"I'm sorry, miss, it's the slave who didn't pay attention!" Bai Fu hurriedly untied her hair and pleaded guilty again and again.

"It's okay, it's me who moves around by myself, I don't blame you." , Xiaoyu comforted Bai Fu.

"Miss, what hairpin do you think is appropriate for your head?" Bai Fu combed her hair and asked Xiaoyu softly. Xiaoyu subconsciously handed over the ebony hairpin in his hand.

"This hairpin is quite suitable for this outfit!" Bai Fu took the hairpin and looked at it.

"Forget it, let's change to other hairpins!" , Xiao Yu remembered something, and hurriedly waved his hand. This hairpin will be seen by the lady later, and if she asks where it came from, how should she explain it, it is better to hide it!

Bai Fu looked at Xiaoyu from the mirror suspiciously, from the moment she found this hairpin, the young lady was very abnormal, and she looked like her mind was not out of the world. Sometimes frowning and sometimes slightly curling at the corners of her mouth, she looks very strange, and she often doesn't match her words, Miss shouldn't be sick, right?

Bai Fu looked at Xiao Yu, didn't speak, and handed the hairpin in her hand to Xiao Yu.

"Oops, not good!" , I didn't expect Xiaoyu to be absent-minded and didn't catch the hairpin, and the hairpin fell to the ground with a snap.

"It's over, it's over" Xiaoyu suddenly came to his senses, bent down and picked up the ebony hairpin, fortunately the hairpin was intact.

She looked closely, but she didn't see any cracks. She breathed a sigh of relief, her heart still inexplicable.

"Huh?" She was breathing a sigh of relief, but she stared at a slight gap between a plum blossom and a branch. It was still broken, and she stroked the crack with a little distress, and she couldn't tell whether it was regret or melancholy.

"Hey, isn't that right?" Feeling a different feeling, Xiaoyu raised the hairpin in front of him and twisted the plum blossom with his fingers. The crack between the plum blossom and the flower branch was even bigger, and Xiao Yu simply grabbed the plum blossom with her fingers and gently pulled it outward, and it didn't take long for her to pull out the plum blossom. The hairpin turned out to be hollow!

The little fish turned the hairpin upside down and gently hit it in the palm of his hand, but there was nothing in it.

"Bai Fu, come and see!" , Xiaoyu handed the hairpin to Bai Fu behind him.

Bai Fu studied it carefully and said, "Miss, the slave maid has heard that there is such a mechanism, and this kind of hollow inside can be decorated with silver tickets, secret letters, and even poisons. However, this requires a very high level of skill, and ordinary craftsmen cannot carve it. ”

The little fish tossed and turned and looked at it carefully for a while, and then put the plum blossom on and tightened it as it was. No matter how the small fish looks at the restored hairpin, they can't see that there is still a hidden mechanism inside.

This hairpin should be used in the future, Xiaoyu secretly wondered, but whether to fill the silver ticket or the poison, she didn't think about it for a while.

"Bai Fu, put this hairpin in the wooden box in the cabinet first", Xiao Yu saw that Bai Fu had already dressed her up, so he handed the hairpin to Bai Fu.

After Bai Fu put the hairpin, Xiao Yu hurriedly stood up and said, "Let's go quickly, Madame should have been in a hurry!" ”

When they came to the main courtyard, the Hou Ye had already returned, and Mei Niang was still sitting on an embroidered pier at the feet of Mrs. with low eyebrows, she should have been re-dressed and dressed, and the whole person looked more energetic than in the afternoon.

Qi Pan and Qi Heng also sat well, in addition to the master of the Hou Mansion, the second prince was also there.

When the second prince saw Xiaoyu coming in, his eyes suddenly lit up. When Xiao Yu first entered the house, he was still wearing a cloak, his small face was hidden in Zhaojun's pocket, and a circle of white fox fur lined his little face was extremely delicate. After Xiaoyu took off her cloak, Bai Xue Hongmei's jacket and skirt made her look fresh and lovely.

When the lady saw Xiaoyu coming in, she hurriedly greeted: "Xiaoyu, I'm tired today, come and see your cousin Di!" Since Madame introduced the second prince as her cousin, then today is a family ceremony.

Xiao Yu Shanshan walked up to the second prince and saluted: "Xiao Yu has seen Cousin Di!" The second prince hurriedly turned sideways to avoid it, and said bluntly: "Sister is exempt!" Sister is exempt! ”。 Seeing the busy appearance of the second prince, Xiao Yu couldn't help but smile.

The second prince couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Xiaoyu's smile like a peach blossom blooming and the first glow after the snow. Seeing that he was looking at him blankly, Xiao Yu had to bow his head slightly to avoid the eyes of the second prince, and walked to the Hou Ye and his wife with a smile to salute.

Hou Ye glanced at Xiao Yu and didn't speak, just nodded slightly. Xiao Yu walked up to Qi Pan and stood beside him, and made a grimace at Qi Heng by the way.

Madame smiled: "Now everyone is together, let's pass the meal." Several people walked to the edge of the dining table, Mrs. Hou Ye sat on the top, the second prince and Qi Heng sat on the head of Hou Ye, Qi Pan and Xiaoyu sat on the head of Mrs. Hou, Meiniang hung her head and walked behind Mrs. to stand up.

Mrs. glanced at Mei Niang and said, "Mei Niang, sit over there, double body, don't be tired!" Mei Niang quickly glanced up at Hou Ye, and saw that he had no objection, so she answered softly, and Bai Ling waited to find a seat in the next head and sat sideways.

When the dishes were ready, Hou Ye only said "open the meal" and said nothing else. Qi Pan didn't seem to be very close to Master Hou, and Qi Heng also seemed to be a little afraid of this father.

Fortunately, the Hou Mansion usually eats silently, so except for the occasional clatter of the dishes and chopsticks, there is no sound, and everyone eats the meal silently in silence.

After eating, Hou Ye glanced at his wife and said, "Di'er take Heng'er to the outer courtyard, you should also go back to the palace." Pan'er and Yu'er, you two stay, I have something to say to you. Mei Niang, this is none of your business, you should go back and rest early."

Madame also bowed slightly, Xiao Yu was shocked, but seeing that Madame was calm, there should be nothing wrong.

Qi Pan's hands were tightly twisted together, Xiao Yu knew that Qi Pan habitually wrung his fingers when he was nervous, it seemed that Qi Pan was more afraid of Hou Ye's father.

After the second prince left with Qi Heng, Hou Ye coughed lightly and said: "In the afternoon, if anyone asks about the eldest princess, it will be said that the eldest princess relapsed when she was a guest in the Hou Mansion, did you hear it?" Xiaoyu and Qi Pan glanced at each other, and nodded obediently.

Madame looked at Hou Ye hesitantly and said, "Hou Ye, do you want to ......?" Hou Ye shook his head, and said: "In the near future, there will be a will about the eldest princess in the palace, you can know it in your hearts, and others don't know anything about it!" Qi Pan and Xiaoyu said yes in unison.

Hou Ye nodded slightly with satisfaction, and walked out.

"Mother, daddy, ....... him?" Qi Pan pouted and said coquettishly to his wife with an unhappy face, "I haven't seen my dad for so long, and my dad doesn't smile at me", Qi Pan was so aggrieved that his eyes were red.

"Pan'er, your father is serious by nature, and he doesn't know how to communicate with you, in fact, your father asks about you and Heng'er in every letter!"

Qi Pan still pouted, "But Daddy has a straight face, I'm so scared when I see it!" ”

Madame laughed dumbly. Qi Pan has always been well-behaved and sensible, but Xiaoyu has been here for a few months, and Qi Pan has become more and more like a child, unlike before like a little adult, sensible and distressing.

"Big sister, it's okay, I'll naturally get acquainted with my father after a while! He doesn't talk to us, we can talk to him! Right, Mother? Xiaoyu looked at Qi Pan coquettish in his wife's arms, and said quite funny.

"Yes, Pan'er, don't you hurry up, look at the little fish are laughing at you!" Madame hugged Qi Pan lovingly, and there was a gentle look in her eyes. Xiao Yu suddenly remembered his parents in his previous life, and couldn't help but feel a little gloomy.

"Second sister, look at me, I make you laugh!" , Qi Pan came into contact with Xiao Yu's gloomy look, and immediately realized that Xiao Yu was hurt by the scene, so he left his wife's arms, walked to Xiao Yu, reached out and hugged her shoulders and smiled.

Xiao Yu shook off the sudden sentimentality, gently put her face on Qi Pan's face, felt her warm embrace and said, "Big sister, it's good to be a mother's daughter, sister's sister!" At this moment, she really regarded Qi Pan as her own sister.

Hengzhi has no relatives in this world, Qi Pan has always loved her, and has never been jealous because she has been cared for by her wife.

Seeing that the two sisters loved each other, the lady also smiled with satisfaction. Qi Pan's temperament has always been relatively weak, while Xiaoyu is much more assertive, if Qi Pan can be influenced by Xiaoyu, her temperament will be stronger in the future, and she will not be too worried.

When the Hou Ye came back from the palace today, he revealed a little to her, and soon Emperor Tan would order the eldest princess to be placed under house arrest in the princess's mansion in the name of the recurrence of the old disease, and two grandmothers would be sent to strictly guard her in the name of the queen.

Hearing this arrangement, Madame breathed a sigh of relief, in this way, the eldest princess should have stopped a little, otherwise she would live in the shadow of the eldest princess every day, how should she live this day?

After Master Hou came back, Mrs. got busy, and she caught Qi Pan and Xiaoyu to help the housekeeper.

At the end of the year, Mrs. has too many things to manage, and each village has to hand over this year's harvest and New Year's gifts, and the stewards of each shop in the house have to reconcile accounts.

Everyone in the house from top to bottom has to buy new clothes, and there are all kinds of furnishings, furniture, flowers and trees in the house during the Chinese New Year. Rao is Xiaoyu has experienced the tense work rhythm of his previous life, and he also has a headache when he sees a large stack of ledgers and various lists.

On this day, Xiao Yu was asking Bai Fu to check the account book on the Zhuangzi with an abacus, she was holding a pen to write and scratch on the white paper, Qi Pan tilted her head and looked curiously at the multiplication equation written by Xiao Yu on the paper and asked, "Second sister, what are you drawing?" ”

Xiao Yuleng was stunned for a moment, and said with a smile: "This is the calculation method taught to me by the BRICS girl before, I think it is very convenient, so I will use it to calculate the account!" ”

Qi Pan pointed to the numbers again and asked, "Then what are these symbols?" Xiao Yu rolled his eyes and said: "The gold brick girl said that this is called Arabic numerals, it is said that it was transmitted from Persia, and I think it is more convenient to write than our words." She is serious nonsense, but Qi Pan does not doubt it.

After all, BRICS is obsessed with arithmetic, and has collected a lot of books on arithmetic, which is well known, and she grew up in the Western Regions, so it is normal for this Arabic numeral BRICS to know.