Chapter XXVIII

Jinhua, who was originally aggrieved, was frightened by the enthusiasm of the Ling family and daughter as soon as he entered Xiyuan, and looked at Li Xunzhuo with a very satisfied look of enjoying the harmony between his wife and daughter. She held her breath and was about to sue, but unexpectedly, Shaohua's initiative to show favor made her almost unable to swallow it in a breath. finally seized the opportunity to complain to Li Xunzhuo about Shaohua's pranks, but Li Xunzhuo scolded them for not having a gap between the sisters. Thinking about it, as long as she sues, Li Xunzhuo has never ignored it, but this time she was deflated.

At the end of the meal, the ingenuity of the three sisters and brothers, coupled with the rare meekness of the Ling family, made Li Xunzhuo feel open-minded, and he unconsciously drank a small cup. When they finished eating, Li Xunzhuo was a little drunk, and Ling asked them all to be sent back.

"Fifth sister is a good means!"

Shaohua was about to go back to her yard, but she heard someone not far behind her, and she stopped. Youhan opened her mouth, and when she dared to speak out, Shaohua stopped her, she turned around and saw Jinhua with a sneering and disdainful face, and she didn't feel it: "What does Qi Niang refer to?" ”

"Fifth sister, do you really don't understand or fake don't understand." Although Jinhua can't please anything good when he eats in Xiyuan on weekdays, it is the first time that he has been hung by the family like this.

Shaohua gave a command to Youhan, she was stunned for a moment, shook her head with a wrinkled face, and was glared at by Shaohua, so she had to bless them and enter the courtyard first. When Jinhua saw Youhan leaving, he also turned around and asked Wenlan to retreat, leaving the sisters standing in the garden aisle. The moon pierced through the clouds and fell right on them. Shaohua looked at her with a displeased face, exhaled deeply, and said, "True or false, Qi Niang might as well say it and let me understand." ”

She didn't want to play tricks with Jinhua all day long, just because of the embarrassment of her identity situation, if she didn't help Wanhua, she was afraid that she wouldn't be able to talk about it.

Jinhua took a step forward and said angrily: "You must have said something bad about me in front of your father, otherwise why didn't your father treat me all night!" ”

Shaohua couldn't help but laugh when he heard this, is this the first strike? She spread out her hands, "If I say anything bad, you can ask Daddy yourself." Qi Niang immediately concluded that it was because I said bad things behind my back that my father didn't want to see you, could it be that my father's tantrum in Xiyuan on weekdays was the ghost behind your back? Jinhua immediately choked, Shaohua didn't give her a chance to speak, "I don't have the same good temper as the third sister, and I don't know how to reply when you cry, but I'm not the kind of villain who likes to sue behind my back." ”

Hearing Shaohua say this, Jinhua was so excited that his face was flushed, and the moonlight simply slanted slightly, shining on Shaohua's body, hiding her face. Thinking about his plan, Shaohua decided to open the skylight with Jinhua and say something bright, "Do you know why I let Youhan leave? Because no matter how close you are, you're just a maid, and you and I are different. Close the door, naturally divide the eldest and youngest, but out of Xiyuan, if anyone deceives you, the third sister and I will not sit idly by. But if you're at home and you want to make a fuss, I'm not going to be polite to you either. Shaohua put his hands behind his back and walked towards Jinhua step by step.

I don't know if it's because of the rooster incident earlier, Jinhua has an inexplicable awe of Shaohua in her heart, and in the face of her intently gaze, her heart is pounding.

Shaohua sighed faintly, looked at the uneasy Jinhua, and said softly: "Qi Niang, maybe in another year, the third sister will go out." There are only you and me left in this family, if you insist on getting along with me, I can accompany you to the end. Not to mention that Mrs. is my biological mother, and Pu'an Ling's family, even my father will definitely not attack me because you are a concubine. But what about you, if you really annoy Madame, have you ever thought about what you will do in the future, how long can Daddy protect you? Shaohua spoke softly, but every word hit the bottom of his heart.

Jinhua couldn't find his own voice a little, "You, if you dare to mess around, I'll tell Daddy to go!" ”

Shaohua Wan'er, "Qi Niang still doesn't understand?" I didn't grow up in the Li family, and my temperament was relatively lazy, if you don't cause trouble, I will never make trouble. Putting aside all the rights and wrongs, we can still be good sisters. "Shaohua really doesn't have the heart to fight with a little girl all day long, in fact, as long as Jinhua doesn't make trouble, the Ling family is not a vicious mother-in-law. It's a pity that Su doesn't understand this truth, an aunt who was born as a maid also wants to compete with Mrs. Zhengtou.

Jinhua saw her smile gently, and he was a little hesitant in his heart, looking at Li Xunzhuo's attitude, and his resentment came up again.

"Qi Niang is a smart lady, you should know that our little lady is counting on finding a good husband all her life. No matter how favored Aunt Su is, she is just an aunt, and she can't interfere with Qi Niang's future events. In the face of Jinhua's silence, Shaohua was a little helpless, and knew in his heart that it was a little difficult for Jinhua to accept her friendliness at once. It's not early, let's go back quickly, I don't know when Mr. will come back, it's time to take care of it. ”

Jinhua was upset by her words, in the end she was just a twelve-year-old lady, and she didn't think far away. thought in her heart, it must be because Shaohua didn't grow up in the Li family since she was a child, and she didn't have much confidence, and when Wanhua went out in the future, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to cope with the rules of the Li family, so she had to win over. But judging from her performance these days, she doesn't look like a lady with no rules in the countryside. In terms of talking and doing things, it is even slightly better than Wanhua.

Jinhua wasn't sure what the situation would be if she really had a hard fight with Shaohua, but she was unwilling to let her bow her head and admit that she was worse than Shaohua.

However, Shaohua didn't care what Jinhua thought in her heart, anyway, after she finished what she had to say, the rest didn't expect the little lady to understand much immediately. When he turned around and was about to leave, Jinhua finally spoke.

"Fifth sister, you really don't care about the past?" Jinhua cautiously probed.

"Counting up, I have been home for less than half a year, and it has only been two months since I got along with you, how many years ago?" Seeing Chu He standing at the entrance of the courtyard and looking out, Shaohua didn't say much to her, and left after speaking.

is about to calculate it carefully, in fact, Jinhua and her really don't have many grievances, it's just a habitual sharp tooth, a habitual tooth for tooth.

She slept until dawn, slept very comfortably, and got up early the next day, even Chuhe was surprised. And Jinhua didn't know whether to listen to her words, or to brew the next trouble, at least for a few days.

Until the first day of the eighth month, Ling took the excuse of going to the temple to offer incense, pulled Wanhua out of the door, and asked her to ask for a sign for her future husband in person. Wanhua blushed, and instead of pulling Shaohua to go out together, Shaohua said that he didn't want to go out. Since the lord of Yinghua mentioned that Yan Kaizhi might go to Princess Shang, she became depressed.

Unexpectedly, on the second day, Li Liangxun came back and said that the bandits in Huaicheng in the southwest were rampant and wanted to occupy the mountain as the king. In dealing with other things, the emperor always turns a blind eye and lets it go, but he will never be lenient about the division of land and government. Uncle Guo made the same mistake at the beginning, causing the emperor to be ruthless and expel the Wang family from the capital. In the court, many generals immediately went out to ask for battle, but for some reason, in the end, Yan Kaizhi was asked to accompany the second son of the emperor.

Shaohua curiously asked Li Xunzhuo the reason, only to see him stroke a few sparse and slender beards, and said with emotion: "Southwest Huaicheng, which was originally a barren land, deep mountains and mountains, was somehow burned clean by a wildfire, and then it was discovered that there were many rare medicinal herbs planted in the valley, and many people nearby made their homes by digging medicinal herbs. It is also strange to say that other species in Huaicheng do not live, but some rare medicinal materials are easy to feed. To the north of Huaicheng is Pingzhou, and the Xu, Shang, and He families of Pingzhou are all military generals in the past dynasties, and forty percent of the twenty-two marshals of the founding of the country are from Pingzhou. Dare to break ground on Tai Sui's head, it seems that this thief is really dead. ”

"Since Pingzhou is not far from Huaicheng, why don't you send someone over directly from Pingzhou." Shaohua asked curiously.

Li Xunzhuo saw that Shaohua was interested in these things, so he patiently told her: "Although Pingzhou is close to Huaicheng, it will take half a day to catch up quickly. Besides, although the three families of Pingzhou have produced military generals in the past dynasties, and their children are all capable of martial arts, they have never been members of the imperial court. The saint has always tabooed the participation of the harem mother's family in politics, even if it is the imperial concubine, there is only one brother who is in the second rank, holding real power, and the others are mostly idle positions. This time, the second son of the emperor went out of the city, it seems that he wanted the Pingzhou He family to make a move. It's just that the crown prince has not yet been established, and the saint is impartial to the two princes, so I'm afraid the eldest prince also has something to do. "According to the emperor's temperament, if the second son of the emperor returns triumphantly, then the eldest son of the emperor is afraid that he will have to find something to do.

"Since the He family is out of the house, then Yan Kaizhi is going to join in the fun." Obviously, the second son of the emperor did not go to suppress the bandits in person, at most, he held up a sign to the He family in Pingzhou on behalf of the emperor, signaling them that the opportunity for you to become an official has come.

Li Xunzhuo glanced at her, "Yan Guard is the son of Xing Yongbo, and he is the close guard of the second prince, who will he go if he doesn't go?" Doro's territory is about to move, maybe he will go to northern Sichuan next time. ”

Shaohua thought for a while, and suddenly became overjoyed: "So, it is impossible for him to be a princess?" "So far, there is no colt who can hold real power. Hearing Li Xunzhuo say this, the fire of expectation in Shaohua's heart couldn't help but light up.

"The eldest princess is already sixteen years old, and the others are all for Ji Xuan, if you really let Yan Kai Zhishang Princess, she won't wait until now." Li Xunzhuo saw Shaohua smiling brightly, and wondered, "Wu Niang seems to be very concerned?" ”

Shaohua was stunned for a moment, and was about to speak, when he heard Ling's reproach: "The master told a little lady about so many things in the court, and if you want to have the mind to listen to so many things on the side, it is better to go back to the house and practice female red." "Since the eldest daughter was allowed out, the Ling family has become more determined to find a rich and noble gentleman for Shaohua.

Shaohua stuck out his tongue, made a grimace, and asked his parents to say goodbye.

Thinking that Yan Kaizhi didn't have to be a princess, her heart was like a flower, and she felt happy when she saw everything. Perhaps because he thought about it day and night, Shaohua, who had been carefully qualified, once again dreamed of the land in northern Sichuan, where the sky is high and the land is wide, and the majesty of ten thousand horses galloping.

A beautiful girl stood under a tree, the sun shining on her light brown hair, shining with a faint golden light. Looking at the young man who turned over neatly and got on the horse, she asked nervously: "When I have long hair and waist, can Lang Jun come back and marry me?" ”

The boy's back froze, and he turned his face to look at the girl, but the girl was so bright by the strong sunlight that she couldn't open her eyes.

I don't know whether he nodded or shook his head, and when she came back to her senses, the boy was already riding his horse and galloping away.