Seeing Yao Guangqi looking at himself with a smile, Honghua seemed to be encouraged, and said even harder: "But in fact, it is good that I didn't come in last time, because I heard that Peony served that nobleman, who seemed to be a strange person, and she rarely stayed in this mansion, so Peony had nothing to do, and she was suffocated." With the lesson of the last time, this time our whole family has learned well, this time in order to be selected, not only did I sell twelve points of strength during the competition, but my mother also secretly gave half a pig to the housekeeper's wife. After sending half a pig, I successfully took the first in, you know, can come in to serve you, not only my monthly money will rise, my father's monthly money will also rise, our whole family is grateful to you, before I came yesterday, my father and mother repeatedly told me, to serve you well. You are a noble member of our family. ”

Honghua said a lot, Yao Guangqi was in a good mood, he picked up the chopsticks, and was going to eat, but when he saw Honghua looking at him with concern, he was a little embarrassed, and said curtly: "Why don't we eat together." ”

Honghua smiled, waved her hand again and again and said: "You are a nobleman, more noble than the housekeeper, I don't dare to eat with you, if the housekeeper sees it, I will still have to be returned." ”

Yao Guangqi smiled and began to bow his head to eat, and after eating a few bites, he suddenly put down his chopsticks, and thoughtfully, Honghua hurriedly said, "Isn't the rice delicious?" ”

Yao Guangqi did not reply, still pondering. Honghua was a little anxious: "It's not palatable, I'll let the kitchen remake it for you, if I'm wrong, you can beat me." ”

Yao Guangqi suddenly slapped the table: "Yes, that's it." Then he turned his head and said to Honghua with a smile: "The name Honghua is not ugly, but it lacks a bit of elegance, I want to change your name, I once read a song of "Momei" by the former Yuan Wang, I like it very much, my family washes the inkstone pond tree, and all the flowers bloom with light ink marks. Don't let people praise the color, only leave the air full of goodness. You will wash the inkstone for me in the future, and I will ask you to wash the inkstone. ”

When Honghua heard this, she also clapped her hands and applauded: "This name is good, good-sounding, interesting, and elegant, I will call it this name in the future, it's so good to read, no wonder you are so valued by the prince." ”

Just when the two were chatting happily, a shout in the courtyard interrupted the conversation between the two, "Yes, I know," Hearing this shout, Yao Guangqi hurriedly stood up and pushed open the window to look outside.

I saw Zhu Neng standing in front of his room and pacing back and forth with his head down, following his gaze to the ground, only to see the villain in his hand on the ground, at this time Zhang Yu came to the map in front of Zhu Neng (it is a map, a topographic map dug out on the ground), holding his chin and looking at it carefully, pointing to a villain from time to time, and then seemed to be asking Zhu Neng questions, Zhu Neng looked excited, constantly picking up the villain from the ground, at the mercy of back and forth, as if he was demonstrating and explaining something to Zhang Yu.

Yao Guangqi judged that the two of them might be discussing the art of war, he didn't care about this, and was just about to look at the window, but he paused for a moment, because he saw the Linglong girl and her maid standing at her own door, looking at Zhu Neng coldly, Linglong saw that Yao Guangqi saw her, so he turned around and went back to the house.

Yao Guangqi shook his head, closed the window, and then turned his head and asked Xiyan, "Do you know what happened to them?" Didn't your friends serve these nobles? I guess I know something. ”

Xi Yan shook his head helplessly: "In the palace, all the subordinates know two taboos, the first is the prince's study, no one can enter that small courtyard, unless the housekeeper takes you in, otherwise there is only a dead end if you go in without permission, and the living can't get out." The second taboo is that not only is it not allowed to enter this small courtyard, but no one is allowed to inquire about anything about the nobles in the courtyard, let alone mention a word to outsiders. We can't even talk to each other, as long as the housekeeper finds out that someone is talking about this small courtyard, they will be killed on the spot, so we don't dare to talk about this small courtyard, and sometimes we talk about this between us, and we only talk about it. ”

Yao Guangqi felt more and more that the small courtyard he was in was full of mystery, and he felt the status of this small courtyard in Zhu Di's heart. "You come in to serve, apart from the fact that your family's monthly income has risen, is there anything else different?"

"Of course, that's a lot." Xi Yan opened the conversation box again: "It turns out that I, like other girls, are rough girls in the outer courtyard, and now I not only enter the inner courtyard, but also enter this small courtyard, my current identity is many levels higher than the original, my monthly money, but as much as the housekeeper lady of each branch, the little hooves of the peony, and the bluegrass that you just saw serving the Linglong girl, after they entered this courtyard to serve, every time the big housekeeper gathered to speak, they all stood in a row with the housekeeper lady of the branch, that spirit. But I don't have to envy them in the future, I'm coming in and serving you now, and I can stand in a row with them later. ”

After a conversation with Xi Yan, in addition to feeling that this courtyard was not ordinary, Yao Guangqi did not get any information he wanted, especially his strange neighbors, and the information he had was still limited to the amount introduced by the housekeeper Jiao Tongue when he first came yesterday.

Yao Guangqi finished eating, washed the inkstone and cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, and said to Yao Guangqi with a smile, "I'll clean it up first, if you want to feel bored, tell me if you want to eat and drink, if it's something important, make a list for me, or I'll go and call a housekeeper for you, and someone will get it for you." With that, he walked out with the tray.

Yao Guangqi really felt bored, but he was thinking about his adoptive father, and he didn't know if Zhu Di could rescue his adoptive father, because even Zhu Di, who was the king of Yan, was probably cautious when facing Jinyiwei. Just when Yao Guangqi was thinking wildly, there was suddenly another loud bang in the courtyard, pulling Yao Guangqi back to reality.

Yao Guangqi hurriedly pushed open the window, only to see a thick black smoke rising from the ground in the middle of the courtyard, and there was obviously a fire burning on the ground, Linglong girl and her maid were looking at the black smoke in a daze, Zhang Yu and Zhu Neng ran to the northeast corner of the courtyard, pulled out a long pipe from the corner, Zhang Yu yelled at Linglong girl: "Don't be stunned, come and help." ”

At this time, the Linglong girl reacted from her stunned state, and quickly ran to the corner of the wall, not knowing what she had done, and shouted "Okay", immediately, Zhang Yu drummed on the pipe, and a powerful water sprayed out of the pipe.