Xu Lingkuan stepped forward and respectfully saluted Eleven Niang: "It's just a few words with the fourth brother." An understatement tone, and then said goodbye with a smile: "Fourth brother, then I'll go first!" ”

Xu Lingyi nodded, watched Xu Lingkuan leave, turned around and entered the inner room with Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang served him to change clothes.

"The Queen Mother's illness has not yet recovered. I asked Xiao Wu to talk to my five siblings. Xu Lingyi said in a low voice, "Let the fifth brother and sister go into the palace in the past two days to take a look-she is only a little more familiar with the affairs in the palace than Mrs. Tai." ”

Eleven Niang thought of Mrs. Tai's expression when she mentioned the Empress Dowager's illness, and muttered: "Does the Hou Ye also suspect that the Empress Dowager's illness is fake?" ”

Xu Lingyi didn't make a sound, and acquiesced.

Even if it is a fake disease, in addition to giving a little ripple to the eldest princess's celebration and making the emperor feel a little uncomfortable, what is the substantive impact?

Eleven Niang was a little puzzled.

"The draft is coming in the spring." Xu Lingyi reminded her softly, "This time it's for the emperor to enrich the harem." ”

Eleven Niang suddenly.

The queen mother wanted to let the Yang daughter enter the palace several times, but the emperor politely refused.

"Are you afraid that the Queen Mother will pretend to be sick and show weakness to blackmail the emperor?" She thought, "If that's the case, I'm afraid that there will be precautions a long time ago." The fifth lady is a junior. I think it's better to let Mrs. Tai take a look. ”

There is a relationship of respect and inferiority between them and the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother can decide whether to see or not to see, whether to sit beside her and talk, or answer two sentences from a distance through the bead curtain. With the qualifications of the fifth lady, the Queen Mother may not take her seriously. Even if she is familiar with the situation in the palace, she can't see people, what can she do?

Xu Lingyi knew what she was not done. lowered his voice and said, "I also know a few people from Cining Palace. It's just that these days the Queen Mother is sick and short-tempered, and everyone doesn't dare to move around at will. When the fifth brother and sister go, they have to ask about their condition. Naturally, someone will answer. ”

It turned out that the message couldn't be delivered!

If so, it will have no effect if you see the Queen Mother.

She nodded slightly and rested with Xu Lingyi.

Early the next morning, the fifth lady went to the palace. Come back from the palace at noon and go directly to the eleventh lady to settle down.

Eleven Niang sent someone to the outer courtyard to invite Xu Lingyi and welcomed her to the inner room to sit down.

When the fifth lady saw the appearance of Eleven Niang, she knew that she knew and understood the purpose of entering the palace, and couldn't help but glance at her.

The corner of his eye swept over the windowsill of the big kang near the window.

The foot-high purple jade dendrobium is inserted with red hibiscus flowers, which are as bright as April fragrant flowers. In the bowl-sized glass fish tank next to the dendrobium, there are four or five rare ink-colored goldfish, which are leisurely swinging their big tails like skirts.

She couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

These two things are worth a thousand dollars.

Especially the purple water jade dendrobium, she had only seen a yellow dendrobium of the same size in the bedroom of the former emperor Empress Wu in her early years.

She couldn't help but look around.

The kang table, high cabinet, Taishi chair, and floor cover are all black lacquered, and the cushions on the curtains, kang, and Taishi chairs are all half-new and not old garcinia yellow swastikas and constantly forging brocade. The house did not light an incense burner or insert lily incense like ordinary rich and noble people, but put a pot of wax plum blossoms about a person's height in the corner of the wall. The tender yellow petals are crystal clear, the dark brown branches are entangled, there are a few wild interests, and there is a fragrance floating, which makes people feel warm and comfortable, and they want to rest on the fluffy big pillow on the kang.

The plum blossom in the eleventh mother's house was specially raised by Ji Ting's daughter-in-law. She saw that the eyes of the fifth lady stayed on the plum blossom for a moment, so she greeted the fifth lady with this topic: "In the winter, the doors and windows are closed, and the incense is choking, so I went to the flower room and moved this plum plant. ”

The fifth lady listened and her heart moved.

With that doctor, Sister Xin'er's illness has improved a lot. So when the doctor said that Lijingxuan was surrounded by flowers and trees, which was not good for Sister Xin, she chose the day when Shi Niang moved and returned to her parents' house. This house change is no longer over. Xu Lingkuan was very unhappy when he found out, but seeing that Sister Xin was getting better and better day by day, he pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't mention it. A few days ago, Sister Xin fell ill again, and the doctor said that the incense lit in the house was too choking......

"The smell of this plum blossom is really good." She smiled and sat on the big kang near the window, "It's just that the doctor said that our sister Xin doesn't smell like flowers, so I have to ask." ”

Only then did Eleven Niang understand that the fifth lady had clearly promised to do well, but why did she avoid returning to her parents' house when it was time to move......

Is this a belated explanation?

Eleven Niang smiled and followed her words: "That's what you have to ask." Sister Xin'er's body is the first priority. Then let the little maid serve refreshments.

The fifth lady had just brought the tea cup, and Xu Lingyi came back.

She hurriedly stood up and shouted "Fourth Brother".

Eleven Niang avoided it.

The two of them talked about a cup of tea in the inner room, and the fifth lady got up to take her leave.

Eleven Niang smiled and sent the fifth lady to the gate of the courtyard, and then turned back to the inner room.

Xu Lingyi sat contemplatively on the big kang near the window.

Eleven Niang took the tea cup lightly and made tea for Xu Lingyi again.

Xu Lingyi took a sip of the teacup, sighed and said, "The Queen Mother is really sick." "It's very stunned.

Eleven Niang sat down opposite him and hesitated: "Then, what are your plans!" ”

People sometimes do not bow their knees in the face of might, but rarely they do not have compassion in the face of suffering. Therefore, Mrs. Tai felt that the Queen Mother could not think so when she pretended to be sick, but Xu Lingyi had to show a solemn face when she found out that the Queen Mother was really sick.

"If you get to that point, you have to promise to be valuable!" Xu Lingyi's expression was cold and firm.

None of this was what she should be asking.

Eleven Niang quietly refilled a cup of tea for Xu Lingyi.

From that day on, Xu Lingyi would sometimes go out to visit friends. And after the eleventh mother was busy with the wedding shop, she ushered in Xu Siyu's homecoming.

Xu Siyu's appearance has not changed much, but he is a head taller than when he left home.

Seeing Aunt Qin standing in the crowd looking at him with tears in her eyes, Xu Siyu turned her face slightly, lowered her eyelids and waved her hands, and saluted Eleven Niang.

Xu Si had a holiday on the seventh day of the first lunar month, but he was not idle. Mr. Zhao, who was still compiling the book, gave him a lot of homework. He also consulted the second lady for this. The second lady did not give him an answer, but pointed to the study and asked him to find it himself. He searched for three or four days before he found the source of the allusion. Then he was so happy that he asked the little guy Cha Ming, who had just come to his house on an errand, to secretly go to the street to buy Mr. Zhao's favorite pig's head meat, and called Xu Sijie to paint under the pretext of telling Xu Sijie to paint. Who knew that Xu Sijie turned around but told Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang thought that this was a little secret between the children, and pretended not to know. As a result, Xu Sizhen ate the pig's head meat and jumped around, but Xu Sizhen had a stomach for two days. Because of this, Cha Ming was ordered by Mrs. Tai to be beaten ten boards. If it weren't for Xu Sichen coming forward to intercede, and the tea was recommended by Manager Bai, I am afraid that he would have been kicked out a long time ago.

Knowing that Xu Siyu would come back this afternoon, he went to the eleventh mother's house early in the morning, took the literacy card made by the eleventh mother to teach Xu Si to read and write, and stayed in the eleventh mother's house for lunch.

Seeing that Xu Siyu saluted Eleven Niang, he pulled Xu Sijie forward to salute his brother.

Xu Sijie followed behind Xu Sizhen and followed in style.

"The son of the world has grown taller!" Xu Siyu politely arched his hand with Xu Si.

The unfamiliar title and unfamiliar tone all made Xu Sizhen stunned a little.

And Xu Siyu had already touched Xu Sijie's head: "Fifth brother! ”

He smiled and greeted Xu Sijie.

That is what Eleven Niang often does, and in the Xu family, only Eleven Niang will dare to touch his head like this.

The little Xu Sijie didn't understand why the little familiar but more unfamiliar brother in front of him wanted to touch his head like his mother. He intuitively turned his head sideways to avoid Xu Siyu, and then tightly grasped Xu Siyu's hand, opened his phoenix eyes, which were exactly the same as Xu Siyu, and looked at him with a little warning.

Xu Siyu's hand stopped in mid-air awkwardly, his eyes fell on Xu Sijie's hand holding Xu Sizhen's hand, and a bitterness passed quickly in his eyes.

Eleven Niang looked at it and sighed secretly in her heart.

Xu Siyu used to get close to Xu Siqin and Xu Sijian, but he was not salty or light with Xu Sizhen and Xu Sijian. Later, she arranged for Xu Sijie to live in Lijingxuan, which also meant that he and Xu Sijie would be more close. It's just that Xu Siyu lives in the front yard, and Xu Sijie lives in the backyard, and he easily doesn't step into the door of the backyard. It's no wonder that Xu Sijie is unfamiliar with him.

She just wanted to say a few words to relieve Xu Siyu, but Sister Zhen had already stepped forward with a smile and saluted Xu Siyu: "Second brother! ”

Eleven Niang saw Xu Siyu withdraw her hand, and a sincere and joyful smile bloomed on the corner of her mouth.

"Sister Zhen!" He called out to his sister affectionately, and his face brightened because of it.

Sister Zhen pursed her lips and smiled.

Xu Siyu's expression was a lot lighter.

He politely greeted Aunt Qin, Aunt Wen, and Aunt Qiao.

"Second Young Master!" The corners of Aunt Qin's mouth were slightly twitched, and she looked very excited, but she was speechless.

Aunt Wen covered her mouth with a spring breeze and smiled: "I haven't seen the second young master for some days, and the second young master is more calm than before." If it's really 'it's better to read 10,000 books than to travel a thousand miles', I still have to go out to see and see......" Her words were as long as ever, so that Xu Siyu's head hung slightly, and the corners of his mouth smiled for a long time before he finished counting.

Qiao Lianfang's reaction was much more straightforward.

She nodded slightly at Xu Siyu and stepped aside.

Eleven Niang greeted Xu Siyu with a smile: "Let's go see grandmother!" She has been thinking about it for a long time! ”

Xu Siyu replied respectfully "yes", surrounded by maids, maids, and mothers-in-law, and went to Mrs. Tai with Xu Siyu, Xu Sijie, and Sister Zhen.

Aunt Qin stood there staring at Xu Siyu's back, and kept wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief: "The second young master has lost a lot of weight!" ”

Obviously ruddy and refreshed.

Qiao Lianfang listened disapprerovingly, pursed her lips sarcastically, and returned to the house with the maid.

Aunt Wen has always been the empathetic person: "The second young master is back is a great joy. Sister, stop crying. This lady will take the second young master to see Mrs. Tai, and she will come to see her sister when she is done. The Anle Mountains and Rivers are far away, and the customs and habits here are different, I think my sister might as well go back to the house and let people make some of the second young master's usual favorite food. When the second young master comes to see his sister, his sister can also let the second young master relieve his hunger. ”

"It's me who is confused, I am confused." Aunt Qin hurriedly collected her tears, gratefully blessed Aunt Wen, and left in a hurry with the maid.

Aunt Wen looked at the courtyard that was still lively just now, but it was lonely and empty at the moment, shook her head with a smile, and slowly walked to her yard with Qiuhong.

"You just said that the parrot that the eldest aunt gave to the eldest lady is strange, what's the difference?"