The lotus who was waiting in the banquet hall looked at it for a while before seeing Zhu Jiu coming. When he saw someone, he went over to talk to Mother Lin, and Mother Lin didn't care about it anymore after hearing it, and the aunt in charge of the banquet hall went over to inform Mother Zhao what she should pay attention to.

Mother Zhao will listen, I wish Jiu Foot Pain will not be able to enter the banquet hall yet.

The banquet hall is full of nobles' families, and the south courtyard is the head of the four rooms of the Zhu Mansion, and there are two grandfathers, and most of the guests who come are nobles.

When listening to boredom, this will smell the fragrance of plum blossoms in the cold air, and Zhu Jiu thinks of a plum blossom pavilion on the side of Ximen Corner.

It was my sister's favorite, but she never went.

I remember the year before last, when she had just turned ten years old, my sister said that she would make a sachet for her, and this winter cold plum was the best.

Just went to pick up some plum petals, and the housemother asked someone to go over to ask, and when she came back, her legs were bloodstained.

My sister didn't care about her legs, and told her with a smile that she could make a sachet for her.

Zhu Jiu sniffed the plum fragrance, his eyes were slightly red, and the soles of his feet didn't hurt anymore, so he followed the smell and went to Ximenjiao.

Mother Zhao was talking to her aunt in charge of the banquet, remembering to listen, Rao didn't notice where her girl went.

Ximen Corner used to be the Plum Blossom Pavilion, and it was also a place for the old men and ladies to enjoy the plum blossom scenery in winter.

Originally, this plum blossom pavilion was also planted by the second master in the south courtyard gate for the second lady.

I thought that my sister just came over to pick up a few petals, but she couldn't get out of bed for half a month after being beaten by her housemother.

Whether it is this life or the previous life, Zhu Jiu's biggest regret is that he didn't see his sister for the last time.

Even if it was a burial, it was hastily carried out.

In the last life, my sister was sent to a mass grave, and in this life, she couldn't save her sister, but only asked for a place for her to live.

Zhu Jiu didn't feel beautiful when he looked at the plum blossoms in full bloom, but he was like the brocade dyed red on his sister's legs, his eyes were red and bloodstained.

Standing in front of this cold plum, he unconsciously said to himself with red eyes: "The world says that plum blossoms bloom alone, but I don't know that the cold plum that can bloom in the cold winter is worse than the biting cold in winter." ”

She was stunned, not noticing that the person behind her was quietly approaching.

The figure behind her was majestic, and standing behind her could cover her small body tightly.

"It's true."

Suddenly, he heard a low and magnetic voice behind him, and Zhu Jiu's frightened body shrank and immediately turned around.

The injuries on his feet had not healed, and when his feet hurt and his steps were unsteady, he fell straight and fell backwards.

The man's big hand quickly wrapped her small body in the crook of his arm.

For Shao Mo, her body is as light as a feather, as thin as brocade cotton, and it is also immobile.

Zhu Jiu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, his whole body was wrapped in a cloak, and his palm-sized little face was exposed, and his pale face was shocked and flushed, just like the cold plum blossoming in the snow, which was both stunning and fleeting.

"I don't know who the guest is, the little girl is talking nonsense, please don't listen to the guest master." Zhu Jiu came to his senses, immediately stood on his heels, lowered his eyes slightly and spoke.

She didn't know this person, she was afraid of which master it was.

This is the South Courtyard, this person is tall and strong, his facial features are resolute and his complexion is brown, and although his ink-colored eyes only glanced at him hurriedly, he could see that he was not an ordinary guest.

On these, Da Mo is the colleague of the big master; The eldest man is a general, and most of his colleagues are tall, and the gods of his eyes are not common.

Shao Mo listened to the words of the villain in front of him, and couldn't help but raise his sword eyebrows, his thick arms were motionless, still encircling the person in front of his chest.

There was a hint of dissatisfaction in his dark eyes, and he said in a deep voice: "I'm only twenty-five, and I haven't married yet." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Jiu didn't know why he heard this, so he raised his eyes slightly and met the pair of bright ink eyes.

Shao Mo looked at the villain with a puzzled expression, but there was no dissatisfaction in his heart, "Since you haven't married yet, how can you be called a master?" Why, I see that I have reached the age of no confusion. ”

With this explanation, Zhu Jiu couldn't help but be speechless, his pale little face quickly turned red, and he said hurriedly: "The little girl is not what you said, it's just that today's Zhufu Winter Sun Banquet, there are many visitors, and the little girl is in a hurry for a while." ”

She didn't want to offend the guests of the big house at the first winter sun banquet.

Seeing the little man in front of him, he was anxious, and his little face, which was not half a slap, was pulled together, and the willow-like eyebrows wrinkled into Sichuan characters.

"What's your name? Which room is the girl in Zhufu again? Shao Mo saw the pendant around her neck and recognized this little person as the Zhu family.

And Zhu Jiu only felt that as soon as this person spoke, the mist exhaled came towards her.

The first time she saw someone talking in winter, there would be such a big fog, and she couldn't see it clearly.

After realizing this, she realized that it was very inappropriate for the two of them to get close, Zhu Jiu simply half-squatted down and got out of the crook of his arm, and then replied: "The little girl Zhu Jiu is the girl in the third room of the South Courtyard." If the old man is all right, the little girl will leave. ”

As he spoke, Zhu Jiu's face turned crimson, and he felt embarrassed.

After the words fell, she hurriedly trotted to the banquet hall, and at this time, Mother Zhao had been looking for her for a while.

Shao Mo saw that the little man ran away without a figure, and then he put down his hanging arm.

I remembered her name, Zhu Jiu.

The plum blossoms are endlessly good, but she has another theory, and what she said is even more thoughtful.

"Where has the girl gone, the old slave has found the inside and outside of this door, the master mother has entered the hall, and the girls in the door have all passed closely." Mother Zhao was anxious and pulled Zhu Jiu over in a hurry.

If you go late, the last seat, the mistress will not be punished when she sees it.

Zhu Jiu bowed slightly, and didn't say much, as he entered the west chamber of the banquet hall, the west chamber was for the female dependents, and the east chamber was for the male guests.

At this time, sitting next to Zhu Jiu were the girls in the three-room door, and the girls from the main mother's concubines were all seated with their hands close to the main mother, and they were arranged in turn according to the age of the concubines.

The girls in the second and third rooms of the big room in the door are all seated next to their own housemothers.

The opposite sat the Hakka family members, and they talked about the banquet with some polite and kind words, and from time to time they would mention some rare things, and which girl was married to whom.

After all, the guests and ladies present watched and listened to all directions, and from time to time cast their eyes on the side of the maids who were seated.

There are many women in each room in the south courtyard.

There are nine aunts and twenty-one aunts.

The second room is simple, the second lady and the second master have known each other since childhood, and they are also childhood sweethearts.

It wasn't until the second lady gave birth to two daughters in law that the second master accepted the third aunt, and there were seven girls in the second room.

The three-room master is a businessman, and he also brought a lot of women back to see him outside on weekdays, plus the outer room brought back, counting the two sisters who wish nine and eight sisters, and there are fifteen girls in the three-room house.