The next day is the second day of the Lunar New Year, and in the past few years, Ru Ji has followed the Chi family to meet the distant relatives and elders of the Chi family in the capital, and has also been to the Yan family twice, but there is no rule. But this year, the situation has reversed, and it is natural to go to Yan's house to pay New Year's greetings.

Sitting in the carriage to Yan's house, Ru Xi Youzai carefully thought about the personnel and environment of Huan Ningbo Mansion. In the previous two lives, the original owner went to the Huan Ning Bo birthday banquet once a year, and most of the time he didn't go to the New Year or other festival banquets. Roughly calculated, I have been to more than ten times in my lifetime, and basically I ate in the flower hall of the garden tea party and the women's banquet and left. As for other places, it was probably the attempted elopement of Sixth Young Master Yan a few months ago, and Ru Ji had the opportunity to go to the third room twice.

This time I went to Yan's house to pay New Year's greetings, and it is estimated that the route of action is similar. Although due to the changes in the Pu family, Ruxi and the Yan family are much closer, but it is really impossible to talk about how much affection there is. From the perspective of Yan Heng and Yan Xiao and his wife, helping Ru Ji is just a gesture, and the more motivation may be that Pu Yu and Chi people despise the name of "Huan Ningbo Mansion".

Ru Ji knows this very well, and she has been very cautious when dealing with the Yan family. In the final analysis, the correspondence between relatives other than the immediate family is actually the same as marriage, and it is still necessary to have the same strength in order to really have the confidence to sit and speak on an equal footing. Like the situation in front of him, the important thing is to be polite and thoughtful, and to Ming Luying and Yan Xuan and others, you must respect and be close to them, and you must not fall into flattery. The so-called neither humble nor arrogant, advancing and retreating in moderation, is probably the most appropriate attitude.

The carriage and horse soon arrived at Yan's house, and as in previous years, the second gate was introduced by the subordinates. I don't know if it's because I've really gotten the blue eyes of the third room in the past few months, or if the maid who walked outside first was Xia Yin, who was born in Bofu, and when she got off the carriage, she could feel that the daughter-in-law and maid who welcomed the guests were a little closer and more polite than before.

All the way through the garden and the atrium, Ru Xi went directly to the main courtyard of Mrs. Bo Shang's family, and before entering the door, I saw that there were more than a dozen daughters-in-law and maids who served Hou Li under the corridor, everyone was wearing new tufts of gowns, and the sideburns were also all kinds of festive velvet flowers, full of joy for the New Year.

The maid who led the way stepped forward to report the word, and Ru Xi followed the big maid who came out into the door, and went directly to the Dongnuan Pavilion where Mrs. Shang lived and ate tea.

Agarwood curling, warm, there are already a few people sitting in the warm pavilion, Ru Xi glanced over only to feel the fragrance of clothes and sideburns, jewelry, instantly a little unable to distinguish who is who. After calming down a little, he stepped forward to greet Mrs. Bo, who was wearing a treasure group hundred blessing robe on the couch next to the window.

Perhaps it was the previous Ruxi's fear of the Yan family, especially Mrs. Bo, was far greater than her closeness, and the impression of Mrs. Bo has always been a dignified and majestic vague shadow, at this moment, she greeted her generously, and quickly glanced at it, only to realize that the old lady of the Shang family is actually still very young, and she will not be like the old lady of the Shi family, and her face is full of fine lines, and the beauty of her youth can be clearly seen in her eyebrows, and her expression at this moment is relaxed and gentle, which is completely different from the shadow in the original impression.

"Is it cold outside? Sit down and have tea. The old lady of the Shang family nodded, and personally took a red envelope from the big red gold five-blessing box beside her and handed it to Ruxi.

Ru Ji took it with both hands, and then was led by the maid to the embroidery pier beside Yan Hao and sat down. At this time, Yan Miao was talking to her relatives on the other side, and Ru Xi took the tea bowl and looked carefully at the people in the warm pavilion.

On the second day of the first lunar month, the second day of the first lunar month was the day of returning, and the wife of the prince Wen had already returned to the Yiyang Hou Mansion with the children of the second room. In addition to the late Yan Wei, the girls who have been out of the Yan family are only the eldest daughter of the son Yan Che. But Lin Chengyue, the third lady of Yan, was originally the maid brought to Beijing by Empress Ming from Jianghuai many years ago, and she had no relatives in Beijing, so she served in front of the old lady of the Shang family on the second day of the first day of the new year every year, and this year was no exception. In addition, there are several cousins and daughters of the Yan family here, and their mother's family is not in Beijing, so they come to visit the old lady of the Shang family every year on the second day of junior high school. Ruji called her aunt according to her seniority, received the red envelope, and sat down to drink tea with peace of mind, listening to how the people around her chatted with great interest.

In fact, women's topics have not changed much since ancient times, especially at the time of the New Year's Festival, when such a gathering of elders and female relatives, the snacks that can best match the rich tea fragrance of Lu'an melon slices are definitely not tea fruits and melon seeds, but all kinds of new gossip among the three relatives and six ancestors.

And the Yan family, as a military merit starter and a close minister of the emperor, is naturally talking about more advanced gossip at this time, such as how the Huaiyang Marquis Mansion and the Yiyang Marquis Mansion compete for the fast son-in-law of Chenglong, how the youngest daughter of General Jing Yi makes a profit, or how the concubines in the Liguo Mansion fight for wealth, how the daughters-in-law of the General Wu Xiang Mansion cry poverty, and so on.

Ru Xi listened silently, and at the same time made up a picture of the homepage and post list of the gossip forum of the female dependents of Huan Ningbo Mansion in her mind, thinking that in the next party this year, it is estimated that every back house can integrate a gossip entertainment weekly. It's just that each editor-in-chief is different, and the people they face and the materials that can be exploded are also different.

Ru Xi was making up for her brain here, and suddenly heard the voice of Lin Chengyue, the third lady of Yan: "Ru Xi, you come and sit." ”

As soon as Ru Ji raised her head, her heart shook slightly. Lin Chengyue was sitting in front of the old lady of the Shang family, and Ming Luying and Yan Xuan were on the other side of the old lady of the Shang family, leaving an embroidered pier on the side. Is this to tell yourself to go over and talk to the old lady? Isn't the old lady not very happy to see her concubine?

In his heart, he was quickly calculating several possibilities, such as Ji was still generous and refreshing, and got up and went over according to his words, smiling: "Yes." ”

The old lady of the Shang family looked at Ruxi's young and delicate face, and vaguely remembered the quiet concubine Yanwei. She has been so strong in her life, and she has a good relationship with her husband, the only unhappiness is that the old uncle Yan Xingyuan once used the singer after drinking, and with the twin children of Yan Yan and Yanwei, she had to give the singer Bai the identity of an aunt and concubine. But putting aside the resentment towards the old uncle, the Bai family and Yan Yan Yanwei are actually very docile and peaceful, and they have never had any turmoil. Thinking of this, the old lady of the Shang family was more gentle towards Ruji: "I heard your aunt say that you have suffered some grievances at home?" ”

The old lady asked about the Pu family? If you quickly calculate in your heart, this should definitely not be the birth of a golden finger, and you want to make your own decisions, so you are simply curious about this story, and you want to add a new post to the Yanjia gossip forum? Or do you have any thoughts about the people in the third room of the Yan family who helped you? In the process of the turmoil and conflict of the Pu family, there was also the matter of the attempted elopement of the sixth young master Yan Rong, did the old lady know the details of that incident?

These speculations just slipped through my mind in an instant, and I glanced at Lin Chengyue without a trace, and then briefly responded: "Mrs. Pu had a high heart before, and there were some small movements in her hands. But now it's okay. ”

The old lady of the Shang family nodded, this answer was very appropriate. No matter how inappropriate the Chi family behaves, in terms of etiquette, it is Ruxi's mother, if Ruxi makes a lot of complaints in front of the elders at this time, then this girl's cultivation and future will be very limited.

"Yes. If there is anything else in the future, just tell your aunt and sister-in-law. The old lady of the Shang family took a sip of tea and asked, "In addition, I have heard about your good deeds, and it has already passed the Wending a year ago?" ”

Ruji's face was slightly hot, and she half-bowed her head: "Yes." ”

The old lady of the Shang family signaled to the maid beside her, and sent a brocade box over: "You usually don't come to Bofu to walk around, now that good things are near, you must be busier to do needlework, and today is just right, so I will add makeup to you." ”

Ru Ji hurriedly got up and thanked him, and took it with both hands. The tentacles felt that the brocade box was about the base of solid wood, and it was very weighty. In addition to being flattered, my mind is also flying, there is absolutely no love and hate in this world for no reason. The old lady of the Shang family is her maternal grandmother in terms of etiquette, and in fact she is not related by blood at all. Why should people be so special as to the offspring of their husband's children born to other women? Judging from the fact that Yan Wei, a concubine, still has a dowry of 10,000 taels when she leaves the cabinet, the old lady of the Shang family is not a bad treatment for the concubine.

So what's the purpose of spending on makeup these days?

Could it be that General Shi's intention to marry has spread to a family of friends like the Yan family? In that case, in the eyes of everyone, she is no longer just the eldest girl of the Pu family and the daughter of Yanwei, but also the future stepson and daughter-in-law of General Shi Ben, and her identity is naturally different.

The old lady of the Shang family started, and the third lady Lin Chengyue naturally had to say that the other female relatives had a cry of aunt, of course, they couldn't suffer in vain, although they didn't prepare in advance, but they each pulled out a hairpin bracelet, and they were still decent.

In the evening, when he returned to his Yuelu residence from Huan Ningbo's mansion, Ru Xi, who had received countless gossip news and makeup gifts, was full of joy, and when he opened the brocade box given by the old lady of the Shang family and the third lady Lin Chengyue, the sense of outbreak of a bumper harvest rose to another level.

The old lady of the Shang family gave a set of legendary Linglong Pavilion jewelry, the pure gold twisted wire made into a variety of smart and delicate plum blossom styles, the hairpin is a rich large plum blossom, all of which are ruby petals, gold filament is stamen, and the earrings are finely broken rubies and red corals, with pearls as the core. The two pressed hair at the bottom of the flower made a cloud style with mutton fat jade, taking the artistic conception of white snow and red plum. The whole set of jewelry is exquisite, it is estimated that it is worth at least one thousand eight hundred taels, and even Chaolu and Xia Yin were a little admired when they saw it: "When the eldest daughter of the prince came out of the pavilion, the old lady gave a complete set of makeup jewelry." It can be seen that the old lady also feels sorry for her cousin now. ”

Ru smiled and asked Cai Wan to carefully collect the jewelry. This is naturally the kindness of others, but the most important thing is to give General Shi face.

It's just that General Shi wants to marry Su Sanniang, will it really be so smooth?