saw Sister Hui roll up her sleeves, revealing a smooth forearm, and couldn't help but persuade.

"This time, the plum blossoms sent by the flower room are spiritual, and they are very stylish. In a few days, it will be Guyuan's brother's birthday, and when the time comes, he will take the painting to him as a birthday gift, and he will definitely like it. ”

When Qiu Ju saw Sister Hui say this, her pink cheeks showed a faint warmth and warmth. She sighed helplessly, turned around and went into the house to find a thicker and thicker cloak, and put it on Sister Hui'er's shoulders.

"Although the young lady is for the birthday ceremony of the son, she also has to pay attention to her own body, the slave and maid don't understand those elegant things, but she knows that this month is the most susceptible to cold."

Sister Hui shrugged her nose and smiled mischievously at Qiu Ju, helplessly reached out and pulled her cloak, and while continuing to immerse herself in painting, she complained: "Sister is talking like this, be careful that you can't marry in the future." ”

"They all hate to marry like a young lady, and they still paint for their fiancés on this cold day." Qiu Ju also said angrily.

"Sister, when the matter is over, I will help you find a family to marry, Aunt Cuixiu, who followed my mother back then, has had a beautiful life since she got married, and I heard that she is going to give birth to a third son."

Qiu Ju smiled and was about to speak, but was interrupted by a crisp voice from the outside of the ink painting: "Miss, Mother Zhou's sister Mangrove is here." ”

Qiu Ju saw that Sister Hui was still focusing on the things she was writing, so she turned around and walked out of the small courtyard and went to the front.

After Sister Hui finished painting the last plum pose, she pulled the sleeves of her coat that were blown goosebumps by the cold wind, and at the same time admired her own plum blossom picture, looked at it for a long time, and showed a satisfied smile.

Only then did he say aloud: "Let the mangrove go to the verandah in the courtyard to speak." ”

Qiu Ju immediately led the red jade in the room out.

"The painting is finished, Qiu Ju go put it away." Sister Hui instructed while being served by the ink painting to wash her hands.

"Yes, miss."

Because Sister Hui painted more than ten pictures this time, Qiu Ju was afraid that she would be dirty, so her subordinates were cautious, but they did it for a long time. It wasn't until Sister Hui had sat down and chatted with Mangrove that she put away all the paintings.

After passing Sister Hui'er's place, Sister Hui took the opportunity to instruct: "This pigment is added with some plum blossom fragrance, and it is too dry for fear that it will fall into powder." It doesn't have to be placed in the painting box at the back of the bedroom, it can be directly received in the large blue and white jar in the study. ”

"Yes, miss."

"Miss Three is really an ingenious person! Speaking of which, Aunt Muyue was also very ingenious back then. Mangrove looked at it with a smile, and when Qiu Ju entered the house, Sister Hui turned her gaze, and then took the opportunity to say again.

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Seeing Sister Hui looking at her with a smile, showing some interest, Mangrove continued: "Although Aunt Muyue was born as an official prostitute, she was also educated when she was young. When he was first brought back by the fourth master, the fourth master only said that it was a girl who bought it for the fourth lady. The fourth lady is a virtuous person and does not make trouble. A few times I went out to attend the banquet of those noble ladies, and I was made it difficult to make some poems, all of which were made by Aunt Mu Yue and handed over to the fourth lady, and the poems made were also appreciated by those Mrs. Shilin, saying that they were new and ingenious! And then it coincided with the old lady's birthday, and the needlework embroidered a picture of longevity, which made the old lady very happy, and she also got a lot of reward. Mangrove talked about the past with a cheerful smile on his face, and a face that was originally just a small jasper was a little more innocent and lively.

"Why did Aunt Muyue become the third uncle's aunt later? Speaking of the people around this brother and daughter-in-law, Sister Hui took another sip of warm tea, couldn't help frowning slightly, and asked suspiciously.

The mangrove got the hint of the ink painting, and he was eager to save his husband, and he had long forgotten the words that his old lady had told him, and when he saw Sister Hui asking, he didn't think about it and said it: "Hey, how could Master Hou go to the people around the fourth wife, it's not that the fourth master brought Aunt Muyue back and had some thoughts on his own." Although it is a national funeral, the fourth master has always been a careless person, and he has to see Aunt Mu Yue dangling in front of him and still be tempted! ”

"Yikes! And this matter, my sister said to hear about it. The ink painting also followed along with the fun, and by the way, he also gave the mangrove a look.

When the mangrove saw it, he lowered his voice and told him everything he had seen and heard when he was on an errand in the old lady's yard.

"In this way, Aunt Muyue had already been sent to Zhuangzi at that time. It's a pity, if you are pregnant with a son and a half daughter, maybe you can come back. After listening to the ink painting, he sighed.

"That incident was a prostitute during the national mourning period, and it was a big crime! The old lady disposed of all those who knew with thunderous means. The fourth wife hated it even more, and before Aunt Muyue left, she called her to her own yard and beat her, where could she leave a son and a half daughter, even if she was afraid, she would have been gone early. Mangrove pouted.

"Are there any people left who knew about it?" Regardless of whether the eighth sister is the daughter of the fourth uncle, Sister Hui felt that there was a party involved in the incident back then.

"This" Mangrove lowered his head slightly, thinking bitterly. After about half an hour, he slowly shook his head and said: "I'm afraid it's gone, the slave was still young at that time, and because of Lao Tzu's affection, I got a second-class messenger." The slave and maid knew that the parties were all driven out of the house after that incident, and the fourth wife was surrounded by all the people who married and dispersed, except for the nurse brought by her mother's family. ”

"Hey, it's all an old matter of the elders, it's not appropriate for us to talk about it like this, Mo Hua went to get some osmanthus milk cake and gave it to the mangrove tree to taste." Sister Hui took the tea bowl and said with a smile.

Seeing this, Mangrove showed a little embarrassment on his face, knowing that Sister Hui meant to serve tea to the guests, so he quickly got up and saluted: "Third Miss, the hour is not early, the slave maid will not disturb the third lady's rest, and the slave maid will retire first." ”

"In that case, it's fine. Ink painting you give Mangrove that snack to wrap and send it to her. ”

"Yes, miss."

When the two left, Sister Hui drank a cup of tea alone under the porch.

Qiu Ju walked out of the teacup and said while adding tea: "Miss recruited the mangrove tree to visit the Aunt Muyue in the backyard of Master Hou?" ”

"Exactly."

Sister Hui told Qiu Ju again the unbelievable rumor that the last ink painting told her, "I originally planned to use the funeral period to prostitute this matter, but now that the old lady is really clean, it seems that there is no evidence to arrest." ”

"It is said that when the slave maid first arrived in the old lady's courtyard to serve, Aunt Mu Yue was also taken back to the house by the Hou Ye, and at that time, the fourth master and the old lady also had a quarrel with the Hou Ye because of this matter, and then I don't know what the Hou Ye said to the old lady, but Aunt Mu Yue entered the house smoothly."

Sister Hui can still imagine that Chu Jinli will make trouble because he saw that his brother had taken possession of his own woman, and seeing that the woman was still so beautiful, he wanted to go back. The old lady naturally favored her younger son, so she had trouble with Chu Jinzhang.

But what Chu Jinzhang took to persuade the old lady is worth studying, she doesn't believe that the so-called love can impress the old lady. And he also has to suppress his own little son.

Although Sister Hui is still puzzled, she even faintly feels that there are secrets hidden behind her that she doesn't know waiting for her to explore.

However, even if you add Hongyu to investigate, you still can't get useful information before meeting the seventh princess on the wedding day of the third prince.

In the thirty-second year of Xihe, on the eighteenth day of the winter month, Sister Hui followed the envoy of the seventh princess to the Jingwang Mansion to attend the wedding banquet.

(Collect!) ）