On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, Lin Mei got up early in the morning, and under the service of Qing Zhi Qingying, she changed into last night's set of gold and butterflies cut with luminous satin to wear a flower cloud satin skirt, combed the flying cloud oblique bun, Qingying helped her hairpin on the shining begonia spring, put on the pearl earrings given to her by Liu Yufei, lightly powdered, and lightened red lips, which is also a good appearance of flowers and moons.

"It's a good day today...... Lin Mei looked at the bright and clear sky outside the window, and her mood improved.

"That's right, it rained really hard last night, so it can be seen that Miss Lin, you are really blessed." Qing Zhi was simple and kind, seeing that Lin Mei did not have the frame of other family ladies, so she spoke a lot more casually, but she didn't think that Lin Mei might not be a young lady of the family at all.

"I don't know what kind of stuffing last night's mooncakes were, but they were delicious, did you eat them?" Lin Mei didn't know that in such a high mansion, the rules were strict, and the food that those masters ate, unless it was rewarded by the people above, these subordinates could only pick up some leftovers to eat.

Qingzhi's face was slightly embarrassed, she quietly looked at Qingying who was helping Lin Mei comb her hair, and saw that she still looked cold and indifferent, so she could only bite the corner of her lip and whisper, "Miss Lin, the moon cakes you eat are specially made by Mrs., and the ingredients are extremely complicated, and we eat moon cakes with bean paste and double egg yolks." ”

"Specially made ......" Lin Mei muttered to herself, and after Qingying helped her tie her hair in a bun, she slipped directly to the table outside and brought a plate of mooncakes, "Then you can eat it, but ...... Don't tell anyone, especially the one called Qingyu, who kept staring at me yesterday, and I don't like her, so I don't give her food. ”

There were five moon cakes neatly stacked on the plate, which was exactly the kind eaten at last night's dinner, and Mrs. Shu had people mix snow lotus ginseng and other big supplements to make it, and there were only about twenty in total, but Lin Mei now served five moon cakes.

"Shu Wangjin sent some fruits and pastries last night, you can also eat them." Lin Mei put the plate in front of them and said with a smile.

Lin Mei has always repaid her kindness and complained, Qing Zhi told her a lot of things about the Shu family last night, and she was also very gentle with her, as for Qing Ying, although she was cold, but she almost fell this morning, but Qing Yan helped her, so her impression of the two of them was better than that of others.

Qing Zhi raised her head and looked at Lin Mei with a surprised face, thinking that the rumors were indeed true, not only did the old lady like Miss Lin and rewarded her with many things, but the eldest young master was also very good to this girl, such moon cakes, even if the cousins of the Shu family came to visit, they would only get one each.

After Qingying helped Lin Mei insert the hairpin and the begonia spring, she unceremoniously reached out and took one directly and ate it like this, she was born in Jiangmen, and the so-called rules were just a little learned in Shufu, so she naturally didn't know what prevarication was.

At this time, someone knocked on the door outside the house and called, "Miss Lin......"

Qing Zhi hurriedly helped Lin Mei up, this was the voice of Shu Zhou beside the eldest young master, and the eldest young master was also outside the house.

"Shu Wangjin......" Lin Mei carried the intricate skirt with a slight fluorescence in the fiery red, and ran out excitedly, and sure enough, she saw Shu Wangjin and Shu Zhou.

"Shu Wangjin, what did you promise me last night? Did the skirt made of glow-in-the-dark satin be delivered to Zhang's house? Also, those mooncakes from last night were delicious, and I ate them all by myself......" Lin Mei stood in front of Shu Wangjin and said with a chatter, as for those mooncakes...... In fact, they were all eaten by Qingying alone.

"I'm such a big living person standing here, Lin Mei, didn't you see it?"

Lin Mei suddenly heard a complaining voice on the left, and when she looked back, it turned out to be Liu Yufei, wearing the same wisp of gold and butterflies cut with luminous satin as Lin Mei and wearing a flower cloud satin skirt.

"Rainy ......"

Liu Yufei smiled and reached out to hold Lin Mei's hand, "I thought you would really live on the streets...... Fortunately, Shu Gongzi sent someone to inform me last night, and I only then knew that you were picked up by him. ”

"How did I know that my mother was not in the Pingyuan Houfu...... Walking and walking, I walked to No. 18 Changmen Street, it was raining at this time, who knew that Shu Mansion was Shu Wangjin's home......" Lin Mei pulled Liu Yufei out, "By the way, Yufei, why did you come here so early?" ”

18 Cheung Mun Street...... In the early morning, when Shu Wangjin sent someone to pick up Liu Yufei, she also saw No. 18 Changmen Street, she really didn't expect the Shu family's business to be so big, and even the famous Changmen Street also had a place, and it was still so high.

The mansion at No. 7 in front of Changmen Street is the feudal mansion of the prince and the princesses with foreign surnames, and there are four major mansions in the back, starting from the mansion on the twelfth, it is the mansion of the five marquis, and the mansion located at No. 17 is the county lord's mansion of Qinglai, the daughter of the only sister of the saint today, so the fact that Shufu is ranked on the eighteenth really surprised Liu Yufei a lot.

"Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the capital is lively here, in a few days it will be my grandfather's sixtieth birthday, you have to accompany me to buy some birthday gifts......" Liu Yufei saw that Lin Mei was fine, naturally full of joy, and secretly had many daughters' private words to talk to her.

Shu Wangjin was so smart that he naturally understood what Liu Yufei meant, so he arranged the carriage and the maid's servant, and personally watched the two of them get into the carriage before going out, and then went to the major shops in the capital to take care of the business.

Recently, for some reason, the shops under the name of the Shu family have been affected by large and small impacts, and in the past few days since Shu Wangjin returned to Beijing, he has always thought that someone did it deliberately, and he has also sent Shu Zhou to check, but he can't find any suspicious traces.

"Shu Zhou, prepare the car, and put a lantern on it." Shu Wangjin stood under the hanging plaque in Shu Mansion, his words and expression were faint.

Lin Mei and Liu Yufei got into the carriage, and Lin Mei frowned and clenched Liu Yufei's hand, "Yufei, why did you give me so much of your own dowry!" So what are you going to do in the future......"

No wonder Liu Yufei didn't allow Lin Mei to open the box in the car, if Lin Mei had known that there were so many silver coins and jewelry in the box, Lin Mei would definitely not accept it, not to mention, Liu Yufei's monthly money is only one or two silver, and she has to deal with all kinds of people in the house, unless the money is taken from her own dowry silver and jewelry, otherwise it is impossible to have as much as one thousand taels.

Liu Yufei patted her hand soothingly, and said with a smile, "I'm just afraid that you will be homeless in the capital alone, and those silver can make you settle down, not to mention, Shu Gongzi's family is rich, and you can be decent with more silver." ”

"But what about you...... Over the years, I know that you have taken a lot of money from the dowry in order to maintain the operation of the Liu Mansion, and now you have spent more than 1,000 taels, so what will you do if you marry in the future? "Lin Mei saw so much silver last night, although she looked straight at it, but this is the capital that Liu Yufei will rely on to marry in the future, after all, so many dowries are said to have a brighter face, and others will also look up to it when they say that they are matchmakers in the future.

"Last night, my grandmother already told me about a family, I heard that she was an official in another place, let me look at the Taiye Lake today, and I will pull you ......" Liu Yufei reluctantly told the truth, and the previous words were just for Shu Wangjin.

"Look at each other? Officials in other places? As soon as Lin Mei heard these key words, she immediately became interested, "What is that man's name?" How old is this year? How is the character? But don't be like that Zhao Tao anymore! ”

Liu Yufei stepped back with a wry smile, lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out, "How can I, a divorced woman, be qualified to ask the man's conditions?" Besides, men in the world are probably the same...... Hmm, but, Lin Mei, I believe that Master Shu is sincere to you. ”

Liu Yufei is not wrong in this sentence, that Shu Wangjin just didn't hold the best thing in the world in front of Lin Mei, as soon as she entered this curtain house today, she knew that this courtyard must be the residence of the master mother in Shu Mansion, whether it is the furnishings, the garden is fragrant, and even the next person after that is more clever than other places, and Shu Wangjin actually let Lin Mei live here, it seems that the matter between the two of them must be a foregone conclusion, otherwise with Shu Wangjin's mind, he will definitely not destroy his reputation.

"In that case...... Then, Yufei, how about we go and try that person? Anyway, he hasn't seen you yet, and ...... then," Lin Mei told Liu Yufei about her bad ideas, and laughed sheepishly, "Anyway, if he is really a decent man, you can rest assured, right?" ”

"Lin Mei......" Liu Yufei called Lin Mei helplessly, just if she wanted to make such a fuss, I was afraid that she would really want to be famous in the capital.

"Oh, if it weren't for the fact that he is your future husband, I wouldn't have helped you think of such a good solution!" Lin Mei saw that Liu Yufei was frowning, and she also felt a little blame in her heart, so she pointed to her face with a smile and said, "Look, Jin Yulu just ran out today, and the injury on my face has healed. ”

Liu Yufei suddenly couldn't cry or laugh, thinking that the little maid must be afraid that Lin Mei's face was seriously injured, otherwise she couldn't afford Shu Wangjin's punishment at that time, Liu Yufei didn't want to tell Lin Mei about this kind of thing before, for fear of ruining her mood......

It's just that the situation is different now, if Shu Wangjin really marries Lin Mei, Lin Mei can't be so naïve and ignorant anymore, otherwise if Shu Wangjin is not in the mansion or can't protect her one day, I'm afraid that Lin Mei will be gnawed by those people in Shu Mansion to the point that there are no bones left.

"Lin Mei, it is indeed for your own good that the maid only helps you put on light makeup, but what she is more afraid of is Shu Gongzi's punishment, if your wound is serious, Shu Gongzi will definitely punish her." Liu Yufei took Lin Mei's hand and whispered in her ear, "Many people and many things are not as they are done on the surface, everything has their purpose, but some people hide it deeply." ”

Lin Mei nodded as if she didn't understand, her carefree eyes were full of doubts on weekdays, she naturally didn't understand these things, and Mrs. Lin naturally wouldn't talk to her.

"So, sometimes, you can't be too kind, especially in a high-ranking compound like Shufu." Otherwise...... How will you survive in such an environment in the future......