Afu Axi returned to Wufu Hall.

Chen Qing had been waiting for them for a long time. She looked at the two of them carefully and asked with a smile: "What are you doing with Madam?"

Ah Xi looked at Ah Fu.

Afu said calmly: "Madam reminds us that if the fourth girl wants to mention the fishing of you and the young master of cousin when she comes, we must find a way to interrupt the girl and not let the fourth girl know about this."

Chen Qing nodded: "I understand, Ah Fu will go down first. Ah Xi stayed to help me cut my nails, which was a bit long."

Afu retreated calmly.

Chen Qing watched her go out, turned around and sat on the couch, lazy and leisurely. Ah Xi went to get scissors obediently, carried the embroidered stool and placed it in front of the couch, and really wanted to cut her nails. The maid was much simpler than Ah Fu. Chen Qing smiled and signaled her to put down the scissors, and asked her softly: "What did the madam tell you?"

Ah Xi raised her eyes in surprise, as if she didn't understand why she asked, "It's just what Ah Fu said just now. The lady is probably afraid that the fourth girl would get angry when she found out. Yesterday, when we reported to us, the lady didn't expect that today she would remind us... Ah, does the girl not believe us?"

As she realized it, she stood up nervously and expressed her loyalty anxiously: "Miss, what we said is true. You, you won't break your promise, right?"

Chen Qing stared in her eyes.

Yesterday, two maids came back from the front yard. She deliberately broke the old lady's most precious emerald bracelet, and threatened them to listen to her. Otherwise, she and the old lady would accuse them of being the broken bracelet. At that time, the old lady was angry and Lin would not be able to save them. At the least, the family would be punished, and at worst, they would be sold, or even put in prison. Afu and Axi were so scared that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. She gave another sweet date, each of whom gave them a hundred taels of silver, asking them to do their jobs for her. In the future, she would get what she wished and give each one another one hundred taels.

With both kindness and power, Chen Qing is willing to believe them, but she dare not believe them all.

Chen Qing took out a silver ingot of five taels from her arms, and weighed it and said to Ah Xi in a low voice: "Ah Xi, I believe in you, but I don't believe in Ah Fu very much. I will give you this piece of silver. If you find something wrong with Ah Fu in the future, for example, secretly revealing what I want to do to your wife, just tell me, and I will reward you with five taels of silver once you find it."

Ah Xixi was overwhelmed and took the silver and thanked him repeatedly: "Don't worry, girl, Ah Xi will listen to all the girls in the future!"

Chen Qing smiled with satisfaction, "Okay, you go back first, hide the silver more secretly, don't let her see it."

Ah Xi left happily.

When he returned to the servant's room, he saw Afu sitting at the door of her house fiddling with needlework and thread. When he saw her, he immediately came up. Axi made a "shhh" gesture to his companion. After entering the room, he excitedly told Afu what Chen Qing had done, and showed off his new silver ingot.

Ah Fu was a little envious.

The lady said that as long as they cooperate with the cousin well, don’t reveal any flaws that have betrayed the cousin in front of the cousin, the money given by the cousin will be theirs. In this way, they don’t have to worry about being punished by the wife after the incident, and they will have a large sum of money to take, so why not do it?

"I didn't see that you are better at acting than me." Ah Fu nodded his companion's forehead intimately.

Ah Xi smiled and said, "Isn't it because of your tips?" She was not an ungrateful person, so she took out a silver ingot of three taels to Ah Fu: "Sister, don't be polite to me. Without you, I can't be a third-class maid in the Lady's Court, and I will not pick up this beautiful woman. In the future, we will have blessings and difficulties. Let's remind each other and do this job together!"

Ah Fu nodded happily.

What Chen Qing asked them to do was nothing more than inquire about when Lin Shaotang would go to the garden.

Chen Qing heard Fu Pinchuan mention several marriage candidates to the old lady, all of whom were sons of foreign officials. It seemed that her uncle admired her filial piety to the old lady because of her intention to marry into the East Palace and was unwilling to keep her in the capital. Since anyone who married would leave Beijing, she had no chance to contact the other man next to her, instead of letting Lin choose a man who seemed good and undecisive to her, she would rather choose it yourself.

Needless to say, Chen Qing knew him a little. Fu You looked at her cousin coldly and was unreasonable, but Lin Shaotang was not. He would deliberately avoid her because Fu Bao deliberately avoided her, but when the two really collided, Lin Shaotang would not show him coldly. This shows that Lin Shaotang either did not like Fu Bao much or was soft-hearted. As long as she had a good plan, Chen Qing was confident that she could deal with this man, and even if she couldn't get his heart, she could still get his pity and respect.

The trouble is the Lin family, which is the Lin family’s mother’s family.

But Chen Qing was not particularly worried. Lin Shaotang's grandmother was gone, and most of her grandfathers and fathers would not like her, but they were men and would not deliberately make things difficult for her as a young wife. Lin Shaotang's mother Tong, Tong and Lin, could not be very close. According to the old lady's opinion, the two had a quarrel because of Lin Chuxia and Fu You's marriage, so after she got married, she only had a few more words to belittle Lin. For example, after Lin's marriage, she looked down on her parents' family, and Tong would not blame her for robbing Fu Bao's marriage.

After waiting for a long time, March was almost over, and finally Chen Qing waited for Lin Shaotang to go to the garden alone.

Chen Qing specially changed into a lilac purple makeup and led Afu to the garden.

Lin Shaotang also dressed up specially today, wearing a crescent white round neck robe and a mutton-shaped jade pendant with a mutton-shaped cloud pattern. He rushed to the peony flowers in the Hou Mansion Garden early, waiting for his sweetheart to come over. The two of them grew up, and they didn't feel like they wanted to play together like they did when they were young. It would be okay to meet occasionally.

Today, my uncle and aunt went out to visit together. Fu Ding went to the palace to serve, and Fu You closed the door to prepare for the April palace examination. Lin Shaotang couldn't sit still, so he asked someone to hand Fu Bao a note and asked her to come here to enjoy the flowers.

In order to pretend to be like a chance encounter, Lin Shaotang asked Chang Sui Qianli to set up an easel in the peony flowers, and he pretended to paint.

"Young Master, the fourth girl is here!" Qianli kept paying attention to the movement of the way. When he saw a little girl coming towards him behind the flowers, he was sure that it was the fourth girl, so he said happily without looking at her face.

Lin Shaotang excitedly hung up his brush and turned around.

Although the distance is far, it is enough to let him see who the person is.

He glanced at the servant beside him who had already shrank his neck and lowered his head, sat back on the chair, and hesitated for a while when he lifted the brush.

If you continue painting, you may have to face Chen Qing. Lin Shaotang doesn’t want to deal with her, but now he’s leaving, what should Fu Bao come and can’t find him?

He coughed softly and whispered a message to Qianli.

It was a bit rude, but he had to do this. He hadn't talked to Fu Bao for a long time, so he thought tightly. He would go back to Xishan to study in half a month, and Lin Shaotang didn't want to miss this rare opportunity.

Qianli received the order, and saw Chen Qing walking towards this side with light steps. He clearly saw that they had no intention of avoiding them. Qianli rushed over without hesitation before the master and servant walked into the peony flowers, lowered his head and apologized to Chen Qing, and whispered: "I have seen a cousin, have the cousin come to appreciate the peony?"

Chen Qing shook her head, her voice smiling, neither high nor low: "The old lady likes peonies. I want to pick a few flowers for her to go back, but I didn't expect that Cousin Tang was there too. Why, he was painting?"

Qianli nodded: "Yes, the teacher left the lesson. The young master told me to look around and not ask any noisy servant to disturb him. If the cousin is just picking flowers, can he move there? The young man thanked me first for my young master."

"Okay, then you can keep guarding, Ah Fu, let's go there, speak softly, don't disturb Master Cousin." Chen Qing said considerately, and after saying that, he left generously.

Qianli was surprised that this cousin was so understanding.

Afu secretly admired Chen Qing's scheming. He was clearly for Lin Shaotang. He suddenly had a problem and was able to adapt to the situation.

Chen Qing broke a few peony flowers and left. Halfway through the way, he saw Fu Bao pushing the wooden cart. The fourteen-year-old girl was wearing a pink robe and a lifelike peony beads on her head. Her bright eyes and white teeth, her steps were light, she was innocent and flawless, and she was charming.

"Fourth Sister." Chen Qing greeted her with a smile.

Fu Bao was teasing his white and fat nephew in Xiaomu's car. Hearing the voice raised, he didn't want to pay attention. When he saw the peony flowers in Chen Qing's hand, his face changed: "Have you gone to pick peonies?"

Chen Qing nodded with a smile, raised the Erqiao Mudan in her hand and sniffed it, and reminded softly: "By the way, Cousin Tang is painting there. I heard that it was the assignment of the teacher. The fourth sister should take Dalang to the place next to play, so as not to disturb Cousin Tang."

Fu Bao hated Chen Qing very much, especially when Chen Qing called Lin Shaotang "Cousin Tang", she wanted to block Chen Qing's mouth.

That's the name she can only call.

Wanting to glar at Chen Qing, Fu Bao suddenly remembered Fu Rong's words.

That time she complained to Fu Rong that Chen Qing always greets people with a smile. Even when she scolds her, Chen Qing laughs, and she makes her angry than talking back. Fu Rong told her that Chen Qing smiled because she knew that smiling made her feel more unhappy than talking back. The more angry she was, the more proud Chen Qing was. If she didn't care, Chen Qing would be equally angry.

Thinking of Fu Rong's confident appearance, Fu Bao forced himself to swallow his anger and smiled sweetly at Chen Qing, "You have reminded me for a while, but I am not afraid of that nerd. This is my family. Where I want to go, he can't control me, right? "

As he said that, he walked over from Chen Qing's side and continued to hum a small song for his nephew.

"fool!"

Dalang sat in the car, staring at his aunt with black eyes, imitating her to speak.

Fu Bao looked at his nephew, but Chen Qing was in a good mood just now.

But no matter how good she was, she felt uncomfortable. After seeing Lin Shaotang, she stared at her eyes and asked, "Are you just together with Chen Qing?"

What Lin Shaotang was most afraid of was that she misunderstood, so she hurriedly called Qianli, who wanted to avoid, and asked him to explain to Fu Bao.

"He is in the same group as you, who knows whether what he said is true or false?" Fu Bao didn't believe it and turned around and wanted to leave.

Lin Shaotang was anxious. Seeing that Qianli had turned around, Fu Bao was really leaving. He mustered up the courage to hold the little girl pushing the wooden cart's hand and said with a blushing face: "Baby, believe me. I asked you out specifically today, so why would you talk to her? Don't be angry..."

Fu Bao blushed and lowered his eyes to him, "Let go first!"

The two of them secretly saw each other several times in private. Lin Shaotang didn't dare to do such an unqualified move. At this time, he saw that his lover was shy and charming, more charming and sweeter than the big pink peony next to him. He swallowed, walked closer to Fu Bao, looked down at her, and his forehead was about to meet her: "Don't be angry with me, I'll let it go."

"you……"

"Idiot!" Before Fu Bao could even scold him for being a scoundrel, the fat baby in the car suddenly raised his head and shouted.

Lin Shaotang was stunned.

Fu Bao took the opportunity to shake his hand away, turned his head and snorted, "In the future, she calls you cousin Tang, I will call you stupid, you can choose it yourself, do you like to listen to her call or listen to me call you cousin."

Lin Shaotang said without thinking: "Of course I like to hear you call me cousin." Chen Qing is a cousin?

Fu Bao's mouth was raised, afraid that the boy would see it, so he lowered his head to sniff a peony next to him.
Chapter completed!