After figuring it out, Duanmuxian's whole person relaxed, holding the teacup in front of him, and he was in the mood to taste tea again.

As for Duanmujun, the angry little starling who was still looking out the window was distressed: it seems that their little eight really like ball bows.

After returning to Zhanqing Courtyard, she used rattan sticks and bells to weave a rattan ball for it, which can be grasped with a bird's beak or a bird's claws, which is most suitable for little starlings.

Duanmujun was thinking about it, when he saw the little starling on the branch secretly looking this way, Duanmufei also noticed it, and put the leather bow in his hand back into the bamboo basket next to him with bad intentions......

Duanmu snorted and laughed, Duanmu Jun also felt funny in his heart, but his mouth said: "Zhenzhen, don't tease Xiaoba, be careful that it is really angry, ignore you for a few days!" ”

"Out of the way." Duanmu winked at Duanmu with a grin, "If it's really angry, I'll take her to Huilan Garden." "The little starling likes to be lively, and he likes beautiful things, and he likes the girls who are dressed beautifully around it.

Duanmu couldn't help but hook his lips with a smile.

Hearing Duanmu Fei mention Huilan Yuan, Duanmu Xian's heart moved, and he remembered the Zhang family, that Zhang Wenxuan and Qi Shiyi were really self-destructive futures, and it was no wonder that they couldn't keep the position of the heir.

"Fourth girl, I remember that you got along well with the fifth girl in the second room of the Zhang family?" Duanmu Xian asked suddenly.

Of course, she and the little cousin of the Zhang family get along very well. Duanmu nodded with a smile, "The fifth girl in Zhang is lively and cute. ”

Duanmujun listened to his sister seriously praise others for her cuteness, and this came from the mouth of her delicate and lovely sister, which was an indescribable weirdness.

What Duanmu Xian really wanted to say was not Zhang Lan, his eyes were half-drooping, looking at the tea leaves floating on the turquoise tea soup, his thoughts were flying.

Although Zhang Wenxuan, the eldest of the Zhang family, and Zhang Wenche, the second eldest of the Zhang family, have the same father and mother, their temperaments are very different.

Zhang Wenxuan seems to have a bit of talent, but in fact, he is pretentious and high-minded, and his eyes are dust-free, in comparison, Zhang Wenche's temperament is a lot more mellow, and the second lady of Zhang, Chu's long-sleeved dance, is good at dancing, and she was born in the Xuanguo Mansion, and has some friendship with many noble families in Beijing.

Since Zhang Wenche and his wife arrived in Beijing, the Zhang family has been at home in the capital, and they have been moving around with various provinces more frequently.

Mrs. Zhang returned to Huaibei a year ago, and it seems that the Zhang family should be planning to leave Zhang Wenche and his wife in the capital and preside over the affairs of the capital, that is to say, the new heir of the Zhang family and the next head of the family will be Zhang Wenche.

The Zhang family is also one of the four major families, as famous as the Chu family, although it has declined in recent years, but in Duanmuxian's view, the Zhang family should still be good friends.

Duanmu Xian stroked his beard thoughtfully, and said with a smile: "Zhang Wenxuan, the eldest master of the Zhang family, took his son to return to his hometown in Huaibei two days ago, and his daughter suddenly had a pox, so she stayed in the capital and didn't leave. Since the second master of Zhang has not left now, I think he should stay in Beijing, four girls, you can walk around more with Miss Zhang Wu in the future. ”

"Grandfather, then I'll give Miss Zhang Wu a post when I go back." Duanmu Fei hurriedly said, thinking to himself: What a coincidence, Zhang Ruoling happened to have a pox at this time.

Duanmufei didn't bother to care about other people's affairs, so he didn't think much about it, he just wanted to call the little cousin of the Zhang family over to play quickly.

She couldn't sit down anymore, and eagerly said that she wanted to go back to Zhanqing Courtyard, Duanmuxian looked at the little girl's hot appearance, felt very interesting, waved her hand, and let her go with Duanmujun.

After Duanmufei went back, he didn't write a post, but simply asked someone to send a few baskets of lychees to the little cousin of the Zhang family.

Next, it's time to wait for the fish to bite the hook.

Sure enough, early the next morning, Zhang Lan personally came to the door to thank him.

The little cousin came over in a hurry. Duanmu Fei's heart is like a sparrow fluttering briskly, in a good mood, smiling with crooked eyebrows, very cute.

In contrast, Zhang Lan has a dignified face, combing a regular crescent bun, wearing a willow-colored skirt, and the skirt is embroidered with a few orchids, elegant and bright, but it makes her look a year or two older than her actual age.

"Thank you Duanmu Fourth Girl......"

Before Zhang Lan finished speaking, he was interrupted by Duanmu with a smile: "Fifth Miss Zhang, come, sit here." ”

Duanmufei got up enthusiastically and greeted Zhang Lan, and said in her heart: Hey, my little cousin always dresses herself up so old-fashioned, it's a waste that she looks as cute as an enamel doll.

Duanmu took Zhang Lan's hand and sat down by the window, and instructed the maid to serve her tea and snacks.

Zhang Lan sat dignifiedly, with an elegant and straight posture, and a proper smile always appeared at the corner of her mouth, as if she had come out of a lady's picture, with a quiet temperament.

She quietly looked at her environment, this east room was very elegantly furnished, the green locust trees and gold-inlaid jade bamboo outside the window reflected the room in a dark green, quiet and quiet, people couldn't help but relax.

Duanmu Fei looked at Zhang Lan, the more she watched, the more interesting it became, her palms were itchy, and she wanted to rub her head.

"Chapter 5 girl, I'll show you something funny." Duanmu's scarlet eyes rolled slightly, winked at Zhang Lan mysteriously, raised his hand to beckon Bi Chan over, and commanded in his ear.

Bi Cicada nodded, and immediately went to the inner room to get the Western writing doll.

Not to mention that this doll can write on its own, just the delicacy and complexity of its appearance is not comparable to the Mojiule of the Central Plains.

"Duanmu Fourth Girl, this doll is really exquisite." Zhang Lan looked down at the Western doll, the smile on the corner of her mouth was thicker, and her expression was still so reserved and steady.

Duanmu smiled brightly, skillfully wound the writing doll, and Bi Chan hurriedly added ink to the ink jar in front of the writing doll.

Zhang Lan is a smart person, and immediately saw something from Bi Chan's action, and a certain guess appeared in his heart.

After Duanmu put on the clockwork, he straightened up and retreated, and followed the writing doll himself with a quill pen to write on a piece of paper, seeing Zhang Lan stunned, the cherry mouth unconsciously opened into a circle, and a pair of clear apricot eyes stared at the writing doll without blinking, until the writing doll stopped, she suddenly realized that she was out of shape.

Worst. She's too undignified.

Zhang Lan pursed her lips without tears, but her eyes were reluctant to leave the writing doll. It was so amazing that she had never seen it before!

Zhang Lan's unfinished eyes are the most familiar to Duanmu Fei, and the little fox and the little starling often show this similar expression to this writing doll.

Her little cousin is still so cute.

Duanmu smiled and wound the writing doll again, and a pair of shallow pear vortices appeared on Ruyu's cheeks, and he was in a good mood and ordered the green pothos and the cicada to fetch other gadgets.

After a while, the pothos and the cicada piled up all kinds of toys such as empty bamboos, spinning tops, bamboo dragonflies, leather bows, etc., and the original elegance in the room disappeared completely, making Zhang Lan dizzy, and her little face was entangled again, and she repeatedly said to herself in her heart, to be dignified, to be dignified.

Duanmu Fei pretended not to know, and gossiped with Zhang Lan with a smile: "Miss Zhang Wu, I had a pox a few days ago, these are all ...... my brothers and sisters are trying to make me happy."

Zhang Lan was stunned, only to know that Duanmu Fei had just had a pox.

Duanmu Fei took the leather bow given by Cen Yin from the pothos, played with it twice in his hand, and wanted to propose to go for a walk in the garden, but before the words could be spoken, he saw Zhang Lan looking out the window in surprise, his eyes were shining, and he shouted: "Little eight......"

After the words came out, she realized that she was out of shape again, and quickly restrained her expression and made a dignified appearance, but her eyes were still shining at the little starling who was parked on the locust tree outside the window.

It was not only the little starling who was squatting on the locust tree, but also the little fox, a bird and a fox staring at the leather bow in Duanmu Fei's hand with burning eyes.

"This is my family's dumplings." Duanmu introduced the little fox with a smile, and handed the leather bow in his hand to Zhang Lan, who took it stupidly.

Almost in the next moment, she saw that a bird and a fox in the tree had reacted, the little starling spread his wings and swooped down from the tree towards the window, the little fox also moved, and jumped down from the high branch in three or two strokes, and then the two little guys appeared on the window sill almost at the same time, staring at the leather bow in Zhang Lan's hand without blinking, so that Zhang Lan didn't know whether to feel flattered or feel like a man.

"Quack!"

The little starling screamed unhappily, as if to say, this is mine!

The little fox didn't say anything, but its ice-blue eyes seemed to be fixed on its prey.

Zhang Lan looked at the two little guys and Duanmu Fei at a loss, she really couldn't cope with their expectant eyes, her mind was blank, and she simply stuffed the leather bow back to Duanmu Fei, feeling relieved.

Duanmu Fei looked at the cute appearance of his little cousin, and there was a sullen smile in his heart.

The little fox saw that it was out of play, and ran away in a puff of smoke, leaving behind a nimble and lonely back.

Zhang Lan looked straight at the back of the little fox leaving, looking stunned, and didn't react for a while, until Duanmu Fei's puzzled voice came from her ears: "Zhang Wu girl." ”

Zhang Lan came back to her senses and tried to calm down, but she still couldn't hide a trace of confusion in her eyes, "Mr. Qi arranged a painting the day before yesterday, and I thought about it for two days and still had no inspiration, so I suddenly had an idea." ”

The corners of Duanmu's mouth hooked, and he took Zhang Lan's little hand, "Then you have to take advantage of the 'state of mind' to draw it quickly." She smiled and pulled Zhang Lan to her small study.

Zhang Lan didn't react at all, she was pulled away by Duanmu Feifeng, Jin Se laid paper and polished ink for her, and served the pen and ink, and even the little starling flew over with them, stopping on the window sill of the small study, as if he wanted to see what Zhang Lan was going to paint.

Thinking of the composition in his heart, Zhang Lan was eager to try, took a sheep's hair pen from the pen holder and drew it, swaying freely, with a confident smile on the corner of his mouth......

Duanmu Fei watched her draw on the side for a while, and teased the little starling for a while.

The room was quiet and leisurely, except for the occasional "quack" of the little starling.

Zhang Lan was completely immersed in the painting, finishing the painting in one go, and when she put down the pen, she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Duanmu Fei curiously got up and leaned over to see that it was an ink painting that only used black, white and gray.

The main character of the painting is a small fox, or rather, a snow fox. The snow-white snow fox stood by the stream, looking in the direction from which the stream flowed, and beside it were several dry and gray reeds, and the ears of reeds like goose feathers swayed in the wind.

The whole painting exudes a cold and depressed atmosphere, like a winter day......

"Quack!" The little starling also recognized the fox in the painting and jumped straight on the window sill.

Duanmu Fei ignored the little starling, looked at the painting with interest, and after pondering for a while, he asked casually: "Miss Zhang, Mr. Qi's question can't be related to 'winter', right?" ”

Zhang Lan blinked her clear and bright apricot eyes, looked at Duanmu Fei in surprise, and then she hooked her lips and smiled. No wonder the eldest aunt, no, Mr. Qi always said that the four girls of Duanmu were smart.

"The fourth girl of Duanmu guessed seven, seven, eighty, eight." Zhang Lan said with a smile, "Mr. Qi's question is 'winter', but there is no ice and snow visible. ”

This question is not difficult, it is simple to paint plums, snow lotus, hibernation animals, dead wood in the cold wind, etc., but these others can also think of it, until the lonely back of the little fox gave Zhang Lan the inspiration for this painting.

Duanmu Fei looked at the painting carefully, and said with a smile: "This painting can be changed again." ”

"Please also ask the fourth girl of Duanmu to teach." Zhang Lan looked at Duanmu Fei eagerly and blessed her.

Duanmu smiled and pointed to the top of the drawing paper, "Add another round of cold moon here to half-expose and half-cover from the clouds, what do you think?" ”

Zhang Lan's eyes widened, her eyes seemed to reflect the stars in the night sky, shining brightly, she eagerly picked up the pen and brushed again.

Duanmu Fei looked at Zhang Lan's focused side face, and the smile on his face became even stronger. Her little cousin is still like this, she has grown up a lot, but her temperament has not changed at all......

Looking at the little girl who was close at hand, Duanmufei's eyes were a little dazed for a while.

After a while, Zhang Lan put down the pen and looked at the painting in front of him with satisfaction, the cold moon and clouds are really wonderful, making people feel that this night is about to come, making this painting seem ethereal, and it is not a sense of urgency.

The more Zhang Lan looked, the more she liked it, and what she looked at was painting.

Duanmufei also likes it more and more, and she looks at her little cousin.

Her heart moved, and while Zhang Lan was looking at the painting, she proposed in a seductive tone: "Miss Zhang, Cousin Hanxing, my sister, and my cousin of the Li family are going to form a team to compete with the main body of Jinxiu County, and on the first day of June, you can come together." ”

Zhang Lan was immersed in the painting, and almost blurted out, but finally stopped. She raised her head from the painting, and there was a hint of confusion on her little face: this keju is too undignified, besides......

"I'm not going to bow." She said honestly.

Duanmu smiled, the pear vortex on his face deepened, he had already thought about it, and immediately said, "I won't either, but we can paint!" What if Mr. Qi asks you to draw a juju next time? ”

The fourth girl of Duanmu is reasonable! Zhang Lan's eyes lit up, as bright as a jewel.

Duanmu Fei laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and she was afraid that her little cousin would be angry, so she continued quietly that she and Hanxing deliberately chose a beautiful place to compete, and everyone could go to walk the horses at that time......

Zhang Lan originally planned to leave before lunch, but she was accidentally left for lunch, and accidentally accompanied Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun to have some afternoon tea, and when she left Duanmu Mansion, it was already dusk, and she went back to the house with large bags of fruit snacks, flower tea and fruit wine.

After sending Zhang Lan away, Duanmu Fei's mood was better, and she felt that her little cousin's stunned appearance was enough for her to reminisce for several days.

Early the next morning, she sent a post to Zhang's family, asking Zhang Lan to go to Cuiwei Lake on the first day of June.

Then she counted the days and waited, and as June approached, the weather became hotter and hotter, and the sun was scorching, and summer was coming.

However, on the first day of the first month of June, it was not Zhang Lan who came to the shore of Cuiwei Lake, but Zhang Ruoling, the eldest girl of the Zhang family.

After Duanmu Fei got out of the carriage, he saw that the person walking down from the other carriage next to him turned out to be Zhang Ruoling, and blinked in surprise.

Zhang Ruoling also saw Duanmufei and walked towards the sisters.

On the shore of Cuiwei Lake, the mountain breeze is gentle, the trees are dense, it is much cooler than the capital, and at this moment, the air seems to have a little morning dew and fog.

There are rows of carriages and horses parked not far away, tables and chairs are also set up on the shore of Cuiwei Lake, and there are also maids and maids who are busy, some are sorting out the stadium of the Keju game, some are building a curtain along the court to watch the game, some are setting up fruit plates and snacks, and some are watching the red clay stove boiling water and making tea.

Zhang Ruoling quickly walked up to the sisters, smiled slightly, and blessed Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei, "Duanmu eldest girl, fourth girl, don't come to harm?" ”

Zhang Ruoling was obviously carefully dressed, combed a complicated peony head, wore a bit of emerald lark hairpin, wore a blue-green gown, with a willow-yellow horse-faced skirt, the gown was embroidered with large lotus flowers and hibiscus, the color was elegant and refined, and Zhang Ruoling exuded an elegant and beautiful temperament.

Duanmu Fei smiled faintly, and Duanmu smiled and greeted her: "Miss Zhang, TOEFL." ”

Zhang Ruoling didn't care about the sisters' indifference to her, and explained: "My sister has a pox, so she can't come today." ”

Duanmu frowned, obviously a few days ago, Zhang Lanren was fine......

"Miss Zhang, dare to ask when Miss Zhang Wu had the pox?" Duanmu asked.

Zhang Ruoling sighed, her beautiful eyebrows frowned slightly, and she looked worried, "It was the night before yesterday." ”

Duanmu Fei's eyes were half-lowered, his eyes flashed, chickenpox can be latent for more than ten days, calculate the time, and it is said that Zhang Lan contracted chickenpox within two days after going back last time.

How could it be such a coincidence!

Duanmu raised his eyes and looked at Zhang Ruoling a few steps away, his black and white eyes were like pure and clear mountain spring water, as if he could see through people's appearances and understand people's hearts.

Looking at Duanmu Fei in front of her, Zhang Ruoling couldn't help but think of her mother-in-law Qi again, and her mood fluctuated like a tide.

She unconsciously pinched the handkerchief in her hand, avoided Duanmu Fei's gaze, and turned to Duanmu Jun and said, "Duanmu girl, are you going to play today?" I can't bow, and I can only cheer up the girl. ”

Duanmujun put on the new blue riding costume today, the skirt of the riding suit walked a tail of fiery red fire carp, the color of the fire carp is bright and bright, but it is not vulgar, but it adds a touch of nobility to this elegant blue color, and the girl's red lips seem to be dyed with cinnabar, bright and dazzling.

The same style of a blue riding suit is worn on Duanmu Scarlet, but it is another feeling, beautiful and lively, take a closer look, you will find that the fire carp posture on the original two riding clothes is different, the former is lazy and noble, the latter is lively and naughty, so it presents two very different feelings.

The two sisters' riding costumes attracted the envious eyes of many girls around them, and they commented one after another, they just stood here, and they were the center of many people's eyes.

Feng Yan saw Duanmu Fei coming from a distance, like a puppy that saw its owner, and ran over happily, "Zhen Zhen......"

However, not only did he see Duanmu Fei, but "others" also saw it, and before he could say a word, the palace maid Congzhen came from another direction, came to the two sisters one step faster, and curtsied his knees: "Duanmu eldest girl, fourth girl." Her Royal Highness the Eldest Princess and Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess invite the two of you over. ”

Not far away, Wuyang and Hanxing, who were talking to several sons and nobles, beckoned to Duanmu Fei and Duanmujun, signaling them to hurry over.

Beside Han Xing, Jun Ran, Li Tingyou, Mu Jinfan, Dangui, Lan Tingyun and others also gathered around, talking in twos and threes.

"Miss Zhang, then we'll leave first." Duanmu Jun smiled at Zhang Ruoling, and walked towards Hanxing with Duanmu Fei, Feng Yan followed like Duanmu Fei's tail, talking to her.

Zhang Ruoling stood in place and watched the sisters leave, her originally tense body relaxed a little, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

She quietly looked around for half a circle, there were a total of twenty sons and nobles participating in the Keju competition, but in addition, there were also many people like Duanmu Fei and Zhang Ruoling who came to watch the game.

Most of the people who came today are the children of the nobles in Beijing, and some of them Zhang Ruoling has also seen them, they are all girls from the top gate valve dignitaries in Beijing, at least they are also the children of the prince, the prince of the county, and the Hou Bo family, and many of them are more expensive than the people who went to Luhua Pavilion for the banquet that day.

These people form a circle of their own, and the sons and girls of ordinary families and courtiers can't get in touch with these people at all.

Their Zhang family is one of the four major families, and they are naturally noble, but she is just a concubine, how can the noble girl here condescend to interact with a concubine.

She is only here today because she borrowed the light of "someone else......

Thinking about it, Zhang Ruoling's eyes looked at Duanmu Fei in front of her again, she was talking to Han Xing with a smile, and several sons and girls were smiling and laughing, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

"Cousin Hanxing, look at these foreheads, I asked the needlework room to do them, and when the competition comes, you will all tie them." Duanmu Fei took a basket from the pothos and picked one from the few foreheads in the basket and gave it to Hanxing.

These foreheads are all fiery red, just the same color as the fire carp on Duanmu and Duanmu Fei's riding clothes, Duanmu Fei deliberately let the sewing room embroider a few carp with silver thread on the forehead, and wear it on Duanmujun's forehead, which matches her riding outfit very well.

Not only Han Xing has a share, but Feng Yan and Li Tingyu are all members of the competition.

Han Xing casually tied the forehead wipe on his forehead, Congzhen immediately held a diamond mirror and stepped forward, Han Xing looked at herself in the mirror and smiled with satisfaction, she already knew that the forehead was red, so she deliberately wore a red riding suit today, which is also very compatible with this forehead.

"Scarlet cousin, it's a loss to have you." Han Xingjiao said.

Her words are not kind words, this game is indeed due to Duanmu Fei's help to operate and organize.

For today's game, they have gathered together to practice a few times, determine their respective positions and responsibilities, practice coordination, and practice some Keju tactics and so on.

Han Xing lives in the palace, and it is not so convenient to come out as much as he wants on weekdays, and he has to be absent twice even for practice, and many trivial matters are helped by Duanmu Fei and Li Tingyou Zhang Luo.

For example, now, Duanmufei is still shouldering the responsibilities of a military advisor, so that everyone is gathered in a circle, chattering about various tactics:

"Keju is like a battlefield, focusing on strategy, strength, cooperation and on-the-spot reaction."

"Feng Gongzi, you and Jun Shizi and Cousin You have a tacit understanding, and the three of you can be the main force of the attack."

"Cousin Hanxing, you are flexible, skilled and skillful, you organize the defense of the midfield and backfield, and you can seize the opportunity to launch an attack......"

"Mu Gongzi, you have a calm and calm personality, just look at the goal......"

“……”

Feng Yan stared at Duanmu Fei's little face without blinking, his eyes were burning, and he didn't know how much he listened to that obsessive look.

Jun Ran and Li Tingyou also noticed it, and exchanged a look with some amusement, and the teenagers were eager to try, eager to go on the field and kill all sides immediately.

At this time, Congzhen looked in a certain direction and said to everyone: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Her Royal Highness the fourth princess, and His Royal Highness the second prince have come down." ”

When she said this, Duanmu Fei, Feng Yan and the others subconsciously followed her gaze and looked forward, hundreds of feet away, a young man in a lake blue brocade robe was galloping towards this side, and there was a Zhulun car beside him, it was obvious that the person who came was not only the second prince Mu Youchang, but also the second prince Chu Qingyu.