On a high lacquered wooden table, a candlestick was lit, and the bright lights were almost like water splashing on a beautiful mica wooden screen.
Jia Heng and Xichun had dinner together. They picked up a pair of bamboo chopsticks and started eating on the jade plate.
Xichun was childlike, her bright eyebrows seemed to be filled with a hint of shame, and she whispered: "Brother Heng, sister Miaoyu, she is about to give birth to a baby."
"It should be next month." Jia Heng sighed and said, "If the fourth sister is based on her age, she should be married."
When you reach the age of hairpin, it is the age when you leave the palace. According to common sense, you should make a marriage arrangement.
After hearing this, Xichun's jade face suddenly turned as pale as paper, and her green hair like a waterfall gently hung down. Her beautiful and beautiful face was filled with a sense of loss.
I bullied her just now, and now I want her to be married, what's going on?
The girl was originally at a sensitive age, but now she just thought that the lover in front of her was tired of her body, and she began to feel sad again.
Jia Heng smiled, took Xichun's slender hand, and said warmly: "I'm just kidding you, I won't be willing to let you marry me."
She was really raised as a child bride, from an orphan girl with a withdrawn temperament to now a grown-up girl in my family.
Hearing this, Xichun felt a little relieved, raised her bright and beautiful face, looked at her with bright eyes, and said: "Brother Heng, I will not marry anyone except you in this life."
As Jia Heng spoke, he gently held Xichun's slender hair, hugged her into his arms, and said warmly: "Okay, I will let sister Xichun be my bride in the future."
Looking at the girl with teardrops on her eyelashes, staring intently, there was something inevitably touching in her heart.
At this moment, Jia Heng took the tea cup handed to him by the maid, took a sip, turned to look at Xichun, and said softly: "Okay."
Ru Hua said softly and said warmly: "Girl, the hot water is ready."
Jia Heng shaved the girl's straight nose and said, "Fourth sister, wash your feet and rest early."
"Humph."
When I shaved the bridge of her nose, it was a bit thin.
While talking, he came to the side room, sat down, took Xichun's delicate hand, and said: "Sister, let's wash your feet."
Xichun's petite, fair face turned red with embarrassment. She looked down at the maid, who was removing her shoes and socks and putting her feet into the copper basin.
I saw hot water boiling in the copper basin, and a pair of little feet that looked like young bamboo shoots seemed to be stretching back and forth in the water.
It was obvious that he felt a little embarrassed under Jia Heng's gaze.
Jia Heng gently put his arm around Xichun's shoulders, smiled, and said, "I'll sleep here today."
"ah?"
As the water splashed in the copper basin, Xichun said in great surprise. Immediately, her petite and cute face turned as red as blood, her head drooped slightly, and under her beautiful willow eyebrows, her soft and gleaming eyes were full of shyness.
She's not even married yet, so how can she sleep with Brother Heng in the same bed?
But they were not married just now, and Brother Heng was still scornful of her.
Xichun whispered, then lowered her head, frowned her eyebrows, and looked down with her glistening eyes, her face covered with a hint of shame.
At this moment, Jia Heng picked up a handkerchief and wiped Xichun's feet. The ankles were as clear as jade, and the water droplets on the insteps looked like pearls.
At this moment, Xichun was obviously extremely embarrassed. She turned her hairy head aside, her face was as red as drunkenness, and her delicate body trembled slightly.
Jia Heng wiped off the water drops on Xichun's feet, took Xichun's slender hand, and said with a smile: "Sister, let's not talk about that. Let's go to bed early."
Xichun said softly "Yeah", and then let the boy in the python suit hug his shoulders and help him undress.
Immediately, the two of them were lying on the bed. Their faces were as white as jade, and their skin was as white and rosy as peach blossoms in February, bright and moving.
Jia Heng gently put his arms around Xichun's shoulders. Under his sword-shaped eyebrows, his eyes were warm and he said softly: "Fourth sister, who embroidered this little dress for you?"
Well, the little girl is embroidered on a red lining, and in the white lining is a peony flower of national beauty and fragrant embroidery. Her smooth and tender skin is fair and eye-catching.
Xichun's clear and frosty face was as red as drunkenness, her bright eyes were full of autumn waves, and she said softly: "Brother Heng..."
Wait a minute, is Brother Heng going to bully her?
But at this moment, the young man came close to Xichun's pink and slightly moist lips, and under his possession, he pursed those rosy lips and took in the sweet and refreshing breath.
Xichun's petite and delicate body trembled slightly, clearly feeling the boy's love and sympathy, and the girl's heart inevitably surged with inexplicable joy.
Suddenly, the lips parted, and under the light of the lamp, the glittering silk thread broke from it.
Jia Heng looked at Xichun with warm eyes and said jokingly: "I remember that in the past few years, my sister was frowning, but now she is much better."
Under Xichun's green willow eyebrows, in her sparkling bright eyes, you can see the autumn waves are as full as water, and she said quietly: "Brother Heng, did you have your mind set on me at that time?"
Jia Heng: "..."
This little girl is so smart.
Jia Heng pinched Xichun's rosy cheeks on both sides and said softly: "I can't bear the loneliness of my fourth sister."
Xichun glanced at the young man with bright eyes, hummed, and lowered her head to her chest.
He will be in Ningguo Mansion for the rest of his life, so he is thinking carefully.
Then, Xichun felt bursts of warmth and rush from the skirt of her clothes, and clearly saw the young man in the python suit coming closer, holding the soft and moist skin.
The girl closed her sparkling bright eyes, and with her curved eyelashes trembling, she could see that her beautiful face was as bright as fire, like peach blossoms in February, bright and moving.
Jia Heng, on the other side of the room, reached out and gently held the girl's soft and smooth slender catkins, and said, "Sister Xichun."
At this moment, Xichun's petite and cute face was white and rosy, her eyes were as bright as water, and she said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, stop making trouble."
Jia Heng put his arms around Xichun's slender shoulder, put it close to her petite and exquisite ear, and whispered, "I'll take care of my sister."
Xichun is actually not young anymore. The young girl she was then is now tall and graceful, like a lotus swaying in the wind in the pond.
The girl's face was bright and charming, but there was a hint of reluctance in her eyes.
Xichun's face was stunned for a moment, and she clearly didn't know what Jia Heng's words meant.
Immediately, her delicate body trembled, and it was clearly the young man in the python suit who was approaching, and his pretty face seemed to be covered with two groups of blushing aura, shining brightly.
In addition, in the square courtyard of Nuanxiangwu, you can see dense masses of moss on the rugged rocks covered with snow.
Then, the biting cold wind of nine midwinter days blew the white snow on the rocks, and the snow powder was blown up and scattered on the bluestone road.
After a while, Jia Heng raised his eyebrows, looked at Xichun with warm eyes, and said softly: "Is sister Xichun feeling better?"
Xichun's delicate and straight Qiong nose snorted, her face turned crimson, her bright eyes were as full as water, and she said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng."
She will be Brother Heng’s person from now on.
Jia Heng nodded and said, "Sister Xichun, please also serve me."
Xichun was immersed in the stormy waves. When he heard this, he was surprised and said: "Huh?"
As Jia Heng spoke, he was in Xichun's ear, offering him friendship.
At this moment of Xichun, Qi Ruobian's cherry-shaped teeth gently bit her slightly pink lips, her fair and jade-like face turned as red as drunkenness, and her little head suddenly got into the quilt,
Well-behaved and supple.
Jia Heng's brows relaxed and condensed, his eyes looked a little deeper, and he raised his eyes to look above the light yellow curtain, his eyes were a little dazed for a moment.
Well, after all, when you first start practicing, your skills will be a bit immature.
It is quite rare for Xichun, who has been cold-hearted and cold-spoken since childhood, to be able to do this.
I don’t know how long it took, but Jia Heng, with his warm eyes under his sharp eyebrows, stared at the girl with a beautiful red face and a face as bright as the clouds, and asked: "Sister Xichun."
With that said, he handed over the handkerchief and said, "Wipe it."
Xichun was coughing non-stop at this moment, and her palm-sized face was clearly as red as drunkenness, with a hint of red as the clouds. She said in a trembling voice: "Brother Heng, pour me a cup of tea, hiccup.
"
Jia Heng: "..."
This is all hiccups, right?
Perhaps he was born with great abundance.
Jia Heng felt a little weird in his heart and said, "Wait a minute, I'll pour you a cup of tea."
Xichun responded softly, catching the strange color floating between the young man's eyebrows, and Fang felt a little embarrassed in her heart.
He bullied her and laughed at her.
The face as fair as jade suddenly turned red with shame, and immediately turned away from the pretty jade face.
Jia Heng stood up and came to the lacquer wood table. He picked up a blue and white porcelain pot, took a blue and white porcelain tea cup, and poured a cup of tea gently.
Xichun took the tea cup, raised her slender neck as white as jade, and drank it all in one gulp.
Jia Heng took the tea cup, gently pinched the girl's pink face, and said softly: "Sister, it's getting late, let's go to bed early."
Xichun gave a soft "hmm", and under her beautiful eyebrows, her eyes, which were almost like a clear spring, flickered for a moment. They were bright and moving, and she rested her head against Jia Heng's arms. After a while, she began to breathe evenly.
Jia Heng said, hugging Xichun's plump and delicate body, feeling the girl's soft and hot body, and feeling a little happy.
On the first day of the first lunar month of the first year of Jianxing, a bright moon as bright as silver hung high in the sky, shining brightly on the earth, and the tops of the bare sycamore trees could be heard rustling incessantly.
Nothing more to say all night.
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The next day, the second day of the first lunar month
Spring in the first year of Jianxing seemed to have come later than usual, and the weather was still a bit cold. Ice crystals and glazed glass could be seen hanging on the eaves of the blue brick and black tile roofs.
Grand View Garden, Nuanxiangwu
Jia Heng turned to the side and looked at the girl who was breathing evenly and seemed to be sleeping particularly sweetly. He frowned and felt a little emotional in his heart.
Nowadays, in addition to welcoming the spring, it is also the time after the third spring that all the flowers have died out, and everyone is looking for Jia Heng's door.
Tomorrow, when all four corners are in place, the twelve beauties will gather together to perform "A Dream of Red Mansions" again.
Xichun's curved and fine eyelashes trembled, and they were straight. There was a sound like "嘤嘤" under her fair nose. She opened her bright eyes like a clear spring and said in a soft voice: "Brother Heng."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Today is the second day of junior high school. I might as well accompany you, Sister Lin Guining."
Xichun said softly, "Hmm", and her jade-white face turned as red as a blush, her moist apricot eyes stared intently, and said in a low voice: "I'll wait for Brother Heng to get up."
Jia Heng nodded, and immediately opened up a brocade quilt covering his body, found the neat python suits stacked on several tables, and put them on.
Under Xichun's slender eyebrows, she looked at the young man in python suit reluctantly, and said warmly: "Brother Heng."
Jia Heng then said without saying anything else, "Okay, let's have breakfast together."
Xichun Nuonuo responded and put on her clothes rustlingly. Maybe after a night, her beautiful and bright face was white and rosy, like the bright peach blossoms in February.
At this moment, Jia Heng washed his hands under the service of entering the painting, sat down beside the lacquered wood table, picked up a pair of chopsticks, and started having breakfast.
At this moment, the plates on the lacquered wood table were filled with steamed buns, porridge, and a small plate of pickles.
After a while, Xichun changed into a pink double-breasted jacket and skirt and came from the inner compartment. Her fair and jade face was rosy and beautiful.
While he was talking, he walked to Jia Heng and sat down next to him. He washed his hands under the service of the painting.
Jia Heng took a pair of bamboo chopsticks, handed them over, and said, "Sister Xichun, chopsticks."
Xichun, on the side of the room, softly thanked her, and her heart seemed to be filled with sweetness and joy.
Jia Heng nodded and said warmly: "Fourth sister, after dinner, I will go to your sister-in-law's place to see if we can go back to our parents' house together."
"Brother Heng, go ahead." Xichun said softly.
After waiting for Xichun to finish the meal, Jia Heng went outside without saying much else.
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At this moment, in the backyard where Mr. You and Sanjie You were, there was a ground dragon burning in the wing, and the heat was rising, creating a warm feeling.
"Mom, why are you here?" Second Sister You opened a cotton-padded mattress curtain and looked at Mrs. You, who was wearing a cotton-padded jacket, with a bright smile.
"This is not a visiting relative in the second year of junior high school. If you don't come to see me, I will come over to see you." The wrinkles on Mrs. You's face seemed to have turned into a chrysanthemum with a smile.
Second Sister You said: "Mom, I was just talking about packing up my things to visit you."
With that said, he took Mrs. You's hand, opened the curtain, and entered the wing.
At this moment, Mrs. You and Third Sister You also stood up to greet them.
The wrinkles on Mrs. You's face almost turned into chrysanthemums when she smiled, and she stared at the three You sisters with their heads covered with pearls and emeralds, wearing gold and silver.
Madam You said with a smile: "Second sister, third sister, you are extremely rich."
Their two daughters were awarded the title of Imperial Madam, what a great honor and dignity their family had.
Third Sister You smiled, her eyes as bright as water under her willow eyebrows, and said in a low voice: "Three meals a day are both decent and dishonorable."
With that said, he took Mrs. You's hand and sat down.
You ordered the maid to prepare tea, with a smile on her face, and said: "Wait a minute, I'm going to say New Year greetings to the old lady."
Madam You smiled and said, "I said I'd be there later."
Under You's beautiful willow eyebrows, her eyes were as soft as water, and she said, "What is missing at home? Is there anything missing?"
"Everything is not lacking. I gave a lot of groceries to my house a few days ago. Usually the second sister and the third sister send a lot of money to me." Mrs. You smiled and said softly.
Youshi said: "Wait a minute, the old lady, come over and say New Year's greetings."
Mrs. You asked curiously: "Why haven't you seen the prince?"
Third Sister You chuckled lightly and said, "Your Majesty is usually so busy that his feet never touch the ground. He might have just woken up in some room in the Grand View Garden right now."
Hearing this, Mrs. You had a strange look on her face. She glanced at Sister You and said, "That's what men are like. You can't imitate those jealous women."
"I'm not a princess. Even if I'm a concubine, it's not my turn to be jealous." Sanjie You said in a low voice with a seemingly prosperous smile on her face.
Mrs. You smiled and said, "That's true."
Then, he looked at Youshi not far away and said, "I'm going to see the princess and give her my regards."
Youshi nodded and said: "Now I should go to the Qin family to return to Ning. Let's go to the Xifu first to pay my respects to the old lady."
Mrs. You then went to Rongguo Mansion, which was separated by a wall, accompanied by Mrs. You.
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Lixiangyuan
Baochai, accompanied by Ying'er, came to the courtyard to visit relatives in Ning.
At this moment, Aunt Xue was in the room, talking to Xue Pan and Xia Jingui.
Xia Jingui was wearing an apricot-yellow dress and was adorned with jewels. Her fair face had sharp eyebrows and phoenix eyes.
It's just that at this moment, Xia Jingui's face no longer had the sharp look of the past, but was slumped.
Aunt Xue said: "The Ministry of Internal Affairs really won't let us do business with the imperial merchants anymore?"
In addition to some shops in Beijing and the maritime trading firm located in Jinling, Nanjing Province, the Xue family's business source also accounts for a large part of the profit source from the imperial merchant business managed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
"The manager of the Sixth Palace, now that the person has been replaced, the business in the palace will not be allowed to continue." Under Xue Pan's thick eyebrows, his eyes were like two copper bells, full of helplessness.
Aunt Xue's face paused slightly, and she said softly: "This is a person walking away with tea. Don't they know that the Xue family is the in-laws of the Jia family?"
Xue Pan showed a look of distress on his face and said: "But brother-in-law, he is the king of the county. Normally, the palace should not do it to save face. I think someone here is deliberately causing trouble."
Xia Jingui said: "Even if you are the king of the county, you can't control the palace."
Hearing this, Xue Pan couldn't help but feel angry, and said, "I see it was your uncle who offended someone in the palace, and this got involved in our family's business."
Xia Jingui's face turned pale all of a sudden, and he felt like his heart was filled with fire. After all, he was not a forgiving person, so he retorted: "Don't you have a good brother-in-law? Let him go to the palace to use his skills.
"
Aunt Xue frowned and glanced at Xia Jingui, who had sharp eyebrows, with a look of anger in her eyes.
This daughter-in-law is too powerful after all.
At this moment, Tongxi entered the side room and said: "Grandma, the girl is here."
Aunt Xue changed the subject and said, "Go and greet your sister."
While he was talking, he got up and just left the wing and came to the hall. He saw Baochai, accompanied by Yinger, had opened the curtain and entered the wing.
"Mom." Baochai called softly, her moist apricot eyes slightly soft.
"My dear, you are finally here." Aunt Xue smiled softly, stepped forward and took her precious daughter's hand, and said softly.
Baochai, who was plump and handsome, glanced at Xue Pan and Xia Jingui not far away, caught something wrong in their expressions, and said softly: "Mom, my brother and sister-in-law are here too."
"Good sister." Xue Pan said with a prosperous smile on his big face, "You must save my brother."
"What's wrong?" Baochai, with Aunt Xue's hand holding her, found a soft couch under the window and sat down. With her face as white and flawless as a pear blossom, Baochai said inexplicably.
Aunt Xue looked troubled and said softly: "This is not an incident in the palace."
After that, he told Baochai everything that happened.
Under Baochai's emerald eyebrows, a shrewd meaning flashed in her moist apricot eyes, and her face showed thinking, and she said softly: "Such a good person, why did the palace give up the errand of the royal merchant at home?"
Xue Pan said: "I think it's probably a matter of replacing the manager of the Sixth Palace."
"It's not that simple." Baochai shook his head gently and said softly.
Not far away, Xia Jingui, who was wearing a light yellow dress, seemed to have raised her sharp eyebrows at this moment, her eyes flickered, and she stared at Xue Baochai, who was calm and calm, with a graceful and gorgeous look, and she felt a little envious.
meaning.
If she hadn't found such a useless man, she might as well have been a princess or a concubine.
Otherwise, how could she be worse than this precious girl?
Aunt Xue took over the conversation and said in a low voice: "My dear, after you go back, why don't you ask Brother Heng that half of the family's economic livelihood depends on this imperial merchant business."