"Oh!" Cao Shi stood up, glanced at the sky, and suddenly said, "If you don't pay attention, you actually forgot the time!" ”

Cao was about to open his mouth to summon the maids in.

"Mother......" Wei Xian grabbed Cao's sleeve, her eyes full of pleading.

Cao Shi smiled indifferently, patted Wei Xian's hand gently, but said in a resolute tone: "Let's eat first." ”

……

It's night.

Under the lamp, Feng's mother was untying Cao's bun.

took off the hairpin, carefully put it into the carved mahogany box, and combed her hair, Feng's mother saw that Cao's eyes were always closed, and there was a pensive look on her face.

I thought about it.

"Madame...... is it," Feng's mother asked in a low voice, "Are you worried about Aunt Zhang?" ”

Cao Shi came back to his senses, first let out a long sigh, and then, while looking at himself in the bronze mirror, he said: "Somehow, I am very uneasy in my heart, and I always feel that she will cause some trouble to me." ”

"Madame is too worried, didn't you tell the slave maid that Mrs. Tai treats you no different these days?" Mother Feng persuaded: "Besides, after so many years, Aunt Zhang's methods, you know very well, no matter what she is planning, the final benefit is our second master, as long as the second master is not damaged, you will naturally have nothing to ......do."

Thinking of what Aunt Zhang's grandmother has done over the years, regardless of the process, the result is indeed the benefit of the second room, Cao's heart gradually relaxed, and then thought about it, no matter what Aunt Zhang is planning, if she succeeds, she is the beneficiary, as for failure, Cao's contemptuous lips and smiled, if Aunt Zhang really causes any trouble, then she can only hold it herself, she will not go to the rescue.

After thinking about this, Cao's mood was finally good, and he couldn't help but think of the second master Weijie, who had not returned for several days.

"Where is the second master now?" Cao asked.

Feng's mother's son, Feng Erbao, is the second master's personal companion, and he is very clear about the second master's whereabouts.

Mother Feng naturally inquired about the location of the second master Weijie from her son, but her lips moved, but she did not reply immediately.

Cao Shi turned his head to look at Feng's mother, and saw that there was a bitter look on her face, his eyes suddenly sharpened, and he said angrily: "What kind of hall is it still in?" ”

"This ......" Feng's mother turned pale and muttered, "Yes, two talented people came from the south...... I was discussing going to the mountains to write poems......"

"Humph!" Cao Shi snorted coldly and said disdainfully: "It's a good thing to say!" Isn't it just a change of method to spend time drinking...... On a cold day, it will be ......"

I lost my temper.

Cao sat on the top of the collapse to calm the churning breath in his chest.

Feng's mother served a cup of hot tea.

Cao took it, took a sip of fragrant tea, and the expression on his face gradually eased.

"Madam, here, the second master is very concerned about Aunt Zhang's grandmother," Feng's mother asked thoughtfully: "Now, Aunt Zhang has been locked up by Mrs. Tai for several days, but do you want to inform the second master about this?" ”

Cao's tea-drinking hand paused, and his face was cloudy and cloudy for a moment.

"You go to the box and get a few silver tickets for Erbao," Cao Shi instructed: "Tell Erbao to tell Erbao that I gave him the silver ticket a few days ago, and said that I was afraid that it would be inconvenient for Erbao to meet friends outside, so I specially prepared it for emergencies......"

……

Entering March.

At present, the most fashionable topic in the capital is that the emperor is going to fill the harem.

It is rumored that it was only after repeated invitations from civil and military officials that the emperor finally nodded and agreed.

The emperor nodded, and the pot exploded in the capital.

Today's harem, the position is undecided, in addition to a "old and decrepit" concubine, the rest of the concubines of the first grade, from the first product of Shu, Xian, Hui three concubines, as well as a huge nine concubines, twenty-seven women, eighty-one royal wives...... All vacancies.

The "myth" of Du Guifei in the previous dynasty has not disappeared, and there are countless young ladies who want to enter the palace to show their ambitions, and there are many people who have the heart to send women to the palace by virtue of their daughters.

Manman returned to the garden.

Wei Man was talking to Cheng's mother.

Cheng's mother's face was very excited, and she retorted loudly: "Miss, how can you say this about yourself, you are Cheng's mother grew up, what kind of character are you, and is there anyone who knows better than Cheng's mother...... Miss, you have to believe me, you are definitely not a person who is greedy for wealth and wealth and unscrupulous means......"

"Mom, it's not that I don't believe you......" Wei Man shook his head and said astringently: "Grandmother will never talk nonsense for no reason." ”

"What can she know, Madame!" Cheng's mother said angrily: "Even if you don't remember the past, but, in the past nearly a year, isn't it enough for you to see Mrs. Tai's heart clearly?" Where did she have half a pity for the young lady...... Miss, do you want to believe Mrs. Tai, but don't believe Mother Cheng, who brought you up? ”

"Mom, don't be sad, I believe in you," Wei Man held Cheng's mother's hand, but asked softly: "However, I still don't understand why my mother always avoids the past...... If, as my mother said, I used to be a beautiful woman, then why did my mother always avoid talking about my past? ”

"Miss, you misunderstood Cheng's mother, the reason why your mother doesn't want you to remember the previous president is not because Miss did anything wrong before, but because she ......" Cheng's mother gently stroked Wei Man's hair, her eyes were full of love, and she sighed softly: "It's that you didn't live happily before...... Although you don't have any memories of the past, your mother sees that you are smiling every day, and every moment is full of vitality...... Mom privately thinks that your illness may be the meaning of God, and even God can't look down on the sad young lady before......"

"I, was I unhappy before?" Wei Man's eyes locked on Cheng's mother's eyes, and pleaded with a mournful voice: "Mom, although I don't remember the past, but those sad pasts have not disappeared because I don't remember...... Mom, one day, I will face the things that make me sad again, do you want me to hear those distorted rights and wrongs from other people's mouths, and then, to doubt, to guess......"

"Miss, no, you won't encounter those unhappy things again, you have to believe in Cheng's mother," Cheng's mother soothed Wei Man's arm, and promised in a loud voice: "The old people say that if you don't die in a disaster, there will be a blessing in the future, Miss almost lost her life, and the future will definitely be smooth...... Those bad things and bad people are far away from Miss, Miss don't worry, Mom will always stay by Miss's side......"

Bad things, bad people!?

Wei Man's heart moved.

So, who is it?

"Mom, you can't be by my side all the time...... Don't you hear all the talk outside? Wei Man and Cheng's mother looked at each other, and asked in a plain tone: "The emperor is going to choose a concubine, Mom, do you think that now, I can safely ask nothing?" ”

"Little, Miss......" Cheng's mother glared, looked at Wei Man in shock, and muttered: "You, you ......"

Wei Man's heart was instantly cold and piercing.

Mrs. Tai's words may not be credible, but Cheng's mother, who has been accompanying her, showed such an expression when she saw her mention the emperor......

It turns out that in the past, Wei Man, she really had something to do with the royal family!

Today's emperor ranks third among the princes of the previous emperors, and he is the third prince, so the fifth prince is the Rui King who failed to win the heir.

"Mom, you and I ...... clear" Wei Man grabbed Cheng's mother's hand tightly, and said urgently with a solemn face: "Your Majesty, and King Rui, they, what do they have to do with me?" You told me that on the night of March 22 last year, I insisted on returning to Beijing, did it have anything to do with them? ”

"This ......" Cheng's mother's gaze dodged, and she said, "This, you ......"

"Mom, say it quickly!" Wei Man said a little anxiously: "Can the royal people provoke at will?" Mom, you tell me what I have to do with them, so that I can know how to avoid them......"

"Are you ......" Cheng's mother looked at Wei Man suspiciously, and asked in disbelief, "Will you really avoid him?" Really, really won't be stupid again? ”

Wei Man's eyes flashed.

Avoid him, not them!

So, that is to say, the emperor and King Rui, only one of them has anything to do with her.

"Mom, I used to be ignorant," Wei Man looked at Cheng's mother seriously and promised: "After experiencing life and death, I just want to live happily, I will definitely not be stupid again!" Will definitely avoid him! ”

"Hehe......" Cheng's mother laughed bitterly in a low voice, she raised her hand, gently depicted Wei Man's eyebrows, her eyes gradually turned red, and said astringently: "Do you know that you have told me such things before, but what is the result?" As a result, you were carried back to Manhui Garden without knowing it......"

For Cheng's mother, Weiman is both the master and the daughter, her only concern in this world, and the motivation and support for her to live...... Seeing Wei Man who was so seriously injured, I can imagine how sad I was.

"Mom," Wei Man's eyes were also a little red, and said, "It's all because I was ignorant before, it's because I'm not good ......"

"Let her pass the past," Cheng's mother held Wei Man's hand and said, "As for the emperor's choice of concubines, miss, since you said that you don't want to have anything to do with the royal people anymore, then, you just have to watch the matter of choosing a concubine." ”

"Mom means ......" Wei Man asked a little nervously: "In the past, the person who made me stupid, he was King Rui, not the current emperor......"