Chapter Twenty-Four: The Beginning of Winter
"Mother, don't go yet, let's pretend to be fine, otherwise I don't know how ugly it will be outside." Song Zhi took Lin and walked in the opposite direction, she rubbed Lin's cold hands, and said, "My sister just told me that she was not innocent by the thief, but I looked at the two girls around her in panic, and it didn't look like they were fine." But my sister said so, let's believe it. It's really hard to ask too much about this. ”
"Yan'er has been in bad luck for a while! How bad things come one after another! Lin still looked worried.
"Mother, don't talk about this." Song Zhi shook his head secretly, he really had nothing to say to her, a mother.
Lin quickly stretched his eyebrows, but as soon as he opened his mouth, he sighed again.
Fortunately, today's banquet is full of official ladies, and few people can do it when they ask about the behavior of long-tongued women. It's just that the twins of the Zhou family knocked on the side and asked, "What about your sister?" ”
Song Zhi didn't know whether it was his sister or sister in pink clothes, and he didn't have the leisure to tell the difference, just as he wanted to speak back, Song Yan's voice came from behind him.
"Is the sister of the Zhou family looking for me? I just went to the pharmacy to take medicine, and the pharmacy in the Lin Mansion was a little far away, so I was delayed when I came and went. Song Yan smiled slightly, her face was as usual, so that the sisters of the Zhou family had no way to ask. What's wrong? Why are you all looking at me? ”
"No, there was a thief who collided with it, and the big guys were scared, but fortunately, sister, you are not here." The corners of Song Zhi's mouth hooked slightly, and he inspected the expressions on everyone's faces as he spoke.
Zhang Xinlan showed a very polite smile, Song Zhi had been with her for a few years, and knew that she must not believe Song Yan's nonsense; One of the twins of the Zhou family was confused, and the other hooked the corners of his mouth far-fetched; Miss Qu turned her head and bit her ears with the person next to her.
Song Zhi's long eyelashes were hidden, covering the obscure emotions inside.
The peach blossom wine on the banquet was thin and sweet, and Song Zhi drank a few more sips. When the banquet was dismissed, two pink clouds appeared on the little face. The moon and the meteor supported her left and right, and she was afraid that she would accidentally drop herself.
It wasn't until they helped her into the carriage that the two of them breathed a sigh of relief.
Song Zhi leaned on the cushion, squinted slightly, and looked down at a pair of transparent pink crystal jade bracelets on his wrists.
Moon by month opened the curtains on both sides, looked out and peeked, now it was time, the road was empty, only the sound of the rolling of cars and horses in the general's mansion in the west of the town.
"Miss?" Meteor whispered.
"Huh?" Song Zhi raised his eyes to look at her, only to see Meteor with a look of wanting to speak and stopping, so he said, "But you're afraid?" ”
Meteor shook his head before he could think about it, but it was a little strange, "Miss just told the slave maid to find someone and say a few words, what are you afraid of?" "Meteor's thick and thin personality is sometimes beneficial.
"What about you?" Song Zhi asked month by month again.
He looked at the meteor month by month, then at Song Zhi, and said, "Don't be afraid." ”
Song Zhi stretched out his hand and touched Zhuyue's hand, only to feel that her palm was wet and cold, "Are you not afraid of this?" ”
"What is this, it's not as scary as every time I see that pot of moon flowers." Month by month, he wiped the wet sweat on his palms with a handkerchief and laughed at himself.
Meteor also heard the origin of the pot of flowers from the moon, and his heart was cold, "Miss, why don't you throw the flowers out?" ”
"Lost? It's a treasure, and I can't lose it. When the wine came up, Song Zhi was a little sleepy, and his tone of voice was also tired.
Zhuyue and Meteor glanced at each other, one supported Song Zhi's body and let her lie down, the other took a soft pillow for her to lean on, and took a thin blanket of cashmere to cover her.
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Lin House.
"Dad, what should I do with this person?" Lin Tianlang had mixed feelings in his heart, Rui Xi was recommended to his father by himself, and now that such a thing happened, he not only felt that his face was gloomy, but he also felt that he secretly hated that he couldn't know people clearly, and he had a pair of empty eyes.
"What did he say himself?" Lin Qingyan turned his back, and Lin Tianlang couldn't guess the expression on his face.
"I said that I accidentally fell asleep in the Tibetan Academy, and after waking up, I heard that the emperor had appreciated the "Autumn Garden Ammonite" and wanted to take a look, and I heard the two maids in the courtyard pass the wrong word, saying that the painting was stored in the side pavilion, so I broke in by mistake." Lin Tianlang truthfully repeated all Rui Xi's words.
"It makes sense." Lin Tianlang turned around, his expression was indifferent, and there was no look of annoyance.
"Daddy." Lin Tianlang shouted helplessly.
"It's a little thing, but it's worth your heart?" When Lin Qingyan saw him like this, he frowned, and said, "But this incident happened in front of everyone's eyes, and this person still can't stay." ”
"Yes."
"You can do it." Lin Qingyan lifted the lid of the teacup and glanced at it, "Go out, ask someone to change the cup of hot tea." ”
Lin Tianlang bowed, and when he was about to withdraw, he heard three bangs outside, "Isn't Dad resting?" ”
Lin Qing didn't say a word, only waved his hand.
After Lin Tianlang withdrew, Lin Qingyan took out the "Autumn Garden Ammonite" from the bookbox on the side, unfolded half of it, and looked at it carefully by the dim candlelight, with gloomy color between his eyebrows.
This painting was the favorite of the Eighth Prince, and he asked Emperor Shun'an several times, but Emperor Shun'an never gave it to him. Why was it so lightly rewarded to the Lin Mansion today? What does this mean? Isn't it dissatisfied with this annual rally? So I borrowed this painting to knock on the side. No, Emperor Shun'an is not such a roundabout character, he has always done things directly, and sometimes even so fast that people are caught off guard.
Lin Qingyan thought about it for a long time and still couldn't come up with a clue, he looked at the ink-colored stone on the edge of the chrysanthemum.
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The flowers and trees in Song Zhi's yard are too luxuriant, and the fallen leaves in the garden are too late, and the tea rhyme and tea fragrance are too late to sweep. Song Zhi saw that they were also very hard, so he only let them sweep once in the morning and once in the evening.
"Miss, what are you drawing?" Meteor put a bowl of milk tea on the table and leaned over to look at what Song Zhi was drawing.
"Embroidery on winter coats." As soon as Song Zhi smelled the sweet bovine frankincense, he lost the mind to paint, put down the pen, and took the milk tea to drink.
"Isn't the embroidery already finished?" Meteor asked puzzled.
"I want to ask Miss Liu to help me order two winter rabbit down capes alone, one for Sister Jiang and one for myself." Qin's mother likes to put very fine almond powder in the milk tea, which tastes very mellow.
Meteor nodded, "It's getting colder and colder, and it's Mengdong in a blink of an eye." I heard from my mother that this year will be a cold winter. I knew this, when Mrs. sent the skin to Miss to choose last time, Miss should have left two more pieces, how beautiful the purple otter hair is, it is the most suitable to make a big one. Now that it's in the hands of the eldest lady, it's time to show off again in winter. ”
"That deep purple is also old-fashioned, and she looks old when she wears it, so she can bring it to her if she wants." Song Zhi said nonchalantly, "It was originally for her." This sentence was said very lightly, and the meteor did not hear it clearly.
"What did you say, Miss?"
"Nope." Song Zhi handed the empty cup to Meteor, which was an order to evict the guests.
The fur of this purple otter rabbit was found by Song Jian and mixed in a pile of skins for Song Yan. In his previous life, he directly sent someone to Song Yan's courtyard, but in this life, Song Yan probably instructed him, so Song Yan restrained his actions a little.
Song Zhi didn't want to stimulate Song Yan in these little things, besides, she didn't like this skin in the first place. She thinks that Song Jian is doing too much, and he will come back next month, and who knows if he will be alone with Song Yan at that time? It's really hypocritical, are you afraid that she won't be able to freeze?
Thinking that Song Jian was about to come back, Song Zhi was faintly worried in her heart, not for herself, but for Song Ling. Song Jian has never taken Song Zhi in his eyes in his two lives, and he has never directly dealt with Song Zhi in his previous life, and the affairs of the women in the house, in the final analysis, Song Jian disdains to participate.
But for Song Ling, he doesn't have such a good heart.
Song Zhi was distracted for a moment, and there was an extra ink spot next to the lively Shih Tzu. Song Zhi looked at the ink spot, but his heart was quiet, and with three strokes and two hooks, he turned this ink dot into a juju.
Song Yan has been surprisingly quiet in the past few months, listening to Song Yao, she draws and writes in the room every day, as if she is determined to be a rich idler. Occasionally, she will come to Song Zhi to sit here, and Song Zhi will ask someone to put the pot of moon niang flowers on the back of her back, and she will come two or three times, and she will not come, this hunter is afraid of being bitten by his own trap.
Song Yan urged Song Yao to come to Ruyi Pavilion all day long, and Song Zhi was close and close.
"You say, she's really taken her heart?" Song Zhi scratched the back of the Edelweiss's neck, causing the cat to 'meow' non-stop.
"How can you! The eldest brother's wedding is approaching, and she just doesn't want something to happen and cause bad luck. Song Yao understood it and said it directly.
Chunqiao got dysentery after the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the Lin family had already sent someone to carry her to Zhuangzi for treatment, and after Chunqiao carried her out, Song Yao searched for a lot of jewelry in her room, which didn't look like anything valuable. Later, I asked the old people in the house, and I learned that these were all from Song Yao's biological mother, Liu.
This matter was so embarrassing that even the Liu family, who had never been accustomed to looking at Song Yao, felt a little unbearable, so he invited Ya Po to come and let Song Yao pick the maid by herself. Song Yao replaced most of the maids in the courtyard, and even her mother called her to rush to Zhuangzi.
There is only one Chunhua and the newly promoted Xiaofeng by her side, Song Zhi heard Chunhua say that Song Yao relied on Xiaofeng more. Song Zhi was not surprised when she heard it, she, the second sister, really underestimated her on weekdays.
"My sister changed the girl in the hospital, and the eldest sister didn't say anything?" Song Zhi suddenly asked.
Song Yao smiled: "How could she think so much." Although she smiled, she didn't look at Song Zhi's eyes.