The morning dew was not shining, and the first rays of sunlight poured into the courtyard.

When the bead curtain is lifted by hand, the rounded bead strings collide with each other to make a crisp sound.

Si Lan walked into the back room lightly and called in a low voice, "Girl, it's time to get up." ”

Ye Congwei woke up from his dream in a trance, answered, and asked, "What time is it?" ”

Her voice is thin, with a slightly hoarse awakening, which is very tactful and good.

"It's not early, there are many guests today, and it's breakfast in the old lady's courtyard, let's freshen up quickly." Silan lifted the curtain for her.

"Okay."

Ye Congwei got up, sat awake, got out of bed and took the dress handed by Si Lan.

Lotus color, warm and pleasant, suitable for today's day.

Si Mei came in with water, wrung out a handkerchief and wiped Ye Congwei's face, and after freshening up, the whole talent was in good spirits.

Ye Congwei glanced at the sunlight outside and said, "You should have woken me up earlier." ”

"Girl, don't panic, it's too late." Silan and Si Mei were quick with their hands and feet, helped her tidy up the corners of her skirt, and sat down to make up.

A simple bun, the girl who has not been out of the pavilion does not need too much beaded jewelry, and she can pick a soft pink silk flower that matches the color of the clothes, and a white hosta is enough.

Ye Congwei is very good, the little face can be broken by the frost and snow, and there is no need to apply rouge gouache, Si Mei gave her a detailed description of her eyebrows, and she can put on lip grease.

"The girl is so pretty." Si Lan praised with a smile.

Ye Congwei looked at the mirror, pursed the corners of her lips slightly, and did not answer.

She is fourteen years old this year, which is the delicate age of flowers and bones, and her life has just begun.

It's a pity that the expression is difficult to be innocent and bright, and there is a wisp of sorrow between the eyebrows and eyes.

****

No one knows that she lived a new life.

Ye Congwei thinks that he is not a smart person, his previous life ended miserably, and he did it all over again, but he didn't know how to get started.

Today is the old lady's birthday, as early as yesterday, my aunt and relatives came to visit the family, and they will accompany the old man here for a few days.

In her previous life, it was at this time that her aunt's cousin quietly confided in her.

Ye Congwei was shocked, and ran away in a hurry.

In the following year, Du Jue gave her gifts in private several times, during which her aunt noticed the two of them and expressed her love and welcome.

For the first time, he was admired by a man, and Du Jue looked like a talent, Ye Congwei was in love for the first time, and he felt that it must be good to let his aunt be his mother-in-law.

At that time, she didn't dare to make her own decisions, and she never made up any determination, until June next summer, when she was forced into a desperate situation by a marriage letter.

Prince Yu's mansion came to ask for relatives, and the power was overwhelming, and Ye Congzhi, the concubine of the Hou Mansion, who originally begged, was reluctant to give up the second lady at home, so she wanted to take Ye Congwei out.

The declining Hou Mansion is fortunate to be favored by the prince, and it is a high climb, but no one dares to say that this family business is good.

Prince Yu is the youngest brother of the Holy Lord today, only two or three years older than the prince.

He is quite favored, and he wanders around the Qinlou Chu Pavilion every day, and there are dozens of beautiful women in the house, which can be described as a wandering wreckage.

It's just that the man is more romantic, but he still has a cruel temperament, and he kills servants and maids at every turn, and rejects his wife.

In the past five years, I have talked about several famous ladies, and before they have passed the door, they have killed one and injured two, which is appalling.

Marriage is a good marriage with two surnames, the woman took the life of the girl in vain, who doesn't complain about him, but he has the identity of a prince, and he can't be easily offended.

Ye Congwei is reluctant to marry such a person, but she can't stop her mother-in-law's decision.

Hou Ye's wife is the lord of Qingning, married into the Hou Mansion and has a son and a daughter, and the second lady Ye Congzhi is a serious Hou Mansion daughter.

The main body of Qingning County was in charge of the Hou Ye and was not allowed to take concubines indiscriminately, so he only raised the maid around him to give birth to Ye Congwei.

It's a pity that my aunt is unlucky, she died of illness early after giving birth, and Ye Congwei was placed under the knee of the county lord of Qingning, and she also hung the name of a concubine.

Catching up with Prince Yu to ask for marriage, wouldn't it come in handy.

Of course, the county lord of Qingning would not let his daughter jump into the fire pit, lying that she had already made a marriage and wanted to push Ye Congwei out.

Ye Congwei has no complaints about how she is treated at home on weekdays, but when she thinks of the prince of Ke's wife, she wants to take a small life, how can she not be afraid.

She didn't want to accept it on behalf of others, so she consulted with her cousin Du Jue in a hurry, followed his advice, and the two made a private agreement for life and stabbed in front of their parents.

The strict family style of the Hou Mansion is undoubtedly the anger of the whole family, and once wanted to punish her severely, but in the end, the old lady couldn't bear to fall and persuaded the Hou Ye to let her marry the Du family.

thought that he would get what he wanted and that the future would be smooth, but his life in her husband's family was not easy.

There was no movement in the stomach within a year after marriage, and the kind aunt turned her face and became the master of taking a concubine, and Du Jue agreed after hesitating.

Ye Congwei didn't have the luxury of having a couple in his life, but the concubine's methods were powerful.

She learned from Du Jue that Ye Congwei had a private agreement with him to marry for life, and designed to frame her for having a secret relationship with a foreign man.

There have been stains, and there is no argument, as soon as this matter spreads, the entire Hou Mansion female dependents were laughed at, Ye Congwei had offended the county lord of Qingning ruthlessly, how could she let her go?

"Disloyalty, uncleanness, disregard for shame, God will not tolerate you!"

This was the last thing his father said to Ye Congwei.

Women should be immersed in the pig cage if they are not chaste, but Ye Congwei still died in the water.

She left her soul and floated around to see that the concubine room was straightened by the Du family, and she enjoyed her dowry as a matter of course.

How can you be willing.

Interestingly, the infamous Prince Yu is actually a ruthless person who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger.

The second lady of the Hou Mansion had no Ye Congwei to replace her, so she had to marry and become a queen from a princess.

It's a pity that she was killed after all, whether it is the backyard of the palace or the emperor's harem, it is more dangerous than the little Du family.

Ye Congwei couldn't help sighing when she saw that Ye Congzhi's position as the queen died without sitting hot.

The left and right roads are dangerous, regardless of the reputation of the private life has no good results, what good do you get by obeying and marrying Prince Yu?

So, what is she going to do before next June?

****

After Ye Congwei looked in the mirror, he took Si Lan to the old lady's courtyard, where it was almost time to set up breakfast.

Fortunately, she was not the latest to arrive, the second lady and the two aunts in the house were waiting under the old lady, and the two sisters Ye Congfei and Ye Conghui stood aside.

The people in the second room have arrived, but no one from their big room has come.

Ye Congwei glanced at it and stepped forward to salute them one by one.

The second lady Yang smiled faintly: "Our five girls are becoming more and more delicate and lovely, just as dazzling as the sun outside." ”

She made a point of mentioning the sun, apparently implying something.

However, the old lady didn't react much, and beckoned to Ye Congwei with a smile, "The little girl is delicate in pink clothes." ”

"Grandmother," Ye Congwei took two steps forward and presented a congratulatory gift: "I wish grandmother a long and healthy life, and a good life." ”

The gift she prepared was a hand-embroidered brocade handkerchief, embroidered with the old lady's favorite lotus flower, and a small object to express her heart.

"Okay, I'll see." The old lady stretched out her hand to take a closer look at the embroiderer, and did not say anything.

Just as I was watching, there was a sound of grandma greeting outside, and it was the eldest lady who came.

The county lord of Qingning took Ye Congzhi and his daughter-in-law Chen Shi to come late, and when he entered the room full of people, the county lord smiled: "We are the latest to arrive, we really shouldn't be." ”

"What's wrong or shouldn't, it's good if you're not late, let's set the meal." The old lady handed the brocade behind her, and put away her own maid.

She is not the kind of mother-in-law who is strict and loves to set rules, and she also set the breakfast time.

However, there will be a lot of guests visiting today, still earlier than usual.

Ye Congwei retreated behind the county lord of Qingning, "Mother, second sister, eldest sister-in-law." ”

The county lord of Qingning went to help the old lady, Ye Congzhi did not squint, and Chen smiled at her.

Two months ago, Chen gave birth to a son for his eldest brother, and the county lord of Qingning became a grandmother, which was full of spirit.

It coincided with the old lady's birthday, she was a great-grandmother, and many people came forward to say auspicious words.

With the old lady's current age, if she has a high life, it will not be a problem for more than ten years to live in the same house.

Although it is a family banquet, there are also separate seats for men and women, and the Hou Ye and the second master have already taken the juniors to wait.

The youngest Brother Li was two months old, and the county lord of Qingning asked the nurse to hold her, sit behind her, and squeeze together with the gentlemen.

The second lady looked at her little grandson's precious appearance, and she felt quite uncomfortable.

The title has always been inherited by the eldest son, and after the death of the old marquis, the eldest lord became the marquis, which she didn't dare to think about.

The big house has the lord of Qingning County, and the only concubine room is still given out by the maid next to him, giving birth to Ye Congwei, a concubine.

The maid who was born was short-lived, so she left the child and went, and the concubine was also received in the county lord's yard to raise, and there was no one else after that.

The second lady saw that the big house was decent and quiet, and now she was hugging her grandson, so it was inevitable that her heart was unbalanced.

The second master has no title, and her own background is not as good as that of the county lord of Qingning, and she can't control the concubine room in the second room.

The eldest son is a concubine, who is fifteen this year, and is about to say that he will give birth to a son in the future, and that is not her own grandson.

Ye Congfei, the fourth girl in the house, is from the second lady, and her biological son is the seventh, only eight years old this year, and she has to wait if she wants to hold her grandson.

But why is it not happy in my heart, I still have to smile on my face, and I have to receive guests after eating.

****

Breakfast was over, and Mama came in with a smile and said that Mrs. Gu was here.

The daughter of the Hou Mansion should have arrived earlier than the other guests, and it is estimated that she will leave early in the morning.

"Invite her in." The second lady turned around and asked someone to prepare tea.

Although Ye Min'e was not born to an old lady, she has been diligent and filial over the years, and she still has some face in the Hou Mansion.

Because she is a concubine, the husband she married is not noble, so she naturally has to rely on the Hou Mansion, and this time she brought her husband and son, including Du Jue.

Ye Congwei stood beside the county lord of Qingning with low eyebrows, only glanced at Ye Min'e's mother and son, and didn't dare to look at it again.

In her previous life, she married the Du family, she was not only a cousin, but also brought a lot of dowry, so she should have lived smoothly, but ......

As far as the results are concerned, she is of her own infliction.

Ye Min'e saw people talking about people, and in the face of the county lord of Qingning and the second lady, she held her words inside and out, so that the two sisters-in-law were happy to hear it.

And the Hou Ye and the second master, after seeing the sister-in-law, took the brother-in-law and a group of men to the front yard.

Before leaving, Du Jue also quietly glanced at Ye Congwei.