I heard my brother is a tyrant

About half an hour later, Han Ziyun and Ye Yucai rushed over and saw their daughter squatting next to their carriage playing, and the driver had already returned and was standing by the side, the couple immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Ye Yu couldn't help but scolded her daughter. There were so many people on the street, and the child disappeared as soon as he turned around. The husband and wife almost died of panic.

Seven-year-old Han Jingshu was very unconvinced, and retorted: "Anyway, many people got lost, why did I get lost, maybe you got lost, I was just watching the lanterns there, and you disappeared when I turned around I can't find you, so I'll wait here in the carriage, and I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The husband and wife had nothing to do with her, and after a few words, Ye Yu noticed the lantern in her hand, and hurriedly asked, "Where did you get this rabbit lantern? Where did you get the money for?"

"Where do I have the money to buy it? A good-looking sister gave it to me." Han Jingshu pointed to the direction Ye Chu was going, under the bright lights, Ye Chu's carriage was no longer visible, Han Jingshu said, "She just left. Mother, you don't know, that elder sister is very good-looking, as good-looking as a fairy, her clothes are also beautiful, even her carriage is beautiful."

"Did you ask someone for it? My mother told you that you can't take other people's things casually."

"That's not true. I want to exchange the lotus lantern with her. She gave it to me without needing to exchange it. Her brother bought it for her. She said what she wanted and my brother bought it for her..."

"I don't know you, so you can't take it as a gift." Looking at her chattering daughter, Ye Yu looked at Han Ziyun helplessly and said, "This child really grew wild in the border. Don't let people laugh at you, but you have to take good care of it."

After the spring of the year, Ye Yu went to Ruyi Xiaozhuang. She wanted to go into the village to pay tribute to her eldest sister and explain her intention to Mo Zhuangtou, but she was flatly rejected.

Mo Zhuangtou said that the master is not here, and they never see outsiders in their village.If you ask again, you just shake your head and don't know.

Ye Yu was helpless. She thought it was a simple matter. She didn't have the financial resources to buy Ruyi Xiaozhuang. Did not ask.

This is Zhuangzi, could it be some kind of important military camp?Ye Yu went back and complained to Han Ziyun, then put the matter aside.

As soon as February arrives, the "battle for the post" in the court hall has not stopped, and the women in the back house are already preparing for the Shangsi Festival.

Shangsi Festival is also called Girls' Festival and Peach Blossom Festival. It is a rare opportunity for the female relatives of high-ranking families to go out in a year. They can go out to the city for outings. And so on, it became a place for the noble ladies in Beijing to socialize.

Naturally, the mansion had to make some preparations, and the embroiderer specially made two sets of dresses embroidered with peach blossoms for Ye Chu, as well as preparing for sacrifices and blessings.Ye Chu lived in the house last year, and she was still recovering from her illness. Anyway, there is a river in their home, and there are also stretches of peach blossom forests. This time Xie Dan asked her if she wanted to go out to the city for an outing, and the little girl agreed.

The willows are Yiyi, the peach blossoms are shining, on March [-]rd, BMW carved cars in the capital are crowded on the roads out of the city, and the riverside in the suburbs of Beijing is full of beauties, and the fragrant wind is blowing. Shouting back, groups of servants surrounded the river beach to prevent the wives and noble daughters from being bumped into.

It has almost been a practice formed over the years. Officials, family members and noble ladies gather together to chat, laugh and greet, and show off the clothes and jewelry specially made for the Girl's Day. Take the opportunity to look for the children in the family.

Naturally, Xie Dan didn't need to find anyone to socialize and make friends with. Ye Chu was impatient with the crowds, so he wanted to find a quieter place. They went to the south of the city, where the river slowly turned a bend, and the riverside was erected early. The tall tents were put on, and the guards spread out to guard around.

After Ye Chu and Xie Dan came, they played by the water for a while, the maids arranged a banquet in the tent, and the two went in and sat down to drink and feast.

When it comes to drinking, Xie Dan probably drank a few cups of peach blossom wine with a clear taste, and Ye Chu couldn't even get enough of peach blossom wine, so Xie Dan only allowed her to drink two small cups of fruit wine that was like sweet water. Cherry wine and northern Xinjiang wine.

Xie Dan is not fond of drinking, he doesn't seem to have any hobbies, except for his sister Ye Chu, he doesn't seem to have any obsessions in his life.

I came here after breakfast, and it's still early for lunch, so Ye Chu mainly ate some braised side dishes and snacks, and when he saw the kites flying by others in the sky, he asked the maids to bring all the kites they had prepared , Greeting the little maids to fly kites together.

Not long after, a dozen kites of various colors flew up on the grass by the river.The girl was happy, Xie Dan was happy, and the little maids also dared to relax and play, one by one comparing whose kite was taller, laughing and laughing by the river, and the girls in red and green frolic together.

Xie Dan sat in the tent, holding a small white jade wine glass to drink for himself, watching Ye Chu play with the maids happily.The sky is blue and the water is clear, the green grass on the river bank is like silk, and the little girl in a pink dress looks extraordinarily delicate and bright.

The little girl managed to fly a swallow kite, but the swallow didn’t live up to expectations, and the string broke while flying, fluttering and falling to the other side of the river with the wind.

"Oh, I finally put it away..."

Ye Chu watched that "Swallow" fall into the distant river, and stomped his feet anxiously.

Chun Jiang quickly smiled and said, "Girl, what a good omen this is for you. The thread was cut off by itself, which took away all the bad luck of the year. You have good luck for peace and joy throughout the year."

Ye Hui ran to bring her another goldfish kite, Ye Chu held it up, Ye Chu held the string, and the two of them let the goldfish fly together.

The servant ran to Xie Tan's side in small steps, bowed his head and said a few words, Xie Tan nodded and said, "Let her come here."

Not long after, a little girl in red came running over, she was indeed Han Ziyun's daughter whom Shang Yuan met that day.The child must have been attracted by the kite in the sky. At first, he only looked up at the sky. When he got closer and saw Ye Chu, he quickly recognized her, waved his arms happily, and called "Sister, Sister" ran over.

"Sister, you are flying the kite here. I saw you from a long distance. Sister, do you remember me?"

A month or two passed, Ye Chu actually didn't remember much, Han Jingshu reminded with a smile: "Sister, you gave me the Rabbit Lantern for the Lantern Festival."

"It's you." Thinking of her, Ye Chu asked her with a smile, "Are you coming out to play today?"

"Yes, I came here today with a lot of people in my family. My mother asked someone to follow me. Sister, you don't have to worry about kidnappers. I'm not afraid of kidnappers."

The child pointed to the grassy slope not far away, and sure enough, two maids followed. They didn't seem to understand where he had intruded. He respectfully folded his hands in front of him and waited.

"Sister, sister, you have so many people playing together here, can I play with you?"

Ever since this kid came here, the little mouth has never stopped. Ye Chu asked someone to bring her a kite, and was about to ask someone to teach her how to fly it. After three shakes and two shakes, she let it go, she let the string steadily, and the kite quickly flew into the sky.

"Sister, sister, my kite has caught up with you, why don't you let it fly high?"

Ye Chu said: "I'm afraid it's thread is broken, I just broke one and fell into the river."

"That's a pity. I also broke a kite the day before yesterday. I flew it in our yard and it fell outside the yard. I ran out to look for it for a long time but couldn't find it. I'm afraid someone picked it up."

The little girl is very active and has a sweet mouth. Her participation made the group of girls have more fun.

After flying the kite for a while, looking at Ye Chu's tiredness, Chun Jiang suggested, "The girl just flew the kite, today is the Shangsi Festival, to drive away evil spirits and bad luck, shall we also fly all the kites?"

The little maids agreed happily, cut the strings of the kites one by one, and let the kites go. Ye Chu let the little maids play by the river, and she invited Han Jingshu to drink some tea.

As soon as Han Jingshu went through the accounts, she saw Xie Dan sitting there head-on. The little girl was not afraid of people. After all, she was from the Hou family. .Brother, you are so good-looking, just as good-looking as your sister. Brother, are all the people in your family so good-looking?"

The little waiter standing next to him burst out laughing, Xie Dan couldn't help but also shook his head and laughed, and deliberately asked, "What's your name, whose family is it?"

"My name is Han Jingshu, and I am the granddaughter of the third house of the Xuanping Hou Mansion."

Xie Dan nodded and smiled.The maid brought two cups of tea, and Ye Chu asked Han Jingshu to sit down and have tea and snacks.

Han Jingshu was also thirsty after playing for a long time, she drank the tea in the bowl in one gulp, and said with a wow: "Sister, why is your tea so delicious, it's so delicious, I like playing with you so much. "

Ye Chu is weak, and Xu Yuanzhi said that drinking tea is bad for her health, so she rarely drinks tea. many.Today's tea is boiled with tangerine peel, longan, red dates, roses and mountain spring water. It is naturally sweet and sweet without adding honey. It can also nourish blood and soothe the nerves, soothe the liver and relieve depression.

After finishing the drink, Han Jingshu looked into the bowl and said, "It turned out to be soaked in longan, red dates, and flowers. I will ask my mother to soak it for me when I go back. Sister, let me tell you, I used to live in Suizhou in Northwest China, where there are rich The big red dates are great, and they were given as a tribute to His Majesty the Emperor and His Majesty in the palace, our family also has them, my parents brought them from Suizhou, I will give you some later."

The waiter looked at Xie Dan, and saw that his face was normal, even slightly smiling, and he didn't look displeased.The little waiter couldn't help covering his mouth and secretly smiling.

Ye Chu and Han Jingshu drank tea and ate snacks. After a short rest, Han Jingshu couldn't sit still and asked Ye Chu if she wanted to go out to play.

Ye Chu looked at the little maids who were fighting grass and catching butterflies on the grass by the river, and said to Xie Dan, "Brother, let's go out to play."

"Go, don't go too far, and don't get too close to the water."

Xie Dan signaled the servant girl, Ye Ling and Ye Hui to follow them.As soon as Han Jingshu heard this, she ran over, pulled Ye Chu and jumped out.

"A quiet girl is like a beautiful girl, thanks to Han Ziyun who gave her such a name." Looking at the backs of the two girls, Xie Dan smiled playfully.

The servant smiled and said: "Master Han must wish for his daughter to be elegant and quiet. The Xuanping Hou Mansion somehow raised this little daughter."

Xie Dan said: "This girl grew up in the northwest border, and the Xuanping Hou's mansion is full of yang and yin, and most of the grandchildren are male. It is not unusual to raise such a lively granddaughter."

The waiter smiled and said: "This little daughter has a cute temper, she is lucky to be liked by our girl."

Xie Dan smiled.An An is a childish character, and usually doesn't like strangers, but she can play with this girl.

Xie Dan got up and walked out of the tent, and saw a few maidservants surrounding Ye Chu and Han Jingshu going up the slope, and ordered: "It's rare for a girl to have a favorite playmate, let them play, and tell the guards around to be more careful." .”

The waiter bowed and said yes, and hurried out.

Ye Chu and Han Jingshu casually picked flowers and caught butterflies on the slopes of the river, stopped and walked, and played on the embankment after a while.There are willows lined up on both sides of the river embankment, tourists in twos and threes can be seen everywhere, most of them are female relatives, the guards silently let go of their vigilance, besides the two maidservants following Han Jingshu, Chun Jiang, Chun Bo, Ye Ling, and Ye Hui also played with them.

Ye Yu went out for an outing in the city today with Mrs. Xuan Pinghou and the two concubine daughters in the mansion. The mansion also held a banquet by the water. She was accompanied by her son Han Zhao, who was not yet four years old, and her daughter was very naughty. I had to tell the two maids to follow Han Jingshu and let her play, but they were not allowed to play in the water.

Now the banquet in the mansion is over, and I haven't seen my daughter for a long time.

Ye Yu was also used to the behavior of the bear child, so he handed Han Zhao over to Mrs. Xuan Ping Hou to take care of him, and he brought his maid to the river embankment to look for him.

They first found two maids, who pointed to the river bank full of wild flowers not far away and said: "Young Madam, the little girl is over there. I have been playing with that girl for a long time, and I am flying a kite. I had tea and snacks at the expense of others."

Ye Yu was suddenly speechless and helpless, and asked, "Do you know which family the girl is from?"

The maid shook her head to express her ignorance, Ye Yu became more and more speechless, even daring to disturb him without knowing who it was, and eating and drinking, she hurried over with the maid.

Ye Yu looked at the girl who was playing with his daughter from a distance. She looked about fourteen or five years old, with a slender figure, and she looked like a weak willow supporting the wind. She was wearing a pink dress and followed by a few maidservants. Ye Yu judged in his heart that it must be who The noble daughter of the family.At her age, I'm afraid she won't want to play with a child. It must be her own brat who is pestering her.

Ye Yu hurried over and got closer, Ye Ling and Ye Hui had already noticed her, they turned to look at Ye Yu, and stood in front of her without any trace, with questioning smiles on their faces.Ye Yu looked at the two of them, guessing in his heart, for a moment he couldn't tell whether they were maidservants, or wealthy daughters from a family that went outing together.

Ye Ling and Ye Hui were not considered maids in the mansion, they were Ye Chu's personal bodyguards, and they had a relationship with Ye Chu in Luzhou, so they should be more particular about their clothes, both of them were wearing satin I am afraid that ordinary officials and eunuchs cannot afford to wear such dresses.

But both of them wore relatively simple and neat hair buns, Ye Hui wore a pair of gold pressed hair in a double bun, Ye Ling had a long hairpin in a single bun, and the dress style was relatively simple and neat. prevailing attire.

Ye Yu hesitated for a while, and Ye Ling smiled and said: "I have met Madam, may I ask if you are..."

Ye Yu said: "The two girls are interrupting. I'm here to find this naughty child. Thank you for hosting her. This child is not sensible and will cause you trouble."

"So it's Mrs. Han." Ye Ling and Ye Hui hurriedly saluted, Ye Ling said with a smile, "Ma'am, you are welcome, your little daughter is having fun with our girl, our girl likes her very much."

Ye Yu heard the voice and knew that they were also servants, so he smiled and said: "I really want to thank the daughter of your family."

As soon as they talked, Ye Chu and Han Jingshu, who were picking wild flowers a few steps away, turned around, and Han Jingshu happily called out: "Mother!" He ran over and took her hand.

Ye Yu couldn't help being taken aback, she had no time to pay attention to her daughter at the moment, her eyes were fixed on the girl opposite, her eyes were full of unbelievable astonishment.

This girl...why does she look so much like elder sister?

As soon as Ye Chu turned her head, she saw a young lady opposite her staring at her.This lady wears a lilac-colored beige, has friendly eyebrows and looks dignified, and she is only in her 30s or [-]s.Seeing Han Jingshu calling her mother, Ye Chu put his hands on his waist and bent his knees, gave a little blessing, and said with a faint smile, "Mrs. Han, Wanan."

Ye Yu didn't respond for a moment, and looked at her with a suspicious expression on his face.Ye Chu only felt that this lady was a bit strange, how could she stare at her in such a daze, so she looked at him with a pair of clear eyes with slight suspicion and questioning.

"You..." Ye Yu slowed down, concentrated his mind and forced a smile on his face, and asked, "My lady, my little girl has caused you trouble. May I ask who is..."

Ye Chu raised almost nothing to do with the world, and he didn't understand the way that the wives of officials in Beijing and noble ladies self-declared their family's official titles and titles. Hearing this, he smiled politely and said, "My name is Ye Chu."

"Your surname is Ye?" Ye Yu was stunned for a while, and then asked, "Excuse me, can I ask who your father is? Is there any relationship with the original Taichang Temple Qing Ye's family?"

Ye Chu shook his head and said, "My parents died young, and there is only one elder brother in my family. I don't know the person Madam mentioned."

"Oh..." Ye Yu was suspicious. Han Jingshu saw that her mother was ignoring her, so she pulled her sleeve and kept calling her, telling her, "Mother, this is the rabbit lamp that was given to me on the Lantern Festival last time." My sister, I told you that she is the prettiest, have you replied yet?"

"That's right, your elder sister of the Ye family is really beautiful." Ye Yu came back to his senses and paused with a smile, "Thank you, Miss Ye family, for entertaining my naughty daughter, this child is too ignorant to cause you trouble Bar?"

"No, she is quite sensible, I like her very much." To prove that Han Jingshu is not ignorant, Ye Chu added, "We had a good time just now."

"That's good. It's rare that someone doesn't think she's naughty. This child was raised in the border customs since she was a child. She was neglected and didn't know how to behave. I'm spoiled by it. The Ye family girl laughed at her."

Ye Yu deliberately wanted to chat with her a little more, looked around and said: "Aren't you tired from playing, why don't you invite Miss Ye's family to accompany me to sit in the gazebo over there, although the sun today is not too hot , but a little girl like you has delicate skin, so don't get tanned."

In fact, Ye Chu is not afraid of basking in the sun, his brother thinks she is weak and lazy, so he always deliberately asks her to go around the garden, wishing she could bask in the sun for a while.But since Ye Yu said it, Ye Chu felt that it was not good to reject a kind and caring lady, so he walked with her to the gazebo.

Ye Chu walked slowly, and Ye Yu unconsciously slowed down to join her. Over there, Han Jingshu had already run into the gazebo, jumped onto the stone bench in the pavilion and sat down, happily dangling her two calves and beckoning: "Mother, come quickly, sister!" Come quickly."

Ye Yu went over to sit down, but saw two servant girls behind Ye Chu quickly stepped forward, one swiftly took out a handkerchief and wiped the stone bench, and the other was holding a plain cotton mat embroidered with peonies, flowers and birds. On the stone bench, Ye Chuxiao didn't have the slightest abnormality on her face, as if she had gotten used to this a long time ago, she straightened her skirt and sat down slowly.Then the two servant girls wiped the stone table again, then took a step back and stood quietly behind Ye Chu.

But the two neatly dressed maids just retreated out of the pavilion in a very tacit understanding, one on each side, silently guarding the two sides of the pavilion.

Ye Yu could see some clues now, she came from the Marquis's House, the family of generals, and the two maids guarding the pavilion were clearly guarding the surroundings, it seems that they should be female guards.The two maids wiping the stools were ordinary maids serving daily necessities, but they were also dressed in extraordinary manners.

Ye Yu secretly took a deep breath, what kind of family should this be.

She quickly thought about it in her mind, is there any prince and dignitary in Beijing whose surname is Ye?

Ye Yu couldn't help but look carefully at the girl in front of her. She was wearing a pink brocade embroidered dress. The lower part of the skirt was embroidered with slightly darker peach blossoms from sparse to dense, like flying peach blossoms sprinkled on the skirt. The white jade that is pressing on the skirt is the same color as the sachet of the skirt, and the hanging bun is divided into small buns. On the topknot is only a pomegranate flower hairpin carved from a whole piece of red jade, with a few small light yellow silk flowers on one side. There is an earring of Nanzhu hanging on it. The Nanzhu is round and soft, and it is the size of a lotus seed.

Her hair accessories are very simple, and she wears no other accessories except the ruby ​​beads on her wrists, but none of them are ordinary. Hetian red jade is rare in the first place, and almost all of them are kept in the palace. Not a few pieces.

Ye Yu thought about it, found a topic and started: "Miss Ye's pomegranate flower hairpin is so beautiful, the carving is so exquisite, if I am not blind, this is probably not Hetian Hongyu, it should be the same as the bead string in your hand." A piece of jade, right?"

Ye Yu didn't think that Ye Chu didn't know how to "declare her own family", she thought she didn't want to talk about it, Ye Yu thought about it, hairpins, jewelry, clothes and other things are the most common topics talked about by rich girls. I must like it, I have something to talk about, and I can take the opportunity to find out what the origin of this girl is.

Unexpectedly, Ye Chu raised his hand to look at the red jade bead string on his wrist and said, "I don't know, brother bought it for me."

Ye Yu smiled and asked: "Brother Ling really loves you. Did you buy this at Zhenbao Pavilion? Hetian Hongyu is rare. If his family doesn't have it, others probably won't."

Ye Chu's white and tender face was a little embarrassed, and she smiled embarrassedly: "I don't know, it was my brother who asked someone to bring it to me."

Ye Yu hurriedly followed up and asked: "I haven't asked yet, who is Brother Ling?"

Ye Chu knew this time, he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "My brother is Ye Zhi, the commander of the palace guards."