food color and fragrance

Chapter 269 Failure
The New Year's Eve in the courtyard of Sanskrit and Zhong Xingyan was lively and lively.

Decorated with lanterns and festoons, red and green, festive red lanterns are hung all over the yard, and even the tall branches are covered with colorful strips, dazzling and colorful.

Because the masters enjoyed the banquet, the servants planned to gather in the courtyard for the New Year’s Eve. The small kitchen was short of manpower, so the maids set up a big pot in the courtyard to help cook, and the smoke rose, making the joyful People expect more.

Although Zhong Xingyan and Fanyin are not rich and powerful people, they are not stingy about the New Year. Everyone gave red envelopes for rewarding silver. They were talking, drinking the aged wine, lighting candles and fireworks, and the sounds of laughter and joy kept coming and going, which formed a sharp contrast with the miserable yard of the second room in the distance.

In the cold courtyard, apart from the suppressed crying, there was only long sighs and short sighs of helplessness.

How can the maids and women have any festive heart?Everyone was standing outside, and the second master didn't speak, so they didn't dare to move for a while. Just now, a little girl inadvertently uttered a word, and was immediately beaten by the second master, and ordered to be thrown out of the mansion. outside.

Second master really lost his temper this time!
For so many years, he has never seen him lose his temper so much to the second mistress and the eldest lady, let alone the servants. No one is willing to be the master's punching bag at this time. Loud voices cause trouble.

After Zhong Xinglian beat Zhong Liangqiu, even Fang Shi didn't spare him.

He knew in his heart that Fang Shi didn't like Zhong Shu, and usually pretended to raise him as a son, but Fang Shi was not born in his own stomach after all, so she would inevitably be more partial to Liang Qiu.

But Zhong Xinglian never expected that Zhong Liangqiu could use words like "animal" and "trash" when scolding Zhong Shu. If Zhong Shu is an animal, then what is she?What is it?
Zhong Xinglian thought that he had not been taken seriously for so many years, and was even squeezed out by his aunt one after another. Wasn't it because the Fang family never gave him a son?
failure!

Why has it been such a failure for so many years?
Zhong Xingqi has been able to confront Zhong Xingyan tit-for-tat and scold Zhong Xingyan for so many years, isn't it because Tian gave birth to two sons for him?Zhong Cheng's grades in the school are also exceptionally good, and the old master liked him very much when he was there, otherwise Zhong Xingqi is the son of a concubine, how could he have more power to speak than him?
Thinking of Zhong Shu, Zhong Xinglian has always attached great importance to this son in his heart, because he only has this son, but it is a pity that Zhong Shu is still young and was born by his aunt, with a timid and dull personality, and he acts timidly, Zhong Xinglian thought he was born like this, now looking at it , is definitely shaped by the environment.

It was Fang and Zhong Liangqiu who bullied him like this, it was scary!

Zhong Xinglian thumped his chest and felt tight. He heard Fang crying on the bed with a bruised face. Although the voice was pitiful, he didn't want to say any words of care.

"From now on, Zhong Shu doesn't need you to bring him any more. I will find the best husband for him alone and arrange people around him. If I hear him being wronged because of what you said again..." Zhong Xinglian coughed violently, glanced at Fang from the corner of his eye, "Don't blame me for disregarding the relationship between husband and wife for so many years!"

"What did I do to him? Did you see it with your own eyes? You didn't show up when our mother was being bullied by Yang Huailiu, but now I just heard my daughter scold you and said that you are here to refuse, isn't Liang Qiu Your flesh and blood? Not your daughter?"

Fang's tears became more and more fierce, "You attacked Liang Qiu so hard today, why did she go out to meet people!"

"Meet someone? See who?" Zhong Xinglian snorted coldly and said, "I have been married to you for many years, and you don't need to find so many reasons and rhetoric to deceive me. What I just said is still valid. You just want to think about what you should do." It is to fulfill the duty of a mistress!"

Fang's words did not dare to come out, she also knew how to explain, Zhong Xinglian would not believe her words.

"Liangqiu will follow Yang Huailiu to the county palace for the wedding ceremony in a few days. Now that you have beaten her up like this, how can she go out?" Fang wiped away tears, "It was hard to get her Such an opportunity was ruined by you, the father himself."

"What's ruined? Should we go or go? Yang Huailiu provoked the third daughter-in-law to turn against you. You can't let this opportunity go. Didn't she agree? Then rely on her so that Liang Qiu can take advantage of this opportunity." Opportunity to climb up to the lady of the other mansion."

Zhong Xinglian looked at Fang sternly, "Go and tell Liang Qiu, if she settles this matter, I won't care about her scolding Zhong Shu anymore."

Looking at him, Fang suddenly felt a particularly strong sense of strangeness, "Your quartermaster..."

"Don't mention it again, I will find a way." Zhong Xinglian didn't want to stay in the oppressive atmosphere any longer, got up and went out, seeing the fireworks blooming in the distance felt particularly glaring, and stomped his foot fiercely , Zhong Xinglian disappeared in the main courtyard of the second room.

After Fanyin and Zhong Xingyan finished setting off the fireworks outside, they got into the house to make some dumplings with Feng's mother and others to join in the fun.

Zhong Xingyan also came over to make trouble, but he was not for making dumplings, but purely for making trouble, he took flour and sprinkled Sanskrit all over his face, laughing and laughing, after all, he didn't make a few dumplings, and Sanskrit was chased away by Feng's mother, " Let's go, let's go, or we won't be able to eat any of the big dumplings today, and they will all be tossed by Fourth Master!"

Sticking out his tongue embarrassingly, Sanskrit and Zhong Xingyan were separated from the working area, where it was lively and festive, they sat alone in the corner of the room and stared at each other.

Looking at each other, Zhong Xingyan's eyes gradually darkened. He stroked her cheek gently, as if caring for the most precious treasure, making her rosy face hot.

The two have known each other for so long, but they have never looked at each other so peacefully...

"What are you thinking in your heart?" Fanyin couldn't help being shy, and turned her head to prevent him from stroking any more. She could see that there was something in his heart, and seemed to hesitate to speak.

Zhong Xingyan was silent for a while, but finally shook his head, "It's nothing, it's all about the court and the Zhong family."

"What's the problem?" Zhong Xingyan didn't want to answer Sanskrit's question, and casually perfunctory, "The problem is that Yu Wenxin is getting married, and I'm a bit reluctant to return his box of money."

"Bad guy." Sanskrit lightly punched his arm, she knew he was deliberately teasing herself to change the subject.

Zhong Xingyan held her in his arms, and kissed her face fiercely, "Let's think about the issue of us having a son, the rest are trivial matters, this is the big one..."

"I'm going to eat big dumplings later, don't let Caiyun and Cuiqiao hear about it."

Sanskrit hurriedly dodged, tidied up his clothes, brushed his hair, Zhong Xingyan smirked, "Big Sister Minger will come, after paying respects to her parents, she will accompany you back to her mother's house? Know what happened to my unborn brother-in-law!"

Mentioning Shen Yuniang, Sanskrit's face was also a little bit happier, "I also made a lot of small clothes and trousers to bring over. I also want to give the fox fur you brought back last time to my mother. The weather is cold, and she is now pregnant. I am most afraid of the cold, so it will definitely come in handy.”

"It's all up to you." Zhong Xingyan replied very happily, and Sanskrit was about to continue when Caiyun suddenly came in from outside, "Fourth Lord, someone is looking for you outside."

Zhong Xingyan paused, "Who?"

"They said they came from the palace, and they didn't name their surnames, so it's not good for servants to ask directly." Caiyun's answer made Zhong Xingyan's smile shrink, and he hurried out to meet him. Fanyin's heart also tightened. Seeing Zhong Xingyan As soon as she went out, she asked Caiyun, "Didn't you ask anything?"

"I really didn't ask. What they took was the palace card. The slaves also listened to what Song Ancheng said back and forth." Caiyun's words made Fanyin feel inexplicably nervous. Doubt, now someone from the palace suddenly came to look for...

Wouldn't it be to let him go to war right now?

Now it is the severe cold winter of March [-]th, even Xixia is also a bitter cold season, how to fight?
Fanyin didn't know why she had such thoughts suddenly, she was also surprised by the reluctance and nostalgia in her heart.

Although she admits her affection and dependence on him, the pain in her heart now tells her that it is not as simple as she thought... She can't leave him anymore!

Fanyin sat there alone and guessed wildly, Caiyun sat beside him, but couldn't help but go out from time to time to see if Fourth Master was back.

It was almost time for the big dumplings to be put into the pot, and Zhong Xingyan hadn't come back yet. The cooks came over to ask, and Mother Feng told the cooks to wait, "...what's the hurry? Didn't you see that the fourth master hasn't come back yet?" ? Go to the door and watch, if the fourth master comes back, come over and pass on the news."

The cooks retreated quickly, Fanyin heard the conversation in the room, got up and said: "Don't wait, the New Year's Eve can't be delayed because of him."

"Fourth grandma..." Mother Feng wanted to stop her, but Fanyin sighed and waved her hand: "It's okay, have a good year!"

Mother Feng nodded and waved at the cook, who immediately yelled, "Get out of the pot!"

Zhong Xingyan was meeting a person in the main hall at this time, this person was a confidant of the prince Chen Zerui, although he did not hold an official position in the court, everyone knew him and knew him.

He usually does not appear in front of everyone, but once he appears, there will be no simple things.

"I'm really sorry for disturbing General Zhong before the New Year's Eve." Hu Zhong's words made Zhong Xingyan very disdainful, "Sorry? Then you still come to disturb, isn't this a crime knowingly? If you have anything to say, I'm still in a hurry Go back and eat dumplings."

Hu Zhong's smile was very meaningful, he looked straight at Zhong Xingyan, "General Zhong can now be summoned by the emperor alone, which can be said to have surprised the officials of the court, but I don't know...whether I have the face to know that the emperor ...what's the matter?"

"You don't have the face, and you don't have the qualifications." Zhong Xingyan's disdain for Hu Zhong, Hu Zhong didn't care at all, sighed, and continued: "It doesn't matter if you don't have the qualifications, but if His Royal Highness wants to know, you don't know the general. Are you willing to tell the truth?"

　I wish everyone a happy Lantern Festival~~~~O(∩_∩)O~
　　
　
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