A courtyard of the house on the west road of the Chu Wangfu, a green wall, black lacquer door, a three-foot plaque hanging, the book has three words of Xiwu Courtyard, the bluestone road in the door is straight, and there are also hand-copying verandahs on both sides, only the corridor is planted with green bananas, and the spacious courtyard is full of the afterglow of the sunset.

This courtyard is inhabited by Yu Zhou, the eldest son of General Zhenguo.

The maid Mingyue came from the porch, and saw a young man in Tsing Yi sitting on the two-person spring stool in the door, supporting his arms on his knees, and the two horns drooped a little, so he dozed off, so he walked over lightly without being funny, until he was in front of the little maid, and coughed heavily.

The little girl was startled, her arms trembled, and she almost fell headlong, with a pair of misty eyes, it took a while to wake up, and she jumped up from the spring bench, nodded and said, "Sister Mingyue, I was taken aback." ”

Mingyue bent the corners of her lips, and slightly raised her black and beautiful eyebrows: "It must be playing with people at night, and I dozed off at this time, and I don't see what time it is, Erlang is going to come back from school." ”

As soon as these words fell, I saw that he was dressed in the uniform of the students of the Guozijian School, wearing a dark blue shirt with a cross-placket and a scribe scarf on his hair, although it was very different from the image of the king and grandson of the prince in the red clothes and jade crown in the past, he was still majestic, and there was no trace of the gentle Yu Erlang who came from afar.

Mingyue immediately turned into a corner of her eyes, stretched out a silk umbrella in her hand, and greeted her gracefully.

Accompanied by Yu Zhou along the way, he smiled and said gently, welcomed Erlang into the house, and while letting the little maid hold the pulp with crushed ice, he took off the white scarf from the towel rack and wet it in the brass basin, twisted a few handfuls, and stepped forward to wipe the sweat beads on Erlang's forehead: "This weather is really hot enough, fortunately, it will enter the first day in a few days, and there is no need to go to the Guozijian in the afternoon." ”

As soon as he entered the three dogs, the Guozijian had a holiday, and the course was only concentrated in the morning, and the original five days were a day off, but also changed to a day off on three days.

Yu Zhou sat on the kang, slightly smiling with a pair of radiant phoenix eyes, but seeing that the red sleeves and thin waist were close, and the tip of his nose was full of sweet fragrance, he couldn't help but take a few deep breaths with great enjoyment, took the white scarf in Mingyue's hand, and pinched her green jade fingers by the way.

He wiped the hot sweat in his neck socket with two handfuls, threw the towel to the little maid on the side, and then stood up, and Mingyue changed his clothes for him, lowered his eyes slightly, and his eyes stayed in Mingyue's collar, a touch of jade skin.

Mingyue didn't need to raise her eyes, she also felt the heat of her gaze, so her cheeks were slightly red, and when she delicately untied the brocade belt, she intentionally or unintentionally wrapped it around Yu Zhou's sturdy waist.

But I heard Erlang suddenly ask: "Why are you the only one today, and you haven't seen Langxing?" ”

The coquettish smile on the corner of Mingyue's lips was stagnant, and she glanced at Erlang with resentment: "Sister Langxing went to Mrs. Courtyard, Erlang is not there, she always likes to get in front of Mrs., often gets some rewards, and in front of Mrs. she has a virtuous and diligent image, unlike a slave who is stupid and doesn't know how to be tricky." As soon as the voice fell, he turned his waist, quite coquettish.

Ignoring Yu Zhou's clothes scattered at this time, he actually curled his mouth slightly and took care of his "secret annoyance".

Yu Zhou raised his eyebrows, the corners of his lips raised, and regardless of the little maid on the side, he leaned closer, sighed in Mingyue's ear, and said, "I just asked, what kind of flying vinegar are you eating?" Twisted Mingyue's waist mischievously: "I'm sweating, good sister, prepare water for me to bathe." ”

Mingyue turned her anger into joy.

This bath took more than half an hour - when Lang Xing came back from Xiao Xie's place, and heard that Ming Yue was waiting for Erlang to bathe, he was already worried and pretty, and suddenly covered with a layer of frost, and when he was about to go to the clean room, he couldn't push open the closed door, only to hear the bright moon's coquettish smile from inside, which stabbed Lang Xing's ears painfully.

Gritting his teeth, Lang Xing returned to the room with a gloomy face, and sat sullenly on the carved kang by the window, stunned.

When Erlang changed into a round-necked pine-green arrow-sleeved robe, and came out of the clean room refreshed, Mingyue was covered with water stains, her hair bun was scattered, her rouge was also dirty, and the spring at the corners of her eyebrows and eyes was full of spring, which stimulated Lang Xing's shortness of breath, and the little girl who went to clean up the clean room took a step before she was flooded with water stains......

Lang Xing endured a few endurances, and then he held back the sourness in his throat, and stepped forward with a smile, his eyes slipped on Mingyue: "Sister, go and clean up." Then he pulled Yu Zhou to sit on the kang: "The slave maid came to twist Erlang's hair." ”

Mingyue was quite unwilling, but looking at her own description was indeed too ...... Causing people to think, Fang Cai snorted softly, and walked out of the house slowly, seeing that the curtain fell, Lang Xing talked about the situation on Xiao Xie's side: "Mingyue didn't have time to tell Erlang that something happened in the house today, and Madame was very worried, although the slave was stupid and couldn't solve her worries with Madame, but she wanted to accompany Madame to relieve her boredom and say some funny things to let Madame extinguish the fire, which was also filial piety for Erlang." ”

Yu Zhou was reminiscing about the charm of the clean room just now, and when he heard this, his brows frowned: "What's wrong?" But what happened to the prince? ”

Lang Xing hurriedly said: "It's not the prince, but San Lang, for the fox named Xinghua, he almost made a move on Sanniang, and was met by the second master...... Not only was San Lang beaten, but even his wife suffered a few heavy words, and the second master was really annoyed this time. ”

While speaking, he neatly dried Yu Zhou's hair, and Lang Xing proposed: "Erlang should go to Madame's courtyard for dinner today, so that Mrs. Xie can be relieved." ”

Yu Zhou picked up his phoenix eyes, smiled and squeezed Lang Xing's little hand: "No wonder A-Niang said that you are virtuous, you are really a virtuous person." ”

Lang Xing was overjoyed, and the unhappiness born of the bright moon was slightly reduced, and he pulled a bun for Yu Zhou, tied it with silk, and followed Yu Zhou to the Fanjin Courtyard where the general's wife lived.

Mingyue changed her clothes, made up her makeup, and hurried to "compete for favor" with Lang Xing, but she only had time to see the backs of the two of them about to leave the courtyard gate, and pulled a little maid to ask, only to know that she didn't even have dinner, and thought that it was Lang Xing who asked Erlang to go to Fanjin Courtyard, so she was extremely unwilling: "Relying on Lao Tzu Niang is the wife's companion, I know that I am in a hurry to offer hospitality, what is the big deal." ”

In the end, I still felt a little lost, and went back to the house in frustration, leaning against the window to watch the sunset, only recalling the earlier grinding of my ears and temples, and I was stunned for a while.

said that Yu Zhou, went to Fanjin Courtyard, and listened to Xiao Xie's angry complaints, rendering Yu Dong's ruthlessness and unrighteousness to the extreme, and insulting An Jin in a cheap and obscure manner, and told today's events in an incoherent manner.

Yu Zhou's summary - Xinghua is too stupid, Yu Xiang is too reckless, his father is too impulsive, and his mother is ...... Well, it was a moment of carelessness, falling into An Jin's girl's calculation, Yu Zhou raised his eyebrows, he couldn't imagine that the cousin who was cowering on the surface had such a scheming, and after a long time, he raised his claws and provoked the disharmony between his parents and his wife.

"A-Niang, it's not that my son doesn't help you, my younger brother's temperament is too arrogant, no matter what, you shouldn't do anything to An Jin, and others are not allowed to talk about whether you can tolerate a concubine? It's no wonder that Daddy is annoyed, you know, he has a lot of pity for An Jin. Yu Zhou had to be comforted: "But just a daughter raised by a servant, you can allow her for a few years, and when she marries in the future, she is out of sight and out of mind, why bother to have a conflict with her father, it's not worth it." ”

Xiao Xie looked angry: "She is a thorn in the eye, I can't wait to get rid of her now." ”

Yu Zhou sighed and shook his head: "Daddy is still on fire at this time, Auntie don't add fuel to the fire, for now, you should focus on the overall situation." ”

"Speaking of this, I'm really irritable, that short-lived seedling doesn't get sick sooner or later, but in front of your third cousin...... simply died of illness, and it was a hundred, but this time it was better again, and he became a nobody...... On the contrary, I took on two ends, and your uncle fell for a long time, and this eighty or ninety percent grasp of a family affair is now so yellow. Xiao Xie was even more annoyed: "The eldest brother is really, isn't he just a concubine?" Can you be so nervous? Men are not good things. ”

Regarding the good or bad of men, Yu Zhou chose to bypass it with interest, and after thinking silently for a while, he gathered a pool of "bad water" in his heart, and gave Xiao Xie a suggestion: "That's not necessarily ...... Ah Niang just accompanied her uncle, and said that the son was fine, but he was suffering from the heat, but he didn't insist on this marriage. ”

After thinking about it again, Fengyan picked slightly: "I only spread the matter of the cousin of the Xie family and the prince of the Xie family in private, and it is said that the prince has a very good impression of the cousin...... In this way......"

Xiao Xie's eyes lit up.

In fact, her eldest sister-in-law is still very willing to marry Xie Sanniang into the palace, but the eldest brother has concerns, but when this matter is raised, as soon as the rumors come out, the world only thinks that Xie Sanniang and the son of the world have agreed on marriage, and no one will come to the door to propose marriage......

"But A-Niang has to be careful, don't let your uncle notice that you are showing off behind your back, and if you want to make it a cousin who is happy with the son of the world, you will only publicize it...... In this way, the cousin will definitely hate the son, and after the two get married, it will be difficult to get along. Yu Zhou said again.

Exactly! Xie Sanniang was unwilling to marry and was jealous, so she would make better use of it in the future...... A dead knot in Xiao Xie's heart was loosened, and Fang felt a little lighter, holding Yu Zhou's hand, loving: "If Xiang'er is fifty percent safe with you, I don't have to worry so much." ”

"The younger brother is still young, and A-Niang will be strict with him in the future in order to reverse his temperament." Speaking of Yu Xiang, Yu Zhou was also very unhappy, although the two of them were siblings, but he didn't like Yu Xiang's gloomy and arrogant temperament.

Xiao Xie sighed, and suddenly remembered Yijing: "Today, Xinghua's hooves and An Jin were arguing, and they happened to be met by Jing Yatou, Xinghua didn't have long eyes, and she was very disrespectful to Jing Yatou......"

Yu Zhou frowned heavily: "This cheap maid is too disrespectful, she dares to be disrespectful to the fifth sister?" ”

Xiao Xie was a little sneering: "Where did you think that Jing'er would come to find An Jin's little slut?" Neither she nor An Hui were so close. Suddenly realized that he had said something wrong again, and hurriedly returned to the topic: "After all, it's a scandalous thing, it's better not to be public, if I say it, there will be some silver here......"

Yu Zhou rubbed his eyebrows: "My son can save it, Ming'er is just resting, so I will say hello to my aunt and grandmother, and by the way, I will say no to my fifth sister." ”

Xiao Xie was relieved at this time, and then remembered another thing on his mind: "I know that you and Jing Yatou are good, but that child is still young now, and if you look at the meaning of the eldest princess, she will not consider her marriage...... But if you wait for her to be married, you are already seventeen, besides, the eldest princess will treat Jing Yatou as a palm bead, but I am afraid that she will not want her to marry...... Although your father is also a member of the royal family, he is a concubine in the end, and the fifth prince and the sixth prince are close to her age, so I am afraid that ...... I don't want to see you delay for her, the sixth mother of the Jinxiang family is also talented and beautiful...... And your uncle's Siniang ......"

In fact, the eldest daughter-in-law of Xiao Xie's heart is still Xie Siniang of her mother's family, and she has a noble status, even if the eldest princess is willing to let her marry Erlang, I am afraid that she will be uncontrollable in the future. Second, Xie Siniang has a gentle temperament, and she is her own niece, so she was originally close to her.

Yu Zhou was a little reluctant, and said in a rough voice: "A-Niang has to think carefully, the third cousin and the fourth cousin are both uncle's daughters, how can they marry two daughters in a row to come to the palace?" The sixth mother of the Jinxiang family, I heard that her temperament is a bit domineering. ”

Xiao Xie was choked, knowing that he was not thinking about it, but he still didn't want to give up: "There are so many ladies from the Wang family in Beijing, you can also choose ...... among them."

"Auntie! Those women, regardless of their talent or family background, how many of them are comparable to the fifth sister? If I marry my fifth sister in the future, but I have the support of my aunt and grandmother and Wei Guogong, am I afraid that the position of the son of the world will not fall to me? As for my aunt and grandmother, she has always loved her fifth sister, and my fifth sister and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts, and the two are in harmony. Yu Zhou's impatience aggravated a few points, and reminded in a deep voice: "Ah Niang Mo forgot, Ah Dad has long been interested in the fifth sister, for the sake of the overall situation, what is the hindrance for the son to wait for a few years?" ”

Xiao Xie was speechless for a moment, thinking that he couldn't make the decision about his eldest son's marriage, he couldn't help but be very unwilling, but he was helpless.

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In the Lvqing Garden, the beautiful scenery is half leaning on a few, although the book is pinched in the hand, the eyes are stuck on a long scroll hanging on the east wall, surrounded by cliffs, a few trees and plum red, a circle of the academy. Yesterday in Yu Feng's studio, she didn't pay attention to a few lines of text on the scroll - "The fog is scattered and slightly green, the ice is selling the jade waterfall is white, and the cold plum is still married." An inkstone of black ink has been cold, two lines of wild geese have returned, and the Spring and Autumn Commission is really easy to change. "——There is a comment "This work began in the cold season, looking at the loneliness of Mingshan Mountain, overlooking Meihong Shangyan, thinking about the number contained in this valley, not asking about the world, very quiet and good, but there will eventually be a go, when the return to prosperity, I don't know if there is still this leisure and leisure? Therefore, the vulgar pen is recorded, for the future, I don't want to wait, Mei Hong thanked early, it is the next year, it coincides with July 13, a person sits alone for a long time, it can be made by chance, I think I think it is missing. ”

In my memory, his birthday was in July, but I never paid attention to which day it was, it turned out to be July 13.

Yijing thought that he sat alone in the mountains, a red pavilion somewhere, painted intermittently, after alternating between cold and summer, finally painted, thinking about that day, but it happened to be another year's birthday, so he smiled slightly, seemed to be lonely, and seemed to sigh such a coincidence, and wrote down a few lines, when the birthday congratulations.

I don't know if he was in the quiet that day, and he also missed this prosperous red dust?

He didn't miss it, she thought.

These sinister, these gloomy, how can they be the companion of the green mountains and green waters, and the waterfalls?

Unconsciously, the corners of the beautiful lips were sour, but the sour emotions filled the eyelids.

Maybe one day, when these hatreds are over and the grievances are zero, Yu Feng, you should return to that quiet, and no longer be disturbed by the world. Maybe at that time, I will no longer be ashamed and really start a new life, so we should be strangers to the end of the world, and we will not owe anything.

In this way, when I remember you again, will I no longer hide my face with my sleeves, will I no longer have my heart like a knife, but the clouds are calm and quiet?

In this way, it is also a blessing.

was thinking about himself and was depressed, but Chun Du reported inside: "Wu Niang, Yu Erlang is here." ”

As soon as the words fell, Yu Zhou was uninvited, and a layer of fine sweat was covered on his forehead, which set off a pair of eyes that were full of energy.

The winter rain who was waiting on the side immediately felt like a deer, and Yingying was a blessing, and the tips of his ears were slightly red.

Yijing sat up straight, just said hello to Brother Zhou, glanced at Dongyu, and asked her to serve tea.

Yu Zhou stepped onto the platform, sat cross-legged, noticed that Yijing's gaze was behind him, and couldn't help but turn around, only to find that the green bamboo picture originally hung with Yijing's own hand had been replaced, and while appreciating, he admired: "The painting skills of the fifth sister have improved again." Suddenly, I saw a square seal of "Satinker" on the picture scroll, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

"Brother Zhou, I can praise the wrong person." Yijing didn't care.

"Fifth sister, how can he be here...... How can there be a painting of the eldest brother? When he turned around, Yu Zhou's handsome face was full of heroism, with some obscurity.

"Yesterday, I went to see Ah Jin, only to know that the son of the world had an old illness, so I visited with my grandmother, I also had a whim, so I asked for a painting of the son of the world, no wonder the son of the world can be praised by the saint, not to mention anything else, this stroke is one in a million, it is really beyond the reach of people." Yijing smiled and did not hide his admiration for the prince.

Yu Zhou's heart was like a layer of white stacks, stuffy and hot, but after thinking about it, the fifth sister likes poetry and painting, and the prince is especially good at it, so he admired it slightly, but he finally felt depressed, so he mentioned that the prince was not as good as him in any case: "I don't know how the fifth sister is practicing riding and shooting?" ”

"It's just that you can sit firmly on horseback, where dare you say that it's riding and shooting." Yijing smiled, saw Dongyu poured a bowl of tea, lowered his eyes, and said to Yu Zhou with concern: "On such a hot day, it's easy to have a day off, why doesn't my brother rest in the house, and come over against the big sun?" Drink tea to cool off. ”

Yu Zhou felt ironed a little, took the tea in Dongyu's hand, and touched the soft pair with his fingertips.

In Luqing Garden, of course, Yu Zhou didn't dare to entangle with the maid like he did at home, so his action was really unintentional, and he didn't notice it, but Dongyu was touched by his slightly sweaty fingertips, and his heart suddenly suffocated, and the rhythm was out of order.

The beautiful scenery takes the restraint of the winter rain into the bottom of his eyes, of course, he only does not notice.

"I went back to the house yesterday, only to know that the slaves and maids in An Jin's courtyard were so presumptuous, and today I made a special trip to compensate for it, and I hope that the fifth sister will not take it to heart, that Xinghua has been severely punished by her mother and thrown out."

It turned out that it was for this.

It seems that An Jin was reminded by herself, and she really opened her mind, and if she couldn't bear it anymore, she had a seizure, and she was only afraid of Xiao Xie's life in the future.

Yi Jingguaner: "It's just a trivial matter, I have long forgotten about it." ”

"Sure enough, it's still the fifth sister who is generous, and I'm still worried that because of that Diao slave, my sister will have some misunderstanding, thinking that we are deliberately indulging that Diao slave to bully Ah Jin and offend my sister, it seems that we are worried in vain."

Saying this, it is far from the level of the prince, Yijing sneered secretly, but pretended not to mind: "The general's wife will not be like this, how can Brother Zhou be a bully, but the slave and maid, not to mention the Chu Wangfu, in my courtyard, there was originally no such a domineering maid, it is nothing." ”

"When my sister said that, I was relieved." Yu Zhou smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth, as if he had no heart: "Among them, there are also San Lang's, and his father also punished him severely, but in the end, it's just because of his young age, and my sister doesn't care, some things, even if it's for my sake, take care of it, don't talk about it with others, so as not to embarrass San Lang." ”

When Yi Jing heard this, he was a little annoyed: "Brother Zhou, what did you say?" Am I the man with many tongues? ”

After speaking, he only sank his face, and then ignored Yu Zhou.

Yu Zhou was suddenly frightened, blamed himself, and coaxed for a long time, Yijing got better, but he still ignored it.

"By the way, since my sister's riding skills have improved, why don't we find a day and go horseback riding on the outskirts of the city together?" Yu Zhou just accompanied the smiling face.

Yi Jing looked at the delicate sun outside the window, and glared at Yu Zhou: "In such a season? ”

But his mind changed: "But I seem to have heard about the water lotus pond on the outskirts of the city, and it is the crape myrtle season at this time, and the scenery is very beautiful." ”

Not far from the water lotus pond, there is also the water lotus hermitage, and in the water lotus hermitage, there is another romantic affair.

"Exactly, in the entire Jinyang City, there are the most crape myrtles in the water lotus pond, why don't you wait for me to go back and discuss my grandmother, and then give my sister a post?" Yu Zhou was suddenly excited.

"It's better to wait until after my grandmother's birthday, these days are too busy, don't make trouble with the family." The scenery is also full of interest.

"Then it's set for next month, and after my aunt's birthday, I'll discuss the specific date with my sister."

Yijing smiled and bowed, and was very active in discussing the matter of flower appreciation with Yu Zhou.

But in her heart, that day has already been set - July 15, just stay with Zhen Siniang and His Royal Highness the Prince, let's have such an encounter.