When he entered the west courtyard, he saw that the door of the wing room was mottled by burning, and after inquiry, he learned that Honglian temporarily lived in the annex in the west courtyard.

Bypassing a small lake and reaching the depths of the west courtyard, we arrived at the other courtyard, where Red Lotus was sweeping the snow in the courtyard with a broom.

Compared with before, Honglian has lost a lot of weight, even if she is wearing a thick coat, she is still such a small shadow, and it seems a little difficult to hold a big broom.

Jiang Zuiyao walked over and asked, "Why don't you see anyone sweeping for you?" ”

Honglian suddenly turned around when she heard the sound, tired and sweaty, under heavy breathing, exhaled white air, seeing that it was Jiang Zuiyao, she was busy smiling, but she smiled a little bitterly: "Why are you here?" Please come in and sit down. ”

Jiang Zuiyao looked at the remnants of snow in the garden and asked, "It's been snowing for several days, how can you clean it?" ”

Red Lotus's frozen red fingers stood the broom by the door, and said with a smile: "I only moved here this morning." ”

Jiang Zuiyao then said to Li Yan: "Go and call a few people to come over and clean the yard." ”

Li Yan answered and went out.

Honglian stopped: "No need, I can do it myself." ”

Jiang Zuiyao smiled kindly: "I know what you're worried about, don't worry, I'm the eldest young lady in the family, and now my father and mother don't dare to show me my face, and those subordinates don't dare to say anything." ”

Honglian smiled bitterly, her cheeks trembled slightly under the smile, her smile was a little unnatural, and she opened the curtain that blocked the wind and said, "It's cold outside, come into the house." ”

Jiang Zuiyao entered the house, looked around, it was really an exquisite courtyard, the furniture and objects were all fine sandalwood, and the decoration was even more luxurious.

Honglian also noticed Jiang Zuiyao looking around, so she said: "This place used to be Zimo's study, and my original house was burned, so he let me live here." ”

Jiang Zuiyao walked over and sat down with a smile and said, "This is a blessing in disguise." ”

Honglian smiled back and said: "What Zimo means is that this place is remote, and I can't see people on weekdays, and I am happy here, that is, ......."

Seeing that she wanted to speak and stopped, Jiang Zuiyao asked, "What is it?" ”

The smile on Honglian's face all dissipated, and she said with concern: "I just don't know if Madame knows, will she let me move out, after all, I'm just a subordinate, where can I live in such a good courtyard." ”

Jiang Zuiyao frowned: "Red Lotus, don't say that, you are not a subordinate, you are the lover of the third young master." ”

Honglian said bitterly: "What about lovers? That's it, let's not talk about these troubles, why did you come here today? Is there something wrong? ”

Jiang Zuiyao's arrival was indeed a little sudden, she smiled: "It's nothing, I haven't lived in the mansion these days, I only came back today because of the new year, I took the time to come and see you, and brought you some winter things." ”

Linghui and Xijun hurriedly put the things they brought over on the table, and Honglian got up and opened them one by one, very surprised, and said: "I don't lack items for the winter, and the young lady is still ......."

Jiang Zuiyao knew what Honglian was going to say, so she got up and walked to her side to divert the topic and said, "I saw that the two of us were about the same size, and I didn't have these clothes on yet, and I couldn't keep them on them, so I sent them to you." There is also the hand warmer, which was rewarded to me by the Queen Mother a while ago, and you can keep it. ”

"I don't dare to ask for the precious objects rewarded by the Queen Mother."

"It's okay, I still have three or four hand warmers to use, you can keep them, but don't say to outsiders that it is the queen mother's reward, it is not in accordance with the rules to spread it, let's just know it in private."

After finishing speaking, Jiang Zuiyao looked at the red lotus's bun, and only a wooden hairpin was pinned cleanly, and hurriedly opened a brocade box and said: "These two sets of jewelry have also been brought to you, they are all fine jadeite, and they will look good if they are worn on the head." ”

looked at a table of things sent by Jiang Zuiyao, winter clothes, hand warmers, jewelry, blankets, brocade mats......

Honglian was a little dazzled, but more uneasy, raised her eyes and asked, "You came over today, are you really okay?" ”

Jiang Zuiyao smiled and said: "It's really just to come and see you, you can't do without these things, it's almost the New Year, you can't be too shabby, don't be pressured, it's all a congratulatory gift from me to you and the third young master, and when you become a concubine in the future, don't worry about me as a gift." ”

At the end of the words, Jiang Zuiyao pretended to joke, which made Honglian couldn't help but laugh.

With a smile, her eyes became wet, and she quickly turned her head to wipe her tears.

Jiang Zuiyao was taken aback: "What are you crying about?" ”

Honglian smiled while wiping her tears: "It's nothing, it's nothing, just sit down and talk." ”

Jiang Zuiyao knew that Honglian was moved, and since she entered Shaofu, Honglian has suffered a lot of grievances, except for Shao Zimo, she is the first person to treat her well.

The two sat down, and Honglian remembered: "By the way, I'll go make you tea." ”

Jiang Zuiyao hurriedly grabbed the red lotus and said, "Don't bother, I'll sit and leave, today is the New Year, and I will have to work with my mother later." ”

Honglian had no choice but to sit down, but thinking that it was always a little rude, she said: "Then stay for lunch, I'll make a few specialty dishes, soon, I won't delay you for long." ”

Jiang Zuiyao thought that he couldn't make Honglian uneasy, so he nodded and said, "It's okay, it just so happens that I haven't had lunch yet." ”

Honglian really got up happily and went to the small kitchen.

Jiang Zuiyao was bored in the house, so she got up and went to the small kitchen, and saw that Honglian had just cut the vegetables and was busy stir-frying, Jiang Zuiyao walked over and said with a smile: "I didn't expect there to be a small kitchen in this courtyard." ”

While Honglian was busy stir-frying, she replied: "Originally, there was none, but Zimo specially bought it for me." ”

This made Jiang Zuiyao a little relieved, fortunately, Shao Zimo was still worthy of the Red Lotus, if he didn't have his protection, the Red Lotus would have to live a hard life.

After the meal was ready, Jiang Zuiyao and Honglian sat at the dinner table, Honglian smiled: "You came in a hurry, I didn't prepare, you did what you had in the kitchen, don't dislike it." ”

Jiang Zuiyao replied: "These dishes are very good, they are delicious at home." ”

Picking up a piece of lotus root, Jiang Zuiyao immediately praised: "It's delicious, I didn't expect you to really have a hand at cooking." ”

Honglian hurriedly put the dishes into Jiang Zuiyao's dinner, and said, "If you like it, eat more." ”

The two of them were laughing and gossiping, eating at the same time, and when they had filled their stomachs, Jiang Zuiyao asked Linghui and Xi Wei to take down the food, and the two of them sat down and chatted.

Jiang Zuiyao had already seen the red lotus fingers, and originally thought that it was just clearing the snow and freezing, but after so long, it hadn't turned around, so she asked, "What's wrong with your hand?" ”

Honglian tightened her fingertips, shook her head and said, "It's okay, I got frostbite on my hand a while ago." ”