On the fifteenth day of the lunar month, it is the birthday of Mrs. Yan of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Ji Chenglin didn't dare to slack off, and took the Qin family and Ji Erlan to the Yan Mansion early.

Before the hour came, the front of the Prime Minister's Mansion was already crowded. Anyone who has a little bit of a relationship, for the sake of affection, or for the sake of face, will not miss such an opportunity to make friends or tie up. Ji Chenglin was a little frightened, he had only been in the capital for a short time, and he had almost no foundation. Besides, the last time Yan Lingtian's maid died in the Yan family, it was too inexplicable. Therefore, the words that told Ji Erlan and the Qin clan along the way were almost comparable to what they said in an ordinary month.

Ji Erlan followed the Qin family to the place where the ladies and wives in the backyard were, the two of them are not high-status, and they can't attract too much attention from everyone, but with Mrs. Fang and others who interact on weekdays, the Qin family will not be too neglected.

As the eldest daughter of the long house, it is natural for Yan Lingtian to help entertain guests. She was surrounded by many young ladies of the same age as usual. All the women know Ji Erlan in the women's school, and they all know that in the past six months, she has been out of the limelight, and she is still doing things that ordinary women can't do. Therefore, when I saw her, my eyes unconsciously became strange.

Cheng Xiaoxiao disdained to be with them, so she pulled Ji Erlan and Fang Qingxue to the back garden.

As a deep-rooted clan in Beijing, the scenery of Yanfu is detailed and heavy, not so extravagant and expensive, but full of heritage. Cheng Xiaoxiao's attention was not on these, holding the hand stove, wearing a thick wool cloak and Fang Qingxue close together, and said: "The weather is very cold, we have all changed into the heaviest clothes of the year, just Erlan is still wearing autumn jackets, is it really not cold?" ”

Ji Erlan smiled and didn't speak, Cheng Xiaoxiao also knew that her martial arts were extraordinary, and she didn't wait for her to answer, but talked about something else: "In the future, you won't be able to see the pair of pearls in the palm of the Song family on occasions like this." Yan Lingtian is afraid that he will become the most high-profile one as he wishes. ”

Fang Qingxue said: "This is in someone's house, you just talk like this...... Let's talk about something else. ”

Yan Lingtian stood in an attic, and saw Ji Erlan standing in the snow tree and silver frost from afar, tall and slender but full of heroism, with a wide-sleeved Luo shirt and sixteen lake blue hundred-folded skirts, with a snow-white fox fur tied on the outside, with a fairy appearance, not vulgar. She pursed her lips and said to Shen Xue beside her, "You go and tell the eldest brother." ”

Shen Xiang bent her knees, Yan Lingtian looked at Ji Erlan's figure and smiled coldly, turned around and went down the attic.

Ji Erlan walked slowly on the path, and suddenly felt something, and glanced in the direction of the attic, but saw nothing. Cheng Xiaoxiao saw that she was absent-minded, pulled her sleeve and asked, "Er Lan, did you hear what I said?" ”

Ji Erlan was about to answer, but saw a figure come out from behind the rocks not far away, and walked in towards them.

Cheng Xiaoxiao saw him and said strangely: "Big brother? How did you get here? ”

Cheng Shaozhang bowed to a few people and said, "Sister, my mother is not careful, she will have to go back to the house first, and I will hurry up to call you." ”

Cheng Xiaoxiao was startled, rushed out all of a sudden, and ran a few steps before remembering to greet Ji Erlan and the two: "Erlan, Qingxue, I'll go back to see my mother first, let's see you another day." ”

The two didn't even have time to agree, and the people had already run away. Cheng Shaozhang hurriedly arched his hand apologetically at the two, and quickly chased after Cheng Xiaoxiao. Fang Qingxue looked at Cheng Shaozhang's appearance and whispered: "In the past, I didn't have deep contact with the people of the Cheng family, but when I watched it from afar, I felt that Cheng Shaozhang maintained Xiaoxiao everywhere and was very close. But after the accident in our carriage last time, I didn't think this person was like a glorious person. ”

Ji Erlan already knew it in his heart, and only said: "Regardless of whether he did that thing or not, for Xiaoxiao's sake, there is no need to care." It's just that the Cheng family doesn't have a son-in-law, and it is understandable that Cheng Shaozhang has a plan in his heart. However, whether he is sincere or false, he should not be able to do anything to Xiaoxiao. Xiaoxiao is just a woman after all, and she will marry in the future. ”

While the two were talking, several maidservants came over to them, all holding food boxes in their hands, and they should have sent them to the front hall. Ji Erlan took Fang Qingxue aside with his hand to avoid colliding. Who knew that there was still a servant girl who slipped under her feet when she curtsied with the two of them, and even the food box rushed towards Fang Qingxue.

Ji Erlan's eyes were quick, and although she didn't let Fang Qingxue fall, the corners of her skirt were still stained with soup.

The maid in yellow was not very old, her face turned pale with fright, and she immediately knelt in the snow and cried and begged for mercy: "Your nobleman spares her life, the slave and maid did not mean it, it is really too heavy, the slave and maid did not check for a while, and collided with you, please bypass the slave and maid this time!" ”

Fang Qingxue was not a harsh person, seeing that she was small, it was indeed a little difficult to carry such a heavy food box, and it seemed that she was often bullied by the maids next to her on weekdays, so she shook her head, motioned to the maids around her to go to the carriage to get a change of clothes, and said: "It's okay, you are not unintentional, but you are just dirty clothes, you ask someone to take me to find a place to change clothes." ”

"Yes, yes, the slave will take you to change your clothes."

Ji Erlan originally wanted to accompany her, but she heard the maid in yellow say, "Miss Ji, the banquet in front is ready, please come to the table as soon as possible." ”

After all, it was someone else's house, and Ji Erlan didn't want to be too self-assured, so he ordered Yuexi to follow Fang Qingxue, and he turned around and went to the banquet near the flower hall.

Seeing that everyone was far away, Twilight Ye whispered in Ji Erlan's ear, "Girl, it seems that someone over there is watching us." ”

Ji Erlan let out a soft 'um' and went back the way he came, but the more he walked, the more he felt that something was wrong, and Twilight Ye wondered, "Girl, when we came, it seems that we didn't walk through this verandah?" ”

Ji Erlan didn't answer, she had lived in Yan Mansion for many years in her previous life, so she naturally knew that the layout here was an allusion to some kind of Qimen Dunjia technique, as long as she made a slight movement in a certain place, people could get lost in it unconsciously. She quietly raised her feet and walked along the verandah of blue bricks and red paint.

Twilight was a little scared and whispered, "Girl, what should I do?" Is someone deliberately trying to lead us somewhere? Why don't we go back? ”

Ji Erlan shook his head and said, "If you go back, you can't go back to the original place." ”

Passing through the two moon gates, there is a delicate courtyard with a lock that has been opened and hung on the latch at will, and a tall old plum tree can be seen standing there from the wall, and a few branches stretch out, and a red petal in the corner of the wall has fallen. She stood in front of the door and looked at it for a moment, and then said to Twilight, "Follow me." ”

There was no sound of answering behind him, Ji Erlan frowned and looked back, where was there still a trace of Twilight Leaves! She was shocked, obviously she was always paying attention to the movement behind her, but in a few breaths, Twilight Leaf actually disappeared? Her footsteps froze in place, staring closely at the small courtyard in front of her, and a bad premonition suddenly arose in her heart.

In her previous life, when Yan Hong was able to control the Yan family, she changed all the arrangements of the Yan family, and she didn't know all of them. There must be many differences between the current Yanfu and that time. She's so confident!

Stretching out his hand to open the courtyard door, there is a spring in the courtyard in addition to the white snow and red plums, bubbling with warm water vapor, and the atmosphere at this time adds a bit of treacherous poetry. A light laugh sounded, swinging in Ji Erlan's ears, itching and hooking his soul: "Do you like this kind of scenery?" ”

Ji Erlan turned his head suddenly, slashed over with his palm, but the other party dodged lightly, stood a few steps away from her, looked at her in surprise and said, "Miss Ji's kung fu is really not ordinary. ”

Yan Yan does have the appearance of a captivating city, but she has a completely different temperament from Hong Yan. With a bit of demonic in his cynicism, at this time, he was standing under the plum tree in a light gauze red dress, like a plum blossom essence that had just been cultivated and transformed into a human body, Ji Erlan looked at him, and there were countless goosebumps on his body. She didn't show any expression on her face, and said, "Your Excellency's light body technique is also not to be underestimated. ”

Yan Yan looked at her as if he had seen an interesting prey, and he walked towards Ji Erlan again. Ji Erlan narrowed his eyes, and his hand had already touched his bone fan: "Your Excellency led me here, why did you bring me here?" ”

The banquet in front had already begun, Fang Qingxue was already a step late, and when Mrs. Fang and the Qin clan approached, they didn't see Ji Erlan's figure. "Huh? Why hasn't Erlan come back yet? ”

Yuexi, who was following her, was startled and hurriedly looked at the Qin family, and the Qin family wondered, "Isn't Er Lan with Qingxue?" ”

Fang Qingxue whispered a brief explanation of Fang Cai's matter, frowned, and said, "Could it be that you are going the wrong way?" ”

Originally, the three of them talked together, but first Cheng Xiaoxiao was called away, and Fang Qingxue was soiled again...... Yuexi beat a drum in her heart, felt a little strange, and said, "Madam, why don't you go and find the girl." ”

The Qin family wanted to nod, but felt that it was not good to let their maidservants wander around other people's houses at will, so they hesitated. Yan Ling saw it in the distance, so he gave Shen Xue a look.

Shenxue understood, walked up to the Qin family and asked, and when she heard that Ji Erlan might have lost her way in the house, she said: "Mrs. Ji, don't worry, the slave will ask someone to look for it, Miss Ji must be nearby." ”

"I'll go with you." Yuexi was a little anxious, she knew that Shen Xue was the maid beside Yan Lingtian, and she didn't trust her very much. What's more, this matter is the ghost of Yan Ling's dumping.

When Shen Xue heard her say this, she smiled and didn't speak, and she didn't move under her feet, just looked at the Qin family. Qin was a little embarrassed, although he knew that Yuexi was in a hurry, but it was not good to act arbitrarily in other people's houses, so he said to Yuexi: "You are not familiar with this place, and you will still take care of you when you go to others, so don't make trouble for others." ”

Yuexi was in a hurry, but it was useless, and she just watched Shenxue walk away.