Xu Xiyu clutched the handkerchief in his hand, her slender figure was tight, and her eyes were as deep as ink.

She took a deep breath and asked the eldest girl, "Grandmother is back?" I want to see my grandmother. ”

As she spoke, she took a step forward and wanted to get out of the house, but was blocked by Grandma Sun.

"Three girls are inappropriate." Mama Sun frowned and reprimanded.

Xu Xiyu's face stiffened for a moment, and then she smiled politely: "Grandma Sun, I just want to see my grandmother, what's wrong?" ”

Grandma Sun said with a straight look: "Since the girl asked, then I will reason with the girl." ”

"Is there a hurry for the girl to go to Mrs. Tai?" Mama Sun asked.

"......" Xu Xiyu pursed her lips and stammered for a while. She couldn't tell Grandma Sun in person, she had to ask what Mu Yan told her grandmother.

Mama Sun continued: "Third girl, Mrs. Tai is your elder, she has just returned home, she did not call the girl to talk, now is not the time of morning and dusk, and the girl has nothing to do, so rashly rushing over and disturbing the rest of the elders is too unruly." ”

Mama Sun said with a straight face and in a reprimanding tone, not showing Xu Xiyu any mercy.

"......" Xu Xiyu seemed to be slapped in front of her, speechless.

Xu Xiyu was not very happy in her heart, and inexplicably, there was such a person around her who was pointing fingers at her, which hindered her too much. In the future, it will only be more inconvenient for her to act.

Xu Xiyu's eyes were half-lowered, and her expression seemed to wander a little.

At this time, Mrs. Xu's eldest maid cleared her throat on the side and said, "Third girl, Mrs. Tai is tired today, let the slave tell the third girl that there is no need to go over to say hello today." Seeing Xu Xiyu being reprimanded by Mama Sun, the big girl's face was also a little embarrassed, and she felt that she had better leave quickly.

Xu Xiyu's face changed slightly, and she was anxious.

She doesn't have to say hello, doesn't that mean she won't see her grandmother today!?

Xu Xiyu's eyes flashed slightly, and she hurriedly said: "Grandma Sun, you misunderstood, in fact, I have something to find my grandmother, and I have to tell my grandmother in person...... Yes, it's about Cousin Yan. She thought that this Grandma Sun was the grandmother of the Princess's Mansion, and it was related to Mu Yan, so Grandma Sun should let her go.

Mama Sun's brows furrowed even tighter, her forehead showed a few deep furrows, and she said in her heart: This Miss Xu San is not only rude, but also very frivolous in words and deeds!

Their son-in-law is married to the four girls of the Duanmu family, and she still dares to covet her son, so it is no wonder that Mrs. Xu was forced to go to the princess's mansion to borrow someone.

Mama Sun was a little disdainful in her heart, and reprimanded again with a straight face: "The third girl is wrong again!" ”

"......" Xu Xiyu looked at Mama Sun in confusion, realizing that she didn't say anything wrong.

Mama Sun said with a straight face: "Mrs. Tai invited me to raise the girl, then I will do my duty to point out that the girl is not." ”

"Third girl, you also have your duty, your duty now is to learn the rules and etiquette, wait for Mrs. Tai to find a suitable family for you, and wait for you to get married. Don't think too much about other people and things, and don't ask too much. ”

"Everyone has their own duty, and only by recognizing themselves can they not exceed the etiquette."

Grandma Sun didn't mention Mu Yan in half a word, but anyone could hear that she was warning Xu Xiyu not to "overstep" and not to covet people who didn't belong to her.

Of course, Xu Xiyu also understood, her little face instantly turned red, and she wanted to say "I didn't", but at this time, these three words sounded like they were annoyed and angry, and they wanted to cover up.

"Third girl, you can't tell the difference, today I will punish you for copying "Women's Training" five times." Mama Sun said again.

Since Xu Xiyu was taken back to the Xu family, she has never been so slighted, annoyed and ashamed.

Xu Xiyu raised her eyes and looked at Grandma Sun, and said stubbornly: "I'm not wrong, why should I be punished!" ”

Mama Sun looked at Xu Xiyu without changing her face.

She raised her right hand, and a round-faced maid behind her immediately stepped forward and handed her a ring ruler.

The thick ring ruler is half an inch thick, and it is conceivable that if anyone is next to a foot, I am afraid that it will hurt for several days, not to mention the little girl's fine skin and tender meat.

Xu Xiyu's two big girls gasped.

Mama Sun said stiffly: "Third girl, I have the permission of Mrs. Tai to let me 'discipline' the girl." If the girl doesn't obey my discipline, I have no choice but to take the ruler. ”

Mama Sun didn't care if she would offend Xu Xiyu at all, she was from the princess's mansion, not a descendant of the Xu family, and she didn't rely on the Xu family to eat.

It was Xu Xiyu who went to Mrs. Xu to complain, Mrs. Xu was dissatisfied, and at most she went back to the princess's mansion, it was not painful or itchy, and it was no big deal at all.

Mama Sun is very careful, people are close and close, for her, the fourth girl of Duanmu is the little master of their princess's mansion, what kind of thing is this third girl!

Mama Sun is the most knowledgeable about the rules, besides, the eldest princess lent her, so what she represents at the moment is also the face of the princess's mansion, even if she is disdainful in her heart, she does not show the slightest on her face, from beginning to end, she is not smiling.

This man simply doesn't eat hard and soft! Xu Xiyu was a little more anxious in addition to being embarrassed.

If there is such a person in her yard staring, how can she pass the news out in the future?

She had to think of another way, she had to get this grandma away. Xu Xiyu pondered in her heart.

She was a little absent-minded, so she heard Grandma Sun say in a cold voice: "Third girl, stretch out your hand!" ”

Xu Xiyu came back to her senses and found that Mama Sun was holding a ring ruler and approaching her two steps.

Not only that, but the two maids brought by Mama Sun also approached Xu Xiyu, revealing a little coercion.

Obviously, if Xu Xiyu doesn't stretch out her hand, these two maids will help Mama Sun to make her reach out and be punished.

Xu Xiyu was annoyed, but calmed down.

She can't be in a hurry, Grandma Sun was sent by her grandmother, and I'm afraid that she won't be able to drive away for a while, so she has to stabilize her first!

A sharp light flashed under Xu Xiyu's eyes, and it disappeared in a flash.

"Grandma Sun. I was wrong. Xu Xiyu bowed her head and admitted her mistake, and obediently stretched out her hands.

Grandma Sun looked at her unexpectedly and raised the ring ruler in her hand.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! ”

The ring ruler hit Xu Xiyu's soft palm heavily, making a crisp sound again and again, and with each blow, her body would tremble slightly.

Xu Xiyu gritted her teeth and endured it, but she also knew that if she wanted to get rid of Grandma Sun now, she had to start with her grandmother, after all, the grandmother of the Xu family's backhouse had the final say.

Xu Xiyu's two big maids couldn't bear to look at them at all.

After a while, there was a muffled snort of Xu Xiyu in the air, sometimes heavy and sometimes light.

There is such a big commotion here, naturally it can't be hidden from the people inside and outside the house, and they all carefully pick up their tails and behave, for fear of being implicated.

Xu Xiyu was beaten thirty times, and even his hands were swollen.

But Rao is like this, and Mama Sun didn't let go and let her go to see Mrs. Tai.

But the news that Xu Xiyu was punished by Grandma Sun with a ring ruler soon reached Mrs. Xu's ears.

The housekeeper's face was a little hesitant, "Mrs. Tai, do you want to send some medicine to the third girl?" ”

Mrs. Xu lowered her eyes and looked at the Buddhist beads in her hand, and shook her hand to signal that it was no longer necessary.

Since she went to the princess's mansion to ask for Grandma Sun in person, of course she would not interfere with how Grandma Sun wanted to teach her granddaughter.

After Mrs. Xu pondered for a while, she ordered: "You let the third girl not have to come over tomorrow to save the morning and dusk." ”

As she spoke, Mrs. Xu's mind had already turned elsewhere, and her eyes darkened by three points.

In contrast, she was more worried about her grandson Muyan.

In the next few days, Old Lady Xu did not hear any rumors about Cen Yin and the eldest girl of the Duanmu family in the court.

Also, Cen Yin has a lot of power in the court, and Dongchang and Jinyiwei are even more ears and eyes in Beijing, this matter involves Cen Yin, who dares to chew the root of the tongue at will, isn't it fatal? !

These rumors outside did not reach Duanmu's family, and for Duanmujun, the most important thing now is his sister's courtesy.

It's only been a month since my sister's birthday.

The dresses, jewelry, shoes, etc. that Duanmufei will wear that day have been prepared, and in the past few days, Duanmujun has been busy confirming the etiquette of the day, the layout of the hall and the list of guests, etc., and he is very busy every day.

Duanmu Fei was idle, Duanmu Jun did everything himself, did not let his sister interfere at all, and strived to make everything perfect on the day of the ceremony.

In addition to being busy, Duanmujun did not forget to hand a greeting post to Mrs. Xu, and took Duanmufei to Xu's house together.

It was the first time for Mrs. Xu to see Duanmujun, so she couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

Duanmu Jun and Duanmu Fei wore sister clothes today, both sisters were wearing a red gown, but the embroidery pattern was different, the hem of the sister's clothes was embroidered with folded chrysanthemums, and the hem of the sister's clothes was embroidered with dragonflies and pink lotus.

Duanmujun combed a meniscus bun today, inserted a branch of red gold feiyan step, and the three tassels hanging down from the step swayed drooped on her cheeks, reflecting her willow leaf eyes shining brighter than gems.

When she came, her posture was straight, her demeanor was downright and generous, and her steps were light and elegant.

The nineteen-year-old girl is as graceful and bright as the blooming peony, revealing a bit of atmosphere and sassiness that ordinary girls do not have.

is very different from her sister's appearance and temperament, and the sisters can be said to have their own strengths.

Mrs. Xu secretly praised in her heart, and at this moment, when she thought of the gossip Xu Mingzhen said, she couldn't help but feel indignant, those people really don't know what to say, chewing the root of their tongue like this, it hurts people a lot!

"Mrs. Xu."

"Grandmother."

The two sisters saluted Mrs. Xu, and Duanmu called her grandmother sweetly.

When Mrs. Xu saw this smart, clever and cute little girl, her heart was so soft that she smiled: "No need to be polite. Sit down and talk. ”

After the sisters sat down, Duanmujun explained his intention straight to the point: "Mrs. Xu, next month, this is the invitation for the ceremony." ”

As she spoke, Wisteria handed a big red and gold post to Mrs. Xu's eldest maid, and the post was sprinkled with a faint orchid fragrance, which was very elegant.

The Xu family is Mu Yan's maternal grandfather's family, so Duanmujun deliberately took Duanmufei to run this trip in person to show solemnity.

Mrs. Xu also knew that Duanmu was about to get married, but she didn't expect that the Duanmu family would personally send an invitation, and secretly praised Duanmu for doing things properly, no wonder she was able to manage the middle feed of the Shoufu Mansion properly at a young age.

Also, my sister is so outstanding, how bad can my sister be!

Mrs. Xu looked at the sisters with a gentler expression.

"Miss Duanmu," Mrs. Xu smiled and greeted Duanmu, "How is Sister Scarlet's ceremony?" If it's useful to come to my place, you're welcome. ”

Mrs. Xu smiled slightly, a streamer flashed under her eyes, and she hesitated in her heart: Do you want to remind Duanmujun?

The thought came to mind, and she vetoed it again: Forget it! Duanmujun is really good at dealing with people, but after all, she is just a little girl who has not been out of the cabinet, and she didn't let those dirty rumors stain her ears.

Duanmu smiled generously: "Thank you, Mrs. Tai." The matter of the ceremony has been arranged, and there is still a month to check and fill in the gaps. I have already thought about it, please ask the eldest princess of Anping to be the guest, the fourth princess to be the praiser of her sister, and the chief of Dangui County. ”

In addition to the protagonist of Duanmu Fei, the most concerned is probably the candidate for the guest, the praiser and the secretary, which also represents the identity and status of the person.

The eldest princess of Anping is not only Mu Yan's adoptive mother, but also her aunt, and her royal highness the eldest princess.

When the little girl and the girl are gone, the family affairs between her and her grandson can also be put on the agenda. My grandson is nineteen years old, and it's time to start a family and have children.

Mrs. Xu said hello again and again, smiled from ear to ear, and looked several years younger all of a sudden, and her face was radiant.

Duanmu Fei said with a smile on the side: "My sister and I have been busy preparing invitations these days. I didn't help with anything else, but I wrote this invitation myself. ”

Mrs. Xu was not in a hurry to read the invitation, but when she heard Duanmu Fei say this, she was aroused a little interested, took the post from the big girl, and opened it to take a look.

A beautiful hairpin flower came into view, and this hand looked like it didn't have more than ten years of skill, and I was afraid that it couldn't be practiced.

"Good word." Mrs. Xu hooked her lips and praised, "Words are like people." Mrs. Xu looked at the words on the post in amazement, but ignored the content of the post.

Duanmu Fei took the last four words as a compliment to herself, and smiled with crooked eyebrows.

Duanmu Jun smiled proudly: "My sister's word is Mr. Qi of Huilan Garden, and I am also full of praise." ”

Mrs. Xu has also heard of Qi's name, in fact, she also planned to send Xu Xiyu to study in Huilanyuan, hoping that her marriage can go smoothly, but it's a pity......

Mrs. Xu suppressed the complexity in her heart and said with a smile: "It just so happens that I have collected a few notebooks of famous artists in the previous dynasty, but I am just dusty here, so I will simply give them to Sister Scarlet." ”

As he spoke, a goose-faced maid in a blue gown came in with a curtain.

Mrs. Xu moved her eyebrows, of course she recognized this maid as the eldest maid Bailing of the third granddaughter.

"Mrs. Tai, the third girl is sick." Bai Ling walked quickly to Mrs. Xu and bowed her knees.

Of course, Bai Ling also saw Duanmujun and Duanmufei on the side, and glanced at the two of them out of the corner of his eye without a trace.

She lowered her eyebrows and continued to please: "Mrs. Tai, when the third girl got up in the morning, she said that she was unwell, but Grandma Sun still had to force the third girl to practice standing and sitting, and the third girl couldn't stand it, so she fainted. ”

Bai Ling said, his eyes were red, and his eyes were shining with misty water, at first glance, he was crying out for the master, but in fact, he was suing Grandma Sun at all.

Duanmufei and Duanmujun silently picked up the tea and drank it, but they didn't hear anything.

Mrs. Xu naturally noticed it, and secretly praised: The two sisters of the Duanmu family are really well educated.

Many people in Beijing say that Duanmu's family is a poor family, the mud on their legs has not been washed, and the children and grandchildren in the family are unruly and cannot be on the stage, but as far as she has seen and experienced with her own eyes, she only feels that this rumor is really unreliable.

After Bai Ling finished speaking, the room fell silent. She maintained a bent knee posture and did not dare to move.

Mrs. Xu also picked up the teacup, and slowly removed the floating leaves on the tea soup with the tea lid, again and again.

The ups and downs of the tea leaves were reflected in Mrs. Xu's pupils, and her eyes were a little complicated and chaotic.

After begging Grandma Sun from An Ping, Mrs. Xu didn't completely become the shopkeeper, after all, it was her own granddaughter after all.

In the past few days, she has quietly noticed that her granddaughter has not made any more trouble, originally she thought that it would be good to be able to twist her granddaughter's temperament, but she didn't expect that it was only a few days, and she pretended to be sick again?

After Mrs. Xu took a sip of tea, she looked at Bai Ling, her eyes became sharp, Bai Ling looked at her for a moment, and she was so frightened that she hurriedly lowered her head.

Mrs. Xu said lightly: "The third girl has been handed over to Grandma Sun to raise, if the third girl is really unwell, Grandma Sun will ask someone to ask for a doctor." ”

"Who made you so unruly, just run to sue!"

Mrs. Xu's voice was calm and calm, neither light nor heavy, but not angry and arrogant.

"......" Bai Ling's face was not very good-looking, and his head hung lower.

Mama Sun not only managed the three girls tightly, but even the maids were also very tight, she should have tried to deliver the letter to the outside yesterday, but she didn't find the opportunity.

It was really a last resort, so the third girl would pretend to be sick, and she also slipped over to complain by going to fetch food.

Bai Ling could only obediently admit his mistake: "Mrs. Tai, is it a slave." Under the half-drooping eyes, a faint haze emerged.

Mrs. Xu glanced at Bailing lightly, and didn't bother to say anything to her, so she dismissed, "You can step down." "Now that there are guests, it's not a good time to punish people.

"Yes, Madame." Bai Ling didn't dare to say a word, and obediently exited the house. At the same time as the curtain was opened, she quickly glanced in the direction of Duanmu Fei.

Bai Ling went out, and Mrs. Xu's eldest maid came in again and brought a wooden box.

At the suggestion of Mrs. Xu, the eldest girl held a few calligraphy sheets in the box to Duanmufei.

This is...... Duanmu's eyes lit up when she boarded, as if the stars in the sky were reflected in her pupils, shining brightly.

"This is Yan Mengzhen's copybook!"

"I thought this "Wandering Preface" was lost!"

"This is a rubbish of the "Longzang Temple Tablet", right?"

Duanmufei's eyes were firmly glued to the notebook, reluctant to look away.

Looking at the little girl's happy appearance, the smile on Mrs. Xu's face deepened, and she said with a smile: "Sister Scarlet, Ah Yan's grandfather has a lot of calligraphy and paintings in his collection, next time when he rests, you come again, I will let him take out all his treasures, and you can also taste them together." ”

In the room, the three of them laughed and chatted, and the guests and hosts were happy.

After staying at the Xu family for an hour, the sisters took their leave.

It was barely halfway through the hour when the sisters' carriage slowly drove out of the corner gate of the Xu family.

Duanmufei carefully put away the calligraphy he had just gotten, and said with a smile: "Sister, let's take a detour to Xiangshuji, I haven't eaten Xiangshuji's dim sum for a long time, and I heard that Xiangshuji has a new dim sum." ”

Duanmujun has always been responsive to his sister's requests, and said with a smile: "Zhenzhen, since you have gone to Xiangshuji, why don't you go to Xiyang Street for a walk." ”

As he spoke, a little girl's crisp voice came from outside the carriage: "Merchant, how much do you sell for this fat powder?" ”

"Just five copper plates." The merchant smiled and said, "It's much cheaper than the fat powder sold in this shop." If you buy it with this lipstick, I'll make it cheaper for you. ”

Duanmu scarlet lifted the curtain on one side of the carriage and looked out of the carriage.

I saw that at the bottom of the alley of Liuye Lane, a merchant in his thirties dressed in a cyan short dozen was greeting two or three women around him with a smile on his face, and two loads of goods were placed at his feet.

"And my comb and hairpin, but they are all from Jiangnan, you can see the carving."

"Eldest sister, you really have a vision. How beautiful the color of this pink is! ”

“……”

The merchant enthusiastically introduced his goods, the tongue of the lotus.

Duanmufei's gaze fell on the ordinary-looking merchant not far away, and raised his eyebrows.

She remembered this merchant, when she and her sister arrived at Xu's house before, they happened to see this merchant passing by Xu's house with a burden. At that time, the pothos also praised the comb picked in the merchant's burden for being very exquisite.

Therefore, when he entered the door, even Duanmufei looked at the merchant twice.

At that time, Duanmufei didn't think much about it, just thinking that this merchant wanted to do the Xu family's business.

After all, there are many servants and servants in an official eunuch family like the Xu family, and there are many maids and servants who have some money in hand, and these subordinates have errands on weekdays and it is inconvenient to go out, besides, the things sold in the shops are often more expensive, and they prefer to patronize these merchants who carry burdens and walk through the streets and alleys, and the things sold by these merchants look novel and cheap.

The problem is that she and her sister have been in the Xu family for an hour, and now that they are out, the merchant has not left, which is not right.

The merchant sells goods and walks the streets and alleys, shouting everywhere. Always staying in the same place, what kind of "merchant" is it?

There is more than one Xu family in the Gaomen Mansion nearby.

Duanmu's white fingers rubbed slightly on the window sill twice.

After leaving the corner gate, the carriage turned in the direction of the mouth of the alley, and at the same time, the merchant at the bottom of the alley also made two deals, and the women around him also dispersed.

The merchant skillfully picked up the load of goods again, walked to the mouth of the alley, shook a merchant drum in his left hand, and shouted in his mouth: "Take a look, take a look, rouge gouache, needle thread, comb grate bronze mirror...... The whole nine yards. ”

The merchant shouted and walked, and when he approached Xu's house, his pace slowed down significantly, and he moved like a turtle crawling, and he took one step into three steps.

These merchants often procrastinate and grind in order to solicit business, and the concierge of the Xu family didn't care.

As the merchant walked, he looked in the direction of the corner door of the Xu Mansion.

One, two, three......

Duanmu Fei silently counted for him, this short distance was only five or six zhang, and the merchant's eyes glanced at Xu Zhai at least five times.

Duanmu bent the corners of his lips with interest, and said secretly: Interesting.

She suddenly spoke: "Pothos, I see that the maid named Qingtian just now wears a very good forehead embroidery, it seems to be Shu embroidery." Go and ask her for me where she got her forehead. ”

The pothos was a little surprised, but she didn't ask too much, and immediately got off the carriage and hurriedly got out of the carriage.

The carriage of the Duanmu family temporarily stopped at the gate of Xu's house.

Duanmu scarlet generously opened the corner of the curtain and looked directly at the merchant outside the carriage, his eyes shining with interest.

When the merchant passed by the carriage, he inevitably glanced at the carriage twice, but he did not stop, and continued to walk forward with his burden, still shouting the same words in his mouth: "Look at it, look at ......"

"......" Duanmujun looked at his sister and raised his eyebrows suspiciously.

Duanmu smiled and winked at Duanmu.

With the tacit understanding of the two sisters, Duanmujun immediately understood and didn't ask anything.