The autumn wind blew, and the osmanthus flowers bloomed all over Yangzhou City, with a rich fragrance of flowers.

Yangzhou Zhaoguan Wharf was noisy, and the scholars from the two prefectures of Suzhou and Yang, who came back from Jiangning City, were in groups of three or five, either taking passenger boats or taking boats, and they went north and headed for the capital.

Their discussion drifted away with the wind, and they could be heard faintly, "The emperor Shengming, Kali is dismissed, Lord Zhang is retained, and Lord Futai said, this is all the emperor's grace, and the emperor's kindness to the world's scholars, we should go to the capital to thank Long En——"

"Lord Futai's words are extremely ......"

Qi Su Niang sat in the cabin, smelling the fragrance of osmanthus flowers in the wind, only to feel dizzy and heavy. She leaned on the lattice window and watched the boats of the Jiangsu Cao Gang and the River Pacesetters disperse after entering the Yangzhou Banknote Pass, leaving only the Fuya escort boat to sail all the way to the wharf of the Fuyahouzhai.

The house behind the government is quiet, only the half pond lotus has not been fully grateful, although it is white and fragrant, but it is far less pleasing than the osmanthus at the time.

Bi'er helped Qi Su Niang inside, called Zhi'er to boil water and take flowers, asked Li'er to quickly make up the soup, and came in with a bath bucket to bathe Qi Su Niang.

Qi Su Niang sat in the bucket, smelling the strong fragrance of osmanthus flowers in the bath water, physically and mentally exhausted. The heat of the bath water was bubbling upward, and she finally fell asleep in a hazy way, only asking vaguely, "Bi'er, go and see, where is Ye...... How did he ...... How...... Don't come to see me......"

Seeing her close her eyes, Bi'er didn't dare to make a sound, but slowly wiped her back with a bath towel.

Chen Yan in the front office threw aside his official business, summoned the head of the official team accompanying the ship, asked carefully, and after strictly ordering, he called Xiaolian in.

"Send the red stickers to the banquet to Mr. Cui's mansion and Caolian's mansion. Ask them to be sure to look at their faces. Chen spoke. He hurried back to the back house.

Walked to the bottom of the porch. I could hear the soft sound of water in the inner room. The sound of the dress and the crisp impact of the hairpin ring. After a month or two of silence, the house was filled with the sound of these women. Suddenly, there was anger.

Chen Yan left because of Qi Su Niang. And the panic for a month or two slightly loosened the heart of the earth. Joy welled up and hurried a few steps. Got to the door.

The smell of water and the fragrance of osmanthus flowers came out of the crack in the door. poured into Chen Yandi's nose. He was about to push the door open, but he couldn't help but pause. Muttering. "Su Niang doesn't love osmanthus ......"

He stared hard into the crack in the door, only to see steaming water and a hazy figure. He rested his head against the crack in the door. Inhale deeply. Carefully distinguishing the strong floral fragrance found the familiar taste of Qi Su Niang.

Chen Yan's center of gravity finally stabilized.

He hesitated for a moment with his hand on the door, reluctantly took it back, he walked away from the door, lifted his official robe with one hand and waved his hand to hold the official hat, and rushed to the small garden behind him with a heart eager to please.

There are still a few remnants of lotus in the lotus pond, which are half-open and half-closed in the water, and the petals are especially fresh. Chen Yan rushed to the lotus pond, and for a while he couldn't hold back his feet from stepping on the green and wet mud on his feet, and his official boots were also dirty.

The small painting boat of the double swallow staggered towards the lake, sweating profusely and supporting the green bamboo, and the unfamiliar movements scattered the fish in the water from time to time. He finally propped the boat up to the lotus leaves, the hat had already fallen off, and the top of the lapis lazuli was rolling on the board.

Chen Yan dropped the embroidery: made a move, and picked two unthankled lotus flowers.

The fragrance of lotus flowers wafted away, Chen Yan got off the boat, ran to the inner room with the flowers, stopped in front of the door, he gasped, and quietly pushed the door open.

The inner room was hot and foggy, and Bi'er was adding hot water to the bathtub, and Qi Su Niang was already asleep.

When Bi'er saw Chen Yan, he was first startled, then looked at the lotus flower in his hand, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, silently handed over the bath towel in his hand, and withdrew.

Chen Yan stood in the bathtub, bent down, and carefully examined Qi Su Niang. Worry and fatigue had already eliminated the plumpness on her face, and the strands of hair that leaked out of the golden hair's bun stroked the thin cheeks and stretched to the corners of her tightly pursed mouth, and her pointed chin rested on the edge of the tub.

Chen Yan stretched out his hand and wanted to stroke the hair at the corners of Qi Su Niang's mouth, but saw his hands full of sludge. He looked at the lotus flower in his hand, lifted the hem of the eight-python five-clawed official robe, wiped the sludge on the root of the flower, looked at Qi Su Niang, and put the flower into the bath.

The lotus flower floats in the water, and the faint fragrance is baked out by the heat, overflowing the room, and the fragrance of the osmanthus flowers is also dispersed. If it was because of this fragrance, the corners of Qi Su Niang's tight mouth stretched out, and she slept even deeper.

Chen Yan wiped his hands clean, rolled up his sleeves, and silently wiped his back for Qi Su Niang in the bathtub, only to feel that the skin under his hands was tight, and the familiar softness was gone, and after a while, he said softly: "It's so thin that you can feel the bones......

Qi Su Niang was still asleep.

The heat gradually dissipated, Chen Yan took Qi Suniang out of the bucket, dried himself, put on his belly pocket and gauze pants, he was already soaked.

The lotus seed lily double pillow on the large shelf bed in Hangzhou has been used for 12 years, and it is still half new and half old. The lotus branch pattern on the bed tent was still her own bamboo, Chen Yan sat on the edge of the bed, covered Qi Su Niang with a thin quilt, and stared at her for a long time.

Twelve years ago, the clever little girl with her forehead and eyebrows and long eyebrows and apricot eyes has grown into a delicate young woman with black hair and clouds, apricot eyes and peach cheeks. Chen Yan still remembers the smell of food through the cracks in the door of the small courtyard in Jiangning, the small figure busy in the stove, and the wet clothes that filled the courtyard.

The warm smell and the moist rain in Jiangnan, through the little girl's not feminine but real smile, wrapped his tired body and painful heart, wrapped the small courtyard in Jiangning, and gave him a home again......

She is the mother of Su Niang......

Chen Yan smiled slightly, thinking back to the shy and clumsy eighteen-year-old actor, who only knew that he handed over the old family money bag and the brass key of the small courtyard passed down by his mother, only knew that he handed over his mother's letter, and only knew that he had taken the last two pieces of chicken in the vegetable bowl over, but he didn't dare to tell this girl that this was home, his and hers' home......

Qi Su Niang on the bed moved, interrupting Chen Yan's memories. Chen Yan watched her shrink her head into the quilt, smiled dumbly, stretched out his hand, pressed the quilt for her, and let the quilt covering her mouth and nose be under her chin, providing her with a room to breathe freely, and would not suffocate herself in the quilt for fear of the cold autumn and winter.

Chen Yan sighed, and she was the same on the boat—with the fear of the flood, the fear of the life and death of the nobles, and the worry about him—with her head down, curled up, and trembling. So when the words came to my mouth several times, I couldn't bear to say it, but I just tried my best to please the emperor, and let the little brother, who was still a child, go to her room every day......

"If you are an official, you have to invite pets, and you must go to work when you return to your hometown......" Chen Yan muttered to himself, thinking about it. Chen Yan lowered his head and kissed Qi Su Niang, put down the bed tent, changed his clothes lightly and walked out of the room.

Xi Shen, Qi Su Niang woke up from her slumber and screamed vaguely, "......But no one responded, only heard the door bolt slightly, Bi'er walked in with water, "Grandma." ”

Qi Su Niang's face was slightly gloomy, and she smiled reluctantly: "Bi'er, why don't you rest much, you are tired for a while." ”

Bill shook his head, "Grandma never told me to get off the boat, where will the slave and maid be tired." Put down the basin and raise the tent, and whispered to Qi Su Niang's ear: "Ye invited Cui Qian to a banquet in Heqing Garden at noon, and invited Li Er to be in charge of the house in Zuibai Garden. ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned, "What is this for...... I've just come back today to entertain these ...... He probably didn't want to...... I don't want to stay at home......" Bi'er Fang was about to speak, but Qi Su Niang smiled bitterly, "Bi'er, I really don't have the strength to move, and I can't think about things, let me sleep for a while, and wait until tomorrow... ...... again", he fell back to the bed, pulled the quilt, covered his head and fell asleep.

When the drums sounded at the beginning of the shift, Chen Yan hurried back, and after drinking the decanting soup, he asked, "Is grandma awake?" ”

Bill looked at his color, "I woke up in the evening, and now I sleep again." Hesitantly said, "Grandma, grandma, she ......" Chen Yan had already strode to the inner room.

Chen Yan gently pushed open the door, only to see that the room was dark. There was a faint sleeping figure on the bed. Seeing that figure, Chen Yan felt that the heart in his chest was beating really, steady and steady. He fumbled his way to the candlestick on the round table, but faintly heard some noises, as if they were nothing.

Chen Yan listened attentively, and suddenly heard Qi Su Niang's crying, and was suddenly startled. He hurriedly ran to the bedside, opened the tent and hugged Qi Su Niang into his arms, "Su Niang, Su Niang, what's wrong, but it's a nightmare?" Reached out to touch Qi Su Niang's face, but touched the tears on his hands, and hurriedly coaxed: "I'm here, Su Niang, I'm here." ”

Qi Su Niang was tightly hugged by Chen Yan in her arms, and she couldn't speak. Chen Yan patted her back gently, "Don't be afraid, I'm here." ”

Qi Su Niang choked, "Brother Chen......"

Chen Yan fumbled with his sleeve to wipe the tears on her face, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, I'll sleep with you." ”

Qi Su Niang lay in Chen Yan's arms, her worried heart gradually settled, she smelled a faint smell of wine, and said softly: "Brother Chen, why do you want to invite Master Cui and Li Er to drink today?" ”

Yan was silent for a while, "I can suppress the servant I sent to you." But the river pacesetters and the Cao gang sailors were under the hands of both of them. Take advantage of today's party to let them shut those people's mouths. At least in Yangzhou Mansion, you don't have to listen to gossip. ”

Qi Su Niang bit her lip tightly, but tears kept pouring out, "I'm sorry......"

Chen Yan shook his head in the darkness and said slowly: "If it is...... If I can control the people in Yangzhou Mansion, you don't have to suffer these hardships, you don't like to socialize these things, let alone ......"

Qi Su Niang shook her head desperately, choked her throat and said, "You can't help it." The resentment of the people of Kali is too great, and it is not just a matter of Jiangnan Township trying it at this point. Zhang Boxing's reputation in Jiangnan is too good, if he wants to lose his official position and die, who can bear it, how can you control it? ”

Chen Yan sighed, "In the end, I am useless, knowing that you are unwilling to let Brother Qi Qiang have an accident, but I failed to help you, but asked you to suffer these crimes." ”

Qi Su Niang's heart was happy and stable, buried on Chen Yan's middle coat to wipe her tears and snot, Chen Yan smiled softly, "These days, I often worry that you have complained about me in your heart, and you will never come back......"

Qi Su Niang snorted and said with a smile: "There is no matter." I'm still worried that you don't want me anymore......"

Chen Yan said softly: "What is not ......"

The autumn days in the south of the Yangtze River are passing day by day, and the capital is already full of fallen leaves.

In the Ningchun Pavilion of Changchun Garden, Brother Jiu took a sip of Qiao Jiabai and let out a sigh, "Kali is dismissed, Zhang Boxing is retained, and the three or four Qin cha's recitals are equal to writing in vain, and the emperor only looks at the secret folds to get ideas." ”

The tenth master slapped the table and said angrily: "If it weren't for Chen Bianzhi's ability to control Yangzhou Shizi——"

"It's weird if he can control it. There is no Yangzhou, and there is Suzhou, and the people of Kali are blamed for being too dissatisfied" The ninth elder brother looked at the tenth elder brother, "Okay, your deputy chief examiner has made a lot of money, even if it is a decision, it will not be a loss." ”

The eighth elder brother slowly shook the bamboo and white yarn folding fan of the muddy gold Xiangfei, "I don't blame Kali or Chen Changzhi, I can only blame Cao Yin's cunning and cunning——"

When the tenth master heard this, he was angry, jumped up and scolded: "If we all thought that he was sick to death, who would put his hand under his nose?" This old immortal dares to pretend to be sick! I can't kick him to death! ”

Brother Nine handed over a cup of Qiao Jiabai, Brother Ten dried it up, 7 took a few breaths, turned his head and shouted to Brother Fourteen, who was sitting far away under the lattice window blowing a cool breeze: "Old Fourteen, what are you doing in that corner?" This time, you took advantage, and everyone said that you took a powerful minion! , why didn't the master see the girl's strength in the first place, and it was clear that he wanted to blackmail the master! It's all used to you! If it's a slave in the master's house, this is death! ”

Brother Jiu laughed, "It's a shame for her, and it also allows us to take advantage of it, so we got out before Cao Yin tossed it." At the beginning, I was thinking in my heart, Qin Daoran muttered in my ear that I had to keep Qi Qiang, otherwise Jiangnan's business would have to be in trouble. I was still hesitating, and the news came from there. When I looked at it, I said, why didn't I see it in the first place? ”

Eighth Elder Brother chuckled, "Don't look at her flamboyant and arrogant, she wants to blackmail her master, but she is a strong outsider." As long as Qi Qiang is in your mansion, she won't dare to do anything. Or if the fourteenth brother opens his mouth, she has to weigh it. A woman's family, can't turn up the big waves. As long as she can make more money for you, who cares what she was when she was and what she is now? But you have to take the business of the tooth shop slowly, and then teach her the rules of being a slave! ”

Brother Jiu nodded, and said: "Qin Daoran is slowly closing the business in the tooth shop, but this matter is not in a hurry, Qi Qiang is also a capable slave, and the affairs in the south are in the past, and I still have a place for him." As for Qi Qiang's sister-" Turning her head to look at the fourteenth elder brother, "That's your servant, you spoil her again, and I won't speak brother." It's just that my brother and I don't have such a slave who doesn't know the rules, don't patronize her waist and give her a boost, if you don't teach her a lesson, she will turn the sky upside down! ”

The fourteenth elder brother did not say anything.

Eighth Brother smiled: "You have a good vision. She has loyalty and means, and she is a worm in Chen Changzhi's stomach, as long as she understands it, she will be more of a place to use it in the future. As soon as he got the news that Zhang Boxing was retained, he immediately instructed the Yangzhou scholars to go north to the gate of Changchun Garden to thank the emperor Long En, and you didn't see the emperor's spiritual strength that day? The emperor had a big errand for him, and now this idea is to be decided.

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