But with the Huo family's family and ability, there is no way to refuse.

Mrs. Huo looked at Huo Roufeng: "What do you think?" ”

Huo Roufeng's eyes shone brightly, and she said: "Right now, King Rong's army has broken through the Niangzi Pass, but King Qing is still thinking about taking advantage of the people, and the Queen Mother and the Queen are even more competing for me to overthrow the emperor, sister, don't you think there is no hope for this court?" ”

Mrs. Huo was startled, she didn't expect her sister to say such a thing, but fortunately, there was only one Green Cloud serving by her side, even so, Mrs. Huo still waved her hand to let Green Cloud retreat.

Only then did she sink her face and reprimand her sister: "This kind of thing is not something we can say, let alone something we should say, don't mention it again in the future." ”

My sister is still young, and she must be controlled, the capital is different from Hangzhou, where you can kill three officials by dropping a bunch of signboards.

I heard that there is also a brocade guard, who often arrests people in the streets and alleys, if my sister is outside and says such a rebellious thing, and it happens to be heard, then it will cause trouble.

Therefore, she must take care of her sister.

Huo Roufeng shrunk her neck, and leaned on the shoulder of Mrs. Huo like no bones: "Sister, don't train me, don't train me, I'm going to be scared." ”

As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and stuck out his tongue to look like a hanged ghost.

Mrs. Huo couldn't cry or laugh, peeled a chestnut with her own hands and stuffed it into her mouth, and scolded: "What else can you do besides being coquettish?" ”

Huo Roufeng ate the chestnut in two bites, took another sip of tea, and then said with a smile: "In addition to being coquettish, I will also tell the truth, and only say what I say to my sister alone." ”

Mrs. Huo's heart was sour, she stretched out her arm and hugged her into her arms, and said softly: "Okay, it's my sister's fault, just tell my sister what you have in your heart in the future." ”

Huo Roufeng grimaced at her and continued: "Sister, I just said it, don't you think there is no hope for this court?" ”

Mrs. Huo sighed and said, "I heard that the emperor is bent on becoming a monk. ”

"Yes, sister, we are not a clan, nor a noble, nor a family of eunuchs, but this kind of thing can also be known, it is conceivable that the court and the Forbidden City have long become a big sieve, we can know, the fine work of the Tartar can also know, and the fine work of King Rong can know even better, even if King Rong is defeated in the end, the emperor has lost the hearts of the people."

Mrs. Huo didn't expect her sister to say such a bunch of words, she said: "How can the emperor care about the people's hearts? ”

"How not? If you lose the hearts of the people, you will lose the world. Huo Roufeng said very seriously.

After speaking, she shook her head, as if to herself and to Mrs. Huo: "No matter what, what does this have to do with me, it doesn't matter." ”

Mrs. Huo was a little strange when she saw her, but she didn't think much about it, her thoughts were all on King Qing's matter.

She said to Huo Roufeng: "No matter what, the top priority at the moment is King Qing, and we can only agree." ”

As long as the Huo family took Yunnan tea and sent it to Qingwangfu according to what Su Qian said, it means that the Huo family agreed.

Huo Roufeng nodded and said to her sister: "I also think that I have to agree first, and as for the future, I will talk about it slowly." ”

Mrs. Huo sighed, they had no choice, from the time Grandma Wang San drank that cup of poisoned wine, the Huo family had no choice.

The next day, Huo Roufeng asked someone to take a small box of tea cakes and send them to King Qing's Mansion.

Qingwangfu gave a return gift, which was a jar of osmanthus wine.

Mrs. Huo called Chu Qing over, and asked about the affairs of Yunnan carefully, and finally put her heart down temporarily.

In a blink of an eye, it was the day when White Narcissus came to the house to tell stories, and the maids and women were very happy. Huo Da Niang doesn't like to be lively, usually in the house is just to discuss business matters with the shopkeepers, although the ninth master loves to play and make trouble, but it is not a home, as long as the eldest lady can't see it, the ninth master will run out to play, therefore, whether it was in Liuxi Lane in Hangzhou before, or now in Shuangjing Hutong in Beijing, they have not even been invited to sing, let alone this female storyteller who has never seen or heard in Hangzhou.

Huo Roufeng simply gave half of the maids a holiday, as long as it was not worth it, they could come over to listen to the story.

The place to tell the story is in the open hall in the front yard, the front and back yards of other people's houses are clearly distinguished, and they are separated by the women's wall.

But since the Huo family passed away, the meaning of the front and back yards has not been great. The front yard is where Huo Da Niang and Huo Roufeng entertain guests, and the backyard is a place for people to live, in the scholarly family and the official eunuch's house, the man has to live in the outer courtyard when he is seven or eight years old, but the merchant family does not have so many rules, most of them officially move out after tying their hair, therefore, Huo Roufeng is only eleven years old, and she still lives in the backyard with her sister, and sometimes she also entertains guests in her own yard.

Today, the storyteller is set up in the front yard.

She didn't invite guests, it was her sister and her, plus a bunch of maids and maids in the house.

When White Narcissus came, he brought an old man and two maids with him.

The old man was thin and thin, with a sharp beak and monkey gills, if it weren't for a few mouse whiskers on his chin, Huo Roufeng would have thought that he was a monkey spirit that ran out of nowhere.

The two maids were both fourteen or fifteen years old, with bright water, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and they looked very pleasing.

Huo Roufeng looked at the old man, then at the two maids, and then at the white-eyed white narcissus, and always felt that he didn't know what was wrong.

At this time, Xiao Ye told her: "Ninth Master, Aunt Hua San is here." ”

Huo Roufeng hadn't seen Hua Sanniang for two or three days, not only two or three days, but if you think about it carefully, I'm afraid I haven't seen her for ten days.

In the evening, she received a letter from Zhanhuai, but it was not sent by 600 miles as before, but someone made a special trip from Fujian to deliver the letter.

The letter was accompanied by eight mahogany boxes.

Cai Qin couldn't help frowning when she looked at these boxes, and asked the person who came to deliver the things: "What about the gift list?" ”

It was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy who came, he scratched his head, and said in a Hokkien official dialect: "There is no gift list, the fifth master said to let the ninth master of your family open it by himself." ”

Cai Qin was not angry: "Who knows what you guys do?" What if it's stolen goods? What if there are snakes, insects, rats and ants hidden? ”

The young man had a bitter face: "No, this is the fifth master who put it in with his own hands, and it won't be the things you said." ”

Cai Qin was about to say more, and Huo Roufeng's voice came from behind her: "It's okay, it's okay, I'll open it myself." ”

If Zhan Huai dared to hide snakes, insects, rats and ants in it, she would catch them all and send them to the Minguo Mansion, and as for the stolen goods, of course, she would not.