He slowly twisted the rosewood Buddha beads in his hand, and quietly glanced at Xiao He on the side.

Xiao He's immediately understood, so he owed a debt and said: "Father, Sister Jun has been hunting in autumn for so long, the family can't be left without an owner for a day, and who should take care of the internal affairs in this house?" ”

Duanmuxian stroked his beard on his chin, with a contemplative look on his face.

The affairs of this mansion are really troublesome, and he didn't want Duanmu Jun to go hunting the palace, after all, the mansion can't do without her now.

But Duanmu Jun has already reached the end of the line, and his temperament has always had an idea, for her family affairs, Duanmu Xian still hopes to take her own fancy as the mainstay, during the autumn hunt, many children of the Xungui family will accompany him, and it has always been a great opportunity for children to see each other.

As for the He family, looking at the previous attitude of the He family towards Duanmu Xuanli, Duanmu Xian knew that she was unreliable, and she didn't dare to entrust Duanmu Jun's family affairs to her.

Duanmu Xian looked at Duanmu Jun with a deep groan and asked, "Sister Jun, what do you think?" ”

Duanmujun naturally also saw the intentions of the He family and the Xiao He family, Liu Ye's eyes flashed slightly, and the corners of his lips were slightly curled.

She has never been a person who would rather let herself suffer for the sake of a little face, she suddenly had an idea in her heart, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, it's better to let Aunt Mo take care of it for a few days." ”

What the?! Let Duanmu Chao's second-room Aunt Mo be fed?! Xiao He's face changed in an instant, and the whole person almost didn't jump.

Duanmujun turned a blind eye to Xiao He's anger, and continued to say to Duanmu Xian with a calm expression: "Grandfather, Mama Zhang has been helping me manage the housekeeping of the house for the past year, so let her stay and assist Aunt Mo, but it has only been more than half a month, and there is no problem in thinking about it." ”

Duanmuxian has always been at ease with Duanmujun's work, and immediately nodded in agreement.

When Xiao He heard this, his eyes widened in disbelief, and the anger in his heart was like a wildfire scorching the weeds all over the mountains and fields, burning more and more, and he was indignant: since he beat Aunt Mo's slut and went to Huangjue Temple by himself, now Duanmu Chao and that slut are like glue, and they obey her.

After he returned home, he tried all kinds of means and efforts, but he couldn't save a point...... Now whether it is the second room or the house, there is almost no place for her to stand.

Now, he is still alive, but he asked Aunt Mo to take care of the inner house, this is spread, what is he or not, people outside the house are afraid that they will not think that they are not virtuous and unfilial will be pressed by a lowly concubine.

The more Xiao He thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved, wiped the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief, and said aggrievedly: "Father, mother, daughter-in-law are the main wife, and Aunt Mo is the second room, after all, she is a concubine, how can there be a reason for the house to let the concubine room manage the middle feed...... This makes the daughter-in-law how to behave in the future, and how will the wives of other mansions think of the daughter-in-law in the future? ”

As he spoke, Xiao He's glared at Duanmu Jun viciously, his eyes shot out of male anger, and he reprimanded: "Sister Jun, you have this kind of idea, but you want to stir up the wives and concubines in the house? It's really disrespectful and unscrupulous! ”

Duanmujun sat on the chair with a straight waist and a dignified expression, and drank the hot tea in his hand elegantly.

"Smack!"

Duanmu Xian's face became more and more gloomy, and he put down the teacup in his hand heavily, and the clear and piercing impact sound frightened Xiao He's family, and he was instantly silenced.

Duanmu Xian's eyes looked at Xiao He's family like a sword, and said coldly: "I'm not dead yet, you can't call the shots in this mansion!" I think you're the one who doesn't respect you! Duanmu Xian really can't look down on this short-sighted and narrow-minded second daughter-in-law, if it weren't for the eldest grandson Duanmu Heng, he really can't wait to divorce her.

His voice was not loud, but it was loud and clear, and the atmosphere around him instantly froze, and the temperature seemed to drop a lot suddenly, and it suddenly entered the cold winter.

The other people in the room all looked at each other with different expressions, some secretly said yes, some showed mockery, some just watched the show, and some secretly hugged for Xiao He's family like Duanmu Qi......

"......" Xiao He's face turned pale, his mouth opened and closed, but he didn't dare to say any more.

Her eyes drooped, staring at the bluestone slab floor that was as bright as a mirror, the anger in her heart did not go out but rose, and she felt more and more aggrieved, blaming her children, blaming the He family, and blaming the old man Duanmu Chao, they all refused to speak for her and help her make the decision.

No matter what Xiao He thought in his heart, with Duanmu Xian's decision, this matter was decided.

However, the atmosphere in the east room became a little strange, and the people in the other rooms didn't have the heart to stay any longer, so they retired one after another, and after a while, most of the room was empty.

Before leaving, Duanmujun seemed to have thought of something, raised his eyes to look at the He family, and asked decently: "I heard that my grandmother is going to the Weiguo Mansion tomorrow, but do you want me to let someone prepare the carriage?" ”

Duanmu Jun looked at the He family a few steps away with a smile, she knew the intentions of the Weiguo Mansion to her, and she was a little sneering at the He family's repeated contact with the Weiguo Mansion, so she deliberately said this in front of Duanmu Xian.

Duanmuxian looked at He Shi with a slightly cold expression, although he didn't say anything, the coldness in his eyes was enough for He Shi to see his displeasure.

He's face changed slightly, and he hurriedly explained: "Old lady, it was the Duchess of Weiguo who invited me to sit in the mansion, the status of the Duke of Weiguo is transcendent in the court, and the Duke of Weiguo is deeply trusted by the emperor, and it has been the same for more than ten years...... In my opinion, it is also beneficial and harmless for the old lady to be friendly with the Weiguo Mansion. ”

Duanmuxian was silent, squinting at the He family beside him, and the silence spread, which also made the He family's heart rise little by little, and he was almost a little restless.

After a while, Duanmu Xian finally said in a deep voice: "Amin, last time, it was because you made your own decisions that you caused God to condemn you. He sighed and said meaningfully, "You're doing it yourself." ”

Duanmu Fei lowered her eyes silently, her eyelashes trembled slightly, and she felt that Duanmu Xian was worthy of being an old fox, and her ability to open her eyes and tell nonsense was really just right, which made her feel ashamed.

He Shi instantly felt as if he had been poured a bucket of ice water, and remembered the crime of God at the beginning of the year, and shivered fiercely. She quickly twisted the Buddha beads in her hand, her fingers trembled slightly, and she secretly recited Amitabha, feeling a little scared.

Duanmujun and Duanmufei didn't speak again, nor did they look at He's anymore, and directly held hands and retreated.

Duanmufei was smiling from beginning to end, and he didn't worry about Duanmujun at all. Her sister knows best, she is not a person who can swallow her anger.

Outside, the sky had completely darkened, and the fifteenth moon was large and round, and the cold silver moonlight lit the way for the sisters......

In the sky, the stars whispered; On the ground, the sisters talked and laughed, one moment talking about the foal, and the other about autumn hunting.

The autumn hunt is in October, and there is still more than half a month to go.

Because Aunt Mo needs to be in charge of housekeeping for a period of time at that time, from the next day, when Duanmujun handles housekeeping, he will also call Aunt Mo to come along.

Aunt Mo is the concubine of the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites.

Her own aunt died early, and she was raised under the knees of her mother-in-law Mrs. Mo since she was a child, and she also devoted herself to pleasing and serving her mother-in-law, and won a bit of sincerity from her mother-in-law, so although she missed the flowering period because of her filial piety for her grandfather and grandmother, her mother-in-law also chose a good family like the Duanmu family for her.

Aunt Mo is also a good person, and she is grateful for the opportunity Duanmujun gave her. She knew that once she took charge of the feed, even if it was only for half a month, her status in the house would improve a lot, and the whole house would respect her more in the future, which was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for her.

Next, Duanmujun was even busier, not only to take Aunt Mo to take care of the feed, but also to prepare for the trip, Duanmufei continued to live a leisurely life of sleeping and eating, and took the two foals to wander and play in the horse farm in the house.

In September, Duanmu's family was extremely busy, even He's and Xiao He's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were busy like spinning tops, busy paying attention to Duanmuqi and He Lingyi's homework, and busy making new clothes for the two.

Anyway, the He family didn't have to be Yujin Lou, so he went to find the famous Cai's embroidery village in Beijing to make clothes, and customized jewelry for the two girls.

In mid to late September, in the autumn wind, the leaves were dyed golden little by little, and the weather in the capital was gradually dry and cool.

In the carriage, along with her were He Shi, Duanmuqi and He Lingyi.

"Ahh In order to enter the palace, she got up an hour earlier than usual.

He Shi, who was sitting opposite Duanmu Fei, looked at her with a complicated expression, and a strange light flashed in his shrewd eyes.

More than a month ago, she brought Duanmu Qi and He Lingyi into the palace, and wanted Duanmu Guifei to choose one of them for Hanxing to read with.

He thought very well, but Duanmu Guifei did not respond, only said that he would call some noble girls into the palace later, and then choose two companions for Hanxing, and said that Duanmu Qi and He Lingyi could also come at that time.

In the past few days, the He family specially asked the gentleman to strengthen the homework for the two, and invited the grandmother to learn the etiquette in the palace, and all aspects were carefully prepared.

Could it be that her daughter still wants to choose Duanmu Scarlet as Hanxing's companion? He frowned slightly, pinched the Buddha beads in his hand, and his eyes sank.

He Lingyi, who was beside He, was a little uneasy, and from time to time he opened the curtains and looked in the direction of the palace, his eyes seemed to be expectant, nervous, and shy.

Duanmu Fei yawned delicately again, feeling that getting up early or something was too torturous, and when she returned from the palace today, she must make up for a good night's sleep.

Just as Duanmu Fei yawned, the carriage came to the palace gate, and the grandmother sent by Duanmu Guifei was already waiting there, leading the He family to Duanmu Guifei's Zhongcui Palace.

Zhong Cui Palace was very lively at the moment, and when he arrived at the door of the main hall, He had already heard the crisp voices of the girls coming from the direction of the east side hall, flowing like a clear stream of a mountain stream.

"Mrs. Duanmu, please." Mama opened the curtain in front of her and led the He family into the mermaid.

The air is filled with a faint incense, and a bronze triangular carved unicorn incense burner in the corner rises with green smoke, and the fragrance is mixed with wisps of chrysanthemum.

Duanmu Guifei, who was wearing a garnet red entwined chrysanthemum pattern carved silk gown, was sitting on a rosewood inlaid mica arhat bed, and on both sides sat four or five girls who were in the prime of their golden hairpins and cardamom years.

The arrival of He's family, Duanmu Fei and his party attracted Duanmu Guifei and others in the hall to look at them in unison.

Duanmu Guifei's eyes flashed, and she was a little surprised that the He family also came, she originally just let a few little girls come by themselves. Knowing her mother Mo Ruonu, Duanmu Guifei thought about it a little and understood it.

Mother wants to keep at least one of them, hey, the older my mother gets, the more confused she becomes. Duanmu Guifei sighed slightly in her heart.

For the prince and princess, choosing a companion to read is to get help, unless it is Duanmu Fei, otherwise Duanmu Guifei does not want to choose a companion from the Duanmu family or the He family.

"I've seen the concubine." The He family, Duanmu Fei and his entourage saluted Duanmu Guifei one after another.

"Mother is very polite." Duanmu Guifei smiled quietly, and then asked the three little girls to get up too, and then said, "Hanxing should also get out of school soon, Linglong, you take the girls to play in the imperial garden." ”

"Yes, concubine." A round-faced palace maid in Tsing Yi immediately bent her knees to receive her life.

Duanmu Fei also went with these girls, and the girls followed the palace maid Linglong to leave the Zhongcui Palace with a smile, and came to the Tinglan Water Pavilion in the Imperial Garden.

Duanmu Fei casually found a railing bench near the lake in the water pavilion and sat down, lazily feeding the fish, the autumn goldfish grew fatter and stronger, but the body was very flexible, one by one scrambled to shake the butterfly-like tail to compete for fish food.

The other little girls whispered to each other, glanced in the direction of Duanmufei and Duanmuqi, and then walked towards Duanmufei.

One of the girls in Cuiyi gracefully blessed Duanmu Fei, and talked to her with a smile: "Fourth girl Duanmu, don't come to harm?" ”

Duanmu Fei looked at the other party's beautiful little face and thought about it, and owed a gift in return: "Miss Zhao." ”

"Miss Zhao, do you know Miss Duanmu?" A girl in pink asked curiously.

That Miss Zhao was a little surprised that Duanmu Fei still remembered herself, the smile on her face was even stronger, and she hurriedly said: "I just had a relationship with the four girls of Duanmu in April this year, when I had the honor to listen to the four girls of Duanmu play a song "Flowers Bloom and Fall", and I was very impressed. ”

The three girls beside her quickly exchanged glances.

The fourth girl of Duanmu and the second girl of Duanmu are all cousins of the fourth princess Hanxing, and since they deliberately entered the palace today, it is obviously for the position of accompanying reading. With the relationship between the Duanmu family and the concubine, and with the outstanding piano and chess skills of the four Duanmu girls, it will definitely occupy one of the places for the companion.

In other words, the rest of them will have to fight for this last spot.

Thinking about it, the expressions of several girls were faintly nervous, and they came to talk to Duanmufei, on the one hand, they wanted to show friendship with their future classmates, and on the other hand, they also wanted to take the opportunity to explore the temperament of the fourth princess.

The girl Zhao calmed down, smiled and said, "I remember that the girl went to the Condensation Club with Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess......

She quietly wanted to bring the topic to Han Xing, and at this moment, the palace maid saluted respectfully from behind: "I have seen His Royal Highness the Great Prince." ”

A few simple words made the water pavilion instantly quiet, and several eyes followed the sound of the water pavilion to look out. The expressions of the people were different, some were curious, some were expectant, some were bright, and some were calm and casual......

Under a fiery red maple tree outside the water pavilion, the eldest prince Mu Youxian, wearing a golden python robe, stood with his hands in his hands, his figure was as tall as a bamboo, noble and elegant.

Several little girls in the Water Pavilion, including Duanmu Fei, got up one after another, and came out of the Water Pavilion to Mu Youxian to bend his knees and say goodbye: "See His Royal Highness the Great Prince." ”

"No need to be polite." Mu Youxian raised his hand gently, and his eyes quickly looked around, but he didn't see the beautiful shadow he was thinking about, and he was a little disappointed: Cousin Jun didn't come.

Mu Youxian's eyes darkened slightly, and he didn't notice that two burning eyes shot out of those girls.

He Lingyiruyu's cheeks were flushed with a red glow, the corners of his lips were slightly upturned, and he stared at Mu Youxian's handsome side face like water.

He wore a golden-yellow python pattern woven gold engraved silk brocade robe, a white jade belt around his waist, a ring-shaped carved dragon jade pendant on the belt, and a red maple leaf scattered on his shoulder......

He Lingyi stared at the maple leaf on his left shoulder, and couldn't help but take half a step forward, wanting to remind him, and even more wanting to raise his hand to brush it off for him......

At this time, Mu Youxian also moved, took two steps forward in the other direction, smiled slightly, and said: "Cousin Scarlet, you haven't entered the palace for a long time, the Fourth Emperor Sister misses you, and you will have to come to play often in the future." ”

Mu Youxian also knew that the concubine wanted to choose a companion for Hanxing, and she also hoped that Duanmufei could come, so maybe Duanmujun would occasionally enter the palace with her......

Thinking about it, Mu Youxian's eyes lit up, and he looked at Duanmu Fei expectantly.

Listening to the meaning of the eldest prince's words, it was clear that he supported Duanmu Fei to enter the palace as a companion, and Miss Zhao and several other girls couldn't help but say in their hearts, and secretly exchanged a look.

But He Lingyi's face changed slightly, and a pair of white plain hands unconsciously wrung the handkerchief in his hand. If she can't be a companion, then her chances of seeing the eldest prince in the future are almost slim......

Duanmu Fei smiled innocently unconsciously, tilted his head and looked at Mu Youxian and said, "Cousin, when the autumn hunt comes, I can have a good time with Cousin Hanxing." ”

Mu Youxian didn't say much, after all, Han Xing's companion had his own concubine and Han Xing to choose by himself, so he only smiled and let Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Qi have fun together, and told the palace maids to serve well, and then left.

Duanmu Fei went back to the water pavilion and sat down, several girls greeted Mu Youxian, exchanging glances with each other, no one noticed that the palace maid Linglong on the side was secretly looking at each girl's expression and demeanor, her eyes flashed, but she was silent, respectful and polite from beginning to end.

The cool autumn breeze is blowing in their faces, and the girls are either admiring the maple leaves, or feeding the fish, or chatting, or in a trance......

I don't know how long it took, but the Zhao girl suddenly shouted in a certain direction: "Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess." ”

When she screamed, the girls were all in good spirits, and their waists were straightened, knowing that the next step was the highlight of the day, and the four princesses' perception of them would determine whether they could achieve their wishes today.

The atmosphere in the water pavilion became solemn in an instant, and the originally relaxed and harmonious atmosphere between the girls also changed suddenly, as if there was an invisible barrier separating them from each other, and it seemed that they had turned from friends to enemies in this short breath.

Han Xing wore a smoky red chrysanthemum pattern placket today, with a water-red satin stand-up collar placket jacket, and a rose pink embroidered horse-faced skirt underneath, a bright and moving dress, with the princess's unique arrogance and nobility.

"Your Royal Highness the Fourth Princess." All the women saluted Han Xing one after another, and Duanmu Qi and Duanmu Fei also gave a half-salute as cousins.

Han Xing obviously just came back from the boudoir school, and there was still a faint fragrance of ink on her body, she accepted the salute generously, and exchanged a few words with Duanmuqi, He Lingyi and Miss Zhao, who had a relationship with each other at the condensation meeting before, and then took Duanmufei's little hand and walked quickly to the water corridor leading to Qingzhi Water Pavilion, as if they were going to whisper.

The other girls looked at the backs of the two, their eyes were slightly dark, but they didn't dare to come forward to disturb them uninterestingly.

The two little girls leaned against the railing of the waterway and looked down at the carp in the lake below, and the fish seemed to know that the little girl who had just fed the fish was coming, and they all followed them.

"What do you think, cousin Scarlet?" Han Xing couldn't help but laugh as he looked at the goldfish in the lake that jumped up from under the water and fell into the water again.

Han Xing said something unclear, I don't know if he was talking about fish or something else, but Duanmu Fei seemed to understand, smiled at the corner of his mouth, pointed in the direction of Tinglan Water Pavilion, nodded two or three people at random, and said without a beginning or a tail: "...... You can take a look. ”

Han Xing turned his head to look at Duanmu Fei, his eyes were stunned, Duanmu Fei looked at her and smiled deeper, and continued with a smile: "There are ......"

The whispers of the two were as low as mosquitoes in the "fluttering" sound of the fish and the autumn wind on the lake.

Han Xing stared at Duanmu Fei without blinking, and a flash of water seemed to appear in her eyes, and suddenly, she moved, hugging Duanmu Fei's slender shoulders without warning.

She rested her chin on Duanmu Fei's right shoulder, and next to her ear, she muttered softly: "Cousin Scarlet, you are good at everything, not bad at all!" "I just don't want to be her companion!

Han Xing's words were not plain, but Duanmu Fei had already understood, and said seriously: "Cousin Han Xing, it's good to be perfect." It's perfect, it's going to be hated! ”

"Poof!"

After Han Xing was stunned, she was amused by Duanmu Fei and laughed, and the crisp laughter like silver bells spread across the lake, so that the moment of melancholy just now was swept away.

Duanmu Fei looked at Han Xing innocently, she was obviously very serious, why did Han Xing seem to say something as if she had made a joke.

The girls in the water pavilion were originally paying attention to the movements of Han Xing and Duanmu Fei, and at this moment, they all heard the sound and looked different.

Han Xing quickly took Duanmu back to the Tinglan Water Pavilion, Linglong had already let the palace maids serve melon and fruit refreshments, and the air was filled with the elegant fragrance of tea.

The girls sat down around Han Xing like the stars and the moon, and Han Xing casually talked to Miss Zhao first: "Miss Zhao, what do you like to do on weekdays?" ”

Miss Zhao was overjoyed, knowing that this was her opportunity, and hurriedly replied: "Your Highness, in addition to writing, I also like to ride horses and play polo on weekdays. "Miss Zhao's family has already inquired, and the fourth princess likes to ride horses, play polo or something with several princes in addition to attending classes in boudoir on weekdays.

She deliberately omitted to mention Qin Qi, anyway, in these two aspects, she couldn't compare to the fourth Duanmu girl, so naturally she had to emphasize her advantages.

Sure enough, it's a girl from a military general's family! The girl in pink on the side was a little disapproving, her face was still smiling, and she seized the opportunity to say: "It turns out that Miss Zhao also likes to write, I don't know what font Miss Zhao likes, I love to write Mrs. Wei's hairpin flower on weekdays." ”

The other girls also talked about "words", and you laughed and talked about each word.

They talked lively, but Duanmufei, who was sitting by the railing, had no intention of joining, and it was close to noon, the sun was hanging high, and the sun was shining warmly on her, so that her sleepy insect crawled out again, leaning on the edge of the railing in a daze, half-dreaming and half-awake, and her eyes were in a trance unconsciously......

Her head drooped a little, and she suddenly snorted again, and suddenly came to her senses, only to find that the pavilion was empty.

Duanmu Fei rubbed his eyes, almost thinking that he was dreaming, and looked around for half a circle, only to find that everyone had come out of the water pavilion to greet Duanmu Guifei.

Duanmu rubbed the corners of his mouth, and made sure that his cheeks were clean, so he stood up, stroked his dress, and walked unhurriedly towards the water pavilion.

"See the concubine." Several girls saluted Duanmu Guifei in unison, and then greeted Duanmu Guifei into the water pavilion and sat down.

Duanmu Guifei picked up a pastel teacup and took a sip of tea elegantly, the nails dyed red and bright garnet red were trimmed very beautifully, and the red crisp hand holding the teacup was indescribably bright and dazzling.

"Han Xing," Duanmu Guifei smiled and looked at Han Xing beside her and asked casually, "What did you just talk about?" ”

Han Xing replied: "Erchen chatted with a few girls for a while and wrote. ”

"Seeing words is like seeing people." Duanmu Guifei said with emotion, "It's better for everyone to write a few words each and let the palace take a look." ”

The girls were all solemn, knowing that this should be the exam question from Duanmu Guifei. The girl who is good at calligraphy is overjoyed, and the girl who is not good at calligraphy is secretly annoyed, knowing that she will not talk about writing just now, and it is good to turn the topic around painting, piano and chess.

Pen, ink, paper, inkstone or something, in fact, it has been prepared for a long time, Duanmu Guifei mentioned it, Linglong immediately ordered the palace maid to lay paper and grind ink, and soon there was a faint ink and paper fragrance in the tea fragrance.

The girl in pink was the first to get up generously, and said with a blessing: "Guifei Niangniang, the courtier will be ugly first." ”

The girl in pink walked to a mahogany carved chrysanthemum large desk on the west side of the water pavilion, selected a small Kai wolf from the pen stand, and after a little groaning, she silently wrote a chrysanthemum poem, and the hairpin flower in one hand is soft and beautiful, obviously has many years of skills, and won the praise of Duanmu Guifei "good words".

But Hanxing looked indifferent, and only gave two words, "good".

Han Xing felt that he was quite polite, compared to Duanmu Fei's hairpin flower Xiaokai, this girl's words were still far behind.

Next, other girls also stepped forward, some wrote couplets, some wrote an article, and some were ingenious, and after writing, they painted a branch of autumn chrysanthemum in ink.

Hanxing has always been a little interested, compared with the skirt that Duanmu Fei painted for her, this ink chrysanthemum has a shape and no bones, and it is really a heaven and an underground...... Well, her dress is almost ready.

"Ahh My ......"

A low exclamation of a girl woke up Han Xing, who was flying out of the sky, Han Xing blinked, and following the prestige, Duanmu Guifei and several other girls also looked over, and their eyes fell on the girl in pink with a panicked face.

The girl in pink pinched her handkerchief, hesitated for a moment, then slowly stood up, and said, "Your Royal Highness, Fourth Princess, please forgive the courtiers for being rude." The courtiers had just found out that their jade pendant had been lost somehow......"

The other girls around couldn't help but look at each other, and the girl in blue who was sitting on the left hand side of the girl in pink said loudly: "Miss Fang, but a crescent-shaped jade pendant you tied to your belt?" I remember when you first arrived at the Water Pavilion, that jade pendant was still ......."

Another girl in yellow also nodded, recalling: "It seems that when I went to greet the concubine just now, the jade pendant was no longer on the waist of the girl Fang!" ”

Several girls tried hard to recall, the girl in blue tilted her head, as if she remembered something, looked in a certain direction, and blurted out: "Fourth girl Duanmu, I remember that before the arrival of the concubine Niangniang, you seemed to be sitting next to the girl Fang, right?" ”

For a while, everyone's eyes all looked at Duanmu Fei.

Miss Fang's pretty face was a little complicated, she pursed her mouth, as if she wanted to say something, and then, she asked almost cautiously, "Fourth Miss Duanmu, I don't know if you have seen my jade pendant?" ”

After her words fell, the water pavilion fell silent, the silence spread, and time seemed to freeze.

"Fang girl." Duanmu hooked her lips and smiled, her delicate eyebrows and eyes were bent into a lovely crescent moon, she reached out and took out a crescent-shaped carved white jade pendant from the purse on her waist, and hung the red rope on the jade pendant on her white middle finger, and the jade pendant then hung down in the air, swaying slightly back and forth......

"But this jade pendant?" Duanmu Fei leaned his little face towards the girl and asked with a smile.

In an instant, everyone's eyes were focused on this crescent jade pendant, and several people thought that this crescent jade pendant should be Miss Fang's jade pendant.

However, how could Miss Fang's jade pendant be in the purse of the fourth girl of Duanmu?!

Miss Fang stared at the crescent jade pendant hanging between Duanmu's scarlet fingers, her face was slightly stiff, and her pupils shrank sharply.

Soon, she smiled softly and said softly: "Fourth girl Duanmu, if the girl likes this jade pendant, I can give the girl a better one, but this jade pendant was given to me by my deceased grandmother, and it is very important to me." ”

The atmosphere around him became more and more strange with the words of the girl in the room, as if the answer that had been haunting everyone's hearts and was about to come out had finally broken through the water.

Miss Fang is suspicious...... No, it should be said that the fourth girl of Duanmu was "accused" of stealing her jade pendant.

The girls' eyes swept back and forth between Duanmu Fei and Miss Fang, with different expressions.

Whether this is the case or not, this jade pendant was indeed taken out of the purse of the fourth girl of Duanmu......

At this moment, none of them made a sound, and there were Duanmu Guifei and the fourth princess in charge here. There is no need for them to say anything about this, only to displease the nobles.

Some people are watching the show, but some people are secretly worried about Duanmufei.

However, Duanmu Fei still smiled, looked down at the crescent-shaped jade pendant hanging between his fingers, and said casually: "This piece of mutton fat jade is as white as fat, delicate and transparent, but it is a pity that there is no 'rice infiltration' in the jade, and it can barely be regarded as a medium grade in mutton fat jade." ”

Miss Fang's face was not very good-looking when she heard this, but she felt that Duanmu Fei was really ashamed.

"I really don't like this jade pendant." Duanmu Fei shook his head at the jade pendant, and said meaningfully, "However, if Miss Fang can 'take' it out so casually, it means that it shouldn't be so important, since that's the case, ......."

Duanmu pursed his lips and smiled even more happily, and suddenly raised his hand and threw the jade pendant in his hand directly towards the lake.

The jade pendant came out of his hand and drew a long arc in mid-air......

"My jade pendant!" Miss Fang's face changed greatly, she stood up suddenly, and heard a "plop" in front of her, and the jade pendant fell straight into the lake, splashing in all directions, and there were ripples on the surface of the lake.

There was silence in the water pavilion, and there was no sound.

The girls looked at each other secretly, and the atmosphere grew stranger. Things have turned out more than they could have imagined.

"Guifei Niangniang......" Miss Fang turned to look at Duanmu Guifei stiffly, her long eyelashes trembled slightly like a frightened butterfly, her eyes flashed with water, and her body bent her knees, looking pitiful and wanting to let the concubine be in charge.

Duanmu Guifei's face was not very good-looking, and her red cherry lips were pursed into a straight line, obviously quite unhappy.

The girl maintained a bent knee, and a gleam flashed under her half-hanging eyes.

This Duanmu Fei is the niece of Duanmu Guifei, and she is friendly with the eldest prince and the fourth princess, she must have been one of the companions, and if she wants to get her out, she can only make a ruthless move - once Duanmu Fei is charged with stealing, no matter how strong she is, in the heart of the concubine, she is white and jade.

Unexpectedly, she was even more stupid and domineering than she thought, she lost her jade pendant in a moment, and fell behind!

So many people have seen what happened just now, I'm afraid that even the concubine is not good at covering her up in public, and she will definitely reprimand her, so Duanmu Fei will never be able to be a companion anymore!

Without Duanmufei, he has one less of his biggest competitors, and if he is second among several other girls with his talents, no one dares to claim to be the first, and there must be a place for himself in the two companions!

This companion reading is already nine out of ten!

The corners of Miss Fang's mouth drew a smug arc at an angle that Duanmu Guifei and the others couldn't see, however, at this moment, Duanmu Guifei's lukewarm, unhurried voice came from above her head:

"Mama Cheng, you send the girl back."

What the?! Miss Fang instantly froze as if she had been struck by lightning, she couldn't believe her ears, and suddenly raised her head to look at Duanmu Guifei and Han Xing.

The corners of Duanmu Guifei's mouth were slightly upturned, and she looked at herself with a smile, but there was a trace of coldness and indifference in her dark eyes, as if she was looking at something insignificant.

Mama Cheng approached Miss Fang expressionlessly, and Miss Fang couldn't help but straighten up, feeling as if a hideous-looking monster was pressing towards her step by step.

She staggered back and blurted out "Why?!" ”

It's Duanmu Fei who is wrong, why did Duanmu Guifei expel herself instead!

In front of everyone's eyes, Duanmu Guifei actually protected her niece like this?!

Duanmu Guifei took a sip of tea, slowly put down the teacup in her hand, and was too lazy to talk nonsense with Miss Fang, so she simply said bluntly: "You are not right." ”

As she spoke, the corners of Duanmu Guifei's lips curled higher, and she said with a faint expression: "Since Sister Scarlet 'accidentally' lost your jade pendant, then the palace will pay you a piece." She raised her hand and made a gesture, and Linglong stepped back to get the jade pendant.

"......" Miss Fang's mouth opened and closed, and her face turned pale.

Duanmu Guifei looked at her inexplicably, "There are so many jade pendants in this palace, Sister Scarlet wants it, just open your mouth directly with this palace, take yours?" Miss Fang also thinks too highly of herself! ”

There was a hint of mockery in Duanmu Guifei's voice, a hint of coldness, and no mercy.

The water pavilion became quieter and quieter, and it seemed that even time had stopped at this moment, only the maple trees outside were swaying in the wind, and the trees wanted to be quiet but the wind did not stop.

The girls' expressions were so strange that they could hardly describe how they felt at the moment.

Probably only Duanmu Fei was not affected at all, laughing and chanting from beginning to end, drinking tea by himself, the imperial meals in the palace were often unsuccessful, but this tea was often top-notch.

Han Xing looked at Miss Fang indifferently, and couldn't help but think of when she and Duanmufei were talking on the water corridor just now, Duanmufei whispered to her that this girl Fang's eyes were flickering, and she had been planning something, as if she was not right.

Her scarlet cousin is really interesting, not to mention proficient in everything, and even the eye for people is extremely accurate...... It can really be described as "perfect"!

This girl didn't know the situation at all, and she thought that she could calculate her cousin with a piece of broken jade, she was really stupid and stupid, and there was no way to save it!

Hmph, since you want to enter the palace, don't you inquire in advance about her cousin Scarlet is a person who lacks a piece of jade?!

Mama Cheng will not let such an eyeless person continue to stay here and stain the eyes of the concubine and the fourth princess, so that the two palace maids will take the girl away with half invitation and half push.

"Cousin Scarlet, are you frightened? Eat some chrysanthemum cake to suppress the shock. Han Xing smiled and "fed" Duanmu Fei to eat the starting point.

The other girls around became quieter and quieter, leaving only Han Xing's crisp voice and Duanmu's muffled echo voice.

Duanmu Qi ate a piece of sweet chrysanthemum cake tastelessly, her eyes wandered between Duanmu Guifei, Han Xing and Duanmu Fei, the corners of her mouth were unwillingly pursed, even she didn't expect that Aunt Guifei would stand on Duanmu Fei's side so unconditionally......

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