The courtyard where the lord lives is called Jofukuen, which is different from the Beppu courtyard.

Two years after the death of Emperor Feng, the Empress Dowager assisted the new emperor in power, and the foundation was not yet solid, so in order to encircle the forces in the court, various methods were used. The county lord can be combined with Zhuang Qin, thanks to the queen mother, this matter will be discussed later. At that time, the county lord was young, and he was not called the county lord, and one day very suddenly, his fate was controlled, and for some reason he was assigned to marry Zhuang Qin as his wife, and he also gave her a title. Later, the family said that it was the grace of the Queen Mother.

Because the queen mother is kind to Mrs. Zhuang, even if she marries as the county lord, she does not dare to show off her luxury. The entanglement in it, one or two paragraphs here cannot be explained clearly, and it is also a later narrative.

Nowadays, when it comes to Chengfuyuan, the location of the courtyard is the direction designated by the Queen Mother, which is to the east. The root is true, the queen mother's meaning is very clear, let the county lord marry, take the Han people as themselves, and the east is expensive, and the Zhuang Mansion was originally a Han slave, and it was inferior. Moreover, the south of the dynasty is the noble direction, specifically referring to the east to the county lord, but it is not that she will be a slave in this life, and she will live forever to the east, so she has to pick up her tail and be a man.

Therefore, the county lord was so aggrieved and whispered in the Zhuang Mansion. It's because of this story.

Naturally, when Yu Qi entered the mansion, Zhuang Ying and Zhuang Pu frequently made trouble, and what the county lord was afraid of was the disaster to his mother's family, after all, his identity seemed to be elevated, but in fact he was belittled; The mother's face is not to mention, and the traditional dignity has also been reduced. Once implicated in a disaster, how can the Queen Mother's means of being a person be forgiven? Here, think about it carefully.

At that time, the county lord was puzzled, why did the queen mother marry her to the son of a slave?

Later, I learned that the elders of the Zhuang Mansion had made contributions to the royal family, and they had to be favored by this, and then there was an old lady serving in the palace, which was even favored by the emperor. Previously, the county lord was dissatisfied in his heart, but with the change of the sun and the moon, it also turned around.

After many years, he had a child, and he was even more desperate for Zhuangfu, and he also gave the married girl Fengxian to Zhuang Qin as a concubine. The queen mother knew that the county lord was virtuous, and planned to issue a card and give the name "Chengfu Yuan" to let the county lord live.

Yu Qi only knew that the county lord lived in Chengfu Yuan, and he naturally didn't know the origin story when he first arrived. The people in the house know it, but they don't dare to mention it, and if they don't know, they don't have the words to mention it, no wonder she doesn't know.

When Yu Qi arrived outside Chengfu Garden, he saw Su Yuan and Zhuang Ying coming out of it.

Because the two also saw Yu Qi, they accelerated their pace to welcome. Yu Qi saluted one by one. Zhuang Jue looked left and right and couldn't see her attendant, and asked with concern, but Yu Jue only told him to come to his wife to say goodbye, and did not say that Sanxi sent wine to Zhuang Pu. After hearing this, Zhuang Jue even stopped: "This time, Mrs. Zi will be a guest, and Suyuan Mansion is here to bring medicine to the second brother." ”

As he spoke, Su Yuan raised the small bottle in his hand.

Su Yuan smiled at Yu Qi, Yu Qi glanced at him, and nodded shyly.

Subsequently, the three of them took the medicine bottle and went to Zhuang Pu Courtyard. When I got there, I first saw Wang Wu and Cai Tong kneeling in the courtyard shirtless, soaking wet, and a girl standing on the side with a basin of water. At the same time, the sound of Zhuang Pu counting came from the house, and when it was ten, the girl with the water basin poured water on the two of them. Later, I saw two people standing under the eaves, namely Xianglian and Sanxi. The little guy who brought the wine is gone.

Seeing Zhuang Jue, Yu Qi, and Su Yuan coming, Xiang Lian saw the savior, trotted up to the front salute, and said hurriedly: "Master and girl hurry up and persuade!" You see, these two people will be ice cubes when they kneel down again. ”

Zhuang Jue motioned to Xianglian not to worry, and then turned to the kneeling duo and asked them to get up, but the two didn't dare to get up, and shook their heads with a bitter face. When Zhuang Pu counted to ten again, the girl splashed water as usual.

Zhuang Yu couldn't look past it, so he went up the steps and went into the house to look for Zhuang Pu.

Later, Su Yuan asked Xianglian strangely: "Why is this?" ”

Xianglian replied: "They all provoked it themselves." Master Pei, you can also go in and help persuade you! The second master really can't tolerate them, let them get out, there are several things in this house before and after the night, and I will ...... if something happens."

As she spoke, Xianglian's eyes turned red.

At that time, Sanxi had come down to support Yu Li, Yu Qi took out a handkerchief and handed it to Xianglian, Xianglian shook her head and didn't answer, only urged them to go into the house to persuade Zhuang Pu.

Several people entered the house.

On the kang in the house, Zhuang Pu was lying on his stomach, covered with a black fox fur quilt, three charcoal cages were placed side by side near the edge of the kang, and the flames were burning, and there were still soup women piled up on the kang, and there were no less than 20 of them covered in the quilt, and there were no less than 20 of them exposed in half of the horns.

Zhuang Yu propped his hands on the edge of the kang, approached Zhuang Pu, and persuaded bitterly: "Brother, you can spare them!" I passed by outside, and I felt cold in such thick clothes, and they couldn't stand it when they were naked. ”

Zhuang Pu originally counted in his mouth, but because Zhuang Yu said this, he held back his strength and said to the outside: "You guys count by yourself, and count enough to take a bath!" ”

Zhuang Pu called the punishment for splashing water "bathing".

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Pucai said to Zhuang Jue: "What are you distressed about?" It's not yours! Because he saw Su Yuan, he turned happy and said, "Did you ask where Mr. and Miss Ayu were?" ”

Zhuang Ying shook his head.

Zhuang Pu hurriedly turned to Su Yuan and Yu Qi.

Yu Qi felt guilty in his heart, and bowed to Zhuang Pu with his head. Next to him, Su Yuan walked over with a smile with a medicine bottle and said to Zhuang Pu: "The family is talking to your wife in Chengfuyuan. My wife called someone early in the morning to tell you about the first night, and lo and behold, we have brought medicine. ”

Su Yuan put the medicine in front of Zhuang Pu's eyes.

Zhuang Pu exhaled, obviously dissatisfied with Su Yuan and Zhuang Di's answers, and then saw him stretch out his hand from the quilt with a bottle of gold paper drunk in his hand. Zhuang Ying and Su Yuan's faces were full of astonishment. Zhuang Pu twisted his left and right hands, and wanted to drink it, but because he couldn't turn it on, he turned his head sideways and asked Zhuang Jue to help.

Zhuang Jue didn't lose face and deliberately ignored him.

So, Zhuang Pu squinted back, roughly wanting to help Su Yuan; Su Yuan looked at Zhuang Yu's eyes and didn't move.

Zhuang Pu looked at Xianglian again, Xianglian shook her head, and even more did not move.

So, Zhuang Pu finally fell on Yu Li, Yu Qi was not embarrassed, walked up to take the wine bottle, pulled out the lid hard, and in the exclamation of Zhuang Yu and Xianglian, Yu Qi handed the gold paper drunk to Zhuang Pu.

Zhuang Pu took a bite and said with satisfaction: "Good wine!" It's a pity that there is no beef! Eating this wine with beef makes me satisfied. ”

Xianglian was very helpless and looked at Yu Qi sadly.

Why didn't Yu Qi know that helping Zhuang Pu just now would cause others to be dissatisfied? But she wanted to rebuild with Zhuang Pu, so she had to do so, thinking that even if it was a small thing, she had to rely on it, saying that it sounded good was helping, and saying that it was not good was to cater to her face.

What does it matter if this party offends Xianglian? What's more, Xianglian still owes herself a favor, so she may not be annoyed by this, and she will not associate with herself in the future. Yu Qi dared to do it, and naturally had a plan in his heart.

After Zhuang Pu had eaten a few sips of wine, Zhuang Yu said, "Brother, your injury is not healed, this wine cannot be drunk." He knew that his brother couldn't persuade him, so he waited until he had eaten a few bites and relieved himself before speaking.

Sure enough, Zhuang Pu listened, removed the wine bottle, and sighed, "What if you don't eat it?" I can't get up, I can't go. The gentleman and the jade girl are missing from me, and I want to escape for a while and be quiet. But this bar is okay, but it's not even useful. ”

After speaking, Zhuang Pu suddenly raised the wine bottle in his hand and smashed it on the kang.

The bottle shattered, and the wine splattered in all directions, and the broken edges were scattered in front of him, or jumped from the kang and fell to the ground. The crowd was frightened by his actions, and when they looked at him, they saw that his hand was dripping with blood.

Zhuang Pu used too much force and was stabbed himself.

Xianglian rushed over distressedly, took out a handkerchief to bandage him, and kept complaining: "They all said that you can't drink it, you want to drink it, I don't know which one brought it to me!" I also spelled it out, so I went back to my wife, and let my wife take me away, and grandpa didn't need me to serve me! ”

After Xianglian finished speaking, after bandaging, she stood up and wiped her tears with her sleeve, and really walked out.

Seeing this, Yu Qi suddenly felt guilty, and hurriedly went to grab Xianglian, and Zhuang Ying and Su Yuan also joined in persuading peace. At the end, Xianglian hummed and cried, but it didn't happen. Zhuang Pu couldn't hear or see, and counted with laughter.

After a while, Zhuang Jue couldn't bear it, rushed out of the door angrily, and said to the three outsiders: "Don't kneel, the second master said to let you get up and go back and put on your clothes." ”

When Wang Wu and Caitong heard this, they cried with joy and supported each other to get up. got up and loosened his legs, knelt down again, kowtowed in the direction of the house, and said in unison: "The little one is wrong, and the little one will never dare in the future." ”

Yes, these two servants saw that Zhuang Pu was caught by the eldest girl and the second wife and others that day, they slipped away and ran errands for the eldest aunt, no wonder their father hated.

Now rescued, the two retreated. Zhuang Jue watched them leave before turning around and entering the house.

house.

Yu Qi knelt on the side of the kang at this time, Su Yuan looked dazed, bent down and wanted to help her up, she raised her hand to signal that she didn't have to.

I only saw Yu Qi say to Zhuang Pu: "Second brother, Mr. and Miss Yu are gone, although I can't find anything now." But I felt that I was at fault, so I asked my second brother to scold me and punish me. ”

Zhuang Pu sneered, speechless.

Yu Qi knelt down suddenly, and felt that it was time, didn't he say nothing when the two servants were let go by Zhuang Yu? The second is to kneel down in front of others and admit his mistakes, and he must take care of his face. Who knows, he will not speak until the end.

This "bitter meat plan", Yu Qi secretly complained bitterly, didn't he lose his knee self-esteem?

Fortunately, Xianglian didn't hold a grudge and went to help Yu Qi up before others. Yu Qi refused to get up at first, wanting to continue to beg for forgiveness. Zhuang Yu and Su Yuan saw that Zhuang Pu was unmoved, and they were a little annoyed, so they helped Yu Qi up together with Xianglian. Later, a room full of people didn't have anything to say, and Yu Qi looked sad and went out on his own.

Zhuang Jue was not at ease after all, chased after him, and comforted him left and right: "My sister doesn't have to blame herself, my sister asked the girl at that time to think about her husband and brother." My brother is like this now, and I think my brother is sorry for my sister. ”

Yu Qi responded without a look, and was helped away by Sanxi.

Zhuang Jue didn't dare to say anything more, and stood in place, his eyes stunned, hoping to see her off.

Back to Mirror Flowers. Zisu saw that the faces of Yu Qi and Sanxi were pale, and thought that it was the Cao family who was making things difficult, so he said angrily: "Every time you have anything to do with the people over there, you can't get any good." The second time you are not allowed to go. ”

Yu Qi went to the kang stupidly, and lay down without taking off his shoes, and casually pulled the quilt to cover his head and face.

For a while, Zisu and Sanxi heard Yu Qi's muffled cry, and the two didn't dare to comfort and persuade each other, so they just stood aside and guarded.

In the evening, Shou Zhongju came to ask Miss Qi to come over for dinner, and Yu Qi felt hazy that he had cried and fell asleep. Because after today's toss, I really have no appetite, so I replied to the girl who came to pass the word on the kang: "I'm not feeling well again, and I have no appetite." Please use it first, old lady! I was afraid that the old lady would be worried, so I would come over and take a look, and added: "I'll rest for a while, and when the old lady finishes eating, you can bring me a bowl of soup." ”

The girl returned to her life and replied according to Yu Qi's meaning.

The old lady said to Zhu'er and the other girls: "The girl has been in bad health recently. Is the injury all right? "That's why I ordered Zhu'er to bring soup and rice.

When Zhu'er came, she took a closer look at Yu Li, and saw that she was sad and tearful, and she couldn't help but worry in her heart. Yu Qi also saw those worries in Zhu'er's eyes, so he opened his mouth to ask for soup and rice to eat, to prove that he was not too serious. She said to Zhu'er while eating: "My sister went back and told the old lady that I ate well and slept well." It's just that the days are playful. I'm fine. Please rest assured, the old lady does not have to worry about me. ”

Zhu'er smiled: "Since the girl said this, why didn't she go over and tell the old lady in person?" ”

Yu Qi hooked his head, and his heart was full of sourness.

Zhu'er smiled again: "I should fight, the girl's body is like this, and I still make fun of the girl." I came over and saw that the girl was eating well, so I was relieved to go back and talk back. The girl is not in good health, so let's rest quickly after eating! Enough to keep up for the New Year, on Chinese New Year's Eve, the old lady can wait to watch the girl's show! ”

Yu Qi nodded.

Subsequently, Zhu'er cleaned up the leftover dishes and chopsticks that Yu Qi had eaten, and Sanxi and Zisu sent her out. Zhu'er replied to Shouzhongju.

Sending Zhu'er away, Zisu and Sanxi went back to the house, and when they got inside, they saw Yu Qi lying on the kang and nauseating. The two of them were in a hurry, taking the water and taking the water, and taking care of the port cup.

Yu Qi vomited for a while, except for clearing phlegm and saliva, he didn't vomit anything.

Zisu served her with water, patted her on the back, and finally waited for her to lie down, and then asked: "I can see that you don't want to eat, and you are embarrassed to gobble up your own food for others to see." Better? ”

Yu Qi breathed a sigh of relief, nodded, and then took Zisu's hand and motioned for her to sit down. She rested her head on Zisu's knee and said sadly, "Sister, I'm so tired!" ”

Zisu patted Yu Qi's shoulder and said, "I know." You can sleep on my knees for a while! I'll just sit here. ”

Yu Qi closed his eyes and continued: "I said that I can't tolerate the people in this house, and I didn't wait for me to tolerate others, and others couldn't tolerate me first. Sister, am I asking for trouble? ”

Zisu comforted: "Don't think nonsense, anything will have a result." I believe that together we will achieve a very good result. ”

Yu Qi was comforted, smiled sadly, and still said negatively: "It's difficult! Mr. Guan's matter is still unknown, but it's abominable, what show do you want me to put out on Chinese New Year's Eve! I'm not from the house, I'm the daughter of Zhuofu, why should I swallow my anger and flatter her? Sister, do you know that I have a lot of bags today? Looking back now, why can't I resist if I hate myself? Or pretend to ignore all. Even if it is Chinese New Year's Eve, what program, ignore it and do not participate in it! ”

Zisu responded with an "um", but his eyes looked straight at Sanxi.

At that moment, Yu Qi fell asleep in a daze. She dreamed that she was celebrating the New Year with her father, mother, sister and brother, and the family stood at the port wharf, watching the dock with thousands of sails, the bright moon on the sea, the fireworks flashing, and the scene was full of happiness.

However, this is just a dream, and when I wake up, all the reality is still the same, and all the difficulties are still bumpy and muddy.

Yes, what happened next was a mess of mud, and she continued to sink into it.