Changxuan, as the name suggests, is a house that is transparent on all sides or several sides, generally with a relatively large area, without too many partitions, and without too many redundant home arrangements, for people to enjoy the scenery and for drinking and entertaining guests.

The population of the Liang Guogong Mansion is large, and it is also bright and spacious, and it is arranged with a color of ebony furniture, because of the age, the lacquer on the surface of the furniture has lost its initial brightness, but is dyed with a layer of moist and heavy warm color, revealing a thick atmosphere that has been precipitated by time.

At this time, the sun was sinking in the west, and the twilight spread up, blurring the outlines of the flowers, trees, mountains and rocks, and only the sky was exceptionally clear, which formed a sharp contrast with the darkness of the earth.

There are many red gauze palace lamps hanging in the garden and in the open pavilion, and I don't know when they have been lit, and the hazy halo is faint, but it only illuminates the surrounding places.

Qiu Chen followed Qin Zheng into Changxuan, the second grandmother Tian had already commanded the girl to complete the arrangement, and at this time she was standing next to a group of aunts and grandmothers, talking and laughing like a lotus flower, greeting and responding.

The aunts and grandmothers who had taken the previous step had not yet taken their seats, and most of them stood in front of the windows and railings around the open sky, looking at the back garden of the Liang Guogong Mansion.

These people were born and raised in this mansion, and every plant and tree here retains a memory of their childhood or girlhood, which makes people reminisce or regret it.

Among them, a mother and daughter stood in front of the railing in front of them, but they didn't look at the murmuring water below, the begonia was enchanting, the fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl was hanging her head, rubbing the corners of her clothes with a gloomy face, and muttered: "My cousin is not at home, but I actually accompanied the woman out of the house......"

The middle-aged woman on the opposite side sighed: "Don't be stupid, no matter what he said, he also married a wife, and you are still so insistent, do you want to be a concubine with contempt?" ”

"Mother!" The girl stomped her feet angrily and shook her hands in disobedience, and the middle-aged woman hurriedly comforted her, which calmed the girl down.

Approaching his mother, he lowered his voice and said, "Mother, isn't my cousin shouldering two tribes?" Didn't you say that Yue Guogong still pointed to his cousin to marry a wife and inherit an heir? ”

The middle-aged woman was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly said, "Let that woman go to inherit the heir of the Duke of Yue!" You are married to be the granddaughter-in-law of Liang Guogong's long house! ”

"Mother!" The girl screamed in disgust again, and then lowered her voice and said, "Liang Guogong's side has a large population, and it looks glamorous but there is only a flower shelf left, but it is Yue Guogong's side, it is said that the old grandfather has a very thick family background at that time, and there is no one else to dispute......"

At this point, the girl paused, and only looked at her mother, and at the same time showed a knowing smile.

There were a lot of girls crowded at the door of Changxuan, and when they saw Qin Zheng coming over with a few children and Qiu Chen, some of them immediately stepped forward to say goodbye, although the others were half a beat slower, but no one dared to deliberately slack off, and they also stepped forward to greet Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen. Wei'er's grandmother squeezed up, looking up and down with a happy face, and the grandmother looked up and down, left and right, and nagged: "Miss, where have you been, the old slave can't find you in a blink of an eye...... Alas, if you bump into it, how can the old slave explain it to his wife! ”

"Alright, alright, I'm fine! It's just that I went to see the begonia flowers, what can happen! Wei'er waved her hand impatiently to interrupt the nagging of the grandmother, shook her body, got rid of a few girls, squeezed through the crowd at the door, squeezed into the open room, swept her eyes to find her mother-in-law, and ran over.

"Mother, mother, I see my uncle and aunt!" The little girl's face was full of excitement, and her eyes were shining towards her mother.

"Hehe, just now you said that Wei'er is intimate, look at it for a while, and the original form of the leather monkey will appear!" Yi Xuan smiled and spread her hands with her sister, very helpless.

Lao Si Yiheng covered his mouth, laughing, and was almost speechless. There were also young women of twenty-seven or eighteen years old and a twenty-two or three-year-old next to them, but they were just standing nearby, looking at the lively and cheerful Wei'er with a stiff smile, and the clothes on her body were all old-fashioned and old, and the whole person exuded a gloomy atmosphere.

Although the two of them are concubines, they are also young ladies of the Liang Guogong Mansion, but one of them married a five-grade household department who was seventeen or eighteen years older than her and made a continuation of the matter, and the son and daughter-in-law of the family were older than her, and the son and daughter-in-law treated her no different from a concubine; Although the other said that he married into a noble family, he was a concubine who was lazy and lazy, and Chengjue had no chance, and he couldn't do anything, he ate and waited for death every day, and he always robbed the dowry from her to eat, drink and have fun...... In the first few years of marriage, she had a dowry in her hand, so she was quite polite to her, and she went to her several times a month. After three or four years, when the dowry is spent, the gentleman will be a different person, and he will not see each other once a year, let alone say good words to love the husband and wife.

“…… The eldest uncle said that he liked me, and the eldest aunt was also kind and good-looking, and there was a younger brother and a younger sister, all of whom were very good...... "Wei'er continued to hold her mother's hand and lied coquettishly.

The two sisters, Yi Xuan and Yi Heng, as well as the other two, also heard the chaotic greeting at the door at this time, and involuntarily looked at the door with the sound.

The man in a azure robe, with a tall figure and a lofty appearance, was as cold and hard as Yi Xuan remembered, and the only discord was probably that he was holding a four or five-year-old girl in his arms, hugging his neck and saying something with a smile.

The whispering hum in the room suddenly stopped, and in the midst of solemnity, the man naturally turned around, grabbed a woman's waist, and led her in. The woman was also leading a boy of seven or eight years old.

The four of them paused at the door, lined up, the men and boys were wearing sky-blue robes, and the women and girls were wearing the same clothes with real red and jade colors, but one was a red dress and a jade skirt, and the other was a jade jacket and a red skirt, one big and one small, brightly dressed, but the ornaments were not complicated and fancy, simple and elegant, and noble, even if it was the mother and daughter on the side of the railing, they had to admit that the clothes and ornaments of the four people in this line were not vain and exaggerated, but the natural calm posture, The expression of the soft face is actually detached, and all of them reveal a noble indifference that makes them want to grit their teeth.

The girl's eyes were resentful, but she calmed down, but the middle-aged woman had a gloomy face and snorted coldly in a low voice: "Isn't it just a widow from a mountain village, who is so arrogant that she dares to bring a pair of wild cubs to a family banquet...... It's shameless! ”

Across the entire Changxuan, the middle-aged woman's voice was extremely low, Qiu Chen and Qin Zheng didn't hear what she said, but the snake-like eyes of the mother and daughter were both noticed, Qin Zheng's eyes swept away, and his face became a little colder. However, Qiu Chen's face was pale, and the smile on the corner of his mouth did not change in the slightest.

Tian looked at this family of four, and suddenly felt that his plan to show his face after a busy day suddenly became boring.

For this rare banquet held in the back garden, she didn't even eat a few bites of lunch, and by this time, the makeup on her face was spent, and her clothes were wrinkled, but she didn't care about it...... Just now, a few aunts and aunts and grandmothers came in just a few words, and it didn't hurt or itch.

Looking at the people again, not to mention the brightness, the refreshed and leisurely ...... The point is that there is a man with him, and he is so considerate and maintained......

Soon, Tian found another reason to comfort himself, these two people are still newly married, and it is normal to be hot. It's just that it's so intimate in public...... Emma, don't be too scared!

Tian turned quickly, and the expression on his face was only unnatural for a moment, and then he raised a smile and walked up to Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen's family.

She is moving fast here, and the sisters Yixuan and Yiheng are not slow, after Wei'er introduced her with joy on her face, she greeted her with a smile, especially Yixuan, who was dragged by Wei'er and walked quickly, and hurriedly came to Qin Zheng and Qiu Chen with a little embarrassment, and shouted with a smile: "Big brother, sister-in-law!" ”

Qin Zheng nodded and introduced to Qiu Chen: "This is the second sister. ”

Qiu Chen had learned about the personnel of the Liang Guogong Mansion before, and when he heard Qin Zheng's introduction at this time, he immediately understood which one it was, so he smiled and said, "It's Sister Yixuan, right?" As soon as I saw Wei'er, I said who could give birth to such a good child, and when I saw my second sister, I knew how to do it. ”

These words are cordial, and there is no lack of polite greetings, the key is that Qiu Chen's expression is generous in words and deeds, without the slightest pretentiousness. Yi Xuan looked at Qiu Chen with a smile, and said secretly in her heart, sure enough, the one who can be selected by the eldest brother to marry into the family is not an ordinary woman! Not to mention anything else, just this calm and generous, not to mention the small family, even the noble daughter of the noble family has just passed the door, and she does not have this graceful and calm bearing.

"Sister-in-law's words are too much to praise me! To say that it is outstanding, my pair of nephews and nieces are a Yuxue cute and a quiet Sven, each with its own merits, and it is a personal love! ”

As he spoke, Yi Xuan took off a red gold shrimp bracelet from his wrist and put it on Ah Man's hand, and took a purse embroidered with gold and silver thread and handed it to Ah Fu.

At this time, Yi Heng also walked over with a slight slow movement, and Yi Xuan immediately turned around to introduce Qiu Chen.

Tian's movements were only half a beat slower, but at this moment, he completely lost the initiative, and he couldn't interject at all when he stood aside.

Yi Xuan is an active character, after introducing Yi Heng, the three of them said a word or two, Yi Xuan led Qiu Chen to the aunt and grandmother over there, and introduced Qiu Chen one by one.

There are four aunts and wives in the Liang Guo Mansion, Qin Zheng's only aunt is the second, and the eldest aunt is a concubine who has died several years early. Now there are only three aunts and wives left, except for the second aunt and wife who are well married, the other two are just ordinary small officials, a little poor, but there are also children and daughters, and they have no worries about food and clothing. It's just that the concubine has joined the small household to live for many years, and the pattern is inevitably smaller, with a little family spirit.

Yi Xuan also introduced the four aunts and grandmothers who married them one by one, looking at the depression of the eldest aunt and the third aunt, Qiu Chen couldn't say anything except sighing secretly.

They are actually the epitome of the fate of women in this era. A woman follows her father at home and her husband when she goes out, although she is married to her in-law's family, but her life in her mother-in-law's family has to rely on the power and wealth of her mother's family...... In addition, whether a woman's dowry is rich or not may also affect the woman's living status in her in-law's family......

This is simply not giving women a way to live! You can suffocate to death just thinking about it!

Every time Qiu Chen thought about this, he couldn't help but have an urge to burst into foul language!

The second aunt and grandmother took Qiu Chen to introduce them one by one, but the fourth aunt and grandmother Yi Heng did not follow because she was pregnant and should not move much, Tian finally found her place and followed, echoing Yi Xuan's gag and laughing, and Changxuan became lively again.

After this introduction, except for the second aunt and mother and daughter, the other aunts and aunts are either silent or a little flattering...... Before the Liang Guogong Mansion was supported by Qin Xiuyi, among the younger generation of brothers, Qin Zheng was very capable, not to mention that the other brothers would never be able to look up to their backs, even the current Liang Guogong Qin Xiuyi was just a grace into the office, and when it came to ability, there was no way to compare with this eldest son. These aunts and aunts may not have great skills and do not understand any big truths, but the experience of living in their in-laws' homes for many years has made them deeply understand how important it is to have no support from their mother's family. If you can have a good relationship with Qin Zheng, not to mention being wronged in your in-law's family in the future, even your child's future will be able to benefit a lot!

In such an environment, even if the mother and daughter of the second aunt had a few cold words, Qiu Chen just ignored them when he couldn't hear them.

met Qiu Chen, these aunts and grandmothers saw that Qin Zheng had been holding Aman, and later Qiu Chen came here to recognize people, so he took a pair of children to find a seat to sit on, and personally washed his hands for the two children, and poured tea and snacks, which obviously valued these two children very much...... At this time, it doesn't matter whether these two children are Qin Zheng's bloodline or not, as long as he values them, these people will naturally value them, and they will also follow each other, give the two children a meeting gift, and praise the two children for their good looks, good rules, intelligence and so on.

Yu'er also went to Afu Aman to enter the open and sat down, so that she was able to get together with her brothers and sisters, but those aunts and aunts didn't seem to see Yu'er and Wei'er, they just surrounded Afu Aman and praised them, the second aunt and grandmother Yixuan were okay, and she was open-minded and didn't care about these things, but Tian's heart was full of sour water.

She is still the bloodline of the Qin family, but she is not as valued as the two wild children!

Qiu Chen also saw Yu'er for the first time, so he took advantage of this gap to take out a children's version of a bracelet inlaid with red gold inlaid treasures from his sleeve pocket and put it on Yu'er's hand.

Tian's eyes swept away, and he saw a flash of golden light on his daughter's wrist, blinked his eyes, pulled out a smile, leaned over and said politely: "She is a little person, but she can't wear such a valuable object!" ”

Qiu Chen smiled: "It's not worth anything, it's just that it's inlaid with old beeswax, and those who have been lit in front of the Buddha can also bless them!" ”

"Ouch, that's a great thing!" Tian screamed exaggeratedly, raised his daughter's wrist and looked at it again, put it down with a satisfied face, and heard Wei'er next to her also hold her wrist and say, "Second aunt, I also have it, and it was also given by my eldest aunt!" ”

The smile on Tian's face turned cold, and then he said with a smile: "Such a valuable object is not worn by your child, it would be a pity if it was bumped or dropped, so it would be better to leave it to your mother to take care of for you!" ”

Wei'er pursed her lips, retracted her wrist and shook her head, "This is from my aunt!" ”

With that, he jumped out of his seat and ran to the other side to play with Afu Aman.

Qiu Chen smiled and nodded to Tian, and beckoned Yu'er and said, "Yu'er, do you want to play with your sisters and brothers, I'll take you over!" ”

Yu'er naturally nodded happily, took Qiu Chen's hand and followed Afu Aman's side.

Several aunts and grandmothers had already finished talking by giving greeting gifts to the two children, although Qin Zheng was not very enthusiastic, but his expression was gentle from beginning to end, and he would take a sentence or two when he should speak, which made these aunts and aunts who had no mother's family to rely on happy.

Qiu Chen led Yu'er over, and happened to see that the second aunt, wife, mother and daughter finally came over with a reluctant face behind everyone. Qiu Chen came from different directions with them, but by chance they ran into each other in front of Qin Zheng and the children.

"Brother Lian'er's!" The second aunt's wife looked disgusted, but she called Qin Zheng's nickname to show off her closeness and called Qiu Chen.

Qiu Chen lowered his eyes, bent his knees slightly, and said, "Second aunt wife!" ”

For such a person who can't bite her to death, she won't call her aunt. Besides, people don't treat her as a relative at all, and she doesn't need to rush to show any affection.

"Hmph, I'm Brother Lian'er's aunt, and you're already married to Brother Lian'er, can't you even call your aunt?" The second aunt's wife opened her mouth with an obscure face, which was an unwarranted accusation.

Qiu Chen hung his head slightly, but he was not disrespectful at all, and obediently responded: "What you taught is this!" ”

At this moment, the second aunt's daughter-in-law, Shuyi, raised a smile, stepped forward, and said with relief: "Sister-in-law, my mother is taking my cousin as my brother, and she is not formal, but she has wronged her sister-in-law." ”

Qiu Chen took a step back quietly, dodging Shuyi's outstretched hand, and still said respectfully, "Thank you, cousin." But as my cousin said, Mrs. Gu is an elder, and when she sees that her children are wrong, she should mention some education, if she doesn't educate, let her children do something embarrassing, and her old man will be embarrassed, and even the entire Liang Guogong Mansion will be disgraced! ”

Qiu Chen's face was respectful and obedient, but what he said was 'children'. No matter how she calculates, she can't be considered a child, as for who the second aunt's children are, there is no need to name them in this one, just one who is easy to recognize.

Shuyi's face was a little faintly blue, she glared at Qiu Chen hatefully, looked up and had to maintain a stiff smile, looked past Qiu Chen and looked at Qin Zheng and said: "Cousin, you met your cousin on your wedding day, and you didn't have time to talk. ”

Qin Zheng was taking a piece of early-ripening peach for Aman to eat, and when he heard this, he didn't even lift his eyelids, only nodded slightly, and said lightly while feeding Aman: "She is my wife, naturally extraordinary." ”