Xianglan was ashamed and angry, and couldn't help struggling, but she heard Lin Jinlou laugh, and the laughter was triumphant. He strode out of the door, and several maids were coming from the verandah with trays, and they were all shocked when they saw it, and couldn't help but look at them and whisper. Xianglan's face was so hot that she simply closed her eyes and couldn't see her heart.

The magpie was guarding the door of the east chamber, and hurriedly opened the curtain, and everyone was stunned when they saw Lin Jinlou coming in with Xianglan in his arms, and they all seemed to have been immobilized. The painting fan forgot to shake the fan, the parrot was so shocked that he spilled half a bowl of tea, and Luan'er was holding the pipa to tune the tune, almost hooking his nails.

Lin Jinlou was calm and calm, put Xianglan on the kang, Xianglan immediately shrank into the kang, far away from Lin Jinlou, sitting against the wall, leaning on a cushion with his left hand, looking at the people in the house, and did not speak. Among the people, only Luan'er has never seen Xianglan, and after looking carefully, she saw that this girl was born with begonia rhyme, and she was beautiful and beautiful, not only comparing all the people she had seen, but also lining them down. Luan'er's heart was sour, but she saw that Xianglan's face was still a little faintly red and swollen, obviously beaten, thinking that Lin Jinlou went to her room last night, and her waist was stiff again, but it was not a taste in the end. Thrush shook her fan, thoughtful. Brother Parrot glanced at Xianglan, then aimed at the thrush with his eyes, and then lowered his head again.

Lin Jinlou raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Bring the kang table, just these few people, why use the big table." ”

The thrush smiled: "It's this reason, the small table is lively to eat." ”

Immediately, a maid set up two ebony and golden kang tables, put together, Lin Jinzhu sat on the kang with his legs, on the left sat on the parrot, on the right sat Luan'er, and the parrot sat on a chair and accompanied each other opposite Lin Jinlou. In this way, Lin Jinlou was closer to Xianglan.

The maid put those dishes on the table, Xianglan looked at the table, and saw all kinds of plates, all of which were blue glazed plates of one color kiln, or square or round, or begonia-style, or plum blossom-style, or ingot-type, or gourd-type, all of which were the size of small tea saucers, and there were all kinds of delicacies in them.

Luan Er personally poured wine for Lin Jinlou, and the thrush picked up a few refreshing side dishes and tender shredded meat, rolled them in tofu skin, put them in a small porcelain dish filled with moire, handed them to Lin Jinlou's mouth, and said with a smile: "Uncle's favorite food, let's taste it first." ”

Who knew that Lin Jinlou didn't even look at it, but only picked up the glass of wine that Luan'er poured for him and took a bite. The thrush was embarrassed, and after a while, he smiled again, changed a duck fat roll, and still put it in a small porcelain dish with moire pattern, leaned over and said: "Uncle changed this to taste, the duck meat in it was torn off by my own hands, and put it in the jar to marinate, and the taste went in, and it was very sweet." ”

At this time, Luan'er also picked up a piece of fried roasted bones and handed it over, but Lin Jinlou ate the meat with Luan'er's chopsticks and hung the thrush aside. Xianglan shrunk inside and saw it clearly, and said secretly: "Thrush has always been a shrewd person, and among the concubines of the original house, Lin Jinlou is the most pleasing to Lin Jinlou, and this time Lin Jinlou has openly given no face twice, I think there is something that annoys this master?" Thrush put down the plate in a sneer, but her heart woke up, and carefully thought about Fang Cai's matter, remembering that Fang Cai Lin Jinlou beat her in the house, but she pretended to be stupid, only afraid that Lin Jinlou would be unhappy, and deliberately ignored her.

Na Luan'er saw that Lin Jinlou had no face for the thrush, but instead ate her things both times, and immediately flushed her face, and she was full of spirits, Zhang Luo said: "Sister Thrush, bring that plate of phoenix marrow, it is the uncle's favorite food, and it will have no taste when it is cold." He shouted again: "Brother and sister parrot, please pour me a cup of fruit wine to eat, this aging is too strong, I, I am afraid that I will slip the table if I eat two more bites." Then he went to call the thrush maid and said, "Magpie, go and bring me a basin of hot water, and I will clean my hands and peel the river shrimp for the uncle." ”

The magpie held her breath, Luan'er's maid was waiting on the side, Luan'er came to call her, it was obvious that the thrush had no face, she glanced at the thrush, and saw that the thrush bowed slightly to her, so she had to use a silver basin to make hot water, and take a towel to serve Luan'er to clean her hands.

Lin Jinlou didn't seem to see it, and slowly sandwiched all the food on the plates one by one with silver chopsticks.

Luan'er became more and more proud, turned her head again, looked at Xianglan condescendingly, and shouted: "Xianglan, bring me a backrest cushion, this wall is too cold, and I will get sick after a long time!" ”

If it weren't for the fact that she was still preoccupied, she was afraid that she would laugh, and secretly thought: "This drama of concubines competing for favor is extremely sad, boring and pitiful, but with such a character as Luan'er, it is really funny." She handed the cushion she was leaning on to Luan'er.

Luan'er hummed a song and took it, but she didn't lean on it, but only cushioned it under her legs. Lin Jinlou glanced at Luan'er, and the thrush hurriedly said: "Quick, bring the backrest cushion of my new green silk elastic ink yesterday to Miss Xianglan." Sure enough, the magpie took two new cushions, and the thrush was about to give up her seat for Xianglan to sit on, and Xianglan closed her mouth and did not speak, only looking away.

Luan'er muttered in a low voice: "Look, what a big one, what kind of daughter is Bingqing Yujie." Although the voice is small, it also makes people listen to it all over the ear. She leaned towards Lin Jinlou again, raised her hand to her and said: "Master, I don't like to smash the jade bracelet that I gave me last time, and I said that I will give me a pair of golden silk agate again, I haven't seen it yet, and I can talk about it ahead, if it's too cheap, I don't have the face to wear it, and I have to pay a hundred taels of silver." As he spoke, he turned his face sideways and looked at Xianglan with slanted eyes, his eyes full of provocation.

Xianglan was stunned, and felt funny, and said secretly: "Even if Lin Jinlou gives you the entire Lin family, what does it have to do with me, looking at me like a woman in this room, can I treat that live bandit as a fragrant dumpling?" Then he looked away, staring only at the skirt on his body.

The smile on the thrush's face was uncomfortable, and he said with a gun and a stick: "My God, my earth, a pair of bracelets costs a hundred taels, but I'm afraid that Miss Mrs. will wear it?" A few days ago, I made several clothes for my uncle, and my uncle was happy to let me pay fifty taels from the account to make three golden hairpins to wear. ”

Luan Er sneered: "This is what our master is willing to promise me, and you have the ability to go to the master." ”

When I saw it, I was going to quarrel. Lin Jinlou's wine cup was put on the table, and the surroundings were suddenly quiet, and no one dared to squeak. Lin Jinlou glanced at Luan'er and said, "Go pick up a tune to sing." ”

Luan'er ordered to bring the pipa with her heart, first plucked the two tones, and sang the song: "The grass is weeping pearls, the blue Han is hidden in the ice wheel, and the extreme eyes are ...... in the sky" As soon as she sang a sentence, the thrush covered her mouth and smiled: "Yo, my sister has started singing "Mandarin Duck Dream" again, every time the banquet is held, my sister will sing this nine times out of ten, especially singing 'The women in the world are about to have a point of color, and they will be tortured; Give a point of talent, and increase a point of hindrance' and tears, as if he really compares himself to the willow smoke. ”

This "Mandarin Duck Dream" is Luan'er's favorite set of plays, which tells the story of the maid Liu Yanbo, who was accepted as a concubine by the master Wang Huifeng because of her double color and art, Wang Huifeng was falsely imprisoned, and his wife was separated, only Liu Yanbo ran around for him, suffered all the ups and downs, and then met the Eight Mansions Patrol, Liu Yanbo cleared the charge for Wang Huifeng, the official was reinstated, and married Liu Yanbo as his wife, and the story of the two of them being together for a hundred years. Luan'er was sad once she played and sang, only to feel that she was the righteous and resolute Liu Yanbo, who was both talented and good-looking but from a humble background, and she didn't know how many years she could become a lady, so she sang this song to Lin Jinlou from time to time.

Today, the thrush ruthlessly pierced her idea, Luan'er couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, threw the pipa to the kang, and said: "I'm a stupid person, I can only play this one, why don't Sister Thrush sing a song for us?" ”

The thrush didn't shirk it, and immediately ordered someone to take the guzheng she was used to playing, fiddled it a few times, and asked with a smile: "What song does the uncle want to hear?" A few days ago, the family invited a few female actors to sing a new row of "Dream Among Flowers", which has a few new clever songs, and the uncle said that it sounds fresh, so I might as well pick up a song and sing it. After thinking about it, he stroked the guzheng and sang: "What a pretty woman with powder and sideburns, what a smart and delicate villain, you are so pretty to marry the east wind, your thousands of scheming Fu Liuyun, only hate Youyou hanging for half a lifetime, heh, but I don't know that the poor have been determined since ancient times." "The voice is low, but the singing is tactful and playful. After singing, he drank a glass of himself, and took the opportunity to pour a glass of wine for Lin Jinlou, handed the tofu roll to Lin Jinlou's mouth, smiled coquettishly, and said flatteringly: "I also ate the wine, and sang the song, the uncle rewarded me with a face, it was all my fault before, and I won't dare to do it again next time." ”

Lin Jinlou glanced at the thrush and ate the roll. The thrush secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Luan'er was a little indignant, hugged the pipa and said, "If you say that those songs are all simple gadgets, there are even no ones." Then he sang: "Just looking at the garden full of Luo Qizhu Cuiming, how can you know the fake kindness of the mirror flowers and water moon." I only hope that the embroidered tent mandarin duck will have a long affection, but it is difficult to hide the natural charm and arrogance. A curtain is outside the world, Qingqing, leaving a good story in vain. "She has a clear voice, sings very well, and plays the pipa skillfully.

Xianglan couldn't help but look sideways, only to see Luan'er leaning against the wall, wearing a small jacket with red silk yarn, a willow green sweat scarf, and a three-color satin thread skirt underneath, revealing a little lake blue embroidered shoes with glass beads. The head is cloudy and the temples are combed, wearing a pearl and plum blossom Dian'er, a phoenix hairpin with treasure inlaid with pearls, and a gold-inlaid purple earring the size of a kumquat hanging from the ear, lined with a melon seed face that is more and more snow-white, and the sandalwood mouth is unique in charm.

Lin Jinlou praised it. Luan'er's face immediately lit up, turned her head to look at Xianglan, and said with a smile: "How about you sing it too?" ”RS