In the small courtyard, there are guards sent by Duan Xiang who are constantly on duty at twelve hours, on the one hand, it greatly ensures the safety of Yang Nianci and them, for example, Wen Xiang does not dare to jump over the wall in a hurry; On the other hand, they also eavesdropped on the corners of the wall, and everything that happened in the courtyard was quickly transmitted to the Prime Minister's Mansion, such as Yang Nianci's "strange talk and fallacy" tonight.

Therefore, after Duan Xiang and his wife and concubines and daughters gathered for Chinese New Year's Eve, they did not stay to watch the fireworks, but went to the study.

After he finished reading his subordinates' reports, he couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart.

The fact that he can reach today's high position shows that he is better at figuring out people's hearts than ordinary people. Wen Xiang felt that Yang Nianci's words seemed to be a little crooked, but he felt that the third daughter's words were indeed said to be hidden by many people or most people. Even he thought of himself, he was not satisfied with what Liu's main room was doing, just like the third daughter said, isn't it that he doesn't worry about dissecting the concubines for her, and he doesn't want her to make decisions about some major matters related to the inner courtyard. Hehe, Duan Xiang said that that day was so far away that there was no hope in this life.

Unexpectedly, Duan Xiang remembered the first two wives. The eldest lady and he have known each other since childhood, and the two have a true relationship. The eldest lady died of illness that year, and before she died, she struggled to choose a second wife for Duan Xiang. It is Yang Nianci's biological mother. For the eldest lady, Duan Xiang has admiration, gratitude and respect, and thinks that she is the most qualified wife.

And the second wife, Duan Xiang had mixed feelings when she thought of it.

Back then, because of some things, I had a skin-to-skin relationship with her, but I really didn't want to marry her. Later, the eldest lady asked him to promise at the bed, and to marry her as soon as she went. On the one hand, in order to make his wife feel at ease, on the other hand, he felt that he had also preserved her reputation, and her upbringing was also good, so he hurriedly carried her into the door.

Thinking about it, compared with so many "true loves" in the backyard, the second lady is the only one who did not have a relationship with Duan Xiang before marriage. Duan Xiang already had a mustard in his heart, and he has been faint after marriage. But the second lady has admired Duan Xiang for a long time, and after making up her mind, she made a heart-to-heart promise, and she was even more desperate after marriage. He did a lot of things for Duan Xiang, everything went according to his wishes, and even whispered softly to the concubines for fear that they would be unhappy if they had something wrong. But such a deep love is destined to be a tragedy, after the third lady was born, the second lady who thought that Duan Xiang would be interested in her was still faint when she saw him, and suddenly felt that life was bleak and hopeless, and she couldn't afford to be sick, so she left her daughter who was still nursing to complain to the eldest lady.

Because of the second lady and because there were too many warblers and Yanyan in the backyard, Duan Xiang once left his third daughter behind. Even at the New Year's dinner, I caught a glimpse of this daughter still alive and didn't care anymore.

But now when I hear what Yang Nianci said, I also have a "father-lover complex", and when I see Wen Xiang, I feel like my imaginary father

Duan Xiang couldn't get angry, he only felt sad. For a while, there was a pair of round eyes that were always looking forward to floating in front of me, and there was an always cautious voice in my ears:

"Master, is this good?"

"Sir, is this all right?"

"Master, do you like this?"

"Master, our daughter, how beautiful and like you"

The originally clear and godly eyes slowly became more and more dim, more and more godless, and finally closed powerlessly forever

Duan Xiang suddenly found that he had not forgotten that woman so completely

At this moment, the guilt and nostalgia for the second lady was subconsciously transferred to Yang Nianci by Duan Xiang, so

Yang Nianci asked with a bad but polite face: "Dad, what are you doing here without sleeping this big night?" ”

It's supposed to be early in the morning, but have you been lying down and sleeping for an hour? Don't you know that it is a great sin to pull someone who is sleeping soundly out of bed? If it weren't for the scruples that he couldn't get angry on the first day of junior high school, otherwise the year would not have gone well, Yang Nianci would definitely shout out.

Duan Xiang was not angry at all, he thought of Yang Nianci's "docile" appearance in front of Wen Xiang, and his heart was sour.

"Last year, in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, my father did not withdraw and let you two celebrate the New Year alone. Dad can't help it, no, Dad wants to enter the palace in the morning, so I'll come to see you first. ”

Yang Nianci yawned delicately, and didn't care at all: "It's okay, I'm a married girl, how can I celebrate the New Year with my mother's family." Big brother is here to accompany us, Dad, you don't have to care. ”

Duan Xiang shouted in his heart, so I was more concerned, and I must let that kid stay away from his daughter in the future.

"Is Kang'er okay?"

Yang Nianci smiled bitterly: "Dad, you haven't been here for two days." With my mother watching, of course he's fine. I grabbed three dumplings by myself last night. ”

Duan Xiang nodded with satisfaction, looked at his daughter's impatient face, and instructed the last sentence: "Remember, I'll come back tomorrow." ”

Yang Nianci was kind twice, and suddenly asked, "What kind of return gift do I have to prepare?" ”

Duan Xiangmo, you didn't get married at all, what kind of door are you going back to.

"You don't need anything, just come back."

Yang Nianci didn't care, what was there to be unhappy about saving money for himself. But

Yang Nianci hesitated and said: "But, Dad, I don't remember the way home, and besides, I don't remember the people at home, just in case"

In Duan Xiang's eyes, Yang Nianci was worried about his future life, and he couldn't help but feel guilty again, and said softly: "Don't worry." I'll pick you up early tomorrow morning. ”

Yang Nianci was suddenly relieved, with this thigh, she was not worried at all.

"Dad, you wait first."

Yang Nianci pulled his legs and rushed into the kitchen, taking advantage of this time, Duan Xiang walked to the inner room and saw that Xiao Yang Kang was really sleeping sweetly, so he came out.

Yang Nianci had already come in and brought him a small food box: "Dad, this is some small snacks we made yesterday, it tastes good to eat cold, you can take it with you on the road." ”

Duan Xiang was suddenly relieved, and with a smile, he took the food box and got into the carriage and left.

The guard who followed by the car also wondered and said, "The third lady laughed, and her eyes looked like the old man." ”

Duan Xiang was happy again: "Of course, I'm her father, who doesn't I think like she?" ”

The guard stopped talking.

"Hurry up, I have to pick up my wife at the palace gate."

At this moment, Liu is asking people to help him check whether the clothes on his body are well dressed. complained to his henchmen.

"My lord is really, when he entered the palace at the first time, who didn't go with his female dependents? Let me go by myself, people may not be able to make fun of me when they see it. ”

The mother-in-law smiled and gave her a smile: "Didn't the master say that he was in a hurry to take a step on official business, didn't he explain that he would pick up his wife at the palace gate." The old slave looks, the old man is thinking about his wife, if it is someone else's house, maybe he will let the lady go in by himself. ”

Liu also felt so, and there was a little smug on his face, his own master was a loving person, but when he turned his head and thought of the dozens of people in the backyard, he regretted why he was so affectionate, how good it would be if he was only for himself.

At this time, the curtain was lifted, and Duan Yingtong came in. After Liu's efforts, Duan Yingtong finally lifted the ban a few years ago and was able to appear in front of people, of course, the fourth female book was not copied.

"Why don't you sleep more, you kid? There is a banquet in the palace at night, and you still want to go with dark circles under your eyes? ”

Duan Yingtong smiled at her mother's noble appearance with big makeup, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Mother, when you enter the palace, you can look carefully and see what clothes he is wearing."

Liu Shi glanced at her angrily, and also said in a low voice: "This is the court, what else can you wear besides the prince's clothes?" ”

Duan Yingtong was immediately annoyed.

Liu taught her again: "On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the emperor and the masters in the palace naturally like to see bright and joyful colors, and you are the concubine of the main room, and it is worth thinking about it for a piece of clothes, so don't go back to make up for sleep." ”

Duan Yingtong was distracted by Liu's words, and her face was shy, and she went back to the house without entanglement.

The mother-in-law praised: "The fourth lady is getting more and more beautiful, this all-round style, the idle high-ranking family is really not worthy." ”

Liu was silent, and was helped by his mother-in-law and maids to get into the carriage and rush to the palace.

Duan Yingtong forced herself to lie on the bed for more than an hour, then she couldn't sit still anymore, and got up and asked the maid to spread out her newly made clothes one by one, along with her head and face, and she must be the most dazzling boudoir lady at the palace banquet tonight.

When some of her cousins came in, they were surrounded by the room full of splendid clothes and jewels, and they couldn't come back to their senses for a long time.

The fifth lady immediately covered her mouth: "Oh my God, fourth sister, what are you doing?" ”

Miss Six looked surprised: "It's all over the New Year, you don't have to clean up your closet, right?" ”

Miss Seven clapped her hands and shouted, "I know, I know, the fourth sister wants to open a clothing shop, right?" ”

Miss Eight was puzzled: "Is the fourth sister short of silver?" I have a silver ingot given by my father, and I will give it to my fourth sister first in case of emergency? ”

Duan Yingtong hurriedly stopped, there is a string of sisters behind her, can't you annoy her if you say a word?

She raised her thin chin and said with a little pride: "When I go to the palace for a banquet in the evening, I want to pick out the most beautiful set of clothes, so as not to embarrass the Prime Minister." If the sisters are all right, let's go out first. ”

Sisters, you look at me, I look at you, and they said in unison: "My sister is not busy, let's help the fourth sister." ”

Duan Yingtong only felt that her ears hurt, she didn't understand, why did she have so many sisters? Or are they all sharp-toothed and hard to mess with? For a moment, Duan Yingtong actually missed Duan Ying, who couldn't make a sound.

Duan Yingtong is not good at driving her sisters away, otherwise so many aunts will accuse her in front of her father that she does not care for her younger sister, and she and her mother will have to be reprimanded again. Sister's, it's such a bully, is there a sister like herself who is so aggrieved?

A group of little ladies, you say a word to me.

"I think this is beautiful."

"This silver-red piece is atmospheric"

"The nobility of embroidered plum blossoms"

"The Gorgeousness of Embroidered Begonias"

"Pink for the corset"

"Only the yellow ones are matched"

"Red clothes natural ruby to match"

"Cut, do you have no vision, try pearls"

"Wearing high-soled lotus cut-out shoes"

"Hanging Coral Jewels"

"The peony silk flower given by the palace of the hairpin"

"Oops, it's too old-fashioned, the fourth sister is only sixteen, not twenty-six"

"Oops, there are too many flowers on the chest"

"Oops, the waistline is too tight"

Within half an hour, Duan Yingtong already had a splitting headache, and even felt pain.

"Shut up, y'all!"