The burning of the ancestral hall of the Shui family caused a stir, and everyone in Yuzhou Mansion knew that the prince of the Qing Dynasty had fallen in love with the second lady of the Shui family.

And Shui Qianqiu, who was sitting in the yard, didn't know anything, she was concentrating on painting something under the tree at the moment.

Wen Beixu and Shen Shifeng came back regularly, and they were no longer surprised to see this scene.

Shen Shifeng glanced at it from a distance and smacked his tongue slightly: "Good guy, how many days have you been painting this?" Why do you lose your understanding the more you draw? ”

Wen Beixu raised his eyebrows and leaned over, Shui Qianqiu put down his pen with his head slightly tilted: "Shizi, Shen Gongzi." ”

"What are you drawing?" He saw that this painting did not look like a normal landscape painting, and it was also different from an ordinary house painting, so he asked.

Shui Qianqiu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "This is the design of the house, which was shown to the craftsmen when the house garden was built." ”

Wen Beixu bowed slightly to look at the picture carefully, and remembered the few pieces of paper he snatched from her in the restaurant that day: "This is it, isn't your own yard already being repaired?" Why paint? ”

Shui Qianqiu lowered her eyes and was silent, she just wanted to know if she could support herself with this ability, after all, she would only do this.

"You painted this yard this time?" Wen Beixu lowered his head and glanced at it carefully, and naturally saw some clues. Shui Qianqiu nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Does your face still hurt?"

He casually changed the topic, Shui Qianqiu shook his head, and said, "It doesn't hurt for a long time, and now I haven't left half of the injury, thank you Shizi." ”

"That's good, Xianyu's medicines are all good, if you feel uncomfortable, you can apply it for a few more days, in short, there is no harm." Wen Beixu admonished, and Shui Qianqiu also nodded in response.

"By the way, I sent a few girls to call you, those two in your yard are not peaceful."

Shui Qianqiu looked up a little stunned, and hurriedly waved his hand and said, "No need, where do I need a girl?" ”

"Anyway, she is also the second lady in the family of the fifth grade official, and no one around her looks shabby. What's more, now that people outside know that this world is happy with you, you are always the same as before, isn't this a show that people can see at a glance? ”

Wen Beixu looked at her and continued: "Those people will come in the afternoon, you can pick the pleasing ones and keep them, if you don't like them, let Ya Pozi go and change them again." ”

Shui Qianqiu saw that he couldn't get rid of it, so he could only nod and thank him. Wen Beixu didn't sit for long, he only said that he had something else to do and left with Shen Shifeng again, leaving Lin Yuan here to take care of him.

"...... over there in Shuifu" Shui Qianqiu was a little worried about whether Wen Beixu's words would work, Lin Yuan poured a pot of tea and said, "Second Miss, don't worry, those words are naturally useful." For Shuifu, it doesn't matter what the truth is, what matters is the attitude of the son. ”

"His attitude, what is his attitude?"

Shui Qianqiu muttered to herself, and Lin Yuan only glanced at it slightly when she heard this sentence and did not answer.

She really couldn't understand what she had in her that was worth it for a prince to use her reputation in exchange, and she didn't believe that the prince really took a fancy to her.

The more she thought about it, the more she had a headache, and every step she took had to be calculated clearly, and if she was not careful, there would be trouble and disaster. When she watched TV in her previous life, she only felt that the TV series was too exaggerated, how could there be so many shocking steps? Now it's my turn, and I know what it's like.

"Second Miss, do you need your subordinates to invite the envy of the jade prince? Look at your face is not very good. Lin Yuan asked in a low voice, Shui Qianqiu waved his hand and said, "No need, I'll just go into the house and rest." Let's put these drawings here. ”

Lin Yuan nodded, and asked a maid to follow her in to take care of her, and she stayed outside the courtyard by herself.

Shui Qianqiu went back to the house and sent the maid down, opened the space and looked at the towel inside, thoughtful.

Now that we have reached this point, should we continue to move forward or cringe, and how should we go?

"I said Wen Er, you shouldn't have done a fake show, right? Your attitude towards her is getting better and better these days, don't fall into it, right? Shen Shifeng glanced at him with some concern, and when he saw that he didn't speak, he couldn't help but continue to persuade: "In the end, she is just the daughter of a fifth-grade official family, and she is not favored." Even if Shui Qianhan comes back, he may not be able to help you. I sent someone to inquire, that Shui Qianhan is very straightforward, and he is bent on serving the country loyally, maybe ......"

"Always give it a try, Shui Qianqiu is a chess piece that is easy to handle, she owes me so much favor and the gossip of Yuzhou Mansion, she can't run away. If it doesn't work out in the future, it will be neglected, and it will not be difficult. ”

The depth in Wen Beixu's eyes was daunting, Shen Shifeng breathed a sigh of relief, and said: "This is like you, I'm afraid that if you stay with that girl for a few days, your ambition will be gone." ”

Wen Beixu's expression was indifferent, and the two sat in the carriage, and Shen Shifeng thought about which Qin Ji would be better to order today.

Shui Qianqiu slept in the house for a while, until the maid came and knocked on the door, saying that Ya Pozi had brought someone to her.

Ya Pozi brought more than 20 young girls, and Shui Qianqiu looked around, leaving two who looked clever.

"How old are you? What is your name? Shui Qianqiu sat at the table again and was about to continue drawing, and the tall and thin Xianfu said: "Since I followed the young lady, I also asked the young lady to give her a name." ”

Shui Qianqiu looked up at them for a while, and said to the tall and thin maid: "If you are born fair, you will be called Shui Yu." He turned his head and looked at another young maid with an honest face, and said, "I see that you are dressed very brightly, but it reminds me of Lotus Mist, then you will be called Lotus Mist, do you still like it?" ”

The two maids were full of joy, and the god of good fortune said, "Thank you Miss for the name." ”

Shui Qianqiu nodded and continued to concentrate on drawing. The two maids stood quietly on the side until Wen Beixu came back alone.

"It's getting dark, so don't paint."

Dusk has arrived, and Shui Qianqiu is too fascinated by painting, so as to ignore the time. Hearing Wen Beixu's reminder, he got up and said, "Got it." ”

She carefully blew the drawing paper herself, and Shui Yu and Lian Wu carefully studied on the side, thinking that she could help the young lady clean up next time.

"Is this the maid you picked?" Wen Beixu asked casually, and the two maids saluted with anxiety, and their hearts pounded.

Shui Qianqiu nodded and said, "Well, seeing that the two of them are smart and honest, they stayed." ”

"If you like it." Wen Beixu didn't say much, turned to look at Lin Yuan: "Is the kitchen meal ready?" ”

"It's done, it's all what the second lady likes to eat."

Wen Beixu nodded, shouting Shui Qianqiu to go over to eat.

The meal was quickly laid out by the people, and Shui Qianqiu sat down and ate it in small bites.

"I want to go back." Shui Qianqiu hesitated for a long time before speaking, Wen Beixu nodded lightly, and said, "Well, living here for so long is not a long-term solution after all. ”

Shui Qianqiu breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, only to hear him speak slowly: "After you go back, no matter who you say, you only say that you are recuperating at home, even if it is to your father, you have to say that you live at home these days." ”

"But he knows ......"

"What does he know? What if he knows you're not home? Can he still come to me and theorize about it? If you say that you don't live at home, you will be innocent in the future. As long as you insist on being at home, Shui Cambodia won't dare to say that you're not there, understand? ”

Shui Qianqiu nodded, feeling a little in her heart, and took a small bite of rice and whispered, "Thank you." ”

Wen Beixu chuckled, sandwiched a piece of ribs for her, looked at Shui Yu and Lian Wu and said, "You two will be clever after you go back with her, it's best to weigh it before you want to sell it for glory, there are a few catties and taels of meat enough for me to scrape." ”

Shui Yu and Lian Wu knelt down straight, kowtowed and said, "Please rest assured, the master has rewarded us with a mouthful of food, we are absolutely loyal, and we will never betray the Lord for glory." ”

"Get up, I can't let go of it if I don't wake up, just let you know the consequences, and the rest depends on your own performance."

Shui Qianqiu turned a few corners in his heart, blinked his eyes slightly, and said, "The drawings of this courtyard have been drawn, do you want to see them after dinner?" ”

"Want to renovate? If you want me, find some craftsmen. Wen Beixu was not interested in those paintings, Shui Qianqiu shook his head, and said: "I just want you to see how it is, if you think it is good, I will have some confidence to sell drawings in the future." ”

"Selling drawings? Are you short of money? ”

Shui Qianqiu nodded, and did not hide it: "Yes, if you have money, you will have some confidence to live." ”

Wen Beixu disagreed, and said: "There are so many businessmen on the rich side, and I don't see any of them confident in front of the officials. Instead of thinking about selling these papers, you should think about how to please me. ”

Shui Qianqiu lowered his eyes slightly when he heard this, and the little starlight in his eyes just now also dimmed, pursed his lips and put down his chopsticks, got up and saluted and withdrew.

She doesn't want to be attached to anyone, even if Wen Beixu has her in her heart now, it is also temporary. Who can guarantee that he will never change his mind in the future? Once Wen Beixu left her alone, the Shui family could continue to suppress her and even kill her.

So before that, she must have money herself. After all, it is not possible to let her be an official, and it is still possible to make more money. At that time, even if they tear their faces, they still have the capital to survive.

Wen Beixu watched her leave without saying a word, and the food on the table in front of her was tasteless. threw away the dishes and chopsticks, and his face was gloomy.

"Childe, dissipate your anger." Lin Yuan stepped forward and poured him a cup of tea, Wen Beixu pinched the teacup and asked sideways, "What do you think she is thinking in her head?" I don't like this world, and I want to sell those waste papers. ”

"Looking at the second young lady, she is a little arrogant, otherwise she would not have burned down the ancestral hall." Lin Yuan can see it through, and naturally knows what the master wants to take care of the second miss of the Shui family so much, and he has been looking at the yard here for a few days, and naturally he has also seen some of the temperament of the second miss of the water family.

Wen Beixu exhaled, put the teacup on the table, got up and said, "Send her back tomorrow, quietly don't attract attention." ”

"Master, if you want to keep the second lady by your side, why don't you send it back with much fanfare? In this way, the second lady can only promise you. Lin Yuan was a little puzzled, his master has never been a person who pities fragrant and cherished jade, let alone a soft-hearted person, why did he show mercy in this matter?

Wen Beixu frowned, and said lightly: "In the end, Shui Qianhan is not stupid, it is not good for him to see one or two." ”

Lin Yuan felt that it made sense, but he didn't find the strangeness in Wen Beixu's eyes, or maybe he didn't know that he was soft-hearted about Shui Qianqiu.