Chapter 55, the closeness between prince and Xiaochu
There is no moonlight in the snowy night outside the window, and Chu Huaixian's face is as cold as the snowy night. The swaying red candle on the bookcase brought a trace of warmth to the study. The underground fire in this room, and the only thing I saw was the candlelight, and there was no brazier.
"When did Chunhong start talking to the second master?" The second master is listening to Chunhong, and Chu Huaixian is also listening to his mother Ji, who is waiting in the second master's room. Ji's mother is beside the second lady, and her daughter Xiaoyan is also in the room. This news is more convenient.
Ji's mother, who was only in her thirties, stood in front of Chu Huaixian: "Since the year before last, the second master's housekeeper, Chunhong's parents are housekeepers, often say back, or ask her if her parents are talking to the second master, saying that there is something to look for at home. And Jia'er, Xue Gui, Qi's mother and Fang's mother in the prince's room are all people who often go to the second master.
The year before last, when Chu Huaixian gradually felt that his second uncle was in control, he went out to meet a friend and second uncle who he wanted to know? After a few days, I will say that this friend is not good. I will still stay at home and read. My grandmother and mother will like it when they know it. What a joke, who doesn't have many friends. A good man walks outside and doesn't know a few people, even if he is a playmate!
The second uncle was separated last year. Chu Huaixian was so angry that he did not lose his temper and stayed in other hospitals for the first half of the year. The second uncle was much more polite when he came back a year ago, and he didn't want to have tricks behind his back. Ji's mother was still replying: "Mother Xu, who guarded the door of the second courtyard, was the prince who returned one night. She was eager to wait for the door and was casually praised by the prince. Chunhong returned to the second master and promoted Mrs. Xu to Yueyin and let her the second door of the prime minister. Chunhong's access in the evening is mostly because she opened the door and let go.
When Ji's mother came out, the snow under her feet rang. In this chirping sound, Ji's mother touched the newly obtained reward silver, and the eldest son was the real head family of the family. The second master is not separated. The eldest son is old, and he is about to have the final say this year. Chu Huaixian's mother called her to come and beat her, and Ji's mother turned to the eldest son Huaixian.
For a moment, Chu Huaixian came out to the room. Returning to the room to see that Chunhong was still not there, he pretended to ask casually, "Where is Chunhong?" Xia Lv replied, "My sister didn't say a word about tomorrow's breakfast. She went to tell her in person." Outside, Chunhong entered the courtyard door, and Dong Ran came out and laughed at her quietly: "When the prince comes back, he will find his sister, and he can't leave for a while."
Chunhong hurried in and came back, and Chu Huaixian smiled at her under the lamp: "Be careful of the cold weather. If you have something to say, let the little girl run. I won't see you when I come back. I haven't changed this dress yet. Bring the clothes quickly." When Dongran heard it outside, he grabbed Qiu Bai who was about to come in and told her, "If you go in, you will disturb two people. That is, Xia Lu is in the room. Call her out quickly."
The two people wiped their necks on Xia Lu outside and asked her to come out. They pulled Xia Lv to stand still, one left and one right, and they all smiled quietly: "You are obedient in the room. If she doesn't come, you can't change your clothes. If we hear this in the room, we will go out to hit the snow." Xia Lu thought about it, and he didn't go in outside. The three of them handed over a sentence and laughed in a low voice: "We are people who can't serve. Why do we have to fill in for nothing?"
Chunhong took the usual clothes on the smoked cage and changed them for Chu Huaixian. She came out and asked Jiaer: "Come and wash it and go to bed." Seeing that the three big girls only smiled at themselves, Chunhong blushed and beat her heart and said to them, "You can't get used to it. If you don't wait, just smile here." The three big maids laughed silently, but they were even more smiling.
He came back in to make a bed for Chu Huaixian and put Mrs. Tang. Chu Huaixian, who sat there waiting to wash, stared on this slim back. Before, Chunhong was in her room at a young age. At that time, she was so diligent and became more and more strange. The girls all want to take a step up, but they have to like it.
After washing and falling asleep, Chunhong came to tangle him. Chu Huaixian smiled and said, "Don't run around in the future, just in the room. The day before yesterday, he caught the thief at night, saying that he was carrying something with words. If you don't go out, there will be no suspicion of you.
The prince talked a lot today, and Chunhong only felt concerned. She grabbed the space and thanked Xiaochu in a low voice: "There is nothing to do about rouge. I just persuade her to be naughty for the prince. The prince has time to talk about her. Chunhong is here to move it again.
Chu Huaixian smiled again and said, "You're right." Chunhong watched him close his eyes and put down the brocade tent and put it back on her bedding. Touching his cheeks was just hot. The prince first said that he couldn't change his clothes if he didn't come back. In Chun Hong's opinion, this was a compliment; and he told him not to run around, which was to be prepared for care. In the quiet snowy night, Chunhong's heart fluttered and couldn't sleep.
There is nothing to do in the first month, the girls are also idle, and Chu Huaixian has become idle after eating New Year's wine. In the afternoon, standing in the porch looking at the plum blossoms, Lin Xiaochu sneaked in from the outside. This time, he learned well and had no burden in his hand. There were more than a dozen boxes of rouge in her sleeves, which was sold and replenished in five or six days.
Chu Huaixian waved his hand: "Come here," Lin Xiaochu jumped closer. Chu Huaixian looked at her with a smile and suddenly asked, "Is she better?" Lin Xiaochu's eyes saw that the girls were holding their ears. People who were far away from him were called by him, but those who wanted to get close to him did not shout. If Lin Xiaochu dared to be angry, he would have protested many times.
"For the blessing of the prince, she is much better."
"What's the blessing for me? I asked you if she was ready, and you didn't want to enter the door again. Chu Huaixian said that Lin Xiaochu lowered his head: "Sickness comes like a mountain, and illness goes like silk. It's not easy for patients to get sick.
Chu Huaixian's voice cooled down: "Really? Are you going to serve her until she can go fishing in the river? He brushed his sleeves and said, "Come in." Chunhong liked it in her heart and looked at Chu Huaixian and Lin Xiaochu from time to time. Looking at it, I felt something wrong. Xiaochu was grinding ink, and the prince was painting. The two looked very good. Lin Xiaochu smiled like a flower, and Chu Huaixian also smiled. Chunhong went a few steps and went to the curtain to listen to what they said.
"Is that all right?" Xiaochu grinded ink with his hands. More than a dozen boxes of rouge in his sleeves were not light. His hands were sore without grinding for a while. He just scolded Chu Huaixian in his heart why painting was not traditional Chinese painting. He painted ink painting. There is no need to grind ink to draw traditional Chinese painting, Lin Xiaochu thought so.
Chu Huaixian accidentally raised his eyes and just smiled at the sweat on Lin Xiaochu's forehead and pleading in his eyes. Then he lowered his head to paint and did not allow Lin Xiaochu to stop: "This ink needs to be thickly ground." Lin Xiaochu smiled with a smile and tears in her heart; Chunhong looked at them outside with a smile on her face and blood dripping in her heart.
Finally, Chu Huaixian said it was okay. Lin Xiaochu put down his sleeves, and the rouge in his sleeves fell to the ground in a jingling sound. Chu Huaixian was stunned: "What is this?" The embarrassed Xiaochu hurriedly picked it up. There was a box watching him roll down under the chair where Chu Huaixian was sitting. Xiaochu discussed with him, "Please move. My things are below."
"Hmm!" Chu Huaixian sank. Xiaochu found that he was angry and quickly lowered his head to admit his mistake first: "I'm afraid that it will not be easy to go out in the future. I bought a few more boxes to put it. This rouge will not be bad. At most, it's just dry, as if it can adjust water..." At the end, his voice lowered. Xiaochu shrugged his head and admitted his bad luck: "Please punish me."
The curtain moved, and it was Chunhong who was happy to wait for the prince to blame Lin Xiaochu. She liked it so much that she couldn't help moving. Chu Huaixian's face was cold, but the thunder and rain were small. He only stretched out his finger and nodded on Lin Xiaochu's forehead: "I'll tell you again. Don't bring things outside in. If you need to bring in, you have to show it to the door."
Lin Xiaochu's head was like a chicken pecking rice. Chu Huaixian said again, "Let me see that I won't be so polite again in the future." Lin Xiaochu got an amnesty, and his smile was even more like a flower. Chunhong was very frustrated, and the prince let it go like this. Even if Chu Huaixian has done this, he won't let Xiaochu go: "Look at this I drew. I can treat you as a flower."
Ling Xiaohua is hooked with ink on the rice paper. Lin Xiaochu likes it very much: "Can you give me this?" She can't believe it, and she can't believe it outside. Chu Huaixian looked at it with satisfaction: "It's for you, not for nothing. Take it and embroider a purse for me.
Lin Xiaochu looked bitterly: "Are you drawing money? I didn't bring a few boxes of rouge in. A word reminded Chu Huaixian: "by the way, I have never asked for the first money you sold flowers." Xiaochu bit his lip and was very painful: "Let's deduct it for a year from the monthly money." Silver is going to fly away again. For poor Lin Xiaochu, the greatest sadness in the world is this. What she hates at this time is that her little tongue said something wrong.
The two seemed to be lingering in the room. Chunhong was sad and had to pretend to smile back to sit on the couch. For a moment, Xiaochu still didn't come out of it. Chunhong was suddenly jealous that she could pester the prince for so long. That is, there will be no place to stand side by side in the future.
Lin Xiaochu continued to suffer in front of Chu Huaixian. Chu Huaixian was pleasant, but his words made Xiaochu sad: "I have been out for many days. Don't go out again. Someone comes to you at the door, and you are not allowed to bring anything. Xiaochu almost sobbed: "Yes."
"Okay, go back to your room. It's time for dinner. Come quickly." Chu Huaixian said that Xiaochu still looked under the chair he was sitting on and was said by Chu Huaixian, "What else do you think?" Lin Xiaochu was pitiful and lowered his head and came out with the painting. In Chunhong's eyes, he was even more jealous. The prince asked her to accompany her for a long time, but she still pretended to be reluctant.
The last one came out was Chu Huaixian, who inadvertently glanced at Chunhong's face. I'm close to other maids. Chunhong, does she understand my words, or is she thinking about it? The prince Huaixian intends to wait. If he doesn't commit any more, the previous matter can be investigated.