The embroidered household opened slightly, the Hunan curtain was half rolled, and the manservant wearing a black scarf came and went outside the door, dragging a plate in his hand, and sent a bowl of steaming mountain and sea delicacies to the door, and a slender white hand stretched out from the curtain to take the food in.

There was a burst of delicate laughter in the house, sandwiched by a man's laughter, and flew out of the house, it turned out that today was the Dragon Boat Festival, and Jinzhou Taishou Ye Chengli gathered his wife and concubines and children in the inner room to hold a family banquet.

Ye Taishou is about fifty years old, with a white face and three long beards.

His wife Liu, only gave birth to a daughter, but she was delicate, named Long'er, fifteen this year, it is the time when the girl's hair is long, plus her flower-like appearance, jade-like skin, waist and limbs, slender figure, it is really a pedestrian step can also be expected, and a glance also makes people lose their souls.

This is Ye Taishou and his wife as the pearl of applause, pampered, pity and love, this young lady also reads a full stomach of poetry and books, with a pungent temperament, girls and men, but in front of their parents, they dare not be presumptuous, sit dignified, and do not see the slightest frivolity.

Ye Taishou has a Mrs. Wang, nicknamed Zuihong, twenty-four years old, with a good personality, sharp conversation, quick behavior, a mouth to say the sound of a warbler, the whole room only listens to her laughing voice, she speaks interestingly, and people like.

Ye Taishou has a total of four wives, what peach, Xiaocui, but none of them caught up with her, plus drunk infrared five years ago gave birth to a son-in-law, named to serve the country, don't say that Ye Taishou spoiled this drunk red to the sky, that is, Mrs. Liu remembered Ye Men You, and then looked at the drunk red with a different eye.

This drunken red original also has a pet place, the face is handsome, the eyebrows and eyes are beautiful, of course, she can reverse the husband, that is, she is knowledgeable, can be counted as able to write, a huge mansion, up and down inside and out, all of them are taken care of by this Mrs. Wang, the family of thirty or forty maids, outside to the door servants, dare not say a word, leak a little water, what kind of talent is this, how can Ye Taishou not love her.

Now in the inner room of the family banquet, Ye Taishou is sitting in the middle, the left is the son of the country, the right shoulder is Miss Long'er, Liu is sitting on the top, drunk red is sitting on the lower horizontal head, the peach, Xiaocui is sitting below, passing the cup and handing the lamp, talking and laughing, eating a few rounds of wine, serving a few dishes, the peach red hugged the pipa and played a song.

Everyone applauded.

Ye Taishou praised: "What a beautiful song."

Pink finished playing the song.

Ye Taishou asked, "Who made the tune?"

When Taohong asked, she didn't dare to hide it, so she stood up and said: "It's a new song composed by Miss Long'er, and it took ten days of practice to play it, and there are still many deficiencies."

When Ye Taishou heard that it was composed by his daughter, he smiled happily, hurriedly reached out to hold Long'er's hand, and said with a smile: "Good boy, it's hard to make such a good song for you." As he spoke, he turned back to Zuihong and said, "You go and bring the white jade pipa."

When Zuihong heard this, he brought a maid, turned around and went into the room, stopped for a while, and saw that he was holding a white jade pipa, which was a good jade, and there was no impurity on it.

Ye Long'er didn't want it, but because his father always said that he didn't want girls, he painstakingly studied piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Ye Taishou said with a smile: "Good boy, use it well, compose more tunes, and you can please the emperor when you enter the palace in the future."

After hearing this, Ye Long'er reluctantly moved the corners of his mouth slightly, yes, he can't help himself in marriage, and next year will be the age when he enters the palace draft.

When Ye Taishou said this, he was also sour in his heart, revealing that he was reluctant to give up, what could he do.

Drunk Hong said on the side: "Taishou is reluctant to let Miss enter the palace, so we will think of a way to prevent Miss from entering the palace."

Ye Taishou glanced at Drunken Hong, fortunately this is an inner house, if it is heard by others, there will be the life of this family.

Zuihong also felt that she had said the wrong thing, and she lowered her head and didn't dare to speak.

Ye Long'er smiled and said: "The soldiers are coming, the water is open and the soil is hoarded, don't make us unhappy because of this."

Zuihong is good at playing round, hurriedly stood up, told a few jokes, and made everyone laugh.

In the midst of this laughter, a big girl came up and said, "The son of the Jiang family in Yangzhou is here."

When Liu heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and said in a loud voice: "Please come in and have a drink, thinking of him coming all the way, and his stomach is also hungry."

When the big girl heard this, she hurriedly turned around and sent the word out.

Peach, Xiaocui, Ye Long'er heard that a stranger was coming, so he hurriedly avoided it.

After a pause, the soft curtain moved, and I saw a brother from Yuli Pavilion walking into the house, stepping forward and asking Ye Taishou and his wife for peace.

Liu reached out and pulled it in his arms, squeezing his hand while calling, "Good boy." He asked again, "Is the road hard?" Are both parents healthy? ”

The brother replied one by one.

Zuihong brought a chair and sat under Liu's shoulder.

The maid brought a cup of chopsticks, and Liu kept persuading wine and food.

After eating a few cups, Ye Taishou said: "My nephew is here, they are all a family, quickly change his sister and brother to come out to accompany his cousin to have wine."

When Zuihong heard this, he hurriedly went into the back room and pulled Baoguo out, and his cousins met him.

Liu pointed to Zuihong and said to his nephew: "This is your uncle's top favorite, and it is also our family's spicy goods, good boy, you have also seen and understood."

When this brother heard that he knew that he was his aunt, he also stepped forward and gave a half-salute.

The panicked drunken red hurriedly pulled his sleeve and said busily: "Brother killed me, don't do this." smiled again: "I haven't seen me for six years, my brother has been so beautiful, so I will hold my brother in my arms like a child."

Liu Shi smiled when he heard this: "This spicy thing has been revealed again."

One sentence caused everyone to laugh.

The laughter continued, and I saw a young lady, followed by two maids walking out, wearing cotton embroidered shirts and skirts up and down, dressed in beads surrounded by greenery, pink and red, flashing eyes.

Liu said, "Come and meet your cousin."

When Jiang Shuheng heard this, he had already stood up, stepped forward, and bowed deeply in front of Ye Long'er, and the two bowed to each other.

This pair of jade people are both handsome and moving.

Jiang Shuheng raised his head and couldn't help but glance deeply at Ye Long'er's face.

Ye Long'er was dissatisfied with the berth in his heart, and he could see that he was a womanizer in his eyes, but because of his feelings, he didn't show it, and came to sit down on his mother's shoulder.

Jiang Shuheng also returned to his seat and said, "I haven't seen each other for five or six years, and my sister is becoming more and more like a fairy."

Zuihong's eyes lit up, and he said, "My young lady is a fairy in the sky, why don't you worship a few more times."

When he said this, Ye Taishou and Liu couldn't hold back their laughter.

Ye Long'er looked at Zuihong, she had always respected her very much, and it was inconvenient to talk back to her, so she got up and went back to the inner room.

Here Ye Taishou asked about the situation on the road.

Jiang Shuheng said: "This time I went out, firstly, on the orders of my parents, to visit my uncle and aunt, and secondly, to go to Beijing to take the exam, seek fame and serve the country."

Ye Taishou nodded and said, "What an aspiring young man."

Jiang Shuheng sighed: "It's just that today's saints, old and mediocre, traitorous ministers are rampant, fooling the Son of Heaven, and I am most discouraged."

After hearing this, Ye Taishou also sighed and said: "The court is in a coma, and his nephew's reputation is also important, and he will get an official and a half position in the future, and he can rectify the government for the court."

Jiang Shuheng listened, just shook his head, and said: "Today's prince is also the same as the Son of Heaven, extremely cruel, if he sits on the throne and gains fame, it is hopeless to serve the country."

Ye Taishou patted Jiang Shuheng on the shoulder and said, "Good boy, we just have to be ourselves, now that the situation in the DPRK is in place, how can one person turn things around."

Jiang Shuheng nodded, "Yes." He said: "All the way I have come, there are floods everywhere, the people are struggling to make a living, and the people are miserable."

Ye Taishou is also at a loss for waterlogging, in Jinzhou, which is under his jurisdiction, the heavy rain a few days ago washed away the river dam, and he personally led people to repair the river dam, only to plug the breach, said that he touched his knees.

Jiang Shuheng asked with concern, "Uncle, what's wrong with your leg?"

Liu said: "Your uncle led people to repair the river dam, and he was drenched in the heavy rain for four days and nights, and fell into the root of the disease.

Jiang Shuheng said coldly: "Where to be reasonable these days, the emperor is now enjoying himself with his concubines in Yangzhou, who cares about the life and death of the people."

As soon as the words fell, a loud thunder rang out in the sky, followed by a heavy downpour.

Ye Taishou stood up and walked back and forth in the house, worried that the breach that had been blocked a few days ago would collapse again.

Liu Shi persuaded: "Taishou, don't worry too much, maybe the rain will stop in a while."

Ye Taishou knew that he was comforting himself, but he hoped that as his wife said, he begged the gods to bless him in his heart.

Zuihong had already sent someone to clean up the room, and someone took Jiang Shuheng down to rest.

Liu accompanied Ye Taishou back to the room to rest, and was awakened by a rush of footsteps in his sleep, and heard the housekeeper in the house shouting at the door: "Taishou!" Oh no, the river dam has broken again, and the officers and soldiers under Commander Lin are rushing to repair it. ”

Ye Taishou sat up in shock when he heard this, hurriedly ran out with his clothes on, and shouted, "Prepare a sedan chair."

Liu Shi had already put on the lamp at this time, and hurriedly found a robe, put it on Ye Taishou, and said, "Taishou, don't worry."

Ye Taishou couldn't put on clothes with trembling hands, and sighed: "The flood is ruthless, if you really can't block the breach, how many people have to drown."

At this time, the east had turned white, the rain was pouring outside, and the house was busy.

When Ye Long'er heard the news, she also ran over, only to see her short clothes, small dress, her hair tied up high, just dressed as a man, and said, "Father, I'll go with you."

Ye Taishou shouted: "Nonsense, you are a girl's family, what are you mixed with, Dad is already messy enough."

Ye Long'er just doesn't like to listen, girls can't get involved, and said hurriedly: "Father, the flood is really uncontrollable, it floods our Jinzhou, it doesn't care about boys, girls, are you really so patriarchal?" He looked at his father with moist eyes.

Ye Taishou let out a long sigh.