Qin Jinyi carefully climbed the edge of the carriage, and slowly stepped on the footstool to get out of the carriage, only to feel that the injured calf was still aching, that is, barely supporting. It was cold again, and the cold seeped into the bones from the outside, which made the discomfort in the legs even worse. When today's thing is done, she will have to give birth to a two-month injury, and she will no longer be stingy with any good soup and medicine, and she can't be a bride with a limp, right?

In fact, if the day of the banquet in the long room could be a few more days later, her injuries are estimated to recover better, but now she really can't wait. She was still grounded, but it was not easy for her grandmother Xue to nod and let her go out. For this reason, she also risked being scolded again by her father Qin Bofu, and ran to the room of her grandmother Xue in Sanjin Courtyard with her injury, and served Xue for three days and three nights in a row in the cold weather! Xue was still annoyed with her, but because she was attentive and petty, and she kept saying that she knew that she was wrong, she relented.

At Xue's age, Yuan also loves this granddaughter the most. Now she is cold to her son, and her mother's family is not angry, although her little granddaughter has a little filial piety, she is obviously closer to her daughter-in-law. Since the eldest granddaughter knows her mistake and knows how to turn around and be filial to her, she is not willing to be estranged from this heart. Otherwise, who will she rely on for the rest of her life?

The Xue family wants to lift the grounding of the eldest granddaughter, Qin Bofu is proud recently because the second room of the Qin family does not dare to come to the door again, and when he looks back and sees his mother's gloomy face, he can't help but feel a little guilty about his mother. Xue's little request, he couldn't refuse, Qin Jinyi finally got permission to move freely at home. However, since she still has to recuperate from her injuries, this freedom is only in name, and most of the time, she still has to stay on the kang without moving.

Qin Jinyi heard about the invitation to the long house, and immediately went to beg the Xue family and asked to go over together. The Xue family was actually reluctant, although the post of Changfang did not say it explicitly, it was obvious that he only planned to invite Qin Bofu and his wife to Qin Jinchun, and then Qin Xun brought by Qin Bofu without authorization, and most of the others did not have a share. And she was injured at home, so she couldn't go out, so there was no need to worry about this. Even if she sulks and loses her temper, she still has to worry about whether it will affect her back injury. The doctor said that she must recuperate and move as little as possible, if she is not well raised, she may become paralyzed in the future!

Qin Bofu and his wife took their youngest daughter and concubine to the long room as guests, Xue was a little lonely at home, she wanted to leave her eldest granddaughter as a companion, anyway, the latter was not treated by the people in the long room and the third room. But if the eldest granddaughter asks to go with her, won't she be left alone? How can this work?!

Qin Jinyi was clever and persuaded her: "Father's evaluation for the next year has been decided, although there is a long room to help with the dots, no news has yet spread, but by April next year at the latest, the officials will definitely issue documents." At that time, my father's crown belt was idle at home, which was very different from the previous six products. Even if there are high-ranking officials and nobles who are not mistaken by rumors and fancy their granddaughter's appearance, people have to think twice. It is better to take advantage of the Chinese New Year, when each family goes to relatives, and the granddaughter shows her face more, maybe there are people who are willing to marry our family? As long as the family affairs are decided before the official documents are issued, even if other families know that their father has lost his official position, they will not be able to regret it. Our family is not an ordinary family, it is the queen's own nephew's family!"

After listening to Qin Jinyi's words, he not only agreed to let her go to the long house as a guest, but also gave her some private jewelry, bought a new high-quality rouge gouache, and let the eldest granddaughter dress herself up more handsome. It's a pity that the clothes are too late, the Xue family knows that the youngest granddaughter Qin Jinchun has just made two new clothes, which she is going to wear when she goes out for the New Year, although the clothes are shorter and do not fit Qin Jinyi's body, but the skirt can be done, so he specially asked Qin Jinchun to give the two new skirts to the eldest sister.

Qin Jinchun was so depressed that the material of the two new dresses was still given by Qin Jinhua and Qin Hanzhen's two cousins! However, thinking that Qin Jinyi was about to make a fool of herself, she held back her breath and asked the girl to send the skirt over with a straight face. Originally, she felt a little ashamed of her grandmother because she wanted to design the eldest sister's affairs, but now there is a matter of snatching skirts, and her mother Xiao Xue was ordered to stay at home to take care of the patient, and she is not allowed to go to the long house to pay New Year's greetings, so she no longer has such thoughts in her heart.

Qin Jinyi walked elegantly towards Songfeng Hall, although the injury on her leg was still painful, she felt that she was extremely beautiful today. She could actually detect the bad eyes of her sister, but what did it matter? It was just two skirts, she was the eldest sister, and she should have been more polite as a younger sister.

She walked into Songfeng Hall and asked Xu's, Niu's, Yao's, Min's, Qin Youzhen, and Qin Youyi's to say goodbye. When she straightened up, she quickly glanced into the room, and found that the Xu family had not yet come, and she was a little disappointed.

She didn't find that the Xu family, the Niu family and others were very kind and kind to Qin Jinchun, but their attitude towards her was very cold. Not only the elders, but even the girls, treated her lightly and politely, and when they greeted each other, they stopped paying attention to her. She sat alone, but Qin Jinchun quickly blended into the sisters, talking and laughing, making her more and more unsociable.

Qin Jinyi was attentive to when the Xu family arrived, but it didn't take long to find that she was isolated. She was a little annoyed in her heart, and she wanted to scold her sisters for disrespecting the eldest sister, but she thought that there would be a big plan for a while, and if it was too eye-catching, she was afraid that it would be inconvenient for a while. Thinking of this, she held back the anger in her heart and whispered to the two girls: "You go around, meet your old friends, find a proper place by the way, and then come back to me immediately." ”

The painting building was worried, and couldn't help but persuade her again: "Girl, why don't you forget it?" It's so cold today, your injury hasn't healed yet, in case there is a delay......

Qin Jinyi glared at her: "I know in my heart, what are you talking about?!Just do what I tell you to do, don't worry about the rest!"

Hualou wanted to speak and stopped, but Langying pulled her and bent her knees: "Then the slaves and maids will retire first." He pulled the painting building out of the Songfeng Hall, and only then whispered in a secluded place: "Don't be confused, didn't we say it a long time ago? You have persuaded a lot, beware of the girl being suspicious, that will be to bring trouble to ourselves!"

Hualou sighed: "It's okay...... Anyway, the girl can't suffer a big loss. She glanced at the corner of her sleeve, "Are you ready?"

Lang Ying nodded expressionlessly: "Don't worry." ”

The two of them followed the plan they had agreed in advance and walked away.

After sending out the two girls, Qin Jinyi continued to sit and wait for the arrival of the Xu family with some trepidation. The result did not disappoint her, and soon after, Xu Zheng arrived with his younger siblings, without the elders. Qin Jinyi was still a little disappointed, there was no elder to make the decision to accept the marriage, after all, there were still some shortcomings.

After everyone had bowed, they gathered together in twos and threes to speak. Xu Zheng is the baby egg in the minds of the elders, so he was naturally called over by Xu. He was the oldest, and after talking in front of his aunt and grandmother for a while, he had to take his younger brother Xu Rong to the table of the male relatives outside. Xu Rong didn't see it, but stuck to the sisters and went to the girls' pile together.

He has a sweet mouth since he was a child, and he is used to being gentle and petty, and he is courteous to his sisters, but he quickly gets along with the girls.

But none of this excitement has anything to do with Qin Jinyi. She could only sit on the side, watching the two masters and girls of the Xu family get along with the sisters in the long room and the third room, and she wanted to interject a few words, but no one else cared about it. Not only did she ignore it, but Xu Lan, the second girl of the Xu family, still had a look of disdain on her face.

Qin Jinyi was angry in her heart, but because Xu Lan was Xu Zheng's sister, although she was a concubine and not an outsider, she was afraid of making Xu Zheng angry, so she didn't dare to say anything, so she simply turned her head and stared at Xu Zheng.

But Xu Zheng also ignored her, and after having fun in front of the elders, he ran to his younger brother's side, said hello to the cousins, chatted a few words of family life, and then went to the front seat. Qin Shutao and Min's eight-year-old sister-in-law, Qin Duan, volunteered to lead the way, and the three cousins held hands and withdrew. Qin Jinyi couldn't help but walk to the window and watch Xu Zheng disappear outside the courtyard gate, her eyes full of obsession.

Qin Hanzhen glanced at her, shook his head secretly in his heart, and turned around to exchange glances with Qin Jinhua and Qin Jinchun, both of whom felt that Qin Jinyi's mind seemed to be becoming more and more unconscious.

Qin Jinyi was bored in the house, so she simply went out to sit in the verandah, with a handstove in her sleeve, and a curtain was hung under the porch, which was not too cold. After more than half an hour, the painting building and the shadow came back. The painting building still has the same sentence: "There are many people in this house today, and it is very lively everywhere, if you want to find a quiet place, I am afraid that you really have to go to the garden." But that place is too cold, and Master Xu is afraid that he won't be so easily fooled......"

Qin Jinyi didn't listen, only watched the shadow. Lang Ying said calmly: "Songfeng Hall goes out, and after the east side of the hall, it is the courtyard where our wife used to live. Now it's empty, unattended. After all, it's a familiar place, it's convenient for us to go over, and it's quiet, and no one will pass by. ”

When Qin Jinyi heard it, she thought it was very good: "Just be there." You go over to prepare first, and you go to find Zhu Lou to paint the building. He should be in the front yard, and he must have stabilized the inkstone. ”

However, at this time, Yanyu had just thrown Zhu Lou off. He hurriedly rushed to the banquet in Kurong Hall and called out his little master, Qin Jian: "Big young master, the king of Suning County is here, just waiting to see you at the door!"

Qin Jian was taken aback: "Why did you come here today?" He hurriedly greeted him, and sure enough, he saw Zhao Mo sitting in the gatehouse, talking to the steward of the outer courtyard of the Chengenhou Mansion in a friendly manner.

Zhao Mo saw Qin Jian coming, smiled and said, "It's okay today, I was walking around the city, and when I got nearby, I remembered that I hadn't come to see you since I returned to Beijing, and I was afraid that you would complain, so I hurried over." When I entered the door, I remembered that it was the second day of the Lunar New Year, and I was afraid that there were petites in your house, and I was an outsider who was not good at ramming, so I could only call you out to talk. If not, we'll meet again another day. ”

Qin Jian hurriedly said: "It's rare for you to come to the door, why do you want to get together again another day? Today's family can only be regarded as a family banquet, and the two aunts and the cousins and sisters of the Xu family are all relatives. You are also a relative of our family, and you have lived in the house for a while, so you are not considered an outsider. My grandmother and my third uncle and grandmother will be happy to see you. Come with me, but don't go outside!"

Zhao Mo was indispensable, but when he heard that the brothers of the Xu family were also here, he immediately became enthusiastic: "Then I might as well be respectful." ”