The autumn wind is gradually picking up, the weather is getting cooler, and all the maids in the house have put on thinner coats.【26nbsp;】

Hua Ruo was coming in from outside, holding a small tea tray made of crabapple wood. He brought a tureen in the tea tray to Yu Zhu, and persuaded with a smile: "Madam, drink it while it's hot. This time, Mother Ruan will add

I bought some licorice, it will definitely taste better."

Yuzhu was embroidering a small kang screen. Hearing this, he couldn't help but pouted, "I'm lying. Last time, Mama Ruan said she added rock sugar. It still had the supposed taste, but it had an extra taste."

Weirdly sweet taste, even worse to drink."

"Ahem, you'll be fine if you drink it for two more days. Just bear with it. I'll go get the dried peaches." Hua Ruo opened the lid of the tureen and put it on the black lacquered kang table with carved curved legs in front of Yu Zhu. He turned around and took it from the shelf.

I took a palm-sized blue and white jar, poked it with a silver skewer and put it in a small saucer.

Yuzhu knew he couldn't escape, and his ears would suffer if he waited for Mama Ruan's arrival, so he pinched his nose and drank the bowl of concoction in one gulp, then put a piece of dried peach in his mouth with a frown on his face. This dried peach was

The time-honored preserve store across Wangfu Street is the oldest

The "treasure of the store", in addition to the sweet and sour taste, is also full of a strange fragrance, which is both appetizing and satisfying. It is most popular among the female relatives in the capital, and the recipe is kept secret. It is the only one in the capital.

The daily quantity is limited, so the price is quite high.

Waiting for the bitter taste in his mouth to be slowly suppressed, Yu Zhu breathed a sigh of relief and picked up the needle and thread again. There were only a few days away from the Queen Mother's birthday, and the big countdown on the bedside reminded him every moment.

Being lazy made me laugh at Cheng Xunxun a lot.

The man paused and couldn't help but look at a pot of green chrysanthemums blooming in the corner of the room, feeling a little complicated. This pot of flowers is called "Green Peony". It's all green, as if carved from a whole piece of warm jasper. It's beautiful.

Let Hua Ruo feel like facing a formidable enemy every time he watered it, for fear of damaging a branch or leaf, which shows how valuable it is... Like the dried peaches, Cheng Xunxun also brought them back as a reward for making clothes for him.

Thinking of this, I simply put down the needle, propped up my chin with my elbows and thought about it... Since they no longer need to go out early and come back late every day, the two of them spend a lot more time together than before, and sometimes they are almost inseparable for the whole day -

- She was sitting on the kang making clothes for him, and he was sitting on the other side of the kang table with a book. He would occasionally look up and make some requests, which seemed natural...

What surprised her the most was the day Chunxian was going to be married off by him——

"Madam, don't drive me away. I don't dare to do it anymore. Even if I start as a third-class maid in the future, please don't drive me away." Chunxian's eyes were red from crying, her hairpin rings were scattered, and a few strands fell off.

Her hair was wet with tears and stuck to her face, looking miserable.

The maid who came in behind hurriedly knelt down and said, "Madam, please atone for your sins. I really can't hold you back. Miss Chunxian...she even bites."

Sure enough, there was a red bite mark on the maid's exposed elbow, which was still bleeding slightly.

Signaling the maid to go down and bandage, Yu Zhu looked at the woman who was almost out of control and asked: "Who wants to drive you away?" She didn't do anything. Could it be Mama Ruan and the others? Yu Zhu turned to look at the people beside him.

Yao’s mother.

Yao's mother shook her head and said that no one took action.

"What are you doing in your wife's room?" A voice came from the door of the clean room. Following the sound, Cheng Xunxun walked in wearing a sapphire blue silk tunic. He asked with a cold face: "What are you biting?"

Chunxian suddenly seemed to have seen a savior. She didn't even bother to stand up. She crawled directly to Cheng Xunxun's feet on her knees. She didn't dare to touch his robe and just cried and begged: "Second Master, look at my dedication and dedication over the years."

Try your best, there is no merit but hard work, don't let your wife drive this slave away, you can be beaten or punished if you do anything wrong, I just want to leave a place for you."

Mother Yao and Hua Ruo were furious in Zaoyuan. What they said was not only saying that Yuzhu could not tolerate jealousy, but he dared to say such nonsense in front of his wife. Fortunately, she had been eating and drinking well.

of offerings.

Cheng Xunxun glanced lightly at Chunxian who was kneeling on the ground: "Are you unwilling to marry Manager Shao?"

As soon as these words came out, not to mention Chunxian, even Yuzhu and Yao's mother were shocked. What did it mean that Cheng Xunxun wanted to marry Chunxian to the steward?

"Second Master...Second Master." Chunxian knelt on the ground and couldn't believe her ears. When she heard what Mrs. Zhou said, her first reaction was that the wife was going to take action, and the reluctance in her heart rose.

Running away, why? Even the mistress can't dominate the second master. They haven't seen the second master in a few days, but they still don't let him go. When their minds got hot, they rushed to the main room as hard as they could, and then

It was because she had offended the mistress, and she didn't want to just marry the steward like this, but...

"You don't want to marry Manager Shao?" He repeated it again.

Chun Xian came to her senses with an excitement, but still couldn't believe it, and said cautiously: "Slave... marrying Manager Shao?"

"Shao Ying from the outer courtyard, mother Zhou didn't tell you?" Cheng Xunxun walked to the kang and sat down and asked again.

"This servant doesn't want to get married. She just wants to serve the second master and his wife." Chunxian's body trembled, almost crumbling, but she knew that now was the moment that related her fate for the rest of her life, so her mind was extremely clear and she said firmly.

Cheng Xunxun glanced at her in surprise, "Even if you never look up to your aunt in the future, are you willing?"

Chun Xian was stunned and speechless. Which married woman wouldn't look forward to giving birth to a son to support her aunt? Even if her aunt is not a serious master, she still has fine clothes and good food, and is served by slaves. She no longer has to be just higher than the maid as she is now.

A little bit, she is not even qualified to greet the mistress. Will she be a married woman for the rest of her life? No, she doesn’t want it, she...

"Slave..." She wanted to say something urgently, but when she raised her head, she bumped into Cheng Xunxun's slightly sarcastic eyes, which penetrated people's hearts, like charcoal fire meeting ice water, and her heart was completely cold.

Go down...

Mother Ruan came in with a small pot of tea made from thin slices of Angelica sinensis. When she saw her master holding his cheeks in a daze, his silly look was extremely cute. She couldn't help but smile: "Madam, what's going on? But I'm tired."

Now, let’s have a sip of tea and rest for a while.”

Yu Zhu straightened up in frustration, took the tea unwillingly, and complained: "It's angelica tea again. I don't like the taste. Mom, can you change it to another one?"

"Danggui is good. Although the child-avoiding decoction that my wife drank a few days ago did not do much harm to the body, it will always have some effects. If you don't take care of it and warm it up, how can you conceive the young master smoothly? I will steam some for you tonight.

The snacks made from donkey-hide gelatin and jujubes are sweet and delicious. I will replace them with astragalus and dendrobium tomorrow." Ruan's mother is best at conditioning the body and conceiving the baby. She makes them one after another, keeping Yu Zhu's body healthy.

, people who rarely take medicine are miserable... Cheng Xunxun thought he was taking medicine because he was anxious about not being able to conceive a child, so he went to buy dried peaches and brought them back...

"Mother Ruan, are you sure this is true? The old lady mentioned this matter again yesterday. I think her affairs are easy to discuss, but she pays special attention to heirs. I often think that after the old lady married in, the aunt and concubine in the house

They never stopped, which made her old man alert, and I was able to steal a little space. Otherwise, at the age of the second master, who does not have a son and a half, there would be no way for people to come in. "

Mother Ruan felt very distressed and comforted her: "Why are you worried about these things? My servant said that you should have a calm mind and smooth flow of energy. Stagnation of qi means stagnation of liver qi. Last time that boy Liu Hai came back from Deyuan and brought back news. If the old lady

If you are forced, just tell your wife, she will have her own way of dealing with it." Ms. Cui was also worried about this, for fear that her daughter would be wronged.

"What are you doing to trouble mother? Mother Ruan, you are looking down on me." Yu Zhu took a sip of tea. How could Mrs. Cui interfere in the matter of her married daughter? No one would say anything about it. Besides, she was not completely helpless, and

Let's see, maybe things won't come to that point.

There have been a lot of worries recently, so she shook her head and let nature take its course. What should come will always come, so she should continue to work on the kang screen. Her inability to hold back worries allowed her to adjust her mood in the blink of an eye and concentrate.

Embroidered the wings of the crane. This painting of a crane extending life is not large, but it is quite detailed. There are puddles, water plants, pine trees and stones around it. Just to embroider the wings of the crane, I used random stitches, embroidery, and overlapping colors.

There are nearly ten embroidery methods such as embroidery and free stitching. The white part not only needs to be embroidered with different stitches to show the fluffy or stiff characteristics of different parts of the feathers, but also uses various white threads to express it. Roughly speaking, there are nine types.

White...Except for the fact that Hua Ruo, who had practiced a little at the beginning, could help a little, Yu Zhu had to do the rest by himself. It was really a difficult project. Fortunately, in order to avoid trouble, a unique stitching method for Bian embroidery was adopted

She didn't dare to use it, but she avoided the most difficult part, and the embroidery was quite smooth. If she continued to embroider at this speed, she would definitely be able to finish it before entering the palace.

As soon as they finished embroidering a feather, Cheng Xunxun came in with a gloomy face. He was so frightened that the medicine bowl in Hua Ruo's hand almost dropped to the ground. Ruan's mother gave her a quick wink and retreated together.

"Second Master..." Yu Zhu hurriedly put down the needlework in his hand, stood up and put his shoes off the kang, "Auntie is here to pick her up?"

Cheng Xunxun fell heavily on the pillow, put his hands behind his head, and said with a slightly ruffian tone: "Let's go, everyone is gone."

Yu Zhu was a little surprised by how casual he was now. She poured him a cup of tea from the kang table as usual. After seeing that the person was lying down, he put it back on the table. "Don't be angry. It's all over. If

What should I do if I am so angry that I still hope that you will help me go to the garden to enjoy the breeze when I am too old to walk?"

The lying man paused, then suddenly sat up, took a deep look at Yu Zhu, and slowly smiled: "How can your mouth be so good at saying... Okay, I listen to you, don't be angry.

"

Yu Zhu hurriedly brought the tea to him. Seeing Cheng Xunxun taking it with a smile, he hesitated and said: "Is the emperor's punishment for the Jiang family... Do you want me to go to the palace to talk about it? After all, wait until spring comes."

Besides." After all, she is her biological daughter. Even if she did something wrong, she is still the eldest daughter born to the old lady in ten months of pregnancy. In terms of closeness, she is much better than her married daughter-in-law. Although she is not happy, she has to put on a good appearance.

, so as not to fall behind, twist it into a knot. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to subscribe and reward. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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