The carriage stopped at the entrance of the alley, and Qi Zhinian had already adjusted his mood on the way.

He is no longer the young gentleman of the British government. He still has his mother and Nanny Fan to take care of. He is already the pillar of the little family. The day that just passed is like a dream. When he wakes up, he has his own life that needs to be worked hard.

Cheng Qu opened the car door, and when he got out of the car, he smiled and said thanks: "Thank you, Brother Cheng."

He also planned to salute Cheng Qu, Cheng Qu was so frightened that he immediately avoided, how dare he accept his salute!

But he also found it strange that he had clearly heard sobbing from inside the car before, but now he couldn't tell it at all. Cheng Qu couldn't help thinking that this young gentleman is also a wonderful person.

Cheng Qu looked into the alley and said, "I'll take you in."

"No need, Brother Cheng, I am very familiar with this place, I can just go in by myself! Please send me this trip!"

"I'll see you off!" Cheng Qu insisted.

Qi Zhinian didn't bother with this trivial matter, and walked into the alley together with Cheng Qu. Behind them were several other elder brothers, and Qi Zhinian didn't look back carefully. Strictly speaking, he was just pretending It's like, I haven't completely recovered in my heart yet.

At the door of the house, Cheng Qu stopped and saluted him: "Little Lang, we will send it here."

"Okay! Brother Cheng, do you want to come in for some hot tea?"

"No, thank you Mr. Xiaolang for your kindness." Cheng Qu refused with a smile, but turned around suddenly.

Only then did Qi Zhinian follow his line of sight to look back, and immediately opened his mouth half-open, dumbfounded.

Cheng He brought a long grass target made of straw from the hands of the people behind him, and all the sticks on the target were sugar paintings!For a while, I couldn't see the number clearly, there must be at least twenty!There are the four things that Qi Zhinian said before, and they are inserted in the most conspicuous places. Most of them are Qi Zhinian's favorite too. His eyes linger for a long time, but they don't look like they want them.

With just one look, Qi Zhinian's mouth became puckered again, and tears fell on the kitten in his arms.

"Meow!" The little cat was so cold that it arched its body in fright, "Meow" screaming.

"I'm sorry!!" Qi Zhinian quickly wiped away his tears with his sleeve while comforting the kitten, and smiled at Cheng Channel, "I didn't expect there to be so many sugar paintings."

"When you talked to that little lady, our lord ordered the aunt to do it." Cheng Qu didn't know what the Duke of the country was thinking, but of course good words are not afraid of few!

Qi Zhinian was really sweet and astringent in his heart, and whispered: "Please help me convey my thanks."

"sure!!"

Qi Zhinian was about to bring him the straw target when the courtyard door behind him opened, and Madam Fan's voice came: "Where did the cat call...Xiao Langjun!"

"Nurse?" Qi Zhinian turned around.

Mother Fan smiled all over her face: "You are back! This is—"

She looked at Cheng Qu and the others.

Qi Zhinian didn't know how to explain it, but Mammy Fan suddenly realized: "It's your friend's attendant!" She walked out the door, "Thank you guys for sending our little man back! It's so cold, come in and have a drink Hot tea!"

"No need, ma'am." Cheng Qu smiled politely, and handed over the target, "This is also what our lord gave to the little lord."

"Oh, so many candy paintings!"

Mother Fan is the most hospitable, she really thought that the masters of these people were Qi Zhinian's former friends, she was very grateful, and invited them in for hot tea several times, until Cheng Qu and the others left, she still stood in front of the door to send them off. guest.

After they walked out of the alley, Madam Fan carried the target into the house with still unsatisfied intentions.

But Qi Zhinian was still standing outside the door, still staring blankly at the alley.

"Xiao Langjun?" Mother Fan turned to look at him.

"It's nothing..." Qi Zhinian lowered his head and entered the room, and slowly closed the door with one hand.

So far, the dream is over.

Qi Zhinian went to change his clothes first, taking off all the new clothes on his body.

Mother Fan helped him take care of the little cat, and she also came over when the little cat was eating.

Seeing his clothes, Nanny Fan is also the nanny of a rich family, so she won't make a fuss because of this clothes, she just sighed: "Little Lang, this friend of yours is really good, alas, giving charcoal in the snow is the best It's precious! You don't know, when they came over in the afternoon, they called the doctor for the lady, and sent a lot of medicine and ginseng! I see, these can be eaten for a year!"

Qi Zhinian's hands paused, and Mother Fan expressed his thoughts: "Hey, I don't know when I will be able to repay this kindness. It is really a great kindness!"

Qi Zhinian kept silent, changed his clothes, folded them carefully with his own hands, and put them in the innermost part of the closet.

He put on his old jacket and went to see Jiang Qiniang.

It was late at night, Jiang Qiniang fell asleep early after taking the medicine, sat by the bed for half an hour, Qi Zhinian came out of Jiang Qiniang's room, and Mother Fan brought a tray with two hot dishes and a bowl of rice: "Are you hungry? Come and eat."

Qi Zhinian was too full from the meal in the afternoon, and his mood was relatively low. In fact, he had no appetite at all, so he sat down and ate against Mammy Fan's concerned eyes.

"Mommy, when did Xiaoya and Xiaosong leave?" Qi Zhinian asked while eating.

"Ouch!" Nurse Fan clapped her hands, she got up and quickly went to get a purse, and showed it to Qi Zhinian, "I don't want it, they insist on keeping it..."

Qi Zhinian took it in his hand and squeezed it, and it really was the 1000 taels of silver.

He sighed: "We definitely can't want this, we should find a way to return it in the future."

"I think so too. Although we are short of money, we can't ask for it."

Qi Zhinian nodded.

"It's hard for the two girls, and Nanny Ji, they are still thinking about you." Madam Fan sighed, and said, "By the way, I heard from the two girls that the Duke has really come back for the New Year! "

The chopsticks in Qi Zhinian's hand stopped.

"The two girls said that the Duke didn't ask about this matter. I don't know if he doesn't care, or...he hasn't had time to return to the Duke's mansion. He has been in the Princess's mansion for the past two days, and he has entered the palace again today... Alas, outsiders make the Duke look like a god, but people in our house know that the Duke has the most indifferent temper, what should we do..."

Qi Zhinian frowned slightly, and retorted: "Mommy, these are just one-sided words. I think the Duke is very good! The best in the world!"

"...Mammy doesn't mean that. Mammy is afraid that after he finds out about this, he will come to settle accounts with us. We are finally getting better. How can we bear the anger of the Duke?"

"Mommy is even more wrong, he wouldn't be that kind of person!"

"..." Mother Fan simply shut up.

Since childhood, Qi Zhinian has worshiped Qi Huai.

But that was in the past, and now their young master is not the son of the Duke, and the Seventh Lady has caused the Duke to be cuckolded everywhere. This...can she not be worried?

But she didn't want to offend Qi Zhinian, so she didn't ask again, and then asked about the kitten.

"Why do you think of buying a kitten? That cat is really beautiful! Fortunately, there is fish soup at home today, and I am full. I made a nest with it with thick cotton cloth. It has already slept and is very good. Woolen cloth!"

Only then did Qi Zhinian soften his face: "He bought it for me."

Mother Fan only thought that "he" was that friend, and she was not curious, only curious about another thing: "Did the kitten get a name?"

Qi Zhinian poked the rice in the bowl, nodded: "I took it."

"what is it call?"

"Call it Little Rabbit."

"Little rabbit?" Mother Fan laughed, "A kitten is called Little Rabbit."

"It's called Little Rabbit!"

"Okay, okay!" Mother Fan laughed, "The kitten is snow-white and has long hair, isn't it just a little rabbit!"

After Qi Zhinian had dinner, Nanny Fan packed up the dishes and went to sleep in her room.

Qi Zhinian also washed up early and went to bed. After the dream, life is still going on. Tomorrow, he will go to buy new clothes for his mother and grandma, and also prepare for the lantern business. Looking at it today, he feels that this business will be done during the Chinese New Year. The business is quite profitable, and he can't let go of this opportunity. According to Madam Fan, the doctor who treated his mother yesterday will come again, and he will also stay at home to thank, and so on.

There are really too many things.

He didn't have the capital to linger on his dreams.

The straw target filled with sugar paintings was placed beside his bed, and under the dim light in the room, they were glowing amber. The cats, bunnies, and tigers on the sugar paintings were all Come alive.

Qi Zhinian just looked up at the sugar painting above his head, and gradually fell asleep.

In the dream, a little tiger pounced on a little white rabbit, and the little white rabbit took out a carrot and gave it to the little tiger: "My lord, I'll eat it for you, don't eat me!"

"I'm going to eat you! Aww!" the little tiger bit the little rabbit with an "aww".

"Pfft—" Qi Zhinian in the dream laughed, turned over, and fell asleep even more sweetly.

The gorgeous carriage belonging to the British public regulations was parked at the Donghua Gate of the Imperial Palace, and the guards guarding the palace gate would come over to fawn on them from time to time, but it was a pity that the Duke in the carriage never came out.

Half an hour later, there was the sound of "da da" horseshoes, and the guard named Cheng Qu who was next to the Duke came on horseback. He got off his horse and said something to the car window. After saying that, the Duke Grandpa still didn't get out of the car.

Cheng Qu also stood by the car, and the palace gate became silent again.

Qi Huai's hand occasionally knocked on the car window, and he could still think of the little guy and the cat looking up at him together.

He laughed, shook his head, and threw the other person's figure behind him inch by inch.

If you say let go, let go.

Another half an hour later, people came out of the palace gate one after another.

The first one to come out was of course the eldest princess, who was personally sent out by the eunuch next to the queen. Qi Huai just got out of the carriage, walked to the palace gate, exchanged greetings with the eunuch, and then supported the eldest princess Hands sent her to the car.

There were a lot of people outside, so they didn't say much, and the guard of honor went straight back to the eldest princess' mansion.

After arriving home, as soon as she entered the room, the eldest princess waved her hand, and all the servants retreated.

The eldest princess turned around and sat down, looking at Qi Huai: "What happened today? You were supposed to go to Xuande Tower to watch the lights together at night, but you didn't even look at it, and you left early. It is said that many officials were called into the palace? I see that the Queen and the Crown Princess are very absent-minded, and they sent several groups of people to ask, but obviously nothing happened."

Qi Huai told the eldest princess what happened.

The eldest princess was stunned, then sneered: "Linmu is my last barrier in the northwest, and it has always been a place of heavy troops, they are good! Stupid people lead stupid people! They are stupid from top to bottom!" Pai, "Back when your father was still there, how could foreigners have the guts to directly invade Linmu City?!"

"Don't talk about your father, just talk about Qi Er, when he was stationed in Linmu City, he colluded with foreigners, and he didn't say that people broke in and robbed him directly! I don't know, but now, my court officials even have a traitor Not as good? How did these officials choose?!"

Qi Er is the second uncle of Qi Huai's direct relative, and the younger brother of the old British Duke. He used to be stationed in Linmu City, and then died on the battlefield. This happened more than ten years ago.

Also without waiting for Qi Huai to open his mouth, the eldest princess became more and more angry as she spoke: "I'm afraid those who are sent over are his so-called confidantes! Can the confidantes of trash not be discarded?! Only the more useless ones!"

Naturally, this trash is cursing the emperor, and she is the only one who dares to scold the emperor like that.

"When my father was still there, I said that I would rather adopt the boy from the second cousin's family. It is better to be reckless than stupid! But my father said that the emperor is honest and has a benevolent king, so I insisted on adopting him. As everyone knows, sitting in this seat, It would be better to be radical, at least there is blood, than to be so weak! A country, a monarch, is most afraid of lack of blood!"

This is old rotten sesame millet, and only in front of her son, the eldest princess would say such a thing.

Seeing his mother getting angry, Qi Huai began to persuade him: "Back then, Emperor Wu was almost subjugated because of his too harsh methods, and my grandfather was also worried about this."

"Hey, wasn't that close? At the last moment, at least Emperor Wu led his own army to fight, in order to beat the thieves out of our border. Although it took many years of hard work to have a peaceful life today, it can be said that it is not too late to make up for it. Emperor Wu knew how to introspect, and he was very diligent in his later years. What about him? Alas!"

The eldest princess waved her hand: "Forget it, forget it, what's the use of saying more? He would listen to me when he was young. After all, he is the emperor. Now no one listens to what I say, no matter how anxious I am. It's useless! I can only just hang around in the mansion, and at worst, someday foreign enemies come in again, and I'll conquer it myself!"

Qi Huai laughed out loud: "It's not that exaggerated."

"Hmph, I think that day is not far away!"

"At that time, the son will still be there, and the son will definitely protect the mother." Qi Huai's voice was soft but firm.

The eldest princess looked at her son in front of her, and seeing his calm and graceful face, she couldn't help feeling proud. Of course, she believed her son's words!

"It's a pity that you are a great talent, but in order to avoid suspicion, you can only indulge in landscapes. Otherwise, if you become an official, the people in the world will probably be much better off." The eldest princess sighed again.

Qi Huai smiled and said nothing.

After the mother and son talked for a while, Qi Huai tried to make the eldest princess laugh, making her forget all the unpleasantness, and then he returned to the British residence.

When I was young, my second uncle and his family lived in the British government's mansion, and Qi Huai and his father lived in the princess mansion most of the time.On the contrary, when he grew up, there was no one in the British government house, so he moved back to live. In these years, he spent more time outside, but lived in the British government house less.

His memory of the British government is not particularly deep.

He hadn't spent winter in the Duke's mansion for many years, and the moment he entered the mansion, the rich fragrance of wintersweet blossoms hit his face.

He thought for a while, and said: "I remember that there is also a plum garden in the mansion."

The steward immediately said: "Yes, it's in Qingyinju..."

When referring to "Qingyinju", the steward's voice is a bit low.

Qi Huai didn't care about it, to be honest, he didn't remember Qi Zhinian living in Qingyinju at all, and he didn't even have any feelings for Lamei, including the sea of ​​fragrant snow on the mountain, which was also planted by the ancients, not from him. .

He is indifferent to everything, dispensable.

At this time, he was thinking of the little guy who gave him a branch of wintersweet.

That branch of wintersweet is still stuck in a vase in Wenyuan.

And that little snow plum, no matter how careful she was, had already melted.

He became interested and raised his foot directly: "Go and see."

The steward was stunned, and hurried forward to lead the way, all the way to Qingyinju.

Xiaoya Xiaosong and the others are still living in Qingyin Residence, and they have no work to do for the time being. They closed the courtyard door early, and suddenly someone came, and they ran out in a hurry. They only saw people go to the plum garden, and they hurried back to the plum garden Walk.

Walking outside the Mei Lin, I saw a man from a distance, with his neck raised slightly, his hands behind his back, and he was looking at the flowers on that branch.

The snow surface was glowing, the forest was shining brightly, and the figure of the man couldn't be more clear.

Xiao Song was a little dazed, why did this figure look so similar to the man I saw at Xiao Langjun's place this morning...

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感谢在2021-11-0819:24:57~2021-11-1022:09:25期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: 33422779, deep is one deep;

感谢灌溉营养液的小天使:月落之曦100瓶;无无无兮30瓶;2421155520瓶;女巫城、童小喵、雪掩埋痕迹10瓶;……、Chiyoh6瓶;(?????)5瓶;咸鱼团子4瓶;芝士沙冰、昔昔2瓶;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

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