The little lady in the palace

Chapter 69 Years Ago
After ordering her servants to take You Zexu to rest, Concubine You felt even more empty.

She never expected that the answer Ze Xu would give her would be: "The concubine Zheng is a very nice person, she will be gentle, and treat the eldest and second sons well. In the future, I will respect the concubine Zheng and not cause trouble for my aunt."

Youshi couldn't figure out why he said that, whether it was his family who taught him this because of Zechang's matter, or whether it was from his heart.She just felt that this answer made her very angry, and she couldn't tell Zexu that you were wrong to think this way, and my aunt didn't like it.

Who made her a concubine? If it was a concubine, she would never be able to say clearly that the main room was not good.

You Shi stayed silent for a while and then went to see Ah Qi.

Ah Qi was tired after playing at the banquet in front of him all day, and now he was lying on the bed, yawning profusely.Seeing her coming, Ah Qi immediately lay down in her arms, and called "Mother" in a childish voice.

Youshi waved his hand to let the nanny back down, patted Ah Qi, and said to him: "Today, a mother will sleep with you, okay?"

"Okay!" Ah Qi was very happy, rolled inside to make room for his mother, patted the bed with his little hands, and waited for Youshi to lie down.

In the opposite wing, Ah Li braced himself and practiced another two pages of calligraphy.

He was unhappy because his handwriting was not as good as his two cousins ​​before, so he hurried to practice, and now his writing is much better... In the end, a bigger cousin came in!
Ah Li didn't want to lose to his cousin, and his concubine mother often told him that he was now the big brother in the back house, he had to take care of his younger brothers, and he had to learn better than them.He must give his younger brothers a good start, and he is a good brother.

Ah Li put down his pen and looked out the window, seeing that the light in the room of the new cousin diagonally opposite was still on, he opened the door and went out to find him.

"Du Du" sounded the door, and You Zexu, who was arranging the books by himself, was taken aback for a moment, but he couldn't see anyone through the window paper.After opening the door, he saw Ah Li who was nearly [-]% shorter than him.

"...Why is the eldest son here?" You Zexu smiled, and hurriedly made way for him to come in.

Ah Li looked at the eunuch guarding his room, and waved his hand: "Go out."

The eunuch retreated immediately, Ah Li closed the door, and took You Zexu's hand: "Cousin, let me tell you something!"

"Tell me." You Zexu took him to sit down, Ah Li looked at him and asked, "Cousin, do you know why Cousin Zechang left?"

You Zexu nodded: "I know."

"Well, so I want to tell my cousin, don't bully Xizhen and Xiyao like him, they are my cousins." A Li looked at him very seriously, "And He Jing is my sister, Lan Jing It's my younger sister, and the two who have passed the hundred days today are my younger brothers. You can't bully them, or the concubine will get angry, and I won't help you!"

Ah Li now thinks about Xizhen and wants to roll up his sleeves and fight You Zechang.That cousin is really bad. He saw him bullying his cousin twice before, and he said it was just a joke.But in the end, he actually hurt his cousin like that... He was not joking at all!
Ah Li felt that this kind of thing must not happen again!Otherwise, not to mention the two cousins, even my own sister will ignore him, and the consequences will be very serious!

Fortunately, You Zexu thought the same as him.

"Don't worry, I will definitely not cause trouble!" You Zexu smiled easily and promised, "I met them today, we will study together in the future, we will meet every day, don't be so unhappy."

"Okay, thank you cousin!" Ah Li was relieved, and after thanking them, the two chatted about other things, and he went back to sleep refreshed.

You Zexu looked at You Zeming's room opposite, not knowing that this cousin was completely different from what he thought.

In the main courtyard, Yu Yin originally wanted to call You Zexu to meet him, anyway, to set up the rules first, so as not to have something like You Zechang happen again.But she called Zhao Chengrui to ask in the early morning of the next day, and she dismissed the idea - the co-author, Mr. You, is twelve years old, and she is over eighteen years old. The age difference is neither embarrassing nor embarrassing. It doesn't look very good .

She handed this matter over to Nanny Rui, and said to Nanny Rui: "You don't have to go to the east courtyard specially. If he comes to play with Hejing and the others on weekdays, you can just come forward and give a few words. You don't have to speak too much." Seriously, it is You Zechang's fault that You Zechang is ignorant, so don't blame him."

After explaining this, she continued to be busy with the New Year's affairs.But today she plans to let go of her external communication and take care of her own children first.

For Chinese New Year, adults want to take this opportunity to reciprocate, but for children, it is just a game.Now that there are so many children, big and small, in the mansion, they should be allowed to have a good time.

A few days ago, Yuyin sent people to the streets to collect interesting things from the people, and now she has time to ask someone to carry them in and show her everything.

"Ah, this doughnut looks good." Yuyin caught sight of a doughnut in the shape of Chang'e flying to the moon.This person must be one foot tall, and it is made lifelike, and the pleats on the dress seem to be fluttering in the wind.

She looked at it carefully for a while and said, "He Jing must like this one. Was it made by the man outside the Anding Gate?"

Zhao Chengrui, who was about to make a big introduction to show off his eloquence, was taken aback by her: "You can see that?!"

"It's close to Hualing Nunnery. I've bought it several times before." Yu Yin snorted, and Zhao Chengrui suddenly realized, and then asked: "You like it, when the time comes, shall we call the master?"

"No, the master is getting old too. How about this, you pick some good-looking ones in advance and let him make them, as long as you can get them back two or three days ago." Yu Yin looked at the beautiful Chang'e for a while, resting her chin. , and said, "Buy some other ones that have been kneaded but not colored, and let the children color and play by themselves later. Hejing Ali can do it, and Lan Jing and Aqi can also use their hands. It's fun to watch Bigan."

"Hey, that's it!" Zhao Chengrui responded, turned around and was about to go to do it, but then withdrew when he had another idea in his heart, "Princess, why don't we bring back some tumblers and windmills? When the servants go out Seeing that there is only a painted face on the tumbler, and the space next to it is empty for the children to draw and play, and the eldest lady can put it on the bedside of the two young gentlemen for them to push and play, how good is that?"

"Okay." Yuyin nodded in agreement, and said, "You can figure it out, and get it done sooner. It's time for me and His Highness to enter the palace. If we come back two days earlier, we can still play with the children .”

So, on the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, when Meng Junhuai stepped into the gate of the main courtyard, he had the illusion that he had arrived at the temple fair...

Colorful windmills were planted under the two-color corridor, and clay figurines were placed under the windows. Two dexterous little eunuchs were shaking diabolos in the yard.

"Father!" He Jing, who was watching them playing diabolo at the entrance of the main room, ran over, took his hand and went in, "Father, come quickly, help me draw a tumbler, just like my cousin!"

Meng Junhuai said in his heart that it would be too difficult for me to draw the tumbler like Xizhen. After all, the tumbler is short and fat, so no matter how you draw it, it can't be like Xizhen?

When I got to the table and took a look, I realized that He Jing meant "draw a tumbler like my cousin's tumbler".

"It's really lively here." He rolled his eyes, looked at a table of gadgets and laughed out loud, picked up a candy figurine to have a look, "Haha, this cat is so fat."

"This is Ahri!" He Jing immediately introduced.

"..." Meng Junhuai looked at Ari who was lying on Yuyin's knee and licked his paw, and thought that it definitely didn't think it was him.

"Look at this." Yu Yin stretched out his hand to hold something in front of him, and Meng Junhuai took a closer look: "A hairy monkey?"

Hairy monkey is a popular handicraft in Zhongjing. It is mainly made of cicada slough and magnolia magnolia.The things made in this way are naturally not big, and the small ones are very delicate, and it takes a lot of eyesight to make them. It seems that it is not an easy task to make.

"I haven't seen this thing for many years." Meng Junhuai picked it up carefully and looked at it. Yu Yin said with a smile: "I don't know where they found the master. I saw it at home when I was a child. Nothing like this is done well."

He looked at it for a while, and put it back on her palm: "When the fourth brother first left the palace to build a mansion, he bought it for the eleventh and twelve brothers several times."

The flash of gloom in his eyes made Yuyin's heart tighten, she walked around the desk and tugged him, and the two of them avoided the children and went to the west room together.

"Is something wrong?" she asked.

Meng Junhuai said, "It's nothing." He was silent for a while under her gaze, and finally said: "The fourth brother is going back to Beijing. I heard that...he is not in good health."

Yu Yin took a deep breath.

He added: "I don't know if I can come in these two days, but no matter what... If you meet the fourth sister-in-law when you enter the palace, don't mention these things."

"Okay..." Yu Yin nodded, hesitated for a while, and finally said what was on her mind, "I heard... Brother has been walking with the mansion quite frequently recently?"

His eyes flicked across her face.

"If Your Highness can't tell, then just pretend I didn't ask." She was silent for a while, and then said, "I just want to know if there is any danger."

"It's okay." He gave her a short answer, and then continued with a few sentences of explanation, "Father is not in good health recently, we are afraid that Dongchang will take the opportunity to do something again, so we asked Jin Yiwei to keep a close eye on it."

"Oh." Yu Yin nodded reassuringly.

Meng Junhuai looked at her and said, "Shall we continue to play with the children?"

She nodded again, and he walked towards the east room first.She followed without thinking too much, and just about to step over the threshold, she suddenly saw him turn around and force him back.

"Dian..." Yu Yin hurriedly followed him back in surprise, he stretched out his hand to block her and turned her directly, forcing her to the side wall.

"Your Highness, Your Highness?" She was confused by his surprise.

Meng Junhuai stared at her and let out a sigh of relief: "I'm not happy anymore."

"Ah?" Yuyin pressed her back against the wall, and her two hands hanging by her sides were also close to the wall.

"As long as I know something, there is nothing I can't tell you. Don't alienate me so much." He paused every word, obviously angry in his words.

Yu Yin nodded blankly and agreed: "Okay..."

"We have children, can we get closer?" He seemed to discuss with her politely.

Yu Yin was seriously thinking about the question of "can it be possible", and his next sentence was not polite at all: "From today onwards, you are not allowed to call your Highness anymore, just by name."

"Ah?!" Yu Yin was startled.

He was still enthusiastic: "Call first, or you won't be allowed to leave."

She stared at him dumbfounded, and he suddenly put on a childish look, stretched out his feet and stood in front of her to form a "big" character: "Hurry up, or I won't let you go."

(End of this chapter)