Jian An Kee

As late as ten o'clock at night, the banquet was finally over.My third grandfather, who was so drunk and out of shape, was picked up early and stuffed into a carriage and sent back to the post house.Hu Zhu and Bi Chun who accompanied her also disappeared, and they were clearly asked to wait outside the hall just now, and it is unknown where the two girls died at this moment.

A quarter of an hour later, the crowd gradually dispersed, and the two guards who followed closely behind suddenly bowed to the rear. I looked back weakly, and it was indeed Sun Quan.After not seeing him for an hour, he changed into a dark riding suit with dense white threads.

He didn't say much, and directly led me out of the side door.A maroon caravan pulled by four horses was parked at the door, surrounded by seven or eight riders on the left and right. The copper bells under the horses' necks jingled from time to time as the horses shook their heads.

I said sullenly, "I have my own carriage."

"Oh, that car, the maids who sent you back earlier." Sun Quan said lightly, and then said: "Alan doesn't want to take a car, but it's okay if he wants to ride a horse."

Looking down at his four or five layers of long skirt, he couldn't even get on a horse.I kept admonishing myself silently: People under the roof must learn to be patient...

Fang entered the car and sat down, he rode his horse over and lifted the curtains: "Do you feel cold inside?"

of course not!Two heaters were burning in the car, and a bright goose foot lamp was lit, which almost made me feel sweaty.

I pretended to be reserved and shook my head, he let go of the curtain, gave a soft shout, and the horse galloped away.The carriage shook, and then moved slowly.I looked around, not sure if it was Sun Quan's own carriage, and I couldn't ask the maid beside me, so I leaned on the table and fiddled with the wall hangings in the carriage.

Anche with four horses, the internal space is about six square meters intuitively, and exquisite embroidery is hung on three sides. It is a story of a Nuwa mending the sky.The thick cashmere blanket under my feet was slightly soiled by the hem of my skirt that had been muddy in the garden.

I was a little distressed, but after thinking about it, this is not my own thing, what are I afraid of, so I stood up happily and took a few steps, the carpet was immediately covered with a shocking piece of mud, and suddenly a sense of revenge came from left to right right through my heart.

The maid kneeling by her side lowered her head, her shoulders raised and motionless.For the entire general's mansion, if I want to find one thing I like most, it is the attendants inside.Their professionalism is very enviable, and they have never made a mistake or unsatisfactory situation. They are much better than some people.

The Dudu’s Mansion is not far from the General’s Mansion. After two quarters of an hour, the carriage stopped, and the maid helped me get off the carriage. Sun Quan did not dismount, but bowed his horse as a salute, and I nodded in return. He said “good night” and then I went home.

The whole mansion has already fallen into a deep sleep, only a flickering light is still burning outside my small courtyard.Gongsun Shao's beautiful face is like Utan blooming in the dark night, with a narrow distance between eyebrows and eyes looming under the light.

These days, he seems to have regained the unscrupulousness he had when he first met me.But I instinctively sensed that he had something on his mind, so I stopped joking with him, lest he try to make fun of me.

"Miss, how are you playing today?" He lowered his head and smiled.

I waited for the maid to take off my coat with a cold face, "I didn't even have a word with the little girl from the Sun family, what do you think?"

"But you saw Mr.'s lackey, didn't you?"

I stopped and looked up at him: "Shao, I absolutely don't want to hear you address him like that in the future. I'm going to rest, you go down first."

He held the corner of his mouth and smiled meaningfully, "Oh, yes, of course."

Waking up with a hangover and a splitting headache, I reluctantly got up to go to the bathroom, and couldn't help but lay back down again.I got out of bed at three o'clock in the morning, Huzhu whispered to me while combing my hair, a bunch of uncles, uncles and nephews from the Zhou family had come over and were having tea in the front hall.

Why didn't Zhou Yu and his relatives show any signs?Xiao Qiao is recuperating at the moment. During the confinement period, she does not leave the house. It is really inconvenient for the Governor's Mansion to rely on me, a girl who has not left the cabinet, to entertain guests.

I was very helpless, so I went to the inner courtyard to pay my respects to Xiao Qiao.She looked fine, and said to me: "I heard that Alan came back yesterday and got drunk. It's been hard for you these days. Are you feeling better now?"

"It's all right, just get some sleep. Alan does things in a mess, it's good that you don't dislike him." I couldn't help covering my mouth and yawned again.

"Why, it's just to trouble you." She smiled with a bit of inexplicable bitterness, and then frowned: "By the way, the General's Mansion sent someone over to help today, and asked me to take care of the arrangements. Alan can see that people?"

I tilted my head and thought for a while: "Is that the fat steward in the middle hall just now? I've seen him once before, so he should be quite capable."

"I'm not worried about this. The things in the kitchen were arranged three months ago. The main thing is that there are people coming and going in the house every day, but there is no male master... After all, Ah Xun is young, and there are some things he can't do. Come." She smoothed her hair with one hand, and carefully handed the child to the nanny.

"Don't worry, you should rest more, after all, uncle will be back soon. Whoever he is, we can't make trouble in our house."

She showed her white teeth slightly: "Yes, fortunately, Gong Jin will return in a few days, and leave all these external matters to him. But Alan, you don't look very good, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

I shook my head again and again, trying my best to cover up the panic in my heart: "Where, it's just an extra drink yesterday."

While talking, Zhou Xun happened to come in, and when he saw me, he bowed solemnly: "Sister." Then he turned to Mrs. Xiao Qiao who was on the bed: "Greetings, mother."

"A Xun." I also nodded in greeting.This child has grown a lot taller in the past two years, and he looks like a father in his gestures, and his eyebrows and eyes are very similar to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Xun gently teased his sister for a while, and then explained to the two of us in detail the matter of entertaining guests in the morning.In the end, Xiao Qiao asked him a few words, and I left with him.

"Sister Alan," he suddenly looked up at me when he walked into the hall with me, "Why are you crying?"

I sniffed exaggeratedly: "I was drunk last night, why did I cry?"

"You cried." His small face was full of confusion: "I saw you secretly wiping your tears in mother's room. I didn't say it at that time, because I was afraid that mother would be anxious. Does my sister have any news about my father?"

I patted his head, speechless for a moment.

In the past year, the news of Zhou Yu's poor health has been known to everyone in the house.Ah Xun is really sensible.I squatted down to help him straighten his collar: "Don't think about it, Ah Xun. You see, Ah Xun is a man in the family. We will discuss with you about anything and will not keep it from you. My sister is crying because my sister is My lord, my lord has a lot of troubles that I can't talk about."

"What's bothering my sister?"

"Ah, little boy, go and entertain the guests, don't keep asking questions like a woman." I stood up and said.

He tilted his head and smiled playfully: "Then I'll go there first, will my sister go right away?"

"Okay." I nodded, turned around and covered my face with my palms, tears streaming down my face.The new year is approaching, and this new year is Zhou Yu's scheduled death deadline.

Although the civil war is still going on, the situation has not changed much in the past few months, and the prosperity of Jingkou City on the south bank of the river is increasing day by day.

One month before New Year's Day, I received a carefully worded letterhead from General Zhao Yun.

If I met him under Sun Quan's nose, it would be too eye-catching. Even if Liu Bei escapes successfully in the future, I will be implicated, not to mention that I am under Sun Quan's "key care" now.So I found an opportunity to deliver the reply letter to Zhao Yun when he was out of the city to shoot arrows.

I said, since the general has a clever plan, the only resistance is a stumbling block.It just so happens that I am familiar with this tiger, why not let me deal with him.

His reply was concise and to the point: How can you seek skin from a tiger?

I said, unfortunately, this tiger had a good conversation with me recently, and if it was drunk, it might be able to agree to my request.

He said that when talking with tigers, you need to be careful about your own safety.

I said, I don't do things I'm not sure about.General please get ready as soon as possible, I may give news at any time.

It can be said that my mind is not on New Year's Day and New Year's Day, but there are still half of the things in the house that need to be intervened.It was only then that I realized that the head of the house has so many troubles. Apart from hospitality, for example, in the past few days, I have to distribute New Year’s allowances to the servants; review the training courses of the guards; supervise the sanitation work of the entire mansion And partial redecoration: including the painting of walls and pillars, the replacement of seasonal bonsai, and even the species of ornamental fish in the pool have to be finalized by me.

For Xiao Qiao and Xiaomei's basic necessities of life, their work is even more important.Although Sun Quan sent a steward surnamed Hao to help, but he is completely a dog, let alone ask me for instructions on everything, and his little eyes seem to be destroying him and squeezing his hard-earned money.

I talked to Hao several times.I told him that he was older than me and had rich housekeeping experience, so there was no need to ask my opinion on anything.He obediently agreed, but in the end it was still obedient, and he "harassed" as usual.Later, I almost lost my temper, but he said very sincerely: "Miss, you are also a straight-tempered person, you may as well tell you the villain, if you are not satisfied with the villain, you can go to Shen Guanshi in the general's mansion." Baozhi, maybe Shen Guanshi will replace you with another person. It is absolutely impossible for a villain to make his own decisions."

"Guan Hao, you don't have to be too cautious."

"The villain is really..."

"It's okay to speak up."

"This... villain also obeys orders."

"At whose order? General Sun?"

"Miss, you can say yes, hehe."

I secretly cursed at the cunning and cunning, and waved him away.

For several days in a row, I kept my feet on the ground, and I did not know which day I caught a cold, and finally developed a fever.Xiao Qiao's body has not yet fully recovered, so she had to try her best to support it.

She came to visit me at night.

"Thank you for your hard work..." She said in a helpless tone, "Gong Jin won't be able to come back for a while, and there are so many guests, there is nothing I can do about it."

"Auntie, it's because I'm incapable. I'm sick all right, and I need you to take care of me."

She patted the back of my hand: "Don't say that, it's not your fault that you're sick. In fact, there are too many guests, and the complicated affairs are a headache. You are tired."

"Last year, uncle was at home, so it's not like this year. Auntie, was it because before I came, I was very busy with guests every year?"

"That's not true. Speaking of it, in the past few years, General Sun would always help and refuse some visits, but this year is different from previous years. The general has already sent someone to help. After all, he has just moved to the county and has acquired a lot of land in Jiangbei. I'm busy, so I can't take care of the small things in our mansion for the time being."

I was awakened by her words and sneered silently.She touched my forehead: "Is it still uncomfortable?"

"I feel better." I said and sat up: "Auntie, I'm fine now, I should be fine tomorrow, you'd better go to rest, my sister can't leave you."

"This child," she smiled dotingly, and patted my cheek: "You always think about family affairs, and you have to take care of your own body."

"I'm really well." I got up, walked around her like a pug, and swore that I was in good health and could continue to work tomorrow. She reluctantly agreed, and said that if the illness recurred, she would take me as an excuse. Asked, we both couldn't help laughing.

She whispered a few more words to me, then closed the door and left.I stared at the light of the lights in the distance, and the smile never disappeared from my face, which mixed with the coolness rising from my heart, making my head more and more dizzy.

What is General Sun going to do?The threshold of the Governor's Mansion is about to be leveled, and even the General's Mansion can't compare to our hustle and bustle, but he doesn't seem to care.Zhou Yu told me that he doesn't want the Zhou family to work as hard as the future Lu family.

I lightly touched my eye sockets with my fingers, and they were filled with ice-like liquid.After a year, the knowledge of one year will grow, but the human heart will not grow up with it, but it has to hold so many things, so it will become more and more tired.