Winter in Yancheng is always very repetitive, the sun was shining a few days ago, and there is a light snow today.

Maybe it's because the New Year is coming soon, and the pedestrians on the road are full of smiles, and it won't be long before it's time to buy New Year's goods.

The house is still as clean as usual, and the people do things in an orderly manner, and they are not so considerate that when it is snowing or raining, the maids and servants who sprinkle water on the periphery and prune the trees do not have to work every day.

Xin Yan was lying on the floor at the moment, wrapping his whole body tightly, he had a little cold the day before yesterday, and today happened to be when the weather turned cold, and he felt a little chilly when he got up.

Wei Xiaochun handed the medicine to Xin Yan, and complained in his eyes: "Look, I'll just say, if you want to wear more, you just don't want to toss yourself like this." ”

"Okay, my Xiaochun, I don't wear enough clothes every day, do you have to wrap me like a dumpling? That's so inconvenient. ”

Xin Yan obediently saw the medicine, closed his eyes, and drank it in one go. But I still underestimated the stamina of this medicine, a bitter taste rushed up from my stomach, and even my throat was bitter, and I frowned: "I said Xiaochun, should you not be a personal vendetta to me, add something to my medicine, why is this medicine more bitter than usual." ”

Wei Xiaochun glanced at her and said, "Girl, haven't you heard of the bitterness of good medicine, every time you drink the medicine, you say the same thing, you are not tired." Besides, if you pay attention to your body, you don't have to drink. Wei Xiaochun didn't know that the girl was obviously very stable in other aspects, and when it came to taking medicine, she was like a child.

Watching her drink the medicine to the bottom, he took the pastry from the desk and gave it to her, and handed her the pot again. It wasn't until there was a hint of warmth in his hand that Xin Yan didn't feel so cold. Wei Xiaochun turned around and closed the window, making the charcoal fire a little stronger. When he got up, he saw that there was a post sent by someone this morning on the bookcase, so he took it to Xin Yan.

After reading the invitation, Xin Yan was a little surprised that the wife of the prefect of Yancheng would invite her to a flower-viewing banquet.

Is it because of the last time?

Anyway, it doesn't hurt to go, just to see what they have in mind.

Outside the prefect's gate, it was much more lively than usual at this time, and the ladies and ladies of each prefecture got off the carriage, and the sisters, who rarely had opinions on weekdays, took this opportunity to have a good chat. And all the outfits are carefully dressed without exception.

Boudoir women, pay attention to the door does not go out, the second door does not step. It is difficult to go out on weekdays, and on occasions like today, I come to relieve boredom by enjoying flowers and chatting; Second, it is equivalent to a blind date banquet. This kind of opportunity to want to see other women's women openly, how could those ladies miss it.

The prefect's wife, Xu, was standing at the door at this time to greet the ladies. A cheerful atmosphere pervaded.

Until, an inconspicuous carriage stopped in front of the house. A girl in a light green dress got out of the car first, reaching out to help the woman behind her get out of the car.

The woman was dressed in a light gray merlan white striped skirt, covered with a milky white cloak and a white hosta in her hair. The white and tender face is slightly powdered, and the eyes are cold and sharp. Obviously, his appearance can only be regarded as delicate, but his unearthly temperament is indeed beyond the reach of most of the people present.

I saw her coming and walking in front of Xu Shi and standing still. Leaned over and saluted, and said, "Thank you Mrs. Xu for your kind invitation, Xin Yan is late, and I hope it's no wonder." ”

Xu looked at the gentle and atmospheric woman in front of him, and he really couldn't see this person as the same person as the heroic woman that his husband said.

This is clearly a young lady of which family, how can she be a businessman who walks the rivers and lakes.

Xu Shi smiled on his face and said, "This must be Miss Xin, thanks to your help." My lord often talks about you. "Anyway, since the lord said that he would entertain her well, then she would do it, anyway, she was going to entertain so many people today, and it didn't matter if there was one more person.

"Where. It's adults who miss the old, and they can't afford it. ”

When the rest of the people heard their conversation, they looked at her silently, curious, confused, surprised, and disdainful......

"It's almost time, so I'll lead you to your seats." As soon as Xu spoke, he interrupted everyone's gaze, followed her and entered the mansion.

As soon as you enter the mansion, you will see the rockery of the ghostly axe, which is said to be fake, but in fact it looks like a real one, and its carving technique is a must.

The trees are covered with snow in the morning, but when people walk by, they seem to come alive again. Pavilions and pavilions, high mountains and flowing water, lively and extraordinary.

Xu led Mrs. Xu to sit down, Xin Yan had not yet stepped into the attic, he heard someone, followed the reputation, and saw Lin Jingshu wearing a goose yellow Luo Jin skirt, with a double bun on her head, pinned to a butterfly pattern hosta, her eyes were puzzled, as if she wondered how she came here.

It was also Xin Yan who dressed too "plainly" a few times before, so simple that Lin Jingshu thought she was just an ordinary person.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet Miss Lin here." Xin Yan was a little surprised. But think about it, she is the daughter of the incoming Tobe Shangshu, so she will naturally be invited on such an occasion.

Lin Jingshu thought for a while, and then came back to her senses. However, this time, because of the fear of the people present, he was not as aggressive as the previous two times, but the tone was still not good: "Why are you here?" ”

"I'm here because I received an invitation from the prefect's wife, isn't Miss Lin?"

said that the unintentional listener has a heart, this sentence is full of sarcasm in Lin Jingshu's ears, as if mocking her ignorance, she can appear here, of course, there is an invitation, otherwise she will not be able to enter the gate of the prefect's mansion, and Xin Yan said this, just like teasing her as a fool.

"Who are you, and what are you worthy of coming here? This place is not something you want to come to. Lin Jingshu was angry, and her voice was also raised, which made the people who had just sat in front of her hear the sound and looked over.

Some people don't know what happened, although they don't know Xin Yan's identity, they know Lin Jingshu, looking at Lin Jingshu with an angry face and Xin Yan who is calm and calm, everyone present whispered for a while.

After all, they are all people with status, although they have the mentality of watching the excitement, they don't show it blatantly, but no one comes forward to stop it.

Some people covered the corners of their mouths with handkerchiefs, some sat upright, but their ears still listened to every move here, and some even showed a worried face and cast sympathetic eyes at Xin Yan.

Yes, sympathy. As strange as Xin Yan thought, she didn't seem to have anything to sympathize with.

But in those gloating eyes, most of them are still helpless, pitiful, worried, and sympathetic, as if she is terminally ill and unable to return to heaven.

In fact, the people present were in this mood because they saw that Xin Yan was facing Lin Jingshu. Although Xin Yan had a two-sided relationship with Lin Jingshu and knew that she had a bad temper, she didn't take it to heart. But the people here don't have a one-sided understanding of Lin Jingshu like Xin Yan.

Before meeting Xin Yan, no matter who Lin Jingshu was up to, she could make the other party not eat well.

On the one hand, it is her character, her temper that explodes at a moment, and the personality of the eldest lady make people fall behind in front of her, after all, everyone rarely yells in front of others. Second, because of his identity, before her father was promoted to the head of the household, her identity was far beyond that of many people here, let alone now.

"Miss Lin, I think what you said is a little strange, firstly, I was invited as much as you did, and secondly, I also prepared a courtesy. Although I am not an official eunuch, I am also a guest in this mansion like you, and your identity is no different from mine, or Miss Lin can manage the affairs of the prefect's mansion. ”

Xin Yan's words are indeed heart-wrenching, Lin Jingshu really has no right to meddle in the affairs of the prefect, if she said that it was not, she slapped herself quite a slap.

Lin Jingshu didn't know what to say at this time, but just glared angrily: "You, you ......"

The people around are all in the mood of watching the excitement, and naturally no one wants to help, but this can also be seen that Lin Jingshu's popularity is really poor.

Listening to their whispers, Lin Jingshu knew that she must not be saying anything good, but she is not advancing or retreating now. It's not that she's not smart enough, it's that she's never been in this situation before. She has always been the only one who can't eat and walk around, where is her turn to eat deflated, the more she thinks about it, the more angry she becomes, someone suddenly makes a noise.

"Sister Lin, you still have to make amends to this girl, I don't think this girl is the kind of unreasonable person, she won't hold on to your mistakes and won't let go." The words are earnest, and every word is for her sake.

On the surface, this is the case, but Xin Yan still heard the sarcasm in her words, since she is not a vexatious person, then the vexatious person is naturally Lin Jingshu.

The person who said this was only thirteen or fourteen years old, with a flying fairy bun, thin eyebrows and apricot eyes, and a small cherry mouth, and she looked like a little girl next door, dressed in a peach-pink brocade dress, exuding innocence.

"Duan Xiaomei, I didn't talk to you again, what are you interjecting. And my sister who is not, don't recognize relatives, my father is the only one of my daughters. Lin Jingshu didn't know what she was thinking about.

It's one thing to know, and she also knows that it's best to turn big things into small things now, but when she, Lin Jingshu, will be calculated by this low-level concubine, that's not her style.

Duan Xiaomei directly blocked her words when she heard Lin Jingshu, although she could let everyone know her vulgar side, but the word "concubine" still made her angry.

What she cares about most is her identity as a concubine, so if she wants to say why she can't look at Lin Jingshu, it is probably because she is jealous that someone like her has a higher status than her, and she has the identity of a concubine.

Although he was resentful in his heart, he showed pity on his face, and his kindness was trampled on, and he choked up: "Sister Lin, no, Miss Lin, I didn't mean that, I know that my identity is impossible to be your sister, I just, I just want you not to embarrass that girl, after all, she was also invited by Mrs. Xu." ”

In the end, the voice became smaller and smaller, as if he had succumbed to Lin Jingshu's deterrence.

And her words portrayed herself as an image of a weak woman who couldn't bear to see her sister make a mistake, and pointed out that she was misunderstood, and the last sentence also pulled the prefect's wife in and won favor.

Her pretentious posture made Lin Jingshu as disgusted as if she had accidentally swallowed a fly, disgusted to the extreme, and her tone was even more unkind: "Put your appearance away, I'm not the kind of ignorant woman who will be deceived by you." ”

As soon as these words came out, the faces of those who just felt that Duan Xiaomei was pitiful were instantly bad, and in their ears, didn't they mean that they were ignorant women!

Lin Jingshu can be said to have committed public anger at this time.

"What is Miss Lin talking about!"

"That's it, Miss Duan is thinking about you, if you don't appreciate it, forget it, and make sarcastic remarks."

"Is that how Madame Ling educated you?"

"Miss Lin, you should have to apologize to Miss Duan, what you just said is really ugly."

"If Ling Zun is here, he will definitely not be able to spare you."

Listening to everyone's words and my words, Lin Jingshu gradually changed from stunned at the beginning to shame, and finally indignant, but she couldn't refute it. At the beginning, when the anger subsided, she knew that what she had just done was indeed very inappropriate, but when she was angry, she couldn't control herself, and she was yin by that Xiaomei.

Lin Jingshu transferred her anger towards Xin Yan from the beginning to Duan Xiaomei, her eyes glared fiercely at Duan Xiaomei, who was hiding behind the crowd and secretly laughing.

Every time I use this trick, I pretend to cry when I can't say it, wait for a weak and helpless mask, hide behind my back and incite.

As if frightened by Lin Jingshu's jealous and hateful eyes, Duan Xiaomei's body couldn't help but hide behind her back, and tears flowed down drop by drop, as if she had been wronged by some great grievance.

Looking at this, everyone's tone became heavier and heavier, and at this moment, Lin Jingshu's eyes were also red, aggrieved, and uncomfortable feelings welled up in her heart, being "besieged" by so many people for the first time, it was like breaking the self-esteem she had built up one by one. Expose the weak, weak self in front of you.

Ying Xiang saw that things had developed to this point, she was very worried, and quietly pulled her own lady's sleeve, wanting her to be soft, but looking at her indifferent appearance, she knew that it was impossible, her own lady's temper was soft and not hard, and she couldn't stand being wronged, and now in this situation, it is even more impossible for her to bow her head.

"What's going on, why are they all blocked at the door? I went to the kitchen for a while, why is it so lively. "Xu happened to come back from the kitchen, but he didn't just come back and met him, but someone reported it. Her face was as usual, as if she didn't know what had just happened, and she was still smiling like a flower.

Everyone sneered on their faces, this is the prefect's flower-viewing banquet, it is indeed a bit rude for them to be so aggressive just now, and no one answered for a while, and as the party concerned, Lin Jingshu also stood in place, silent.