Ruan Lingyin personally poured a cup of tea for Yu Hao, and casually mentioned: "No, it was specially sent to the princess, what others don't know, I thought there was no official in the house." ”

Yu Hao really frowned lightly when he heard this, picked up the tea and took a sip thoughtfully.

But he said: "It's just a trivial matter, don't worry about it." ”

As soon as Ruan Lingyin heard this, a look of displeasure flashed on her face, but she forced a smile and said: "It's indeed a trivial matter, but now that the husband is already the son of the world, the concubine is thinking, should she also hand over all the affairs of the family, after all, my brother and sister-in-law are the princess and princess, and sooner or later we will have to move out to live in the palace, so it is not our fault to make my brother and sister-in-law suffer." ”

It's really a pot that can't be opened, as soon as Ruan Lingyin's words fell, Yu Hao stood up, "Then wait until my sister-in-law and sister-in-law move away." ”

Yu Hao only entered the house for two quarters of an hour, and after listening to Ruan Lingyin say a few words in total, Hong's mother, who was waiting for Ruan Lingyin outside, saw Yu Hao angrily throwing her sleeves away, and suddenly felt suspicious.

When I came into the house and asked, I realized what had just happened.

Mother Hong said: "The prince is now the head of the Rongguo Mansion, and the princess of Laoshizi should also hand over the housekeeper's cards, so hide it and don't give it, I'm afraid it's not thinking about the property in the house?" ”

Listening to what Hong's mother said, Ruan Lingyin felt even more scratching her ears and cheeks, and her heart was itching.

As soon as he finished speaking, a servant woman outside asked at the gate of the courtyard, "Is the lady of the prince up?" ”

Ruan Lingyin heard the movement in the house, and poked her head in the window lattice to take a look, it was a woman in Tsing Yi with neatly combed hair, she recognized that it was Mother Xu next to the capable sister-in-law.

When Hong's mother heard this, she responded: "Let her come into the house and talk." ”

Ruan Lingyin's face sank, and she was very dissatisfied with Mother Hong's assertion, and Mother Hong said: "Madame is now the mistress of this mansion, which person in this mansion is not Madame's maid and servant, you are the master, so you should naturally have the demeanor of the master." ”

Ruan Lingyin was very useful when she heard this, so she dissipated her anger and waited for Xu's mother to enter the house with her chin tilted.

Mother Xu came into the house, only to ask a faint fragrance like stepping on the snow to find plums, passing through the splendid screen of the five bats, all the objects in the house are neat and new, all of them are made of mahogany, and the luxury is extraordinary.

Because it was the first time she came to this courtyard, she couldn't help but take a second look, and when she arrived at the Luohan couch where Ruan's was sitting, she saw that she was arrogant and unusual, and her heart was slightly restrained.

"Mother Xu came in person, what's the matter?"

Hong's mother asked.

Mother Xu waved her hand and said with a smile: "It's not an expensive matter, but my princess wants to invite Mrs. Shizi to sit in South Park." ”

She made it very clear that the disparity in the status of the two was very clear, and Ruan Lingyin was angry for no reason.

She chuckled and said, "What's the matter?" It's time for lunch, and now Baba calls me over, I'm too weak to go hungry, and if it's not an important matter, wait for me to have lunch, and then I'll go over after a nap. ”

Mother Xu listened to Ruan's tone of speech, knowing that she was unhappy in her heart, and she was very unhappy with her master, so she also said with Tai Chi: "The princess said that there is no big deal, that is, you have just come to the Rongguo Mansion, and you are not familiar with some affairs, I want to talk to you, since Mrs. Shizi has no time, just go, I will go back to the princess." ”

Mother Xu said that she was slightly blessed, turned around and went out.

Mother Hong and Ruan Lingyin were left in the room, looking at each other, and they both saw depressed looks in each other's eyes.

"That is to say...... Is the princess going to hand over the pair of cards? ”

Mother Hong seemed to be an afterthought, Ruan Lingyin put the teacup down, almost regretted her intestines, and the hand hidden under her sleeve was squeezed tightly.

"Since she is going to hand over the cards in the house to me, why don't you let the mother-in-law make it clear, so secretive, how can I know what she means, to put it bluntly, she just doesn't want to, and she doesn't have the sincerity to really hand it back to me!"

Hong's mother thought of it just now and didn't dare to speak again.

Over there in Nanyuan, Mother Xu told Lin Yu'an what happened in Lixueju just now, and Lin Yu'an smiled faintly with a teacup.

Mother Xu is naturally not the kind of mother-in-law who likes to spread rumors and make trouble, which can make her feel unhappy, presumably Ruan Lingyin did go too far just now, and immediately said: "Mother Xu, since she doesn't know what to do, then this matter will be postponed, if she comes to me later, she will say that I am not feeling well, taking a nap in the house, and no one is seen." ”

Mother Xu saw that her master was smiling very cunningly, and found that she couldn't guess her heart more and more.

But on this day, Lin Yu'an was indeed in the house, and never went out, and heard Nanfeng say that when she went to the kitchen to serve bird's nest porridge, she met Chunhe at the door, thinking that Mrs. Shizi asked her to come over and let her into the house, but she left in a hurry.

Lin Yu'an sat by the window, cross-legged, and took a hot sip of bird's nest porridge, and his body was much warmer.

It's winter, and it's getting colder and colder every day.

Nan Yuqi was on the side, watching Lin Yu'an pass the needle and line.

Nanfeng ironed his clothes on the side, and said puzzledly: "Madam, it's getting colder and colder these days, why do you have to do these things yourself, and tell me to go down, isn't there an embroidery girl in the house?" ”

Lin Yu'an couldn't help but smile when he heard this, "The prince's underwear is meant to be worn close to the body, and if others can't do it well, they will do it, and he doesn't like to wear it." ”

This is also true, Nan Yu thought that the underwear that was washed that day was already very old and worn, and she knew by looking at the stitches that it was from her wife's subordinates.

Lin Yu'an naturally knew it, but she had been negligent about it before, and because there were so many things that happened in the middle, she didn't care about it, who knew that Yu Jia had been wearing the underwear she made for him when she was about to get married.

When she saw it, she couldn't cry or laugh, she was distressed and sad, so she hurriedly made clothes for Yu Jia to wear inside.

Yu Jia went to the palace today, saying that the emperor was looking for him for something, and he hadn't come back until dinner.

In winter, it will get dark early, and when the sun goes down, Xu's mother will not allow Lin Yu'an to do needlework again.

Lin Yu'an knew that Mother Xu was for her good, and she was not stubborn, so she asked what she would eat tonight.

Mother Xu: "The food list from the kitchen is still here. ”

As she spoke, she showed Lin Yu'an a piece of white paper in her sleeve that had been folded in half several times.

There are several dishes neatly listed on the paper: jade phoenix tail cake, fish leaping dragon gate, spring sleeping begonia soup, and steamed eggs with jade dew......

Lin Yu'an frowned, and Mother Xu knew that she was not very satisfied, so she said: "The kitchen said that the person who came to deliver the food today brought a bag of river shrimp over, and said that he didn't know if Madame had eaten it, so he didn't dare to do it." ”

When Lin Yu'an heard this, he smiled and said, "Jiangnan people, Mother Xu guess I have eaten it?" ”

As she spoke, she got up and prepared to go out.

Mother Xu also knew about her master's hobbies, so she asked her to clean up the small kitchen, "Madame, just wait in the yard, I'll go and let someone bring the river shrimp back." ”

Lin Yu'an nodded and went to the small kitchen.

Because Nanyuan was lived in by Yu Jia's son before, the small kitchen was also very large, and the house was fully equipped, so Nanfeng volunteered to burn the fire.

Not long after, Xu's mother walked in with two girls with tops and pants, and the two carried a pot of red shrimp.

Let the people give the reward money, send the little guy away, Lin Yu'an let wash a handful of green onions, ask for ginger and garlic, wash the river shrimp and then boil the pot, put down the prepared things, and wait for the shrimp to come out of the pot.

Her mother was originally from the capital, and after she went to Jiangnan with her father, she was a little unaccustomed to eating there, but she liked this boiled prawn alone, peeled the shell and dipped in vinegar.

At that time, Mrs. Fang didn't like it very much, so she didn't do this in the big kitchen, her father made a small stove in her mother's yard, and her mother cooked it herself, she still made lotus root soup, which was the best memory of her childhood.

After a while, the shrimp was cooked and turned into a downright red color, Lin Yu'an taught Nanfeng Nanyu to peel shrimp, and he was also busy, Zhou Qiao'er, who had finished sweeping the ground, stood timidly outside the door and looked into the small kitchen, Lin Yu'an remembered her deeply, so he asked her with a smile: "Qiao'er?" What are you doing here? ”

Zhou Qiao'er said: "Princess...... I'd like to see if there's anything I can do to help. ”

Lin Yu'an saw that she was enthusiastic and diligent, so he let her in, handed her to peel shrimp, and then led the three people to work at the stove.

Here, Mother Xu helped to mix the dough and roll it out.

Lin Yu'an also had a whim, she wanted to make shrimp and mushroom dumplings, her mother used to make shrimp and meat, but she felt that it was troublesome to outflank her, so she wanted to make dumplings, which can be steamed and cooked, isn't it wonderful?

The people in the house were busy, and there were people outside the house who were constantly watching anxiously outside the yard.

Lin Yu'an was focused on cooking at the moment, and he didn't care about the people outside.

Ruan Lingyin saw that dinner was on the table, and there was still no news from Nanyuan, so she said to Hong's mother: "Could it be that she really doesn't plan to call me over?" ”

Hong's mother didn't know how to answer, so she just said, "Madame, don't be anxious, maybe someone will come over after dinner." ”

Listening to Mother Xu's words, Ruan Lingyin was skeptical, she was anxious for an afternoon, and her stomach was a little hungry at this time, so she didn't say more, and sat down to eat first.

"Why didn't Qianyun and Ling Wan come over for dinner, and they didn't see the two of them all afternoon?"

Hong's mother suddenly reacted, remembering that Ruan Lingwan and Su Qianyun said that they were going out in the afternoon, and asked her to tell Ruan Lingyin that she was busy forgetting about it.

"Madam, it's all my fault, in the afternoon, the two young ladies said that they went out, I forgot about it, and I should be back now."

Hong's mother turned around and glanced at the sky, and her voice was accompanied by caution.

Yes, Ruan Lingyin didn't ask any more questions, and responded listlessly, looking at the dishes on this table, his heart suddenly felt boring.

Thinking like this, she put down her chopsticks again, but after sitting for a while, tears suddenly fell.

Hong's mother was taken aback, after all, when Ruan was a girl at home, she had never been such a tearful person, but she had cried several times recently.

With a worried look on her face, she asked, "Madam, what's the matter?" How to wipe away tears. ”

Ruan Lingyin was bitter in her heart, and before she could say why, she became more and more sad, and fell on the table crying and her shoulders trembled.

When she was sad, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and Hong's mother handed a handkerchief to Ruan Shi and coaxed her: "Madame, don't be sad, any newlywed woman is going to go like this, and when it is over, you will be able to see the moon and the clouds." ”

As he spoke, he glanced out of the door again, "Don't see my sister see it, she will laugh at it, and if she goes back and passes it on to the old lady, she will be sad again." ”

Ruan Lingyin wiped her tears and sat upright.

Ruan Lingwan and Su Qianyun walked into the house happily, and the maid behind them carried a lot of things, followed by a young girl with eyes, looking about sixteen or seventeen years old.

"Who is this?"

Ruan Lingyin asked.

Su Qianyun glanced at Mother Hong, "Mother Hong, I have something to say to my sister, you can take someone out for a while." ”

Hong's mother looked at Ruan Lingyin again, and when she saw her nodding, she took the people in the house out.

"What are you doing so mysterious?"

Su Qianyun clapped her hands and said with a smile: "This is my gift to my sister." ”

"Gifts?"

Su Qianyun nodded, and then let her personal maid take the eye-old maid out.

He sat down and took a sip of tea and spoke slowly.

"Ling Yin, what do you guess this person's name is?"

Ruan Lingyin couldn't guess it, shook her head, Su Qianyun smiled proudly, and spit out three words in her mouth: Lin Yuqing.

"What's the story?"

Ruan Lingyin had never heard of this name, and she was very puzzled.

Su Qianyun said: "This is a girl who was sold, I saw that she was beautiful, so I asked her about the innocence of her family, she said that she had three sisters in her family, and her mother was separated, and now she is desperate, I asked her what the names of the sisters are, guess what she said?" ”

Ruan Lingyin is not stupid, she heard this, and she guessed about it, so she said, "This is the princess's sister?" ”

Su Qianyun saw that she had guessed, and couldn't help but be disappointed, but she still nodded, "Yes, it is true, Princess Jingnan's maiden name is Yu'an, surnamed Lin, it can't be wrong, you also saw it, this girl looks a little similar to the princess." ”

Ruan Lingyin thought about it, it was really like this.

"Ling Yin, if you do me a favor, I'll give you this girl, how about it?"

In this way, Su Qianyun didn't plan to give Lin Yuqing to her directly, the light in Ruan Lingyin's eyes dimmed, but she raised her eyebrows and said, "What are you talking about?" ”

Su Qianyun leaned in and whispered a few words in her ear.

As soon as Ruan Lingyin heard what she said, she immediately refused, "This matter is not appropriate, the matter of marriage is not to be joked about, and if my aunt knows that I allowed you to do this, I am afraid that she will hate me for the rest of her life, and she will also hold a grudge against my mother." ”

Seeing her refusing directly, Su Qianyun was not annoyed, but said patiently: "If you refuse to do anything in such a hurry, this matter is done, it is only good for you, and you don't want to think about it, the princess's sister will serve you as a cow and a horse, then the princess will always be pressed by you, and if I become a side concubine, won't the two of us be able to help each other in the future, it's better than you being alone, right?" ”