Yue Yao listened to Xiang Wei talk about her family affairs, held Yang Mucomb's hand for a moment, and her eyes were a little wandering. I remember that at this time in her last life, she had been divorced by the Shen family, and it didn't take long for her to be sold to Zhou Shu. Thinking of this, Yue Yao's hands trembled slightly.

Xiang Wei looked at Yueyao with her brows tightly locked, her eyes drifting away, and her whole body was filled with sadness. A deep gaze flashed in Xiang Wei's eyes, and she didn't know how many times she had seen the scene. Xiang Wei really didn't understand, although Yueyao's previous experience in the Lian family was not good, it was not a big crime, but the sadness that Yueyao occasionally exuded frightened her. That kind of sadness can only be found in people who have been through hardships.

Xi Juan straightened Yueyao's hair and said, "Girl, look at what's wrong." "Xijuan's hair is well coiled, so Yueyao's hair is all her doing.

Yue Yao came back to her senses and said with a smile: "It's good." After speaking, he chose a beaded hairpin and put it in his bun, took a pair of amethyst earrings and put them on.

The fine silk felt that it was too plain, so she took a pair of double happiness Ruyi emerald hairpins and inserted them for Yueyao, and then selected two beaded flowers to pin to the corners of the bun. Fine Silk looked at Yueyao and said, "The girl is so beautiful." "It goes without saying that Yueyao's facial features are good, and the most outstanding thing about Yueyao is not her appearance but her temperament, the whole person is like a blooming magnolia flower, out of the dust.

Yue Yao scolded with a smile: "It's just your sweet mouth." ”

After Yueyao cleaned up, she went to see Zhuang Ruolan. From now on, it's time for her to take care of her own business.

As soon as Yue Yao arrived at the main courtyard, she heard the cry and said with a smile: "Min Ge'er's cry is really loud. Zhuang Ruolan has been married for seven years and has given birth to two sons and two daughters, and she has four children, and the most important thing is that the four children are healthy, which makes I don't know how many people envy her.

Yueyao is especially loved by several children, not to mention that Keyue, Yanqi and Viagra all like Yueyao very much, but Brother Min, who is only a few months old, immediately stopped crying when he came to Yueyao's arms.

Brother Min is only more than five months old, and he is a very curious little guy, who stopped crying when he was held in his arms by Yueyao, and looked at Yueyao with dripping eyes.

Speaking of the names of the two children, Yue Yao only sighed, the eldest is called Viagra, and the second is called Brother Min, Yue Yao feels that Cong Wei and Cong Min are really not ordinarily ugly, but unfortunately this name was taken by Ma Chengteng, and she has no position against it.

Yueyao teased Brother Min for a while, and then let the nurse hold her. Yueyao also came to look for Zhuang Ruolan this time, "Cousin-in-law, it will be my ceremony in more than two months, I have been busy in the past few years, and I am already unfamiliar with people outside, and many people don't know each other." Cousin-in-law, I want to go out for a walk if I have the chance. ”

Zhuang Ruolan was very surprised when she heard it, but this is a good thing, where can the girl's family be bored at home every day and not go out. Zhuang Ruolan said: "It's good that you can think like this, young girls should go out and walk more, get to know more people, and it will be good for you in the future." "Getting to know more people is equivalent to accumulating more contacts, which may be useful in the future.

Yue Yao nodded, "Hmm." In the past few years, Yueyao has tensed herself too hard, and now with Mr. Yushan's approval, Yueyao also wants to relax and relax.

Zhuang Ruolan smiled lightly, "The day after tomorrow is Mrs. Tai's eightieth birthday, and you will go with me then." ”

Yueyao bowed her head. The 80th birthday of Mrs. Guogongfu must be held in a big way, and many people will definitely be invited to a banquet at that time, and it is also a good thing that she can appear on that occasion.

Zhuang Ruolan went to the Luguo Mansion to pay homage to Mrs. Tai this time, in addition to bringing Yueyao, she also brought Ma Linlin. Ma Linlin is sixteen years old this year, and she was married last year.

After Ma Chengteng was promoted to the right waiter of the Ministry of Industry, the status of the Ma family naturally went up, and it was definitely no problem to marry Ma Linlin to the eldest son of the family, but Zhuang Ruolan thought that Ma Linlin was not suitable to be the eldest daughter-in-law. Although Ma Linlin has changed a lot in recent years under the painstaking teaching of her grandmother, no matter how much she changes the essence, she can't change, the eldest daughter-in-law is the family woman, and all kinds of trivial matters such as human relations within the family are the responsibilities of the family woman, Zhuang Ruolan thinks that Ma Linlin can't take on such a heavy responsibility.

Ma Peng agreed with Zhuang Ruolan in this matter and persuaded Ma Chengteng. In the end, Ma Chengteng carefully selected Qiao Wenmao, the second son of Lord Qiao of Honglu Temple. Qiao Ergongzi looks very good, his character is also good, and the most important thing is to be motivated, Qiao Ergongzi is now famous, because Qiao Wenmao will end next year's spring, so the marriage is scheduled after Chunqiu.

Before the Great Yuan Dynasty, women basically had to marry at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but during the time of Emperor Yingzong, there was a imperial physician who said that women marrying too early and having children were not only bad for themselves, but also bad for their heirs, and Emperor Yingzong was very supportive of the imperial doctor's point of view and ordered that women must be sixteen years old before they could marry. Since then, women in the Great Yuan Dynasty have basically married after the age of sixteen.

Yueyao was originally a single carriage, but Ma Linlin had to ride in the same carriage with Yueyao, although Yueyao lived in Mafu, she was often outside, and she had little time to stay in Mafu, even in Mafu, she was very busy, and she had very little intersection with Ma Linlin, this time when they went out together, Ma Linlin wanted to talk to Yueyao more.

Zhuang Ruolan looked at Yueyao.

Yue Shao naturally did not refuse, and said with a smile: "I am in the same carriage with my cousin. Yueyao knows that Ma Linlin has changed a lot, and Yueyao also knows that Ma Linlin still has a lot of problems, but as long as Ma Linlin is reasonable, she will no longer mess around like before, and small problems are no big problem. is reasonable and can listen to the persuasion of others, no matter how bad it is, it is not far behind.

Ma Linlin is wearing a water-red dress today, although she has not yet reached the age of maturity, her light red lips and flushed face exude youthful vitality, like budding buds, full of vitality.

Ma Linlin had a lot of things to say to Yueyao, but when the two of them got into the carriage, Ma Linlin didn't know what to say.

Yue Yao smiled, "Is my cousin embroidering a dowry recently?" "Yueyao doesn't pay much attention to other people's affairs, but she still knows about such a big thing as Ma Linlin's marriage.

Ma Linlin listened to Yue Shao talk about embroidering the dowry, and her face flushed. Zhuang Ruolan let Ma Linlin meet Qiao Wenmao before the marriage, Qiao Wenmao is handsome, polite, and a humble gentleman, just looking at people is completely in line with Ma Linlin's requirements for her husband, and because she looks down on herself, Ma Linlin is also full of longing for the future.

Yue Yao was not familiar with Qiao Wenmao, but looking at Ma Linlin's shy appearance, she was not stingy to say some good things.

Xiang Wei thought it was funny, she thought that Yueyao was an old-fashioned person and wouldn't say some festive words to others.

Ma Linlin saw that Yueyao had a good attitude, and she was no longer restrained, and she also talked a lot about her, including her housekeeper and her going out to socialize, and they chatted very well along the way.

When she was about to arrive at the Guogong Mansion, Ma Linlin said: "Yueyao, if someone is jealous of you later, you don't have to pay attention to it." ”

Yue Yao has walked in the high-ranking family in the past few years, and her reputation is very good, not only because Yue Yao is good at painting, but also because the rules and etiquette she worked hard to learn before also played a major role.

Thanks to the teaching of her grandmother and Zhuang Ruolan's guidance from time to time, Ma Linlin was not only jealous of Yueyao, but was proud to have such a talented cousin. Ma Linlin has been socializing outside all these years, and she has a well-educated grandmother by her side to remind her all the time, and she is also very good outside, if Ma Linlin is still the same as before, even if Ma Chengteng has a higher official position than Lord Qiao, the Qiao family will definitely not want this marriage, you must know that Qiao Wenmao is a good potential stock.

Yue Yao smiled and nodded.

Xiang Wei glanced at Ma Linlin unexpectedly. She heard Qiaolan say that Ma Linlin used to be arrogant and domineering, and she had a very bad attitude towards Yueyao, but she didn't expect that now she seems to be a different person.

Outside, the servant woman shouted, "Girl, it's here." ”

The 80th birthday of Mrs. Lu Guofu was unprecedentedly lively. The number of people in the capital has received the post. The Lu Mansion is different from the Ningguo Mansion, the Grandpa of the Lu Mansion and the Prince of the Shi have received errands, and there are many children in the mansion who are still serving in the army, although they are not as good as the Jingning Marquis Mansion, but they are also very powerful in the capital, so the people who took the post this time will come nine times out of ten. Therefore, this banquet was very lively and lively.

Yue Yao had come to the Lu Guogong Mansion once before to paint for Mrs. Tai, but the last time was completely different from this time. This time, the entire mansion of the Luguo Mansion is full of lights and flowers.

Zhuang Ruolan led Ma Linlin and Yueyao to the upper room to see Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai is wearing a rosewood dress today. A snow-white hair has been thinned into a garden bun, a set of gems and jade heads are inserted between the temples, and the clothes are pinned with gold three styles, although it is already eighty years old, but the spirit is very good, and when he sees someone, he laughs and talks happily.

Zhuang Ruolan took Yueyao and Ma Linlin to kneel down to pay homage to Mrs. Tai. Mrs. Tai asked Yahuan to give everyone a red envelope.

Mrs. Lu looked at Yueyao and said, "Little girl, the painting you made for me last time was very good, I like it very much." "If you don't like it, you won't be rewarded with a set of dowry jewelry.

Yue Yao smiled and nodded: "It is Yue Yao's blessing to be able to make Mrs. Tai like it." ”

Mrs. Tai was also full of smiles, "This kid is really modest, come, come and let me see." Mrs. Tai pulled Yueyao, looked at it carefully, and said to the round-faced Duchess next to her: "This child is blessed at first glance, and I don't know who will be blessed to marry in the future." ”

Yueyao's face turned red.

The Duchess said with a smile: "This child has already been married, and it seems to be the second young master of the Shen family, and the talented and beautiful woman are very compatible!" ”

Yueyao stood there with her head bowed and her face flushed.

There are many relatives in the side branch of the Guogong Mansion, and Mrs. Tai is talking to Yueyao, and there are clansmen outside who come in to pay tribute to Mrs. Tai. On weekdays, these people can't see Mrs. Tai, but today is Mrs. Tai's birthday, and they all let them come in and kowtow.

A mother-in-law dressed in festive clothes led Zhuang Ruolan and the three of them to the living room. Zhuang Ruolan came early, and there were not many people in the living room at this time.

Zhuang Ruolan often attends banquets and is extremely familiar with the people here. She took Ma Linlin and Yueyao to greet everyone.

Because Ma Linlin often followed Zhuang Ruolan out to socialize, the wives present all knew her, but everyone was not familiar with Yueyao.

At this time, a woman wearing a peach carved silk pattern halo brocade dress, dressed extremely exquisitely, said with a smile: "It's better to be famous than to meet, even the girl is not only talented and famous, but also looks like a flower and moon, and people can't take their eyes off it." ”

The woman who spoke was surnamed Cui, and she was the eldest young lady of the Su family in the Prime Minister's Mansion. used to be friends with Zhuang Ruolan, but then I don't know why the two fell out, and now the two are just polite when they meet, and the old love has long been empty.

Zhuang Ruolan said with a smile: "Sister Cui has won the award, Yueyao, this kid likes to draw a few strokes on weekdays, and wherever he is, he will be famous all over the world." ”

Yueyao said to the woman who spoke: "Young Mrs. Cui, Yueyao's biggest hobby is painting, and she spends a lot of time and energy on it on weekdays. "She just helped a few good ladies paint, that is, she was a little famous in the capital, where did she dare to say that she was famous all over the world. Fame in the world is only those great painters can do it, if she should say this, others will think that she does not know the height of the sky!

At this time, a woman wearing Qiuxiang's clothes smiled and said, "You child is too modest. The picture you drew for my wife, our wife likes it. "The woman who spoke was the second lady of the Guogong Mansion. There is a lot of dirt in the palace, but those are all things that are behind closed doors. Now Zhuang Ruolan is her own family, and Zhuang Ruolan is Yueyao's cousin and sister-in-law, and she is also a relative of the Guogong Mansion.

Yue Yao's face was slightly red, and she said, "Thank you for Mrs. Tai's love." She didn't say anything more.

Yueyao has experienced so many things, and she knows very well what kind of girls these ladies and grandmothers like. They like generous, decent, dignified and heavy girls, and on such occasions, there is no place for her juniors to speak. If you talk too much, you can't always be in the limelight to the liking of these ladies. Yueyao has been adhering to this purpose in the past few years, and the effect is very good.

Generally talented people, whether they are men or women, are more arrogant. It is rare that Yueyao is modest and low-key, and the ladies present naturally have a good impression of her.

Cui Shi glanced at Yue Yao, and saw that Yue Yao was lowering her head at this time, and surprise flashed in her heart.

Second Mrs. Lu asked the personal maid to bring Yueyao to Lu Yanfan. Young girls shouldn't be with them.