Huaibi

He Bingrong was pleased to hear that.

He Jinyi didn't talk any more that day, and He Jinyi went back to his room to rest. A ridiculous dream disturbed his sleep last night, and now he had time to catch up for a while.

After waking up from sleep, the maidservant brought a jar of mellow wine, the wind wafted through the aroma of the wine, and the smell couldn't be blocked by sealing it with paper. Even He Jinyi, who didn't drink alcohol often, was drunk.He walked closer and took a deep sniff, and asked suspiciously, "Who gave it to you?"

"Returning to the second son, it was sent from the palace. The wine arrived not long after you had a rest. A cart pulled more than ten jars, and only this one was destined to be sent to the prince's room."

After hearing the answer, He Jinyi knew who did it after a little guesswork. He bent his lips and smiled, and asked again, "What's the difference?"

"This altar of famous acacia wine is brewed from peach blossoms that have been brewed for decades," the careless girl frowned and thought hard, but she forgot how old it was, and she couldn't remember the truth even if she blushed for a moment. In the past, he suddenly took out a letter, "I almost forgot, this letter came with this peach blossom wine."

He Jinyi received it in his hand, and glanced down at the word "Jinyi kisses you", his fingers tightened, and he sent the maid away with an ordinary face.

There was no one in the room, so he opened the letter, but saw the sentence "I am thinking about clothes, tossing and turning".

Ping Huaizhen picked out the eight characters of the Book of Songs, but he tried his best to express his desire, but he didn't know that the gesture in the words was exactly what he said to expose He Jinyi.

Thinking of tossing and turning last night, even the letter paper was scorching hot, He Jinyi lowered his eyes and smiled lowly, thinking that luckily he escaped from the palace, otherwise he would not know how embarrassing Yi Ping Huaizhen's worsening temperament would be to embarrass him. yes.

He kept his eyes on the paper, the ink stains moistened his eyes, he looked at it for a long time, and after a while he carefully hid it, making people put away the flowers.This person missed him, and he returned the lovesickness. He only took out the wine and brought it to the palace after winter, so that he and Ping Huaizhen could have a toast and have a good chat.

The more He Jinyi thinks about it, the more joyful he becomes, with a persistent smile on his face, it is clear that it is hot summer, but it looks like spring is in full swing.This ignorance is mixed with ecstasy, three points of care and seven points of insanity, all of which were caught by Li Ruyin's eyes during dinner.

Li Ruyin knew that he was enlightened at a glance, but when she thought about his age, she felt that it was time to carefully plan his marriage.

Li Ruyin remembered that the reason why the He family had a good relationship with Rongyi Gong Wei Fengzheng began ten years ago on the crown prince's birthday.

At that time, at the birthday banquet, Wei Fengzheng was slightly drunk, and he spoke unrestrictedly. Looking at the actors in the hall, he privately said a half-sarcasm, every word was disrespectful, which was being heard by He Bingrong.But after a while, Wei Fengzheng woke up from his drunkenness, and realized what a serious crime he had committed, and was so shocked that he was drenched in cold sweat.

He Bingrong held this handle but did not harm him. He has no villainous heart, and he does not want to be involved in the matter, so he pretends that he has never heard of it.The sinner is fearful, Wei Fengzheng has always been uneasy, tormented in secret for a while, biting the bullet and raising his bottle to respect him, it is for the purpose of probing.He Bingrong understood in his heart, and drank the glass of wine openly without hesitation.It was this drinking that made Wei Fengzheng full of gratitude, and from then on he supported the prince and never talked nonsense with him.

That year, the little girl of the Wei family was born, and the fate of her parents was fixed in that year.

After Li Ruyin recalled the past, she took advantage of the night to discuss with her husband Jian.

The candlelight was dim, and the servants had already retired, Li Ruyin went to the table in unlined clothes to change the wick, and the room was bright as day again.

He Bingrong untied his brows which had been furrowed for a long time, and felt sour in his eyes for a while, only then did he realize that it was because of the dim light.He smiled and sighed with his wife, "Madam is more careful."

"My husband is probably tired." Li Ruyin responded to him gently, walked to his side and took the scroll in his hand and put it aside, then massaged his shoulders and neck to relieve his fatigue, and said softly to him, "I have something to discuss with my husband. Thinking that Yi'er will be sixteen this year, should he carefully plan his marriage?"

He Bingrong closed his eyes and rested his mind. After hearing these words, he gave a long answer, and then opened his eyes and replied, "It's quite old, but the little girl of the Wei family is only eleven years old, so she is a little immature."

"The daughter of the Wei family is indeed young, but as a man, Yi'er should be sensible sooner... This marriage will have to wait for two years. Husband thinks it would be better to get two concubines for him first?"

He Bingrong frowned and thought.

Li Ruyin didn't make any urges, and waited for him quietly. After waiting for a while, she saw that he waved his head and refused to agree: "It's not right. The daughter of Duke Rongyi has a noble status, even if she is just a concubine, she shouldn't enter the mansion first. But if it's just through room, it can be considered.”

Li Ruyin felt that his words were reasonable, so she smiled slightly: "My husband is reasonable, so I will find two courteous maids for him. If he wants to, he can put them in the room."

He Bingrong nodded and patted his shoulders to warm his palms.

After this day, several new maidservants were added to the mansion soon, all of them were well-behaved, lovely-looking, and even similar in age to He Jinyi.

The new girl was taken into the main courtyard first, and served by Li Ruyin's side. Li Ruyin watched for two months. She didn't want the dull and careless ones, nor the scheming ones. The rest were sent to work in other courtyards, and they were no longer kept as people around He Jinyi.

However, the person involved didn't know about it, and still went to and from the palace every day, and didn't hear about the affairs of the palace, until the end of summer and autumn, and the capital ushered in another silver winter.

The plain snow is pressing on the branches, and the winter wind blows outside the corridor all night, making the climate colder than the previous day.He Jinyi's feet were freezing cold, and when he woke up, it seemed that the blood in his body was stagnant, and it took a while to feel relieved.He covered his mouth and coughed, got up and went to bed, maybe the girl outside the house heard the movement, and immediately walked in in small steps to help him change his clothes and freshen up.

"Hold that window frame tighter."

He Jinyi took the hot tea to moisten his throat, and after speaking, he heard a strange "yes", raised his head in surprise, and looked at the maid who had never seen before.The little girl's cheeks were bright red, she lowered her head to the window, carefully closed the window rails tightly, and then moved the warm copper stove closer to his feet.

He Jinyi asked with a curious smile, "Are you a new girl?"

"Yes, servant girl Shuiyun, I'm new to the courtyard to serve the second young master." The servant girl bent down and knelt down, and her voice was well-behaved.

He Jinyi raised his hand to help her, and when she got up, he nodded and taught, "There are not so many rules in this courtyard. Just remember to be cautious in your words and deeds when you are by my side, and abide by your duties. As for kneeling, you will be exempted from it all." .”

"Yes, this servant has made it down, thank you, Second Young Master." Shui Yun saluted, took back the teacup from his hand, and changed his clothes and hair for him with a blushing face.He Jinyi didn't think much about it, seeing that she had been shy all the time, it was not surprising that she was still timid and introverted when she first arrived.

It wasn't long before he realized that there were not only Shuiyun alone in the courtyard, but also a charming girl named Xiwen, who also served closely.

The original two were all in the courtyard, and they were not transferred to other places. He Jinyi was puzzled for a moment by his mother's intentions.Thinking that there is no shortage of people in his courtyard, it is all right to add one new one, so why send two.Although he felt puzzled, he didn't feel relieved for a long time. After all, how the servants in the mansion dispatched, but Li Ruyin dispatched and arranged, after all, she had a reason.

He Jinyi's mind was pure, unexpectedly this matter was not resolved, and he was suddenly taken aback by the night.

In winter, the twilight falls earlier, and the clouds cover the moon, making people fall asleep.

He Jinyi asked people to add another brocade quilt, and the charcoal fire in the copper stove was thawing, making the side of the bed as warm as thick spring.He wanted to fall asleep comfortably, and was about to turn off the indoor lamps and candles, when he heard footsteps approaching outside the corridor, and someone came into the room accompanied by the sound of the door.

The curtain swayed, He Jinyi was stunned, Shuiyun Xiwen appeared in the room in only thin and obscene clothes, the belt around the neck was faintly visible through the clumps of blue hair, Ruoxue's white skin was still showing shameful blood.I don't know whether it's because of fear of the cold or fear of him, the two maids trembled slightly, they didn't dare to look directly, and said in a voice as soft as a mosquito: "Your servant is waiting for you to go to bed..."

He Jinyi gradually came back to his senses, the shock in his eyes dissipated, his eyes turned cold, and he rebuked in a low voice: "Get out."

Shuiyun Xiwen was silent for a moment, not daring to move for half an inch.

"Let's all go out," He Jinyi turned his head away, blew out the lamp at hand, and walked towards the bed alone, "In the future, you are not allowed to come here at night, and you are not allowed to be disheveled like today." While speaking, he took off his shoes and walked into the bed. Make the bed, hang down the bed curtain and ignore it.

The two girls were so ashamed that they couldn't bear it, but they felt a little rejoiced, and hurriedly left the room.

He Jinyi closed her eyes and woke up all night, her mother's thoughts were clearly revealed, and the things she had avoided for a long time were finally inevitable with the passage of time.

He Jinyi, the daughter of the Wei family, actually knew for a long time that the daughter of the family would be his matchmaker's wife, and it was a deep and difficult knot in his heart since he and Ping Huaizhen became friends.He can still ignore the girl who appeared like this tonight, but how can he fulfill his promise of not getting married when the marriage is about to happen?

Ping Huaizhen still heard the jokes that day: "Then Jin Yi has someone he likes, so I can only be the matchmaker, but anyone who I don't like is not good enough for you."

He Jinyi's heart ached like a twist, he was in a dilemma, and he didn't know who to tell.

The winter snow is like cotton, fluttering and falling all night.