On the second day, Zhu Zhen got up early in the morning, and although Babel told him not to get up early, who knows what time he called "early"? If you have the same concept as Concubine Liang, then it is not too early for you to get up now.

After waiting for most of the day, he didn't see Babeile send someone to call him, and Zhu Zhen was not sure, so he sent Wutong to the front yard to ask. Wutong came back to report that Babeile had already entered the palace, and before leaving the house, he instructed his subordinates to wait for Zhu Ji to get up and tell Zhu Zhen that she would prepare a few cakes before the unitary time and bring them with her when she went to the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion in the evening. Zhu Zong's first reaction was that Bai got up so early, and the second reaction was, what did he say that he didn't need to prepare?

It was already dark, and the bamboo basket took out the last chestnut cake from the furnace, and it was finally ready. The food box Wutong has been prepared, the bamboo basket will put the cake in the food box, close the lid, Qiu Ling will put the food box forward, and several people will go back to the house together, just waiting for Babeile to call.

Waiting left and right, but I couldn't wait for the figure of Babel, the bamboo basket was already hungry and my stomach was growling, and Wutong hurriedly went to the kitchen to get a few plates of snacks. But for people like Zhu Zong, who are not happy without food, no matter how delicious the pastries are, they are not as delicious as a hot meal.

"Girl, are you there? The little Sun Gui came to pick up the girl and go to the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion. Sun Gui said loudly outside.

Hearing that someone was coming to pick it up, the bamboo basket was relieved and finally came out.

Wutong opened a curtain at the door and let Sun Gui in, Sun Gui said: "Hello girl, after the master left the palace, he went directly to the ninth master's mansion with the ninth master and the tenth master, and sent a slave to pick up the girl." ”

"Let's go." Waiting, waiting, waiting for a day, there is nothing to clean up, the bamboo basket immediately went out with Sun Gui, and Wutong carried the food box all the way to the carriage.

The carriage stopped in front of the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, and the bamboo basket was still in a daze in the car, and Sun Gui called several times outside, but he didn't see the bamboo basket respond, and it was not easy to lift the curtain.

"Oh, why don't you hurry in when you arrive?" Ming Quan hurried out of the Nine Elder Brothers' mansion, saw Sun Gui standing on the side of the carriage, and reprimanded.

"Father-in-law Ming, the slave has been invited a few times, but the girl has not moved, and the slave is not good at lifting the curtain to see what is going on, this, this ......" Sun Gui saw Ming Quan coming, stepped aside sideways, and said with a bitter face.

"What do you mean by that?" Ming Quan took a few steps forward, next to the curtain, and said, "Girl, Brother Jiu's Mansion has arrived, please get out of the car." ”

Inside the car, Zhu Zhen was awakened by a banging sound, only to realize that he had been out of his mind for a long time, and heard the voice of Ming Quan outside the carriage calling him, and hurriedly opened the curtain to come out, and saw that Ming Quan was standing outside, so he hurriedly got out of the car and said, "Why did Ming Gonggong come in person?" Fang just squinted in the carriage for a while, but did he delay the master? ”

Ming Quan didn't even say anything, and led the bamboo basket into the house, and Sun Gui carried the food box and followed behind.

Zhu Zhen lowered his head all the way and followed behind Ming's body, and he didn't know where he was going to take him, maybe he was looking for Babel, but this was on the Ninth Elder Brother's Mansion, and Babel, Ninth Elder Brother, and Tenth Elder Brother must be in one place again, maybe Babel had time to find himself. Thinking wildly, he saw that Mingquan stopped in front of him, and the bamboo basket instinctively stood still.

"The slave asks for peace for Jiufujin, and asks for peace for Fujin." Ming Quan asked An Dao, and Zhu Zhen also blessed his body with him, never thinking that he would meet the Eight Blessings here.

But when he heard the soft voice, he changed his voice and said, "You are not waiting for your grandfather, what are you doing when you run out?" ”

Zhu Ji got up with Ming Quan's thanksgiving, and Ming Quan said respectfully: "If you go back to Fujin, the master just ordered the servants to go out of the house to welcome the palace maid next to Concubine Liang's mother, and now he is about to go back to the house to talk to the master." ”

"The people around E-Niang, what did the master do when he took her out of the palace?" Beatitude asked.

As soon as Ba Fujin's question came out, Zhu Zhen only felt a chill in his neck, and his head became lower and lower.

"If you go back to Fujin, it is for the sake of holding a good master's birthday banquet." Ming Quandao.

Bafujin didn't speak again for a while, and the soft female voice sounded again: "Eighth sister-in-law, I think it's about to start, let's hurry over, it's not good to tell you to wait, isn't it?" ”

"Let's go." The Beatitudes replied and left. The bamboo basket saw a blue and a purple skirt passing in front of him, and the heart he was carrying was a little lower.

Sending off Bafujin, Ming Quan led the bamboo basket all the way to a small courtyard and stopped not far away, pointed to the small courtyard and said to the bamboo basket: "The girl will go in by herself, someone will arrange it inside, and when the banquet is about to end, the master will order someone to pick up the girl and go back to the house together." ”

Although he didn't know what Babel was going to do, Zhu Zhen still nodded and responded, "Yes." Then he went into the courtyard. After only a few steps, a servant girl stepped forward and said, "But the bamboo girl? ”

Zhu Zhen said: "Exactly, what does my sister command?" ”

I saw the goose-faced maid and said, "Please girl, slave and maid Yinzhu, my master told the slave and maid to come and invite the girl to come in and talk." ”

Her master? Zhu Zhen raised his eyebrows and thought carefully, but he couldn't remember which one he knew with the Nine Masters' Mansion, so he only said softly: "There is Sister Lao." ”

As soon as the bamboo basket entered the room, a woman dressed as a young woman greeted her, held the bamboo basket's hands, and said excitedly: "But here, come quickly, come in and sit!" As he spoke, he pulled the bamboo basket to sit on the kang.

Zhu Zhen saw the appearance of the person who came, and couldn't help but be stunned, and the person who came pulled him to the side of the wooden kang and sat down, before he said loudly: "Ruoqing? You, why are you in the Ninth Master's Mansion? ”

Ruoqing smiled a little shyly: "I haven't had time to tell you before I can tell you that last month, the master should be in charge and reward me to the ninth master." ”

It was easy to digest the news, and Zhu Zhen couldn't help but smile and clenched Ruoqing's hand: "Good girl, such a big thing is hidden from the slightest, can Huai Ying know about it?" ”

Ruoqing shook his head and said, "The matter is in a hurry, and Huai Ying's side is afraid that he hasn't known yet." ”

Gently bumped into Ruoqing's body, Zhu Zhen looked ambiguous, and laughed: "The Ninth Master is one of the most beautiful men in the palace, from the real recruitment, how did you get the Ninth Master in your pocket?" ”

I didn't want Ruoqing to blush, but I blushed and snorted the bamboo basket: "What 'in the bag'?" I didn't talk to my master before I entered the house, and I didn't know what the master liked about me, so he suddenly gave me to the ninth master, and I was also confused. ”

Ruoqing's face was thin-skinned, and Zhu Zhen stopped laughing at her, and said, "I came over today, but what did you tell the ninth master?" ”

Ruoqing smiled: "Where is me?" I've just entered the house, where do I dare to ask for anything with my grandfather? Yesterday, when the lord came back from the palace, he greeted me, saying that the palace maid next to Concubine Liang was very good at making pastries, and he sent some today. At the time, I wondered, isn't it just a pastry, and it's worth bringing someone to the house? Later, when I thought about it, the palace maid next to Concubine Liang Niangniang might be you, but now, I guessed it! Ruoqing and Zhu Zhen sat next to each other, and the smile on their faces did not stop.

This is strange, Zhu Ji then brought Concubine Liang's birthday banquet, and Babeile wanted to come to the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion with Ruoqing. After listening to the bamboo basket, Ruoqing didn't know why. At this time, Yinzhu, who had just brought in the bamboo basket, brought tea to the bamboo basket and said, "Girl, please use tea." ”

Seeing the tea, Zhu Zhen suddenly remembered, took the food box from the kang head, put the layers on the kang table, and said with Ruoqing: "The cakes I made, some are roasted with ground chestnut flour and taro flour, fruits, and various dried fruits, you can taste them." ”

Ruoqing picked up a piece of almond milk and tasted a piece of taro, and couldn't help but praise: "I thought that the master found a reason at random, but I don't want to, your craftsmanship is really so wonderful!" ”

Zhu Zhen said with a smile: "In the second half of winter, sit on the couch, hold an idle book, and eat it in a hot bowl, that is wonderful!" "I don't have a sweet tooth, but it's still a simple pleasure for me.

"Slave maid go and bring a hot bowl to the master." Silver beads are the same as clear roads.

"Go ahead." The silver bead then retreated.

Zhu Zhen also picked a piece of taro himself, broke a small piece and put it in his mouth, and the sweetness of the taro melted into his mouth, which was fragrant and mellow.

"Are you in the palace? This farewell is more than half a year, and it is inconvenient to move around on weekdays, and I don't know how you are? Ruoqing said softly.

"It's a pretty dull life, I'm serving in the good master's study, and I'm more leisurely than others." If you get rid of those entanglements and entanglements, and you can't figure it out, these days in the palace are indeed dull.

"That's good, don't be more serious about everything, be more serious, and it's always yourself who suffers." Ruoqing's temperament is always so gentle.

patted Ruoqing's hand, and said, "I can save it." ”

"Zhu Zheng," Ruoqing paused and said in a low voice, "At the home banquet, I seem to have seen Huai Ying." ”

"Huai Ying? But what did you see in front of the German master? "Concubine Liang and Concubine De don't have much contact, and Zhu Zhen has no chance to meet Huai Huan, and there has been no news of Huai Ying for a long time.

Ruoqing shook his head and said: "I saw that she was following Sifujin, there were many people at that time, and I didn't talk to her well, and then I inquired, and I knew that it was a few months ago, Sifujin asked for Concubine De Niangniang." ”

Zhu Zhen was silent, and Huai Ying went to the fourth master's mansion, isn't it......

Seeing that Zhu Zhen was speechless, Ruoqing sighed and said: "I don't have much news from inquiring, so I only know about these, but the masters reward the palace maids, and most of them are stuffed into the backyard." Although Huai Ying is not serving the fourth master now, it may not be that the four blessings do not have this mind, how can this be good? ”

Zhu Zhen has no bottom in her heart, she doesn't know if it's a coincidence, or if she really asked him to do it, the less people know about this matter, the better, Zhu Zhen had to comfort Ruoqing: "It's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, since Huai Ying is out of the palace, it is always better than in this palace, if she serves Sifujin satisfactorily, and can't keep Sifujin in charge as she wants, then it can't be better." ”

Although Ruoqing knew that Zhu Zhen was comforting himself, he smiled in the end.

At this time, Yinzhu came in with hot milk, took it from Zhuzhu, handed it to Ruoqing, and said, "Drink a bowl of hot milk, it can calm your nerves and warm your stomach." ”

After gossiping with Ruoqing for a while, Yinzhu came to report, and Ming Quan came to pick up the bamboo basket and go back. The two got up, Ruoqing sent Zhu Zhen out of the yard all the way, only stopped, and said goodbye for a while, and Zhu Zhen left with Mingquan.

Out of the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, Zhu Zhen saw a carriage parked at the door, but it was not the one he took when he came. Ming Quan stepped forward to open the curtain, and the bamboo basket saw that Babeile was already sitting inside. Zhu Zhen greeted Babel, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Won't the slave and maid take the carriage when they came?" ”

"I told the car to go home first." Babel looked at the bamboo basket and said, "What? Which one do you prefer? I'll remember to tell you to have that car for you when you travel in the future. ”

The bamboo basket opened its mouth, but it was embarrassed that he didn't know what to say.

"What are you still doing in a daze, stopping here to watch a play for the minions in the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion? Come up. Babel leaned out and held out his hand to the bamboo basket.

When Zhu Zhen heard this, he was even more embarrassed, and he lowered his head and peeked at the door of the Nine Elder Brothers' Mansion, the door was already closed, where was there any little girl? When I turned around, I saw Babel's smiling face, this, this, is this a teasing?! The bamboo basket bit his lower lip tightly, and his body stiffened and got into the car.

When the bamboo basket slowly relaxed, he heard Babeile say: "Today, are you still happy?" ”

"Huh? Well, happy. Zhu Zhen didn't answer the conversation for a while, and his words were a little stiff.

"I don't know that yesterday was your birthday, there are many affairs in the palace, and I can't prepare anything for a while, so I can make up for it today." Babel said slowly.

How did he know he had a birthday yesterday? Could it be from the Thirteenth Elder Brother? So, today he specially brought himself to the Ninth Master's Mansion? It's just that how did he know that he was good with Ruoqing?

There were a thousand turns in his heart, but it was only a moment, and the bamboo basket said respectfully: "Xie Ye is worried, the slave and maid are very happy today." ”

"It's good to be happy, ...... next year" Babel didn't continue, he spoke softly, and it was faint, and without the next sentence, Zhu Ji didn't feel abrupt when he listened.

After getting out of the carriage and looking up to see the plaque of Babeile Mansion, Zhu Zhen remembered that something was wrong, and turned his head to Babeile and said: "The slave and maid saw Fujin in the Jiuye Mansion today, Fujin, didn't you come back together?" ”

"Her mother's business is not finished yet, and she will go back there again, and she will not come back until two days." Eight Baylor Road.

Zhu Ji didn't expect Babel to really answer his question, and he answered so seriously, he was stunned for a moment, and muttered, "Oh." When the voice came out, he realized that it was not polite, and he hurriedly said, "Yes." ”

Babel didn't care, patted the bamboo basket on the shoulder and said, "I heard that you got up early this morning, and tossed this half night, I think you are tired, go back and go to bed early." He said to Wutong and Qiuling, who had already come out, "Good students serve the girl to rest." ”

"Yes." Wutong and Qiuling should be in unison, and when Zhu Zhu and Babeile retired, they returned to the house together.

After washing the bamboo basket, he lay down, and had been waiting for Babel's letter there today, although it did not take much effort, but he was tired, which made people feel even more tired. Qiu Ling blew out the candle and retreated, Zhu Zhen lay on the bed, but remembered Ruoqing's matter, and then thought of Huai Ying, and was a little sleepless for a while, thinking about it, I don't know when I fell asleep.

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