The morning and dusk of Fulu Courtyard ended, everyone left, and the old lady left the night scene alone.

She asked Ye Jingsheng: "I don't object to you taking a concubine, but Na Xichun is a slave in the end, and he can't be on the stage, and it's shameful to take it out, what's the difference between it and the Liu family?" Why do you bother to take another maid? ”

Ye Jingsheng didn't tell the truth, but just complained to his mother: "You also know Shubai's temperament, her son has been under her control all these years, except for the Liu family at the beginning, there is no other person around to serve." And because she is jealous, her son has not dared to enter Liu's house for many years. My son is also a human being, and he also wants to breathe, how can she always press me like this? Xichun is a maid, but it is precisely because she is a maid that she knows how to hurt people. What's more, she used to be the person next to the four girls, if her son enveloped her, the four girls would be able to do a lot of things. ”

When the old lady heard him say this, she also nodded, "If you think so, then the old man won't say anything." Alas, it's also good for me to look at Chu Lian's little appearance today, and there is a little resemblance to the four girls between her eyebrows and eyes. If red makeup really doesn't work, you can teach Chu Lian well! Counting on Xichun to give birth to a child, the child was born and raised, and more than ten years have passed, and the cucumber vegetables are cold. ”

Ye Jingsheng nodded again and again, "Mother is right." Chu Lian used to learn to dance with red makeup, and her husband praised her, but later Shubai didn't look down on her and didn't let her learn anymore. My son thought that it was just a concubine, and I was not the head of the family, so our family couldn't count on me in the future, so I didn't care about it. But now that the burden of my family is on me, many things can no longer be the same as before. Since the mother is optimistic about Chu Lian, the son will go to ask her to ask the master when he turns around, not only to pick up the dance, but also not to leave any of the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting behind, in case he can use it in the future! ”

The old lady said "En", didn't say anything more, waved his hand and let him go.

Jun Tao saw that the old lady was unhappy, and asked softly: "The second master knows that the fifth lady has been cultivated, isn't the old lady happy?" ”

"Hmph, what is the old body happy about? No matter how you cultivate it, it's just a concubine, what use can a concubine be? ”

"But the young lady who came out is now only the eldest lady's." Jun Tao said this, and suddenly remembered something again, "By the way, there is also the second miss, the second miss was brought up by the old lady herself, and she has always been close to us, the old lady might as well help the second lady, and she will have a good relationship in the future." ”

The old lady sighed, "The old man is fifty-three, and after turning this year, it will be fifty-four, I can live for a few years, what is the use of me relying on it?" When it comes to Jingsheng, he should be relied on the most. I used to always think that there was a Xiao family behind the Xiao family, and Mrs. Xiao still had some distant relatives with the queen mother's mother's family, and I felt that such a woman marrying in could more or less help Jingsheng. I didn't expect such a thing to happen to red makeup, if it was a girl in this life, it would be a waste of mother and daughter. So I have to find a support for Jingsheng, and I have to let him have a promising junior to help him fight for his future. Alas, it's a pity that this move is late, even if Xichun is born soon, it will be too late! ”

The old lady beat her chest and scolded. Ye Jingsheng had already walked out with his entourage, and asked as he went, "How is Madame's doing?" ”

Sui Yan Li said: "What else, the second lady is just angry all the time!" ”

He kicked Yan Li angrily, "I'm not talking about this lady. ”

Only then did Yan Li understand that he had misunderstood, and quickly changed his words: "Mrs. Chang is still the same, Miss Wushuang occasionally goes out, but she just buys things on the streets of the outer city, and never goes far." ”

Ye Jingsheng sighed, "Xue Qiao and Wushuang are the most sensible, they never cause me trouble, and only when I get to them will I feel that the days are really days, and they can go through seriously." I don't know how long this two-way running will last, and when will I be able to bring them back to the house. ”

Yan Li asked him, "Is the master going to the outer city today?" ”

Ye Jingsheng looked at his hand wrapped like a dumpling and shook his head, "Wait a minute, Xue Qiao will definitely feel distressed when she sees me like this, and Wushuang is going to cry with her again, I can't let them worry." ”

Izumo-in.

The maid knelt on the ground with joy, raised the tea in her hand high, and said respectfully, "Please use the tea for Miss Five." ”

Ye Chulian sat in front of the dressing table, looked away from the bronze mirror, glanced at the tea that Sui Xi held in his hand, slowly took it, tasted it lightly, and then put it on the table, and said without being salty: "Let's get up!" ”

"Miss Xie Wu." Sui Xi stood up and took a small half step back.

Ye Chulian began to look at the mirror again, and she was tired of looking at herself, so she simply buckled the bronze mirror on the table and made a bang.

Sui Xi immediately knelt down again, "Fifth Miss is angry, Fifth Miss is angry." ”

Ye Chulian closed her eyes for a while, then opened them again, and said helplessly: "Get up, no matter how much you pretend to be, I am not the real concubine of the Ye family." No matter how respectful and obedient you are to me, you can't treat me as if everyone is really afraid. A concubine is a concubine, she will always be the one who can't be on the stage, and she will never be able to be spoiled and feared like the fourth sister. That's how it has been for the rest of my life. In two years, I will either be a wife for the concubine of a large family, or a side room for the concubine of a large family, I just want to marry a commoner, but it will not work. ”

Suixi hurriedly persuaded her: "Miss, don't think like this, we can't belittle ourselves." The second master only has two daughters under his knees, and the third lady is like that now, it is not certain whether she will be sad or happy in the future, in case it is a tragedy, then the second master can only count on you. At that time, you don't have anything to do, you can marry whoever you want. ”

"Can I really marry whoever I want?" Ye Chu snorted coldly, and there was no longer the timid appearance on his face, "I want to enter the palace and marry the emperor, but who can fulfill me?" When my grandfather was alive, I was thinking about the children of my uncle's family, and when my grandfather was gone, they were bent on cultivating the third sister, who would have thought about me? Look at my face, is it much worse than the third sister? ”

Sui Xi looked at it carefully for a while, and then said: "The slave maid has always thought that you are not worse than the third lady at all, and even a few points better than her." The third miss is better than the charming, but the charm is unbearable, and the fifth miss is the kind that looks better the more you look at it. ”

"What about me compared to the fourth sister?"

"Miss Four is ......" Suixi is a little poor in words, Miss Four is so good-looking, how can you praise this? Pregnant! "Miss Fourth used to be really good-looking, very good-looking. Don't like to listen to what the slave said, you were really inferior to the fourth lady in the past, a little bit worse. But now it's different from the past, since Miss Fourth came back from King Su's Mansion, she has been wearing a big white face all day long, like a living dead, and she looks panicked. Haven't you noticed that she hasn't put on makeup these days, and probably knows that her face is terrifyingly white, and she looks more like a dead person when she wears it, which is even more terrifying. ”

Ye Chulian was very satisfied with this statement, "It's really like a dead person, what kind of first seven sacrifices did she do that night, I knelt on the edge of the brazier and looked at her, how did I look at how she didn't look like a living person." So if you say that, am I really hopeful? ”

"Miss definitely has hope, after all, you are the only powerful daughter on the second master's side now."

As the two were talking, a subordinate voice came from outside: "Fifth Miss, the second master has sent someone over to pass the word." ”

Ye Chulian hurriedly sat upright, faded his expression, and put on his cowardly appearance all along.

Sui Xi went to open the door, and the person who came in was strict.

As soon as Ye Chulian saw that Yan Li was coming, she hurriedly turned around and was about to salute, Yan Li immediately took a step to bow to her, and said: "The fifth lady is the master, if the master is allowed to worship the slave, the slave will have a short life." Fifth Miss, you can sit down, and the second master will ask the little one to come over and pass you a message. ”

Ye Chulian didn't sit down, just stood there and twisted the handkerchief and asked, "What does my father want to say to me?" ”

Yan Li said: "The second master has already instructed to go down and ask Master Xi for the fifth miss, and the piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and dance must be learned, please prepare for the fifth miss here, and it will start in a few days." ”

Ye Chulian looked surprised, "Why does my father want me to learn this?" I'm just a maid! In the past, these were only learned by the third sister, and I was not qualified. ”

Yan Li smiled, "Once upon a time, now is now, the old lady also mentioned the fifth miss to the second master today, and she praised it a lot." The old man gave Miss Five Zhang all this, hoping that Miss Five could learn as soon as possible. ”

After Yan Li finished speaking, he left, and went to send it with joy, Ye Chulian stood alone in the house, with joy on his face that could not be hidden.

Ye Wenyan's small courtyard still has no name, but people are gradually getting used to it, and they are no longer obsessed with choosing a name or not.

The cook brought lunch, she left Xiangdong to wait in the house, and asked her while eating: "You also saw it today, the maid who used to serve me with you has changed her identity, and when you see her again, you will curtsy and salute, please say hello to your aunt." I think you begged me to spare her once, do you regret it now? ”

Xiangdong knelt down and kowtowed to Ye Wenyan, "The slave regrets it, but if the days go back and pass again, the slave will still do that." The slave maid and Xichun were separated to serve the fourth lady together, and they have been together for many years, and they have done their best to say a word for her, as for whether she is good or bad, that is her life. Although she is now an aunt, the slave maid does not think that her life is good, that is not what her duty should do, and sooner or later she will be retributed. ”

She kowtowed again when she said this, "If it weren't for the incident of hiding flowers in the young lady's house, she could be caught by the second master with her own ability, and the slave would say congratulations, and I would really wish her a good life." But when that happened, the slave maid felt that her aunt was sneaky, and she didn't know why she was suddenly taken in by the second master. ”

When Xiangdong said this, he frowned and thought for a while, and then said: "Miss, you said that Xichun can enter the second master's room under the second lady's strict guard, will there be anything in here?" ”