Before the tea effort.

The red snail came out of the kate-incense courtyard, so he was naturally familiar with the situation in this courtyard. Tateka-in is a five-room upper room facing north and south, three in the east and west wings, and a small three-room hall at the entrance of the courtyard. The upper room and the wing room are followed by verandahs, and there are ear rooms on the east and west sides, the west side is where Zheng's mother lives, and the east side is the small kitchen, which is specially used for tea and food in the hospital. In the entire Hou Mansion, there is only one place in the Tatexiang Courtyard that justifies the small kitchen.

Therefore, after pouring tea in the upper room, and seeing that there was no one in the house, Hongluo thought for a moment and went straight to the kitchen. After all, the charcoal used in the small kitchen here is not ordinary firewood, but horsemouth firewood smuggled out and sold by the Salary Division, which is also smokeless and tasteless. There was a thick curtain hanging from the kitchen door, the color was a little dull because of the smoke, and there was a low voice of voice from inside. She wanted to go in directly, but when she heard the voice of Zheng's mother coming from inside, she chose a place that was not easy for others to notice and stood for a while.

"The old lady knew about it first, but didn't she say that she wouldn't lift the lid until at least the next year, how could it happen so quickly? You know, tomorrow is New Year's Day, and things are making trouble in the New Year, so don't celebrate this festival at home! ”

"Who's to say it isn't? But what the princess said didn't count, if she hadn't been paying attention to it, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get even a letter in advance. Who knew that the Taifu Temple would suddenly check the horses, and the second master did not do it strictly, and he would be exposed as soon as he checked it. Mom replied to the old lady first, so she should be prepared, otherwise she would be caught off guard if she came to the door. ”

When Hongluo heard this, she was stunned for a moment, and the meaning of these words made her feel cold. After calming herself down, she quietly took a few steps back, and was about to slip away when she heard another voice from inside. She gritted her teeth and didn't leave in the end.

"When this thing is played, how many pavilion elders can be present? And are there any other people, what do they say? ”

"The elders are all there. But at that time, there was more than this, and at the same time, there were several fraud cases, and the emperor was furious, and no one could speak, so they all watched the emperor give an order to Jinyiwei. However, the first queen mother and the old lady are cousins after all, the emperor does not look at the face of the monk to see the face of the Buddha, and in the first few days of the first month of the new year, it will not make trouble, even if it is checked, it should be limited to the second master. ”

"Having said that, it's too shameless to have this incident in the first month of the year. At the beginning, the second master was able to attack the knighthood, and he didn't know how many good things he flattered the old lady, but once he got the title, he planned to put his hand on the family's property, and even the second lady wanted to beat the old lady's brains to marry, but it was a good calculation, and this time it was also a lesson. You must know that the fourth young master of the long room is not small......"

Hongluo was hearing it thrillingly, and suddenly found that the voice was quieter, she suddenly woke up, and hurriedly dodged through the hall, only to hide behind a pillar, she saw that the curtain of the door was lifted, but it was Zheng's mother who poked her head out and looked around. I saw that most of the people were watching the fireworks at the entrance of the courtyard, and the curtain was quickly lowered. At this time, Hongluo didn't dare to stay in the same place any longer, and after thinking for a while, he immediately turned back to the room.

When she arrived at the door, she almost bumped into Lan Xin who came out of it. She and Lan Xin are the same batch of girls bought from outside, at that time, there were just not enough girls of the right age in the house, so the two of them were selected into the Tatexiang Courtyard, only she was promoted to the second class in less than two years, but Lan Xin has been hovering above the third class, and now she has made up for the vacancy after she left.

At this time, Lan Xin squinted at the red snail, and then sneered and said: "Sister Hongluo is mistaken, this is the upper room of the Tatexiang Courtyard, but not the Splendid Pavilion where you are, just casually trespassing?" ”

Hongluo had something in his heart, and he was nervous at this time, and when he heard the words of the hidden knife in these words, he raised his eyebrows pretending not to know: "What are you talking about?" Now everyone in the yard is watching the fireworks, Miss is thirsty, I will pour a glass of water to add some charcoal to the hand stove, is it possible to go back to the Splendid Pavilion for a trip? ”

"Yo, I haven't been there for a long time, and there is only your young lady left in my heart, to let the old lady know that you have become such a posture in the past, I really don't know if I will say a good word about you. There are enough things in this floating house, but there are examples of charcoal. This year, the weather is cold, and the old lady herself is not enough for the silver frost charcoal, and no one dares to share it with others. ”

"You ......"

Lan Xin saw that she was red-faced, and her heart became more and more relieved, and she clasped her hands and said: "Also, my sister is not from our Tatexiang Courtyard now, don't walk around so loudly, if there is something missing in the courtyard, Sister Green Calyx and they will blame it, and I can't afford to bear it." ”

Hongluo was about to make some movement to cover up his tracks, but at this time he couldn't help but stomp his feet and said: "Okay, if you don't give it, I'll go to the kitchen to find Qin's sister-in-law!" I don't believe it, the third lady just wants some charcoal, and some people are willing not to give it! ”

"What are you arguing about!"

Lan Xin, who was about to sneer at each other, immediately closed her mouth when she heard this voice. Hongluo also hurriedly turned around, and saw that it was Zheng's mother, she curtsied her knees, and picked up the plum blossom-shaped copper hand stove with a folded horn handle carved with a pattern of eyebrows, and rushed to the front to make the reason clear. Sure enough, Mother Zheng glared at Lan Xin coldly, and said with a pleasant face: "It's hard for you to sympathize with your young lady, how can you do it when the hand stove is cold on this cold day?" It's just a little bit of silver frost charcoal, is the old lady still lacking these? ”

After saying this, Zheng's mother led Hongluo into the house without saying a word, and saw that except for Lan Xin who followed up, there was no one left in the house, and her face couldn't help but look even worse. asked Lan Xin to take charcoal and put it in the hand stove for the red snail, and she immediately sent the person away.

At this moment, after Hongluo said this, he still couldn't help but feel palpitations. And Chen Lan, who was just listening on the side, was even more frightened. She always felt that Chen Bing had just asked for Zhenlong before, and Princess Jin suddenly asked people to leave, this matter was not simple, and now with these words, everything is clear. The Zhu family has always been wary of the second room, and now Chen Jiu, who is holding the title of Marquis of Yangning, has an accident, and Zheng's mother actually opened her mouth to be the fourth young master of the long room, who is not young!

Hongluo stood aside, saw Chen Lan unconsciously rubbing his two gloved hands, and hurriedly reminded: "Miss, no matter what, old lady, we have to go over and accompany again, it would be bad if we gave someone else a chance to pick it up." ”

"Well, that's what you said."

Chen Lan looked up at the sky, only to see that the dark clouds in the sky were heavy, there was no moon, and there were no stars, only fireworks burst out, reflecting the night sky like day. Coupled with the bright lights everywhere in the Hou Mansion, it seems to completely suppress the cold and gloomy night, but it can't get rid of the bone-deep cold in this courtyard.