The next day, I went to the Cixin Hall to say goodbye, and after sitting for a while, Mrs. Lin sent everyone away, leaving only Lin Wan to speak.

Lin Wanxin said that Chen's mother was really fast, but she didn't know anything on her face. Sure enough, Mrs. Lin carefully looked at Lin Wan's expression and dress, and made sure that it was no different from usual, before she said: "Wan'er, someone from the Wang family came this morning, saying that Mrs. Wang missed you, and she will send someone to pick you up in a while, you go back and prepare, remember to go early and return early." ”

Lin Wan showed her surprise and calmness just right, and responded with a well-behaved and obedient look: "Yes, grandmother." ”

Back to Wanxin Pavilion, pick out a pink gauze coat to wear outside, insert a slightly elegant white magnolia hairpin, put on a hat and go out. As soon as I walked to the door of the second gate, I saw Du's mother drinking tea with a woman about forty years old in the gatehouse.

Seeing Lin Wan, the two of them hurriedly stood up, and the woman came over very affectionately to greet her, and said with a smile: "Miss Seven, do you remember Mother Lu? I haven't seen you for almost three years, Miss Seven looks more and more like my cousin and grandmother when she was a child, and our old lady has been talking about you." ”

Lin Wan returned the salute, nodded with a slight smile, and Mother Du stepped forward and said, "The carriage of the Wang family is waiting at the gate, Mother Lu has been here for a while, and Manager Wu has already arranged the carriage, and the accompanying guards and mother-in-law have also been arranged." ”

Lin Wan obediently follows Mother Du and Mother Lu outside, with Fluttershy and Green Willow following them.

At the door, a two-horse blue carriage in front, a car ornament was hung on one side of the curtain, a log sign in the middle, with the word "king" written on it, and a brown carriage behind it, with a wooden sign with the word "forest", a young coachman sat in the driver's position, a guard stood next to the curtain, and there were two eye-wrenching mothers-in-law standing next to it.

Lin Wan turned to Du's mother and said, "Du's mother, just have Fluttershy and Green Willow with you, you don't need to trouble the two mothers, you can have a coachman, and you don't need a guard." Besides, there is also Mother Lu. ”

Without waiting for Mother Du to speak, Mother Lu hurriedly said: "What Miss Seven said is that they are all members of their own family, so they don't have to pay so much attention, our old lady asked us to pick them up, and we were going to let Miss Seven take two maids to take our carriage, since Miss Seven is willing to take the carriage in the house, there is no need to bring more people, and we will be responsible for sending Miss Seven back." ”

Mother Du hesitated for a moment, and smiled at Mother Lu: "Then there is Mother Laolu." ”

Lin Wan is supported by Fluttershy, and the three of them get into the carriage together. The carriage was not large, and the three of them sat just right. When the carriage in front of them started, their carriage also drove steadily.

This is the first time Lin Wan has come out of the Prime Minister's Mansion in this time and space. She opened a corner of the thick car curtains, looked out, blue bricks and gray tiles, white walls and low houses, walked for a while, and saw a rich and noble family's high-gate compound, looked up, the plaque on the door was written "Liu Xiangfu". It turned out that the two prime ministers' mansions were so close. Walk a little further, enter the market, the east end of the street is some shops selling pen, ink, paper, inkstone, piano, chess, books, paintings, relatively quiet, elegant. Walking to the west end of the street, the sound began to be noisy, there were restaurants, teahouses, theaters, hawkers, etc. The bluestone streets are not very smooth, some bumps, horse-drawn carriages pass by, and pedestrians are far away. There were some small alleys that were more lively, but Lin Wan could only look in from the alley. After about half an hour, I walked out of this street, and there was an arched door number at the west entrance of the street, with three big characters of "Xiangfu Street" written on it.

Out of Xiangfu Street, the carriage turned left into a slightly narrower alley, and the mouth of the alley was written "South Street Lane". The surroundings suddenly fell silent, Lin Wan glanced at Fluttershy, who lifted the curtain and whispered to the young driver sitting in the car, "Little brother, what do you call it?" The driver in front of him did not look back, and lowered his voice and replied directly to Lin Wan: "Miss, little Qin Feng, it was Mother Chen who asked me to drive for Miss today." ”

Lin Wan was very satisfied with his answer, nodded and said, "Well, I'll find another carriage to wait for me at the back door later." ”

"Yes, miss. Qin Feng responded in a low voice.

The south street and alley are not long, the tea kung fu comes out, enters the "Yushi Street", goes to the right, there are many various shops on this street, but it is much quieter, I think it is not dare to make a time in front of the Yushi Gate.

I walked all the way south for more than half an hour and saw the "Wangyu Shifu". The carriage stopped in front of the door, Mama Lu's carriage stopped at the corner in front, and Mama Lu and a middle-aged man with a few rings stood at the door waiting.

Lin Wan got out of the carriage, and Mother Lu greeted her, and said with a smile: "Miss Biao, this is Manager Qiao." The middle-aged man smiled and saluted respectfully, Lin Wan hurriedly returned the salute, and Mother Lu continued: "The old lady is waiting for Miss Biao in the main room, you come with me." ”

Lin Wan glanced back, and there was a little servant taking Qin Feng to the back to rest and feed the horses. Willow and Fluttershy follow her into the Imperial Palace.

The Imperial History Mansion is not as big as the Prime Minister's Mansion, but there are trees and flowers everywhere, the galleries and pavilions are displayed in an orderly manner, the pavilions and pavilions are clean and elegant, and the interior decoration is also very exquisite.

As soon as I entered the door, I saw a kind woman about fifty years old and richly dressed standing at the door of the main room and smiling at herself. Lin Wan hurriedly stepped forward and saluted, and said respectfully: "Wan'er greets her uncle, may her uncle be blessed for a long time!"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly stepped forward to take her hand and said with a smile: "Wan'er doesn't need to be polite, my aunt hasn't seen you for a few years, and she really looks like Liniang as she grows older." ”

Lin Wan smiled, talked to Mrs. Wang, and talked about the physical condition of her grandmother and mother at home, and talked about Lin Wan'er's brother Lin Ruichen.

Old Madam Wang praised: "Your brother is a good example, I only heard your uncle say a few days ago that Ruichen made great contributions with the Seven Princes in the Pingnan Army, and the emperor made two six-rank captains." Because both of them were incognito in the army, they had to wait until they returned to Beijing to give rewards. ”

Lin Wan smiled and said: "My brother has always been Wan'er's pride, but Wan'er only hopes that my brother is safe." ”

While the two were talking, the maid at the door reported: "The eldest lady is here." ”

As he spoke, a delicate and generous girl dressed in a pale green summer dress walked in.

Old Madam Wang smiled and waved her hand, "Biyun, come and meet your cousin Wan'er, you two sisters haven't seen each other for several years." ”

Wang Biyun stepped forward and saluted her grandmother first, and then Lin Wan got up and shouted with a smile: "Sister Biyun." ”

Wang Biyun also walked over, took her hand and said, "Sister Wan'er." ”

The sisters didn't know what to say for a while, so they held hands and looked at each other with a smile. Lin Wan felt very cordial and sincere when she looked at Wang Biyun.

Mrs. Wang called Lu's mother to set up lunch. Mrs. Wang has only one son and one daughter, her son Wang Ronggang served as the prefect in Fujian, and Mrs. Wang took her young son and daughter to serve in Fujian. 's daughter Wang Yuqin is today's Jade Concubine. Mrs. Wang's concubines and children are also divided into separate families, and those who are married are married, so only the grandparents and grandchildren eat together for lunch, and today with Lin Wan, there are only three people. There are not as many rules as the Prime Minister's Mansion when eating, Wang Biyun also told Lin Wan that today's dishes are particularly rich, and they are stained with Lin Wan's light or something, which makes Mrs. Wang laugh and scold her for being greedy and not growing meat.

The three of them were very happy at the meal, and the distance between them was also shortened.

After the meal, Wang Biyun said coquettishly to Mrs. Wang: "Grandmother, can I take Cousin Wan'er to my place to play?"

Old Madam Wang smiled dotingly: "Go, go." ”

Lin Wan hesitated for a moment, showed a solemn look on her little face, and said to Mrs. Wang: "Uncle, Wan'er misses Aunt Yu very much, please ask your aunt to help tell Aunt Yu." ”

Old Madam Wang immediately understood, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll send someone to the palace to say something." ”

Lin Wan curtsied and thanked him: "Uncle Xie, Wan'er retired." ”