Fengyang City.

The early autumn in the northwest is sunny and rainy, and the sun is bright and bright. In a few days, the big persimmons on the branches are dyed with a layer of golden red.

Ayu sat on the warm kang next to the window and drooled at the persimmon tree in the yard.

Last year, she came to Fengyang City with Xu Qian to take up her post. She came a little late. The persimmons were picked by the people of the Ginseng General's Mansion, leaving only a bare persimmon tree. This year, Ayu watched the persimmon tree slowly grow tender buds, watch the persimmon tree blossom and bear fruit, and the peanut-sized persimmon slowly become bigger than her fist. Finally, when the persimmons were about to ripen, Ayu became increasingly unable to wait.

Among all kinds of fruits, Ayu likes persimmons the most. They are ripe big persimmons, either tearing a small hole to suck sweet juice, or peeling the whole piece into a bowl and scooping it spoon by spoon. The taste is nothing like the legendary jade juice and jade liquid.

But Madam Wang from the kitchen told her that the persimmons after the frost are delicious and are still astringent now.

So Ayu had to continue waiting.

The maid Baochan opened the curtain and came in. When she saw the master's appearance of a greedy cat guarding the window, she couldn't help but pout and complained: "The girl knows that it's okay to think about those things. The matchmaker who proposed marriage to the fifth master was about to break through the threshold of the Gange General's Mansion. She didn't see the girl in a hurry, and she got angry. Humph, you don't think about it. The fifth master really married, and you can't even live in the Gange General's Mansion. How can you eat persimmons?"

Ayu's face turned red and she glanced at the door in panic. She was sure that no one heard their master and servant's words. Then she whispered: "What nonsense, what does the fifth master have to do with me when he gets married? Why am I angry?"

Baochan felt uncomfortable and said impulsively: "Is this the girl telling the truth or is it perfunctory to me due to etiquette? If it is the truth, I will be disappointed for the fifth master! Yes, the girl used to marry the sixth master, so she had to call the fifth master "Uncle, but don't forget that the sixth master had long demoted you to a concubine four years ago, and the sixth lady who had entered the door could not tolerate you, so she murdered your life as soon as she entered the door. If the fifth master had not helped her, I would have fallen to death with the cliff and fed the wolf and the dog!"

Ayu lowered his head, covered his fine eyelashes, hiding the emotions in her eyes.

Baochan felt uncomfortable when she was escaping, and her eyes turned red: "When the girl just married into the Xu Mansion, the fifth master repeatedly helped you. At that time, I only thought that the fifth master was open and fair, but after these four years, I have understood. The fifth master had a girl in his heart! The girl is the sixth lady, and the fifth master buried that thought in his heart. The girl is not the sixth lady. The fifth master treated you as a treasure, and took you wherever you go, and never let you suffer any grievances! The girl is not enlightened and always treated the fifth master as his benefactor. The fifth master always treated him with courtesy. But girl, is your heart really made? The fifth master is thirty years old and doesn't even have a warm-up room. Don't you feel sorry for? You really don't understand who he is for?"

Ayu's head hung lowered, revealing a piece of slender snow-white neck.

At the age of 22, although she had married, she had no dignity and stability that a woman should have. She was delicate and timid, but she was still the unmarried four girls of the Marquis of Pingyang Mansion.

Thinking of the master’s experience for so many years, Baochan softened his heart, climbed onto the kang, knelt in front of the master, held her soft little hand and asked, "Girl, tell me the truth. Master Wu has done so much for you, you are really not moved at all?"

Xu Qian's slender and upright figure appeared in front of him. Ayu's eyes lit up and darkened again, and he said bitterly: "I, how can I deserve him?"

She has married even though she was once prominent, and her family has long been defeated. Xu Qian is young and promising, so she deserves a better girl.

Baochan said angrily: "What is worthy? The fifth master treats you like this, which means he doesn't care about those things at all, otherwise he would have married those noble girls."

Ayu vaguely understood what Baochan said, but Xu Qian had never surpassed the line. What could she do? Ask him on his own initiative?

Ayu was nervous when he saw him and it was impossible to do that.

Baochan sat as a bystander and understood very well what the crux of the two was. The master was timid and dared not express his opinion. The fifth master and gentleman misunderstood that the master was unwilling, so he did not dare to show anything in his words and deeds.

"Girl, if you really want to test the fifth master's intentions, I have a way." Baochan said happily with a moving heart.

Ayu looked up and looked at her in confusion: "What's the solution?"

Baochan leaned into her ear and muttered quickly.

Ayu's cheeks turned red when he heard this, and he turned his head and said, "No, I..."

Baochan grabbed her shoulder and begged: "Girl, my good girl, the fifth master is thirty, you should be pitying him. It's done. From now on, you and the fifth master stay together and love each other. If you can't do it, you can also fool you with drunkenness and think about your persimmons peacefully in the future. I will never say a word for me."

Ayu still didn't dare, but she couldn't resist Baochan's repeated instigation and was dizzy, so she agreed.

In the evening, Xu Qian came back from the military camp.

Baochan was waiting in the front yard and finally saw someone. Baochan smiled and said, "Fifth Master, today is our girl's birthday. The girl doesn't want to be lively, but I think the birthday is a festive day that only one day a year, so I let the kitchen clean up a table of good dishes. If Wu Zheng is free, come to the back yard to eat together?"

Xu Qian glanced at the backyard. She abides by etiquette and never invited him on his own initiative.

"Is it your own idea or your girl's intention?" Xu Qian asked coldly when his fingers brushed his cuffs.

Baochan hurriedly said, "It's the girl's meaning. The girl said that such a good table of dishes is too wasteful to eat by herself. The fifth master should have a good meal after going out early and returning late."

Xu Qian understood and walked forward and said, "Okay, I'll go there later."

Baochan went to the backyard happily.

Ayu was very nervous. Tonight's incident sounded good, it was to test Xu Qian's intentions, but to put it bad, it was to seduce him.

Ayu has never seduced anyone, even though some people always scold her for being charming.

He was nervous, as if not long after, Xu Qian came. The tall general of the gang stood in front of the main hall and blocked the sunset outside.

Ayu grabbed the veil, lowered his head and stood up, saluting him: "The Fifth Master is here."

She wore a green lotus-colored bun, a small face with white cheeks and slightly pink cheeks, like a pink and white bud in the lotus pond.

The pretty attractive girl, but she was cowardly and looked very afraid of being eaten by others, so Xu Qian clearly had that intention, but it was difficult to take that step.

Withdrew his gaze, Xu Qian nodded and said, "I'm upset."

Ayu was really panicked. As soon as Xu Qian sat down, she ordered Baochan to serve food.

The dishes were placed one by one, and there were eight dishes. The last dish was fragrant and it was the wine-stewed meatballs.

Xu Qian unexpectedly glanced at Ayu next to him.

As far as he knows, Ayu couldn't get a little wine, otherwise he would get drunk with just one drop. Could it be that this dish was specially prepared for him?

The food was gone, Baochan led the two little maids back down.

Ayu silently clamped the three dishes in front of her. I don’t know if it was because of the plan tonight that made people panic or the faint smell of wine that affected her, Ayu’s cheeks were obviously hot and the chopsticks in her hand were almost unable to hold them firmly.

Xu Qian noticed her strangeness.

Ayu noticed his gaze and gritted his teeth, scooped a wine-making meatball with a spoon, and chewed it slowly and finished it.

Xu Qian slowly stopped the bamboo chopsticks in his hand.

The wine was made of rice wine. Even so, Ayu was drunk and looked at Xu Qian with a confused look, feeling that there were two of him sitting there.

Blinking his eyes, Ayu fell on the table.

Xu Qian stood up subconsciously before he wanted to help her. Thinking of her fear of him, Xu Qian quickly withdrew his hand and shouted to someone outside: "Bao Cicada!"

Baochan hid behind the door of the ear room, holding the door panel in his hand, pretending not to hear it.

Ayu was awakened by Xu Qian's cold voice, and Baochan's whispers rang in his ears again. Ayu's mind suddenly caught fire. The fire made her feel uncomfortable and burned her last concerns.

Baochan is right. Xu Qian is not young anymore. If he succeeds, she will live with him well. If he fails, she will take Baochan away, so as not to let the bride come in in the future and she will be in the way.

"Fifth Master..." Ayu called softly.

Without caring about finding Baochan, Xu Qian immediately came to her and asked with concern: "Ayu, what's wrong with you?"

His phoenix eyes were deep and sharp as if he could see through her thoughts. Ayu closed his eyes and said weakly: "I'm dizzy, please help me back to my room."

She was so angry that she seemed to be asleep at any time, which was really pity.

Xu Qian looked at the empty yard again and suddenly a guess came out.

She couldn't drink wine, but she deliberately drank it. She always kept the courtesy, but today she took the initiative to ask him to help her, and the girl Baochan disappeared.

Did she finally understand?

As the thought came, Xu Qian rolled his throat and picked up the little woman drunk on the table.

His shoulders were wide and strong, and his hands seemed to be able to spit fire. But Ayu couldn't stand it if he held Ayu so much.

Do you still need to continue acting?

Forget it, it's all this, so I've just given it off.

Relying on Xu Qian's shoulder, Ayu secretly opened his eyes and met the man's handsome and cold side face.

She sweated her palms and kissed his earlobe clumsily.

Xu Qian's whole body stiffened and stopped.

He slowly turned his head.

Almost at the same time, Ayu was so panicked that he blocked his eyes with his hands.

Xu Qian's voice was turbulent and hoarse: "Ayu, do you know what you are doing?"

Ayu knew that she was seducing him.

But she couldn't say it.

Xu Qian knew her personality very well, and being able to do this has taken all her courage.

He only needs to confirm one thing.

With great strides into the inner room, Xu Qian put Ayu on the bed without any pity, grabbed her little hand that she wanted to cover her face, Xu Qian panted and asked, "Ayu, who am I?"

Ayu's almond eyes were wet and water inside. He was almost scared to tears by him. He replied in a trembling voice: "You, you are the fifth master."

It’s good if you’re not drunk, it’s good if you don’t treat him as the sixth child.

Xu Qian pointed to his ears, stared at her eyes and asked, "Why do you kiss me? You like me?"

Ayu was so embarrassed that he even had to ask!

Unable to operate, Ayu closed his eyes and his cherry lips, and he looked like he didn't even say anything to him. His face was as red as a drunken crabapple.

Xu Qian's eyes became deeper, and he pulled down the tent and rushed over.

...

Xu Qian didn't let Ayu sleep for long that night.

It was not until dawn outside that Xu Qian had to go to the military camp that he finally gave up.

Ayu was so sleepy that he couldn't even open his eyes. The last consciousness was Xu Qian hugging her and promised: "We will hold a banquet to marry you at the end of the month."
To be continued...