Within the high walls of the Li Mansion, the maids and maids were busy from early in the morning, with mixed footsteps and conversations, but the layout was orderly.

The third lady's birthday is the first major event in the house this year.

It's been a long time since the last big feast, and the house is a little deserted, so this time, the Li Mansion is going to hold a birthday banquet lively.

There were already a few carriages parked outside the gate of the mansion, all of which were side branches of the Li family, and they specially came to the Li Mansion first to prepare for today's events.

The third lady of the Li Mansion, Qin, is not in good health, and her heart is more than enough but her strength is insufficient, and the fourth lady Nie is a master who can't take care of things, and is obsessed with piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, so all matters in the mansion have to be handled by the second lady Chen.

There were too many things going on today, and I was afraid that something would go wrong, so Chen invited them to come over and help entertain the guests.

In the inner courtyard.

Li Mingyun was awakened by the spring rain early in the morning.

Today she put on a dazzling dress, a lotus-colored smoke yarn loose flower skirt under the begonia red cigarette shirt, and the corners of the skirt were embroidered with fine gold threads.

She wore a gorgeous beaded flower on her bun, her white face raised her eyebrows slightly, her apricot eyes were wavering, and there was a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Chunyu and Qiuqing unconsciously let out a "wow", their eyes were amazed and admired.

The fairy in the world is worthy of its name.

"Miss, you are the best-looking in the whole of Gwangju!" Chunyu said firmly, "No one can compare to you!" ”

Qiu Qing laughed.

"Sister Chunyu, I also heard you praise Xue Escort like this last time, so let me ask you a question, which one is better looking between Miss Xue and Xue Guard?"

Do men need to be compared with women?

Chunyu glared at her, and when she saw that her expression was full of banter, she immediately rushed over and covered her mouth.

"You're going to be a dumb guy today!" She said angrily, "It's not a good thing to say when you open your mouth!" ”

"Hah...... Ha ......" Qiu Qing's laughter flowed from between her fingers.

Li Mingyun smiled helplessly, not to mention Mingwei and Wang Yu, even the people around her like to talk about it.

"Let's go find my mother." "She's in the house now," she said. ”

Spring Rain and Autumn Sunny responded with each other, grimacing at each other.

Along the way, I heard the sound of rows of maids saluting one after another, they held trays in their hands, wore flowers in buns, and smiled, shuttling in various places in a very orderly manner.

The lanterns on the eaves hung high, a few more than yesterday, and the ordinary lanterns at the corners of the eaves were replaced by delicate lanterns, and the walls of the lamps were painted with festive patterns.

It's all hand-picked by the mother.

Li Mingyun looked at everything in front of him, and his heart was very warm.

At the gate of Chen's courtyard, Bai Jiao was looking forward to it, and when he saw Li Mingyun coming, he hurriedly greeted him.

"Third Miss, come in quickly." The tone was a little anxious.

Li Mingyun nodded and walked towards the house.

Later, Chunyu and Qiuqing consciously walked to the door of the house and stopped, waiting with the white banana who also stopped.

The sound of a crisp bead curtain sounded, but it was not pleasant to hear, and the atmosphere in the room was not as light as outside.

Chen sat on a chair, holding a jade pendant in his hand with a sad expression, and it was not until Li Mingyun walked in front of her that she woke up from a dream.

"Yun'er, you're here." She said, trying to hide the sadness in her words.

Li Mingyun stroked Chen's shoulder and did not speak.

She knew what was going on.

Because every time my mother took out this jade pendant, she would be sad.

It's a relic.

My mother has a younger sister who was killed by mountain bandits on the way to Minzhou by her grandfather's family, and this jade pendant is the only thing she left to her mother.

Although I don't know why my mother took out the jade pendant today, but it is already like this, she can only comfort her mother.

Chen smiled at her and raised his hand to touch her apricot eyes.

"Yun'er." She said, her voice soft, "You are very similar to my sister, and her eyes are so bright and beautiful......"

"Every time I see her, I feel like I see the stars in the sky......"

Li Mingyun sat down: "The same is true for my mother." ”

"No, it's not." Chen shook his head, "Everyone says you are a little similar to me, that's because they haven't seen my sister ......."

"You're very similar to her, but with different personalities. My sister is the naughtiest, she dares to go up the tree, she dares to go down the river, and she will teach bad people a lesson, and she dares to ...... what others dare not do."

"At that time, there was a persimmon tree in the yard, and every time the persimmon was ripe, she climbed it with her eldest brother, and even if her father scolded her below, she still stubbornly wanted to pick ......"

She seemed to be caught up in distant memories, even if it was just the beauty that belonged to her.

Because those people are dead......

Li Mingyun looked at Chen's eyes in a trance.

Mother, she has endured too much, she is very strong, because if it were her, she would not necessarily do better than her mother.

The bad news of the dearest people came one by one, she would collapse, she couldn't live without her father and mother.

"Yun'er." Chen came back to his senses and wiped away the grief in his eyes, "Today is your birthday, my mother shouldn't be like this." ”

She took a few deep breaths.

After slowly calming down, she raised her voice and shouted outside, "Bai Jiao, let people bring things in." ”

The white banana guarding outside responded.

After a while, she brought in two servants wearing cloth clothes and carrying a large box, and the little servant gently put the big box on the ground, and then Shi Li withdrew.

"Mother, this is ......" Li Mingyun hesitated for a moment and said, "Was it sent by the second brother?" ”

Chen nodded and smiled: "Yes, the thing arrived yesterday, but your second brother has written thousands of instructions and said that he will wait until today to give it to you." ”

She stood up and pulled Li Mingyun to the box.

"Yun'er, come and see, what's in here. Your second brother is mysterious, and my mother also wants to know what treasure he sent. ”

Bai Jiao opened the box, and the contents appeared in front of him.

It is a big piece of jade like a mountain stone, the texture is pure and good, the color is bright, there is a sloping place in the middle, and there is a round pool below, if there is water flowing down, it will be as magnificent as a waterfall.

This gift is very new and valuable.

"It's Jade Falls!" Li Mingyun's eyes lit up and he said in surprise, "I like it very much." ”

She had only heard of this jade waterfall, but she had never seen it, and she had mentioned it in her letter to her second brother before, but she didn't expect the second brother to find this thing.

"And the letter!" Chen smiled and said, "I ......"

"Madam, Aunt Liu from the Third Old Lady's Mansion has sent someone over to invite you to the hall!"

Shearmoon walked in from outside to give a report.

It seems that there are guests coming.

"Okay." Chen nodded in response, and said to Li Mingyun again, "Then the letter will let Bai Jiao give it to you, and my mother has gone to the inner hall beforehand." ”

After saying that, she left with the moon scissors.

"Where is the faith?" Li Mingyun smiled, "I'll get it myself." ”

"In the black box in the middle of the Treasure Pavilion." Bai Jiao replied.

The box was specially for letters, and Li Mingyun knew where it was.

She walked into the inner room, and the incense box in the corner came with a wisp of fragrance, and a thin smoke wafted in, and disappeared without a trace.

The room is peaceful and quiet, relaxing and quiet.

On the red lacquer treasure pavilion, a large blue and white porcelain vase is placed on the left, and several scrolls of paintings are stacked on the right, which are paintings by my father, and in the middle are large and small porcelain and wooden boxes.

Li Mingyun stood on tiptoe to grab the black wooden box, and after easily taking it down, she opened the box and took out the letter on top.

The four words "My sister personally enlightened" on the letter are Li Mingye's handwriting.

She smiled and tried to put the box back in, but as soon as she looked up, she saw a corner peeking out of the top layer, like a picture scroll.

Was it painted by my father again?

Li Mingyun reached out to reach the scroll, but he didn't expect that by accident, the scroll swept the two wooden boxes next to him and fell together.

The sound of landing one after another sounded abruptly.

Bai Jiao, who was outside, hurriedly ran in and asked, "Third Miss, what happened?" ”

Li Mingyun shook his head, with an apologetic expression: "I accidentally knocked over the box." ”

After saying that, she followed Bai Jiao and bowed down to pick up the things that fell out of the box.

They were all jewels, bright and bright, but she had never seen her mother take them out.

The scroll had unfolded not far away at this time, and a piece of Hetian Nuanyu was lying quietly and obediently on the painting.

Li Mingyun followed the line of sight, and the picture on the scroll was clearly visible, reflected in her inky pupils.

It was a vast expanse of land, in which a small, thin woman wrapped in a black cloak stood, followed by a man with a high ponytail and a black saber.

Although the faces of the two are too small to see clearly, they can feel their scenery as a whole.

Who are they?

Li Mingyun picked up the warm jade on the painting while wondering, and inadvertently touched the small characters engraved on the jade.

She turned the jade over and saw that there were two upright words on it.

Resignation.