The boy in front of him had a gentle smile and bright eyes, but he didn't look like the weak child back then.

"you......"

A Ying was in a trance for a moment. She subconsciously wanted to kneel down. Xiaoman reached out to support her: "I have no fame and no official position, so I can't afford to kneel down to see my sister."

As if you were on the verge of a blow, A Ying's eyes became clearer. The person in front of her was not the emperor, but the young man who had not yet tied his hair in the Duke's mansion.

A Ying took a deep breath and smiled at her mouth: "Young Master has grown taller."

"Yes, not only have I grown taller, but also gained weight. I can eat my stomach every day now." Xiaoman smiled.

"It's great that you are like this now." A Ying knew that the child was doing well, but seeing it with her own eyes made a different feeling.

Xiaoman put the books he brought on the small table: "My cousin said there was a guy who loved reading in her shop. Unexpectedly, it was my sister. I have read these books. My sister read them first, or if there is something I don't understand, so I can tell me that I will teach her."

"Okay." A Ying's smile reached her eyes. The young master was as gentle and elegant as the legendary one, pure, noble and humble.

Xiaoman had already learned about Aying's situation from Tang Long. Before coming to Qianweiju, Aying had been living in Shantang.

Aying lived a hard life, but Xiaoman did not see the fatigue and the glory worn away by life from her face.

A Ying is living a serious life, she lives a fulfilling, satisfied, and full of hope.

Xiaoman was happy for Aying and for himself.

How lucky he was, he met A Ying, helped him escape from the cage, and guided him to ask Li Qiniang for help;

How lucky he was that Li Qiniang adopted him and treated him as her own son;

How lucky he was, Yan Xuehuai still chose to accept it after discovering his true identity;

How lucky he was that although he lost his father at a young age, he had the same father again!

Now there is a family, a father, a mother, a sister, a brother-in-law, and a younger brother or a younger sister.

"Sister Aying, thank you." Xiaoman said sincerely.

A Ying burst into laughter: "Young Master, don't thank me, I was also for myself back then."

When she arrived at the palace, she had hope at first, hoping that she could stay and become a real palace maid. But later she met the little emperor, and she never dreamed that the precious little emperor would go hungry every night. She began to be afraid. She was worried that something might happen in the palace. By chance, she found that among the people who came to the palace with her, there was an insider who sent the Fu Palace to inquire about the news. She was even more scared. She didn't want to stay there anymore. She wanted to leave and be an ordinary person.

That day, she heard from the manager that there were not many people in the palace, and that the people from the Fuwang Mansion would be sent back in the next few days.

She breathed a sigh of relief and she could finally leave here.

But that day, she took the food she saved to the little emperor and said goodbye to him.

However, A Ying saw that little child curled up under the eaves, like an abandoned puppy.

King Yu was about to call him, and the Empress Dowager ran to Bailu Mountain. In order to cover up the people's words and avoid being told by the world that she went to avoid disaster, the Empress Dowager left the little emperor in the palace and left it to Empress Dowager Hu.

In such a huge palace, the little emperor lost his last support.

"Your Highness, the manager has informed us to pack up, and I am leaving. You must take good care of yourself in the future."

The little emperor raised his eyes and Aying was stunned. What kind of eyes were there, despair and grievance, surrounded by wolves. This most noble child in the world is like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered at this moment.

"You take me with you, I run very fast, I won't drag you down."

......

Until many years later, A Ying still feels a little unbelievable when she thinks about it.

On that moonless night, in the child's pleading eyes, she made an earth-shaking decision.

She stole an emperor!

The palace is not a real imperial palace. It is the former Fu Wang Mansion. When the Empress Dowager went to Bailu Mountain, he took away most of the guards and eunuchs. The staff left for the little emperor and Empress Dowager Hu was pitifully small. Most of the palace was empty, and the people in the Fu Wang Mansion were about to send them away, and people were panic for a while.

A Ying and Chai Ran, two children, one older and one younger, escaped by chance.

They kept running, running, and didn't know how many falls. They were obviously far from the palace and no one came after them, but they still didn't dare to stop, for fear that they would return to the abyss if they stopped.

A Ying was sold to Pingcheng from the capital. She was not familiar with Pingcheng. She couldn't even support herself. She definitely couldn't bring the little emperor with her, and she was the most urgent thing. She wanted to find a place for the little emperor to stay.

"I am an escaped slave. The original master's family was still in Pingcheng. I cannot be discovered by them, so I want to leave Pingcheng. I don't know if I can survive this trip, so I can't take you with me. Don't blame me."

She thought of Li Qiniang. She knew that Li Qiniang opened a food shop and there was food for the food shop. A Ying thought it was very simple. She just wanted to find a place for the little emperor to fill her stomach.

She said to Chai Ran: "You go find her. Her house runs a food shop. There are many children as old as you on the street. You can support yourself. You can also wash dishes and vegetables. You are not afraid of hardship or fatigue. You can always get a bowl of rice."

That day, the streets of Dengshi were in chaos. A Ying hid not far away and saw Li Qiniang taking away the dirty Chai Ran...

"Sister Aying, you didn't have to escape at that time. You could follow the people from the Fu Palace to leave the palace openly, but you risked the risk and took me with you. You are a good person, a very good person."

Xiaoman didn't want to say anything about repaying his kindness. A Ying should have known where he was long ago. If you want to accept his kindness, you don't have to wait until today.

A Ying grinned and said, "At that time, you were just a child, and anyone would take you with you."

Will anyone take him away?

Xiaoman knew that this was not the case.

Aying said goodbye to him. The kitchen was very busy in the morning and she didn't want to be lazy.

She held Xiaoman's book to Qianweiju, walked to the door, and turned around, the curtain of the carriage was lifted up, and the child was waving at her.

In the morning sun, Aying smiled, smiling relaxed and happy.

When she returned to the mansion, Xiaoman went to see Li Qiniang with the apricot jelly he bought on the road. Compared to a month ago, Li Qiniang's spirit and physical strength were much better. She was talking to the two mothers. When she saw Xiaoman coming, the two mothers said goodbye with a smile. Before leaving, she praised the young master for his filial piety. When she came back from outside, she came to pay her respects to her wife.

Li Qiniang took the handkerchief brought by the maid, wiped the sweat beads from Xiaoman's forehead, and asked the maid to get the iced mung bean soup. Xiaoman drank a large bowl of mung bean soup, sat comfortably beside Li Qiniang, and talked about Aying's affairs.

"......I was hungry at that time. Sister Aying often gave me some food. She was just a little girl who did rough work. The food was the food she saved. If it weren't for her, I would have starved to death..."

When she saw Qi Fu in the evening, Li Qiniang said to Aying: "I guess this girl knew that Xiaoman was in our mansion early in the morning, but she didn't mention a word to anyone. I asked Sister Guo, who knew Aying when she was in Shantang, but she called Xiaoying at that time. When Sister Huai went to Shantang to pick people, others squeezed forward, but only Aying quietly slipped backwards and was called by Sister Huai. Aying said that she didn't want to work in a wealthy family. Later, other families also went to Shantang to pick people. Aying avoided them all. On the day when Sister Huai urged her to make up, the female family of the Wu family was gossiping outside, and Aying quarreled with them on the street and almost got beaten.

I think this girl is very good and I really want to help her. Fortunately, she has settled down now in Qianweiju."

Qi Wei smiled: "Since she is in Qianweiju, let's take care of her more from now on."

The next day, Qi Wei asked Xiaoman about Aying's origin. Xiaoman did not need to hide it in front of Qi Wei: "Sister Aying is the maid sent to the palace by the Fu Palace, but she is not an old man from the Fu Palace. Whether it is the Empress Dowager or Wei Ming, she is wary of the Fu Palace. Therefore, the people sent to the palace by the Fu Palace are temporarily purchased because Wei Ming will investigate, but I guess there will be an insider inserted by the Fu Palace. It is just that the trick is clever and cannot be found in the short term.

Sister Aying said she was an escaped slave, and her original master's family was in Pingcheng. I guess the reason why Sister Aying sold herself to the palace was to avoid the original master's family.

Life in the palace is not easy, but Sister Aying is very happy every day. She also told me to be strong. She is not a person who cannot endure hardships, so I guess her original master must not be a good person, otherwise Sister Aying would not have escaped."

Qi Wei nodded, almost the same as he guessed that this Ying really came out of the palace.

Qi Wei asked someone to investigate what happened after Aying came to the Shantang in the capital, so he felt relieved and asked someone to go to the Beijing yamen to make Aying stand alone in the capital.

In this way, A Ying officially came out of the charity hall and was no longer a refugee. Before she got married or took a mother, all taxes and labor would be exempted.

A Ying came to the gate of the Duke's Mansion and did not let the door spread. She kowtowed three times in front of the Duke's Mansion, and without saying a word, she went back to Qianweiju to continue working.

A few days later, Wen Xiu brought a plan when he returned home. She called Aying over and said, "If you want to learn a plan in the future, go and ask Bailan. She doesn't play well and teaches some simple things. When she can't teach you, come and ask me again."

Bai Lan wanted to refute, but she swallowed the words back to her mouth. She could only add or subtract simply, and her mother was not wrong.

For abacus, three points are learning and seven points are practicing.

The house that A Ying rented now is Wen Xiu. Originally, Wen Xiu also rented it. A few months ago, the landlord wanted to go back to his hometown to retire, so Wen Xiu bought the house.

Aying has lived here for a while and often meets Wen Xiu when he goes in and out. Wen Xiu never talks to her for more than three sentences before, but today he suddenly said he wanted to teach her how to learn abacus.

A Ying heard Lu Ying'er talk about Wen Xiu's status in Li Shiji. Wen Xiu was one of the few people who could speak in front of the Duke's wife.

Except for the Duke of the Kingdom, I am afraid no one can send Wen Xiu. Princess Rui may be able to do it, but Xiaoman certainly cannot.

Therefore, it was the Duke of the Kingdom who asked Wen Xiu to teach her.

A Ying was grateful in her heart that the Duke of the Kingdom was teaching her the ability to make her a living.

Ten days later, Fusheng still did not come back, but Mrs. Ye arrived in the capital.

Li Qiniang was a two-body person, so she asked Xiaoman to go to the dock for her to pick up Mrs. Ye and into the mansion.

When Mrs. Ye came, Li Qiniang was already waiting at the second gate.

"Old Madam, you're finally here." There were tears in Li Qiniang's eyes. Although Old Madam Ye never admitted it, Li Qiniang always stubbornly believed that Old Madam Ye was kind to them and their daughter.

Although the journey was exhausted, Mrs. Ye still had her back straight, her hair was combed in a slight way, and her expression on her face was as serious as ever.

"Why are you crying? You are not afraid of making people laugh at me when you are a mother-in-law." Mrs. Ye said lightly.

Li Qiniang smiled and wiped away her tears, saying, "Jia Huai'er is not in the capital. If she is there, she will definitely go with Xiaoman to pick you up."

"I don't need her to pick her up, just have Xiaoman." said Mrs. Ye.

Li Qiniang wanted to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. Her baby girl was smart and clever, but she couldn't coax Mrs. Ye. Maybe this is what her daughter said about the magnetic field. The magnetic field between the two people was not in agreement, so she couldn't see it.

"The Duke of the State went to the yamen, and you will see him in the evening. There are still thousands of people. Today, someone delivered the goods. She went to Qianweiju to take a look and came back in a while."

As soon as Li Qiniang finished speaking, the maid hurried over: "Madam, Miss Cousin is back. Now she will go back to Haitangyuan to clean up, and then she will come over later."

A moment later, Zhou Wanqian appeared in front of Mrs. Ye, saying that she was going to wash, but she just changed into clothes stained with oil.

Mrs. Ye had no impression of Zhou Wanqian and couldn't remember whether she had seen her, but Mo Yu had seen her. At that time, Mo Yu often went to Li Shiji and Dongji barbecue girl opposite Li Shiji. She had seen her many times.

Unfortunately, Mo Yu is stupid, and after all, he just talks about it, just a few words: "Almond eyes, refreshing, and loud voice."

Mrs. Ye looked at Zhou Wanqian without shyness. The girl in front of her did have a pair of black and white apricot eyes, with bright eyes, and there was no shyness that an ordinary girl would face her future in-laws' family. On the contrary, Mrs. Ye looked at Zhou Wanqian, and Zhou Wanqian was also looking at Mrs. Ye. As for Mrs. Ye's gaze, Zhou Wanqian just smiled and continued to stare at Mrs. Ye.

Li Qiniang noticed the collision of the old and young eyes. She was about to say something to smooth things over when she heard Mrs. Ye ask, "What did you see on your old body and face?"

Without thinking, Zhou Wanqian rushed out: "Fusheng's ears and mouth are all with you."

Mrs. Ye's heart suddenly softened, and the little girl had Wen Tao in her heart and was in love with each other.

Moreover, this girl is straightforward, but she is different from Sister Huai.
Chapter completed!