In the next few days, for the sake of the three princes forcing the palace to rebel, everyone in the court was in danger, and they were trembling and doing errands, for fear that Cen Yin would take the opportunity to liquidate.

As for the people, they applauded the fate of the three princes, feeling that the truth was clear, and the retribution was unpleasant, the three princes were self-inflicted, and the one who was now paralyzed on the couch also responded to this sentence, and the storyteller changed the three princes' forced confession and rebellion to a dynasty and background, and made up a story, which has become the most popular story in Beijing recently.

In this delicate atmosphere, July passed quickly, and Duanmujun's birthday came in Duanmufei's anticipation.

Early in the morning of the third day of the eighth lunar month, Duanmujun went out with Duanmufei and went directly to the small house on Zhongchen Street.

In the garden, it was still the same as the last time they left, and the flowers were only halfway planted.

Last time, because Duanmuxian suddenly fell ill, they hurried back to Duanmu Mansion, and later because Duanmuxian wanted to recuperate, the sisters never came again, but sent someone here to collect the remaining flower seeds.

At a glance, this unfinished flower field looks like a bald man with beautiful hair, which looks a little abrupt.

"Sister, let's plant the flowers and plants little by little, and in the coming year, this garden will be very different!" Duanmu Fei said as he looked around the garden expectantly.

Thinking of "coming year", Duanmujun's long and thick eyelashes trembled slightly, and his beautiful and bright eyes were sparkling. In the coming year, my sister should be getting married too!

At that time, the little nephew has also been born, and she can hand over the middle feed in the house to Ji Lanzhou, and she can move to this house herself.

At this time, a warm breeze blew, and several birds flapped their wings and flew over, their wings brushed over the branches, making a "rustling" sound, and a few leaves fell fluttering down with residual flowers.

Duanmujun subconsciously looked out of the window, and saw a figure wearing indigo straight under the sun walked into the garden at this time, and walked towards this side unhurriedly.

The young man with a stunning appearance has a long and jade body, a tall figure, and an elegant and noble posture, just walking like this, it is as beautiful as a painting, which makes people unable to take their eyes off.

"Young Master Cen!" Duanmu scarlet happily poked his head out of the window and beckoned to Cen Yin, his smile as bright as a flower.

It's good that Cen Gongzi is here, if he comes, he can be lazy! Duanmu thought to herself, smiling sweeter and more cute.

In the past, Cen Yin thought that the little girl's smile was very cute, but recently, every time he saw the little girl laughing like this, he felt that his heart was up and down. Hey, Ah Yan should come back early and take care of his little girl!

Cen Yin casually dusted off the leaves that fell on his shoulders and walked into the flower hall.

There are naturally ice basins in the flower hall, with a hint of coolness, and the bonsai in the corner and the flowers inserted in the vase exude a faint floral fragrance, warm and peaceful.

Just looking at the purple-clothed girl a few feet away so quietly, Cen Yin's heart naturally became quiet, as if the hustle and bustle of the world was far away from him.

"Master Cen ." Duanmu Jun smiled at Cen Yinyan, and his delicate face became more and more dazzling as the smile bloomed.

"Sit down, Master Cen."

Duanmufei warmly beckoned Cen Yin to sit down, and invited him to drink sour plum soup to cool off the heat, and then pointed to a few snacks on the table, and enthusiastically told him which ones were made by Duanmujun and which ones were made by himself.

Cen Yin took out a small rectangular box from his sleeve pocket and said to Duanmu, "This is a birthday gift." ”

The sisters' eyes fell on the little box, their eyes as bright as stars, but one was pure curiosity, the other was complex sweetness.

Duanmufei was even more anxious than Duanmuxuan, and urged: "Sister, open it and take a look!" ”

While speaking, Duanmu Fei smiled at Cen Yinhui, as if to say that he refused to tell himself last time, and now it is not that he can't hide it!

"......" Cen Yin once again had the urge to "pack this little girl to someone".

Duanmu gently opened the small box, and a jade hosta lay quietly on the red velvet cloth in the box.

Duanmu carefully pinched the hosta between his fingers, this hosta is not complicated, the lines are concise and bright, the hairpin head is slightly curved, carved into a small lotus, supplemented by delicate cloud patterns around it, the whole hairpin gives people a simple and elegant beauty.

As soon as Duanmu Jun saw this hosta, another bamboo hairpin immediately appeared in his mind, and he hooked his lips and smiled, and that smile was like a treasure.

"Master Cen, did you do this yourself?" Duanmu Jun used a questioning tone, but his expression was very affirmative.

In February, she once asked Cen Yin to cut a bamboo hairpin for her, others may not know, but she was watching the bamboo hairpin carved by Cen Yin with her own eyes, and even if she didn't wear that bamboo hairpin on weekdays, she would play with it every day, and she couldn't understand every detail of it, and she knew at a glance that the jasper hairpin that Cen Yin gave her this time was born from that bamboo hairpin.

Did Cen Yin do it himself? Duanmu Fei also leaned over to take a look and blinked curiously.

According to her, the knife work of this hairpin has no obvious personal characteristics, and there is no mark on the hairpin, strange, how did my sister see it.

"Hmm." Cen Yin replied softly, and the sound quickly disappeared into the wind......

"I knew it!" Duanmu smiled more happily, and in his clear eyes, sweetness and joy were written, and he was calm.

Duanmu Fei looked at the two of them back and forth, pinched her chin and thought: There must be something that happened that she didn't know!

When Duanmu Fei came back to his senses and looked at the two of them again, he saw Cen Yin carefully inserting the jasper hairpin into Duanmu's bun.

From Duanmufei's angle, you can just see the bright smile on Duanmujun's lips.

My sister is so beautiful!

Duanmu Fei was stunned, and Cen Yin was also stunned.

The hall was silent, and the rays of sunlight formed a dappled light and shadow on the floor of the flower hall through the gaps between the leaves, and the light and shadow swayed slightly when the wind blew.

Duanmu Jun stroked the hosta in his sideburns, looked at him with an earnest expression and asked, "Young Master Cen, I still want a gift, is it okay?" ”

"......" Cen Yin was stunned and asked in a low voice, "What do you want?" ”

"Young Master Cen, you should eat longevity noodles on your birthday, right?" Duanmujun's eyes were brighter, and he stared at Cen Yin with burning eyes.

Duanmu Fei was silently eating osmanthus lotus root cake on the side, feeling that he seemed to be a little redundant.

Anyway, she's a younger sister, so just wait to eat her sister's longevity noodles.

After a pause, Duanmujun specially added: "In the past, when my mother was born, my father would make her a bowl of longevity noodles; When my father is born, so is my mother. ”

"If you can't do it, I'll teach you!"

Duanmu looked at Cen Yin's eyes generously, and when she stared at people like this, her eyes looked extraordinarily bright and exceptionally clear.

Cen Yin didn't have the strength to parry at all, and before he could react, he had already promised in his mouth: "Okay." ”

Sister mighty! Duanmu silently cheered up her sister in her heart, and after a while, she ate another piece of hibiscus cake.

So, Duanmu Jun and Cen Yin moved to the kitchen, and Duanmu Fei followed like a shadow, obediently being their little tail.

This house is basically empty on weekdays, and there is no cook in the kitchen, that is, Duanmujun sends people here to sprinkle and sweep every three or five days, and today Duanmujun also prepared some ingredients in advance.

Duanmujun and Cen Yin went into the kitchen to knead the dough, Duanmu Fei happily found a chair to sit on, brought her small basket over, and watched the play while drinking sherbet and weaving the strings.

Duanmu calculated the amount and added water to the flour......

"That's enough."

Cen Yin's voice suddenly sounded in her ears, Duanmu Jun felt empty, and Cen Yin took the bowl of water from her hand.

In fact, Duanmu Jun just poured water into the flour, and then Cen Yin took over, "I'll come." ”

Cen Yin had already rolled up his sleeves, and after cleaning his hands, he began to knead his dough.

Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei both opened their eyes in surprise, and found that Cen Yin actually knew how to knead dough, and his movements were very skillful.

After a while, the dough was formed, Cen Yin did not stop, he was still kneading one after another, and each time he kneaded, he left a handprint on the dough, and there was a slow rhythm in the seemingly simple action.

Duanmu Fei muttered softly: "Sister, Cen Gongzi actually knows how to make noodles!" ”

Duanmu Jun watched Cen Yin kneading her dough with a smile in her eyes, and there was a warm current flowing in her heart, making her feel like she was in a hot spring.

She said "um" softly, a simple word with a little pride, a little satisfaction, a little sweetness.

Mr. Cen is really amazing! It's so good at everything!

The corners of Duanmujun's lips curled higher, and his heart became sweeter.

Duanmufei's eyes moved to Duanmu Jun again, and thought appreciatively: My sister's knife work is really amazing, look, this radish is cut evenly and thickly, and the bamboo shoots are all the size of a little finger, as if they were carved out of a mold.

When Duanmuqi cut the ingredients, Cen Yin almost kneaded the noodles.

Duanmujun handed the rolling pin to Cen Yin, Cen Yin took the rolling pin and was about to start rolling the dough, but was stopped by Duanmujun: "Wait! ”

Cen Yin was stunned and turned his head to look at Duanmujun.

Cen Yin couldn't see it himself, but Duanmujun could see that his chin was stained with flour the size of a fingernail, he was like a person in a painting on weekdays, with a kind of grace and dignity that did not eat fireworks in the world, and at this moment it was like walking down from the painting, a little softer.

Duanmujun took out a handkerchief from his waist, naturally wiped the flour off his chin, looked him up and down, dusted off the flour on his shoulders for him, and then smiled with satisfaction, "Okay." ”

She looked up at him and smiled purely, her eyes bright as jewels overflowing with joy.

As if that were all there was to her, she was happy.

Cen Yin also looked at her, and between breaths, he could smell the familiar fragrance emanating from her, like an orchid like a lotus, warm, and his heart was soft.

Suddenly, Cen Yin felt that the pain and hatred that had been troubled by him were far away from him, as if the intrigues in the court, the new and old hatreds that were not shared, were all things of another world......

Seeing Cen Yin looking at him, Duanmujun thought that he also had something on his face, so he intuitively raised his hand to touch his cheek, "Is my face also ......?"

Cen Yin noticed that her fingertips were stained with some flour, and without thinking, he reached out and grabbed her wrist, "Don't move." ”

There was a warm, delicate touch under her fingers, and her wrist was so slender that it seemed to break if it was slightly broken.

Cen Yin was only now sluggish to realize what he had done, and his body stiffened slightly.

"......" Duanmu Jun blinked suspiciously.

"Your fingers are ...... with flour" Cen Yin let go of her wrist and explained dryly, it was obviously the truth, but for some reason, he had an inexplicable weakness.

Duanmujun smiled happily and casually stuffed the handkerchief into Cen Yin's hand.

She looked at him without blinking, her eyes sparkling.

She didn't say it, he did, as if he had suddenly become a marionette, manipulated by another person.

Cen Yin gently wiped her right cheek through the handkerchief, wiping away what didn't exist, and there was a softness hidden in the depths of his narrow eyes that only he knew.

In the kitchen, it was quiet, only the rustle of the branches in the yard was blowing.

There is an indescribable sweetness and warmth in the air, and the years are quiet.

Duanmu Fei, who was weaving on the side, heard that there was no movement in the kitchen, so he raised his head, just saw this scene, crooked his little face, and inexplicably felt that he was going to eat Shou Mian because he was afraid that he would have to wait a little longer.

She's not hungry right now anyway!

Duanmu hung his head and continued to weave the strings.

When they ate the hot shou noodles, it was already more than half an hour later.

Duanmu smiled and supervised Duanmu Jun on the side and said: "Sister, you are a birthday star, this bowl of longevity noodles has to be eaten in one go, you can't break it!" ”

There is only one noodle in the whole bowl of longevity noodles, and it is easy to eat from one end to the other, but it is difficult to say, and sometimes it is inevitable that it is a little unelegant to eat.

When Duanmu swallowed the last mouthful of noodles, the corners of his mouth were stained with some soup.

Duanmu Fei subconsciously wiped the soup from the corner of Duanmu's mouth with a handkerchief, and comforted him casually: "Sister, it's okay, there are no outsiders anyway!" ”

This girl! Cen Yin, who was eating noodles, almost choked on a mouthful, and couldn't help but start missing Mu Yanlai again.

Duanmujun was originally a little embarrassed, but when Duanmufei said this, he smiled brightly. That's what my sister said! Anyway, there are no outsiders here!

Duanmujun's eyes swayed in a circle of hazy ripples, overflowing with light.

When Duanmufei and Cen Yin also finished eating noodles, Duanmujun took out a drawing, spread it on the table, looked at Cen Yin with a smile and said, "Cen Gongzi, why don't you give me an idea too?" ”

Cen Yin quickly glanced at the drawings, and immediately saw that this was the drawings of the garden outside.

On the drawings, the main scenery in the garden is depicted one by one, such as the flower hall where they are located, the lotus pond, the stone bridge, several pavilions, rockeries, etc., and the flower forests and flower beds in the garden are marked with the names of various flowers.

"My sister and I recently changed it." Duanmu Jun said, his slender fingers moving on the drawing, "Here we want to plant some chrysanthemums, and here we plan to plant camellias, camellia flowers have a long flowering period......

Duanmu Jun said seriously, Cen Yin also listened carefully, and occasionally put forward his suggestions:

"How about a flower gallery here? From this pavilion to the flower hall, this flower gallery can be used to shelter from the rain and enjoy the flowers in the spring drizzle. ”

"You can plant some shade-loving flowers in the bamboo forest, such as four seasons begonia, one-leaf orchid, sea tung or something."

“……”

The two of them were so engrossed in their words that they were decorating a new home, completely oblivious to the presence of another person.

Duanmu Fei looked at Duanmu Jun, and then at Cen Yin, and once again felt that he was a little redundant.

She cleared her throat and simply raised her hand and proposed: "Sister, the flower seeds we prepared last time don't seem to have camellia and begonias, let's go buy them now." ”

Duanmufei didn't wait for them to agree, so he took Bi Cicada out of the door and went to the flower and bird market in the south of the city.

Duanmufei has been to this flower and bird market several times before, and she is very familiar with this place, and she didn't wander around, so she directly patronized a familiar old store and told her about the flower seeds and seedlings she lacked.

The boss was very enthusiastic, the two came and went, Duanmu Fei accidentally bought more, thinking that if he bought more, he could rearrange some flowers and trees in the yard.

Duanmufei bought a lot, she definitely couldn't get it herself, so she simply asked the boss to help her send the goods to the house on Zhongchen Street.

After buying things and spending money, Duanmu Fei went back in a very happy mood.

She had only been gone for an hour, but the garden had already changed again, Cen Yin and Duanmujun had planted some more flowers, and the new garden was beginning to take shape.

"Sister, you and Cen Gongzi are really sharp!" Duanmu Fei praised without hesitation, and expressed his merit by the way, "I have bought all the flower seeds and seedlings, and I specially bought a little more, and I will send it over after a stick of incense." ”

Thinking that today was my sister's birthday, Duanmu Fei asked very obediently, "Sister, is there anything else I can do?" ”

Duanmujun waved his hand casually, "Zhenzhen, you can rest, it's enough to have me and Cen Gongzi." ”

"......" Duanmufei, who was obviously eager to be lazy, suddenly felt that he was disliked.

The little girl's big black and white eyes blinked, and the talking eyes were clear at a glance.

Cen Yin stopped, cleared his throat, and proposed, "Fourth Duanmu girl, why don't you add that flower gallery to the drawings?" ”

Duanmujun hurriedly nodded: "That's a good idea!" ”

For some reason, Duanmu Fei always has a feeling that they are singing and harmonizing.

Could it be ...... I was really disgusted by my sister?!

Duanmu twisted her white and tender fingers, and after only struggling for a while, she happily drew a picture.

Duanmu Fei simply redrew a whole new drawing, she has a good memory, never forget, and she didn't even have to look at the original drawing, she drew the new drawing, and no longer marked the name of the flower, but directly painted the flower vividly, it should be said that she did not paint the garden now, but, what it will look like next year.

By then, all the flowers planted this year will be in full bloom!

"It's beautiful!"

When Duanmu Fei put away his pen, Duanmujun's satisfied exclamation sounded behind him.

Cen Yin let out a soft "um".

The corners of Duanmujun's mouth curled, revealing a soft and bright smile, which was even more delicate than the garden in this painting.

All she wanted was a home for her and him, where they could live the most ordinary days as they did today.

"Zhenzhen, when you go back, frame this painting!" Duanmu Jun said suddenly.

Duanmufei has always responded to her sister's requests.

Until the sun was setting in the west and the sky was full of colorful clouds, Cen Yin sent the two sisters back to the house.

Although he has planted a half-day pox, Duanmujun is still full of energy, and he seems to have endless energy, which looks better than Duanmufei's spirit.

The sisters went back to Zhanqing Courtyard to bathe and change clothes, changed into new clothes, and at dinner, they went to the outer courtyard to eat longevity noodles with Duanmuxian and Duanmuheng.

The chef's skills are very good, and the longevity noodles are naturally much better than Cen Yin's, the noodles are strong, the soup is delicious, and the ingredients are fresh.

While eating, Duanmujun was still reminiscing about the bowl of longevity noodles he ate at noon, and the corners of his lips kept curling softly.

She prefers today's birthday to the solemnity of the ceremony.

Duanmu Fei buried his head and ate with relish.

Duanmu Xian was also eating noodles, looking at his little granddaughter for a while, and then at his eldest granddaughter for a while, feeling a little worried.

Today is the nineteenth birthday of the eldest granddaughter.

Dasheng women generally marry at the age of fourteen to sixteen, and ordinary people may be even earlier, and the age of Duanmu has long passed the flowering period.

However, the girl of the Shoufu family does not worry about getting married, if Duanmu is willing to let go, Duanmu Xian is confident that he can find a suitable candidate for his grandson-in-law within a month, and then marry his eldest granddaughter within three months.

Oh......

Duanmu Xian sighed silently in his heart: The eldest granddaughter is really too assertive.

used to be unwilling to marry, so I had to recruit a female household, but then I was finally willing to marry, but I didn't just look down on "that person".

What can I do?

The more Duanmu Xian thought about it, the more worried he became, and even the longevity noodles in his mouth were not fragrant.

When Duanmuxian put down his chopsticks and looked up to wipe his mouth with a handkerchief, he happened to see Duanmu Fei finish eating the last bite of noodles in the bowl, pursing his mouth with satisfaction, his cheeks bulging, like a well-fed cat.

This girl is really big-hearted, and she doesn't know what it's like to be sad at all!

Duanmuxian accidentally thought of another girl with a big heart, put down the veil, and said to Duanmujun: "Sister Jun, Hanxing came to you in the afternoon, and sent you a birthday gift, let me pass it on to you." ”

As she spoke, the eldest girl came with a gold-painted pine box and presented it to Duanmu.

Inside the box is a pair of jasper bracelets, which are in good condition.

Duanmu Fei nodded appreciatively: "Cousin Hanxing's vision is good, this bracelet is green and transparent, it reflects my sister's complexion, my sister must look good when she wears it!" ”

In the eyes of Duanmu Xian and Duanmu Heng, this is just a pair of ordinary jade bracelets, noncommittal.

Duanmu Xian was about to gargle his mouth with tea, but he remembered another thing, and turned to Duanmu Fei and said, "By the way, four girls, your cousin Hanxing also said that he wanted to ask you to go to see the excitement together in two days." ”

Thinking of Han Xing's excited appearance at that time, Duanmu Xian was a little speechless.

His granddaughter, has always been like a child who doesn't grow up, and originally thought that he would be more sensible after getting married, who wants to have a little change in temperament, and he knows how to play and watch the excitement all day long.

"What's the excitement?" As soon as Duanmu Fei heard that there was a lively scene to see, he was energetic, and his eyes lit up.

Duanmu Xian's eyes flickered, and he said, "Mu Youjing has already decided to leave for the Lingnan penal colony in three days. ”

Duanmu Xian sighed in his heart: Then, the third child is estimated to be soon.

Thinking of the Duanmu period, Duanmu Xian's heart was a little heavy. People are not plants and trees, how can he not miss the love of father and son!

But to do it wrong is to make it wrong.

The third child must pay the price for what he did, exile is a little bitter, but at least his life is still there, if he continues to toss like this in the capital, I am afraid that this life will not be saved, and maybe several grandsons of Sanfang will be implicated.

Duanmufei didn't think about it so much, and said to Duanmujun with great interest: "Sister, there must be a lot of people who came out to see the excitement that day, do you want to go with us?" ”

Duanmu Jun smiled and said: "You and Hanxing go, I have to read the account books of the first half of the year these days, so I won't go to join in the fun." ”

Hearing the account book, Duanmu Fei had a headache, she likes arithmetic, but she has no interest in calculating accounts.

Duanmu Fei looked at Duanmu Jun with a sympathetic expression, "Sister, take your time, do you want me to lend you Jinse?" ”

Duanmu Jun responded with a smile.

Duanmu Xian looked at the sisters from the side, and stopped talking.

He actually wanted to inquire where the sisters had gone today, but after thinking about it for a long time, he still didn't ask.

He vaguely felt in his heart that the answer to this question would probably contain some facts that he did not want to hear.

Ay!

Duanmuxian sighed in his heart again, feeling that he was really heartbroken for this pair of precious granddaughters.

I'm really working hard!

Duanmuxian looked out the window, the sky was getting dark, and the sunset only left the last touch of orange in the sky, which meant that the day was over again.

In the next two days, there was no calm in the capital, nothing happened, and most of the people were just talking about the former three princes.

On the morning of the sixth day of the first month of August, the prisoner car in which Mu Youjing was riding drove out of the prison of the Criminal Department.

Good morning!

(End of chapter)