Cuiyun responded and went out with the teapot. Xu Jiayi found a place to sit down, looked at Yuan Xiang, who was busy, and beckoned to her, "Yuan Xiang, don't be busy yet, come and talk to me." ”

"Ma'am." Yuan Xiang approached Xu Jiayi and looked at her with some doubts.

Something that has to be such a formal question.

Xu Jiayi stretched out her finger and pointed to the embroidery pier on the side to signal Yuanxiang to sit down and speak, Yuanxiang glanced at it and shook her head, saying that she just stood and listened, seeing this, Xu Jiayi did not force it anymore.

"Yuanxiang, you are sixteen years old this year. Time flies, and I still remember when you came to serve me, when you were only six or seven years old. ”

Seeing Xu Jiayi say this, Yuan Xiang also nodded with emotion on her face, "Yes, the slave maid will be seventeen after the New Year." ”

"Seventeen, it's not small...... Xu Jiayi took Yuanxiang's hand a little sadly and said cordially, "Yuanxiang, do you have anyone you like or have a crush on?" Or what kind of man you like, don't be shy, talk to me, and I'll keep an eye on it for you. ”

"Madame, how did you remember to say this?" Yuanxiang said with a red face.

Xu Jiayi smiled and didn't speak, if it weren't for the fact that she went to the barracks a few days ago to see Qi Fei sending silk flowers, she wouldn't have remembered to plan the marriage for the two little girls beside her. Xu Jiayi didn't reply to Yuanxiang's question, but changed the topic, "Didn't you collect new fat powder two days ago, why didn't I see you use it?" ”

"What kind of fat powder, the slave hasn't bought any rouge gouache recently." Yuan Xiang frowned after speaking, and suddenly remembered something. "It's not that." Yuan Xiang muttered in a low voice, and then raised her voice and said, "Madam refers to the fat powder that Deputy Lieutenant Qi Tuo Cuiyun brought to the slave?" ”

Xu Jiayi nodded.

"It should be Cuiyun's mistake, for no reason, how could Deputy Lieutenant Qi give me such a valuable thing! When Deputy Lieutenant Qi returns, the slave and maid will be returned to him. It's not a slave's thing, how can a slave be embarrassed to use it. ”

"Maybe I'm not mistaken, he gave it to you."

"How is that possible?" Yuan Xiang muttered, and after finishing speaking, seeing Xu Jiayi's serious expression, Yuan Xiang didn't care about being shy, and she was anxious to justify, "Madam! ”

"Don't worry, I'm just asking. You and Cuiyun have both been by my side since we were children and grew up with me. I want to keep you by my side for the rest of my life, but you have reached the age of getting married, and I, as the master, naturally have to think more about you. Xu Jiayi smiled softly and said loudly.

Yuan Xiang couldn't laugh, knelt on the ground with a "poof", kowtowed to Xu Jiayi, and tears were about to come out, "Madam, do you want to drive the slave away?" ”

Seeing this, Xu Jiayi subconsciously wanted to help her up, but she was avoided by Yuan Xiang.

Yuan Xiang thought that Xu Jiayi really wanted to marry herself, so she panicked, and said pleading while kowtowing, "The slave doesn't want to marry anyone, she just wants to stay by Mrs. for the rest of her life and serve her wife." If there is something wrong with the slave and maid, Madam, you want to beat or punish the slave and maid, and I will admit it, please Madame, don't drive the slave and maid away. ”

Xu Jiayi paused and stretched out her hand again, helping the person up from the ground, "What are you doing here, when do I want to get you away?" Don't cry, your eyes won't look good if you're red. ”

Xu Jiayi wanted to ask her what she thought of Qi Fei in her heart, but it can be seen that her worried appearance of pear blossoms with rain swallowed her words again, and her eyes narrowed.

If Qi Fei had this thought, it would be good to ask Yuanxiang again. Otherwise, if Yuan Xiang was really happy with Qi Fei, then Qi Fei didn't look down on Yuan Xiang, wouldn't it make the two even more embarrassed.

It's just a box of silk flowers, it's nothing.

Xu Jiayi secretly thought that the next time Qi Fei came back, he must be called over to inquire about the bottom line, so as not to let her speculate here.

Thinking like this in her heart, Xu Jiayi didn't show anything on her face, didn't mention it anymore, pinched the silk handkerchief for Yuanxiang and wiped the tears on her face, "Okay, I just want to ask your heart, find a wishful husband for you earlier, when did you say that you don't want to serve by your side?" Such a big girl, she still looks like a child, listening to the wind is the rain. ”

"It's the slave who thinks too much." Yuan Xiang said with red eyes.

By the time Cuiyun came in with hot tea, Xu Jiayi and Yuan Xiang had already returned to normal, and there was nothing unusual. However, looking at Yuan Xiang's red eyes, Cuiyun's eyes flashed, raised her eyes and glanced at Xu Jiayi, who was reading the book, and lowered her voice and asked, "What's wrong with your eyes?" ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I accidentally got blinded by the wind."

Lie.

The doors and windows in the house are tightly closed, where does the wind come from?

Cuiyun frowned, but she didn't pierce her words, and nodded in agreement, "You go outside to wash your face and come back, it's not good to have red eyes like this." ”

At the end of the year, Chu Changfeng and Chu Minglei, father and son, stayed in the barracks and did not come back.

However, the New Year goods sent by Shangshu Mansion arrived at the Anping Marquis Mansion on the 28th day of the lunar month, and Xu Jiayi was happy when she got the letters from home and the things sent over, plus it was approaching Chinese New Year's Eve, and she was busy in the maple garden every day with a smile like a flower.

The gentlemen are not at home, and Mrs. Chu has no heart to do anything, but the New Year's flavor of the Anping Marquis Mansion is extremely heavy. As usual, Mrs. Chu gave two months' monthly money to the people in the house as a New Year's red envelope, and also rewarded some other things.

Mrs. Chu is very low-key these days, maybe because of Xu Yao's preparation for marriage, she doesn't toss Xu Jiayi much, and sometimes she will talk to her kindly, which is quite a good mother-in-law.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, Mrs. Chu called Xu Jiayi and Xu Yao to come to Rongyang Hall for a reunion dinner, and after the meal, they stayed in Rongyang Hall to keep the New Year, and after arriving in the new year, she gave each of them a thick red seal, and let the two go back to the courtyard to rest.

Xu Jiayi didn't know anyone in Changzhou, she followed Mrs. Chu to visit the New Year, and the rest of the time chose to stay in the maple garden.

Although it was already spring in February, the spring was cold, and Xu Jiayi didn't pay attention to it, so she contracted the wind chill and coughed non-stop.

After drinking a few pieces of medicine, the symptoms of cough disappeared, but I still felt uncomfortable on my body, and I was lying on the bed with weakness to rest. Due to the drug, I became extremely sleepy these days, and spent almost two-thirds of the day sleeping.

Mama Hua felt that something was wrong, but Xu Jiayi used the phrase "spring sleepiness" to comfort her, which made her breathe a little relieved.

When Xu Jiayi woke up, Xiangqiao was guarding the side and guiding Cuiyun to do needlework, and her voice was deliberately lowered and lightened. When I heard the sound, I saw that Xu Jiayi was awake, and immediately put down the things in my hand and stood up, "Madam, are you awake, are you hungry?" The kitchen is still warm with porridge, so I'll get you some here. ”

Xu Jiayi nodded weakly, and Cuiyun immediately ran out to serve porridge.

Seeing that Xu Jiayi was holding her body and wanted to sit up but was weak, Xiang Qiao hurriedly took a handle to help Xu Jiayi sit up, and stuffed a soft pillow behind her to make her more comfortable.

After using up the porridge all night, Xu Jiayi felt that her weak limbs had some strength. Handing over the empty bowl, Xu Jiayi wiped her mouth with a handkerchief and asked, "What time is it today?" ”

"The fifth day of the first month."

Xu Jiayi frowned slightly, remembering that the day written on the invitation post for the Su family's children's 100-day banquet was the sixth day of the new year. She's not sick now, but she's not in a good position, and she's still weak. If it is too bad to give the child a sick breath in the past. But thinking that when the Su family made an invitation, they deliberately explained that she must go at that time, and she couldn't make up her mind.

"Shizi."

The Son?

Chu Changfeng is back?

Xu Jiayi, who was immersed in thoughts, came back to her senses, and looked out of the house with some doubts, at that time, Mama Hua had already entered the house from outside the courtyard and stood at the door, "Madam, the prince is back." ”

In the next moment, Chu Changfeng appeared in front of Xu Jiayi's eyes.

"Coming back? Why didn't I hear from me before? Xu Jiayi smiled happily, and even felt better, "Is my father back too?" ”

"My father didn't come back, I went back to Changzhou because I had some things to deal with, so I came to see you by the way." Chu Changfeng walked in, and Xu Jiayi was lying on the bed with a frown slightly, "Why is your face so bad, sick?" ”

"No, how many days can you stay this time?"

"Two or three days."

The two of them were talking like old husbands and wives, and several maids next to them retreated with great eyes, and closed the door with their hands, leaving the space for the two of them, and after a while, they heard a suppressed moan in the room, and the man's heavy breathing.

There was no water in the house, so Xiangqiao was just waiting outside the door and didn't make a sound, but it could also allow the people in the house to hear it as soon as they were instructed.

Afterwards, Chu Changfeng held the soft Xu Jiayi in his arms, and his mind was full of thoughts.

Chu Changfeng and Xu Jiayi have been taking measures when they are in the same room, firstly, because Mama Hua and Xiangqiao have told Xu Jiayi thousands of times.

Mrs. is still young now, her body is not fully developed, and it is not good for her health to have children too early, and she will wait for another two years to have children; Second, because of Xu Jiayi's own reasons, when she was still a girl in Shangshu Mansion, she saw with her own eyes how difficult and painful Hai's childbirth was, and she heard others say that a woman's birth was a step into the ghost gate, and she was even more afraid, and subconsciously didn't want children.

Regarding this point, although Chu Changfeng and Xu Jiayi have not discussed it, their opinions are surprisingly unanimous.