Song of Everlasting Sorrow

Spring came very early this year.

Accompanied by a refreshing spring rain, thousands of hectares of peach orchards of Ji's family bloomed thousands of peach blossoms as intoxicating as rouge overnight.

In addition, winter jasmine and dogwood are also in full bloom, and the flowers fill the wetland and climb up the stone fence, decorating an octagonal gazebo in the peach garden for viewing the garden, full of flowers and vitality.

At this time, there were already flower appreciators sitting in the gazebo, but the snow-colored veil gathered around the pillars of the pavilion was lowered, hanging to the outside of the railing, and hooked on the flowers.

"Well……!"

The hoarse □□, □□ slowly rippled away like boundless ripples.

(There are river crabs here, so I can't put them in, sorry.)

A man about eight feet tall was sitting on the edge of the pavilion wearing a sky-blue brocade robe, his straight back was leaning against the vermilion railing, his feet were on the ground, and a thin-shouldered young man was straddling his knees.

The man hugged him tightly.

"Cough." Suddenly, Yunli coughed lightly, followed by two more dry coughs.

"Ah, are you going to be cold?" Ji Fuxiang hurriedly pulled the coat off the railing and put it on Yunli's body.

"No." Maybe it's too much... Yunli blushed a little and thought, nestling in the young master's arms.The veil fluttered gently, the peach blossoms were blooming outside, and the sun was shining brightly.

When seeing the young master for the first time, Yunli suddenly remembered that it was also in the bright spring, on a day when the peach blossoms were in full bloom.

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It’s the season for Ji’s family to choose servants again, today’s auspicious position is in the south, so under the watchful eyes of the housekeeper, the master of Lihua Hall, and all the servants, the fiery red Suzaku gate is carefully pushed open, revealing a road paved with blue bricks .

Unlike previous years, where there was only one horse-drawn carriage, this year there was only one. Although there were two fine Mongolian horses on the front of the carriage, and the carriages and wheels were all carved and luxuriously decorated, they still looked lonely.

"Yun's house—the young master is here!" The boy who drove the horse deliberately shouted at the throat, echoing in front of the wide and quiet gate.

"Welcome, welcome!" The housekeeper bowed again and again, stepped out of the threshold to greet him, and Hall Master Lin, who was in charge of educating and nurturing the servants, also came out, smiling all over his face.

The car door creaked open, but there was only a big white rabbit fur felt inside, and nothing else.

The housekeeper gave two "tsk tsk", and was about to grab the boy for questioning, when the hall master stepped forward and lifted the blanket, revealing a child's face.

The child was sleeping with his head on a big red pillow, sucking his thumb!

"Oh, my little master, I'm afraid he's exhausted from the bumpy journey." The butler said in surprise and joy, and stretched out his hand to hug him out.

"He's awake." The hall master said in a low voice, but that's right, a pair of dark eyes were like black grapes, staring at the housekeeper curiously.

The boy's face is very beautiful. The small round face is like a peach blossom in full bloom. Although there is no smile on his face, there is a faint breath that is warmer than the spring, which makes people feel that their hearts are full of honey. How do you look at it? How happy.

"My lord, this is what the master ordered me to hand over to you. The young master's birth date, food and clothing taboos are all written in the letter." The boy took out a blue silk bag from the carriage, and there was a letter on it. A thin letter, and the jingling inside the package should be a lot of gold and silver jewelry.

"Yes, I'm sorry to trouble you." The butler said, and the hall master stepped forward and took the package.

"It's getting late, this servant will go back and report back." The servant didn't get out of the car from the beginning to the end, because the master told him to send the young master off, and he would come back immediately, so don't bother the family.

"Okay, you go slowly." The butler didn't hold back the servant, and went in with the young master in his arms.The vermilion gate slowly closed, and the young master of the Yun family seemed to think of something now, crying loudly, calling for his mother.

With this cry, he cried all the way from Zhuque Gate to Lihua Hall, no matter how coaxed he was, he refused to stop. The butler was so disturbed that he shook his head and had to hand him to Hall Master Lin.

The 30-year-old Lin Yun used to be a servant, but unfortunately he never became a servant. He didn't want to leave Ji's house, so he stayed. After the previous hall master returned home, he became the new servant Hall Master.

Lin Yun was lucky, and caught up with the selection of servants for Master Ji Fuxiang. Of course, the servants are too young to serve the young master. The traditional selection will only take place when they grow up and the young master becomes an adult. The bedtime ritual.

The sleeping servant will accompany the young master to spend a period of youth, and then retire on the day of the young master's wedding.

No one has calculated how long a servant needs to accompany the young master, but generally the young master will get married around the age of 20, like Master Ji, who was sent away by the housekeeper after less than a year with the servant.

Of course, these are all things to talk about. Now, the most important thing is to cultivate this young master Yun into a beautiful young man with outstanding demeanor who can attract the young master.

Because, this year, Master Ji only appointed this Young Master Yun as his servant boy, and he did not accept any children from other families.

It is said that the Yun family is also one of the collateral branches of the Ji family. It is located in the northern part of Zhejiang. Not only is the family wealthy, but it is also a scholarly family. The Yun family has a famous Tang Dynasty landscape painting "Spring Outing", which is hard to buy. Master Ji admired it once. After that, I couldn't put it down.

The Yun family is also very generous and willing to donate this priceless painting to the family, but they put forward a condition that young master Yun, the son of the fourth concubine, will be the servant of young master Fuxiang.

However, all collateral families that have been around for some years have produced one or two outstanding servants, but the Yun family has none, and they always feel that their faces are shameless, which is rare.

The fourth concubine who was born in Liyuan gave birth to such a beautiful son, Master Yun wanted to send him into his family.

But even if he sent his son to the door, what if Master Fuxiang chose other children to serve as bed attendants?Master Yun was worried about this.

Master Ji, who has always covered the sky with one hand and is the only one who respects himself, said without hesitation that he only needs a servant boy.

Moreover, the family rules did not say that Lihuatang must educate more than two servants, although it has become a common practice for the hall to accept four to six children.

It takes a lot of hard work to train a servant boy, and no one knows which type the young master will like. With one more child, there is room for choice.

Now, since Master Ji agrees that Lihuatang only adopts one servant boy, the young master can only choose this servant boy as his bed servant, so in a sense, Master Yun is already the servant of Young Master Ji family.

This is also the reason why everyone is cautious about him and dare not neglect him at all.

But Hall Master Lin had never been a father before, so naturally he didn't know how to coax children, Young Master Yun was crying so hard, but he could only stare blankly.

"Who is crying?"

Suddenly, a handsome young man in white clothes appeared in front of the door, holding a white pigeon kite in his hand.

"Ah! Young Master Ji, why are you here?" The butler hurried up to meet him. According to the usual practice, young masters are not allowed to enter Lihua Hall without authorization.

"I heard a child crying, it must be him."

Ji Fuxiang is 11 years old this year, taller than boys of the same age, with a solid figure, a pair of thick eyebrows, big eyes and slightly wide lips, very much like Master Ji Hongye when he was young.

It's just that at his age, Ji Hongye already knows how to negotiate with foreigners. The Grand Master took Master Ji with him very early on, went to various business occasions, and even went abroad, so for Master Ji, talking about business means holding power , is the most attractive thing.

I don’t know if it’s because Mr. Ji’s temper is too strong, and things will be turned against each other. The young master’s personality is much more introverted. He is not interested in schools, foreign languages, and abacus. He always likes to be alone, mostly playing with crickets, grasshoppers and other insects .

Master Ji didn't care about this, usually at this time, Ji Fuxiang should be studying in the study instead of running around with a kite.

"Master, are you going to fly a kite? This old slave will accompany you." The butler wanted to take Young Master Ji out.

"I don't need you, I'll go find him." But Ji Fuxiang said, pointing to the child sitting in the mahogany armchair.Under the snow-white woolen hat is a round face, red and pouty, like a ripe apple.

I saw that his eyes were full of tears, and he seemed to want to cry, but his attention was attracted by the kite in Ji Fuxiang's hand.

"But, but..." The butler couldn't disobey the young master's order, but he couldn't break the rules either. Just as he was hesitating to speak, Ji Fuxiang had already stepped into the door and walked straight towards the boy.

"Master." Hall Master Lin stood beside the armchair, his expression was much calmer than that of the butler.

"En." Ji Fuxiang nodded to him, then squatted down, looked at the boy on an equal level, and asked gently, "What's your name?"

"Pear..." The boy's cherry red lips moved, and he made a kitten-like voice, "Pear..."

"Just pears?" Ji Fuxiang asked, took out a towel, and wiped away the tears on his face.

"It's Yunli, young master." Hall Master Lin bowed and said, "He is from the Yun Family in Northern Zhejiang."

"Oh, it's a separated family." Ji Fuxiang understood somewhat in his heart, this child is probably the servant boy his mother mentioned, but he is really small, and the jet-black hair protruding from under the brim of his hat sets him off perfectly. The skin is extremely white, like a villain made out of dough balls.

If he had a younger brother or younger sister, he would be as lovable as this child.

Ji Fuxiang was an only child. In order to maintain the purity of his bloodline, the Ji family would only have a second child when the first child was a girl. In the past, there were some who gave birth to boys and continued to have children. Ji Hongye had a younger brother, Ji Hongting, but That's a rare thing.

Compared with the thin-populated family, the relatives scattered all over the place are spreading out and multiplying quite vigorously.

During the holidays, the children of the separated family will come to the main family to congratulate and give gifts according to their seniority. It is a very lively scene, but even if they are children, because of Ji Fuxiang's noble status, they will restrain their hands and feet, and dare not get close to him .

"Li, do you want to play with brother? Let's go fly a kite." Ji Fuxiang grinned, he rarely smiled, especially when there were other people around.

Hall Master Lin and the housekeeper were a little stunned.

Although Ji Fuxiang seldom smiles, he will not always have a serious face like Master Ji, which makes people afraid.Even if Ji Fuxiang is playing,

The expression is always flat, a little bored.

No one knows what he is really interested in, maybe even the young master himself doesn't know.

"Fly a kite!" Hearing this, Yunli finally got some energy, instead of just crying.

"Yes, go to the garden outside, the peach blossoms are in full bloom." Ji Fuxiang still smiled, "Come on, give me your hand."

Yunli lowered her head, looked at the white palm stretched out, it was as clean and beautiful as her mother's hand, and put her little hand on it.

"Good boy." Ji Fuxiang stood up and held him by the hand.Yunli jumped off the armchair, stepped on the footboard below, and walked down again.

The difference in height between the two is obvious, Yunli's height is less than Ji Fuxiang's waist.

Ji Fuxiang slanted his shoulders in a coordinated manner, and the backs of the two, one big and one small, reflected two long shadows on the bluestone floor of the hall.

"What should we do now?" The housekeeper didn't know how to stop them as he watched them walk out through the door.

"We should be happy." Unexpectedly, Hall Master Lin said with a look of relief, "At least Master Fu Xiang likes him, doesn't he?"

"That being said, the one the young master took away was the servant boy! What if the master finds out..."

"The master won't care about this matter, and the young master may not know that he is a servant boy, so it's not a violation of the rules."

Just now, if Ji Fuxiang had asked about Yunli's identity, it would have been difficult to handle, because they couldn't hide the young master, but Ji Fuxiang was very smart and didn't ask.

"Let's talk about the future. Anyway, the young master and the child are still young, and the future is still far away." Hall Master Lin crossed his arms and sighed leisurely.

But no one thought that holding these two hands will last 20 years, 20 years of blind date and love, 20 years of protection and fetters,

Until the sudden separation came.

--to be continued

The author has something to say: "Everlasting Regret" is one of the stories in the Sleeper's Sleeping Series.The background is Ji's sleeping system~