When Xue Bai opened his eyes, he saw a layer of golden sunset sprinkled on the window center, which seemed calm and peaceful.

Alive.

It can be seen that Princess Xianyi's Mansion really didn't know that Xin Twelve died early enough.

At the end of last night, he didn't burn the fatal deed, thinking that if he had strength in the future, he could be Xue Pingzhao.

After thinking about it for a while, if you can use the hand of Li Linfu to abolish the crown prince Li Heng, get rid of Li Linfu, support a prince who is kind to himself to ascend the throne, overturn the case for Li Ying and Xue Ru, or inherit the title of Duke of Hedong as Xue Pingzhao, and then use the prestige of the Xue family in Hedong to serve as a festival envoy, it can be regarded as a prince.

The ambition is no longer small, and even Du Yan feels that it is whimsical.

To do this, at least the power of a red-robed high-ranking official must be obtained.

In short, because of this ambition, they continued to hide the deadly object.

Xue Bai knew that such greed often led to trouble, but the power field was like this, the greater the opportunity, the greater the risk.

He also received a visit from Mrs. Qiuguo's mansion in the past two days, and it is not appropriate to hide things, so it is still kept by Du Cheng for the time being. At this time, I was thinking that this girl would have to remarry sooner or later, and when her position changed, she might not be as credible as she is now......

Suddenly, I faintly heard a quarrel coming from the direction of the front yard.

Xue Bai got up unhurriedly, tidied up his appearance, and then paced to the front yard.

"Jingzhao Du is also a famous family, so rude?"

"Although my lord's house is down, it is not something you can humiliate, bring back the gifts."

"What is humiliation? My family Ah Lang was born in the nobles of the two kings and three kes of the Hongnong Yang family, and the son of the princess......"

"Get out!"

In the front yard, Quan Rui was still arguing with others, across the courtyard wall, Du Youlin shouted in the second courtyard, and the slaves of the Du family rushed up and moved a few wooden boxes out.

Xue Bai walked to the porch and stood side by side with Du Wulang, who was watching the excitement, only to see a team of brightly dressed servants stopping there and trying to persuade him.

"Duke Du, my family Ah Lang is sincere, your family is just a small family on the side of the Du family, and you have been dismissed from office......"

"The old man told you to get out!"

Du Youlin didn't hold back, rushed to the front yard in person, snatched a gift slip in Quan Rui's hand and threw it out of the door, scolding: "Get out!" Get lost! ”

"Okay."

Du Wulang clenched his fist and waved it, shouting hello.

A group of slaves pushed out the box and closed the door hard, with a "bang" sound, Du Youlin was angry, and turned back to the backyard angrily, and Lu Fengniang cried behind him to chase after him.

"Aaron ......"

Du Wulang saw that his blood was boiling, and he turned to Xue Bai and asked, "Do you know what happened?" ”

"I don't know, have you eaten it?"

"Come to my house and eat, and I'll talk to you while you eat. My family is humiliated, it's really hateful. ”

~~

The dinner was soup cakes, and according to Hu Sanniang in the kitchen, only the Du family's father and son and Xue Bai had a few pieces of mutton in their bowls.

Du Wulang asked her to help bring it to the east wing, and the door was bolted, so that she didn't care about the rules of eating and sleeping.

"You know that Yang Shenjin is in the imperial history, right? He was one of the chief judges in Dali Temple that day, and he spoke to you. ”

"Hmm."

"This old horseman, who is two years older than my grandfather, said that he was coming to propose to the eldest sister, and he asked someone to give him a gift last night. At the beginning, my grandmother thought he was asking for marriage, and happily talked to his housekeeper for a few words, and said in a roundabout way, he actually wanted to take a concubine, how could this be possible? ! ”

Du Wulang was also excited when he said this.

Xue Bai hurriedly moved the bowl away a little.

"My family is a side branch, and my grandfather has also lost his official, but after looking at his surname, there is no possibility of selling his daughter and being a concubine. There are also two kings and three ke, how many years has the Sui Dynasty been dead, and he really thinks that he is a descendant of the emperor. The housekeeper of the Yang family kept saying that the gift list was rich in front of Grandpa, and the more Grandpa listened, the more angry he became. ”

"How's your eldest sister?"

The eldest sister was angry and cried, saying that if the grandmother agreed, she would die. It is impossible for the grandmother to agree, what a humiliation for the Du family......"

Du Wulang chattered for a long time, and seeing that Xue Bai was quite calm and silent, he asked, "Why don't you speak?" ”

He not only looks alike, but also has a personality like Lu Fengniang.

Xue Bai said: "Yang Shenjin has no eyes, but he may not be willing to humiliate the Du family. ”

"It doesn't matter if he is intentional or not, when this matter spreads, my family's face will be lost."

"Hmm."

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking about what gift to give to Mrs. Qiuguo."

"Ah, you are really, there is only Mrs. Qiuguo and Sister Yu in your mind. But what can you afford to give? The poems are quite good. ”

Du Wulang kept talking, Xue Bai had already finished chewing and swallowing slowly, but he still had most of the bowl in it, complaining that it was either Hu Cake or Soup Cake at home.

"By the way, after such a fuss, I forgot to tell you that Li Shilang of the Right Prime Minister's Mansion sent you two boxes of dim sum, which are cheese shortbread, named 'Yulu Tuan', and left a book 'New Year's gift for you, a good time to share', and he is still strange to you."

"Hmm."

"Which Xiangfu girl sent it in the name of Li Shilang, right?" Du Wulang snorted, shook his head and said: "I have reminded you, you have to be careful of the right prime minister's mansion to choose a son-in-law, I always start sideways, don't face it, you are ......."

Speaking of this, he looked around, lowered his voice and said, "Even I know that it is not a good thing to be the son-in-law of Suo Douji. ”

"I am indeed less cautious than you." Xue Bai was able to deliver good words casually, and he seemed very sincere.

"Ugh." Du Wulang thought so deeply and asked, "Do you really want to marry a Xiangmen girl?" ”

"Don't exclude, it depends."

Xue Bai looked at the soup cake soaked in Du Wulang's bowl and knew that he couldn't eat it. In today's world, there is no stir-frying, and every day it is either steamed or grilled, and you will get tired of eating too much.

Looking out the window, the setting sun had turned the snow golden.

He didn't wait for Du Wulang to finish dinner, got up and went to the front yard.

"Where are you going?"

"Let's go back, it's almost curfew."

Just out of the door of the east wing, Xue Bai thought that he had no money on him, and was about to turn around to look for Du Wulang, but found that someone was standing under the porch looking at him.

……

"Are you sober? Dizziness? ”

Qinglan lowered her head a little shyly, and looked up at him, her eyes bright.

"I only drank three glasses, and I was still too sleepy last night."

"Where is Xue Langjun going?"

"Buy something."

"Slave and maid take you there." Qinglan did a great blessing, she knew that he didn't like to be polite, but she wanted to deliberately put pressure on him.

Xue Bai looked at the sky and said, "It's okay, do you have money?" The bento was borrowed from me, and I will return it to you when I come back. ”

"Huh?" Qinglan took out the purse again, "Yesterday, the lady rewarded me with 100 yuan." ”

~~

Du Wulang finally stuffed a bowl of soup cakes into his stomach, and the sound of the twilight drum was almost six hundred times.

It's a "knock knock" and a curfew every day, which is really annoying.

"Bear with me a little longer, the Shangyuan Festival is coming."

Half a month after the New Year's Festival, around the Shangyuan Festival, Chang'an City will have no curfew for three days, and the lights will be bright all night, and the vendors will be endless. It is the day that Togoro looks forward to the most every year.

Recently, Du Youlin didn't have the heart to care about him, he relaxed a lot, and when he ate too much at this time, fatigue came up, and he didn't want to warm his book. The probe probed and walked to the front yard to find where Xue Bai was.

The sound of the twilight drums had stopped, and he went to the west door to look outside, and saw Xue Bai and Qinglan each running back with a bamboo basket on their backs.

"Hey, what did you buy?"

"Delicious."

Du Wulang was disappointed because he had already eaten.

And there is also a jade dew group sent by the right prime minister's mansion at home, the snow is glutinous, and it is extremely delicious at first glance. When you go to the small vendors in Shengping Fang, how can you buy anything delicious?

"Go to the kitchen and ask Hu Sanniang for help."

"Uh-huh."

Turning his head to look, he saw Qinglan nodding happily, and her cheeks were red...... Du Wulang was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that she was much more beautiful at this time, and he understood immediately.

He couldn't help but shake his head, and said in his heart that she wouldn't hide her thoughts, and she would be punished by A-Niang again.

Then I thought that A-Niang was going to find a family for herself, but I didn't know what the little lady of the He family was, what her temperament was, I hope it was an interesting ......

"Hey, wait for me."

Going to the kitchen to watch Hu Sanniang cooking is of course more interesting than Wen Shu, Du Wulang followed Xue Bai and Qinglan to the back yard.

I had only run a few steps when I suddenly heard someone knocking at the gate.

I don't know who can walk at night, don't go to the side door to find the gatehouse, do you want the Du family to open the middle door to greet you?

These things were not in Du Wulang's hands, he trotted to keep up with Xue Bai.

"Do you want to give food to Mrs. Qiuguo? It's too shabby, it's okay for people to give you snacks, but you can't be lazy in return. ”

~~

When they arrived in the kitchen, the servants were washing the dishes.

Hu Sanniang heard Xue Bai say that she wanted to try two dishes, and immediately asked: "Xue Langjun, the soup cakes made by the old woman are not delicious, so do you have to make something else?" ”

Xue Bai said: "It is the superb craftsmanship of Thirteen Niang, I remembered a few delicacies I had eaten, and I wanted Thirteen Niang to make it, which must be more delicious than the original." ”

Hu Sanniang was overjoyed when she heard this, wiped her hands with a cloth and turned around happily, ready to show off her strength.

"Xue Langjun just tell the old woman which dish to cook."

Xue Bai was still in the kitchen for the first time, and when he looked at it, he saw that the kitchen was complete.

Du Goro introduced him knowingly, there are pottery cauldrons for stewing, large retorts for steaming rice, and large casseroles for cooking.

"Is there an iron pot?"

"That's a weapon, how can we have it in our house."

Xue Bai's heart moved because of these words, and he had a rather distant idea. For the time being, you have to fry the vegetables first.

"This casserole is too thick, I'm afraid it won't work."

"I remember that there is a copper pot, it is my aunt's dowry, she hid it well, I don't know if it was turned out last time, I will look for it?"

Xue Bai felt that the copper pot was probably not good enough, but he could only try it first.

"Find it, if it can be done, it will also be very good for Du Zhai."

"Good! You prepare the dishes first. ”

Du Wulang really knew how to do it, and he also instructed them to take the mutton and lamb tripe out of the basket and use ice and snow to serve it.

"It's not good for you to buy such fatty meat. Well? And this is cheap meat, alas, what a ...... I'll go find the pot first, and I'll teach you later. ”

He didn't know what Xue Bai was doing to buy fat and cheap meat, so he turned around and went to the main room, only to enter the fourth courtyard, and when he met Caiyun and trotted to the front yard in a panic.

"Sister Caiyun, where is my aunt?"

"Wulang, that Yang Zhongcheng is here in person, the lady is very angry, Ah Lang is meeting guests in the front hall." Caiyun said and left in a hurry.

Du Wulang hurriedly rushed to the front hall, and the cat looked into the hall from behind the soft wall.

This is far less convenient than the window of the right prime minister's mansion to choose a son-in-law, and you can only see the corner of Yang Shenjin's gorgeous fur.

Fortunately, the speech can be heard clearly, and the person has not yet squatted well, and has heard a sentence full of enthusiasm -

"Du Weng, I'm sincere to my mother!"

Du Wulang was stunned when he heard this, poked his head out and looked out, and saw that Yang Shenjin's demeanor was still very good.

And Du Youlin had already stood up, furious, although he didn't shout, but he was obviously trying to restrain himself, and his voice was as cold as iron.

"Yang Zhongcheng, please go back, there is absolutely no room for negotiation in this matter."

Yang Shenjin really didn't seem to understand his face.

Or maybe he was born too noble, and he never cared about the emotions of others.

"Du Weng has lived in a vacant position for a long time, I'm afraid I don't understand, I was born in the line of two kings and three kes, the so-called 'Hu Jiangli and Pi Zhixi, Su Qiulan thinks it is admired', tired of a thin name, to govern the world, to get the grace of the saint, will not be dishonored."

"It's my Du clan who is not worthy of Yang Zhongcheng, come and send off!"

"If I can accept a wife, I will treat her as a wife. I can be a cute official three sons, but now there is only one son, if the mother has something in the future, the birth of a child is the shade, and it is not difficult to enter the eight products; If you give birth to a daughter, you can be a princess, and it will be more expensive than ordinary eunuchs. Du Weng has been dismissed as a white body, after all, his mother has lost her husband, can she have such a ......"

"Get out! Get him out of here! ”

Suddenly, Lu Fengniang screamed and rushed out from behind the screen, picked up a teacup and smashed it at Yang Shenjin's feet.

"Don't get out yet?!"

Seeing this, Du Wulang immediately walked from behind the soft wall to help catch Yang Shenjin.

Yang Shenjin didn't want to lose his demeanor, and hurriedly retreated.

"Don't push me Ah Lang."

The steward beside Yang Shenjin was furious, raised his hand and pointed, and roared angrily.

"Du Youlin, if you refuse to marry your daughter, return the dowry given by my Alang!"

"What nonsense, when did my Du family receive your dowry?"

"My Ah Lang doesn't want to deal with you, but you deceive people too much! Replace the valuable Cailian with linen wrapped in red silk, and spread the sand and gravel into the box to cover a layer of utensils, and think that you can confuse the real with the fake? Do you want to take away my Ah Lang's money?! ”