Haitang and Zhou Xuejun left the garden side by side and walked towards the courtyard of the third room of the Zhenguo Mansion.

It is estimated that because of the approaching time of the banquet, the passage where people came and went was much quieter, and only occasionally one or two servant women hurriedly passed by carrying food baskets, and the sound of the troupe singing was faintly heard in the distance. Haitang heard that it was the classic "Full Bed", but she could also understand why the Zhenguo Mansion would order this scene when hosting a banquet.

The big family of the Guogong Mansion all have a similar vision, don't they?

Walking was boring, and Haitang chatted with Zhou Xuejun without saying a word.

Although Zhou Xuejun is young, he is very smart, although he is still a little childish when he speaks, he reacts quickly and has eyes. There are many things that Begonia doesn't have to explain too clearly, she can also understand quickly and give appropriate reactions, which is far more intelligent and mature than little girls of the same age.

Whether it is Zhou Wenjun or Zhou Yijun, they are actually more mature and stable than teenage girls of the same age. They all know how to think about the affairs of the court, and they can also understand the decisions of the family. This kind of intelligence and temperament are not comparable to the pampered daughters of ordinary high-ranking families. Haitang originally thought that it was because they were both over ten years old and had been carefully raised by their parents since childhood. But now looking at Zhou Xuejun, who is five or six years old, is also very smart, Haitang can only praise the upbringing of the Zhou family.

Although the Zhou family is prosperous and has the power of the Northwest Frontier Army, so there are so many sons and daughters serving in the Border Army. But if it weren't for the fact that the children of the Zhou family were very good in themselves, they would not have been able to do this. The Zhou family raised children, did not value sons over girls, and even girls were carefully taught, and they started from dolls. In this day and age, this practice is really very rare.

Haitang sighed secretly while talking to Zhou Xuejun, and it didn't take long for him to arrive at General Wednesday's courtyard.

At the gate of the courtyard, twelve servant women had already lined up in two lines, each carrying a large box containing dishes in their hands, and was listening to the instructions of the housekeeper's mother.

They happened to be blocking at the door, so Haitang gently pulled Zhou Xuejun, planning to wait outside the door for a while, and when the servants entered the courtyard, it would not be too late for them to go in again, so as not to crowd the ground and accidentally bump the dishes in the suitcase.

But Haitang couldn't pull Zhou Xuejun, looked down and found that the latter was looking in the other direction. She followed Zhou Xuejun's line of sight, and saw a tall and thin young man in his teens standing beside the pillars of the corridor not far away, looking at them with a gloomy face, looking like he wanted to say something.

Haitang asked Zhou Xuejun in a low voice: "Who is that?" Are you a guest at the house today? How did he get to the backyard? ”

Zhou Xuejun also replied in a whisper: "It's the elder brother of the Wu family." It should have been my brother who took him to meet someone, I don't know how he got here, and he was left alone. Then she ran quickly to him.

Haitang glanced at the servants of the Zhou family, and quickly followed Zhou Xuejun.

Zhou Xuejun ran to Wu Ke, and pulled him to the back of the pillar, hiding the figures of the two by the cover of flowers, trees and pillars. Then she asked, "What is Brother Ang doing here?" Who brought you here? There are many outsiders in the house today, so that people will see you coming behind, and it will not be good if you collide. When I heard that Mrs. Return, it was time to scold you again. ”

Wu Ke smiled wryly, did not answer Zhou Xuejun's question, but looked at the begonia who came with him with some hesitation, and stopped talking, with concerns. He followed his aunt and sister yesterday, and although he had met several young ladies of the Zhou family in a hurry, there were still several young ladies who had never met each other. He couldn't tell which house Begonia was the daughter of, or which of the Zhou family's relatives and friends, thinking about what he wanted to say to Zhou Xuejun, shouldn't others hear it?

Begonia did not introduce herself. She already knew Wu Ke's identity, but now that she looked closer, she found that he was very thin, and he looked like a melancholy teenager, looking more depressed than Jin Jiashu when he had just died of his family.

Is it because of his life experience that he has become like this? Is the mind too fragile? Jin Jiashu's fate is not much stronger than him, but it is much stronger than him, and now he can return to his normal life. And Wu Ke's life experience is not buried, it is only because the enemy is too powerful that he has to live incognito, in fact, there are many people to protect him, and there are relatives around him, why be so mournful?

When his cousin Xie Wenzai was not crowned in the year, he had just been hit by Tanhua, and when he was full of ambition, he was suddenly hit and exiled, and was abandoned by his fellow teachers, and his future was ruined, and he was never depressed, and he has been living very seriously for more than 30 years. Wu Ke has been sheltered all the way, and he has lived to this day safe and sound, and he is free from the threat of the Sun family, and he can live a normal life in Chang'an City, can't he cheer up a little? Now it's the New Year, the Zhenguo Mansion invites relatives and friends to eat New Year's wine, and he is happy everywhere, he shows this melancholy and depressed appearance, who is he doing to see? !

Because of what happened to her cousin Xie Wenzai, Haitang didn't have a good impression of Wu Wen'an's family in her heart. It's just that his family has suffered too badly, and she originally thought that she was already dead, so she couldn't say anything to complain. Now that she saw the surviving grandson of the Wu family standing in front of her, living a good life, she couldn't help but feel a little angry.

She straightened her face and said to Wu Ke seriously: "What are you watching me do?" You don't know me, and you don't have to ask who I am, anyway, I'm not from the Zhou family, not your relative. I didn't worry that Sister Xuejun came to talk to you alone, so I came with me. If you have anything to say to her, hurry up and leave, and don't delay, so that others will see and gossip. This is the inner residence of the Zhenguo Mansion, and there are still so many female guests today. If because of you, let outsiders misunderstand that the door of the Zhenguo Mansion is not strict, then it will be your sin! ”

Wu Ke was taken aback. Although he was always reprimanded by his uncle, whether it was the Chengenhou Mansion in the capital or the Zhenguo Mansion in Chang'an, every Zhou family member was very polite to him, and even when the Zhenguo Duke talked to him, he was very amiable. It was the first time he met an outsider who spoke so unkindly to him, and he couldn't help but blush: "That's right...... I'm sorry, I didn't mean to......"

Zhou Xuejun reacted and understood the reason for Wu Ke's hesitation. She looked at Haitang: "This is Sister Hai, a good friend of my eldest sister, and she can be trusted." Brother Angkor, did you come to me on purpose? What the hell is going on? ”

Wu Ke swallowed his saliva, remembered what Haitang said before, "Hurry up and leave", and didn't care about greetings or foreshadowing, and went straight to the point: "I heard about my second aunt and sister, it's really rude, so I specially came to you to compensate, please don't be angry with my second aunt and sister." They...... Yuan also has his own troubles. ”

Zhou Xuejun blinked and said with a smile: "It's okay, I'm not angry." Angkor doesn't have to be polite to me. You are my grandfather's honored guests, and the Queen Mother instructed us to take care of your brothers and sisters. If you have any ideas, just let us know. As long as we can do it, we will do our best. ”

I don't know if it's because her statement is too polite, the blush on Wu Ke's face is even more obvious: "Don't say that...... It's our family that is rude. My aunt is ...... She was first abandoned by her mother's family, trapped in the palace for many years, and then sent to the Chengenhou Mansion, and now she is sent to Chang'an...... She always felt like she was being kicked around, like rootless duckweed. She hopes that her sister can really settle down and live a safe, smooth and decent life, so she is anxious to set a good family affair for her sister. If she was not involved in her family, no matter how careful and thoughtful others treated her, she would not be able to really settle down, because she always felt that sooner or later others would drive their mother and daughter away......"

(End of chapter)