Yiningju is the main house of the whole Yang Mansion, a very large courtyard, five large main houses on it, carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent. The genius is bright, the courtyard is lit with red lanterns everywhere, and the maids and women go in and out, sprinkling and sweeping, holding rice and water, a busy scene.

A mother wearing a dark Hangzhou silk gown with a kind face stood under the Dan Pier, a little girl was talking to her, seeing Yulan enter the hospital, the mother skimmed the little girl and greeted her, with a kind smile on her face: "The seventh girl is here, the wife has already gotten up, what about the hall, let's go in, the fourth girl and the fifth girl have just arrived!" ”

This is the eldest lady's side to use Mother Wu, a first-class mother, the eldest lady's right-hand man, helping the eldest lady to take care of the housework, and winning the trust of the eldest wife, and is the person near the top of the power pyramid in the backyard of this deep house.

"Mother Wu!" Yulan bowed obediently.

"How can this be done! How can there be a reason for the young lady to give me this old woman! Seven girls, this is the number of years of the old woman! Mother Wu hurriedly avoided to the side, looking sincerely frightened.

As he spoke, he had already grabbed Yulan's arm, replaced Xiaoyue, and headed towards the east ear room. Affectionately chatting with her about homely things.

The eldest lady has big rules, and a little girl like Xiaoyue can't enter her room.

Yulan secretly admired in her heart. To say that this Mother Wu is really not an ordinary person, she is kind to everyone, even if she is an extremely unfavored concubine, there is no trace of slackness. The series of words and actions just now flowed smoothly, and the distance between him and Yulan was narrowed quietly. The ironing is comfortable and makes people feel good unconsciously.

Yulan also met a few such characters in the workplace in his previous life, all of whom were eight-sided and long-sleeved and good at dancing, and could do both business and life. It's often the sale of others, and the others help count the money.

Mother Wu personally lifted the curtain, and Yulan entered the eldest lady's banquet room.

The eldest lady sat on the rosewood three-sided screen Arhat bed, in her thirties, with a long face and willow eyebrows, a red Ruyi pattern makeup and flower gown, and a pair of red gold rubies and butterflies on her head, looking very majestic and rich.

A clever little maid had already moved a brocade mat, and Yulan respectfully landed on her knees and kowtowed: "Yulan asks for peace to his wife." ”

The eldest lady accepted her salute, but she kept silent and did not call her up. Yulan knelt there with her head down, feeling a few gloating glances fall on her.

After a long while, the eldest lady spoke, and her tone was very no: "The second aunt went to your courtyard last night?" ”

Yulan replied honestly: "Yes." I sat down for a while and left. Of course, the eldest lady doesn't like to raise her eldest daughter in her room and get too close to the second wife. But anyway, she saved the second brother, and this relationship can't be clean. The eldest lady just doesn't like it anymore, and she can't help it.

After all, she is also an aunt, Yulan and the second wife are closer, and the eldest wife can't say anything.

"Get up and sit down!" The eldest lady said no more.

From beginning to end, there was not a word of greeting.

Yulan got up and took a seat, and the eldest lady saw her at this time. The eldest lady's eyes flashed with a hint of surprise that she couldn't hide. The person is still the same person, and her body shape and facial features have not changed at all, but the eldest lady just thinks that she looks much more pleasing to the eye.

Especially a pair of eyes, which used to be lifeless, like a pool of turbid water, are now alive and vibrant, like a clear spring, and the temperament has changed so much, the whole person has a glow.

The eldest lady couldn't help but think of Yulan's biological mother, Aunt Qi, who was graceful and classical, as if the woman walked out of the painting, and also had such a pair of misty and dreamy eyes. Yulan slowly grew up, becoming more and more similar to her biological mother. In a few years, all the young ladies in Yang Mansion are afraid that they will be compared to her......

The eldest lady felt uncomfortable for a while.

Here, Yulan began to greet the two sisters: "Please fourth sister!" "Please, Fifth Sister!"

Siniang Yang Yufei had already stood up from the chair and turned sideways to accept only half a salute. Mrs. Yang Yuxia, the eldest lady of Wuniang, also restrained her arrogance under her nose, and also stood up and saluted Yulan.

There is a set of rules on the countertop, and there is a set of rules under the countertop, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

The bigger the mansion, the more flowers must be made on the face.

Under the bed of the eldest lady Luohan, there are two rows of rosewood foot jointed back chairs, but they are asymmetrical, there are only two on the left and four on the right.

The left side is reserved for the buddies, and the right side is a few sisters' seats.

After greeting each other with Aunt Feng, Siniang Yufei's biological mother, Yulan sat on the third chair on the right in order of size.

Aunt Feng is about the same age as the eldest wife, she was originally married by the eldest lady, and she served by the eldest wife's side since she was a child, and she entered the door a few years earlier than Aunt Liu. Before the eldest lord got married, there was only one room in the room, and after the eldest lady married in, she sent people far away.

But in the next two years, in addition to giving birth to a daughter Yuan Niang, the eldest lady had no movement in her stomach, and she had no choice but to take the big girl next to her to the eldest master.

The reason why Aunt Feng can have this dignity is mainly because she was born as a maidservant, has no knowledge, and is honest and kind, she can't beat a fart with three sticks, and she has always been respectful to the eldest lady, and she doesn't dare to disobey at all.

Aunt Feng's appearance is not outstanding, after giving birth to Yufei, she became more and more tasteless, and the eldest master also put away his hand and never stepped into her Qiuxiang Pavilion again.

Although Aunt Feng gave birth to her daughter and carried her aunt, in front of the eldest wife, she still regarded herself as a maid everywhere, serving the eldest lady with all her heart, and resting outside the eldest lady's bedroom at night.

Therefore, although she has been unfavored, the eldest lady treats her and Siniang well.

At this moment, she stood behind the eldest lady, gently beating the eldest lady's shoulder, and she was dressed like an ordinary maid.

As soon as Yulan sat down on the chair, Yu Fei smiled at her with concern, and asked in a low voice through Wu Niang Yuxia: "Seventh sister is cured?" ”

The eldest lord has good genes, but this fourth sister followed her biological mother, her appearance is not outstanding, her good temperament is supple, Yulan has been sick for so long before, and she is the only one among the sisters who has visited Lu Jingzhai a few times, and she also brought some medicinal herbs over.

Yulan's heart warmed, thinking that after all, not all sisters are like enemies, otherwise they really can't live this day. smiled and responded: "It's already good, thank you Fourth Sister for remembering." The fourth sister sent me medicine, and I kept taking it. ”

"If you have time to go to Qiuxiang Pavilion to play, let's play horse hanging!" Yu Fei blinked and lowered her voice.

Yulan nodded happily, the original owner was like a saw-mouthed gourd all day long, his connections were too narrow, and he urgently needed to expand, and he wanted to live in such a big mansion, and he couldn't do it without hearing anything outside the window.

The two unspoiled maidens chatted happily with a disdainful look on their nostrils, and after a while, the aunts also arrived one after another, but they never saw Aunt Liu. At this time, there was a maid outside: "The second young master and the third young master are here!" ”

After a while, two teenagers came in, the first one was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a delicate face, wearing red and gold python fox armpit arrow sleeves, covered with stone sable fur row spike gown, very luxurious. The one behind is eleven or twelve years old, not as suave as the elder brother in front of him, but he also has a square face, wearing an alizarin cyan straight jacket, covered with light cyan water ripples, although he is young, he is full of a youthful and old age.

The two are the opposite, one is very high-profile and the other is very low-key.

The two brothers came forward to greet the eldest lady, and the eldest lady told them to get up. Gently asked them about their diet, daily life, and schoolwork.

The two young masters are already old, and they have already moved out of the second gate, and they live alone in the outer courtyard. Please, the two young masters still have to go to school in the outer courtyard.

The second young master, Yang Chengye, is the eldest son of Dafangshu, and Aunt Liu was born.

The third young master, Yang Chengzong, the second son of Dafangshu, was born to Aunt Song, and his biological mother was deceased.

There is no concubine, inheriting the family business and supporting the portal, and there will only be these two concubines in the future.

Therefore, every time I see these two sons, the eldest lady feels very uncomfortable. She was born noble, her aunt became the queen mother, and she married the eldest son of the head of the dynasty, which can be said to be smooth, but how can there be a perfect thing in the world? I don't know how many decoctions I drank and how many times I begged the Bodhisattva, but the eldest lady never gave birth to a son.

This alone made her in-laws unable to raise their heads.

The two young masters met with the young ladies again, and it was lively again. Everyone else calls Chengye the second brother, but Yuxia omitted the two words, and one brother is called very affectionate, for fear that others will not know that they are brothers and sisters. The eldest lady had a bad look on her face.

She has been fighting with Aunt Liu for more than ten years, and now Aunt Liu has both children and daughters, especially the eldest son of the eldest house, she can't do anything to Aunt Liu anymore.

The third young master Chengzong didn't say much, but when he saw Yulan, his eyes stayed on her for a few more moments, and there was deep concern in his eyes. Yulan understood and reciprocated with a gentle smile.

In private, Chengzong's younger brother is very good with her. On the surface, the two of them are indifferent, and if they get too close, they will inevitably attract the taboo of the eldest wife.

The eldest lady summoned a maid and asked, "Go and see Sister Xin'er, it takes so long to comb your hair?" The brothers and sisters are here. ”

Eight girls Yuxin, the eldest lady and daughter. The eldest lady gave birth to three daughters, and the eldest sister is the first child of Dafang and has already been married. The third sister died when she was three years old, and the youngest daughter Yuxin held her hand in her palm like an eyeball, pampered and domineering. They are both twelve years old, and they still raise their wives in the yard.

The maid went out quietly, and in a short time there was laughter outside.

Yang Yuxin rolled up like a wind, asked the eldest lady to say goodbye, and threw herself into the eldest lady's arms, and said coquettishly: "Mother, mother!" This morning, you ask Zhang Caijia in the kitchen to make osmanthus cake, I want to eat osmanthus cake. ”

"Good! Good! The eldest lady's face was full of love, and she gently stroked her daughter's hair, "I'll let people inform Zhang Caijia." "A little maid in the station house has a good eye and runs to report the news.

The eldest lady said, "I haven't seen my brother and sister yet!" ”

Yuxin pouted: "Why should I give them a gift, but they are all born to my aunt!" ”

Yulan secretly looked at the performance of several concubines, Chengye's face was a little unbearable, but Chengzong's face did not change, Yufei's face darkened, and he recovered in an instant, only Yuxia's face was full of pain, and her eyes were undisguised with jealousy.

The eldest lady's face also sank, "Presumptuous!" The young and the old are orderly, are you also saying this? It is said that the pro-age is still so unruly. ”

Yuxin saw that the eldest lady was angry, so she snorted reluctantly and came over to greet her brothers and sisters.

After gossiping again, I saw that the time was almost the same, and it was time to go and say hello to the old lady, but Aunt Liu's shadow still hadn't been seen. The eldest lady slammed the tea bowl in her hand on the small round table with a loud sound, and asked coldly, "Why hasn't Aunt Liu come yet?" Do you want us to wait for her inside and out? ”

There were several aunts standing in the room, all with different expressions. Aunts, big ladies, there are no seats here.

Yuxia stood up from her seat and said softly: "Last night, my father rested in the Hefeng Courtyard, and served my father in the morning to go to the morning court, and my aunt got up at the beginning of the morning, and my father took pity on my aunt and asked me to bring a message to my wife. ”

It's not like an explanation, it's like a demonstration.

The eldest lady's face was clouded, "Then why didn't you say it earlier?" ”

Yuxia lowered her head and wrote lightly: "It was my daughter's negligence for a while, and when she saw her brothers and sisters, she became happy, but she forgot about it." ”

You want all your siblings and aunts to say it when they arrive, so that you can lose face for your wife.

It seems that the struggle between the eldest lady and Aunt Liu is very hot. Yulan was secretly happy, in this way, the eldest lady would spend most of her energy on the Hefeng Courtyard, and then she, an insignificant little girl, would be much safer.

To put it bluntly, for the eldest wife, she is just a delicate mustard disease, and Aunt Liu is a big problem.

Marx taught us to grasp the main contradiction in any matter, and the eldest wife should also understand this truth.

The eldest lady scolded the fox a thousand times and ten thousand times in her heart, but there was an old man who supported Aunt Liu, and she couldn't do anything about this fox. Tie Qing sent the aunts back to eat separately, and then he took a group of children to the old lady Songhe Hall with a strong anger.

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