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The song ends and the crowd disperses.

Xu Lingyi asked Shiyi Niang, who was sitting in front of the mirror removing her makeup, "Are you still angry?"

Eleventh Lady said nothing.

She tied her hair into a bun gracefully and said, "My Lord, please take a rest first! I'll go see Brother Jin." After saying that, she walked out.

Xu Lingyi looked at his wife's back and touched his head.

Jing'er was still awake. A gourd-shaped sheep-horn palace lantern was lit in the room. He was wearing a white Songjiang three-spur middle coat and was packing things with his personal maid.

"…They are nothing more than gold, silver, jewelry, jade, and other things," he instructed Hong Wen, "just put them away and seal them according to the account book. These are what I bought back, and I will put them on the shelf in the treasure cabinet when the time comes."

"But, but these are a pair of boots!" Ah Jin said in embarrassment, "Who puts boots on the shelf of the treasure cabinet?" She looked at the heavy black plain knee-high leather boots and muttered softly, "The workmanship is so crude, let alone inlaid with gold and jade, there is not even a pattern embroidered on it... The boots worn by the servants working in the outer courtyard of our family are more exquisite than these!"

"What do you know!" Jing'er stepped forward and grabbed the boots and held them in his arms. "These are worn by the Hu people outside the Great Wall. There are none in Yanjing." He pointed at the boots and said, "Look at the skin. It's not sheepskin or dog skin. It's yak skin. Look at the fur. It's sheep wool. It's thick and dense."

Ajin has been serving in Jing'er's room since he was a child. Jing'er is not a domineering child. When there are no adults around, they are not so restrained when talking.

"Is it better than mink fur?" she asked unconvinced.

Amber, who was standing quietly at the door with Shiyi Niang and watching the inner room, took two steps forward and was about to shout when she heard the words. Shiyi Niang, who heard the noise, made a gesture of "shut up".

Amber couldn't help but look at Eleventh Lady.

The dim light in the hall stayed on the edge of her pleated skirt with a dark green background embroidered with vine-colored lilies. Her face melted in the darkness, but her eyes were shining.

Amber's heart skipped a beat, and she felt as if all the words she had said had turned into ice, making her afraid to act rashly.

Jing'er took out a black mink vest from the tall cabinet.

"Put your hand on the fur and see whether my boots are warmer or the mink fur is warmer."

Ajin really put his hand in.

Jinger looked at her proudly: "How is it?"

"Of course mink fur is warm!" said Ajin.

Jinger's face turned green: "I won't talk to you anymore!"

Ajin laughed.

Hong Wen, who had been bending over to help Jing'er clean up the messy little things, raised her head.

"Sixth Master," she also felt that it was inappropriate, "these boots are so big, you won't be able to use them for a while, and they will gather dust if you put them on the shelf. It's better to put them away for the time being. When relatives and friends come to visit during the holidays, you can put them on display, and you can also tell them about your trip to Jiayuguan!"

"I'm not showing off." Jing'er was not impressed but thought for a moment, then suddenly handed the boots to Hongwen, "But what you said makes sense. Please put it away for me." Then he warned her seriously, "You have to keep it well, don't let insects eat the fur."

Hong Wen smiled and said "yes", then found a piece of red silk cloth to wrap it up and said, "Put it in the camphor wood cabinet, how about that?"

"I'll have to make a note of it in the account book." Jing'er thought for a moment and said, "When I grow up, I plan to wear it to go outside the Great Wall!"

"Do you like the Northwest very much?" Eleventh Lady's soft voice suddenly sounded in the room. Only then did Jing'er, his master and his two servants notice Eleventh Lady and Amber standing at the door.

"Mom!" Jing'er jumped off the kang happily, "It's so late, why haven't you slept yet?"

"I came to see you!" Eleventh Lady walked into the house with a smile.

Hongwen and Ajin hurriedly lit the lights and came over.

The room brightened up.

Eleventh Lady has a bright smile and a gentle expression.

Jing'er pulled his mother to sit down on the kang, took the teacup from the maid and handed it to Shiyi Niang.

Eleventh Lady just looked at Jinger and asked again: "Do you like the Northwest very much?"

"Yes!" Jinger nodded and sat down next to his mother with a smile. "There you can ride horses, shoot arrows, hunt, release hawks, sing, and there is a blue sky, green grass, and white lambs..."

"I don't see anything good about it." Eleventh Lady patted her son's head vigorously and said with a smile, "You ride horses, shoot arrows, and sing at home. Is the sky in our house black and the grass red?"

"That's different!" Jing'er laughed, "The northwest is an endless expanse of yellow earth slopes. Riding a horse on it will make you feel that you are very small, the world is very wide, and you can run however you want. It's not like in Yanjing, where you're lucky to be able to run around the horse pen twice, and don't even think about riding a horse on the street. In the northwest, archery, you pull the bow to the full and shoot the arrow. It's fun whether you hit the target or not. At home, not only do you have to aim carefully at the target, but if the arrow misses slightly, you'll be worried, afraid that you'll hit a maid or an old woman, or break the porcelain bottles and utensils in the house." As he spoke, he waved his hand, looking particularly bored, "The last time my father took me hunting, the musk deer and badgers were all domesticated. The guards drove them into the mountains, and they were so lazy and stupid that we shot them..." he said. , his face brightened as if he remembered something, and he shouted "Mom" loudly, showing a rather mysterious expression, and suddenly lowered his voice, "The last time we went to Jiayuguan, the general of Jiayuguan took us hunting. It's not like here. We rode horses to the grassland and had to find a water source first. The scouts lay by the water to look at the footprints, and then guessed what prey it was, how many there were, and when it drank water there, and then everyone discussed how to hunt. It's interesting." His smile became deeper and brighter, "Mom, the grass there is not like the grass in our backyard, which grows sparsely under the trees or on the roadside. They are large patches, up to my shoulders, and there is no edge when I sit on the horse and look over. When the wind blows, it's like waves, one after another, and you can also see white sheep eating grass. It's beautiful!"

Eleventh Lady looked at her son's eager eyes, rubbed his little head, and said with a smile: "Is it because you have been to too few places?"

Jing'er looked at his mother in surprise.

"You haven't been to Jiangnan yet, have you?" Eleventh Lady said, "Jiangnan is also very interesting. There are abundant products there, like the coat you are wearing, the Eight Immortals we eat in summer, the Eight Delicacies of the Mountain in winter, the Hu brush you use to write, the purple clay teapot you use to drink tea, the Xiangfei bamboo used to make door curtains, the carved red lacquer boxes, and even the mothers' wigs, all come from Jiangnan. There is also Jinhua wine, Tengwang Pavilion, Maoshan Academy..."

"I know, I know." Jing'er suddenly interrupted her, "There is also the Longquan Sword in Jiangnan!"

Eleventh Lady was stunned.

"There is a Longquan sword hanging in Uncle Fan's study. Uncle Fan said it was awarded by the emperor and it can cut iron like mud. He also let me try it." He pulled Shiyi Niang's sleeve and said, "Mom, can you talk to Dad and buy me a Longquan sword when I grow up?" He added, "When I go to the northwest with it hanging, many people will be jealous."

She said so much, but he was thinking about how to get a Longquan sword to carry with him to the northwest.

"Then don't you want to go to Jiangnan to ride a black boat, eat crabs, and visit Putuo Temple?" Eleventh Lady asked him softly, "Don't you want to visit the Jinxi Academy where your second brother studied and your fourth sister-in-law grew up?"

"If we take a black boat, we don't need to eat crabs." Jing'er laughed, "The black boat is small, and it seems like it will capsize after a few shakes. It is not as stable as a three-story official boat. Crabs are eaten every year, so they are nothing special. But I really want to see Putuo Temple. I heard that Putuo Mountain is overseas, and the temples on the mountain are made of gold. When the sun rises, it shines with golden light. Looking from the shore, it looks like Penglai Fairyland, a place of immortals. I don't believe it. Isn't it said that the whole world belongs to the king? Yanjing is the capital, and there are no temples made of gold in the capital. Is Putuo Mountain better than the capital? If it works, I will also go to Jinxi Academy." There was a little mischief in his eyes, "Mom, do you think that if my second brother suddenly saw me, would he be very happy?"

He wanted to go to Mount Putuo to see if the rumors were true; he wanted to go to Jinxi Academy to see Xu Siyu's surprised expression.

Eleventh Lady sighed softly and hugged her son tightly in her arms: "It's getting late, you should go to bed early! It won't be too late to do these things tomorrow. We won't be moving until June!"

Jinger nodded and said with a smile: "Mom, I'm not packing up just for the purpose of moving. I just want to take these things out and play with them."

He really likes it!

Eleventh Lady gently let go of her son: "Got it! Go and rest now!"

Jing'er climbed onto the bed with a smile and pulled her sleeve: "Mom, please tell me a story! You haven't told me a story for a long time!" He also acted coquettishly.

Eleventh Lady was touched and said, "If you are not at home, Mother will not be able to see you!"

Jinger laughed and said, "I'll be back after a few days of playing outside. Mother will be able to see me again."

Eleventh Lady touched her son's cheek and asked, "What story do you want to hear?"

"Tell us the story of Champion Marquis!" Jing'er said immediately without thinking.

The Marquis of Guanjun is Huo Qubing.

"Okay!" Eleventh Lady and her son nestled together on the large pillow at the head of the bed and whispered, "Once upon a time there was a man named Huo Qubing..."

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Xu Lingyi waited in the house for a long time but Shiyi Niang didn't show up.

Could it be that you don't even want to see him?

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, then lifted the curtain and left the inner room.

Outside the door, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse, and the air is filled with the fragrance of lilies of the valley.

Eleventh Lady leaned her elbows on the beauty's chair, staring in a daze at the big red lanterns swaying under the eaves of the west wing.

The red light shone on her smooth jade-like face, quiet and beautiful.

"It's so late, why don't you go back to the house?" Xu Lingyi took off his robe and draped it over her shoulders. "The wind is still a little chilly at night. Be careful not to catch a cold."

Eleventh Lady turned around, her dark eyes as calm as water: "Let Jin'er follow my eldest brother to Jiangnan, okay?"

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Make up for the extra update on September 18!

PS: Well, the update will be a little late, around 22:00...⊙﹏⊙b sweat...