Xiao Rui ran back to his yard, and finally calmed down, recalling what Aunt Fang Cai Li Yaozhi said, his face was still a little red.

But that's all a matter of eight characters, he just thinks about it, and he won't be worried. He is only sixteen years old now, not yet seventeen, and his brother has not yet decided on a marriage, what is he anxious about? It's not too late to talk about family affairs in a few years. When the time comes, if he earns some merits in the army, rises to prominence, and marries a lot more decently, wouldn't it be better than rushing to see each other now?

Besides, he is now a concubine of the general's mansion, if he doesn't have a decent official position, how can he be embarrassed to ask the daughter of a high-ranking official and eunuch? Although he didn't think that his future wife must be chosen from a wealthy family, if he was not qualified to marry the girl he wanted because he was not strong enough, it would be too aggrieved.

Anyway, it's still early, and everything is in time......

Xiao Rui calmed down. His father, Xiao Mingde, explicitly allowed him to stay at home for one more day to accompany his aunt, which means that he must do everything that needs to be done in this day. As for his wife Lu and eldest brother Xiao Cong, as well as Xiao Guifei and the third prince who may receive the news, he also has to think of a good excuse to cover up the past for his sudden return to Beijing, and he can't make him suspicious.

In the early morning of the next day, he went to his mother-in-law Lu to say goodbye according to the rules, mentioning that he was just ordered to go to the camp in western Beijing, originally wanted to visit his father by the way, but he didn't think that he could go back to the city, and his father specially allowed him to return home, and he was overjoyed, Yunyun.

Lu and Xiao Cong didn't care, Xiao Rui has always been strict in following the rules and respecting them, and now he is still serving in the military in other places, and he can't threaten Xiao Cong's status, so they don't need to embarrass him. The Lu family has never looked down on Xiao Rui and ignores him. Xiao Cong also tried his best to show the appearance of a good brother, asked him about his performance in Jinshanwei with concern, and admonished him to be an errand in the future, strive for the top, Yunyun.

Maybe Xiao Cong was a little verbose, but Lu Shi listened impatiently, and interrupted him: "Okay, what are you doing so much?" He's not a kid anymore, and he doesn't know what to do. Besides, the Jin family may want to recruit him as a son-in-law, are you still afraid that Jin Peng will take good care of him?! It's just a little negligence, so what's the matter?! ”

Her words startled Xiao Cong and Xiao Rui brothers. Xiao Cong quickly reacted and said with a smile: "My son didn't think about this, this is also a good thing, the second brother has a good marriage, and he doesn't have to worry about his future in the future." "Jin Peng is just a guard commander, although the saint is good, but it is still incomparable with the important ministers and nobles of the court. Such a father-in-law is indeed just right for Xiao Rui.

Xiao Rui thought that his father Xiao Mingde had already planned to transfer him to Changhuaiwei, although he didn't know the intention, and he didn't know if the commander of Changhuaiwei also had a daughter of appropriate age, but once he went to the north, these marriages probably wouldn't fall on him, right?

He smiled dryly and said to Xiao Cong: "Big brother, don't laugh. My brother doesn't know what marriage is not married. My father never mentioned it, and my eldest brother didn't talk about it. If it affects the reputation of other people's girls, it will not be good. ”

Xiao Cong laughed, casually changed the topic, and didn't take this matter too seriously. Anyway, Xiao Rui is just his cousin, Aunt Li has never been favored, and even his mother doesn't take her seriously, and the other restless Aunt Ma has no son, and only one daughter under her knees. His position is as stable as Mount Tai, and his father ordered his younger brother to go to other places to serve in the army, which also proves that his father has no intention of cultivating concubines, so what else does he have to worry about? He just needs to be a good son and brother, feel at ease to have more experience in the army, and take over his father's military power step by step in the future, and he doesn't need to worry about anything else at all.

After Xiao Cong cared about his younger brother, he turned his head to care about his sister: "Lin'er, what's wrong with you today?" This listless look early in the morning? ”

Xiao Lin woke up from her distraction and said weakly: "It's nothing, I just didn't sleep well last night." She struggled with the troubles of the three princes all night, and originally wanted to help the three princes and persuade her brother Xiao Rui to return to the three princes, but what Xiao Rui said also made sense, if he was too used in front of the three princes, when the three princes gained power in the future, he would also rise with the tide and compare his brother to what should he do? It's impossible for her to watch her brother being wronged?! But if the cousin Xiao Rui is allowed to be left behind, and the third prince has no one to help him, what should he do?

She couldn't mention these words in front of her father and brother, so she had to prevaricate casually.

Lu Shi didn't know what was going on in his daughter's mind, and when he saw her say this, he said to his daughter distressedly: "It must have been yesterday when I entered the palace, I walked too much, and I was tired, right?" Your father went back to the camp early in the morning, and Hengzhu was not at home. Go back to the courtyard and rest, sleep a little longer, and don't have to come over to eat with me. When I enter the palace to see your aunt, I must persuade her to find a way to make you suffer less. She loves you so much, she will definitely agree. ”

Xiao Lin blushed, hugged her mother's arm and said coquettishly, "Mother doesn't have to bother." It's not easy for the concubine to be in the palace, and her daughter is just her niece at the moment, how can she make trouble for her? It would be bad if she was criticized by the queen and Lin Zhaoyi. That little bit of road is nothing to my daughter. The daughter is ...... I just felt that it was too cold, so I didn't sleep well. ”

Lu said lovingly: "Silly boy, if you think that the house is not warm enough, you will make people charcoal!" It's okay to cover an extra futon. What if it's cold? He immediately ordered someone to bring his daughter a fine amount of silver frost charcoal.

The mother and daughter were harmonious, talking and laughing, Xiao Cong casually cared about her sister Xiao Li, and joined the conversation between her mother and sister. Xiao Rui sat down with a smile beside him, and once again felt in his heart that Xiao Guifei's love for Xiao Lin's niece seemed too obvious, and it was too obvious to do so. When he left, he still had to remind his father Xiao Mingde. Aunt Li Yaozhi, he also said a little more.

In the afternoon, Zhao Ying, who was in the Zhao family's house, greeted the personal girl who had returned home from leave not long ago: "Didn't you say that your mother was sick?" I gave you three days off, why did you come back so soon? ”

The big girl smiled and said, "It's the messenger who didn't make it clear, and the slave thought that her mother was very sick, so she was shocked, and when she went back, she realized that she just had a little cold." Because she hadn't seen the slave for more than a month, she missed the slave and the maid, so she specially asked the slave and the maid to go back. But she's fine, she's fine after taking the medicine. The slave and maid reassured her again, thinking that the girl still needed the servant and maid to serve here, so she came back again. ”

Zhao Ying sighed: "Since your mother misses you, why don't you spend more time with her?" Why rush back? I don't have anything to do here, and it doesn't matter if you're not there. ”

The eldest girl smiled and said, "Miss is compassionate, but the slave maid can't be pampered and proud." ”

She took over the work of waiting for Zhao Ying again, talking and doing things as usual, and when the master and servant were alone and there was no one left and right, she took out a cloth bag wrapped in a handkerchief from her underwear, presented it to Zhao Ying, and said in a low voice: "Miss, this is sent by Second Young Master Xiao just after avoiding someone, please count it." ”

Zhao Ying was stunned, reached out to uncover the handkerchief, and after seeing what was inside, her face suddenly changed greatly.