Yi Xin as a concubine

Spring goes and autumn comes, time flies, and the short two springs and autumns slip away quickly in the busy days.

This year, Xin Baoer is 21 years old and is already an old girl in the eyes of many people.

During this year, she stayed at home, but directed her subordinates to contribute money and effort and do many good things that benefited the country and the people. It was unknown when the legendary story of "the heroine Mrs. Lin" gradually spread among the people.

"Miss, why do I feel that the person mentioned in this book seems to be you?" Lianrong rushed in from outside, holding a book and shouting loudly.

More than six years have passed since we first met. The chubby little girl, who was twelve or thirteen years old back then, has now grown into a girl of sixteen or seventeen. Maybe because she has eaten well and lived a happy life in the past two years, the little girl has become more clever and bright, and has become the happy pill of the entire Cuiping Garden.

"What are you doing so noisy, slag? The girl is handling some matters. As for you, you have been following that girl Lancao for a long time and have become more and more unruly." Upon hearing the voice, Mother Lin quickly put down the embroidery in her hands, walked out of the ear room, and scolded in pretended anger.

"Mom, you can't accuse me of something when I'm not around. I jumped out of my own way, how can you blame me? I don't admit the crime."

Before Lianrong could answer, a loud and crisp voice came from the door. It was obviously Lancao who came back.

"Oh, you little rascal are finally back. You've been gone for two months now."

Mother Lin was very happy to see the visitor. Lancao had married not long ago. She married a scholar from Yingzhou named Ma Qiu Sheng, a bastard of a small family in Yingzhou. His mother died and his father didn't care about him. He was a hardworking and ambitious person, but he was a bit dull.

Ma Qiu Sheng and his group were the second group of tutors who came to provide financial aid. When they first arrived, more than 20 people lived together in the villa, waiting for future arrangements. At that time, Lan Cao was appointed as the manager of the villa, responsible for the food and lodging of this group of people.

Ma Qiu Sheng was an honest and dull man, and an unpopular bastard. He was always excluded and ridiculed by others. Lan Cao couldn't stand it, so she often spoke up to defend him and even prepared special meals for him from time to time, sending him some food and snacks.

Lancao was the most favored person around Xin Baoer. Usually, when the officials came to report things, they had to give her some face. These foreign scholars had no foundation, so they naturally did not dare to offend their parents. With her protection, Ma Qiusheng's life became easier.

During the short ten days or so they spent together at the villa, the two of them actually developed some friendship. Later, Ma Qiu Sheng was arranged to go to an academy in another place, and the two lost contact.

Three months ago, their scholarship period ended, and Ma Qiu Sheng returned to Chengping and expressed his feelings to Lancao.

Lancao disagreed at first. Firstly, no matter how unpopular Ma Qiu Sheng was, he was still the son of a wealthy family, and she was just a servant, their statuses did not match; secondly, Yingzhou was too far away, and she did not want to leave her girl.

Seeing that all the teachers were about to be sent back, Ma Qiu Sheng became anxious, so he went through many twists and turns to ask people with connections to ask Chu Xingchen to help him.

Chu Xingchen naturally would not be the master of Xin Baoer, but he had some understanding of Ma Qiu Sheng's character and thought he was a good match for him, so when he went to Cuiping Garden for dinner in the evening, he told Xin Baoer about the matter.

Xin Baoer was very concerned about the marriage of her most beloved and favored maid, after all, this girl was one year older than her.

The next day, someone investigated Ma Qiu Sheng's background in great detail. It was no exaggeration to say that everything dirty and smelly about the Ma family going back three generations was dug up. Xin Baoer twitched her lips at this result.

He quickly searched for what he wanted to read from a pile of unimportant information, and nodded after reading it.

"This man is reliable. Find a way to keep him in the palace." Xin Baoer gave the order after reading it.

Next, Ma Qiu Sheng was kept in the palace, and Chu Xingchen also arranged a good position for him. Although it was not a formal official position, it was the best arrangement for Ma Qiu Sheng.

Since Lancao no longer had any worries, she naturally nodded in agreement.

Xin Baoer gave them a wedding that was not grand but very respectable. After the wedding, out of courtesy, Xin Baoer still prepared generous gifts and asked Ma Qiusheng to take Lancao back to Yingzhou to visit Ma Qiusheng's biological father. Who would have thought that Lancao would be away for two months.

Xin Baoer heard the voices of several people outside the house, so she quickly put down the tool in her hand, pushed the door open and walked out.

"Miss, I missed you so much!" Seeing Xin Baoer coming out, Lancao immediately left the two people who were arguing with her, flew in front of her, opened her arms and shouted exaggeratedly.

"I'm glad you're back." Xin Baoer patted Lancao on the back and replied happily.

"I haven't seen you for two months. I feel like you've become more beautiful." Lancao stood up and joked with her master.

As she spoke, everyone else looked towards the woman standing at the door with a calm smile, including Chu Xingchen, who had one foot inside the door and the other outside.

I saw a woman standing at the door with a smile on her face. She was wearing a grass green long waist skirt and an off-white short collarless Chanel-style jacket. Under the warm afternoon sun, her whole body seemed to be glowing with a soft light. Her beauty, although not offensive at all, made people dare not look directly at her.

The warm breeze of early summer blew gently, and the simple but very unique hairpin swayed slightly, adding a touch of playfulness and agility to her sacredness.

At the age of twenty-one, she has completely lost her girlish immaturity. As she is not married yet, compared with Lancao, a young woman next to her who has just gotten married, she has a bit more mysterious temptation, like a ripe peach hanging at the top, which makes people can't help but look up and want to pick it.

Chu Xingchen sighed slowly. It seemed that he had to move faster. Otherwise, although he could stand in front of such beauty, his brother might not be able to.

Thinking of this, he did not go in to disturb the reunion between master and servant. He turned and left the yard, continuing to perfect his plan of restoring the country.

Xin Baoer saw him coming and going out of the corner of her eye and smiled knowingly. This man was becoming more and more considerate.

"It stinks. Take a quick shower and take a rest. I'll make you something delicious in the evening." She tapped Lancao's forehead with her slender jade finger, interrupting her from browsing the treasures. She spoke with a hint of disgust but a smile on her face.

"You're cooking yourself?" Lancao widened her eyes in surprise.

"Reward you!" Xin Baoer said.

"Then I want to eat the new thing you have researched in the past two months."

"it is good."

"Then wait for me. I will go with you."

When Mother Lin saw Lancao's eyes light up when she mentioned the new food, she slapped her twice in anger and amusement, and pushed her back to her room, jokingly saying, "Go quickly! Didn't the girl say you stink? You'll make her faint in a little while."

Lancao kept looking back at Xin Baoer, as if she was afraid that she wouldn't wait for her. After hearing what Mother Lin said, she foolishly raised her sleeves, put them under her nose, took two deep puffs, and then muttered, "It's not bad, it doesn't stink too much!"

This caused everyone in the yard to burst into laughter.

In the evening, Xin Baoer really cooked several new dishes, which made Lancao, who was able to learn from her, scream with excitement. She ate the most in the meal, but was finally dragged back by Ma Qiu Sheng.

When she was walking him out, Lin's mother kept reminding him to take some hawthorn pills to help digestion when he got home. This made everyone laugh again.

In Xin Baoer's bedroom, Chu Xingchen took off his coat and hung it on the hanger beside him, looking tenderly at the woman who was serving him food under the light.

“I’m very happy today.”

"Well, with Lancao and Lianrong chattering around, life is much more lively. Fortunately, Lancao married nearby, so it seems that we should find those girls nearby as well. This way, our family will become more and more popular. In the future, if we have a few more little ones, life will be more promising."

Xin Baoer's deer eyes were curved into crescents and there was a graceful and soft smile on her face, as if she was already in such a scene.

Chu Xingchen was also touched by her unintentional words "our family", and couldn't help but reveal a warm smile.