After I was reborn, I became Mrs. Chief Assistant

Chapter 20

As soon as the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month passes, the New Year is approaching.

The mansions of the rich and powerful in Kyoto are immersed in a warm and peaceful atmosphere, lanterns are lit everywhere, the mistress begins to gather new clothes for the new year, and the servants in the kitchen are also busy preparing the dishes and pastries for New Year’s Eve stand up.

On the Suzaku Street, where the cars and horses are chattering, and the pedestrians are full of people, there are also vendors selling things like Spring Festival couplets and lanterns, as well as moths cut from black gold paper or silk, and banners cut from gold and silver foil paper. Also placed next to the lanterns, it looks very lively.

In the Yun Mansion, Yun Xuanzhi, who was studying at the White Horse Academy, also came back. He has an upright personality, and he doesn't like to go out of the courtyard very much after returning to the mansion; The father and son have changed their official uniforms, and they are very comfortable living in the mansion; Wen's, like the mistresses of the other aristocratic families, is busy with the affairs of the inner house, from the big ones who need to prepare ceremonies to visit the powerful families in the first month, to the small things like rewarding the people in the mansion , and there is an important matter of accounting for the store's account books, and I am very busy.

During this period, Yun Zhuo was called by Yun Huan to the study for two conversations, the central idea of ​​which was all about the exams at Zhanglu Academy.

Since Zhanglu Academy is the number one institution in Kyoto, naturally not all students are accepted. Yun Xuanmu also told Yun Zhuo that if one wants to enter Zhanglu Academy, one must pass three exams. Only after passing the qualification can one officially become a member of the academy.

After repeatedly promising Yunhuan that he would go all out to face the three exams, Yunhuan let her go.

As for Yun Xuanhe... After counting the days, he has been imprisoned for several days.Hearing about the encounter between Shen Qinghe and Yun Zhuo in Miaohua Temple, he immediately picked up the dog-beating stick in his hand and went to Shen's house to reason with Shen Qinghe, never thinking of meeting his father on the way.

Seeing that he was holding a stick in his hand, Yun Huan only thought that he was going to mess around again, so he got angry, grabbed his ear and went back to Yun Mansion, ordering him to be locked up this time until New Year's Eve. come out.

Thinking of this, Yun Zhuo collected the travel notes and miscellaneous books that Hongxiu had found, and was about to get up and go to the Qingzhu Pavilion to see his second brother.

Here Yun Xuanhe was teasing the new parrot brought by his friends, when suddenly he heard a servant coming in to report that Miss Four had arrived.He hastily asked someone to take the parrot down, knelt down in front of the desk, and pretended to take out the book to read.

Yun Zhuo came in from the door, and what she saw was the scene of the young man holding a book and studying it. She walked forward with a smile, took the book out of the second brother's hand, flipped it in her hand, and said with a smile: "Second brother also Are you reading "History of Jin"? Just in time, I didn't understand one article, which said, "Earthquakes in all directions, the soil cracked into canals, the flagpoles counted fires, the drums of the sky re-sounded, meteorites whirlwind, and black beans rained in the sky. These are all signs of yin and prosperity." ①, why is this?"

"Cough..." Yun Xuanhe stood up, walked a few steps with his hands behind his back, then suddenly turned around and said, "This means that the Dajin at that time... yes, there were more women than men, so it was said to be full of yin. "

Yun Zhuo suddenly realized and nodded: "So that's the case. I thought it was referring to the Empress Dowager's involvement in politics at that time. The historian used this pen to write about the Empress Dowager Shuhui's Chicken Sichen. It seems that I have read too few books, and the second brother is so powerful. , presumably if it ends next year, the leader must be Second Brother."

With his face on fire, Yun Xuanhe snatched the book out of her hand, and scolded with a smile: "You little heartless! Don't even look at who I am in today because of who I am in this situation. Don't you pity me? Forget about the second brother, but he is still talking sarcasticly here, I really dote on you for nothing!"

"But Hongxiu told you that I had a dispute with Shen Qinghe, but didn't tell you that I stepped on him before leaving? Second brother, I avenged you. You didn't love me for nothing "Yun Zhuo put down the book, put his hands in his sleeves, and said, "But Shen Qinghe can't do anything to me, so don't bother him for me next time, or father won't be able to forgive you whether you succeed or not."

"What's more, don't you still understand my temperament? If anyone hurts me, I will pay it back a hundred times." After a while, she said softly again.

That's true.Yun Xuanhe thought about it in his heart, that's what happened.

It is not without reason that he is closest to this younger sister in the mansion.The year before last, when her father brought her to their brothers to let them recognize her, it happened to be in the first month of the lunar year.At that time, his mixed nature was already evident, and his father specifically told the people in the house to watch over him and not let him go out to cause trouble.

But that time he still went out to have a good time with his friends under the guise of taking Yunzhuo out for a stroll.He placed Yunzhuo in a teahouse, and ordered his acquaintances to look after him carefully, but he didn't expect Yunzhuo to disappear after he returned to the teahouse after a few cups of yellow soup.The steward in the teahouse told him that the guy packed up his things half an hour ago and said he was going back to his hometown for the New Year. He was still holding his sister in his hand. Unlike his family.

After hearing these words, there was still something he didn't understand.At the moment, his eyes were tearing and he was half awake from the wine. He ordered people to go back to the mansion to report the matter to his father, and at the same time ordered people to report to the officials. As for him, he was running around the streets, hoping to find his little sister from the crowd. .

But after searching all night, I still found nothing.He still remembered that at that time his clothes were drenched with sweat, but his heart felt as if it had fallen into an ice cellar.

Before that day, the little sister of his family lived a hard life of eating and sleeping with the servants, but she just became the fourth girl in the family, but she was just thrown into his hands.What's more, although she is young, she can already see that she is a beauty, if there is a good or bad...

The servant who came out from the mansion to find someone met him in the alley with stagnant water, and wanted to tell him to go back, but he was in a daze, leaving only a sense of powerlessness.

Later, when he saw a fire in the southeast corner, and for some reason, he snatched a guard's whip and rode away. Finally, when he saw the little girl calling him "Second Brother" with a smile on her face, he felt his whole body It's like coming alive.

After all, she is the daughter of an official family, and it is not very pleasant to talk about being abducted. Yun Huan suppressed the matter after looking around.Therefore, few people know that in the first month of the 17th year of Qianyuan, a fire broke out in a folk alley in Kyoto, and several kidnappers were burned to death.

After Yun Xuanhe knew that Yun Zhuo set the fire, he didn't feel that she had done too much, but was only worried about her safety.

But just after that, he cut off contact with those cronies and friends, and continued to fight cocks and horses, doing all the absurd things in the world, but he never touched alcohol again.He is even more obedient to Yunzhuo, wishing to hold it in the palm of his hand.

Thinking of this past event, he sighed: "It's your business that you have wrists, but how can I not worry about you as an elder brother?"

(End of this chapter)