The General's Mansion in Shengjing is famous for its chic kitsch, the slave passes through the winding corridors, and the moonlight sprinkles on the road at night, falling into the canal by the corridor, the water is sparkling, and the shadows of the trees are swaying. Strange stones stand everywhere, different heights, and are scattered. Occasionally, there is a cool breeze blowing on the face, which makes people feel refreshed.

At the corner of the corridor, in the hidden darkness, a low female voice came, "Fourth Miss." ”

The slave stopped. Out of the darkness came a man, tall and thin, dressed in plain white clothes.

"Qiulan?" The slave looked very haggard when she saw her, and she had long lost her spirit in the past. Presumably Qiu Xin's death hit her too hard, and the slave took pity on her, but it didn't mean that she was unwary of her. She said with a normal face, "Are you looking for me for Qiu Xin's business?" ”

"There was a fire in the room today, I saw it." Qiulan raised her red and swollen eyes to look at the slave, her eyes had lost their former purity and sunshine, and some were just as dark as night. She continued, "Miss Four didn't just come out of the corner like I did. ”

The slave's eyebrows jumped, but his face was silent. Qiulan didn't have malicious intentions, otherwise she would have said it in front of Li and Lu Zhi just now, leaving her speechless. But now that she was standing in front of her, it meant that she had come to make a deal, or rather to form an alliance. A shallow smile appeared at the corner of the slave's lips, and she asked, "So what?" Why don't you go to Ripple Garden, but stand in front of me. ”

Qiulan clenched the hand hidden under her sleeve, "I want revenge." ”

"Before Qiu Xin died, he was passed away by Mengsheng, the maid next to Lu Yinhua." Qiulan said hatefully, and there was a faint tremor in her voice when the slave heard her. Qiu Lan's raised face crossed two lines of tears, sadness and resentment were the emotions she expressed, she tried to restrain herself, and asked, "Do you know why Qiu Xin died?" Because Li reprimanded her for no reason, he was also punished heavily. They don't want this kind of thing to spread and ruin her reputation for virtue, and they want to kill two birds with one stone to drag you into the water, so they have murderous intentions. ”

"How innocent she is." Qiulan put away her tears, she looked at the slave with a firm gaze, "I can help you." ”

This kind of hatred has been tasted many times by the slave. She raised an eyebrow and asked, "Oh? I'd like to know how you can help? Nu'er moved slightly to Qiulan's side, and said softly, "I'm a serious lady in the General's Mansion, and I still have a weak heart, how can you help me." Qiulan, I am grateful for the care you have given me in Shude Garden, but you always have to show sincerity to make me believe that you have the ability to help me. ”

Qiulan lowered her head and fell into deep thought, and after a long time, she took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind. She looked at the slave and said firmly, "I'll make you believe me." ”

Shudeyuan walked into the water, Lu Zhi was angry, and the chief housekeeper Wang Fu naturally willingly strengthened the guards and patrols up and down the mansion. Seeing that the Qiongguang banquet was approaching, Li Yuzhi had no intention of fighting, and wrote down this secret loss in his heart, and only practiced dancing and playing the piano in Lu Yinhua in Ripple Garden every day, wanting his daughter to shine at the banquet. As for Lu Yuebai, it is said that he was reprimanded by Li Yuzhi on the night he returned to the room, and he was locked in the room and couldn't think about it. I don't know what is going on in the court, and Lu Zhi is so busy that he can't see a figure all day long. The rest of the aunts and ladies fought a lot in the open and secret, but they were all petty fights, and they couldn't affect the purity of Xiaoliu'an.

This gave the slave a leisure. In addition to being on an errand in Shude Garden, he hid in his room every day to study the lecture notes written by Lu Tong'an, and asked Xu Boyong for advice from time to time. Xu Boyong is also a good teacher, and he has never despised her because she is a woman, but he loves her especially because of her talent and cleverness, and he hates to teach what he has learned.

From the Mid-Autumn Festival to November, in just two months, two major events took place in the General's Mansion.

First, Lu Mingwu, the eldest prince of the house, led the troops to fight in the front, broke the Northern Barbarian cavalry three times, and made meritorious contributions. The saint personally decreed that the five products and thousands of households should be sealed.

The second is that Qiulan, the girl of Shude Garden, suddenly got Lu Zhi's eyes, not only sold her slave status in exchange for a white body, but also raised her concubine exceptionally, which was quite popular with Lu Zhi.

The approach of the Qiongguang banquet made the big families in Shengjing all gear up, close the door and secretly prepare treasures, in order to take the lead and ascend to the sky in one step. In the past two months, Shengjing's silk village, jewelry shop, and fat powder shop have been stepped through the threshold by the ladies and ladies of various official families, and a few days ago, two young ladies fought for a flowing cloud forging in the largest Manxiang silk village in Beijing, which became a joke in Shengjing. Everyone was looking forward to this feast with great joy.

However, just a few days before the banquet was held, news suddenly came from the front line that the Northern Barbarian army had broken through Qingmen Pass, and its morale had risen sharply, and it had broken through the five cities of Great Xia, and it was now in Liangzhou City. Once the city of Liangzhou is broken, Great Xia will face the dilemma of the enemy directly attacking the Yellow Dragon, and it will be deep in the swamp and difficult to get out. The saint was furious, and everyone in the court was terrified.

"It's presumptuous!"

In the Longyang Palace, Emperor Yuan An lifted the desk, and the music folded into a hill suddenly fell to the ground. The pine stone inkstone fell to the ground and made a "bang" sound. Xu Quan, the chief steward who was waiting outside the hall, hurriedly came and shouted to the Holy Lord to calm his anger.

Emperor Yuan'an's anger increased instead of decreasing, he pointed to the chaos on the ground and said, "Look at these ones one by one, they usually shout for national peace and security, and when it comes to war, they are all afraid!" Either you are sick in bed, or you are old and incompetent, or you have no talent! Now that those barbarians in the north have invaded, looking at Great Xia, I don't have anyone available! ”

"Your Majesty is angry, isn't that one still there?" Xu Quan knelt on the ground and said respectfully.

Emperor Yuan An frowned deeply, and pondered slightly. The person Xu Quan said was Lu Zhi, but Lu Zhi had been in the army for many years and had a lot of meritorious deeds, and he held military power in his hands, so he was afraid that he would be suspected of being a master of high merit. So Emperor Yuan An did not use him at the beginning, but chose to use his son Lu Mingwu. But now that the military situation is urgent, Lu Mingwu is young and vigorous, lacks experience, and is simply not up to the task of recovering the territory. Pick left and right, it seems that only Lu Zhi is feasible in the entire Great Xia.

"How is the Queen Mother doing lately?" Emperor Yuan An asked in a deep voice.

Xu Quan was puzzled, and nodded honestly, "The Qiongguang banquet is approaching, and the Queen Mother and her old man are busy with Zhang Luo, and her body is very safe." ”

Emperor Yuan An flicked his sleeves, "Drive Shoukang Palace." ”

The next day, Emperor Yuan An successively issued two holy decrees, one was to allocate 200,000 yuan in silver, 100,000 stone of grain and grass to Liangzhou as a military supply. The second is to appoint Lu Zhi as the general of Pingyuan, and set up a banquet for him to see him off with a Qiongguang banquet, and invited the whole family of the general's mansion to attend together.

This banquet was more valued by Emperor Yuan An than in previous years.

On the third day after the holy decree was sent to the general's mansion, the queen mother sent people from the palace to pick up the eldest lady Li Yuzhi and a group of young ladies and young ladies into the palace to stay in the palace for some time until the end of the Qiongguang banquet.

The person who came was named Lin Hui, and he was an old man next to the Queen Mother. She arrived at the General's Mansion early in the morning, and after meeting Lu Zhi, she explained some precautions in detail, and set off after lunch.

The falling horse bun on Lin Hui's head was combed very neatly, and even the broken hair around her ears was grated by a crescent-white jade comb in her hair. He was wearing a dark placket waist-length palace dress, and the two bundles of palace silk around his waist were of the same length, and they hung down steadily along the skirt. She stood tall on the two stone lions at the gate of the mansion, her hands folded on her abdomen, as if she was used to seeing too much wind and rain, and her face was calm and unfazed.

Li Yuzhi put on his command, and lined up the young lady in the house to follow him in two columns on the left and right. With a faint smile on her face, she walked towards Lin Hui.

"Slave and maid to greet Madame." Lin Hui bowed without humility or arrogance.

Li Yuzhi nodded slightly and said with a smile, "I'm tired that my mother ran away from the palace, and I don't know how the Queen Mother and her body are getting recently?" ”

"The Queen Mother's body is safe, and Mrs. Lao remembers it." Lin Hui looked at the little guy who was carrying things on the side and said, "It's windy outside, Madame should get in the car and rest first." In half an hour, we will set off, otherwise it will be too late, and the palace gate will be under the key, and it will not be good. With that, Lin Hui signaled, and the coachman immediately squatted down to make a pedal. Li Yuzhi held Qingfang's hand, stepped on the pedal, and sat upright in the incense car.

Lin Hui prepared a total of three incense carts and two carriages. One incense car is for Li Yuzhi to ride alone, one for Miss Fuzhong, and one for Fuzhong Gongzi. The remaining two carriages were used to carry goods and slaves. Naturally, someone explained these early in the morning. After Li Yu got into the car, the young ladies behind him also got into the car separately.

"This is the fourth lady?" Lin Hui's question came from behind her, and Nu'er froze her feet, turned to look at her and nodded slightly, "Yes." What does Mother Hui command? ”

Lin Hui looked at the slave for a moment, then shook her head and said with a smile, "There are stones under the feet of the fourth young lady, slow down, don't fall." ”

Nu'er looked down and avoided the gravel, she turned around and smiled sweetly at Lin Hui, "Thank you, Mother Hui!" "There's still a bit of the innocence of a ten-year-old.

After the slave got into the car, Lin Hui slowly turned around and muttered "It's really like......"

Lin Huibei's incense cart was very large, and it didn't look crowded when five or six people sat on it. The slave looked around, and there was a rough idea in his heart. Lu Yinhua, Lu Yuebai sisters, the third Lu Nianyu, and Li Yuzhi's niece Li Danchen.

Li Danchen is the daughter of the Li family, and she urinates and raises by Li Yuzhi's side. She is the oldest, and is now sixteen. has reached the age of marriage, but he has not yet decided on a family. took her into the palace, Li Yuzhi also had a plan. If she can find a good family for Li Danchen, it will be a big help for the Li family, and she will be able to act more conveniently in the future.

"Cousin, what do you think the palace looks like?" Lu Yuebai sat next to Li Danchen, holding her cheeks with one hand and pulling Li Danchen with the other. They are still young, and it is rare for them to even go out on weekdays, and they have never seen the palace.

Li Danchen patted Lu Yuebai's hand and said with a smile, "There are several red tiles and green bricks, and most of them are magnificent, domineering and majestic. ”

Lu Yuebai snorted and laughed, followed Li Danchen's words and said exaggeratedly, "Then you must eat green jade and white porcelain, drink golden water, and wear Lingbo feather clothes, right?" She asked, smiling.

This time, Lu Yuebai and Li Danchen were laughing, but they snubbed Lu Yinhua, who was sitting on the other side. To tell the truth, although she and Lu Yuebai are sisters in the womb, Lu Yuebai has never been close to her, and she knows that everything is due to her mother's partiality that has caused her sister's dissatisfaction. She enjoys her mother's preference and attention, so she has always accepted this dissatisfaction calmly.

Looking at the two people who are laughing now, Lu Yinhua was in a trance for a moment, and they were real sisters. In fact, I was a little jealous in my heart. Lu Yinhua closed his eyes and took a nap.

The slave saw everything in her eyes, she lowered her head, and played with the handkerchief in her hand one after another. Somehow, the kind of aura emanating from Lin Hui's body always made her feel familiar, as if she had seen it somewhere before.

Beneath the meticulous surface lies a keen and intelligent heart. That kind of calm that doesn't change can be cultivated overnight. The slave gradually became distracted, and Lin Hui's appearance slowly coincided with Fang Gu's appearance in her mind.

Aunt Fang......

The slave's expression darkened, and the handkerchief in his hand clenched suddenly, where are you sacred?