Chinese New Year's Eve Shou Xia Ji was worried that she would be tired, plus she was a little depressed when she heard that the Chu State was going to invade Zheng Guo and threaten Chen Guo, so she did not participate in the New Year's Celebration, but rested early.

The next day was the Spring Festival on the first day of the Lunar New Year, and Uncle Xia led the support troops to the southeastern border early in the morning because the border defense was of great importance.

The first time I didn't spend the Spring Festival with my parents, Xia Ji's heart felt that she missed her relatives every holiday again. Thinking of the warm scene of making dumplings, watching the Spring Festival Gala, and taking red envelopes every time I make dumplings on Chinese New Year's Eve with my parents and younger brother, and at this time I am in a different time and a foreign land, and I can't help but cry.

But nothing can be changed. Xia Ji sorted out the chaotic emotions, summoned Jiang Lu and the guard captain Guan Ping, and handed them a large bag of copper coins that had already been prepared, and paid New Year's greetings to everyone on behalf of Lord Sima.

The male owner is not in the house, and there are naturally fewer people who come to pay New Year's greetings, and Xia Ji doesn't want to socialize with others or say some insincere blessings because she is pregnant, but she cultivates with peace of mind in the courtyard of Xia Mansion.

Xia Ji rested for a while, wanted to go to the garden alone, just walked out of the lobby, and saw a maid holding a flower pot in both hands coming over, and the moment she met was obviously a little surprised, the flower pot in her hand fell to the ground, which startled Xia Ji.

The maid saw that the flower pot was broken, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to apologize to Xia Ji: "Young Princess Ji, I'm sorry." ”

Xia Ji was also a little surprised when she saw this maid, because this maid was Xiaoya, a girl from Yayun Pavilion before, although she had nothing to do with her, Xia Ji still recognized her.

"How do you know I'm Princess Ji Shao?" Xia Ji asked knowingly, because she wanted to know what Xiaoya said.

"I'm sorry, Princess Ji Shao, oh, no, it's Mrs. Xia. I've seen you in Jeongkook before. Xiaoya said.

"And what's your name? Where did you meet me? ”

"When I was in Zheng Guo, my name was Xiaoya, and I changed my name in Xia Mansion to Haitang. I'm in... I'll see you at Yayun Pavilion. Begonia said.

"How long have you been in Xia Mansion?" Natsuhime asked.

"I've been here for more than fifty days." Begonia said.

Xia Ji calculated in her heart, more than fifty days, then she should not know about Princess Ji Shao and Ziman, let alone Qiuyue's suicide. However, she was still not at ease, so she asked again: "Since you know me, what do you know about me?" ”

"I know that Princess Ji Shao, you and Miss Qiuyue are good friends."

"Then do you have a good relationship with Miss Qiuyue? How is she now? ”

"I've only met Miss Qiuyue a few times, and I haven't had a relationship. She should be fine now, the red card of Yayun Pavilion, but she never sees guests, only treats them. After Haitang said this, Xia Ji judged that she had left Yayun Pavilion before she and Princess Ji Shao used up the bag.

"Then do you still have any contact with the people of Yayun Pavilion?"

"No, I was kicked out by my mother because I offended the guests. After I was kicked out, I had to go back to my hometown Qiulin, where my family disliked me, and I found a job here when I couldn't stay at home. ”

Hearing her say this, Xia Ji calmed down. She was most worried that Princess Ji Shao's ugly things would spread everywhere.

"Begonia, you clean up here, and then come to the lobby, I have something to ask you." Natsuhime said.

"Okay, Mrs. Xia." Haitang trembled to get the cleaning tools, and Xia Ji turned around and entered the lobby again.

After a while, Begonia walked in after cleaning and greeted respectfully: "Mrs. Xia, Begonia is here." ”

"Begonia, what do you know about Miss Qiuyue in Yayun Pavilion? Because she is a good friend of mine, I want to know all the things about her. ”

"Oh, I know best about Miss Qiuyue's visit to Yayun Pavilion, because the coachman who sold her happened to be my guest on the day he sold Miss Autumn Moon to Yayun Pavilion." Begonia said.

"What did the coachman tell you?"

"The coachman was very strange that day, and asked a lot of strange questions, and he asked me if I had ever seen a banshee, and I said that I had not seen a banshee, only that there were vixens." Begonia said.

When Xia Ji heard this, she remembered that this Li Cang must have thought that she was a banshee after seeing her show him a photo of Bruce Lee with her mobile phone.

"What did he say then?"

"He asked me what the vixen looked like, and I made a fool of myself at him, saying that the vixen was very beautiful and very good at seducing men and seducing men's souls."

"And how did he react?"

He was a little frightened and asked me what to do with the vixen. I also talked nonsense, saying that the vixen is a beautiful woman during the day and looks like a fox at night, and told him that the vixen has to sleep with many men before it can achieve positive results and become a normal person. ”

"And then?"

"Later, he ran downstairs and made a bet with his mother, saying that he could find a woman who was more beautiful than the red card girl Chunhua, and his mother thought he was bragging, so he bet with him ten catties of gold, but he didn't expect that the coachman really kidnapped the girl Qiuyue and got four catties of gold from his mother."

Having said that, Xia Ji finally understood the reason why Li Cang kidnapped him, in addition to being greedy, he also determined that Wu Mengyao was a fox spirit and had to sleep with many men, so that after cultivating to a normal person, he would not threaten him Li Cang.

"Then I'll tell you something, Miss Autumn Moon is dead." The reason why Xia Ji told Begonia Akizuki about her death was to see her true reflection, and if she wasn't surprised at all, she must be suspected of lying.

"Huh? No way? Begonia's reaction was very surprised, and then she shed tears, lowered her head and cried, and muttered: "She is so beautiful and kind, is she really dead?" How did you die? ”

Begonia's reaction touched Xia Ji very much: "She wanted to escape, but she was killed." ”

Haitang was even more sad when she heard such an answer, but she didn't dare to cry in front of Xia Ji, so she could only keep crying.

"People have good and bad luck, and this is also Qiuyue's life." Xia Ji comforted Begonia.

After talking about these old things with Begonia, the painful experience made Xia Ji feel depressed, and she asked Begonia to step back, locked herself in the room, and sat silently in front of the dresser crying.

If a few months ago, if she was a little unhappy, she would throw herself into her mother's arms and cry, and her mother would use her warm hug to resolve all her troubles. And at this moment, her sorrow can only be borne by herself; And when she thought of her mother because she lost her, she didn't know how sad she would be, thinking of this, she couldn't stop her tears, and shouted in her heart over and over again: Mom, Mom.

After a long time, Xia Ji came to her senses, when there was a knock on the door, and Chun'e was outside telling him that Jiang Wei was asking her what she wanted to eat so that he could prepare.

Xia Ji suddenly wanted to eat Western food, wanted to eat steak, she hadn't eaten it for a few months, she said to Chun'e to let Jiang Wei prepare a piece of beef near the beef ribs, and then grab a little pepper in the pharmacy, and make it herself later.

Half an hour later, Xia Ji came to Jiang Wei's special kitchen, only to see that Jiang Wei had prepared a large piece of beef and a pack of black pepper, Jiang Wei saw that Xia Ji wanted to cook by herself, so he retreated with interest and let Xia Ji make steak alone.

Natsuhime first uses a knife to separate a palm-sized steak with fat and thin, chops the fascia on both sides of the steak with the back of the knife, and then mashes the black pepper and sprinkles it with salt on the steak to marinate.

After marinating for half an hour, Natsuhime heats the pot, and since there is no butter, she can only use lard instead, put in the lard and heat it, put the marinated steak in it, fry it on both sides until browned, and then serve it out to enjoy herself.