Li Fangfujin hurriedly entered the room, looked at the fourth elder brother, and then turned his head and shouted: "Go and serve the decanting soup, don't use the ordinary kind of sour soup, the fourth master can't stand the sourness the most." ”

It just so happened that the maid who served the soup came and served the whitebait decanting soup, Li Fangfujin took a look, nodded with a smile, and said: "Sure enough, the previous masters are right, the Qin steward in the Ninth Master's Mansion is different." He looked at the tea that had only been half drunk and smiled with satisfaction.

Qi Su Niang breathed a sigh of relief, recruited two maidservants, asked them to wait in front of her, and walked out of the courtyard with Fu Yourong.

At this time, the table in front of him was already dispersed, and the prince and the third elder brother really retired first and left together. The thirteenth master came to find the fourth master, and sat in the side courtyard and talked. The ninth master sent the guests away, turned around and went back to the study, where the eldest brother, the eighth, ninth, tenth, and fourteenth masters were waiting for him.

After being busy for a while, it was already the sun setting, and Qi Su Niang was next to the bench, so hungry. Shi diligently sent pastries and hot tea, turned to Shuanghong and said, "Don't kowtow to Miss Qi yet." ”

Shuanghong immediately knelt down, Qi Su Niang swallowed the snack in her mouth, and hurriedly pulled it up and said, "That's it, I didn't exert my strength, in the end, it was the face of the fourth elder brother." He said with a smile: "If the Great Steward of Qin is silent, these thirty canes can be sent." You'll remember to kowtow to the butler, and you'll have to be careful next time. ”

Shi wiped away his tears and said softly: "Girl, I'm not a fool, the fourth master and the big housekeeper still look at the girl's face." Shuanghong's little life is thanks to the girl. ”

Qi Su Niang shook her head, but she didn't have the strength to say more, she hurriedly ate some snacks and hot tea, so that her stomach was more comfortable, and before she could rest, there was a commotion in front of her, "Miss Qi, Miss Qi, the Queen Mother will pass you into the palace." ”

It was getting late, the summoned eunuch was in a hurry, the rules in the palace were big, Qi Su Niang had to wipe her face in the Shuanghong room, borrowed some jasmine powder, put on rouge, and entered the palace.

The Queen Mother looked in good spirits, and was very happy to see Qi Su Niang, beckoned her to come closer, looked at it for a while, nodded and said: "It's getting longer and neater, wearing this clothes, it really looks like it's in the flag, no wonder the fourteenth elder brother didn't quarrel in front of the mourning family at that time, saying that you were born in Wen's Baoyi." ”

Qi Su Niang had a lot of care from the Queen Mother, and she was very respectful of her, and said with a smile: "It's a pity that the slave maid is not in the flag, otherwise she will serve the Queen Mother Lafayette in the palace for a lifetime." ”

The Queen Mother laughed out loud and said, "If this is the case, wouldn't Chen Daring want to complain about the dead mourning family?" ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned for a while, she didn't speak for a long time, and when she saw the Queen Mother looking at her, she had a deep meaning in her eyes, knelt down and kowtowed, and said: "The people want to ask the Queen Mother for something, and ask the Queen Mother for permission." ”

The Queen Mother was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "You say." ”

Qi Su Niang took a breath and said: "Brother Chen, he is dedicated to controlling the water and being loyal to the emperor, and the people heard that the emperor intends to point out a good family for him, and the people think that this matter is a good thing for both public and private, and she also asked the queen mother to talk about this matter in front of the emperor, and the people are grateful." ”

The Queen Mother sighed and said: "I mentioned this matter at the beginning, the emperor originally wanted to give him a marriage, and when the mourning family called you, it was also to compensate you." Unexpectedly, he refused to live or die, so he had to push the boat down the river to let you stay in the palace and wait, so that you could save a little more dignity, and let the outsiders know the emperor's favor to him. He hasn't mentioned any of this to you? ”

Qi Su Niang knelt on the ground, holding back her tears, and said in a trembling voice: "Mother Chen is already kind to the people's daughters, and he is also affectionate and righteous to the people's daughters. The emperor is very loving, how can the people's daughter hinder his future for her own selfishness? ”

The Queen Mother muttered: "Now there is no rule for equal wives, if you want to be a concubine-" sighed, "The mourning family can't bear it, you are the wife of his mother, and you are so knowledgeable." After a pause, "If you refer to a concubine, it's not easy, you are Han people, and you have no foundation, but he has merit, the emperor raised his flag, and you will have to take a few steps back in the future......"

Qi Su Niang's hand under the sleeve clenched into a fist, kowtowed: "As the saying goes, the Taoist Qi can govern the country, and it is said that the male protagonist is outside the female protagonist, although the people and women are willing to take harmony as the precious, but the world is unpredictable, if he does errands for the emperor every day, he will not be at peace when he goes home, which is really the sin of the people's daughters." The Queen Mother and the Emperor originally wanted to become the daughters of the people, but they were the blessings of the people's daughters, and they had no marriage with him."

The Queen Mother couldn't help waving her hand and said: "That's it, that's it, let's not talk about this, there is still a year left and right filial piety, and then we will talk about it." Let's talk about some happiness, do you see Da Gege today? ”

Qi Su Niang collected her tears, and carefully told the Queen Mother about the full moon banquet of the Nine Masters' Mansion, and said that Da Gege was delicate and cute, which caused the Queen Mother to be happy for a while, nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "You are very capable now, you do things very decently, you have the appearance of being in charge, and you have not lost the face of the mourning family." After a pause, he sighed: "That's it, the emperor has been touring the south for a while, you follow to wait, and when you arrive in Huai'an, when the emperor asks him, you also listen, and it is not in vain that you support each other." ”

When Qi Su Niang heard that she was going to the south to see Chen Yan, she had all kinds of feelings in her heart, she kowtowed and thanked her, and the Queen Mother rewarded her with her clothes and jewelry when she was young, and let her withdraw.

When she left the palace, the carriage was directly pulled to the Nine Masters' Mansion, Qi Su Niang followed Fu Ming to the study, and vaguely saw the two masters walking out from under the veranda of the study, but the back was the fourth elder brother and the thirteenth elder brother. Qi Su Niang saw that they were dragged out of the house at this time, and she couldn't help but be strange, and when she arrived at the corridor of the study, Deli stopped Fu Ming and only let Qi Su Niang in.

Qi Su Niang felt slightly uneasy, and when she entered the study, she saw that the eldest brother, the eighth, ninth, tenth, and fourteenth elder brother were really there.

After she finished giving the ceremony, the ninth master coughed and asked, "What happened to the Queen Mother calling you into the palace?" ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned, I don't know why he asked, hesitated slightly, and considered: "Back to the ninth master's words, the queen mother asked Da Gege, and because the emperor wanted to tour the south, the queen mother ordered the slaves and maids to wait. ”

Qi Su Niang lowered her head, but felt a faint excitement in the study, and before she could figure it out, the ninth master smiled: "Okay, your errand is doing very well today, go back and rest." ”

Qi Su Niang answered, and was about to retreat, when the eighth master suddenly said: "What did the Queen Mother reward you?" ”

Qi Su Niang was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but raise her head, but when she saw that the eighth master was looking at her, she hurriedly lowered her and said, "Back to the eighth master, the queen mother rewarded the slave maid with her previous clothes and jewelry." "I was secretly suspicious.

The eighth elder brother didn't ask any more questions, and waved her out of the house. She was about to go out, the eldest brother coughed heavily, and the fourteenth elder brother suddenly said: "Don't go out tomorrow, I will go out of the palace after school to look for you." The voice was hesitant.

Qi Su Niang was already dizzy by these elder brothers, and she didn't think much about it, she answered "yes" in a daze, she opened the door of the study, but she heard a burst of crying outside, Qi Su Niang was stunned, and heard the voice of Shuanghong, and couldn't help but look back at Jiu Ye.

The ninth master frowned and said: "It's not a good system, you go and take a look, since the prince has taken a fancy to her, he sent someone to ask for it, so he naturally has to go happily, crying like this, it's too unruly." ”

Qi Su Niang trembled in her heart, only to feel that the blood in her whole body was drained instantly, like falling into an ice kiln, she answered with a hoarse voice, and went out with trembling steps.

By the time she arrived at Fang Fujin's courtyard, Shuanghong's house was empty, and the jasmine pollen on the dresser had scattered and turned white.