Fan Ming couldn't resist it after all, his face was gloomy, and he sat down suddenly, but turned his face away.

Mrs. Fan was angry in her heart, she originally had a lot of things to say, but now she was choked by Fan Ming's attitude, and she didn't say anything for a long time.

It began to rain lightly outside, rustling on the leaves.

The eldest lady finally sighed, full of thoughts, and said, "It's not that I don't know what you're thinking. You were born to me, and how can I, as a mother, know nothing about your thoughts? You always feel that it's because I'm at odds with your aunt that I'm not willing, right? Yes, that's right, we're at odds, we've been at odds since seventeen or eighteen years ago, but that's not the most important reason. ”

"Your eldest aunt is getting closer and closer to your third uncle in private, and we are no longer all the way. Besides, as the future master of the Fan family, you need a stronger help, not a fatherless one. ”

Fan Ming's face was still turned away, and after listening, he got up and left again without saying a word, his face was even more ugly than before.

This time, Mrs. Fan didn't speak again, and picked up the unfinished needlework on the table and got busy.

Miao Yuan

"Smack—" A light burst sounded.

"The lights are bursting, and there is a happy event." Ah Wei walked over with a smile, holding a bowl of boiled pears in honey water.

Mingyun was practicing calligraphy with her chin in her hands, she listened to Ah Wei's words, raised her eyebrows, and said indifferently: "What happy event can I have here?" ”

Ah Wei sneered disapprovingly: "Don't say that, there are many happy events." She gently put down the white jade lotus bowl and said, "Freshly boiled pears, taste them, it's best to clear your lungs and moisten your throat." ”

Mingyun put down the pen, took the bowl and smelled it, scooped the soup with a spoon and tasted it, the taste was extremely sweet, and he couldn't help but bend his eyebrows and smiled: "It's delicious, like your aunt, your craft?" ”

"It's not me, it's A-Yao, she learns everything fast." Ah Wei pointed to a small servant behind her.

Ah Yao lowered her head in the back, smiling quietly, and heard Mingyun praise her for her "good craftsmanship." After that, his face turned red and he hurriedly thanked him.

"Get up, you are really good at this pear soup, with a person like you, it seems that I am blessed." Mingyun always praises people with good craftsmanship.

"Have you eaten it yourself?" Mingyun asked her.

Ah Wei shook her head desperately, and hurriedly said that she didn't dare.

Mingyun laughed and said, "You worked hard to cook it, but you haven't tasted it, how can you do this." Go down in a little while and take a bowl for yourself, for I have given you a reward. ”

Ah Yao knew that the master treated her very well, and she was grateful, so she knelt down and kowtowed.

Outside the window, the rain is still falling on a spring night, and the more quiet it is.

The empty bowl has been removed. Maybe this bowl is too sweet, but after drinking, accompanied by a faint candle flame, it brings out a lot of thoughts.

The shadows of the trees swayed and reflected in the windows. Mingyun sighed in the direction of the window.

Ah Wei asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong, why do you sigh for no reason?" ”

Mingyun shook his head and said, "I just remembered some things." ”

Ah Wei said: "If it's not a good thing, don't think about it." Let the past pass, always have to look forward. ”

"I know." Mingyun paused, and then said, "You said, it's been a few months, why hasn't Cousin Siling written back yet." The last time the letter said that the two of them had arrived at the Weidu Diqiu. I don't know if I've seen Shuo'er? ”

Speaking of Gongsun Shuo, Ah Wei also sighed. The little gentleman who was originally golden and noble, but now he doesn't know where he is or what kind of life he is living, and it won't be too good to think about it. A child who is not yet ten years old, lost his parents, and was sent alone to a foreign country and sent under the fence, it is really sad to think about it.

Ah Wei sighed deeply.

"Maybe something has been stumped, Miss Siling and the gentleman of the Gu family have also suffered a lot along the way."

Mingyun said: "I also know this, but I always think about Shuo'er in my heart." Even if my father hadn't told me to take good care of him before he went, I wouldn't have left him alone. I actually don't have much impression of his biological mother, Mrs. Ji Shu, no matter how much the grievances and entanglements of the previous generation are counted, they can't be counted on the head of his little child. ”

Ah Wei said in a low voice: "Having said that, there is always anger. I guess Madame doesn't want to see Mr. Shuo again. ”

Mingyun frowned.

"Well, I understand. I told Cousin Siling earlier that if Shuo'er was doing well over there, I wouldn't force him to return to the Jin Kingdom. But if it's not going well, I'll have to think of something. ”

Ah Wei nodded, shook her head again, and hesitated: "Maybe, there is another one, isn't it?" ”

As soon as Ah Wei said this, Mingyun said: "Oh, yes, it's the concubine named Huanyu." This person is also capable, didn't my mother send a lot of people to find him? ”

Ah Wei whispered, "It is said to be so. I heard that Madame also got angry about this and dealt with a lot of people. ”

Mingyun smiled coldly.

The tips of her fingers tapped on the table, and she said coldly: "If it is an ordinary concubine, she will run away, but she is an informant cultivated by her." She knew too many secrets, so naturally she couldn't keep them. Mingyun's hand clenched, biting her inner lip from the tip of her teeth, and she didn't know how much she had done for her mother? How much does she know about her father and those things in the past? Mingyun's heart had an indescribable sense of anxiety, depressed in his throat, accompanied by a sigh full of anger and dissatisfaction, Mingyun's fist slammed on the table, and the knuckles touched the rosewood, making a crisp sound of "dong", which shook the little maids in the room in a panic.

Ah Wei hurriedly grabbed Mingyun's hand and saw that it was all red! She was distressed, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only sigh and shout: "Master! ”

Mingyun was speechless, no longer speaking, but tired.

Ah Wei summoned the washers to come up and wait, and personally made the bed for Mingyun. The vermilion brocade quilt, the cat play peony on the face is still embroidered by herself, and she gently patted it on the quilt a few times to make it more soft. The master likes the feeling of being heavy and soft.

When Mingyun sleeps, he always likes to wrap himself like a silkworm chrysalis, except for half of his face, he doesn't want to expose any other places, including his ears.

Ah Wei helped Mingyun tuck the corners of the quilt, and said softly: "It's long overdue to sleep, look how late it is." You must go to bed early, it's not good for your body to stay up. ”

Mingyun said: "Ah Wei, you can rest, I have someone on duty here to accompany you." Her mouth was under the covers, and the voice that came out sounded muffled.

Ah Wei touched the corner of Mingyun's forehead and answered, "Okay." ”

The one who is on duty in the Mingyun room tonight is a little maid named Duo'er, who is thin and very obedient, and she also listens to the call in the back room on weekdays. Doll gently lowered the curtain. The bed curtain is double-layered, with a thin layer of light apricot on the inside and crimson on the outside, embroidered with brocade flowers. Fill the silver incense ball hanging at the head of the bed with a spoonful of nourishing incense, and then straighten the shoes on the foot, all the movements are quiet.

Not long after Mingyun lay down, Ah Wei came in.

"What's the matter at such a late hour?"

Ah Wei handed a small bamboo tube into the tent. The bamboo tube is very small, the length of the thumb, hollow, and a piece of stiff cloth is stuffed inside, on which a few lines of words are written.

After reading it, Mingyun stuffed the cloth back into the bamboo tube and beckoned Ah Wei to come over. Ah Wei half of her body entered the tent, and Mingyun commanded in her ear.

Ah Wei's face was entangled when she heard this, and she whispered, "Master, are you still here?" ”

Mingyun raised an eyebrow.

Ah Wei immediately sighed and said, "Hey, okay, it's not bad this time." ”

After Ah Wei left, Mingyun yawned and said to Duo'er: "Sleepy, go, put out the candle." Then you go to sleep too. ”

Duo'er obediently said yes, blew out the candles in the house one by one, and then went to the floor and lay down quietly on her side. Mingyun is very tolerant of his subordinates. Originally, the maidservants who were on duty at night were not allowed to sleep, and they had to stay awake at all times, in case the master needed to serve at night, which was a tiring job. But in the Mingyun house, it was the other way around, not only did there be a bunk on the floor that night, but the next day you could go back to the next room to rest for an extra day and a half.

The night was deep and the whole world fell silent. The drizzle outside had long since stopped, but the wind was still strong, and the leaves were rattling.

Duo'er was already asleep, breathing steadily.

Mingyun opened his eyes from the bed, his eyes slightly cold.

In the silent night, only the moonlight poured in through the window paper, and fell right on the side of Duo'er's face. It was a delicate and innocent sleeping face.

Mingyun squatted down in front of her and gently tapped two dots on her hair with her fingers. Doll did fall asleep and didn't react to it.

Mingyun smiled faintly. She held a white porcelain bottle in her palm, uncorked it, and sniffed her under Do'er's nose for a while. Duo'er doesn't seem to have changed much, it's still the sweetness of sleeping with a breath, but she will never wake up within five hours.

It's a good thing to get a good night's sleep.

Three knocks were made on the table, and there was a soft push at the small side door behind the screen. Soon, a head emerged from behind the screen, with a goose egg face, thin eyebrows, and red phoenix eyes, looking strangely clever. It was Avi.

Ah Wei shouted softly: "Master, everything is ready." ”

Mingyun scolded in a low voice: "Then why don't you hurry up and bring it, what's the matter, you're still waiting for me to get it." ”

Ah Wei knew that the master was not really reprimanded, but when she heard it, she ran in with a smile, holding a cloth bag in her arms, and flattered Mingyun with a small face: "How dare this slave." ”

"Why don't you dare? I see that you are getting more and more bold, and you dare anything. Mingyun said as he opened the baggage, and inside was a set of clothes. Shaken it off, it was obviously a men's style.

Ah Wei replied with a smile: "Didn't you learn this from your master?" ”