The two maids looked at each other and smiled, and they heard a whisper in the lacquered bed wrapped in the lotus blue tent, it should be Xue Mingcan turning over and over to find a comfortable sleeping position, and gradually quieted down, Leng Hui continued to do needlework, Miaohui covered the door and went out, today is the day to receive the moon silver.

The mother of the Xue family brothers and sisters is the youngest daughter of the old lady, the daughter of the noble earl. should have married a well-connected hairpin family, and at worst it should be a scholarly family, but I don't know what happened, and in the end I married a cold-blooded and ruthless businessman. After marriage, she gave birth to twin sons, was depressed, and died within two years.

Later, the businessman surnamed Xue continued the strings, and the step-room was a market woman, who beat and scolded the children left by the original partner at every turn, and often did not give them enough to eat. It wasn't until two years ago that the merchant surnamed Xue died in business, and the stepfamily remarried, leaving behind two children that no one wanted, that the old lady remembered to take Miss Xue and Young Master Xue back to the Earl's Palace.

And on the side of Wuqing Bofu, the lord lost his wife in his early years, and has always avoided talking about the continuation of the string, the family of the Great Xia Dynasty has always been the highest status of the aunt and grandmother who has not been out of the cabinet, so the right to head the house falls into the hands of the eldest lady Lin Tangmei, although there is a wife Mei in the second room, but it is only an assistant from the side.

Fortunately, although the eldest lady is only fifteen years old, she is intelligent and precocious, thoughtful, and takes care of the housework at a young age, unequivocally, from the most difficult old mother in the house to the shrewd shopkeeper in the Zhuangzi outside, there is no one who does not obey the control of the eldest lady.

For the two cousins and cousins with foreign surnames, the eldest lady also treats them equally, and the monthly money is the same as that of the ladies in the house. The uncle loved them very much, and gave them a few taels from his monthly silver.

Therefore, the errand of serving the brothers and sisters of the Xue family was pushed around by the maids at first, but now it is only greedy.

Lin Tangmei sent monthly money between hugging the building, and her sister Lin Tangxiao happened to come to her.

"Eldest sister."

Lin Tangmei, who was talking to the housekeeper's mother-in-law, followed the prestige and saw her thirteen-year-old little sister walk in. In the past two years, she has seen other little girls grow together, like bamboo shoots after the rain, but her sister is still small and childish.

Because there was a happy event in the Zhong family of the town tomorrow, and they sent a post to invite them to the daughters of Wuqing Bofu, Lin Tangxiao attached great importance to it, and tried on clothes in the house for a morning, but couldn't decide after all, so she ran to her sister to get an idea.

Lin Tangmei saw that she was wearing a lychee red skirt, and a pink butterfly was covered with floral makeup, and her little head seemed to be unable to withstand the golden silk ruby on her head, and she was about to fall with her steps.

There is nothing about this outfit that suits her age.

Lin Tangmei shook his head helplessly and asked, "Why are you dressed like this?" ”

"Isn't it pretty?" Lin Tangxiao heard her eldest sister say this, and her little green face was tangled, "But last time Sister Zhang Yousheng of the Zhang family wrapped a scarlet cloak, and you all said it was good-looking." ”

When my sister said this, Lin Tangmei remembered it. Just after the last Lantern Festival, the two sisters of the Zhang family invited the good nobles in Yanjing City to get together, and at that time, Zhang Yousheng wore a scarlet feather satin cape, which made her skin as white as snow, and everyone praised it for a while.

But Zhang Yousheng is already sixteen years old, and he is graceful and generous early, bright and beautiful, so he can suppress that color. Compared with others, my sister can only be regarded as a budding gardenia, white and green.

She couldn't hurt her sister, so she could only say: "Your lychee red doesn't match pink, and it's no better than the scarlet of the Zhang family's sister." ”

Lin Tangxiao pouted when she heard this, who didn't know that the color scarlet was only affordable by the families in the family, and Zhang Yousheng only got such a piece by virtue of her relationship with the Lingxian County Lord. Maybe the county lord is tired of wearing it and rewards her casually.

"You're young, you should wear delicate colors like cherry red and light blue, go back and change it."

Lin Tangxiao was tired early, sat on the kang weakly, and sighed on her sister's lap. At this time, there were still three minutes before noon, and there were still people coming in, Lin Tangmei couldn't care about appeasing his sister and was busy dealing with it.

Just as Miaohui came in, Lin Tangxiao was lying on her side, and when she saw her, she immediately stopped and asked, "What is Xue Mingcan doing?" ”

Miaohui received a heavy bag of monthly money, she was in a good mood, and respectfully blessed Lin Tangxiao, and replied to her: "Miss Xue is still asleep." ”

Lin Tangxiao rolled her eyes after hearing this, and no longer paid attention to Miaohui, and said to her sister: "Eldest sister, look, when is she still sleeping, if I also sleep until three o'clock in the sun, I am afraid I will be reprimanded by you." ”

"Second Miss, Miss Xue has just recovered from a serious illness, so she needs to recuperate." Miao Hui spoke for Xue Mingcan. In fact, Xue Mingcan's illness has long been fine, but Miaohui wants to defend her, and she can't listen to the second lady to arrange her, even if she is not the serious master of Wuqing Bofu.

"Are you still drinking? I haven't seen my cousin in a while. Lin Tangmei asked Miaohui and smiled generously at her sister's complaints.

"Drinking, it's all nourishing herbs."

"The day before yesterday, my grandmother entered the palace, and the queen mother rewarded some ginseng, and after a while, you took the brand, and asked the people in the treasury to take some back."

Miao Hui thanked the eldest lady for blessing before retreating, and before she stepped out of the hugging room, she heard that the second lady was dissatisfied.

"Eldest sister, why are you so good to her? I really don't understand what our family does to support two idlers. Lin Tangxiao was indignant, rubbed it up and continued to mumble, "At the beginning, my grandmother saw that his brother and sister were pitiful, so she took Yanjing, and she should have been respectful and respectful under the fence, her brother is fine, but look at her!" No one ...... in sight"

There are fewer and fewer people who are going on, Lin Tangmei only wanted to be quiet for a while, interrupted her sister and said: "The cousin of the Xue family is docile and cute, and there is no one in her eyes, but you are always bullying others." ”

"How can I have! If you save the money allocated to them every month, you can go to Cuiyu Zhai to buy me a few more pieces of jewelry. ”

Lin Tangmei frowned, if he really did this, his grandmother would ask about it, and the next person knew that they were chewing behind their backs, and now his father still has a title, and now the queen mother is her grandmother's sister, so she can't miss these taels of silver. She was so helpless that her sister complained that she sent her back to change her clothes and ordered someone to set lunch.

Miaohui came back with the moon money, and when she entered the courtyard, she found that there was no sound quietly, thinking that Xue Mingcan was still asleep, and she didn't want to go to the porch, so she smelled a faint sweet fragrance of fat powder, and under the window lattice of the begonia pattern and tender yellow silk yarn, two pretty faces faced each other, but one stared slightly closed, and the other opened a pair of round apricot eyes, staring at each other meticulously.

Leng Hui, who was guarding the door of the room, saw her and hurriedly beckoned her over.

"The third master is here again?" Miao Hui smiled playfully.

Leng Hui nodded, "Be quiet, don't let the uncle come back and find out." ”

"I say, otherwise you wouldn't be standing at the door like a watchdog, you're watching." Miao Hui covered her mouth and snickered. This third master is the eldest son of the second room of the Bofu, he is fifteen years old, he doesn't like to read on weekdays, he just idle, teasing cats and dogs, but he is not bad, he is clean, he does not walk the eagle, gambles, eats and drinks, and lingers in the land of fireworks, so he is not qualified to say that he is not qualified.

It's just one thing, he's a seven-foot man, he doesn't like arms and loves red makeup, and he often comes to ask Miss Xue to give him some makeup, if it weren't for this, they might never know that the dignified Wu Qingbo's second room sister-in-law has such a strange habit.

When Miss Xue first came, the third master felt that it was novel, so he often came to tease this little cousin. Before she had a high fever, it was the third master who found out first, and immediately asked the little girl to go out to find a doctor.

"Where did you get this recipe? Why didn't I see you use it before? Lin Hong picked up a silver intarsia butterfly powder box, leaned to the tip of his nose and sniffed gently, the fragrance was not strong, but it went straight to the bones, and he hit a spirit.

"Don't move! Don't blame me if your eyebrows are off for a while. Xue Mingcan hit the back of his hand with a "snap", almost knocking off a box of pear blossom white flour powder.

"I don't know where I got it, the last time you didn't think your skin was white enough, I found this recipe in my head. You have the ability to get white sandalwood and palace powder, otherwise this box of incense powder will not be successful. Xue Mingcan lowered his voice low and soft, Lin Hongjin only felt a warm aroma hit his face, he really liked this cousin more and more.

Finally, after finishing his lips, Xue Mingcan said "Okay", handed him the bronze mirror with a wooden handle, and the two admired the pretty face as white as jade in the mirror together. Suddenly, Xue Mingcan spoke: "I have a bold idea. ”

Half an hour passed, Leng Hui stood outside the door and was sleepy, a few plum trees under the porch bloomed snow-white flowers, the spring was bright, the yard was quiet, only to hear bees and birds under the flowers from time to time.

Xue Mingcan's west wing, opposite the east wing, Xue Mingyu, and the main room are lived by the uncle Lin Xian. Leng Hui guarded the yard and couldn't help but see things and think about people. Speaking of which, although the uncle is the eldest son, he is a concubine, and his biological mother and aunt passed away very early, so he can't attack the lord's Wuqing earldom.

Most of the boys will be deliberately taught by their mothers, and the children of such a family can easily donate a future by sealing some thank-you gifts, and hang a false position to receive a fortune, but he himself studied diligently and took the path of the imperial examination.