The carriage stopped in front of the Zhongdebo Mansion, and Ji Yanning got off the carriage with An's family.

Under the leadership of the little maid, the group walked into the Zhongdebo Mansion, An Shi and Ji Yanning were taken to the backyard garden, and Liu Changyuan was taken to the men's seat.

The mansion of Chung De Bo Mansion is much larger and more magnificent than that of Liu Mansion, and as soon as you enter the mansion, you can see a few dark green green pines, which are particularly conspicuous in winter.

Ji Yanning knew that it was not easy to plant green pines like this in Chang'an, and he must have spent a lot of money to buy it, but it was a luxury.

She glanced at the green pine and said, "This Bofu is really beautiful, it is rare to see such an emerald green color in the winter of Chang'an, it is really pleasing to the eye, but these green pines should not be cheap." ”

Liu Pingting sneered and said, "Cousin Ji is really from a businessman, others only praise it for its good looks when they see this green pine, but my cousin can only think of the price." The Zhongde Bo Mansion has a deep heritage, and the uncle has won the trust of the emperor, what is this little money to them?"

Ji Yanning didn't want to have more verbal disputes with her, but just sighed: "It seems that the uncle has indeed won the trust of the emperor." ”

Zhongde Bo Yan followed Rong Liang when he was young, and he did his best and was loyal when he won the heir, and now that Rong Liang is the emperor, he naturally wants to treat him well, but when he mentions Yan Zheng, the hatred in Ji Yanning's bones arises spontaneously.

"Young Master, you can't go out!"

Suddenly, there was an exclamation, Ji Yanning and the others turned their heads curiously to look over, only to see a small guy shouting and running forward in front of him.

Ji Yanning only looked at a back, the man seemed to be not young, thin and slender, to say the least, he was already seventeen or eighteen years old, but his behavior seemed to be too strange, and he kept running forward shouting.

The female guests who were walking in front of them couldn't help but cry out in fright when they saw him like this.

When the other servants in the courtyard saw the man, their faces sank.

The steward was furious: "What are you doing in a daze! Why don't you hurry up and take the eldest young master back to the courtyard and stay well, if you collide with the guests, you will feel good!"

The two little guys hurriedly stepped forward and chased after them.

Ji Yanning came back to his senses and asked quietly, "Who is that?"

An replied in a low voice: "It is the eldest son of Zhong Debo, who fell into the water at the age of ten and suffered from dementia, although he is weak, but his intelligence is like that of a three-year-old child. ”

Liu Pingting frowned, and said dissatisfiedly: "That fool can bite, let's stay away from him!"

An Shi glanced at him, and now in Zhongdebo Mansion, it is really rude to say such a thing about the eldest young master of other people.

was warned like this by An's, Liu Pingting was silent.

Ji Yanning was a little puzzled, but she didn't remember that she had a child in the past 20 years.

"A few guests, please. The little servant stretched out his hand to lead them into the garden in the backyard.

They followed.

When they arrived in the courtyard, there were already a lot of guests there, and they gathered in groups of three or five and chatted happily.

There are many plum trees in the garden, the flowers are in full bloom, and the faint fragrance is pervasive, refreshing.

An Shi saw a few acquaintances sitting in the pavilion, so he took Ji Yanning and Liu Pingting and stepped forward.

"Mrs. Liu, I haven't seen you for a long time. A lady saw her approaching, took her by the hand, and sat down.

An's handkerchief with her when she was in the boudoir, and the relationship was good, but when she heard her say this, she laughed: "Recently, there have been too many miscellaneous things in the house, and it is too time-consuming to deal with them, and I haven't seen each other for a while." ”

The lady looked up at Ji Yanning behind her, but her eyes lit up: "Who is this child?"

"It's Xi'er's child. An Shi turned his head to Ji Yanning and said, "Yan Ning, this is Mrs. Li of the historian of the Ministry of Industry. ”

Ji Yanning stepped forward and saluted and said, "The junior Ji Yanning has seen Mrs. Li. ”

"Xi'er, is that Liu Mu's sister?" Mrs. Li looked at Ji Yanning carefully, but she was surprised and helped her up, "This child looks quite handsome, and he looks liked." ”

An smiled: "Who says it's not." ”

Some people next to him were still thinking about who Liu Xi'er was, and some people had already come over directly: "Liu Xi'er's children? ”

At that time, Liu Xi'er suddenly had no news, and the people of the Liu family naturally did not explain too much to outsiders, and only some close people knew that she was sent to Zhuangzi.

Ji Yanning bowed slightly, and said: "My father is from Jiangzhou and is in business. ”

When everyone heard her say this, their faces were different, and it was not uncommon for the young lady of the family to marry into the merchant family, but most of them used the concubines in the family to make profits for the house, and to put it bluntly, they looked at the financial resources of others.

It's just that Liu Xi'er, as the eldest daughter of Liufu, has a first-class appearance, and there is a marriage contract, but in the end she married Jiangzhou, who will believe it if she is not a little tired!

Now that the people of the Liu family are in front of them, it is naturally difficult for everyone to say anything.

A lady not far away said, "Then why didn't Liu Xi'er come out to meet people by herself?"

Her tone was not good, and everyone's eyes turned in her direction.

Ji Yanning looked over and found that the lady was also staring at her, that gaze seemed to be mixed with a trace of resentment, she didn't understand why this person was in such a tone, thinking that maybe she had some past with Liu Xi'er.

Liu Pingting, who was beside An's side, interjected: "Cousin Ji's parents have passed away, otherwise how could they come to Chang'an to join our Liu family!"

The lady was slightly stunned, then her eyes flashed, but she stopped talking.

The Si people are gone, and it seems that there is no need to even think about it anymore.

There are not many people in this pavilion, and the people who know Liu Xi'er are none other than those ladies, and the others heard that Ji Yanning's parents died, and they felt a little pitiful for a while, but after all, she was a cousin who lived in the Liu family, and she had no power or power, and there was no need for any relationship.

Looking at the gaze of these ladies at Ji Yanning, Liu Pingting smiled secretly in her heart, without a background in life, who would look at her more.

An didn't know Liu Tingting's careful thoughts, but now seeing that she was a little proud, her face sank a little.

Mrs. Li pulled her to sit down and said, "It's okay, with your uncle and aunt here, others can't bully you." ”

The others didn't continue to join in the fun, and they all talked about their own things.

Ji Yanning was puzzled and asked, "Did that lady have a holiday with her mother just now?"

An Shi shook his head and explained: "She is the wife of General Duan, General Duan once had a marriage contract with your mother, and later the marriage contract between the Liu family and the Duan family was invalidated, and General Duan also came to the door to ask to see your mother to restore the marriage contract, but unfortunately it was not possible." But these are the things of the previous generation, and they have nothing to do with you. ”

Ji Yanning nodded, but he understood, but he was afraid that General Duan liked Liu Xi'er, so he was jealous of that lady.

Mrs. Li said: "Speaking of Mrs. Duan, her son is not the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, I heard that there have been many thefts in Chang'an recently, and Dali Temple has not even caught the thief yet." ”

An Shi said: "I have also heard about it, but I didn't expect the thief to be so rampant, and I heard that even this Chung De Bo Mansion has been stolen a lot of good things. ”

Mrs. Li said: "Not only that, it is said that even the medicinal materials of the Ouyang Imperial Doctor's Mansion have been stolen a lot, but fortunately, there are nothing priceless in my mansion to attract the thief." ”

An Shi and Mrs. Li were talking, Ji Yanning was listening on the side, and occasionally he could say a few words.

Liu Tingting, who was ignored throughout the whole process, was a little boring.

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Mrs. Bofu and the young lady of Bofu to come over to greet her.

The ladies and ladies gathered together in the garden, which seemed to be very lively.

Mrs. Yan Liu is wearing a dark purple dress today, with fine workmanship, and peonies embroidered with gold threads at the cuffs, which looks luxurious and dazzling, and the ladies who came to the banquet are also carefully dressed, but compared with this Mrs. Yan, few people can cover her limelight.

Standing beside her was her daughter Yan Anjin, who was well dressed and well-dressed.

Mrs. Yan said: "It is the honor of our Bofu to be able to appreciate it, this plum blossom is in full bloom, and there must be someone who knows how to appreciate their style." I hope you ladies and ladies have a great time. ”

The other ladies chimed in.

It was very cold in this winter, An and Mrs. Li went to greet Mrs. Yan for a few words, and then took Ji Yanning into the house.

There are a lot of people in the house, all of them are cold-chilling ladies, and the daughters around them have long been going to the plum garden to enjoy the flowers, and the same is true for Liu Tingting.

Seeing that An took Ji Yanning into the house, the other people didn't react, they were still chatting about the previous anecdotes, and only one person's eyes were staring at Ji Yanning tightly.

Ji Yanning felt that someone was looking at her, and she couldn't help but raise her eyes to look over.

It was a lady in her thirties, dressed plainly.

An Shi followed Ji Yanning's gaze and said with a smile: "That's Mrs. Li, who used to have a good relationship with your mother, and I think I should go and greet her." ”

Ji Yanning remembered that there was indeed such a person, Liu Xi'er had such a friend, speaking of which, she had met this Mrs. Li in her previous life.

Mrs. Li got up, walked over to them, and asked An, "Who is this girl?"

An Shi smiled: "Since you have seen that she is so similar to Xi'er, you must be able to guess that this is Xi'er's daughter." ”

Ji Yanning blessed his body slightly: "The junior Ji Yanning has seen his wife." ”

"It really looks too similar. Mrs. Li sighed, "Child, where is your mother?"

Ji Yanning lowered his eyes: "My mother passed away a few months ago. ”

Mrs. Li was stunned, and seemed to be incredulous: "How could it be ......?"

She knew that Liu Xi'er was sent to Zhuangzi, and she also wanted to help Liu Xi'er, but she was in a difficult situation at that time and couldn't get out.

She sighed, a hint of sadness in her eyes.