The Fourth Master raised his hand and called on everyone to rise, then sat down at the head of the table.

  The lady sat down beside Fourth Master: "It's cold today, and you've all arrived early."

  "It's just courtesy to pay respects to the mistress," said Li Shi calmly.

  Fourth Master took the tea sent by Nubi and took a sip, then said: "After the Golden Festival is over, there's nothing urgent for now, and there are still days to go before the New Year. I don't have any orders for you, just be obedient and follow the rules."

  Everyone hurriedly said yes.

  The imperial concubine smiled and said: "They have always been proper."

  Fourth Master grunted, seemingly uninterested.

  The empress dowager asked about Li's two children, then asked about Song Gege's child, and also asked about Geng's body.

  "You'd better not slack off even during this short break, if it weren't for the holiday, I wouldn't have dared to call you out."

  "Thank you, Fu Jin, I'm fine." Geng Geng quickly got up.

  "That's good, but it's cold outside, so let's keep them for a few more days. If there's anything lacking, just tell me."

  "Yes, thank you, Fu Jin." Geng Gege hastily said.

  The idle talk is almost over, Fu Jin turned her head and asked Fourth Master: "Master, do you have anything else to say?"

  "It's a family matter, let the mistress handle it." Fourth Master thought for a moment: "Li Shi, today's snow is heavy, Second Brother will stay in the front yard, and send him back after a few days."

  "Yes, Second Brother lives in the front yard with Grandfather, I am at ease." This is not called separating mother and child, this is a great good thing.

  Fourth Master nodded and stood up, saying: "In that case, I'll return to the front yard. Ye Shi, attend to the writing instruments."

  Ye Zao was in a daze and didn't pay attention, but Zhang's pinch made her suddenly say: "See off Master Ye."

  Everyone was stunned at first, and then burst out laughing.

  Fourth Master's mouth also hooked up a smile. The lady was about to scold him, but the words couldn't be spoken.

  Bian said: "Ye Shi, what are you staring at? The master is calling for you to attend to his writing."

  "This servant... This servant was distracted, please Master and Mistress punish me." Ye Zao hastily knelt down.

  Grandma's leg, she just thought about what to eat on a snowy day.

  "Alright, let's go." Fourth Master wouldn't get angry, it was just Little Fox being distracted.

  Fourth Master doesn't know, there's a term called: silly cute.

  Ye Zao looked at Fu Jin again and called out to her, making her feel a lot more at ease: "Get up and follow me, take good care of the writing instruments."

  "Yes." Ye Zao finally stood up and followed Fourth Master out.

  Outside the door, Su Peisheng was already holding an umbrella, and Xiuhua had helped Fourth Master put on his cloak.

  The leaves of the jujube tree have not yet fully unfolded.

  The fourth master just stood there and didn't move.

  A-Yuan helped Ye Zao put on his raincoat and opened an umbrella for him.

  Fourth Master saw her getting better and then took a step forward.

  Inside the house, Fourth Master left, and Madame Fu had nothing to say: "Everyone go back, it's cold and slippery outside, be careful with the attendants."

  Li led the way out, and the others followed one after another.

  Apart from Song's family turning back after going out, Li's family took Chang's family and Geng's family took Zhang's family on the same road as the fourth master and Ye Zao.

  They can still see people in front of them.

  As he watched, Li became enraged.

  For no other reason, Fourth Master actually held Ye Shi's hand while walking.

  Mr. Li felt indescribable anger and sadness in his heart.

  They all say she's spoiled, and became a concubine the year after entering the mansion, but... even when she was most favored, she never had Fourth Master hold her hand while walking on the road.

  How dare she, Ye Shi?

  How did Fourth Master agree?

  She was almost out of breath and her face had changed color.

  Until Fourth Master and Ye's family turned a corner, she really couldn't see them anymore, so she gave up.

  Ye Zao was just twisted a bit, and then was pulled by Fourth Master's hand.

  Actually, after holding hands, Fourth Master felt a bit regretful, it was too unorthodox.

  Ke Ye's hand was a little cold, and it felt soft and boneless. Fourth Master couldn't bear to let go for the time being.

  He thought it was simple, just hold on and don't let go. If he lets go again at this moment, the little fox's heart will be unbearable.

  As a concubine, she was already in a difficult position, and it was clear from the moment she knelt down.

  Now if he lets go, it's as if he's tired of her, and she doesn't know how long she'll be secretly heartbroken.

  However, Fourth Master didn't take Ye Zao's words seriously.

  They arrived at the front yard, and Ye Zao followed Fourth Master to under the eaves of the corridor, where the servants rushed over to brush off the snow from their bodies.

  After entering the house, he finally took off his cloak.

  Although it's not as warm as Jin Yu Ge, there is a surge of hot air rushing towards me here.

  "Is it cold?" Fourth Master asked.

  Ye Zao shook his head, and after shaking his head, he thought again that this was wrong, so he hastily said: "Not cold."

  "Uh, tell your kid to go get you a pair of shoes to change into. The ones worn outside are different from the ones worn at home."

  Ye Zao nodded, actually Ah Yuan had left long ago.

  Deng A Yuan came back and changed her shoes, Si Ye had already started working.

  "Sir, I'm grinding ink?" Ye Zao had a bit of a toothache. This job wasn't very tiring, but it did test one's wrist strength.

  Fourth Master looked at her with a seemingly smiling yet not quite smiling expression: "Take your time."

  Ye Zao hummed in response, rolled up his sleeves, and then began grinding ink.

  Fourth Master couldn't help but take a glance at her wrist as white as jade, then lowered his head and became engrossed in official business.

  Fourth Master is not afraid of Ye Zao seeing his written documents and the like. There won't be any top-secret matters here either.

  Besides, Ye Zao is a woman in the inner house and doesn't go out of the mansion, so even if she saw it, it's just that she saw it.

  In fact, asking her to serve as a scribe was just an excuse.

  It's just Fourth Master being idle and wanting her to stay with him.

  Ye Zao ground the ink and sat down on the stool opposite Fourth Master, gazing at him without being noticed, then leaned back against the chair.

  Fourth Master raised his eyes: "Go over there and rest, it's warm. Just call someone in to serve you."

  Ye Zao nodded and did not refuse.

  After calling in the jade dust from outside, she curled up on a small couch on one side.

  Unconsciously fell asleep.

  After she fell asleep, Fourth Master glanced at her a few times. Jade dust hurriedly went inside to fetch a quilt and covered her with it. Fourth Master didn't say anything but his expression was one of satisfaction.

  No matter how the eldest daughter of the previous court rose to power, in the eyes of the Fourth Master, she was still a slave. This can be seen from Yu Ning's reaction when climbing into bed.

  But Ye Shi, no matter how low her status was, she was still his woman.

  It's only natural for me to serve his woman.

  Yu Xue also understood this point in her heart. To be honest, she admired Ye Shi. This person, if you say tactics, she clearly didn't do anything.

  But if you think she's only favored by Fourth Master because of her beauty, then you're blind.

  When she woke up, she found herself covered with a quilt and guessed that Yuxi had covered her. She sat up and smiled at her.

  Yu Xue returned with a smile.

  Ye Zao rubbed her eyes and got up. She saw Fourth Master still writing something. Yu Xie saw that she had gotten up, so he retreated to the side.

  Ye Zao took over and continued grinding.

  Fourth Master just glanced at her and continued to lower his head.

  After a while, Ye Zao quietly picked up a fine pen that was not very good from the pen holder on one side.

  She learned calligraphy in her previous life and wrote very well, so she can also distinguish between good and bad pens.