King Jin took a fancy to Zhenlong, and when these words came out of the mouth of Princess Jin, naturally no one would doubt it. For a while, not only the masters on the seat, but also the mothers and girls standing next to them also looked at the girl standing behind Zhu with envy and jealousy. It must be known that Zhenlong is the son of the Hou Mansion, and the family is working on errands everywhere inside and outside, and the leisure is just to be matched with a small servant when he is old, if the opportunity is better, that is, which young master is given to be the person in the house, and he will carry his aunt in the future, but this is comparable to the palace!

So, although this girl who had been named by Chen Bing before was red and her head hung low, everyone in the room could see the joy under that shyness. At this moment, although Chen Lan was still sitting upright, the corners of his mouth were smiling.

Seeing the appearance of Princess Jin who wanted to speak and stopped, sure enough, Zhu was only stunned for a moment, then patted her hand lovingly and said: "What is a big deal for me, it is not only the favor of the prince of Jin, but also her blessing, but you said it late, a few days ago, your second sister asked me for someone, and I still have a few pieces of needlework in her hands. You go directly to your second sister, she is the best person to talk to, and she will never refuse you. ”

When Princess Jin heard this, she really stood up and walked towards Chen Bing. Although Chen Bing was stunned, she still stood up busily when she saw people coming, and said with a smile: "The old lady and the eldest cousin are going to torture me, I just watched Sister Zhenlong's strength, so I want to go to the room to discipline and discipline those girls for me, now she has a better place to go, it's too late for me to be happy for her, where is there any reason to stop it?" ”

"Then I'll thank the second sister." Princess Jin smiled even deeper, then nodded and said, "I already knew that the second sister acted the most generous and decent, and you will be in time for a year, and I don't know which son's son can be worthy of you." ”

Chen Bing's only trace of annoyance was also washed away by these words. If it weren't for her mother's instructions, she wouldn't have asked for Zhenlong, isn't she just a girl, no matter how good it is, it is limited, where is it more important than her own marriage? Today, she tried her best to dress up and come to meet the guests, hoping that Princess Jin could help her in the marriage.

You must know that although his father inherited the Marquis of Yangning, he didn't care about anything, and it was difficult to count on him. Although my mother is now a housekeeper, she was just a concubine in the past, how can she be more talkative than the Zhu family in marriage? She doesn't want to be like several other aunts in the family, with the identity of the daughter of the Houmen, either marrying an ordinary small officer from a poor family, or a concubine of a family, working hard all day long for firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea, and having to serve her in-laws with low eyebrows!

Since the matter was completed, it was naturally a happy thing for everyone, so the Zhu family asked Zhenlong to kowtow to Princess Jin, and asked people to make some clothes and jewelry for the four seasons, which was regarded as a dowry for Zhenlong. But at this time, an elderly mother next to Princess Jin laughed and said: "Princess, the first person in the house has always paid attention to wealth and wealth, isn't it not good-looking to only have one girl?" Otherwise, please ask the old lady to cut her love and serve by our princess's side? ”

A sentence of wealth and nobility suddenly made Princess Jin nod, and the Zhu family also felt reasonable, but when he looked back, he found that most of the second-class girls were made up a few days ago, and the four first-class girls were old people who made them old, and they were older. So, her eyes fell on Hongluo Mingjue Chengxin, who came with Chen Lan and the four of them.

As early as when the mother spoke, Chen Lan felt a chuckle in her heart, and when Zhu Shi looked at it one by one, she suddenly squinted at the red snail next to her silently. Seeing that her face was extremely bad, and her hands under her were hanged together, she knew that this girl who had just been with her for a few days was most likely unwilling. When she saw Zhenlong next to Princess Jin again, she frowned, then bit her lip lightly, and immediately thought quickly.

"That being the case, it's better to be a red snail, a girl of the right age will count her except Zhenlong. Lan'er, don't feel wronged. ”

As soon as Zhu spoke, Chen Lan smiled and said: "There are no grievances, I just didn't expect Sister Hongluo to have the same blessing as Sister Zhenlong, it's too late for me to be happy for her." ”

She stood up as she spoke, as if she didn't see the indescribable determination on Hongluo's face, she reached out and shook her hand gently, and said, "Sister Hongluo, when you went to night a few days ago, I still heard you muttering in your dreams in the middle of the night. Now that I'm in the palace, can't I wake up laughing from my dreams? ”

Hongluo was stunned when she heard this, but she was not confused after all, and hurriedly lowered her head: "The third lady is making fun of the slave again." ”

However, both the Zhu family and Princess Jin frowned. Zhu pondered for a moment, beckoned Zhenlong over, as if he was telling something, but his mouth was asking Hongluo in a low voice about his dreams. When he heard that, Zhenlong was startled at first, then glanced at the red snail unnaturally, then lowered his eyes and whispered along Chen Lan's tone: "Back to the old lady, the red snail has a problem with talking in sleep, but it is difficult to have a few times a month, so few people know about it." ”

As soon as he said this, he confirmed what Chen Lan said. So, Zhu immediately changed his words and said: "That's it, although you are generous, Lan girl, it is rare for you to ask for someone again, your eldest cousin just wants a girl to serve by her side, not necessarily Hongluo." Besides, the red snail people are safe, and I will take care of the Splendid Pavilion for you, and I can rest assured. In this way, it is Mingjue, and today he will go back to the palace with the princess with Zhenlong. ”

Ming Jue is a girl for Chen Yun, but Zhu didn't even ask a word this time, Chen Yun's face was blue and white for a while, but he couldn't say a word. And Mingjue seemed to have been hit by a pie falling from the sky, and stood for a while before hurriedly stepping forward and kowtowing happily. After all, even if it is just a girl, since it was given to Princess Jin by the Zhu family, she naturally has a lot of face in the palace. As for the unlucky red snail, no one looked at her again. Only Chen Lan, who was sitting next to her, and Qin Fang, who was standing beside her, could feel her relief.

When Princess Jin was leaving, she didn't let the Zhu family send her alive or dead, so the Zhu family only let Zheng's mother and Chen Lan's four sisters send them to the second gate. In front of the weeping flower gate, after Zhenlong and Ming Jue said goodbye, they followed the princess of Jin on the blue-topped weeping silver incense round treasure covered phoenix sedan chair, and the rest of the girls got on the green mantle black oil car at the back, and they hugged and left. Chen Bing only looked at the gorgeous decoration of the phoenix sedan chair, with a very envious expression on his face, while Chen Lan looked at the red snail thoughtfully.

The people sent them away, and the four sisters naturally dispersed. Chen Yun chased after the arrogant Chen Bing like a follower, and said something as if flattering, Chen Lan smiled slightly, turned around and was about to leave, when Chen Xi next to him suddenly stopped her.

"Third sister, just drop by, let's go together!"

Chen Lan was slightly stunned, and when he saw that Chen Xi took the initiative to come over, he did not refuse this kindness. After passing through the hall, he turned a corner along the verandah, and saw that there were only a few girls next to him, Chen Xi whispered: "Thank you for your words today." ”

Chen Lan raised his eyebrows, and then deliberately pretended to be confused: "Me? What did I say? ”

Chen Xi smiled slightly, his ice-like face thawed suddenly, but it looked unusually beautiful: "My aunt followed my father to the south, and the third brother and I are in the inner courtyard, even if it is far away, I can still watch, if I move to the outer courtyard, I don't know when I will be able to see each other." Only the third sister has to pay attention, although it was Zheng's mother who spoke, but the words were introduced by you, not to mention offending the second aunt, even the mother may remember it. At that time, I am afraid that some people will say that you are shallow and blindly accustomed to your younger brother. ”

"That's what happened. I didn't think about it so much, but I was seriously injured in front of me once, so I thought about it, and forced him to read and write all day long, what is the use of boiling down his body? It might as well be more relaxed. ”

Chen Lan said this in his mouth, but he knew in his heart that this was inevitable. I wish my mother is a person in the second room, but she can go to herself arrogantly to teach the girl; The housekeeper of the second room lost the monthly money of the girl there when she was born; There are no children in the second room, and the sister-in-law in the third room is still young, and Mrs. Ma and Mrs. Xu want to get the young masters to the outer courtyard...... Since she didn't know what kind of name this was, but the plan was harmful and unprofitable, she could only pick Chen Yan out first, and as for helping Chen Xi by the way, it was an unexpected joy.

The sisters smiled at each other, and they parted, one to the east and the other to the west. Chen Lan returned all the way back to the Splendid Pavilion, and as soon as he entered the door, he went straight to the east room of the Warm Pavilion in the back room, and he didn't even have time to take off his coat, so he sat directly on the kang covered with a big mattress with dark green orchid patterns, and took the hot tea that Yun'er brought up and drank it in one go, and it took a while to relieve his breath.

"Why is it so cold today, I've only been walking outside for so long, I'm almost freezing!"

"It's cold, if you put it outside on this day, you can freeze to death!"

Yun'er smiled and served Chen Lan to change her clothes, and was about to ask a few words about going to Tatexiang Courtyard today, when Qin Fang, who had just sent away the two third-class girls, found an excuse to pull her out, and there was only one red snail left in the east room. Chen Lan, who was comfortably leaning on the back of the kang chair, looked at the red snail with interest, and suddenly asked, "You really don't want to go to the palace?" ”

Hongluo was stunned and silent all the way, and she didn't say a word when she just entered the house, at this time, she was excited, and then she stepped forward and knelt down, and shook her head resolutely with a face: "The slave is unwilling, so thank you Miss for saving the slave's life." If the old lady insists on it today, the slave and maid ...... The slave and maid could only die there with one head. ”

As soon as these words came out, Chen Lan, who originally just wanted to test the temptation, was stunned. She looked at Hongluo as if she was reluctant, so she felt compassion for a moment and a trace of suffocation in her heart, so she opened her mouth to stir up the matter, but she didn't know that Hongluo actually had such a strong idea. After a long silence, she asked, "Why?" ”

"In the past, although my family was not wealthy, I was able to get by by guarding 100 acres of land. But as soon as my father died, my mother kicked my mother and me out of the house. My mother and I went to my uncle, and then my mother died of illness, and the Zhou Juren in the county came to ask me to be a concubine, when I was not yet thirteen, but my uncle was full of answers, and received fifty taels from others! I called the heavens and the earth to be unspiritual, so I could only walk all night to the state city, who knew that I had encountered a crutche. I tried my best to escape, but my two companions ended up in a more miserable place, and in the end I sold myself to human traffickers, and then I entered the house. After being out there for a long time, I know that not only I am suffering, but others are also suffering, and I have accepted my fate...... But there's only one I don't want to recognize! ”

Hongluo suddenly raised his head and said word by word: "Even if I marry a leper, lame and blind man, I will never be small!" My mother's life has been bitter, and I ended up today, although it is my uncle's greed for money, but it is also because my mother would rather withdraw from the marriage than marry the ordinary people! She already regretted it when she left, and I don't want to regret it for the rest of my life! ”

Listening to Hongluo's categorical words, Chen Lan finally sat up straight, then stretched out his hand to pull her up, and sighed again: "I know, you have this will, and this is also your heart." It's just that I didn't expect me to casually find an excuse for you to talk in your sleep, and Zhenlong actually agreed, which is also your luck. ”

"Sister Zhenlong has never wanted to be a girl for the rest of her life." Hongluo shook his head and said, "I already knew her wishes, so the second lady asked her, and she immediately agreed, because I heard that the second lady promised her, saying that after waiting for a while, she managed to carry her to the second master as an aunt." After all, this is not a certain thing, and now that Princess Jin has come to ask for someone in person, she is naturally too late to be happy. She said that I was talking in my sleep, because she was afraid that I would go and get in her way. But everyone has their own ambitions, but now I can only be grateful to her. If she hadn't echoed Miss, today's events would have been bad. ”

Chen Lan naturally knew that it was in vain for him to speak alone at that time. It's just that knowing that Hongluo is only grateful to Zhenlong and has no resentment, she is even more satisfied with this girl. Before she could speak, Hongluo suddenly knelt down again and kowtowed three times to her.

"From now on, the slave will listen to the young lady in everything!"

From words to deeds, Chen Lan can naturally see the decisiveness in this. In any case, it is enough to get a red snail today. It's easy to find a smart and smart girl, but the one with a decent and resolute heart may not be able to find one with a lantern.