When I returned to the house, it was almost the third watch.

The sound of patrolling bangs sounded from far and near, and there was no one in the house before, so it was even quieter.

Xie Jingchu was not very worried about her, and sent her to the door of Qingfeng Courtyard before leaving.

Ling Qing hadn't slept yet, and when she saw her come back, she immediately took the stove from the maid's hand and stuffed it into her arms: "Why did you come back so late?" Still not warm up? ”

Song Yige took it, and knew that he had a hand in the ice, and did not hold her hand as before, but through his clothes, he put one hand behind her waist and pushed her to the house: "It's cold outside, if I haven't come back in the future, you can rest first, don't wait for me." ”

"I'm not at ease." Ling Qing sighed, her expression depressed, "Now there is no news from your brother, and this house is so depressing that people are breathless, if I can't see you, I don't know what to do." ”

"Besides, it's really embarrassing for you to go to the same group of men in your girl's house."

Ling Qing paused, and then took her hand, the coldness collided in an instant and shackles surged into her heart, in fact, at that moment, she subconsciously wanted to let go of her hand, but as soon as she loosened it, she immediately grabbed it again, "Who are you with today, so late?" And where did it go? ”

Inside, the candles are lit at dusk.

Song Yige pushed Ling Qing away slightly: "Don't get too close to me, I have a heavy cold on my body, and I will give it to you after a while." ”

Ling Qing stepped back a little, and her waist was just against the corner of the table, which was a little sharp, stabbing with a slight pain.

She took off the big hat, and it was already stained with the fat powder fragrance of the women in the flower building, which was very fragrant, and she felt a little choking when she smelled it.

Song Yige handed Dayu to Liangyu, and didn't let Ling Qing take over, who knew that as soon as Liangyu followed, he immediately leaned under his nose and smelled: "Girl, are you going to drink with the same people, are you still drinking?" ”

"Flower wine?" Ling Qing looked at her in surprise.

Song Yige suddenly felt a little embarrassed, she turned her head, revealing a pair of jade-colored reddened ears: "It's just some entertainment, I will pay attention to it in the future." ”

Liangyu hugged Dayu and sneered: "The slave will go and prepare water for the girl to bathe." ”

She turned her head and suddenly saw that Ling Qing's face was a little bad.

Song Yige asked worriedly, "Little sister-in-law, what's wrong with you?" ”

Ling Qing hung her head, her expression hidden in the dim candlelight: "Will Yimo also go to these places in the future, with other girls?" ”

"Brother is not such a person." Song Yige clenched his hand into a fist and coughed a few times against the corner of his mouth, "And going there is just some entertainment that can't be shirked, don't think too much." ”

Ling Qing looked at her with a faint gaze, the corners of her mouth pursed tightly, looking a little aggrieved.

Song Yige said again: "Sometimes, it's because I can't shirk it, my brother has always been clean, and my sister-in-law doesn't have to worry." ”

Ling Qing immediately lowered her head, carefully grabbed her robe, and didn't say anything, but everything was silent.

However, Ling Qing's appearance made her remember the first time she knew that Shen Tan had gone to Hualou.

It was a snowy night.

The outside of the stairs was covered with heavy snow, and the cold wind was beating on the window sashes.

The candle shadow was sprinkled in the room, she shrunk on the Luohan bed, looking at the unmanned courtyard through a gap between the window sashes, the snow was all over the sky, and only the lantern halo under the eaves was quietly spreading.

In the coldness, there was an unexpected amount of tenderness.

I don't know what time it will be now, but in a trance, I heard the bangzi sound one after another, and then went away.

She covered the stove, wrapped in the futon, and shrank there so cold, the earth dragon in the house went out at some point, and the cold wind in the night blew in through the cracks, so cold that she only shivered.

But it also made her wake up a lot from sleepiness.

When Shen Tan came back, it was estimated that it was the middle of the night.

He was drunk, and was helped back by Shen Heng, and as soon as he pushed the door, the wind and snow rushed in.

Looking at her, Shen Tan almost struggled to get out of Shen Heng's shackles, and immediately pounced on her, he pressed the weight of the whole person on her body, and she had to find a support point to let herself have enough strength to hold him.

Shen Heng leaned against the door, his narrow eyes were full of narrowness under the candlelight, and he also smiled ambiguously: "Since the seventh brother has been sent back, then the king will leave first, and the seventh brother and sister will have to take care of the seventh brother." ”

With that, he turned around and closed the door for them, blocking the wind and snow outside the courtyard.

Shen Tan's body was really cold, and after holding it for a while, she felt that her body began to become cold and stiff.

The cold, the smell of wine, and a vague smell of fat powder mixed together and rushed straight into her nose.

She was so angry that she wanted to jump to her feet, but the man raised his head in an instant, touched her cheek, and rubbed affectionately: "Yingluo, Yingluo." ”

Even if he was full of resentment, he screamed like this, and suddenly disappeared without a trace.

But she still felt angry, and reached out and twisted it on the soft flesh of his waist.

Immediately, I heard him snort softly, and then opened his mouth to bite her snow neck, leaving a string of tooth marks.

She reached out and pounded his back: "Are you a dog?" ”

What answered her was, Shen Tan mumbled an um.

After a while, he buried his face in her neck socket and kept rubbing, she was itched by his head, so he smiled and pushed his head away: "What's the matter with you today?" How did you become so clingy? ”

He refused, and after leaving for a while, he found that the warm fragrant nephrite he had found was gone, so he raised his head vaguely, and reached out to hug her again: "Yingluo, Yingluo, you can hold me for a while, okay?" ”

When have people who are usually cold and alienated ever had such a clingy moment.

She only felt that her heart was so soft that she didn't even want to ask about the place he had gone before.

She sighed, and was about to step forward to hug her, but he suddenly grabbed her wrist and drooped her head, and the whole person looked a little aggrieved. He said, "Are you mad at me?" ”

She shook her head: "What am I angry with you?" ”

Shen Tan said: "I know that I shouldn't go to Hualou, but the second brother is really entangled tightly, and I can't go there." After explaining, he suddenly raised his head and looked at her with a pair of eyes shining, as if containing the bright moon and clear light, the Milky Way stars, "Yingluo, if you don't like it, then I won't go in the future, and no one will go." ”

"As long as you don't get mad at me."

What did she do then?

She seemed to stand on tiptoe and kissed him on the corner of the mouth: "I won't be mad at you, never." ”

It's a pity that in the second half of his life, she has no chance to see him.

Song Yige smiled slightly, met Ling Qing's puzzled gaze, and said, "I just remembered some old things, it's not early, sister-in-law, let's go to sleep first." ”

"Do you want to bathe?" Ling Qing tugged at her clothes, "You have a very strong smell of fat powder on your body." ”

She nodded: "Wait for Liangyu to prepare the hot water, and I will take a bath and rest." ”

"Okay." Ling Qing bowed her head and said without saying anything, "I'll wait for you." ”

Seeing that her face was firm, and no matter how much dissuasion words came to her lips, Song Yige swallowed it back again, she smiled and said, "Okay, then it's troublesome sister-in-law." ”

Perhaps because of the wine, Song Yige got up later than usual the next day.

When she was about to change her clothes and go to the Hanlin Academy, a palace person came to the door and politely told her that King Yu got up early this morning and went to the Hanlin Academy to help her take leave, and she only needed to recuperate in the mansion today.

Song Yige thanked him for his kindness, and stuffed some gold leaves into him, which allowed Yeyi to send people out.

Ling Qing took her hand and said tentatively, "Then you won't go today?" ”

"Since King Yu has already taken a leave of absence for me, why bother to discourage him." Song Yige took her hand and walked back, "Besides, I also think I haven't rested well today, and it's good to be at home." ”

Ling Qing squinted her eyes and nodded happily: "Well, then I will tell the small kitchen to cook some ordinary dishes for you, I happen to have a lot of things I don't understand, and I want to ask you for advice." ”

Song Yige thought about it and found that there was indeed nothing wrong today, so he also agreed to Ling Qing's request.

When she returned to her room, she slept for a while, and when she woke up, it was already sunset.

Ling Qing had already prepared lunch, and when she woke up, she hurriedly beckoned the maid to wait for her to wash up, and then eat together.

The rice bowl had just been served, and Yeyi walked in from outside with a calm face, still holding a letter in his hand, and I don't know if it was because Yeyi was too hard, and there were already several folds on the letter.

Song Yige put down the dishes and chopsticks: "What's the matter?" ”

Yeyi glanced at Ling Qing vigilantly and did not speak.

Song Yige smiled apologetically at Ling Qing, and then took Yeyi and Liangyu to the study together.

The wind was loud outside, and a thin cold rain was swaying on the window lattice.

Ling Qing looked at the table full of delicacies, and lost her appetite for a while, after she used a few chopsticks casually, she said to the maid beside her: "Now that Yige is still busy like this, if Yige comes back, won't he even have time to accompany me." ”

The maid persuaded: "Madame is really worried, the slave and maid look at the Hou Ye is different from the Seventh Girl, the Hou Ye is your husband, and the Seventh Girl is just your sister-in-law." ”

Ling Qing tugged at the corners of her mouth, and put down the jade chopsticks in her hand with a smile: "Withdraw it, presumably she won't have time to eat." ”

The maid said again: "Hou Ye has not eaten yet, why don't you take a bowl and put some vegetables and send them to Hou Ye, no matter what is busy outside, you still have to eat, besides, Hou Ye is not in good health, so he can't go hungry." ”

Ling Qing thought for a moment, and finally accepted the maid's proposal, ordered someone to bring a food box over, picked out some dishes she usually liked to eat, and filled a bowl of soup, and then braved the wind and rain to wait under the eaves of the porch in front of the study.