Spring in Yanbei has just arrived, but Shunde Mansion, which is 800 miles away from the capital, has already bloomed in spring, and the grass grows and warblers fly.

The yard is not big, and a Xifu begonia is planted, which is blooming brilliantly at this time.

A child Gege smiled and chased after the woman in front, a big and a small two people chased under the begonia flowers, the child was only three or four years old, with a small "teapot lid", white and fat, just like a fat doll on the New Year's painting.

The woman was eighteen or nine years old, tall, with a thin waist and long legs, and a red face, as bright as the begonias of this tree.

"Into the painting, into the painting, hug me."

The child was tired of running, opened her little hand, the woman leaned over, held him in her arms, and turned around, the child was not afraid at all, and let out a string of silver bell-like laughter.

"Liu'er, you're sweating, let's go into the house and wash your face, okay?" Yancui, who was called into the painting by Liu'er, asked softly.

Liu'er shook his head, he looked at the moon cave door and asked, "I want uncle." ”

"Uncle has a lot of military affairs to deal with, and he won't be able to come back until the evening, so stay and rest in the house with the painting." Yancui said.

Liu'er pursed her lips and looked at the empty moon cave door with nostalgia, deceiving people in the painting, Uncle hadn't come back for several days.

Yancui sighed softly and said, "Your uncle didn't come back, and my uncle didn't come back either." ”

The uncle in Liu'er's mouth is Yang Jincheng, and Yancui's uncle is Liu Jin, who is known as Mr. Fang.

Although Han Guang and Yan Huaming secretly tried many times, Yang Jincheng did not tell the whereabouts of the little emperor.

Since leaving the capital, Liu'er has lived with Yancui in a private house.

This is the case when I was in Henan, and it is the same when I came to Shunde Mansion.

They don't go out on weekdays, and the people who take care of them are the old servants of the Yang family, Cheng Bo, and his granddaughter Gillian.

Cheng Bo's hometown is in Handan, when he was young, he followed the old protector Yang Feng to the battlefield, and was injured, he never married, and inherited a son from a relative's family, this heir has been living in Handan's hometown. A few years ago, Uncle Cheng's health became worse and worse, Yang Feng allowed him to be honored, gave him a sum of silver, and he went back to Handan to be supported by his heir.

Unfortunately, not long after, the heir died of illness, and the daughter-in-law was taken back by her mother's family to marry again, leaving only a ten-year-old granddaughter.

It was precisely because Cheng Bo had left the Yang family a long time ago that his name was not on the roster, so he escaped and did not follow the Yang family to behead him.

Cheng Bo didn't know who the women and children Yang Jincheng asked him to take care of were, Yang Jincheng didn't say, he didn't ask, but in his heart, he regarded the painting and Liu'er as Yang Jincheng's outer room and son.

Therefore, he took good care of it.

"Gillian, go and ask the lady, what do you want to eat at night?" Cheng Bo said to his granddaughter.

Although he is old, his eyes are very poisonous, this girl who enters the painting does not touch the spring water with her fingers, and she either sings or twists her waist and throws her handkerchief on weekdays, and she is the sister who came out of that place.

This also confirms the possibility that she is Yang Jincheng's outer room.

Just because her background is too low, she is not even an aunt, she still dresses up as a girl after giving birth to a child, and she doesn't let her call her a mother, what else can this be if this is not an outer room?

Yang Jincheng is not married, although this child is from the outer room, but he is also the eldest grandson of the Yang family, not to mention, now the Yang family has ......

Therefore, although Yancui's background has long been seen, Uncle Cheng did not look down on her, and to this day, a woman who can still feed the children of the Yang family with all her heart, even if she is a kiln (defense) sister, is also a good woman.

Gillian jumped back and said, "The lady said that she wanted to drink big slag porridge and steam an egg custard for Liu'er." ”

"Okay, then boil big slag porridge and steam egg custard."

Cheng Bo put on an apron and went into the stove.

There was a knock on the door in the outer courtyard, three heavy and two light, Gillian had a sharp ear, and shouted loudly: "Grandfather, Mr. Fang is here." ”

The triple and two light are Mr. Fang, and the two heavy and three light are Yang Gongzi.

Cheng Bo's impression of Mr. Fang is very good, when he was in the capital, it was Mr. Fang who saved the eldest son, and for Cheng Bo, Mr. Fang was the savior of the Yang family.

"Go open the door." He said with a smile, wiped his hands on his apron, and walked out of the stove.

Mr. Fang's posture is straight, as thin as a pole of bamboo. As usual, he greeted Cheng Bo with a smile and handed over a few bags of things in his hand.

Cheng Bo looked at the things that Mr. Fang brought, and there were tea leaves in his heart, as well as pig's head meat wrapped in oiled paper.

At the beginning, the Central Plains Army and the official army fought for a few days and nights, but all the people in Shunde Mansion who had a little family background ran away.

Although the Central Plains Army defeated the officers and soldiers and occupied Shunde Mansion, the Shunde Mansion, which was rich and lively in the past, was not as good as before.

In addition, the Central Plains Army closed the city in Shunde Prefecture, and the merchants could not enter, and the city could only sit and eat. Nowadays, prices are so expensive that you can't buy decent things even with money.

Just like this tea and this pig's head meat, you can't buy it even if you have money.

Gillian looked at the snacks and pork head meat in her grandfather's hand and swallowed.

She likes Yang Gongzi and Mr. Fang the most, every time they come, they will bring good things that only officials can eat.

Mr. Fang smiled, touched her head, and entered the hall.

Yancui had already heard the sound and came out, and when she saw Mr. Fang, she raised her finger on her lips and made a silent motion.

"Liu'er just fell asleep, you can lighten it."

Mr. Fang nodded knowingly, glanced at Gillian who was eavesdropping with his ear sideways, and said to Yancui: "The eldest prince asked me to bring you a message, let's go into the house and talk." ”

Sure enough, Gillian turned around and ran to the stove, Mr. Fang hooked his lips and smiled, and followed Yancui into the hall.

"Grandfather, Mr. Fang said that the eldest prince asked him to bring a message to the lady." Gillian leaned into her grandfather's ear and said.

Grandfather said that the lady in the painting is the eldest son's person, and she should no longer be involved with other men, so every time Mr. Fang comes, her grandfather will let her keep an eye on her.

Cheng Bo nodded, Mr. Fang is humble, and he doesn't have the sourness of a scholar, but he is lustful, every time he comes over, he has to whisper to the painting lady for a while, when the eldest prince came, Cheng Bo kindly reminded him, but Yang Jincheng didn't take it seriously, he came and went, Cheng Bo didn't bother to sue, as long as Mr. Fang didn't do anything with the painting lady under his nose, he would turn a blind eye.

The outer room, after all, is the outer room, and it is not a real lady.

Inside the house, Mr. Fang whispered to Yancui: "I finally got in touch with my family." ”

Since they arrived in Shunde Mansion, they have broken off the news with Yanbei, along with the capital.

Shunde Mansion is closed, although the carrier pigeons can fly over, but they have not been brought to recognize the road before, even if there are pigeons in the capital, they can fly to Shunde Mansion, they cannot be found.