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Nalan Jinxiu was staring at people planting medicinal herbs in the medicine garden in the backyard of Jinyuan, and a maid came to pass the ceremony, saying that Aunt Guanglan of the Xue family was here.

"Which one is Aunt Guanglan?" Nalan Jinxiu was confused.

Jixiang was by her side, and replied calmly: "It's the eldest sister of Master Fan." ”

The scene on the day of returning to the door has always been fresh in Nalan Jinxiu's memory, she didn't expect that the third brother's family also had so many relatives, so she let Jixiang pay attention to it. This girl is a solid eye, and she asked many old people in the house, and she can be regarded as having a clear understanding of the relationship between the direct and collateral lines of the Ji Mansion.

As soon as Ji Xiang said this, Nalan Jinxiu had a slight impression. The eldest aunt of the third brother is not young, five or six years older than Uncle Ji Fan, her husband's surname is Xue, she is also a scholar, and she has also been a high-ranking official like a political envoy.

What is the purpose of her coming to the door now? Or do you want the third brother to seek a job for her children and grandchildren? She still doesn't know the purpose of this aunt, but it must not be a good thing to think about it. If it can really be moved to the stage, it will definitely be told directly to the third brother, and she just picked a third brother when he was not in the house, and it was clear that she wanted to start with her.

Seriously, Nalan Jinxiu didn't want to deal with it.

The first is that she has no experience in this kind of thing and is not good at it, and the second is that the third brother can get to where he is today, all thanks to his own efforts. A second-rank member of the imperial court, and a minister of Wenyuan Pavilion, is in such a conspicuous position, but there is no strong family behind him to support him, which is actually extremely dangerous.

At this time, as his clansmen, it is okay if they can't help him, but they must not hold him back. But looking at the enthusiasm of these relatives, it is not like they don't want to make trouble for him. No matter how disgusted she is, she also knows that the door is a guest, no matter what, she always has to receive it.

Nalan Jinxiu went back first to change her clothes, and planted medicinal herbs in the medicine garden, and she would be restrained if she wore too formal. And she is going to see this aunt now, and she doesn't know what words will come out tomorrow.

She ostensibly lives with a group of Ji family members, but in fact they are two families. My grandmother didn't need her to go over every day to say hello, and there was no mother-in-law to wait, so her married life was really casual, and there was not much change from before.

As soon as she entered the backyard living room, she saw a lot of faceless people standing at the door, and it seemed that when this aunt came, there was a lot of battle. She put on a smiling face, and after entering the house, she greeted Xue Ji's symbolically, and saw that there was a woman standing next to Xue Ji's who was wearing a pink gold silk embroidered gown, and looked like she was just about to reach her age, so she asked suspiciously: "Who is this?"

As soon as the woman heard her question, she hurriedly bowed, her voice was gentle and delicate, but it was slightly cold: "Concubine Xue Wu, greet your sister-in-law." ”

Xue Jishi smiled and said to Nalan Jinxiu: "This is the daughter-in-law of Brother Chang, the dog, whose name is Yaning. Brother Chang is my youngest son, and I like his cousin the most. We're really relatives, you don't know each other now, and you'll have to move around a lot in the future. ”

It is not difficult to hear from the tone of Xue Ji's speech, she is not the kind of mother who can read and hyphenate words. And she is almost in the age of sixtieth year, but she is not stable and dignified at all, she is very fat, and she is not favored in the Xue family.

She remembered that this aunt was seven years older than her husband, and when the two families said they were married, the current Master Xue was unwilling. Although the Xue family is a scholarly family, it is not wealthy, and in the end, Master Xue came, thinking that it was also because of money.

Thinking of this, although Nalan Jinxiu still didn't like Xue Ji's family, she couldn't help but feel more sympathy for her. She has a rich dowry, but she is not proficient in poetry and books, and it is difficult to reconcile with the scholar Xue Master Qinse, presumably life in Jifu has not been good all these years. is also a woman, she can naturally feel it.

"You and Brother Ye are newly married, I brought some gifts, you let the subordinates accept them. ”

Nalan Jinxiu then looked at the maids and women standing behind Xue Ji's family, there were six people, each holding a small red box in their hands. Although I don't know what kind of treasures are contained in this red box, it must be extremely valuable in such a way. For a scholarly family like theirs, it is not easy to designate a generous gift.

"Aunt is too out-of-sight, you brought your younger siblings over to visit the door, I am already very happy to be able to talk to me, there is no need for gifts, you better bring them back." ”

"If you want it, you must accept this gift, if you don't accept it, won't you look down on your aunt?"

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Since Xue Ji has prepared a generous gift, he will definitely ask for something. Nalan Jinxiu knows her temperament, she has always been a soft-hearted person, if people ask for it, she will suffer some hardships, and she will make it convenient.

It's just that this time is different from the past, everyone sees the third brother's respected status, but no one can imagine that he has the authority, and I don't know how many people are staring at his words and deeds. She is his wife, she must be cautious and careful, so as not to let others catch her and cause trouble to the third brother.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Xue Jishi was a little anxious: "I see that you are also a kind person, so I might as well just say it." I have something to say to you today, my brother is a competitive, and even his father praises him for being able to do something in the future. It's just that the scene is not very prosperous now, and he wants his cousin to carry it. ”

Nalan Jinxiu still had a virtuous smile on her face, but her heart was already overturned. This man Baba came to the door just to ask the third brother to carry his son. Although it was expected, when she actually heard it, she was still a little angry in her heart.

"I'm just a woman in this back house, I don't understand anything about the court, and my aunt told me this, and I really can't help it. ”

Xue Jishi didn't know if he couldn't hear Nalan Jinxiu's refusal, or if he just had to be cheeky and pretend not to know. She looked anxious, so she almost scratched her ears and cheeks: "If you don't know, it's not in the way, as long as you talk to Brother Ye'er, he will understand as soon as he hears it." ”

"Husband, he has a lot of things, I ......"

Before Nalan Jinxiu finished speaking, he was interrupted by Xue Jishi: "If you refuse to say it, then I will wait here for Brother Ye to come back and tell him in person, I am also his aunt, and he will give my wife some face!"

Xue Ji's tone of voice was not good, which made Nalan Jinxiu dislike it very much. To put it bluntly, she hadn't even seen this aunt in person a few times, but now she was talking to her with the accusations of her elders, and she was going to coerce her openly and secretly, so she could be comfortable before she had a ghost?

She didn't speak, just looked at Xue Jishi quietly.

Xue Jishi turned his eyes to the side, raised his eyebrows slightly, and looked proud. It was Wu Yaning, who was standing behind her, who looked at Nalan Jinxiu with an apologetic face. Thinking about her mother-in-law's temperament, she is also helpless.

Time seemed to stand still. Except for the rustle of the leaves in the summer wind, there was only one or two cicadas in the huge mansion.

The masters didn't let go, and the subordinates naturally didn't dare to make a sound, and they lowered their heads one by one, and only secretly looked at the woman sitting on the main seat with the corner of their eyes. Seeing that she is very young, she looks very good, and she is dressed very simply and dignified. Even if you sit there and don't say a word, it gives people a sense of nobility and a little oppression invisibly.

Looking at her outfit carefully, I saw that she was wearing a moon-white embroidered green bamboo pattern, and the green bamboo seemed to be alive, thinking that it must be embroidered by a top embroiderer. There is no extra decoration in the sideburns, only a hairpin with a butterfly love flower is inserted, and a pair of white jade bracelets are worn on the wrist, the jade color is transparent, the color is excellent, and it looks very valuable.

The subordinates who have the vision to see the children can't help but secretly sigh that the Ji Mansion has strong financial resources, but the only lady has no arrogance in her, and she is so elegant that people can feel comfortable looking at it. This appearance, this figure, and this temperament are what a noble lady should look like, and she is worthy of the identity of the second rank of the imperial court.

"Since you don't recognize me as a relative, then I have nothing to talk about, I'll go to the Criminal Department to find Brother Ye!" Xue Ji's anger was monstrous.

Nalan Jinxiu glanced at Ji Xiang, and said respectfully with Ji Xiang: "The third master is not in the Criminal Department today, but in the Wenyuan Pavilion. ”

"Then I'll go to Wenyuan Pavilion to find it, I'm her aunt, I don't believe he can turn me away!"

Nalan Jinxiu can be regarded as a scoundrel who has learned Xue Ji's rogues. Scold...... Aunt Saying this in front of Xu Jinsheng, she is really thick-skinned. Stretching out his hand to take the tea cup handed over by Jixiang, Nalan Jinxiu lowered his head and took a sip gently, and said softly: "Presumably my aunt doesn't know what Wenyuan Pavilion is!"

Xue Jishi naturally didn't know, even if Master Xue mentioned it by chance, she listened to it in her left ear and her right ear, so she didn't take it to heart at all, and thought it was the place where the officials worked.

"Wenyuan Pavilion is in the palace, and it is a place where you can face the saint. The palace is deep, but no one can enter if they want to. Don't talk about you, aunt, it's my second-grade fate, and I can't enter the palace without an edict. Nalan Jinxiu was like stating a fact, and there was no sarcasm in his words.

Xue Ji's face was blue and white for a while. Before she came, she had already figured out Nalan Jinxiu clearly, although she had less and less contact with the Ji family after marrying into the Xue family, she also knew that this was a county lord who was raised by Mrs. Ji's side.

She thought that she was very young and probably not responsible, so she prepared a generous gift and came to lobby. Thinking that he would say good things to her first, if she didn't follow, then she would come nonsense, anyway, when she was in Xue's mansion, she was able to deal with Master Xue with this move, not to mention such a milky yellow-haired girl!

Who knows, this girl embarrassed her in public, and mocked her for her ignorance openly and secretly. There are maids she brought in this house, as well as her daughter-in-law, where can she put her old face, and how will she manage a large family in the future?