She is just a timid and afraid woman, and her biggest wish in this life is to lead her children to live well.

It's done when you live, she doesn't care about any glory and wealth, what status and identity, those are all false, only when she is well fed and warmly clothed is it true.

Xiang'er suppressed the sudden feelings in her heart, and serving her wife and general well was the best reward for them.

Because Jinglan is going out again, many things have to be solved in advance recently, so he is very busy, and he didn't come back until midnight this night.

When I came back, I didn't go back to the room to find An Ge, but went directly to the study.

An Ge accompanied Er'er in the bedroom, and he didn't notice that Jinglan was back, but Xiang'er saw it, hesitated for a moment, and went straight to the kitchen.

She went to fill a bowl of pigeon soup that had been simmering in the kitchen all night and brought it to the study.

Jing Lan was holding a letter in his hand, his sword eyebrows frowned, and he noticed that someone was coming in, but he didn't look up.

Xiang'er put the soup in his hand and said, "General, it's cold at night, there is soup simmering in the small kitchen all night, and the general took the time to drink it to warm his stomach." ”

Jing Lan heard the voice, looked up at her, thought of the events of the day, and unconsciously twisted her brows.

Seeing that Jinglan's eyes were not good, Xiang'er's heart was beating fast, and she hurriedly explained in a panic: "Thank you to the general for saving the slave today, the general's life-saving grace slave and maid cannot be repaid......

"Get out."

Jing Lan interrupted her suddenly.

Xiang'er trembled, ashamed and aggrieved in her heart, quickly withdrew, ran back to the room quickly, and after closing the door, she dared to lean against the door and cover her mouth and sob.

Xin'er heard the crying, got out of bed, walked to her, reached out and stroked her back, and asked worriedly, "What's wrong with you?" ”

"No, it's nothing, the sand is blind." Xiang'er rubbed her eyes and smiled at Xin'er, which was more uncomfortable than crying.

Xin'er was silent for a while and asked, "Is Yueyue angry with you?" ”

Xiang'er shook her head: "No." ”

"Who bullied you in the house? If yes, go tell Madame. ”

"Not really, cousin, don't worry about it." Xiang'er took her hand away, pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "I'll go boil some hot water, wash and sleep." ”

Although Xin'er still felt strange, she didn't say that she couldn't ask more, so she had to nod.

Jing Lan returned to the room after dealing with political affairs, at this time Er'er had already slept, An Ge sat under the window and waited for him with a candle book, seeing Jing Lan enter the house, put down the book in his hand, and greeted him: "Why is it so late?" Would you like something to eat? ”

Jing Lan shook his head and stared at An Ge for a while.

An Ge was stunned and asked, "What's wrong?" What are you in a daze? ”

Jing Lan wrapped her waist, lowered her head against her head and said, "I think what Mrs. Xu said is right, you shouldn't keep Xiang'er by your side." She's really dishonest. ”

An Ge was even more puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

Jing Lan furrowed her brows and looked at her and said, "This big night, when I go home, my wife doesn't send food to my study so diligently, what is she going to?" Do you mean that she has other intentions? ”

An Ge was stunned by what he said, thought for a while, and said, "Are you saying that your wife is incompetent and didn't serve you food?" ”

Jing Lan smiled and took her hand: "No, where do I dare, and you know that I usually don't eat at night." ”

An Ge does know, Jing Lan told her that this is also a habit developed during the march, it is easy to relax the guard when eating too much, and only when the abdomen is clean can you stay awake.

Jing Lan raised his eyebrows lightly and said, "I think Xiang'er must have taken a fancy to me." You get rid of her. ”

He can't stop others from thinking about him, but at least he can clean himself and send away everything that may have thoughts about him.

If Xiang'er didn't mean that, he would have been sentimental, and he would rather kill by mistake than let it go. You must not destroy the relationship with An Ge for the sake of inconsequential people, the slightest sign must be extinguished in advance, so as to save yourself from being misunderstood in the future, then the gains outweigh the losses.

He said this seriously, and An Ge thought it was funny and funny, and couldn't help laughing.

Jinglan tightened his brows: "You still laugh when someone hooks up with me, don't you care about me?" ”

The dignified general used this tone to talk to her, making her look like a jealous little man, An Ge hurriedly obeyed him: "I care about you, but I believe in your person, you will never betray me, others hooking up with you are someone else's business, as long as you have me in your heart and don't leave any room for others." ”

An Ge just can speak, and he can't refute what he says.

After a long time, Jing Lan sighed lightly: "Silly girl, that person even attacked your father-in-law, can he still be loyal to you?" I'm worried that she will betray you in the future. Let's send it out. ”

An Ge was a little embarrassed: "Xianggong, people have left their hometowns and come to the capital with me to serve me, how can I open my mouth and drive her out?" Although Xiang'er is indeed good-looking and smart, I believe that she has no other thoughts, I will go back to her and tell her to take care of you in the future, is it okay? ”

Jinglan had a firm attitude: "No, we have to drive away." Although she did leave her hometown to come with you, it is not that we did not give her money, and the monthly money she gave her was several times that of people who worked in other families, so there was no need to feel sorry for her. ”

But An Ge still can't be ruthless, she has always gotten along well with Xiang'er, and Er'er also likes to drink and play.

Seeing her hesitation, Jinglan gently put her shoulder and said, "In this way, if you still feel uneasy, I will send someone to send her back to Yangzhou to serve your father?" ”

An Ge shook his head: "My father wrote that he was about to be transferred to the capital, didn't you let Xiang'er run for nothing......

Jinglan stopped talking, looking unhappy.

An Ge can't help it, although he likes Xiang'er a lot, but he can't make the people he cares about the most unhappy for Xiang'er. After thinking about it, he said: "By the way, I heard Jiugu say that the Jing family still has a lot of fields, shops, and villas, all of which are outside, is there anyone who is closer to the capital and sends Xiang'er to Zhuangzi, okay?" ”

Jing Lan thought about it and agreed, as long as he didn't dangle in front of him.

Early the next morning, An Ge wanted to find a chance to talk to Xiang'er, but she didn't expect Xiang'er to take Yueyue to take the initiative to find her, kneeling on the ground and confessing what happened yesterday.

She knew that An Ge was smart, and it might be worse if she hid anything from her. also said what Jing Lan didn't dare to say to An Ge: "When the general saved the slave and maid yesterday, the slave and maid were too scared and behaved disrespectfully to the general, and the slave and maid were very uneasy, so they asked to leave the general's mansion. ”

An Ge has been struggling with how to speak, and now that she has taken the initiative to mention it, she has saved her own trouble.

Hurriedly helped Xiang'er up and said, "You are a woman's house, and you are still with children, where can you go?" ”

Xiang'er reddened her eyes and said: "Madam, I know that you are good to the slave and maid, but the slave and maid really dare not hinder the general's eyes here anymore, Madame will let the slave and maid go, the slave and the maid have hands and feet, and they will definitely be able to live, but I am afraid that there is no chance to repay the kindness of the lady." ”

"Xiang'er, don't say that, you are smart and capable, even if you don't want to stay in the General's Mansion, I am reluctant to let you out."

An Ge pulled her to sit down, and also pulled Yueyue, who didn't know anything, to his side, and said, "I checked the account of a mountain villa on the outskirts of Beijing with Steward Wu early this morning, and found that there seems to be some problems with the account of a pear orchard, I am in a hurry to go to Wu Guo, I don't have time to check, you check it for me, how about it?" ”

Xiang'er was stunned: "Check ...... Audit? Slaves don't ...... Slaves and maids don't know a few big characters......"

An Ge said with a smile: "It's okay, there is a special teacher in the villa, who was specially invited by Uncle Wu." Many people there have been farming and harvesting fruits for the General's Mansion for generations, and their children are very likely to do things for the General's Mansion in the future, so the General's Mansion has trained them to study since childhood. You take Yueyue over, study with Yueyue, and learn how to manage accounts with the old people in the villa in your spare time, how? ”

Xiang'er still didn't dare: "Madam...... Slaves and maids may not be able to do well. ”

"You are very smart, you must learn well." An Ge smiled and looked at Yue Yue again, "Er'er also likes to play with Yueyue, you take Yueyue to the villa, and Er'er and I will go to see you from time to time." ”

Xiang'er thought for a while, she took Yueyue out, if she met the Cui family again, how would it be good?

Anyway, her biggest expectation in this life is to live well, live plainly, and go to the villa, isn't it just right?

And...... Stay away from Jinglan, and she doesn't have to suffer from the torment in her heart anymore.

He knelt down with the handle of the chair again: "Thank you Madame for taking care of the slave mother and daughter, the slave and the maid must do a good job in the villa and live up to Madame's high expectations for the slave and maid." ”

After Xiang'er left, I don't know how this matter fermented in the General's Mansion, anyway, there was a saying in the General's Mansion later, the general doesn't like any woman except his wife, and any maid except Ning Jiu should not go to him to wander around, otherwise he won't see anyone tomorrow.

As for any other more serious thoughts, don't take it upon yourself.

……

The day of departure is getting closer and closer, these days An Ge is entangled in where to leave Er'er, they are not going out to play, naturally they can't take Er'er, but Er'er is still so young now, and he will definitely feel uncomfortable when he leaves his father and mother for a long time.

However, this problem was quickly solved, because An Youping entered Beijing two months earlier than expected.

Er Er was sticking to An Youping when he was in Yangzhou, and when he met again after a long absence, he followed his grandfather every day, pestering him to tell him stories.

handed over Er'er to An Youping, and the husband and wife were very relieved, so they quietly set off, saying that Jinglan was suddenly seriously ill, and An Ge wanted to take care of Jinglan, and they all moved to the villa to recuperate.

After more than a month of day and night, trekking through mountains and rivers, he finally arrived at the imperial capital of Wu.

At the beginning of his time in the north, An Ge had already experienced the influence of the Li State on the surrounding countries, and the common people could speak the Li dialect as nothing, and even the writing and some cultural habits were very similar to the Li State.

And on the first day of entering Wu, the two of them felt the same.

When I went to the inn, at first the innkeeper said something to the two of them, but when he saw that the two of them looked confused, he changed to Li Guo dialect: "The two guest officers are from Li Guo?" ”

The fluent words and intonation are similar to the accent of Li Guojing.

Jing Lan couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in his heart, it was precisely because of the strong national strength of Dali that he could make all nations worship and ask other countries to take the initiative to learn their culture.

On the other hand, this also reminded him that the family and the country depend on each other, and only by guarding the country can the family be stable.

Therefore, he is determined to succeed in this trip.