Lose the lights and spend another night

The days passed by like running water, and in a blink of an eye, another two years passed.

My lord has found a real teacher for Yingsheng to learn poetry and prose. I can't tell Yingsheng these things. Who made me dumb since I was a child?

Snowflakes fell down one by one, spreading the snow white all over the courtyard.

I was sitting in the corridor, holding the stove in my arms, waiting for Yingsheng to come out after finishing today's homework, unaware that my cheeks were flushed from the cold.

Yingsheng tilted his head in the hall and looked at me, grinning happily.

When I noticed her gaze, I could only give her a slight smile and a nod, indicating that I was waiting for her.

She also nodded, but she was caught by the master just because she was distracted for a moment.

"Miss, get up and tell me, what did the old man just say?"

Wrapped in a small fur coat, Yingsheng stood up straight, and Shui Lingling turned her eyes, "Master just said that the so-called Yiren is on the side of the water."

"Well, what does this poem mean?" The Master asked again.

Ying Sheng glanced at me as if asking for help.

This poem comes from "The Book of Songs Qin Feng Jian Jia", which means that the person in my heart is on the other side of the water.When the eldest lady taught me this poem, tears filled my eyes, and I repeated it several times, but I couldn't help crying.

I will always remember the way she clutched her clothes tightly by her heart, desperate and desolate.

I don't know how to mention Yingsheng, she is still so young, she doesn't know what "lovesickness" is, and I have never let anyone on my heart, and I don't know what "lovesickness" is.

I could only imitate the eldest lady back then, tightly clutching the clothes around my heart, and beating them gently.

Ying Sheng's eyes were wide open, apparently not understanding what I meant.

"Look at you, if you don't listen carefully to the old man's lecture, the old man will punish you." The master picked up the ruler, "stretch out your hand."

The second young lady and the third young master had already turned pale with fright, and they subconsciously covered their eyes.

Ying Sheng stretched out her little hand tremblingly, looked at the master, and said in a sad voice: "Master... be gentle..."

How can you refuse such a request?

"That poem means that the person I miss is on the other side of the water." The master cleared his throat pretending to be serious, but the ruler still fell on Yingsheng's palm, leaving a light red mark, " Don't be distracted next time, no matter how beautiful the snow scene outside is, you have to wait until after class to play."

"Yes, I would like to follow Master's instruction." Ying Sheng held back the tears in his eyes, and nodded heavily.

I frowned, feeling a little guilty, if it wasn't for me, how could Yingsheng suffer this?

If the eldest lady is still around, how much distress will it feel?

A deep sense of shame welled up in my heart, and I sighed deeply, only feeling that the world was cold, and I seemed to be tightly wrapped in a ball of cold air, even if there was a stove in my arms, it was difficult to find a trace of warmth.

until……

Heh, it was my little master who quietly reached out to hold my hand again, I couldn't help but shiver, only then did I realize that Ying Sheng was out of class.

"Huanxi, your hands are so cold." Yingsheng's tiny fingers rubbed against my palm, and she frowned, "Be careful of catching a cold."

I shook my head and chuckled, and handed over the stove in my arms.

Yingsheng shook his head, pushed the heater, "I'm not cold, you should use this."

The smile on my face froze, she knew that I was angry, so she could only take the stove from my hand and hug her tightly.

I smiled softly, took her other little hand, and pointed to the direction back to the pavilion.

She smiled brightly, but snuggled closer.

I was a little surprised, she pressed the heater close to my leg, and said with a smile: "This way Huanxi won't be cold."

I couldn't help but laugh.

"Huanxi, in fact, I don't feel any pain." She told me this matter very seriously, she knew that I would feel guilty, "The master beat me very lightly, like being bitten by a mosquito."

I stared blankly at her childish eyebrows and eyes, feeling a little dazed.

Perhaps, the eldest lady has never left this world, she just turned into a little lady and continues to treat me warmly.

My nose is slightly sour, and I feel like crying.

Yingsheng stuck out her tongue at me, "I didn't cry, Huanxi, if you cry, you're a little pig!"

Finally, he said the childish words that these children should have.

I smiled with tears in my eyes, nodded, and bent over to hug her.

In this way, I can return some of the warmth I feel to her.

"Huanxi, give me a hug."

"Huan...Huan...Hug..."

I was about to go back with Yingsheng in my arms, but the second young lady and the third young master grabbed the corner of my clothes, and the two nurses gave me a hard look.

"Huanxi, didn't you hear what the second lady said to the young master?"

"What are you still doing?"

Only then did I realize that I had forgotten my identity just now, I was just a servant girl of the Shen residence.

I nodded with an apologetic smile, and glanced at Ying Sheng apologetically.

Yingsheng pursed her lips, gave the two nannies a look, tightly hooked my neck, and refused to let me let her go, "Huanxi is my personal maid, she can only hug me!"

I looked at her in embarrassment, she didn't know what kind of result such willfulness would bring me.

"Huanxi, hug..."

"hug……"

I sighed deeply, looked helplessly at the second young lady and the third young master, then at Yingsheng, and frowned.

Yingsheng finally let go of my neck, allowing me to put her down, hugging the stove in anger, but turned her head to the side.

I bent down and hugged the second young lady and the young master together, and the two little ones laughed with satisfaction.

The little boy rides Niu Niu the most on weekdays, and he slapped me on the shoulder excitedly, "Drive! Niu Niu..." After all, he is only three years old, and when he speaks, saliva will flow out, dripping on my clothes, tearing my clothes away. The temperature of Sheng left there went cold.

I saw that Yingsheng was very unhappy, but I couldn't say a word of comfort. I could only make a hoarse voice of "嘿...ah..." in a hoarse voice, signaling Yingsheng to follow me.

Ying Sheng pursed her mouth and twisted her body reluctantly, but still quietly stretched out her little hand, and grabbed my skirt tightly.

I smiled in relief, walked very slowly with the second young lady and young master in my arms, for fear that Yingsheng would suddenly not grab my skirt and run away.

The two nannies followed me all the way until the fork in the front and back yards, and then they hugged the second young lady and the young master from my arms.

"Huanxi, I would like to remind you that the second young lady and the young master are my wife's own flesh and blood, next time I will serve you wisely." The nanny reminded me at the end, how could I not know the deep meaning of it.

It's just that I don't care about those.

What I care about is holding my crony with one hand and the Yingsheng of the stove with the other.

Her eye circles were red, which made people feel distressed.

I bent down to hug her, but she avoided my arms.

I really want to say sorry to her, but I can't say anything.

"Huanxi, I miss my mother..."

Her tears finally rolled out, stabbing my heart with a faint pain.

I reached out and hugged her in my arms, this time, she didn't escape.I gently stroked her hair with a gentleness I had never felt before, over and over again, as if I was whispering——Yingsheng, don't cry, I will be with you.

Accompany you, grow up.

"Will mother come back?" Ying Sheng asked me with sobs.

My body trembled slightly, and my movements froze in place.

"The so-called Iraqis are on the water side."

I heard her suddenly recite this line of poetry, and slightly distanced her from me in astonishment.

"I think, I understand the meaning of this poem. Niangqin is Yiren, who is on the other side of the water and will never come back." She told me seriously what she understood, imitating me just now, Grabbing his heart and clothes, he beat it lightly a few times.

My heart tugged hard.

"Cough cough."

Neither Yingsheng nor I found out, when did your lord come behind us, and how long have you been listening?

The adult squatted down in front of Yingsheng, and touched her little head apologetically, "It's Daddy's fault, Daddy made you feel wronged."

Yingsheng shrugged her small mouth, and finally couldn't hold back the tears of grievance. She threw herself into the arms of the adults, crying sadly, "I miss my mother, I miss my mother..."

I bent down to pick up the stove that Yingsheng let go of and dropped to the ground, and stood quietly aside, staring at the warmth of the father and daughter at this moment, my vision gradually blurred.

Back then, my lord must have loved the eldest lady very much.

Otherwise, why don't you see the adults loving the second lady and the young master so much?

I gasped and smiled tearfully.

But he didn't want such a scene to be clearly seen by the new lady in the distance.

"Go and call Huanxi."

So, a moment later, I came to the backyard of the new wife.

I bowed to the new lady respectfully and lowered my head heavily.

The new wife brewed a cup of new tea, and the tea was fragrant. She took a sip of the new tea and frowned slightly, "There is no new clothes, no old people, I underestimated the importance of my sister in my husband's heart."

I lowered my head even lower and took a step back.

"Don't be afraid of me. I called you here today just to chat with you."

I nodded.

The new lady looked at me again, and said with a smile: "You can be regarded as an old man in this mansion, what should you do, what should you say... No, you don't know how to talk nonsense..."

Yes, I am dumb.

The new wife reminded me one more thing, I'm probably worried that the adults will empathize with me and take me as a concubine, right?

I could only knelt down and kowtowed several times in succession until it sounded loud.

The new wife was very surprised, she quickly motioned to the maids on the left and right to help me up.

"You look like this, which makes me feel like a villain." The new lady sighed softly, and suddenly felt that there was no need to chat with a servant like me.

I shook my head, feeling a dull pain on my forehead.

"Go down." The new lady waved her sleeves wearily.

I secretly breathed a sigh of relief and stepped back.

Behind him, the voices of the new wife and the maid came faintly.

"Ma'am, let her go like this?"

"Look at her timid appearance, she has no courage to seduce her husband."

I didn't listen to the latter words.

I looked at this snow-covered courtyard and felt chills. If I hadn't promised the eldest lady to take good care of Yingsheng, I don't know what's the point of staying here?

Ying Sheng's warm smiling face appeared in my mind, and my cold heart suddenly felt warm.

Yingsheng, ah Yingsheng, grow up quickly, okay?

The author has something to say: The little lady has finally grown up, ahem.

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