The fourth master patted the empty space on his side, and Xiao Man sat down obediently along the side. She never dared to look up, her fingers wrapped around the lacing, staring at the bright yellow and delicate moire pattern, and her heart was worried. The fourth master gathered the cloak on her shoulder, and the emerald green color looked dull and gloomy under the light and shadow. He said: "In the afternoon, the master said something serious. ”

Xiao Man's body shook suddenly, and he immediately returned to normal, and said, "It's the slave who offended the master." ”

She looked weak and scared. Ink-like green silk sprinkled all over the body, covering most of his face. The fourth master suddenly reached out for her to brush the hair on the side of her ear, and said softly: "Hongli is smart, and the master likes it in his heart." Speaking of Hongli, Xiao Man finally showed a loving smile and wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start, so he only said in a low voice: "Yes." ”

The room was quiet for a moment, and the fourth master was about to open his mouth, but it was Su Peisheng who bowed his head and stepped forward, and said, "Back to the master, Fang Fujin ordered someone to pass the word and ask the master when he will pass." The fourth master was stunned and said, "Didn't she sleep?" ”

Su Peisheng hesitated and said: "Fang Fujin said that there was thunder outside, she was scared, and she didn't dare to sleep alone." ”

Knowing that it was a means to compete for favor, the fourth master did not get angry, but stood up straight and said to Xiao Man: "Before Hongli enters the palace, the master will ask him to kowtow to you." "With that, walk out. Xiao Man knew that he was going to the side Fujin house, so he didn't even dare to say anything about keeping it, so he sent it to the door and curtled his knees and said, "Congratulations to the master." The fourth master said, "It's cold, you can come into the house", and walked away.

Xiao Man watched his back disappear into the thick night, and turned back to the house.

The two eunuchs lit lanterns at their feet, and the fourth master looked at the sky, the starlight was shining, where was the thunder? When he arrived at the door of the side Fujin house, Li had been waiting for a long time, and she was wrapped in a thick fox fur end cover, pacing on the platform.

The fourth master teased her and said, "I heard Su Peisheng say, there was thunder just now, did you hear it?" ”

Li Shi did not salute either, and said with a smile: "I had a dream, and I dreamed that there was thunder, but I was really confused." The fourth master saw her barefoot and sleeping shoes, and the original little bit of fire disappeared, he grabbed her hand and walked into the house, and said: "Today is the first day of the new year, the master doesn't care about you, and he won't allow it in the future." Li knew that everything could not be hidden from the fourth master, and seeing that he was not angry, he grabbed his arm, leaned on his shoulder, and murmured like a little girl: "Got it." ”

The fourth master said: "It's really a vinegar jar." The tone was full of pampering and indulgence.

On the tenth day of the first month, Fujin is difficult to give birth to a daughter, and the breath is dying, and it is not until after the Lantern Festival that it begins to meet guests. Although he is a personality, there are not many rewards in the palace, and the fourth master does not show displeasure. Li had a son and a daughter at that time, and she didn't feel threatened by Fujin no matter whether she had a child or a daughter, she was quite simple, and her love and hate were clear, so she hugged Fujin's young daughter and liked it very much, and said with a smile: "The eyes and eyebrows are like Fujin, and the chin and forehead are like the master, which is a beautiful little Gege." ”

Sifu Jin half-leaned on the bed and said with a smile: "It's so small, where can you see it." ”

As he was talking, someone outside entered the house and said, "Master Qiqi, the Eight Blessings, the Ninth Blessings and the Fourteenth Blessings have come to see you." ”

Sifujin didn't dare to slack off, sat up straight, and said, "Please come in." When the sound fell, Bafujin's laughter had come from afar, and he said like a bell: "My daughter is a caring little padded jacket, and I can't ask for it." As soon as the curtain was lifted, three richly dressed women slowly entered.

Jiufujin smiled while blessing his body: "Is your body better?" ”

Li Shi took two steps back, curtched his knees, and said, "Good fortune everyone." ”

Bafujin glanced at him and said, "No courtesy." ”

Sifu Jin smiled: "My body is much better, the weather is strangely cold, it's hard for you all to come to see me." Fourteen Fujin touched Xiao Gege's face in Li's arms, and said with a smile: "She looks so pretty, she will definitely be a beauty when she grows up." Jiufu Jin said: "The fourteenth daughter-in-law's mouth is getting sweeter and sweeter, and she tastes like honey..."

Someone brought tea into the house, and when Rose saw that it was Xiao Man, she smiled and said, "Xiao Man, I haven't seen you for a long time." Xiao Man was also surprised, and said happily: "Sister Rose, are you also here to see Fujin?" Li looked at it curiously, full of doubts.

Sifujin asked, "What?" Do you know? ”

Rose didn't think much about it, and said with a smile: "When I didn't leave the pavilion, my mother's herbs were all purchased from the pharmacy of Niu Colu's family. Li Shi showed contempt and said secretly: "I was originally a businessman. "The nobles of the Qing Dynasty, even if they were so poor that they didn't have rice to cook, they would definitely not go into business, they felt that doing business was a matter of hurting their dignity.

Xiao Man was too excited to see Rose, she only went out once in a few years, let alone meet the old people. She really wanted to take Rose to a secluded place to talk to herself for a while, but she didn't dare, and now the identities of the two are worlds apart.

Fu Jin asked, "Why are you serving tea?" Xiao Man said gently: "The girl said that she forgot that there was water boiling on the stove, and she wanted to go back to the lower room to take a look, and beg the slave maid for a favor." Fu Jin reprimanded shallowly: "Don't let them mess around next time, you are half a master." ”

Xiao Man said: "It's okay, it's nothing." ”

After talking, a eunuch entered the house and said, "Master, someone has come to the palace, saying that he wants to take the fourth prince into the palace, and the fourth prince is waiting under the corridor now." Fu Jin bowed his head and said, "Let him in." The eunuch replied "yes", but retreated. In a few moments, a half-height boy entered the room, dressed in a dark blue robe and a square hat, with a shimmering spirit and a calm expression. He stood at the threshold and made a fist, Fang took a few steps forward, knelt in front of the Fujin couch, and said: "Hongli greets Eniang, Eniang's body is better?" ”

Fu Jin smiled: "I'm much better." He said slowly: "When you go to the palace, you must listen to the words of the emperor's grandfather and the master of virtue, be respectful and polite, and be thoughtful in doing things." ”

Hongli rules and regulations: "Follow the teachings of Eniang." got up, knelt down in front of Xiao Man again, kowtowed three times, and retreated without saying a word. The tip of Xiao Man's nose was sour, and he secretly wiped his tears on his face, and a stiff smile appeared on his lips.

Rose saw everything in her eyes and was shocked!

Originally... Originally... It turns out that I know a little bit,.

Before going out, Rose couldn't help but pull Xiao Man aside and flattered: "I live in the Fourteenth Elder Brother's Mansion now, if you are free, you can have someone pass me a message at any time, and I will send a car to pick you up and take you to the mansion to play." ”

Xiao Man didn't want to, but... She was not favored and did not dare to walk around, but she nodded anyway.

The fourteenth master over there came, and said from afar: "Weiwei, let's go." Rose belched, and ran towards the fourteenth master as if she was stepping on a flower pot shoe. In front of the eighth and ninth masters, Rose said coquettishly: "Fourteen, Xiaoman is my good friend, can you please ask the fourth master to let her come to our house to play for a day." ”

Fourteen didn't want to ask the fourth master, so he said disdainfully: "A concubine, how can you have the identity to play with you?" ”

Concubine? How are the concubines and the queen mother? Rose didn't give up, and said: "Since they are good friends, they naturally don't care about their status or status. Such insightful words made the eighth and ninth masters impressed again. The eighth master smiled and said, "Fourteen, you will promise your daughter-in-law." The ninth master also said: "Even if it is for the sake of "regardless of identity or status", you should agree." ”

Fourteen was speechless and said, "When did you unite with her?" ”

Rose pinched him on the waist and said, "It's not the united front, but I have a point." A sucker. He raised his eyebrows and smiled at the eighth and ninth masters, and said, "Eighth brother, ninth brother, am I right?" ”

The Ninth Master couldn't stop nodding and said, "Yes, yes, yes..."

Ancient couples would never walk outside hand in hand, but Rose is a modern person, and she thinks that husbands and wives should hold hands to show their possession. So coming out of the backyard, she kept intersecting with fourteen fingers. When they arrived at the gate of Prince Yong's mansion, they bumped into Bafujin and Jiufujin, and the two of them looked at Rose and Fourteen Grace and love, and they both felt dazzling.

It's glaring, it's glaring, and the roses don't matter anyway.

At night, the fourth master still stayed in the Li family's house, the two of them nested in a wide rocking chair, the fourth master held a book in one hand and Li in the other. The lights were shining, and Li Shi looked at the several pink roses on the desk in a daze. I don't know when the fourth master threw away the book, his eyes looked at Li quietly, and he sneered half-loudly, and said, "Why are you stunned?" ”

Li came back to his senses, squeezed into the arms of the fourth master, and asked with a small face: "Master, I found out that the fourteenth Fujin and Mangege actually know each other. The fourth master said: "Mangege's family is in the medicinal herb business, and he is quite powerful in the capital, so it is not surprising that he knows the Fourteenth Fujin. Li continued: "I see that the Fourteenth Fujin treats Mangege very well, and when they go out, the two of them are still chattering about themselves under the corridor. With the identity of the Fourteenth Fujin, how can he look down on Mangege? It's weird. ”

The fourth master turned sideways, pointed his finger on the tip of Li's nose, and said with a smile: "What's so strange? The fourteenth daughter-in-law is not as smart as you, just like the fourteenth boy, her brain is lacking. Li said in a coquettish voice: "Is the master praising me? As if he suddenly remembered something, he pulled the fourth master to get up and said, "I made a new set of hairpins, you help me wear them." ”

The two entered the back room, and the fourth master picked up a box of gold hairpins, jade hairpins, and silver hairpins, and then dressed up the Li family. He is usually depressed and dull, but he loves to insert hairpins and silk flowers to his concubines. Just now, he dared to say that Fourteen's brain lacked tendons, if Fourteen saw him wearing hairpins to his concubines and painting his eyebrows, Fourteen would definitely look disdainful and say, "Phew... Like a..."

In fact, the two brothers don't have a deep hatred, but their worldviews are too different.

However, the fourth master is also principled, and not every concubine can be served by him. In the backyard, so far, only the Li family has this grace. As for Fujin, Wu Gege, Geng Gege, Mangege, and Song Gege, it is estimated that they have not even seen the smiling faces of the fourth master a few times. So the Li family has always been proud, and the fourth master treats her with true love.

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