As the young master of the West said, the next morning, when everyone had breakfast, Zhiwan saw General Xida, burly, with darker skin than ordinary people, compared with the fairness of the young master of the West, Zhiwan undoubtedly made a conclusion, he is more like his mother, the general's wife.

General Xi was very straightforward, and when he entered the door, he bluntly said that he wanted to see the little prince, and he tossed and turned all night, he was very conflicted and entangled, and he didn't know whether to believe Ye Guiyue's words, so he decided to see him first.

After seeing the purple rope on Chen'er's wrist, General Xida breathed a sigh of relief, looked at his son with black hair, and said with a frown, "Pack up your things and enter Beijing immediately." ”

The young master of the West was stunned for two seconds, "Dad, even if you want to enter Beijing, you don't need to be in such a hurry, right?" ”

General Xi glared at him angrily, "It's not in a hurry, do you have to wait until the enemy soldiers come to the city?!" ”

Zhiwan stood aside and listened, looking at Ye Guiyue with some puzzlement, "Is there really a war?" ”

Ye Guiyue shook his head, "That's not true, but in the past two days, the three princes of Northern Qi went to Nanshun with a welcoming team, and it is not surprising that Nanshun and Northern Qi will marry." ”

The purpose of the two countries' coveted and married at this juncture is self-evident, and it seems that war will really break out.

General Xida had a violent temperament, and he had nothing to say to a group of juniors, so after a few words, he left directly.

After sending off General Xida, Zhiwan and Ye Guiyue also got into the carriage and went straight to Yongzhou.

Two days later, at noon.

At the gate of Yongzhou City, red carpet flowers, welcome on the road, gongs and drums are noisy, the people are blocked by the water on both sides of the road, and the officials of Yongzhou City are waiting there early.

The change in Yizhou is a big blow to the officials of Yongzhou, and they even tremble to greet each other, and even say hello to the little prince or the prince of the county first, the Yongzhou Yamen has discussed all night!

For fear that if one is not careful, he will end up with the same fate as Yizhou officials.

Yongzhou officials were well prepared. called several masters of the Su family over together, and when the time came, relatives and friends wanted to see them, and they were teary-eyed, so they couldn't care about making things difficult for them.

After greeting each other. The cold wind told them what to do, don't block the city gate, affect the people in and out, let everyone disperse, and the Yongzhou officials wiped the beads of sweat on their foreheads and returned to the government happily.

For the arrival of Zhiwan, the Su family was cheering, of course, except for Mrs. Su and Mrs. Su.

Old Mrs. Su hugged Zhiwan and cried miserably, squirting her father Dingyuan is scolding dog's blood. Old Lady Su sat there, also with anger on her face.

Mrs. Su was afraid that Mrs. Su would faint sadly, so she hurriedly persuaded her to hold back her tears, and after coaxing for a while, the old lady wiped her tears with a handkerchief. Touching Zhiwan's face and said, "When your mother left, you were so old, in a blink of an eye, I haven't seen her for more than ten years, and at first glance, I regarded you as your mother." ”

The old lady who could feel it at night was full of love and pity for her, and the old lady had a son and a daughter under her knees. is even more fond of her mother, and treats her as her mother.

When the old lady rested, Zhiwan officially visited the old lady and the old lady and served them tea, originally to kneel, but the old lady did not allow it. She is a white ding, how can she be a big gift for the princess of the county, those false courtesies, don't keep them.

Sister-in-law Qian and Chunxiang hugged Chen'er Si'er and showed it to the old lady and the old lady, and the old lady saw Chen'er Si'er. If you like it, you can't hold it in your arms and don't let go, and she laughs and says, "This is my great-grandson and great-granddaughter." ”

The old lady looked at Chen'er, and then looked at the serious Ye Guiyue, looking up and down carefully, the old lady has not been to Kyoto for many years regardless of business matters, and has not been to Kyoto for nearly ten years, so naturally he doesn't recognize him, but it is the name of the king of Yuejun, he is like thunder, but he never thought that such a king of the county has become his grandson-in-law, it is really unpredictable.

When the maid brought the food, Zhiwan helped the old lady to the table, and the old lady grabbed Zhiwan's hand and didn't let go, so Mrs. Su let Zhiwan sit next to the old lady.

On the table, the old lady asked Zhiwan if she had suffered in the Hou Mansion over the years, and when she heard Zhiwan say that everything was fine, the old lady didn't believe it at all, so she called Yao's mother over.

Yao's mother wiped her tears, she hadn't been back to Su Mansion for a long time, and it was still as beautiful as in her memory, seeing the old lady asking, she hurriedly replied, "The princess of the county has been in the Hou Mansion for more than ten years, and she is the pearl of the Hou Ye's palm, and the Hou Ye has never scolded the county princess in a heavy voice, but the Hou Ye is busy with official business, and the county princess is a concubine, so she is not less idle, but she is afraid of the Hou Ye, but she has not suffered much." ”

The old lady heard Yao's mother say that the Marquis of Dingyuan loved and loved Zhiwan, the old lady's face was very gentle, and she had a good impression of her son-in-law who had never met before, but as soon as she heard the identity of Zhiwan's concubine and was bullied by her mother and sister-in-law, the old lady's face was ugly, and the evening was painful for her to hold in the palm of her hand, how could she be willing to be a concubine with others, when she thought of this, the old lady had just been born with a little favor, and it was gone.

Mrs. Su served Zhiwan with vegetables, and then said to the old lady, "The Marquis of Dingyuan can treat Zhiwan like this, and the late sister can also be blinded by Zhizhi under the spring." ”

The old lady snorted coldly, "If it weren't for the fact that Zhiwan's appearance and Wan'er were carved out of the same mold, I think he planned to hide it from us for the rest of his life, because he wanted my wife to die without turning a blind eye!" ”

Mrs. Su had nothing to say, she looked at Su Xiangxing with a sneer, Su Xiangxing smiled and said, "Mother, this matter can't be blamed entirely on Dingyuan Hou, in the final analysis, the old lady of the Hou Mansion is small, he is also helpless, his younger sister died in childbirth, he is also afraid that you and your father will worry, so he concealed it, you and your father have a birthday, and he is also well-mannered." ”

At this point, Su Xiangxing felt that Dingyuan Hou was quite kind, otherwise how could he easily spare him, if he was really energetic and fought with the Su family, he would definitely be able to make Dingyuan Hou's Mansion go around without eating.

The rest of the Su family is dissatisfied with the Marquis of Dingyuan, but it is not easy to blame Zhiwan's face, no matter what, it is also the father who holds her in the palm of his hand, and the son does not say anything about his father.

After lunch, the old lady didn't pull Zhiwan to speak, for fear that she would be tired, so she asked Mrs. Su to lead Zhiwan down to rest.

Peony Garden, very close to the old lady's yard, less than half a cup of tea to arrive, is the former residence of her mother.

In the garden, the blooming peony is graceful and luxurious, the fragrance of flowers is bursting, and there is a large bamboo forest, which is quiet and elegant.

Mrs. Su saw that there was a look of amazement in her evening eyes and said with a smile. "The previous Peony Garden was not like this, your mother's temperament was quiet and quiet, and she really responded to that words, moving like a rabbit. Quiet as a virgin, the old lady loved her, let her build this quiet peony garden at will, your mother has been away from home for more than ten years, and this yard still maintains the appearance when she left. ”

Su Xue, the daughter of the Su family, and Su Ang's sister-in-law, followed Mrs. Su at this time, listened to her mother's words, and looked at Peony Yuan with envy. "Grandmother's favorite thing is this courtyard, which of the sisters in the house doesn't want to live in, grandmother says nothing is allowed, it's just normal, we want to come in and have a look. I have to get my grandmother's approval, the last time I came to the Peony Garden was a month ago, and now I'm still stained with my cousin's light. ”

Su Xue also wants this courtyard, this courtyard has a good environment, and secondly, it is close to the main courtyard and the old lady's courtyard. This courtyard is very important in the heart of the old lady, and being able to live in it means that the old lady loves her the most, and in Su Mansion, the old lady's love is the most important, which means that there will be a good family affair that she likes. Generous dowry ......

If it weren't for the fact that she got married late, with two children and her husband, Su Xue would definitely offer to live with her, but now, she can only get over it.

Pavilions. Small bridges and flowing water, rockeries and strange stones, and a pool of blue lotus, in the lotus pond, koi fish swim happily.

Zhiwan didn't live in the main house, it was her mother's residence, and it didn't hurt that she was a daughter, but it was inappropriate for her son-in-law to live together.

But the first one to see her mother's inner room was the first one to see it, and when she went in, there were two maids cleaning, talking, and regretful, "The same face, why is it so much worse, the girl from the aunt and grandmother is the old lady and the old lady holding the treasure in the palm of her hand, why did she end up so miserable, she died early, but she was the princess of the county, the identity of the concubine, but she was able to marry into the princess of Zhennan as the princess of the county, and gave birth to a pair of children, each dignitary, this is not the same life, right?" ”

"I think it's true, it must be my aunt and grandmother protecting the princess of the county in the spirit of heaven, but I heard that the princess of the county is not very good-tempered, and even the king of Yue dares to fight, do you think it's true?"

"I don't think so, I heard the old man in the house say that my aunt and grandmother had the best temper before her death, and she never punished people, the princess of the county is the daughter of her aunt, how can she have a bad temper, her daughter follows her mother, there must be someone who deliberately ruined the reputation of the princess of the county, I heard that the people of Kyoto are bad, and they don't see blood when they kill people, they are the maids in other yards, who don't envy the maids of the Peony Garden, who is blessed with good fortune and easy work, as long as they do their duty, they can be stable for a lifetime."

"You're right, we have accumulated a few lifetimes of good fortune to work in the Peony Garden, and every month the old lady will come and reward us with ......."

Ahem!

Bi Tao, the maid beside Mrs. Su, faked coughing twice, and planned the two happy maids who were talking in the room, and the two maids hurriedly stood up straight, glanced at each other, poured out their tongues, and hurriedly stepped forward to salute and admit their mistakes.

Zhiwan looked at the inner room, the veil was brand new, embroidered with butterflies and dragonflies, and silver bells were still hanging on the curtain, and the breeze blew and jingled.

There was still incense in the four-cornered copper furnace, if she hadn't known in advance, she would never have imagined that this room had not been inhabited for more than ten years, and it was a boudoir that had just gone out and everyone was beautiful.

On the other side of the inner room is a desk, with shelves filled with all kinds of books.

In the big blue and white porcelain urn next to the desk, there are four or five scrolls of paintings, and when I heard Mrs. Su say that it was her mother's ink treasure before her death, I couldn't help but be curious to open it.

"The First Snow of the River", the wind is cold, the snow flutters on the winter riverbank, the fisherman braves the cold to open his net to fish, the fisherman activities, or the boat, or cast the net, the image is vivid, the painting skills are superb, and the characters are portrayed even more into the wood.

Mrs. Su told Zhiwan the story of her mother on the side, when Su Xiangwan left the Su Mansion, she had been married into the Su family for two years, and got along well with Su Xiangwan's sister-in-law, Su Xiangwan left a book and ran away, she also blamed herself and regretted it, thinking that it was her negligence that did not take a good look at her and let her slip away.

Coming out of the inner room, Zhiwan stepped into the east wing, Ye Guiyue had already returned, Bai Shao was pouring tea for him, when he heard the sound of footsteps, he hurriedly poured a cup of tea for Zhiwan, and then retreated to the side.

Zhiwan sat down beside Ye Guiyue, took a sip of tea, and asked, "What did your grandfather and uncle say when they asked you to go to the study?" ”

Ye Guiyue grabbed Zhiwan's hand, and his eyes were reluctant, "If your husband has something to do and leave Yongzhou for ten days and half a month, you may have to stay in the Su family for a few more days, can you live?" ”

Zhiwan raised her eyebrows slightly and shrugged her shoulders. pouted and dissatisfied, "It's a honeymoon, why do you think you're going out of Beijing to do things through this, won't you be the king of prime ministers again this time?" ”

Ye Guiyue reached out and pinched Zhiwan's nose. There was a touch of warmth at the bottom of his eyes, "It's him, only by catching the evidence of his corruption and bribery can he confess his guilt convincingly." ”

Knowing that she was late and baring her teeth, she knew that the matter in Yizhou was not so simple, the prefect was dismissed and distributed, and he was still in prison, so he was assassinated and died, obviously he knew something. People don't want him to live, they want to kill people and kill people, and so many gold and silver treasures are copied out of the house, and the prefect's wife is not good at business, and the source of this money is very suspicious. If you touch the melon, you will definitely be able to pull the king out.

Zhiwan asked Ye Guiyue where he was going, he didn't say, and he was in a hurry, so he set off immediately, Zhiwan didn't say anything, just took out the medicine box. Bring him some antidote pills and gold sore pills, just in case.

After Ye Guiyue left, Zhiwan lived in Su Mansion with peace of mind, and chatted with the old lady every day, that is, he went to the garden with the Su sisters, played the piano and painted. Poetry recitation.

Mrs. Su gave birth to four sons and three daughters, and now there is only one big house in Su Mansion, and the rest are separated early, but they are all nearby, and it is very convenient to come and go. I can see you again in about three to five days.

Su Xiangxing has three sons and four daughters, Su Ang and Su Xue are concubines, and the remaining two sons, the eldest is ten years old, and the youngest is only three years old.

Su Xue ranks second in Su Mansion, the eldest girl Su Su is already married, the third girl Su Yi just got married last month, and the fourth girl Su Rou is thirteen years old this year.

On this day, in the octagonal pavilion of Sufu Garden, Su Xue was pouring tea, Su Yi was playing with the ice cubes in the copper furnace at the four corners of the pavilion with his hands, and he was feeding the koi fish at night.

"The tea is ready, cousin, how about you taste it?" Su Xue called for the evening.

Zhiwan threw the fish food in his hand into the water, and the maid who was waiting on the side stepped forward to wash Zhiwan's hands with a copper basin.

Walked to the stone pier, sat down, took the tea handed over by Su Xue, took a sip gently, the entrance was shengjin, the tea was fragrant and rapped, the aftertaste was endless, and he immediately praised, "Good tea!" ”

Su Yi sat aside and chuckled, "It's still the second sister's tea that tastes good, and the tea I brew is purely bad tea." ”

Su Xue blamed her and said, "It's not that you like to be lazy, when Mr. teaches, you love to doze off, see that I don't complain to Mr." ”

The Su family pays attention to their daughter's upbringing, and specially invited the grandmother in Kyoto to teach, but the weather is a little hot these days, the grandmother is old, the body is unwell, and the grandmother is there again, so they let the grandmother rest, so that Su Xue and Su Yi have time to play with the evening.

As he was drinking, a crisp voice came from there, "Second sister, third sister, look at my newly made rouge." ”

As he spoke, a pretty figure appeared in front of him, his arms were as white as jade, and before the person approached, the rouge box came to him, "Do you smell it?" ”

Daughter's family, when she has nothing to do, she loves to apply grease and powder, and she concocts Danko by herself, looking at the rouge, she sniffs the tip of her nose at night, and her eyes show a touch of appreciation.

Su Xue looked at the delicate rouge, faintly like a peach blossom in March, and immediately couldn't take her eyes off, gently picked some and wiped it on the back of her hand, applied it, sniffed it gently, and said, "It's three points better than what I'm used to, honestly, where did you buy it?" ”

Su Rou pursed her cheeks, with a touch of coquettishness in her eyes, and said dissatisfiedly, "Second sister, this is really the rouge I developed, with a maid to testify, I can still lie to you, then you say, you don't have such a good rouge, how can I have it?" I haven't been out in the past few days. ”

Su Yi also tried it, "It's really better than the rouge of Rouge Zhai, but the rouge you developed before was rough for the maid to use, why didn't you see it for two days, it's so good, what did you dream about last night?" ”

Su Rou took the rouge box and carefully protected it in her hand, as if she was afraid of being robbed, Su Xue looked at her maid, and the maid smiled, "It's the princess of the county's maid Sister Poria saw the four girls angrily smashing the rouge box, thinking that something was wrong, she came over to take a look, and easily prepared the four girls' rouge, this is the box." ”

Su Xue opened her mouth wide in surprise, a little girl could concoct such rouge, this is too scary, some disbelieving looked at Zhiwan, Zhiwan slapped his head, and smiled apologetically, "Look at my broken memory, I prepared a gift for you earlier, and I forgot it when I played, Bai Xiang." You go and get it. ”

The rouge gouache was specially prepared by Zhiwan and given to them, but on the first day of meeting, the atmosphere was a little wrong. The gifts to the old lady and the old lady were all prepared by her father, and what Zhiwan gave to Su Xue was a set of exquisite headdresses for one person, and the rouge gouache found an opportunity to send it again, but when she played with it, she forgot it.

Bai Xiang ran very fast, and after half a cup of tea, he and the maid in the peony garden carried a small wooden box, tired and panting, and sweaty.

Opening the wooden box, there was a small wooden box inside, and Su Xue became more and more curious. Without waiting for Zhiwan to speak, he took a box first, opened it, and gasped.

Such a beautiful rouge box, the pattern on it is lifelike. As if it was alive, just looking at it, her eyes froze, she picked up the rolled up satin, opened it, and her eyebrows were even more raised, all of which she had never seen.

Su Rou is young. If you don't understand, you ask, "These things are so strange, what are they used for?" ”

In the brocade is a set of makeup supplies, which was sent by Kyoto quickly when she was in Yongzhou, and asked her to identify the quality.

Zhiwan glanced at Su Xue. He looked at the small box again, and he had everything in it, and said with a smile, "Those are all cosmetics, go and get the bronze mirror." I'll help you get dressed. ”

Su Xue was flattered and shook her head again and again, "How can this work, you are a cousin and the princess of the county, how can I let you help me make up." ”

Bai Xiang said with a smile on the side, "Only the princess of the county knows how to use these things, the princess of the county doesn't teach you, don't you take it for nothing, our princess of the county usually doesn't like to apply grease and powder, so she painted her own makeup when she got married, which was amazing." ”

Su Rou listened and said busily, "I know, I know, isn't it just forehead makeup, painting orchids and plum blossoms on the forehead, it's really beautiful, but now the weather is hot and it's easy to sweat, and if you're not careful, people will mistakenly think that you hit a stone, wasn't it like this last time the second sister?" ”

As she spoke, she covered her mouth and laughed lowly, provoking Su Xue's face flushed, and she was going to beat her.

Zhiwan was willing to help Su Xue make up, and the maid also wanted to see her makeup skills, so she hurriedly brought the bronze mirror and two basins of water.

first helped Su Xue trim her eyebrows, then washed her face, moisturized her skin, applied sunscreen cream, and retouching liquid...... Then set the makeup.

Eyebrow painting, eyeshadow painting, eyeliner, lip liner, lipstick, eyelash curling......

It took two quarters of an hour to finish the painting and make up as a weeping ghost!

At this moment, Su Xue and Su Xue two quarters of an hour ago are like two people, with delicate eyebrows, green temples and spring smoke, three points elegant, three points charming, and the remaining four points are playful.

Su Rou pouted with a small face and exclaimed, "Originally, the second sister was very beautiful, but I didn't expect that after my cousin's hand, the beauty was even more beautiful than the fairy on the singing stage, I am sure that as long as the second sister changes her clothes and headdress, my grandmother will definitely not help but this is the second sister!" ”

Su Yi hugged the small wooden box and nodded again and again, "Even now, my grandmother can't recognize it, and the second sister is the well-deserved first beauty in Yongzhou!" ”

Su Xue's face was full of shame, she looked at Su Yi twice, and didn't take her eyes off the bronze mirror, she didn't expect that she could be so beautiful, it felt incredible.

Zhengle was hehe, a little maid over there ran over, Xu was in a hurry, stepped on her skirt, and fell to the ground with a snap, the maid hurriedly helped her up, and helped her pat the hem of her skirt, "What's wrong, so anxious?" ”

The little maid fell not lightly, and the tears of pain swirled, but she couldn't care about it, and stepped forward and said, "Oh no, Master Li is critically ill, Mrs. Li is here, and she wants to marry the second girl as soon as possible." ”

There was a clang, the bronze mirror fell, and in a daze, Su Xue had already run away.

Poria wondered, "The Su family is one of the seven great families, how could they marry the second girl to a sick seedling, and give people joy?" ”

Zhiwan was also puzzled, Su Yi sighed and said, "The second sister and the eldest young master Li are in love with each other, and they are in love, but it is a pity that the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, half a year ago, the eldest young master Li and others raced horses, accidentally fell off the horse's back, was trampled by the horse, and since then he has been ill since then, the second sister wiped her tears for this matter, Mrs. originally wanted to withdraw from the family, but the old lady did not allow it." ”