Maoguo Mansion is located in the north of the city Fuguifang Yingchun Street, is a big four-entry house, the house has been renovated in the early years, the simplicity reveals the low-key luxury, the pink and white wall seems to stretch endlessly, the eaves teeth high pecking seems to cut through the pale winter sky.

The mule cart traveled for a while before coming to the main gate, and when I looked up, I saw that the six gold-lacquered characters of "Creating the Maoguo Mansion" had almost become the only color in the dim winter day.

Menzi cleverly stepped forward to ask who was coming, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "It turns out that Miss is back!" Hurry up and invite inside, the Lady of the Prince has been waiting for you for a long time, and the old lady has ordered someone to ask this morning. ”

Menzi enthusiastically led the mule cart to the side door, and diligently brought a wooden bench for black lacquer footing.

As soon as Chu Junlan's feet landed, a servant woman brought a sliding rod to her to transfer.

Zi Yan and Nuo Min followed in Chu Junlan's footsteps, and the servants of the Maoguo Mansion followed behind the two of them. Bai Yin was warmly welcomed into the mansion by Menzi and greeted with a smile.

Chu Junlan sat on the sliding pole, looked at the scenery of the place without a trace, and silently wrote down the terrain here, she can be regarded as having been to the Gongding Palace and the Eldest Princess's Mansion, and has seen people in the world, but the feeling given to her by the Maoguo Mansion is completely different.

Different from the luxury of the two mansions, the Maoguo Mansion is neat and solemn, revealing a low-key feeling of not fighting or grabbing, but every arrangement gives priority to comfort, which can be seen in the atmosphere of this home.

The servants silently carried the pole all the way to the inner house, and all they could hear were the mixed footsteps as they walked and the slight "creaking" sound of the pole.

Zi Yan and Nuo Min had never seen such a battle, and they were all tense for a while, their faces were serious, and they were 120,000 careful to observe the words and deeds of the servants of the Maoguo Mansion around them.

After entering the Hanging Flower Gate, there is a wide alley, and after walking only a few dozen steps forward, I entered another door.

"Miss, it's here." The servant gently lowered the rod.

On the other side of the hall, a little girl immediately replied in a loud voice: "Old lady, Mrs. Shizi, third lady, eldest grandmother, second grandmother!" Miss is back! ”

Chu Junlan saw a servant woman with gray temples and a very kind face greeted her, and curtsied: "The slave has seen Miss Lan." ”

"Mama Guo." Chu Junlan smiled and bowed his head.

This is the grandmother who went to Chu's house to deliver jewelry last time.

Mama Guo held Chu Junlan's hand with a smile on her face, bowed slightly and led her inside: "The old lady is talking with the eldest lady, the prince and the third lady, as if you are happy when you come back, you take care of your feet." ”

After stepping over the high threshold and passing through the hall, Chu Junlan lifted his skirt and went down the steps, and what came into view was a spacious courtyard, with maids on both sides, at the end of the neat brick-paved corridor, facing the main entrance of the "Chunhui Garden".

The official green splendid Fushou pattern warm curtain was just lifted by two maidservants, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl wearing a silver-red skirt and combing a double flat bun came out, and saw Chu Junlan head-on, flickering with big eyes and stopping, tilting her head curiously to look at her.

"Oh, Miss Xi, why didn't you come out without a jacket? Carefully cold? ”

"Mama Guo, I'll come to see Sister Lan." Chu Lingxi's lively fawn jumped down the steps and stumbled in front of Chu Junlan, his eyes were undisguised surprise and scrutiny, "Hey, no one has ever told me that Sister Lan is actually a fairy." ”

Chu Junlan pursed his lips and smiled: "Sister Xi, don't praise me like this, I will be proud." ”

Chu Lingxi's eyes were shining, and he took her hand and said, "Grandmother, they have been waiting for a long time, you come with me." ”

Chu Junlan smiled and followed Chu Lingxi into the main house of Chunhui Garden.

As soon as you enter the door, a faint fragrance of melon and fruit comes to your face with a warm breath. The maidservant smiled and took Chu Junlan's stone blue cloak. Chu Lingxi took her hand and walked around a large insert of red sandalwood carvings with rich flowers, and came to a hall house as warm as spring.

Flowery carpets are laid on a black marble floor, and an officer's hat chair sits behind a screen, flanked by two rosewood tables and chairs with dark green bedding and tablecloths.

As soon as Chu Junlan came, he was facing dozens of unfamiliar faces.

An old lady wearing dark blue cross-collared wide-sleeved pleats, gray hair, and kind eyebrows holding jade prayer beads sat in the first place, and when she saw Chu Junlan, her eyes were a little gentle: "Okay, good, it's finally here." ”

"Grandmother, look!" Chu Lingxi pulled Chu Junlan closer, and the delicate and soft voice of the little girl was coquettish, "I'm being compared!" I want to be with Sister Lan more in the future, people say that I am close to Zhu Zhechi, maybe I will be with Sister Lan more, and I will become as beautiful! ”

"You, Splash Monkey!" The Duchess of Maoguo laughed out loud.

The wife and daughter-in-law on the side also laughed.

The servant woman took a thick futon and placed it in the ground. Chu Junlan stepped forward with a smile and bowed down with a slight lift on the hem of his skirt.

Her demeanor is elegant, her back is straight when she salutes, and she is respectful and calm, without the slightest hint of the small door's childishness.

Duchess Maoguo smiled and nodded: "Okay, okay, hurry up, hurry up." ”

There was a fair-skinned and delicate hand with a jade ring that helped Chu Junlan up.

Chu Junlan raised her eyes and saw a young daughter-in-law wearing a pink placket and a high bun smiling at her: "My sister is here." My mother-in-law has been looking forward to you for a few days. By the way, I am from your second brother's family, my surname is Ji, and my maiden name is Yushu. ”

"Second sister-in-law is good." Chu Junlan greeted with a smile.

"Yes, Sister Lan, the second aunt talked about you yesterday."

Chu Lingxi held Chu Junlan's other arm and came to a beautiful woman who was about forty years old on the side.

The beautiful woman is tall and tall, with willow eyebrows and phoenix eyes, and her body is plump, but she is not vulgar, but she is a little bookish, and the years have left indelible traces on the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, but it does not reduce her elegance at all, but adds a bit of intellectual maturity to the beauty.

"Sister Lan." The wife of the prince of Maoguo, Xu Shi, took two steps forward with a smile and held Chu Junlan's hands.

Chu Junlan met Xu's gentle eyes and smiled at them: "Mother." ”

"Hey. Shrewd. Xu unexpectedly hugged Chu Junlan and patted her thin back as if comforting a child.

There is no pungent fat powder on Xu's body, but there is a faint sandalwood fragrance, and there is a soft breath that belongs to his mother.

Chu Junlan was stunned for a moment, and his heart was slightly soft.

When Xu let go of her, he didn't let go of the hand that was holding her, and pulled her to a fifty-year-old lady wearing a black blue bikini and no fat powder.

"This is your aunt."

This is the husband who died on the battlefield and did not succeed in inviting the eldest daughter-in-law of Maoguo.

"Aunt is well." Chu Junlan respectfully bent his knees.

The eldest lady Lu smiled and gave Chu Junlan a pair of jade bracelets as a meeting gift.

"I'm your third aunt."

A middle-aged woman wearing an aqua blue waist-pinching armor, medium height, and a round face with a smile came forward and directly stuffed Chu Junlan with a brocade box: "I'm bored at home in the future, just come to the third aunt's house to chat." Your third uncle is fine, and he can always come back with some fun. ”

"Yes, yes!" Chu Lingxi also said, "My father also got a little parrot before, it looks very funny, and he can talk, I'll take it to you to play when I go back." ”

With such enthusiasm, Chu Junlan knew that this was Ren, the wife of the third old man Chu Shan. And the little girl who chattered all the way was the eldest daughter of the third master.

After introducing the elders, Chu Junlan met Liu, the wife of Chu Yang, the only son of the long house.

Liu's appearance is ordinary, she speaks softly, and she looks dressed, just like her mother-in-law, she is more plain, and she is a completely different character from the eldest daughter-in-law in the second room.

The ladies of the family know everything.

The old lady smiled and said: "What about our family, the names are all based on the gold, wood, water, fire and earth, your grandfather's generation is the 'golden generation', your father's generation is the 'wooden generation', and your generation is the 'water generation', and now you are here, and it happens to be the name of the water generation, which shows our fate." ”

Chu Junlan smiled and said, "Grandmother said yes. ”

"Well, your mother has been looking forward to you for a few days, and I won't pull you here to talk. You two should also go and talk about yourself. ”

"Grandmother, then I'll accompany you." Chu Lingxi smiled and recommended himself.

"That's it, I still have to rest for a while, you monkey come, don't bother me. Aren't you going to study today? Don't be lazy. ”

When the old lady said something, Chu Lingxi stomped her feet with a red face, and everyone burst into laughter.

Everyone saluted the old lady and went outside to put on their cloaks again.

The third lady pulled Chu Lingxi, and did not forget to invite warmly: "Second sister-in-law, Sister Lan, go back to my door." ”

Mrs. Xu smiled and nodded: "When the time comes, I will not only take Sister Lan to play, but also eat and drink at your place." ”

"That's a good feeling."

The Xu family was polite to the eldest lady Lu again, and the people in the long room and the third room went back to their own courtyards.

Only Chu Junlan and her daughter-in-law Ji were left by Xu's side.

"Let's go, my mother will take you for a walk."

"Okay." Chu Junlan smiled.

When Ji heard this, he took two delicate brass hand warmers and handed them to Xu and Chu Junlan.

"Thank you, sister-in-law."

"Hey, my family, don't be so polite." Ji knew that his mother-in-law had something to say to Chu Junlan, so he took a few steps behind and followed behind the two with his servants and maids from a distance.

Xu took Chu Junlan's hand and took her to walk slowly in the exquisite and simple garden of the Maoguo Mansion, introducing her to which courtyard and who lived in it along the way, and what it was used for.

"Sister Lan."

"Mother?"

"You're not used to it when you're new here, aren't you?" Xu's voice was very gentle.

Chu Junlan smiled: "It's okay." ”

Xu also smiled: "You should have heard of the situation in our family." What about me, I have always wanted a daughter in this life, but I only have Chu Yuan and Chu Zhan, the two unconscious obstacles, our family is not prosperous compared to other princely families, before you came, there was only one girl in Lingxi, and now with you, I can be regarded as a child, and I don't have to envy your third uncle's family. ”

"Mother, daughter understands. I will definitely get along well with my brother and sister-in-law, younger brothers and sisters. Chu Junlan understood what Xu meant.

Whether she accepts it or not, with the emperor's will, she can only be the young lady of the Chu family of Maoguo Gong, the fourth line in the clan, the third line in the second room, and no longer the person from the Chu family in the past.