Duanmufei talked with Duanmuxian in the study for a while, and agreed to come to play chess with him in the afternoon, and then returned to Zhanqing Courtyard with Duanmujun.

In the Zhanqing courtyard, Mama Zhang and the maids had already learned about the return of the masters, and they were busy one by one, some of them burned mugwort leaf water, saying that they were going to give the two girls to bad luck, some went to prepare bath buckets and new clothes, some prepared meals and snacks, and the rough maids carefully cleaned the fallen leaves in the courtyard.

With the return of the sisters, the Duanmu family returned to peace, and everything was in order again.

The hearts of the people in the house have also settled down, but in contrast, the capital is turbulent.

Geng Anhao was dismissed, the Wei family fell, the second prince was imprisoned, and in just a few days, so many things happened in a row, and each of them was enough to shake the court.

The people in Beijing are panicking, after all, the Geng family, the Wei family, and the second prince are also relatives and cronies in this Beijing, or people who have interacted with them, and these people are all afraid that Dongchang and Jinyiwei will come to the door in the next moment.

As a result, the capital suddenly seemed depressed and cold, most of the mansions were afraid to go out for nothing, and even those people felt the atmosphere of the storm, and most of them closed their doors.

As soon as he saw that Duanmu Fei was fine, the emperor also rewarded him lavishly, and the mansion with strong eyes immediately came to congratulate, wanting to use this to show goodwill to Cen Yin, however, Duanmu's house was closed and all of them were gone.

Of course, there are exceptions to this, such as Wuyang, such as Hanxing, such as Mrs. Li and Xin.

Early in the morning, Mrs. Li and Xin came and were welcomed to the small flower hall in the garden.

"Sister Jun, you!"

Mrs. Li looked at Duanmu Jun with a complicated expression, and there was a rare sternness in her tone.

"You really lost your sense of proportion this time, and you actually ran to be with Sister Scarlet by yourself."

"Have you ever thought that if something really happens, you need someone to be out there? You can only wait in the princess's mansion, you can only endure ......"

"Yes, grandmother, I was too reckless." Duanmujun sat on the side and was obediently taught.

She didn't dare to say that she entered the princess's mansion that day because she saw Cen Yin and firmly believed that there would be no problem.

Mrs. Li looked distressed and pitiful, thinking that Duanmujun was still young after all, and she had little experience, and Duanmuxuan was her only sister, so it was no wonder that she panicked.

At this moment, Duanmu Xian also heard the news.

Mrs. Li and Mrs. Xin hurriedly got up to greet each other, and Mrs. Li smiled and saluted Duanmu Xian.

Duanmuxian and Mrs. Li sat down, Duanmuxian arched his hand, and said apologetically: "In-laws, this time you really have to worry about it together." ”

"The in-laws are really a family and talk to two families." Mrs. Li said with a smile, in her heart, she actually felt that the really unreliable person was Duanmuxian.

Why did Duanmuxian, the old man, let his sister go to the princess's mansion!

It is inevitable that the little girl is impulsive, how can he, who is a grandfather, let her come here!

This matter is over, Mrs. Li can train Duanmuxian, but she will not settle old accounts with Duanmuxian, after all, this is not good for the two granddaughters.

Mrs. Li sighed deliberately, looked at Duanmu Fei distressedly, and said, "Sister Scarlet is really wronged this time. ”

Obviously, Sister Scarlet had good intentions to raise grain and grass for the north, but she was framed by traitors...... Fortunately, it was a false alarm.

Duanmu Fei was biting on a piece of almond crisp and was very satisfied.

She ate well and slept well in the princess's mansion, and she was not wronged at all.

Mrs. Li looked at the little girl and only felt that she was just a child.

"It's all to blame the emperor for messing around with mandarin ducks," Mrs. Li complained angrily, "If it weren't for the emperor giving Sister Scarlet to Princess Anping's Mansion, where would Sister Scarlet be frightened this time!" ”

Duanmu Xian thought so, nodded and said, "Yes, the four girls are so young, and the marriage is not in a hurry!" ”

The more Duanmu Xian thought about it, the more dissatisfied he became.

It was rare for the two elders to have a common topic, so you condemned the emperor with a word.

Duanmu Fei took care of herself and bit the sweet and crispy almond crisp, and said in her heart: Not only did she eat well and sleep well, someone accompanied her to play chess, someone accompanied her to fish, someone from Jiusiban sang to her, and someone bought Jinshiji's dim sum every day to eat for her, she lived a very moist life every day, and she was not frightened at all.

Duanmufei looked at Mrs. Li's appearance, and she didn't dare to say it, so she could only resign herself to it, how well-behaved and well-behaved, how cute and cute she was, Duanmujun couldn't help but laugh when she saw it.

She smiled and handed Duanmu a plate of mung bean cake, and said with a smile: "Grandfather, grandmother, second aunt, try this mung bean cake, you can beat the heat." ”

This mung bean cake is still Duanmujun saw Duanmufei eating happily in the princess's mansion, so he asked the chef of the princess's mansion for advice, not only this mung bean cake, Duanmujun also learned a lot of other snacks with the cook.

Duanmujun felt that she had not lived in the princess's mansion in vain in the past few days, at least she could be sure that her sister would definitely be used to living in the princess's mansion in the future.

But she could only think about these words in her heart.

The elders tasted the mung bean cake, and they were all full of praise, Duanmu Fei escaped and smiled at his sister obediently.

The eyes between the two sisters were seen by Xin, and Xin couldn't help but smile and rejoice that the sisters were harmonious......

"Quack!"

At this moment, a black starling flew out of the window and stopped on a branch outside the window.

When Duanmu Xian saw the little starling, his head was really big.

Ever since the sisters came back from the princess's mansion, the starling had been in a state of madness, but whenever the sisters left its field of vision for a while, it would chase after him, so that he couldn't play a game of chess with the four girls.

As soon as he saw the stupid bird, Duanmu Xian's head was big, so he simply excused himself and left the space to the female dependents.

Xin was also looking at the little starling on the branch, and remembered the scene he saw in Xiangyun Lane that day, and his eyes turned to Duanmu Jun again.

Xin's mood suddenly became heavy.

Xin quietly pulled Mrs. Li's sleeve, and then said to Duanmu Fei with a smile: "Sister Scarlet, this starling of yours is really well-behaved. ”

"Where, where." Duanmu Fei said modestly and honestly, "Second aunt, it's stupid. ”

"Bad, bad!"

The little starling is always very clever when he shouldn't be clever, and he screams excitedly.

The corners of Duanmu's mouth twitched, giving Xin Shi a "make you smile" expression.

Xin's smile was even thicker, and he took Duanmu Fei's hand and said, "Sister Scarlet, I also like to raise birds, but the birds I raise are not as dexterous as your little eight." You play with it with me. ”

Duanmu Fei got up like a stream and responded without saying a word.

She also knew that her second aunt deliberately dragged her away, but she didn't say anything.

Maybe my grandmother has something to say to my sister. Duanmu said in his heart.

She smiled and took Xin out, and asked people to fetch bird food. The little starling flew down from the tree and hovered above the heads of the two, and there was a lively noise.

Mrs. Li in the small flower hall waved her hand, and the grandmother she brought withdrew, and Wisteria looked at Duanmujun's eyes, and also took the other maids to retreat.

Only Mrs. Li and Duanmujun were left in the hall.

There was silence all around, and the blue color outside the window was reflected in the hall, and the shadows of the trees swayed when the wind blew.

Mrs. Li looked at Duanmujun, who was only a foot away from her, with a complicated expression.

Duanmujun wore a pomegranate red embroidered hundred butterfly skirt, a green silk combed into a meniscus bun, and only a simple red gold inlaid ruby hairpin was inserted obliquely, and her simple outfit reflected her skin like snow, and her eyes were brighter than the ruby.

Such a good girl, I'm afraid I can't find a few in this capital!

Mrs. Li looked at Duanmujun's eyes, revealing a deep joy and love.

Duanmujun keenly felt that there was something wrong with his grandmother's expression, and was about to speak, when he heard Mrs. Li say with a subtle expression: "Actually, on the night of June 20, your second aunt and I also rushed to the princess's mansion, and I happened to see you enter...... "At the same time, I also saw the scene where she and Cen Yin were together.

Mrs. Li's eyes deepened.

Duanmu Jun was stunned, thinking that Mrs. Li was worried about her sister, and said, "Grandmother, Her Royal Highness Princess Anping and Feng Yan are really good!" ”

"Zhen Zhen marries the princess's mansion, it will be very good!"

Mrs. Li listened to this, her heart was both relieved and sour, and her heart was surging.

Mrs. Li looked straight at Duanmujun, thinking that she had always been assertive, thinking that she had always been resolute, and finally gritted her teeth, and said, "Sister Jun, that night, I also saw Lord Cen Governor. ”

Duanmu Jun blinked, and the night Cen Yin said to her that night in front of her eyes-

"Duanmu girl, if you want to go in, just go in."

Duanmujun's eyes suddenly became soft like spring water, and the waves flowed.

How could Mrs. Li miss the change in Duanmujun's expression, and sighed silently in her heart.

There were some things that she couldn't run away with.

Mrs. Li took a deep breath, clenched the Buddhist beads in her hand, looked at Duanmujun's eyes and said, "Sister Jun, grandmother asked you a word, this matter is known to the two of us, and it is limited to this." ”

"Are you ......" Mrs. Li paused and asked, "What do you ...... Cen Yin Are you pleased with him? ”

After the words fell, there was silence in the small flower hall again.

Duanmujun blinked again, and there was a ripple at the bottom of his eyes, as if a stone had fallen into the lake, causing a circle of ripples; It's like the sun shining like a layer of broken gold on the surface of the lake.

Her face was like a peony, her eyes were like stars, and her whole person seemed to light up.

Mrs. Li's heart sank, and she hardly dared to listen to her answer.

"Grandmother," Duanmu looked at her with a firm gaze and nodded, "Yes." ”

After the words fell, there was silence again.

Then, the cicadas that had rested for a moment in the courtyard screamed bitterly, hoarsely.

Mrs. Li felt that her head seemed to be a little dizzy.

Although she was already mentally prepared, although she already had the answer in her heart, when she heard Duanmu Jun say this in person at this moment, her heart was still as cold as ice.

As if a bucket of ice water had been poured on her head, her body trembled uncontrollably.

Mrs. Li chanted the Buddha in her heart, and the Buddha beads in her hand clenched tighter.

She took a few deep breaths before she calmed down a little, and asked Duanmu Jun in a slightly trembling voice: "Sister Jun, tell your grandmother, what do you think?" You...... How can you be ......?"

This time, Mrs. Li really couldn't say the word "happy".

"Were you coerced by him?" Mrs. Li's voice became more and more difficult, and an extremely complex emotion surged in her eyes.

Duanmujun always knew that many people in Beijing had misunderstandings about Cen Yin, but when her grandmother said this, she still couldn't help but feel injustice for Cen Yin.

"Grandmother, you don't know anything about Master Cen, so you said that."

"Over the years, Mr. Cen has helped me and Zhen Zhen a lot, and he never asks for anything in return."

"He's good, there's no better person in the world!"

Duanmu Jun said solemnly.

Mrs. Li looked at Duanmujun's little face that seemed to be glowing, as if a believer was telling his faith, and her heart became even colder.

Sister Jun was clearly bewitched by Cen Yin!

Mrs. Li knew that Cen Yin was the brother-in-law of her little granddaughter, and she used to think that her little granddaughter was cute and intelligent, and she was liked, but now she secretly scolded herself for being careless.

I see.

No wonder Cen is in a high position, but he is so good to his two granddaughters!

It turned out to be something else!

He...... He...... He is simply a seductive vixen, and he has almost taken away the soul of Sister Wei! !

The more Mrs. Li thought about it, the tighter her heart became, and she wanted to say something, but she understood that no matter how much she said, Duanmujun couldn't listen to it at this moment.

Mrs. Li couldn't help but think of a scene twenty years ago, when the girl who was seven or eight points similar to Duanmu Jun ran into her room and said to her: "Mother, I want to marry Duanmu Lang!" ”

Mrs. Li's eyes were slightly sour, and when she thought of her deceased daughter, she felt like a pangu.

The most painful thing in life is that a white-haired person sends a black-haired person.

Daughter Quanxia knows, if she knows that Sister Jun is like this...... How heartache and sadness it will be.

"Sister Jun," Mrs. Li's wrinkled lips moved, trying to persuade, "You are still young, and you don't have many contacts, I don't know if some people have malicious intentions......"

Sister Jun is just a little girl's family who has been lost since childhood, came to the capital from the north, and kept filial piety in the house for three years, trapped in the small house of the Duanmu family, and is not familiar with the place, no wonder he will be moved by Cen Yin's deliberate "flattery", and be bewitched by Cen Yin's rhetoric.

Myself...... I shouldn't have left these two girls in the capital, I should have taken them to Minzhou with all my heart!

From his grandmother's word "ill-intentioned", Duanmu can guess his grandmother's thoughts to some extent, and his heart is very complicated.

She understands her grandmother's love for her, but she ......

"Grandmother, I think I'm the one who has the wrong intentions!"

Duanmujun looked straight at Mrs. Li, her eyes clearer and brighter.

"Rustling ......"

Outside the flower hall, those flowers and trees swayed and danced in the wind.

In the flower hall, Mrs. Li was motionless, choked by Duanmujun's words.

What does this girl mean by this, is it the soul she wants to hook Cen Yin?!

This girl is really ...... Dare to speak!

Mrs. Li's mouth opened and closed, and her expression was indescribable.

Duanmu Jun took Mrs. Li's hand with a smile and comforted: "Grandmother, you don't have to worry about me, I'm almost eighteen years old, and I know what I'm doing." ”

Mrs. Li was not an ordinary woman after all, and after the extreme chaos, she gradually calmed down.

"Sister Jun, what do you think?" Mrs. Li asked, "Do you know that it is impossible for you to be with him...... "There is a future."

Duanmujun is still calm, she has already thought about it.

"Grandmother, after Zhen Zhen gets married, if Master Cen is willing, I will marry." Duanmu said bluntly.

Every word, every sentence is clear and firm.

Mrs. Li was silent again, only to feel that the cicada chirping in the distance was close to her ears, and the sound was so terrible that her ears buzzed.

Mrs. Li thought of her daughter again.

remembered the radiant face of her daughter when she talked about Duanmu Lang.

In fact, he and the old lady were not optimistic about this marriage back then, Duanmu's family was Wenchen, and the family was headed by the stepmother.

The daughter and Duanmu Lang can be said to be inappropriate, and the household is not right.

But she must marry her daughter!

The same is true for my granddaughter today...... This mother and daughter are really a temper!

Mrs. Li looked at Duanmujun in a daze, her eyes were a little dazed for a while, and she overlapped Duanmujun's face with her daughter.

"Sister Jun'er ......"

Mrs. Li held Duanmujun's hand instead, and wanted to say something, but she heard the sound of "quack" outside the window, and then the shiny black starling flew in with its wings and landed firmly on the round table in front of the two.

The little starling jumped at Duanmu Jun and screamed: "It's true! Bad bad! ”

Looking at its excited appearance, it is obviously complaining!

"Little Hachi!" Duanmu Jun touched the little starling's oily and slippery black feather soothingly, and explained to Mrs. Li, "Xiaoba is usually very well-behaved, but a few days ago, I stayed in the princess's mansion with Zhen Zhen and didn't come back for a few days, so it was probably a little uneasy. ”

Wisteria saw the little starling flying in, and also looked into the flower hall, and was hesitating whether he should go over and get it away, when he heard Duanmujun's words.

Wisteria sighed silently in his heart: Xiaoba will develop this arrogant character, and his own girl will definitely be partially responsible.

Probably only her own girl really thinks that the little starling is well-behaved.

was interrupted by the little starling, and Mrs. Li couldn't continue the original topic.

Looking at the smiling girl in front of her, Mrs. Li's heart was heavy, and she felt that she still had a lot to say in her heart, but she had a helplessness that she didn't know where to start.

Hey—

In this way, how can she return to Minzhou with confidence!

At this time, Duanmu Fei also came back with Xin's in his arms, and said with a smile: "Second aunt, Xiaoba is spoiled by me and my sister, arrogant, picky, timid, and loves to run away from home...... Last time, I went out to play for a month before coming back. Duanmu complained matter-of-factly.

Wisteria couldn't help but hook her lips, feeling as if the four girls had dismantled the big girl's stage.

The little starling seemed to understand Duanmufei's dislike, got angry, and began to jump again.

Duanmujun was afraid that he would be so angry that he ran away from home, so he hurriedly stroked and fed it, as if he was coaxing a child.

With the return of Duanmu Fei and Xin, the hall became lively again.

Mrs. Li was a little distracted, looking at Duanmujun with a complicated look, and she didn't want to mention Cen Yin in front of Duanmufei, so she could only be silent.

Ay! Is this fate?!

If her daughter and son-in-law are still there, Sister Jun will stay in the north, how could she meet Cen Yin......

Duanmufei didn't seem to feel the strange atmosphere between Mrs. Li and Duanmujun at all, and talked about the little starling with Mrs. Li and Xin's for a while, talked about the summer vacation for a while, and talked about the upcoming Qixi Festival for a while, and asked the two elders to go to the Qixi Lantern Festival.

Mrs. Li and the Xin family stayed in Duanmu Mansion until the sun went down before leaving, and it was the two sisters who personally sent them to the Yimen.

After the two elders got into the carriage, Duanmujun solemnly said to Mrs. Li, who was only separated from her by a car window, almost as if swearing:

"Grandmother, I know what I'm doing, and I'm not impulsive."

The aftermath of these words echoed in Mrs. Li's ears with the intermittent chirping of cicadas, even though the carriage had already driven out of Quanyu Street.

Mother-in-law and daughter-in-law for so many years, of course Xin can see the complexity and entanglement in Mrs. Li's expression, the Buddha beads in her hand keep twisting, faster and faster, and the impatience in her heart is also revealed through this monotonous and repeated action.

Suddenly, the Buddhist beads in Mrs. Li's hand stopped.

She raised her eyes to look at Xin Shi who was sitting beside her, and an extremely bitter smile rolled out of the corner of her mouth, "We guessed correctly, Sister Jun admitted it herself." ”

Mrs. Li's words seem to have no beginning or end, but ......