"Hou, Hou, so you are here." Ye Jinyu took a step back, feeling guilty of being caught doing bad things.

A trace of surprise crossed Li Sui's eyes, and he glanced at the thing she was holding in her arms, and suddenly thought of that "surprise", and his face slowly raised.

However, thinking that King An is still inside, he will come out at any time, so it is not good for them to encounter a grievance.

"Let's talk about something going to Fuyuan." After Li Sui finished speaking, he walked quickly past her.

Ye Jinyu blinked strangely, thinking that Ling Zhao had said that King An was in Hou Ye's study, and now Hou Ye was in such a hurry to ask her to go back to Fuyuan to talk, he must have been afraid that she would disturb the prince.

The two of them walked into the Fu Garden one after the other, and the people in the courtyard were all sent out by Ye Jinyu to help, and suddenly they stayed alone with Hou Ye in such a quiet place, and they felt nervous and a little embarrassed inexplicably.

Li Sui did not enter the house, but stood under a begonia tree, full of pink flowers, gorgeous and lovely in the spring light. Occasionally, a breeze blew, and a few petals were blown off, fluttering in the air and falling to the ground, sticking to his shoulders.

Ye Jinyu looked at this picture, and suddenly became stupid, and the picture of her and Yun Yu in a dream unconsciously flashed in her mind. They also stood under the flower tree, carefully testing each other's feelings and clarifying each other's intentions.

The mood at that time was bitter and sweet, and now ......

Ye Jinyu came back to his senses suddenly, and looked at the man's expression that he had seen through everything, and he sighed in his heart, and quickly adjusted his state.

She didn't know if Hou Ye had chosen this place on purpose, but since it was providential, it was better to start and end there.

"Jin Yu wishes Hou Ye a happy birthday, prosperous fortune, and a proud spring breeze." Ye Jinyu took a few steps closer and presented the wooden box, "Thanks to the care of the Hou Ye these days, Jinyu is grateful, a thin gift to express gratitude, and I hope that we will continue to do so in the future." ”

Li Sui's outstretched hand paused, as if he didn't understand her words, and asked rhetorically, "As always?" ”

Today he is the birthday star, it is not good to refute his face today, Ye Jinyu explained with a smile: "Harmony and friendship as always." ”

Hearing the word "love", Li Sui took the wooden box with satisfaction and opened it expectantly. Inside, on the red silk cloth is a scabbard carved out of ebonywood, and the bottom and top are wrapped in hollow silver lines, which are like moire and cranes.

The crane's body was inlaid with jade, but strangely enough, there was a silver ring hanging from the crane's neck, which was still protruding.

He liked the gift from Jin Yu, but it was just a surprise that the lark said......

Could it be that this scabbard hides a mystery?

Li Sui took the scabbard and looked at it several times, and finally found a few strange symbols at the top, and asked in surprise, "This is?" ”

"A marker, no one here should use it." Ye Jinyu explained.

It is true that he has never seen such a symbol, so it is a unique mark designed by Jin Yu for him. Li Sui was a little excited, and pointed to the silver ring and asked, "What is this?" ”

Ye Jinyu's heart tightened, and she suddenly didn't dare to face the scabbard, the silver ring on it was not to highlight the novelty, but to represent a relationship in her past. The pair of rings she had carefully prepared wanted to be a token of love between her and Yunyu.

But now she gave it to him in the scabbard, and he didn't know what it meant, and she paid back all the sincerity she had given.

"It's just a design, I just think it's pretty good." Ye Jinyu sorted out his emotions and pretended to explain calmly.

Li Sui had expected her to say something that surprised him, like a surprise that a lark had quietly revealed, and for a moment he could already feel that her emotions were unusual.

But now he heard a casual explanation, whether he had misheard, or whether the lark had lied about the military situation, so that he was full of hope, but ended in disappointment.

"Don't you like this gift?" Ye Jinyu looked at the stiff expression on his face, and suddenly felt very nervous in his heart.

Li Sui walked out of his thoughts, and unexpectedly met her eyes like a frightened little white rabbit, and his heart suddenly softened again.

In fact, he only hoped to receive Jinyu's gift at first, and it didn't matter what it was, but now that he not only received it, but also Jinyu carefully prepared it, her mind alone was enough to make him happy for a long time.

"I like it, this is the most special gift I have ever received, Jin Yu has a heart, I will definitely treasure it." Li Sui smiled and lightly put the scabbard back into the wooden box, tucking it under his arm.

Another gust of wind blew, and a few petals floated in front of Ye Jinyu's eyes, inadvertently blinding her. stared at the smile on the man's face in a daze, and his heart was constantly agitating.

She had seen many kinds of smiles on Hou Ye's face, sarcastic, mocking, cold, wanton, and bad...... But it was the first time I'd seen such a smile.

Clean, warm, straight to the heart, the most sincere and authentic smile.

At that moment, she felt like she was really close to him for the first time.

Suddenly, another gust of wind blew, and the smile on the man's face had gradually faded, and Ye Jinyu felt a sense of loss in his heart. Sobered up in an instant, and between her and Hou Ye, there were still so many inexplicable things.

"Today, Master Hou is the protagonist, and there are still a lot of guests waiting for you outside, so I won't delay your time." Ye Jinyu took a step back, saluted the man, and turned around to leave first.

Li Sui stood in place and looked at her figure that was gradually moving away, his eyes slowly empty, and it took a long time before he raised his feet and walked out. Dream Chinese

At the end of the afternoon, all the guests who received the invitation had arrived, and when Ye Jinyu finished placing all the female dependents, it was already in the afternoon, and the banquet would officially start in another hour and a half.

Steward Ling also specially invited the opera troupe and the juggling troupe from outside, and set up performances in the garden and atrium respectively for the guests to relieve their boredom.

Ye Jinyu finally pulled away, and suddenly thought of his aunt again, so he called Ling Zhao and instructed: "Go and invite your aunt to Fuyuan to talk about it, and say that I have something to say to her." ”

In this way, the mother and daughter of the Yuan family should not follow their aunt anymore.

However, the attitude of the Yuan family is really strange, the daughter was rejected by the Qi family, which is already a great shame in the eyes of others, not to mention the enmity with the Qi family, at least it will alienate the relationship.

But looking at the attitude of the mother and daughter of the Yuan family, it is no different from the past, it is said that their family's family background is not very good, why are they still so stubborn about the Qi family.

If it weren't for the strong marriage with the Qi family and the consolidation of power to a higher level, it would be too satisfied with Qi Guanyu's son-in-law.

Thinking of this, Ye Jinyu couldn't help laughing, his cousin was very wooden about love at first glance, but he met an infatuated girl.

I don't know if Yuan Rong continues to be entangled like this, will my cousin suddenly open up?

"Girl, Mrs. Qi has arrived." Ye Jinyu's thoughts were interrupted by the attack on the moon, and as soon as he came to his senses, he immediately jumped down from the soft couch, and asked as he walked downstairs, "Are you in the flower hall?" ”

"Yes, the third girl and the fourth young master are here."

"Cousin!" As soon as Ye Jinyu walked into the flower hall, she heard Qi Mingyi call her crisply, jumped down from the stool and walked towards her.

"Xiao Yi'er." Ye Jinyu went up and pinched her face, turned to Mrs. Qi and saluted, "Jinyu greets my uncle." ”

"You must be tired after being busy for so long, sit down." Mrs. Qi looked at her distressedly, patted the position beside her and said.

Ye Jinyu walked over with his arm around Qi Mingyi's shoulders, and when he saw Qi Rong still sitting in a chair as if he was still a little adult, he couldn't help but hook the corners of his mouth.

Qi Rong noticed her gaze, and only then did he realize something, and jumped out of the chair to greet her, "Rong'er to meet my cousin." ”

"Rong'er is good, so cute." Ye Jinyu smiled evilly, and successfully saw the face of the eight-year-old boy, because her words showed stiff disgust.

Mrs. Qi also covered her mouth and laughed in a low voice, Qi Rong's face flashed uncontrollably with a trace of grievance, but soon the face of the adult was strained, and the expression of "You are so naïve" was written on it.

Ye Jinyu and Mrs. Qi glanced at each other, and they both smiled helplessly.

"Ling Zhao, Yi'er and Rong'er have a rare trip, you can take them around." Ye Jinyu was upright, looked at Ling Zhao and commanded.

"Yes." Ling Zhao saluted them, and then beckoned, "Third girl, fourth young master, please come with me." I just recently took in a little apprentice, and I happen to lack a playmate, so I'll take you to get to know him. ”

Mrs. Qi watched the two children leave with Ling Zhao, the door of the flower hall was closed again, and she quickly returned to her normal color, looked at Ye Jinyu and asked, "What trouble is Jinyu encountering?" ”

"No, I just want to talk to my aunt." Ye Jinyu shook his head and got up to refill the tea for the elders.

Mrs. Qi looked at her uncomfortably for a few moments, and then asked, "What do you want to talk about?" ”

Ye Jinyu pondered for a moment and said in a calm tone: "Recently, I heard a ridiculous rumor, they said that my mother is actually just an adopted daughter of the Qi family, isn't this nonsense? How could there be such rumors outside, did my aunt know about it? ”

Mrs. Qi's eyelids rose slightly, and a momentary vibration flashed inside, and she looked at Ye Jinyu and asked, "Who are you listening to?" ”

"It's just that I overheard someone talking outside, and I don't know them." Ye Jinyu was as calm as ever, as if he was really just gossiping.

Seeing this, Mrs. Qi couldn't help but sigh and said in a low voice: "This matter is not a secret, it's just that our Qi family has never cared about this, and you don't need to take it to heart." ”

Ye Jinyu was quite surprised, although she was seventy percent sure that the rumors were true before asking, she didn't expect her aunt to acquiesce so quickly.

"Jin Yu, you were young when your parents died, so you don't remember. I haven't seen you mention them in all these years, why did you suddenly fall in love? Mrs. Qi looked at her worriedly.

Ye Jinyu's eyes flashed slightly, I am afraid that my aunt doesn't know that Ye Rutong was sent to the Hou Mansion by her uncle for her parents' affairs. But after coming into contact with her uncle a few times, she felt that Ye Rutong's purpose of entering the Hou Mansion was not as simple as she knew.

"Is that true?" Ye Jinyu looked at Mrs. Qi in shock, with a hurt look on his face, but said strong and calm: "I, I thought they were talking nonsense, but I didn't expect it...... But it doesn't matter, my aunt is right, no matter what my mother's background is, we are all a family. And for so many years, it has been my uncle and aunt who have taken care of me and raised me, and Jinyu has never felt that he has been treated as an outsider. ”

Mrs. Qi patted her hand with satisfaction, "It's right that you can think so, don't mention those past events, especially in front of the old lady and your uncle, they have never been able to let go of your mother's death." lest they know that you are still thinking about your parents, and their hearts will be more uncomfortable. ”

"Jin Yu remembered!" Ye Jinyu pursed his lips and nodded.

Mrs. Qi quickly changed the topic, "Jin Yu, your grandmother's health has not been very good recently, and I am also thinking about you in my heart, if you are free, go back to see her." ”

Ye Jinyu asked with surprise and worry: "Wasn't it still good last time, why did you suddenly get sick, is it serious?" ”

"It's all an old problem, have you forgotten, you have to get sick once a year when the spring flowers bloom, and it's good to take care of it for ten days and a half months. It's just that I can't go out often on weekdays, and I always stay in the house and get bored, so I want someone to talk to me. Mrs. Qi explained.