It was the weather in May, and the temperature was rising little by little, which made people a little more impatient.

In the bamboo branch garden, Xia Mengning was lying on the table by the window to practice calligraphy, the fourth aunt Ge Shi was sitting on the side embroidering the peony flowers on the cuffs of her clothes, and Zhulian was standing on the side grinding for Xia Mengning.

After writing for a while, Xia Meng straightened up and said, "The weather is so hot, I just got up early, and I sweated again." ”

Zhu Lian hurriedly put down the ink strip in her hand, walked to the side and brought a cup of jasmine tea that had already been dried and handed it to Xia Mengning, "Miss, let's have a cup of tea, the jasmine petals brought by the fourth aunt in the morning, the slave maid has already brewed them for you to dry." ”

Xia Mengning put down the brush in her hand and put it on the table, took Zhulian's tea and took a sip, only to feel sweet and refreshing, and after taking a sip, there was an aftertaste on her lips and teeth.

"I've drunk a lot of jasmine tea before, but it's different from this time, auntie, what method did you use to make the fragrance of this jasmine so thorough?"

Ge Shi smiled, "Where did I use any thoughts, but I just picked the jasmine petals after the rain, wrapped them in silk, and did not expose them to the sun, but when they were wet, they were used to make tea, and the fragrance of jasmine was squeezed out by the rain, so it would be particularly refreshing." ”

Xia Mengning took the teacup and turned it around in her hand, and said with a smile: "Auntie's clever thoughts, can this tea be used by my father?" ”

Zhu Lian heard Xia Mengning say these words, so she said with interest: "The slave maid still has some good lotus root powder hanging outside, this should be good, the slave maid went to take a look, and brought it to the young lady and aunt to pad the hunger." ”

As he spoke, he withdrew with a smile, Ge Shi glanced up at Zhulian's back, and said, "Zhulian, this girl, is a clever girl. ”

Xia Mengning smiled knowingly, Zhu Lian is a natural way that understands proportion, but it is not entirely because of this to keep her by her side, it is necessary to choose a close-fitting girl, who naturally knows the roots and knows the bottom of the matter, and has no careful thoughts, so it is better to use it.

As for loyalty, I'm afraid that no one can compare to Zhu Lian.

Ge sighed lightly: "Your father came to my house last night, and I have already given him a drink. ”

Xia Mengning sat beside Ge Shi and looked at the last leaf of her peony flower, "Auntie is now favored again, and she should cherish it." ”

Ge Shi suddenly looked up at Xia Mengning, his little daughter was only thirteen years old, but she already had a pair of eyes that had been through vicissitudes, Ge Shi's heart suddenly became sour, and her eyes turned red, "Third Miss, I know." ”

Xia Mengning patted her hand, naturally leaned her head on her shoulder, and the little girl's immature voice sounded, "Auntie, after I get married, you don't have to be so tired, I will buy you a big mansion outside, relying on my house, I can eat with my aunt every day, play the piano together, embroider together, I have to find a dozen girls who are more clever than Zhulian to serve my aunt, my aunt likes to listen to operas, I will build a stage for my aunt, my aunt likes to play the piano, I will collect the world's famous pianos for my aunt," said, Xia Mengning raised her head and looked at Ge Shi, and continued softly: "When the time comes, I will no longer call your aunt, but your mother, you are my only mother." ”

Ge Shi couldn't help crying, and hurriedly wiped it with a handkerchief, but scolded in his mouth: "I'm so ashamed, I don't have time to talk about getting married, aunt, I am an aunt's life, there is nothing bad, as long as you are well, I will be fine." ”

Xia Mengning stretched out her fingers and gently wiped away Ge's tears, her heart was soft, she put her face on Ge's face, and said softly: "My aunt treats me well, in this house, only my aunt treats me well," Raising her face, Xia Mengning continued: "I am my aunt's eldest daughter, the eldest daughter is like the eldest son, I will definitely let my aunt be a noble person in a dignified manner, enjoy life well, and spend her old age in peace." ”

Being filial to their children, no parent is unwilling, Ge Shi heard this, only felt infinite comfort in his heart, Ning'er grew up, not only thoughtful, but also has a heart of filial piety, he always complains about God's will in his life, fate is unfair, and he has brought himself such a life, but now, everything has survived, his daughter is still so filial, in his life, what do you want?

At this moment, Jiu'er walked in from outside the door, and when she saw that Ge was also there, she hurriedly saluted and said, "The slave has seen the fourth aunt." ”

Ge Shi nodded, and Xia Mengning asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Jiu'er stepped forward and said softly: "When the slave maid went to get lunch just now, I heard someone in the front yard say that Cheng Gu died!" ”

Ge's hand shook and almost stabbed herself with a needle, Xia Mengning grabbed her hand tightly, and said with a pale face: "Oh? What's going on? ”

Jiu'er replied: "It seems that he was killed, but the master is very angry, and he is sending people around to search for the murderer." ”

After listening to this, Xia Mengning thought about it carefully, and immediately stood up and said, "Zhulian, come in and help me make up." ”

Zhu Lian hurriedly walked in, Xia Mengning picked out her clothes and put on her makeup, Ge Shi said with a worried face: "What are you going to do, the master didn't pass on a message to you." ”

Xia Mengning said softly: "This matter is strange, if the Fang clan did it, it will definitely be wronged on my head again, I must go and see the situation first." ”

said, and said to Jiu'er: "You go with me, Zhulian, you accompany the fourth aunt here, as soon as Wu Qing comes back, let her go to me immediately." ”

Zhu Lian nodded, and Xia Mengning said to Jiu'er, "Let's go." Jiu'er nodded, followed Xia Mengning's side, and the two walked towards Yong'an Hall.

When he came to the outside of Yong'an Hall, he saw many people standing in the courtyard from a distance, Xia Mengning walked in, and first saw Xia Chuanyuan, who was sitting on the top of the house, and hurriedly walked over and saluted: "I've seen Daddy." ”

Xia Chuanyuan was when he was angry, and when he saw Xia Mengning, he didn't have a good face, and asked coldly: "What are you doing here, who called you here?" ”

Xia Mengning stood up straight: "Daddy, my daughter heard that Cheng Gu died, so she came to take a look." Xia Chuanyuan frowned: "This is not a place where girls can come, go back quickly." ”

Xia Mengning heard this, but did not leave, but said: "My daughter is in the Bamboo Branch Garden, and I heard such rumors, but I can know how fast the people in this house are spreading, and the matter has come to this point, my daughter thinks that the news should be blocked as soon as possible, so as not to spread the word of mouth and say anything unpleasant from the mouth below." ”

Xia Chuanyuan was told this by Xia Mengning, and only then did he remember that he was only angry, and he actually forgot about this stubble, so he hurriedly said to his subordinates: "Go and block the news immediately, if I hear who is still spreading it, I will beat it to death." ”

Xia Mengning said softly: "Daddy, Cheng Gu is just a commoner, rootless and bottomless, I don't know if he has relatives in this capital, if he has, he should go and seal their mouths as soon as possible, and use silver taels, if this matter is made big by someone with a heart, I am afraid it will affect the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion." ”

Xia Chuanyuan's palms tightened, what his daughter said was indeed reasonable, no matter what kind of identity Cheng Gu was, if he died in his prime minister's mansion, he would have nothing to do with him, thinking of this, he immediately said to Xiao Liuzi: "You, hurry up and do what the third lady says." ”

After speaking, he said to Xia Mengning: "Ning'er, Daddy was so angry that he almost forgot about these things, fortunately, I had your reminder." ”

As he was talking, Xia Mengran and Xia Mengyou walked in, and both of them heard Xia Chuanyuan's words praising Xia Mengning, and a cluster of flames flashed in Xia Mengran's eyes, but they were well concealed by the master.

Xia Mengyou was still very scheming, and immediately pounced on her coquettishly and said: "Daddy is eccentric, only praising the third sister, and You'er is also worried about Daddy, so she hurriedly came." ”

Xia Mengran looked at Xia Mengyou's appearance, a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she just said respectfully: "I've seen my father, and when I heard that something happened here, my daughter immediately came to take a look." ”

Xia Mengning had a chuckle in her eyes, these two sisters are really distinctive, one is scheming and simple-minded, she will only blindly put all her emotions on her face, and the other is forbearance and black, all her thoughts are in her stomach, but both of them regard themselves as enemies, which is really funny. But how can there be real friends in this house, the worldly things are like this, there are no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, they are the enemies of the two of them, how can they not be fierce enemies in the eyes of others, who looks at no one is pleasing to the eye, just don't look at it.

Thinking like this, Xia Mengning really sat aside and drank tea, looking like she was very pleasant in the eyes of others.

"Third sister, how can you do this, this kind of thing happened in the house, you should share your father's worries, although we are not men, but our father educates us and loves us, and now the eldest brother and the second brother are not at home, only we are daughters to share it for our father."

Xia Mengyou said, leaning on Xia Chuanyuan's side and talking, with a filial expression on his face, Xia Mengning was very amused in his heart.

Not only was he laughing in his heart, Xia Mengning also laughed on his face, Xia Mengyou couldn't help but feel a little lacking in momentum when he saw that the other party was not angry, but this was in front of Xia Chuanyuan, Xia Mengyou also craned his neck and asked, "What is the third sister laughing at, isn't what my sister said wrong?" The third sister not only did not share her worries for her father, but also looked like an outsider, which was really unfilial! ”