The west warm pavilion of Qingxue Lu, the house is not big, sealed on three sides, only the half-high Xuan window on the north side, the window sash is the inside and outside two layers can be opened, the outer layer is pasted with dense and transparent window paper, the inner layer is as thin as the window screen of cicada wings, there is a flue underground, and there is a warm wall, there is no snow today, the wind direction is not from the north, people sit on the soft couch leaning against the west wall and lie half-lying, even if the two layers of window sash holes are opened, they do not feel cold.

However, the male owner Yu Feng is more afraid of the cold than ordinary people, so he specially set up a window, although the window screen is thin, but it can block a layer of cold, and even better is to reveal the deep color of the red leaves outside the window, like the scenery in the mist, which is interesting.

Because of the beautiful scenery, he was invited to the atrium to "meet the guests", and Yu Feng had been reading books alone for a while.

When Yijing returned, Yu Feng saw that she was followed by Xia Ke, so she sat up straight, at this time the sound of water on the tea stove was like a wave of drums, just to the third boil, rushing to this "Luohan agarwood" is just right, the prince expected that Yijing with the maid had something to explain, so he simply brewed three lamps, beckoning Xia Ke to also come to appreciate this "fruity camphor rhyme".

Xia Ke was flattered, got the brocade dun at the bottom, slightly avoided the gift of tea, in the end he didn't dare to be too "frivolous", insisted on standing up and replying, with the gesture of Yijing, repeating the original words of today's Mingyue.

Yi Jing smiled and asked: "When I asked her to poison the third sister, I saw that you were anxious, but you really believed my words?" ”

Inspired by the election of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Ming Dynasty, Yijing set up a bureau to test Xia Ke, this maid bluntly refused to use "selfish" means to frame people, and was very "ethical", Yijing guessed that this time she was also anxious.

How do you know that Xia Ke replied: "The slave is worried that Mingyue is not credible, and the princess will give such an important thing to others...... Later, I realized that I was shallow, and the princess would never be hasty...... The slave and maid knew very well that the princess would not do anything harmful to people for no reason, and if she really wanted someone's life, that person would have a place to die. ”

On the contrary, Jiao Yijing was slightly stunned, Xia Ke withdrew for a moment, and she didn't know what to say.

Yu Feng picked up the scroll and gently knocked on a stunned goose twice, and said with a smile: "Xia Ke can say this, it can be seen that he really believes in your character, this girl is really good, not as soft-hearted as Chundui, and more stable than Qiuyue and Qiushuang, which is a big responsibility." He patted him again: "Sit down." ”

"In your opinion, is Mingyue credible?" It turns out that the beautiful scenery is still a little uncertain, and it is no wonder that Mingyue has been waiting for Yu Zhou for many years, and the show of loyalty seems too sudden.

"It remains to be seen whether it can be trusted, but your arrangement is very appropriate, and you don't give her any definite task, even if she is half-hearted, and she can't figure out your intentions. But if she really thinks about her own safety and future plans, she will definitely be loyal with practical actions, in short, this maid no matter the purpose, depending on her response, she is a smart person, she is so familiar with the temperament of her second brother, if she really has a sincere heart, she will carefully speculate on the movements of that family in the future, maybe there will be a miracle effect. Yu Feng said.

Therefore, Yijing does not trust Mingyue wholeheartedly, and Mingyue will also have reservations about this "new master", she is in a weak position, and in order to win more trust, she can only prove it with actions.

Yu Feng knew that Yi Jing's slightly more preoccupied expression was not entirely because of Mingyue, his arm lightly wrapped around Chu's waist, and asked softly, "Are you ashamed of your third sister?" ”

In a word, Yijing turned over one by one, and the pupils in her clear eyes were slightly dilated, staring directly at the person who could always easily penetrate her heart.

"Grandmother, you said a lot of good things for the third sister, in my opinion, it is not the intention of pushing her into the ring to fight with the second aunt, if you really want to use her, today you will at least ask Mingyue to instigate her to compete with the second brother and sister for favor, and arouse a little fighting spirit...... Why be ashamed? Is it because of the events of the year? Implying that she is targeting her second brother? ”

Yijing nodded in a daze, and suddenly widened his eyes: "You know everything?" ”

"Uh...... The conversation you had with her back then...... I was heard by the ears of the wind. Yu Feng seemed slightly embarrassed.

"When I heard her slander you in front of the nobles, my heart was on fire, and I didn't think about it deeply...... Seeing that she is in such a difficult situation now, I feel that I am too much, in fact, Zhiniang is not a big evil person, she is a concubine, and she is frightened by your bitter tricks, and there is a second aunt behind her, so it is inevitable to panic. Yijing lowered his eyes, but after all, he bit the corner of his lip.

In fact, Zhi Niang had no grudge against her, although she had slanderous remarks against Yu Feng, and she was misled, but under her hints, she did something to seduce Yu Zhou, completely ruined the marriage, and fell to the point of being a concubine now, especially these days when she saw Zhi Niang like a frightened bird, Yi Jing felt that the behavior at that time was not considered.

"If she loves and respects herself, she will not do anything to seduce because of your hint, and in the final analysis, today's fruit is also the cause of her own planting, not your fault." Yu Feng will naturally have this explanation.

Yijing shook his head: "But if it were you, I wouldn't do it." ”

"Who says I won't?" Yu Feng said: "If the bitter meat plan can't dispel the attempt of the Zhenguo Mansion, it has to lead to trouble, and looking at the situation at that time, the second aunt will not give up easily, and the grandmother is ...... If she persists in the old man's life, and Xie Shizi makes up his mind to 'sacrifice' this concubine, I have no choice but to do this, you also know what kind of temperament the third sister is, if you really let the second aunt get her wish, once she enters Guan Sui Yuan, she will be controlled by the second aunt to do harm. ”

"You must have another way not to put the third sister in the current situation." The beautiful scenery drilled the tip of the horns.

"No, only this method is the simplest and clearest, and it makes the second aunt unable to say it." Yu Feng rubbed the top of Yijing's hair helplessly: "I'm not as good as you think, for other people, I won't care if they are good or bad, and besides, you didn't do anything to design a frame-up thing, it's just a 'reminder', in the final analysis, it's just the third sister's own delusion." Suddenly, he changed the topic: "Princess Shizi, I had only returned to Jinyang not long ago, and I only had a few facets with you, so you thought about me like this?" Can't listen to others say a bad word about me? I'm going to stand up for me...... Could it be that that hint is still a little jealous? ”

He knew it......

There were some words that suddenly surged in my heart, and I could hardly hold it back, and I was about to tell him—in fact, I also knew.

But it doesn't need to be said.

The man's forehead was against it: "The princess will admit it, could it be that there was an attempt at that time?" ”

The smile in her eyes was so obvious, and there was also banter and teasing, because she didn't want her to be entangled in the right and wrong of the accomplish and add trouble to herself.

He swallowed back the words that had already knocked on his teeth, and his chin was slightly raised, kissing his close lips.

As if unwilling to get an answer, he didn't respond to her pleasing, still staring with a smile on his eyes.

Suddenly, the corners of his lips ached.

But I felt like an orchid, hovering between millimeters.

"I won't tell you."

Before he finished speaking, the soft lips were covered again, and the small and flexible tip of his tongue boldly and presumptuously traced the contours of his lips, picking out the teeth and entangled.

But when he was gradually disturbed by this active long kiss, his breath was disordered, his blood was hot, and he hated that the clothes of the cold winter were too heavy and obstructed layer by layer, she suddenly left and coughed lightly: "Speaking of business, the cabinet estimates when the next storm will start." ”

Yu Feng: ......

"I just know that you have provoked this turmoil now."

The man's fingers clasped the back of someone's neck with a narrow and smug eye, and a punitive kiss fell, drowning out the words of struggle mercilessly—

"Hey! How can a serious person in the cabinet make noise during the day......"

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It turns out that the premonition of the beautiful scenery is very accurate, and the storm is imminent.

On the first day of the lunar month, it happens to be the day of Jiangyue's "return to the door", the weather on this day is good, the fog is thin in the morning, at the beginning of the year, the golden sun that is extremely rare in winter is sprinkled with a large area of heaven and earth with a delightful light warmth, although the heat seems to be there or not, the bright sky has made people feel refreshed, and I feel that the sharp north wind seems to be much gentler than yesterday.

Yu Zhou lazily held the reins of the horse, and the frost on his face did not ease until he was in front of the Jianning Houfu, revealing a slight eagerness.

Jiang Yue was a little dissatisfied with the scene where only her father and brother were waiting with their subordinates, and when she arrived at the second gate, she saw Mrs. Hou and her mother coming towards her, followed only by the fourth sister-in-law and a few younger sisters, and finally couldn't help asking, "What about the eldest sister-in-law and the fourth aunt?" The uncle and the fourth uncle are busy with government affairs, can they also follow them to the yamen? ”

Mrs. Hou saw that Jiang Yue only helped the third wife, but when she received a real gift from her, she muttered in her heart - although Qi Niang is now married into the clan and her identity is different from the past, but in the end, she is a junior, how can she put up a shelf in front of her own family? Listening to this sarcastic sentence again, I felt more and more that my former meek and gentle niece had changed, and the smile on her face faded a little: "Your sixth cousin's grandmother is on her birthday today, because she was in a hurry to return home with you, so she had to let Da Lang and Da Lang's daughter-in-law follow the fourth aunt to Wang's family to celebrate her birthday." ”

Jiang Yue walked in with the third lady who had inexplicably red eyes, and when she heard this, she only bowed her head slightly, and raised her chin slightly and asked, "Why didn't the sixth sister come back today?" ”

These words are even more provocative, Liuniang is also a married daughter, and Jiang Yue is separated by another layer, and there is no provision in the world for the cousin to return to the door, and the cousin must rush back to greet the etiquette, Mrs. Hou is more and more dissatisfied in her heart, and secretly slanders that Master Hou insists on not letting the public add makeup, and offends this niece? It is true that the third room is unreasonable, and the third master himself is not willing to pay the money to "add glory" to his daughter, why should the public middle school have full authority to bear the three-room marriage.

"Why, the eldest aunt doesn't know why the sixth sister didn't come today?" Jiang Yue didn't wait for an answer, but asked, looking unrelenting.

She has been really angry these days, and Yu Zhou's lukewarm attitude has made her suspect more and more that he looks down on him because of the thin dowry, and she will inevitably hold a grudge against the uncle's family in her heart, and she thinks that she will marry into the clan easily, and she will raise her eyebrows and exalt herself, if she is still as cautious as before, she will swallow her anger in her own mother's family, and what is the use of wasting her mind to marry the clan?

If Changfang knew that this time was different from the past, it would be just a modest attitude, but when he returned to the door, it was such a deserted scene.

In other words, even my grandmother has to stand at the second gate to greet her, so that she can truly comply with the laws and etiquette of the country!

Moreover, she returned to the door today but had other plans, and she was going to make a scene, and after today, she was afraid that she would have to tear her face with Yijing, if the uncle and the aunt were partial to the Weiguo Mansion, they would naturally be incompatible in the future, and there would not be much need to be a snake.

The third wife was cowardly in the end, and she had not yet entered the role of the mother-in-law of the clan, and when she saw Jiang Yue being so aggressive, she panicked, and said with a smile: "This child, even if he is concerned about your sixth sister, how can he be so anxious to ask...... Your sixth sister-in-law's house is in Xicheng, and the distance is far away, so you can't catch up so early. ”

Mrs. Hou said lightly: "That's not it, on the day you left the pavilion, Liuniang said hello when she came back to get married, and today she was going to go to the Buddhist temple with her mother-in-law to eat fast, and she didn't go home." ”

Jiang Yue was choked by these words, her eyebrows moved a few times, and she smiled coldly: "This month has the first and fifteenth days of the new year, and it is not bad for this day...... However, the sixth sister is also newly married, and her mother-in-law is more strict, and she is helpless...... Aunt is relieved, I don't care. ”

Mrs. Hou was angry in her heart - what does this mean, sarcastically Liuniang is not as good as her? It is disrespectful to imply that Liu Niang is absent today? She is still "tolerant and generous"! But it's not good to quarrel with the juniors on this day, so he only glanced at Jiang Yue coldly and didn't say a word.

When she arrived at the main courtyard, there were already servants and women entering layer by layer, and Mrs. Tai stood in front of the door of the main hall and waited, and when she saw Jiang Yue approaching like the stars holding the moon, she couldn't help but have red eyes.

Mrs. Tai has always doted on the third master, and she is a little more partial to Shiro and Jiang Yue than other grandchildren, plus Jiang Yue is a little "well-behaved", and she is the most when she accompanies her knees, seeing that the little child at that time will grow up and marry unconsciously, Mrs. Tai is full of emotion in her heart, and she didn't notice that there is a slight difference in atmosphere between the eldest daughter-in-law and Jiang Yue.

sat down, there were not a few words, Jiang Yue was talking, the corners of her eyes were getting redder and redder, and she couldn't help crying, Mrs. Hou looked at it coldly, and she didn't comfort her, but the third lady panicked first, hugged Jiang Yue's "heart, liver, flesh" and shouted, and asked again and again, "What grievances have you suffered?" Speak up with grandmothers and mothers. ”

Mrs. Tai was a little bitter and emotional, but she was stunned by Jiang Yue's crying, but instead restrained her emotions, seeing that the third wife persuaded Jiang Yue to cry more and more, her heart became more and more suspicious, and she couldn't help but ask.

Jiang Yue half fell into the arms of the third wife, and waited for the elders to ask anxiously, and finally sobbed and said, "Grandmother, granddaughter feels wronged......