Brother walked into the second door, and then turned back to the person who spoke before: "I'm back, what are you doing in the hall?" The wife of the house must be busy too, right? I'll just go in. Then he went inside. The man looked anxious, but he didn't dare to stop him again, so he had to turn back and reprimand the gatekeepers: "Why didn't you stop this master?" The eldest lady has already commanded, and you don't listen! Not a word of this is to be heard, let me hear a little wind outside, and watch your skin! ”

The crowd dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, so they had to respond weakly. The man said to a thin man next to him, "You stay here for the time being, and I'll go back to the eldest lady." Then he left.

Shuning recognized that the man was the steward of the second gate, known as Uncle Zhong, and the thin man was the little uncle of Suxin, who was barely a deputy steward. But these are nothing, what she noticed is that the fifth elder brother seems to have changed a little, although it still feels very gentle, but it adds a touch of strength, his face is full of energy, full of vitality, and there is no longer the gloom of the past.

was wondering, but heard Tongying next to him say, "Tsk...... I only returned to Beijing yesterday, and I ...... today" She realized that she was a little closer to Tongying, and the other party was still pulling her elbow, hurriedly moved two steps to the side, and gently broke free. Tongying also noticed it, straightened up, touched her head, and was slightly embarrassed.

Only then did Shuning realize that Tongying was actually very tall, no different from an adult, and she was stepping on the bottom of a two-inch-tall flower pot, and she was half a head shorter than him. Thinking back to Fang Cai's situation, she felt a little uncomfortable. He asked casually, "Why is Brother Tongying avoiding the fifth elder brother?" What's wrong with you and him? ”

Tong Ying smiled bitterly: "What's wrong? He has been in good spirits recently, and he has made meritorious contributions and won the emperor's commendation, and everyone is impressed by him. He is now Lord Belle and will move into the new mansion next spring. I heard about him and admired him very much. ”

"Then why are you avoiding it?"

Tong Ying hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, it's nothing. I have been in Beijing for a few years, and among the princes, I am relatively close to the third elder brother, the fourth elder brother and the seventh elder brother. Fifth Brother rarely played with us in the past. It's just that I'm friendly with the fourth elder brother. But lately, for some reason. He suddenly alienated the fourth elder brother, and when he met, it was just a false story, and he didn't have a good face when he saw us. So I just avoided it so as not to be embarrassed. ”

Shuning was a little surprised, remembering that when she first saw these princes, four or five would go shopping together. The year before last, the fourth elder brother came to his house and asked Wanning if she needed to bring a message to the fifth elder brother, it stands to reason that their brotherly relationship should be good, and the fifth elder brother has a gentle personality and has always been kind to others, but suddenly estranged from the fourth elder brother, could it be ...... Shuning thinks of a certain beauty, is it because of her?

She looked at Tongying. Tong Ying just smiled slightly. It seems that this reason is also in mind. When he was in Fangshan, he knew Wanning's thoughts, but it was difficult to say. She couldn't help but sigh.

Tong Ying coughed lightly. whispered: "I should go, you take care, remember to use the medicine I gave you." Shuning lowered her head and answered softly.

Tong Ying smiled, suddenly took a few steps on the spot, and then walked forward. Shuning understood what he meant, so she also stepped on the bottom of the flower pot to follow, only to hear him say loudly: "What's wrong with Lao Duan today?" I won't wait to be back so late. Ming'er has to ask him to explain it well. ”

Shuning snickered, and also followed Zhengse: "I'm really sorry, as soon as my brother comes back, I will definitely tell him to tell him to accompany you well." ”

Tong Ying smiled heartily: "Forget it, I've seen the new courtyard today, I know what kind of calligraphy and paintings to add." Tell your brother to rest assured, and Guan Bao will satisfy him. It's just that he owes this favor, and he must invite me to a good meal, and it must be a first-class restaurant in Beijing. As he spoke, he stepped out of the second door.

Shuning said: "Yes, don't worry, I will tell him." She stopped in the second gate, bowed uprightly, and said, "You go slowly, please forgive the little sister for not being able to send it far." Tongying waved her hand and went in the direction of the gate. Shuning glanced at Zhou Laoba next to him and said, "Why don't you keep up?" Is it impossible for guests to go out alone? What about horses? Go and pull. ”

Everyone was stunned, Zhou Laoba came to his senses when he heard this, hurriedly answered, beckoned a small guy to lead the horse, and caught up with him, smiling and following him. Shu Ning saw them disappear around the corner, so she turned around and glanced at everyone and asked, "Why don't you see Uncle Zhong?" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, a clever mother-in-law hurriedly replied: "Uncle Zhong has something to do and walks away, what do the three girls have to order?" Shuning naturally knew where he went, but he just used this to imply that he didn't know what had just happened, so he deliberately frowned, wanted to say something but didn't say it, and turned back.

When Zhou Laoba came back, his face was full of pride, and when others asked him if he had won the reward of the grandfather of the country, he took out two silver bills, which were two or two, and everyone was full of envy. He saw that the little guy who had just gone to lead the horse was a little angry, so he pursed his lips, took out some broken silver from his belt, looked at it about five dollars, threw it to the little guy, and said, "Take it, don't say that I have the advantage alone." This master is in a good mood today, and he is also generous. When you see him in the future, be smart, and there will always be your benefit. The little guy hurriedly changed his smile and took the money.

There was a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy next to him who asked: "Eighth master, who is this master, how can he enter and exit the second gate at will, but we want to stop that elder brother?" ”

Zhou Laoba glanced at him: "Boy, new here?" The mother-in-law hurriedly said: "Steward Zhou, this is my nephew, because my brother is sick, I let his son come to work." It's the first time I've been on a business trip today, so you can help me more. Then he slapped the little guy on the head and asked him to give Zhou Laoba a salute.

Zhou Laoba was very comfortable when he heard the words "Steward Zhou", so he said: "No need to be polite, the kid looks very clever, and he will definitely have a future in the future." If you want to talk about this master, it is the little prince of Prince Jian's mansion, and the golden branches and jade leaves that come out of the belly of the Eight Classics and Fujin. He and the fourth master of our family are small and often come and go, but recently both of them have entered the yamen to do business, so they have come less. Look at the situation. Most of them came to find the fourth master, but the fourth master came back late, so he didn't meet him. This young master often comes, and he is looking for a three-room landlord, so naturally he can't stop him. But that ......"

He looked left and right, lowered his voice, and then said: "That is the prince, a noble man from the heavenly family!" You've heard that, right? Our second girl. Next year's draft. It has already been determined that it is the fifth elder brother's concubine. You said that the marriage of this young couple has not yet been done. How do you meet each other? So the eldest lady said, to stop, please go to the outside hall to serve tea. But this prince is an infatuated place, and he is bound to come in to see the second girl. We couldn't stop it, so we had to keep our mouth shut and not let outsiders know the news, so as not to cause any gossip. You say don't you? ”

Everyone nodded, and flattered Zhou Lao Ba again, he was proud, and he heard Uncle Zhong come back to see him, and shouted: "What are you doing?!" He shuddered, and hurriedly leaned over with a smile to say nice things. Uncle Zhong just said "um", ignored it, and said for a long time: "Mrs. Fang just said." Forget it for now. If the fifth elder brother wants to come in again in the future, he must stop it, otherwise he will beat you board! But do not offend the noble. Got it? ”

Zhou Laoba and everyone complained in their hearts, but Uncle Biaozhong didn't look at it, and walked into the next room to rest.

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When Shuning returned to Huaiyuan, she happened to see the mother-in-law who had been watching in the study of the new courtyard report to Mama Cui about her relationship with Tongying: "...... The girl has been working hard, and then talked about poetry for a while, what flowers and scenery, but there is no difference. Draw here, you see. ”

Shu Ning saw that the red plum picture that Tongying gave her was in the hands of Cui Mama, and her heart couldn't help but be angry, she glared at the mother-in-law, and said, "This is something that someone else gave me, why did you take it without permission?!" ”

The mother-in-law lowered her hand and retreated, but Mama Cui glanced at the painting lightly and said, "What is the girl angry about?" Although it is an ordinary picture given by others, it is a young man's thing, and it must be inconvenient for the girl to put it in her own room, so let the old man keep it for you. ”

Shuning didn't get angry but laughed: "This little grandfather, in the past, often came, I have several paintings he painted, and my brother also has them, and it doesn't matter if there is more or less one." It's just that you don't live in my house for a long time, and if you want to collect things for me, when are you going to return them? ”

Mama Cui paused and glanced at Shuning a little sternly. Shuning was still smiling: "But Mama is also kind, since you came, I have learned a lot of things, and I am really grateful." It's a pity that you are a grandmother and can't live in a relative's house for a long time, otherwise I will hand over everything to you, and I will rest assured. By the way, there are still a few ancient paintings in my house, all of which were painted by men, and they are worth a few dollars. ”

Mama Cui was silent for a while before she said, "But it's the old body that has overpassed." In the past, I had heard of this little grandfather's painting, but now it is the first time I have seen it. It's a pity that the old body doesn't understand this, so it's better to ask the girl to take it herself. ”

Shuning smiled and glanced at Holly on the side, she hurriedly walked over and took it carefully, and retreated.

The courtyard was cold for a while, and Shuning smiled and said to Grandma Cui: "Grandma, there is still some time before dinner, what should I practice?" ”

Cui Mamu said expressionlessly: "Today's girl is more than half a quarter of an hour late, why did she send someone away for so long?" ”

Shu Ning squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "When I was sending the guests out of the second door, I happened to see the fifth elder brother coming in, so I avoided it." Mama, am I doing this? ”

Mama Cui frowned slightly, and said, "Naturally, it's right, but why are there always male guests in the house entering the second door?" It's too unsophisticated. ”

Shuning ignored it, and continued: "Later, when the people left, I saw that there were a few fewer people on the second door, and after asking, I realized that the steward there somehow walked away, but he was from the big house, and I didn't want to ask, so I came back." It's just that this delay is a little late. ”

Mama Cui bowed her head lightly and said, "That's it, the girl was originally a delicate-hearted person." ”

Shuning smiled and changed the subject: "The sun is about to set, Mama, what should I practice?" ”

Mama Cui coughed lightly before saying, "Please practice the action of sitting down." ”

Shuning answered "yes", and walked into the room generously and practiced her sitting posture.

In the evening, when dinner was over, Duan Ning came back, and he was too hungry to do so. Shuning hurriedly arranged his dinner, he hurriedly stuffed a few dumplings, and drank another bowl of hot soup before slowing down his movements. After eating and drinking, Duan Ning sat down in the study with a bowl of hot tea in his hand, and then said to his sister: "I'm busy today." Suddenly, a bunch of official documents to be translated came, all of which were urgent, and five or six of us did it in the dark, so we did seventy percent of it, and we had to continue tomorrow morning, and we had to hand it in before noon. I heard from my predecessors that I had to make two or three trips like this a year ago. ”

Shuning said: "Since this is the case, I will ask the kitchen to make more snacks, and choose a few that are easy to store, taste good and can satisfy hunger, and my brother brings a bag when he goes out every day, even if he comes back late, he can fill his stomach first." Duan Ning hurriedly said: "This method is good, do more, and I can also share it with others." Shuning smiled and nodded.

Next, Duan Ning asked her sister what she had done today, as usual. When he heard that Tongying came to look for him on purpose, but he didn't wait for the fact that no one had to leave first, his face was a little strange, and he carefully asked his sister about the details at that time, and after listening, he couldn't help but laugh and scold: "Stinky boy!" ”

Shu Ning asked strangely what was wrong, and Duan Ning smiled: "When those official documents came, he was in the military department, and another pen paste also told him that he would return late today." He didn't know I was going to come back so soon, so what was he pretending to be confused? He paused, and looked at his sister with a smile: "Mo Fei, what did he say to you, I can't listen to it?" ”

Shu Ning's face was a little red, and she said stiffly, "How come? He just came to talk about some trivial things, looked at your new yard, painted a plum blossom, and left. When she saw her brother's look of "I don't believe it", her face turned even redder, and she hurriedly got up and said, "If you don't believe me, I'll show you the painting." After that, he really turned around and went back to the room and took the painting to show Duan Ning.

Of course, Duan Ningguang couldn't see anything wrong with the painting, so he put it aside at will, and saw that his sister looked a little nervous, and seemed to be quite precious about the painting, so he said: "This painting is a plum blossom in my yard, why don't you hang it with me?" ”

Shuning was nervous for a while, and blurted out: "But this is the ...... Brother Tongying gave me" She saw the banter in Duanning's eyes, her ears were red, she was busy holding her mouth, bowing her head and saying nothing. After a while, she heard Duan Ning sigh lightly, touched her head, and said, "Silly girl, what is there to hide in front of my brother?" I won't be greedy for your stuff to go. ”

She was very embarrassed, so she hurriedly took the painting back to her room. Duan Ning looked at her distant figure with a smile on his face, and his heart was faintly sour, but he quickly calmed down.

At night, Shuning couldn't sleep again. She tossed and turned, simply got out of bed, and opened the red plum picture in the moonlight, recalling today's conversation with Tongying.

Tongying seems to have some meaning to her, not only hinting that she will propose marriage, but also making a lot of efforts to increase the weight of her words. She didn't know when the other party started to have this kind of thought about herself, and she didn't know if she really liked this person. But when I think of the strange feeling that arises in my heart when I face Tongying, it doesn't seem to be completely indifferent.

Tongying is a clan, if he asks for marriage, it is also after the emperor, the prince, and the prince and the prince have selected the show girl, if he really makes a great contribution, he may be able to advance a little earlier, but in any case, he is more sure than he expects to lose. For her at present, Tongying is indeed an ideal object, and she has known each other for a long time, and she knows each other well.

But she also knows a little about Tongying's family situation, which is a large family that is more complicated than the Earl's Court, full of struggles between women. Is she really willing to marry into such a family, but go through that terrible struggle? What's more, it seems to be mixed with a dispute over rights between brothers.

Stop, stop! What the hell was she thinking? Tongying has paid so much, is the first thing she thinks of is such a realistic problem? I'm so sorry for him!

Shuning slapped herself, although it was not heavy, but it also made a soft sound in the middle of the night. Frangipani asked vaguely, "What's wrong with the girl?" She hurriedly said, "It's nothing, it's just mosquito fighting." Frangipani muttered a few times, and then there was no sound.

Shuning breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the picture, and sighed in her heart: I have lived for nearly 40 years in my life but have never touched the feelings of men and women, in the face of Tongying's dedication, can I really give the same feelings and repay each other?