Zheng Lingyi has always rarely worshiped the Buddha and prayed to God, but when he got up in the morning these days, he couldn't help but close his eyes and pray for one or two, one for the safe return of Lu Nong, and the other for Wu to punish the exam smoothly.

She knelt on the futon, praying quietly and reverently, the sandalwood curling and dissipating at the height of her eyebrows.

When he closed his eyes, the sounds around him became extremely clear, Zheng Lingyi seemed to be able to hear the wind in the courtyard, blowing uneasy, and he could also hear the familiar footsteps getting closer and closer.

The footsteps were not as light and playful as before, but Zheng Lingyi could still hear that it was the green beads coming.

The door to the outer room was pushed open, and the wind rushed in, pushing the small door of the inner room with a slight rattling sound.

Zheng Lingyi slowly opened his eyes and heard the voice of the green bead coming from outside, "Madam, let's have breakfast." ”

Lu Zhu was standing at the table in the outer courtyard to distribute vegetables, the door of the inner room opened silently, and Zheng Lingyi walked out, his eyes moving from Lu Zhu's face to the corner of the envelope exposed under the tray.

Luzhu walked towards the door, closed the door, and said, "It's windy today, so the slave and maid close the door." ”

When she turned around, Zheng Lingyi was already reading the letter.

This letter was brought back by Jin's mother when she went to buy, and Zheng Changchang wrote the letter and handed it to the Lu family cloth shop when she took the opportunity to go out.

The Lu family was waiting for her at the morning market where people went to Jin's mother to buy, and the letter arrived in Zheng Lingyi's hand.

Zheng Changchang's words are not as elegant as Zheng Lingyi's, but they are quite neat, and they look refreshing at a glance.

"Madame, whose letter is it?" Luzhu lifted the lid of the casserole, and the rice porridge was boiled out and shiny.

"Chang Chang's." Zheng Lingyi's index finger folded, and the soft letter paper bent over, revealing a pair of smart and beautiful eyes.

"Sister? What did she say? Lu Zhu put the porridge bowl in front of Zheng Lingyi's eyes, and placed the pickle plates one by one in a convenient place for her to move her chopsticks.

Zheng Lingyi touched her thumb, the letter unfolded again, she looked at it carefully, and then stuffed the letter into the brazier along the gap of the cage.

The faintly red charcoal was like a hungry and red-eyed tiger wolf, and in an instant, the letter paper was split into its belly, leaving only a faint ash behind.

Zheng Lingyi took the chopsticks from Lu Zhu's hand, paused, and then said: "Wu Rouxiang stabbed the matter of the Lu family's fake identity deed to her father, and her father reprimanded the Lu family for being confused, and the power of the housekeeper was temporarily handed over to Wu Rouxiang." ”

Lu Zhu said happily: "Then Sister Lu Nong can come back?" ”

"Wu Rouxiang has gained such a big benefit, she shouldn't be stingy in this matter, but whether Qiao's family lets people go or not is another story."

There is still this layer of worry in his heart, and it is no wonder that Zheng Lingyi did not have any joy on his face after reading the letter.

In the past few days, she wanted to go to Qiao's to serve, but she was told that Qiao's body was not happy, and she was pushed out, and she couldn't even knock a few words on the side.

Qiao's attitude, how can Zheng Lingyi be relieved?

"Madam, Sister Lunong's life is safe, although the old lady refuses to let her go, but it's useless for you to stuff yourself in the courtyard, didn't the county lord invite you to watch the show? You pick up, let's get ready. Green Bead persuaded.

Shen Qin gave Zheng Lingyi a post yesterday, Chen Shu and Wu Zhu are both taking exams, and the mood of the two of them must be similar, rather than sitting at home and restless, it is better to go out for a walk.

Although Zheng Lingyi was not interested in watching the play, he also missed Shen Qin a little, and smiled at Luzhu: "It's about three o'clock in the afternoon, why do you need to be in such a hurry." ”

When Luzhu saw that she agreed, her eyes were bent into two moons, and she said happily, "The slave and maid will find clothes for you." ”

A little thing is happy to be like this, Zheng Lingyi looked at the back of the green bead, smiled lightly, and his smile was dyed with melancholy.

The theater that Shen Qin asked Zheng Lingyi to go to is called Xianren'er, and ordinary peddlers and pawns can't afford to listen to this play.

Throwing a few copper plates into the plate in the small second-hand is counted as a reward, which may be regarded as a familiar guest in the theater next to it, and people have to call it a master and laugh.

But in the ears of the immortals, only a few copper plates are given, but if they are ridiculed by others, if they don't know each other, they will be dragged out.

As soon as this ass is touched, it is either a reward of silver, a pot of tea, and a plate of melon seeds.

If you don't give a reward, just order a few plates of pastries, and it will cost you money.

Therefore, the guests on the second floor of the fairy ear are all rich or expensive.

Even if it is a small table and a small seat on the first floor, at least it must be a decent and decent person who can afford to eat a plate of walnut cake before he dares to sit.

There are two groups of people who greet the guests with fairy ears, and the little two who greet the guests on the first floor will never dare to come forward to talk when they see the carriage of the rich and noble.

Only the steward can greet him, and as for the female dependents, there are also special maidservants to serve.

"Yo, this lady is a rare guest, do you have a seat ready? Or is the villain looking for one for you on the second floor? ”

Although the carriage of the Wu family is not extravagant and gorgeous, it is not the style of ordinary people at a glance, and the eyes of the steward are poisonous, how can you not see it.

"My wife has made an appointment with the county lord of King Ping's mansion." Green Bead said immediately.

The steward immediately beckoned to the servant on the side and said, "Take this lady to the Konghou on the second floor." ”

Zheng Lingyi and Lu Zhu walked into the fairy ear with the servant, and listened to the steward behind him: "Take this son to the pipa." ”

It turned out that it was named after a musical instrument, but it was nice. Zheng Lingyi said in his heart, and the depression of being blocked by the little guy when he went out gradually dissipated.

They went around the corridor to the second floor, and saw that Shen Qin, who couldn't stay idle, didn't even bring a veil, so he smiled and waved at Zheng Lingyi.

Shen Qin is not a person who likes to listen to operas, but he feels that the theater is lively, which is better than sitting empty and eating tea.

Her brother Shen Gui is a person who loves to listen to operas, and has a seat in the fairy ear all the year round, and Shen Qin invited Zheng Lingyi to watch the play today, which is to borrow her brother's seat.

Zheng Lingyi has never been to the theater, he is very fresh about everything, and he does not hide himself, and after the maid who leads the way goes out, he looks left and right, and his expression is very cute.

Shen Qin pursed his lips and smiled, "They are all married, and they are still like children." ”

Zheng Lingyi smiled embarrassedly, she was two years younger than Shen Qin, speaking of which, since Shen Qin and Chen Zhi have the same heart, and the families of the two families match, why are they not married?

Although she was curious, she couldn't rashly mention it.

Shen Qin didn't know what she was thinking, so she just said, "The persimmon cake here is delicious, I have already ordered a plate, and I will taste it later." ”

"Okay." Zheng Lingyi nodded obediently, still curiously exploring.

As soon as Shen Qin was chattering about the persimmon cake, the maid sent it.

Zheng Lingyi was knocking on the curtain with his knuckles, listening to the crisp voice, he asked Shen Qin with some curiosity, "County Lord, why is there a wooden board behind this curtain?" ”

Shen Qin shook her head, she didn't know why, or the maid said, "Back to the nobleman, this board can be removed." During the New Year's holidays, some nobles also like to join in the fun, a seat is too small, remove the board can be put together into a big room. ”

Zheng Ling nodded knowingly, and said, "It's very handy." ”

The maid was blessed and said, "Thank you for your praise." ”

As soon as she left the room, she was stopped by another maid who was more delicately dressed, and the voices of the two of them were faintly heard, "What kind of pastry did you give to this room just now, but a female guest?" We want a copy of that too. ”

"It's the county lord of the Ping Palace, and it's really what the ladies like to eat."

Zheng Lingyi followed the sound, and met the maid through the glass window, and the other party recognized her identity, hurriedly blessed her, and then left.

"Luzhu, do you know this? I look very familiar. ”

Luzhu closed the curtains, and when she heard Zheng Lingyi ask, she said, "Madame forgot?" She was with the Chen family's sister that day. ”

"Yes, I said it looks familiar, but I can't remember it."

Zheng Lingyi said casually, he didn't take this little episode to heart, and was picking up a piece of golden red persimmon cake to eat, but saw Shen Qin holding his chin and not saying a word, and there was no smile on his face.

"County Lord?"

Shen Qin heard Zheng Lingyi call him, so he reluctantly smiled, and also took a piece of persimmon cake and ate it.

The first scene in the afternoon opened the gong and blocked Zheng Lingyi's words.

Seeing that Shen Qin avoided his gaze, Zheng Lingyi also knew that she didn't want to ask more, so she watched the play with interest.

Today's play happens to be singing "Xi Shi Returns to the Yue".

Since the defeat of Wu by the Yue Kingdom, the Yue King paid tribute to the Wu King's beautieth Xi Shi and returned to the Yue Kingdom with the widow of the Wu King.

Xi Shi dedicated his body, but was despised by the people and jealous of Goujian, and was not tolerated by his old lover Fan Li, so he was discouraged and finally committed suicide by jumping off the cliff.

Most of the nobles who come to watch the play during the day are female guests, and they don't like those dramas that fight and kill.

The green beads and spring water only shed tears when they saw it, and the handkerchief was soaked throughout.

Zheng Lingyi didn't want to cry, but he was touched by the sound of a moon qin in the scene, and almost involuntarily sighed for Xi Shi.

As soon as this scene stopped, Zheng Lingyi was the fastest person to get out of his emotions, and Lu Zhu and Chunshui also laughed when they saw each other's red eyes.

Only Shen Qin, although she had no tears, her face was full of defeat and she looked sad.

Zheng Lingyi glanced at Chunshui, who obviously noticed that something was wrong with Shen Qin, so he glanced at Luzhu and said to Shen Qin: "The slave and maid really don't look good, let's go clean up first." ”

Shen Qin raised his finger absentmindedly, Chunshui glanced at Zheng Lingyi, and quietly blessed her, hoping that she could appease Shen Qin.

The two servants covered the door and went out, Zheng Ling looked at Shen Qin with a word, and soon made her aware of it.

"Your eyes look like they can speak." Shen Qin put his arm on his shoulder, his posture was very fragile.

"County Lord." Zheng Lingyi called in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Can you tell me about it? ”

"Say what?" Shen Qin smiled indifferently, but it made people feel very distressed.

Zheng Lingyi frowned with pity, carefully uncovered the question, and said, "Why, as soon as the county lord heard about the Chen family, his mood became bad?" Since the county lord and the Chen family have the same heart, why don't they discuss the marriage? ”

"It's impossible for me to be with him." Shen Qin said softly, and a tear fell from her right eye and was wiped away by her carelessly.