It is spring, the season of flowers in full bloom, and the garden of Jiping Houfu is full of flowers, which are beautiful and beautiful.

A little girl of seven or eight years of age hurried through the garden, her hair combed and a small golden bell tied to each side of the mustache, making a crisp sound with her steps.

"Girl, slow down, be careful of falling." An older maid followed closely behind her.

The little girl paid no attention to her, and her two little short legs walked quickly.

She walked to the second gate, paused and hesitated slightly, not knowing whether she should wait here or go straight to the gate.

When he was hesitating, a young man came in the distance, fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing a jade white round-necked brocade robe, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes. Seeing the little girl waiting at the second gate, a gentle smile appeared between his cold eyebrows.

"Brother!"

The little girl immediately rushed over, her little body like a small cannonball, and the boy bent down, spread his arms, caught her steadily, and immediately picked her up.

"Brother, I miss you." Ye Qian's arms wrapped around her brother's neck, and there was a hint of grievance in her soft and glutinous voice.

"I want to be Qianqian, too." Ye Li touched the small mustache on her head, he was invited by a friend to go to the other garden to play, because it was a little far away, so he set it for three days, and said that he would come back today. In fact, he regretted it yesterday, it is estimated that his sister will miss him at home, and at this time, he saw that his sister's eyes were really red, and he felt even more guilty. "Look, what did my brother bring to Qianqian?" As he spoke, he pulled out a straw grasshopper as if by magic.

Ye Qian's eyes lit up, and when she received it in her hand, she saw that the grasshopper was made vividly, she was very angry, and said with great certainty: "My brother made it up!" ”

Ye Li smiled and nodded, there was a slender grass growing in his friend's garden, which was very suitable for weaving these gadgets, and he knew that his sister would definitely like it. Looking at the two small pear vortices that smiled on Ye Qian's white and tender cheeks, Ye Li's heart was soft. When my sister was just one year old, my father had an accident, and my mother couldn't stand the blow, so she fell ill, and although he himself was only seven years old at that time, he was still a child, but he took care of his sister as his own responsibility, and seven years passed, and his sister grew into a beautiful and lovely little girl, and she was very dependent on him.

Ye Qian lay in his arms for a while, then struggled down, and the grandmother in her yard said that now she is also old and can no longer let her brother hug her.

Ye Qian held Ye Li's slender fingers, her fingers were short and round, Ye Li pinched them, they were very soft, "Is Qianqian well-behaved at home?" ”

"I'm very good." Ye Qian shook Ye Li's hand, "Brother, let's go see my mother, shall we?" ”

Mother......

Ye Li's starry eyes dimmed for a moment, her mother's health has not been good, the doctor said that she was depressed, lovesick, took a lot of medicine, but not good at all, every day physical and mental fatigue, most of the time is lying in bed, not to mention in charge of the feed, even to go to the grandmother to say goodbye is difficult to do. Therefore, the grandmother simply exempted her from the morning and dusk and let her recuperate with peace of mind, and the middle feed of the Hou Mansion was also temporarily managed by the second aunt, of course, this temporary generation is seven years.

He lowered his head and met his sister's pure eyes, her pupils were dark, and in them was his own figure.

Ye Li smiled, "Okay, it's time for my mother to take medicine at this hour." ”

The brother and sister held hands and went to Siyuan Hall, where their mother lived.

Meng Shi had really woken up, she was half-leaning on the head of the bed, her hair was casually pulled into a bun, and a green hosta was inserted, and her melon seed face was sickly pale, with a strange beauty.

"Mother!" Ye Qian let go of her brother's hand and ran to the bed, she didn't pounce on her mother's body, but stopped, propped her hands on the side of the bed, and smiled happily: "Mother, my brother is back!" ”

Ye Li saluted in a formal manner, "Mother." ”

Meng Shi sighed secretly, she knew in her heart that her son was a little to blame herself. She has been sick for so long that she doesn't even have the energy to take care of her two children, and her daughter has been taken care of by her brother since she was a child, and she has not fulfilled the responsibilities of a mother.

When the husband fell off the cliff, he didn't see anyone dead or a corpse, others said that he must be dead, and there was no way to survive if he fell down such a high cliff. However, she didn't see the body of Hou Ye with her own eyes, she absolutely didn't believe that the dignified Ji Pinghou was gone. She personally took the guards to the place where her husband fell off the cliff, and asked the guards to search carefully at the foot of the mountain, but for three whole days, they found nothing.

When she returned to the Hou Mansion, she became ill.

Dizzy and sick for half a month, when she remembered that she still had a seven-year-old son and a one-year-old daughter to take care of, she found that her body couldn't get better, she wanted to get up, but she couldn't, and the movement was a little bigger.

She suspected that someone had done something in her medicine, so she sent a personal maid to send the medicine residue to the major medical centers, and asked doctors everywhere to carefully examine it, and they all said that there was no problem, and she believed that she was really sick.

She also hated her body for not fighting, but she couldn't do anything, she took so much medicine, but it still didn't get better, and Mrs. Jipinghou, who was beautiful in the past, can't even get out of the courtyard now.

Meng Shi smiled effortlessly, and softly asked his son if he was doing well in his friend's villa and whether he was happy with his friends.

Ye Li answered them one by one.

Ye Qian's big eyes turned around on her mother's face, and then swept over her brother's face, although she was still young, she could also feel that when her brother faced his mother, it was very different from when he was with him, not so gentle, and became more serious.

Of course, Meng Shi could also feel that her eyes were taken away from her son and turned to the little daughter standing in front of the bed, fortunately, although she had never raised her daughter, this delicate daughter was very close to her.

Meng Shi grabbed Ye Qian's chubby little hand and rubbed it gently, "In a few days, it will be a hundred flowers banquet held by the queen's mother, and Qianqian will also go to participate, right?" ”

Ye Qian nodded, she has participated in a lot of this banquet and that banquet, all of them went with her second aunt, she was not interested in the food at the banquet, but the dim sum in each house is different, presumably the kitchen has its own recipe, so when she goes to the banquet, her favorite thing is to taste all the dim sum that looks beautiful and delicious.

Ye Li raised his eyes and saw that his mother was looking at his sister gently, and asked, "Mother, the queen must have some purpose for holding a hundred flowers banquet, right?" "Even if these nobles in the palace are bored, they will not hold any banquet for no reason, and this banquet of flowers is a banquet for all men and women.

Meng Shi glanced at his son approvingly, "I heard that the side concubine was selected for His Royal Highness King Kang, the third prince." Although she can't go out of the yard, after all, she is still a genuine Mrs. Jining Hou, and there is a lot of news that she should know.

Ye Li's sword eyebrows furrowed, "His Royal Highness King Nakang is twenty years old this year, and the concubine has already been there, since this banquet is for him to choose a side concubine, Qianqian is still so young, what are you going to do to join in this fun?" ”

Meng Shi looked at Ye Qian, she was stealing snacks on the table, her white and tender chubby cheeks were bulging, like a cute little rabbit. Her gaze became more and more gentle, and explained: "Although Qianqian is still young, she is also the serious concubine of our Hou Mansion, and she can't be detained at home, she doesn't see the world at all, and no one knows the ladies and misses." Besides, the post of this banquet has been sent to our house, so it's not good not to go," she paused, "Your second aunt also hopes that she can go." ”

Ye Li defaults. The second aunt naturally can't go to the hundred flowers banquet to choose a concubine, but there are three girls in the second room, all of whom are older than Qianqian, and the eldest Ye Fu is twelve years old, but it is time to start looking at others, even if she doesn't expect to be able to choose a side concubine, it is good to show her face at this banquet where the nobles of the clan gather. But if Qianqian doesn't go, only Ye Fu in the second room goes, it seems that the name is a little unjustifiable, after all, Qianqian is Ji Pinghou's daughter. Therefore, the second aunt will bring Qianqian when she attends the banquet, and this time it will be the same, let Qianqian and Ye Fu go together.

Ye Li beckoned, and Ye Qian ran to his side, leaning on his lap. Ye Li took her hand, "Mother, there are too many nobles in the palace, and they are both queens and princes, I will tell Qianqian everything I need to pay attention to." ”

After saying this for a while, Meng's spirit was also short, and she waved her hand, "Go ahead." Teach Qianqian more, don't let her collide with the nobles. "Her daughter is well-behaved and cute, naturally she won't do anything out of the ordinary, and the palace has been there, so she won't make a big mistake, but it doesn't hurt to tell her more. Her body is not angry, and she can't take her daughter out in person, but fortunately, she still has a good brother who patiently teaches her everything he says and does.

The brother and sister saluted, held hands and went out.