Just as she was talking and laughing, Qu Ying seemed to suddenly remember something, turned her head and instructed the maid Hongxuan: "It's just about talking-quickly bring the things over." ”

Hongxuan then took a thin bamboo basket and removed the cover, and in the basket were one or two dozen bright oranges of red and yellow.

Lu Jiayue frowned at the tip of her nose, sniffed lightly, and smiled unconsciously, "As soon as my sister came in, I smelled a fruity fragrance, but I didn't care, I thought it was my sister's new incense, but it turned out to be the fragrance of fruit." ”

Qu Ying smiled and reached out to scratch the tip of Lu Jiayue's nose, "The nose is really smart." This orange was only collected at the door of the front yard this morning, and there were only four or five baskets in total, and they were divided among the grandmothers and the rooms, and everyone tasted them and said that they were sweet and delicious, and I thought that you drank medicine every day, but I was afraid that my tongue would be bitter, so I kept a copy and brought it to you for a sweet mouth. ”

"It's still my sister who loves me," Lu Jiayue was also happy, and told Juxiang with a smile, "Go get the plate, I'll cut it myself." ”

Ju Xiang took a sweet white glazed porcelain plate, and was about to look for the hand knife for cutting the fruit again, Lu Jiayue said again, "Go and get the small silver knife in the purple lacquer box on my dresser." ”

The delicate and delicate silver knife, only the size of her palm, has a gilt cut on the handle, and the blade is made of sterling silver, as thin as a piece of paper, and the light can be seen.

The small silver knife was held in his hand, and the feeling of coldness and coldness was still there, as clear as yesterday.

It is said that she Lu Jiayue is timid and cowardly, such a sharp thing, in her previous life, where did she get the courage to cut her face one by one?

Lu Jiayue was silent, holding on to the small silver knife, meticulously cutting oranges.

The sweet aroma of the orange peel, mixed with the fruity aroma of the juice, is fresh and rich, filling the room, and you can already feel how sweet the flesh will be before you enter the mouth.

Qu Ying smiled in his ear: "The way you cut oranges reminds me of the words of my predecessors." ”

Lu Jiayue raised her eyes: "What word?" ”

Qu Ying pointed to her hands, "It is like water, Wu Yan is better than snow, and the slender hand breaks the new orange." ”

Under the warm yellow light, the hands holding the small silver knife were slender and delicate, as white as clotted fat.

Lu Jiayue was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Sister laughed naughtily, this is the words of the predecessors, arranging Song Huizong and Master Li." My little silver knife is indeed produced in Bingzhou, but as for the side, I don't dare to take it. ”

Qu Ying's face suddenly turned red, and he knew that he had made a mistake, and he had no intention of comparing Lu Jiayue to the famous trick Li Shishi of the previous dynasty.

Lu Jiayue didn't care at all, put the cut oranges into the sweet white glazed porcelain plate one by one, wiped her hands with a handkerchief, and pushed the porcelain plate to Qu Ying's hand, "Sister eats it too." As he spoke, he had already pinched a petal, and when he took a bite, the sweet taste of honey melted between his lips and teeth.

Lu Jiayue pursed her lips and smiled: "It's really sweet-such a fresh and sweet orange, I'm afraid it's just a tribute, right?" ”

Qu Ying still felt that his words were out of proportion, and he was slightly annoyed in his heart, although he also took a petal in his hand, he didn't eat it, "You drink medicine every day, but your tongue is still so smart, this is the honey orange that has just been paid tribute to Beijing from Shandong." ”

"Could it be that someone is taking a tribute to please my uncle?" Lu Jiayue put aside the orange peel and took another petal.

Lu Jiayue's uncle is Qu Hong, the eldest man of the Qu family, and Qu Ying's father, and now he is the official position of the right attendant of the third product in the household department. The household department is in charge of the treasury and the world's silver and grain, and when serving in the household department, it is inevitable that some people will rush to flatter them.

Qu Ying's face was red again, and she hesitated slightly, and the maid on the side had already smiled first: "Miss Hui, when Lord Lou arranged to pay tribute to the fresh fruits in Beijing, he specially ordered someone to leave a few baskets and send them to the mansion for Miss to try. ”

"I want you to talk more." Qu Ying snorted lightly.

Shandong... Lord Lou...

Lu Jiayue remembered that in his previous life, Lou Wenke, the son of Lou Ji'an, the political envoy of Shandong, was Qu Ying's husband.

At this time in the previous life, Qu Ying and Lou Wenke had already made a marriage contract.

In the previous life, the people of the Qu family said that Lou Ji'an, the political envoy of Shandong, had great achievements in official politics and a bright career, Lou Wenke was young and talented, and his appearance was outstanding, and the Lou family and the Qu family were world friends, and the fact of this marriage was a godsend.

However, who would have expected that when the Qu family suffered a catastrophe, the aunt of the Lou family, who was praised by everyone, in order to protect himself from being implicated, actually abandoned Qu Ying, who was pregnant with Liujia, and expelled him from the house.

Qu Ying has always been gentle and demure, but there were times when she was decisive and resolute, although she suffered this change, she never begged for the Lou family, and only used three feet of white silk to cut herself off from the Lou family.

Lu Jiayue raised her eyes and quietly looked at Qu Ying.

Qu Ying is in her prime, with red face and green sideburns, picturesque eyebrows, and Zhou shows the elegant and chaste state of a noble girl from a family.

Such a wonderful person, but he fell to that bleak ending, how pitiful!

Lu Jiayue was stunned in her heart, and only lowered her head and ate oranges silently.

Although the people of the Lou family are hateful, this orange is innocent, and it tastes so sweet, you don't eat it for nothing.

Qu Ying saw that Lu Jiayue liked to eat, so she said, "Mother still has half a basket there, I'll send you some more tomorrow." ”

"Well, thank you, sister." Lu Jiayue said with a reluctant smile.

Qu Ying and Lu Jiayue ate a plate of oranges, and Qu Ying estimated that Lu Jiayue should also rest, so he told her a few words and went back.

Lu Jiayue came down from the kang and sent Qu Ying to the porch outside the door. Qu Ying tried her best to dissuade her, afraid that she would catch the wind again, but she insisted on doing so, so she had to let her.

Lu Jiayue stood under the porch, watching Qu Ying's back leave, until she disappeared outside the moon cave door.

The rain never stopped, wrapped in the night wind and sloping, and the chill became more and more intense. The wind lamps under the porch swayed in the wind, like fallen leaves floating in the vast night.

What happened in the previous life is a foregone conclusion and irreversible. Fortunately, everything has not happened in this life, how can she watch Qu Ying marry the ruthless Lou Wenke again?

When a thought arises in the heart, it must be put into action.

So he instructed Xin Zhu: "Let Xiaoshun and Xiaocheng come in to see me tomorrow." ”

Xin Zhu responded, "Miss, but what do you want to send them out to buy?" ”

The corners of Lu Jiayue's lips were slightly raised, with a faint smile, and a delicate face as jade was hidden in the dim light shadow, and the smile became vague.

"Just let them come, and have a good errand for them."