Xiao Xu exchanged pleasantries with the prefect and the prefect, and the prefect Zhou said: "The prince and the princess must still have something to do, and the officials will leave first." But if the son of the world has commanded, send someone to tell him. ”

Xiao Xu responded with a smile, thanked Zhou Zhifu and Liu Zhixian, and politely sent the carriage of the two to leave.

Chu Junlan smiled and helped the old lady, Chu Cailiang and the old man to get up. He turned to salute and said: "I have seen all the elders, and the working elders greet each other, and I feel really guilty in my heart." ”

The chief and the old man were already excited, and they didn't even dare to say it.

When Xiao Xu sent away the prefect and the prefect and returned to the Chu family, the people in the house didn't even know what to say. There is no other reason, Xiao Xu is too good, his temperament is too cold, standing in place with his hands in his hands, even if his face is soft, it also gives people a sense of alienation.

The lieutenant hurriedly turned around and beckoned everyone to disperse.

In front of the Chu family, only the people of the family remained.

Chu Cailiang, Lao Taijun and others had seen the prosperity of the Chu family in the capital at the beginning, but now they have retired from the official body to the white body, and they are fine when they don't meet, and now they see Chu Junlan again, they only feel mixed feelings in their hearts.

Chu Yunjiao, Chu Peishan, and Chu Huazhang were even more depressed.

Originally, when they were in the Chu family, they were the same, and even they lived better than Chu Junlan, a concubine who had no biological mother to take care of, especially when Chu Junlan was lying in bed for a year and couldn't move, they all saw her jokes.

But now? Chu Huazhang became a slave, and even if he returned to his hometown, his household registration still could not be changed.

Chu Yunjiao and Chu Peishan are both discussing marriage, Chu Yunjiao once wanted to marry Chu Junlan when he got married, but now he can only obey his father's arrangement and say that he is a worthless scholar.

The younger generations are still like this, and the elders have just knelt down together with the prince and the princess, and their hearts are even more twisted and turned.

If everything hadn't happened at the beginning, Chu Junlan's stupor, and the prince would not be stupid, the two would have become relatives, and they would have become in-laws with the current Prince Gong, Chu Cailiang could continue to be an official, and the whole family would still be able to get clean, how good would it be.

How the hell did things get to where they are?

The hearts of the people turned a thousand times, but they did not show it on their faces.

The old lady took Chu Junlan's hand and said with emotion: "My heart, now that the situation is getting better and better, this is almost a year, right?" How are you doing now? ”

The old lady's hands were wet and slightly cool, Chu Junlan knew that she obviously didn't like herself, but she put on such a close appearance, so she simply didn't accompany her to act, and withdrew her hand with a smile: "Old lady Chu, don't worry, everything is fine in the palace." ”

A sentence of Old Lady Chu completely drew the line between them.

The old lady's brows immediately twisted.

The third aunt Chu Qiaoqiao specially brought her two sons here, just waiting to be able to talk to Prince Gong and the princess, but now seeing that her mother was so swept away, she immediately glared at her, and said in a sharp voice:

"Oh, what's going on? If you climb the high branches, you can't forget your roots! When I saw my grandmother, I didn't call my grandmother, but called the old lady, and I said that I would make people laugh and lose their big teeth, you ......"

Before he finished speaking, Ziyuan immediately stepped forward and raised his hand to slap in the face.

"Slap" made Chu Qiaoqiao look straight in the eye.

"Dare to be rude to the princess! In front of the prince and the princess, how can you be presumptuous! ”

"You!" The two sons of the third aunt, Gao Chi and Gao Chuang, saw that their mother was beaten, and immediately showed their arms and sleeves to fight Ziyuan.

"Bold! You can't do it! Huo Yeqing, Zhang Li and other guards stepped forward and stopped closer, pulling out half of the saber, and the person who stabbed with the snow bright knife couldn't open his eyes.

When Xiao Xu came, the guard of honor was clear, and the guards did not take it short, and when they heard the movement in front of them, they all pulled out their blades without hesitation, and guarded Xiao Xu and Chu Junlan in the middle.

Seeing this posture, Chu Qiaoqiao was so frightened that he almost urinated, and Gao Chi and Gao Chuang also sat on the ground with their faces as earthy.

Chu Cailiang saw that the situation was not good, for fear that Xiao Xu would glare, so the guards would directly copy the Chu family, and the happy event would really become a disaster, so he hurriedly explained: "Sister Lan, your third aunt has never seen the world, don't be angry." What is this doing, let's separate flesh and blood, it's easy to go home for a ......" His gaze finally fell on Chu Huating, who was not far behind Chu Junlan, and scolded, "Chu Huating, you still don't persuade your sister?" ”

Chu Junlan is no longer his daughter, but Chu Huating is still his eldest son.

Chu Huating smiled, he had already completely lost his heart to this father, if it wasn't for finding out what happened to his mother back then, he wouldn't want to come back at all.

"Father, the son is white, and he is not qualified to persuade the princess. The royal rules are big, so it's better to be cautious. ”

"You! You still recognize me as a father in your heart! The eldest son, who had always been knowledgeable, would speak like this in public, which made Chu Cailiang unbelievable.

Chu Huating said with a smile: "Father's question, but it makes his son want to ask you, when your concubine died, you were afraid that Mrs. Hanmei would blame you, so you ran away with Aunt Su and your other children, and when you left the Chu family to me alone, did you still recognize me as a son?" ”

The scene became extremely quiet for a while.

Chu Cailiang's face was red in shame, and he looked at Chu Huating and gritted his teeth, but he was afraid of Xiao Xu and stood aside, not daring to say more.

Seeing that things were going to develop in an uncontrollable direction, the old lady was busy smiling and playing a round.

"The prince and the princess have worked hard all the way, the family has prepared a banquet, the front door is not a place to talk, I didn't let the uninformed people see the jokes, and besides, you don't work hard, and everyone who comes with you is also tired, aren't you?"

"Yes, yes, yes, please go inside, please go inside." The second uncle, Chu Caijun, also echoed the second aunt.

Everyone didn't move, they only listened to Xiao Xu's orders, and Xiao Xu looked at Chu Junlan and saw that she was willing to enter the door of the Chu family, so she moved to follow.

The atmosphere was immediately relaxed, and Chu Caijun even wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Huo Yeqing and Jing Yu asked the rest of the entourage to follow the Chu family to rest and rectify, arrange meals, and followed the master inch by inch.

Although the lobby of the main house of the Chu family is not as carved and painted as in Beijing, the available materials are solid, spacious and bright, and all the furnishings are also full of simple atmosphere, which makes people look at it with a special interest.

Chu Cailiang, Chu Caijun, Chu Huazhang and other in-laws invited Xiao Xu and Chu Huating to the side of the hall.

According to the rules of the capital, a screen was erected in the middle of the hall, and the ladies all went to the other side.

The third aunt, who had just been beaten, refused to eat with Chu Junlan, and had already gone to the back to wash her face.

The second aunt enthusiastically led Chu Junlan into the seat, pointed to the first place and said, "The princess, please take a seat." ”

Chu Junlan said with a smile: "The young and the old are orderly, although I have become a member of someone else's family by order, but I know where I came from, just outside, in front of the palace guards and the entourage arranged by the emperor for the prince, I really don't say much, and I also invite the old lady to take a seat." ”

The words were beautiful, and she took herself out, but whether she thought like this or not, everyone knew that after all, in the Chu family in the past, it was common to crush the family law if she didn't agree with her.

But in the end, these words gave the old lady and the second aunt and others steps, the old lady sat in the first place, Chu Junlan sat down with Chu Yunjiao, Chu Peishan and the rest of the Chu family cousins, and the second aunt stood beside the old lady with a smile and waited for Bu Cai.

Listening to the other side of the screen, the men have begun to push the cups and change the lamps, and the women's side is also warm.

Chu Junlan took the chopsticks for the old lady's dishes, and only smiled and said some daily trivial things.

"Is the old lady in good health? Are the sisters in the family all talking about kissing? What kind of people did you choose? Can Master Chu make other livelihoods after returning to his hometown? Have you ever cared about my eldest brother's situation in the capital? ”

The previous words were asked quite naturally, but when Chu Huating was mentioned, the old lady couldn't find the words to answer for a while.

The second aunt also felt that what the eldest uncle did was a little unacceptable, and she had never seen any grandfather, so she ran away with her little wife when something happened, leaving her son in the top cylinder. If Chu Caijun had done this, she was afraid that she would have screwed out his ears a long time ago.

It's just that no matter what Chu Cailiang does, he has nothing to do with her, after all, he is separated from the room.

The roots of the old lady's teeth itched, and she hated to splash the hot soup at hand on Chu Junlan's face, such a sharp-toothed girl was really too difficult to deal with.

It's a pity that she doesn't have the courage to do so, for fear that Chu Junlan will turn his face on the spot and put away all the previous respects, then they may be able to find fault with eating together.

Fortunately, the second aunt was clever and cleverly diverted the topic, so that the old lady was not too embarrassed.

Chu Junlan looked at the old lady like this, and remembered everything Chu Cailiang had done at the beginning, and felt bored for a while.

At this moment, there was a sharp sound of broken porcelain on the other side of the screen, followed by a low cry of a woman.

How can there be a woman's voice on the side of the male guest? Could it be that the house let the maidservants serve?

Chu Junlan raised her eyebrows suspiciously, and found that Chu Yunjiao, who was sitting diagonally opposite her just now, was gone.

The old lady asked loudly, "What's the matter?" The years are safe, and if you break the tableware, you will break it, crying or something? ”

The second aunt helped the old lady to get up, and the ladies all walked to the other side of the screen.

I saw Chu Yunjiao standing beside Xiao Xu with her head down, the pear blossoms crying with her head down, and a cloth boy who was about the age of the crown had a blue face and stood up with his fists clenched.

"You're also a young lady, how can you be like this...... is so willing to degenerate, willing to come to the cloth to pour wine! ”

Chu Yunjiao sobbed and glared at the cloth-clothed boy: "What do you have to do with it?" Shouldn't there be something you haven't seen? You've been spinning around like this all day, how many feasts have you seen? When I was in the capital, I always accompanied my father to entertain guests. Moreover, there are no outsiders in the house today. ”

The boy in cloth couldn't say a word when he was choked, and looked at Chu Yunjiao angrily and annoyed: "You are in the capital, too, and you are like this......"

Chu Junlan walked to Xiao Xu, who had a different complexion, and saw that his clothes were wet, and he couldn't help frowning when he smelled of wine.

"She poured wine on you?"

Xiao Xu shook his head awkwardly.

Jing Yu leaned into Chu Junlan's ear and said: "The prince didn't expect that this person came to pour wine, and poured it on the person without saying a word, and the prince quickly pushed the person away, and the result was like this." ”