The shadow of Xianyuntan is long, and the stars change a few degrees of autumn? Time flies, but four years have passed in a blink of an eye. Ye Menghan, who was still childish, was still a slightly naïve girl when Tianxing was fourteen years old. By the eighteenth year of Tianxing, she will really become a big girl.

The plantain in the yard was repaired and grown, and grew and repaired. In the past four years, Ye Menghan's yard has undergone a lot of changes, the swings she built when she was a child have long been dismantled, and the fruit trees she planted have also been transplanted elsewhere.

In addition to the original plantains, the remaining bamboo and plum blossoms in the garden are newly planted in recent years. The former pastoral interest has been wiped out, and now it looks like the Cinnamon Courtyard, taking the most elegant path.

Ye Menghan leaned on a cold plum tree with his back, holding a miscellaneous book in his hand, and his eyes were slightly closed, as if he was closing his eyes to recuperate. In the past four years, she has fought with Zhao several times in secret, although her life is safe. But after a long time, a heart has long been smoothed out, and only in her own small courtyard can she breathe a little leisurely.

Qiao'er led the little girl Mei'er into the yard, and saw Ye Menghan leaning on the side of the plum branch as if she was asleep. Hurriedly took off his cloak and put it over her.

It's the middle of winter, why is the young lady so careless, running into the yard to read alone. Still sleeping here so casually. If it was because of the cold, wouldn't it give the Zhao family another chance.

Qiao'er has already experienced a hundred battles in this house dispute, and she has been cautious in the past four years, and will never let the Zhao family find a chance to take advantage of. Mei'er, who came in this year, didn't know the sourness of their master and servant in the past, and only thought that Sister Qiao'er was too worried about Miss. Mei'er took the basket in Qiao'er's hand and said to her

"Sister Qiao'er, you go and serve Miss first. I took the flowers to the slate and dried them. ”

The basket contained some white plum and red plum petals. It was a young lady who instructed them to collect it and keep it for later to make flower tea. This is a trivial matter, and Qiao'er naturally has nothing to worry about. handed the basket in his hand to Mei'er, and took care of Ye Menghan by himself.

Although she arrived late, she had never seen Aunt Wan Ning, Ye Menghan's biological mother, who lived in the legend. But from the eyebrows and eyes of the young lady, you can also see how outstanding Aunt Wanning was back then.

The sideburns and clouds want to be fragrant and snowy, and the hibiscus is not as good as the beauty makeup. She is only a shallow learner, and she can't describe the beauty of the young lady in words. Only these two lines of poetry that happened to look at the book could better express her state of mind.

Who would have thought that such a woman would come down to earth like the fairy of Yaochi. A few years ago, she was a slightly rounded female doll with slightly rounded eyebrows and eyes.

The cold wind blew, knocking off her scattered hair. This slight itch disturbed Ye Menghan's light sleep. She opened her eyes slightly, and saw Qiao'er standing in front of her for an unknown amount of time.

"Why did I sleep here?"

Her voice was a little hoarse and lazy, out of the childishness of her childhood, and even this voice became graceful. The daughter Jiaoyu has competed in Kunshan jade breaks, and hundreds of birds are contending. Listening to it in people's hearts, it is like a long drought and a rainstorm, and it is an indescribable consolation.

"I think the young lady accidentally slipped a corner when she was watching the miscellaneous conversation and turned to Zhou Gong."

Qiao'er helped her to her feet and fastened the cloak that covered her. Ye Menghan said this, as if he realized that he still had a miscellaneous book in his hand. Only then did he get up a little embarrassed and whispered to her coquettishly

"I thought you would be back in a while, so I thought I would read a book in the yard and wait for you to come back to dry this plum blossom together."

After saying that, she realized that the cloak on her body was Qiao'er's one. Hurriedly dragged her to the house.

Since Qing'er's sister left, she has no playmates by her side. Over the years, she and Qiao'er have secretly avoided the plans of the Zhao family and her second sister. I have already given birth to a sense of dependence on each other. In addition, in the early years, she watched Sheng Ge die for Sister Qing'er. Only then did I understand that in the face of life and death, the door class is the most useless, and only loyal servants are rare.

This almost regarded Qiao'er as his own sister. Although the two are called master and servant, they have been companions for many years and have long been like relatives.

Qiao'er saw that she was worried about herself, and her heart was warm. It's just that no matter how close she is to Miss, no matter how much Miss treats her like a blood relative. She also understands that she has always been Miss's maid, and she must put Miss first in everything.

So as soon as he entered the house, he was busy boiling ginger tea to drive away the cold for Ye Menghan.

"Miss, don't stay in the yard for a long time in the future. Although Bianliang is not like those northern border cities, it is cold in winter and kills people. But if you freeze for so much, you will also get a wind chill. ”

Ye Menghan is often talked about by her, and naturally knows that this is a good intention. Then she smiled and nodded, and drank the ginger tea she had brewed. In the past four years, she has become more and more well-behaved, but I don't know if this well-behaved is real, or if she is coaxing her girl.

However, seeing that she drank the ginger tea to ward off the cold, Qiao'er was also a lot more relieved. was about to go out to find Mei'er, but Mei'er entered the house by herself.

"Miss, Mama Gui is here!"

The more powerful this Mama Gui is in front of Ye Menghan, the more disgusting she is in Ye Menghan's courtyard. Yes, in the third Miss Ye Fu, Mama Gui can be regarded as the first big broom star. As soon as she comes, she always has to bring some bad news. Even the newcomer Mei'er knows this. So, seeing that the heavy body was coming towards them from a distance, she hurried to the house and said goodbye to the young lady first.

Ye Menghan had just been dispelled by the news because of the warmth that had just arisen from the ginger tea. But no matter what, she can't stop the second sister's nurse from entering. I had to make a gesture and wait for the broom star to enter the door.

After a while, the courtyard remembered the sound of tapping, and as soon as Mama Gui opened the curtain, she entered by herself without replying.

"Hello Third Miss."

As soon as she entered the door, she immediately greeted Ye Menghan. It's just that the movements are so fast that the master and servant in this room can barely see the movements clearly, and she gets up.

"Our second lady is going to Longyin Temple to offer incense on the day of the New Year. Madame thought that it was a good thing, so she asked me to ask the third lady to prepare for it, and it would be good to go together when the time came. ”

Among the official women in Bianliang City, there is no one who does not burn incense and worship Buddha. Especially the festivals of the winter solstice and the small year are the top priority of the year's sacrifice and blessing. For the ladies who have been trapped in the house for a long time, in addition to the gatherings hosted by various prefectures throughout the year, only this Buddha worship can go out and walk.

So, it's always a good thing for girls. There is no lady who doesn't want to go. But the bad thing is that her family is the Zhao family. In the past years, whether it is worshipping ancestors or worshipping Buddha and incense, she has never brought herself along.

This year's whimsical invitation, which sounded so ill-intentioned, made her feel that it was a desperate journey.

What's more, Longyin Temple is on Shouyang Mountain on the outskirts of Bianliang City. Although it still belongs to Bianliang, the journey back and forth is extremely long, and the mountain road is not easy to walk, so you have to stay outside for one night.

Let her be alone with Zhao and Ye Mengxi, how could she not worry about her own safety.

Qiao'er also had an ugly face, thinking about how to help the young lady push off the incense this time. It's not the first day that Mama Gui has come to this courtyard, and she doesn't have to think about it to know that she must find a way to push it off. So before the two of them could speak, they continued

"The third lady doesn't have to refuse. Madame has already presented this matter to the master. The old man is feeling troubled by all things lately. Therefore, I attach great importance to going to Longyin Temple to incense, and I specially instructed the female relatives of the family to go. ”

Since the eldest son Ye Menghuai was promoted by the four princes, he sought an official position as a prince in the palace of the four princes. Their Ye family was classified into the line of the Four Princes.

Father Ye was busy competing with the officials of the prince's faction every day, and he was really tired. If the blind cow is stuck in the mud, he is too busy to take care of himself. That's when I became interested in this ghost theory. I feel that if I sincerely go to worship, I will not be able to get out of this quagmire.

Ye Menghan saw that the back road had been blocked, and he felt that this time he would go down if he didn't go.

I just don't know what kind of medicine is bought in Zhao's gourd?

Mama Gui saw that she didn't speak, and knew that she couldn't find a reason to refuse. With a smug look on his face, he asked deliberately

"Third Miss, is this going or not? You should give the old slave an answer, and let me talk back."

Qiao'er became angry when she heard this, but she also knew that it would be useless to have a conflict with Mama Gui. Not only can't I help Miss, but I'm afraid it will be worse.

"Nature is going. Mama can go back and talk back. ”

Since the Zhao family has been calculating for many days, it is useless for her to escape. It's better to send her away earlier, and it will save her a headache standing here.

Mama Gui didn't know that she was not welcome here at Miss San. It's just that she is subordinate to the master, and she is loyal to the second miss, so naturally she will not get along with the third miss. She was fearless about the situation in front of her.

After all, one is the concubine of Ye Mansion, and behind it is the housewife. The other is a helpless concubine. If anyone is a little smarter, who doesn't know who to attach to?

Mama Gui left without hesitation, and Qiao'er began to discuss with Ye Menghan. It's just that there must always be a problem first.

This time, the Zhao family made incense in Longyin Temple, and actually called Ye Menghan together. This is something that has never happened before, so that they don't even know where to think about it. can only speculate with the most sinister intentions that the Zhao family may make to beware of the evil tricks.

Since she is staying overnight, the Zhao family is most likely to do something that will damage her reputation. After succeeding, send her far away, whether she will marry a reckless man or a villain, it is not a matter of her words.

The worst scenario Ye Menghan could think of was like this. Qiao'er also thought of her, took her hand and said

"I'll follow Miss all the time! As long as we don't walk alone, we won't even get off the carriage along the way, and there will be no emergencies. When we enter the Longyin Temple, we will be safe. In that kind of ancient temple, no bad people will be allowed to enter. ”

Ye Menghan nodded approvingly. If she didn't even get out of the carriage, the Zhao family couldn't directly interfere with her in the carriage.

The master and servant thought a lot, but in fact, Zhao's mind this time was very simple. She never thought of attacking Ye Menghan in the process of incense. This time, Longyin Temple worshiped the Buddha and brought Ye Menghan with only one purpose, that is, she was afraid that she would stay alone in Ye Mansion and cause any trouble.

As Ye Menghan grew up, her beauty became more and more revealed. In the past, the Zhao family didn't pay too much attention to this matter, but when they gossiped with their son one day. Menghuai mentioned that the fourth prince Ling Wang seemed to have a good impression of this Nizi. Only then did she vaguely realize that this beauty was very likely to become an opportunity for this lowly person to ascend. It's like her vixen-turned-mother. Therefore, she will never leave her alone in Ye Mansion this time.