It was night, the lights in the Rongshou Hall were bright, the hollow carved silver year cold Sanyou smoker was lit with Lu'an incense, the earth dragon burned vigorously, and occasionally the spark "snapped" and exploded, but it was blocked by the copper wire mesh cover covering the top. The people standing next to them were projected by the lamp on the window lattice, showing five or six silhouettes of their figures, which was a very peaceful and tranquil scene.

Xingzhao put on his hair, wore a close-fitting regular clothes, put on a big jacket, held a copy of "Zhuangzi", half leaned in front of the chaise longue, with a thick thin white mink blanket under him, and whispered softly with a focused expression, reciting: "Dazhi is idle, Xiaozhi is intermittent, Dayan Yanyan, Xiaoyan Zhan Zhan..."

Mrs. He was half-lying on the couch, leaning on the quilt, squinting, and already drowsy.

It's more than fifty people in the end, and after a lot of tossing in the morning, now I'm tired.

Xingzhao looked at the old lady, gradually quieted down, got up lightly, put the book on the table of the eight immortals, and gestured with the servants to exit the door, leaving only Rue Xiang to serve in the cabinet.

As soon as I came out of the inner room, it was another world, the snow was getting heavier and heavier, the sky was cold, and all that came out was white mist, and even the gladiolus planted in the flower-covered glass room was blown by the wind.

Xingzhao shuddered, hurriedly wrapped his coat tightly, and took the hand stove handed over by Lianrong to cover it, seeing that Su Qing in the old lady's room was anxious, carrying a hexagonal glass lamp and waiting at the entrance of the corridor, he laughed in a low voice and said, "Why bother Sister Su Qing to come to light it today?" But the little maid down there is lazy? ”

Su Qing is the same as Rue Xiang, she is a first-class girl in the old lady's room, she acts steadily and decently, her mother is in charge of the old lady's treasury, Lao Tzu is the steward who can be used by He Yan's side, and her sister Su Lan is still young, but she also entered the courtyard of the eldest lady to do things, and the family is proud of the servants in the Hou Mansion.

"The eldest lady is in the flower hall, and she knows that after Mrs. Tai goes to bed, she won't let it be communicated..."Su Qing was anxious, but she didn't dare not laugh when she heard the master's joke, so she stopped talking and looked at Xingzhao hesitantly.

Xingzhao frowned, reached out and shook Su Qing, and motioned for her to continue.

"I only put on a shoulder, holding Zhang's mother's hand and crying..."Su Qing thought about how to say it decently.

Xingzhao was puzzled, there was no such situation in his previous life, when his mother was reprimanded by his grandmother for He Xingxiao's matter, and when he went back, he contracted a cold, and he didn't even go to the church held by the third uncle, and it was in this way that Yingyi was given a chance.

"Who else is there in the flower hall besides Mother and Mother Zhang?" Xingzhao asked in a deep voice.

Su Qing hurriedly shook her head, hurriedly lowered her voice, and said, "There is still a Yue Qiao left by the eldest lady's side!" As soon as the eldest lady cried, the slave and maid came out and sent the others away! ”

Xingzhao bowed, a heart has only fallen half of it, there are many people, and the wife of the family broke into the mother-in-law's yard at night, and cried endlessly, so that outsiders know that it is a good show.

Seeing this, Lian Rong skillfully took the lamp, turned on the light and walked in the front, Xingzhao only reached Su Qing's shoulder, pulled Su Qing to the flower hall, and said softly: "Sister Su Qing has always been steady, and she is reassuring to do things. ”

Su Qing was held by a small warm hand, and suddenly felt a lot of peace, and was surprised to see Xingzhao's calm and determined appearance, these four girls have grown up since this morning, as if they have changed into a different person...

"Su Lan said to the slave maid, after noon the sewing room went to Aunt Wan to apologize, before the eldest lady went to Rongshoutang, Aunt Wan made a lot of trouble in the main courtyard, and the Hou Ye was also there at that time..."

Obedient and listening, where is there a reason that Xingzhao doesn't understand, Aunt Wan ate the hanging of the needlework room, and she couldn't hang her face, and her mother was a good bully, but she didn't know how much her mother was wronged today, so she plucked up her strength to complain to her grandmother...

Xingzhao sighed, he couldn't stand the frost and snow in the flower cover, but his heart slowly cooled down, things will not remain the same, and it is impossible to take advantage of his rebirth. Even if there is more or less water for watering flowers, the appearance of the flowers will change, not to mention that the inside of the person has changed the cup.

No matter what, you have to cheer up and live well.

"Grandmother is tired today, you can't bother, wait tomorrow, I'll go and talk to my grandmother." Xingzhao looked up at Su Qing and said.

Su Qing nodded gratefully, the eldest lady came to Rongshoutang alone at night, she couldn't hide it, the masters were seen by the subordinates when they were out of shape and undignified, and the subordinates said that it was not good, and they would be complained about eating the head, and they would fall into a shadow in the hearts of the masters, and it was not necessary to think about reuse.

From the inner room to the flower hall are only two corridors, Xingzhao has something in his heart, Su Qing looked at Xingzhao's expression, and did not dare to speak, the two of them had nothing to say all the way, and they were about to pass the vertical arch ceiling, and they heard a mournful cry inside: "I have been married to Hou Ye for more than ten years, what kind of person am I, Hou Ye doesn't know, he actually said that I can't afford the daughter-in-law of the He family... said that the foolish woman would only raise the sons and daughters of the He family..."

"Madam, the old slave has served Mrs. Tai for decades, and arrogantly said something, you are the master mother, the Wan family is just a concubine, a slave, you are willing to treat her as you want, what the Hou Ye is annoyed by is your attitude..."

It is Mother Zhang, who has been with Mrs. Tai through ups and downs for decades, and is loyal, even He Yan can say it, and now she is sorry to say such things to the eldest lady.

Xingzhao stood under the stone-spotted weeping wisteria flowers, listening to the eldest lady's sobbing and crying, and when Fang's sobbing was quieter, Xingzhao tightened his clothes, took a deep breath, stepped over the three-inch vermilion threshold, and looked surprised: "Mother misses Ah Wo?" In such a cold weather, my mother doesn't know how to dress up properly! ”

As he spoke, he stuffed the hand stove into the eldest lady's hand, found a reason for the Fang family to come to Rongshoutang at night, moved an embroidery pier and sat against it, and took her hand affectionately.

Fang Shi looked at his daughter with a posture of admiration, a small face, a straight nose, a red mouth, eyebrows and eyes like He Yan, but like a green and shy jasmine, tears flowed down more and more, hugged her daughter's shoulder, and only cried.

A tear fell from Fang's hand in Xingzhao's hand, which was so cold that it was heartwarming, and Xingzhao's heart was sour.

Seeing that Zhang's mother retreated with a few girls, Xingzhao simply buried her head in her mother's arms, and the two mothers and daughters hugged each other and cried, one crying in this life, and the other crying in the past life.

Xingzhao hugged his mother's soft body tightly, the fragrant lily fragrance came to his nose, he couldn't help crying, he collapsed in his mother's arms softly, and said: "Ah Yu is crying because I miss my mother... Mother cried not because of Grandma, but for others..."

The eldest lady cried once, and Shen'er also came back, and it was not good to complain to her daughter about her husband's concubines and concubines, so she had to say: "The servants in the house are pampered and arrogant, and they have no master in their eyes..."

"Where does a slave dare to be angry with his mother?" Xingzhao asked knowingly.

Fang raised his head, his eyes flickered at a statue of Fushou gold chalk painted blue and white porcelain in the flower hall, and said, "It's not for me... It's for Aunt Wan... The sewing room came to make amends today and said something."

"So Aunt Wan came to make trouble with her mother?" Xingzhao sat up, his eyes were extremely bright and looked at the Fang clan: "This morning, He Xingxiao was wearing an old jacket, and he was going to slap you and Lin'an Houfu in the face in front of the third uncle." It was my grandmother's order that I asked the needlework room to make amends with Aunt Wan. Mother Li, the steward of the needlework room, is a slave of the Hou Mansion for many years, and no matter how much she has face, she is always a slave, she doesn't dare to make trouble with me or her grandmother, but she dares to give Aunt Wan the first place to eat in person, are you so angry with Aunt Wan? ”

Fang Shi pursed his lips and argued: "At that time, your father was next to him, and Wan Shi was really splashed, I couldn't help it..."

Xingzhao smiled bitterly in her heart, and her upbringing told her that she should not argue with her mother about her father's concubine. Fang's family is ten years younger than He Yan, in order to marry Fang's family, He Yan waited for nearly five years, and when he got married, he broke up all the rooms, and before the sister-in-law was not governor, none of the concubines were allowed to jump out. The rules of the He family are excellent, so that the Fang family has cultivated such a soft temperament when encountering problems, and He Yan is just annoyed that the affairs of the Fang family's inner house are not well managed, and he can't suppress it.

Seeing that his mother's eyes were red from crying, Xingzhao's heart softened, and he thought about the wording: "Mother Zhang's words are very good, you are the main mother, you should be in charge of the house, is it difficult for my father to go past you to take care of them?" Then does the father still want to walk in the officialdom? Look at it, my father will be in the main courtyard for a long time..."

"Every time the Wan clan makes a fuss, Master Hou won't go to the East Cross Courtyard..."The eldest lady muttered in her mouth, thinking carefully in her heart.

Xingzhao stepped up: "You have to be virtuous and don't worry about Aunt Wan, that's right." But you can't let her mess around, and in the end it will be you and your father who will only blame you. ”

Fang Shi felt more and more that his daughter was reasonable, and looked at Xingzhao with pity and joy, pity because he was tired of his daughter's advice, and he was happy that the pearl on the palm of his hand was finally bright, in the end, it was raised in Mrs. Tai's room, if he followed himself, he was afraid that he would only know how to cry.

Fang held Xingzhao in his arms, not knowing what to say for a while.

Xingzhao lay on his mother's shoulder, and the little man spoke firmly: "You, when you should be on top, when you should be soft, you have me, you have brother, and your waist is hard!" Aunt Wan is not sensible, and He Xingxiao is not sensible to teach her, you are a mother-in-law, and it is a thousand things to teach a concubine. Mother Sun is a reasonable person, and she is intimate with you, it is most appropriate to point her over and tell He Xingxiao to act. ”

Fang wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, nodded and said, "Auntie is my intimate person!" ”