The willow weeping swallow returns,

Cooking smoke bridge east paper kite flying.

The warm wind blows away the cold,

Sunny day on the bank of the Mengming River.

In February, the weather is getting warmer day by day.

The spring flowers in the corner of the wall have bloomed very much, and some flowers and trees also have green buds. A vision of recovery.

Mei Zhiyuan went to school and walked on the street, and actually saw a stall selling paper kites coming out, he took a colorful phoenix-style one casually, dropped a few big money, and walked home.

When he entered his bamboo pavilion, a maid Liu Qin greeted him, shouting "Big Young Master".

Seeing the colorful phoenix paper kite in his hand, Liu Qin was stunned for a moment, leaned over and bowed, "Say hello to the eldest young master!" She said.

Mei Zhiyuan was about to ask her if this kite was good-looking, but when he heard this, he was also stunned for a moment.

"What's the hi?" He said.

Liu Qin took the kite in his hand, gently stroked the pattern on the phoenix's body, and said softly: "Mrs. has already agreed with Mrs. Uncle that she will hire Miss Wanqing to be the eldest and youngest grandmother." ”

Mei Zhiyuan stood still and looked at Liu Qin with suspicion, "Who said this?" I didn't hear the wind at all. ”

"It was Sister Yanzi next to my wife who said it, saying that my wife wanted to change it with my uncle's wife, and I would ask the matchmaker to go to Yang's house to propose marriage in a few days." Liu Qin stood next to a clump of newly green leaves, watching Mei Zhiyuan answer the news she had heard.

Mei Zhiyuan stood there for a while, and was changed twice by Liu Qin before coming back to his senses, "I'm fine, you bring a basin of water to wash me." He said.

Seeing the kite in her hand, she felt a little dazzling, and said, "Give this to the second sister to play." ”

Mei Zhiyuan turned around and went back to the house, and after a while, Liu Qin went in with a basin of water and waited for him to wash up before withdrawing.

"Why is the eldest young master unhappy?" A twelve or thirteen-year-old maid came out of the ear room next to her, and she saw the two of them inside just now, talking by the flowers, so she didn't go out to obstruct her eyes.

"The eldest young master doesn't seem to want to marry Miss Yang Jiabiao,......" Liu Qin felt that she was talking too much, and she was very upset, and she didn't want to explain anything to her.

"Xiao Zhen, you go and send that Caifeng's kite to the second lady, and say that the eldest young master saw it on the street and bought it for her to play." She said.

Seeing that she didn't want to take care of herself, Xiao Zhen pursed her lips, went to the house to get a paper kite and went out.

Xiao Zhen raised the colorful phoenix in his hand as he walked, and compared it to the appearance of flying in the air, a gust of wind came, and the tail of the colorful phoenix floated up.

"Sister Xiaozhen, what are you holding! It's so beautiful......"

A maid about the size of the chopsticks came from another way and circled around the chopsticks.

"This is for the second lady, don't break it, you won't have anything to eat, and you will be beaten." The little chopsticks scared her.

This maid's name is Xiao He, she is cleaning the yard with the servant woman and mother-in-law, she hasn't been out for two years, she sees everything rarely, she wants to reach out and touch it when she sees such a beautiful kite, and she is frightened by Xiao Zhen and quickly retracts her hand.

"Did the eldest young master buy it for the second lady? The eldest young master is so good! She said.

"Well, the eldest young master is getting married." Xiao Zhen said.

While walking, Xiao Zhen told Xiao Hui what she had heard, and when she arrived in front of Ruoxian's courtyard, "If you don't go back, be careful that those old women unscrew your ears." She said.

Xiao He realized that he had been out for a long time, and he was afraid that he would be beaten up when he went back.

"I'll go play with you another day." As he spoke, he ran on the road.

When those servant women saw that Xiao Hui had been gone for a long time and came back, they wanted to beat her up to add a little excitement to a boring day and a little more fun.

"Where did the dead Nizi go crazy, it took so long to come back, and I didn't dare to hit you?" A mother-in-law rolled up her sleeves and went to twist her ears.

Xiao He shouted while avoiding the hands they caught, "Let me tell you one thing, the eldest young master was forced by his wife to marry." She said.

A few servant women stopped their feet and stopped chasing her, but just told her to hurry up and say what was going on.

So, Xiao He added fuel and vinegar and told them what she had heard, "I heard that Miss Yang Jiabiao has to marry the eldest young master of our family, and I heard that the eldest young master's more poster is going to leave today." The eldest young master had just come back, and when he heard this, the eldest was not happy......" she said.

Several women and mothers-in-law listened to what Xiao He said, and they all sighed for the eldest young master.

"How can there be any reason for a woman to force a man to marry?" Mrs. Li said.

"It's good to kiss and kiss like this!" Sister-in-law Qiu said.

"What!" Mrs. Zhu spit on the ground with disdain, and said, "I've become an old girl, so I'm going to marry our young master, why did I go earlier!" ”

"Not old! Didn't you say that you were the same age as the eldest young master? Sister-in-law Qiu said.

"Same age! The same age is seventeen this year, and it will be eighteen next year after the ceremony! Not old, how old are we? Mrs. Li said.

Mrs. Zhu turned her head and asked Xiao Zhen, "Which one did you listen to, it can't be fake, right?" ”

"I listen...... What the mother in the wife's yard said, how could it not be true! She exclaimed.

At night, Mei Zhiyuan was forced to marry Miss Yang, and there were multiple versions that spread in the Mei family.

I don't know which one spread the rumors in the house to the outside of the house, two days later, when Mei Zhiyuan arrived at the school, a classmate went over to persuade him to relax his heart, "The words of the matchmaker of the parents' orders, there is no way to disobey them, let it be!" He said.

Mei Zhiyuan didn't understand what he meant, and asked, "How did you say this?" ”

"What, you still pretend you don't know? Isn't it just your cousin's forced marriage! He said.

"Where did you hear that?" Mei Zhiyuan said that he was quite surprised, how did this matter spread outside.

"When I went out in the morning, I listened to the mother-in-law who guarded the door." This benevolent brother pulled Mei Zhiyuan to the corner and said, "Your parents are going to agree, you must not disobey your elders!" If you don't like this cousin, marry home according to your parents' wishes, and then find a pet you like. ”

Mei Zhiyuan was said to be uncomfortable. He is still early from marrying, and raising a concubine is even more of a shadow. But this rumor is too ugly to hear, and my cousin's reputation is going to be ruined.

The second wife, Yang, rushed into Guan Fangyuan in a rage, and shouted: "Ruoxue, Ruoxue, where is your eldest lady?" ”

"What's the matter with the second wife?" Qiao Lian said.

"I'm looking for Ruoxue to have something, Ruoxue ......," Yang said and was about to rush into the house.

Ruoxue came out of the piano room, "Please have tea in the second wife's flower hall." She said.

"No, here it is." As she spoke, her face was ugly, and she entered the west wing where Ruohong lived on the right.

Ruohong was watching her two younger siblings write, when she heard someone shouting into the yard, and heard the maid say that it was the second wife Yang, so she knew that there was nothing good, so she quickly asked Ruolan and Mei Zhishu to pack up their books and go home to write.

When Yang came in, she saw two children, sneakily tidying up, she didn't have the heart to let her, she sat on the chair by the window.

Mei Zhishu pulled Ruolan to salute the Yang family hastily, turned around and ran out like a plague god.

Ruoxue was almost knocked down by them when she came in, she held the door frame with her hand and walked into the threshold, seeing that they ran out, and a maid and woman followed out, she turned her head and said, "Who made the second aunt angry?" ”

"You must find out this matter for me, otherwise I won't be done with you!" Yang slapped the coffee table a few times and said loudly murderously.

Ruoxue walked into the room and sat down on the embroidered pier at the table opposite her, "What's the matter with the second aunt, I'll listen to it." She said.

Pomegranate took a cup of tea and put it on the coffee table in Yang's hand, took a few steps back, turned around and walked outside.

Yang took a sip of the tea bowl, and immediately spit it out again, "The dead girl wants to burn me to death!" She raised her hand and threw the bowl behind the pomegranate.

Most of the water in the tea bowl was splashed on the pomegranate, but fortunately, he was not wearing a single coat, so it would not burn his skin.

The crisp sound of the tea bowl hitting the ground startled Pomegranate, and coupled with Yang's scolding, she turned around to look, and a slap hit her in the face.

I don't know what Yang is wearing on his hand, but he actually scraped a bloody wound on the pomegranate's face.

The little girl cried as soon as she could, raised her hand to touch her face, touched her hand of blood, and was so frightened that she collapsed directly on the ground and fainted.

Ruohong saw Yang beating someone, so she stepped forward to pull her, and Yang slapped Ruohong again.

Ruohong subconsciously twisted her face to dodge, Rao is so, her face is also hot and painful, and her face should have been scratched by something.

Yang saw that he had beaten Ruohong, and saw a bloody mark on Ruohong's face, knowing that he was in trouble, he simply sat on the ground and splashed it, crying and shouting, saying that she was not alive.

Ruoxue was also startled when she saw that her sister's face was bleeding, and hurriedly called Lianxin to ask the doctor, and asked Gong Yue to help Ruohong go to her house and let the doctor take a closer look.

Mi Pearl came in, took a look at the chaos in the room, and frowned, she was playing with the guqin in the piano room just now, and she didn't come over, but she didn't expect to make such a mess in just a while.

Ruoxue asked her to take the pomegranate out and let the doctor take a good look.

Ruoxue stood in the house, her face was cold, like the ice that had accumulated in the ice cellar for many years, she looked at Yang who was sitting on the ground crying, and listened for a while before she understood what she said.

It turned out that the Yang family came to Ruoxue to ask her to check the whole house, find out the rumors, and sell them to the Qinlou Chu Pavilion.

I don't know who said that her niece's daughter was forced to force Mei Zhi to marry her, such gossip is too ugly!

Her niece and daughter also heard the gossip from the Mei family, crying and making trouble at home, and she had to go to the nunnery to be a sister-in-law.

Uncle Yang's mother was very angry and ran to Mei's house, and gave Yang a slap in the face indiscriminately, saying that she ruined her daughter's reputation, "Why agree if you don't want to marry?" Since you have agreed, why should you ruin my daughter's reputation, ruin my daughter's reputation, and your old gourd's face will shine brightly! ”

Yang was ashamed and angry, and it was not easy to argue with his sister-in-law, so he had to persuade his aunt Yang to leave with good words.

Yang found a few things wrong, beat and scolded the two maids and servants, and then calmed down her depressed mood, and then came to Guanfang Courtyard to find Ruoxue to find someone for her.

Ruoxue frowned when she heard this, how did she get this, how did it spread to the outside, so I have to check it.

Ruoxue called the two servant women, put Yang on the chairs, and asked them to fetch water, and waited for Yang to wash his face and calm his face.

Lian Xin came in and said, "The doctor is here, and he is showing the third lady the wound on her face." ”

"Got it." She said.

The two servant women and mothers-in-law came in with water, they were a little nervous, and the washing of the masters was mostly done by personal maids, how could the two of them be rough enough to do it, and if they didn't do it, they would be punished by beating the board and kneeling.

"Lianxin, you go and help the second wife calm down." Ruoxue said, glancing at Yang's hand.

Lian Xin understood, stepped forward to test the water temperature in the basin, and let a little hot water be added, before putting the handkerchief into the basin and soaking it, taking it out and twisting it into a half-dry, "Second wife, close your eyes." She said.

Yang closed her red eyes, enjoyed Lianxin's service, and gently wiped her cheeks, this feeling made her sigh, even the maid in the long room was better than hers, why couldn't she be Mrs. Changfang!

Lian Xin wiped Yang's face twice, washed her hands again, and then sent her mother-in-law to bring the basin out, she retreated to Ruoxue's side and shook her head.

Yang praised Lianxin twice, and said to Ruoxue: "You must check those minions who chew, and find out that they are all sold to the Qinglou." She had just washed her face and settled down.

"Okay, let's check it out." Ruoxue said.

Ruoxue also agreed to investigate, but she had to check from the second wife's yard first, and the matter happened in her yard, so it was natural to start from her.

The second wife wanted to refuse, but she had no reason to refute, so she had to agree.

Ruoxue asked her to invite Hao's mother from Tian's side, and then called Weng's mother and several housekeepers in the inner courtyard to go to the courtyard where the second wife lived.

Start with the little maid, and interrogate one level at a time until the source is asked.

The few stewards who were not worried about the Yang family went to inquire, and after talking to Ruoxue, they went back to watch them act.

Watching the Yang family leave the Guanfang Courtyard, Ruoxue asked Lian Xin, "What does the second wife have in her hand, can you see it clearly?" She said.

"The slave maid touched the second wife's hand, but she didn't find any hard objects, and she didn't touch anything on the ring." Lian Xin said.

She couldn't guess what the second wife was wearing on her hand, so why didn't she find it! You can't fly, do you?

Ruoxue turned around and entered the east wing, and saw Ruohong sitting on the rosewood embroidery pier by the table, and hurriedly walked over to look at the scars on her face.

"Is the injury serious? What did the doctor say? She said.

On Ruohong's left cheek, there is a beaten flush, and there is an inch-long scar near the pinna to the cheek, like a small strand of hair falling from a milk custard, which is so eye-catching.

"How's that for good? What if this leaves a scar! Ruoxue said.

"It's a little hurt, it's fine." Ruohong pulled her to sit down, "I'm still young, and I have strong repair ability, so I won't be able to see it after a year and a half." She said.

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