Chapter 363: Winter

Xu Lingkuan stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Eleven Niang: I just wanted to say a few words to Fourth Brother. In an understatement, he said goodbye with a smile: Fourth Brother, I'll leave first.

Xu Lingyi nodded, watched Xu Lingkuan leave, turned around and entered the inner room with Eleven Niang.

Eleven Niang helped him change his clothes.

The Queen Mother's illness has not healed yet. I asked Xiao Wu to speak to the fifth younger brother and sister. Xu Lingyi said in a low voice, asking the fifth younger brother and sister to go to the palace in the next two days to see if she is more familiar with the things in the palace than the Queen Mother.

Eleven Niang thought of the expression on the Queen Mother's face when she mentioned the Queen Mother's illness, and said in deep thought: Did the Marquis also doubt that the Queen Mother's illness was fake?

Xu Lingyi said nothing and acquiesced.

Even if it is a fake illness, apart from creating a slight ripple on the eldest princess's happy event and making the emperor a little uncomfortable, what real impact will it have?

Eleven Niang was a little confused.

There will be a draft in the spring. Xu Lingyi reminded her softly that this time it was to enrich the harem for the emperor.

Eleven Niang suddenly realized.

The Queen Mother tried several times to bring Yang's daughter into the palace, but the Emperor politely refused.

Are you afraid that the Queen Mother will pretend to be sick and show weakness in order to coerce the Emperor? She thought, if this is the case, I am afraid that precautions have been taken long ago. The Fifth Madam is a junior. I think it is better to let the Queen Mother go and take a look.

There is a relationship of superiority and inferiority between them and the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother can decide whether to see her or not, whether to sit beside her and talk to her with a piece of brocade, or to answer a few words from a distance through the bead curtain. With the qualifications of the fifth lady, the Queen Mother may not

Take her seriously. Even if she is familiar with the situation in the palace, what can she do if she can't see anyone?

Xu Lingyi knew what she meant. He lowered his voice and said: "I also know a few people from Cining Palace. It's just that the Queen Mother is ill these days and has a bad temper, so everyone dare not move around freely. When the fifth younger brother and sister go, they have to ask questions."

Ask about your condition and someone will naturally answer you when the time comes.

It turns out that the message could not be delivered.

If that's the case, then it doesn't matter whether you see the Queen Mother or not.

She nodded slightly and took a break with Xu Lingyi.

Early the next morning, the fifth lady went to the palace. She came back from the palace at noon and went directly to the eleventh mother to stay.

Eleven Niang sent someone to the outer courtyard to invite Xu Lingyi and brought her to the inner room to sit down.

When the fifth lady saw the eleventh mother's appearance, she knew that she understood her purpose of entering the palace, so she couldn't help but glance at her.

The corner of my eye swept across the window sill of the big bed next to the window.

There are bright red hibiscus flowers inserted into the foot-high purple jade flower branches, which are as gorgeous as the fragrance of April. Next to the flower branches, there are four or five rare ink-colored goldfish in the basin-sized glazed fish tank, which are swinging their skirts leisurely.

A large tail like a train.

She couldn't help but be secretly surprised.

Just these two things are worth thousands of gold.

Especially the purple jade dendrobium. She had only seen a yellow dendrobium of the same size as this in the palace of the late Emperor Wu in the early years.

She couldn't help but raise her eyes and look around.

The Kang table, the high cabinet, and the floor cover of the Grand Master's chair are both painted in black. The cushions on the curtained Kang table and the Grand Master's chair are all made of semi-new, rattan-yellow embroidered brocade with endless swastikas. There is no incense burner in the room like ordinary wealthy people.

Or instead of inserting lilies, I placed a pot of wintersweet about the height of a person in the corner. The bright yellow petals are crystal clear, and the dark brown branches are tangled, creating a sense of wildness and a floating fragrance, making people feel warm and comfortable.

I feel so good that I want to lean on the big fluffy pillow on the kang and have a rest.

The wintersweet flower in the eleventh mother's house was specially raised by Ji Ting's daughter-in-law. She saw the fifth lady's eyes lingering on the wintersweet flower for a moment, so she used this as the title to greet the fifth lady: "In the winter, the doors and windows

It was closed tightly, and the incense was burning, so I went to the greenhouse and brought this wintersweet plant over.

The fifth lady's heart moved when she heard this.

Thanks to the doctor, Sister Xin's illness improved a lot. So when the doctor said that Li Jingxuan was surrounded by flowers and trees, which was not good for Sister Xin, she chose the day when Eleven Niang was moving to go back.

My mother's family, the matter of changing houses has been dropped. Xu Lingkuan was very unhappy when he found out, but seeing Sister Xin getting better day by day, he pretended to be deaf and dumb and didn't mention it. A few days ago, Sister Xin was getting better and better.

I fell ill again. The doctor said it was because the incense in the room was too strong.

The smell of wintersweet flowers is really good. She smiled and sat on the big bed near the window, but the doctor said that our sister Xin didn't smell like flowers, so I had to ask.

Only then did the eleventh mother understand that the fifth lady had promised well, but why she had avoided her parents' home when it was time to move.

Is this a belated explanation?

Eleven Niang smiled and followed her words: You have to ask carefully. Sister Xin's health is the first priority. Then she asked the little maid to serve tea.

The fifth lady had just brought the tea cup when Xu Lingyi came back.

She quickly stood up and called Fourth Brother.

Eleven Niang fled out.

The two of them talked in the inner room for about a cup of tea, and then the fifth lady stood up and left.

Eleven Niang smiled and sent the fifth lady to the entrance of the courtyard before returning to the inner room.

Xu Lingyi was sitting cross-legged on the big kang near the window, looking thoughtful.

Eleven Niang gently put away the tea cup and made another cup of tea for Xu Lingyi.

Xu Lingyi picked up the tea cup, took a sip, sighed and said: The Queen Mother is really sick. She looks very sad.

Eleven Niang sat opposite him and said hesitantly: So, what are your plans?

Sometimes people can not bow their knees in the face of power, but rarely can they not be compassionate in the face of suffering. Therefore, when the Queen Mother felt that the Queen Mother was pretending to be sick, she could not take it seriously, but when Xu Lingyi found out that the Queen Mother was really sick, she would show a solemn expression.

Even if it comes to that step, Xu Lingyi's expression must be cold and firm, and he must agree to something worthwhile.

These are beyond the scope of her involvement.

Eleven Niang quietly refilled Xu Lingyi's cup of tea.

From that day on, Xu Lingyi sometimes went out to visit friends. Eleven Niang welcomed Xu Siyu home after finishing her business at the wedding shop.

Xu Siyu's appearance has not changed much, except that he is a head taller than when he left home.

Seeing Aunt Qin standing in the crowd looking at him with tears in her eyes, Xu Siyu turned his face slightly, lowered his eyelids and clasped his hands to salute Eleven Niang.

Xu Sichen had a holiday on the seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, but he was not free. Mr. Zhao, who was still editing books, gave him a lot of homework. He even asked the second lady for advice. The second lady did not give him the answer, but

He pointed to the study and asked him to find it by himself. It took him three or four days to find the source of the allusion. Then he was so happy that he asked the new servant Cha Ming to secretly go to the street and buy Mr. Zhao's favorite food.

When he came back from the pig head meat, he also called Xu Sijie on the pretext that he wanted to tell Xu Sijie about painting. Who knew that Xu Sijie turned around and told Eleven Niang instead.

Eleven Niang thought that this was a little secret between the children and pretended not to know. As a result, Xu Sijie ate the pig head meat and jumped up and down, but Xu Sizhen had diarrhea for two days. Chaming was beaten by the dowager for this.

Ten big boards. If Xu Sizhen hadn't come forward to intercede, and Cha Ming was recommended by Manager Bai, he would have been kicked out long ago.

Knowing that Xu Siyu was coming back this afternoon, he went to Eleven Niang's house early in the morning, took the literacy cards made by Eleven Niang and taught Xu Sijie how to read, and then stayed in Eleven Niang's house for lunch.

Seeing Xu Siyu saluting Eleven Niang, he pulled Xu Sijie forward to salute his brother.

Xu Sijie followed Xu Sizhen, bowing in style.

As the prince grew taller, Xu Siyu politely bowed his hands to Xu Sizhen.

The unfamiliar title and unfamiliar tone made Xu Sizhen slightly startled.

And Xu Siyu had already touched Xu Sijie’s head: Fifth Brother

He smiled and greeted Xu Sijie.

That was a move that Eleven Niang often made. In the Xu family, only Eleven Niang would dare to touch his head like this.

The little Xu Sijie didn't understand why the brother in front of him, who was a little familiar but more of a stranger, wanted to imitate his mother and touch his head. He instinctively turned his head to avoid Xu Siyu, and then held Xu Sichen tightly.

He held up his hand, opened his phoenix eyes exactly like Xu Siyu's, and looked at him slightly warily.

Xu Siyu's hand stopped in mid-air awkwardly, and his eyes fell on Xu Sijie's hand that was holding Xu Sichen tightly, and a bitterness quickly passed through his eyes.

Eleven Niang looked at it and sighed secretly in her heart.

Xu Siyu used to be close to Xu Siqin and Xu Sijie, but they were not close to Xu Sizhen and Xu Sijie. Later, she arranged for Xu Sijie to live in Lijingxuan, with the intention of letting him get closer to Xu Sijie. But Xu Siyu lived in the front yard, and Xu Sijie lived in the front yard.

In the backyard, he easily refused to step into the backyard door. No wonder Xu Sijie was unfamiliar with him.

She was just about to say a few words to help Xu Siyu, but Sister Zhen stepped forward with a smile and saluted Xu Siyu: "Second Brother"

When Eleven Niang saw Xu Siyu retracting his hand, a sincere and joyful smile broke out at the corner of her mouth.

Sister Zhen, he called his sister affectionately, and his face brightened.

Sister Zhen pursed her lips and smiled.

Xu Siyu's expression became much lighter.

He greeted Aunt Qin, Aunt Wen, and Aunt Qiao politely.

Second Young Master Aunt Qin's lips curled up slightly, looking very excited, but she was muttering speechless.

Aunt Wen covered her mouth with a smile on her face and said: I haven't seen the second young master in some days, and the second young master is more calm than before. If it is true that reading thousands of books is not as good as traveling thousands of miles, it is better to go out and see things. Her words are as long as before, so that

As for Xu Siyu, his head was slightly drooped and he listened with a smile on his face for a long time before he finished.

Qiao Lianfang's reaction was much more straightforward.
To be continued...