You and Cao were talking. Not far away, Xiangyun, Li Wen, and Li Qi brought something to Xinxin to talk to.
Zhen Lan was talking to Tan Chun in the house, and it was almost noon. As for Chai and Dai, they went to the backyard kitchen to prepare meals.
Daiyu hired a cook to learn how to cook these days, and planned to let Jia Heng have a try.
Zhen Lan sat across from Tan Chun across a chessboard. She looked like Zhen Qing's childlike eyebrows and her eyes were as clear as water. She looked at Tan Chun and asked: "Brother Heng said that the Fang family is involved in the remnants of King Zhao."
, Third Sister, do you think it’s true?”
Tan Chun shook his head slightly, took a chess piece to eat one of Zhen Lan's pawns, and said, "I don't know, maybe Brother Heng has some evidence about the Fang family."
Since coming to Jiangnan, Brother Heng has not said anything about her going to the study to help organize official affairs. Last time I went to the study, I met Miss Xiao, who was reading there leisurely and asked her what she was doing here.
this……
Zhen Lan picked up the tea cup in her palm, lowered her eyes and took a sip. The fragrant tea soup flowed back and forth between her lips and teeth, carrying traces of inexplicable emotions swirling in her heart.
Is Brother Heng... trying to stand up for her?
I don’t know what the second sister said to him in the study, and what the fourth sister said to him.
Zhen Lan was thinking wildly, and suddenly a thought occurred in her mind. She immediately made up her mind and said softly: "Third sister, I'm going to relieve myself."
"Sister Lan, please go." Tan Chun responded and watched Zhen Lan leave.
Zhen Lan held up her skirt and stepped over the threshold and out of the backyard flower hall. It was midday in winter, everything was withering and the wind was howling.
The girl is dressed in a lotus color-based dress, with a curvy waist and a ruffled collar, and pink hair at the temples. Her figure is like an elegant peacock as she walks, walking along the long corridor of Ningguo Mansion towards the study, which is very rugged.
The cold white and solemn courtyard picture composed of rocks and dead branches and plum blossoms is embellished with beautiful colors of red and green.
As soon as Zhen Lan reached the end of the corridor, she suddenly saw the charming figure standing at the threshold. Her heart moved slightly and she asked in surprise:
"Sister, what are you doing here?"
Hearing Zhen Lan's call, Zhen Xi was startled and looked at the girl not far away in surprise. Her voice was a little higher and she said, "Third sister, why are you here?"
The two people who were cuddling and talking in the room immediately got up and quickly arranged their clothes.
Catching a hint of panic in Zhen Xi's eyebrows, Zhen Lan felt extremely suspicious, but her face remained calm and she said softly: "I have something to ask Brother Heng."
Sister Xi'er is weird!
After all, the two sisters are good sisters who grew up together, and Zhen Lan is very sensitive to some of Zhen Xi's subconscious behaviors.
At this moment, Jia Heng came out of the inner compartment, looked at Zhen Lan, and said softly: "Sister Lan'er, are you looking for me?"
Zhen Lan nodded and asked: "Brother Heng, I have something to ask Brother Heng. Where is my second sister?"
Jia Heng's face was calm and unfazed. There was no clue at all, and he said: "Your sister will come out right now."
At this time, Zhen Xue also quickly tidied up and calmed down her breathing. The beauty with picturesque features and a gentle smile said, "Sister Lan'er, you are here."
Zhen Lan realized that she was not famous for a moment, but she still had doubts in her heart and said, "Third sister, how was the conversation?"
Zhen Xue said: "It's alright. The third sister came to see your brother Heng for something. You guys talk here while I go to see Xinxin."
As the beauty spoke, she moved slightly panicked steps, stood up, left the study, and headed outside.
Jia Heng led Zhen Lan into the wing and whispered: "Sister Lan, if you need anything, come to me."
After that, he said to Zhen Xi beside him: "Sister Xi'er, come in and talk, it's very cold outside."
This stream, you silly person, why should you go outside to watch the wind at this time?
Zhen Xi responded softly, entered the side room, sat down, and asked with confusion on her pretty face, "What do you want from Brother Xunheng, the third sister?"
"I want to ask Brother Heng about the Fang family." Zhen Lan didn't beat around the bush, looked at the young man, and said softly: "Brother Heng said in the post house that the Fang family colluded with the remnants of King Zhao. I don't know what happened.
thing?"
Jia Heng pondered for a moment and said: "The Fang family is indeed somewhat suspicious, and we are still investigating."
Zhen Lan hesitated to speak, hesitated to speak, and finally said: "These things happened at home, and this happened to the princess and sister. Now these people in Jiangnan are used to flattering others and putting down others. It's really hateful."
Jia Heng nodded and said: "Seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, human nature is like this, and if you encounter someone who adds insult to injury, you are a villain."
Didn't Zhen Lan come here just to talk to him about this?
Zhen Lan was quiet for a moment and asked: "Brother Heng, how will the palace deal with the family?"
Jia Heng said softly: "Actually, this matter is not clear yet. Sister Xi'er also asked about it before, and I told her about it."
After saying that, he looked at Zhen Xi and said softly: "Sister Xi'er, talk to your sister."
Zhen Xi said: "Third sister, Brother Heng will not ignore the whole process."
Zhen Lan sighed, looked at the young man, and said, "Brother Heng, the family doesn't know what to do to restore the family's reputation?"
"Children can always find a way out by studying, becoming an official, or joining the army to serve on the border." Jia Heng picked up a cup of tea and suppressed the scent of powder and snow between his mouth.
Zhen Lan's clear eyes flickered, she stared at the young man, and said softly: "It's a pity that as a daughter, I can't make achievements like Brother Heng. I will earn my own fame."
In the past two days, she had been looking for and studying the "Resignation List" written by the boy in front of her in his early years, and listening to the Tanchun sister describing the past deeds of the boy in front of her in words of admiration, she felt unbelievable.
She asked herself that if she were to change places, she would not be able to fight her way out of such a humble situation.
Jia Heng chuckled and said: "Sister Lan'er knows people well. Even if she is to be the husband and raise children in the future, she will be a prosperous husband."
What he said to Zhen Xue before was correct. He had no intention of losing any of the Zhen sisters. Many things happened naturally.
Hearing this, Zhen Lan felt shy and her jade cheeks were slightly red, and she hurriedly said: "Third sister, she is the one with the most experience. She can handle military affairs with Brother Heng. She is much better than those ordinary people."
Jia Heng was startled for a moment and said: "Third sister usually likes these things, and I am willing to tell her these things, but as for girls, in this world, they have to get married after all."
Zhen Lan nodded, her eyes sparkling, and she said absently: "That's what Brother Heng said."
It is impossible for her to marry such a vassal king in this life, because the Zhen family already has two princesses, and it is even impossible for a scholar like the Fang family.
If you no longer want to be dominated by others and have the power, you can only marry Wu Xun.
And looking around, in the entire Han Dynasty, there was no more outstanding martial artist than the young man in front of him. With the power in his hands, even if he just raised his hand slightly, the Fang family would be wiped out.
While several people were talking, Qingwen stood outside and called, "Sir, Miss Lin is calling you to come over for dinner."
Jia Heng looked at Zhen Lan, smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about it for now. Let's go back and have dinner."
Entering the hall, a group of orioles and swallows were sitting around two tables. Chai Dai, Xiang Yun, and Tan Chun were at one table. On the other side were Youshi and Cao Shi, as well as Li Wen and Li Qi, entertaining Zhen Xue and others.
Shui Xin.
When everyone saw Jia Heng coming in, they all stood up and looked at the young man.
Daiyu said softly: "Brother Heng, it's time for lunch."
Jia Heng nodded, turned from a pair of moist apricot eyes to a pair of shining star eyes, and said softly: "It's quite lively at home today."
At this time, Shui Xin raised her pink face, looked at Zhen Xue, and said softly: "Mom, why doesn't your godfather sit at the same table with us?"
Zhen Xue smiled and rubbed Shui Xin's forehead and said, "Your godfather will accompany your Aunt Lin and the others."
Although I haven't heard Ziyu mention it, I think that Miss Lin also has an unusual relationship with Ziyu.
Xiangyun Pingguo had a cute smile on her round face and said softly: "Brother Heng, Sister Lin is the one who is cooking today and has cooked five or six dishes."
Jia Heng looked at Daiyu and said softly: "Sister Lin is very clever and it is rare for her to cook by herself. I have to try it."
The last time I went to Daiyu's house, I saw the recipes on the book. Apparently, I started to study the cooking. Chai and Dai started to get involved.
Facing everyone's gaze, Daiyu said a little embarrassedly: "I have learned to cook two dishes from the cook these days. I just learned it, and I may not be very good at it. Brother Heng, don't be ridiculous."
Tan Chun chuckled and said, "Brother Heng, Sister Lin has been spending most of her time in the kitchen these days. It's so smoky that everyone is blackened."
Daiyu glanced at Tanchun shyly and said softly: "Third sister."
Where did she get blackened?
Jia Heng chuckled lightly, turned his warm eyes to Daiyu, and said, "The oil fumes are a bit choking. Sister Lin is weak, so you should pay more attention."
Daiyu said "hmm", nodded her head and said, "I understand."
There was something strange in Baochai's moist apricot eyes under her green-feathered eyebrows. She put down the tea cup in her hand, raised her eyes, and suddenly caught a glimpse of the young man with clear eyes, and her heart moved slightly.
Jia Heng sat down, washed his hands under Qingwen's service, looked at Baochai seriously, and asked, "Sister Xue, why don't you see Baoqin?"
This is the reason why I don’t want to eat with Baochai and Daiyu. I need to take care of their emotions and allocate their attention reasonably.
"I just sent someone to call her, she will be here soon." Baochai chuckled, looked at the boy in the python suit with concern, and asked: "Brother Heng, are you still going to work this afternoon?"
Jia Heng said: "Let's go to Jinyi Mansion. Together, we will be very busy in the next few days."
The matter of confiscating the Zhen family's properties is easy to handle, as Jin Yang is in charge of it, but there is currently no clue as to the investigation here.
Then Chen Yuan is obviously not a fool. If he escapes with one blow, it will be difficult to catch him later.
Daiyu listened to the conversation between the two people, her clear eyes twinkling.
At this time, Baoqin's soft voice came from outside, saying: "Brother Heng."
Immediately, a chubby girl wearing a scarlet jacket and skirt, with a plump figure and white cheeks, was leading Nona not far away.
Jia Heng nodded to Nona and said with a smile: "Sister Baoqin, come and sit."
Baoqin smiled and said, "Brother Heng can't even sit here, so Xinxin and I are sitting together."
With that said, he took Nona's hand and came to the side of Youshi, Caoshi, Li Wen, Li Qi, Zhen Xue and Shui Xin.
While talking, everyone started to have lunch.
Jia Heng picked up Kuaizi, picked up a piece of yuba, put it in his mouth, and chewed it gently.
Well, there is no over-salting, no dark cooking issues such as overcooking, everything is quite satisfactory. Daiyu must have tasted it after making it, but it doesn't look too delicious.
Facing Daiyu's expectant gaze, Jia Heng looked at the girl with mountainous eyebrows and watery eyes, chuckled, and said encouragingly: "My sister is good at craftsmanship."
This is the same compliment as the last time I ate the food Baochai cooked. A bowl of water was even.
Daiyu still needs some affirmation. It is better to focus on how to cook and to please him than to be angry.
When Daiyu heard this, her starry eyes under her misty eyebrows were bright and clear, and she was filled with embarrassment and joy, and said, "Brother Heng, as long as he likes it."
Xiangyun also picked up the kuaizi, picked up a kuaizi, and said with a sweet smile: "Brother Heng, let me try it too."
Then he ate a piece, chewed it a few times, and said softly: "Sister Lin, this one is a bit overcooked, not the one that Sister Bao made last time."
Daiyu: "???"
When Tan Chun heard this, he glared at the smart Xiang Yun and said softly: "Sister Yun."
Jia Heng glanced at the heartless Xiangyun and thought to himself, Xiangyun is really innocent.
Just like in the original work, no one said that Lingguan'er looked like Daiyu, but Xiangyun had a solid eye, and it was clear that Xiangyun had this temperament.
But thanks to Xiangyun, if he had told Xiangyun, well, I wouldn’t have had a good life.
Baochai glanced at the young man and smoothed things over by saying, "Sister Lin has just learned it, and she is already good at it. When I first learned it, I couldn't even cook the food."
Zhen Lan watched this scene quietly not far away, her eyes wandering back and forth on the faces of Daiyu and Baochai, thinking thoughtfully in her heart.
I discovered a few days ago that the two Xue and Lin should have some connection with Brother Heng.
Jia Heng cast his warm gaze on Daiyu, and when he saw the girl with a hint of darkness in her watery eyes, he chuckled and said, "I think it's good, take your time, I'll make it more delicious in the future, sister.
Let's eat."
When Daiyu heard this, the disappointment in her heart dissipated a lot, and she said softly: "Brother Heng, I'll practice more later."
Xiangyun also realized at this moment that he had said the wrong thing, and did not say anything else, but the girl was a little unhappy.
After lunch, Jia Heng left Ningguo Mansion and went to Jinyi Mansion to town Fusi.
All the warblers and swallows returned to the courtyard respectively. Zhen Lan and Zhen Xi returned to the courtyard where they lived, entered the side room, and talked to each other.
"Sister, what happened when we were eating just now?" Zhen Lan took her sister's hand and asked curiously.
Zhen Xi said softly: "Brother Heng and Sister Lin are a couple, right?"
Zhen Xi has been in the mansion for such a long time, especially when Jia Heng went to Guangdong Province. He stayed with Dai Yu for a long time, and he has long understood the relationship between Dai Yu and Jia Heng.
Zhen Lan's cold eyes flashed under her beautiful eyebrows, and she asked curiously: "Where is that Miss Xue?"
Zhen Xi said in a delicate voice: "It seems that he is a relative of Brother Heng, coming to stay for a while."
"I think that Miss Xue and Brother Heng should be a couple." Zhen Lan said softly.
Zhen Xi blinked her bright eyes and asked, "Why did the third sister say that?"
"Intuition, I haven't come to the house many times, and I haven't spoken to that sister Bao a few times, but I can feel that this sister Bao is a thoughtful person, like Brother Heng. She is also at the age of getting married, so she has a good life.
If you don't stay in the capital, there must be a good reason for coming south." Zhen Lan said softly with a determined look.
The girl turned out to be a very thoughtful person. Even though she had only been in Jia's house for a few days, she had a rough understanding of the warblers around Jia Heng through secret observation.
Moreover, it is often impossible to hide the eyebrows and eyes you like, not to mention that Chai Dai and Jia Heng both have a close physical relationship, so their normal words and deeds can always be exposed.
Zhen Xi's spirit-like eyes were full of surprise. She looked at Zhen Lan and said, "Third sister, what do you think of Sister Xue and Brother Heng?"
There was determination in Zhen Lan's clear phoenix eyes, and she said softly: "A merchant's daughter is good at calculations, and her thoughts are incomparable to others. I think that girl from the Xue family is very scheming."
Zhen Xi: "..."
No, if she remembers correctly, the third uncle is also in the merchant business, and Sister Lan is also... scheming?
"My sister is in the mansion, and she is really willing to become a concubine in the future." Unknown to Zhen Xi, who was drawing inferences, Zhen Lanxiao suddenly asked with an inexplicable look in Zhen Qing's eyebrows.
The Zhen family gave birth to two princesses. It was her and the fourth sister's turn, as if their luck had run out, but the fourth sister was luckier than her.
Zhen Xi licked her slightly pink lips and said softly: "Sister, I was given as a gift from my family to serve Brother Heng. It's not good to expect anything else. Besides, Brother Heng already has a wife. I..."
Growing up in a big family like the Zhen family, even though she has a weak temperament, she doesn't understand everything, so she naturally knows what a concubine means.
But now after passing the marriage, I can only be a concubine.
Zhen Lan's eyes were filled with concern and she said softly: "Sister, I'm worried that you will suffer a loss and be wronged. A concubine is a concubine after all, just like property."
He couldn't help but think of the previous scene where Zhen Xi was waiting outside the study. She was treating her third sister as a maid.
Zhen Xi quickly said: "Third sister, you have misunderstood. Brother Heng is usually very nice to me and has never wronged me."
As he spoke, the sides of his fair and snowy cheeks turned slightly red, and he quickly stopped talking.
Brother Heng hugged her to sleep at night and seemed to like her very much. It was hard to tell the third sister this.
Zhen Lan looked at her sister's rouge-red face and had some guesses in her mind. She asked doubtfully: "Then why was my sister blowing the cold wind outside in the study earlier?"
Hearing this, Zhen Xi suddenly felt enlightened and said in a low voice: "I just went out to get some fresh air. What Brother Heng and Second Sister said is relatively confidential, so I'm not suitable to listen to it."
As she spoke, she suddenly became wary. Is the third sister trying to trick her?
When Zhen Lan heard this, her bright eyes flashed, and her suspicion remained unabated, but she couldn't ask any more questions for the time being, so she said, "If my sister has been wronged, you can tell me so that I can give her some advice."
If the sisters join forces...
Zhen Lan thought for a while, then lowered her voice and asked: "Sister, has he... bullied you?"
"Ah?" When Zhen Xi heard this, she looked at Zhen Lan shyly and lowered her voice and said, "Why is Third Sister saying this?"
Zhen Lan also looked a little unnatural and said: "I'm just asking casually. I'm not worried that you will suffer a loss."
Girls of hair age know about people and affairs by reading some books, so they are naturally curious about this matter.
On the other side, Xiangyun and Tanchun also returned to the wing. However, Xiangyun could not enter the room, but Ge You was lying on the bed, a little bored, holding a red handkerchief in his hand, lost in thought.
"Sister Yun, why did you say those things just now?" Tan Chun walked closer, looked at the girl, and said softly with some complaints in his voice.
Xiangyun sat up, raised her head, and said, "I hope I didn't think so much. I just said it casually. Sisters usually joke like this, but Sister Lin didn't stop laughing, and Sister Bao also helped to talk."
The dark look in Daiyu's eyes just now was naturally noticed by Xiangyun, and she suddenly became confused.
Tanchun sighed softly and said, "Sister Lin, in order to learn how to cook these days, she stayed in the kitchen and cooked a few dishes whenever she had time. It was quite hard."
She actually knew some reasons. Brother Heng and Sister Lin seemed to have a certain affinity for each other. It seemed that Sister Bao also... Sister Yun shouldn't compare the two.
"I know, I ate a lot just now," Xiangyun said.
Tanchun was speechless for a moment. He looked at the girl with an apple-shaped face, couldn't help but stretched out her hand to pinch it, and said with a chuckle: "I ate so much, and still said that Sister Lin's cooking was not delicious."
Xiangyun said softly: "I didn't mean it."
Tan Chun smiled lightly and said, "Sister Lin knows your temperament and won't blame you."
"Third sister, do you think Brother Heng only loves Sister Lin now and doesn't care for us anymore?" Xiangyun said with a straight heart.
The two of them had discussed who Jia Heng loved most on the boat. Xiangyun accompanied Jia Heng in Kaifeng and Luoyang and visited many places. They listened to many stories every day. It was the happiest time in a girl's life.
Tan Chun looked slightly startled when he heard this, and said softly: "Brother Heng loves us all, but Sister Lin...she is different after all."
As she said that, the girl's eyes were blank and she felt a little depressed.
"What's the difference?" Xiangyun said with some confusion.
Tanchun's lips moved and he said softly: "It's hard for me to say."
Two people will become husband and wife in the future, stay together for the rest of their lives, sleep in the same bed, and may not even have children. How to explain this to Xiangyun?
Xiangyun just sighed for a moment, the girl's sadness went away as quickly as it came, and then took Tanchun to Daiyu.
