In March, spring blossoms.

Chunying wore a newly made tender willow green coarse silk dress, and walked briskly on the path. She held a basket in one hand and a bouquet of flowers in the other, humming a song in her mouth.

Two girls came up to them, and Chun Ying recognized them as people from the wife's house, so she hurriedly stopped and stood on the side of the road, bowed her head and let them go first. One of them seemed to be named Yulan, and he looked at her specially and asked kindly, "Aren't you the Chun'er of Huanhuaxuan?" How is it here? The other was the lilac in front of his wife, and his attitude was not so kind: "Where did you pick the flowers?" Don't you know that all flowers and plants in the garden are not allowed to be picked privately?! ”

Chunying was a little disapproving, the person in charge of the garden naturally said so, but which girl hadn't picked it? Those mothers-in-law who take care of flowers and plants, where do they dare to do anything to the big girls? The little girl in the wife's house spoils a lot of flowers and plants every day. She glanced at the flowers on Lilac's head, and said lightly: "I didn't pick the flowers I wore, it was the third young master who said that I was going to sit in Zhumengshan House in the near future, and asked me to clean up, but the furnishings there are very old, I am afraid that the third young master will dislike it, so I thought, pick a few flowers, maybe there is a little wild fun." Sister Lilac, I'm not selfish. ”

Lilac choked and had nothing to say, but her face was not very good-looking, so Yulan pushed her with a smile, and said to Chunying: "She's just joking, you go and get busy." Chunying smiled at her, saluted, and walked around them.

I didn't go far, and I heard Lilac complain to Yulan: "Why are you always like this!" Little girls are about to bully you! Who else will listen to you in the future?! Yulan was not angry: "It's all like you, everyone is scared away, who else is working?" She didn't do anything wrong, what are you scolding her for? "What's wrong? These little girls just owe a lesson......"

Chunying didn't listen to it, and walked more and more under her feet. Quickly, after a while, they got into the bamboo forest.

Sanqing wasn't in front of the house, but she vaguely heard it. There was the sound of hoeing behind the house. Recently, Zhou Nian intends to plant some flowers and plants in the open space around the house, presumably Sanqing is doing this, right? Chunying walked into the house with the basket, and just shouted: "Freshly cooked dim sum, hot ......" and stopped, her eyes widened.

Li You is sitting in the newly added circle in the house. On the chair, he glanced up at her lazily: "No wonder Qian'er Manru told me that Mung Bean always complains that there is nothing in the kitchen, it turns out that you are filling your pockets!" ”

"The third young master can't spray people with blood!" Chun Ying said angrily, "How can this be called. Fill your pocket? I make dim sum, mung beans know it! Missing things, God knows who stole them! After that, he changed his smiling face and turned to Zhou Nian: "Brother Nian, I'll take a plate for you to eat, how about it?" I didn't boil the porridge this morning, I saw that you only ate half a bowl, and you were already hungry, right? ”

Zhou Nian smiled and nodded: "It's so tiring, let's make two cups of tea by the way." ”

Chunying answered, turned around and walked behind the curtain. There was a few months ago. A small compartment was divided, and a cabinet and tea stove were placed to make a simple pantry.

There was a conversation between Li You and Zhou Nian from behind: "I can't believe it, you. . Actually indulged her like this! You're going to spoil her! ”

But there is something wrong with that. Heart, she's your girl, should I yell at her? What's more, she did a good job, didn't you see that my house was clean everywhere? Even the beds were neatly packed. I'm not afraid of your jokes, when I was at home in the past, the girls couldn't fold the quilt so neatly. ”

Chun Ying secretly snickered, it turned out that the training she had received was still useful, although she hadn't practiced for a long time, but after trying a few times, she had returned to the level she had received from the past. She put the basket away, walked briskly to the water tank at the back of the house to get clean water, and took out the teapot and tea caddy from the cupboard, ready to boil water to make tea.

Li You listened to Zhou Nian's words and raised his eyebrows: "I haven't seen her do this, it turns out that she still has some use?" It's not a bad thing that I sent her. ”

"Of course it's not a bad thing." Zhou Nian smiled dumbly, trying to bring the topic back to its original position, "What is the good news in the palace you just said?" Don't sell it. ”

Li You then remembered the topic interrupted by Chunying, and said with a smile: "This is the news from my eldest brother-in-law, I mentioned it when I heard my father and mother talk, it is said that the queen has been pregnant for five months, and the imperial doctor has diagnosed and treated, saying that it is very likely to be a male fetus, and the body is healthy." Now the palace is full of joy! We're going to have a prince soon! ”

Zhou Nian's expression relaxed: "That's good......" He lowered his head and thought about it, and a slight smile appeared on his face: "It has been more than five years since the emperor ascended the throne, and there has been no good news in the harem, which makes people feel unstable after all." Now that the emperor's heir has been settled, the emperor's throne will be more stable. ”

Li You sneered: "I heard that Empress Dowager Liu also mentioned to the emperor at the beginning of the year that if there is no prince again, for the sake of Jiangshan Sheji, it is better to succeed a child of a close branch clan." It's really funny, the emperor has only turned double ten this year, what are they anxious about?! I don't know what benefits King Ke's Mansion and the Liang family gave to the Liu family, but they can actually say that the Queen Mother opened this mouth to the emperor! ”

Zhou Nian said lightly: "Although Empress Dowager Liu is the successor of the first emperor, she has no children under her knees, and she is not very close to the emperor, maybe she is panicking, right?" But this matter must be prevented, if they really succeed, the few palaces in the clan that are closest to the emperor's bloodline, King Jing only has one son, and King Fu of Chu is far away, then only a few little princes in King Ke's Mansion can choose. This trick is not stupid, I don't know who came up with it? ”

"The Liang family is mostly insidious and cunning, what is surprising about coming up with this kind of insidious method?!" Li You snorted, "If you really set up the son of King Ke, I'm afraid that as soon as the imperial heir is established, the emperor will suffer an accident, and then King Ke will be the chief regent in the name of the father of the imperial heir, and there is Taishi Liang to suppress the ministers, who can still oppose them?!" What a good calculation! ”

"Brother You." Zhou Nian glanced at him disapprovingly, "Some words are better not to be said clearly." ”

"Afraid of what? There are no outsiders here. Chun'er's girl also knows how to measure. Li You glanced in Chunying's direction, hesitated slightly, but still didn't say any more.

Chunying didn't look back, just carefully poured the boiling water into the pot, watching the tender green tea leaves tumble in the water, and the fresh aroma immediately overflowed. She watched the tea gradually change color, hurriedly poured two cups, and together with the snacks on the plate, took them out on a tray, put them in front of the two young masters, and retreated quietly with a very good look.

Even if you are embarrassed in front of them, there are still occasions when you shouldn't put a foot in it. Chunying has come to her senses. Of course, this did not prevent her from forming her own opinion in her heart after listening.

The harem of each dynasty is inseparable from the political struggle of the outer court......

Li You saw that Chunying had retreated, so he smiled and said to Zhou Nian again: "Speaking of which, the idea you came up with a year ago, now it seems that it has really made a contribution!" No one expected that the Liang family would send their niece into the palace in the name of a beauty, and she swallowed her anger and worked as a maid for a few months, and only when the emperor was favored did she disclose her identity and force the emperor to canonize her. If the Liang family is really made a concubine, not only will the queen's status be difficult to protect, but even the emperor's heirs will be pinched in their hands! ”

Zhou Nian smiled: "When outsiders heard that it was the niece of Master Liang, they looked up to the woman first, in fact, her father was just an official suspected of corruption, if he hadn't died early, he was afraid that he had already been criminalized, where would he still be qualified to enter the palace?" It's just right to be a waiter now. ”

"What about the waiter?" Li You was a little discouraged, "The emperor doesn't want to see her, but the queen mother always favors her a little, and I heard that she once gave the queen a lot of anger for her!" ”

Zhou Nian looked at him funny: "Brother You, I suddenly feel ...... You may have heard too many things in the house of Master Hou and his wife, which is not good. ”

Li You snorted: "So what? I'm not a kid anymore, I know all these things! Besides, don't I want to know more so I can tell you? My father must have known that, since the last time you had an idea, he talked to his mother about these things, and he no longer avoided me! ”

Zhou Nian smiled, and then thoughtfully: "It's a pity that the people on our side can't speak in front of Ma Xuanshi, otherwise it's good to remind her a few words." In her father's case, I always felt that there was something wrong, the person died in a timely manner, you must know that there were more than ten or eight Liang faction officials involved in that case. ”

Li You lightly high-fived: "That's a good thing!" If this Ma Xuanzhi knew that the Liang family was actually her enemy, it would be really fun! After thinking about it, he sighed secretly: "It's a pity that her mother is still living in the Liang family, but I'm afraid she won't dare to abandon the secret and turn to the light." ”

"It's up to others to persuade her." Zhou Nianyi said something by implication, and immediately changed the topic, "Today is bright, why don't you go out for a walk, but come to me to chat?" ”

Li You said depressedly: "Don't mention it, today's mother invited several families to drink tea, and brought seven or eight young ladies, including my second and third sisters, chattering and filling a room, where can I eat?" I had to find an excuse to quit early, and I didn't even dare to go to my grandmother's, so I had to come to you. ”

Zhou Nian laughed when he heard it: "I'm going to relieve your boredom." If you are really bored, you might as well go to Jingwang's Mansion for a walk, you went back to it, it was already half a month ago. ”

Li You waved his hand: "The eldest sister has to go into the palace to talk to the queen on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and the queen has been pregnant recently, and she has been with her for a longer time, and sometimes she even stays in the palace." The eldest brother-in-law is busy with business again, I went, I can only play with my little nephew, but he is still so young, he cries all day long, and he almost urinated on me last time, where do I dare to come to the door?! ”

Zhou Nian couldn't, so he had to talk to him for a while, Li You chatted and chatted, and he couldn't hold it back, and the house was running around. After not coming for a long time, he suddenly found that the Zhumeng Mountain Residence had changed, and the originally interesting poetry and anthology were missing, leaving only the orthodox classics such as the Four Books and the Five Classics, or books such as law cases, so he felt a little boring: "Anyway, I also left a few poetry books on the shelf, and I can relieve my boredom when I come." ”

Zhou Nian reluctantly responded: "Turn around and ask Chun'er to put it on the table." Go back early, and beware that the wife knows about you. ”

"It's okay." Li You waved his hand indifferently, "I have my father to support me!" But he looked at the sky and felt that it was time to go back, "Maybe all the ladies and ladies have gone back, right?" ”

After chatting a few more words, Li You said goodbye and left, and called Chunying to go with him. Chun Ying secretly scolded herself, she still had work to finish, so she had to eat lunch before continuing, so she hurriedly dropped the broom, said hello to Zhou Nian, and left with him.

Walking on the road, Li You asked Chunying a few questions, all about Zhou Nian's diet and daily life, and heard that she suspected that Zhou Nian often didn't sleep until midnight, so she sank her face, and sighed for a long time before she didn't speak again. She looked at him carefully and walked two meters behind him with a deferential expression.

When they returned to the door of Huanhuaxuan, they saw Mei Xiang standing on the door, with a little impatience and worry on her face, and immediately ran over when she saw them: "Third young master, it's not good, just now that King Jing's Mansion sent someone to deliver the news, saying that our mother was detained in the palace." ”

"What did you say?!" Li You was stunned, and then shouted, "What's the matter?!" ”

"I heard that Ma Xuan's attendant in the palace was diagnosed with a dragon fetus, so he was knocked down. Because the princess was present, the queen mother detained her. Mei Xiang's eyes were red, and her voice trembled, "Third Young Master, what should I do?" The old lady and the lady are panicking! Aunt Grandma She ...... Will it be okay?! ”

(I'll try to get sooner and more ...... ）。.。