CHAPTER XXI

After Yan Zhaohua finished speaking, Liu told her a few more words, and the guests outside had already begun to eat the banquet noodles, so Liu took Yan Zhaohua out of Qingcang Courtyard and went to the banquet living room in the front yard.

The Liu family has guests to entertain, although there are still many things to tell Yan Zhaohua, but it is still necessary to finish today's birthday banquet first.

Dye Xiang and Qingzhu were guarding outside the courtyard, Yan Zhaohua came out, and the two maids followed, seeing Yan Zhaohua's calm face, he knew that his young lady must not have suffered any losses, and his worried heart was put down.

The Liu family specially sent Mama Ping to take Yan Zhaohua to the courtyard where the ladies dined, which was a courtyard specially opened up by the Dingguo Mansion to entertain the guests, and the name was also very good, called Yuyao Garden.

There are many girls in the grandchildren of the Xie family, Yan Zhaohua may not be able to name them all, Grandpa Guo was also a romantic when he was young, there were a basket of concubines in the house, and several sons were born with him, and the girls in several houses added up to not more, fortunately, the Xie family has a big business and can afford to raise such a big family, among which the eldest girl Xie Xinrou and the second girl Xie Xinyuan are the daughters of the big house, and their status in the Guogong Mansion is quite stable. Therefore, they don't know each other too well, they only know that Xie Xinyuan and Yan Zhaoning are the same age, and they walked very close when they were young, but then Xie Xinyuan suffered a big loss at the hands of Yan Zhaoning, so that half of his face was ruined before he left the cabinet, and he missed a good marriage, Yan Zhaohua didn't know what the specific situation was, but she vaguely knew that in the days when Xie Xinyuan's cheeks were destroyed, Yan Zhaoning hid in the room every day and didn't come out, and after that, even the Xie family went less.

The girls used very little, no matter how fine things were, they were at most two or three mouths, so when Yan Zhaohua arrived at Yuyao Courtyard, she saw that the girls were all used up, and they talked together, after she looked around, she found that there were indeed many familiar faces, Yan Zhaoning and Xie Xinyuan were talking in front of the flower window, Yan Zhaoning probably didn't know that Xie was punished by Liu's hand board at the moment, otherwise he would definitely not be able to laugh when he looked at Yan Zhaohua.

Yan Zhaoning smiled and beckoned to Yan Zhaohua, and the other girls standing by the flower window saw Yan Zhaohua, and without waiting for Yan Zhaohua to walk over, they came to Yan Zhaoning's side to talk, and looked back at Yan Zhaohua from time to time, as if they were talking about her.

Yan Zhaohua didn't mind, Xie Xinrou was greeting guests, and when she saw Yan Zhaohua alone, she walked over, Xie Xinrou is the host, with dignified manners, funny talk, and popularity looks very good, walked up to Yan Zhaohua, grabbed Yan Zhaohua's arm, and said affectionately: "Grandmother left my cousin to say something for so long, but is there anything wrong?" ”

Yan Zhaohua looked at this lively girl, and remembered a lot of bad things about her in the previous life Yan Zhaoning in the house, what selfishness, no one in her eyes and the like, so that her impression of Xie Xinrou's cousin in her previous life has always been bad, but she is also confused, biased to listen and believe, and wholeheartedly regards Yan Zhaoning as her own sister, she said that others are not good, it must be bad, so that she is not close to Xie Xinrou, remembering that Xie Xinrou in the previous life also took the initiative to talk to her closer, but she was arrogantly rejected for thousands of miles, after three or two times, Xie Xinrou naturally didn't come to provoke her.

Yan Zhaohua felt remorseful in his heart, bowed his head and smiled shyly, but he held Xie Xinrou's hand, Xie Xinrou's father and Yan Zhaohua's mother are siblings of the same mother, where in this world are there many such intimate relationships, cousins must unite as one.

Xie Xinrou looked at Yan Zhaohua holding her hand, and she also had some understanding, smiled brightly at Yan Zhaohua, led her to a sunny seat, sat down and talked to her in person, only to hear Xie Xinrou say affectionately:

"I used to want to be close to my cousin, but my cousin always didn't want to, so let's get closer in the future."

Yan Zhaohua nodded briskly: "In the past, I didn't see the world, which made my cousin smile, and I will ask my cousin to mention more in the future." ”

Regarding Yan Zhaohua's initiative to show goodwill, where would Xie Xinrou refuse, and immediately responded: "They are all sisters in the family, if there is anything to mention, as long as my cousin doesn't refuse to be thousands of miles away like before, just play with Sister Ning alone." ”

Yan Zhaohua expressed repentance for his former confusion, lowered his head and pursed his lips and smiled, Xie Xinrou turned left and right, leaned over and said to Yan Zhaohua: "There is a sentence that should not be said, I always want to say it to my cousin, just like the camellia in the garden, this side looks white, but the other side looks bloodstained, people...... There are also two sides, often what you see may not be all, about Sister Ning...... I won't say anything else, but I'm sure my cousin will find out if she keeps an eye on it. ”

Xie Xinrou's words were sincere and sincere, which made Yan Zhaohua impressed with her, she said that these should be a warning to Yan Zhaohua, and she used two-sided colored camellia to imply that Yan Zhaoning was not as pure as it seemed on the surface, Yan Zhaohua really didn't expect that Xie Xinrou would be so heartfelt about her.

"What my cousin said, I wrote it down, I was really confused in the past, I couldn't tell the truth from the falsehood of people's hearts, and I hurt others and myself, and I will definitely not do this in the future."

Xie Xinrou listened to Yan Zhaohua's words, then nodded, and said: "Cousin, don't blame me for talking too much, it's just that sometimes I listen to what she said about you outside, and I see my cousin trusting her so much, so I am unwilling, and I say these things more, my cousin is kind-hearted and considers her to be a good sister, and there are people who don't notice it for a while, but I can't be confused anymore in the future." ”

Yan Zhaohua nodded, regretting in his heart, regretting his confusion back then, regretting why he didn't associate with such a person with good character, Yan Zhaoning slandered her reputation outside, how to say her, although Yan Zhaohua hadn't heard it with his own ears, he also understood that it was nothing more than what she said Xie Xinrou, but she changed the protagonist, anyway, the other girls in the family are all indifferent and selfish, arrogant and rude, she is the only one who is kind, she will always be the kind sister who is bullied by her sister at home, and the people next to her are unknown, In addition, Yan Zhaohua did not often appear in the social circle of noble daughters in her previous life, so no one told her about these things.

As the two were talking, Yan Zhaohua saw a little maid hurriedly running in at the door, it was Yuxia who was waiting beside Yan Zhaoning, only to see Yuxia find Yan Zhaoning and walk over, and said a few words in Yan Zhaoning's ear, he saw that Yan Zhaoning's face changed, and he hurriedly stood up from his seat, said hello to Xie Xinyuan, and then followed Yuxia out in a hurry.

Yan Zhaohua looked at the back of her leaving, when even if she guessed, it must be Yuxia who told Yan Zhaoning that Xie was beaten by the board, Yan Zhaoning was in a hurry to visit, Xie Xinyuan walked over from the flower window, she was wearing a brocade cloth gown of Su embroidered Yuehua, pinned a spring flower in front of the placket, combed with a Lingyun bun on her head, and wore a silver tassel the size of half a palm on each side, if you want to say that Xie Xinrou's appearance is dignified and elegant, then Xie Xinyuan's appearance is delicate and cute, and the Xie family's blood is very good. The child was born with a beautiful water, thinking that this little girl would be harmed by Yan Zhaoning very badly in the future, Yan Zhaohua couldn't help but feel sorry for her.

"Where did Sister Ning go?" Xie Xinrou gave Xie Xinyuan a place and asked her to sit beside her, thinking that Xie Xinyuan knew what happened to Yan Zhaoning, but Xie Xinyuan shook his head, picked up the orange on the table, and said, "I don't know what's going on, I look very anxious." ”

Put the orange in his hand and play with it, but he didn't eat it, his eyes glanced at Yan Zhaohua from time to time, Yan Zhaohua was silent, and occasionally looked at each other and showed her a gentle smile, Xie Xinyuan was only ten years old, young, and had a pure character, although he must have heard a lot of bad things about Yan Zhaohua said by Yan Zhaoning, but Xie Xinyuan did not show too much malice to Yan Zhaohua.

Yan Zhaohua sat quietly with them and drank tea for a while, Xie Xinrou introduced a few young ladies of the same age in other mansions to meet Yan Zhaohua, the young girls are always happy to talk and laugh together, although the topic of conversation is a little naïve and boring, but in general, Yan Zhaohua is still very satisfied, she only feels that the feeling of interacting with people and talking freely is that when the previous life was good, there has never been, Xie and Yan Zhaoning always try their best to prevent her from having more contact with the outside world, every time before going out, Something happened by chance that prevented Yan Zhaohua from going out, and after one or two times, Yan Zhaohua himself became disliking to go out.

After lunch, a few girls made an appointment to go to the garden to see the flowers, Yan Zhaohua went with them, but I didn't expect to go halfway, the girls called others to go to the fish pavilion to enjoy the fish, Yan Zhaohua was afraid of water, she had the experience of falling into the water several times, so she didn't dare to go to the water's edge anymore, so she politely declined their invitation and continued to stay in the garden.

After watching it for a while, I didn't think it was interesting, so I took Dye Xiang and Qingzhu and planned to go back to Qingcang Courtyard to rest, so Yan Zhaohua was confused in her last life, and her grandmother had always been very good to her, and Qingcang Courtyard also specially arranged her own room for her and Yan Zhaoning, so that they could sometimes come over to rest when they played. From Pear Flower Garden to Qingcang Courtyard to pass through a rockery stone forest, the location is a bit remote, Yan Zhaohua is the small road, and did not take the cobblestone road where everyone is, but halfway through, Yan Zhaohua was suddenly pulled by someone to pull his sleeves, stopped, looked back, only to see Dye Xiang and Qingzhu at the same time with their fingers pressed the lip flap, invariably pointed to Yan Zhaohua pointed to the rockery at the end of the □□, but did not say why, Yan Zhaohua's eyes swept away, and at a glance he saw the young man hiding behind the rockery and not keeping the probe.

Who is it if it's not Yan Ruiqian?

What is he doing here? Yan Zhaohua was puzzled in her heart, and didn't think much about it, so she let Dye Xiang and Qingzhu take care of her outside the □□, and she herself walked over lightly, until she walked behind Yan Ruiqian, patted the kid gently, and he reacted, seeing that it was her, Yan Ruiqian hurriedly made a silent gesture to Yan Zhaohua, and then shook his head, which meant to let Yan Zhaohua not make a sound, Yan Zhaohua was very curious, so he glanced at the mouth of the rockery cave he peeked at before, and saw two people standing on the corridor at the other end of the rockery, One was a young woman in a red silk dress, who seemed to be a maid from Xie Mansion, while the other was a half-hundred-year-old man, who looked like Sven, but her demeanor was a little unsatisfactory.

The old man blocked the way of the maid, and said teasing words, making the maid so ashamed that her face was red, and she wanted to leave but was entangled by others.

Yan Zhaohua knew the old man, it was the contemporary Hongru Sun Chongsun who Xie said was not far away and personally begged for Yan Ruiqian, no wonder Yan Ruiqian stood behind the rockery and didn't dare to speak out.