The return of Qin An's family eased the increasingly tense relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law of the long house.

Although Qin An is not a very valued son in the third room, Qin Bai, as a father, still faintly suppresses this son and does not let him return to Beijing to enjoy the glorious and wealthy life of Houmenzi, but now that he has returned, he has also obtained a good official position, and has a good relationship with the famous Jiangmen family of this dynasty, so the other heads of the Qin family can no longer pretend to ignore his existence, and the due etiquette must be fulfilled.

The long room was first represented by Qin Zhonghai and Qin Shutao, who personally came to the third room to meet this cousin who had only met at the wedding four years ago, and talked for a long time, and also had a better understanding of Qin An's character.

Then Yao and Min came to visit Xiao Feng as concubines, soothed her discomfort, and sent some clothes and jewelry and medicine to nourish the body. Yao also introduced a famous doctor who is very good at gynecology, the other party had worked in the Tai Hospital in his early years, and later retired because of Ding Wei, and did not go back to be an official after filial piety, but supported the ancestral medical hall of the family, and had a good reputation among the female relatives in the circle of the powerful. It is said that the imperial doctor who prescribed prescriptions for Xiao Feng's diagnosis and treatment before also studied medicine with this old doctor.

Xiao Feng thanked the Yao family gratefully, feeling that the concubines were very easy to get along with, and they were not as lofty and domineering as they imagined, and their hearts suddenly settled down, and they felt that the life of their in-laws was not so sad. Not only is she not sad, but because of her in-laws in charge, maybe her situation is a little better than when she was the master of the house in Datong.

After all, Jin Huan is now confined to the ear room next door, and he can no longer pretend to be virtuous in front of her to secretly play a black hand. Xiao Feng's mood was much lighter, coupled with the power of the imperial doctor's medicine, her personal life and diet were far more refined and comfortable than before, and she rested well, not only her spirit was much better, but her complexion also improved. The original discomfort of the body has also been reduced.

Now even the concubines are so amiable, as long as she can give birth to a son smoothly, her status in the Qin family will no longer be shaken.

Compared with Xiao Feng's happy mood, Yao's private conversation with his henchman Yulan after going to see her may be a little unexpected. She said: "The complexion of the fifth brother and sister is much worse than when she first arrived in the capital and was not married to the fifth brother. Others say that it is because she is unstable in her pregnancy, but I think that she is living a bad life and lacks confidence, so she will always show a little timidity. Although her family background is not very good, she is always the third aunt who is the master to marry the family, and the stepfamily that Ming Media is marrying, and the one in front is not liked by the third uncle and the third aunt, and she is divorced without dignity, and her steproom is actually no different from the original partner. In addition, her sister is the wife of our Qin family's clan, and she has this backer, as long as she doesn't learn from the one in front of her, no one will underestimate her, what is there to be afraid of her? ”

Yulan smiled and said, "The people below us have heard some gossip about the fifth master, saying that he is a soft-eared person. People are also smart, and they are not indecent, but they are easy to be coaxed by women. The one in front of him coaxed him by pretending to be pitiful, and now his concubine named Jinhuan also coaxed him to become an aunt. I heard that he said a few years ago that he didn't want to marry another wife, as long as he stayed with that concubine for the rest of his life, anyway, he had both children and daughters, and he was not afraid that no one would inherit the incense. It was the third lady who persuaded him to persuade him to remarry. Looking at him now, isn't he gentle and kind to the fifth grandmother? Presumably the fifth grandmother coaxed him to be happy. ”

Yao sneered: "This may be a good thing for the fifth brother and sister." It's just that if one or two coaxing little girls pop out in the future, I don't know if the fifth brother will add two more concubines, and then the fifth brother and sister will be worried. This man, his heart is too soft, and it's not a good thing!"

She gloated a little, although the fifth brother and sister Xiao Feng had a good mother-in-law who was reasonable and could help her concubine, but if she had a husband who was easy to be soft-hearted and soft-eared, she would have to suffer more sins in the future. In contrast, although her husband Qin Zhonghai was sometimes more arbitrary, refused to listen to her persuasion, and only cared about his own ideas, he ignored her ideas, but Qin Zhonghai was reliable! He would never listen to the words of any fox spirit to block her. Qin Su's biological mother, Aunt Hu, was a shameless cheap girl who climbed out of bed shamelessly, and successfully became an aunt with her son, which was very eye-catching. But so what? Qin Zhonghai has never praised Aunt Hu's virtue, nor has he ever fallen into her face!

Yao's comparison with other concubines, Xiao Xue's mother-in-law and husband are unreliable, and there is an eldest daughter who is always dragging her feet; Min is at odds with her daughter for many years; although Xiao Feng has a good mother-in-law, she has a soft-eared husband and a restless concubine, and a pair of "concubines and concubines" who are born in the diaphragm; Guan is simply dead. No matter how you look at it, she herself is much happier. Thinking about it like this, even her mother-in-law Xu, who was full of selfishness, and her husband Qin Zhonghai, who refused to listen to her advice, became less uncomfortable.

Yao's thoughts are naturally unknown to others.

The second room was a little behind the long room, and after Qin Bofu heard the news, he also brought his wife, youngest daughter, and son over to meet with Qin An's family.

It was the first time that the two cousins had met, and they were quite alien to each other. If it was in the past, Qin Bofu would definitely not look down on Qin An, who was not as high as his own and had been stationed in the border town for many years. But now that Qin An's rank has risen, it is one level higher than before he lost his official position, and he has been transferred back to the capital, and his identity is not comparable to him. Qin Bofu is used to stammering the long room and the third room, and he doesn't feel ashamed in front of Qin An. Under the deliberate friendship, Qin An easily had a good impression of this lobby brother, and also established a friendly brotherly relationship with him, and made an appointment to have time to drink and chat together in the future.

Qin An even suggested going hunting outside the city in the fall. This is an extremely common pastime for the military attaches of Datong. He heard from General Ma that the martial arts circle in the capital also had such a tradition, and thought that Qin Bofu was also the grandson of the general's grandfather, so he brought it up. Qin Bofu was obviously a civilian official and was not very good at riding and hunting, but thinking that Qin An might be able to make an appointment with a few generals when the time came, he agreed to come down. While boasting that he was also very good at hunting when he was young, he only learned from his studies and became an official, but he thought in his heart that he would have to practice riding and archery well when he returned home, otherwise he would lose face in front of the nobles if he made a fool of himself in the future? That would be very detrimental to his future.

The meeting between Xiao Xue and Xiao Feng was not shocking. And because Xiao Feng is a pregnant woman who needs to recuperate after all, she can't always get up to meet guests, Xiao Xue didn't stay in her house for long, and was invited by Niu to talk in the upper room of the main courtyard. Qin Jinchun had the opportunity to sit in Qin Hanzhen's courtyard, and Qin Hanzhen invited Qin Jinhua over again. After nearly a month apart, the three sisters finally sat together again.

Qin Jinchun was a little concerned about Qin Hanzhu's arrival: "How is the sixth sister's temperament?

Qin Hanzhen said: "It's okay, Si Sven, very well-behaved." ”

Qin Jinhua told Qin Jinchun: "The third sister took her to our long room to sit down, and personally sent her to school. Mr. Zeng also likes the sixth sister, saying that she is very smart and learns everything quickly. I also told the third sister that the third uncle is really a talent, and the two granddaughters are so smart. The painting of the third sister is a must, and the sixth sister will definitely be a talented girl in the future. ”

Qin Hanzhen laughed when he heard it. Qin Jinchun was still a little surprised: "Really? That's really rare!" She was still a little worried, "Fifth sister didn't lose her temper?"

Everyone knows that Qin Jinrong's temperament is not very tolerant of others beating her.

Qin Hanzhen was also a little strange about this: "The fifth sister doesn't seem to like the sixth sister very much, but the strange thing is that she has never lost her temper. She barely paid much attention to the sixth sister, probably because the sixth sister was much younger than her. ”

Qin Jinrong is about to turn eleven years old, Qin Hanzhu is not yet seven years old, the age difference of four or five years is already a generation gap, and the content of learning is also different. If Qin Jinrong couldn't see her sisters doing better than her before, because she couldn't bear her biological mother praising her sisters more, she was angry for Qin Hanzhu's academic excellence, which would be a bit humiliating. The little sister who is so much younger than her is actually smarter and studious than her, does she still have the face to scold the little sister? People who have a little self-esteem should work harder and strive to catch up.

Qin Jinhua said: "I see, maybe it's because the third aunt hasn't praised the sixth sister, right?"

Min has a cold temperament and is somewhat arrogant. No matter what Qin Hanzhu's real background is, she is now a concubine in her name, and she is still a concubine whose "biological mother" is not very good on the stage. No matter how smart she is, she may not be able to get into Min's eyes. And Min didn't praise her, so why did Qin Jinrong have trouble with Qin Hanzhu? The logic of the fifth girl Qin was actually very easy to understand.

The three sisters were immediately relieved. Qin Jinchun began to mention the spring outing with great interest.

The Qin family's room and the third room are going to Changping to visit the spring together, and even the Yunyang Hou Mansion and the Xu family have been invited, there is no reason not to count the second room, especially now that the long room has shown signs of reconciliation with the second room, so Qin Jinchun has already said that he wants to travel with the two cousins. She hadn't been out of town for a long, long time, and hadn't really relaxed and played for a long, long time, and she had great expectations for this spring outing.

However, when it comes to spring outings, she inevitably mentions her companions. She lowered her voice and said, "I heard some rumors outside before, saying that the Xu family is going to take Mrs. Xu's maiden niece and granddaughter into the capital and let her get engaged to Cousin Xu? Is this true or false? Is the matter already decided?"

Qin Jinhua paused: "Grandmother didn't mention it." My mother had heard about it, but she ...... It's not good to ask grandmother. ”

Qin Jinchun sighed: "What is this? I heard that Mrs. Xu's maiden niece and granddaughter, her father is just a five-grade acquaintance. Although their family is a scholarly family, what is the point of that girl compared to the second sister? It's just because she is Mrs. Xu's maiden family. The Xu family wants to marry this girl as their eldest granddaughter-in-law, which is really infuriating! When my eldest sister Xiao wanted to marry my eldest cousin, I felt that my eldest cousin Xu was pitiful. Now I feel that he might as well marry my eldest sister! He has dragged his second sister for many years, and it has made it difficult for the second sister to talk about her relatives, but now this is the result. What is the use of a poor worm who will only be at the mercy of his elders, even if he has a great reputation outside?!"