The West Wharf, which has always been crowded in the capital, is now tightly surrounded by the inner and outer three layers, and the guards in black armor are all equipped with swords, their faces are serious, and they are staring at the three official ships that are gradually approaching the wharf not far away. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Also surrounded by a small pavilion near the shore sat two men, one in his thirties and the other a teenager, both nervous and expectant. It is Xue Wenfu father and son.

At this time, another group of people came.

But the guards didn't stop them, and let them in.

The leader was an old woman with silver hair covered with silver threads and a palace dress, she walked into the pavilion and saluted the two: "This news is still delivered to Cining Palace first, the master of the horse and the eldest prince are really faster than the old slave, the old woman." ”

Xue Wenfu got up and glanced at the canal with a smile: "I'm afraid that this time, Mama Bai will inevitably go to Guanghua to have a cup of tea." ”

"Mama, we came first, I want to take my sister back to Xue's house first. Xue Licheng also said with a smile, he often goes in and out of Cining Palace, and he is also very familiar with Mama Bai, and his tone can't help but be a little pampered.

Mama Bai smiled when she heard this, and looked at Xue Licheng dotingly: "Okay, good, Mama naturally listens to what the eldest prince says, and the Queen Mother will let you." ”

While they were talking, the ship had docked.

A palace maid stepped forward to help Mama Bai, and the three of them hurried to the shore together.

I saw everyone hugging the two women and getting off the boat.

The one on the left combed a high Ling Xuan bun, with a gold and white jade dot cui step on the bun, wearing a big red gown inlaid with magnolia tuanhua and weaving a treasure vase, and wearing a skirt with real purple embroidered honeysuckle pattern, graceful and luxurious, and extravagant.

On the right is a girl who has not yet reached the end of her life, her face is slightly rounder than the goose egg face, her willow eyebrows are slender, her big eyes are shining, she is combing a playful single screw bun, and she wears two delicate bead flowers on the bun, a pair of pearl earrings the size of lotus seeds and rice in her ears, a gown with a red background woven with a hundred butterfly pattern folded branches, and a royal blue embroidered beaded skirt with a hem edge, which is indescribably smart and lovely.

The two stood together, and if they looked closely, they could find that their faces were seven or eight points similar, and there was no doubt that they were mother and daughter.

The last scruples of Xue Wenfu and the others were also dispelled.

Yiying was a little surprised, she didn't expect her father and brother to come to the pier to greet them in person. However, it is not surprising that today should be the first day of the ninth month, and it is the day when the imperial court officials are resting.

She glanced thoughtfully at the old woman in palace clothes in the middle, and secretly guessed that she should have been sent by her grandmother, Empress Dowager Gao.

Min Yuan had already smiled and walked up to the three of them with her, and introduced: "This is your father, this is your brother, and this is the white grandma next to your grandmother." ”

She bowed slightly to Mama Bai, and Mama Bai turned sideways to avoid it and also saluted her.

She looked at her father, knelt down and made a big salute in a proper manner: "My daughter is not filial, and my father has worried me all these years." ”

Xue Wenfu's heart was also sour when he heard this, his eyes seemed to flash with water, and he said in a trembling voice: "Hurry up, Zhaoyuan, hurry up......"

Min Yuan smiled and helped her up, she looked at her brother who was at a loss, and smiled secretly in her heart: My brother, like Brother Zhou Lang, is still a child.

She bent over and smiled playfully, "Brother, do you remember me?"

Xue Licheng hurriedly said: "Remember, remember, of course remember, you are my sister Zhaoyuan......" wanted to help her, but his demeanor was indescribably cramped.

Everyone laughed when they saw this, and Yiying chatted with Li Cheng for a few more words, and then he naturally got up and started to joke with her.

Min Yuan said to Mama Bai: "Mama, why don't we let these two dusty people go home and freshen up first, and then enter the palace to meet the queen mother?"

Mama Bai smiled when she heard this: "Fifth princess, look at the dress you and the county lord, where is the dust and dust, even compared with the fairies in the sky, it is also better." Having said that, she didn't force it, the fifth princess is the heart of the queen mother, and she won't blame half a point no matter how pampered she is.

The group of them got into the carriage and headed towards the Xue family in Guanghua.

The mansion in the Xue family's Guanghua is about the same size as Min Yuan's palace in Anping, which is close to 100 acres, but in the capital, it is close to the center, which can be described as an inch of land and every inch of gold, which is not the same.

The gate of Xue's house is facing Guanghuali Street, there are two big stone lions squatting in front of the main gate, which are three beast-headed gates, and there are more than a dozen people in gorgeous clothes sitting in front of the door, and there is a corner gate on each side of the east and west.

The main gate of the Xue family was opened today, and Yiying and his party got out of the car from the gate, received the great gifts of the slaves, and walked along the long blue jade floor tile paved road behind the door towards the weeping flower gate.

She looked around, and Zisheng introduced the layout of the mansion to her.

Entering from the main gate is a long road leading to the Hanging Flower Gate, and there are six small courtyards on the west side of the road.

The four rooms near the main entrance are the central center of the operation of the outer courtyard. The other two are the most dignified mothers-in-law in the house, or the nurses of the young ladies and young masters, or the powerful housekeepers and mothers beside the master.

On the east side is the stable, which houses many noble breeds of strange horses, and many servants shuttle back and forth in them, but they do not smell any peculiar smell.

A little further on, a row of east-west courtyards appears to the east, which are used to entertain guests.

This brings us to the Hanging Flower Gate.

The Xue family's hanging flower gate is different from ordinary people's houses, and it still has small corner doors on the east and west sides, which is more like a palace building.

Entering the Hanging Flower Gate, what enters the eye is the twists and turns, extending in all directions.

On both sides of the road, there are bluestone roads, or carefully trimmed flowers and plants, all of which are thick green and refreshing.

Zisheng led the way in front of him, and everyone soon arrived at the central hugging hall.

As soon as you get closer, you can hear the clanging of rings and the laughter of women.

Min Yuan and Xue Wenfu glanced at each other, and their hearts were clear.

When the people inside heard the commotion, they also quieted down, and saw a richly dressed woman with a hairpin ring and two girls coming out of the hugging hall, with a smile on her face.

She shouted out to her eldest brother and sister-in-law, and then carefully looked at Yiying.

Yiying naturally recognized her, remained silent, let her look at her, and had no intention of stepping forward to salute.

Xue Minglin retracted her gaze and said with a smile: "This is Sister Ying, she really looks like a sister-in-law." He took Yiying's hand again, and said kindly: "Sister Ying, I am your aunt, do you remember?" and said to himself: "I must have forgotten, I was close to me when I was a child, if I remember, I would definitely salute happily when I saw me." ”

She smiled, as the lord of the county, she deserved her courtesy, and she didn't salute her mother, who was the eldest princess, but didn't accuse her......

If she was really such a loving elder, she would just respect her by a foot, but unfortunately, her behavior in her previous life told her that she was not.

She smiled softly and said curiously: "It turned out to be my aunt, but when did my aunt return to Ning, I don't know." ”

The smile on Xue Minglin's face froze. Min Yuan didn't even tell her about his own affairs, she didn't believe it.

It's just that she looked at Yiying for a while, saw that the expression on her face didn't seem to be fake, and felt that a girl who grew up in the countryside would not have such a scheming, so she let go of her doubts, but didn't answer.

Min Yuan disdained Xue Minglin's attitude in his heart, and was happy to see her eating deflated, although he wondered why Zisheng didn't tell Yuan Yuan about Xue Minglin's troubles, but he didn't doubt it much, and came out to make a round: "Okay, let's go in and talk." ”

Xue Minglin's face was slightly gloomy, and everyone entered the hugging hall.