Early in the morning, Shui Lianyue's mood is exceptionally good, just like today's sunshine, full of brilliance, last night with her mother, she also slept very steadily, no dreams all night, and what made her even more relieved was that although her mother cared about Shui Yunheng very much, but her mother would not suffer for herself, that was the best.

She is different from her mother, her mother was born in ancient times, and the traditional ideology and ideas have long been rotten into the bones, like the water family, men have three wives and four concubines are the most common, the only thing is that everyone's mind is different, and the attitude to life is different.

And she is from the modern era, and monogamy is deeply rooted in the bone marrow, even if she is allowed to be supreme, she will not share a husband with other women.

Although she knows very well that the thoughts of the ancients are rotten, what she wants is a couple for a lifetime, if not, she would rather be free in the mountains and never marry.

At noon, the sun is shining, the scorching sun is steaming, the temperature rises suddenly, making the capital in a state of high temperature, in the Lanxiang Pavilion, the flowers and plants in the yard are beating, even the koi fish in the celadon jar are too lazy to swim, the breeze blows, and the blowing is also hot wind.

Especially in the house, it was stuffy and steaming, originally large families had their own ice cellars, and it was the most pleasant thing to take out the ice cubes to cool off in summer, however, since Shui Lianyue fought against Meng Qiuhe for Shui Duyao, the treatment enjoyed by Lanxiang Pavilion has also disappeared.

Shui Lianyue had to admire Meng Qiuhe's methods, instead of adopting a domineering attitude, she did not leak, so that people couldn't hold half of her handle, only said that since Aunt Liu was in charge, and her squandering, the family's accounts lost too much, and the few pieces of ice that were originally transported before were only enough for the master's room to use, and even the ice cubes were not sent to other rooms.

But the truth is not true, Hongying just happened to go to the warehouse to get a few handfuls of fans, and then met the big girl in Meng Qiuhe's room, Dongchun, who also came to the warehouse to pick up things, chatted a few words, Dongchun showed her feet, and she was very proud to show off to Hongying, saying that the eldest lady's room was warm in winter and cool in summer, and it was very refreshing.

She said a little more, and then knew that she was speechless, and told Hongying not to publicize it, otherwise she would be good-looking.

Hongying is not an eventful person, a few perfunctory words, and when she returned to Lanxiang Pavilion, she told Shui Lianyue, and she didn't care about these, in previous years, there was no ice in Lanxiang Pavilion, did she spend it differently? But Meng Qiuhe's intentions made her have a bottom in her heart, not that Shui Lianyue was mediocre and suspicious, but her appearance a few days ago was probably already threatening Meng Qiuhe, so no matter what she did now, in Meng Qiuhe's eyes, she was already a thorn in the flesh.

In the scorching sun, there must be very few pedestrians on the street, Shui Lianyue called Hongying to the room, explained, and asked her to go out to buy some rouge gouache, Qiaocui served the fourth lady in the afternoon nap, so it was much more convenient for Hongying to go out.

Coming to ancient times for three years, even if Shui Lianyue is no longer willing, she has to follow the customs, and the woman who has not left the pavilion can no longer show her head outside at will, so that it is inconvenient for Shui Lianyue to do anything, she is very distressed, and her body is not good, and her internal strength is not a last resort.

At dusk, Hongying returned home, although she was stopped by Meng Qiuhe's people for questioning, but she did buy some rouge gouache, and they had nothing to do, so they had to put Hongying back to Lanxiang Pavilion.

At the same time, as soon as Hongying returned to Lanxiang Pavilion, Lao Zhang, the housekeeper in the house, sent someone to pass the word, saying that someone from the palace had come to the palace, and the imperial concubine had passed on the oracle to invite Shui Lianyue to enter the palace tomorrow to meet her.

This news spread in Shuifu, and not long after, Meng Qiuhe came to Lanxiang Pavilion with a maid, not to make things difficult, but to send a set of light blue silver embroidered hundred butterfly flowers and pleated gauze skirts, as well as a box of jeweled jewelry, and continued to play her virtuous and dignified, saying that it was to enter the palace to meet the concubine, no more than other times, virtue and demeanor must be decent.

Shui Lianyue didn't shirk it, and asked Hongying to accept it and put it into the house, thinking that Meng Qiuhe would have a later word, but she left in a hurry after delivering the things, thinking that Shui Yunheng should also come back from the shop at this hour.

That set of light blue pleated gauze skirt placed at the head of the bed, showing gorgeousness, and the decoration in the house looked incompatible, although since the fall of Aunt Liu, Lanxiang Pavilion is indeed much better than before, but her room is still like this, not too much has changed, she has seen a lot of luxury, and it is not surprising to come to this ancient world, not to mention that it was sent by Meng Qiuhe, she is not rare.

After dinner, Shui Lianyue told the fourth lady that she wanted to rest early, and the fourth lady thought that her daughter would enter the palace tomorrow, so she didn't say much, so she asked Hongying to wait for Shui Lianyue to return to the room early.

"How? Can you find it"? As soon as she entered the house, Shui Lianyue felt that there was nothing abnormal around, so she couldn't wait to sit on the edge of the bed with Hongying and ask.

Hongying nodded, but her fair cheeks were dyed with a touch of ruddy, and she seemed to be a little shy, Shui Lianyue saw it in her eyes, and she also understood in her heart that Hongying was a girl who had nothing to do, and it was always difficult for some strong people to let her go to that kind of place alone, but the most trusted person around her was Hongying, and there was no other person at the moment, so there was no way.

"How? All the money has been used"?

Hongying nodded again, and relieved her feelings before she spoke: "Hongying did find a few green houses, but as Miss said, there are not many that are virgins and beautiful in appearance, and even if there are, the price is very high."

Shui Lianyue thought about it but didn't speak, among the women in the Qinglou, the price of Qingqi is high, and there are many flowers and thoughts in Qingqi, so Shui Lianyue specified that she wanted this kind of person.

Seeing that Miss didn't speak, Hongying paused and continued: "However, Hongying thinks that some Qinglou with a thriving business must be unwilling to do this kind of business, which is a cash cow, so Hongying visited some secret prostitutes, but there are also good goods, the appearance is naturally good, and the foundation is also clear, they are all women who are in the middle of the road, Hongying will tell them what Miss commanded, but there are five women who are willing, the Shui family has a big business, all over the three countries, they are naturally willing to be little ladies, and they do not want to be prostitutes all their lives."

Shui Lianyue nodded, looked at Hongying's eyes with more approval, and encouraged: "Hongying, follow me, although it is very bitter, but I will not treat you poorly, not to mention, if you don't experience some things, you are still a little girl who has nothing to do, and there are no useless people around me, I will not talk to you about these words in the future, you just know it yourself."

Hongying was slightly stunned, then stood up and knelt on the ground, hung her head and whispered: "Hongying naturally knows that Miss is for Hongying's good, what's more, Hongying's life belongs to Miss, and following Miss's side, Hongying will never complain, and she will never live up to Miss's painstaking cultivation."

"Poof", Shui Lianyue suddenly smiled, and the smiling Hongying was a little overwhelmed, "You get up, you didn't make a mistake, don't kneel down at every turn, it's really a bit of a disappointment, you and I still have things to do tonight, you go and clean up."

Red Ying smiled coquettishly and left the room in response.

Looking at the back of Hongying's departure, Shui Lianyue felt both relieved and melancholy in her heart, and was glad to have Hongying so loyal, but melancholy, but it was a matter of entering the palace tomorrow.

On that day, the queen mother's birthday banquet, the imperial concubine made it clear that she had a prejudice against herself, and now she summoned herself to the palace to meet her, I am afraid that she did not have good intentions, there are still four days, only four days, she does not have much time, not too much mind to be involved in one conspiracy after another, if in modern times, maybe she will be happy to do this, but now, she does not want to pay attention to it for a little more.