After a while, a housekeeper in her fifties was attracted by the mother-in-law in the Zhuangzi.

The housekeeper's grandmother has gray hair, her face is like a full moon, she looks kind and kind, and she is dressed up, but she has a dignified and self-contained momentum, which does not look like a slave, but like the head of a family.

The housekeeper walked up to the front and bowed to Duanmu and Duanmu.

"Duanmu big girl, Duanmu fourth girl, polite."

"My surname is Yi, and the prince of the world raises me and calls me Mama Yi. When the prince learned that the two Duanmu girls were here, he specially ordered me to come over to greet them, I wonder why the two girls stayed alone in this village? ”

Mama Yi's expression was very polite between her words, with a gentle smile on the corner of her mouth.

Duanmu replied: "A few days ago, I was pushed into the water by my second sister, and my grandmother punished me and my sister for reflecting here. She looked innocent, as if she couldn't figure out the cause and effect.

Xiao He's face changed, worried that the people in King Jian's Mansion would think that their Duanmu family was treating the orphan girl in the long house harshly, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "Mama Yi, don't misunderstand, in fact, my four nieces are a little unwell after falling into the water, so I temporarily recuperate in Zhuangzi, and today I came to pick her up and her eldest sister." ”

Duanmu Fei smiled "suddenly", "Second aunt, it turns out that grandmother is not punishing me?" She looked at Xiao He in surprise.

Xiao He's heart was depressed for a while, but he could only make a gentle and loving gesture, and said: "Sister Scarlet, it's your second sister who is wrong in this matter, how can I punish you?!" Don't think about it, your grandmother has already punished your second sister for kneeling in the small Buddha hall, and specially asked me to pick you up and take you home. ”

"Grandmother is so fair." Duanmu patted his chest and nodded with satisfaction,

The corners of Xiao He's mouth were still smiling, and the green tendons on his forehead were already bulging, and he was very angry.

The second girl, Duanmuqi, is Xiao He's daughter, this time she fell into the water and suffered a big crime, but she also wanted her to pick up the two girls back to Beijing, Xiao He's heart was unwilling, but she could only smile and say: "You are all sisters, and it is inevitable to fight and make trouble on weekdays, but they are all a family after all." Let's go home with my aunt. ”

As he spoke, Xiao He clenched his fists fiercely in his sleeves.

That is, these two girls are really lucky, but they just caught up with the saint to summon these orphans, and there is King Jian Shizi who is worried that they are the orphans of the old department, otherwise......

Duanmu Fei accepted it when he saw it, and said with a smile: "It's good that grandmother knows that we are right." ”

That Mama Yi is also shrewd, and in just a few words, she saw the turbulent waves between this aunt and nephew, and felt that Duanmufei, this little girl, was really interesting.

A smile flashed in Mama Yi's eyes, and she said, "It's so good, why don't I send the two girls back to Beijing together." ”

Xiao He's face became even stiffer, she settled down, and responded as if nothing happened.

Yanghezhuang is about an hour and a half away from the capital, and the three carriages are speeding all the way without stopping, and they smoothly drive into the north gate of the capital before the sun sets.

After entering the city, the speed of the carriage slowed down, and the outside of the carriage became more noisy.

Duanmufei in the carriage couldn't help but lift the corner of the curtain and look out, watching the familiar restaurants, shops, and archways flying in front of him, until the carriage drove through the North Gate Street, and watched the plaque with four gold lacquer characters written "Xuanguo Gongfu" rubbed by the side of the carriage, and then gradually disappeared...... Duanmu scarlet half-lowered his eyes, hiding the complexity of his eyes.

The Xuanguo Mansion is the Chu family.

Since the previous dynasty, the Chu family has been worthy of a "hairpin family", and it has experienced a change of dynasty not only has not declined, but has become more and more prosperous.

A hundred years ago, the ancestor of the Chu family was awarded the title of Duke of the Kingdom because of his meritorious service to the young master, and he was hereditary and replaced, and now he is one of the best families in this Dasheng Dynasty, which is not comparable to the upstart of the Duanmu family.

And she was the eldest daughter of the Chu family's generation.

With the sound of horses' hooves and the sound of wheels, their carriage drove out of Beimen Street, leaving the Xuanguo Mansion far behind, and finally stopped in front of a red-painted gate.

Immediately after that, there was a knock on the door, and a rough mother-in-law shouted "The second lady, the eldest girl and the fourth girl are back", and after a while, with a "squeak", the corner door was completely opened, and the porter's mother-in-law came out to welcome Xiao He's carriage into the house.

Then, as if time stood still for an instant, the carriage of the Duanmujun sisters stopped motionless outside the mansion.

The maids and women around looked at each other and whispered to each other.

Mama Yi in the third carriage opened the corner of the curtain, looked at the carriage in front of her, and immediately understood something, and deliberately raised her voice and asked, "The two girls returned to the house, why didn't the main door open in the house?" ”

There was silence all around.

The mother-in-law who came to welcome was dumbfounded, almost doubting that she had heard it wrong, and opened the main door to welcome the eldest girl and the fourth girl?! How dare she call the shots!

A door like Duanmu Mansion is not the one where ordinary people open the main gate every day, the main gate is opened only when banquets are held in the house to entertain guests and distinguished guests come, such as the arrival of the prince and the concubine, or the angel comes with a holy decree and so on. Usually, the family members in the house go in and out of the corner door, even if Mrs. Tai comes back from the Buddha, it is also an open corner door, not to mention the two little girls.

Duanmu Fei in the carriage couldn't help but slightly curl the corners of her mouth, and she played with the nine rings in her hand, she originally thought that she would have to speak by herself, but this Yi Mama of the Jian Wangfu was very clever.

Today, the main gate of this Duanmu Mansion must be opened!

The two sisters have been left in the Zhuangzi for six days, and even now that they have returned to Beijing, in the eyes of others, they have made a mistake to be left in the Zhuangzi.

Only when the main door of the house is opened to greet each other can the matter of Yang Hezhuang be concluded, and no one can record the mistake on Duanmujun's head in the future!

The mother-in-law was helpless for a while, so she had to hurry into the door and ran until the second gate, just in time to see Xiao He get off the carriage.

The mother-in-law hurriedly told the people of King Jian's Mansion to ask to open the main gate to welcome the eldest girl and the fourth girl into the house, Xiao He's face was sinking like water, and her eyes were surging, this Mama Yi was a person from King Jian's Mansion, and her attitude represented the attitude of King Jian's Mansion......

Xiao He pondered for a moment and said lightly: "I still need to ask Mrs. Tai for this matter." ”

Xiao He stroked his sleeves, and then took the maid and the maid to the inner courtyard quickly, passing through a hollow courtyard, three or four bluestone paths, four or five verandahs, and in front of it was Yongxi Hall.

Xiao He was soon introduced into the east room, where a faint incense burned, and the golden sunlight shone through the screen window, quiet and bright.

Mrs. Duanmu He was sitting leisurely on the three-sided screen arhat bed in the red sandalwood mullion, playing with a string of rosewood Buddha beads in her hand.

"Mother."

Xiao He hurriedly curtsied, and told her about the people who happened to meet the Jian Wangfu when she went to Yang Hezhuang to pick up the Mujun sisters, and the matter of Mama Yi, who was now in the Jian Wangfu, asking to open the main door to welcome the sisters.

She sighed: "Mother, I came from my family to return home, and today is not a big day, how can I open the main door, but my daughter-in-law is really not sure what the attitude of Jian Wangfu towards Sister Jun and Sister Scarlet is, so I can only come to ask you." Mother, what do you mean ......"

He Shi pursed his thin lips lightly, his face was not very good-looking, and his hand, which was as well maintained as mutton fat and white jade, tightly pinched the red sandalwood Buddha beads in his hand, after so many years, how could Ning Shi be ghostly.

More than 30 years ago, the first three hairpins paraded the street, she and a few sisters went to see the parade street, and at a glance fell in love with the handsome Tanhualang, and couldn't help but secretly agree. But after some inquiry, I learned that Tanhualang Duanmuxian was married......

Fortunately, the Ning family is short-lived, and with the help of the eldest sister, she married Duanmu Xian's stepfamily as she wished, and more than 30 years have passed in the blink of an eye.

She had a smooth life, and Duanmu Xian was also affectionate and loving, but Duanmu Lang, the eldest son left by the Ning family, was the most eye-catching, and finally he left the capital, and then died early, so she let it go, but Duanmu Lang also left two daughters!

He's eyes flickered, and his hand holding the rosewood beads tightened.

Now the emperor intends to set up a prince, and there is only one fourth prince in the middle palace who is raised under his knees, and the court is arguing endlessly about the establishment of the chief and the establishment of virtue.

Daughter Duanmu Guifei once specially reminded herself that now is the critical moment for the eldest prince to compete for the crown, and she must try her best to win over the nobles and capable ministers of the court, and this Jian Wangfu can not be offended......

For the sake of the overall situation, bear with them for a while!

He frowned and pondered, weighed the pros and cons, and ordered: "Let people open the front door!" ”

Hearing this, Xiao He's eyes were half-lowered, and his eyes were dim.