Just when Haiyue was wondering who was in the palace, the old housekeeper had personally brought in two young eunuchs.

The little eunuch led by him was not very old, but his pace was very calm, and he said with a smile: "The slave Jin Xi has seen Lord Wanyan and Chang Fujin." This time, I ran this trip for Lord John of the Ruyi Pavilion to thank Miss Haiyue for coming. ”

Jin Xi said while asking the person behind him to give a brocade box with both hands, and said to Haiyue: "John thanked the girl for helping that day, and wanted to thank her in person, but it was inconvenient, so I asked the slave to help transfer it." ”

"There is a father-in-law to run this trip." John should be the little painter of the Ruyi Pavilion that day, Haiyue didn't think much about it, thanked Jinxi, and under the excited urging of his seemingly full expectation, Haiyue opened the brocade box suspiciously, but found that it was a bottle of paint.

John is a painter, and it's normal to send Haiyue paint as a thank you. Most of the family members thought so, but Rocha didn't.

After all, he had seen the world, and after a few more glances at those paints, he knew that it was extraordinary, and after a little thought, he understood a little, so he smiled respectfully at Na Jin Xi and said: "Father-in-law has worked hard, please use tea before returning to the palace." ”

Jin Xi's task was completed, and he didn't delay much, but said that he still needed to rush back to be on an errand, so he smiled and let the old housekeeper lead the way and leave.

After he left, Luo Cha called Haiyue to the study alone, and asked her to bring the brocade box with her.

Haiyue saw that Ama frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about a problem all the way, and he didn't dare to come forward to disturb, so he obediently followed him through a few corridors and entered the study where Luo Cha was not allowed to enter and leave on weekdays.

"You're smart, you know what's going on." Luo Cha's expression was grim, he took the brocade box in Haiyue's hand, took a bottle at random, opened it carefully, looked at it, and was even more suspicious, and handed the bottle of lapis lazuli to Haiyue.

Luo Cha's seriousness made Haiyue inevitably nervous, she took the bottle, took a closer look left and right, and instantly remembered that it had been introduced in a modern cultural relics program, Wang Ximeng's hand-me-down green landscape masterpiece "A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", the picture still shines after hundreds of years of bright colors, the reason for this is that this painting uses gems to color, so it is even more precious.

Many of the best pigments in ancient times were extracted from gem metals, such as medieval Turkish red and Turkish cobalt blue, and the bottle of lapis lazuli blue in her hand was also an excellent pigment. You must know that lapis lazuli was transmitted to China from Afghanistan through the Silk Road, and the production of lapis lazuli in ancient China was small, and good lapis lazuli can be equivalent to gold!

After reading the article behind this, Haiyue also understood that this seemingly simple but actually priceless thing is not something that a small painter can get.

Haiyue lowered her head and was silent, who else in the palace has the ability to get this thing, and can be involved with foreign painters?

There is only one answer, and that is the Fourteenth Master!

After figuring out this layer, Haiyue raised her head and collided with Amma's slightly suspicious eyes, and hurriedly defended herself.

"Amma, please believe in her daughter, her daughter has no other thoughts."

"It's useless for me to believe you......" Luo Cha sighed lightly, and looked at the hot potato on the bookcase again, not knowing what expression to make, "I'm afraid there are already rumors in the palace about this matter, and the fourteenth master has done this ......."

Luo Cha complained and restrained and wanted to say goodbye, but he was even more breathless in his heart, and slammed the table with force.

Haiyue hurriedly stepped forward and comforted: "Amma, the fourteenth master is straightforward, maybe he just wants to thank his daughter for helping him out of the siege that day, there is really nothing between his daughter and him." ”

"I hope so. In short, you must keep in mind what Amma told you, keep your distance from the Fourteenth Master and Bixin, and abide by your duty, you know? Luo Cha saw Haiyue's calm demeanor, and his mind was a little calmer, but just when he was still thinking about telling something more, he heard the little guy outside the door urgently calling "Master".

"What?" Luo Cha was suddenly disturbed, and his face was slightly displeased.

"Master, there is another person in the palace. Chang Fujin asked the little one to invite the master and Gege out. ”

"Someone again?" Luo Cha glanced at Haiyue and hurriedly walked away.

What's going on again?

Haiyue was already depressed, and was stared at by Luo Cha, and Leng Buding's heart sank. But she didn't dare to delay and followed closely.

After coming to the main hall, sure enough, two little eunuchs greeted him, the leader claimed to be Jin Zhong, stepped forward and saluted unhurriedly, and then said to Haiyue: "Haiyue girl, the slave is here to give a gift to the girl on the order of the fourteenth master." ”

It's the Fourteenth Master again!? What kind of medicine is sold in his gourd?

Haiyue and Amma glanced at each other, but neither showed their hearts.

"This ...... The father-in-law is serious, how can the little girl dare to accept the gift of the fourteenth master! Luo Cha hurriedly stepped forward and smiled, wanting to refuse the gift for Haiyue.

But Jin Zhong seemed to have expected Luo Cha to refuse, and he looked like he was in his chest, and smiled unhurriedly: "Lord Shilang is too humble." Miss Haiyue was witty and resourceful, and solved the urgent need for the fourteenth master, which did not arouse the interest of the mother. The fourteenth master said, this gift, the girl can afford it! Don't refuse, adults. ”

As he spoke, Jin Zhong waved at the little eunuch beside him, motioning for him to hand over the gift to Haiyue.

The little eunuch immediately stepped forward and handed Haiyue a sandalwood box.

With the lesson of the gem pigment just now, Haiyue was afraid that her family would find out the mystery, so she didn't open the box after getting it.

Jin Zhong didn't force it, he finished his task, and he was about to leave, but when he turned around, he saw the old housekeeper trotting in and reported: "Old ...... Master, the palace is ...... again Someone is coming. ”

"What?" At this moment, the people in the entire main hall couldn't hold back anymore and became restless.

The eldest brother Luo Mingtai and his wife, the second brother Luo Xingtai and his wife, all looked at each other, and the third brother Luo Yantai thought that he had heard it wrong.

Jin Zhong has been serving in the palace for a long time, and he is as keen as him, and when he saw the blonde and blue-eyed foreigner guy walking in outside the door, he only said something bad in his heart.

"Lovely girl, nice to meet you." The foreigner saluted Haiyue very gentlemanly, and nodded hello to the people present.

Haiyue was a little confused at the time, because she didn't know this foreigner.

But after all, Luo Cha used to be a waiter in the Ministry of Rites and Rites, and his brain turned quickly, he immediately understood the origin of this foreigner, as well as his intentions, and tried to talk to him in foreign language to prevent him from revealing his identity.

But it was too late.

This foreigner, as if he was memorizing a text, said that he was the entourage of the British painter Mr. John.

At that moment, Haiyue's brain was shocked, and he subconsciously looked at Jin Zhong, never thinking that Jin Zhong was also sweating profusely at Haiyue at the moment, and the two of them met their eyes, and instantly broke each other's thoughts at the moment - the fourteenth master capsized in the gutter!

"Wait!" The eldest brother Luo Mingtai was a little puzzled at this time, he walked up to the foreigner and asked, "Are you the painter's entourage?" Then you came to our family Haiyue? ”

"Yes sir, my name is Luke, and I have been assigned by Mr. John to deliver a gift to Lady Haiyue."

As he spoke, Luke handed over the beautiful leather gift box wrapped in silk to Haiyue, "This is a perfume that Mr. John brought from London, and he specially asked me to pass it on to you to thank you for your help to him that day. ”

"Wait, wait, wait! Didn't you, Lord John, send for a gift? Not long after that man left? Why is it here again? The eldest brother looked puzzled.

"Sir, I don't understand what you're talking about, as far as I know, Mr. John has sent me alone."

"No, no, it's not you, he said that it was inconvenient to meet in the palace, so let Father-in-law Jin Xi come...... Wait, Jinxi...... Jin Zhong...... You are all serving by the side of the Fourteenth Master......"

Luo Mingtai looked at Jin Zhong who was about to slip away by the door, and suddenly realized!

"Hehe, I didn't expect that our sister, who has been in the palace for a short time, has not only been in the limelight, but also climbed to the top of the branches! It's shameless for a guy who hasn't come out of the cabinet to do such an ugly thing! ”

Haiyue didn't need to look back, she could copy Luo Mingtai's sneering look.

"Big brother! How can you talk like that! The third brother Luo Yantai was the first to listen to it, and took two steps forward in a slight anger.

"Am I wrong?" Luo Mingtai still shouted unforgivingly, "I said that how can she, the daughter of a criminal minister, be like a fish in water in the palace, it turned out that she killed her relatives in righteousness and took refuge in the fourteenth elder brother!" ”

"Fart! Haiyue is not as dirty as you think! ”

The second brother Luo Xingtai saw that the two of them were about to make a move, so he hurriedly stood between the two of them, and persuaded them not to be angry.

"Shut up! Do you still have me in your eyes? Luo Cha saw that the three "pillars" of the family were so presumptuous in front of outsiders, especially the words "the daughter of the criminal minister", which touched Luo Cha's scales, and Luo Cha was immediately angry!

Sister-in-law Qi Jiashi saw that her father-in-law was really angry, so she protected her slightly bulging belly with one hand, and carefully pulled Luo Mintai's cuffs with the other hand, signaling him to say less.

But Luo Mingtai didn't pay attention to it, and still glared at Haiyue with disdain.

Seeing this, Haiyue sneered: "I thought that my relatives were the most reliable and understanding people in this world, but now it seems that it is nothing more than that." ”

Haiyue said that she was going to pick up her luggage, and when she passed by her eldest brother Luo Mingtai, she stared into his eyes and said: "I am also grateful to God for giving me a brother who is a fellow mother, from beginning to end, this eldest brother not only did not write a letter of inquiry to me in the palace, not only did he not ask me if I was good in the palace, but because of a few words from outsiders and a few small objects, he spoke ill of his own sister!" Big brother, you're so good! ”

"Haiyue, although the eldest brother is straightforward and fast-talking, his original intention is also for your sake, don't worry about it if they are all your own brothers and sisters." Luo Xingtai still wanted to turn around, but it was good that he didn't speak, but as soon as he spoke, Haiyue glared at him in a blink of an eye: "Being straightforward and quick is not a reason to hurt people, let alone an excuse to sprinkle salt on my sister's wound!" ”

Whether it is a bitter and mean person like a big brother in this world, or a second brother who has nothing to do with himself and persuades you to become a little bun under the banner of "for your good", it is equally unpleasant.

Haiyue didn't talk much nonsense, turned around and knelt down to Luo Cha and his wife to perform a regular family ceremony.

She knocked her head three times, knocking a red mark on her forehead.

"Amma, Eniang, my daughter is not filial and can't serve on the side, you must take care of your body, your daughter will rely on her own strength to leave the palace and reunite with you as soon as possible!"

After that, Haiyue no longer looked at the eldest brother and second brother on the side, and only asked the third brother to let him help along with her filial piety.

Jue Luo saw the back of his daughter turning away, and he was already in tears. She beat her chest in distress, and kept scolding her eldest son for being unfilial: "It's so easy for your sister to be angry, long live the grace of Lord Kai to reunite our family, and you still talk nonsense to hurt her heart on this big day!" You...... How can you bear it! ”

Jue Luo was already in poor health, and he couldn't stand up in this hurry, so he was immediately helped to the inner room by the girl to rest.

In order not to make his mother sad, Luo Mingtai hurriedly chased out, but at this time, Haiyue's carriage had already gone away.