Streams of golden light pierced through the clouds and sprinkled down on the rooftop courtyard, gilding everything with gold.

Tong Yan was bored and half lying on the couch, listening to Qingzhi read her a notebook.

She half-squinted at the flowers in the vase by the window, and at some point the wilted magnolia flower was gone, replaced by a new gardenia, white and pure, and exuding a faint fragrance.

The book tells the story of a loving father.

She didn't interrupt Qingzhi, she still listened to her quietly, and her thoughts had drifted to the clouds.

Father, she recalls these two words in her heart.

Once upon a time, she also had a loving father and a happy home.

Speaking of which, He Laifu was born as a serious scholar, and when she was young, he had been working as a bookkeeper for a shop in the town.

Tong Yan remembers that every day when he comes home, he will bring her a small gift, sometimes two pieces of candy, sometimes a small snack, sometimes a small doll. He would also carry her on his shoulders and run around the narrow courtyard, making her laugh.

Her aunt often cooks at this hour, still holding a spoon in her hand, and comes out of the house angrily and laughs and shouts to him, don't drop her daughter.

Bathed in the golden afterglow, a family of three sat happily in the courtyard and ate.

When was such a happy day broken?

Tong Yan can't remember clearly, maybe it's a certain day, maybe it's a cycle.

The family's money was lost, He Laifu began to drink heavily, pointed at them with a stick, and asked A-Niang to hand over the money, A-Niang could only helplessly hug her and shrink in a corner to hide her face and cry.

Tong Yan's heart suddenly blocked, a little uncomfortable.

"County Lord, the prince has sent someone to pass the word." Ji Yue walked in and saluted.

Qingzhi stopped and looked at the county lord, only to find that the county lord's eyes were a little red.

Tong Yan's thoughts were interrupted all of a sudden, but she was secretly a little glad, if she thought about it again, her heart would be even more uncomfortable.

She sat up from the couch and asked gently, "What's wrong?" ”

"It was the big maid beside the prince who came over quietly, did the county lord let her in, or did the maid go and ask her to retreat directly." Ji Yue asked.

Tong Yan thought for a moment, "Let her in." ”

Ji Yue answered, and went out to bring Jing Si in.

With a small face with a big palm, slender eyebrows and eyes, a small cherry mouth, white skin and long legs, and a charm between the eyebrows and eyes, it looks like it has been in its teens for more than ten years.

She wore a pair of ruby pendants on her earlobes, several delicate gold hairpins in her hair, and a gold and jade bracelet on her wrist, all of which looked very valuable.

Tong Yan was secretly surprised, generally maids of this age are promised, and what she wears is more expensive than ordinary young ladies, where is it like a maid who serves people.

"The servant has seen the county lord quietly." She lowered her eyebrows and saluted Tong Yan.

Thinking that this meditation should be very decent in front of the prince, Tong Yan nodded and said with a smile: "What does my father command?" ”

"The prince invited the county lord to dine in the flower hall of Jiaxing Hall in the front yard for more than half of the time, and the prince, the second son, the county lord of Wen'an, and the county lord of Qingping all had to go over, which was also a small family banquet." Jing Si said with a smile.

In fact, it was to let her recognize the people in her family, Tong Yan knew very well in her heart.

It's just that the county lord of Wen'an is also there, which makes her feel a little palpitating, she was not locked up in the morning, but how could she be released again at night.

Although Tongyue said and did something, she didn't take it to heart, even if she was related by blood, it was only the first day of meeting, but this unobtrusive mouth made everyone very embarrassed, but it made people a little unable to get off the stage.

I just hope she doesn't have any more moths at night.

Tong Yan prayed silently in her heart,

Jing Si saw that when she mentioned the county lord of Wen'an, the county lord of Zhaoyang looked a little unpleasant, and she explained with a smile: "The prince came back today and has already reprimanded the county lord of Wen'an, and today's family banquet was arranged for the county lord. ”

Tong Yan was seen through by others, a little embarrassed, pursed her lips and smiled.

Jing Si liked it in his heart when he saw the county lord of Zhaoyang for the first time, a pair of peach blossom eyes that were a little charming but could not hide the clarity and cleanliness of the eyes, inadvertently revealing a trace of timidity, but he was calm and casual, compared to the arrogant and difficult county lord of Wen'an, and the gentle and calculating county lord of Qingping, he was much more likable, like a beautiful and stubborn porcelain doll.

"However, since the princess ordered the confinement of the county lord of Wen'an, the prince did not refute the princess's face, saying that he would wait for tomorrow and still do what the princess said before." Jing Si said with a smile, and his tone was a little playful.

Tong Yan has a few good feelings about Jing Si in her heart.

Because of how she is rich and addicted to gambling, she has seen all kinds of people since she was a child, from sensitive to vigilant, to looking into everyone's eyes to explore what kind of thoughts they have in their hearts.

Therefore, whether others treat her sincerely or falsely, she can see much more clearly.

Ji Yue sent Jing Si out.

Aoeda called Suzune to comb the county lord's hair.

Tong Yan sat in front of the mirror, while being served by Lingyin, she asked Qingzhi curiously: "How does this meditation look different from ordinary maids, what she wears can catch up with ordinary young ladies, and she doesn't look young, why is she still unmarried?" ”

Qingzhi's face was slightly red, and Jing Si was naturally different from these ordinary maids, she was the prince's maid, and it was hard to say that the prince would help her as a concubine in two years.

But the county lord is only a half-grown child, how can this be explained.

She thought about it and explained with a smile: "Jing Si is the prince's personal maid, usually serving the prince's life, and is very decent in front of the prince, since it is different from the maids, the prince is used to her serving, and he is reluctant to let her marry." ”

Tong Yan nodded thoughtfully.

Qingzhi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"But aren't you also the personal maids of the county lord's side? Aren't you decent? Why is it different from yours? Tong Yan asked strangely with a blink of her bright eyes.

Qingzhi originally thought that this was over, but she didn't expect the county lord to ask a more tricky question, and she was suddenly hesitant and a little difficult to answer.

Ling Yin smiled and relieved the siege: "After all, the prince is the head of the family, and the servants are the personal servants of the county lord, and they always have to respect the people around the prince." ”

Aoeda cast a grateful look like Suzune.

Tong Yan bowed her head and looked at Qingzhi and Lingyin silently.

The silver hairpin silk flower on the head, the plain silver bracelet on the wrist, and the green jade droplets on the ears......

She secretly compared it in her heart, this is inevitably a little too shabby, is there such a big gap between the county lord and the prince's personal servant?

Another day, these outfits will have to be arranged for them! Tong Yan secretly decided.