In the twilight of spring, the Governor of Liangjiang, Yao Yuanzhi, in the mansion of Lord Yao, the flowers and trees are sparse, the shadows of the trees are swaying, the dark fragrance is floating, and it is a thriving scene.

The second girl, Yao Yanyu, and her younger sister Yao Quehua came out of the old lady Song's Ningrui Hall one after another, and went along the road in the backyard to the Jingrui Hall where her mother-in-law Wang sat up.

"Sister, I heard that the big sister's body is getting worse day by day." Yao Quehua took Yao Yanyu's hand and whispered.

Yao Yanyu was silent and sighed softly: "Big sister is a person of creation, she will be fine." ”

Yao Quehua looked back at the girls and mothers-in-law who were following behind, and didn't say anything more. In the old lady's room just now, she heard very clearly, someone from the capital said that their eldest sister was terminally ill, and she was afraid that she would not be able to survive this summer.

The eldest sister in Yao Quehua's mouth is Yao Fengge, the eldest daughter of Yao Mansion.

Three years ago, Yao Fengge married the second son of the waiting son. The eldest daughter of the candidate, Su Yu, and the eldest son of the maiden family of the Jiangning Weaving Wang, who married the wife of the Liangjiang Governor, were married.

Such a triangular marriage used to be a sensational event, and the eldest princess, the old lady of Dinghou Mansion, is the aunt of the current emperor. Dinghoufu is regarded as a relative of the emperor and the country, and his status is transcendent. Such a triangular in-law relationship not only expanded the waiting shili, but also made the Wang family and the Yao family more stable in the temple.

Now, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Jiangning Weaving Mansion has given birth to a daughter for the Wang family, and Yao Yanyu's sister-in-law Yao Fengge not only has nothing to do in the Hou Mansion, but is also about to die of illness.

This matter is very important, and it may even affect Governor Yao's career, so Yao Yanyu, the second daughter, has repeatedly remained silent on this matter in line with the principle of 'saying more and making more mistakes'.

It's true that I came through the soul, and it's not false that I've been living in this mansion for ten years. Because of this, she, a time-traveling woman, deeply knows the irresistibility of social rules. She also knew some of the stories of the women who went through the sky and changed their lives in the previous novels, but it really fell on her head, and she really felt that if that happened, the result would only be early death and early superbirth.

Live a life of peace and security, don't ask too much, just ask for peace and old age. Yao Yanyu thought silently, and the person had already arrived at the gate of his mother-in-law's courtyard.

It was around mid-afternoon, not yet dinner, but it was already past the time for a nap.

It is said that at this time, the courtyard is more lively, and the mother-in-law who asks for life will go in and out at this time, and the sister-in-law and sister-in-law will also sit in front of their mother at this time, or talk about affairs, or sit and laugh together.

But today, there was no sound in the courtyard, and the girls were all sitting under the eaves, or busy with their needlework, or quietly listening to the instructions inside.

After Yao Yanyu entered the courtyard gate, several big girls stood up, slightly blessed, and said: Second girl, third girl.

"Mother is busy?" Yao Yanyu asked in a low voice.

The first-class girl beside Wang's side, Pearl, whispered back: "The master is talking to Madame." Girl, wait a minute, the slave will answer for you? ”

Yao Yanyu thought that since she came, there was no reason to leave without replying, so she nodded.

Pearl quietly went in, and after a while, she came out and bowed slightly to the Yao Yanyu sisters: "Madame asked the two girls to go in." As she spoke, she raised her hand to open the bamboo curtain, Yao Yanyu smiled slightly and took Yao Quehua's hand into the door.

This room is not the main hall, it is the side hall where the Wang family usually sits, sitting in the north and facing south is a low couch, with a kang table in the middle, and on both sides are stone blue sprinkled cushions, pillows, pillows, etc. There are two pairs of Taishi chairs in each row on the left and right, all of which are paved with half-new and old stone blue sprinkled cushions, and delicate stone bonsai are placed on a small table in the middle. The sandalwood furniture in the house is graceful and luxurious.

The Governor Yao Yuanzhi sat on the main seat, and the Wang family sat on the right side. The two men each held a cup of tea and were silent.

"My father is well, my mother is well." Yao Yanyu and Yao Quehua sisters are blessed together.

"Sit down." Yao Yuanzhi didn't raise his eyelids, but only concentrated on tasting tea.

"Thank you, father." After the two Yao Yanyu sisters sat down, they sat down on the last two chairs on the right hand.

Mrs. Wang put aside the tea cup in her hand, looked at Yao Yanyu and asked, "Where did you come from?" ”

Yao Yanyu hurriedly replied: "Come from the old lady's house." ”

Wang didn't ask any more questions. Yao Yuanzhi slowly looked up at Yao Yanyu who was sitting on the chair, thoughtful.

A girl brought two cups of tea and put them on the high table between the two Yao Yanyu sisters, and stepped back silently. Yao Yanyu silently picked up the tea, just gently smelling the tea, but did not drink it. The four men in the room sat quietly, and no one spoke.

After a while, Wang sighed, as if talking to himself: "Your eldest sister's illness ...... I'm afraid it's not good. ”

Yao Yanyu's heart sank, and she hurriedly persuaded: "Don't worry, wife, the eldest sister is edified." There is a hospital in the Hou Mansion to take care of it, and the eldest sister's illness will be haode. ”

Wang glanced at Yao Yanyu helplessly, and sighed softly: "You are a sensible child. ”

Yao Yuanzhi suddenly turned his head and asked Wang, "Sister Yan is sixteen this year, right?" ”

Wang was stunned, glanced at Yao Yuanzhi's face, and nodded: "Yes, after May's birthday, I will be sixteen years old." ”

"Hmm." Yao Yuanzhi didn't say anything more, and fell into deep thought again.

Yao Yanyu didn't know that her life's events were given by her shrewd and capable father in this moment of contemplation.

Wang waved his hand at Sister Yao Yanyu: "You two should go back first." Come back at dinner. ”

"Yes." Yao Yanyu and Yao Quehua put down the teacup and stood up, blessed with a blessing, "My daughter is leaving." ”

The bamboo curtain sounded softly, and the girl outside opened the curtain, Yao Yanyu took Yao Quehua back a few steps to the door, Fang Yao turned around and walked out of the door, leaving with her own girl-in-law.

Back in her room, Yao Yanyu threw away the fan in her hand, turned around and leaned on the chaise longue, and took an idle book to read.

Not long after, the big girl Cuiwei came in quietly, instructed the two little girls in the house out, and half-knelt beside Yao Yanyu and whispered: "Girl, the slave maid just heard from the grandmother in the wife's yard that the master intends to let you go to the capital." ”

Yao Yanyu's eyelids jumped, and she asked in a low voice: "I'm a girl's family, what are you doing in the capital?" ”

Cui Wei lowered her voice: "I'm afraid the eldest lady won't be better this time." We can't break off our in-laws with the Hou Mansion......"

"Isn't there a big cousin?" Yao Yanyu frowned, even if the eldest sister died, the cousin of the uncle's family was still the daughter of the Dinghou Mansion, and the in-laws who turned a corner were also in-laws. Moreover, the Wang family and the Yao family are both in Jiangnan, and the eldest brother in the family is married to the niece of his mother's mother's family.

Cui Wei frowned and whispered: "However, if the third son of the Hou Mansion continues to have a good relationship, and the eldest aunt and grandmother do not leave a man and a woman, after a long time, our relationship with the Hou Mansion will be far away." ”

"Not really, right?" Yao Yanyu frowned. According to the rules of this society, what Cuiwei said is not unreasonable.

Cuiwei concluded the matter in an affirmative tone: "I heard that this is what the master meant, and the girl still made plans early." ”

What can the "......" do? Can this kind of thing be done by myself? Yao Yanyu sighed repeatedly, thinking to herself, do you really want to marry a second-hand person? To be a continuation for others?

This fear was confirmed half a month later.

At that time, Yao Yanyu was going to the old lady's house with Yao Quehua to say good morning to the old lady, and before she entered the door, she heard the old lady talking to the old lady inside.

“…… Send Sister Yan over first, our Sister Feng'er's illness will also be taken care of, we are far away from the capital here, and we can't see or touch big and small things. Always uneasy. After saying this, the grandmother Wang sighed again, and said very embarrassedly: "It's just that this is not a wedding gift, and I send people over directly, which really makes Sister Yan wronged." ”

"The country is filial, and it has to be expedient. Just tell them not to have a round house yet. Besides, Sister Feng is still there, and she can't let her uncle stop his wife and remarry, even if there is no national filial piety, this is not a small sin. The old lady Song also sighed deeply, "It's better than this, I'll add an extra copy of Sister Yan'er's makeup, and then marry her a few of our shops in the capital, in short, the preparation is richer, just don't cross Sister Feng." asked someone to pack it up and send it to the capital with her. ”

Wang was silent, and added: "Feng Yatou has something that is long and short, and her part of the things is also Sister Yan'er's, so it is not a grievance against her." ”

Yao Yanyu stood under the window outside and listened to this sentence, and almost fell headlong. How is it so fast?! Sending a messenger girl also has to pass a deed or something, right? Is this considered a married woman?

Yao Quehua saw that the second sister's face turned pale in an instant, and she was so worried that she hurriedly hugged her and asked quietly, "Second sister, are you okay?" ”

Yao Yanyu stabilized her mind and shook her head. Then I put my foot forward and walked forward. The girl who was talking far away under the verandah had already seen their sisters, and hurriedly ran over to open the curtain for the two of them and replied softly, "The second girl and the third girl are here." ”

After the big screen, Mrs. Song and Mrs. Wang immediately stopped talking, and after the two Yao Yanyu sisters walked in, Mrs. Song beckoned with a smile: "If you don't come again, I'll have breakfast here." ”

Yao Yanyu had something in her heart, and her smile was not so natural: "Last night, a cricket jumped in the house out of nowhere, and it squeaked for half the night, and it didn't stop until the third watch, so I got up late this morning, and the old lady didn't blame." ”

"Even so, it's just a matter of calling the girl over and talking." Mrs. Song smiled, turned her head and instructed the girls: "Set the meal, let Sister Yan and the others go back to sleep after breakfast, don't go to the boudoir school for the time being, the homework on the left and right is almost learned, and the body is important." ”

The girls agreed, turned around and went out to deliver food. Yao Yanyu ate something with a lot of concern, and then excused herself to quit under the pretext of feeling unwell.

In the afternoon, the little girl in Wang's room came to spread the word that the wife had something to call the girl over. Yao Yanyu said in the end, he couldn't escape this hurdle. So he simply cleaned up his appearance and makeup, and took Cuiwei to follow the little girl to Wang's side.

When Wang saw her, he first said some high-sounding words.

For example, you went to your big sister this time to see your big sister for me and the old lady. Your eldest sister hurts you when she is at home, she likes your gentle temperament, no more than the third girl Yujian who makes a fuss about something.

For another example, the Hou Mansion is a famous family, the old lady of the Hou Mansion is the aunt of the saint today, and the eldest princess is a golden branch and jade leaf, with a noble status, you go there, no matter what you do, you must know how to be proportionate. Listen more to your big sister.

For example, I have already asked someone to prepare what you are wearing. In case your eldest sister is really bad, you will stay in the Hou Mansion for your eldest sister. The name is a little worse, but the lord has already negotiated with the Hou Ye, and when the time comes, you will be wronged by the situation of most of the year, and you will be the third young grandmother of the Hou Mansion in the future, and you will enjoy endless glory and wealth.

In the face of these words of his mother-in-law Wang, Yao Yanyu only had to bow her head and listen to the training. If it is refuted, the Wang family naturally has a way to make her submit, and when the time comes, it can only be self-inflicted.

If you want to be free, you have to leave the Doge's Palace. However, leaving the Governor's Mansion and entering the Dinghou Mansion, in such a world, it is not easy for a woman to live independently and settle down.

Seeing that Yao Yan didn't say a word and just nodded silently, Wang let go of his heart.

After all, this concubine's daughter has been tepid since she was a child, so she can do whatever she wants, except for raising some cats, dogs, chickens and rabbits in her yard, and then she likes to read books alone, and she has no other interest.

I originally thought she was too wooden, but I didn't want her to come to the room after the age of thirteen to assist the housekeeper, but she also spoke and acted with a clear look, relaxed and moderate, and she knew how to speak, and she never made a mistake. Even Su Yuhe, the third girl of the Hou Mansion, who was the nephew and daughter-in-law who was above the top, praised her for being very good at doing things, and she didn't look like a concubine's daughter at all.

Otherwise, the Wang family would not be at ease to send such a concubine to the Hou Mansion. Not to mention the interests of the family, if she behaves in a bad manner, the etiquette rules will not be on the table, and it will also slap the face of the Governor's Palace.

Since ancient times, marriage has been the order of parents and the words of matchmaking. Even if she Yao Yanyu has a soul that has traveled in the 21st century, she can't reverse such a fate.

On an auspicious day after her sixteenth birthday, Yao Yanyu got up early in the morning before dawn, Cuiwei served her to change into clothes to go out, and then she said goodbye to her grandmother and parents in turn, and cherished her sister Yao Quehua, and helplessly held her aunt's hand and was silent for a long time, before she was reluctant to turn around from her small yard and leave with Cuiwei and a few personal maids.

Yao Yanen, the eldest son of the Governor's Mansion, took more than a dozen male and female servants in two rooms to send Yao Yanyu north to Beijing, and loaded a two-story cargo ship full of luggage and other belongings.

When the people at the wharf saw it, they all talked about it, saying that the Governor's Mansion was really generous to his daughter, and the eldest prince went to Beijing to visit his sister and actually brought a boatload of things. And Yao Yanyu, who was sitting in another passenger boat and looking out of the window, smiled helplessly, who knew that what was in the boat was his dowry?

However, God treats me well, through the peace and stability of ten years of good life, although it is a concubine, but because there are not many daughters in the family, and the father is really shrewd, the daughter as a necessity for marriage was raised in the boudoir, spent all her efforts to upbring, these ten years she is also a pampered life.

From then on, it is up to you to leave the Governor's Palace.

The waterway into Beijing walked for half a month, and it was already June when I arrived in Beijing. The jacket was replaced with a thin silk summer shirt, and the summer in the capital was actually hotter than in the south of the Yangtze River. It was a hot and dry day.

Under a large umbrella painted with sixteen bones, Yao Yanyu helped Cuiwei's men to get off the boat, and frowned on the carriage sent by Dinghou Mansion to pick up people.

The carriage swayed all the way, Yao Yanyu had a salted plum in her mouth, leaning on the carriage and closing her eyes. Cuiwei sat on one side, looking out through the curtain of the car window from time to time.

"Girl, girl!"

"Huh?" Yao Yanyu snorted lightly and said that she was listening.

"We've passed the Zhenguo Mansion. The Guogong Mansion is so magnificent. ”

"Can you make a difference? Isn't the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion magnificent? "There is no third person in the carriage, and Cuiwei is the henchman of the henchmen, and she is the most reliable person in Yao Yanyu in the past ten years, so there is no need to take care of it.

"That's different! According to the specifications, the Guogong Mansion is more magnificent than the Governor's Palace. ”

Yao Yanyu chuckled: "It's not too late for you to be surprised when you arrive at the Hou Mansion later." The Dinghou Mansion is connected to the Eldest Princess's Mansion, which is definitely more magnificent than the Zhenguo Mansion. ”

"That's right!" Cuiwei immediately became excited, the old lady of the Dinghou Mansion is the eldest princess! Aunt Bixia! How magnificent is that mansion?

"No matter how grand the mansion is, we just sleep in one bed. It has nothing to do with you and me, you better save it. ”

"Well, the girl is always like this, she doesn't seem to be interested in anything."

Yao Yanyu raised her hand and knocked on Cuiwei's head and asked, "Who said that?" What worries me the most is that I can't bring the little gray and white people in my yard, and I can't bring the flowers and plants I raise. ”

"Oh, the Hou Mansion is not as good as the family, girl, if you want to take a silver needle and stab the little gray and white them, I'm afraid you can't. It's the strange flowers and plants you planted, maybe my uncle can help you find them. ”

"Uncle......" Yao Yanyu couldn't help but sneer when she heard these two words.

The so-called uncle will be his husband in the future, and he wants to be a sixteen-year-old girl, and he actually goes to be a continuation of a man he has never met, and he is so high-sounding in the house when he is not dead in the main room. If this is in modern times, wouldn't it be a big joke in the world?!

However, who made this the inexplicable Great Cloud Dynasty. Even a dynasty that has not been recorded in history, who can she find to reason?

The carriage walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the door of the Dinghou Mansion. After a slight pause, the carriage continued on its way, drove in directly through the side door, and came to a stop a stone's throw away.

A mother-in-law came outside and asked Yao Yanyu to get off the bus. Yao Yanyu held Cuiwei's hand and got up slowly, and when she slowly got out of the car with her sore legs, she heard a hearty laugh not far away: "Uncle, I have worked hard all the way, and my grandmother and mother have been talking about it, saying that these two days should also come." ”

Yao Yanyu couldn't help but follow the prestige, but saw a man wearing a snow-blue cardigan tulle gown standing there and arching his hand to his brother Yao Yanen.

Yao Yanyu retracted her gaze and slowly got out of the car, thinking to herself that this person should be the aunt of the Yao family, the third son of the waiting. It is said that Mrs. Lu's three sons and one daughter are named after the four characters of 'Ping, An, Xiang, and ', and are ranked in the jade generation, and the aunt of the Yao family happens to be the word 'Xiang', and his name should be Su Yuxiang.

"Where, where, not hard." Yao Yanen returned the salute, "I was supposed to arrive two days ago, but it rained on the road for several days, delaying the trip for a few days. I can't say that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess can't worry about the elders such as Mrs. Hou. ”

Su Yuxiang smiled elegantly: "This is nothing, my uncle and sister just have a safe journey." Uncle, please. ”