Dong Shu's eyes looking at Ye Shuo were not hidden, when she looked at Ye Shuo for the fourth time, Ye Shuo, who could still pretend not to notice that the third aunt was looking at her, finally couldn't hold back, looked at Dong Shu and said: "Third aunt, if you want to ask me directly, you don't need to look at me secretly like this." ”

"How do you speak?" Xu Shiqiu opened his mouth after Ye Shuo's words fell, and looked sideways at the little lady's cheeks flushed because of Ye Shuo's words, and hurriedly said to him: "Your third aunt is probably the first time to see you, and when she saw that you were handsome, she took a few more looks." ”

"Really? Does my third aunt really think I'm handsome? As soon as Ye Shuo heard Xu Shiqiu's words, he immediately puffed up his chest proudly like a little rooster, "I'll just say that a character like the third uncle must marry a very good lady." Sure enough, the third aunt had a good eye and could see the fact that I was handsome. ”

Dong Shu's cheeks were flushed from the first time Ye Shuo said the first sentence, until she heard Ye Shuo's words just now, then she looked at him and said, "Shuo'er, you look good." After saying this, Dong Shu saw that Ye Shuo was becoming more and more proud, and hurriedly added: "It's just that it's far less than your third uncle." ”

"I knew it!" After Ye Shuo said this angrily and helplessly, he saw that the third uncle looked at the third uncle with loving eyes, and the third uncle looked at the third aunt with a very fond look, and hurriedly raised his hand to cover his chest and said: "I'm really pitiful, I watched my father look at my mother like this every day in the capital, but I didn't expect to see such eyes when I left Beijing."

Hey, I'm only thirteen years old this year, and even if I get married at the age of fifteen, there will be two years left, and I don't know if I can marry the lady I like.

The most important thing is that the eldest brother doesn't seem to have any intention of marrying, but if the eldest brother doesn't marry, my mother will definitely not choose a wife for me. ”

As soon as Ye Shuo's words fell, Xu Shiqiu raised his hand and gently patted the back of his head.

"You are not small, you dare to make fun of the elders. At a young age, he even thought about marrying a relative, and if he couldn't do it, could he not be prepared to mix up like this for a lifetime? Xu Shiqiu looked at Ye Shuo and said this, and after seeing him smirking and pretending not to understand, he shook his head and asked, "How is Xuan'er's body?" ”

"Xuan'er, it's still the same as before, I was sick again a year ago, and my mother took care of it for half a month before it recovered." Speaking of his younger brother's physical condition, Ye Shuo's tone was no longer as casual as before, "But Xuan'er's body has not been in trouble since the beginning of spring, but my mother is not at ease, I originally planned to come to visit my grandmother, but now I can only come." ”

After saying these serious words, Ye Shuo smiled again, and then continued: "But this time the eldest brother still wants to grab the opportunity to go out with me, and he also wants to come to meet his grandmother, the third uncle and the third aunt, but who called him the eldest brother and I am the second, and in the end my father still let me come." Saying this, Ye Shuo's face also showed a smug look.

After listening to Ye Shuo's words, Xu Shiqiu first glanced at him and scared away the smugness on his face, and then sighed: "Hey, I just hope that Xuan'er will be less sick when she is older." "In this way, my sister will also have the opportunity to go out for a walk.

It's been nine years, and in the past nine years, Ye Xuan has been sick two or three times a year, and his sister has always guarded him every step of the way because of guilt.

"Third uncle, you don't need to worry too much, I heard from the eldest brother before I came that he found an ancient recipe, which is very good for warming and nourishing the body, and after the imperial doctor tries it, he can recuperate for Xuan'er." Ye Shuo saw that Xu Shiqiu seemed to be a little sad, so he hurriedly put away the playful look on his face and said it seriously.

I didn't know that I had slipped out of my mouth, and I actually mentioned the imperial doctor.

Dong Shu glanced up and said, she didn't ask, but instantly reacted to something in her heart.

Ye Shuo's surname is Ye, and Ye is the surname of the country.

Because he finally reacted to this matter, Dong Shu didn't know how to speak for a while, so he sat on the side and listened to Ye Shuo talking to his father-in-law, until the mule cart returned to Xiahe Village, Ye Shuo took the first step to meet Mrs. Xu, and Dong Shu was led by Xu Shiqiu back to Shihuan Courtyard to rest and eat.

"Why didn't the lady suddenly say anything just now?" Xu Shiqiu naturally found out that Dong Shu was wrong just now, Ye Shuo didn't ask him before, it would only be the two of them, so he naturally asked directly.

"It's just that something suddenly comes to mind." After Dong Shu said this, he thought for a moment before continuing: "At first, I just thought that Shuo'er was not like you, nor like the eldest brother and second brother, but if you think about it carefully, his surname is Ye, and he is a national surname. ”

"I forgot to tell you about this." Xu Shiqiu didn't expect Dong Shu to think so much, seeing Dong Shu raising his head slightly and waiting for him, he hurriedly continued: "My sister is the concubine of the five princes today, and when she got married, the royal family asked her to bring a concubine Teng to dowry.

But our Xu family has no concubines, just when the fiancé of the cousin left by the aunt who died early died, the cousin was forced by the stepmother to seek death, so the mother asked her father to take the cousin, and let the cousin be the sister's concubine.

Originally, my cousin stayed in my brother-in-law's backyard like this, and she was also very happy. She has a soft temperament, and with her sister to protect her, she will not have an accident.

It's just because the brother-in-law only has his sister in his heart and concentrates on pampering his sister, two years after his sister gave birth to his eldest son Ye Huan, he was scolded by his brother-in-law's biological mother Concubine De for not having many children, and the brother-in-law spoiled his cousin at his sister's insistence until his cousin gave birth to Shuo'er.

But my cousin's health has not been good since she was a child, and in order to give birth to Shuo'er, she went to half her life. Shuo'er went when she was not yet a year old, and she heard her sister say that her cousin kept saying that she was sorry for her sister before she left, but her sister felt that she had not taken good care of her cousin.

Because of her sister's guilt, after her cousin left, Shuo'er has always been raised by her sister as a parent. ”

"I see." Dong Shu listened to Xu Shiqiu's words, and completely understood what was going on.

The reason why Ye Shuo is not like the Xu family is because he does not have the blood of the Xu family in his body at all.

"Lady, although everyone in the family knows about this, including Shuo'er herself, no one mentions it. My mother always thought that my cousin would die as early as my aunt because of Ye Shuo. And my cousin gave birth to Ye Shuo, also because my sister was scolded by Concubine De in front of everyone in the harem, in order to prevent Concubine De from stuffing other women for her brother-in-law, and helping her sister to fix her favor.

Shuo'er also cried when he was told to his face when he was young, and then he refused to learn literature or martial arts, and was only willing to play every day and be an ordinary royal heir. ”

Xu Shiqiu still remembers his anger and shock when he heard that his cousin was pregnant when he was in the backyard of the Xu family in the capital.

He clearly remembered that his brother-in-law said that he only liked his sister, and there would only be one woman, but his brother-in-law still spoiled other women!

Xu Shiqiu remembered that he would be very angry and hate his cousin very much.

It wasn't until I heard my mother and father quarrel later that I learned that Concubine De ignored the face of the Xu family, scolded her sister in front of everyone in the harem, and forced her sister to take a concubine for her brother-in-law.

And when my cousin gave birth to Ye Huan, she lost half her life, and then she didn't live for a year, so she felt sorry for her cousin again.

Xu Shiqiu always remembered that when he saw his cousin for the first time, after his cousin fell down under his influence, not only did he not get angry but comforted him.

Although Dong Shu had heard Xu Yanzhu mention the things in the backhouses of these big families before, she never thought that the people around her would also encounter these things.

Her head was spinning rapidly, but she was thinking in her heart, if she was the only one in the future, would her mother-in-law be dissatisfied?

"What are you thinking?" As soon as Xu Shiqiu saw Dong Shu's expression, he knew that she was thinking again, "Don't worry, my sister will be persecuted because she is married to the royal family, and the eldest brother will have a concubine because the sister-in-law is from the royal family." My father has only one mother in his life, and my mother has long said that she will not stuff women in our brother's backyard. ”

Xu Shiqiu watched Dong Shu finish saying this, and after seeing that her expression slowly became natural, he continued to say in a joking tone: "What's more, you don't know my situation, if other women approach me alone, nothing will happen, I'm afraid I would have married someone else a long time ago." ”

Xu Shiqiu said casually, and Dong Shu, who heard his words, also reacted to what he meant after being slightly stunned.

"That husband, if I can't have children, won't you marry another woman?" Dong Shu was a little nervous, and after watching Xu Shiqiu finish asking this, she looked at Xu Shiqiu seriously and waited for him to answer.

"How can the lady have such a conjecture?" Xu Shiqiu didn't expect that after so much time had passed, the little lady would still worry about this kind of thing, "My husband has long said that you alone are enough in this life, no matter how good other women are, they are not suitable for me." Even if you haven't given birth, that's the wife I'm marrying, how could I not want you. After saying this, Xu Shiqiu raised Dong Shu's hand and put it in her heart, letting her feel her heartbeat at the moment.

"Xianggong is really the best, I understand what Xianggong means, and I won't ask these words again in the future." Dong Shu had a happy smile on his face, and after seeing that Xu Shiqiu also showed a happy smile when he heard his words, he hurriedly said: "Xianggong, what do you want to eat at noon, I'll do it." ”

Dong Shu looked at Xu Shiqiu and just finished saying this, and the servants in Mrs. Xu's courtyard came with Mrs. Xu's instructions to invite Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu to the main courtyard for dinner.

When Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu arrived at the main courtyard, Ye Shuo seemed to be saying something interesting to Mrs. Xu and Xu Yanzhu.

Seeing that Xu Yanzhu also had a smile on her face, Dong Shu had a lot of good feelings for Ye Shuo.

As soon as Ye Shuo saw Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu appear, he immediately got up and took two steps towards them, "Third uncle, you told your grandmother, did your third aunt think I was handsome just now?" After asking this, he looked at Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu expectantly.

Xu Shiqiu and Dong Shu glanced at each other, and then Xu Shiqiu looked at him and shook his head and said, "Your third aunt didn't say this." After saying this, Xu Shiqiu saw that Ye Shuo still wanted to continue to speak, so he hurriedly asked again: "Shuo'er, you come to Xiahe Village, does your mother have a letter for you to bring?" ”

As soon as Xu Shiqiu's words fell, Ye Shuo raised his hand and patted his head, "Oh, how did I forget about this!" ”