Li Wan is wearing a blue collared coat with chrysanthemum patterns and an azure-colored underskirt. This simple and elegant color makes him look a little more mournful and old-fashioned.
In fact, Li Wan is only about the age of Huaxin, a young woman in her mid-twenties.
At this moment, Li Wan was sitting in front of the dressing table, looking in the mirror and removing the headdress from his temples.
He raised his eyes and looked at the unpainted face in the bronze mirror. He stretched out his hand and gently touched the corner of his eye. I don't know if it was an illusion, but I vaguely felt that a wisp of fine lines of time was secretly growing under my fingertips.
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Su Yun, who was waiting behind him to take off his head, chuckled and said: "Grandma, I heard Uncle Heng say earlier that Lang Ge'er should study hard and gain fame in the imperial examination in the future."
Biyue also smiled and said: "Last time, when I saw Uncle Heng coming over for a banquet, he seemed to like Brother Lang very much."
Well, human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same.
Li Wan also thought about the way Uncle Heng came to greet Lan'er a few days ago. His eyes were blank for a moment, and his beautiful jade face seemed to be calm and calm. He said softly: "Lan'er can enter the eyes of the patriarch.
It is also his creation.”
"Grandma taught me well in the past. After three or two years, I should be able to enter school." Su Yun said softly.
Although a few people deliberately did not mention Baoyu, some of them also tacitly understood that Baoyu could never be counted on in the future.
Li Wan raised his eyebrows. Although he was happy, Wanli's face still deliberately maintained a calm look, and said softly: "Lan'er has always been hardworking, but now he has withdrawn from Chongwen Hall to study. He will retire more slowly, and it will be better for him."
It’s special.”
Speaking of the first thing, I didn’t feel a little bit sad.
I remembered that before my husband passed away, I was orphaned and widowed. A few years passed, but my parents-in-law seemed to have forgotten that I still had no grandson, and the whole family gathered around this person.
Now my son is doing well and has been appreciated by Master Heng. I think that even if he was Ji before, he would have been born without fame, and I will give you a royal title in the future.
Thinking of this, Li Wan's eyes reflected the beating candlelight, and he secretly prayed in his heart: "God, bless the Rongguo Mansion in the future, as this Young Master Heng said, he can be a high official for low-level officials, and shine on the lintel, even if it is
No matter what happens to you, you will be happy with it."
In fact, this was Li Wan's true feelings in the past few years. Whether it was Jia Mu or Mrs. Wang in the Rong Mansion, they all set their sights on Lan'er. Fortunately, they didn't have a son on their knees to relieve their sorrow.
Su Yun smiled and said: "Grandma, after the Lantern Festival, school will start in Rongguo Mansion. In two days, grandma will take Shi Hengyi to meet Mr. Heng. Or grandma used to go there and ask about the study situation in Rongguo Mansion.
?”
When Li Wan heard this, he frowned and said hesitantly: "If you go there, you will be empty-handed. Think about it, and if you go there too frequently, I'm afraid people won't have anything to gossip about."
Your unemployed widow will use the money she has saved to hire a host next time.
Besides, you can't run too hard. If you fall into the eyes of others, you will definitely spread some embarrassing gossip.
Su Yun smiled and said solemnly: "Grandma, if you are like Grandma Lian Qi, you would often sit with Grandma Heng for a while, chat with her, or touch dominoes or something like that.
"I'm familiar with you. I think it's what grandma said in the past when I had nothing to worry about. I never asked for help when I was in trouble."
When Li Wan heard this, he felt as if he was seeing mist through clouds. The eyes on his beautiful eyebrows lit up and he said loudly: "Next time I ask you about the heir, you..."
As he spoke, he felt that the topic was something he was ashamed to discuss, and two blushes quietly appeared on his pale face.
Speaking in general, Su Yun frowned, with thoughts in her eyes, and said: "Speaking of which, Master Heng and Grandma Heng have been married for a while, but I heard that there was no movement in Grandma Heng's stomach.
"
Biyue said in a serious voice: "Are there still two aunts and grandmothers in the You family? Privately and externally, several maids say that the Qiyou sisters are beautiful, and the young master is also pretty."
Some maids often follow their master out of the Ningguo Mansion, and they often see Sisters You Qi and You Ba. It is inevitable that there will be discussions when the maids go out in private.
Even Baochai and Daiyu are often compared by supreme people.
Su Yun said solemnly: "It means that there is still a marriage. It's been a long time since Miss Heng passed the family. It's easy to take concubines. It's easy to say that she will have something to do after seven years."
In particular, if something happens in a year, there will be no gossip.
Li Wan listened, a little frightened, frowned, stopped the discussion between the two, and said slightly angrily: "The more they talk, the more similar they are. Those who talk about the master, and let people listen to those gossips, are they aware of the trouble?"
What kind of storm is going on?"
Suyun and Biyue looked sullen and said little.
Li Wan was served by two maids. After washing, he took off his inner clothes and wore only a coat. The granary where he had raised his son was majestic and abundant.
Put it down, the bed was dimly lit, covering a pair of gloomy and sad eyes.
Li Wan fell asleep for a while, baking pancakes under the bed.
He could only think about his son's future in the future and the grand scene of his sealed imperial edict. However, the tricks that he had tried many times in the past were no longer successful today.
It was nearly eight o'clock, and there was a banging sound from inside. Li Wan listened to the movement inside, and heard the even breathing sound from the two maids. It was clear that they were sleeping soundly. In the quiet night, he couldn't sleep alone on the pillow.
People, but not much bothered.
"It's already the eighth watch."
Thinking about it, Beiqi bit her lips, stretched out her hand, undressed with one hand, and reached up with the other.
She closed her eyes slightly and finished recalling the tenderness deep in her memory, bit by bit, but now that she was young, her husband's profile was still remembered as that of Xiao Qing.
A faint sigh suddenly sounded.
However, a clear and straight face suddenly reflected in the lake in his heart. Li Wanfang's heart skipped a beat and he quickly dismissed it.
It was also Zhi Shaojiu who was accompanied by a strange voice.
Li Wan, who had finished fighting against feudal oppression and the constraints of ethics, wiped his hands with a handkerchief. In the dark night, his cheeks were already as hot as fire, and a feeling of guilt suddenly arose in his heart.
Soon, he felt sleepy and gradually fell asleep.
At this moment, Zhi Li Wan was sleeping. Yuanchun left Tanchun Courtyard and returned to his own courtyard. He sat under the bed, holding the handkerchiefs given by Baoyu one after another, and looking down at the words "Heng" under the handkerchief.
"" I was still stunned and lost in thought.
Her plump and beautiful face looked more gentle and graceful in the light of the lamp.
At that moment, the lamp flickered, and Xiren was holding a copper basin and said in a serious voice: "Girl, wash your feet and rest early."
Yuan Chun hurriedly twisted the handkerchiefs in his hands together, raised his beautiful eyes and asked seriously: "Is Jin Chuan settled?"
Xiren said loudly: "You just comforted me. You cried for a while, drank some gruel, and fell asleep."
As Yuanyang said, Jin Chuan, Xiren, and Yuanyang all grew up together, and their relationship is extraordinary.
Yuanchun sighed heavily and asked: "You are a hard-working person. I just let you serve you in the past. After seven years, when Lan'er is younger, I will think of something for you."
Hearing this, Xi Ren's hand that was bending down to hold the copper basin trembled. The cold water in the basin rippled. Duo Nan's eyes moved slightly and he said solemnly: "Little girl, you are kind. After all, that is still yours."
What a blessing."
Yuanchun sighed again, turned to look at Duonan with a soft face, and said softly: "He has been serving Lan'er for a long time, and Lan'er's temper has been known in those years. How?
That’s it.”
Xiren Liu Ye frowned, and there was a look of contemplation under her naturally rosy face. After a while, she looked at Yuanchun and said in a serious voice: "Seventh Master, I bought some, but in fact
His nature is bad, but he has learned about human affairs since he was a child for seven years, and can no longer treat him like a big boy."
When Yuanchun heard this, his beautiful eyes flashed, but he felt it was quite unreasonable. He nodded and said, "Yes, I needed to be taught well before."
But he remembered that when Lan'er was a child, when he caught Zhou, he also held a hairpin ring. What did he say at this time, but he laughed for his elders.
That is actually a perception. The same behavior at the age of four or four may be considered innocent and abominable, but if it is still like this at the age of eighty, it will be a giant baby.
Just thinking about the irreversible friendship with this royal official, Yuan Chun still felt a layer of gloom in his heart.
Xi Ren took one look at the change in his face and considered his words: "Young Master Heng is right. He asked Master Qi to stay in the school so that he could hang out in the house. It must be for Master Qi's benefit...
...Actually, according to Mr. Heng's temperament, I'm afraid that if he takes care of the girl and the master, Mr. Heng will be willing to take care of those parents and foreigners, and he will complain about difficulties. "
When Yuan Chun heard this, Yurong lost consciousness for a moment, and the stern face of many years seemed to reappear behind his eyes, and he said seriously: "That's what he said."
After Xiren said a few words, he paused and said with a raised head, "Girl, that's what I'm talking about. You wash his feet and take a rest earlier."
Yuanchun said "Hmm", his beautiful eyes narrowed, he looked at Duonan and praised: "You are a person who understands the small body, strangely, Lan'er said at the beginning that he wanted him to come back here."
When I came into contact with that attacker, it was obvious that he knew hot and cold, and understood the small body.
In fact, the Xiren whom Qingwen ridiculed as a "spotted dog" was indeed a master at this.
Every time he is able to speak to people's hearts, the original work clearly takes the lead, and he can still talk about Lan'er's "reputation" with Mrs. Wang.
Xiren Gaotou helped Yuan Chun take off his embroidered shoes and remove his socks. Suddenly, a pair of new jade feet as white as bamboo shoots appeared, placed outside the copper basin. The ankles were as crystal clear as glass, and the red nails were painted with impatiens flower juice.
, in the light of the lights, dazzling across the water, petite and pretty.
Xiren looked up at Yuanchun, smiled again and said, "You are lucky to be able to come and serve the girl."
However, after listening to what this Young Master Heng said one after another, I was inevitably filled with doubts.
Master Qi is still a big boy after all, and now you have hated your wife again. If it had just happened like this, it would be your turn to end up in Sheyue's situation.
Yuanchun thought for a while and said softly: "Let's wait for seven years."
After many years, he was wary of sex. Before Shi Heng recovered from his injury, he still had to go to school and study hard. In addition to the maids who served food and daily life, it was indeed appropriate to send as few maids as possible.
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But it was said that the chief historian of Prince Zhongshun left Lange'er and returned to Prince Zhongshun's residence.
At that time, the dusk was dim, and the red lanterns were already shining from the small door to the front yard, like a fire dragon, shining on the back hall and front yard, as dark as day and bright and brilliant.
Next to the pavilion in the front courtyard, the sound of silk and bamboo orchestral music floats in the spring breeze, gradually like the silver moon on a jade plate, hanging on the corner of the eaves, spreading a warm light. Several men with gorgeous dresses and graceful figures are sitting on the seventh floor.
Dance to the music.
King Zhongshun sat behind the round table, eating his meal, while two newly retired maidservants served him on the right and left.
After a few days, King Zhongshun's injury was somewhat better, and he was able to sit up, but he still needed to be covered with thick soft mattresses.
"Your Majesty, Zhou Changshi is back." At that time, a servant retreated into the side room and said loudly.
King Zhongshun spit the chicken bones he was eating under the porcelain bowl beside him. The maid took a handkerchief to help wipe the grease from his beard and mouth. Another maid quickly handed over the tea cup.
"Let me back off."
When I was young, I saw Zhou Changshi, bowed and ran away from the pavilion, bowed and said loudly: "Your Majesty."
King Zhongshun took a sip of tea and asked, "Has the person been found?"
Zhou Changshi's face was gloomy, and his voice contained humiliation and he said: "Your Majesty, Shi Hengyi is really bullying people too much!"
King Zhongshun raised his eyebrows, looked at Zhou Changshi in surprise, and shouted: "What on earth is going on?"
Zhou Changshi, with a face on his face, told the story of Lange'er's affair with Baoyu in a few words.
King Zhongshun's eyes flashed with cold light, and he said: "What did Baoyu say?"
Zhou Changshi said angrily: "My lord, that Shi Heng eldest son is very domineering. He actually threatened Shangguan, saying that if the lord wanted to find an actor, he would go to the Seven Cities Military and Horse Division to report to the officer. No matter how many people there were, he would still need more actors."
I will mobilize the soldiers from the capital camp to secure the entire city for the prince!"
"Bang!" King Zhongshun's face surged with anger, he slammed the table and shouted: "What a domineering and polite retiring person!"
Zhou Changshi said enthusiastically: "Your Majesty, this Baoyu eldest son also said that the assassination of the prince involved the White Lotus Demon. Tomorrow, detectives from the Jinyi Mansion will be sent to help investigate the assassination of the prince of Xiaoxiangguo Temple.
I request the prince to reveal the details of the assassination that day."
When King Zhongshun heard this, his expression changed, and he cursed angrily: "You dog slave, you dare to bully me to death!"
Zhou Changshi said loudly: "I'm going to visit the Jinyi Mansion tomorrow. Please tell me how we should deal with it."
King Zhongshun said in a stern tone: "Tomorrow, the small door will be closed tightly. Please retreat. I am the vassal of the country. How can I allow us to go out and act wild!"
When I was in the Zen room, in order to escape, I even used my concubine to defend myself against the thieves' blades. If the Jinyi Mansion found out, would it be a good thing?
When King Zhongshun thought of this, he suddenly thought of the Wei family who had blocked his sword and the charm of the past, and his heart felt cold.
Mrs. Wei can indeed serve me, and there are few tricks between the bed curtains...
Zhou Changshi frowned and said loudly: "Your Majesty, after all, the Jinyi Guards are the emperor's personal soldiers. If you refuse and see me instead, I'm afraid it will spread out and it will not harm your reputation."
King Zhongshun snorted hotly and said, "I just want to see if we dare to break into the palace without permission!"
That was clearly a sign of vindictiveness.
Zhou Changshi pondered for a moment and felt that it was too appropriate. He said: "Your Majesty, please calm down. This matter may be a matter of grudges. Otherwise, now that the eldest son of the Jia family is gaining the upper hand, it will be your Majesty who suffers."
King Zhongshun's face turned pale, and he felt irritable in his heart. He said angrily: "What does he say to do? The Xue family in the Ministry of Internal Affairs has no protection from outside the palace, so it is necessary to move. Otherwise, just because the Xue family son beats people to death, he will not be able to do anything."
The king is about to take the Xue family’s royal merchant errand.”
Zhou Changshi frowned and said, "Your Majesty, please be patient and see if you can make amends for what happened to me."
King Zhongshun frowned and suppressed the anger in his heart for the time being, and said in a hot voice: "Where can I go to find him at that time? I asked him to keep a close eye on Lang Geer. Is there any clue?"
Zhou Changshi said: "The prince is just worried. He is already being watched, but there are no clues."
King Zhongshun's heart moved slightly and asked: "What clue?"
Zhou Changshi said loudly: "He belongs to Jia Lian of Rongfu. His behavior is not suspicious. He has been spending quite a lot of money in several brothels in the capital recently. Do you know where the money came from?"
King Zhongshun frowned and said, "Just those?"
Zhou Changshi said loudly: "Shangguan heard that his father, Jia She, a first-class powerful general, is quite greedy for money. He is an old man. It is possible that Jia Lian will have small hands and feet."
King Zhongshun said: "Let's just watch him. I don't know much about Jia She. He is especially interested in antiques, calligraphy and painting, gold, silver and jade. He is someone who can be found for things like plundering without any tricks, bullying women and dominating men."
."
As Prince Zhongshun, who regards the Jia family as a feud, he has no understanding of Jia She's hobbies. Prince Zhongshun himself also hates antique jade. As for stealing, bullying women and dominating men, as long as he has a little understanding of himself...
As King Zhongshun said, he suddenly thought of Qi Guan'er again, his face became solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "As for Qi Guan'er, he should send someone to find her as soon as possible. I have been here for a long time, and I know the secrets of my family.
Get some."
When Zhou Changshi heard this, his face was solemn and he cupped his hands and said yes.