The two sisters talked and laughed as they walked in the direction of Zhanqing Courtyard.

Duanmu Fei talked with Duanmu Jun with great interest about the interesting things that happened in the palace, especially the details of Mrs. Qi and Zhang Wenxuan, Duanmu Jun sighed when he heard it, and he felt that it was really boring to get married or something, and he just raised his sister well.

The poor little starling was almost forgotten, and at last he simply flapped his wings and flew up, hovering over their heads, "quack, quack, bad", apparently scolding them for ignoring themselves

The little starling's lively cry made the house a little more energetic all of a sudden, and Duanmu Jun had no choice but to summon it over, hold it in the palm of his hand, and caress and comfort it vividly.

Looking at the appearance of this person, Duanmu Fei felt that the exhaustion in his body was swept away.

After Duanmufei washed up in Zhanqing Courtyard, she was coaxed by Duanmujun to take a nap, this sleep was an afternoon, and when she opened her eyes again, the sun was already setting in the west.

When Luluo heard the movement, she came in and said, "Fourth girl, the old lady has just come back, and I invite everyone to go to Zhaohui Hall for dinner together." ”

Duanmufei had to give up lying on the bed, sat up lazily, and served her with Luluo and Bichan dressing and grooming.

When the sun set halfway, the sisters walked hand in hand in the direction of the Chaohui Hall in the outer courtyard, where two tables were set up, and people from each room came one after another, including Duanmu Heng.

I haven't seen him for three months, and Duanmu Heng, who is dressed in a cyan straight coat, looks no different from before, and still looks old-fashioned and solemn and unsmiling.

Without waiting for Duanmu Heng to ask, Duanmu Heng immediately smiled at him obediently, revealing a pair of cute pear vortices on his cheeks, and said: "Big brother, I have been very well-behaved in the Ningjiang Palace for the past few months, and I obediently go to Xiaoran Hall with my cousin Hanxing every day, and even the masters say that I am well-behaved." ”

Duanmu Fei boasted unashamedly, in fact, except for Mrs. He, who taught calligraphy, who praised her, the other Mrs. Fu had long been too lazy to pay attention to her.

Duanmu Heng looked at his fourth sister and looked at him cutely, almost wagging his tail, but he was not deceived by her obedient appearance.

Hey, based on his understanding of the fourth sister, only fifty percent of what she said is true, which means that she has taken some classes anyway.

As long as the fourth sister hasn't played for three months, it's fine. Duanmu Heng comforted himself in his heart.

As he spoke, many others arrived, and in a short time, the room was full.

"Fourth sister," the fifth young master, Duanmu Rui, rushed to Duanmu Fei in one breath, raised his chubby right hand and said, "Did you bring me a gift?" ”

The six-year-old child grew up fast, and he hadn't seen it for three months, and the boy was a little taller again, and he was a little thinner because of it.

Looking at the boy in front of him who had grown to his chest, Duanmu Fei had a strong sense of crisis in his heart, and nodded: "Fifth brother, of course." You have it, everyone has it, but the things are still in Zhanqing Courtyard, and when you have dinner, you can go with me to get it. ”

As she spoke, she thought absent-mindedly that she remembered a book that said that she would grow taller by drinking some milk every day......

Duanmurui pouted, seemingly a little dissatisfied, Duanmufei had no choice but to take out an oiled paper bag from the purse on his waist, and coaxed: "Fifth brother, this is the candied fruit I bought in Ningjiang Town, it's delicious, you try it." ”

"Thank you, Fourth Sister." Duanmurui couldn't wait to raise his hand and snatch the oiled paper bag, smiling with crooked eyebrows. He happily opened the oiled paper packet, picked up a candied fruit and put it in his mouth......

Xiao He followed Duanmu Rui into the hall, seeing this, he frowned slightly, a touch of disgust flashed in his eyes, and he said in his heart: These sisters really don't know what to say, the elder sister and the man teach each other privately, and the younger sister is also a frivolous person, this kind of thing that does not know the way to dare to give it to his son to eat, and teach his son badly!

Xiao He quickly glanced at a grandmother beside him.

The grandmother immediately understood and stepped forward quickly.

"Fifth young master......" The grandmother grabbed Duanmurui's right hand, and when she pushed, the oiled paper bag came out of Duanmurui's hand, and the eight or nine candied fruits in the oily paper bag rolled to the ground like a mirror, and one of them just rolled to the edge of Duanmufei's skirt.

What a waste of a good bag of preserves. Duanmu frowned.

Xiao He's mouth was slightly upturned, and he deliberately scolded Duanmu Rui with a straight face: "Brother Rui, how does my mother tell you on weekdays, don't send anything fragrant and smelly to your mouth, who knows if it's clean or not!" ”

Xiao He's seems to be training his young son, but his words are thorny, and it is clear that Xiang Zhuang's sword dance is intended for Pei Gong, and he is mocking Duanmu Fei through Xunzi.

The other people in the hall naturally heard that Xiao He's Mian was hiding needles, and they all drank tea silently regardless of their own affairs.

Duanmu Heng's eyes condensed slightly, feeling that his mother was so inappropriate, and retorted: "Mother, it's just a few candied fruits, the fourth sister can eat it, why can't the fifth brother eat it?" ”

While speaking, Duanmu Rui on the side suddenly called in a low voice: "Grandfather ......"

I saw Duanmu Xian, who was dressed in a Taishi Qing straight jacket, came to the hall at some point, and glanced at Xiao He's with a sinking face, which frightened Xiao He's heart and swallowed his saliva uneasily, could it be that his father-in-law heard it just now?

When Duanmu Xian's eyes looked at Duanmu Fei, his expression softened again, thinking that the four girls had just returned home today, and they didn't have a seizure.

Duanmu Xian took off his robe and entered the hall, and there was silence all around, Duanmu Chao, who was following Duanmu Xian, couldn't help but glared at Xiao He, that look seemed to say, it's really nothing to look for!

Xiao He squeezed the handkerchief in her hand a little aggrieved, and she was not wrong!

Seeing this, the maid in the house hurriedly put away all the preserves on the ground, and soon the ground became as neat as before, as if nothing had happened.

"Father."

"Grandfather."

Everyone got up and saluted Duanmuxian, and Duanmuxian smiled and asked everyone to sit down.

Duanmu Jun was about to ask Duanmu Xian if he was setting up a meal, but he saw Duanmu Heng stand up and said to Duanmu Xian Zhengse: "Grandfather, the fifth brother is already six years old, and boys can't always be kept in the inner house, and the grandson wants to ask his grandfather for permission to let the fifth brother move in with his grandson first." ”

What the?! Xiao He's almost didn't jump up when he heard this, there is a way that men and women are seven years old and have different seats, and her Rui Ge'er is only six years old!

She has a total of two sisters-in-law under her knees, Duanmu Heng, as the eldest grandson of the house, was brought to the front yard at the age of six and raised by Duanmu Xian himself, and now her Rui Ge'er is still a month away from his sixth birthday.

The Mo slut just gave birth to a son a while ago, and he no longer has Rui Ge'er, so wouldn't Duanmu Chao have to run to the Mo family every day!

"Brother Heng, this is inappropriate." Xiao He hurriedly objected, "Your fifth brother is not yet six years old!" He's still young, he doesn't know anything, and when he goes to you, won't he make you study! Xiao He felt in his heart that the eldest son was really an elm head, which was too intimate.

Duanmu Xian was very satisfied with the eldest grandson Duanmu Heng, and slowly stroked his beard.

What happened just now, he also saw it, with Xiao He's mother with a small belly and chicken intestines, Rui Ge'er will be raised crookedly sooner or later, Sister Qi and Sister Yuan's temperament is afraid that they can't be twisted, but Rui Ge'er is still young and his temperament has not yet taken shape, so he should teach it well at this age.

Duanmu Xian thought about it with a little sigh and sigh.

Hey, there will be gains and losses.

I think that he worked hard in his career back then, and he had little control over the inner house, except for the concubine when he was a child, he taught him by hand, and then he was more and more busy with no time, so that whether it was a son-in-law or a concubine, he was not angry.

The continuation of the Duanmu family can only rely on Duanmu Heng and their generation.

Duanmu Xian didn't look at Xiao He, and said directly to Duanmu Heng: "Brother Heng, it depends on your meaning." ”

"Parent ......"

Xiao He wanted to say something, but Duanmu Xian looked at her with a sharp look, and she swallowed back the rest of her words in an instant, and she couldn't speak anymore.

Everyone else around was silent, and Ren and Ni looked at Xiao He with some schadenfreude.

"Brother Heng, let your fifth brother live with you first." Duanmu Xian groaned, "Brother Jin in the fourth room is also six years old, let's move out together this time, and let their eldest brother enlighten them first." After a while, I went to ask a gentleman to come back and officially let them start studying. ”

Ren never thought that this fire would inexplicably burn on him, and he was reluctant for a while. Her son is only six years old, and even if he wants to study, he doesn't necessarily have to move out.

Knowing his wife Mo Ruofu, the fourth old man Duanmuteng hurriedly gave his wife a warning look. They are concubines, and it must be a good thing that their son can follow Duanmu Heng to open his mind, and he can study with Duanmu Rui, and he can be educated in the same way.

In fact, even if she gave Ren a bear's heart and leopard gall, she didn't dare to question Duanmu Xian, thinking that she must send a reliable grandmother to her son's side to watch it......

Duanmu Rui and Duanmu Jin are still young, and they look at each other with an ignorant face, and it seems quite interesting for them to move in with their eldest brother.

But in Xiao He's eyes, Duanmurui's ignorance became helpless, and she felt even more distressed and unwilling. However, thinking of He's who had "madness", she knew that there was no one at home to support her now, and Rao was resentful in her heart, and she didn't dare to make trouble.

If she is also "crazy", wouldn't it really be cheap for Mo's slut!

Xiao He swallowed this breath with humiliation, and at the same time, the maids also began to set up the meal in an orderly manner under Duanmuxian's instructions.

These dishes are all Duanmujun's own menu, which naturally has a lot of Duanmufei's favorite dishes and snacks, this meal is delicious Duanmufei, and he sighed with satisfaction: Sure enough, it's still good at home!

After eating, everyone else said goodbye, Duanmu Xian left Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Heng to talk, and only the three grandchildren were left in the hall.

"Four girls, you should know about female studies, right? Zhong Jiajia, Li Jiajia and Qi Jia planned to set up a women's school in Beijing, and the location was located in Huilan Yuan, next door to Guozijian. Now the women's school has been prepared. ”

Because the emperor admired women's studies, many official eunuchs responded and began to sign up for their own girls. It is said that because of the large number of applicants, there is also an exam, so you can imagine how honorable it will be once you are admitted to a women's school.

"Four girls, do you want to go?" Duanmuxian asked.

Duanmufei, who was drinking the consumption tea, hurriedly swallowed the tea in his mouth and shook his head.

For Duanmufei, no matter how good the so-called female school sounds, its essence is not to make her get up early and be greedy for darkness, she feels a headache just thinking about it.

"Grandfather, I'm not going." Duanmu Fei said seriously, "The gentlemen in the family who learned piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, the four books, the five classics, the female training and the female commandments, as well as arithmetic, are all taught very well. ”

Duanmu Fei only praised a few gentlemen who were only in the sky, and she looked at Duanmu Xian with those black and white eyes, and her expression was very sincere.

Duanmu Heng also nodded and echoed a few words: "Grandfather, what the fourth sister said is true." ”

Duanmu Fei didn't expect Duanmu Heng to stand on his side, and cast a grateful look at Duanmu Heng flatteringly.

Duanmu Heng also has his own reasons, he knows that his fourth sister just loves to be lazy, even if he sends her to a women's school to study, he is afraid that it will be difficult to change.

This girl is now at home, and she can't control herself, if she is really sent to a female school, she will run away from school in the future, and she won't be caught.

Duanmuxian originally mentioned it casually, so he didn't force Duanmufei to let her go.

Grandfather is wise. Duanmu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly picked up the teacup to dispel his fright.

Duanmu Xian also picked up the teacup, took a sip of hot tea, and then got down to business: "Today I received a private message from your cousin, who told me about the recent situation in the south......

Saying that, Duanmu Xian glanced at Duanmu Heng quietly, his son's life is over, and now he can only start from his grandson.

Duanmu Heng is also sixteen years old this year, and he just passed the college exam this autumn in August, and now he is already a showman, and he is also the head of the case.

However, Xiucai is only the first step to the official career, and there are township tests, meeting tests, and palace tests behind, which are more difficult step by step, and Duanmuheng's road is still long.

Duanmu Xian pondered that he couldn't let the eldest grandson know that he was stupid to read and ignore the things outside the window, so he decided to let him listen to some political affairs from now on.

Duanmu Heng sat there straight, looking at Duanmu Xian seriously, waiting for him to continue, Duanmu Heng, who was sitting next to Duanmu Heng, drank tea with a smile and a comfortable expression.

The brother and sister, one stern and the other laid-back, form a stark contrast.

Duanmuxian sighed with emotion in his heart, after all, there was a trace of regret: although Brother Heng is excellent, he is not as good as the four girls after all, hey, why are the four girls not a boy, why are they getting married so early? !

Thinking that the emperor had inexplicably set up a marriage for Duanmu Xian, Duanmu Xian's expression was a little indescribable, and he couldn't help but sigh.

Duanmu Xian sorted out his thoughts, and then continued: "During this time, the situation in the south is not very good, although it barely holds Daoyi City, but in the months from June to August, the heat in the south is unbearable, and many of the soldiers transferred from the north can't stand the heat and fall ill...... It wasn't until late September that the weather cooled down and got a little better. ”

Duanmu Xian's tone became more and more solemn, "This Yicheng is very difficult to defend. Even your cousin was sick before. ”

Saying that, Duanmu Xian sighed and said in a deep voice, "This kid is also so strong, he actually waited until he got well to write a letter back, your concubine and aunt know about it, I'm afraid I'm going to feel distressed......"

"Grandfather, how are the Second and Third Princes doing now?" Duanmu put down the teacup and suddenly asked, still smiling on his little face, as if he asked casually.

Isn't grandfather talking about the Great Prince and the South?! Duanmu Heng was stunned, and subconsciously looked at Duanmu Fei, with a bit of surprise and doubt in his expression.

As soon as Duanmu Xian saw Duanmu Heng's expression, he knew that he didn't understand, but he was not disappointed because of this, after all, Duanmu Heng was still young and had been studying, so he would understand the affairs of the court and politics if he had more contact with them.

After all, how many geniuses can there be like the four girls?!

Duanmu Xian's face was silent, and he said to Duanmufei: "The third prince is still on an errand in the household department...... At the beginning of July, the third prince withheld some of the herbs prepared for the south under the pretext that the herbs were damp, and it took some time to re-purchase them. Duanmu Xian's eyes flashed slightly, and of course he knew some things.

Duanmu pursed his lips, his eyes were shining, and he was not surprised.

The midsummer heat in the south is unbearable, and there are insects and ants, and it is impossible for the court not to know.

For these reinforcements going south, the military department and the household department must be prepared, but now, the southern border has suffered heavy losses due to the scorching heat, so nine times out of ten someone is stumbling in the rear.

Duanmu Xian is now the first assistant, and he will definitely help his grandson who is far away in the south as much as possible, so the problem must be with a few princes.

Obviously, the three princes didn't dare to be too blatant, after all, Duanmuxian was watching, and the most the three princes could do was to drag it if they could, and reduce it if they could.

But even so, he caused a lot of trouble for the South.

He is the prince, and he should have taken the lead in defending the country, but for his own selfish interests, he disregarded the life and death of the soldiers in front of him, and disregarded the society of the country.

Duanmu Heng silently chewed the meaning of Duanmu Xian's words, and also understood, and looked at Duanmu Xian thoughtfully.

Duanmu crooked his little face and asked again: "Grandfather, does the second prince have any errands now?" ”

"......" Duanmu Xian raised his eyebrows slightly, he was an old fox after all, and he quickly thought of something.

Duanmu Fei's eyes narrowed into fox eyes with a smile, and he said slyly: "Grandfather, what do you think of getting the second prince to the military department?" I heard that the second prince has been married, and according to the rules, it is time to be crowned king. Her fox eyes were sparkling, as if they had been embedded with diamonds.

This plan is very good, it can be described as four or two thousand pounds. Duanmu Xian perked up, slowly stroked the beard on his chin, and then looked at Duanmu Heng again, and said in the tone of the school examination: "Brother Heng, what do you see?" ”

Duanmu Heng also understood that his grandfather was examining himself, and pondered: The third prince was afraid that the eldest prince would make meritorious contributions in the south and then be appreciated by the emperor, so he deliberately used various means to try to control the eldest prince.

But because of the identity of the third prince, even if his grandfather follows his ass to clean up the mess, I am afraid it will be difficult to cover everything. Once something goes wrong, it's too late to regret it...... Of course, we can't leave it alone.

Duanmu Heng said slowly: "The supply of grain and grass and other materials in the rear is handled by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households, and the fourth sister proposed to let the second prince enter the military department, intending to use the second prince to encircle Wei to save Zhao ......."

Once the second prince enters the military department, it will inevitably attract the vigilance of the third prince, first, it can distract the third prince, and second, the second prince is probably anxious to catch the fault of the third prince.

This is the best way to protect the prince.

"Good. Brother Heng, you know how to draw inferences, very good. Duanmu Xian looked at Duanmu Heng's eyes with a look of satisfaction, "It just so happens that the second prince has just gotten married, and he has already opened a mansion, according to the rules, he can enter the sixth department for apprenticeship." ”

Let the second prince and the third prince fight in the court. Duanmu Xian's eyes flashed with a sharp light.

Duanmu Heng looked at Duanmu Scarlet with a complicated expression, but he wanted to sigh again, thinking: Hey, the fourth sister is bright tomorrow, why don't you like to study?! It's so sad!

He still has to look at the fourth sister more in the future.

Duanmu Heng secretly made up his mind in his heart, the "poor" Duanmu Scarlet was looked down by Duanmu Heng with goosebumps, and immediately knew that Duanmu Heng must be thinking about himself again.

It seems that she hasn't been going out recently, and she can't be caught by her eldest brother, in case the eldest brother sends her to study for girls ruthlessly, it won't be good......

Duanmu Fei tried her best to show the most well-behaved and lovely smile, hoping that Duanmu Heng would not worry about her.

Duanmu Xian watched the exchange of eyes between the two, only thinking that the brother and sister had a good relationship, the smile on his face deepened, and he continued in a good mood: "Two days ago, the autumn tax also came up, and the treasury finally enriched a little......

Duanmuxian talked to the brothers and sisters for a while, talking about the autumn tax, talking about the triennial official debriefing, talking about the emperor's intention to rebuild a palace, and telling the brothers and sisters about some trivial matters in the court.

Duanmu Heng listened attentively, but Duanmu Fei listened carelessly, and accidentally flew out of the sky again.

Duanmuxian's voice echoed in the room, and when it reached the outside of the house, it was immediately blown away by the autumn wind......

The sky was getting darker and darker, and by the time Duanmu Heng and Duanmu Fei came out of the Zhaohui Hall, night had completely fallen, and the courtyard outside was lit up with red lanterns, illuminating the surroundings in a dim yellow color.

"Big brother, then I'll go back to Zhanqing Courtyard first." Duanmu Fei blessed Duanmu Heng, and then ran away before Duanmu Heng called her.

"......" Duanmu Heng looked at Duanmu Fei's back as he ran away like a rabbit, and frowned, the sky was so dark, she ran so fast, she wouldn't fall, right? Tomorrow he has to talk about her, how a little girl is frizzy, she should learn more from her big sister, don't be surprised, and guard against arrogance and rashness.

Duanmu Fei only felt that Duanmu Heng's eyes were hot on his back, as if his clothes were about to be burned, and ran straight into the inner courtyard, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.

She glanced back, she couldn't see Duanmu Heng's voice for a long time, patted her chest, and boasted in her heart: Fortunately, she is smart enough and fast enough, otherwise she would definitely be caught by her eldest brother to give her homework now.

She had planned to sleep well when she got home.

This summer vacation really hurt her, that is, through the abrasion of her right hand, she rested for half a month, and the rest of the days were almost every day in Xiaoran Hall, and she smelled the chickens and danced every morning, hey, she hadn't gotten up so early for so many days in the past two years!

Now you have to make up for sleep, the book says, sleep enough, in order to grow taller!

She doesn't want to look like her sister, as long as she can grow to her sister's eyebrows, she is satisfied!

Duanmu spent three or four days leisurely, in addition to eating, drinking and having fun every day, he was teasing birds and foxes, or walking horses and feeding fish, and his life was very comfortable.

Duanmujun felt sorry for his sister and left for more than three months, and spent most of his time with his sister every day, eating and drinking.

Duanmu Fei is very satisfied with this leisurely life, and in three or two days, he has been raised oily and smooth, and his delicate skin seems to be glowing.

Duanmu Mansion has been calm for a few days, in comparison, the court is much more lively, the second prince Mu Youchang was sent to the military department by the emperor's order, although the second prince has not been knighted, but it still attracted a lot of attention from the court and the opposition, originally the courtiers thought that the second prince had completely lost his favor, but he didn't expect that now he was suddenly sent to the errand.

Many people secretly speculated whether it was because the second prince married the daughter of the Chu family and won the emperor's favor.

Duanmuxian inevitably mentioned a few words to Duanmu Heng and Duanmufei, Duanmufei only listened to a book, and listened to it with relish.

On October 5, the two sisters Wuyang and Hanxing suddenly came to the door and asked people to summon Duanmu Fei to Yimen.