Every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, the sect ritual, the opening banquet, the five rooms of the Xuanyu Hall will gather in the Taishi Mansion to carry out this most important event of the year, and many preparations begin when entering the month of La, which is also the busiest period for the housewives in charge of the feed.

But for Mrs. Peng, this year has consumed a lot less energy than in previous years, but she is not relieved that she has two concubines and a nephew on her shoulders to share.

But how much anger and impetuousness can be suppressed under the surface, and compared with the past two or three months, busy grasping the handle of non-confidant stewards everywhere, picking quarrels and provoking troubles in a vain attempt to establish authority again, making a lot of noise in the house, since the spring returned to the palace, Mrs. Peng seems to have finally realized that she is alone and unable to compete with the alliance of concubines and nephews, and has a bit of a mood to stop fighting, and she is lazy to take down people to vent her anger - at least this is the general opinion of the vast majority of servants and maids in the Taishi Mansion.

In short, because the New Year is approaching, the Taishi Mansion has finally returned to a harmonious normal, as if some things have been settled, and some turmoil has disappeared without a trace.

The vast majority of people don't notice the undercurrents that seem to be surging quietly under the calm of the waves.

One day, in the hesitation garden, in addition to the grandmother Ting, it was still Mrs. Peng who led the housewives and girls in the morning routine, but this time the old lady deliberately left the second girl Lan Xin, and said for a long time, Lan Xin was out of the hesitant garden with Mrs. Peng, the girl's face was solemn, Mrs. Peng had been following her and whispered softly, but the maid Jian Qing next to the second girl looked at the spring breeze on her face, and also whispered softly on the side, it looked like Jian Qing and Mrs. Peng were singing together, but I don't know if the two were singing a tragedy, After all, the second girl's expression is getting more and more solemn.

After two days, Gu Lan, the maidservant girl of the Youyou Pavilion, went to the Old Mountain Pavilion, and the piano maid of the Old Mountain Pavilion went to the Eagle Garden again.

When Chun Gui just entered the house, Qingping consciously began to walk around with the servants and maids in the Taishi Mansion, to facilitate the Spring Return to grasp the trivial personnel of the Taishi Mansion in a timely manner, among the maids who came and went with Qingping, there was a one called Punch Talk, and later she specialized in serving Aunt Meng, because Aunt Meng and Chun Gui were good friends, Qingping became more familiar with Punch Talk, Punch Talk has been very busy recently, because Aunt Meng was diagnosed with pregnancy, and the first pregnancy reaction was very big, and the poor appetite made the second master extremely sad, Punch Tongue as one of the maids who took care of Aunt Meng's food and clothing, The burden on your shoulders can be imagined.

She came to the Eagle Garden to beg for help, and relied on Qingping's recommendation to meet Chungui, and Chungui simply agreed to make some delicious refreshments for Aunt Meng to taste.

The second master's brand-new aunt Yulu, like Aunt Meng, is from the Wei Mansion, and she usually has a few words to say, since Aunt Meng is pregnant, she is more like a honor, and she comes to accompany her when she is free, watching Aunt Meng put out the refreshments for hospitality is really exquisite, and it is delicious to look at, and she can't help but taste it, leaving a table of empty dishes.

There is a long-term way to have dealings, Aunt Yu can't cook tea soup, there is no convenience and no craftsmanship, so she sent a bunch of lipid sachets, and earnestly reminded Aunt Meng that when it comes to the pot-bellied, she can't pay attention to makeup, she sighed lightly, "With an identity like us, we can only rely on Israel to serve people."

Another day, Ju Xi took a secret letter from Tang Hui's hand, only writing "Gu Yiren personally opened", the envelope was not named, and when Chun Gui opened it, he didn't know who asked her to meet outside the house, and the meeting place was at Aunt Chai's house. Mei Jealous Ju felt that the messenger was sneaky and had bad intentions, and did not approve of the spring return, but the spring return

It seems that since the location is in Aunt Chai's house, she is not worried that she will be in danger, and at most she will report to Lan Ting, so it will be even more foolproof.

She saw an unexpected person at Aunt Chai's house.

The maidservant white goose in the courtyard of the fourth lady found that the rival egret who had a holiday with her had been a little sneaky recently, but she didn't dare to keep an eye on it, so she only watched the study more and more, and didn't let the egret get closer.

One day, the three girls of Jian Bao's family happened to see the egret and a maid whispering to the corner of the garden, and the egret seemed to have handed over something to the maid, and the person who met with the egret was the slave maid Yingxian in the courtyard of the third lady.

Zangdan, the first-class maidservant girl of the Baoyou Pavilion, is still excluded and suppressed, and is responsible for cleaning the Gong bucket, carrying water, clothes and other rough work, but the good connections she has established for many years still have a role, and this day was whispered by the second girl's personal maid, and Zangdan's eyes flashed black and bright.

Her strange expression was not noticed by anyone, but only fell into the eyes of a spirit.

Qu Chu stood opposite her, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes seemed to be stained with frost.

How many undercurrents are surging and silently brewing, and finally it has reached the turn of the old and the new in the ten years of Hongfu.

Even if Chungui was exempted from the old lady in the morning and dusk, but on this day, even the men led by Zhao Zhoucheng needed to ask the old lady about her well-being in the early morning, and Chungui naturally had to dress herself up and go to the province in a bright and beautiful way, but with Lan Ting present today, of course she didn't have to worry that the old lady would be harsh and scolded on the spot, at least not in the morning.

The old lady was really full of joy and smiles, and she was still the rich and lovely old lady, who no longer only called Chungui to laugh in front of her, and even deliberately avoided Chungui from the corner of her eyes.

Until the completion of the sacrificial ancestral hall, the Taishi Mansion was still calm.

When Chun Hui returned to the Eagle Garden to change her dress, Qingping came to see her, saying that there was a porter mother-in-law who came in, and Mrs. Wei of the Hou Mansion sent a servant to specially summon her to Feng's house, on such a day, as the old master of Qingping, Mrs. Wei suddenly wanted to see Qingping, there was no doubt that there must be an emergency, and Chun Gui allowed Qingping to see.

It's just that it coincides with Chinese New Year's Eve, and the Taishi Mansion is busy, and it is just a slave to go out, of course, it is not good to work for the teacher, and get the token of the fourth lady, and the carriage and horse department only arranged a driver to drive Qingping to the Gongshun Hou Mansion.

Mrs. Peng immediately learned the news of Qingping's scheme, so the cold noise with the concubines in the clan became more and more enthusiastic.

Spring Return's task today is still to take care of a group of girls in the family, so that they eat and drink well on the annual Chinese New Year's Eve, don't quarrel and fight and can't bump into each other, the eldest girl is obliged to become her little helper today, Spring Return can pay more attention to the second girl Lan Xin who may provoke trouble at any time, but because there are many facts today, in a blink of an eye, she disappeared from the object of attention, and when she inquired about Lan Xin's whereabouts, when she arrived at the Yiyang Pavilion in the garden, she saw that there was already a commotion.

Although the Yiyang Pavilion is not like the Liujing Pavilion of the Imperial Flower Garden, it is inlaid with glass on all sides, but the bottom floor of the pavilion is also equipped with a window sash to block the wind this season, which is suitable for placing a smoke cage for heating, so today there are children/children to prevent the wind and cold, you can play here, because it is a wine banquet that the clansmen gather once a year, most of the housewives can not take care of the children without distractions, and they are mostly handed over to the nurse and the old servant women to take care of, and it just so happens that at this time, in addition to a daughter-in-law in the third room, there are only a few nursing mothers and servants, and in addition to the girls led by Lan Xin are standing steadily, The rest were children who were still swaddling or had difficulty walking.

Originally infants

It is not suitable for participating in banquets, but the Chinese New Year's Eve family banquet is not ordinary after all, it is not only about reunion, but also the children of Xuanyutang cannot be absent unless there are special circumstances, even Lan Jue's little sister who can only cry or laugh is no exception.

As soon as Chungui stepped into the Yiyang Pavilion, he heard Sister Lan Jue in the arms of the aunt in the third room crying, and Sister Jue's nurse covered her hands and hung her head, and was being reprimanded by the second girl.

When the third aunt saw the return of spring, she seemed to see a life-saving straw: "Brother Ting's daughter-in-law is here, let's talk about Sister Xin'er, this child is really becoming more and more willful, and my real bomb as an aunt can't suppress her." Saying that, the little sister Lan Jue in her arms, the aunt's son was only three years old, sitting on the nurse's lap and looking up at her mother, and proposed: "Give Sister Jue candy to eat, and she won't cry." He turned his face to look at Chungui again, and learned his mother's tone: "Brother Ting's daughter-in-law!" ”

The aunt couldn't cry or laugh: "What are you shouting, you should call the court sister-in-law." ”

Seeing that Chun returned to look at Lan Jue, the aunt hurriedly explained: "Sister Jue is not injured, but she was frightened by this formation, originally I took the time to come over to see if Brother Eaves was naughty, and I happened to meet Sister Xin'er A few of them said that they came to see Sister Jue, Sister Xin rushed to hug Sister Jue, where can Mother Feng rest assured, she can't persuade Sister Xin'er to say anything, so I took Sister Jue and persuaded Sister Xin'er, the child's bones are soft, not to mention falling and touching, even if the way of holding is improper, it may be injured, but it is not a joke. Only then did she persuade Sister Xin'er, only in a blink of an eye she came over with a bowl of hot tea, bent over to tease Sister Jue, Mother Feng hurriedly persuaded her, saying don't lose your hand, carefully scald Sister Jue, Sister Xin ignored it, Mother Feng was anxious to take the tea bowl in Sister Xin'er's hand, and Sister Xin poured a bowl of tea on Mother Feng's hand! This kid's temperament is really getting bigger and bigger! ”

"Mother Feng, hurry up and go to the place to treat the burns, Sister Jue has my aunt and I to take care of it." Spring returns first to Lan Jue's nurse.

Lan Xin saw Chun Gui staring at her sternly, and seemed to be a little afraid, and explained: "It turned out that Sister Qin said that they hadn't seen the third sister yet, and they asked me to bring them here, I really wanted to try to hug the third sister and coax them to play, but Mother Feng guarded me like a thief, and I didn't care about her, holding a tea bowl in my hand, I felt that I could ease the cold hands, as soon as I approached, Mother Feng was afraid that I would deliberately burn the third sister, and actually split my hand to grab my tea bowl, I was angry and fought with her for a while, so I accidentally splashed the tea and hurt Feng's mother, I don't have a heart, and Mother Feng is already wrong, shouldn't I blame her for a few words? ”

Chun Gui glanced at the back of Feng's mother's hand just now, the injury can only be caused by boiling water, but it doesn't feel hot when you hold it in the tea bowl, and Sister Lan Xin is not a childish and unenlightened age, how can she not know the consequences of this cup of hot tea if she accidentally knocks over Lan Jue, and she still has to do such a dangerous thing, but she is not at ease.

Fortunately, Feng's mother was vigilant, so Lan Jue was saved from this flying disaster.

But now Chungui really can't blame Lan Xin in front of everyone, so that the matter can't end more and more, so he said with a cold face: "The fourth aunt is not free today, hand over the third sister to Feng's mother to take care of, Feng's mother will of course be cautious, the third sister is still so young, the second sister shouldn't just care about whether the naughty negligence will hurt the third sister, but fortunately, Feng's mother is cautious and didn't indulge the second sister to mess around, the second sister should not stay in the Yiyang Pavilion for more, so as to save any accidents." ”

After staring at Lan Xin and turning away, Chun Guicai helped the aunt in the third room to coax Lan Jue's little sister into tears and laugh first.