In the east room, the fragrance of tea is lingering.

Under the guidance of Duanmujun's intention, Duanmufei accidentally forgot the cloak again, drank tea with his sister, and chatted, which was very pleasant.

The "accident" of the Xuanguo Mansion and Feng Yan's return to Beijing spread among the various mansions in the capital on the same day, Duanmuxian was too busy today to go to the Xuanguo Mansion, and when he came back at dusk, he directly called Duanmu Fei to the outer study to ask about the experience.

Duanmu Fei told everything she had seen and heard in an orderly manner, trying her best from the perspective of a bystander, without adding her speculation.

For a while, there was only the voice of Duanmu Fei in the study and the sound of the wind blowing the branches and leaves outside the window.

Duanmu Xian and Duanmu Heng both listened attentively, revealing thoughtful looks.

Duanmuxian slowly removed the floating leaves floating on the tea soup with the tea lid, his eyes flashing.

The old spicy Duanmu Xian could immediately figure out what the idea of the third prince jumping into the lake was, the corners of his eyes twitched, and his eyes were gloomy.

This third prince is really shameless, too, he can even kill his biological mother when he says it, what can he expect him to do?!

"It's really cheap to only hurt his right shoulder, it's better to let him drown in the lake!" Duanmu Xian put the teacup on the case heavily, anyway, they were all his own people here, and he was not taboo when he spoke, and he felt that Feng Yan was still too light.

"Grandfather, that's not going to work." Duanmu Fei shook his index finger solemnly, "Today is Mrs. Chu's birthday!" ”

Grandmother's birthday can't be such an unlucky thing!

Besides, wouldn't this kind of villain die in the Xuanguo Mansion dirty the lake and the land there! The lotus pods and lotus roots planted in the lake are sweet and delicious!

In the past, every summer, she would ask her mother-in-law to go into the water to pick lotus pods and dig lotus roots.

Duanmu Xian was stunned, stroked his beard and nodded, "Yes." He was so angry that he almost forgot.

Thinking of the third prince and the eldest prince, Duanmu Xian's thoughts inevitably turned to Feng Yan, and I don't know how many times that thought came to mind As the son of Emperor Chongming, "he" may really be the most suitable person.

Duanmuxian picked up the teacup again, and his thoughts turned to Feng Yan's fire gun again, thinking of the batch of new fire guns in Cen Yin's hand, and secretly said that Feng Yan's fire gun was from Cen Yin? Doesn't that mean that the relationship between Feng Yan and Cen Yin is a little closer than outsiders know......

Duanmu Xian drank tea absentmindedly, his mind was chaotic, and he felt that now Duanmu's family was like stepping on a tightrope between two cliffs, and this person had walked to the middle of the tightrope, in a dilemma.

Hey, I don't know what the situation will be like after that!

Duanmu Xian sighed unconsciously, Duanmu Fei was also drinking tea, and asked casually, "Grandfather, are you worried about Ah Yan?" ”

Duanmu Xian's brows furrowed even tighter when he heard this, he had a lot to worry about, worried about Feng Yan, worried about the Duanmu family, and worried about Mu Youxian.

Today, the eldest prince went into the water to save the five girls of the Zhang family, although it was an expedient measure, but so many people saw their skin-to-skin blind date, it stands to reason that the eldest prince has to be responsible for other girls.

But this "responsible or not" is not the final word of the family, if both families are willing, then it can be regarded as "responsible", otherwise it is a feud!

Duanmu Xian rubbed his eyebrows, this matter has to be considered in the long run, so let's put it aside for a while......

The biggest trouble in front of him is Feng Yan's kid, Feng Yan has returned to Beijing, if he comes to the door, do you want to pretend to be busy and not in the house, or stay in the house and stare at that stinky boy?

Duanmu Xian thought about it and asked casually, "Four girls, Ah Yan has returned to the princess's mansion?" ”

Duanmu shook his head and replied honestly, "He went out of Beijing." ”

"......" Duanmu Xian, who had not yet reached his lips, put down the teacup again, and looked at Duanmu Fei in astonishment. Why did Feng Yan enter Beijing and go out again?

He said the army was still on its way and should be there in four or five days. He came back first, and now he went out of Beijing to join the army, and then entered Beijing together in a few days. ”

"......" Duanmuxian didn't know what to say anymore. What the hell is this Feng Yan thinking!!

The corners of Duanmu Xian's eyes twitched, he didn't want to mention Feng Yan's inexplicable bastard boy again, but in the next moment, he realized that something was wrong, and his heart suddenly rose to his throat, and his heartbeat echoed in his ears like thunder, feeling that he was about to get a heart attack.

This time, Duanmuxian simply put down the teacup and hurriedly asked, "Wait, four girls, didn't Ah Yan come back alone?" "And he brought a large army?!

Duanmu Fei nodded and said casually, "He said that he brought 10,000 horses back to Beijing. ”

There are only 10,000 horses. Duanmu Xian breathed a sigh of relief at this time, and relaxed a little, pondering that with the strength of the three major battalions of the forbidden army, 10,000 horses should not be able to force the palace.

Duanmu Fei didn't notice Duanmu Xian's strange appearance at all, and showed off beautifully, "Grandfather, Ah Yan said, he brought me a special product from Huaizhou, and the thing will enter Beijing with the army." Rest assured, grandfather, you won't be missing your share. She looked at Duanmu Xian with a face of "I am very filial".

However, Duanmuxian was not happy, but had a kind of outgoing embarrassment of a girl, and her expression was entangled.

Hey, the delicate flowers raised by my own are about to be arched by pigs!

Duanmufei looked at Duanmuxian, then at the teacup, and thought that his grandfather was disgusted with the tea, so he personally made hot tea for him.

However, Duanmuxian was even more entangled, hey, after the little granddaughter got married, he was going to make tea for the pig.

Not only Duanmu's family, this night, most of the mansions in the capital were brightly lit all night, and many people didn't sleep well, feeling distressed and upset by this complicated situation.

But Duanmufei was not affected at all, and had a good night's sleep, and the next morning, she rarely needed to be called, so she took the initiative to get up early in the morning and happily went to the bird market in the south of the city.

Before leaving the Chu family yesterday, Duanmu Fei agreed with Zhang Lan to meet at the entrance of the Bird Market today.

When Duanmufei's carriage arrived at the bird market, the carriage of the Zhang family had already arrived.

"Chapter 5 girl." Duanmu Fei happily waved his hand at Zhang Lan in the carriage, not surprised. The little cousin has always been strict with herself, and she is used to arriving at least a quarter of an hour in advance when meeting people, and she is never late.

Zhang Lan saw that Duanmu Fei had arrived, so with the support of the maid, he got off the carriage of the Zhang family elegantly, stepped forward to greet Duanmu, and his every move was dignified and rigorous as if measured by a ruler.

Every time Duanmu Fei looked at Zhang Lan's appearance, she felt cute, the corners of her lips raised, and she affectionately took Zhang Lan's arm, "Miss Zhang Wu, let's go, let's watch the birds!" ”

Zhang Lan froze for a moment, and then his body relaxed again.

Duanmu Fei naturally noticed the subtle changes in Zhang Lan's body, and secretly snickered in his heart, in fact, he would get used to it if he held his arm a few more times, right? Maybe a few more times, I can coax my little cousin to take her arm.

The two girls looked down along the street from shop to shop, this bird market is worthy of being the largest bird market in the capital, not only selling common thrushes, parrots, starlings, yellow warblers and other birds, but also eagles, peacocks, red-crowned cranes and other birds that are not suitable for cages, and even shops selling birds from the West.

The two girls went to four shops in a row, and they watched with relish, but they still found nothing.

When he arrived at the fifth shop, the fat shopkeeper waved off the guys, greeted him personally, and boasted, "The two girls are going to buy birds, right?" Just look at it! ”

"Although my shop is not the largest store in this bird market, and the birds sold are not the most complete, but there is a specialization in this art industry, my shop specializes in these small birds suitable for cages, which is the most suitable for girls to raise."

The fat shopkeeper has opened a shop in this bird market for many years, and his eyes are very poisonous, and he can see at a glance that these two girls are from extraordinary backgrounds, so he personally went out to entertain them.

Duanmu pointed at Zhang Lan and said, "The shopkeeper is this Zhang girl who wants to buy birds." ”

Zhang Lan nodded cooperatively.

Yesterday, she asked her mother's opinion, and her mother also felt that Duanmufei was right, saying that she should raise a bird, which is more conducive to learning to draw birds.

The fat shopkeeper surrounded Zhang Lan to introduce the birds in the shop, and the birds introduced were all suitable for the girl's house, such as yellow warblers, thrushes, parrots, etc., which were foaming at the mouth.

Zhang Lan looked entangled, she didn't know what bird to choose, she felt that Duanmufei's little starling was cute and smart, but the parrot was also good-looking, she glanced back and forth in front of several cages, and couldn't make a decision for a while.

The fat shopkeeper saw that Zhang Lan wanted to buy birds, and he didn't urge, and said with a smile, "Miss Zhang, you look slowly, don't be in a hurry." ”

"Why don't I take these cages off and take a closer look?"

The fat shopkeeper commanded the men to take down the seven or eight bird cages that had been hanging high on the ropes, and put them all on a large case.

The alarmed birds flutter their wings in their cages and make noises, the yellow warblers and thrushes have a pleasant sound, the starlings have a rough voice, and the parrots speak wisely.

With the sound of these birdsongs, the shop suddenly became much more lively.

Zhang Lan's eyes were focused on scanning back and forth between the birds, and suddenly remembered what Duanmu said yesterday in his mind: "If you like talking birds, you don't have to raise starlings, and it's not bad to raise parrots." ”

Or would she choose between a starling and a parrot? Zhang Lan's expression became even more entangled.

Looking at Zhang Lan's cute little appearance, Duanmu smiled with crooked eyebrows, and really wanted to turn his little cousin home to play.

She was about to say something, when a familiar male voice suddenly came from behind her, "Scarlet cousin." ”

Duanmu Fei subconsciously turned his head to follow the prestige, only to see a young man in a royal blue straight jacket standing at the entrance of the shop, under the backlight, the young man's face was slightly dark, and his expression was blurred.

"Cousin Xian." Duanmu Fei was surprised, he didn't expect to meet Mu Youxian here.

The fat shopkeeper's eyes lit up again, and he secretly said that this is also a nobleman, hey, another business has come to the door.

Mu Youxian walked in from outside the shop unhurriedly, and he was also a little surprised to see Duanmu Fei and Zhang Lan in the bird market.

"Chapter 5 girl." Mu Youxian politely arched his hand to Zhang Lan in courtesy, his eyes flashing slightly.

Yesterday, about the Xuanguo Mansion, he told Duanmu Guifei as soon as he returned to the palace.

The matter has come to this point, although Mu You's original intention was to save Duanmu Fei, he was kind and didn't want Mu Youjing to succeed, and he didn't expect that the person who fell into the water would be Zhang Lan, but the result of the matter was that after all, what he did hindered the reputation of other girls.

Duanmu Guifei had also heard about Zhang's daughter's refusal to marry before, and she still heard a little about Zhang Lan's character, and after thinking about it, she proposed that he marry Zhang Lan as the princess. Mu Yu responded.

Generally speaking, a situation like this is naturally a woman's loss, the eldest prince is the prince, and Zhang Lan can be given the title of a side concubine, and if someone is included, it can be regarded as an explanation to the woman, and the reputation of his prince is complete.

Zhang Lan froze for a moment when she saw Mu Youxian, but quickly returned to normal, and generously blessed Mu Youxian, "Mu Gongzi." Her eyes were clear and she looked at Mu Youxian impartially.

"Cousin Xian, I'll accompany Miss Zhang Wu to buy birds." Duanmu said with a smile, "Why are you here too?" ”

Mu Youxian explained: "I'll come and pick a yellow warbler to give Hanxing's amber as a companion. Mu Youxian said that he was giving Amber as a companion, but in fact, he was giving Han Xing a companion, just to coax her not to sneak out to play.

While Mu Youxian spoke, he couldn't help but glance at Zhang Lan, and Duanmu Guifei's voice sounded in his ears...... However, wives are not virtuous for three generations. The mother pondered that she still had to meet people in person and see her conduct in order to rest assured. ”

Of course, Duanmu Fei knew what kind of character Han Xing was, and smiled tacitly at Mu Youxian, and gave Han Xing tears of sympathy in his heart, and the poor Han Xing was locked up in the palace every day to be a female celebrity, which was really pitiful.

Duanmu Fei saw that Mu Youxian was still empty-handed, so he knew that he hadn't picked a bird yet, his eyes rolled around, and he proposed, "Cousin Xian, I've been picking with Miss Zhang Wu for a while, and I can't make up my mind whether to choose a starling or a parrot, why don't you give us advice?" ”

The fat shopkeeper listened to the two business prospects and said playfully, "Yes, Childe, you can give the two girls ideas." You see that all the birds here are in good condition, lively and healthy. This yellow warbler, this starling...... And these parrots, each one of them is good! ”

Zhang Lan thought about the bystanders and the authorities, so she asked, "Mu Gongzi, what do you think?" ”

What happened yesterday is still vivid, Mu Youxian saw Zhang Lan again today, and he was a little embarrassed in his heart, and he didn't want Zhang Lan to be a girl's family but be generous, which made him secretly ashamed in his heart.

Mu You became calm, his expression became much more natural, and he asked gently, "Miss Zhangwu, do you like birds that can learn to beak?" ”

"......" Zhang Lan can't say, she just likes the little starling raised by Duanmu.

Zhang Lan's expression revealed a hint of surprise, and then she became dignified again, and explained non-questioningly, "I originally wanted to learn to draw birds from the four girls of Duanmu. ”

Mu Youxian's expression became a little subtle. Since it's learning to draw birds, how can it become a bird raiser, it seems that there is a difference of 108,000 miles.

Mu Youxian glanced at his little cousin, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart, he could almost guess how this little girl fooled others from painting birds step by step to buying birds.

Mu You flashed a slight smile in his eyes, put his fist to his lips, cleared his throat, and asked, "Miss Zhang, what are you good at drawing?" Gongbi or Freehand? Scenery or object? ”

Zhang Lan was about to be modest for a few words, Duanmu Fei had already guessed what she was going to say, so she simply answered for her first, "Zhang Wu girl is the best at gongbi, especially gongbi flowers, and she paints the best!" ”

Mu Youxian raised his eyebrows and had an idea, "Then parrot." Parrots are easy to get into the flower figure. "The feathers of the parrot are brilliant in color and go well with the flowers.

Zhang Lan and Duanmu Fei's eyes lit up, and Zhang Lan immediately remembered a peony picture he had just drawn recently, and he could add another parrot, and the parrot played with peonies, which must be smart and good-looking.

"Then parrot!"

The two little girls said almost at the same time, and smiled at each other.

Seeing that the two got along, the corners of Mu Youxian's lips curled slightly. This little cousin of his, has always been knowledgeable, since she gets along well with the five girls of the Zhang family, the conduct of this fifth girl of the Zhang family is good.

Seeing this, the fat shopkeeper ordered the guy to temporarily remove the other birds, leaving only a few cages of parrots, and asked with a smile, "Does Miss Zhang want to teach parrots to speak?" ”

Zhang Lan was stunned, and before she could react, she heard the fat shopkeeper say again, "Not every parrot can speak, it's best to choose a scarlet-breasted parrot and a moon parrot, and some parrots are not easy to teach." ”

The fat shopkeeper said as he pointed out the scarlet-breasted parrot and the moon parrot to Zhang Lan by the way.

Zhang Lan didn't hear what the shopkeeper said later, and her eyes were attracted by a small chick in the cage in the middle.

It was no bigger than her fist, covered with a layer of gray fluff, with only a few green feathers growing in bits and pieces, and it looked pitiful, with round and large black eyes, and a soft call from its orange beak.

Duanmu Fei and Mu Youxian exchanged a look, knowing that Zhang Lan had picked a good one.

The fat shopkeeper also saw it, so he stopped talking nonsense, and directly opened the cage and took out the poor little chick......

Zhang Lan hurriedly advised, "Be careful, don't hurt it!" ”

The fat shopkeeper put the chick into Zhang Lan's palm, and said, "Miss Zhang, you are raising birds for the first time, right?" There are a lot of things to pay attention to when raising chicks, I have a book on raising birds here, do you want a copy of the girl? ”

"I'm tired of the shopkeeper." Zhang Lan nodded thoughtfully, she should read the book of raising birds.

Her eyes were still staring at her little chick, which was so delicate that it accidentally fell into her palm, making her smile.

At this moment, Zhang Lan had long forgotten about "dignified and elegant" or something.

Duanmu Fei also leaned over, and said with a smile, "Zhang Wu girl, it's so good-looking!" In the future, it will definitely look much better than my little eight! ”

Mu Youxian looked at the two little girls, and his eyes couldn't help but soften. Things gather by like, people by groups, this old saying is really true.

The fat shopkeeper seized the opportunity to rub his hands and come up, and asked Mu Youxian with a smile, "Mu Gongzi, do you want to pick a yellow warbler here with me?" ”

So, when they left the shop, there were two more birds and a book around them, and the fat shopkeeper personally sent people out of the shop.

Zhang Lan's eldest maid carefully held the birdcage for her, and she didn't dare to carry it, for fear of turning the little guy in the cage upside down.

The group returned to the entrance of the bird market, where the carriages of the Duanmu family and the Zhang family stopped.

Duanmu Fei waved goodbye to Mu Youxian, "Cousin Xian, then Miss Zhang and I will go first." ”

"Chapter 5 girl, please stay." At this time, Mu Youxian called out to Zhang Lan, with a solemn expression, and he waved his hand at Zhang Lan again, "The mother concubine wants to invite Miss Zhang Wu into the palace." ”

He looked at Zhang Lan without blinking, his eyes were clear, and his bearing was noble, and he added, "The mother concubine will officially post to the house, but if your house is unwilling, you can also refuse, no need to force it." You know your own business. ”

His last sentence was full of meaning.

Zhang Lan was stunned, and replied with a proper salute, "Your Highness, the courtiers will inform their mother when they go back." ”

Her dignified posture was the same as the way she was holding a chick in the shop.

Mu Youxian smiled with his eyebrows and eyes, and his chin was a farewell.

Duanmu Fei waved goodbye to Mu Youxian, "Cousin Xian, then Miss Zhang and I will go first." ”

Duanmu Fei pulled Zhang Lan into her carriage, and told the groom to go to Zhang's house first.

The carriages of the two mansions gradually moved away under Mu Youxian's eyes, and Mu Youxian went to the other in the opposite direction, and he naturally wanted to return to the palace.

After Duanmu Fei sent Zhang Lan back to Zhang's mansion, he pulled Zhang Lan and talked for a while before reluctantly leaving.

As soon as Duanmu Fei left, Zhang Lan couldn't help but turn her head to look at the birdcage in the big girl's hand, and wanted to take it, but she felt that walking around with a birdcage was like a gentleman, not very dignified.

Don't worry, let's wait until we get back to the house to see the chicks. Zhang Lan said to herself in her heart, and told the maid to go to the Chu family's courtyard together.

Chu was drinking tea in the left room, and when he saw his daughter's eldest maid coming back with a birdcage, he knew that his daughter had a harvest.

"Sister Lan, are you having fun today?" Chu asked deliberately, smiling with a smile in his eyebrows.

Zhang Lan walked up to the Chu clan unhurriedly, and first saluted the Chu clan before replying, "Mother, the fourth girl of Duanmu accompanied me to pick a parrot chick." ”

What she meant was that she went to the bird market to buy birds, not to "play".

The corners of Chu's lips curled higher, grabbed one of his daughter's hands, and said, "It's just fun." ”

The big girl on the side looked low and pleasing to the eyes, and she had long been accustomed to the seemingly "chicken and duck" dialogue between the mother and daughter.

Zhang Lan continued, "Mother, Miss Duanmu and I met His Royal Highness the Grand Prince by chance in the Bird Market. ”

"......" The smile on the corner of Chu's mouth narrowed slightly, and he raised his eyebrows.

"His Royal Highness the eldest prince said that if the concubine wants to see me, she will send a post to the Zhang family, but if I don't want to go, it's okay. He also said, 'I know my own business'. Zhang Lan said again.

Chu's eyes widened slightly, and then lowered his eyes again, understanding the meaning of these words.

Duanmu Guifei and the eldest prince mean that how yesterday's matter ended depends on the wishes of the Zhang family, if the Zhang family is unwilling, this matter is caused by the royal family, and the eldest prince will find a way to take on this responsibility and stir up this matter.

This Duanmu concubine is an interesting person. Chu pursed his lips, as if he was thinking about it.

Suddenly, she raised her eyes and looked at Zhang Lan and asked, "Sister Lan, what do you think?" ”

This matter not only depends on the wishes of the Zhang family, but also on the wishes of the daughter.

Zhang Lan turned her head to look at the wilting little chick in the cage and said, "His Royal Highness the Great Prince is the cousin of the fourth girl of Duanmu. ”

Zhang Lan's answer was unclear, but Chu Shi was thoughtful, and once again remembered the scene in the Xuanguo Mansion yesterday. If the eldest prince hadn't gone into the water to rescue him at that time, I'm afraid that her daughter's current situation would only be more difficult.

Chu Shi thought of Duanmu Fei, remembered Duanmu Xian, and repeatedly chewed on the words conveyed by his daughter. The conduct of the eldest prince looks much better than that of his two younger brothers.

Chu Shi clenched the handkerchief in his hand, his eyes flashed, and after a while, he said again, "Sister Lan, you might as well go into the palace and meet the concubine." "Let's take a look at it again. Chu told himself in his heart.

"Yes, Mother." Zhang Lan blessed the Chu family, and couldn't help but look at her little chick, and then said, "Mother, I still have to go back to read, so I'll retire first." ”

"Reading a book?" Chu Shi looked at his daughter inexplicably, and then looked at the birdcage. My daughter doesn't look like she's going to read a book.

Zhang Lan Zhengse said, "I just bought a book on raising birds from the bird market, and I want to go back and read it carefully." Since you have decided to keep a bird, you must take good care of it. ”

"......" Chu almost didn't laugh, and a thick smile flashed in his eyes.

Her daughter, she has been like this since she was a child, no matter what she does, she is careful and proper, that is, she raises a flower, and she also has to read through all the books such as "Luoyang Peony", "Erru Pavilion Cluster", "Planting Trees and Flowers" and so on.

Chu Shi waved his hand and said with a smile, "Okay, go ahead, you can play by yourself." ”

Zhang Lan's little face stiffened when she heard this, and she wanted to say that she was not going to play, but to study, but after all, she swallowed it back, and after blessing the Chu family, she went down with the big girl holding the birdcage.

The little chick in the birdcage pouted its buttocks and made a milky sound, which caused Zhang Lan to walk and couldn't help but look at it.

The maid smiled and said, "Girl, let the slave make a nest for it with rattan and hay later." ”

Zhang Lan said "um", and the two of them went out of the left room, and the sound of talking and footsteps gradually faded away.

As soon as Zhang Lan left, the smile on the corner of Chu's mouth suddenly closed, and his eyebrows frowned slightly.

Mama Li, who was on the side, glanced in the direction where Zhang Lan left, and said in a low voice, "Madam, the girl said that she was pushed into the water." ”

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Xiaoxiang changed the rules of the monthly pass, and after the 15th, each book can only vote for a maximum of 5 votes per month, and a maximum of 2 votes per day, which has become super troublesome. If you have a lot of monthly passes, you can use them before the 15th~

The group purchase will be next week, and I will notify you when the time comes, love you.

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