The midsummer sun hangs on the treetops early, and it is like a dream before the sky is full of light. In the past, in Fang's house, she was the first to arrive every morning and dusk, and it has become a habit to get up early.

Burned the incense burner, changed into a pink coat, tied a Ruyi gold lock around his waist, pulled a simple Ruyi sideburns in his hair, and dragged a pair of beads to his shoulders, reflecting like a dream like a peach blossom. At the age of 13, it should be as bright as spring and as bright as the autumn moon.

Packing up, Ping'er cautiously walked into the room, gave Rumeng a proper salute, and stood next to the door without moving.

Rumeng sighed softly and called

"Ping'er, come to me"

Ping'er moved steadily to Rumeng's eyes, lowered her head, maybe she felt that she was still wronged, maybe yesterday's punishment had paid off, no matter what, Rumeng felt that it was necessary to make her clear about her good intentions.

"Go to the upper room for tea today, and you will go with me. You just look and don't speak. If you come back and you know what you are wrong, we will still be the master and servant, and if you think that I have treated you harshly and cannot correct it in the future, I will also give you some silver taels and let you go home. ”

Ping'er looked up and saw that Rumeng's tone was affirmative, unquestionable, and she also realized that Miss was not joking, and nodded obediently.

"Let's go, go to my mother's yard, don't let others wait for us"

The Pingyang Hou Mansion is arranged in a square shape, like a chessboard. There are three main alleys horizontally and five alleys in depth, so that there is a small alley that shuttles through the study and banquet room of the gentlemen in the house.

Rumeng took Ping'er through Dongjingtai Hutong to the south to Tingyu Lane, and the courtyard of the main house Qi was located on the innermost side. A phoenix tree in the courtyard wall is full of branches, and the fire tree and silver flowers are so lively, which seems to show the identity of the owner of the courtyard.

Ping'er knocked on the courtyard door, Qi was still combing his hair, and he had already ordered the girl to prepare a snack under the tree, thinking that he didn't want to welcome the girls into the room, but fortunately, it was quite intimate, knowing that the ladies who came early had an empty stomach, and they would toss for a while before they could eat when they entered the upper room.

The last good housewife of the Qi family will not rub the children out of the house like those black-hearted main rooms. But it can't be called conscientious, and for a few young ladies, he never cares about it, and he has a laissez-faire meaning. But often at the moment of deciding fate, she is particularly important.

Rumeng tasted a piece of water chestnut cake and felt a little greasy, so he didn't eat it. The eldest sister Ruyan is 17 this year, and last year she was married to the son of the left servant of the ministry, which is considered to be high, so the Qi family has been high-spirited all year round. If Yan is not in the Hou Mansion, the eldest brother has already arrived to tie his hair, and he will not easily come to the courtyard of the female dependents, but today Ruzhu is grounded, and he should come to find his mother to go together, why is he not seen for a long time?

"It's a dream, you girl is diligent. I didn't use snacks, and it will take some time for my grandmother to eat."

"If you dream, please mother. I just ate a piece, I'm afraid that my grandmother won't be able to eat it for a while, so I didn't be greedy anymore, and I thanked my mother."

The words are deliberately close, and the words are alienated. This is the attitude of the lady of the main house in the real mansion towards the concubine.

"Let's go to the room early, don't let your grandmother wait for us"

"Yes"

To go to the old lady's courtyard, you have to walk from the south side of the Hou Mansion to the northernmost side. Among them is the Yinhai Hutong that is going to walk through the main entrance, through the pond and flower house in midsummer, and the master and servant came to the upper room in a mighty way.

Granny Yan greeted her at the gate of the courtyard and greeted Qi:

"Second lady, the old lady is looking forward to you coming over early in the morning, the food is ready, and she is urging me to welcome you."

The grandmother has two sons, and the house calls the eldest aunt the eldest lady, and the Qi family is naturally the second lady.

Granny Yan led the group to the main hall. The decoration here is simple and elegant, and the window lattice is carved with peach gourds and pomegranate bats, which are designed in a fan-shaped shape, which is very interesting. In the center of the hall is a wide high-legged chair, which seems to be the one where my grandmother sits on weekdays.

On both sides of the lower side are two rows of circle chairs, such as dreaming that Qi has sat down on the head chair on the right hand, so he found the chair on the back side and sat down.

Seeing that Rumeng's words and deeds were decent, Qi Shi also nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, an old woman who was over sixty years old and in good spirits was led out by Granny Yan and sat down on the chair opposite with a calm mind.

Rumeng recognized that it was his grandmother who had bid farewell to him when he got married in his previous life. White-haired, red-faced, radiant. This grandmother is the one who can control her own destiny, and Rumeng must seize the opportunity.

Rumeng gradually immersed in her thoughts, and the old lady Liu Zhu was also looking at her granddaughter in front of her.

(The old lady's surname is Zhu, and her husband's name is given her husband's surname before her husband's death, so she is called Liu Zhu's)

This fourth granddaughter, who was still young in the past, and the Qi family also brought her own yard, she has been cold since she was a child, but she is extremely well-behaved and never causes trouble. Ruyan also stood quietly when he was playing with Deng Ge'er (Qi's eldest son), so he never paid serious attention to it. See you again now, it's goodbye to the past, and the ups and downs are more and more delicate and beautiful, and the appearance is good. I heard that you can also abandon your old suspicions with your sisters and help each other with friendship. thought that the fourth aunt who cried and mourned all day long could give birth to such a beautiful daughter.

"Dreams, Dreams"

Rumeng was summoned by Qi's family, I don't know if there was a gaffe just now, I looked at my mother, waiting to be shown.

"Meng'er, your grandmother asked you?"

Qi Shi was stunned when he saw it, and hurriedly returned to the old lady

"Mother, I lost my mind when I fell that day, and I have been in a trance for a while, and I am afraid that I will have to rest for a few days."

"Are you scared, Ming'er took my slip to the Imperial Doctor Wang of the Tai Hospital to prescribe a prescription, the Imperial Doctor Wang is good at treating children with fright, eat two pairs, it will be fine"

At this time, Rumeng had already heard the clues from Qi's conversation

"Dream thanks to grandmother's love"

He got up and bowed to the old lady.

The conversation here was hot, and a few people came in at the door, laughing and laughing and came to the main hall, led by a young woman with a beautiful and upright appearance, held by a young girl, with a loving face. The girl playfully ran to the old lady and called "grandmother" sweetly

Behind the young woman stood several aunts in the second room, Ruzhu was by her aunt's side at this time, her face was thin, but she still couldn't hide her good looks.

Rumeng got up and saluted the young lady who entered the door

"If I dreamed of seeing my eldest aunt Ann and sister Rutong's sister"

"This is like a dream, it's really a sign of the ups and downs, but there are some of the second master's steady appearance, not like the monkey in my house, making trouble all day long"

"Mother, no matter how you see the sisters in the room, they have to compare with me"

The girl beside the old lady pouted as she said this. This aunt is a distant niece of the old lady's mother's family, and she is also from the Zhu family, so she is closer to the old lady, and her words are more homely.

Everyone saluted each other according to the courtesy, and then sat down, the third sister Ruzhu sat on Rumeng's side, and the aunts sat at the end.

"Zhu'er must have received a penalty this month, so she can't be reckless in the future."

"Back to my grandmother, Zhu'er knows that she is wrong, and she will definitely study the women's scroll carefully in the future and avoid words and deeds"

Presumably, the third aunt, who was born as the daughter of a talented woman, must have taught some means to pull Ruzhu away early this morning, otherwise she threw out the food yesterday, how could she be so quiet and elegant today.

"It's good to know your mistakes, I heard that your Xiaokai is very good, you will come to my courtyard tomorrow to copy the scriptures, and you can also meditate on your nature"

Suddenly hearing the old lady's words, like a dream in the throat, like a pearl can enter the room, will be loved by the old lady in the future, so will it continue according to the trajectory of the previous life? Is his fate still the same as before?

"Zhu'er thanks her grandmother, and she will be disturbed on time every day"

Ruzhu sat back in the chair with a smile on her face.

"Next month is Mrs. Tian's birthday banquet, and today I invite you to come here for tea, and I want you to prepare and go with me.

"I heard that the embroidery skills of the four girls are good, let's work hard, and I will consider it in the future."

"The granddaughter is respectful and will live up to her grandmother's wishes"

Everyone said business, eating and drinking came to the time when the old men went down to the court, and they went back to the courtyard one after another, during this period, the third sister Ruzhu has been staring at Rumeng from time to time, as if showing off, Rumeng felt bored, and she didn't bother to pay attention to her.

On the return trip, there is only Dongjingtai Hutong where Rumeng and Ping'er walk. The master and servant were one after the other, and the remnants of the flowers and fallen leaves in each courtyard covered the path, and there was a rustling sound on it, and the small kitchens of each courtyard rose with cooking smoke, with a thick smell of fireworks in the world, like a dream immersed here, unwilling to wake up. Everything is still changing, and I didn't attend a birthday banquet in my previous life. The future is promising!

"Why did you come back today? It's not a day of peace. But the new son-in-law wronged you? ”

Liu Ruyan, the eldest daughter of the second lady Qi, returned to the Hou Mansion early today, and was having tea with her mother in the main hall of the Qi family at this time.

"Mother, Gu Lang is good to his daughter, I have something to ask my mother today."

"Guess you just have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, say it, but what ink treasure calligraphy and painting do you want to buy, the silver is short. Don't blame my mother for saying a lot, don't take out your dowry and put it in the public middle school, save it yourself, and it will also ensure that you have no worries for the rest of your life. ”

Qi picked up the tea bowl, moistened his throat, and continued

"Having said that, the Zuo Shilang Mansion will not be short of your silver, if you fall to this point, I am afraid that there will be no great progress in your career."

"Mother, where is it to the money of the body. My daughter wants to ask you about the birthday of the crown prince and his wife."

"I know, as early as last month, I posted that the old lady would take her female relatives to pay homage to her birthday, oh, your fourth sister will also go"

"Fourth sister? Isn't it even a boudoir on weekdays? How grandmother will take her"

"At the beginning of last month, your two good sisters quarreled in private, and they accidentally injured Xiaosi, and Ruzhu was punished by me to go to the ancestral hall. The old lady invited everyone to go to the room for tea a few days ago, and rewarded them both. The third child has won the favor, and recently he has been copying scriptures by the old lady's side. ”

"How did Ruzhu, who hurt people, win the favor of her grandmother?"

"Then who can guess the old lady's thoughts, when she was young, she couldn't fight all over the house"

"Mother, just talk to me about this, don't spread it"

"It's really stupid for your mother"

Qi was dissatisfied with his daughter and glanced at him

"It's strange, the old lady just asked the imperial doctor Wang of the Tai Hospital to prescribe a secondary pressure convulsion, and let the fourth child go back to be a female celebrity"

"Oh, grandmother let the fourth sister be a female celebrity?"

"Yes, I also said that I would give it to her when it was ready."

Ruyan pondered for a moment, and suddenly, a clear smile appeared on the corner of his mouth

"Mother doesn't know that the birthday banquet at the end of the month is not simple. The crown prince will not only bring party officials to visit, but will also be accompanied by important figures."

"God, will the emperor be here in person? I heard that the emperor didn't like the prince to form a party for personal gain, so how dare the prince's faction? ”

"Mother, on weekdays, the emperor doesn't like the prince to form a party, but it is the birthday of the prince's wife, and the emperor has always respected and respected the teacher, and he can visit him justifiably that day."

"That's good, it seems that I want to give Ruzhu a few lectures on the rules, don't lose face that day and crash into the official family"

"The emperor may not go, but the important person may be someone else, today's daughter came to talk about this matter, the school-age ladies of all families in Beijing have been invited, and the mother has prepared early"

At this point, if the Qi family still doesn't understand, they are really stupid.