Zhiwan pretended to raise his eyes blankly, his eyes blinked again and again, and Qin Zhirou said, "In today's competition, the fourth sister and the king of Yuejun won the first place and received many rewards from the emperor. ”

Zhiwan's face changed, and she pursed her lips and said, "Third sister, why didn't you tell me earlier that these rewards were to honor my mother, and when I got into the carriage, I asked Poria to send her to the small courtyard, so that Sister-in-law Qian could sell it and feed the two ......children." ”

Qin Zhirou's face pale, "In the past, we were rewarded for honoring our mothers, and you don't know!" ”

Zhiwan looked at Qian timidly and carefully, "I have been away from the house for too long, I have forgotten all these things, and now there is no blood Ruyi left, it is a pair with the king of Yuejun, I don't dare, can I honor my mother with blood Ruyi?" ”

Qian's expression was displeased, the blood Ruyi was a pair with the king of Yuejun, wouldn't it be a joke to honor her, Qian didn't believe that Zhiwan would forget, it must be intentional, but she wouldn't say that Zhiwan did something wrong, this is also the reason why Zhiwan dared to do this, Qian loves to take advantage, but loves reputation more, Qin Zhiyu forced her to be filial, and Qian's coercion is two different things, and the reputation of her mother-in-law coveting concubines is not good.

Qian Shi glanced at Zhiwan coldly, and then waved his hand and said, "It's getting late, let's go back and rest, you don't need to say hello tomorrow in the morning." ”

After Zhiwan left, the maid told the Qian family about the Furong banquet, including the matter of the king of Yuejun's courtship, Qian frowned, slammed the tea cup on the table, and told the maid, "Go find the Hou Ye." ”

Biyu looked at Qian in embarrassment, "Madam, Master Hou is sleeping peacefully in the study at this time...... ”

Qian sneered, what is going on, don't think she doesn't know, half an hour ago, Manager Qin also sent a pot of wine to the study, she sent a maid to invite several times, and even said that she was unwell, and Hou Ye didn't come to her house! Ten days and a half months away from the Beijing office, I didn't look for her or my aunt when I came back. I live in the study, and I still want to hold those few broken paintings and a few broken books to have children!

The more Qian thought about it, the more angry she became, although she was his wife, the time that Hou Ye slept in her house did not exceed five days a month. Even if the rest of the aunts are no longer favored, there is one day, the rest of the time basically sleeps in the study, before the Hou Ye was on a business trip, she also secretly went to the study to see, except for a few paintings, there is nothing else in the study, otherwise she should suspect that the Hou Ye hid a woman in the study.

Biyu also knew that the Qian family wanted to take the opportunity to find Hou Ye, so she didn't say anything more, and Fu Shen retired to the study to invite Dingyuan Hou.

Return to Sandalwood. Zhiwan washed up and fell asleep on the bed.

There is no need to ask for good morning, the next day is the hour, and there is no maid to call her to get up, and she sleeps until three o'clock in the morning. If it weren't for the sunlight outside the window being too dazzling, I would have been able to sleep until noon before waking up, tossing and turning on the bed, and finally sat down suddenly, lifted the quilt and got out of bed, slapped my forehead, how could I forget such a big thing. She promised Huan Jiao that she would go to Huan Mansion to help Huan Zi treat her illness today!

Bai Shao was cleaning up the table in the room, and when she saw Zhiwan suddenly get up, she was so frightened that she almost threw away the teacup in her hand, and hurriedly put it down and asked what was wrong, Zhiwan shook her head. "It's okay, Poria Cocos, are you back?"

Bai Shao shook her head, and hurriedly helped the waiter to dress and wash up, and the maid outside brought breakfast. Zhiwan was halfway through eating, Poria opened the curtain and came in, with a big burden in her hand, flashing a pair of bright eyes to Zhiwan, and said like a treasure, "Girl, guess what this is?" ”

Zhiwan raised her eyebrows slightly, "What?" ”

Poria pouted, it's not fun, why isn't the girl curious at all, she still played tricks with Old Man Liu, and it took a long time to steal things out, the girl was not interested, so she took out the scroll with interest and handed it to Zhiwan, "This is the girl's portrait." ”

"My portrait?" Zhiwan sighed slightly, put down the chopsticks in his hand, took the painting handed over by Poria, opened it, and Zhiwan was completely shocked.

The portrait is a woman in a sky-blue skirt, holding a jade flute in her hand, standing on the shore of the bluestone lake, the breeze blows, the clothes are fluttering, and the lotus leaves in the distance are even in the sky, and the beauty of the picture is suffocating.

Poria stood aside, seeing that the bottom of Zhiwan's eyes showed a shocked color, the little disappointment in her heart was swept away, her delicate face was filled with a bright smile, but there was a trace of complaint in her eyes, "When did the girl go to such a beautiful place, she didn't take slaves and white peonies." ”

Bai Shao stood aside, staring at the portrait without blinking, her eyes were full of doubts, the woman in the portrait looked exactly as good as the girl, but it didn't seem to be a girl, so she asked, "This painting has not been paid, who painted it?" ”

Poria carefully touched the portrait, and when she saw Zhiwan raising her eyes, she pouted, "Of course it was painted by Master Hou, the slave maid saw more than a dozen paintings in the small courtyard, and I don't know how Uncle Liu looked at the study, so that the painting was damp and moldy, and the slave and maid looked for a long time to find this one intact." ”

Zhiwan's nose moved lightly, she did smell a musty smell, and then look closely, this painting paper is also a little yellowed, not to mention three or five years, Zhiwan's heart flashed a trace of strangeness, clear eyes looked at the hair bun of the person in the painting, the headdress on it, she has seen it, Yao's mother said that it was Hou Ye's dowry for her!

The world is big, things are the same, people are similar, but they are similar to them, if there is no blood relationship, who will believe it?

What's more, Yao's mother said that the courtyard was hers, and when her father found out that day, she had heard Lao Liu Tou say that her father had not been to the courtyard for nearly ten years, but there was a painting left by his father in the courtyard, which was painted at least ten years ago, so who is the person in this painting? What is the relationship with her? Zhiwan was puzzled, she even felt that all this, Yao's mother knew, for example, she didn't respect Aunt Mei enough, Aunt Mei even avoided Yao's mother, Yao's mother was not afraid of Hou Ye, and that day, Yao's mother was punished by the cane and knelt, when she entered the study, her father muttered sorry to a portrait, she was curious at the time, but the situation at that time did not allow her to ask more, could it be that the person in the painting was her mother in this life, or someone else?

Zhiwan stared at the portrait for a while, then carefully rolled it up, told Poria and Bai Peony not to spread it, and then asked Poria Cocos, "How is Mother Yao's body?" ”

Poria nodded and said, "My mother's body is already well, if it weren't for the slave maid and Bai Shao to stop her, she would have gotten out of bed." ”

Zhiwan nodded, took two sips of tea, got up and went to find a set of clothes, and carefully traced her eyebrows in the mirror, Bai Shao stood aside, looking at her puzzled, okay. How does the girl dress up like the person in the painting?

Looking at the mirror carefully, Zhiwan felt that he was eight points similar to the person in the painting, and then stepped out of the door.

In Yao's mother's house, Poria was holding a medicine bowl and handing it to her. Yao's mother asked about yesterday's incident in Princess Liuhua's mansion, and when she heard Poria say that King Yuejun was going to marry Zhiwan, Yao's mother was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "In the past, I just heard about the person of King Yuejun, these days, King Yuejun is not as unbearable as ...... rumors, and it is a good thing for the girl to marry him." ”

As he was talking, suddenly the door was pushed open, and Yao's mother glanced over. Suddenly, his eyes froze, his hand shook, and the medicine bowl in his hand fell, and even his voice trembled, "Miss." ”

Poria was packing up the medicine bowl in a panic. Wiped the quilt with a handkerchief, and when she heard Yao's mother's words, she glanced back at Zhiwan and pouted, "Mother, what's wrong with you, I was so scared that I saw the girl and even dropped the bowl." You never called Miss Girl before. ”

Yao's mother looked flustered, and then smiled calmly, "My mother has been in bed for a long time, and she is a little confused. ”

The corners of Zhiwan's mouth are slightly curved. She knew that Yao's mother had something to hide from her, and it was not a trivial matter, it was not the first time she had been so flustered, she was like this at the post station when she returned to Beijing, and she walked to the bedside at night. His eyes fell on the medicine traces, and he asked, "Mother Yao doesn't have to hide it from me, I know everything." ”

Yao's mother looked at Zhiwan in a daze, and smiled bitterly for a while, the eldest lady has been dead for fifteen years, how can she still be alive, she has been sick for a long time, Yao's mother shook her head and sighed, the girl has really grown up, and she has learned to scare her, but she has never seen any storms, "The past has passed, and it is not good for anyone to bring up the old things again." ”

Poria stood aside and couldn't help asking, "Mother, what's the old thing?" ”

Yao's mother glared at her, "How many times has my mother taught you, don't inquire less if you shouldn't ask, a room smells of medicine, why don't you send the girl back to the house to rest." ”

As soon as Poria pursed her mouth, tears fell, Yao's mother's face was slightly stiff, her lips squirmed twice, and she still said, "Don't hurry up yet." ”

Poria wiped her tears, puffed out her cheeks and walked towards Zhiwan, Zhiwan was speechless, what is the past things have passed, and it is not good for anyone to bring up the old things, she just wants to know what the old things are, Yao's mother scolded Poria Cocos, it should be said that she listened to it, but she is the master, it is not good to speak and abuse directly, in fact, the meaning is the same, so she is even more curious, why is it not good for anyone?

Out of the house, Zhiwan helped Poria wipe away her tears and said softly, "Don't cry, it's not you who your mother scolds, it's me." ”

Poria was stunned, her mouth pursed higher, "How can my mother scold the girl, she never scolds the girl, she knows how to scold me." ”

Zhiwan shook her head and chuckled, no matter what reason Yao's mother interrupted the topic, she knew that it was for her good, she didn't want Poria to resent her in her heart, so she said, "I didn't lie to you, your mother scolded me really me, it's just that I am the master, ask her about things, she can't refuse directly, you just bumped into it again, she scolded you, bombarded you out of the house, and I couldn't stay anymore." ”

Poria cocos' watery eyes blinked lightly, and she recalled what had just happened, as if the girl said that, but why was she the one who was scolded every time, Poria twisted the embroidered handkerchief, and secretly swore in her heart that she would not say more next time, but she was still very curious about what the old thing was, her mother had never rejected the girl before, what happened now?

Zhiwan comforted Poria a few words, asked her to accompany Yao's mother, and then took Bai Shao to Meixiangyuan.

When I arrived at Meixiangyuan, I learned that Qian went to Rosin Temple, so he transferred to Rosin Temple.

Just stepped into the rosin courtyard, Zhiwan heard two cleaning maids talking, one of the little maids in a blue skirt asked, "I heard that the king of Yuejun will come to ask to marry the fourth girl, will this be true?" ”

Another little maid in a blue skirt shook her head and said, "I think it should be fake, if the king of Yuejun is willing to marry the fourth girl, what did he do when he quit his family?" We don't want to toss back and forth like this, and he doesn't even want to marry his relatives and run twice! ”

"You're right, but this matter was said by the maids around a few girls, if it weren't true, the Hou Ye would have drunk from the study to find his wife in the middle of the night last night, and I heard that he also broke his wife's favorite marrying red jade plum vase."

"Huh? If you say so, then this thing is true, I really hope that the fourth girl can marry ...... as soon as possible. ”

Before he finished speaking, a housekeeper's mother came over and shouted coldly, "What kind of tongue is chewing, my body is itchy, and I can't get a board?!" ”

The two little maids shrank their heads and admitted their mistakes again and again. The housekeeper's mother didn't look at them, and walked over to Zhiwan, and asked for peace, "Why are the four girls here?" ”

Zhiwan smiled at the bottom of his eyes. It's just that the smile is very faint, before she came to the rosin courtyard today, these housekeepers and mothers won't look at her a few more times, today they actually reprimanded the little maid for her for the first time, it seems that Ye Guiyue is going to marry her, everyone in the house knows, Zhiwan smiled faintly, and stepped into the house.

Just after sparing the screen of flowers and birds, Zhiwan heard a fierce cough, followed by Zhao's voice, "How can Master Hou be absent-minded." Can you choke on a sip of tea? ”

Dingyuan Hou waved his hand, "I was distracted for a while, and it didn't get in the way." ”

Qian looked at Zhiwan coldly, his eyes were cold, and Zhao didn't notice it. She noticed that the Hou Ye choked on her throat because he saw her come in, and her dress was also very familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere, but she couldn't remember it for a while.

Zhiwan stepped forward to ask for peace, Zhao glanced at Zhiwan twice, and his attitude became gentler by two points. "I came back late yesterday, why did I get up so early?"

Bai Shao stood behind Zhiwan, heard Zhao's words, raised her eyes slightly, she had been by the girl's side for so many years, and it was the first time she had heard the old lady care about the girl so gently. She thought she had misheard.

Zhiwan replied respectfully, "A few days ago, the eldest girl of Huanfu invited me to enjoy the flowers, I put it off again and again, and yesterday I promised her to go to her today." ”

Zhao swept Zhiwan's eyes up and down, and there was some displeasure between his eyebrows. A few days ago, Huan Mansion came to the door to ask to marry him, generally did not agree, the two mansions will be weakened to avoid suspicion, she is good, and ran by herself, yesterday the King of Yue County threatened to marry her, and forced the emperor to give her a decree, it can be seen that she wants to marry her, in case she has something to do with the young master of Huan Mansion, annoyed the King of Yuejun, the Hou Mansion does not know what will happen, Zhao is angry in his heart, but Zhiwan's identity is a little different now, King Yuejun said in public, if anyone bullies Zhiwan, he will help her, in the eyes of King Yuejun, But there is no one he doesn't dare to teach a lesson, if he really scolds Zhiwan, and King Yuejun comes to her, her old face for several lifetimes will be lost.

However, Zhao also told Zhiwan a few words, before agreeing to Zhiwan to go out, Zhiwan walked to the screen, and couldn't help but look back at Dingyuanhou, today her father is so strange, he didn't dare to look at her, even when she asked for peace, her father didn't speak, before her father was very fond of her, today she didn't even dare to look at it, she just changed her makeup?

Out of the rosin courtyard, Zhiwan put this matter behind her, thinking about helping Huan Zi treat her illness for a while, if there was enough time, she would go to the small courtyard to see the two children, thinking so in her heart, the steps under her feet were faster, and she couldn't wait to fly to Huan Mansion.

Before he stepped out of the gate, he heard a commotion in the distance, and he looked for prestige in the evening, only to see the tall head on the horse, Ye Guiyue was wearing a snow-blue brocade robe, the jade crown was stunning, the ink hair was light, and there was a momentum of looking down on the world, he was followed by the cold wind and cold training, and there were dozens of ironclad guards behind him, behind the ironclad guards, dozens of hours carrying the dowry over, Haohao soup, and the frightened Qin Guan ran to the house.

Ye Guiyue rode up to Zhiwan, and smiled with beautiful phoenix eyes, "How do you know that I came at this hour and waited for a long time?" ”

Zhiwan pulled the corners of her mouth slightly, her eyes looked to the other side, not far away, the little maid was guarding a carriage, the cold wind looked at it and laughed, the master seemed to be overly amorous, the four girls were not waiting for the master but going out, and it was not the right time for them to come, they occupied the gate of the Hou Mansion, and the carriage did not dare to come.

The smile on Ye Guiyue's face dissipated and turned into a black ball, "Where are you going?" ”

Zhiwan glanced at him, "I went to Huan Mansion to have something, are you going to the door to propose relatives or come to the door to raid the house?" ”

Ye Guiyue glanced back at the Iron Guard, saw that they were all slumped faces, and his brows were furrowed, and Leng Feng said on the side, "Give the future princess of the county a smile." ”

Twenty-four iron guards, because of the training, their faces were a little dark, suddenly smiled, showing their white teeth, and only felt a chill on their backs when they saw it late, if it was at night, she would definitely be frightened and not possessed by her soul, and immediately glanced at Ye Guiyue fiercely, this guy can't live in peace, and he has more tricks than others, ignoring him, and stepping down the steps.

Leng Xun looked at Zhiwan, he knew the details of Zhiwan's first village girl, knew that she was different, but there was no need to be so outrageous, everyone in other people's families heard the word "marriage", they would be ashamed to hide in the embroidery building and not come out, she was not only shy, but also glared at the master, she knew that it was a great honor for the iron guards to ask for relatives, nineteen years ago, the emperor married the first queen and only dispatched eighteen iron guards, but the master dispatched twenty-four iron guards to show his importance to her, and she became a raider...... Cold training forty-five degrees to the sky.

Zhiwan knew that it was an honor for the iron armor guard to ask for marriage, she thought that Ye Guiyue had come to get off the horse, and walked towards the carriage, but after only a few steps, she suddenly had a pain in her arm, and she was dizzy in the next second, and she was already on the horse.

Zhiwan was really blushing now, especially the people who came and went, all looked at her, and Zhiwan struggled, "You let me go down!" ”

Ye Guiyue wrapped his arms around Zhiwan's waist and blew on Zhiwan's mellow earlobes evilly, "Aren't you going to Huan Mansion, I'll send you there." ”