Before she entered Wanshou Hall, Ye Lanqiao heard bursts of coughing from the house, she clenched her fists, took a deep breath, and walked in.

"Old lady, the fifth girl is here." Mother Shen, who was waiting for Mrs. Ye to take medicine, saw Ye Lanqiao coming and reminded softly.

Old Madam Ye leaned on a gray-brown brocade pattern pillow for half of her body, and after hearing Shen's mother's words, she raised her head, her eyes were full of cloudy tears: "Lan'er......"

"Grandmother." Ye Lanqiao stepped forward and held Mrs. Ye's hand tightly, her mouth moved, but she didn't know what to say.

"How's your body? It's still cold outside, why are you still wearing such thin? Old Madam Ye flipped Ye Lanqiao's cuffs and asked with a frown.

"Grandmother, I'm not cold, I'm fine, the doctor has said, just let me take the medicine on time." Ye Lanqiao sniffed and opened his mouth to comfort.

"Oh, that's good, that's good......" Old Madam Ye nodded a little numbly, she had exhausted all the tears that should have been shed during this time, and now facing her young granddaughter, Old Madam Ye could only endure it.

"I heard Shen's mother say, your second brother is back, can you see him?"

"See, the second brother said that he originally went to Wanshoutang to see your grandmother first, but when he came, he saw that his grandmother had just fallen asleep, and the second brother said that he would come back when his grandmother woke up."

Ye Lanqiao raised his handkerchief and wiped the tears on his face, then turned around and took the medicine: "Grandmother, even if you are sad, you still have to take care of your body, drink the medicine."

Old Madam Ye nodded and spoke: "Your second brother is back, and someone has gone to take care of the affairs of the family, Lan'er, the affairs of the inner house, you have to discuss it with your second brother, don't make your own decisions, do you know?"

Ye Lanqiao's cold medicine hand paused, she raised her eyes and glanced at Old Madam Ye, and said: "Grandmother, my father is considerate of his granddaughter and says that I am not in good health, so the matter of the inner house is ...... I'll leave it to Wang Xiaoniang to do. ”

"What?" After hearing this, Mrs. Ye got up from the pillow, but because she was in too much of a hurry, she coughed violently again: "How can you let Wang Xiaoniang come, cough cough cough......

"Grandmother, don't worry, lie down quickly." Ye Lanqiao handed the medicine to Mother Shen, got up and gently patted Mrs. Ye's back, and after Mrs. Ye eased up a little, the corners of Ye Lanqiao's mouth pulled up a wry smile:

"Grandmother, why are you angry about this matter, my father doesn't mean a day or two, and it is only a matter of time before Wang Xiaoniang comes forward to deal with family affairs."

Old Madam Ye paused, then sighed heavily, and after a long time, she slowly spoke: "Lan'er, you always understand things better than grandmother. ”

"Grandmother, now you can take care of your body, don't think about the rest." Ye Lanqiao held Mrs. Ye's shoulder, served a bowl of Chinese medicine to Mrs. Ye and drank it, and waited for Mrs. Ye to fall asleep before leaving Wanshoutang.

On the way to his yard, Ye Lanqiao saw Huixiang's preoccupied appearance, and couldn't help asking, "Huixiang, what's wrong with you?" ”

"Girl, master, will he really let Wang Xiaoniang be the eldest lady in the family?"

Ye Lanqiao's eyes darkened, and he replied lightly: "This father knows it in his heart, and it's not for us to call the shots." ”

"Alas, don't worry too much about the girl, even if Wang Xiaoniang can't tolerate the girl in the future, isn't there still the Qiao family? Gongzi Qiao and Mrs. Qiao are very good to you, and when the girl gets married, life will be happy and happy. ”

"Let's go, go to the ancestral hall." Ye Lanqiao said weakly, his grandfather was suddenly gone, and a relative who had sheltered him for more than ten years just let go, even if someone told him that he could return to modern society now, Ye Lanqiao couldn't be happy, where did he think of marrying someone or not?

The news of General Ye's sudden death as an important minister in the court soon spread throughout the city of Kyoto, and the powerful families in Kyoto City set up tents for road sacrifices on the side of the road, and each invited monks to chant and pray in it. On the day when General Ye Lao came out, Ye Lin and Ye Lingtian supported General Ye's coffin towards the tomb-underground-burial that had already been selected, while Wang Xiaoniang was in the courtyard of the General's Mansion, greeting the families of the dignitaries who came to pay their respects.

"Ru'er, go and find Ma Pozi, I can't remember who it is for a while because of the family members of a few dignitaries."

Wang Xiaoniang was busy with her feet not touching the ground, but this was her most proud day in decades, if it weren't for the day of General Ye's funeral, Wang Xiaoniang would have laughed a long time ago.

Doing white things at home, up to the master's wife, down to the maid and mother-in-law, they are all wrapped in white clothes, without a little decoration, but Ye Ruqiao thinks that this is too ugly, so regardless of the maid's obstruction, she pinned a silver glittering step behind the bun, and walked with a jingle sound, which was very playful.

"Oh, little lady, you can pay attention, there are so many people back and forth, you should also put away the smile on the corner of your mouth."

Wang Xiaoniang glared at Ye Ruqiao, approached her and whispered in her ear: "My son, my mother has been up for so long, and I finally came out to meet someone today, can my mother not be happy?" ”

"No matter how you say it, it's grandfather's white business, mother, you can't be proud and forget your form!" Ye Ruqiao reminded in a low voice while instructing the maids to clean the courtyard.

"Don't worry, I haven't seen any strong winds and waves." Wang Xiaoniang raised her eyebrows, and then remembered something: "By the way, why don't you see Ye Lanqiao's girl today?" ”

"She, she knelt in the mourning hall and burned incense and paper for her grandfather." Ye Ruqiao snorted coldly and said disdainfully.

"Hmph, I used to think that she was also a girl who was raised behind the old general, and she still has some ability, but she didn't think about it, she is really an empty shell, as soon as your grandfather leaves, she will collapse!" Wang Xiaoniang looked at the people coming and going, and said in a low voice viciously.

"Even if the five girls collapse, she is the daughter-in-law of the Qiao family, and she will marry into the Qiao family in the future, and she will not enjoy a lifetime of glory and wealth?"

Ye Ruqiao secretly wrung her handkerchief, thinking that Ye Lanqiao would marry Qiao Yufei in the future, Ye Ruqiao was very unwilling.

"Good daughter, don't worry, there is a mother, and you won't be wronged." Wang Xiaoniang's eyes flashed with a gleam, and she said meaningfully.

In the mourning hall, Ye Lanqiao knelt in front of her grandfather's tablet with an expressionless face, and suddenly, she felt the corners of her clothes being torn.

"Five Sisters ......"

There was a glutinous milk sound in his ears, Ye Lanqiao came back to his senses, followed the reputation, and found that Ye Haotian, the youngest in the family, was kneeling beside him, looking up at himself.

Ye Lanqiao reacted for a while, and then spoke: "Why is Brother Hao here, where is your little mother?" ”

It's not that Ye Lanqiao has a bad memory, it's really that the sense of existence of the seventh son of this general's mansion is too low and too low.

Ye Haotian's biological mother, Zhao Xiaoniang, was originally a boiling water girl in the house, but once Ye Lin was drunk and in a daze, she forcibly occupied this girl. Later, when my grandfather found out about this, he beat Ye Lin to death for you, and my grandmother saw that the girl was also the daughter of a pure white family, and she was the most honest, so she let Ye Lin take her into her room.

But as soon as Ye Lin saw this boiling water girl, he remembered that he was beaten half to death by General Ye, so even if he gave this boiling water girl the title of concubine, Ye Lin was unwilling to deal with her, coupled with Wang Xiaoniang's secret persecution, before she was pregnant with Ye Haotian, Zhao Xiaoniang's life could be said to be miserable.

It wasn't until Ye Haotian was born later that Zhao Xiaoniang's status was slightly raised, but Wang Xiaoniang had too much favor from Ye Lin, although it was not good to blatantly bully Zhao Xiaoniang, but it also happened from time to time that she occasionally deducted some charcoal fire to eat food and clothing.

These Ye Lanqiao knew in her heart that she was not good at facing Wang Xiaoniang, but she often secretly asked Huixiang to go to Zhao Xiaoniang to send some daily necessities, so that their lives would not be too difficult.

"The little lady said that the fifth sister is sad, and she will definitely not be able to eat these days, so I will send a steamed bun to the fifth sister to eat." As Ye Haotian spoke, he took out a white-flour steamed bun wrapped in paper from his sleeve and handed it to Ye Lanqiao with both hands.

Ye Haotian is six years old this year, small, with weak eyes, but full of energy, Ye Lanqiao saw him like this, his face softened a lot, and he reached out and took the white-faced steamed bun:

"Okay, Brother Hao'er's intentions, the fifth sister knows, what about Zhao Xiaoniang? Why did she let you come alone? ”

A trace of sadness flashed on Ye Haotian's face: "Wang Xiaoniang said that there are not enough people in the firewood room, so let Xiaoniang help boil water." ”

Ye Lanqiao listened and sighed, no matter how Zhao Xiaoniang said that she was also a serious aunt who gave birth to a child, Wang Xiaoniang was deliberately humiliating her, so she was asked to go to the firewood room.

But now, Ye Lanqiao couldn't care about this matter, so he had to rub Ye Haotian's face and open his mouth to comfort: "Recently, there are too many people coming and going in the house, and everyone in the family has to do things, so Zhao Xiaoniang naturally can't be idle, are you right?" ”

Ye Haotian looked at Ye Lanqiao blankly, and after a long time, he raised his sleeve and wiped his nose, and nodded heavily: "Hmm!" I heard my grandfather say before that people have to do things in life, and they can't be lazy. ”

Ye Lanqiao endured the heartache, nodded, wiped Ye Haotian's nose, got up, and led Ye Haotian to prepare to go to the firewood room to have a look.

Although he didn't play much of a role, but he showed up in the past, and those people in the firewood room must not dare to embarrass Zhao Xiaoniang too much.

Walking to a rockery in the General's Mansion, Ye Lanqiao was suddenly stopped by a person, she turned her head and couldn't help but be stunned.

"Seventh son, I'll take you to Aunt Zhao first, okay?" After Huixiang saw the person coming clearly, she bent down and said a word to Ye Haotian, and then took Ye Haotian to take the first step.

Ye Lanqiao looked at the figure from far and near, and after the comer stood firm in front of him, Ye Lanqiao bowed his head lightly: "Second son is good." ”

Chu Feiye was dressed in black, and the pair of sword eyebrows and starry eyes lined with them became deeper and deeper, and he returned the salute: "The fifth girl is polite." ”