The snow had stopped, and the air was chilly. Gongsun Lan took a step behind Princess Miao Zhen and walked down the stone steps of the Red Mansion, and the attendants were tacitly far behind the two.

Although the two of them did not speak all the time, the air seemed to flow more slowly. The attendants behind him retracted their footsteps like cats, and there was a strange silence around them. It wasn't until in front of the mansion that Princess Miao Zhen stopped, she turned her head to look at Gongsun Lan, the tired beads and silk sticks between her sideburns swayed slightly, and with her movements, the cold glow matched with the smile on her lips, showing an indifferent, lofty sense of superiority.

She said: "Gongsun Lan, remember to take care of the things you cherish around you...... Lest you throw away one or two, and you may not be able to bear the heart-rending pain at that time. ”

Gongsun Lan raised her eyes to look at her, and instantly understood the meaning of these words from the other party's eyes......

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At this moment in the Red Mansion, the eldest lady Xue and the third lady Tan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when they saw that the birthday banquet was in place.

Xue looked at the pavilion from afar, Hua Dan was wearing a red dress and spinning and dancing, the pavilion stepped between the plum and the snow, the water sleeves were thrown into the sky, and it fell down after several twists and turns in the air, and the beauty was thrilling. She couldn't help but sigh: "It is worthy of being the most prestigious Jixiu Building in Kyoto, this Danjiao is really rare." ”

Tan said: "I don't like these dramas, just look at the excitement." She was silent and muttered, "It's a little strange that the third princess came today. ”

Because of Gongsun Qifeng's relationship as an official in the court, the Xue family has some understanding of the court situation. And because the eldest son Gongsun Xian is a general, the Tan family is also more sensitive to the government and politics, unlike the Jiang family, who focuses on his children, so the two can still talk about going together on weekdays.

Xue thought about it, and first opened his mouth and instructed the maidservant girl beside him: "You go and tell the stage to send a few more pots of charcoal, it's a cold day, don't let your family be wronged in our house, it's not good to say." The old lady's birthday banquet must not make a mistake. ”

"Yes, slave and maid will go."

After the order, Xue replied to Tan: "It's really a little strange, she specially asked the three girls in front of everyone today, and that's it." It's just that although the three girls are sick on weekdays, they are also clever, how can they be asked by the princess as if they have lost their souls. You didn't see Princess Su's face, it was very ugly! ”

Tan said in a low voice: "Yes, our house has been delaying the family affair with King Su's Mansion for several years, and this meeting has finally been decided, but something is wrong everywhere." ”

"Forget it, let's talk less, since the old lady and the Jiang family both know it, let's just help handle it." Xue and Gongsun Qifeng have been married for many years, how can they not feel that her husband is becoming more and more cautious and busy when he comes in, she can feel that the wind and rain are coming.

Tan nodded silently, the two of them are not human spirits, but they are not stupid, the topic ends here, and the two of them are busy separately.

In the warm pavilion, Gongsun Mu received instructions from his mother, and did not stick to the old lady's side to speak respectfully as usual, but sat at a distance evasively, sometimes watching his sister Gongsun Tu's actions. Gongsun Di had just recovered from Princess Miao Zhen's words, and his eyes glanced at Princess Su from time to time. But Princess Su didn't know if she deliberately ignored her or if she really had something to say to the old lady, and she never had her mother-in-law's closeness to the "future daughter-in-law".

It stands to reason that there are only a few people here who know about it, and Princess Su has to pretend to be more or less. But there was a scene of Gongsun Tu's disgrace and rudeness, and others only thought she was unhappy, so she was impatient to ask Gongsun Tu for a fake hello.

She raised her eyes and saw Gongsun Lan sending Princess Miao Zhen back, and went around to the old lady from the semi-transparent screen carved with the scattered flowers of the goddess and replied, saying: "The old lady is really blessed, and the young ladies in the house are more prominent than the other. These five girls really can't find fault at all, they are a perfect and lovely person! ”

Gongsun Lan had already met with Princess Su at the door, but due to the large number of people, he only briefly greeted him. This will talk about her, and I am afraid that it will lead to something. Gongsun Lan's heart was like a mirror, and she only smiled at her words: "The princess has won the award, how can there be a perfect person in the world." ”

Princess Su looked at her with a smile for a moment, looked like she liked it very much, took out an eight-treasure gold and jade bracelet from the box in the maid's hand and put it on her hand as a greeting gift, and said, "Good boy, take it and play with it." ”

Gongsun Lan thanked her generously, and saw that Princess Su hesitated, and then took out a double-strand hairpin decorated with jade butterfly love flowers from the box and handed it to Gongsun Tu on the side, and said: "The three girls are dressed up today, just bring this, what does the old lady think?" ”

In fact, Princess Su kept talking to the old lady, but in fact she was a little absent-minded, she didn't know how to break such an embarrassing atmosphere, she could ignore Gongsun Di, but she couldn't ignore Jiang, after all, she was still Gongsun Mu's biological mother.

The old lady said politely: "The princess is used to them. Then he said to Gongsun Di: "Just take the three girls, this is the princess who loves you." ”

Gongsun Tu knew that the other party gave her a hairpin ring because she was afraid of falling into her tongue. But since she wants to marry her plan to King Su's mansion, of course she has to take advantage of the topic to play. She stood up from Jiang's side, walked to Princess Su, and solemnly bowed, attracting the eyes of all the ladies who were talking around, and then smiled, and thanked: "Tu'er, thank you Princess for the gift." ”

After that, he also asked Zikou next to him to insert the jade hairpin into his sideburns on the spot, full of joy.

Princess Su's eyes flashed with annoyance, but she had to praise generously: "Why are the three girls so polite, in the end, they are all decent and polite." ”

Gongsun Di sneered in his heart, it doesn't matter if you don't treat me as a daughter-in-law, I will respect and please you as a mother-in-law in front of everyone. Anyway, she is the one who is being concealed at this time, and she has "no idea" of the truth of the matter, who can say that her actions are wrong?

Princess Su pursed the corners of her lips and removed her eyes from Gongsun Mu and glanced at Gongsun Mu. The old lady sighed secretly in her heart, beckoned to Gongsun Tu, asked her to sit beside her, and then called Gongsun Mu over: "Four girls, come here, you can't get away from my old woman on weekdays, why are you sitting so far today?" Did you see that I spoiled your fifth sister and was jealous all the time? ”

The mouth is talking about Gongsun Lan, in fact, what the old lady is referring to is Gongsun Lan, she really doesn't want the two sisters to have a disagreement because of this family affair, but there are some things that are not human at all. People's hearts are fickle, and when they encounter insoluble entanglements of interests, it is even more difficult to maintain them. What's more, the most important thing in a woman's life is to choose a suitable husband to hold on to for a lifetime. If you marry the wrong person, you will live a miserable life in this life. So it is related to lifelong events, and there are many things about sisters tearing their faces.

When Gongsun Mu heard that the old lady had summoned him, he hurriedly came over to salute, and his actions were so smooth that people couldn't find anything inappropriate.

Princess Su's eyes overflowed with satisfaction, and she said with a smile: "The four girls have been in love with me since childhood, and I said that this child is promising two years ago, and now it seems that he is becoming more and more decent." ”

The first two years...... Gongsun Mu almost became her daughter-in-law.

In a word, Gongsun Tu's face was like the bottom of a pot, even if she tried her best to hide it, she couldn't completely hide the anger in her eyes. Although the old lady and the Jiang family can take care of her feelings, Princess Su has always been disgusted that Gongsun Di has fascinated her son, and when no one pays attention, she is not willing to care about her comfort or not.

She pulled Gongsun Mu to sit beside her, took out a moire glass lock from the box, and said: "I remember that you liked to wear a collar when you were a child, so I prepared this glass lock for you, do you like it or not?" ”

There are many rare things on the daughters of ordinary families, and the gold and silver locks on the collar are not ordinary, but the glass lock in Princess Su's hand is so chic that people can't take their eyes off. In contrast, although Gongsun Lan's bracelet and Gongsun Tu's hairpin are also valuable, they are not as good as this lock.

Also, if you usually give gifts to others, where do you ask something like "do you like it?"

The smile on Jiang's face was still warm and decent, but in his heart, he couldn't help but blame Princess Su's actions, it was too eye-catching to be close to Gongsun Mu like this. She looked at Gongsun Mu, hoping that her youngest daughter would not behave too unusually, arousing Gongsun Tu's suspicions.

"Thank you princess for the gift, Mu'er likes it very much." Gongsun Mu was very grateful for Princess Su's importance to herself, but Beishan Heng hung a tendon on Gongsun Di, which made her really feel disgusted. She lowered her eyes and thought about it, and with the malice of stimulating Gongsun Di, she reached out and untied the collar around her neck, took off the original golden lock, and replaced it with the glass lock given by Princess Su. Then he asked the old lady, "Grandmother, isn't it beautiful?" ”

The old lady nodded and said with a smile: "It is indeed very clever for our four girls." ”

The difference between the old lady and the Jiang family is that she not only knows Gongsun Mu's unwillingness, but also understands Gongsun Mu's grievances, so she has no blame for Gongsun Mu's small move.

Princess Su obviously didn't expect Gongsun Mu to have such a move, so she laughed more and more satisfied, nodded again and again, and blurted out: "Good girl, it's really with my heart." ”

Jiang's complexion changed, and he subconsciously went to look at Gongsun Tu, and saw a pale face.

"Tu'er?"

Gongsun Di heard Jiang's low call, and quickly sorted out her expression and thoughts, she couldn't let people see that she already knew the truth. Otherwise, if something happens to Gongsun Mu, she will be suspected......

"Mother, you called me?"

Jiang Shi looked at her expression carefully, but did not see anything abnormal, as if Fang Cai's pale face was just an illusion, she was stunned, and suddenly asked, "Are you tired?" Although his body is better, he has been sick for many years and his body is thin, and if he wants to be like a normal person, he has to take care of it for a long time. ”