Some of the servants shrank their shoulders out of fear, while others just suppressed their smiles.

Jinger jumped out and said with his chest puffed out: "It was my idea!"

As he spoke, Xu Sijie's eyes had already swept over the group of servants, and he found that there was not a single one he knew. His face changed drastically, and he asked Jing'er, "Where are these people from?"

Jinger said nonchalantly, "He was the one who helped me pick up the firecrackers!"

"Picking up firecrackers?" Xu Sijie looked at Jing'er in astonishment. "What firecrackers did you pick up? Where did you pick them up?"

"The stewards didn't give me firecrackers. I saw a servant in the outer courtyard picking up firecrackers from the ground and setting them off." Jing'er said with a smug look on his face, "So I stood on the steps and shouted, whoever picked up firecrackers for me, I would reward him with one or two taels of silver." Then he pointed at the servants, "They all came to give me firecrackers."

He imitated the servant boy, picked up the firecrackers and set them off, and was rewarded with one or two taels of silver.

Xu Sijie didn't know what to say after hearing this: "Where did you get the silver?" He then asked, "Where are Hongwen and the others?" He didn't see Chen Ge'er's wet nurse or maids either, "And where are Wu Mama and the others?"

He was always gentle and rarely had such a stern face. Chen Ge'er was a little scared, so he quickly threw away the incense and candles and hid behind Jing Ge'er.

Jing'er's eyes turned and he gave Chen'er an irrelevant answer: "Give your incense and candles to Fifth Brother." Then he handed a handful of scattered firecrackers to Xu Sijie, "Fifth Brother, come set off firecrackers with us? It will be fun!"

Chen Ge'er hurriedly picked up the candles that had fallen on the ground and handed them to Xu Sijie. Xu Sijie looked at his dirty little hands and thought of how much his mother treasured him... Not to mention his sixth brother, even if he got dirty, his mother would help him dust off the dirt. If she saw his sixth brother like this, she would be so sad... Xu Sijie grabbed the firecrackers in his hand and threw them on the ground, "Come on, wash your hands with me!" He ignored Chen Ge'er.

Jinger looked at the firecrackers scattered on the ground, cried out in pain, and struggled to shake off Xu Sijie's hand: "I want to set off firecrackers!"

Before he finished speaking, two servants came running up and hurriedly picked up the firecrackers that Xu Sijie had thrown on the ground. They called Jing'er "Sixth Young Master" enthusiastically, "These are your firecrackers!" They didn't take his anger seriously at all.

Xu Sijie looked annoyed, but didn't know how to teach these two presumptuous people a lesson. After thinking for a moment, he shouted, "Is this what you should do? There are people around the Sixth Young Master to serve him, why are you joining in the fun? Why don't you go back to work? Be careful that the stewards will find out and beat you with sticks." His voice was a little weak. Despite this, two servants still ran away in fear. But more of them stood there looking around with hesitant expressions.

The servant who handed the firecrackers to Jin Ge'er was not afraid at all, and said with a playful smile: "Fifth Young Master, picking up and setting off firecrackers are all Sixth Young Master's ideas. We just want to make Sixth Young Master happy. Isn't that what we servants do? Don't be angry. Since Sixth Young Master invited you to set off firecrackers, why don't you play with Sixth Young Master." As he said that, he saw that Jin Ge'er was holding an extinguished incense stick, and hurriedly turned to another servant and said, "Why don't you go and light the incense stick, Fifth Young Master also wants to set off firecrackers."

The boy made a face and ran to light the incense and candles.

Xu Sijie saw that the servant said "It was all the Sixth Young Master's idea", and Jing'er was still nodding. He thought that Jing'er was instigated by the servant and was so angry that he trembled. He shouted, "Still talking nonsense here. Be careful or I will tell Manager Bai to beat you with a stick." Then he looked up at the servants standing far away and shouted, "Hurry up and disperse!" He pulled Jing'er and said, "Let's go wash our faces and hands. The eldest sister-in-law's dowry will be brought back soon. I will go with you to watch the fun later."

Jing'er was having a great time and didn't want to leave.

"Ah Jin said that my sister-in-law's dowry can only be brought in after the twelfth hour." He twisted his body to avoid Xu Sijie's hand, "It won't be too late to go after the servants start lighting the lights."

The servant also said, "Yes, Fifth Young Master. Sixth Young Master is very happy! Please don't spoil Sixth Young Master's fun!"

It's all the fault of this servant who is eager to create chaos in the world.

Xu Sijie glared at him: "How dare you provoke the master!"

The servant who went to light the incense and candles shrank back after hearing this. The servant with Xu Sijie still looked unconcerned: "What Fifth Young Master said is wrong. When we entered the mansion, the stewards said that the first rule is to be obedient. We are just following Sixth Young Master's orders. How can you say that we are instigating the master..."

Before he finished speaking, a woman's cold voice rang out: "In that case, you do make sense!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound.

Xu Sijie saw Hong Wen, the maidservant beside Jin Ge'er, standing there with sweat all over her forehead and a stern expression.

"All of you, get out!" She stared at the servant fiercely, "This is the main house! Don't think you can get in just because you are a cat or a dog. You think you can get promoted just by chatting with the Sixth Young Master. You are so arrogant that you don't know how much you weigh." After saying that, she shouted loudly, "Who is working in the yard? Get out. The Fourth Madam was kind and let you share in the Second Young Master's happiness. She only left two people to watch the yard. Even so, you dared to slack off without telling the Fourth Madam. Wait until I get the duty list from Sister Zhu Xiang and see who is working today. I will peel off your skin..."

As he was cursing, two old women ran out from behind the partition with panic-stricken looks on their faces.

"Auntie, Auntie," the two begged for mercy, "We are not lazy, it's the Sixth Young Master who wants to set off firecrackers..."

Hong Wen didn't wait for them to finish, and said "Pooh" to them, "I am not worthy of being your aunt! If the Sixth Young Master wants to set off firecrackers, you can go to the Fourth Madam to ask for it. How can you let these things that came out of nowhere serve the Sixth Young Master? If the Sixth Young Master gets hurt, you can die a thousand times, but it won't be worth a finger of the Sixth Young Master. Hurry up and report to Chief Steward Bai, and have someone tie up these people who don't know the difference between respect and inferiority and send them to the Marquis. If Chief Steward Bai asks, just say that it was Hong Wen in the Sixth Young Master's room who asked you to tie them up."

When the two old women heard this, they turned around and trotted out of the yard.

Several servants who were standing there watching ran away when Hong Wen started to curse. The two who were trying to please Jing'er turned pale and looked at him for help.

Jing'er didn't even look at them, but looked at Hongwen with admiration: "Sister Hongwen, you are so good at scolding people!"

Hongwen's heart was beating fast.

She said a thousand things, but they were not as good as the Sixth Young Master's words. However, the Sixth Young Master was young after all and did not know how to judge people. And those servants were the kind who were used to flattering and looking for opportunities to get close to their master. If the Sixth Young Master wanted to keep these servants at this time, she would be so embarrassed. She did not expect the Sixth Young Master to say such a thing.

Hong Wen felt both amused and confused.

After a change of mind, he simply continued with a straight face and asked, "What's going on?"

The servant who handed the incense and candles to Xu Sijie rushed to tell Hongwen what had happened.

Hong Wen listened and pondered.

Although she had just come in, she knew from the situation that the Sixth Young Master must be in high spirits, so he had a falling out with the Fifth Young Master. Since the Sixth Young Master didn't even listen to the Fifth Young Master, as a maid, she couldn't directly tell the Sixth Young Master not to set off firecrackers.

Thinking of this, she gently advised Jin Ge'er: "You are the young master of the mansion. Since the stewards don't give you firecrackers, you don't have to bother with them. Just go find the steward Bai who is in charge of the stewards and teach him a lesson. How can you pick up firecrackers on the ground and set them off like those servants in the outer courtyard? Those who come to the mansion for the wedding will laugh at you!"

After hearing this, Jing'er's face turned red and he threw the firecrackers in his hand to the ground.

Hong Wen hurriedly took his hand and said, "Come on, let's go find the manager. Let's see who is so bold as to not give you firecrackers!"

Jing'er didn't want Hongwen to lead the way either, and said, "I'll go by myself. I don't need you to take me." After saying that, he ran out.

Brother Chen immediately followed him and ran out.

Hong Wen shouted "Sixth Young Master" loudly: "How can a master run to question the steward? Look at the Fourth Madam, when did you run to see the steward's mother! You should walk slowly!"

When Jin Ge'er heard this, he immediately stopped and turned to look at Hong Wen: "Yes, Mom never runs away!" After thinking for a while, he added, "Daddy never runs away either!"

When Brother Chen saw this, he also stopped.

Hong Wen then let out a long sigh of relief.

She smiled sweetly and said loudly, "Sixth Young Master, I'll help you find the steward." Then she whispered to Xu Sijie, "Fifth Young Master, we have been looking for Sixth Young Master and Seventh Young Master and have almost turned this house upside down. Please send someone to tell the wet nurse of Seventh Young Master, so as not to alarm the ladies..." As she spoke, she looked at Xu Sijie with pleading eyes.

The whole family knew that the sixth brother was naughty. He could always make some trouble even when there was nothing going on at home, let alone today when there were so many people at home.

He nodded: "I will send someone to tell Seventh Brother's wet nurse the news."

"Thank you, Fifth Young Master!" Hong Wen hurriedly bowed to Xu Sijie, turned around and took Jing'er and Chen'er out of the courtyard.

The yard immediately became quiet, and the loud sounds of gongs and drums in the distance became clearer.

When he looked again, he found that the two servants who had been surrounding Jing'er had already run away.

Xu Sijie's eyes dimmed.

I am not even as good as Hong Wen, and I can't suppress the servants from the outer courtyard who haven't waited...

Although I thought this, I felt something was wrong. But I couldn't tell what it was. I felt uncomfortable, and my chest felt stuffy and I couldn't breathe.

He took a deep breath.

At noon in October, although the sun is bright, the air lacks the autumn heat.

There is a begonia plant in the corner with lush leaves and two small pink flowers.

Xu Sijie walked forward with a smile and bent down to pinch the flowers.

A woman's sad and gentle voice came faintly: "... He ignored me and manipulated me... I was wronged for no reason... I have so many grievances, but who can I tell them to... I heard the bells ringing in the watchtower... It's late at night, and that person is quiet..."

He stayed there.

When he stood up again, he couldn't help looking in the direction of Dianchuntang. His eyes were a little dazed and the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously.

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