forty-two

The little girl who came to her belatedly wore a silver-red silk cloak, the white fox armpit hair wrapped around her pointed and small chin like a carefully carved mutton fat jade, and the bat pattern inlaid with glass beads trembled with golden steps, shining in the moonlight, full of treasure, showing her noble and handsome whole body.

"You, who the hell are you?" Zhang Lan looked at Luo Qingrong who saluted her, a girl less than ten years old, who was now in the fourth grade, and put herself in a quiet position, "Where are you from?" How many years have you been there? ”

Luo Qingrong was really surprised, "Mother, what are you talking about?" I don't understand? Her whole heart was about to jump out of her chest, after being reborn, Luo Qingrong had already begun to doubt Zhang Lan's difference, she was asking herself now, and then thinking of her origin, how could Luo Qingrong not be shocked, "Mother?" Where did the mother come from? ”

"You come with me," Zhang Lan directly pulled Luo Qingrong and walked outside the courtyard, Luo Qingrong must have been afraid that the people next to him would hear it, so he didn't dare to tell her the truth, "I have something to ask you." ”

"Madam, don't you want to pull my girl like this, madam~" Cinnabar, Shi Qing, and Shi Lu were so frightened that Shi Lu was smart, and he rushed to Ruian Hall as soon as he turned around.

"Shi Lu, don't alarm the old lady, my mother just wants to talk to me," there are many things Luo Qingrong also wants to understand, today may be a good opportunity, she raised her voice to stop Shi Lu, and told Cinnabar not to follow, she followed Zhang Lan to the bamboo forest next to the flower wall, "What does Mother have to say to Qingrong?" ”

"Uh, this," Zhang Lan calmed down when she was blown by the cold wind in the bamboo forest, can she directly say that she came through time? Luo Qingrong is even her own crossing colleague, now her approach, I am afraid that she has no intention of befriending herself, if the two change positions, Zhang Lan feels that she will take the silver out in private, the two negotiate the conditions, and join forces to do a big job, and Luo Qingrong obviously has no such plans, of course, Zhang Lan felt in her heart, she is not as good as her, born in this wealthy Hou Mansion, "I just want to ask, why did you do this?" ”

"Do what?" Luo Qingrong was slightly disappointed, Zhang Lan finally calmed down, "Didn't my mother say that she wanted to do business with Qingrong?" Such a major event, children naturally have to report to the elders, you must have told your father too, haven't you? ”

"Yes, I told your father, but I didn't expect you to take the silver directly," Zhang Lan was a little at a loss, she also understood in her heart, Luo Qingrong had a lot of reasons waiting for her, "Okay, your father said, you are still young, you don't have to participate in this matter," she stroked the broken hair on Luo's sideburns, "Actually, we can be good friends, I have never been malicious to you, you try to think about me in the best way." ”

Luo Qingrong's long eyelashes blocked the emotions in her eyes, and the bright moonlight covered her snow-white face, enveloping her beautiful facial features with a layer of brilliance, she gently turned sideways, and did not stand opposite Zhang Lan, but let Zhang Lan see her beautiful eyebrows clearly.

Such a small girl actually stood quietly, and she could actually make her life feel independent, Zhang Lan sighed, and with doubts about Luo Qingrong's origin, she would no longer treat Luo Qingrong as a ten-year-old girl, "Forget it, you go down," Some people can never become friends.

"Girl, what did Madame tell you?" Seeing Luo Qingrong coming out, Cinnabar hurriedly greeted her, "I didn't expect her to be so bold, the slave told the rich mother to go." "Let the rich mother see the old lady sue.

"Don't make a fuss, I didn't suffer," Luo waved his hand lightly, "Let's go back." "Looking at her performance these days, Zhang Lan is different from herself, she will not be a person who has been reborn, but where did she come from? Luo Qingrong was puzzled, so he had to hide his suspicions in his heart, and turned his head to continue thinking about Zhang Lan's business.

According to Zhang Lan's character, she must do the matter of the West Point House, this matter ended in failure in the previous life, except for everyone who was amazed by Zhang Lan's novel ideas, Zhang Lan returned with a feather, and did not achieve the good results she wanted.

If it is just a simple dim sum shop, I don't think there will be no business, after all, the taste of those "West Pastries" is there, but it is really like what Zhang Lan said, it is West Point, it is tea, and what is the hanging chair rocking chair, it is impossible for everyone to show up to that kind of place, the small jasper can't afford to spend silver, and it is even more impossible for a man to sit there and eat those sweet and greasy things, and simply sell dim sum, and do not need the best shop in a lot upstairs and downstairs. Maybe I can put away my dreams and do something down-to-earth.

Luo Yuanpeng wandered around the garden sullenly, although he didn't believe Zhang Lan's analysis of his style in the court, but Luo Yuanpeng still heard the words of the master in his heart, and his pace couldn't help but slow down when he was managing affairs in the military department in the past few days, and today's incident made him completely lose the mood to enter the study.

was wandering aimlessly, a wisp of music came from afar, Luo Yuanpeng couldn't help but stop, he has been immersed in martial arts since he was a child, Yu Yin is ignorant, and Luo Fu didn't make any private plays, where did this music come from?

Thinking that it was caused by his mood, Luo Yuanpeng only felt that the curling flute sound seemed to be like nothing and the rhyme of the piano, which was extraordinarily moving, and he couldn't help but follow the sound of the piano, and wanted to see who the musician was.

Aunt Jin pressed the strings in the afterglow of Aunt Liu's flute, and smiled to herself for a while, "I didn't expect Sister Liu to have such a method, today really opened Ling Yun's eyes." ”

"It's just a small skill," Aunt Liu stroked the jade flute in her hand and said abruptly, "After a few days, it will be Madame's jealousy, and I remembered that she used to like to listen to me play the flute the most, and this jade flute was specially found for me by Madame." ”

Hearing Aunt Liu talk about the Gao family, Aunt Jin sighed, "When the time comes, I will also go to kowtow to Mrs., I was too shallow, pampered and arrogant, and now I know how kind Mrs. is~"

"Now that we're okay, don't blame me for speaking straight, where is Madame, where can we compare, your methods, she hasn't been in her eyes at all, just because the Hou Ye likes you, so she will go with you," Yiliu smiled lightly, playing with the tassels on the jade flute, "Those of us who are concubines are just a thing in this life, if you want to open it, in fact, life is not sad~"

I have also had a glorious time, but Aunt Liu, Aunt Jin doesn't know what to say, but it's rare that she can be so calm, "You have a young master, even if the surname Zhang adds a son-in-law in the future, but a long word Brother Xu is occupied, not to mention that Brother Xu knows how to be motivated, and there will be a day when you will come out in the future~" Speaking of this, Aunt Jin's eyes were red, and she hurriedly pulled a veil to try, "But I only have one Su Juan, and I am still a daughter, I just want to watch her grow up peacefully and marry a suitable person. In the future, I begged the Hou Ye to let me out of the house and find a nunnery to live in, so that it would not be an eyesore. ”

"Alas, in fact, it is not easy for Mrs.," I also survived this scorching summer and cold winter because of a son, although I have suffered a few decades in the first few decades, but in the end there is still a day to emerge, and Aunt Jin, as she said, has been in this Wu'an Hou Mansion all her life. I can't complain that even my wife looked at Brother Xu and envied herself, saying that a man's love is not important, and for women, the son is the biggest reliance.

"Master Hou has already passed the age and stood up, but there is only one Brother Xu under his knees, and it is from my aunt who was born as a slave, I am afraid that both of them are in a hurry, and in the future, Mrs. will really add a little master, maybe Lord Hou will think of you again." Aunt Liu also felt that her words were not very convincing, and after looking at it these days, it was the first time she had seen a woman as jealous as Zhang Lan.

"Sister, you don't know, our new lady will not let Hou Ye look at the woman next to her again," Aunt Jin cried at the desk, "Pity me at the age of sixteen and follow Hou Ye, even if there is a day when he falls out of favor, there is a few years of affection, he will not be too ruthless, but who would have thought, I didn't, I followed Hou Ye for so long, I only added a girl to the Luo family, and in the future, my sister Juan, I hope that Sister Liu will take care of it more," No matter who Luo Sujuan marries to, her mother's family is her biggest reliance, and Luo Xu is a promising person at first glance, That's why Aunt Jin has this request.

"What are you talking about? With the Hou Ye here, who can look down on the young lady of our Hou Mansion," Aunt Liu handed the flute to Yue'er beside her, and comforted her softly, "Isn't there still a second girl?" The second girl is really sincere to the third girl, if you look at the appearance and character of the second girl now, there will be a good future in the future, Brother Xu and Sister Juan have such a sister as her, which is the blessing of cultivation in the previous life. ”

"What my sister said is, this time something like that, I can see it clearly, in Jinzhou before, I also often went in and out of those official eunuchs' houses, not to mention the things in the inner house, I have heard of it, and there are not a few people who have seen it, where is there such a sister like the second girl?" Saying that, she clasped her hands together and said, "My sister has such a sister, even if I close my eyes now, I can be regarded as relieved." ”

Luo Yuanpeng looked at the two figures in the pavilion in a daze, his ears were very good, and the conversation between the two could be heard clearly, but it was like this, Luo Yuanpeng's mood was even heavier, these two concubines, whether it was the unknown Aunt Liu, or the Aunt Jin who was once deeply favored by herself, the wife who was like a treasure in her eyes was something they could not rely on in their eyes, and their children would rather be handed over to their daughter Luo Qingrong than thought of being taken care of by Mrs. What kind of woman did you go to great lengths to marry?

The two women not far away, one gave birth to the only child for herself, and the other accompanied her in that bitter cold place for several years, but what about herself? actually put them aside ruthlessly for the sake of his wife, making them panic all day long for the future, Luo Yuanpeng felt ashamed of his two concubines.