Chapter 1 Marriage

"There are vines and grass in the wild, zero dew, there is a beautiful person, clear and graceful."

In the water pavilion by the lake, a woman in a black dress sits on a stone bench, with waist-length straight hair, and a silver butterfly hairpin with exquisite workmanship pinned to her right hair, with fair skin and delicate facial features. was carrying a book, but was interrupted by a maidservant who suddenly broke in. The maidservant hurriedly walked up to her, and after a hurried salute, she smiled and said, "Fourth Miss, Third Miss is back."

Yiqi vine grass, Yiqi family 4,000 gold, talented. Although her behavior is down-to-earth and generous, she is only seventeen years old, and she has been at home all the year round, and she has experienced very few things, and she has always lacked the stability of her sister.

When Yi Qi Mancao heard this, he was very pleased, put the book on the stone table next to him, got up and lifted his skirt and ran away. Behind him, a worried voice came from the maidservant: "Fourth Miss, slow down."

On the Iki house.

Yi Qi Mingzhi and the two ladies heard the news of Yi Qi Wanxi's return, and hurriedly went out of the house. Yi Qi Mingzhi wears a fedora and glasses, a dark horse coat, and a cane in his hand. The eldest lady Wang combed her braided bun, had a jade hair fork, a navy blue vertical collar jacket, a long black skirt, and a pair of black embroidered shoes on her feet, looking very virtuous. The second lady behind her, Li, combed her bangs, curly hair coiled behind her head, pinned with golden hair flowers in her hair, a close-fitting dark embroidered cheongsam, an embroidered shawl outside, and the red high heels on her feet showed her femininity, which can be described as a variety of styles.

"Daddy, mother." The first to arrive was the Yiqi vine grass. Yi Qi mancaoes jumped and stopped in front of Yi Qi Mingzhi and the Wang family, with a smile on his face, "Daddy, mother, what about the third sister?" ”

As soon as the sound fell, a gentle voice sounded: "The fourth sister has also grown up."

Hearing this, Yi Qi Mancao quickly turned around, and drew a circle in the air on the skirt. On the other hand, it was a pair of deep eyes, and his heart beat suddenly, and he hurriedly looked away, looked at Yi Qi Wanxi, who was smiling, jumped forward, hugged her, and said, "My sister is back, but I miss me."

Behind him, Yi Qi Mingzhi coughed lightly, I don't know if it was intentional, and then cleared his throat, and his tone was as stern as ever: "Vine, let your sister go into the house."

Yi Qi Mancao pouted and let go of Yi Qi Wanxi, and looked back at Yi Qi Mingzhi and his mother.

Yi Qi saluted her parents and said, "Daddy, mother, second mother."

Qi Tianyu only bowed his head slightly, and said, "Master Yiqi, eldest lady, second lady."

Yi Qi Mingzhi and his wife Wang only bowed slightly, and the second lady Li and the maidservant both squatted down: "Young Master Qi."

Seeing Qi Tianyu, Yi Qi Mingzhi's face had a little more smile: "Tianyu is actually free to come over today." Then he turned around, made a gesture of please, and said, "Please." ”

The Yiqi family is a scholarly family, and has been an official for generations, even if the feudal regime is overthrown, the men of the Yiqi family also have high-ranking official titles. Therefore, the Yi Qi family is different from the Qi family, the Qi family is prosperous, but the Yi Qi family is full of classical atmosphere. Whether it is the landscape pavilions in the garden, the marble floors inside and outside the house, or the mahogany doors and windows, the glazed red tiles and the wooden furniture with exquisite carvings, they are all full of the atmosphere of the times and give people a sense of peace of mind.

"Tianyu went to pick up the little girl and sent her back to the house, and the old man was very grateful." In the hall, Yi Qi Mingzhi sat on the upper seat, looking at Qi Tianyu sitting on the chair next to Yi Qi Wanxi, with a smile on his serious face.

Qi Tianyu didn't like to laugh, in the end, he had been fighting in the mall for many years, and he still knew how to act on the spot, so he added a little smile to his face and replied: "Master Yiqi doesn't have to thank me, it was Wanxi who went to me, so I sent her back to your mansion, and I didn't know Wanxi was back if she didn't go to me." didn't even know that his fiancΓ©e was back, and Tianyu was ashamed. ”

Yi Qiman, who was sitting opposite, drank tea with a teacup, and when he heard the words, he raised his head and smiled a little naughty and cunning: "I don't know when Brother Tianyu and the third sister will get married?"

When everyone heard this, there was silence for a while. After a long time, Yi Qi Mingzhi said: "Virtuous nephew, the old man and his wife have discussed this issue with Ling Zun. You and Wanxi are childhood sweethearts, very compatible, and compatible, and you have made a marriage contract five years ago, we thought that Wanxi would come back and pick an auspicious day to hold a wedding for you, but I don't know what you think. ”

"The marriage contract, the matchmaker's contract, the parents' order." Qi Tianyu chuckled lightly and said, "Everything is subject to my father's arrangement." ”

The three elders listened and were very happy, seeing that Yi Qi Wanxi didn't say a word, but the second lady Li was anxious, and hurriedly asked, "Wanxi, you have something to say, are you unwilling or what's wrong?"

Yi Qi Wanxi raised her head, but before she could speak, she was preempted by Yi Qi Mancao: "Ho, the third sister and Brother Tianyu are in love, how can they be unwilling, it's just that they are shy when it comes to marriage."

Yi Qi smiled indifferently, got up, looked at Yi Qi Mingzhi, squatted down, and said respectfully: "My daughter's marriage is all decided by my father."

The smile on Yi Qi Mingzhi's face was even more obvious, after all, this was the most obedient time that Yi Qi Wanxi had obeyed him. Yi Qi Wanxi looks like a good girl, her demeanor is down-to-earth and generous, showing everyone's beautiful temperament, but she is very tough in her bones, and she has talked back to Yi Qi Mingzhi since she was a child. Yi Qi Mingzhi has four children, and she is the most governor, and she is the most reluctant to be obedient.

Yi Qi Wanxi is a very independent girl, she has not been clingy since she was a child, and she has never been coquettish with her parents, she has courage and courage, but she can be gentle like a weak little girl, or she can be domineering like a female general with a gun.

As the sun set, the sky was getting darker a little, and the Wang family wanted to stay with Qi Tianyu for dinner, and Qi Tianyu returned to Qi Mansion after resigning with important matters to deal with.

At night, Yi Qi Wanxi sat on the chair in front of the table in the room, opened the suitcase, and looked at the letters inside, her eyes were full of tenderness.

The wind of the autumn night blows in from the window, with a little coolness and a little happiness.

Hearing a knock on the door, Yi Qiwan closed the suitcase, put it under the table, and then got up and walked to the door. The moment the door was opened, a ghost face came into view, and Yi Qi Wanxi was frightened, but she only frowned and didn't react much. The man saw that Yi Qi Wanxi was very calm and felt bored, so he took off his mask and said, "The third sister has been in the UK for five years, but she is still so boring."

Seeing the man's face, Yi Qi Wanxi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, let go of the hand holding the door, turned around and walked into the house, and said, "It's been five years, and you haven't changed at all, and you're still so naughty."

Yi Qi Mancao followed her into the house, remembering that her sister didn't like the door open, so she turned around and closed the door.

Yi Qi sat down in front of the mirror, took off the top hat on his head, took off the pearl earrings on his ears, looked at Yi Qi vine grass behind him from the mirror, and asked, "You came to my room on a big night, but what's the matter?"

Yi Qi Mancao put the mask on the round table in the middle of the room, walked behind Yi Qi Wanxi, put his hands on her shoulders, leaned over to look at her in the mirror, and said, "My sister is so beautiful, there must be a lot of people who like my sister, right?" The tone that seems to be asking is not asking, with strange emotions, and the tone that seems to be relaxed, but with a little trembling.

Yi Qi glanced at her and didn't speak.

"Isn't there a better man than Brother Tianyu? My sister's childhood sweetheart is not only Brother Tianyu. Yi Qi Mancao tilted her head slightly, looked at her side face from behind, and her voice became softer, "But why does my sister like Brother Tianyu?" ”

Hearing this, Yi Qi was silent for a moment, and said, "You are a little child, what are you doing asking about these."

Yi Qi Mancao was not persistent, and asked again: "It's been five years, my sister and Brother Tianyu haven't seen each other for five years, hasn't their relationship changed at all?"

Yi Qi Wanxi raised her hand and took away the hands that Yi Qi Mancao put on her shoulders, slowly got up, turned around and sat on the chair in front of the table by the window, lifted the suitcase under the table and put it on the table, opened it, looked at the box full of letters, and said lightly: "It's changed."

The voice is very soft, like the breeze of an autumn night, with a little coolness, but also a little happiness.

Yi Qi Mancao came behind Yi Qi Wanxi again, looked at the box full of letters, glanced at the pen on the envelope, and had a smile on his face, but in that shallow smile, there was a trace of imperceptible bitterness: "Are these all written by Brother Tianyu to the third sister?"

"There are also a few family letters." Yi Qi said gently, picked up a letter, took out the stationery, opened it, looked at it through the light, and read, "There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful." Encounter and meet, and meet with the son. ”

Yi Qi Mancao listened, inexplicable emotions welled up in his heart, and he couldn't say that he was uncomfortable, so he panicked in his heart.

There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful. Encounter and meet, and meet with the son.

There is a beautiful person, clear and graceful. Encounters and encounters are suitable for my wishes.

There is a beautiful person, as graceful as Qingyang. Encounter and meet, and meet with the son.

In his heart, there is only grace.

"Feelings are naturally subject to change." Yi Qi Wanxi looked at the beautiful handwriting on the letter paper, and said to herself, "We have all changed, the issues we consider have changed, and the feelings between us have naturally changed." I used to think about how to be happy, but now I think about responsibility and the future. ”

Yi Qi Mancao looked at her sister's side face and did not speak. My sister understands, she doesn't, this is probably the biggest difference between her and her sister. No wonder, even though she has a face similar to her sister, she is not as good as her sister, so she is a sister, so he only has a sister in his heart.

She has been very envious of her sister since she was a child, and she is also very jealous of her sister, so she naturally hates her sister. is also the daughter of the Yiqi family, and she is also a concubine, but just because she was born two years earlier than her, she has a lot more than her. They also played together, but he was closer to his sister than to her. It's been like this since she was a child, but she likes her sister very much. My sister is very gentle, my sister is very understanding, my sister always lets her, what she wants, my sister will beg her father for her.

Graceful, there is a beautiful person, clear and graceful.

Yi Qi Wanxi has always been the object of study for famous ladies. She is gentle, she is demure, she is knowledgeable, she is empathetic, she is alluring, she behaves decently, she is independent, she distinguishes between right and wrong.

Since Yi Qi Wanxi grew up, before she got engaged to Qi Tianyu, many famous nobles in the Yi Qi family would come to propose marriage every day. But Yi Qi Wanxi refused all, and she didn't even see her face. And the more she did this, the more it aroused the passion of those suitors.

Suddenly, one day, Qi Tianyu went to Yiqi Mansion with a bride price, and on that occasion, Yi Qi Wanxi said to Yiqi Mingzhi and Wang: "Father, mother, my daughter will not marry Qi Tianyu in this life."

Although it is a good thing that her daughter has a sweetheart, and parents are also very happy, Yi Qi Wanxi, who has always been unpopular, suddenly said something like "he will not marry", which is inevitably worrying. And Qi Tianyu only came to propose a kiss once, although he and Wanxi are childhood sweethearts, but just as Yi Qi Wanxi's childhood sweetheart is not only him Qi Tianyu, Qi Tianyu's childhood sweetheart is not only Yi Qi Wanxi. Although Qi Tianyu is worthy of Yi Qi Wanxi, and the two families have a good relationship, Qi Tianyu has only come once, and Yi Qi Mingzhi and the Wang family are not sure of his sincerity, so they have not agreed. Unexpectedly, Qi Tianyu would come to Yiqi Mansion every day with a bride price, and a month later, Yiqi Mingzhi and Wang agreed to prepare for the wedding of the two, but Yi Qiwanxi was going to study in the UK. So the two made a marriage contract, and the two privately agreed that when Wanxi returned from school, the two would hold a wedding.

"One thousand and ninety letters, I can feel it, he is changing." Yi Qi said gently, put down the letter, closed the suitcase again, got up, looked back at Yi Qi Mancao, and had a gentle smile on his face, "Are you sleeping at my sister's place tonight?" ”

Yi Qi Mancao came back to his senses, the corners of his mouth rose, and his tone was brisk: "Okay."

The lights go out and the world is quiet. On the dark blue curtain, the sky is full of stars, and the laughter is accompanied by the last quarter moon.