After Yan Ning came back from the White Horse Temple that day, she was depressed all day long, and she didn't go to the study for a whole day, and she sat alone in the room.

On the second and third days, Yan Ning still didn't go out of the room. On the fourth day, the housekeeper pushed open the door, only to find that Yan Ning had collapsed to the ground with his eyes blank, he hurriedly called a few servants, lifted Yan Ning up, pinched the middle of the person, and fed him food, before he got better.

When the housekeeper saw him open his eyes, he scolded angrily: "Look at your death, don't die here if you kid wants to die, this year has only been over for a long time, looking unlucky." ”

Yan Ning knew that he was kind, smiled reluctantly, and said, "Butler, don't worry, I won't die in front of you." ”

The housekeeper scolded a few times and said, "You kid hasn't been out for a few days, right?" No wonder I haven't seen you in the past few days. ”

Yan Ning nodded, since he came back a few days ago, he always felt that something was holding him down, which made him gasp for breath in the past few days, but he was not in love, I don't know why.

Seeing that Yan Ning replied weakly, the housekeeper scolded again: "Your kid usually looks like he has good bones, and he punishes you for carrying water, and you are not ambiguous, why have you become a sick cat these days, isn't it because you didn't get paid?" ”

Yan Ning said helplessly: "Housekeeper, it has nothing to do with wages, maybe I have contracted the wind cold in the past few days." ”

The housekeeper sighed and said: "This ghost weather, there are a lot of people in the house who have been infected with the wind cold recently, whether it is Ah Hu Alun, even the young lady ......" Speaking of the young lady, the housekeeper hurriedly covered his mouth and kept his mouth shut, as a domestic servant, it is really taboo to talk about the master in private.

But when this young lady reached Yan Ning's ears, his whole body collapsed and he fell against the wall. The housekeeper saw that he was listless again, and scolded: "You haven't been to the study for a few days, the study is not cleaned, according to the rules, you should be deducted half a month's salary, you kid will cultivate for another day, and tomorrow you will go to work in the study." ”

Yan Ning suddenly sighed and said, "Housekeeper, can I not go to the study?" ”

The housekeeper said curiously: "Don't you go to the study? So where are you going? ”

Yan Ning said: "I don't go to the study, I can go anywhere, I can do anything like carrying water." ”

But the housekeeper scolded: "You kid is really in the blessing and don't know the blessing, the scholar is twenty dollars a month, if you do other work, you only have fifteen dollars a month." ”

Yan Ning nodded and said, "Fifteen yuan is fifteen yuan, as long as you don't go to the study, you can go anywhere." ”

The butler snorted and said, "Well, if you regret it in the future, don't come to me again." ”

Yan Ning shook his head and said, "It's my own request, and I won't trouble the housekeeper again in the future." ”

When the butler saw that he had made up his mind, he cursed two more words and went away with his two servants.

But said that after Shen Qinghe came back from the White Horse Temple that day, she thought that since the person had been in the study with her own poem before, maybe she would come to the study, so she waited in the study every day, thinking that she could see him, so she stayed in the study from morning to night, and lost her soul all day long.

On this day, Shen Qinghe's personal maid Xiaolan came to deliver food to Shen Qinghe as usual, seeing that Shen Qinghe was still sitting in front of the bookcase, looking at the calligraphy and paintings back and forth, looking haggard, Xiaolan said distressedly: "Miss, since you came back from the White Horse Temple that day, these days, you have hardly eaten or drunk, and your body and bones have been thin, if you are hungry and cold, it will not be good." ”

Shen Qinghe smiled bitterly and said, "What if you are hungry, if you die like this, it is the best." ”

Xiaolan snorted and said, "Miss, don't say such unlucky words, if the master hears it, she will punish Miss again." ”

Shen Qinghe didn't think about it and said: "Punish me, so what, my father promised me to Liu Renxiong, and I would have already died of heart, but who knows, who knows............ Alas! ”

Xiaolan said: "Alas, Miss doesn't have to be sad, maybe the master said it casually, and he can't do it." ”

Who knew that Shen Qinghe's expression was even more bitter, he closed his eyes and said with tears: "Marriage is a big event, how could my father make such a joke, I have only seen Liu Renxiong once, there were rumors in the market that he was a rude and vulgar person, and when I saw him that day, it was true, my mind was full of male thieves and female prostitutes, and I would never marry him." ”

Xiaolan saw her grieving and sorrowful, trapped by love, although she was a personal maid, but she was one year older than Shen Qinghe, and she felt uncomfortable, and saw her staring at these calligraphy and paintings all day long, and said: "Alas, I know that Miss is sad these days, but what is the use of staring at these calligraphy and paintings all day long?" ”

Shen Qinghe only said softly: "Xiaolan, you don't understand the meaning of this calligraphy and painting. ”

Xiaolan said: "I haven't read a book, of course I don't understand the meaning of this calligraphy and painting, but this calligraphy and painting is made by Miss and the eldest son, I don't know what the eldest son wrote, which makes the young lady so fascinated." ”

Unexpectedly, Shen Qinghe's face suddenly turned red, and she said softly: "These calligraphy and paintings are not made by my brother." ”

Xiao Lan sighed, saw Shen Qinghe's little face flushed, and said jokingly: "Didn't the eldest prince do it?" Could it be the work of the young lady's dream lover? ”

Shen Qinghe snorted and scolded: "You girl, you dare to come to tease me and beg for a beating." ”

Seeing her like this, Xiaolan's eyes rolled, and she thought that there must be someone else, so she joked again, after the two laughed and played, Shen Qinghe sat for a long time, stood up, and walked around the study, she has always been clean, and saw that the books in the study were neatly placed everywhere, and even some ancient medical books that had never been looked at were spotless, she suddenly said: "Xiaolan, this study, in addition to me and my brother, do you know that other people have been here?" ”

Xiaolan replied: "Miss, I heard that there was a new scholar in the house last month, it seems that the eldest prince found him, but I have never seen that person, Miss has not seen that person in the study these days?" ”

Shen Qinghe shook his head and said, "I haven't seen that person in the past few days. ”

Xiaolan saw Shen Qinghe asking about this, her brain was not stupid, and when she saw Shen Qinghe looking at those calligraphy and paintings, she suddenly sighed and said, "These calligraphy and paintings, could it be that the scholar?" ”

Shen Qinghe was seen through her little daughter's thoughts, her face was shy, she covered her face and said, "I don't know if he did it, Xiaolan, do you know where he lives?" ”

Xiaolan said: "The residences of the servants in the house are all arranged by the housekeeper, the female dependents live in the west courtyard, and the rest live in the east courtyard. ”

Shen Qinghe looked overjoyed, and hurriedly said, "Xiaolan, take me to the East Courtyard to have a look." ”

But Xiaolan said: "Miss, that's where the servant lives, you have a noble status, can't you ......?"

Shen Qinghe scolded: "Can't you do anything? What difference between dignity and inferiority, in my eyes, is just a shackle in the eyes of the world, Xiaolan, don't say this kind of thing again. ”

Xiaolan has never studied, although she is Shen Qinghe's personal maid, and Shen Qinghe treats her as a sister on weekdays, but she knows that her status is different from her inferiority, but now that Miss is looking for that person, maybe she is a scholar in the house, and she has the same status as a servant. But when the young lady said this, she couldn't say it anymore, so she had to answer at the moment.

The two walked through the corridor of the house, turned back and forth a few times, and came to the gate of the east courtyard, and before entering the east courtyard, they saw the housekeeper rushing over from behind, and the housekeeper saw the young lady, saluted, and said, "Why did the young lady come here today?" This is where slaves and miscellaneous servants live, and the young lady has a noble status, how can she come to these places. ”

Shen Qinghe's face sank, and he said, "Where am I going, do I still want you to care?" ”

The housekeeper saw that the young lady was angry, and hurriedly laughed and said, "Miss, this is the rule set by the master, can you go to this place for people." ”

Shen Qinghe stared at him fiercely, and said coldly: "Why don't I know the rules set by my father?" Don't lie to me, go down, it's none of your business here. ”

The housekeeper didn't dare to say anything more when he saw that the usually gentle young lady was so angry, and bowed down to leave, but heard Shen Qinghe say again: "Wait, let me ask you, why haven't you seen anyone clean the study these days?" ”

The housekeeper was stunned when he heard this, and said: "Miss, last month the eldest son recruited a new scholar, that kid has been doing a good job in the study before, how did he suddenly say a few days ago that he didn't want to go to the study to work, you said that this person is not stupid, the scholar has twenty dollars of silver a month, he just doesn't do it, he has to do the work of ordinary handymen." ”

Shen Qinghe sighed softly and said, "Don't you want to go to the study, butler, where is he now, you take me to meet him." ”

The housekeeper said, "I asked him to go to the backyard today to fetch water and water the flowers." ”

Shen Qinghe said: "Take me to the backyard to see him." ”

The housekeeper immediately responded, and took Shen Qinghe to the backyard.

The three of them came to the backyard, and suddenly saw a person standing in the flower garden, scooping up a large scoop of water, and pouring straight down the flowers and plants in the courtyard.

Xiaolan saw that this person was watering the flowers so unruly, and said, "Miss, why is that person like this, he is almost dying of watering the flowers." ”

When the butler saw this, he shouted, "What are you doing? ”

The man didn't look back, and said in a daze, "Butler, I'm watering the flowers." ”

The butler was furious and said angrily, "I asked you to water the flowers, but I didn't ask you to water them to death." ”

The man was stunned for a moment, put down the water scoop in his hand, turned around, and said with a smile: "I picked up two loads of water, thinking that this water is not needed, wouldn't it be a pity to waste it." ”

Shen Qinghe saw the person's appearance, sword eyebrows and jade face, it was Yan Ning who he had seen in the White Horse Temple that day, and at this time, Yan Ning also saw Shen Qinghe, the two of them looked stunned, Shen Qinghe exclaimed: "It's really you." Shen Qinghe only determined at this time that the man who wrote poems for himself in the study and hid his heart was Yan Ning in front of him.

How did Yan Ning hear Shen Qinghe's words, she hurriedly turned her head over, picked up the water scoop and began to water it.

The housekeeper opened his mouth and scolded: "Yan Ning, Miss is talking to you, how can you be so rude." ”

Yan Ning turned her back to the three of them and said lightly: "Housekeeper, I still have work to do, if I offend Miss, I hope Miss will forgive me." ”

When the housekeeper heard this, he was angry and scolded angrily: "When did you dare to talk back? If you do this again, be careful that I will punish you for picking forty buckets of water. ”

Yan Ning didn't think about it and said, "Okay, pick up the water." ”

The housekeeper was so angry that he was about to open his mouth to scold, but he heard Shen Qinghe on the side say, "Butler, don't be embarrassed by him." ”

The housekeeper's anger did not subside, but when he saw that the young lady was talking, he couldn't scold again, Shen Qinghe saw that Yan Ning didn't want to turn his head, so he walked up to him, looked at his eyebrows, and said softly: "Young Master Yan, why don't you want to go to the study again?" ”

Unexpectedly, Yan Ning turned his head over and watered the flowers by himself.

When the housekeeper saw that the young lady called him Gongzi, he hurriedly smiled and said, "Miss, it's good if you call him Yan Ning, why do you still call him Gongzi." ”

Shen Qinghe's face was displeased, and he said, "What are you doing, it's none of your business here, you go down first." ”

The housekeeper smiled bitterly, and somehow offended the young lady today, and left with a few mutters.

Seeing that Yan Ning was expressionless and ignored people, Xiaolan snorted and said, "Miss, this person is rude, I think he must have found the wrong person." ”

Shen Qinghe stared at Yan Ning's face, thinking that he was the person, but seeing that he ignored him, tears fell from his eyes, and he sobbed in a low voice: "It won't be wrong, it won't be wrong." ”

Yan Ning didn't want to speak, he thought that he was lowly, Miss Shen was devoted to herself, she was just a down-and-out talent, how could she be with her. But seeing Shen Qinghe crying, he was also uncomfortable in his heart, and comforted: "Miss, don't cry." ”

Shen Qinghe listened to him and said happily: "Young Master Yan, don't do these rough jobs, you go to the study again, okay?" ”

Yan Ning was reluctant to go to the study in order to avoid Shen Qinghe, but Shen Qinghe wanted him to go back now, how could he agree, he didn't know how to refuse, so he kept silent.

Shen Qinghe saw that he didn't speak, so he called him a few more times, but Yan Ning only cared about watering and turned a deaf ear, and that Xiaolan said angrily: "Miss, this person is deaf and can't hear us, so we don't care about him." ”

Shen Qinghe saw that Yan Ning was unwilling to take care of herself, her throat choked, sighed, and said, "Xiaolan, let's go back." ”

Yan Ning took care of watering himself, but as soon as Shen Qinghe left, he lost his mind, and the water scoop in his hand fell to the ground and shattered. He looked back at the place where Shen Qinghe left, he felt indescribably uncomfortable in his heart, he lifted a bucket of water and poured it towards the flower garden, after pouring the bucket of water, he lifted another bucket of water and poured it all into the flower garden, and only then did he feel better in his heart.

On the second day, when the housekeeper saw that Yan Ning was not working, he went to his room to look for him, saw him huddled into a ball, and scolded: "You kid wants to be lazy again, get up." ”

After Yan Ning came back yesterday, he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and he fell asleep late at night, when he woke up in a daze, and saw the housekeeper staring at him viciously, he hurriedly turned over, and the housekeeper said: "You kid, you don't have to do those chores today, Miss yesterday ordered, you will go to the study in the future." ”

Yan Ning shook his head and said, "Housekeeper, can you not go to the study, you can do any hard work and tiring work." ”

The housekeeper said angrily: "You have to go, you have to go, you have to go if you don't go, otherwise, you don't want to eat in the future." ”

Seeing this, Yan Ning had no choice but to agree.

When he arrived at the study, Yan Ning had not opened the door yet, but he smelled a faint fragrance of lotus leaves in the study, he pushed open the door, and saw Shen Qinghe sitting in front of the bookcase, holding a book, looking at it attentively.

After Yan Ning entered the door, he thought about cleaning up by himself, but Shen Qinghe stopped him and said, "Young Master Yan......"

When Yan Ning heard this, she hurriedly said: "It's good that Miss calls me Yan Ning, I'm not a son, just a subordinate." ”

Shen Qinghe was displeased when he saw him alienating himself, and said, "Young Master Yan, don't be like this, in my place, there is no inferior person." ”

Yan Ning was silent, picked up the broom by himself, and cleaned it up in the study, Shen Qinghe saw him behaving like this, he felt aggrieved, and couldn't help but say, "You...... Why are you so angry, have you forgotten the sentence you wrote to me before, 'Mo Chou Spring is over again, look at the new year', and forget that you wrote a poem to me before? ”

Yan Ning was sad when she heard her mention the previous things, but he said: "Miss, those few lines of poetry are just random by me, and I can't count them." ”

Shen Qinghe listened to his words and wanted to clear up the relationship, he couldn't help but feel sour in his heart, hiding his face and crying, Yan Ning stood aside, listening to her crying sadly, wanting to comfort, but thinking that she was crying because of herself, she didn't know what to do for a while, so she had to stand aside with her hands down.

Shen Qinghe cried for a while, and suddenly picked up a few calligraphy and paintings on the bookcase and tore them to pieces, Yan Ning didn't know why she suddenly lost her temper, and she didn't dare to say more. He looked at the calligraphy and paintings that were torn into pieces, and felt a pity in his heart, so he hurriedly squatted down and wanted to pick up those calligraphy and painting fragments, but he heard Shen Qinghe say coldly: "I don't allow you to pick them up." ”

Yan Ning didn't dare to disobey her, so she got up, sighed, and wanted to clean up the torn calligraphy and paintings, but Shen Qinghe stopped in front of him, Yan Ning didn't know what she meant, and saw that her eyes were staring straight at herself, as if she wanted to see through her heart. Yan Ning lowered her head, avoiding her gaze, but Shen Qinghe stared at him for a long time, then sighed, closed the door and left.

On the second day, Yan Ning came to the study again, he thought that Shen Qinghe would not come back after he left yesterday, but not long after he arrived in the study, Shen Qinghe pushed the door in. Yan Ning's heart is not good, if she loses her temper again today, maybe these books will also suffer.

How did he know that after Shen Qinghe entered the study, he only glanced at him lightly, then sat next to the bookcase, picked up a book and read it quietly.

Yan Ning saw that she was indifferent today, and said in her heart: "If that's the case, it's okay, if she doesn't talk to me, she must have figured it out." Immediately, I cleaned the study, found a good book, and sat down against the bookcase to read it.

But when reading today, Yan Ning was always absent-minded, not as intoxicated in the book as in the past, he thought that maybe it was Shen Qinghe in the study, he had never stayed under the same roof with a woman like this, so he glanced at it, and saw that Shen Qinghe's expression was the same, and he only cared about turning the page and reading the book, so he calmed down and read the book quietly.

In the next few days, Shen Qinghe came to the study early, sat and read until the evening, and then left.

In this way, on the seventh day, early this day, Yan Ning saw that Shen Qinghe had not yet come, and felt strange, after cleaning up the study, he picked up a book and read it, but when he thought that he had not seen Shen Qinghe today, he was uneasy, and after putting down the book, he picked up several books one after another, and found that he couldn't read it, so he thought about picking up a broom to clean the house again, and as soon as he picked up the broom, he saw Shen Qinghe push open the door with a pale face and walked in. Seeing Shen Qinghe coming, Yan Ning's hanging heart finally fell, put down the broom again, and looked for a book to look at.

After reading for a morning, Yan Ning had already finished reading the book, so he went to find another book to read, but suddenly he saw Shen Qinghe lying on the bookcase with a painful expression, he hurriedly ran over and asked with concern, "Miss, is this sick?" ”

Shen Qinghe slowly raised his head, looked at him and said, "Yan ...... Yan Gongzi, I'm fine, maybe the wind chill contracted some time ago has recurred. ”

Yan Ning screamed when she heard this, this will make people dizzy when she is infected with the wind and cold, seeing that she looks sluggish and sick, she said in her heart: "No wonder she came late today, she had a cold attack, and she had to come to the study to read, she ...... Is she here for me? ”

Seeing her eyes watery again, he felt a burst of tenderness in his heart, and said, "Miss, you wait for me here for a while, and I'll come when I go." After saying that, he walked out quickly, Shen Qinghe looked at his back as he walked farther and farther away, and looked at him in a daze.

Yan Ning ran to the kitchen in a hurry, and when she saw that the cook had not yet started the fire, she borrowed a stove, found radishes and ginger, cut them into slices, and put them in the kettle to boil them together.

When it boiled, he poured the water into a bowl, picked up the bowl of ginger and radish water, and ran back to the study. After returning to the study, Yan Ning put the ginger radish water next to Shen Qinghe and said softly: "Miss, I boiled a bowl of ginger radish water, this water can be used to cure wind and cold, you can drink a bowl, maybe it will be fine tomorrow." ”

Shen Qinghe glanced up at him, said thank you softly, and took a sip of the water, but heard her scream suddenly.

Yan Ning saw her screaming, and hurriedly asked, "Miss, is this water not delicious?" ”

Shen Qinghe shook his head lightly and said, "No, Young Master Yan, it's that the water is too hot." ”

Yan Ning heard her say this, and slapped her head suddenly, she was too anxious, how could she let her drink the boiling water, and seeing that she was sick, she felt uncomfortable, so she picked up the bowl of water, ran to the door, and blew it gently with her mouth to cool it.

Shen Qinghe saw that he was busy for himself, and even blew with his mouth himself, she was infected with the wind and cold, and her body was already dull, and at this time, there was a touch of blush on her pretty face, and her face actually looked more ruddy.

Not long after, Yan Ning brought warm water to Shen Qinghe to drink, and not long after drinking, Shen Qinghe fell asleep on the bookcase. Yan Ning saw that she was asleep, and said in her heart: "Maybe the effect of the medicine has attacked, and it will be better if you sleep for a while." Seeing that although she closed her eyes, her eyebrows were also extremely beautiful, and she thought: "Alas, Yan Ning, Yan Ning, she is both a young lady and a marriage match, how can you think like this." ”

At this moment, he was depressed in his heart, but when he saw Shen Qinghe sleeping soundly, he thought that if she drank the medicine, maybe the wind and cold would be removed, and his heart felt much better. Shaking his head, he didn't think about it anymore, so he found a book and sat next to Shen Qinghe and watched.