There are still a few days before the New Year's Festival, and it is expected that there will be no good place to live in the capital, so Xiliu came to Shen Ting to help. Shen Ting was very generous, and after hearing the reason, he only frowned slightly, and then instructed Shi Xin to find a courtyard in Jingbei for Xiliu. After that, Xiliu and the others went to the capital, except for a few concubines of An Qingming, who occasionally had some small conflicts because of the competition for favors, and the group arrived in the capital on Chinese New Year's Eve, and hurriedly passed an extremely cold New Year.

In the second year of junior high school, Xiliu stared at the waiter to boil medicine for An Qingming and personally brought it to him. Although the location of the courtyard that Shen Ting helped find was a little remote, it was very spacious and comfortable, and there were many rooms, enough for Xiliu and the others. Xiliu picked the northernmost courtyard, An Qingming lived in the southernmost place, with a small garden in between, which was generally noisy and would not easily affect each other, as if it was a yard specially chosen for An Qingming and Xiliu's situation.

Xiliu walked with the finch for half an hour before coming to An Qingming's residence. At this moment, he was reclining on the bamboo and rattan in the courtyard, frolicking with the concubines, on the fiery stove, boiling a pot of sake, and the snowy courtyard was still scattered with the deep and shallow messy footprints left by their frolicking.

Xiliu said inadvertently: "It's cold, it's better to blow less wind." ”

Since coming to the capital, Xiliu is no longer busy with business matters, and has a little more concern for An Qingming and his concubines, for example, now, she has also instructed An Qingming for the first time, but that's all. She didn't get along well with him, and when she first arrived in the capital, although she had no business, she still had a lot of things to do, except for necessary things, such as personally supervising his decoction, and she still didn't ask too much about other things.

Zhu Yuan saw that Xi was staying, sneered at An Qingming, and said in her unique sarcastic tone: "An Lang, Madame has personally brought you medicine, let's drink it quickly." ”

An Qingming pinched her chin and scolded her with a smile: "Your mouth is sweet, and you treat me all the time, why is it that when Mrs. comes today, you are so obedient, is it possible, you don't want to serve me, but want to serve her?" ”

An Qingming's three concubines, one of them called Zhuyuan, as his name suggests, is very charming, graceful, even if the woman sees it, she can't help blushing, and her words, with the pungent and hot air in the hook bar, are very seductive. Another called Yurun, Yurun and Zhuyuan are actually a pair of sister flowers, but Yurun looks different from Zhuyuan, she looks beautiful, such as new leaves in early spring, jasper is beautiful, cute, and very interesting to speak, but it is not at all clear and mean, for example, she continued: "Sister, Anlang was angry by your words, don't hurry up and coax, otherwise, there will be no good days today." ”

So Zhu Yuan immediately continued: "An Lang, the concubine is joking, don't take it seriously, what is there to serve Madame, where can Zhu Yuan leave the master?" ”

An Qingming's third concubine, called thrush, thrush is different from Zhuyuan Yurun, she looks gorgeous and cold, and her temperament is the most arrogant, but she is the most loved by An Qingming, at this moment, seeing the Zhuyuan Yurun sisters singing and drinking, she only sneered and said: "An Lang, isn't Mrs. just serving you medicine?" Why did the two sisters say that it was like she had done a great deed, and it was not a natural thing to serve her husband? Look at what Zhu Yuan said, what does it look like? ”

When An Qingming heard this, he didn't say anything, but smiled meaningfully, saying that he agreed with what they said, and wanted to see how Xiliu responded at the moment.

Although Xiliu didn't have much contact with them, after the relays of the finch, he also knew a little bit about the behavior of several concubines, and now it seems that he is indeed a little pampered and arrogant. Xiliu also understood that An Qingming was targeting her, and he didn't care, so he just handed the medicine over and said lightly: "Drink the medicine quickly, I have something to tell you." ”

An Qingming took the medicine bowl, drank it all, laughed at himself, and said to the thrush: "Look, today's lady not only serves the medicine herself, but also has something to tell me, thrush, what do you think she has in mind?" ”

Zhu Yuan replied: "Oh, Anlang, you don't know this, depending on the concubine's body, Kyoto is cold, Mrs. must be lonely and sleepless, I want to say hello to you, I can say it first, I will not let it be the first." ”

Yurun echoed: "Ah~ This is really a rare thing, sister, you said that compared with the thrush sister, will the coldness of the lady be more favored by the lord?" ”

Hearing this, the thrush said disdainfully: "Whoever wants to compare with his wife, if the master is not rare with me, I will just go." ”

An Qingming hurriedly coaxed her: "Good thrush, what are you talking about, how could An Lang be willing to give you up..."

It is said that three women are a play, these three women plus a man, it is a good show, listening to them back and forth, chattering, Xiliu actually watched it with relish, and there was a trace of idle smile on the corner of her mouth, she had not seen a few people fighting before, but she was busy before, and she had no heart to taste, and today I listened carefully, but it was terrible, and the sentences were sharp.

But Que'er couldn't stand her master being despised by others, she said with a cold face: "Young owner, my uncle is not free, or let's do something else first, we have to go to the street today..."

Keiliu turned his head to look at her and asked with a smile, "Is there anything lively on the street today?" Do you have to go out? ”

Que'er replied: "Shen Gongzi came to Beijing and said that he wanted to ask you to go shopping in the capital together, but you have been looking at medicine just now, so I won't have time to tell you in the future." ”

Que Er snorted coldly in her heart, An Qingming is not a rare owner, and there are rare people.

The master and servant have been for more than ten years, and what the finch thinks, Xiliu naturally knows, otherwise why would she have to carry Shen Ting out at this moment, it is not a hurry.

She intended to protect each other, and she was naturally grateful for it, so she was very cooperative, Xiliu pursed her lips and smiled back: "Cheng, I didn't expect Brother Shen to come to Beijing too, he is familiar with the capital, and it is most suitable to go shopping with him." ”

The two turned around and wanted to go back, when they heard An Qingming's sarcastic voice coming: "Didn't Madam just say that she had something to tell me?" Why, as soon as I heard that Shen Ting was coming, I put things aside, I don't know, I thought you and Shen Ting were husband and wife. ”

His eyes were gloomy, his expression was inexplicable, and there was an evil smile on the corner of his mouth. When the three concubines saw him look like this, they knew that he was really angry, so they kept silent very sensibly, but their expressions were all subtle.

Xiliu replied: "I was going to say it, didn't I see that my husband was busy, this matter is very secret, I don't want the three ladies to hear it, if you are not happy, then we can talk about it another day." ”

Chatting with An Qingming, you must not be in a hurry, the more anxious you are, the more proud he is. This is the skill that Keiliu summed up in the past two years of getting along.

An Qingming waved his hand to send the three concubines back, and said indifferently: "If you have something to say, say it quickly." "I don't have the patience to joke before.

Xiliu went straight in and asked, "How many days do you want to stay in the capital?" I understand your homesickness, but two days is enough. The capital is too dangerous, so it's better to go back early. ”

An Qingming replied lightly: "I won't go back, I want to go back to yourself." ”

Keiliu asked, "What the hell do you want to do?" ”

An Qingming's eyes were fierce: "What you owe me, what you owe to my mother, I want them all back." ”

Xiliu was annoyed: "So, you have to toss in the capital, and you have to drag our Xi family to die with you, right?" ”

An Qingming sneered: "Shouldn't you? Don't take a bite of a Xi's family, don't forget, your original surname is Xie. ”