Prince Yu's marriage ceremony was chosen to be held on the eighth day of the second lunar month, and now there are more than ten days left before the eighth day of the new year, that is to say, Luo Lan has to stay in the Guogong Mansion for these ten days.

Suddenly idle, Luo Lan felt a little bored, looking at the various treasures sent by her father, she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.

When she first entered the Yu Palace, she was penniless, and she had to worry about the food and clothing of dozens of people in the palace, but now she suddenly became the eldest lady of the Guogong Mansion, with countless gold and silver available, she felt that this day was too boring, and this change was too unexpected.

The sun was shining just right today, and she had nothing to do, so she could only sit on the rocking chair in the courtyard of the west wing, watching the sun pouring down and listening to the birds chirping in the trees.

Ah Hong carried a plate of fruit and put it on the table in front of her, picked up an apple and peeled it while whispering:

"Princess, do you think it's a little strange that Ah Cai is a girl? Why does she always run to the main hall these days, and she also sent ginseng soup to Lord Liu for two days in a row, I have said that she has been a few times, and she does not listen, I am really afraid that she will be careless, when will she anger Lord Liu. ”

Luo Lan opened his hand blocking the sun, half-squinted his eyes, and muttered through his fingers:

"She can't be idle, she can go wherever she likes, her father is not the hypocritical person, and he won't blame her."

"What the princess said is true, but I always feel that Ah Cai has something on her mind, she chatters all day long, and sometimes she laughs secretly."

Hearing her say this, Luo Lan sat up as if she had thought of something, and was so frightened that Ah Hong hurriedly asked:

Princess, what's the alarm?

"Wait, you said Ah Cai often snickers?"

"That's right!"

"What's so strange about her?"

Ah Hong peeled the apple in his hand and handed it to Luo Lan, put the knife on the table, and said after thinking for a while:

"Well, she has only changed recently, she often smirks, and often says some strange things, by the way, she often mentions the prince and you, as well as General Liu."

mentioned herself and Leng Yu, Luo Lan was not curious, but when it came to her father, this made her a little surprised.

She took a bite of the apple and asked as she chewed:

"Why did she mention my father?"

"She said, General Liu is really a good man, for his deceased wife for so many years without marrying, not even a concubine, if she is lucky enough to marry such a man, then it is worth dying."

After saying this, Ah Hong followed with "Bah, bah! After a few voices, he continued:

"Did you say she was stupid? Dead all day long, we were originally a little girl, if it weren't for the princess's preference, we would still be a slave who would be pinched in the hands of the master with a death contract, and she still expected to find a man like General Liu? It's whimsical. ”

Ah Hong sighed as she spoke, while Luo Lan frowned slightly and said softly:

"Call Ah Cai to me, I have something to ask her."

Ah Hong was obviously a little flustered, and she hurriedly bowed and said:

"Princess, just now Ah Hong is too talkative, I'm not saying bad things about Ah Cai, I'm just talking casually, although Ah Cai has been acting a little strange recently, but she is doing things the same as before, without a trace of perfunctory, princess, you ......"

"Ah Hong......"

Luo Lan saw that Ah Hong was a little nervous, and hurriedly interrupted her, "I asked you to call Ah Cai, not to say that she is not, I just have a few words to ask her, what are you nervous about." ”

Hearing this, Ah Hong breathed a sigh of relief, and then nodded and said:

"Okay, I'll call her here."

Looking at the back of Ah Hong leaving in a hurry, Luo Lan felt an inexplicable worry in her heart.

Ah Cai's child is still young, since she came to the Guogong Mansion, she felt that this girl looked at her father's eyes in a trance, at first she thought she was wrong, now after Ah Hong said this, she felt that her guess may be right, as her master, she should explain the reason to her in a timely manner, she is young, don't mistake love and love confused.

After a while, Ah Hong took Ah Cai to Luo Lan, and she waved her hand to Ah Hong,

"You go down first, I have a few words to say to Ah Cai."

Although Ah Hong was a little worried, whether he had caused trouble to Ah Cai by speaking openly just now, he still bowed and quietly withdrew.

Ah Cai stood in front of Luo Lan, she was a few more cramped than before, Luo Lan pointed to the round stool opposite, and whispered to her:

"Ah Cai, sit down!"

"Ah Cai doesn't dare."

"Sit down, you stand like this, I have to look up when I talk to you, don't you feel sorry for me and I'm tired?"

Hearing her say this, Ah Cai took two steps forward to the round stool, and sat upright, her upper body straight, looking nervous and overwhelmed.

"Ah Cai, how old are you this year?"

Luo Lan's question made Ah Cai a little nervous, she swallowed her saliva and replied in a low voice:

"18 years old."

"Well, adult, I know that your parents died when you were very young, and you have no relatives around you except Ah Hong, but since you came here, I have treated you as a sister, do I have anything to do that dissatisfies you?"

Hearing this, Ah Cai was a little nervous, she hurriedly slipped off the round stool, knelt directly on her knees, and said in a panic:

"Princess, did Ah Cai do something wrong?"

Seeing Ah Cai's flustered appearance, Luo Lan hurriedly got up and helped her up, blaming her in her mouth,

"I told you when you came, don't kneel down at every turn, and you didn't do anything wrong, I just have a few words from my heart to say to you."

Hearing Luo Lan say this, Ah Cai stood up timidly, she looked at Luo Lan, pursed her mouth and asked:

"If the princess has something to say, just ask, if you talk to the slave and maid like this, the slave and the maid are afraid."

"What are you afraid of, you, me, and Ah Hong, we have been together for so long, not sisters but better than sisters, I have never treated you as a human being, so I want to say a few words to you from the bottom of my heart."

Speaking of this, she walked two slow steps, came to the stone table in the middle of the courtyard and sat down, and she motioned for Ah Cai, who had come over, to sit opposite her.

Ah Cai was still a little at a loss, looking at her uneasy appearance, Luo Lan asked directly:

"I see you've been in a bit of an abnormal state lately, but what's on your mind? Tell me about it. ”

"No, no."

Ah Cai shook his head vigorously, and hurriedly denied: "Ah Cai is dedicated to serving the princess and has no worries. ”

Seeing that she didn't want to say, Luo Lan could only nod slowly, and then said:

"When I was in the country, when I was sixteen years old, I would be married, and before I was eighteen years old, I would officially worship a man, and it stands to reason that it is not an exaggeration to say that you have someone you like at this age, or rather, it is not an exaggeration that you think you have someone you like in your heart, this is human nature."

Speaking of this, Luo Lan tightened the handkerchief in his hand and continued:

"It's just that I want to remind you that you can't be blind or conjecture when looking for a man, you must be realistic and happy, because if it should be yours, you can get it, and if it shouldn't be yours, don't force it, so as not to hurt yourself."

As soon as she said this, Ah Cai's face turned pale for a while, and suddenly, she knelt on the ground again, and said with red eyes:

"Princess, the slave is wrong, the slave and the maid should not think about it, please punish the princess."