In the garden, it is leisurely and quiet, and the sound of the piano is murmuring.

Suddenly, another song is over.

Cen Yin got up and said goodbye: "Lord Duanmu, Miss Duanmu, I still have some official business, so I won't bother today." ”

His posture and movements are still so elegant and calm, like an impeccable nobleman.

Duanmu Xian subconsciously followed him and got up, and said without thinking: "Lord Cen Duan, I'll send you." ”

Saying that, Duanmu Xian looked at Feng Yan with a strange gaze, with a hint of urging, and he wanted to take the opportunity to send Feng Yan away.

Feng Yan calmly looked away, took the tea cup that had already cooled down in front of him, pretended to drink the tea, and praised the good tea, but he didn't see Duanmu Xian's eyes at all.

The corners of Duanmu Xian's mouth twitched, thinking that Feng Yan and Duanmu Fei had already made a marriage after all, and finally suppressed a subtle mentality that mixed with unwillingness, bitterness, and the fact that his cabbage was arched by a pig.

Forget it, let this stinky boy stay a little longer.

Duanmu Xian squinted, he was originally a little unhappy with the marriage between Feng Yan and Duanmu Fei, but now, there is something about Duanmu Qi...... Well, as long as the eldest princess of Anping doesn't withdraw from the marriage, it's okay!

"Lord Cen Governor, please."

Duanmu Xian stretched out his hand to make a petition, and walked out of the pavilion with Cen Yin one after the other, heading in the direction of Yimen.

The two of them exchanged pleasantries while walking, Cen Yin always looked calm and breezy, but Duanmu Xian's mood could not be as calm as his.

Cen Yin is in a high position, and there is naturally no shortage of mansions in this capital that want to please him and invite him to a banquet, but Cen Yin rarely accepts invitations, let alone like today, which shows his importance and closeness to the four girls...... This should have been a gratifying thing, but Duanmu Xian always had a strange feeling in his heart, and he always felt that things didn't seem to be so simple.

However, what else can Cen Yin for?!

This strange feeling was just a fleeting moment, Duanmu Xian didn't care too much, he had something more important in his heart.

Duanmu Xian glanced in the direction of the palace, it was noon, it was the time when the sun was the brightest, the scorching sun was scorching, and he immediately withdrew his gaze, his eyes flashing slightly.

The two walked out of the garden along a bluestone path, and Duanmuxian said tentatively: "Lord Cen, the emperor is about to tour the south, but this treasury is empty......

Cen Yin suddenly stopped, causing Duanmu Xian to be a little nervous, and then stopped and looked at Cen Yin's face cautiously.

Cen Yin stroked his sleeves casually, and there seemed to be a smile on his beautiful face, with a kind of calmness in his chest.

"Northland tribes."

Cen Yin dropped these four words and continued to walk forward, strolling leisurely.

This answer was not Duanmu Xian's expectation at all, and he was stunned, and he accidentally fell behind several steps.

didn't have time to think deeply, Duanmu Xian hurriedly chased in the direction of Cen Yin, and he was confused.

After sending Cen Yin away, Duanmuxian continued to ponder the deep meaning of Cen Yin's words, and subconsciously walked in the direction of the garden, halfway through, he stopped again, thinking that Feng Yan was there, and it was inconvenient to discuss this issue with the four girls now, so he turned around and went to the outer study.

Today's wind is a little strong, and the warm breeze blows through the flowers and trees in the courtyard from time to time, and the mottled shadows on the ground are also swaying.

Duanmu Xian suddenly thought of something, thoughtfully.

"Grandfather!"

Duanmu Heng's voice came from the front, and Duanmu Heng, who had just learned from Guozi's supervision, was waiting at the door of Duanmu Xian's study, saluting him, looking at him with deep eyes.

Duanmuxian knew what the eldest grandson meant, and nodded slightly, indicating that Duanmuqi's affairs should not leak out, but there are always accidents that cannot be controlled.

Duanmu Xian rubbed his eyebrows.

Duanmu Heng shook again and hurried away.

Duanmu Xian looked at his back, knowing that he was going to the inner courtyard without asking, he let out a long sigh, and his sigh was suppressed by the surrounding "bang" sound in the blink of an eye.

As Duanmu Xian expected, Duanmu Heng went to Qionghua Courtyard to see Xiao He.

"Mother, grandfather has come forward to suppress the matter, no one should know that my sister was sold into the Qinglou." Duanmu Heng's voice was so calm that there was almost no undulation, and his face sank like water.

Xiao He breathed a long sigh of relief, and his originally tense body relaxed a lot.

After the worst had passed, Xiao He's heart was dissatisfied again, and he muttered: "Brother Heng, your sister has really suffered a big crime this time!" ”

"Hey, if it weren't for your grandfather and Duanmujun and Duanmufei, the two little sluts, bullying your sister so much, how could she run away from home, how could she encounter such a thing!"

"Your sister was raised by Jin Zunyu since she was a child, where did she suffer such a grievance......"

Xiao He chattered, and Duanmu Heng only felt tired.

Since Duanmu Qi ran away from home on that day, Duanmu Heng has not had a good rest, he did not go to Guozijian for three days, helping to find people everywhere, and after finding people, he was worried about the aftermath of this incident.

Whose fault is it in this matter, there is nothing to fight about at all, but the mother is too protective and too blind, and will only mess around, what's the use of messing around like this?!

There is no going back on what has happened, and it is a great blessing that my grandfather can suppress it......

Xiao He was still saying: "Brother Heng, your father only has Mo and the little slut born to her in his heart now, and only you can call the shots for your sister, your grandfather has always loved you, what you say ...... your grandfather will definitely be able to listen."

"Mother, stop making trouble." Duanmu Heng finally couldn't help but interrupt Xiao He's family, and said solemnly, "Grandfather has already said that if there is anything else, my sister will go into the temple to cultivate." ”

Saying that, Duanmu Heng's eyes became more complicated, the person in front of him was his mother, and the person they were talking about was his sister, and he couldn't bear it, but he couldn't condone it anymore, connivance just made Duanmu Qi go to the abyss more wrong step by step.

Duanmu Heng took a deep breath, almost exhausted all his strength to barely calm down, and said slowly: "Mother, if you are reluctant to give up your sister, you can also go together." ”

Xiao He couldn't believe her ears, if she wasn't still sitting in the chair, she would probably fall down with weakness.

"Brother Heng," Xiao He gripped the armrests of the circle chair hard, the knuckles of his fingers turned slightly white, "What did you say?!" Xiao He's voice was so angry that he couldn't hide the trill. Her own son actually spoke to her in such a tone!

Xiao He felt as if he had been betrayed by his eldest son, and he was angry, anxious and disappointed.

"Mother, I'll quit first."

Duanmu Heng bowed down to Xiao He's in a proper manner, didn't say anything more, and left directly.

"Brother Heng! Brother Heng! ”

Xiao He stood up angrily and shouted sharply, but Duanmu Heng did not stop, leaving behind a door curtain that shook slightly in midair.

"The second lady is angry." Mama Song hurriedly comforted, helped Xiao He to sit back again, and gave her comfort.

After Xiao He took two sips of tea, his chest was still rising and falling with anger, and he complained hatefully to Mama Song: "Mama Song, what kind of Gu did you say that pair of sisters did to Brother Heng?" Brother Heng has always defended them in every way and ignored his sister. ”

"If it wasn't for Duanmujun at the beginning, how could Sister Qi get involved in this family business, and how could there be these things later......"

"This pair of sisters also know how to say cool words, what holy decree to marry cannot be withdrawn, Duanmufei is almost thirteen years old, more than two years, when she is ready, I want to see if Duanmujun is in a hurry!"

Once Duanmu Fei marries into the mansion of the eldest princess of Anping, it is equivalent to being terrified for the rest of his life, and he doesn't know when the emperor will take Anping and Feng Yan's mother and son!

"That's what the second lady said." Mama Song followed Xiao He's words and said yes again and again, "The eldest girl's vision is shallow, and she is just because the fourth girl still has a few years, so she says some cool things all day long, and she doesn't want to think about the ......cold lips and teeth."

Xiao He frowned slightly, thinking that Mama Song couldn't speak too much, why did her lips and teeth be cold, her daughter was alive and well!

Xiao He glared at Mama Song, but didn't say anything about her, picked up the teacup, took another sip of hot tea, squinted his eyes, and snorted coldly: "This end of the wooden basket is also weird, the girl is almost seventeen years old, and she still refuses to marry!" I see, she is greedy for the power in the house, and she wants to hold the power of the house in her hands, and refuses to let go! ”

Mama Song echoed again and again: "Second lady, the eldest girl thinks that she is still young, and when she can't get married after two years, see if she is in a hurry!" ”

The corners of Xiao He's mouth hooked a sneer, and he slowly stroked the floating leaves on the tea soup with the tea lid.

The eldest maid on the side said hesitantly: "Second lady, when the slave maid came back from buying snacks from outside today, I heard from the concierge that the eldest girl invited a son surnamed Zeng to come to the mansion as a guest. ”

Xiao He's eyebrows moved, remembering that he seemed to have heard about Duanmujun's private meeting with a Zeng son last time, but he didn't expect to enter the room this time.

"Is that Zeng Gongzi still there?" Xiao He asked with some eagerness.

The eldest maid shook her head and replied: "Zeng Gongzi has already left before a stick of incense, or the old lady personally sent people out, and it is now rumored in the mansion that Zeng Gongzi is the future eldest aunt." ”

"......" Xiao He's eyes widened slightly, and his lips tightly pursed into a straight line.

Since Duanmujun and that Zeng Gongzi have both crossed the Ming Road, I think this marriage has been approved by Duanmuxian......

This Zeng Gongzi will definitely not be the son of an ordinary family.

Xiao He's eyes were dark, and he squeezed the teacup in his hand tightly, and began to think about which family in this capital was surnamed Zeng.

Wait a minute!

Could it be the Xuanping Marquis Mansion?!

The Marquis of Xuanping is a family of nobles who have inherited the title for a hundred years since Emperor Taizu, and the title is hereditary, and there is no need to demote, in the Dasheng Dynasty, there are not many such nobles.

Could that Zeng Gongzi be the prince of the Xuanping Marquis Mansion?!

Thinking of this possibility, Xiao He's heart burned with jealousy, hatred, anger, and dissatisfaction...... All kinds of negative emotions permeated Xiao He's heart.

It's too unfair that his daughter wants to marry into a broken household like the Yang family, but Duanmujun can marry into a high-ranking family like Xuanping Hou's Mansion and become a high-ranking Mrs. Hou in the future, it's too unfair, the old lady is too partial!

Duanmujun got the marriage of the Yang family on his daughter's head, but he was able to climb the high branches, God is really not long-sighted!!

The more Xiao He thought about it, the more angry he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt aggrieved for his daughter.

Xiao He remembered how haggard and embarrassed his daughter looked when she was sent home that day, and her heart throbbed for a while.

That day, the daughter cried for a long time after returning home, drank porridge, and lit soothing incense before falling asleep, but she had been sleeping unsteadily, and kept waking up in the middle of the night.

Xiao He sighed, and was not in the mood to drink tea, so he put the teacup aside, and at this time, a girl in Tsing Yi came in a hurry and said, "Second lady, the second girl is awake." ”

Since Duanmuqi returned home, Xiao He's family was not at ease, so he let his daughter live in the wing room of Qionghua Courtyard.

Xiao He hurriedly got up and hurried out of the hall and went to the east wing.

The sun outside seemed to be hotter, and just a few steps away, Xiao He's forehead was faintly oozing a little beads of sweat, which made her irritable.

However, when she entered her daughter's room, she had to force herself to squeeze out a smile, and smiled softly and kindly, "Sister Qi! ”

"Mother."

In just a few days, Duanmuqi lost a lot of weight, and his eye sockets were deeply sunken, as if he was terminally ill, and he was described as withered.

Whether it is Xiao He's family or Duanmuqi who has made a fuss, they all know that now, there is no way back for the marriage on the Yang family's side, and even they have to be careful to hide it, and they must not let the Yang family know about Duanmuqi's stay in Baihualou for three days, otherwise, Duanmuqi is afraid that it will be a lifetime of the Green Lantern Ancient Buddha.

The mother and daughter were relatively speechless for a while, and Xiao He settled down and took the lead in speaking:

"Sister Qi, have you eaten it? Is it okay for my mother to let someone give you the next chicken noodle soup? ”

"Mother, I've eaten it."

The conversation between the mother and daughter was dry.

Duanmuqi didn't dare to make any more trouble, and stayed in the room every day, while Xiao He hurriedly began to prepare the dowry.

is different from Duanmujun, Xiao He's began to prepare a dowry for his daughter when Duanmuqi was still very young, and wanted her daughter to marry beautifully.

However, because she had to compensate the Li family for a lot of dowry losses, plus she had no housekeeping rights in the past two years, she couldn't move the money, and the marriage of the Yang family was too bad, so she delayed a little in the next few years, so that the dowry she prepared now is very shallow.

Now it is less than a month before Duanmuqi's wedding, and the time is too tight, Xiao He can only take the dowry silver given by Gongzhong to buy it quickly, how can he make up the entire dowry for his daughter sixty-four.

This marriage is cold enough, if you can't even put your daughter's dowry on the table, I'm afraid that you will be looked down upon by others even more, and even the kind of people who go high and low will think that their daughter is an abandoned son of the Duanmu family.

He tried to use the money he had on hand to make a decent dowry for his daughter.

Xiao He's family was busy preparing the dowry, and the house finally stopped, Duanmu Xian breathed a sigh of relief, he wanted to marry someone out quickly, and if he wanted to make trouble, he would go to the Yang family and make trouble slowly.

Anyway, when Duanmu Qi marries the Yang family, then he will be born as a member of the Yang family, and die as a ghost of the Yang family!

Duanmuxian doesn't have the energy to take care of the affairs of the government now, and he doesn't have time to deal with the affairs of the court, so he can't wait to separate the three heads and six arms.

After getting Cen Yin's suggestion, Duanmu Xian also thought of those tribes in the Northland.

These northern tribes were already rich, and in order to entrap them, the imperial court not only did not need them to pay tribute, but also allocated a large amount of silver taels, cloth, grain and grass every year, so that they were all fat.

In order to save some money for the treasury, Duanmuxian went around with them, fighting wits and courage, and came back from time to time to tell Duanmu Fei some progress, Duanmu Fei should only listen to stories, in her opinion, grandfather is no different from the little starling who likes to show off.

Well, grandfather and little starling must get along, otherwise, she will bring the little starling with her in the future, and it will be much easier for her to have the little starling to talk to her grandfather.

"Zhenzhen, pack your things." Duanmu walked in with a curtain and said with a smile, "Let's go." ”

"Sister, I'm all ready." Duanmu Fei hurriedly got up, took Duanmujun's arm and left Zhanqing Courtyard, and the sisters went in the direction of Yimen.

The sisters are planning to go to the princess's mansion in Wuyang, tomorrow is Qixi Festival, and they have made an appointment with Wuyang to beg and visit the temple fair together.

When they arrived at the princess's mansion in the carriage, it was only too late, and Hanxing had already arrived.

"Cousin, cousin." Han Xing, who was sitting in the courtyard, waved his hand at Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei, and smiled very brightly, "Father and Emperor promised that the palace can live here for a few days. ”

Hanxing triumphantly showed off, telling Wuyang and the sisters how she had persuaded the emperor to agree to let her leave the palace and stay here for a few days.

Wuyang was full of energy, and said with a smile: "The courtyard where you live, the palace has been arranged, and the palace will take you to see it later." ”

It has been a year and a half since Wuyang left the palace to open the mansion, and she is very comfortable in this princess's mansion.

For this eldest daughter who is unwilling to get married, the emperor has always been a little weak-hearted, so he has nothing to do with her, just wait for the day when she figures it out by herself. The emperor even whispered to her in private that if she was willing, she would pick a colt in the future, become a relative, and raise a few noodles.

When Wuyang heard this, it was really difficult to explain, and it was difficult to tell the queen.

"Sister Huanghuang, you're the best." Han Xing smiled even brighter, and coquettishly pestered Duanmu Fei to stay here with her for two more days.

Duanmu Fei responded without saying a word, she also likes Wuyang here, she is more comfortable than at home, and no one cares about her, she is willing to live for a year.

The four girls were talking lively, and Qingfeng, the big palace maid of Wuyang, came with two little palace maids, holding a few red lacquered wooden boxes in her hands, and said with a smile: "Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, Her Royal Highness the fourth princess, Duanmu eldest girl, Duanmu four girls, the slave maid has prepared a spider ......"

As she spoke, Qing Feng opened the wooden box in her hand and could see a finger-sized spider in the corner of the box, waving an eight-legged ......

Han Xing was so frightened that he almost didn't jump up, and said sharply: "Stay away, stay away!" ”

One of the customs of the Qixi Festival is to catch a small spider on the eve of the Qixi Festival and put it in the box, put it overnight, and then open the box early the next morning to see the spider weave the web inside.

It's just that Hanxing has always been squeamish, she is most afraid of these insects, according to her: "This palace is not good at female red, anyway, this palace is a princess, and it is natural not to be a female red." ”

Duanmu Guifei is Hanxing's daughter, and she is up to her.

Qingfeng hurriedly motioned to a palace maid to take down a few boxes containing spiders, thinking that he would send them to the two girls of the Duanmu family in private later.

Qingfeng smiled and said, "The slave knows one thing, Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess will definitely like it......"

The little palace maid beside her opened another box, and a floral fragrance mixed with the smell of alum came out, Han Xing's eyes lit up, and she stroked her palms and said, "Sister Huanghuang, this palace will help you dye your nails." Hongu is the best at nail dyeing. ”

A few palace maids were sent away, and the four girls were enthusiastic about dyeing each other's nails, talking and laughing, playing together, eating together, and walking together...... On the third watch, they each rested.

Early the next morning, when the four girls were having breakfast here in Wuyang, Qingfeng came to say with a smile: "Happy spider weaving webs." The slave and maid compared the three boxes, and the four girls of Duanmu had the most webs woven by the spiders. ”

Han Xing looked at Duanmujun, then at Wuyang, and said in his heart: These little spiders are actually quite godly, compared to throwing pots, archery or something, Cousin Jun and Sister Dahuang are definitely stronger than Cousin Scarlet, but when it comes to needlework, Cousin Jun and Sister Dahuang have always been not very careful......

However, she still doesn't like those little spiders, so she likes spiders or something, so forget it.

Hanxing put down the chopsticks, instructed the palace maid to serve tea, and drank the tea slowly.

After breakfast, the girls set off from the princess's mansion, the target is the city god temple in the east of the city, the city god temple is not only for the city god lord, but also for the weaver girl, every Qixi Festival, is the most lively place in Beijing.

Men, women and children gather in this area, not only to worship the Weaver Girl, but also for the temple fair next to the City God Temple.

When the four girls arrived at the Chenghuang Temple, it was only halfway through, and there was already a sea of people around them, and their carriage was difficult to move an inch away from a street, so they simply got out of the carriage and walked over by themselves, and then lined up at the door of the Weaver Girl Hall for nearly an hour before it was their turn to enter the temple.

At this time, the line behind them had already lined up at the gate of the City God Temple.

There were six futons in the hall, so in addition to Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun, a mother and daughter also came in with them.

As soon as the mother and daughter knelt down, the woman in her thirties eagerly prayed to the Weaver Girl statue in front of her: "Tianxian Niangniang, please arrange a wishful husband for the daughter of the faithful girl." As long as the little girl can marry a good husband, the believer will definitely come to repay her vows. ”

It's really pitiful for the hearts of parents all over the world!

The four girls exchanged glances with emotion, and Han Xing also thought of his mother, and sighed silently in his heart: The mother concubine had long said that she would pick a horse for her, but it had been more than a year since she picked it, and she didn't pick it well...... It's not fun to choose a colt or something.

Duanmu Fei also lowered her eyes and clasped her palms, making a gesture of praying, and secretly rejoiced in her heart: Fortunately, her marriage has been resolved, otherwise wouldn't she have to let her sister break her heart for her marriage?

Well, she might as well beg the fairy mother to give her a brother-in-law. No, it doesn't matter if my brother-in-law or anything is, it's good if my sister is happy.

That's right. Duanmu pursed his lips, and his little face became very firm.

Duanmujun knelt beside Duanmufei, she just accompanied everyone to come over to have a good time, except for hoping that her sister could be with Feng Yan and Meimei in the future, she had nothing to ask for.

A gust of wind blew from behind, causing the curtains in the hall to rattle, and the candles to beat violently, as if they were about to be extinguished at any moment......

Duanmujun subconsciously raised his eyes and saw that the red curtain next to the statue of the Weaver Girl was shaking like the fluttering clothes, gently brushing on the statue of the Weaver Girl, making the kind-looking Weaver Girl seem to be about to ride the wind at any time.

Duanmu Jun stared at the red and bright curtain in a daze, and a bright red figure couldn't help but appear in front of him......

"Ah Jun......" Wuyang called, Duanmu Jun was excited, and suddenly came back to his senses.

Wuyang pointed to Han Xing and Duanmu Fei, who were walking outside the door, and said, "The fourth sister and the scarlet sister said that they were going to untie the sign." "Wuyang came to worship the Weaver Girl just to have a scene for the Qixi Festival, not really to ask for marriage, so I didn't join in the excitement.

Duanmu Jun stood up from the futon, looked at Duanmu Fei and Han Xing's brisk sparrow-like backs, and couldn't help laughing. It's good for my sister to have fun.

After worshipping the Weaver Girl and untying the lot, the four girls left the noisy and crowded City God Temple, and Wuyang and Duanmujun suddenly felt that the air around them was much fresher.

Han Xing was still looking at the signature in his hand, and he read the words: "The wind makes the sound of bamboo, and only the sound of gold is heard; The moon moves the shadow of the flower, and it is suspected that the jade man is coming. ”

"The master who unsigned said that this sign means that good things are near, let me pay more attention to the fate around me......"

"But my mother hasn't picked a donkey for me for a long time...... I didn't say she was going to show me recently! ”

Han Xing frowned, said to himself, and finally came to a conclusion, "The signing of this City God Temple is really inaccurate!" "Mobile phone users, please browse and read, a better reading experience comes from Aiwang.