The conversation stopped abruptly, and Mrs. Xu's brows furrowed silently.

It's not that she has any holiday with An Ninghou, but Xu Jingfang has long held the principle of Mingzhe to protect herself and not get involved in the affairs of the palace, so she rarely interacts with An Ninghou and Yang Mi, the elder brother of Concubine Shu, the governor of Shaanxi. Of course, it is inevitable to give New Year's gifts during the New Year's Festival, but they also came a few days ago!

Of course, Hua didn't know that An Ninghou had already been to Xu's house, and when he heard that Mrs. An Ninghou was coming, except for a bit of coincidence, nothing else.

Here, Shen Yan couldn't help but prick up his ears. It's already the eleventh day of the first lunar month, and the reason why they came to visit the Xu family so late is because the first few miles are basically the exchange of visits from those noble ministers and clan relatives who are high-ranking people, and the Shen family is also shuttling among the important ministers who have contacts in the second to seventh and eighth days of the first month.

It is said that An Ninghou Mansion and the Xu family are old friends, and then look at the moment when Mrs. Xu was silent, this favor should have been finished a long time ago.

Just as she was thinking about it, Mrs. Xu stood up with a smile and greeted the door of the main hall.

And Fahrenheit stood up and waited.

Shen Yan put down the tea and stood up, and saw a middle-aged lady greeted Grandma Chen outside the door, with a hairpin ring on her head and a swaying bead, and several red gold bracelets on her wrists.

Shen Yan recognized her, it was Mrs. Cai of An Ninghou.

Cai walked in, greeted Mrs. Xu, and then glanced at the room with a smile, his eyes fell on Hua's body, and he said, "There are still guests in the house?" Looks like I'm really on the line. ”

"Isn't it? It's better to come early than to come by chance, the second grandmother of the Shen family just sat down, and you came. At noon today, the table will be held at my place. Mrs. Xu said with a smile, responding to her and tactfully informing Fahrenheit of his identity.

Fahrenheit bowed his jaw, then led Shen Yan forward, smiled and said a blessing, "Meet Madame." ”

An Ninghou walked over and said with a smile: "It turned out to be you, this is really a coincidence, the Hua family and our Liu family had a deep friendship, I just saw you in Zishu Hutong when I first came out of the pavilion, but then I have less contact with each other in the past few years." I didn't expect to continue the friendship with Mrs. Xu here, or the old lady Fuze neighbors, look at me, but I didn't come in vain! ”

He turned his head with a smile and went to talk to Mrs. Xu.

Seeing that the Cai family was so enthusiastic, the two grandmothers of the Xu family also said that they had been in close contact with each other for a long time, but Mrs. Xu looked at Hua and smiled silently.

Hua's sudden sight of Cai's fiery was also a little surprised, but this was different from the flattery that Mrs. Xu brought her, Cai's fiery made her feel a little surprised, but she was also a person who often socialized outside, and because of the gift giving by An Ninghou that day, she still had a smile on her face, and sat down in place with her head bowed quite measuredly.

Cai's way, the previous conversation could not continue, although there was nothing particularly annoying about this uncle and Mrs. Guo on weekdays, but because Mrs. Xu and others intended to establish this friendship with Hua's, they also specially pushed away other guests today, so the Xu family still had a little obscurity in their hearts about Cai's sudden arrival.

But what if you come to the door and people come in?

Cai's is a lot of talkers, and Mrs. Xu is also sophisticated, and soon the topic turned to the upcoming Spring Festival. Hua's only listened to and said little, Shen Yan listened and didn't speak, and Yu Er's grandmother was careful, and when she saw that she had neglected the little guest, she smiled and said, "What kind of pastime does Miss Yan like to do on weekdays?" There are no girls the same size as you in the house, what do you like to do, can I accompany you? ”

Everyone's attention turned to Shen Yan.

Shen Yan somewhat saw the Xu family's attitude towards them.

The Shen family also had dealings with the Xu family in previous years, but it was Mrs. Shen who came. changed to Fahrenheit this year, and Mrs. Xu's attitude was so enthusiastic, she was afraid that she was coming at Shen Mi. She is naturally happy to see this, after all, most of the reliable connections in Shen Mi's hands now come from Shen Guanyu, and once Shen Mi and Shen Guanyu have different concepts, then Shen Mi will not get the slightest support.

Although this disagreement is unlikely to occur at present, with the queen in the middle, it is difficult to guarantee that such a thing will not happen in the future. The Shen family is undoubtedly Shen Mi's backer and promoter, but eggs can't be put in one basket, now that the Xu family respects Shen Mi, having this connection is the icing on the cake, how can she refuse?

So she thought for a moment and said, "My mother and I both love plum blossoms. ”

In the first month, it is the last flowering season of plum blossoms, and the Xu family must have it.

When Grandma Yu heard this, she smiled and said: "That's a coincidence, I came over to the garden after the morning and saw that a few plum blossoms in the garden were prosperous, if Grandma Shen and Miss Yan were not afraid of the cold, the two of us could accompany the two of us to take a walk." With that, she looked at Grandma Chen. Grandma Chen got the hint and said with a smile: "Exactly, our family's Lamei is a must, it's a pity not to look at it." ”

Hua Shi naturally sat down impatiently, knowing that Chen and Yu meant to talk to her alone, so he got up: "Since that's the case, I really want to go and see." ”

When Cai heard this, he suddenly stood up with a smile: "Since that's the case, why don't I go and have a good time." ”

The purpose of her coming today was to see Hua's, and as soon as An Ninghou told her that day, she also felt that Shen Mi, a little outsider, had become important, so she asked people to inquire about Hua's whereabouts in the past few days, and heard that she was coming to Xu's house today, and Mrs. Xu was much more friendly than the old lady next to her, so she naturally chose to create a chance encounter today.

In any case, first make a friendship with Fahrenheit, and then slowly develop in the future, and when Hua's relationship with the Liu family is close, Shen Mi will naturally wipe off his face at that time.

Now that I see that Fahrenheit is going to follow them to the back garden, where can I sit still? Without much thought, he walked up to them with a handkerchief.

Everyone was a little dumbfounded.

Even Mrs. Xu didn't know how to answer for a while.

Although the Marquis of Anning's Mansion was promoted to the throne by nepotism and was unpopular among the nobles, someone had to do it, and it was immoral to dislike a person based on this. In addition, the abolished prince has a good character, and he used to respect these old ministers very much, so Wenchen still respects the Liu family a little, but Cai's style today is always a little bit undignified.

Mrs. Xu coughed softly.

They were silent, and Cai finally noticed something unusual.

She was originally a high-ranking uncle and wife, and she was a little disdainful of Shen Mi, thinking that he was neither an important minister who held the power to decide the court, nor was he so favored that people lined up to wait for him, and An Ninghou's mind seemed to her to be a little troublesome.

Now that she was in the air like this, her face couldn't help but be a little hot.

However, looking at the meaning of the Xu family, it seems that they are also thinking the same idea, the Xu family is not very involved in those things in the palace, and what are they doing with Hua's family? It's a rare Shen family, shouldn't it be to work Shen Guanyu's side? In short, no matter what, she won't come empty-handed when she comes today, and she will always have to get acquainted with Fahrenheit before she can go back to deal with An Ninghou.

When Cai thought about it, he became more and more reluctant to give in.

smiled and said, "Didn't you say to watch Lamei?" ”

After all, Chen Yu and the others were inconvenient to stand anymore, so they hurriedly smiled and said a word of invitation, leading the way.

In the matter of Hua's family, the Xu family has no conflict with the Marquis of Anning's mansion, but they just feel that she has lost her identity, since she insists on doing so, what do they have to say? It's just that there is one more escort.

Shen Yan looked at Cai's face in private, and couldn't help but be surprised.

reminded me of the incident when they went to the Shen family to give gifts a few days ago, and I knew her intention to come today. Although I don't take her behavior very seriously, I feel a little dismissive in my heart. Now that the powerful person in the court is Shen Guanyu instead of Shen Mi, the queen is playing with two faces, I don't know if Shen Guanyu knows it?

She stood under the plum tree, absentmindedly admiring the flowers.

Grandma Yu Er is a cheerful person, I don't know if she likes little girls or because Shen Yan is Shen Mi's daughter, she folded a small cluster of brightly blooming plums from the tree and inserted them on her sideburns, so she took her shoulders and turned her around, and said with a smile: "Look, Miss Yan will definitely be a great beauty in the future!" ”

Grandma Chen smiled and nodded: "This girl is really suitable for movement and quiet, I think of the appearance of my two girls when they were children." ”

Fahrenheit said: "The two grandmothers, don't hold her like this, otherwise she should be more proud." ”

"What's this?" Cai interjected with a smile: "Girls, don't be afraid to be proud." There is also a girl in our family, and the queen is used to saying the same thing by the queen's mother, and even I can't tell her father about her, I often say that in the future, I just ask the mother to this heart for us. ”

Mrs. Xu smiled but did not say a word.

Grandma Chen said: "The queen mother does not have a princess, so she will naturally love her nephew more. ”

"yes." Cai Shi smiled, and then sighed again: "The little prince in the early years mainly stayed until now, but it was time to choose to attach the horse, but it is a pity that the sky is not beautiful, and he died in the war." ”

This matter is obviously not a secret, and Cai is very casual when he talks about it.

But this is the emperor's private matter, and everyone knows that it is no longer interconnected.

Grandma Chen asked people to get scissors and vases, cut a few plums, and put them in the flower hall for a while.

Mrs. Xu led Hua's side to the depths of the flower forest while discussing the plum blossoms on her head, here Shen Yan saw that Grandma Yu Er also turned around and beckoned the maid to go to the water pavilion to set up a seat, so she stepped forward to stop Cai's footsteps, and said: "Dare to ask Madame, I just said that the queen mother has a little princess, why haven't I heard of it?" ”R1152