Sister Hui was very happy in the first few days after leaving Yizhou City, and when the Qin family saw her, he pulled her into his car and told some interesting stories in Beijing to divert her attention.

"The capital is big, even the three Yizhous can't be compared, and I will take you out for a walk when I go back to Jingniang."

Sister Hui became a little interested when she heard this, and the Qin family took the opportunity to say a lot about the Anning Waiting Mansion.

"When you go back to the Hou Mansion, you can't be as willful as when you were in Yizhou, there is still a grandmother on it, your third uncle and three aunts are in charge, and there are many uncles, aunts, brothers and sisters in the house, you have to always remember what your mother told you on weekdays, be obedient in front of your elders, and be generous in front of your sisters, you know?"

Sister Hui nodded.

The Qin family told Sister Hui again about the people in Anning, who they saw and how to salute.

"Mother, why doesn't the second uncle live in the house?"

"Your second uncle is a concubine, and now he has made a Liupinzhi County in Hejian Mansion, and your second aunt also follows, and the second uncle's family has a sister from your second aunt, named Sister Zhu, some time ago, I heard Li's mother say that I am afraid that your second uncle will have to come back to Beijing this year to report on work."

Because her step-grandmother is strong enough, except for the ex-wife who gave birth to a son who is her father, and Zhou's aunt gave birth to a concubine, since the Li family entered the door, no aunt has ever given birth to a concubine, at most there are a few concubines, and after three years of filial piety, they were also married by the Li family, which is the sixth girl who came out of the concubine, and she also successfully married the prince of Zhuang last year.

She didn't have much contact with her cousin when she went back, but the third uncle was waiting for Chu Zhenyan, who had a sister and the eldest below. The real proud daughter of the sky, not to mention the peaceful waiting for the heir, is also the eyeball of the old lady. The third aunt also had a female sister named Chu Zhenjing.

Chu Jinli, the fourth uncle of the fourth room, is the son of the old lady, and the fourth aunt is the niece of the old lady's mother, so the sons in law of the fourth aunt are the old lady's favorite, and there is a daughter in the fourth room who is also favored by the old lady, line six, and her name is Chu Zhenxian.

Although this generation of An Ning Hou does not have a very powerful person in the court, but the descendants are prosperous, and it is not like a family in decline, and the son Sister Hui can't remember it completely, only after getting it, only these sisters want to get along for a long time, so it also let Wang's mother take the opportunity to ask the mothers from Beijing about their likes and dislikes.

Along the way, Sister Hui was not very sad to absorb the information of Beijing while appreciating the ancient scenery of China from south to north. But I also walked for about two months, and I didn't arrive in the capital until the bones fell apart in the carriage.

As soon as he entered Beijing, Chu Jinmin was picked up by Xia Nanjinglai, the grandson of Prince Ke's family.

I haven't seen her for more than a year, although she is only separated by the curtain, Sister Hui can roughly see that the handsome and mature young man is becoming more and more stable, and his figure seems to be taller.

"Why, every time I see it, I look like a little old man." Sister Hui muttered to herself.

But she didn't want to be listened to by Mother Xu, who was reviewing the etiquette of the Hou Mansion with her. Mother Xu also glanced at it and said with a smile: "Second Miss is naughty again, Young Master Xia is just like you said he is a little old man." ”

"No, I've seen him twice, but when I come back, he has a face that worries about the country and the people, but he looks like an official more like an official than his father." Sister Hui pointed to the young man who was talking seriously to Chu Jinmin outside the curtain

"Hey, Young Master Xia is the only son-in-law of Prince Ke's son, and he will inherit the palace in the future, isn't he just an official master, besides, if the people who come out of that environment don't have some faces, where can they support the huge palace."

Sister Hui is puzzled, in her limited cognition, the young master of the palace is the most qualified to be a gentleman, walking chickens and teasing dogs every day, as long as he does not rebel, he is sure to be rich and glorious, and if he is too talented, he will provoke the taboo of the emperor.

Mother Xu said with a rare look of admiration, "How does the second miss know, the old prince is the brother of the emperor today, and he is a very talented person, but he fell off the horse for some reason, broke a hand and a foot, and naturally cannot be the emperor. Wandering around, messing with flowers and grass, and not going home for a few years, where can the princess endure it, after a few years of fruitless trouble, she became cold-hearted, and since then the only sister-in-law is now Xia Sanye to live. The old prince also regretted that he didn't discipline his son well, so he was particularly strong on this grandson, but the third master of Xia who raised him was a good one. The old prince is often bedridden, the princess and the princess don't ask about the world, he is entertaining in the palace, Xia Sanye will only be twelve years old this year, you said that he is not a hero since ancient times, and it is rare in the capital. ”

Sister Hui sighed for a while, and sure enough, the word steady is the most difficult to experience.

"In the future, it would be nice if our brother Xuan could do that." Xu's mother sighed.

Sister Hui thought of the child who was crying early in the morning because she couldn't eat the pastries, but she felt that it was very difficult in her heart, with such strong parents in one day, she and Brother Xuan could be wayward young ladies and young masters for a day.

After Chu Jinmin left, the subordinates of Anning Houfu also arrived, and the Qin family made the decision for them to return to the house on their own.

This time Sister Hui sat alone in a sedan chair, shaking, she also roughly glanced at the Hou Mansion, it was really carved beams and painted buildings, winding paths are deep, followed by those leading mothers-in-law to take three times to the sedan chair to the Li family's upper hall, only to see that the top with a gold inlaid red plaque wrote the three words Shou Kangtang, majestic and dignified.

There are six little maids standing outside the house, all of them with their heads down, and the maids who led them into the door are also generous and decent, and there is no noise between the actions of the maids in the house, regardless of the size of the maids, and there is indeed a strict rule.

"Daughter-in-law Qin, meet your mother, please be safe to your mother."

As soon as Qin finished speaking, he knelt down and bowed, and everyone behind him also followed

"Greetings Grandmother, Please"

"Greetings old lady, please"

Then kneel.

"Why don't you see Brother Min?"

"The master was called by the emperor to reply, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back to say hello to my mother until later."

Li Shi paused for a moment, and then said with a smile as if it was fine, "Hello, my old wife is fine, Mother Zhao went to help the eldest lady up." ”

Immediately afterwards, there was a very decent mother-in-law dressed in brown brocade and walked quickly in front of the Qin family, "Big lady, get up quickly." ”

Qin nodded with his head, "Thank you, mother." After doing enough courtesy, he helped Zhao's mother to stand up.

But in order to stand firmly, he held his forehead with one hand and shook his body, as if he was about to faint at any time.

Li hurriedly said to Zhao's mother: "Hurry up and give the eldest lady a seat." ”

The Qin clan hurriedly stood up straight, and bowed to the Qin clan before sitting down.

"I also read the letter you sent back, you are so strong, I said let my aunt give birth to a record in your name, you don't listen, you insist on giving birth to Brother Xuan with your life, now it's good to make yourself like this, hey"

Li looked at Qin's appearance and seemed to be very distressed, but the meaning of those words was not very good, and the corners of Sister Hui'er's mouth twitched silently a few times.

Qin Shi seemed to be very embarrassed, his face turned red, he lowered his head, and his face turned crimson.

"Mother, you haven't seen a few nieces and nephews." Mrs. Anninghou's third wife, Qiao, hurriedly came out of the round, these old ladies are becoming more and more authoritative, and their speech is becoming more and more casual.

"Mother, this is Brother Wen, this younger one is Brother Xuan, the two girls in the back, this is Sister Lian on the left, and Sister Hui on the right." The Qin clan also went down the slope, and hurriedly pointed to a few small introductions that were still kneeling in the hall.

Li glanced at Sister Hui a few times, and then looked at Brother Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground with a pair of brains, his eyes dripping, he couldn't see what kind of charter it was, he only smiled and nodded, and asked Mother Zhao beside him to reward them one by one, the two sisters got a jade toad carving, and the two brothers each got a pair of gold pens.

Qin's mother next to the Qin family came out to pick it up, and Sister Hui followed Sister Lian and the two brothers to kowtow and thank you.

The Qin family, the Qiao family, and the Xiao Li family, also saluted each other and said hello.

"You have traveled a long way, and you have to go down to rest, and after a while, when the eldest and the third and fourth come back from outside, our family will have a good reunion, and the third daughter-in-law will go and prepare first." After half a cup of tea, Li spoke again

The Qin family hurriedly got up and bowed to Qiao's family, "It's troublesome for the third brother and sister." ”

Qiao Shi got up and helped Qin Shifu to sit down again: "Sister-in-law is not in good health, so she sits, where can the family use this." ”

Several people laughed a few words, and here the Qin family got up and bowed to the old lady, "Then the daughter-in-law will go down first, and come back to serve her mother later." ”

The old lady smiled and nodded, and ordered her mother to follow and help.

Saying that, the Qiao family led the Qin family back to the small courtyard where they had lived, and said a few words with an unnatural expression, and then left under the pretext of having something.

After the old lady's people were also sent away by the Qin family, Sister Hui found that the Qin family and Cui Xiu, Mother Xu, and Mother Qin looked at the courtyard with a face that was not very good.

"Madam, this is really too deceitful, how did the large courtyard next to the Tang Garden behind us be surrounded into the Tang Garden, it must be the idea of the fourth wife and the old lady." Cui Xiu couldn't help but be indignant at first

Qin's eyes passed with a sharp look, and he commanded without turning his head: "I said it before we entered this door today, and the rules should be stricter when we enter the Hou Mansion in the future, if someone doesn't follow the rules, don't blame me for not being emotional, today Cuixiu is disrespectful to discuss the master in vain, and he will be punished with three months of silver as a punishment." ”

"Yes." The crowd bowed in response.

Sister Hui tilted her head and saw the smile on Aunt Mai's lips, and her heart sank.

Everyone cleaned up the yard, and the things were almost put together, so Xu's mother came to Qin's place to report. It just so happened that Sister Hui also came to report to her mother that her room had been cleaned up, and the Qin family was leaving her to speak.

"Madam, everything is in order, and there is no loss along the way, but the two Ruyao vases that I got the year before last were broken on the road, and the others went into the Zhuangzi."

The Li family sent someone to follow them all the way to Beijing, so she picked up all the valuable toys and objects in the morning, so that Xu's mother's son led the escort all the way to the Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to hide.

"Well, Brother Yuan has worked hard this time, you can transfer one hundred taels from the account to buy him some wine to drink."

"One hundred taels?! Mrs. Xu's mother was about to go back, but was interrupted by Qin's wave of her hand, her face was resolute, and Xu's mother had to lower her head and accept it if she didn't say much.

"Mother, what does Cuixiu mean today?" Sister Hui saw that Mother Xu seemed a little uncomfortable, so she changed the topic.

"Before we went to Yizhou, we lived in this yard, called Jinyuan, next to the Tang Garden on the side of your fourth uncle and four aunts, only a back garden in the middle, we have not been at home these years, and we have expanded the garden to our side when we think that it is empty, so the back garden and several rooms in the east courtyard have also been encircled."

No wonder Cuixiu is so angry, the mansions of many dignitaries and nobles in Daxia are the masters and guests of the East Courtyard, and the aunts and maids of the West Courtyard live, and now their family is about to be squeezed to the side where the maids and daughters-in-law live.

"Madam, look, do you want the uncle to talk to the old lady." Xu's mother tried to ask

"No, let's not fight for a while, the identity is there, the master lives in the west yard and is still the master, and the dove occupies the magpie's nest." Qin replied lightly.

The Qin family has a high spirit, otherwise it would not be the same as Chu Jinmin, and he will definitely return to the capital, and Sister Hui also knows that even if the Qin family goes to say that it is useless, it is obvious that the old lady wants to make a blame, and then she is afraid that she will dig a pit for herself to beg for humiliation.

"Mother, will the daughter follow her mother or will she be arranged with her sisters and sisters at the evening banquet?"

"It should be with my mother, the family's reunion dinner is afraid that the female relatives will eat together around a large table, you have to remember the etiquette that Mother Xu taught you, even if you don't say that this time it is to go out to the banquet with your mother after a while, you must abide by it."

Sister Hui nodded, and said crisply, "My daughter remembers everything." ”