"Of course, I brought a gift to the second young master, and the second young master must like this gift very much." Yingkong came to sell it, then turned his face to look at Qingdi, took out an item packed in a long brocade bag from his sleeve and handed it to Qingdi: "Second young lady, meet the gift, I hope you don't dislike it." ”

Qingdi was stunned, and listened to Xingzi say that Yingkong is a descendant of the Chu family, and the subordinate still has the custom of preparing a meeting gift for the newly married lady? Isn't it only the elders in the family who will give a welcome gift to the new daughter-in-law? So would she like to give Kagekong a welcome gift too? Otherwise, it's not appropriate, but I don't have anything to prepare......

Qingdi stretched out his hand to take it for a while, Chu Yaocen couldn't help but poke his head over, and asked curiously, "Empty, what good things have you prepared for the little fox?" ”

"Little fox, is this the second young master's affectionate name for the second young lady?" Shadow Sky smiled softly, looked at Qingdi and asked.

Qingdi's gaze met him for a moment and then immediately looked away, his face was a little shy and helpless, and said: "Yao Cen thinks I look like the little fox he raised called 'Yan Xi', so he keeps calling me that." ”

"No, no," Chu Yaocen waved his hand again and again: "It's not that I think the little fox looks like Yan Xi, but I think the little fox is as smart as Yan Xi, Xiao Qi also said that the little fox is a fox fairy." ”

Ying Konglai laughed twice, and was about to speak, when Chu Linyuan, who had been quiet for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Konglai, if you want to gossip with your younger brother and younger siblings, after the dinner, now we have to rush to tell our father about Jiangdong's accounts." ”

I don't know if Chu Linyuan is cold, or he really doesn't like Qingdi and Chu Yaocen, in short, he hasn't had a good face at all since he saw Qingdi for the first time, and his voice is also extremely cold, so people dare not approach.

Ying Konglai nodded, and said to Qingdi and Chu Yaocen: "I left Beijing this time, stayed in Jiangdong for more than a month, and then went to southern Xinjiang. This small thing given to the second young lady is a Suzhou embroidered fan in Hangzhou, which is not valuable, but I feel that it is very suitable for the second young lady. ”

Qingdi held the thing in his hand and said with a slight shock: "Thank you." It's just that I didn't know about your existence before, and I didn't prepare a gift for you......"

"Haha, the second young lady doesn't have to care about this." Ying Konglai laughed again, and then said to Chu Yaozen: "Second Young Master, the gift for you is quite unique, I have to wait for the dinner party, and I will personally send it to your room." ”

When Chu Yaocen heard this, he was very happy, nodded with longing, and said, "Okay, okay, you go with your eldest brother to see your father first, I'll wait for you in the room after eating!" ”

Yingkong responded, and went to Chu Chengguan with Chu Linyuan.

When the two of them walked away, Qingdi took out the Su embroidery fan from the brocade bag, opened it and saw that the fan was embroidered with layers of green mountains, and the artistic conception was far away.

Chu Yaocen stood behind Qingdi, put his head on her shoulder, looked at the fan and said, "It's really empty, why did I send you a fan like this, you are a woman, you should send you flowers and plants." ”

Qingdi put the fan away, turned back to Chu Yaocen and said, "Yaocen, what others sent, even if you don't like it, you can't say it's bad, and this is someone else's gift to me, so you can't say anything, remember?" ”

Chu Yaocen frowned slightly, pulled Qingdi's sleeve and said, "Little fox, you say, do you like to come empty?" Otherwise, why would you blame me for him? ”

"I'm not blaming you for him, I'm just teaching you some tricks on how to behave in the world." Qingdi took his hand off his sleeve, held it and said, "Yaocen, others say you are stupid, but I know that you are not stupid, you are just immature." So you have to listen to me in the future and try to mature. I'm still immature, but at least I'm a little better than you. Whatever the shadow sky comes to give us, it is his heart, and we can't maliciously evaluate other people's hearts. Besides, I like this fan very much. ”

Qingdi told him so much because she had gradually made up her mind, if she really couldn't escape from the Chu family, then live a good life with Chu Yaocen, after all, Chu Yaocen should be the best person alive for her in this world. However, she may not be able to be with Chu Yaocen for the rest of her life, so she has to do her best to make his life better in the future. It's not in vain that he paid for himself before.

Chu Yaocen listened to Qingdi's words, and seemed to understand. After a while, he nodded silently and said, "I understand." Actually, I also like to come to the air, our Chu family, everyone likes to come to the air. ”

Qingdi smiled faintly, thinking that it was the same, just take the short time I had contact with him just now, he was quite likable.

"Alright, let's hurry to the garden, or your mother will talk about me again." Qing Dixuan even led Chu Yaocen to the garden.

It's the height of summer, the flowers are blooming just right, and the faint scent of flowers in the garden is mixed together, which is refreshing. The moon is also round tonight, and it won't be dark even if the yard is not lit. Mosquito-smoked tobacco was lit around the table, and if the tobacco man smelled it, there was no other smell, but there was a small pile of mosquitoes around the tobacco.

Qingdi also immediately noticed this unique tobacco, which has never been seen in the prime minister's house. After Chu Yaocen took a seat, she went to stare at the tobacco research. At this time, Apricot ran over and said breathlessly: "Madam, you and the young master are back, and the slave is still worried." ”

Qingdi turned her head to look at her, and wanted to answer her words, but at a glance, she was attracted by the delicate beads in her hair, and asked, "The beads on your head, I have never seen you wear them before, and I went out to buy them today?" ”

Apricot shook her head, then her face turned red, and she said shyly, "No, it was given to the slave by the shadow steward." ”

Qingdi raised his eyebrows slightly, and the apricots also gave a loose gift? Could it be that he sent it to the entire Chu family?

"Not bad, it's good-looking, it's perfect for you." Qingdi praised.

"Hey, really? Second Young Lady, you don't know how powerful the shadow butler is, he knows everyone in our house, whether it is the lady who pours night incense in the yard, or the third-class girl of the eldest young grandmother, he has bought gifts, and everyone likes them. Apricot said that when the shadow came to the sky, there was a different look in her eyes. She continued: "The florist's daughter also received gifts, the cook's husband also received gifts, and even the little white fox raised by the second young master received a small bell prepared by the shadow steward. ”

Qingdi smiled slightly, this shadow steward's mind is really broad. But this time it made Qingdi a lot easier. At first, she thought that he had specially prepared a gift for herself, but now that she knew that she had all of them, she was not so entangled. But it's also a personal favor, so let's find a chance to pay it back in the future.

As she spoke, He had already arrived, and she was followed by Liu's mother, who embarrassed her in the morning. Qingdi saw the two of her coming, and the two also saw Qingdi and Chu Yaocen.

The masters of the Chu family, now that the three of them are here, the He family didn't even pretend, walked to his position, and said to Chu Yaocen, who was already sitting in the seat: "Yaocen, your father also said that maybe your stupidity will be gone after you get married, but how do I feel that you are more stupid?" Your dad hasn't come yet, can you sit down in this position first? ”

Chu Yaocen raised his head and looked at her, and said aggrievedly: "Mother, I didn't move my chopsticks." You've only told me before that if Daddy doesn't come, I can't eat first. But I didn't say that my father didn't come, so I can't sit down first. ”

"Didn't I say that now? Stand up. After He finished speaking, seeing that Chu Yaocen did not react, he sneered, looked at Qingdi, who did not move and did not go over to salute her, and said: "Yaocen, you used to be an obedient good boy, why are you disobedient now, and you have learned to talk back?" Is someone blowing the wind on your pillow and telling you to be an unfilial son? ”

When these words came to Qingdi, she had no reason to continue to stand and not speak, she walked behind Chu Yaocen, gently put her hand on Chu Yaocen's shoulder, and signaled Chu Yaocen not to be afraid. Then he chuckled and said to He: "Mother-in-law, before teaching others, it's best to see if you have done anything wrong." You said that Yao Cen shouldn't have sat down with his father-in-law first. So why did your father-in-law come over first? If you can't be in front of the head of the family, why can? ”

He Shi sneered, glared at her, and said, "I came here first to see if the maid had prepared the dishes." Yao Cen sat down first, which was disrespectful to the head of the family. I thought you were the daughter of the Shui family, so naturally you should know some rules, but I didn't expect to be so rude! ”

"Mother-in-law, don't say it, but I'll be angry, be calm, otherwise it's easy to get old...... No, it's easy to get older. Qingdi's tone has been faint, chuckling and said to her: "Mother-in-law said that you came here first to see if the dishes were on for your father-in-law, and Yaocen sat down first to warm the stool for your father-in-law." Although it is summer, the weather in our imperial city, even if it is summer, will be a little cool at night. I can't wear a lot of clothes this season, and if my father-in-law sits on a cool stool, he may get sick. So Yao Cen came to warm the stool first. ”

"Nonsense!" He Shi glanced at Qingdi, with contempt in her eyes, and didn't take Qingdi's rebuttal in her eyes at all, she felt that Qingdi's methods were still very tender. "If Yao Cen wants to warm the stool for the master, he should sit on the main seat, why do he sit here?"

"What if you sit on the main seat and are caught by some vicious people who want to deal with Yao Cen, saying that Yao Cen is disrespectful to her father-in-law? That's why Yao Cen has to sit here, wait for the stool to warm up, and then change his stool with his father-in-law's stool. After Qingdi finished speaking, he lowered his head slightly, with a sense of distress, and said to Chu Yaocen, who was still sitting on the stool: "Yaochen, I really pity you, you must have been bullied all the time when I was not here." ”

Chu Yaocen looked at her with his head raised slightly, and said pitifully: "Well, my mother always bullies me." ”

"Who would dare to bully my precious son?" As soon as Chu Yaocen's words fell, he heard this voice coming from the entrance of the garden.