Duanmu Shuang looked at Duanmu Heng with a look of "reverence", she always knew that her eldest brother had his own set of rules for acting on weekdays, and ordinary coercion and temptation, crying, making trouble and hanging himself would not work at all for him.

Today she realized that her eldest brother is so good at bargaining, and the next time her cousin wants to buy something, it is better to let her eldest brother go with her......

Duanmu Fei's thoughts also accidentally ran away.

After that, Duanmu Heng personally helped send the things back to Zhanqing Courtyard together.

It was rare for him to come here, so Duanmu Fei warmly beckoned him to sit down and drink tea, and touched a piece of ink to him, "Big brother, this is the Huimo I gave from my grandfather years ago, and it is a good thing!" She looked good, smiling.

"Then I'll thank the fourth sister." Duanmu Heng's eyes flashed with a smile, and he accepted it with kindness.

Duanmufei also wanted Duanmu Heng to appreciate her newly acquired calligraphy again, but Duanmu Heng said again: "Fourth sister, the gentleman who studied in the old school came to me and said that you had skipped a lot of lessons in the lunar month......"

Duanmu Fei chuckled in his heart, and secretly said that he was really careless, he should have sent away the big brother Buddha quickly just now.

However, it was too late.

Poor Duanmujun could only sit there with a bitter face and listen to Duanmuheng's teachings, nodding obediently from time to time, answering from time to time, and when Duanmujun came in with snacks, he saw such a scene, and couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth.

Probably only Duanmu Heng will make Duanmu Scarlet reveal such a helpless and pitiful little appearance.

Duanmu Heng counted Duanmu Scarlet's incense kung fu before he felt that it was enjoyable, and after drinking some tea, he took his leave.

Duanmu Fei breathed a long sigh of relief, feeling that he needed to sleep to recuperate and replenish his qi, so he hid in the inner room to hide and be lazy.

By the time she woke up, the sun had set.

Jin Se calculated the account and brought it to Duanmu Fei, who turned two pages at random, and quickly calculated in his mind.

That is to say, except for these things that Xiao He's embezzled, there are not many things that have really been misappropriated and sold, if it is converted into silver, it is about four or five thousand taels, plus the rent of the field shop over the years, it will not exceed 10,000 taels at most. The 22,000 taels that He gave them earlier made them earn a lot.

So much better!

Duanmu closed the account book with a smile and went to work on other things.

She has recently found a new fun, and every day she doesn't want to go to boudoir anymore, hiding in the small study from morning to night to draw all kinds of rag dolls, and matching all kinds of cute little clothes, from jackets, skirts, skirts, pleated skirts, etc., everything is available.

As for Jin Se and Lu Luo, she was responsible for making the rag dolls she painted, and her small study became a sewing room, which was filled with all kinds of cloth and beads every day......

The little starling likes to join in the fun the most, and he thinks it's very interesting, and he revolves around Jinse and pothos every day.

Jin Se simply found a piece of crow blue material and sewed a starling puppet the same size as the little starling, and deliberately filled a lot of cotton wool in the puppet, making it chubby, looking naïve, interesting and cute.

By the time Duanmu Fei finished a complete set of rag dolls, it was already the end of January, and she planned to use this as a housewarming for Wuyang.

At the same time, the news that the Grand Duke was going to leave the palace and open the palace also spread in Beijing, which caused a stir in Beijing for a while, and all the provinces were discussing this matter.

In fact, when the emperor's decree was issued five or six days ago, there was an envoy who impassionedly impeached the eldest princess for acting too out of line and intending to stop it, but Wuyang's uncle Chengguo Gongzi immediately stood up and refuted the imperial history with the fact that Princess Yongqing fifty years ago also opened the palace before she got married.

The reason why Princess Yongqing opened the mansion before she got married was because before she got married, the concubine was ordered to go on the expedition and did not return for three years.

At that time, for the marriage of the latter princesses, Emperor Xuanzong at that time made an exception to let Princess Yongqing go out of the palace to open the mansion, and it was not until the triumphant return of the concubine that the two got married in the princess's mansion.

The prince of Chengguo dealt with it calmly, but hinted that the imperial history was making trouble unreasonably, and persuaded the other party to read more of the history of the dynasty, saying that since there is a precedent in front of it, the opening of the mansion of the eldest princess is not out of line.

Of course, Wuyang doesn't have to worry about all the matters of the opening of the mansion himself, and all of them are prepared by the Inner Court Division.

After settling down in the princess's mansion, Wuyang didn't bother to feast guests, and only invited a few sisters including Hanxing, Duanmufei, Yunhua, etc. to come over with friends, and it was lively for a day.

Although the opening of Wuyang's mansion is very unruly, and it is a special case only for princesses, it makes Duanmu Jun a little nervous.

Duanmujun pondered, after his sister got married, he could set up a female household, and live his own life in the future, and his life would be happy and happy, but his grandfather Duanmuxian would definitely not agree.

However, if she just built a house outside and lived in it by herself, maybe her grandfather would be able to turn a blind eye in the future, and after a long time, when the younger sisters below were married, her grandfather would not bother to care about her.

The more Duanmu Jun thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good, and he hesitated whether to buy a house next to the mansion of the eldest princess of Anping, or buy a house next to the princess's mansion in Wuyang...... Think about it, if she lives alone, a house of two or three is enough, and her sister can often come to live with her.

In the small study, Duanmujun held a wolf pen, while drawing up a list, while imagining, and then put down the pen and asked: "Zhen Zhen, you say, is it better to buy a field in the south of the Yangtze River or a field in the north?" ”

Duanmu Fei sat behind another mahogany bookcase next to her, pulling a small carriage with her fingers, playing on the model of the capital that Feng Yan gave her on her birthday, the wheels rolled, making a "clucking" sound, and the little starling squatted aside to stare, and every time the carriage passed in front of it, it would bow its head and peck twice.

Duanmufei only thinks that her sister is buying an industry for the long house, and analyzes: "The rice in the south of the Yangtze River is two seasons, and the north is a single crop of rice, and the output of the field alone is naturally that the southern field is better than the north, but the south of the Yangtze River is too far away from the capital......"

Duanmu Fei talked eloquently, talking about the advantages and disadvantages of the north and the south, and said that the land should not be all placed in one place, so as not to encounter any disasters and man-made disasters, so they will all fold in.

Duanmujun listened to it, felt that what his sister said was very reasonable, and quickly wrote down everything Duanmufei said, and then said: "Sister, what you said is, then I won't buy all the shops in Beijing, and I have to think about other places, where do you think there are other suitable shops?" ”

"Shop," Duanmu Fei thought about it, and replied, "Hanzhong is the key point of north-south transportation, Suzhou and Hangzhou are paradises on earth, and Minzhou is not bad, now that the sea ban has been opened, Minzhou should become more and more prosperous in the past few years......

Duanmujun nodded frequently, and said: "Good wood is rare, you have to find it first, and then it is good to make a complete set of large furniture, do you say that it is good to mahogany, or yellow rosewood......"

Duanmujun asked three times in a row, Duanmufei began to feel that something was wrong, and the hand pulling the carriage also stopped, blinked suspiciously, and said in her heart: My sister has always done things safely, why do you suddenly want to put so many things at once? Isn't it supposed to be the same?

Duanmufei turned his head to look at Duanmujun and asked directly, "Sister, why do you want to buy so many things at once?" ”

Duanmu Jun just put away the pen, raised his sister's puzzled eyes, put down the pen, and said with a straight face: "Zhen Zhen, you will be twelve years old soon, and you will soon talk about marriage, and your dowry must be prepared as soon as possible." ”

Prepare yourself a dowry?! Duanmu Fei blinked again, a little stunned at this time.

Didn't she just turn eleven? How did she get into my sister's mouth and become almost twelve years old?

Besides, my sister is already in time, even if she wants to buy a dowry, shouldn't she buy it first?

Duanmu Fei was about to speak, but suddenly remembered that Duanmu Jun had said several times that she planned to wait until she got married before considering marriage, and also said that she didn't want to get married......

Duanmu pursed his lips and swallowed the words back.

In her opinion, marriage pays attention to your love and my wishes, no matter what, my sister must first fancy the right person before she can talk about marriage, anyway, their family is not short of silver, food and clothing are worry-free, after getting married, you have to worry about a big family, not only to have children, but also to "be a cow and a horse", where is it more comfortable than at home!

Well, she has to pay attention to the right person for her sister when she goes out in the future......

Duanmu pursed his lips and thought, and suddenly felt that something was wrong...... Ah, by the way, she is only eleven years old, and she hasn't thought about whether to marry in the future, why is her sister even preparing the dowry in a hurry?!

"Sister, let's talk about the dowry in a few years." Duanmu said with a smile, "Don't worry, I'm only eleven years old." ”

Duanmujun's whole face changed, holding Duanmufei's little hand, and hurriedly said, "How can it be too late in a few years?" I've heard that other people's girls have been preparing dowries since they were born, and your dowry is already a step too late......"

Duanmujun said in detail the account she had calculated with Duanmuxian before, including the purchase of dowry, mutual view, three books and six ceremonies......

Duanmujun said the truth, but Duanmufei was dizzy when he was talked, and said in his heart: If you want to prepare, you can prepare, anyway, the dowry is not written with a name, it is ready, and it can be used when my sister gets married.

That's right, that's it.

Thinking of this, Duanmu Fei was no longer entangled, the corners of his mouth were curved, and he nodded obediently. Anyway, as long as my sister is happy.

After listening to Duanmujun's teachings, Duanmu Fei continued to play with her model, at the gate of "Duanmu's house", touching the east and touching the west, the more she played, the more she felt that this model was too exquisite, and even the trees, stones, houses and pools in Duanmu Mansion were done very accurately, as if he had come here to measure carefully......

Thinking of this, Duanmufei's eyelids suddenly jumped, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood up.

"......

Outside the window, a cold wind suddenly blew, and through the half-open window, you could see the half-yellow and half-green plane trees swaying in the wind, as if some beast would fly out in the next moment.

"Quack!"

The little starling suddenly screamed twice roughly, so frightened that Duanmufei almost didn't jump.

"Quack!" The little starling barked and pecked twice on the cart and motioned for her to continue pulling the cart.

This little eight! Duanmu Fei looked at each other with its amber bird's eyes, did it think of itself as a groom pulling a cart?!

Duanmu stretched out her finger and flicked it on the little starling's eyebrows, which made the little starling scream aggrievedly, she was just playing with the little starling, and didn't notice that Duanmujun's slightly scrutinizing gaze fell on the model of the capital.

This model has been placed in the small study of the two of them since they came back from the hunting palace, Duanmu Jun also looked at it carefully, and felt that Feng Yan really had a heart, and specially made every brick and tile of the Anping Eldest Princess's Mansion.

Thinking of Feng Yan's silent dedication to his sister, the corners of Duanmujun's mouth curled slightly, and he looked at the Anping Mansion on the model and said casually: "Feng Gongzi is really good, and the eldest princess of Anping is also very kind, Zhen Zhen, if you marry into the princess's mansion in the future......"

Duanmu froze instantly like a lightning strike, and she didn't even care that the little starling pecked the back of her hand.

Duanmu froze in place, only to feel a booming sound in his ears, and almost wondered if he was hallucinating.

Thinking of how many times I "lighted" him.

If Feng Yan heard this, would he feel that he did it on purpose?

Duanmu's eyes widened slightly, and a pair of big eyes widened.

So—

Will she be killed?!

"......

A few plane trees in the courtyard outside swayed and danced even more wantonly, with their teeth and claws, as if they were responding to her in unison.

Duanmufei hurriedly stood up, looked around the courtyard with a nervous expression, and quickly closed the window after making sure that there was no one outside.

Duanmujun looked at his sister's expression a little strange, his eyebrows moved, and when he saw her close the window, he only thought that his sister was feeling cold, and he didn't think much about it.

"Sister......" Duanmu Fei turned his face and looked at Duanmu Jun's little face solemnly.

Feng Yan is not an ordinary person, she must remind her sister to cherish life.

Duanmu Jun had never seen such a complicated expression on her sister's face, which made her think of the deer in the forest with a pair of innocent and innocent eyes.

Her sister is so cute! Duanmujun couldn't help but raise his hand and rub the top of his sister's soft hair.

At this moment, Wisteria opened the curtain and entered the small study, and said, "Big girl, Mrs. Tai just came to spread the word that you and the fourth girl will go to Yongxi Hall." Mrs. Tai invited the seventh girl of Uncle Guiyi's family to come to the house as a guest, and asked the girl to come over and talk with her. ”

In other words, He asked the two sisters to go over as escorts.

Duanmu Fei was not interested in entertaining those strangers who had never known each other, so he smiled and said coquettishly: "Sister, I'm here to play with Xiaoba, so I won't go." ”

The little starling obviously understood his name, and gently pecked the back of Duanmu Fei's tender hand, meaning, are you still playing?

Duanmujun was a little funny, she had always pampered Duanmufei, of course she wouldn't force her, so she went, and she went back to the house to change her clothes, and then went to Yongxi Hall to meet guests.

Duanmujun left, leaving Duanmufei alone to continue to play with Xiaoba, she simply loaded a rope for the carriage, and Xiaoba pulled the cart with the rope in her mouth, almost didn't pull the carriage up to the sky, her brisk laughter echoed in the room, and the little fox who was sleeping in the nest on the side woke up, and opened her ice-blue eyes sleepily.

When Feng Yan gave the little fox to Duanmufei, Duanmufei was still worried that the two of them would not get along, cough cough, or rather, he was worried that the little fox would take the little starling as its prey. To her surprise, the two little ones actually got along well, no, to put it more accurately, the well water does not interfere with the river water.

The little starling who can't fly so far doesn't dare to provoke the little fox, and the little fox also knows what it means to come first and come first, so he only pretends not to see the little starling every day, and most of the time he hides in the house to sleep, which is better than the snowball in the Xuanguo Mansion.

Rarely, the little fox also became interested in the little carriage, jumped lightly, jumped onto the bookcase, squatted aside and stared at the little carriage shuttling in the "capital", his ice-blue eyes did not blink.

The little starling became more and more proud, and the "quack" screamed even louder, as if showing off his car, when the eyes of a bird and a fox intersected, sparks were shining, and Duanmu Fei was almost worried about this arrogant little starling......

This little eight, I really don't know whether to live or die!

Duanmu Fei couldn't help but shake his head, let the two of them play by themselves, and sat down after transferring to another bookcase on the side, washing his hands and burning incense, and copying the scriptures by himself.

There was still some time before the Buddha Bathing Festival, and she slowly copied it, and when the time came, she could send it to the Xuanguo Mansion to worship her grandmother.

Time passed in the cries of the two little guys one after another, as soon as Duanmu Fei began to write, he was fully engaged, immersed in his own world, and I don't know how long it took, a crisp and delicate voice came from outside the house: "Cousin Scarlet!" ”

Duanmu Fei's eyebrows were raised, and he neatly put away the pen, just finishing a page.

She casually put the pen on the pen stand on the side, and at the same time, Han Xing had already opened the curtain by herself and came in, and her beautiful little face was slightly pouting.

"Scarlet cousin, why don't you come to play with this palace! Hongu was bored to death in the garden just now. Han Xing complained coquettishly.

Duanmu was stunned, only to realize that the guests who came to the mansion today must not only be the seven girls of the Guiyi uncle's family, but also Hanxing.

Duanmufei hurriedly got up to greet him, took Han Xing's hand and sat down next to the bookcase, and said with a good smile: "Cousin Han Xing, if I knew that you were coming, I would definitely take Xiaoba to meet you." ”

Duanmu Fei said, and quickly grabbed the little starling brother and sent it into Han Xing's arms.

The little starling who was having fun was stunned, but Han Xing finally smiled and gently touched the little starling's oily and slippery black feathers.

Bi Cicada cleverly went to pour hot tea for Han Xing, and brought hot snacks from the kitchen, and the fresh tea fragrance and sweet smell quickly diffused......

Han Xing teased the little starling on his lap for a while, and complained coquettishly: "Cousin Scarlet, didn't you see it just now, and my grandmother didn't know which girl she called, she was really not ashamed, her eyes stared at the eldest brother and she didn't move, and she took the initiative to serve tea for the eldest brother just now!" This...... What is this? ”

Duanmu blinked, it turned out that even the eldest prince had come.

Han Xing was still talking: "Thanks to Cousin Heng's cleverness, Cousin Heng was also called, and Cousin Heng took Brother Heng to his place to appreciate calligraphy and painting......

"What kind of golden seventh girl, if it wasn't for Cousin Wei to stop her, she almost wouldn't have followed."

"Bengong really doesn't understand what my grandmother is thinking, it looks like she wants to draw a red line for the eldest brother, but the candidate chosen is too unusual!"

Han Xing pouted and complained for a while, feeling a little dry mouth, and poured half a cup of warm tea in one go, and suddenly felt lighter and a lot more relaxed.

Duanmu stretched out a finger to tease his little fox, and a streamer flashed in his dark eyes.

No matter what the He family is thinking, her sister has disturbed the "good thing" of the He family today, and with the He family's temperament, I am afraid that there is a chance that she will be angry.

Duanmu Fei beckoned to Bi Chan, and ordered with a smile: "Bi Chan, if you go to find your sister, just say that the fourth prince wants to see the "Peacock Peony Picture", I can't find it, let my sister come back to help find it." ”

Bi Cicada is also a little clever, just think about it, and answer with a smile.

Bi Cicada hurried to the garden, but it was still a step too late, and Duanmu Jun had already been called away by the He family. Bi Chan turned around again and trotted to Yongxi Hall.

When the eldest girl of Yongxi Hall heard that it was about the four princesses, she asked Bi Chan to wait under the eaves and went in to greet the He family.

At the beginning of February, spring had just begun, and the weather was still very cold, with a biting chill in the wind.

Bi Cicada cleverly said a few good words to a round-faced maid guarding under the eaves, and the maid let her go into the main hall and wait.

After crossing the threshold, Bi Cicada only took two or three steps forward, and then stopped moving forward, standing quietly with his hands down, looking at the low eyebrows, but his ears were pricked up, listening to the movement inside.

There was silence in the main hall, and the stern voice of the He family could be faintly heard coming from the direction of the left second room: "...... Sister Jun, your idea is really getting bigger and bigger, is there still me as a grandmother in your eyes? ”

"The granddaughter didn't understand what her grandmother meant, so she asked her grandmother to make it clear." Duanmujun's voice was neither humble nor arrogant.

He Shi was even more angry, "You still have to pretend to be confused!" Did you ask Brother Heng to be called? ”

Duanmujun responded bluntly, and followed, and listened to Mama You pretending to persuade the He family there, saying what she said so that she should not be angry, the junior is not sensible and slowly teaches, her yin and yang weird tone looks like she is comforting He, and the implication is clearly that she is scolding Duanmujun for being ignorant.

In the midst of the uproar, the maid who had just gone in to pass the ceremony said to He's gift: "Mrs. Tai, the fourth girl sent someone over there, saying that Her Royal Highness the fourth princess wanted to see a painting, but the fourth girl didn't know where to put it, and wanted to ask the eldest girl to go back and find it." ”

After the words fell, there was silence in it for a moment, and then I heard Duanmu Jun say casually: "Grandmother, the granddaughter will retire first." ”

Bi Chan stared at the brocade curtain leading to the left room, secretly holding her breath, until Duanmu Jun calmly walked out of it, Bi Chan breathed a sigh of relief.

Looking at her eldest girl's appearance under the thunder and anger of the He family, Bi Chan secretly admired in her heart.

In comparison, the He family inside was very angry.

As soon as Duanmu Jun left, He couldn't help but complain to Mama You in a deep voice: "That little one is as treacherous as a fox, this is a blatant use of Hanxing as an excuse." ”

"Mrs., don't be angry." Mama You handed the tea to the He family and said with relief, "You are the elders, and the two girls are the juniors, why can't they turn over the ...... in the palm of your hand?"

How did He not know this reason, but the two girls had Duanmu Xian's support behind them, so that it became difficult for her to control them.

He Shi doubted more than once that they had given Duanmu Xian some ecstasy soup, how could they make him obey his words, and even when she didn't take them into the palace during the Lantern Festival, it could provoke Duanmu Xian's anger.

Duanmu Xian's heart is now fundamentally biased.

The two girls had obviously taken back the dowry that Xiao He's had concealed, and they didn't take the initiative to return the 22,000 taels to themselves, but Duanmuxian still helped them and turned a blind eye!

Thinking of that large sum of silver, He felt distressed.

She took a sip of hot tea, and after being furious, she calmed down a little, and said: "Or I was careless, I originally wanted Duanmu Jun to take a look at the other Jinqi girl, a little self-aware, and rested the idea of climbing the dragon and the phoenix, but I didn't expect to give this girl an opportunity to take advantage of it, turn the tiger away from the mountain, and lead the eldest prince away." ”

He Shi said, the fire in his heart rose again, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Those two girls are really my nemesis." He sighed in his heart that the two girls in Changfang were young, but their scheming was really deep.

"Mrs. Tai, what should I do next?" Mama You asked hesitantly, "You 'allowed' the ...... of the Yibo Mansion," that is a full 17,000 taels of silver.