Chu Qingyu's face turned pale, his body trembled slightly in fright, and he couldn't care about anything else, and hurriedly said, "I'll go...... I'll go! She even forgot to call herself a concubine.

The maid forsythia not far away also saw this scene, and she was also silent, her body trembled like chaff, and a sentence came to her mind: Knowing people and knowing faces does not know hearts.

Mu Youchang looked at Chu Qingyu's frightened appearance, as if he was watching a child messing around, and said comfortingly: "Yu'er, this palace sees that your face is not very good, you should go back to the house early, and have a good rest......"

Between the words, a small chamberlain drove the Zhulun over, and Mu Youchang personally helped Chu Qingyu into the carriage, and said at the same time: "You go back to the house first." There are still some things in this palace, so I won't go back today. ”

Chu Qingyu paused and entered the carriage as if nothing had happened.

When the curtain of the carriage fell, her face changed completely, her eyes were chaotic, and she was turning extremely complex emotions, apprehension, suspicion, uneasiness, anxiety......

In the past few months, Mu Youchang has become more and more cold to her, often going out, and not returning home at night...... Moreover, he is a prince, and he can accept as many women as he wants, but he can't afford to raise an outer room.

Chu Qingyu had a voice in her heart that told her that something was not quite right, which was a woman's intuition that made her heart go up and down......

There was a clear sound of horses' hooves outside, Chu Qingyu couldn't help but open the curtains, and looked out the window, Mu Youchang had already galloped to the front twenty zhang away, the horse's hooves were flying, and he was getting farther and farther away......

She just looked at him, and he didn't notice it, and didn't look back.

With the sound of the coachman's whip, the vermilion cart also began to gallop forward, slowly accelerating, and the regular sound of horses' hooves and wheels echoed in my ears.

Mu Youchang's figure was no longer visible, but Chu Qingyu was still looking at the direction he left blankly, her thoughts were surging, and she couldn't help but think of her previous life and her cousin.

In the previous life, although my cousin Cheng Yunan had an aunt and a room, most of the time, my cousin was with me, and my cousin would be cautious about whatever she said, but now, she is almost alone in the empty room every day.

Mu Youchang doesn't have her in his heart, but only the values and interests that she represents.

Was she wrong?!

This thought couldn't help but appear in Chu Qingyu's heart, she lowered the curtains, and looked stunned, as if she was in a daze, and as if she had entered a demonic barrier.

Forsythia, who was sitting across from her, looked at her master worriedly, and stopped talking. It is said that a woman's marriage is the second reincarnation, no matter what His Royal Highness the Second Prince is, it is impossible for his master to reconcile with the Second Prince......

The crickly chariot galloped all the way to the neighing of the horses, leaving Cuiwei Lake far behind, heading in the direction of the capital.

When the Zhulun entered the city from the West City Gate, the sun was already setting in the west, and the streets of Beijing were still so lively and prosperous, and the noise came into the carriage one after another.

Forsythia said tentatively: "Master, there is Chuanxi Street in front, do you want the slave to buy you some of your favorite golden dates?" ”

Chuanxi Street ...... Chu Qingyu blinked, her originally trance-like eyes had a focus again, she picked up the curtain and looked out, the street outside was very familiar, she knew that this was Daewoo Street, just next to Chuanxi Street, when her cousin returned home in her previous life, she would often go to a dim sum shop called "Jinyu Mantang" on the street to line up, because she liked the rose preserves sold by this shop the most.

"Stop." Chu Qingyu blurted out subconsciously, his voice slightly sharp.

The little chamberlain who was driving the carriage was startled and hurriedly stopped the carriage.

"Forsythia, you go to the 'Golden Jade Hall' in front of you to buy some rose preserves." Chu Qingyu commanded.

"Yes, master." Forsythia hurriedly took the order and hurriedly got off the red wheeled car.

The carrot stopped on the side of the street, and Forsythia came back without half a cup of tea, and in addition to the rose preserves, she also bought rose cakes, rose tea, and rose dew.

The Zhulun car began to slowly move forward along Daewoo Street, and Chu Qingyu in the carriage almost eagerly took some rose candied fruit and sent it into her mouth, her eyes were slightly dumbfounded, it was obviously candied with sugar, but she felt a little bitter.

Even she didn't know if the bitterness came from her lips or from the bottom of her heart.

She swallowed the candied fruit in her mouth, picked up the teacup and took a few sips of tea, when the aftertaste of the candied fruit in her mouth was washed away by the tea, she regained her composure, and the whole person cheered up again.

Some of the flavors in memories may just be beautified by memories, and the past life is the past life after all, and she has no choice.

To live a new life, she must become a human being, and she must let her grandfather and grandmother let everyone ...... Especially let Feng Yan see her, Chu Qingyu is definitely no worse than Chu Qingci!

"Throw this candied fruit away." Chu Qingyu said coldly, his eyes were as cold as iron.

"......" Forsythia was dumbfounded, and quickly responded and put away the box containing the rose preserves, she always felt that the landlord seemed to have changed......

After making up his mind, Chu Qingyu completely left behind those unnecessary dignity and began to think about what to send to Duanmu's house.

So, early the next morning, the gift of the second prince's mansion was sent to Duanmu Mansion, and the porter was panicked and didn't dare to accept it, so he hurriedly sent his mother-in-law to Zhanqing Courtyard to report to the eldest girl.

However, Duanmujun refused on the grounds that "his grandfather was not there, so he didn't dare to collect it without permission".

Where did the porter dare to persuade the eldest girl, after getting the order, she hurriedly left again.

At dusk that day, after Duanmuxian came back, Duanmujun specially went to see Duanmuxian with Duanmufei and told him about it.

"Sister Jun, you did the right thing in this matter." Duanmu Xian looked at his eldest granddaughter with satisfaction, stroked his beard slowly, and once again sighed that since he was in charge of the eldest granddaughter, he really had a lot less trouble and saved a lot of worry.

Duanmu Jun smiled slightly, "When Grandfather said that, I was relieved." ”

Duanmuxian raised his hand to the tea cup in front of him, and gently brushed off the floating leaves on the tea soup with the tea lid.

Their Duanmu family is the eldest prince's foreign family, which means that they and the eldest prince are tied together, and the Duanmu family naturally has to try to avoid having anything to do with other princes.

Merely......

"Why did the Second Prince's Mansion suddenly send a courtesy?" Duanmuxian muttered to himself, almost silent.

Rao is Duanmu Xian, no matter how smart he is, he can't figure out the reason for this.

Duanmu Fei vaguely guessed what he was wondering about from the change in the shape of Duanmu Xian's lips, and a certain bewitching face naturally appeared in his mind, and then he lowered his eyes silently, and said in his heart: She doesn't know anything.

Duanmu Xian took a sip of hot tea and asked himself: "Is he trying to mix and mix water......

"......" This time, Duanmu Fei accidentally heard Duanmu Xian's whisper, and said in his heart: Grandfather, you think too much.

Thinking of Cen Yin, Duanmu Fei remembered another thing, she only cared about the Keju competition yesterday, and completely forgot to ask Feng Yan and Cen Yin to audition her "Mingyu".

Her poor "Mingyu", Baoqin is dusty......

Duanmu Fei's thoughts flew out of the sky accidentally.

Duanmu Xian didn't pay attention to Duanmu Fei, looked at the teacup in his hand and squinted, and muttered to himself: "He must be uneasy and kind." ”

Duanmu nodded slightly in agreement.

Duanmu Xian thought that Mu Youchang couldn't toss anything, and he didn't bother with this issue anymore, no matter what, as long as they Duanmu didn't accept it, Rao is Mu Youchang couldn't do it no matter how much he thought about it.

Duanmu Xian took another sip of Longjing tea in the cup, remembered another thing, and changed his words: "The emperor called me to the imperial study after the morning court today, saying that he decided to tour the south in September, and I will definitely ......go with him at that time."

The emperor reigned for almost 17 years, and he toured the south three times in total, inspecting the river and coastal defense, observing the people, cultivating scholars, parading and worshipping tombs, and reducing taxes......

This is a rhetoric to the outside world, and the courtiers actually know that the purpose of the emperor's southern tour is more to enjoy the mountains and rivers.

Duanmuxian put down the blue and white porcelain teacup in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Duanmujun and Duanmufei, and said, "Four girls, you can go with me at that time." "He actually wants to bring Duanmu Jun with him, but the bad things in this house, without Duanmu Jun, I'm afraid it really can't be suppressed.

Where to go? Duanmu, who was being distracted, paused for a moment before he reacted, grandfather meant to take her to Jiangnan?!

"Yes, yes!" Her eyes were as bright as the stars, and she had never been to Jiangnan, only from words, pictures and other people's oral accounts to appreciate the scenery of Jiangnan.

Looking at his sister's excited little appearance, Duanmu couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, reached out and rubbed the top of his sister's soft hair, thinking in his heart, if he wants to go to Jiangnan, then there are a lot of things to prepare. There are still three months left until September, and it is not long to say that it is short......

Duanmu Xian was eyebrows deep, staring at the tea leaves that were slowly sinking in the tea soup, and his heart sank little by little.

The emperor's southern tour has advantages and harms, and even does more harm than good, in the past three trips to the south of the Yangtze River cost a lot, each trip takes four or five months, at least more than 3,000 officers and soldiers with drivers, and there are countless other horses, cars, boats, and mercenaries, it can be said that the army is mobilized, the people are injured and the money is lost, and the three trips cost at least 10 million taels of silver.

Every time, the most worrying thing is the household.

The sorrow is the silver.

Obviously, the sea ban was opened, the salt introduction system was also going smoothly, and the taxes that went into the treasury from last year to this spring were also increased, but there was still a war in the south, that is, silver was burned, and the emperor had to repair the garden again, entertain and reward those northern tribes who came to congratulate, plus disaster relief...... The silver was spent like water.

This time he has to prepare at least three million taels of silver when he goes to Jiangnan, how should he move the silver?

Duanmu Xian's eyebrows were so furrowed that he could almost kill mosquitoes, and he raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows.

Moreover, although Jiangnan is rich, there is a lot of loss in the previous three times, and some local officials take the opportunity to extort the people and fill their pockets, so that the people are full of complaints.

The more Duanmu Xian thought about it, the more worried he became, this morning in the imperial study, he had tentatively told the emperor that the treasury was not enough, and the emperor was immediately unhappy, feeling that he was crying poor all day long.

Hey, the emperor's temper has been getting bigger and bigger in the past two years!

Duanmu Xian couldn't help but sigh.

Duanmu looked at Duanmu Xian with the sound of scandal, and looked at Duanmu Xian's worried appearance, and probably knew what he was worried about.

The barren treasury of Dasheng has not been a matter of a year and a half, and the opening of the sea ban is only open source, and if it is not throttled, it will not change the status quo.

Duanmu pursed his lips, and his grandfather's old lady Chu's evaluation of the emperor's southern tour appeared in his ears, a total of six words-

It is not good to do it, but it is good to do harm.

"Grandfather, don't be too anxious." Duanmu smiled and comforted Duanmu Xiandao, "In September, the summer tax is almost up, and it should be able to relieve the urgent need a little." ”

I'm afraid it's not enough. Duanmu Xian calculated in his heart, and listened to Duanmu's scarlet words: "Grandfather, the emperor is touring south, and Gongzi Cen should stay in Beijing, right?" ”

"Ten of them." Duanmuxian stroked his beard and nodded, his eyes were deep and solemn as ink.

The emperor has become more and more suspicious recently, and he definitely doesn't worry about letting any prince supervise the country, so this time the southern tour must be the same as when the previous dynasty was struck, and the celebrant will be in charge.

Duanmu Fei was not surprised, hooked his lips and smiled, and tilted his head to look at Duanmu Xian, "In that case, grandfather might as well go and ask Gongzi Cen for advice." ”

Duanmu Xian's eyes widened in surprise, and his hand brushing his beard also paused, with a hint of thoughtfulness in his expression.

He hadn't thought about it in this direction, and maybe there would be an unexpected gain.

Duanmu Xian's solemn mood relaxed slightly.

After Duanmu Fei nodded, he smiled more cutely, stopped talking about the court, stared at Duanmu Xian with great interest and asked, "Grandfather, is Jiangnan fun?" ”

Duanmuxian also accompanied the emperor to the south of the Yangtze River twice, talking about the south of the Yangtze River as a number of treasures, saying that the scenery of the south of the Yangtze River is beautiful, the water and the sky are blue, saying that the West Lake is "good when the water is shining and sunny", saying that the smoke and rain are listening to the spring rain, and talking about crossing the river to visit the Yangtze River......

Duanmu Fei listened attentively, his eyes were as bright as cold stars, and he sighed regretfully: It's good to go to Jiangnan, but if it's not a companion, it will be better.

As for Duanmujun's mind, he had already run away, and he gave at least seven or eight lists in his heart, and the items on the list continued to increase.

It is not a secret that the emperor wants to tour the south in September, and every time he drives the southern tour, many nobles and ministers of civil and military affairs in Beijing will accompany him on the trip, so the top and bottom of the capital also began to prepare.

There are also many well-intentioned people waiting for who the emperor will order to supervise the country this time.

On the tenth day of the sixth month, the emperor set a trip on the first day of the ninth month.

With this edict, Beijing has become more and more lively, especially those shops in Beijing come and go, many mansions are busy purchasing corresponding supplies for travel, and those who are in charge of the store are making a lot of money.

In just a few days, Duanmujun had already prepared three carriages for the trip, but according to the list she had listed, this was only half of them.

Duanmufei wanted to say that if there was anything missing, he could buy it on the road, but seeing his sister's high interest, he still didn't say anything.

Anyway, it's good that my sister is happy.

After Duanmufei and Duanmujun had lunch together, they went out to Zhang's mansion, the purpose of course to visit Zhang Lan.

The Chu family is also in the house.

The Chu family had a good impression of Duanmu Fei, and felt that this little girl from the Duanmu family was very smart and dexterous, and knew that the little girl had come to see her daughter, so he personally took her to Zhang Lan's yard.

Seeing that Duanmu Fei and her daughter were getting along well, the Chu family also had the heart to be close to her, and while walking, he talked to her: "Sister Lan also wants to come to greet you in person, but she has just recovered and can't blow the wind, so I asked her to wait for you in the house." ”

"Sister Lan has been suffocated these days, and yesterday she knew that you were going to come to see her, and she was so excited that she didn't sleep for most of the night."

"But don't tell her these words, this girl loves face the most."

Chu Shi winked at Duanmu with a smile, and the two exchanged a tacit look, as if they had a little secret.

"Second Mrs. Zhang, don't worry, my mouth is the most reliable." Duanmu smiled so hard that his eyes narrowed, and his smile was bright.

For a moment, Duanmu Fei was in a trance, feeling as if she had returned to the past, as if she was still Chu Qingci, talking and laughing with her aunt in the Chu family.

As he spoke, Zhang Lan's courtyard appeared in front of him.

Zhang Lan had long known that Duanmu Fei had arrived, and was waiting for Duanmu Fei and the Chu family in the hall.

After saluting each other, Duanmu Fei looked Zhang Lan up and down, Zhang Lan looked at the Qing Circle, a crow-like green silk simply pulled a child, wearing two jasper bead flowers on the sideburns, wearing a willow-colored dark pattern embroidered magnolia jacket, with an emerald green pleated skirt underneath, which looked elegant and refreshing.

Zhang Lan's cheeks were as smooth as jade, with a healthy flush, which meant that her acne had been cured.

Duanmu hooked his lips, and suddenly his smile froze again, noticing that Zhang Lan had left a small acne scar the size of a grain of rice on the position of his right forehead sideburns.

Duanmu stared at the small acne scar with a slight gaze.

If you have a pox scar, it means that it has been scratched......

Duanmu Fei frowned, Chu also noticed Duanmu Fei's abnormality, followed her gaze to look at the acne scar on her daughter's forehead, took two steps forward, raised her hand to stroke the corner of her forehead, and proposed: "Sister Lan, you still take the hair off your sideburns, cut your bangs, and cover up this acne scar." ”

"Mother, it's okay." Zhang Lan smiled disapprehantly. It's just that such a little acne scar is not in the way, if you cut bangs, wouldn't it look childish?

Zhang Lan's heart couldn't help but think of herself having Qi bangs, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that she definitely couldn't cut it.

"......" Chu moved his toes, he knew what his daughter was thinking, and he was a little indescribable in his heart, the eyes of the mother and daughter collided in mid-air, stuck to each other, and no one refused to back down.

Chu said with a smile: "Mother will help you cut it." ”

Mother, don't make trouble! Zhang Lan said with his eyes, and what he said in his mouth was: "Mother, my father said that you are not allowed to take scissors." "The last time my mother took the scissors, she cut off her own fingers.

Chu Shi calmly responded: "Then let the fourth girl of Duanmu help you cut it." ”

"......" Zhang Lan's mouth opened and closed, and she wanted to push it euphemistically, so she listened to Duanmu Fei sing and say in harmony: "Second Mrs. Zhang, my craftsmanship is very good, last time my sister was accidentally burned off some hair in Huangjue Temple, it was the hair I cut and combed for her." ”

Under the two pairs of burning eyes, Zhang Lan was powerless to resist at all, so she inexplicably sat down on the circle chair, untied her bun, and busily put Duanmu on her head, first cut her bangs, and then combed her into a new bun.

When Zhang Lan looked at the bronze mirror in the maid's hand, she smiled reluctantly on her little face, but she couldn't hide the desire to cry without tears.

It's not that Duanmu is not well combed, she combs it too well, the bun on her head is improved on the basis of the double flat bun, and the cyan ribbon is braided with a strand of small braids, wrapped in the bun, as if she has a pothos wrapped around her head, which makes her baby face more and more pink.

It's so cute. Duanmu Fei exchanged a sympathetic look with the Chu family.

The satisfied Chu family used the excuse that there were still housekeeping to deal with, and left the house to this lovely little girl.

Zhang Lan hurriedly asked Duanmu Fei to sit down, and asked the maid to serve tea, and then solemnly blessed Duanmu Fei, and apologized: "Duanmu Fourth Girl, last time I had to miss the appointment when I was sick, and I also invited the girl Haihan." ”

Seeing that the cute little cousin had to make a dignified and serious appearance, Duanmu Fei couldn't help but laugh in his heart, tried hard to hold back the smile, waved his hand briskly and said, "It's a trivial matter, the girl doesn't have to mind." ”

Duanmu Fei sighed, and said as if inadvertently: "There are so many people who have had acne recently, and the Keju competition was postponed once before because of the acne of Miss Li, the cousin of the county lord of Jinxiu. ”

"I told you last time that I also had a pimple in April, and it was very uncomfortable at that time, and my sister was so worried that she stayed by my couch and lost weight with me. My sister said that it was probably contracted when she took me to the theater to watch a play. ”

As he spoke, Duanmu Fei curiously leaned over and asked Zhang Lan: "Fifth Miss Zhang, are you dyed in the women's school?" ”

Duanmu asked, Zhang Lan thought about it, "It's not a female school, the female school is on ......leave in late May, and she should have contracted the pox around May 20th, "Moreover, I haven't gone out since I came back from Duanmu's house that day." ”

On May 19, she returned home directly from Duanmu's house and did not go anywhere else, which means that she most likely contracted chickenpox at home.

Zhang Lan couldn't help frowning, she was a smart person, and she immediately remembered something.

On May 20, she received a post from Duanmufei, and that night, the sewing room sent a newly made middle coat and asked her to try the size, and the daughter-in-law in the sewing room looked very anxious, so she tried it.

The size of the middle coat was just right, and the daughter-in-law left the middle shirt and stepped back......

Thinking of a certain possibility, Zhang Lan's pupils shrank, clenched his fists, and tried to calm down, temporarily suppressing his doubts.

Duanmufei had been paying attention to the subtle changes on Zhang Lan's face, and seeing that she seemed to remember something, Duanmufei didn't continue to talk about acne anymore, and talked about Keju instead.

"Miss Zhangwu, you couldn't go to see the Keju competition that day, so I specially bought a leather bow for you." Duanmu raised his hand and made a gesture, and Bi Chan immediately opened the red lacquered wooden box in his hand, which contained a peach-pink leather bow, and the color was pink and bright.

Zhang Lan still remembers that day when she went to Duanmu Mansion, Duanmufei's house was piled up with a lot of children's toys, and at that time, Duanmufei also said beautifully: "...... These are the ...... my brothers and sisters sent me to make me happy."

So—

Duanmu Fei thinks she's a sister?!

Thinking of this, Zhang Lan's little face became extremely entangled, and she wanted to tell Duanmu Fei that she was fourteen years old, and Duanmu Fei was only twelve years old!

The two of them, if you talk about the prologue, of course my sister is herself!

Duanmu Fei looked at Zhang Lan's eyes that seemed to be able to speak, and smiled even more happily: her little cousin is really cute!

She just didn't know, and raised her hand to signal Bi Chan to send the leather bow to Zhang Lan.

Zhang Lan hesitantly took the peach-pink leather bow in her hand, she had seen the little fox playing with the leather bow at Duanmu's house, the little fox was small and small, playing with the leather bow, very flexible, thinking that Zhang Lan was a little eager to try, but she felt that it seemed that it might not be dignified to bow with the little fox......

Zhang Lan's little face became even more entangled.

"Miss Zhangwu, the next time you go to my place, will we play Keju with the group?" Duanmu said with a smile, "My sister also knitted a rattan ball for Hachi herself, and put a bell in the rattan ball, and Hachi has fun every day!" ”

Hearing Duanmu Fei talk about this scene, Zhang Lan suddenly showed a look of yearning, and the original entanglement was forgotten in an instant, and he quickly nodded: "Okay." She smiled like a moon.

Just looking at the cute face of his little cousin, Duanmu Fei felt in a happy mood and laughed happily, and the laughter like silver bells echoed in the room.

In the middle of summer in June, the weather is hot, and there is an ice basin in the room, one of the windows is half open for ventilation, and occasionally a warm breeze wafts in, mixed with the unique fragrance of flowers and trees.

The atmosphere is warm and relaxed.

Duanmu Fei stayed in the house for more than half an hour before saying goodbye and letting Zhang Lan take a nap.

Zhang Lan sent someone to send Duanmu Fei away, and after that, she asked her mother Chu to come over, and she took out the new middle coat sent last month.