Chapter IV

Yan Zhaoning was wearing a pomegranate red embroidered folded branch pile flower skirt, a moon-white dark butterfly neckline and waist, combing a flower bun, and a flying swallow hairpin made of pure gold was inserted in the flower bun, vivid, with a pair of red jade dripping beads on his ears, and he walked over with a radiant look, followed by two little boys with red lips and white teeth, and the one in front was Yan Shuyan, the youngest son of Yanfu, he was the son of the Xie family, one year younger than Yan Zhaoning, and the second son of Yanfu Yan Ruiqian, who had been following them with his head down, Yan Zhaohua's younger brother of the same mother and father.

The safe birth of Yan Zhaoning and Yan Shuyan, two healthy children, can be regarded as a thing that Xie is more proud of, after all, she is in the same situation as Yan Zhaohua's mother Xie Wei, they all gave birth to children one after another, but Xie Wei died in Huangquan and did not survive, but she lived a long life until now.

"Sister."

The two shouts pulled back Yan Zhaohua's thoughts, Yan Zhaoning and Yan Shuyan had already sat in front of her, but Yan Ruiqian did not approach, and stood alone under a white plum tree under the pavilion to look at the flowers.

Yan Zhaoning said: "I heard that my sister is sick, Brother Yan and I are worried, if I come over today, he is also clamoring to come over, and he doesn't read books, and he doesn't care about whether Mr. will be punished or not." Seeing that Yan Zhaohua's gaze fell on Yan Ruiqian's body, Yan Zhaoning said again: "Oh, the second brother was met on the way to Qingqueju, and he was about to go to the study when he was pulled over by us. ”

Yan Zhaoning's words were to sue Yan Zhaohua, Yan Ruiqian didn't want to come to see her, but was just pulled over by them by the way.

Yan Zhaohua didn't speak, she was more guilty about this younger brother, Ruiqian's personality was too boring, and she was not good at expressing herself, so that she was not good to him in the past, more often she was disgusted, she felt that his own brother was not as good as others, he spoke coldly, looked at people weirdly, in short, it was not pleasant, so Yan Zhaohua had always ignored him, but when she was downcast in her last life, only this brother could be called really good to her, and he had been expelled from the house by the Xie family at that time. It is not easy to set up a door outside, but Rao is so, he also sent her some things and silver money from time to time, and when she was dying, he rushed back to the capital thousands of miles away, just to see her one last time.

After Yan Zhaoning finished speaking, he glanced at Yan Shuyan again, the two looked at each other, and Yan Shuyan put a gift box in his hand on the table, smiled at Yan Zhaohua, and said:

"Eldest sister, this is a gift prepared by me and my second sister, a fifty-year-old ginseng plant bought from the Rejuvenation Hall, which is precious."

Yan Zhaohua glanced at the box that Yan Shuyan opened, and was not as happy as usual, but said with a faint smile: "There is the third sister and the fourth brother of Lao, but it is just a little typhoid fever, and it is not worth such a good medicine." ”

Yan Shuyan came to Yan Zhaohua's side from his own acquaintion, and said innocently: "It's not unworthy, there is nothing more important in Shuyan's heart than the health of the eldest sister." "It was this 'honest' younger brother who personally beat her to death when she came to Xie to reason, pressed her head and immersed her in the lotus jar, almost drowned her, and finally grabbed her hair and kicked her out of the back door.

Yan Zhaohua laughed at himself, took two fruits from the table and handed them to Yan Shuyan, and then shouted to Yan Ruiqian under the plum tree:

"Why don't you come up and sit here?"

Yan Ruiqian looked up at her in surprise, that glance was cold, cold and cold, but in Yan Zhaohua's eyes, it was so familiar and moving...... I thought I would never see him again.

The slender and good-looking lips moved, and his eyes lingered on the gift box given by Yan Shuyan and Yan Zhaoning for a while, and then he shook his head lightly, and after giving up his hand to Yan Zhaohua, he didn't say anything, just wrapped his cloak and turned away. Yan Zhaohua stood up and wanted to chase, but he understood that there would be no result if he caught up at this time, Brother Qian had been neglected since he was a child...... In the disgusted eyes, because everyone knows that the former Mrs. Xie Wei died in childbirth because she gave birth to him, so in the Yan family or the Xie family, no one has ever given him a good face, which has developed his character of becoming more and more withdrawn and inferior, thinking that his former self is also the main reason for the character of Brother Qian, Yan Zhaohua can't help but feel a burst of regret in his heart.

"The second brother is always cold to his sister like this, and he is incompatible with us, alas, how can you say that you are all sisters and brothers of the same mother, it shouldn't be like this!"

Yan Zhaoning was eating snacks while suing Yan Ruiqian in front of Yan Zhaohua, Yan Zhaohua glanced at her, only smiled, did not speak, Yan Zhaoning was also looking at Yan Zhaohua, in the impression, the eldest sister had never been so cold to her. However, Yan Zhaoning is not the kind of character with a hot face and a cold ass, Yan Zhaohua doesn't talk to her much, and she doesn't bother to say much, she comes to see Yan Zhaohua, but she is just influenced by her mother's intentions, and she is not really worried about her condition.

For Yan Zhaoning, although Yan Zhaohua is the eldest daughter, Mrs. Changning Hou is her Yan Zhaoning's mother after all, and Yan Zhaohua is the eldest daughter, but who treats her as the eldest daughter of outsiders? It's not her concubine who stutters everywhere, if Yan Zhaohua is smart, she should see the shape clearly, let go of her eldest daughter's figure, and have a good relationship with them, maybe she will be willing to pull her in the future, if it's not good, anyway, her mother won't let her have a better time in the future, so Yan Zhaoning feels that she doesn't need to deliberately please Yan Zhaohua, but because next month is the birthday of the old lady of Dingguo, that is, their grandmother, if the aunts of the Xie family ask about Yan Zhaohua's illness, she doesn't know if she asks, It was too affectionate, so my mother asked her and her brother to come over with gifts.

"By the way, next month's grandmother's birthday, my sister has thought about what to give?" Yan Zhaoning suddenly asked again.

Yan Zhaohua was a little stunned for a while, next month is the birthday of the old lady of the Dingguo Mansion, that is, their maternal grandmother Liu, fortunately, Qingzhu talked about it when she talked about the affairs of the house yesterday, after all, for today's Yan Zhaohua, the fiftieth birthday of his grandmother Liu's is too long, where do you remember, now I heard Yan Zhaoning mention it, and asked rhetorically:

"I haven't thought about it yet, what about you, second sister?"

Yan Zhaoning suddenly smiled strangely, and said: "Eldest sister, don't hide it from me, you saw it all here when I came back, you embroidered four pictures of spring, summer, autumn and winter for your grandmother and a screen of five daughters to celebrate their birthdays, and now you don't tell me, do you want to surprise your grandmother and compare the gifts given by others?" ”

Hearing Yan Zhaoning say this, Yan Zhaohua had the impression, not that she forgot things, but that it was really too long, she did embroider these things for the Liu family, but she didn't give them away back then, but was replaced by Yan Zhaoning. She still remembers how happy she was when Yan Zhaoning gave her grandmother what she embroidered, and always praised her for being a good child.

For Yan Zhaohua, not having a mother is the first regret, the discord between her brother is the second regret, and the third regret is her maternal grandfather Xie's family.

Maternal ancestor Xie Zhenxun is a very popular minister, with great military achievements, married a lot of women in his life, Liu is the original wife of his merits, Yan Zhaohua's mother Xie Wei is the first child born to Liu, Yan Zhaoning's mother Xie Lan is a concubine Aunt Gong was born, is a concubine, this Aunt Gong's family is also an official eunuch, it is said that she was a concubine in the middle of the family to enter the Guogong Mansion as a concubine, this Aunt Gong was quite a means when she was young, and she won the heart of the Guogong, so when Xie Wei died in childbirth, although the Xie family had a woman of appropriate age, But the position of Mrs. Changning Hou's step-room still fell on Xie Lan after all, which naturally had Aunt Gong's handwriting, which can be seen from Aunt Gong's ability.

And the reason why the Xie family will become Yan Zhaohua's regret is because after seven or eight years, the Gong family will make a fortune. Aunt Gong's own brother turned into a hot favorite minister in the palace, and for a while the Gong family sprung up like mushrooms after the rain, Aunt Gong's mother's family became bigger, so she asked Guogong to help her as a flat wife, but the Guogong did not allow it, Aunt Gong ruthlessly asked for a letter of resignation, and used the power of the Gong family's brother to let her son go out and set up another door, and forced the family wealth of Guogong Mansion Yicheng, and broke away from the Xie family, I thought that the matter would end here, but who knows, the Gong family is all in the eye, then Gong Dechuan for glory and wealth, did not hesitate to enter the palace, which shows his character, of course, he was also angry that he was not respected and valued when he was in the Dingguo Mansion, and he has been holding his breath in his heart, just when the Xie family and the imperial court wanted Mobei's military salary to be rejected, and then fought two defeats, which caused the country to lose a lot, Gong Dechuan used this matter as a hindrance, and said in front of the emperor, or this battle was deliberately lost by the Xie family, just because the treasury did not pay their share of the military salary in Mobei, saying that the Dingguo Mansion was deceived and deceitful, and the queen mother went to find the emperor again, A decree of demotion and punishment came down.

The Dingguo Mansion was reduced to the Dingguo Uncle's Mansion, and the Xie family was kicked out of the third class of the family, and since then the Xie family has been in a slump, and on the contrary, Aunt Gong, who has left the Xie family a long time ago, is not implicated in any way, and everyone understands why Aunt Gong dared to leave the book categorically. The Xie family fell, the Gong family rose, Xie Lan borrowed Aunt Gong's wind, and lived a prosperous life in Changning Houfu, and then occupied all Xie Wei's dowry back then, and did not give half a cent to Yan Zhaohua, the daughter of her in-law, and married her to a family that was well-behaved on the surface, but wiped out in her bones.

Yan Zhaoning deliberately mentioned the embroidery to himself at this time, and naturally he was moved by the embroidery, but this time Yan Zhaohua would not be fooled again, and he would not say anything, and said perfunctorily:

"Oh, that's it, I haven't embroidered it yet. Originally, I was going to give it to my grandmother for her birthday, but now that I'm sick again, I don't know if I'll be able to catch up. ”