In the 1696th year of Kangxi, the capital.

New Year's Day has passed, and before the red lanterns in front of every household have been removed, they are covered with heavy snow.

The heavy snow on the roof and eaves is very dazzling under the refraction of the sun.

In the early morning, in front of the third-rank assistant Thor and the mansion, a woman in a fiery red cloak leaned against the female lion on the right.

A fiery red cloak is particularly eye-catching in the snow, red like fire and blood.

Beside her was a little girl wearing a light blue cotton coat.

The little girl is not old, but her sharp eyes make people see her inconvenience at a glance.

The woman in red nodded slightly.

The little girl immediately understood, took two steps and stepped forward and knocked on the door.

"Bang bang bang, bang bang bang..."

The iron door knocker collided with the base of the same material, making a loud metal impact sound.

"Here, come..." A man's response came from the yard, mixed with the "cry" sound of his feet stepping on the snow.

"Click... creak..." As the sound of the wooden pin being taken down, the two wide wooden doors slowly opened a gap that only one person could pass through.

The concierge, who was about forty years old, was wearing a gray cotton jacket.

He wore a velvet-scissored hat that looked like a slutty rat on his head, and looked outside.

The concierge has been in the mansion for twenty years and has met all kinds of people.

It can be seen at a glance that the two women outside the door were not as dressed as ordinary poor people.

He looked at the woman outside the door in confusion and said respectfully: "Who are you?"

The exhaled heat almost blurred his vision.

The little girl glanced at the doorman. Although she looked disdainful, her words could not catch any disrespectful things about her.

"Is Mr. Suo in the mansion? My sister is Lord Suo's adopted daughter, so she came to stay in Lord Suo's mansion!"

The doorman was stunned for a moment, secretly glanced at the woman in red beside him, and then said more respectfully: "Please wait, two girls, please wait. I'll report to you now!"

After saying that, he turned around and trotted towards the upper room, accompanied by a slight panic "crying" sound.

Although Lord Suo was ranked as the third-rank minister, the eldest lady in the family went to the palace to be Concubine Hui, and Lord Suo's identity was also unusual.

I still have some impression of the treatment of the second lady in the mansion that was very different from that.

It is rumored that she died in a fire not long after being released to the countryside, but now...

When the concierge thought about this, his steps seemed even more messy.

No matter whether she is a human or a ghost, she should notify the master first.

Li Tangqing looked at the doorman who was leaving and slowly straightened his waist from the stone lion.

Go ahead two steps, stand in front of the door, and scan the familiar but unfamiliar scenes in the yard.

The yard is a typical courtyard style. In the yard, the servant is cleaning the snow.

The maids were busy holding steaming copper basins for their master to wash.

The kitchen a little further away had already started to smoke.

Looking at this scene, Li Tangqing couldn't help laughing out loud.

“What a lively view…”

A charming voice mixed with mockery and deliberately elongated tones.

In this cold wind, a little desolate feeling arises.

Huanfeng, who was beside him, looked into the yard, and his clear voice sounded: "Miss, here you are here."

I saw an old man about fifty years old walking towards the two of them in a steady pace.

The old man was wearing a black cotton suit and a hat made of black mink skin on his head.

In the morning light, it seems to be more shiny than human hair, and the wind blows clearly.

The concierge followed the old man in a scheming manner, which further highlighted the old man's physical strength.

Seeing the old man approaching, Li Tangqing stood up straight, lowered his hands to the left, bowed to the old man but did not get up.

"Your way to meet Ama."

Huan Feng and Li Tangqing were greeted by each other.

Thor and the woman in front of her were wearing a fiery cloak.

There was no fluctuation on his face, and he was not exempted from gifts.

He said with no ups and downs, "Are you really Qing'er?"

Li Tangqing took back his hands, stood up straight, looked up at the well-maintained old man in front of him, curled his lips and smiled, and said, "Yes."

Looking at the picture in front of me, she looked very similar to Li Xia’s appearance in the past.

Thor and a trance.

The flash of trance was fully visible to Li Tangqing.

The corners of his mouth curled up like a flower on the other side blooming in the snow.

Thorhe looked at Li Tangqing's smile and suddenly came back to his senses.

At that moment, he suddenly felt that he had returned to the time when Li Xia entered the mansion.

However, although she looks similar to Li Xia back then, her evil smile and charming outfit are still different from the quiet Li Xia back then.

"Let's talk about it when you enter the house."

Such a woman-like dress in a brothel, standing in front of the mansion early in the morning, it would be damaging the reputation of the mansion.

Thor and his hands were behind him, Li Tangqing followed closely behind, and the group of three went to the main hall of the mansion.

The snow in the yard has been cleared out by the servants.

The maids and servants bowed their heads silently to do things, which shows how rigorous the rules in the mansion were.

At the front door of the main room, the thick cotton door curtains block the cold wind outside well.

Thorhe took the lead in entering the house and took off the hat on his head.

He stroked his smooth forehead and turned to sit down on the chair beside him.

After taking off the cloak, Li Tangqing sat slowly below Thorhe, turned his head to look at Thorhe, waiting for his inquiry.

As Li Tangqing expected, Thor and looked at the young woman sitting next to him.

The voice was as majestic as interrogating the prisoner: "It is said that you died in a fire ten years ago..."

"Since you are not dead, why didn't you come to the mansion to report your safety early? Now you are here, what's the matter?"

Li Tangqing looked at Thorhe. No matter how well he maintained his care, he could still see white hair on the braid behind him.

Thinking back to what happened back then, I looked straight into Thorhe's eyes and leaned against the chair.

He said with ease: "Ama, have you forgotten that Qing'er's surname is Li. He changed his surname fifteen years ago. Qing'er doesn't know where to go to report his safety..."

"Although Qing'er has nothing to do with the mansion, now Qing'er wants to go back to the mansion, I wonder if Ama agrees or not?"

The tone of neither humility nor arrogant seemed to be in mind.

Thor looked at the little girl in her twenties beside her. Her familiar face seemed to always make him fall into memories.

Just as I was about to speak, I heard a mess of dog barking outside.

"Wow wool...wow wool...wow wool..."

The barking of the dog is slightly low, because it should be the barking of the large dog.

The sound was messy, obviously not a dog was barking.

Although the thick curtain blocked the situation outside, Thorhe still looked up at the door, as if waiting for someone.

Judging from Thorhe's sudden relaxed expression, the person coming must be the one whom Thorhe knew.

His expression at this moment was a kind of relaxation and pride, which was completely opposite to when facing Li Tangqing.
Chapter completed!