Master Ji came back from the court, and as soon as the carriage arrived at the door, a protégé sent a letter, on which were written the four big characters of Yushi Qinqi, and there was no signature, and the envelope was sealed with red wax.

Ji Yihuai took the letterhead and asked, "Do you know who the messenger is?" "It's a secret letter, and the person in charge of delivering it is an ordinary messenger who doesn't leave a word, and it should be entrusted to someone else." The protégé replied.

Think about it, at this moment, he is the only one who can send a secret message.

Ji Yihuai easily turned the letter into his sleeve, hurriedly entered the Linshu Pavilion, and closed the door.

Before he could read the letter, his hands shook uncontrollably. When I opened the letterhead, there were only two lines on the paper: knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger, the holy intention is unpredictable, and it is in danger to discuss tomorrow. There were only sixteen words, but Ji Yihuai was in a cold sweat behind his back.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door, and Ji Yihuai was so frightened that he hurriedly put away the letterhead.

"What?"

"Master, the luncheon for Mrs. Liu has been prepared, and Mrs. asked me to ask when you will come."

"Got it, you go down, I'll change into my court clothes and come out."

After Ji Yihuai burned the letterhead, he called his subordinates to change into regular clothes, and cleaned his face with a cold cloth before going to the dining room as if nothing happened.

At this time, everyone in the dining room sat down, just waiting for Master Ji.

"Why is it so late, master?" Usually she came back on time, but Mrs. Ji saw that her husband's face was not good-looking, and it should be that something was in trouble in the court.

"Today's court affairs are complicated, the ministers are fighting, and the time is missed, and it is indeed later than usual."

Mrs. Ji didn't think about it, served tea, and unexpectedly heard Master Ji say, "Your brother is coming to Kyoto tomorrow, you can prepare." ”

Yang is strange, the lord and his brother have a lot of correspondence because of officialdom, which she knows, but the elder brother, as a salt transport envoy, is in charge of local salt affairs, in addition to purchasing valuables for the court, he can't leave his post and enter Beijing at will without the edict of the saint, how did he come over suddenly, and she didn't receive a letter from her mother's family in advance.

Although he had this doubt in his heart, Yang saw that there were outsiders present, and it was a banquet, so naturally he didn't want to ask too much, so he said: "I know." Now that everyone is together, let's eat. ”

The second sister asked: "Why didn't you see Sister Zhu?" ”

The two aunts looked at each other, but no one answered. Several other sisters also felt strange, Jingzhu was the most positive on occasions like this on weekdays.

"She is not feeling well today, I told her to go back to the house and rest, she doesn't have to come." Mrs. Ji said.

As soon as she mentioned this, Mrs. Ji became angry, moved her mouth, and couldn't eat a bite of the food, just like swallowing a fly in her stomach, and she was nauseous and uncomfortable.

Mrs. Liu couldn't stand the cold scene, so she coughed and gave the two brothers a look. Cheng Ye understood, got up and toasted everyone present, and Mrs. Ji looked better on her face: "It's a good boy, sit down and eat quickly, if you don't eat again, it should be cold." ”

Ying Ning looked at her mother and grandmother, and always felt that something was wrong, today should be a happy day, why always frowned, as if there was something on her mind. looked at the second sister beside her, there was not a word on the table, she only cared about eating vegetables by herself, and her face was blushing, she must have taken a fancy to the son of the Liu family. That eldest son Liu, with a dignified appearance and a meritorious reputation, is a safe and worthy of entrusting for life, and she is also happy for her second sister.

It's just that why does the second son of the Liu family on the other side keep staring at her? This naked gaze made her uncomfortable. Has he never seen a girl so rude? Ying Ning glared back as a warning, but Zi Mo realized more and more that this Ji Qi girl was very cute, and winked at Ying Ning and laughed.

He also dares to love and hate, the grandson of the general, the son of Dutong, how can he be so twisted and pinched, he likes this Ji Qi girl, and he knows that he likes it at the first glance.

Yingning has never met such a presumptuous person, she blushed, and she didn't dare to look at it again, she lowered her head and ate the food, she had seen the bold, but she had never seen Meng Lang like this. Thinking that this second son Liu is so unruly, he is not at all different from his honest brother.

Finally stayed up until the end of the banquet, the elders sat and drank tea, Ying Ning took the second sister's hand and knelt down, and returned to Liuyunxuan.

Yingxiu saw that something was wrong with the seventh sister, "Sister, what's wrong with you?" ”

"I think the eldest son Liu is a good one, but sister, you have to worry about that little uncle if you marry in the future," Ying Ning twisted the handkerchief and said angrily.

"Brother-in-law?" Yingxiu thought about it, instantly understood, and blushed, "What's wrong with Second Prince Liu, but where did you provoke you?" ”

"You haven't seen him like that, how can he be a serious son." In that look, I felt that I was being blasphemed, and I couldn't wait to gouge out those restless eyes, and then I felt that I was more vicious, thinking that I might never see each other again in the future, so I should give the second sister's future brother-in-law a face.

Yingxiu laughed and said, "Sister, you are such a lovely person, others naturally can't take their eyes off it." ”

"I think my brother-in-law is very good, except for a glance at my sister when I came, I have always behaved."

When the second sister heard Yingning say this, her face became more and more red, "What brother-in-law is not brother-in-law, now the eight characters have not been skimmed." ”

"After seeing this, it's going to be replaced by Geng stickers.,After changing the Geng stickers, it's decided.,Where is it's early.,It's a matter of time before you call your brother-in-law." Ying Ning quipped.

"No, I told you, I'm going back to the house." Yingxiu's heart that has been beating up and down all night this day has finally settled down, the person is right, whether it is her appearance, family background, or character, what else can she choose?

Thinking of the son-in-law of the Liu family, the second sister looked shy, and Yingning's depressed mood improved, and she also left the unhappiness just now. This matter has finally passed, and the future will be soon, Yingning thinks that the second sister is married, and she should pick up the female worker. Now I began to learn to cut clothes and embroider fine patterns, so that the second sister could take the dowry together on the day she left the cabinet.

Ying Ning woke up from a nap and was about to ask Zitang to bring the sewing basket, but Zitang came to tell her that Mrs. Liu was leaving in the afternoon.

What does this mean? Ying Ning didn't understand for a while, so she left?

"Mrs. Liu only said that Mrs. Ji has also visited her, since the Ji family has a guest visiting tomorrow, it is inconvenient for her and her two brothers to stay for a long time, so she will take her brother back in the afternoon." Zitang said the girl's words to the seven girls word for word.

Yingning is in a hurry, it stands to reason that even if things progress quickly, she will go back tomorrow, why did she go without a beginning or an end? ": Didn't leave anything behind? What do you say about the second sister? Is it decided? "It's not that I didn't like it, it's not a slap in the face, the dignified eldest girl of the Ji family, she hasn't been looked down upon, and when this spreads, others still think that the second girl of the Ji family has a problem, either she is ugly or she has a hidden disease, so how can she say kiss in the future."

"Mrs. Liu's words are decent, she only said that all the girls of the Ji family are good, and if she sees a good family in the future, she will definitely tell the girl of the Ji family to be a matchmaker." Zitang replied. Fortunately, at the beginning, he only said that he was here to visit relatives, and he was able to block the mouth of the people if it didn't work out.

"What did Mother and Grandmother say?"

"I didn't say much, Mrs. only sent a carriage to send Mrs. Liu back, and gave a little return gift, and the rest was gone. The old lady didn't say anything there. Zitang said.

It's a strange thing. Mrs. Liu's departure came suddenly, it must not be so simple, this sister and Liu Gongzi looked at it well, and the elders also agreed, why did it not come to fruition? Isn't there something wrong with my father?

Ying Ning immediately called Qingqing and told her to hurry up and inquire.

Not long after Qingqing went out, the second girl also came over, and at a glance, she knew that Mrs. Liu was leaving. After entering Liuyunxuan, he pulled Yingning into the inner room, ": Did you say that Mr. Liu didn't take a fancy to me, why did he just leave?" ”

"Sister, don't worry, I asked Qingqing to inquire, there must be a reason, how can my sister not look down on such conditions."

Yingxiu has always been extremely demanding of herself, and she wants to do the best in everything, she can't accept that she is looked down on by a martial artist for a while, and she is still a "martial artist" who she looks at. But except that Liu Gongzi didn't take a fancy to herself, she really couldn't think of any reason, if her father was unwilling, she wouldn't have nodded and let them come over at first.

The two sisters were also confused for a while, just waiting for Cyanqing to come back if they could inquire about something.

The young man ran to the Moyun Hall, and the girls in the Moyun Hall were all tight-lipped, shaking their heads in unison and saying that they were serving Mrs., and they didn't know anything else. She ran to ask the mother-in-law who was in charge of the yard again, and the mother-in-law didn't know anything, but she didn't really look down on our girl, and she was anxious when she heard it, and she called her mother-in-law Don't talk nonsense, for fear of being kicked out by his wife, the mother-in-law naturally didn't dare to offend the maid next to Miss Seven, so she obediently shut up. In the end, the girl who swept the floor in the courtyard heard a little eyebrows, and at first the girl was hesitant, and she couldn't help but be soft and hard, and finally only said that she saw Jingzhu crying today and was sent back to the cool pavilion by her wife. Qingqing called the girl next to Jingzhu and asked, and the truth was revealed.

I may have thought about everything, but I never thought that it was because of such a thing.

Yingxiu only listened to the words of the blue blue, her face was heavy and scary, the hands on her knees, the joints were white, and her fingertips were numb, so angry that she trembled, and she couldn't speak for a while.

Yingning couldn't have imagined that Jingzhu was so bold, there were one and there were two, and there were two and then three, the country was easy to change her nature, and she regretted that she was soft-hearted for a while, and she should have told her the truth about that night with her mother, and took some silver taels to send her out of the house to settle down. Looking back at the second sister like this, her heart ached inexplicably, and she grabbed the second sister's hand and said: "If you can do this kind of thing, it doesn't matter if such a person doesn't marry, second sister, you don't have to be sad for such a person, don't be angry." She knew that the second sister had always been a strong one, but now she was put on the hook by Jingzhu like this, so she was worried that she wouldn't be able to think about it.

Yingxiu rubbed her eyes and squeezed back her tears: I still regard him as a good person, but he is also a visionless, and he still has the face to go to the banquet after this incident, and he should have gone back to cover it a long time ago. ”

Ying Ning was angry and funny when she heard it, and she was relieved to see the second sister say this: "People said that they came to see their grandmother, and this ceremony still has to be complete." ”

Yingxiu didn't say anything anymore, picked up the chess pieces on the side and fiddled with them by herself, and didn't say a few words in the afternoon, and when it came to dinner in the evening, she only said that she had no appetite and went back to her own Yijing Pavilion. Ying Ning knew that she was talking easily, but there was still a pimple in her heart.

When Jingzhu heard the news that Mrs. Liu had left, she couldn't say anything in her heart, and she couldn't talk about happiness, there was a trace of happiness and a trace of loss, but more worry. She didn't feel that she had harmed Yingxiu, she didn't do anything, and she only blamed Liu Gongzi Mu Ne. Thinking of Mrs. Ji's interrogation in the morning, Yu's mother's face, she felt happy, what she couldn't get, it was okay for her diaphragm to be for others. It's just that Mrs. Liu just left, didn't Gongzi Liu mention her to Mrs. Liu? Do you still have a foothold in this house?

In the carriage of the Liu family, the Zhao family looked at the eldest son riding a horse in front of him, shook his head and said that it was a pity for the good girl of the Ji family.

Zi Mo on the side answered: "If my mother thinks it's a pity, then I will go to Ji's house to propose marriage in two years." ”

Zhao didn't understand, Zi Mo said generously: "I like the seven girls of the Ji family." It just so happens that my brother didn't succeed in this matter, and I can still make you in-laws. ”

Zhao didn't realize that his youngest son was fascinated by the youngest daughter of the Ji family, and after thinking about it, he was a rare beauty": You stinky boy, don't think about it, we can't climb the girl of the Ji family, if this happens, even if Mrs. Ji is willing to marry her daughter, then Mrs. Ji is also unwilling. When Zhao saw his aunt's face, he knew that the marriage was no longer a problem, so he just waited for himself to bring it up.

"What does my brother's business have to do with me? If I can marry Miss Shangji Qi, I will die without regrets. ”

"You stinky boy, you don't know how to be ashamed. If you really have the ability, go to the test to make a name, and then you don't need your parents to come forward, you ask for it yourself, then it is called real ability. "Why doesn't the Zhao family want the daughter-in-law of the Ji family, it's just that the world makes people.

Zimo was not convinced when he heard this, his brother is a deputy general, and he can be worse than his brother": If you take a fame, you will take a fame, and I will have to ask for it myself. ”

Zhao was also happy when he heard it": It's an ambitious person, if you want to be able to fight for a good reputation in the future, Miss Ji Qi didn't say anything about kissing, so I will go to Ji Mansion for you to ask her to come. ”

And Ziye on the back of the horse in front of him looked annoyed. When he heard his mother say that this marriage was no fun, he didn't follow, what a good girl, what a beautiful thing, he was ruined by his elm head, why did he run to the inner garden? Why are you going to help that girl? It is said that men and women do not kiss, and he was also dizzy for a while.

At night, Mrs. Ji recited two scriptures before she packed up and went to bed to rest, lying on the bed and remembering that Mrs. Liu said that she was going back to the house today, she was relieved. Fortunately, it is a visionary, this in-law can't do it, but this relative is still there.

Liu thought of Jingzhu again, she felt that this Sister Zhu's house was not allowed to stay, this time it muddied the marriage of the Ji family girl, so no one knows what else to do next time, if this is spread out, people who don't know outside will only say that the Ji family is not strict, and her sister Zhu'er's own reputation is damaged is small, and the Ji family girl is said to be big. The most important thing for this family to choose a daughter-in-law is the reputation of the family, but they can't let this rat muddy up a pot of good porridge.