The second more.

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Since the heavy rain fell the other night, the weather seems to have suddenly transitioned from midsummer to late autumn. The cold autumn wind blew, and the wind was biting cold, which made people want to bake two braziers to keep warm.

On the west door of the Marquis Zhongyong's Mansion where only people can enter and exit, the two mothers-in-law guarding the door were blown by the cold wind, and they couldn't help but shrink their necks and tighten the brown demon they were wearing again, and sighed again, "The weather this year seems to be a little abnormal." The words fell and took a sip of wine freely, lazily leaning against the door frame and looking at the little maid who was trotting past in the outer courtyard, his eyes narrowed, but the posture was rare and comfortable.

The other mother-in-law guarding the door also tightened the dark green armor on her body and sighed, "Not really." I heard that it rained heavily in Yuzhou in the southeast for several days, and the water level rose, and the embankment was washed away, drowning many people; The weather in the northwest is good, but the sun is too poisonous, and it has been more than a year, and there has not been a drop of water, and I heard that the fields are now dry and cracked. ”

"Left and right, we are still blessed." Dressed as a little demon, with a round waist, and a big cake face, Mrs. Wang's eyes narrowed into a slit, "Although it is boring to guard the door all day, it is not blowing in the wind and rain." It is not as beautiful as those mothers who are waiting in front of the ladies and girls, and it is more beautiful than those refugees who fled with their children and daughters. ”

The other woman was about to say something, but she saw a black-painted flat-headed carriage coming from the corner of the street in the distance, and went straight to the door before stopping. The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a girl dressed in the uniform first-class maid of the palace jumped lightly from the carriage. The girl's moon-white silk was tied with a water-red belt, very pretty, the apple face was ruddy and smiling, and the two round cat's eyes bent into a crescent moon when they saw people, but it was not the blue clouds around the five girls.

The two mothers-in-law didn't dare to drink the wine immediately, and greeted them with a smile on their faces.

"The girl is back, but the person has received it?" The fifth girl had pollen allergies a few days ago and almost couldn't get through it. I heard that she had eaten something unclean in the house, and Mother Jiang, who was serving by the side of the five girls, cried and begged Mrs. Hou to sell Mrs. Zhao and her niece, who were guarding the small kitchen in the courtyard of the five girls. And asked for the grace of the lady to take a mother-in-law who was saved by the five girls on the way to Wan'an Temple to incense into the house, and Biyun was ordered to pick up people today.

"Got it, got it." Biyun said good luck to the two mothers-in-law with a crisp throat and a grin, and the two mothers-in-law who guarded the door hurriedly hugged her up, "The girl can't help it, can't help it." ”

The curtain of the carriage was lifted again, and this time it was a woman with a rough scar on her face. Seeing this scene, the two mothers-in-law who were guarding the door couldn't say the flattering words that they had prepared, their faces were still a little stiff, and the corners of their mouths twitched uncontrollably.

Don't blame them for "making a fuss", it's really that the scars on this woman's face are too terrifying. Not to mention the mother who waits in the girl's courtyard, even the rough mothers-in-law who are responsible for pouring night incense in the house, can't it be this face? Doesn't this lower the aesthetic limit of the people in the Hou Mansion!

"I've seen two older sisters." Liu Zhenniang took the lead in saluting. Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li came back to their senses, and immediately said, "Don't dare to be, don't dare to be." As he spoke, he stepped forward and helped Liu Zhenniang up, with a somewhat sneering expression on his face. Seeing that as Liu Zhenniang spoke, the scar on her face squirmed like a centipede, and the two mothers-in-law were even more frightened and almost threw themselves away.

"Mother", a milky and milky voice sounded glutinously, and the curtain of the carriage was opened again, but there was a little girl about three years old, round and white, chubby, and glutinous rice dumplings, appeared in front of several people. The little demon wearing a big red embroidered colorful koi, with two small knots on his head and red bead flowers, looks like a little jade girl sitting down in Guanyin.

"Little fish, why did you come out?" Biyun asked the little doll with a smile, "But do you miss your mother?" ”

Such a little beauty embryo has a disfigured mother? Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li muttered in their hearts at the same time, and glanced at Liu Zhenniang's disfigured face without a trace, thinking that she was also a great beauty before she came.

Liu Zhenniang touched her daughter's ruddy little face and hugged her in her arms.

When Biyun saw that people got off the carriage, he gave the little man who was driving the carriage a silver nude to let him go, and then took out two purses from his sleeve cage, stuffed them into the hands of Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Li one by one, and said with a smile: "The two mothers keep it to buy wine and eat." ”

The two mothers-in-law said "don't dare to be" twice, only postponed it slightly, then secretly weighed the weight of the purse, and retracted the purse into the sleeve cage with satisfaction, and the smile on her face was much more real and earnest.

Biyun led Liu Zhenniang away, watching the figures of the three disappear, and the princess who was guarding the door sneakily smashed Mrs. Li's arm, and exclaimed in surprise, "Alas, you look at the figure of the mother-in-law, look at the way she walks, tsk, if I hadn't seen her face, I would have thought she was the lady and girl of which family she was......"

The other mother-in-law also squinted for a moment and nodded. Then he sneered disdainfully, "Madame's body and mother-in-law's life are all destined by heaven......"

The cold wind was cold outside, but in the small study room in Qinglan Courtyard, an osmanthus flower inserted in the azure glazed flower of Ru kiln was blooming just right. As early as after a heavy rain, the study was covered with a carpet of autumn fragrance five bats holding cloud flowers, which was thick and soft, and it was silent to step on it while wearing soft satin embroidered shoes; The pear wood engraved chair is also placed with plush cushions, soft backrest, and even the screen in the room has been replaced with a rosewood carved begonia embroidered screen, which is warm.

Chi Linglong was wearing a seventy-percent new water-red poppy beauty flower bright satin pink and purple trimmed placket long gown, and wrote big characters in front of the bookcase in the small study.

Nowadays, women love regular script, and they are all complacent with a beautiful hairpin flower that can be written, but she only prefers to write books. A "Autumn Water Fu" sprinkled out. The pen is indulgent and arbitrary, holding the slender jade hand of the purple jade wolf howl moves between the dots, and the big characters between the dragon and snake are left implicated in each other, and the traces of the thin gossamer are stuck in it.

Biyue was grinding carefully, while looking at the big black characters on the paper of Chengxintang, and when the girl dropped the last stroke, Biyue smiled and said: "The girl's big characters are getting more and more sophisticated." ”

Chi Linglong pursed her lips and glanced at Biyue with a smile, "You don't blush when you say this." ”

She was born in a scholarly family, since she was a child, she also learned the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting of the "Four Friends of the Literati", and the elders of the family have achieved success in this Tao and the six arts.

After coming to this empty dynasty, she didn't go out of the door all day long, her heart was not undepressed, and over time, she began to use practice words to sharpen her heart. Between the ages of five and eight, she had to write twenty big characters every day, and then entered the boudoir school in the house, and had to learn the female red needle chisel, cooking skills, and the time to practice calligraphy was compressed to only one hour.

Now "seriously ill" for a few days and picked up the pen, the wrist strength is insufficient, the handwriting is inevitably a little fluttering, today these are all written fee.

Chi Linglong handed over the just-written "Autumn Water Fu" to Biyue, spread out a piece of Chengxintang paper, dipped it in ink and prepared to write. At this moment, Jiang's mother walked in with a bowl of blood bird's nest, and when she walked around the screen and saw a few pages of practice pens in her hand, her face was not good-looking.

Putting the small bowl on the small table, Jiang's mother walked a few steps over and took the wolf howl from her hand and handed it to Biyue, complaining that Biyue "didn't know how to look good at the girl", and reprimanded Chi Linglong, "The body is not well, the girl has to take care of it." You can practice calligraphy at any time, you must not rely on your youth to toss yourself. He added: "Hurry up and use this bowl of blood bird's nest, and it will be better to recover quickly, look at the current appearance, there is no meat on the thin body." ”

Biyue squeezed Chi Linglong's eyes, made a grimace, and cleaned up the case. Chi Linglong was helplessly pressed by Jiang's mother to sit down in front of the small table, looking at the blood bird's nest in front of her, she really had no appetite. Not to mention that she had just had breakfast, but it was only an hour, so it was said that this blood bird's nest was not used in this way even if it replenished her body! Three meals a day, delivered on time and on time, even if it is a delicacy, you should be tired of eating.

Chi Linglong smiled bitterly and picked up the spoon, and while eating the blood bird's nest in small bites, she asked Jiang's mother, "Biyun hasn't come back yet?" ”

"Where can it be so fast?" Jiang's mother said carefully: "It's good to let people pack up the salute left and right." …… If you're not in a hurry, it's okay to be late. ”

Chi Linglong lost her shape after a "serious illness", and Jiang's mother was no better than her, in the end, she lost her body a few years ago, and there seemed to be more white hair on her sideburns now, which made her delicate and gentle face more peaceful.

In fact, as long as her safety is not involved, Jiang's mother will not be so angry as to treat people as dead hammers in a few years. That kind of domineering and mighty like a female fighter, Chi Linglong only remembers it two or three times. Normally, Jiang's mother is just an amiable, kind and considerate "little old lady" who protects her shortcomings and does not practice people, especially for those she approves.

Seeing that she used most of the bird's nest porridge for most of the bowl without hurrying, Jiang's mother was entangled in her heart for a long time, and finally sighed and asked tentatively: "The girl has been better these days, is it better to take advantage of today's sun,...... Go to Eijuin to say hello to the old lady? ”

"Huh?" Chi Linglong turned her head to look at Jiang's mother in surprise. There are many cows, ghosts, snakes and gods in the Hou Mansion, and Mother Jiang has always only advocated that she stay in Qinglan Courtyard, and it is best not to set foot in the courtyards of other masters. I'm afraid that there is a cat in it that will kill her. Especially the old lady's Rongshou Courtyard and Zhou's Ziwei Garden, in the eyes of Jiang's mother, it is even more terrifying than the hell ghost mansion, Jiang's mother has always been afraid that she will avoid it, and today she even took the initiative to mention letting her go over to ask the old lady to say goodbye? Chi Linglong definitely has reason to suspect that there is something strange in this.

Mother Jiang saw that her eyes were clear and translucent, so she touched her long hair with pity, and after a long time, she said in a slurred voice: "The third son of Anguo Mansion...... In the past few days, I often come to the house to discuss my homework with the prince, and I heard that the old lady left a meal in Rongshou Courtyard today, girl, you ...... "The rest of the words don't need to be said by Jiang's mother, and Chi Linglong can also make up for it by herself.

Soon after Mu Changyao arrived in Yizhou, he came to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion as his grandson-in-law and son-in-law to greet the old lady and the Zhou family. It happened that day was the third day after she was poisoned, Jiang's mother and Biyue threw themselves on her, and several people in power in the backyard of the Hou Mansion deliberately concealed it, and they only learned that her fiancé had come to the Hou Mansion after Mu Changyao left.

But at that time, I didn't care about that, although Jiang's mother and Biyue were angry afterwards, they didn't say anything in the end, they just took care of her wholeheartedly, hoping that she would recover soon.

In the next few days, Mu Changyao and her eldest brother, the eldest son of the Zhou family, and the prince of the Zhongyong Mansion, Chi Shengjin, became increasingly close. The two are of the same age, and they are both from famous families, and they have many common topics, but they have become close friends, talking about homework every day, drinking and painting, swimming in the lake and enjoying fun, and introducing each other as confidants. As a result, Mu Changyao also came to the Zhongyong Marquis Mansion every once in a while.

It is not the first time that Mu Changyao has been left to eat by the old lady, Chi Linglong's news is more well-informed than Jiang's mother, and Biyun has already heard everything that should be known and what should not be known. Therefore, she not only knew that the old lady had left Mu Changyao to eat in Rongshou Courtyard several times, but also knew that the eldest lady "inadvertently" led Chi Mingzhen to meet twice, and the second girl in the second room, Chi Mingwan, met Mu Changyao when he came to the Hou Mansion for the first time, and then the old lady did not let her avoid eating at the same table.

These people in the Hou Mansion have their thoughts written on the bright side, and they are unwilling to cooperate even if she wants to be a fool......