The carved Gexuan window is open to the outside, and there are more than ten delicate and small multicolored glass bowls on the square case of pear blossom wood inside, between Zhen Mo's slender and jade fingers, fiddling with a white oak fragrant tweezer, picking out the dry petals from the glass bowl, first subdividing the fragrance at the end of the nose, and then carefully putting it into a silk yarn sachet embroidered with white magnolia.

The screen window is thin, the dust surrounds the peony beam, and the red makeup window sits down, and I don't feel that the years are long.

The sunset in July is as gorgeous as a touch of blush when a beauty is shy, shrouding a woman who knows the fragrance of flowers and is in her prime, which is a wonderful and beautiful picture.

But suddenly, a "giant palm" stretched out, abruptly disturbing the harmony of the picture.

Zhen Sanlang lay flat on the other side of the table, grabbed a few petals of fragrant flowers randomly, stacked them on his nose, took a deep breath, and suddenly sighed: "How can this lifeless falling flower be more fragrant than when it blooms on the branches?" ”

Zhen Mo said angrily: "How old are you, why don't you have a rule, as soon as you come to me, you are like a child, either lying or lying down, like going to the bones, if A-Niang sees it, you have to talk about you." ”

Zhen Saburo smiled, propped up half a dozen of his body, the petals on his face fell on the robe, and with his swaying legs, he finally landed on the floor aggrievedly, lying listlessly in a touch of sunshine.

The maid standing next to him immediately said distressedly: "San Lang doesn't know everything, these petals were picked when they were in full bloom, soaked in several kinds of perfusam, perfume mixed with the perfume, and waited for three days before taking it out, put it away with a brocade bag, and put it in the rose bush to dry, so that it has a unique fragrance, and it takes some effort to make it." ”

As he spoke, he picked up the petals on the ground, carefully blew the dust on them, and put them in the sachet that was close to him.

Zhen Mo picked and chosen, and finally opened a sealed brocade box, took out a shade-dried black purple peony with tweezers, carefully put it into the sachet, strangled the silk on his mouth, and handed it to the maid to take it.

"The fourth sister is really impatient, and she wastes so much trouble doing this, which is no different from the sachets bought outside." Zhen Sanlang pursed the corners of his lips and said disapprerovingly.

Zhen Mo glared at him: "What do you know." ”

"The sachets made by Siniang herself, where are those comparable outside, even the crown princess can't put it down, over the years, the four seasons are counting on Siniang's sachets." The mouthy maid couldn't help but correct Saburo's words.

"Fourth sister, don't you care about the attitude of the prince of Weiguo today? In order to let him hear about that farce, I also wasted some thoughts, and sat with him for half an afternoon today, and I only felt that my back was sore and my legs were swollen. Saburo clenched his fists and smashed his legs hard, looking hateful.

"You said a long time ago, the prince of Wei Guo is very chivalrous, and he likes to be a straightforward and reasonable person...... I just arranged that scene, will there be other results? Zhen Mo said angrily: "I know that you have made a meritorious service today, and I have already prepared a thank you gift." ”

Zhen Sanlang immediately smiled, his eyes lit up, and he looked at his fourth sister with anticipation.

Zhen Mo shook her head, took out a purse from the pillow on the side, and threw it in Zhen Sanlang's arms.

San Lang took a look, smiled and became frustrated, opened his purse and took a look, but saw that there were a few small ingots of Huang Cancan, so he cheered up again, jumped up, and got up from the kang: "The fourth sister is really generous, so I won't bother you, take the first step." Without saying a word, he strode out the door.

Zhen Mo sighed helplessly, so she asked the maid to follow behind her with a sachet, and also walked out of the courtyard and went to the main house where Mrs. Zhen lived.

Mrs. Zhen was asking the maids in the courtyard to fill up the medicinal food supplements, which were packed in several brocade boxes, holding the prescription that Zhang Xin had worked so hard to find, looking at it with anxious eyebrows, and seeing Zhen Mo entering, she only raised her eyelids and didn't pay much attention to it.

"A-Niang, where did you find this recipe?" Zhen Mo sat down next to her mother, glanced at the prescription, and the smile on her face was very well-behaved.

"It was your grandmother who asked for it, although it was prescribed by a famous doctor, I heard that many women have become pregnant." Having said that, Mrs. Zhen looked very hesitant: "I am also in a hurry to go to the doctor, who let those prescriptions in the hospital not work, the princess has had a miscarriage since that miscarriage...... It's been the fifth year, and there's no news at all, but I've been searching around for all these years, but I haven't heard anything about it. ”

The princess has been married for six years, or five years ago, after the miscarriage, she has not been able to get pregnant again, although the two side concubines were injured due to a miscarriage, there is nothing to be afraid of for the time being, those concubines were also drugged, but they can't prevent the "fish that slipped through the net", not long ago, there was a maid who was pregnant, fortunately, the princess was deaf and clear-sighted, and she was ruthless, so she didn't let the cheap maid succeed.

There is no queen in the East Palace, although the queen mother and queen can indulge for a while, they will not indulge for a lifetime.

Mrs. Kong has met with Mrs. Zhen several times, and there is a hint of warning in her speech.

Mrs. Zhen also persuaded her eldest daughter that instead of letting the two side concubines from a prestigious family give birth to a concubine, it is better to choose a concubine from a humble background, and it is a big deal to keep the son to the mother in the future and raise the child under her knees, which can be regarded as an explanation to the royal family.

But the crown princess didn't go into this matter, and no matter how much Mrs. Zhen persuaded her, she didn't let go.

Three years ago, a folk doctor came to the national capital, cured a lot of women who had difficulty giving birth, the Li family of the Ministry of Works, married for more than ten years, and was still not pregnant after thirty, and went to the doctor in a hurry, but after being diagnosed and treated by the doctor, he gave birth to a big fat boy the next year! All of a sudden, everyone called the folk traveling doctor "the holy hand of sending children".

Helplessly, the "holy hand" is a traveling doctor, who has come and gone without a trace, and when Mrs. Zhen heard the news, he had already left the country and did not know his whereabouts.

"A-Niang still persuades the eldest sister, the prince is twenty-five years old this year, and there are still no heirs under his knees, in the long run, the queen mother and the queen will not stand idly by." Zhen Mo followed Mrs. Zhen and sighed.

"Your big sister's temperament, where are you willing to listen to me." Mrs. Zhen became more and more troubled.

"Tomorrow, A-Niang is going to the East Palace, so I'll give this sachet to the eldest sister for my daughter, the last time she saw me, she made a special trip to mention it." Zhen Mo beckoned and asked the maid to hand over the silk yarn flower bag she had just prepared.

Mrs. Zhen didn't look at it, and directly asked the personal maid to put it away, and then asked, "What happened to you today, is it still going well?" ”

"Can it not go well? A-Niang just relaxes. ”

Mrs. Zhen bowed slightly, but suddenly sneered: "I broke the window paper with the Huang family today, but she was full of embarrassment, saying that she couldn't do anything about the prince of Weiguo, and she had to go back to the eldest princess." ”

Zhen Mo frowned slightly: "My daughter listened to several little ladies from the Weiguo Mansion today, since the Dong family returned to Jinyang, Ayin has been invited twice by the eldest princess, not only with Yijing and Liuniang, but even Yichen has become her handkerchief, and then has the friendship between the eldest princess and Mrs. Dong......"

"That's why I'm worried." Mrs. Zhen raised her eyebrows, and a pair of apricot eyes seemed to hide disdain: "In the end, she is a concubine, acting timidly and cowering, and now she has both children, and she is still in charge of the middle feed of the Guogong Mansion, but she is not half decisive, but this is fine, in the future, when you marry and enter the door, you only need to flatter the eldest princess, the mother-in-law of the Huang family, is just an ornament." ”

"It's too early to say that." Zhen Mo smiled, leaned over and clasped her mother's arm: "Auntie, if there is no obstruction from the Dong family, the marriage with the Weiguo Mansion will be ninety percent certain." ”

Mrs. Zhen raised her eyebrows again: "What do you mean ......?"

"A-Niang is going to enter the palace tomorrow, so I can discuss it with the eldest sister first." Zhen Mo didn't explain, but mentioned another thing: "Sister Qing has helped her daughter a lot today, and A-Niang should give her a reassurance." ”

When Mrs. Zhen heard this, a look of disdain flashed in her eyes again: "In the end, it is a lady from a small family, her eyelids are shallow, her timid appearance, I was originally 10,000 disdainful, thinking of having such a daughter-in-law in the future, I only feel panicked in my heart." Mrs. Zhen seems to have forgotten that her mother is not from the Liao family.

"Ah Niang......" Zhen Mo couldn't cry or laugh: "Do you really want your second brother to marry a lady from a prestigious family?" Besides, Aqing is cowardly, and there are also benefits to being cowardly, no matter how you handle it in the future, can she still have a sentence that can't be done? ”

Mrs. Zhen has given birth to two daughters in a row since she entered Zhen's mansion, and she was nearly thirty years old before she looked forward to a San Lang, and later gave birth to Shiro, the former eldest and second lang were both concubines.

Da Lang's mother was Mrs. Zhen's maid, and she was naturally not a threat, but she also "died of illness" five years ago, but Erlang's mother was Mrs. Zhen's maid, after giving birth to Erlang, she died of a "blood collapse".

Where would Mrs. Zhen let Erlang marry the lady of the Wang family?

"He thought? A concubine, which daughter of a noble family is willing to marry? It's a shame that your grandmother still thinks the lintel of Liao's mansion is low. Mrs. Zhen sneered.

Just now, I don't know who said that Ah Qing was born in a small family, and she couldn't see it, Zhen Mo scolded her, but shook her mother's arm: "Although the second brother is a concubine, he is also in a family, and now he is a prisoner, it is still suitable to have a famous concubine, and Ah Niang has to contribute to the relationship between the second brother and A Qing, and the grandmother is already a little dissatisfied, if you delay it again, don't really let the second brother take advantage of the loophole and marry you a rude famous concubine." ”

Mrs. Zhen thought about it carefully, Liao's Aqing has a cowardly temperament, her family background is also slight, and she is a junior of her own family, although her temperament is really unpleasant, Hengzhu is not married to her own son-in-law, Erlang has such a wife, no matter how much he will be productive in the future, it will be less than relying on battle, and he can't make any waves, so he made up his mind and planned how to blow the pillow wind today, and persuaded the child that his father agreed to this marriage.

And at this time, in the Yuanying Hall of the Weiguo Mansion, the eldest princess was also surrounded by grandchildren under her knees.

After returning from Zhen's Mansion, the Huang family naturally wanted to take the juniors to greet him, and when Li heard that, he also came in gold and jade, holding Erniang with one hand and Siniang with the other, and kept asking about the details of being a guest in Zhen's Mansion.

Siniang has already removed the golden phoenix on her head and changed into a refreshing skirt, she only feels a lot more comfortable, but she is still not too keen to talk about Zhenfu.

Erniang was very excited, her eyebrows fluttered and she told Zhen Mo in detail how to outwit the thief and her tolerant and generous deeds, full of praise, full of flattery, and Baniang was shocked when she heard it, and her black grape-like eyes were round, staring at Erniang intently.

Sanniang was immersed in grief and indignation - because she was a concubine, she was unable to accompany her today, and she was already a little resentful in her heart, and she was even more unwilling to inquire about Deli's calculations.

The Zhen family is a family, and there is a crown princess, and she has become a fake national relative! Whether it is Zhen Sanlang or Shilang, they are all the younger brothers of the crown princess, and their future is limitless, why are they cheaper Erniang and Siniang, their biological mother is just a commoner born in Orion, and she is the daughter of Wei Guogong, is it worse than them?

But I don't even have the qualifications to be a guest, how not to make people hate the word "Shu"! As soon as she thought of this, Sanniang couldn't help but secretly glance at Yijing again, gritted her teeth with a blue face, and wrenched Jinpa to vent her anger.

"It turns out that there was such an accident, it seems that Ah Mo is really a wise child and tolerant." After listening to Erniang, Huang seemed to sigh meaningfully.

The eldest princess just smiled slightly, but was noncommittal.

Yijing saw the eldest brother sitting on one side, although he didn't say anything, he only held the tea and drank it slowly, but the corners of his lips were smiling, and he immediately tightened the strings around him, thought about it, and then said, "Mother is right...... If it were me, I wouldn't be so keen, and I immediately thought of the maids brought by the guests. ”

"Oh? I used to look at you as a little clever ghost, why are you sluggish again? The eldest princess looked at the beautiful scenery and seemed to be very curious.

"Grandmother didn't see that scene." Yijing was slightly disgusted: "Because everyone wants to clean their hands and touch the piano, the maids hold the basin in and out, and there are more people who pour tea and pour water, and those who serve refreshments and fresh fruits, and they come and go frequently, I just think that even if they don't find the stolen goods from them, maybe they have been transferred to other places early, where do I think that it will be the maids of the guests who are greedy." ”

Huang was slightly stunned, but the eldest princess frowned.

"Besides, let's go out as guests, and the maids we bring are all personal attendants, of course they are credible, Sister Mo said that she would search her body, I was taken aback, about her others, Qiuyue and Qiushuang who went with me today must not be wronged in vain, their innocence, I am convinced." Yijing said again.

Erniang hurriedly smiled and said good things for Zhen Mo: "Ah Mo just said that, but she just wanted to force the thief to mess up, and she didn't really want to search her body." ”

Yijing frequently bowed his head: "That's why I said that Sister Amo is wise, if it were replaced by me, I was afraid that I would mess up, and I could only ask the elders to deal with it." ”

The eldest princess was thinking about herself, but Mama Song took advantage of the excitement to answer: "With such an accident, the little ladies can't be the masters, but it is reasonable to give birth to the elders." ”

The eldest princess suddenly asked Yichen: "Chen'er said, if such a thing happens in our family, how should you deal with it?" ”

Yichen was slightly stunned, knowing that her grandmother was testing her life, so she didn't say lightly, thought about it carefully, and then replied cautiously: "The granddaughter is stupid, and when the incident happens suddenly, she will not be as calm as Amo, at most, she is optimistic about those maids, and she will not let them go around, and she will make a decision after giving her mother." ”

"What if you notice something strange about your guest's maid?" The eldest princess asked again: "If that guest is still related to us." ”

Yichen was stunned again, this time, he thought about it for a longer time.

Yijing sighed, knowing that the sentence just now had made her grandmother suspicious, in fact, Zhen Mo's arrangement was not without loopholes, but Erniang was bent on flattery, of course she wouldn't notice it, Siniang and Liuniang didn't take it to heart, and they wouldn't think much about it, but grandmother is an elder in the end, just listen to it casually, when you are reminded, you will inevitably find something strange.

This is thanks to Erniang's excitement today and brought up this topic, otherwise, she would have to waste some thoughts.

Looking at the eldest brother again, he also smiled at this time, put the tea bowl down, and pondered something intently.

The scenery became more relaxed.

After thinking about it for a while, Yichen also had an idea, and replied thoughtfully: "If you change your granddaughter, you have noticed that the maid has put the bracelet on the Baibaoge, and at most she has found it and returned it to the owner...... Although this matter is a greedy and impulsive behavior of the maid, it can be spread out, and it will hurt the reputation of the little lady, everyone is still a relative, and when they send a foreign guest away, it is reasonable to expose it in private. ”

When the eldest princess heard this, she nodded with satisfaction, but she didn't comment on Zhen Mo's behavior.

Liuniang glanced at the beautiful scene, was silent, and contrary to her usual temperament of never talking about herself, she actually said: "Speaking of which, Liao's Aqing is also a little strange. ”

Huang immediately said: "Don't talk about the rights and wrongs of others behind your back." ”

Liuniang said: "It's not that there is anything wrong with Liao's Aqing, but listening to what the maid said, she is just a maid bought from outside, and the time she has been in the house is still short...... As the fifth sister said just now, when we go out as guests, the maids we bring are all waiting for us, even if we are not born in the family, they must be taught by the grandmothers, and following the rules is basic, preventive, that is, in other people's homes, words and deeds are inappropriate, and what mistakes are made, implicating the family voice. But the maid of the Liao family, even if her parents are sick and there are unspeakable hidden, as a maid who is waiting for her master, she must have a little face, and she can ask for the grace of her master, will the Liao family still see death and not save it? How could she be so greedy when she was a guest at a relative's house, and she was a maid in the inner house, not a child of the family, even if she was lucky not to be discovered, how could she exchange the bracelet for silver taels to relieve the danger of her parents? ”

It was rare for everyone to hear Liu Niang's tirade, and they were a little surprised for a while, and then they thought about it carefully, and sure enough, they felt that there was something strange about this matter.

But in the end, it is the matter of the Zhen family, whether it is the eldest princess or the Huang family, although they guess the truth, they will not say it explicitly.

Yijing's mind turned, and he suddenly asked the eldest brother: "The eldest brother is also in the Zhen Mansion today, I don't know what interesting things are there?" ”

Su Xun picked up the tea bowl again at this time, and smiled faintly when he heard this: "I don't have any friendship with Zhen Sanlang, but he is very enthusiastic today, and he invited me to go to his house three times and invited me to play chess for half an afternoon." ”

"Oh? Big Brother must be the winner, right? "The scenery is full of curiosity.

"No winner." Su Xun smiled again, and saw that her grandmother seemed to be very concerned, so she added: "Before the game is over, I will be disturbed by the quarrel between you little ladies and the judgment of the case." ”

The expressions of the eldest princess and the Huang family were instantly subtle.

Only Ritchie didn't understand what he was talking about, and he was still staring at Huang with an eager smile.

Erniang was surprised: "It turns out that Brother is next door!" ”

Su Xun raised her eyebrows: "I didn't expect such a coincidence. ”

The stone hanging on Yijing's heart was completely put down, looking at the attitude of the eldest brother, he obviously understood the inside story of Zhen Sanlang's "enthusiasm" and "coincidence" of the strange things he heard, Zhen Mo's careful arrangement can be regarded as the opposite of his wishes.

The Huang family originally planned to wait for a junior to avoid the juniors and tell Mrs. Zhen's words to the eldest princess in detail, but he didn't expect such a change, and quietly looked at the princess's expression, and knew that today was not the time, so he said goodbye.

Huang couldn't cry or laugh, and looked at Ritchie for a while, but in the end, he remained silent.