At some point, even the sound of cicadas outside the window stopped, and there was silence inside and outside the house for a moment.

"Sister Jun, Sister Scarlet, you just need to know about this." Mrs. Li looked at the two granddaughters and smiled lovingly, looking indifferent on the surface, "The boy has thick skin, and he was beaten a few times." Experience teaches. ”

That being said, Mrs. Li's eyebrows and eyes still couldn't hide her distress. Seeing that the grandson suffered such a sin, how could the grandmother be indifferent.

Xin Shi was also busy on the side, and echoed: "It hurts, so you can remember the lesson!" ”

The corners of Li Tingyou's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he really doubted whether he was biological.

At this time, a young man in Tsing Yi holding a tray came in with a curtain, and a strong smell of medicine came to his nose.

Li Tingyou should take the medicine, Duanmujun and Duanmufei naturally got up to avoid it.

Duanmu Fei affectionately held Mrs. Li, and said in a crisp voice: "Grandmother, don't be impatient, this matter is a blessing for Cousin You!" ”

After a pause, she smiled at the corner of her mouth, and said, "Cousin Yu has stayed in the mansion recently to 'reflect', and don't go out for the time being." ”

"Yes, grandmother." Duanmujun also echoed, "Don't talk about anything else, it's important to let Cousin You take care of himself." ”

Mrs. Li was stunned, and she responded. In any case, Li Tingyou should indeed avoid the limelight at this time.

Li Tingyou was very obedient, and since then, he has been closed in the name of injury, and he has repeatedly emphasized to the Shenshu camp that he has lost the emperor's favor and must think about it behind closed doors.

On the other hand, Han Shirui, with his meritorious work in suppressing bandits this time, was awarded the title of commander of the fourth grade, and he showed his face even more in front of the emperor.

Li Tingyou did not go to the Shenshu camp for ten consecutive days, and Han Zhengrui, the new official, took office three times, and sent people to call him again and again, claiming that Li Tingyou would not return to the camp after three days, and he would be dismissed from his post and investigated; And Li Tingyou really didn't return to the camp in a "gamble", and after a few days, he went to the household department as Feng Yan's deputy to deal with the matter of "salt introduction" together.

When Duanmu Fei learned the news, she was playing chess in the small study, she looked at Bi Chan and blinked her eyes in a daze, and even forgot to put down the white child in her hand.

Now the government and the opposition are not optimistic about the "salt introduction system", but Li Tingyou, a disciple of the general, was inexplicably transferred to the household department, and in the eyes of others, it is like being "assigned", and there is no holy favor.

But Duanmu Fei knew that Feng Yan had great plans in the matter of salt system, and Li Tingyou went to the household department was a great opportunity, much better than him continuing to stay in the Shenshu camp and succumb to Han Zhengrui, maybe this was Feng Yan's intention to transfer Li Tingyou to the household department.

Hey—

Duanmu let out a silent sigh faintly, feeling that Li Tingyou was just like her, and he couldn't get off the thief ship that was on Feng Yan, what a pitiful!

For the sake of them sharing the same boat, when the grandmother and the second aunt were gone next month, she was kind enough to give him some material every quarter, so that he would not accidentally wear the outdated material and go out again.

Duanmu Fei was about to drop the white child in his hand, and the curtain on the side was lifted from the outside, and the green pothos came in, and said on her knees: "Girl, Mrs. Tai sent someone to invite you to Yongxi Hall, saying that the sixth cousin girl from the He family is here." ”

Duanmu Fei answered, put the sunspot on the chessboard, and then stood up slowly, cut his hair, stroked his skirt, and went to Yongxi Hall under the July sun.

When Duanmufei arrived, Duanmujun was already there, and other sisters such as Duanmuqi and Duanmuyuan also arrived, and the room was full of vitality, and the warblers were singing.

Duanmu Fei walked forward unhurriedly, while quietly looking at the girl sitting next to He at the moment.

The girl seemed to be about fourteen years old, wearing a goose yellow embroidered bamboo leaf plum blossom jacket with a crab shell green sprinkled horse face skirt, a green silk holding Chaoyun near the incense bun, hairpin with a pair of lifelike pomegranate beads, white skin as fat, eyes like autumn water, it seems to be beautiful and beautiful, and the whole body reveals a demure and generous temperament.

After Duanmu saluted, He introduced with a smile: "Sister Scarlet, this is your cousin of the He family, whose name is Lingyi, and she ranks sixth in the family. ”

Then He introduced Duanmu Fei to He Lingyi, and the two little girls called each other "cousin cousin" and greeted each other.

He Shi seemed to be in a very good mood today, with a smile on her face, and even her eyebrows softened a lot, after sending Duanmu Fei to sit down, she looked at Duanmu Fei beside Duanmu Fei, and said, "Sister Jun, how are you preparing for the ceremony?" ”

This is the first time that He has asked Duanmu Jun about his courtesy.

"Grandmother Xie cares, everything is fine." Duanmu owed a debt and dealt with it casually.

He doesn't really care, it's just a talk.

Immediately afterwards, He Shi said: "I heard your grandfather say that you plan to invite your grandmother to be the guest of honor of the ceremony, which is good. If there is Hanxing as a praiser, then only the master is missing. After a pause, He Shi's kind eyes looked at He Lingyi on the right, "Let Sister Yi be your boss." "A matter of course.

The smile on He's face became stronger as he spoke, and a gleam flashed in his eyes.

She arranged a master for Duanmujun's ceremony, and in the future, others can't say that she doesn't care about Duanmujun's ceremony, and she can take the opportunity to let He Lingyi and Hanxing, who is a praiser, be everywhere, and let He Lingyi integrate into the Duanmu family as soon as possible, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone.

Duanmufei frowned, although the master of Luli was indeed not found, but Duanmufei didn't want to listen to He's arrangement, besides, she was not familiar with this He Lingyi, and she didn't know what the other party's character was, how could she casually let her sister be the leader.

My sister's ritual must be perfect!

The corners of Duanmu's mouth bent, his big eyes flickered, and he said in front of Duanmu Jun seriously: "Grandmother, the master has been invited, so don't bother with my cousin." ”

Duanmu Fei only said that he had simply invited someone, and he didn't say who he had invited, and when he heard it, he was perfunctory, and He's face almost sank, but thinking that his niece and granddaughter were still here, he reluctantly smiled.

He originally wanted to use the ceremony to pinch the sisters, but the development of events has completely deviated from her expectations.

Now, the guests and praisers have been invited, and the post of the banquet has also been posted, Duanmu Xian also gave three thousand taels of silver generously, as well as the dress of this ceremony, although she did not see the finished product, but she also heard that Master Jin of Yujin Building has personally come twice in person, and he must be in full swing.

As soon as he thought of the dress, He became more and more annoyed, and pinched the Buddha beads in his hand tightly with one hand, and he didn't know what kind of ecstasy soup Duanmuxian was poured into by Duanmujun and Duanmufei, the sisters, and even the treasury was opened to let Duanmufei, the little girl, pick up the materials, and she must have picked up the best materials in the house!

He stared at Duanmu Fei deadly, his eyes were deep and gloomy, Duanmu Fei just smiled sweetly, as if he couldn't see He's insecurity at all, and looked back at He with an innocent face.

Now it is not what it used to be, the He family went to the Huangjue Temple for half a year, and in this half year, the status of himself and his sister Duanmujun in the house has been unshakable, and Duanmufei is not worried about what else the He family can do.

Several other girls around also vaguely noticed that the atmosphere between He Shi and Duanmu Fei was a little strange, and they were all silent, and in the silence, the Western clock on the side rang "dong dong".

Duanmu raised his eyes and glanced at the clock face, calculated in his heart, and secretly said that it was not good: Oops, the eldest brother is about to come back from school, and it must be another verbosity to be caught by him...... She'd better hurry up!

"Grandmother ......"

Duanmu Fei just wanted to find an excuse to go back to Zhanqing Courtyard, but the voice of the maid saluted outside the curtain behind him: "Young Master." ”

Duanmu Fei's little face froze immediately, his mind was empty, and he stupidly watched Duanmu Heng come in unhurriedly, and saluted the He family respectfully.

As soon as He saw his eldest grandson, he smiled and told him not to study too hard, and then looked at He Lingyi, wanting to introduce his niece and granddaughter to Duanmu Heng, but she just said the word "Heng", Duanmu Heng's eyes had already shot at Duanmu Fei like a sharp arrow, and then there was an endless reprimand.

"Fourth sister, I heard from the porter that you have been running out for the past two days......"

"Fourth sister, it's okay if you want to go out and play, just bring more people with you, but can you finish your homework?"

"Sir said, I haven't seen you in the boudoir for three days."

Mr. Boudoir now knows that Duanmu Xian and Duanmu Jun are both indulging in Duanmu Fei, and if they want to find someone to discipline Duanmu Fei, they can only find Duanmu Heng to say.

In the face of Duanmufei, Duanmuheng no longer talks about "industry is good at diligence and ridiculous in frolic", and he is picking up half-training and half-coaxing such as "combination of work and rest" and "relaxation".

In the stiffness of the monk's chanting, Duanmu Heng was dizzy from nagging, and could only nod his head like pounding garlic, and Duanmu Heng was finally satisfied.

He looked at the brother and sister back and forth with complicated eyes, and naturally felt Duanmu Heng's love for Duanmu Fei, and once again felt in his heart that there had been too many changes in the past six months.

In her thoughts, He couldn't help but look at Duanmuqi on the other side, she really didn't understand that Duanmuqi was Duanmuheng's sister, why did she let Duanmuqi pass her and get Duanmuheng's love?

Hey, this Sister Qi usually looks very clever, but now she looks like she is stunned, she really can't tell the priorities, the girl's family will always marry in the future, and her mother's brother is her backer.

He felt a little disappointed in his heart, picked up the teacup, drank two sips of tea, and settled down.

After drinking half a cup of tea, He finally had the opportunity to interject, and casually said Duanmu Heng's homework: "Brother Heng, this study should be a 'combination of work and rest', don't just count your fourth sister, you should also remember this sentence, don't work too hard." You've been reading at night these days, right? ”

Duanmu Heng said: "Grandmother rest assured, grandchildren know the importance of the matter, and they will sleep for three hours a day." ”

Duanmu Scarlet looked at Duanmu Heng with a sympathetic expression, according to her, she should sleep twice as long. Fortunately, she is a girl's family and does not need to take the imperial examination.

He casually responded, "Grandmother knows that you are measured", and then hurriedly introduced He Lingyilai.

Compared with Duanmu Fei just now, He said much more emotionally, not only said his name and age, but also said that He Lingyi was not in Beijing for three years because he was in office with her father, and this time he returned to Beijing to visit her grandmother, and said that He Lingyi used to come to Fuzhong often to play, and their cousins have always played well......

He Shi said for a long time before stopping, and Duanmu Heng responded with "um", "oh", "yes", and "remember" from time to time, and greeted He Lingyi politely.

Unconsciously, the voices around her were far away from Duanmu Fei, her eyes were empty, her soul flew out of the sky, and her mind was worried about the candidate for the ceremony.

In the next few days, invitations spread out from Duanmu's house like snowflakes, many of which were sent by Duanmu Fei and Duanmu Jun in person, such as Anping Eldest Princess Mansion, Jian Wang's Mansion, Xuanguo Mansion, etc., Duanmujun's division candidates were also decided-Chu Qingyi, the second girl of the Chu family.

In the afternoon, Duanmujun and Duanmufei came out of the Xuanguo Mansion in a carriage, and went to Liulizhai to get the customized jewelry on the way, which could have been sent to the house, but just went out and simply went to get it himself, thinking that if there is something to be modified, it can also be early.

took the jewelry, Duanmu Jun also picked a Hetian jade forbidden step for Duanmu Fei, and wore it directly on her waist, the top of this forbidden step is a half-moon-shaped hollow carved jade pendant, and there are three tassels with white jade leaves strung with a slip of jade beads hanging below.

When Duanmu Fei walked, the tassels swayed slightly, delicate and light, lined with her primrose-colored skirt, elegant and moving.

Duanmu Jun asked Wisteria to give the silver without saying a word, and the guy smiled from ear to ear, nodded and sent Ren Gong out of the shop.

"Sister, let's go to the crispy fragrance at the end of the street to buy red bean crisp and mung bean cake." Duanmu suggested with a frowning eyebrow, and the thought of the pastry of Crispy Xiangji made his index finger move.

Crispy Xiangji is a century-old shop in Beijing, and there is a long queue at the door of the store every day, and almost the pastries will be sold out as soon as they are baked, so you can only wait patiently for the next one.

Duanmujun immediately responded with a smile, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as they came out of Liulizhai, they saw two familiar figures, a man and a woman.

"Duanmu girl, fourth girl, what a coincidence."

The brothers and sisters of the Geng family walked towards the sisters, and Geng Anhao shook the folding fan casually while walking, chic and uninhibited.

It is not an accidental coincidence that Geng Anhui will appear here, since the banquet at the end of June, he thinks about Duanmujun day and night, but Duanmujun rarely goes out, he wants Geng Tinglian to visit and then ask people out, but Geng Tinglian refused, and finally found out that the sisters will come to get customized jewelry today, and it is strange for a man to come to this kind of jewelry shop, so he casually found an excuse to bring Geng Tinglian and waited here.

Geng Anhao stared at Duanmu Jun two or three feet away, reluctant to blink. After not seeing her for nearly a month, she looked even more beautiful, the white jade-like skin seemed to glow in the bright sun, as beautiful as the fairy of the Yao Pond.

Everyone came to the front, and Duanmujun and Duanmufei couldn't be rude in front of people, and they greeted the Geng family brothers and sisters.

"Miss Duanmu, don't come unharmed? That day, the little girl was frivolous, I taught my daughter no way, I owe the girl an apology, and I have always remembered it in my heart these days. Geng Anhui put away the folding fan, politely arched his hand to Duanmufei, and sighed sighingly, "My daughter Yuanniang has been discouraged since she was a child, no one has raised her, she is really pitiful, and I blame me for having a lot of trivial things on weekdays, and I can't take care of the inner house...... Please forgive the girl. ”

"Geng Shizi, you shouldn't apologize to my sister, you should apologize to Ling Yan." Duanmu crooked his head with a smile, and said in a good voice, "With such a big Guogong Mansion, there is not even a person to take care of the master, these subordinates are really hateful...... Geng Shizi, you really should take care of it. My sister and I are outsiders, so it is inconvenient to go beyond the rules and point fingers at your private affairs. I took my leave. ”

Duanmu Fei took Duanmu's arm and walked in the direction of Crispy Xiangji, smiling and saying that she wanted to buy another box of walnut crisps.

Geng Anhui didn't catch up recklessly, standing in place and looking at Duanmu's slender back in a daze, his eyes became even hotter, like the scorching summer sun.

Geng Tinglian looked at the Duanmujun sisters for a while, and then looked at her brother beside her, frowning her delicate brows.

She finally understood why her eldest brother suddenly wanted to give her some jewelry for some reason today, it turned out that she came here to "meet" Duanmujun.

Geng Tinglian pursed her red lips, and after hesitating for a while, she couldn't help but emphasize again: "Big brother, listen to my advice." ”

"That end of the wooden string is not a good match, last time Yuan Niang was at fault, but the two sisters were unforgiving to a three-year-old child, without any love, if they really passed the door, I don't know how they will lose Yuan Niang in the future."

"In addition to being beautiful, what advantages does this end of the wooden basket have?! When you marry a wife, you should marry a virtuous one, and you should marry a virtuous one, which is good for you and Yuan Niang. ”

It's not the first time Geng Anhao has listened to Geng Tinglian's words, and he was annoyed when he heard it, so he turned around and walked into Liulizhai directly.

"Geng Shizi, Miss Geng is good."

After returning to Beijing, the Weiguo Mansion had a batch of jewelry in Liulizhai, and the guy still remembered it vividly, and immediately greeted him diligently, and even the shopkeeper came to hear the sound, and he was attentive and thoughtful, and he knew everything about the questions raised by Geng Anhao.

"You ask the two girls just now, they are here to get the custom-made hairpin crown and hairpipe...... The hairpin crown is probably the same as this," the shopkeeper said and personally took out a golden red gold silk flying phoenix from the counter to hang a beaded hairpin crown, "It's just that the hairpin head is made of a peacock, not a flying phoenix." ”

Geng Anhao stared at the red gold silk wings flying phoenix hanging bead hairpin crown in front of him, his eyes flashed, and he immediately guessed that the hairpin crown customized by Duanmu Jun should be used for the ceremony, and he couldn't help but feel a little emotional: Duanmu Jun is an orphan girl in Duanmu's family's house, and it is inevitable that she will be neglected a little, and the girl's family has only one time in her life, and the hairpin crown used is so shabby.

A stunning beauty like her was originally decorated with the most precious gemstone jewelry, which made the ladies in Beijing envy her. When Duanmu Jun marries him in the future, he will definitely make her the object of everyone's admiration!

Geng Tinglian casually took the hairpin crown in her hand and played with it, this hairpin crown is quite exquisite, and it is almost the same to wear it when attending banquets on weekdays, but it is shabby and tight when used for ceremonies.

She secretly felt in her heart that this Duanmu family was really a poor family and couldn't get on the stage.

Geng Tinglian put down the hairpin crown in her hand again, and was about to look at other jewelry, when she heard Geng Anhao say to the shopkeeper: "Shopkeeper, this son remembers that there seems to be a hairpin in your store that is known as the treasure of the town store, take it out and take a look at it!" ”

Before the shopkeeper could speak, Geng Tinglian had already guessed what his brother wanted to do, and shouted in a low voice: "Big brother!" ”

"Geng Shizi, please wait a moment, let the small one be taken!" The shopkeeper's eyes lit up, he rubbed his hands, and hurriedly ordered the man to go inside to get it.

Big brother, don't mess around! Geng Tinglian looked at Geng Anhao without blinking, and wanted to pull Geng Anhao away, but her upbringing did not allow her to do this, let alone allow her to quarrel with her brother outside to make people laugh.

So, Geng Tinglian could only watch her brother wave his arms boldly, and bought the crown of the dot emerald inlaid eight treasures, Chaoyang five phoenixes, hanging beads, and hundred flowers with three thousand taels.

What's more, she was forced by her brother to come to Duanmu's house with Duchess Weiguo on the third day of the eighth lunar month to participate in Duanmu's ceremony.

In the Boya Hall at the front of the inner courtyard, the He family sat at the top, and the Duchess of Weiguo was welcomed to the bottom to sit down.

The two female guests just left the boya hall and were led by the maid to the hall where the ceremony was held. The two were a little surprised that Duchess Wei Guo also came, and secretly glanced at each other, and gradually drifted away.

Not only were they surprised, but He also didn't expect that Duchess Weiguo's mother and daughter would come uninvited, but the visitor was a guest, and of course He would not turn them away.

Duchess Wei Guo smiled and said to the He family: "Mrs. Duanmu, this is a small gift specially prepared for my granddaughter's courtesy, please accept it with a smile." ”

Between the words, a green-clothed maid beside her walked up to He Shi with a mahogany carved box, and opened the box in front of everyone, only to see a gorgeous crown of dotted emerald inlaid eight treasures Chaoyang five phoenixes hanging beads and hundred flowers on the red velvet cloth in the box.

The five golden phoenixes on the hairpin crown are lifelike, each phoenix has a string of bright beads in its pointed mouth, the phoenix eyes are embedded with rubies, and the flowers on the hairpin crown, each flower stamen is embedded with various colored gems, Ambilight, jewelry.

This hairpin crown is very valuable and extremely valuable at first glance.

He Shi looked straight at the hairpin crown, his face was amazed, and he couldn't help but marvel at the Geng family's intentions, and he was more and more sure of his guess.

After returning from the Weiguo Mansion at the end of last month, the He family mentioned to Duanmu Xian that the Weiguo Mansion seemed to want to hire Duanmujun.

She felt that this marriage was good, and if she could get the help of the Weiguo Mansion, then the status of the eldest prince would definitely be more secure, however, before she could finish her thoughts, she was criticized by Duanmuxian, saying that she had a woman's view and narrow-mindedness.

He originally thought that Duanmuxian thought that her guess was unreliable, but today it seems that the Weiguo Mansion is really interested in Duanmujun, and it is very sincere, and they do not hesitate to send such a valuable gift to show their hearts.

He smiled slightly and said, "Thank you Duchess Guo, then I will accept it on behalf of my sister, and I will let Sister Wei wear it at the ceremony later." ”

On the one hand, He said this in response to the kindness of Duchess Weiguo, and on the other hand, he also felt that this was a matter of adding face to Duanmujun, so why not do it.

When Duchess Wei Guo heard this, her eyebrows and eyes stretched slightly. Last time, Duanmujun gave himself no face in the Weiguo Mansion, and the Duchess of Weiguo was originally reluctant to come, but her son came to her and begged, and the Duchess of Weiguo really couldn't resist her son, so she brought her daughter with her.

And Geng Tinglian, who was next to Duchess Weiguo, was more and more disdainful of Duanmu's family and Duanmujun, she would come here today in addition to being forced by her mother and brother's request, but also to see how shabby Duanmujun's etiquette was, so she half-pushed and half-responded on the spot.

Sure enough, it can be seen from the behavior of the He family that this Duanmu family is really very angry.

At this moment, a crisp female voice sounded at the main entrance of the hall: "Thank you for the kindness of the Duchess of Guo, I took it on behalf of my sister." The hairpin crown to be used in this ceremony has been prepared. ”

Duanmu Fei didn't know when he appeared outside the threshold, and there was the eldest prince Mu Youxian standing beside him.

The corners of Geng Tinglian's mouth hooked an indifferent arc, and she didn't care.

Judging from the last time Duanmujun avoided his mother, it is not surprising that the two sisters would refuse...... It is up to people to make things happen, and it is up to heaven to make things happen, anyway, she has done everything her brother asked her to do.

In the final analysis, this end of the wooden bunch is not blessed, and it is only worthy of that shabby hairpin crown!

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I promised to add more today. The second watch is at 12:30.