Wanlan went to Mrs. Qin's house to say good morning before breakfast, Xie Mansion's family rules have the rule of morning and dusk, no matter what the children are, they have to go to the long room every morning to say hello to their father and mother, Wanlan got up early today and deliberately went to the main room a moment earlier than her younger siblings.

Mrs. Qin sat in front of the dressing mirror, rinsed her mouth with tea under the maid's clothes, and let the maid behind her gently fiddle with her hair, Wanlan sat on the chair and watched her inadvertently reveal elegance and calmness in her gestures, and suddenly sighed: "Mother's demeanor and bearing are really not something we can learn casually." ”

Mrs. Qin squinted at her with a smile: "The young man doesn't know what it's like to be sad. ”

Wanlan tossed and turned last night because of Xie Daoyong's words, and she didn't care about picking up her mother's words, so she hurriedly asked: "Mother, is my uncle still with my father?" ”

Mrs. Qin glanced at her again, and instead of answering, she asked, "What?" ”

Wanlan immediately realized the urgency of the gaffe in her tone, hurriedly restrained her feelings, and said softly: "My daughter arranged for someone to guide my uncle to Zhenjiang. ”

Mrs. Qin smiled slightly: "Your uncle has lived in Zhenjiang longer than you, and you sent someone to guide him to Zhejiang, didn't you get a big axe in front of Luban's door." ”

Wanlan lowered her chin, a little surprised: "My daughter owes it to consideration." ”

Mrs. Qin smiled tolerantly, and said: "But you think about it well, your uncle hasn't come back for seventeen years, and he should also go out of the house to see the new situation in his hometown, but the people who arrange it are not as good as his own family, so let Huai'an lead him around, so that their uncle and nephew can get close." ”

Wanlan pursed her lips, stretched out her tongue and licked it again, a little cramped, and a little uncontrollable, and asked cautiously: "Mother thinks that what my uncle said at the banquet yesterday is right?" ”

Mrs. Qin raised her voice and slowly said "um", and said vaguely: "Your uncle is in the capital, and he knows more than us." ”

Wanlan's right thumb pinched hard at the knuckle of her index finger, her eyes raised to look at her mother's face in the mirror, and asked, "Did my father stay in the study last night?" ”

Mrs. Qin put on a lustrous white jade bracelet for herself, and said a little casually: "It's okay, he and Daoyong seem to have talked in the study for a night." ”

Wanlan couldn't sit still, patiently passed the time of a cup of tea, and made an excuse: "Mother, I heard that there are often foreigners and foreign things in the capital, which are very novel and popular, do you say that Uncle has brought some back, so as to open our eyes?" ”

Mrs. Qin laughed openly, turned her head to look at her, expressed her reproach gently with her eyes, and said: "No wonder I have been in my soul all morning, it turned out that I hit your uncle with the idea, and when I became a married girl, I still can't control my temperament, and I will go to my mother-in-law's house in the future to carefully recruit jokes." ”

Wanlan lowered her head and smiled shyly: "Mother likes to make jokes, since you say so, I don't want to get married, and I will be tired of my mother for the rest of my life." ”

"The big woman doesn't stay, stay here and stay to stay and become an enemy," Mrs. Qin took care of her appearance and turned to her: "Go, go, look at your heart-scratching appearance, you have always liked these new things, and I don't know whose curiosity you learned." ”

Wanlan got up, said good fortune to Mrs. Qin in a well-behaved manner, and when she went out, she met the second concubine Tao in Xie Dao and her youngest daughter Wanxian came to say good morning to Mrs. Qin. Wanlan and Tao greeted each other, exchanged pleasantries, and when Wanxian went to greet Mrs. Qin, she took her to the study with her.