Xianglan still lowered her head, twisted her fingers, and only heard Lin Jinlou whisper slowly above her head: "Oh, that's not what you mean, then what do you mean by putting on your face?" ”

Xianglan thought to herself: "If you want to say that because you don't want to be a concubine, he can't tell how to get angry, so naturally he can't mention it." After a few spins in his mind, Fang reluctantly made up a reason and said, "Because...... Because I am guilty of each other this year, it is difficult to do these things, and I am afraid that the uncle will be unhappy when I mention it......"

Lin Jinlou was stunned for a moment, and said suspiciously: "Really? That's it? ”

Xianglan let out an "um", stared down at the tips of her fingers, and stopped talking.

Lin Jinlou frowned slightly. He doesn't care about these zodiac signs, but his father and mother, and even his grandfather, care about one or two. A few years ago, he went out to suppress bandits, and his mother hugged him and cried for a day, and he was not allowed to go alive or dead, saying that he was punished in the zodiac that year, and it was not good to have a bloody disaster. When he went to the battlefield, he really let people cut a knife, and it took a while to get better...... I can't keep it, what's really a taboo in this? Xiao Xianglan has always believed in Buddhism and God, if it is because of this, it makes sense.

Lin Jinlou said impatiently: "Just because of this bit of, why didn't you say it when you were eating?" After speaking, he remembered that Xianglan was afraid of him, if he really dared to mention it at the dinner table, he was not happy, and Bao Buqi thought that it was Xianglan's reluctance, and he had nothing to do with him, so he stopped his mouth, flicked his hair and said, "What's that...... If it doesn't work this year, there will be a lot of happy events this year, the second brother has just finished it in the capital, and the relatives of the first four sisters have also been connected. Now that my wife values you and has told me that she wants to give you a beautiful scenery, I am afraid that she will be tired. Wait for the spring of next year and pick a good day. ”

"You don't have to worry about the scenery, and you don't have to bother your wife, it's not a big deal."

"Why isn't it a big deal? You stupid girl, this is your wife making a face for you, so that no one can underestimate you in the future, and such a good thing can be pushed out? ”

"My wife is also very busy......"

"Then let the book dye and manage, and let the wife preside over it when the time comes, and the grandfather will also invite a few friends to come over, and it will be lively." Lin Jinlou stretched out his hand, dragged Xianglan into his arms and hugged him, and said, "This is for those servants in the mansion to see, all of them have rich and snobbish eyes...... That's it, and we'll have to wait until next year. As he spoke, he patted Xianglan and was stunned for a while.

Xianglan leaned on Lin Jinlou's chest, smelling the smell of soaphorn, mint herbs in the sachet and manly smell on his clothes, and was a little uncomfortable, so she had to stare at Lin Jinlou's hand. The hand was large and broad, and the hard callus in the palm was sharpened by holding the knife and pulling the reins, which was completely different from Song Ke's slender and white hands...... She and Song Ke separated, originally thought that she would also find a scholar to be her husband in the future, regardless of the family, as long as the character is good, self-motivated, gentle and kind, and the family style is clear.

Who would have thought this would be the case now......

Xianglan sighed silently. There are some things that you can't think about carefully, and thinking deeply can only make you feel bad. She didn't want to push herself so hard anymore, she was anxious before, she had survived every day in the Lin family, and in the end, in addition to tears, she was injured with stubbornness all over her body, and she got something.

She took a deep breath, as if that would add a little coolness to her troubled heart. The worst outcome at the moment is nothing more than to be a concubine for Lin Jinlou, but as long as she has a breath, she will have to break this shackle, and she can't be an Israelite for the rest of her life - it's just that this matter can't be rushed.

She was distracted, so she listened to Lin Jinlou say: "The master will go to Beijing in a few days, one is to face the saint, the second is to deal with some affairs in Beijing, and the third is that the fourth sister is married, and the mansion of the Marquis of Yongchang is in the capital, so I will send some dowry by the way." This time, you follow the master and turn around and let the girls pack their luggage. ”

Xianglan was stunned, raised her eyelids and glanced at Lin Jinlou, only to see that he was casually looking at the glass interstitial screen on the table, and felt Xianglan's gaze, so she lowered her head and looked at her with a smile: "What, don't you want to go?" ”

Xianglan hurriedly lowered her head and said quickly, "No, I really want to go." She hasn't been back to the capital for more than ten years, the people of the Shen family are dead, and the scattered who haven't died don't know where to go, there is no longer her concern in the capital, but it is full of memories, she wants to go back, but she is a little timid.

Lin Jinlou pinched Xianglan's little chin, lifted her face, and reached out to pull the hair on the side of her face behind her ear, looking at her slightly red face, he couldn't help but say softly: "When I get to the capital, I will take you around, and tell the master where you want to go, and I will take you there soon." Then he made a wish to Xianglan, taking her to eat where to eat, where to listen to plays, and to visit someone's garden.

After saying this, Lin Jinlou felt comfortable, so he patted Xianglan's head, asked her to sleep first, and went to read the official document again.

Xianglan lay on the bed and thought about it for a while, and she didn't know when she fell asleep in a daze.

On the second day, Lin Jinlou went out after breakfast, and before leaving, he asked Shuran to take care of his and Xianglan's luggage. Xianglan ordered Chunling to open the cage, pick out the clothes for spring and summer, and pick out a few pieces to reward the maids around her.

Chunling asked quietly: "Who does my aunt want to take with me when I go out this time?" ”

Xianglan hesitated slightly, Lin Jinlou told her, this time let four or five maids go, "It's like in Yangzhou, there is no proper person around to call." Xianglan went through it in her heart, Lianxin and Tinglan went to help the Qin family cook, naturally she couldn't take it away, she wanted to take Chunling, Xiaojuan, Lingqing and Lingsu. The first two are different from her, and they have come through hardships together, needless to say, Lingqing and Lingsu are what she wants to support. It's just that since the day she came back, Chunling has made a mistake with her, her heart is like a mirror, Chunling must be unhappy because of Lingqing and Lingsu's affairs, so she loves to ignore it, and she doesn't want to be moved.

Xianglan was unhappy in her heart, but thinking of her previous feelings, and thinking that Chunling was also a mouthless person, she let it go, thinking that she would talk to her in the future to open this page, and only thought of her unhuman temperament like charcoal, and felt a headache.

Today's question, Xianglan hesitated slightly, she was closer to Chunling, thinking that if she told her this time, she would also bring Lingqing and Lingsu, but she was afraid that Chunling would be even more unhappy.

At this moment, Xiaojuan raised the curtain and said, "The fourth girl is here." ”

This sound saved Xianglan, she hurriedly stood up and said to Chunling: "Hurry up and show the fourth girl tea." ”

Lin Dongxiu had already walked in with a maid, wearing a bright peach and red silk embroidered bird satin jacket, a water blue lark pleated skirt, her hair was finely combed, with a full set of red gold lantern hairpin rings, and some fat powder was also used on her face. The maid behind her was the rose in the original Qin family's room, because Lin Dong embroidered the marriage, and Lin Zhaoxiang's words, the Qin family picked four maids from his room, raised the rose to a first-class, and assigned it to Lin Dongxiu.

As soon as Lin Dongxiu came in, he took Xianglan's hand, looked left and right, and said, "Amitabha, you can be regarded as back." He took Xianglan's arm very affectionately and said, "I heard that you came back yesterday, so I came over, who would have thought that you were asleep, knowing that you had been tired all the way, so I didn't dare to disturb." You also gave me a special gift, every flower in the box is beautiful, and the official powder, hair oil and rouge are also good, fragrant and fine, it really bothers you. The two sat down as they spoke.

Seeing her description, Xianglan said in her heart: "Some people are really crying and some are laughing, I heard that Lin Dongya has set up a mourning hall, and people don't know where to send it, but Lin Dongxiu didn't pick up a cheap one in vain. It's just that she finally got her wish, which is also gratifying. Then he smiled and said: "You are the one who wants to be a bride, but I am afraid that the bad ones will be smeared on your face." ”

Lin Dongxiu pretended to be angry and said, "Even you are making fun of me!" After saying that, he covered his mouth with a handkerchief and laughed.

Lin Dongxiu originally didn't like Xianglan, but now that she inherits Xianglan's favor and has a good family affair, she has no dislike for Xianglan, and she has some closeness. When Xianglan looked at it, she saw that there were two colors of needlework inside, both of which were embroidered by Lin Dong, and two books, and pen, ink, paper, inkstone, etc., which were given to Xianglan.

Lin Dongxiu smiled and said: "This ink paper inkstone is the best thing, it was given to our sister by my father, I usually don't need it much, you are an elegant person, and it complements each other when I give it to you." ”

Xianglan smiled slightly: "Since it is the girl's kindness, I will accept it." ”

The two gossiped for a while, and at noon, Shuran came in to talk to Xianglan, and Lin Dongxiu retired.

Xiao Juan Jin complained while cleaning up the cups and tea sets: "I really didn't know that these four girls turned out to be a long-tongued woman, just listening to her talk endlessly, turning over and over is her dowry, drinking tea one after another, and I don't know how to leave." ”

Xianglan rubbed her temples and said, "This is her pride, and it is inevitable that she can't hold it back." Lin Dongxiu was really happy to find her son-in-law, Xianglan diverted the conversation several times, but Lin Dongya didn't say a word about the dowry again, so she had to say a good thing.

Xianglan took a sip of tea and asked, "Where is Chunling?" I didn't see her all the time, I asked her to serve tea to the fourth girl, and she didn't come back after she went out. ”

Xiao Juan pouted: "She? I don't know where I've gone. Today, a rose came, these two people were originally in trouble because of the promotion of the first class, and then the rose followed the four girls, promoted to the deputy miss, Chunling was uncomfortable, and now I see that the rose followed the four girls, and I definitely don't want to serve in front of me. ”

As he was talking, Lingqing and Xue Ning came in, one of them was holding a bottle in his hand, with long branches of peach blossoms in it, obviously he had just cut flowers from the tree and came in, listening to Xianglan ask Chunling, Lingqing said: "Sister Chunling has already gone home, didn't you tell grandma?" ”

Xianglan was stunned and asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Lingqing said: "In the morning, Sister Chunling came into the house and called us to the front to serve the four girls for tea, and when she saw me packing up with Lingsu, she asked what it was for." We said that it was my grandmother's order to follow the two of us to the capital. Sister Chunling...... She said she'd go home. I watched her carry her baggage out of the door of the Zhichun Pavilion. ”

Xianglan was surprised and furrowed her eyebrows.

Xue Ning said: "When Chunling was about to go out, I happened to be there...... I stopped her at the Hanging Flower Gate for a long time, but I didn't persuade her. She said that she was not happy, and she was afraid that she would be sick for her master......"

Xianglan's face was ugly, and anyone with a discerning eye knew what was going on, and Chunling's fuss was like a slap in the face.

Shuran raised an eyebrow and said, "What does she mean by this?" Who allowed her to leave the house without permission? You can't persuade her, is it possible to let grandma invite her in person? ”

Xiao Juan looked at Xianglan and said, "Why don't you ...... Why don't I go to her house and persuade her to come back? ”

Xianglan closed her eyes, even though she has a good temperament and knows how to be grateful, she is not a fool who blindly lets others bully and manipulate. When she first came to Zhichun Pavilion as a concubine, she was discouraged, and she couldn't mention Xing'er to the side people, so she was at the mercy of Chunling, Chunling was used to being her master, so there was a trace of something wrong today, and Chunling dared to make a fuss and stomp her face on the ground.

When Xianglan opened her eyes again, her eyes were already clear, and she said to Xue Ning: "You go to clean up, Chunling is sick, so you will go to her." Then he said to Xiaojuan: "You go to my bedside drawer and take twenty taels of silver to send to Chunling, and tell her that her health is not good, so she should take care of it at home, and don't be in a hurry to come back, these twenty taels are for her to see a doctor, if it is not enough, I will give it again." ”

Xiaojuan pouted: "She's like this, grandma is still so good to her." ”

Xianglan only urged: "Go quickly." She asked Xue Ning to push Chunling to go, that is, to beat Chunling to show her dissatisfaction; gave the silver again, which showed that she still missed Chunling's old feelings. If Chunling is a smart person, she knows that after coming back, she will restrain her words and deeds, and she will still treat Chunling as before, if not...... Xianglan shook her head, she would repay Chunling's kindness, but she couldn't let people come by her side.

Shuran couldn't help but nod. She didn't expect that looking at the soft girl would have such a way of doing things, Chunling's arrogant subordinate is the most difficult to control, some people say they are ungrateful, and if they are light, they will say that they are soft-hearted and can't convince the public. Xianglan is just right like this, and her actions are not leaky, and she can't let people find out what is wrong.

said that Chunling went home with her burden in her arms, and poured a big bowl of tea when she entered the door. She has been having a bad time these days, she can't understand, obviously she is the most powerful person around Xianglan, her words in the Zhichun Pavilion are more important than Lianxin, how many little girls run errands for her before and after the saddle, how can it not be her turn to wait for the lack of children! I was expecting Xianglan to come back this time to say a fair word for her, but who knew that Xianglan had also changed, and the maids who usually came by her side were all sent to her for training. Especially when she saw Rose today, the little hoof had been promoted since the fourth girl, and she came to the Zhichun Pavilion to show off her martial arts, and she saw that her stomach hurt. Now that she doesn't make a fuss, there will be no place for her in the future!

She knows Xianglan's temperament best, and when she heard that she was gone, she had to have someone come over to persuade her to coax her back to the Zhichun Pavilion. It's useless for anyone to come this time, she has to ask Xianglan to invite her in person, so she goes back, not for the side, just for this face, and for Xianglan to have a long memory.

In the afternoon, Xiaojuan came, Chunling wanted to pretend to be sick and not see it, but Xiaojuan went straight into the house, crackled what Xianglan said, put the silver on the table, turned around and left.

Chunling was dumbfounded, stunned. RS