A day later, it was Mrs. Ning's fifty-fourth birthday. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In the morning, the people of the Ning family came to Qixiang Courtyard one after another to congratulate Mrs. Ning on her birthday, except for the old lady's three sons who were far away in the capital, all the other family members were absent.

After Ning Jinyun and Aunt Wen came, they first said hello to Mrs. Ning, and then chose a quiet corner to sit down.

Mrs. Ning sat on a pineapple rose chair in front of the Ming Hall, holding her three-year-old grandson Ning Haotian in her arms, smiling from ear to ear, Aunt Li's mother and daughter and the second wife's mother and daughter were all around her, constantly saying good things to make her happy, a bunch of people were talking and laughing, at first glance it was really a happy family.

Seeing this, Aunt Wen hesitated and asked in a low voice, "Yun'er, you see that the eldest lady, the third miss, the fourth miss and the little young master are all talking with the old lady, why don't you go over too, so as not to make the old lady think that you are not social." ”

Ning Jinyun shook his head and lowered his voice, "Forget it, it's enough for grandmother to have a few of them with you, so I don't want to go over and pretend, I'll talk to you here for a while." ”

She's not good at forcing a smile on such an occasion, and she has to say nice things about her ass, which is too tiring.

"You see that everyone is either surrounding the old lady, or they are busy with the work at hand, or I will go out to help, Qixiang Courtyard is also very busy today, and it is not good for me to sit here all the time." Aunt Wen was not used to this atmosphere at this time, and she couldn't help but feel a little cramped and uneasy, and she was looking for something to do.

Hearing this, Ning Jinyun took Aunt Wen's hand and patiently persuaded, "There are so many people in Qixiang Courtyard, where can I use you to help, just listen to me, just sit here with peace of mind, no one dares to come and find fault with you." Even if I do, I'll protect you. ”

Aunt Wen couldn't help but smile, and the pair of pear nests on her cheeks showed that she was particularly gentle, "Okay, okay, I'll stay here and don't go anywhere, we Yun'er have grown up, and we have a good way to talk." ”

As soon as she finished saying this, Aunt Li in front of her walked over to this side, and Aunt Wen was subconsciously silent when she saw Li.

Aunt Li ignored Aunt Wen, but stared at Ning Jinyun and asked in the tone of an elder, "Yun'er, why don't you give a birthday gift to the old lady, could it be that you didn't prepare a birthday gift for your grandmother at all?" ”

The Li family naturally didn't care about Ning Jinyun's affairs, and the reason why she asked such a thing was just to stir up trouble.

Ning Jinyun's face did not change, "Look at what you said, even the third sister knows how to prepare a birthday gift for her grandmother, and who else will forget such an important thing." Of course, I had already prepared a birthday gift, but I gave it to my grandmother yesterday. ”

Even the third sister knows, who else will forget? …… These words were obviously deliberately mocking Ning Jinrao.

However, Aunt Li was not angry because of this, she nodded pretending and said, "It's good to be prepared, it seems that Yun'er, you are becoming more and more sensible, and you are already able to take care of your own affairs on your own, so that your grandmother and I can rest assured." ”

Ning Jinyunpi didn't smile, and said word by word, "It's really hard for you to worry about me, I don't dare to be it, do you have the leisure to take care of the eldest sister and the third sister, I heard that their sisters have been quarreling recently, and it is really not worth it to hurt the sisterhood for the sake of a big son Li." ”

After hearing this, Aunt Li was surprisingly calm, she looked at Ning Jinyun with a smile, "It's nothing to have a small fight between sisters, but then again, the two of them are indeed not as sensible as you, if Rao'er can be as smart and clever as Yun'er, then I really burn high incense." ”

After saying that, she turned around and went to the old lady again, with a smile on her face all the time, and she seemed to be in a good mood.

In this way, Ning Jinyun was a little stunned, she had never seen Aunt Li so good-tempered, even if she pretended to be in front of her grandmother, it was very rare.

If something goes wrong, there must be a demon, and her intuition told her that Aunt Li was probably holding back something.

Ning Jinyun's nerves tightened because of this, but she also planned it, if something really happened, it would be a big deal to see the move, anyway, she had already gone through the ghost gate, and what little things could be difficult for her.

Soon after, the luncheon began, and except for Ning Haotian, the rest of the people present were all women, so there was no need to sit at separate tables. The dishes at the banquet were very rich, with a total of 12 dishes, 4 soups, 4 pastries, and 2 fresh fruit platters.

Ning Jinyun didn't talk much, except for occasionally whispering with Aunt Wen and Ning Jinyao, she never had any words with other people, like now, a banquet where a bunch of people get together to chatter, she is extremely annoying, even if she puts the best food in the world in front of her, she has no appetite now.

Halfway through the banquet, Old Lady Ning suddenly cleared her throat and said with a smile, "Today is my birthday, so I might as well take advantage of today's good day to say another good thing." ”

Hearing the sound, everyone stopped the chopsticks in their hands and looked at Mrs. Ning in unison, Ning Jinyun was also a little curious, and carefully paid attention to her grandmother's words, wanting to see what good things could be.

Old Lady Ning's gaze swept Ning Jinyun intentionally or unintentionally, before continuing, "I heard that King Luduan of Yanzhou is going to recruit concubines, and he is planning to recruit famous women of the right age in Yanzhou and several nearby cities. I think this is an excellent opportunity for our Ning family, if the daughter of the Ning family can enter the palace, it can be regarded as giving the Ning family glory to their ancestors. ”

Yanzhou is very close to Qingzhou, and this King Luduan of Yanzhou is not a good type, he is lustful and mediocre, and even has done a lot of things that harm the people.

King Lu ...... Ning Jinyun was stunned for a moment, what kind of good thing is this, to be a concubine for a prince who does all kinds of evil, wouldn't this be to bury his life.

In her previous life, her grandmother had forced her to agree to be a concubine to King Lu, but at that time she was infatuated with Li Yuanjing and would rather die than go to the palace, so the matter had to be stopped.

But since then, her grandmother has never taken care of her, but has allowed Aunt Li to belittle her, obviously to break off the relationship between grandparents and grandchildren.

Thinking of this, a feeling of unease rose in Ning Jinyun's heart, she knew very well that her grandmother's intention was to send her to the palace, she must not go, but she could not refuse directly, let alone force each other to death, otherwise it would only annoy her grandmother, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

This matter is really tricky......