The moonlight is like water, the rockery is saggy, the flowers and shadows are in the shade, the jagged courtyard, and the conversation in the dark night continues.

The man in black thought for a while, and said: "I can't be the master of this matter, so I have to leave it to the Queen Mother and Your Majesty to decide, but before that, we need Lord Changshi to help us do something." ”

"What's the matter, General, please say." Zhi Weiben asked in a deep voice.

The man in black's eyes were like lightning, the cold light flickered, and he said word by word: "I want you to help me capture the little maid lotus leaf in the Dadu Governor's Mansion and hand her over to me unharmed." ”

"What, lotus leaf?" Zhi Weiben was stunned, vaguely remembered this name, and knew that this woman was Cui Wenqing's personal maid, and she had saved Cui Wenqing's life in the past, and they wanted Lotus Ye, an ordinary maid, to do something.

The man in black said coldly: "This little maid is very important to my dynasty, so I also ask Lord Changshi to help." ”

Zhi Weiben was stunned for a while, and after coming back to his senses, he nodded and said, "Okay, the old man will do his best, and the general can rest assured." ”

The man in black smiled and said, "Okay, I will leave here, and after a few days of the imperial court's reply, I will come to discuss with Changshi." ”

Zhi Weiben nodded, and watched the man in black disappear into the dark night.

In the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, Cui Wenqing held a mahogany box sent by Mu Wan, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

He didn't hesitate, he hurried to the library with the wooden box, and saw that the lotus leaf was bending over and wiping the table where he often sat with a rag, and couldn't help but smile leisurely, and said: "Little lotus leaf, don't be busy first, come, uncle, I will send you something today." ”

Lotus Ye straightened up when she heard this, turned around and said with a smile: "Uncle, didn't you buy a gift for the slave?" ”

"Haha, it's naturally a gift, but this gift is precious, and there is only one in the whole world."

Cui Wenqing winked at her mysteriously, stepped forward and put the wooden box on the desk, and pointed with his hand in an indescribably relaxed and casual tone: "You open it quickly and see what it contains." ”

Lotus Ye smiled, knelt in front of the desk and held the wooden box for a little scrutiny, then lifted the lid of the wooden box, and took a closer look, but saw a piece of rice paper folded very properly.

Seeing this, Lotus Ye was slightly stunned, and asked with a smile: "Uncle, I don't know what this is?" ”

Cui Wenqing smiled: "Don't you know just by looking at it?" After saying that, his face was full of joy and relief.

Lotus Ye nodded with a smile, picked up the rice paper and slowly unfolded it, and the three words "deed of sale" at the far right came into view.

As if struck by a bolt of lightning, the lotus leaf's beautiful eyes immediately widened, and he read it slowly, and the crystal clear tears were already overflowing and rolling down his eyes, and they fell on the placket of his clothes.

"Uncle, this ...... Is this my deed of sale? ”

"Yes, it was you who signed the pledge and gave it to the Fold family."

Lotus Ye took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down a little, looked back and asked in a trembling voice, "Uncle, why is my deed of sale in your hand?" ”

Cui Wenqing said with a smile: "At the beginning, I swore a bet with Zhe Zhao that if I could help her defeat Zhe Weiben, then she would give me your deed of sale, but now Zhe Weiben has been removed from his official position by the imperial court, and he can no longer make waves. ”

After saying this, Cui Wenqing let out a long sigh and chuckled: "From now on, Lotus Leaf, you will not be cheap, which also means that you will no longer have to be subject to the Zhi family, and from now on, the sea and the sky will be open to you and let you soar." ”

Hearing this, Lotus Leaf was so excited that she burst into tears, choked up, obviously immersed in incomparable joy.

However, after half a while, she was stunned as if she thought of something, and she didn't even have time to wipe her tears, and asked with wide eyes: "Uncle, if I am no longer a lowly person, does that mean that I can't be your maid, but must leave the folded family and leave you?" ”

Cui Wenqing thought for a while and said with a smile: "Yes, you don't have to do these things anymore, how about it, I'm happy, aren't you?" ”

There was no joy on Lotus Yeqiao's face, and after frowning and thinking about it, she stuffed the deed of sale into Cui Wenqing's hand, shook her head vigorously and said: "If the price of gaining freedom is to leave my uncle, then Lotus Ye would rather not have this kind of freedom." ”

Cui Wenqing was stunned when he heard this, and only after half a ring did he laugh and said: "Fool, do you know that if you can't get out of the lowly status, you can only engage in serving people for the rest of your life, and even if you get married, you can only be a concubine, not a wife, how many people look forward to redeeming their deed of sale, why are you so stupid!" ”

"It's not that lotus leaves are dull." Lotus Ye rarely showed a bit of righteousness, and then she blushed, and her voice couldn't help but lighten a little, "Actually, Lotus Leaf feels that it is very good to stay in Zhifu carefree, and you can also serve someone as good as Uncle You, and stay by your side for the rest of your life...... "Speaking of the back, the voice is getting smaller and smaller, almost inaudible, and the head of the mantis is also shy to hang down, like a child who has done something wrong."

Cui Wenqing stretched out his hand and knocked on the lotus leaf's head, and said with a smile: "Stupid, even if you are out of the lowly status, I can come to visit you from time to time, not to mention that you can also go to the clothing store to help, why not?" ”

"No, my uncle's kindness is appreciated, and I have no plans to leave the fold family now." The lotus leaf tone is very firm.

Cui Wenqing frowned and said, "No, such a good opportunity, how can you be so willful?" And this deed of sale was obtained from Zhezhao with a lot of effort, and it was a shame to waste it! ”

Lotus Ye Yao's nose twitched slightly, and the tears that had been stopped suddenly rolled down again, and said in a lamented voice: "Uncle wants me to get out of the cheap status so much, is it because I am fed up with the lotus leaf and wants to dare to go away?" ”

Cui Wenqing's mind was dizzy, and he said: "It's nothing, I'm doing it for your good." ”

"You're not doing it for my good, you're just driving away the lotus leaf." Little Lori was afraid that she would leave Cui Wenqing, and began to mess around.

"If my uncle really likes lotus leaves, why don't you let them stay by your side?"

"It must be that my uncle is tired of the servant and uses this method to get rid of the servant."

"The servant is born as a person of the folding family, and death is the ghost of the folding family, and he will not leave the folding family even if he dies."

……

Cui Wenqing was so noisy by her that she felt helpless, so she had to say with a wry smile: "Okay, okay, this deed of sale will be put here for me first, let's talk about this later, how about it?" ”

Suddenly, the lotus leaf immediately smiled, and his eyes almost bent into a crescent moon: "Thank you, uncle, let's make up our minds, no matter what the situation, you can't drive the lotus leaf away." ”

Cui Wenqing stroked his forehead and smiled: "I'm afraid of you, since you like to stay by my side, then stay forever." ”

After receiving Cui Wenqing's affirmative answer, Lotus Ye suddenly cheered, and said with a smile: "Uncle is so good, the maid will help you make a cup of ginseng tea." With that, he turned around and ran away with small steps.