Xu Yingzhen had a decent life in the Yuan Mansion, but he felt that the Yuan Mansion was a little too clean. Diancui was worried about her grandmother's old man's health, and because her two brothers were not with her parents, she often went back to her parents' house to stay for a few days. Yuan Zhiheng became more and more busy with government affairs on weekdays, and as soon as he returned to the mansion, he would go to the study, or he would also go to Yue's house to have dinner with Master Guisan.

As for the school on the other side of the Water Pavilion, Xu Yingzhen didn't dare to approach. The Ci sister is very fierce, and very cunning, the first few times she secretly ran to see, once was learned to shoot archery Sister Ci shot down the gold inlaid jade hairpin on the head, once inexplicably planted in the water, embarrassed by the people in the house to salvage out, suffering from typhoid fever for several days, this is not good to get out of bed.

"Miss, the mother is urging again." The little maid whispered to dress up Xu Yingzhen.

Xu Yingzhen frowned, the lifestyle of this family was different from the people she had seen, as if there were no rules at all. But they perform their duties in an orderly manner, and others don't seem to be able to integrate at all, even if the mother urges and urges, what can she do.

"Are you back today?" Xu Yingzhen asked the maid to change her into a plain dress, and her face at the beginning of her serious illness became more and more beautiful, and I felt pity.

Yuan Zhiheng saw that Tian'er's dragon was not the end, and his study did not allow others to approach, she stopped several times on the road, but was touched by the ghostly sister Ci'er, Sister Ci'er raised the pony whip in her hand, and she had to stomp her feet back to her yard.

In the past few days, she has been sick, and as the master's family, the Gui family has come a few times to ask for warmth, but Lord Yuan has never even taken a look at him.

Is he really cold-hearted and cold-hearted, she didn't believe it, she had seen the way he looked when he was facing Na Gui, so gentle and so doting, and the corners of his eyebrows, eyes and mouth were overflowing with honey.

She thinks that she is no worse than Gui, and her appearance is not worse than him, but she is younger, and her family background is more heaven and earth with her.

"I haven't come back yet, but Miss Yuan is not in the house today, I heard that I accompanied the female gentleman from the Water Pavilion to visit Yue's house." The maid said softly.

It's better not to be a little evil star.

"Let's make some delicious meals in the kitchenette in our yard, faster." Xu Yingzhen urged.

At night, Yuan Zhiheng came back, Xu Yingzhen stood under the flower gallery wearing a moon-white plain brocade goose feather, and the moonlight was sprinkled like a fairy who fell into the mortal dust, the same color as the moon.

Yuan Zhiheng was full of thoughts, but was stopped by her, and raised his head suddenly, as if he was startled.

Xu Yingzhen was a little annoyed, and seemed to be coquettish: "My lord, are you afraid of me?" ”

"At night, I dress like a ghost, and no one is afraid to see it." Especially her bloodless face, it is really scary, Yuan Zhiheng said impatiently, and then carefully bypassed her and went to the study.

Xu Yingzhen stomped his feet hatefully, went back to look at the table of food in the room, and suddenly felt that he had lost his appetite, and waved his hand in disgust. The maid persuaded her that she was going to be well and that she should have some dinner, but she splashed her face with tea, and the maid hid her face and ran out crying. Xu Yingzhen was angry at the maid, and this mood calmed down.

It turns out that he doesn't like people and is pure, and it's no wonder that he married the beautiful and delicate Gui family, which makes people feel undignified and stable at a glance.

If you talk about being charming, Emperor Xu Guifei is the entire harem, and her Xu Yingzhen's appearance is a little bit like Emperor Xu's concubine, no matter how good she is dressed up, it will naturally make people look straight.

On the second day, Xu Yingzhen wore a red and gold-sprinkled jacket, erected a high cloud bun, wore a string of red gold beads inlaid with rubies on his forehead, and carried a small bamboo basket under a persimmon tree in the garden of Yuanfu's crossing.

The red persimmons were already fully ripe, and before she could order someone to pick them, she saw that they were fresh. The little girl wore a blue dress, took a bamboo pole and beat it hard, and the persimmon fell to the ground and broke it.

The maid in the garden saw that her heart twitched, and someone even ran to the lady's yard to find the young girl. The flowers and trees in this house are all taken care of by the young girl, the master and servant are not outsiders, according to the persimmon tree is a burst of knocking, not to mention that the lady will be unhappy when she comes back, they are distressed when they look at it.

Qingqing heard this, rushed over, grabbed the maid's bamboo pole and threw it, this persimmon is astringent, it is the master deliberately put on the branch to mature for a few more days, and then people carefully picked it back and boiled it with wine to make persimmons to eat. They're so good, they all broke if they didn't move and knocked!

Yuan Zhiheng heard the movement, and when he came, he saw Qingqing arguing with the maid.

Xu Yingzhen was overjoyed when he saw Yuan Zhiheng coming, but he pretended not to see it, and took the basket and went over briskly to pick up the red persimmons on the ground.

It's just that the persimmon was broken, and when I got closer, I saw the yellow juice flowing, and I saw Xu Yingzhen feeling nauseous, trembling and picking up one, and hurriedly threw it into the basket.

Yuan Zhiheng didn't move behind him, the two maids didn't dare to quarrel anymore, they only stood on one side, and everyone just looked at Miss Xu and buried her head in picking up the rotten persimmon.

"Someone stopped this persimmon tree, and no one was allowed to approach until the lady returned." Yuan Zhiheng left a sentence, and he was about to leave with his feet raised.

"Your Excellency!" Xu Yingzhen didn't have time to pretend to pick up persimmons anymore, and stepped forward to grab the corner of Yuan Zhiheng's sleeve.

"Adults shouldn't have breakfast yet, and Zhen'er hasn't either, can you go and use some with adults." Xu Yingzhen said seriously, with a simple face and clear eyes, where is there any arrogance in front of outsiders.

Yuan Zhiheng looked at her and was noncommittal, Xu Yingzhen only took him as a default, and followed behind excitedly, looking at Yuan Zhiheng's straight back, broad shoulders, long ink-colored hair, and red cheeks. Think

Qingqing gritted her teeth behind her, glared at the maid, and turned around to order someone to fence the persimmon tree, and to count the signs on it, and the idle people should not approach!

After breakfast, Yuan Zhiheng did not remember to get up, but served a pot of tea with Yuan Fu.

Xu Yingzhen saw his expression, and couldn't help but beat a drum in his heart. It's not that she hadn't heard some rumors before she came to the Yuan Mansion. Although Yuan Zhiheng was born in Jiangnan, his temperament is notoriously difficult to get along with, and he never looks like a gentle and jade boy to attract the attention of women intentionally or unintentionally, but is notoriously mean and unkind.

It is precisely because of Yuan Zhiheng's temperament that she didn't dare to make mistakes easily, and she didn't use the methods taught by those aunts at home.

"When Madame comes back, you can say hello to her, and then go back to Xu's house." Yuan Zhiheng took a sip of tea and said slowly.

Xu Yingzhen's face suddenly turned pale: "Yes...... Am I doing badly? Are grown-ups hating me? I didn't...... Hurt Mrs. ”

"I know that if you use those means, my wife and I will not let you stay in the Yuan Mansion for so long." Yuan Zhiheng was patient, and since he had Sister Ci, his temperament has become more and more gentle.

Xu Yingzhen saw that he was still kind and pleasant, so he looked at him boldly, and asked shyly, "Do you think the adults think I'm not beautiful?" ”

Yuan Zhiheng really looked at it carefully, and said, "The posture of a Chinese person." ”

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Xu Yingzhen's face turned blue again, bit his lip and said: "People all say that they marry a wife to marry a virtuous person, not based on appearance. ”

"Yuan already has a wife," Yuan Zhiheng frowned, and began to be a little impatient: "You and I both know that Emperor Xu's meaning is nothing more than wanting to give me a concubine room, a concubine room, how can I compare with a wife." ”

"What Lord Yuan said is that Zhen'er has no other delusions, and is willing to serve the concubine by the lord's side." Xu Yingzhen also felt embarrassed after saying this, but Yuan Zhiheng obviously appreciated her frankness, so he was willing to explain more to her:

"In this capital, there are not a few wives and concubines in the house. But she is lazy and her eyes are not big, and now that the people in the house are simple, she can cope with it. If a few more aunts come, she will say that it is okay, but she can't help but not bother to deal with it, and she will not have time to eat tea and listen to the play, and she will probably be unhappy. Yuan Zhiheng said seriously, Xu Yingzhen also listened carefully, and after listening to it, he was stunned for a long time, and looked at Yuan Zhiheng with a flickering look in his eyes.

"After you hear this, if you think that I have become a rare infatuated man in this world, and you fantasize that one day I will do this to you, then you are wrong," Yuan Zhiheng seemed to see her mind thoroughly, and said lightly: "I am like this to her, it does not mean that I am like this to everyone in this world." ”

"Why?" Xu Yingzhen really understood why many people said that he was mean and ruthless, and at this time she only felt trembling all over, and she was almost silent: "Just because of me...... The posture of a man? ”

Isn't judging people by their appearance inferior?

"Yes, I don't like ugly people." Yuan Zhiheng left a knife-like sentence, Xu Yingzhen cried and went back to his yard, packed up his baggage that day, and didn't wait for Diancui to come back, and entered the palace without saying a loud hello.

"He didn't want to take you as a concubine because of your ugly appearance?" Emperor Xu Guifei muttered to herself incredulously, and then her eyes lit up, thinking that Lord Yuan's vision was high, and she was just like a man in the world, so she immediately sent two beauties with stunning faces and excellent figures to Yuan's mansion.

Diancui accompanied her grandmother in the homecoming, and spoke for her grandmother every day, telling some interesting things to tease her when she was in Hangzhou. I heard that the maid from the Yuan Mansion came to report that Miss Xu had had breakfast with the adults once, and then left the Yuan Mansion crying.

A day later, I heard that Emperor Xu Guifei had sent two more beautiful women to the mansion, Diancui gritted her teeth and planned to go back to take a look. But she was stopped by the maid in the house, saying that the adult asked her to stay at her mother's house for a few more days, waiting for when the house was clean and when she would take her back.

In Wan'an Palace, Emperor Xu's concubine was furious and threw several jade cups, which calmed down her anger slightly.

This Lord Yuan didn't know how to lift, and sent Miss Xu to go, he thought Miss Xu was not beautiful, so he sent a stunning beauty, and he said that people were wood, and there was no style. This time, Niangniang personally bought two thin horses from Yangzhou that were extremely talented and artistic, and said that they were not clean...... That's all Huanghuaer's daughters, why aren't they clean! The palace maid beside Emperor Xu was angry.

Emperor Xu sneered, and said Don't you understand, it's not that there is a problem with the person sent by the palace, it's that he doesn't want to take a concubine at all, and he also found these excuses, he deliberately disgusted the palace and made the palace ugly.

She was indeed ugly this time, not only did the queen look at her with a smile instead of a smile, but even those lowly concubines secretly regarded this matter as a joke.

Emperor Xu was angry, and she went to the emperor to complain, in exchange for the emperor laughing twice, saying that Yuan Qing's family has this temperament, just like when I was young.

When Emperor Xu heard him mention that she was young, her face immediately turned pale, and she suddenly felt full of grievances.

The emperor and queen are young couples, the queen is not in good health, the two have been married for more than ten years before the queen gave birth to a son, no matter how many concubines are favored, they have not been able to give birth to a son and a half daughter, even if they later entered the palace to favor the crown harem, but only after the queen gave birth to Queen Gong, she gave birth to King Qi. The emperor is now old and has few heirs.

She also suspected that the emperor had such a deep affection for the queen, and once after the emperor was drunk, he revealed the truth to her that the queen's family was huge at that time, and he was afraid of this before he made this decision, and he didn't want an heir until the queen's family declined...... In addition, the emperor doted on Emperor Xu and his mother, but he was extremely indifferent to the queen's mother and son, and some of the doubts in her heart were lightened.

But now it seems that she can't see through the fiction and reality, the truth and the falsehood.