In the winter of the tenth year of Jia'an of Great Wei, the national capital of Great Wei, Luocheng.

In the inner courtyard of the Liangguo Mansion, the atmosphere is extremely serious.

In the middle of the courtyard, there was a chair, on which sat a graceful young woman.

Next to the young woman, a well-dressed woman was crying quietly with a five or six-year-old child in her arms.

Seven or eight maids stood around the two young women, and opposite the young women knelt several maids and a plainly dressed boy.

The young man's clothes did not fit in with the environment of the Guogong Mansion.

I saw the lady sitting and said sharply: "Say, what's the matter, how could the third young master fall into the pond." What are you going to do, say! ”

I saw a maid kneeling on the ground trembling and said: "Mrs. Hui, the third young master ran fast, the slaves and maids didn't follow, and the slaves and maids saw that after the third young master fell into the water, only this guy was on the side." The rest of the slaves did not dare to talk nonsense. ”

After hearing this, the lady asked the young man, "Jing Xuan, what's going on?" ”

It turned out that the name of the young man kneeling on the ground was Xiao Jingxuan.

I saw the young man say: "Back to Mrs. Hui, the little one was taking a walk by the pond, and when he saw the third young master coming to play, he fell into the water." Immediately afterwards, several grandmothers went into the water to rescue the third young master. ”

After listening to Xiao Jingxuan's words, the woman next to Mrs. cried and said: "Sister, on such a cold day, even if Tang'er is naughty, she won't be able to play in the water, Tang'er is still so young, you have to make decisions for Tang'er." ”

Looking at the crying woman, the Duchess was also a little bored. said: "You also heard, so let's do it, all the maids and maids in the vicinity will be punished for three months, ten rods, as for Xiao Jingxuan......"

Seeing that the Duchess was still hesitating, the woman on the side was crying loudly again.

Duchess Guo sighed and said, "Xiao Jingxuan, if you don't take good care of your younger brother, I will punish you to kneel here for three hours, and you will not be allowed to get up if you don't have time." ”

After hearing this, Xiao Jingxuan did not defend himself, and said, "Yes, madam." ”

Seeing that the matter was over, the personal maid beside the Duchess said, "Okay, let's disperse." ”

After speaking, he helped his wife to walk to his courtyard.

As the lady left, the woman could only pout her lips in hatred and leave with the child beside her.

And with the departure of the two ladies, the maids of each room dispersed, and the maids who were to be punished went to their respective stewards to receive their punishment.

In the entire courtyard, only Xiao Jingxuan was left alone.

Xiao Jingxuan knelt in the courtyard for less than a quarter of an hour, only to see a plainly dressed woman hurrying over.

Seeing Xiao Jingxuan kneeling on the ground, he said distressedly: "Xuan'er, why are you in trouble again." ”

Xiao Jingxuan said aggrievedly: "Mother, my son has already hid by the pool, but who knows, disaster will fall from the sky." ”

The woman wiped the corners of her eyes and said, "Whoever made you stay at home deserve it." ”

Although he complained about his son, he didn't stop, and took out a jacket from his side for Xiao Jingxuan to put on.

He continued: "You kneel here first, and I'll go and beg Madame later." ”

Xiao Jingxuan sneered: "Mother, don't go, it's useless to go." There's not much time anyway. ”

The woman poked Xiao Jingxuan with her finger and said, "You have to go if it's useless, otherwise, on such a cold day, when you finish kneeling, you will become a popsicle." ”

After finishing speaking, he tidied up Xiao Jingxuan's clothes, and then got up and walked in the direction of his wife's courtyard.

The area of the Guogong Mansion is large, and the roads inside are intricate. The woman walked for a while before she came to the courtyard of the Duchess.

After telling the maid at the gate of the courtyard, the woman waited aside.

After a while, I saw the female envoy come over and said, "Aunt Yun, Madame is invited." ”

After thanking the envoy, the woman followed the envoy carefully to the living room of the courtyard.

After seeing the lady sitting in the front of the living room, he quickly knelt on the ground and kowtowed. said: "Say hello to Miss." ”

After looking at the plainly dressed woman kneeling on the ground, the Duchess Guo's face was very complicated.

He sighed and said, "Get up." Yun Niang. ”

Yun Niang quickly stood up from the ground when she heard the sound, still keeping her head down.

said: "Madam, please be gracious Madame, Xuan'er is still young, this weather is at night, it will be cold, Xuan'er is weak and can't bear it." ”

Duchess Guo sighed and said: "Yun Niang, if it was in the past, I would have answered you, but you were also a member of the Hou Mansion, you should know my sister's character, if I spare Xuan'er, she will not give up." ”

After speaking, the lady seemed to think of something again, and said: "Although your family Xuan'er is a concubine, she is also in the family tree, and she is recognized by the old Guogong, and she is the second young master of the Guogong Mansion. ”

After Yun Niang heard Madame's words, her heart tightened, and she quickly knelt on the ground and said, "Madam, Xuan'er never dares to have any delusions that should not be had. With that, he kowtowed on the ground.

Madame sighed and said, "Back then, I asked you to raise Xuan'er under my knees, but you refused to live or die.

Now, although I am in charge of this big family, you also know my body, and now the second lady is in charge of most of the things. I don't want to interfere too much. ”

"Over the years, although I have never treated your mother and son well, I have never been harsh.

Although Xuan'er is a concubine, it stands to reason that I should not be called mother, he has never called him, and I have never been close to him. I won't mention it.

You are the old man I brought from the Hou Mansion, it stands to reason that you have been favored by the master, and it is normal to carry a concubine.

But you also know that Ye'er is the eldest son, but although your family Xuan'er is a concubine, she was carried into the family tree by the old prince early and became the second young master. It was very popular with the old man.

To put it mildly, if it were replaced by other princely mansions, you would have died no longer knowing how many times.

Isn't my eldest lady generous? Don't keep making it difficult for me. ”

Hearing these heartfelt words from Madame, Yun Niang choked up and said: "The slave knows that over the years, the young lady has taken good care of me and Xuan'er, and the slave and the maid have never dared to forget the great kindness of the young lady in their lives. But Xuan'er really can't stand it. ”

Madame sighed and said, "That's it, that's it." Go, go and beg the old lady to go, for the sake of the old man's face, the old lady should help you this time.

However, you remember, forget it this time, next time, let Xuan'er stay away from the young masters. ”

"Slave Miss Xie, Miss Xie."

Yun Niang kowtowed a few more times, then got up and left the courtyard of the lady and went to the courtyard of the old lady.

Although the old lady is the step-family of the old Guogong, she is not the biological mother of the current Guogong. But he still has a lot of say in the Guogong Mansion.

It's a pity that this time, Yun Niang didn't see the old lady as she wished.

Yun Niang begged the envoy at the gate of the old lady's courtyard for half an hour, but only got the result that an old lady fell asleep early.

In desperation, Yun Niang gritted her teeth and planned to ask for the prince, but the heavens did not fulfill people's wishes.

At this time, Guogong did not return home.

waited in the front yard for another half an hour, and Yun Niang did not wait for Guogong.

I had no choice but to return to the inner courtyard and accompany Xiao Jingxuan.

Xiao Jingxuan looked at his mother who had returned in vain and comforted: "Mother, it's okay, there is still an hour, the son will kneel, and the son will be able to bear it." ”

Although it was early winter at this time, the winter in Lone City was not an ordinary cold, and it was a bit exaggerated to splash water into ice. But at night, the pond in the garden of the Kokufu Garden is also covered with a thick layer of ice.

Time passed slowly in torment. After waiting for an hour, Xiao Jingxuan finally knelt for the hour.

However, Xiao Jingxuan didn't stand up, not because he didn't want to, but because his whole leg was numb.

Fortunately, Xiao Jingxuan's mother was on the side, and hurriedly came over to hug Xiao Jingxuan and rushed to his courtyard.

The courtyard where Xiao Jingxuan's mother and son live is on the edge of the inner courtyard of the Guogong Mansion, which is not large, and there are only three rooms in the whole courtyard.

Xiao's mother carried Xiao Jingxuan to the bed, covered the quilt, and then lit a fire, and after doing this, she went to the kitchen to boil hot water.

Xiao Jingxuan's situation at this time was very bad, and he shivered with cold. The most important thing is that I feel that my knees are still unconscious.

After a while, Xiao's mother came over with hot water and wiped Xiao Jingxuan's body.

In this way, Xiao's mother was busy for a long time before returning to the room to rest.

However, the next day, Xiao Jingxuan still had a fever.

Seeing that Xiao Jingxuan had a fever, Xiao's mother hurriedly went out to find a doctor.

After that, it was decoction and feeding medicine.

But in the end, Xiao Jingxuan's condition was finally getting better.

At this time, Xiao Jingxuan was lying on the bed weakly, and secretly swore in his heart not to bully the young man into poverty. Someday .......

Xiao Jingxuan lay in bed for seven days, and his body finally got better.

However, this incident also gave Xiao's mother a wake-up call.

As a result, Xiao Jingxuan's scope of activities narrowed again. You can only walk around your own yard. Other places are strictly forbidden for Xiao Jingxuan to set foot in.

However, it is not without benefits, Xiao Jingxuan has also been allowed to go to the street to play from the back door.

Although it is stipulated that you can only play for one hour per day. But it's better than being bored at home.