The black shadow turned around when he heard the movement, and Ji Erlan looked at him: "Razor, what are you doing here?" ”

The atmosphere of the courtyard suddenly relaxed because of her presence. Twilight bypassed Razor and cautiously walked over to Gillan, explaining, "Girl, this person ...... He has to see you, girl, we say you're not in the yard, he doesn't believe it......"

Lei Ze was a little embarrassed and said, "Miss Ji, I don't know if you're really here." ”

"You think I'm avoiding it?" Ji Erlan laughed and said, "Why should I avoid it? ”

Razor looked at them in Twilight, and stopped talking. Ji Erlan waved them all back, sat on the stone bench next to the camphor tree in the courtyard, and asked, "What are you looking for me?" ”

The canopy of the tree is like an umbrella cover, which hides a large shadow in the courtyard, and obscures the small courtyard in the dark sky, even more blurred. Lei Ze tried his best to distinguish Ji Erlan's expression and said, "The prince asked me to come...... said that Miss Ji promised to truthfully report her daily whereabouts to the palace......"

Lei Ze was a little embarrassed, his prince actually had to keep an eye on the whereabouts of a little girl who had not yet left the cabinet, or even before the palace, how strange he thought. "The prince said, Miss Ji missed the appointment a few days ago, because he didn't think it through, let me come here every day in the future to deliver the letterhead for Miss Ji......"

Ji Erlan had already expected that the King of Du, who was as thick-skinned as a city wall, would not let this matter pass like this. And she has already thought of a way to deal with it. It's not up to her to decide her whereabouts. "Today you can relay it orally, and tomorrow, I will write a piece of paper and wait for you to get it."

Lei Ze bowed slightly: "Yes, Miss Ji, please speak." ”

"I haven't left the house even today."

"Huh?" Razor was stunned. Ji Erlan asked, "What's wrong?" Is there something wrong? I do so today, and if you don't believe it, you can go and inquire about it. ”

Lei Ze's face was dark and red, but fortunately, he couldn't see clearly in the dark: "Yes, then I'll go back......"

Razor jumped over the wall as if he were running away. Ji Erlan snorted amusedly and ordered, "Light the lamps." ”

After a while, the empty mountain was bright in the small building.

In addition to the eaves, under the camphor tree in the middle of the courtyard, there are also more than a dozen rhombic lanterns of different colors, all of which are pasted by Ji Erlan in the twilight of winter.

A few girls lit the lamps and stood in front of Ji Erlan in a row, with a nervous look, Ji Erlan said: "Lord Du seems to have some doubts about me, but it's not a big deal, I have nothing to do with him, and no one can threaten anyone." Just be careful and don't let anyone else know. ”

"Yes, the slave knows."

Twilight Yu just got better, and hesitated: "Girl, is it that you went into the water to save the slave and maid that day, and the prince doubted it......"

"You don't need to blame yourself, and I don't have to hide my own affairs, it's just that before the Ji Mansion gains power, we need to be cautious before we have enough means to protect ourselves. Besides, I will not let the people around me suffer innocently and die in vain, and I must save you if I save you, and I don't need to look forward or backward. This matter has been revealed, so don't mention it again. You just have to do your part, and I know the rest. ”

"Yes......" Twilight Yu's jaw trembled, choked and kowtowed to Ji Erlan, everyone helped her up, and they all quietly went down to do things.

The next day, Ji Erlan's uncle Qin Cheng arrived, and it can be seen that he couldn't wait to reply after sending the letter and set off.

"Big brother!" As soon as Qin Cheng got out of the carriage, the Qin clan couldn't wait to meet him.

Qin Cheng and Ji Chenglin were in the same year, and their appearance in life was dignified. It is said that the nephew is like an uncle, and Ji Yun and Qin Cheng are very similar in appearance. At this time, Qin Cheng's face was windy and frosty, and there must have been a lot of carelessness in eating and living. However, when he saw that the Qin clan and the three children were safe and sound, and stood in front of him with a hundred times more spirit, the burning joy in his eyes covered up his exhaustion and exhaustion. "Ah Hui!"

Qin's eyes were red: "Big brother, you ...... How are you? ”

"Okay, I'm all right! The important thing is you, seeing that you are doing well, the big brother is good. ”

"Uncle has been in the dust all the way, hurry up and go to the house to talk again." Ji Chenglin's face kung fu has always been home, and he will not scorn the other party because he looks down in his heart. This is also the tactfulness of his handling of people.

"Uncle!" Brothers Ji Erlan and Ji Yun hurriedly stepped forward and dragged Qin Cheng into the door. Qin Cheng looked at this, looked at that, and finally put his heart back in his stomach. Especially when he saw Ji Erlan, he was stunned for a long time: "Erlan has changed the most. ”

Ji Erlan smiled: "That's nature, Erlan has grown up." ”

Her witticisms, which were both true and false, made everyone's hearts rise a little strange. Because whether it is Ji Chenglin or the Qin family Ji Yun brothers, they have all felt the changes in Ji Erlan in different aspects.

Ji Tianjiao, who was reluctant to follow behind, felt that what he felt was Ji Erlan's appearance.

In the past, Ji Erlan was thin like a bean sprout, and no matter how delicate her facial features were, she couldn't see it good. But since Aunt Gu fell out of favor, she has become more and more energetic day by day, and even her height has grown rapidly, and she is almost as tall as Ji Tianjiao at this time. "I really don't know what's going on with her? Can't eat the elixir? ”

In the past, Ji Tianjiao was proud of her appearance, but after the last boat banquet, she found that there were more than ten or eight people who looked similar to her, not to mention the sisters of the Song family and the Yan family! And this Ji Erlan actually went out unknowingly!

Ji Rujun raised her head and forgot to glance at Ji Tianjiao, who was resentful and jealous, and remembered Cheng Xiaoxiao's sentence 'Your sisters' looks not like this', and couldn't help frowning.

Qin's eyebrows and cherry lips are beautiful, and she is quiet and quiet. And Ji Chenglin has thin lips and bright eyes, gentle and elegant. Ji Yun and Ji Tianjiao don't talk about it, one looks like a typical Qin family, and the other is carved out of the same mold as Aunt Gu.

But Ji Rujun and Ji Rong are real Ji family appearances, and when they stand next to Ji Chenglin, they know that they are his children.

But what about Ji Erlan? There is neither the elegance and delicacy of the Qin family, nor the gentle and moist demeanor of Ji Chenglin. A pair of long eyebrows are heroic and awe-inspiring, the eyes are narrow and bright like morning dew, and the jade skin is ...... Ji Rujun became more and more puzzled, and muttered in a low voice: "The second sister's appearance is not like her mother, nor is she like her father. She's better looking than everyone in our family, big sister, don't you say? ”

"Hmph, you will grow up others to destroy your own prestige!"

Ji Rujun lowered her head and was silent for a moment, and then whispered again: "Don't you think sister?" The second sister is really not like anyone in our family! ”

Ji Tianjiao was stunned: "What do you mean by this?" ”

Ji Rujun tilted her head and said, "It's not interesting, the second sister doesn't look like us!" ”

Ji Tianjiao glanced at her, frowned and thought about it for a long time, not knowing what she was thinking. Ji Rujun pulled her and asked, "What did the big sister think of?" ”

Ji Tianjiao suddenly became excited, and said in a very low voice: "You say, she won't be an evil seed of unknown origin, right?" ”

Ji Rujun's eyes flashed with a different color, and said, "Ah Jun doesn't know what my sister is talking about." ”

"Humph! You've been out eating, drinking, and sleeping all day. What else to know! Ji Tianjiao shook his hand and chased everyone forward. She has been trying her best to show in front of Ji Chenglin recently, there must be no slackness, since she is not a concubine, she must highlight her identity as the eldest daughter and establish the momentum of the eldest daughter as her new handkerchief said!

Ji Rujun snorted coldly and stepped forward. But his eyes always lingered on Ji Erlan's face. It wasn't until Ji Erlan looked at her that she retracted her gaze and concentrated on being Ji Tianjiao's follower.

Since entering Beijing, because of Ji Erlan's strength and Ji Chenglin's lack of favored aunts, the Qin family quickly set up rules in Ji Mansion and gained a firm foothold. The subordinates just obey the orders wholeheartedly, and there are not so many distractions. I heard that my uncle was here, and I served him very carefully. And Ji Chenglin and others, whether it is real or pretended, have a reception banquet, and they are happy up and down.

Qin Cheng couldn't believe his eyes, and after the meal, he chatted with the Qin family privately about the recent situation and said, "Ah Hui, you can be like this now, and you can rest assured as a brother." ”

"Uncle, you can't rest assured yet."

Qin Cheng looked up in amazement when he heard this, and saw that the Ji Yun brothers were following behind Ji Erlan, and the three of them had changed a lot from when they were in Yangcheng. "What do you mean by this?"

Ji Erlan sat down beside the Qin family, looked at Qin Cheng and said, "Uncle, A-Niang doesn't have the support of her mother's family, so she has no confidence in the end." Now that my father has just entered Beijing, he doesn't dare to make too many moves to attract attention, and after a year and a half, the house may not be so calm as it is now. A few days ago, my father just took in the new girl in my mother's room. If you want to take a concubine in the future, I'm afraid my mother won't be able to stop her. Isn't the situation back to the old days when the concubines and children are consumed? ”

"Er Lan......" Qin looked at her with disgust, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid?" ”

"Auntie, my sister didn't talk nonsense." Ji Yun and Ji Rong naturally entered Yingtian Academy to study, and they came into contact with more children of the family, and there were also some changes that were different from before. Ji Yun has changed a lot, and he is a lot more stable and silent: "There are some things that can not be solved by avoiding, we are a family, and only we will really think about A-Niang." ”

"Brother Yun'er......" Qin's face changed slightly, she never wanted to put her and Ji Chenglin's affairs on a few children, but in the end, she was too cowardly to protect them.

Seeing this, Ji Erlan said, "Mother, we are already not young, so naturally we want to share your worries." She looked at her uncle Qin Cheng, and said: "Mother is too kind-hearted to use those drastic methods, if she meets someone with a scheming, she will still suffer." ”

Qin Cheng gradually broke away from Fang Cai's joy: "Er Lan means ......"

"We all know the origin of the Ji family and the Qin family. In order to support her father and second uncle, her grandmother urgently married her mother, and her mother's dowry is now only two or three out of ten. This was taken back from Aunt Gu's hands. Everyone's hearts were filled with bitterness, especially Qin Cheng and the Qin clan. Ji Erlan's tone was not hurried, and said: "Back then, my mother had a dowry, and she was bullied by Aunt Gu for many years, but now my mother has almost nothing, how long does my uncle think such a good life can live?" ”