The voices of the two gradually faded away, and Mrs. Guo put away the smile on her face, and the fingertips of her clenched cup turned faintly white.

If it weren't for Tingyi's smooth career in the future, how could she tolerate Zhou Yingruo's kind of woman who can't get on the stage to approach her son?

In the past, she had strict education and high expectations for her eldest son Shen Tingyan, but she didn't want him to be uninterested in officialdom, so she threw herself into business, and married a daughter of the Chen family who had an uncompetitive belly.

How can her Guo Manyun's son be so ordinary?

Her son must be the pillar of the imperial court, and he must glorify her ancestors for her declining royal family!

So she doted on her youngest son Shen Tingyi, indulged in indulgence, and ignored his romantic affairs, just to let him live in the gentle cradle woven by herself, listen to her words wholeheartedly, and let herself pave the way for him and step into officialdom.

This is both a means and a compensation, compensation for his inability to spend his life with the woman he loves.

Since he was born, he was destined to marry a noble girl, regardless of appearance and character, just for that high status.

Now there is a Miss Zhou family who takes the initiative to send it to the door, why not push the boat with the water?

Dong Li stepped forward intimately and squeezed her shoulder, "Madam, Nanshuang last night...... Failed again. ”

"What did you say?!"

Mrs. Guo raised her eyebrows, and her eyes burst out with a cold light, "That slut, isn't he quite good at seducing the master?" How could she be as useless as her sister now? ”

Dong Li pursed his lips disdainfully, "Madam, don't you know, the fourth prince wanted Nanshuang last night, but Nanshuang didn't comply, and cried to me in private, saying that she was the third son's person and couldn't serve the fourth son, so she missed such a good opportunity in vain!" ”

"Heh, she's still thinking about being my son's roommate." Mrs. Guo scoffed.

Dong Li hurriedly agreed: "Yes, the slave has never seen such a shameless woman as her!" If Madame really intended to raise her to be the third son's roommate, how could she send her to serve the fourth son? If you are so stupid, you will ruin the good things of Madame! ”

Mrs. Guo lowered her eyes and stroked the tea foam, her eyes were cold, "Since she wants to make room for others so much, then I will fulfill her." Later, you go and tell her, and in the future, she will be a person in the fourth son's room, and she won't have to run to my wisteria courtyard anymore. ”

"Madame, what are you...... Abandon her? ”

Dong Li was a little surprised, but more worried.

Nan Rong and Nan Shuang are both handmaidens with outstanding appearances, and they obviously have many opportunities to poison the fourth son, but they were both abandoned by Mrs. Guo without hesitation and became outcasts.

In a game of chess, if you lose a chess piece, there will inevitably be a new chess piece to enter the game.

Mrs. Guo's next chess piece, could it be...... It's her?!

Thinking that his future fate might be the same as Nanrong Nanshuang, Dong Li couldn't help but tremble.

"I never use people who have ambition and lust. Dong Li, who do you think is more appropriate to let this time? ”

Mrs. Guo looked sideways at her meaningfully, and the curvature of her lips made people shudder.

Before the unknown doom came, Dong Li had a flash of inspiration in his mind and blurted out: "The slave really has a candidate in his heart!" ”

Mrs. Guo took a sip of tea, "Oh? Let's hear it. ”

Dong Li gritted his teeth, and a touch of cruelty crossed his eyes, "It's the new little maid of the fourth son, the maidservant girl who calls the lyrics!" She is still young, it should not be difficult to educate, as long as we give a little favor appropriately, I am not afraid that she will not listen to Mrs. ”

After hearing this, Mrs. Guo nodded thoughtfully, as if she thought this method was feasible, and then asked, "Where is the word you said now?" ”

"Madame Hui, she's waiting outside! The fourth son went to receive the punishment, and she waited in the verandah for the fourth prince to come back. ”

Dong Li has served Mrs. Guo for many years, and he knows her very well, and in a few words, he said it all in her heart.

Mrs. Guo put down the teacup, she had made up her mind in her heart, and said, "You go and call the little maid in, and by the way, go and tell Shen Changfeng, you don't have to come back to kneel after being punished, just go back and rest." ”

"Yes, slave and maid will go."

Dong Li secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and the back of his hurried departure seemed to be fleeing.

Fortunately, the matter of poisoning the fourth son did not fall on her.

On the verandah, Xie Jinci waited left and right, and did not wait for Shen Changfeng, who was punished, but waited for Dong Li.

The handsome woman, with her arms crossed, looked at her condescendingly, and said with a smile: "The eldest lady asked you to go in." ”

Xie Jinci tilted his head in confusion.

"Go ahead, remember to be well-behaved."

Dong Li bent over slightly, found the little girl's hand tightly gripped, and took the opportunity to stuff something into her palm.

"Go ahead, don't keep Madame waiting."

She patted the little girl on the thin shoulder, and turned to go to the courtyard gate.

Xie Jinci lowered his head and stared blankly at the golden thing in his hand.

It was an ingot, enough to pay her for a year.

No merit, why did Dong Li suddenly give her this?

The little girl raised her eyes blankly, and Dong Li had long since disappeared in the bright courtyard.

She frowned slightly, and reluctantly put the ingots into her sleeve pocket, planning to return them to her the next time she saw Dongli.

When I came to the main hall, I saw Mrs. Guo sitting alone on the main seat, and the maids and women who were waiting for her had been sent away at some point.

Xie Jinci had a vague bad premonition, especially with a heavy gold ingot in his sleeve.

She lowered her eyebrows and greeted her in a childish voice, and she couldn't find fault with her every move.

Mrs. Guo's eyes shrewdly shrewd, and she looked at the little girl without an inch.

Dressed neatly, well-behaved, and well-behaved.

It's such a likable little person.

She curled the corners of her lips in satisfaction, beckoned to the little girl, and said softly, "Come here with me." ”

Xie Jinci raised his eyes in surprise, just in time for Mrs. Guo's warm smile.

Her heart was filled with an indescribable warmth, and she couldn't help but curl the corners of her mouth.

She walked towards Mrs. Guo, cautious with every step, but with infinite yearning and hope.

It's a very short distance, but she seems to have walked for four years.

It was four years of her young life without mother's love.

Mrs. Guo took the little girl's hand and rubbed it slowly in her palm, her eyes so gentle that she seemed to be dripping water.

She smiled and asked, "Listen to Dong Li, your name is Ci'er?" ”

Xie Jinci was too shy to look into her eyes, and only lowered his head and said "um" softly.

Mrs. Guo said as if she were homely: "Do you still have relatives at home?" At such a young age, how could he be sold as a maid? ”

Her eyes were gentle, and her tone was concerned, so that no one could be on guard.

The little girl quickly widened her eyes and whispered, "My father and mother are gone......"

"Ah, a poor child."

Mrs. Guo took her into her arms and patted her back gently, "Since you have entered the Shen Mansion, it means that you and I are destined." I also have a daughter called Ice Goose, who is 12 years old. When I look at you, I unconsciously think of her when she was a child, and she was as lovable as you. ”

Xie Jinci sniffed the good fragrance on her body, and his heart was moved.

At this moment, she forgot the cold eyes she received when she first entered the Wisteria Academy, forgot Mrs. Guo's partiality, and even forgot that her little brother was still being punished.

She only knew that in this embrace, she had found the peace she had not seen for a long time.

"The Great Lady......"

She murmured softly, and the fawn's eyes were filled with misty moisture.

Mrs. Guo's eyes sank, and her voice carried a kind of magic that bewitched people's minds: "Good boy, if I am willing to be good to you, you ...... Would you like to do something for me? ”

Xie Jinci didn't think about it, so he responded: "I'm willing!" ”

"Well, listen to me carefully. The fourth son you are serving now is from the master's outer room, and when he was brought back to the Shen Mansion at the age of six, he had a strange disease......

Mrs. Guo deliberately paused here, and sure enough, she saw a worried look on the little girl's face.

She smiled softly, took out a neatly folded small paper bag from her sleeve, gently placed it in the little girl's hand, and said step by step:

"Here, it's a medicine powder personally prepared by an old man in the rivers and lakes, which can cure the illness of the fourth son. You just need to quietly mix the medicinal powder with tea and meals, and give it to the fourth son, and his illness will be cured......"

Xie Jinci looked at her puzzled, "But, since it's a cure, why don't you just give it to your son?" ”

"It's a hidden disease. Besides, who is not afraid of hardship? ”

Mrs. Guo lowered her eyelashes and sighed lightly, "I have taken care of Changfeng for ten years, and he is most afraid of hardship." Words, you must supervise his medication for me, understand? ”

Xie Jinci nodded ignorantly, only to feel that the paper bag in his hand was heavier than the ingot.

When I returned to Ling Heng Courtyard, it was already two minutes past (half past one in the afternoon).

She could have come back earlier, but Mrs. Guo insisted on keeping her for lunch, and pulled her to say a lot of considerate words, which delayed the time.

At this hour, it was no longer a meal, but wisps of white smoke rose from the chimney of the kitchen.

The little girl turned around as she was about to enter the house, and trotted to the kitchen.

Fugui was boiling water, and when he saw Xie Jinci coming in, he smiled at her honestly, but there were folds between his eyebrows.

Xie Jinci subconsciously felt that something had happened to his little brother.

Her whole heart sank, and her thin eyebrows were twisted together.

Fu Guiqi took a basin of hot water and beckoned her to come over, "Zi'er, you bring this into the room first, clean the wounds of my son, I have to go out and buy some medicine." ”

"Is Childe seriously injured?"

Xie Jinci hurriedly stepped forward to take the wooden basin, and his immature voice was a little anxious.

The wooden basin itself was not lightweight, and in addition to the fact that it contained half a basin of hot water, the little girl's thin arms were a little overwhelmed, and her body shook for a while before she stood firmly.

Fugui kindly helped her down the edge of the basin, nodded and said, "Yes, there is blood on my back!" ”

Xie Jinci originally wanted to ask, isn't it your good friend to lead the little brother to be punished? When the words came to her mouth, she was thin-skinned, and she swallowed them back into her stomach, but she didn't ask.

She struggled to hold the wooden basin, turned sideways to make way for Fugui, and urged: "You don't have to worry about me, go out and buy medicine for your son!" ”

Fugui no longer grinded, and he didn't even bother to pat the ashes on his chest, and disappeared outside the door with a smoke.

^^

Little words: "Da Lang, it's time to take medicine......

Shen Changfeng: "Ah, I'm most afraid of bitterness, why don't my sister taste it for me first?" ”

Little words: "Okay, good!" ”

Xie Jinci, pawn.