Just like a dream, just like the previous life, after grooming and dressing, all kinds of items were sorted out, and I went to Chi's room to say hello, Chi gave Ru Xi a pair of white jade forbidden steps, and then Ru Xi took Cai Wan to Huan Ningbo Mansion.

The carriage staggered towards Yanfu on Xiangyang Street in Jingnan, and Ru Xi was a little motion sick, so he leaned on the pillow and closed his eyes to rest. Cai Wan looked at Ruxi's delicate face, sighed secretly, lowered his head, and carefully recalled the things he had heard about the Yan family in his previous life and present life.

Huan Ning Boyan traveled far away and fought all his life, with great military achievements, starting from the military academy in the Chenzhou Army, all the way to breaking the enemy and making meritorious contributions, until today, the second-class earl is honored. There are four sons and one daughter under the knee, the eldest son Yan Xun died young before they got married, and the second son Yan Che is also a young man, and his military achievements are still better than his father, and the position of the son is given together with the title of Earl Yan Xingyuan.

Although the third son Yan Heng is not as good as his father and brother, he has been the guard of the Qiandi since the time of Emperor Xiang's Qianlong Dynasty, and has been the guard of the Son of Heaven for many years, and Jane is in the heart of the emperor. The youngest son Yan Wei and Ru Xi's late biological mother Yan Wei were both born by the uncle's only concubine, Aunt Bai, and their temperament was also docile. Such a sibling pattern with neither the struggle between the sons nor the injustices of the descendants is simply a model of the princely family in Beijing.

However, such a harmonious situation has changed a little after the son Yan Che lost his wife and remarried. At that time, Yan Che and Yan Heng's brothers were still of low status, so Yan Che was originally married to Zhan's sister, and Yan Heng, who was a guard of the prince's mansion at that time, married Chengyue, the personal maid next to the princess.

When Yan Che continued, although the Yan family had not yet been knighted, the trend of rising to the top had already been revealed. In the end, it was Wen Chanjuan, the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yiyang, who was also quite famous in the circle of nobles in the capital before leaving the cabinet. The backgrounds of the two concubines are so different, Wen Chanjuan can still be affectionate at the beginning, and when Yan Xingyuan is the earl, Yan Che is the son, and the lady of the prince looks down on the third brother and sister who was born as a maidservant, so she can't hide it more and more.

Between the upward and downward effects, conflicts between the children of the second and third rooms are inevitable. It's just that Cai Wan sighed in her heart, what do these have to do with Ruxi, the prosperity of Yanfu did not bring any shade to Ruxi, but the struggle of Yanfu became a turning point in her fate.

Ru Ji rested for a long time, only to feel that today's motion sickness was not very strict, opened her eyes and glanced at Cai Wan, and saw that she lowered her head and was distracted, and the handkerchief in her hand became tighter and tighter, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Cai Wan, what's wrong with you lately?" ”

Cai Wan stopped talking for a while, and finally whispered a few words to Ruji.

Ru Xi's eyes widened slightly, but thinking of Cai Yun's usual safety and loyalty, she nodded.

Kowtow to the birthday, please see the ceremony, the purse reward, the sisters' flower party, everything is exactly the same as the previous life in the dream. Cai Wan's heart became more and more nervous, and she only followed Ru Xi closely.

The flower meeting was about to end, and the second girl, Yan Xuan, and the fourth girl, Yan Jia, really quarreled. Seeing the two of them coming over with flowers and willows, Cai Wan hurriedly pulled Ruxi's sleeves. Ru Xi turned around and raised her voice to her aunt and grandmother Yan Yuan, who had been sitting quietly and alone: "Sister Xiang! ”

Yan Miao is the eldest daughter of Yan Che, the son of the prince, and was born to the late original wife Zhan, so she is not close to Yan Jia, the daughter of the current wife Wen Chanjuan. In addition, she was married to the Liguo Mansion as the third young lady last year, so naturally she did not participate in such a sister's fight. It's just that Ruji and Yan Miao have never had any contact, and when they raised their voices at this time, everyone was a little surprised.

Ru Ji thought in her heart what Cai Wan told in the car: I heard that the girls in the second and third rooms of Yanfu have been fighting with gangs recently, but they can't afford to offend that side, so it is better to get close to the quiet aunt and grandmother Yanjiao and avoid the battle in Yanfu.

Although Yan Jiao's temperament is quieter, she is not arrogant, Ru Ji thought about it, and there is nothing inappropriate to take the initiative to show favor.

"Sister Ruji." Yan Miao was a little surprised, but also smiled lightly.

Ru Xi stepped forward and smiled: "I haven't seen my sister for a long time, how are you doing lately?" ”

Yan Hao looked at Yan Xuan and Yan Jia's posture, and naturally knew why Ru Ji came. He simply pointed to the vacant chair beside him: "Sister Ruji came to sit, I haven't talked to you for a long time." The last time I saw you, the handkerchief was very delicately embroidered. ”

Seeing Ru Ji sit down, Yan Xuan and Yan Jia glared at each other, and then went to find others to look at the peony and look at the calligraphy and painting, and went separately.

Ru Xi sat down, breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered a little embarrassedly: "Thank you, Sister Rong." ”

Yan Wei smiled faintly, her beautiful face was even more demure, and there was a little bit of eldest sister in her tone: "You're welcome." They are also children's playful minds. I remember my sister is the best at needlework, do you have any new tricks lately? ”

Embroidery is the most common topic of the boudoir's daughter, but Ruji's brocade embroidery is indeed outstanding, and she replied with a smile: "I also embroider and play at will." However, the peonies have been very beautiful recently, so I embroidered a few more. As he spoke, he showed the fine Luo Pa in his hand to Yan Jiao.

Yan Wei took a closer look and exclaimed: "The peony embroidered by my sister is so vivid, it is really rare." ”

Cai Wan, who was standing behind, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, according to the dream of those two lives, there were dead ends on the left and right, just different dead ends. Now there is no left and right, I just hope that there will be no other turmoil and danger ahead.

The two gossiped and embroidered for a long time, Ru Ji only felt that this eldest cousin was not as cold as it seemed on the surface, and the conversation was very gentle, and she couldn't help but feel a little closer in her heart: "If my sister likes it, can I give this silk to my sister?" ”

Yan Yanjiao saw that her beautiful little face was full of caution, and she couldn't help but feel related. Ru Xi is obviously the only granddaughter of Yan Mansion, and the eldest daughter of the Pu family of the scholarly family, at this moment with a respectful and even frightened look of flattery, how can there be half a concubine?

Yan Miao took the handkerchief, took off a palace embroidery purse from her waist and handed it to Ruji: "You can play with this." Although this purse is small, it is made of tribute Shu brocade, the gold and silver thread is woven into a lotus pattern, the stamen is decorated with fine broken rice beads, and the tassel is decorated with four tourmaline balls, which is elegant and valuable.

Ru Ji hesitated: "This purse ...... Too precious, right? ”

Yan Miao smiled and put the purse in her hand: "It's just a small thing, take it." ”

Ru Ji accepted it: "Thank you, Sister Miao." ”

At the end of the birthday banquet, Ru Xi looked at Yan Miao and was a little reluctant.

Although Yan Miao is the eldest sister, the following stepmothers and sisters are either lively and martial, or arrogant and squeamish, and none of them are particularly close to her. Seeing Ruji's appearance, his heart softened a little, and he smiled: "If you are free, you can also come to see me, or ask someone to bring a letter." ”

As she responded, Fang Huan happily paid farewell to the Uncle's Mansion and boarded the car to return home.

Back home, Ru Xi first went to the main courtyard to greet his father Pu Yu and stepmother Chi, Chi was dressed in autumn fragrant osmanthus brocade clothes, rich and dignified. In his arms, he held the lovely third sister Rushu, and the pretty and delicate second sister Ruyan sat next to her.

On the other side is the aunt Chao, wearing a pink skirt with a slender waist like a willow, holding the eldest son Xiaozu with her left hand, and her younger son Xiaozong with her right hand, with a smile on her white face.

In the middle of the main seat sits the natural head of the family of the head of the Pu Yu, just past the year of standing, it is the age of elegance and handsomeness, graceful age. At this time, on the one hand, a good wife loves her daughter, and on the other hand, she has a beautiful concubine, and she only feels that the family house is harmonious, and there is nothing more than this.

When she entered the house, Pu Yu's smile couldn't help but shrink. Not long after Ru Ji was born, the original wife Yan Wei died of illness, and Yan Wei's own brother Yan Wei was only the master of the six grades, and the two brothers-in-law were not close to the sister-in-law, so they never promoted Pu Wei at all.

Although his stepwife Chi's maiden family can't help Pu Yu's career, at least the whole family is full of good words, and the talented and famous people and Qing officials flatter them. Compared with the two sides, Pu Yu even regretted that he had married the Yan family, which was a useless family.

Chi said with a smile: "The eldest girl is back, just now I was saying that in a few days, my nephew will go to Beijing to take the exam, and I will also bring my two nieces, and then you will have an extra brother, and the two sisters will play together, but you have to get along well." ”

Cai Yun's heart tightened, but Ru Ji didn't think much about it, and only responded casually.

Chi continued with some embarrassment: "Big girl, among the girls' houses in our house, only your Yuelu Ju is more spacious, why don't you move to the Ruining Ju wing in the main courtyard and temporarily lend Yueluju to my two nieces for a while?" ”

Chi Shi glanced at Pu Yu, and said softly: "Good boy, I also thought that you moved to the main courtyard just because our mother and daughter were close, if you don't want to, then it's fine." ”

If you say you don't want to, isn't it unfilial to your stepmother? Seeing that his father Pu Yu's face was not good, Ru Ji had no choice but to smile and say: "It's so good to be so close to my mother." ”

Within a few days, Chi's nephews and nieces arrived. Chi's mother's family has only one brother, Chi Song, who made a small seven-grade master book in Jiyang, and his son Chi Zhugui was still able to study, so he was sent to Beijing to study and prepare for the exam. And the concubine Chi Cuiliu is counting on finding a good family in the name of Pu Hanlin's niece. As for the concubine Chi Shuang'e, she is just half a master and half a maid waiting for her sister to enter Beijing.

After a brief meeting with the Chi family brothers and sisters, Ruji took Cai Wan back to the Ruining Wing of the main courtyard where she had moved.

After freshening up and changing, Ru Ji said to Cai Wan: "You cut that piece of hibiscus honey-colored dark satin two feet." I made two sachets for Sister Tsuka's house to hang in the room. ”

Ru Xi originally had little private clothes, and the toss of moving from Yuelu House to the main courtyard asked the people to peel it again, and this piece of hibiscus honey-colored satin was almost the last good brocade.

Cai Wan didn't feel a little hesitant, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him, Ru Ji only looked at the main room with his eyes, and Cai Wan understood Ru Ji's heart when he was on the ground - instead of letting the villain calculate, it was better to give it to Yan Yuan.

For example, the embroidery skills on the needlework are excellent, and he is not willing to go out to interact with Chi's nieces more, so he will do needlework behind closed doors in the next few days, and two beautifully embroidered purses will be made in three days, and they will be sent to the Liguo Mansion by Cai Wan.

The Liguo Mansion is the hairpin family of the founding heroes, carved beams and painted buildings, and the door style is rigorous. Cai Wan followed the maid who led the way all the way to the three-room courtyard, and a maid with clean eyebrows and a silver and red armor greeted her and took Cai Wan to the main house of Yan Yuan.

Yan Rong is dressed elegantly and lightly, wearing a Guihese color Wu Silk Thorn Light Gold Thread Folded Branch Orchid Liuxia Skirt, Sideburns Burnished Gold Amber Hairpin and a Pair of Coral Pressed Hair, A String of Beeswax Bracelets on the Wrist, There is no side decoration.

"Say hello to my aunt and grandmother." Cai Wan Fu bowed and handed the brocade box to Yan Yuan's personal maid Fengwei, "My girl made two sachets and two silks, although they are not worth a lot of silver, but a heart, my aunt and grandmother smiled." ”

"The hearts between sisters, where is the silver," Yan Rong said with a smile, "Sister Ru is good?" ”

Cai Wan's smile was reluctant unconsciously: "The girl misses her aunt very much." ”

There are also disputes everywhere in the Yan Mansion, how can Yan Miao not eat the fireworks in the world, seeing Cai Yun's face, he frowned, and asked the maids next to him to go out, leaving only the phoenix tail in the room: "Your girl is being bullied?" ”

Cai Wan's eyes turned red: "If it weren't for the fact that my wife's maiden niece came, the girl's yard was let go, and I would still be able to bear it." ”

"What does it mean that the yard has been 'given'?" Yan Yuan's face changed slightly, "You start from the beginning." ”

This has been said for nearly an hour.

In fact, Cai Yunyuan didn't want to talk about these things to Yan Yuan, Yan Yuan was Mrs. Bo's most beloved granddaughter of the Shang family, and Ru Ji's own grandmother, Aunt Bai, was the person that Mrs. Shang didn't want to see or think about.

A pair of cousins in such a relationship have not had much contact for many years, if it weren't for the last birthday banquet and an unintentional relationship, I am afraid that I will not be able to say ten words in my life.

But since Cai Wan was reborn in a frightened dream, there are too many things that are pressed, feared, and guarded against in her heart, and Yan Yuan can't help it when she asks Wen Yan like this. This is also because Cai Wan has experienced the past and present lives, and knows that whether it is Yan Ao or Mrs. Shang, although she doesn't like Aunt Bai and Yan Wei's brothers and sisters, they are all upright and upright people, even if they can't help Ruji, they will definitely not harm her.

Su Su said a lot, Cai Wan's tears also dried, Yan Yuan's face changed a few times and returned to calm, and she pondered for a moment before saying: "Fengwei, you go and get a box of palace flowers, a box of plain silk for Cai Yun, and then give Cai Wan a high-grade red seal." He said to Cai Wan gently: "You go back first and take good care of your girl." ”

Cai Wan is not surprised, Yan Yuan is not much related to Ru Xi by blood, and she is a married woman, and even Ru Xi's own uncle Yan Yan is not good at interfering in the internal affairs of the Pu family, can Yan Yuan, as the third young lady of the Xuan family, still interfere? Seeing that the time was not early, Cai Wan thanked him again and again and said goodbye.

Cai Wan returned to Pu's house, as soon as he entered the second door, he saw the maid and the maid coming and going in a hurry, just bumped into a little girl, Cai Wan grabbed it, and saw that it was the little girl Lingzhi who originally lived in the moon, with tears on her face, and her heart sank: "What are you running blindly?" What's going on? ”

Lingzhi immediately burst into tears: "Big girl...... Big girl is not good! ”