The evening breeze was gentle, and the candle flame swayed slightly, casting deep and shallow shadows on everyone's faces, like fragmentary marks left by the past, embedded in the gloomy atmosphere of this time.

Ji Erlan did not shy away from revealing the facts, Qin Cheng was silent, and his eyes were filled with guilt: "It's my uncle who didn't take care of you." ”

Ji Erlan said solemnly: "I know the difficulties that my uncle has not encountered, but there are late bloomers in ancient and modern times, and after they are used, they are all capable and famous." When Er Lan heard that his uncle was planning to give up this autumn festival, he felt that it was inappropriate. Even if you don't do it for A-Niang, for yourself, you should insist on it. ”

Qin Cheng looked at the Qin clan and the others on the side and nodded at him, and his heart was full of sourness: "I didn't know that you valued me so much......

The Qin clan knew what it was like for Qin Cheng to be treated coldly for many years, and said, "What did the eldest brother say...... No matter what other people think, no matter what gossip they say, why should you care? We are always on your side. Besides, the eldest brother's talent is not worse than that of the old man. ”

Ji Yun said: "My uncle is not as sleek as my father, and he has no family background, so his career will definitely be more difficult than others, but I believe that these obstacles are not enough to make my uncle stagnant." ”

Qin Cheng looked at them in a daze for a long time, forcibly suppressed his emotions, and after a moment of silence, he stood up and said word by word: "I will definitely not let you down." ”

Lan Ruo Pavilion.

Ji Tianjiao had already removed her clothes and hairpins, and sat in front of the case for a while, Ji Rujun saw her pick up the pen and put it down, and couldn't help asking, "Big sister, what are you doing?" ”

Ji Tianjiao pondered for a while, and said, "Of course, it's the incident I said this afternoon...... The appearance of Ji Erlan and our family is really more than a star and a half, I thought about it, is there really something unknown in this? ”

Ji Rujun said: "Did that sister remember something?" ”

"You are young, I haven't heard of anything back then, but I've heard my aunt mention it. Back then, she was able to make the Qin family suffer a crime with just a little means. Ji Tianjiao's eyebrows raised slightly, as if she remembered when their mother was in power, and in a moment, her eyebrows fell again, and she snorted coldly: "If it weren't for this Ji Erlan suddenly becoming like a mad dog, we wouldn't be so sad now!" ”

Ji Rujun frowned, and her impatient look flashed: "What did my aunt mention?" ”

Ji Tianjiao glanced at her, and said while thinking: "It is said that I had just turned one year old at that time, and the Qin family was about to give birth, but unfortunately she was not in good health, and she was not as favored as her aunt, and she did not take care of the baby when she was pregnant, and the child she gave birth to was congenitally insufficient. The aunt used a little trick to persuade the Qin family to go to the Nuluo Nunnery to pray for blessings and save the girl. I thought that Qin's just out of confinement and he was sick, it was best to explain the two lives of one big and one small in the nunnery, who knows, Qin's life is big, and Ji Erlan's life is also big, not only are the two of them fine, but Ji Erlan's deficiency is also cured! ”

Ji Tianjiao took a sip of the obscure 'bah' and said, "It's really a wish!" ”

Ji Rujun was stunned when she heard this: "It turns out that there are such old things." It's not surprising, how can the second sister's illness be cured? When we were in Yangcheng, there was either a young man from a rich family, or the deficiency brought by the womb, and he almost ate the precious medicinal herbs as food every day, but didn't he die in the end? ”

"It is said that it is the credit of the broken hairpin!" Ji Tianjiao was so angry when she remembered that Ji Erlan bit her back, and she was blackmailed with five hundred taels of silver.

"Lotus hairpin?"

"Yes, the Qin family met a noble man in the Nuluo Nunnery, this hairpin is the person's personal belongings, contaminated with the luck of the nobleman, and it is said that Ji Erlan's life is worry-free." Ji Tianjiao seemed to have thought about how to ask, picked up the pen and ink, and wrote it.

"It's strange how this could happen." Ji Rujun pursed her lips and thought for a while, and asked, "Does the eldest sister want to write a letter to ask her aunt?" ”

Ji Tianjiao hooked her lips and smiled, and said, "Yes, if there is anything wrong with what happened back then, Ji Erlan will be over." Even if there is nothing unusual about her background, it would be good to cause her some trouble! ”

Ji Rujun didn't ask any more questions, and went back to her room under Moyu's service.

Lying on the couch, she suddenly asked, "Moyu, is what Big Sister Fang said true?" You can see that hairpin, is there anything special about it? ”

Moyu came from Yangcheng with Ji Rujun, and she knew the affairs of the Ji family very well, she said: "The second girl's life experience, the slave maid doesn't know much about it. However, when the hairpin was in the hands of the eldest girl, the slave maid had seen it from afar, and it was very delicate and precious. The eldest girl likes it very much, but the wife values this lotus hairpin very much, and the eldest girl has never had a chance to get it. If it wasn't for the second girl who wanted to come to the capital with her that time, I'm afraid she wouldn't have come out with a hairpin, so that the eldest girl would seize the opportunity. It's a pity that in the end, the eldest girl still couldn't get her wish, and the hairpin was asked back. ”

When Mo Yu said this, she lowered her voice slightly, and said, "Once, the slave maid happened to hear the eldest girl ask her aunt, if there is no hairpin, will the second girl die...... I'm afraid that the eldest girl has always felt in private that it was this hairpin that blessed the safety and health of the second girl, and she has always wanted to snatch it, but also with the idea of making the second girl doom to death. ”

Ji Rujun said: "Big sister really believes in this nonsense. ”

Mo Yu asked, "Don't the girl believe it?" If it weren't for the blessing of the hairpin, how could the second girl's deficiency be cured? Now the second girl's complexion is much better than that of normal people! ”

Ji Rujun's eyes deepened, and she said, "Okay, don't talk about this, I'm going to sleep, and I have to get up early tomorrow to go to the girls' school." Also, don't mention these things again, at least they can't get out of us. Got it? ”

"Yes, girl, you know that slaves are not talkative people."

Ji Rujun nodded, shrunk her body into the quilt, closed her eyes, and her mind was full of Ji Erlan's recent voice and smile, so deliberately low-key, but still outstanding that people can't ignore, who is it like?

Qin Cheng didn't stay for a few days and went back to Yangcheng, and the Qin clan was a little depressed under the sadness.

After Su Gu entered the mansion, he focused on recuperating the Qin family's body. Her medical skills are comparable to Su Liu, and after getting acquainted with Ji Erlan, she has a good understanding of her. "Er Lan, the root of Lingtang's illness lies in the depression, you must always persuade her, don't take everything too seriously. If the heart is wide, the disease will go. ”

Ji Erlan nodded: "Well, I know this, but there are many people, but anything that can become a disease in her heart must be the thing she cares about the most, and where can it be easily solved, you can only take your time." ”

"That's what you said." Su Gu is a kind-hearted and gentle person, and after living in Jifu, he gets along very well with everyone. Only Ji Chenglin frowned every time he saw Su Gu recuperating the Qin family so closely. "But he ...... sir"

"What's wrong?" Ji Erlan saw that her face was different and asked.

Su Gu frowned and hesitated, took Ji Erlan's hand and said: "Erlan, you have a great kindness to our brothers and sisters, and you and I are so close to each other, I have doubts, not to mention that I am afraid of delay, and I am afraid that nothing will happen...... But after thinking about it, I think I should let you know. You are a person who understands and will be able to judge. ”

Su Gu paused for a moment when he said this, and when he saw Ji Erlan nodding, he said again: "I am a doctor, and I have seen a lot of patients, and the people around the patients are anxious or not, and they can also distinguish whether they care about it or not. I always feel that the old man's attitude towards his wife's body is very strange......"

"Sister Su, you should be as careful as a hair."

Su Gu was stunned: "Er Lan, you have already noticed it?" ”

Ji Erlan nodded slightly, asked all the girls to go down, and said, "Otherwise, why do I have to invite your brothers and sisters to come to the house and let you take care of my mother closely?" ”

"This ......" Su Gu's face turned slightly pale. In the family of the official eunuchs, there are wives and concubines who compete for favor and kill each other, there are those who kill each other in the competition between concubines, and there are servants and wives who steal money privately, and all kinds of means emerge in endlessly. Su Gu and his brother have been wandering around with their husband since they were children, and they have experienced countless ups and downs in the world, and they are not surprised by these. But he plotted to take the life of his wife...... She'd never heard of it. "Why ......"

Ji Erlan didn't expect Su Gu to see Ji Chenglin's strangeness in such a short period of time, so she simply made it clear to her, anyway, what she wanted Su Gu to do in the future would have to be explained.

She thought for a while and said: "My father was recommended by Lord Fang because of the previous Fang family, and got acquainted with Duan Wangye, who was quite appreciated by him, and he was going to be transferred to Dali Temple in the near future, and served in Dali Temple......

Ji Chenglin has been proud of the spring breeze for several days, and it is precisely because of his smooth official career that he once again rejects the Qin family, even better than before.

Ji Erlan stood up and paced slowly two steps, with his back to the window, facing Su Gu against the backlight. makes people can't see her expression clearly, but they can clearly feel the coldness and hardness in it: "You should know that the ties in officialdom are often closely connected to the affairs of the inner house. However, my mother, the wife of the chaff, will not go to court, but will die...... to make something go smoothly. ”

The handkerchief in Su Gu's hand shook and fell to the ground: "What...... How could it be ......"

"It's a long story, but don't be afraid. I know this in my heart, you just have to take care of my mother's body, everything else, everything is up to me. Ji Erlan motioned for Su Gu to come over and whispered something in her ear, Su Gu was startled: "He...... It's your father...... after all."

"Because he's my father, I've shown mercy."

Su Gu took a deep breath, was silent for a long time, and said slowly: "I am naturally on your side. ”