In the first month of the first year of the mourning period, the people of the Yang family could not go out to pay New Year's greetings, but it did not prevent relatives and friends from coming to the door to pay tribute to the deceased to show comfort.

On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, guests came to the door. The male guests were entertained by the two brothers Yang Fu and Yang Xuan in the main hall of the front yard, and the female guests were received by Mrs. Li in the flower hall.

In order to give Yang Yuyan more opportunities to show her face, Mrs. Li specially asked her to come and make some refreshments for the guests, and accompany the ladies and daughters to socialize.

In the morning, most of the people who went to the Yuguo Mansion to pay New Year's greetings were people from the side branches of the Yang family, and they were all wives of the same age with their daughters-in-law. When everyone gets together, it is inevitable that the parents will be short.

Which family's son-in-law is married, which family's girl is about to leave the cabinet after opening spring, whose family's etiquette is magnificent. Speaking of which, a young daughter-in-law asked Yang Yuyan: "I didn't see my fifth cousin come out, could it be that it was rumored outside...... Is that real? ”

Someone opened their mouths, and the rest of the people naturally looked very curious, and they all pricked up their ears and listened very carefully.

Yang Yuyan glanced at Li quietly and saw that she nodded to herself without a trace. Immediately, he put on an embarrassed expression, and hesitated: "I won't tell you anything, I haven't seen my fifth sister for a few days." Yesterday, when I had a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner at home, I didn't invite my fifth sister out, and my sister-in-law asked like this, I really couldn't answer. ”

The ladies present seemed to have caught some clues from Yang Yuyan's words, and they all looked like they knew it, looked at each other and nodded.

The woman who was called sister-in-law by Yang Yuyan smiled and sighed: "Poor man, the ancestor has just passed away." She said and asked, "Is the marriage with His Royal Highness Nine still possible?" ”

"What else is there to ask, naturally it just doesn't work." Yang Yuyan didn't speak, but was answered by another Yang family's daughter-in-law with hanging eyes, she covered her lips and smiled, and whispered: "Where have you heard that the royal daughter-in-law is crazy?" ”

Everyone nodded yes, and the indifferent words were full of schadenfreude.

Yang Qinghuan stood outside the door, his fingers tightly pinched. She hadn't eaten anything since she woke up in the morning. At this time, the whole person is barely holding a breath to the flower hall.

She wore a filial piety dress embroidered with magnolia auspicious clouds and dark flowers, and only wore a bun at the back of her head, without any jewelry. I was just afraid that my complexion would be too bad, so I deliberately put on a thin layer of fat powder and painted my eyebrows. It doesn't look as haggard as Yang Qiqi saw yesterday, like a weakness at the beginning of a serious illness.

The people in the hall were laughing heartily, and suddenly saw Yang Qinghuan coming in so stunned, and they were all frightened and silent.

Yang Qinghuan's eyes are not angry and arrogant, and he has the demeanor of Pingyang Taizu. Where you stand, you can't be underestimated. She is the county lord of Zheng Erpin, and she has a seal on her body, except for Mrs. Li, everyone needs to get up and salute when they see her.

She ignored the embarrassed appearance of everyone in the room, and only nodded imposingly, and softly excused them.

"Second aunt, happy New Year, you were busy with the funeral of your ancestors before, and you were really tired. I've been worrying about my house for the past few days, because my niece is too ignorant. I contracted a cold and lay down for a few days. Listen to Zizhu said, you sent all the ignorant minions in my house. Now that Qiguanglou is understaffed, I want to ask the people from Yaxing to bring some clever people over. And the purple clouds around me are also at the age of being released, I want to choose a suitable one among the servants in the family, you can see it. ”

What is this for? On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the five girls came over in front of the guests to discuss family affairs with Mrs. Li? No matter how big or small, so much has been said.

Mrs. Li's face is a little unpleasant, and the ladies and young ladies of various families are not stupid people. Naturally, I could hear the off-string sound of Yang Qinghuan's words. One is that she is sick these days, but she is just infected with wind and cold; second, the second lady took advantage of her illness to dispose of all the minions in her house; The third is that the fifth girl will not let the second lady knead, and she will have the final say in her own affairs.

Yang Qinghuan saw that he had come to discuss with Mrs. Li about the lack of manpower, but in fact he had come to demonstrate to Mrs. Li.

Mrs. Li looked at Yang Qinghuan with a smile, and the embarrassment in Fang Cai's eyes disappeared, and she opened her mouth slowly: "It's good that your illness is cured." The minions in your house are too disrespectful, and when they saw the old ancestor go, they began to slack off. Didn't take care of you dutifully. Now if you let people in, you have to keep your eyes open. ”

Yang Qinghuan nodded decently, with a generous and graceful smile on her beautiful face, and said clearly: "Second Aunt Lao is bothered, and I am also sad for a while, and I don't care about the people below." I won't let anyone bully me again. Yang Qinghuan was obviously smiling, but what he said was like ice, cold and hard, which made people feel cold all over his body.

When her words fell, she looked at Mrs. Zhishao with a smile, and said with a smile: "Sister-in-law, I usually see that you are a very shrewd and stable person, and whoever thinks about it is also a person." Look, do I look like a madman now? ”

The young lady immediately shook her head like a rattle, and her face was as red as cinnabar.

Yang Qinghuan said, glanced at the woman with hanging eyes, and said in a manic voice: "As for my marriage, it is naturally up to the Queen Mother to decide, and I don't have to worry about you." ”

The people in the room were as speechless as a sawed gourd at the moment.

Yang Yuyan didn't like to see Yang Qinghuan proud, and immediately said: "Fifth sister, whether you are cold or cold, or anything else, it is better to recuperate left and right." Don't think about these troublesome things, my mother is busy with housekeeping, isn't there still me, what do you need, just tell me. Yang Yuyan's words have a bit of a declaration of sovereignty.

Yang Qinghuan smiled unhurriedly, and said lightly: "The third sister can't make decisions for her marriage as she wishes, what can she help me?" ”

Yang Yuyan was angry and immediately changed color, and she endured it so that she didn't give Yang Qinghuan a big ear scraper, and Yang Qinghuan had already walked away at this moment.

Zhuzhi told Yang Qiqi everything that happened in the flower hall.

Yang Qiqi sat cross-legged on the couch and clapped his hands when he heard it, "The fifth girl has always been a tough temper who doesn't rub sand. ”

Caiping also praised: "The fifth girl is really strong, whoever this kind of thing is spread on, it will be ruined." But the five girls also knew that they would take advantage of the Chinese New Year to show up in front of their relatives and protest against Mrs. Li. Those long-tongued women like to bump into each other and talk about the shortcomings of their parents, and they can't figure out this New Year's month, and the words of the five girls fighting with Mrs. Li will be spread. ”

Yang Qiqi nodded, looking very pleased, "It's better to have a domineering temperament than to be called crazy." Mrs. Li used that vicious and dirty method to drive people crazy, dream! ”

A few people were talking, but they heard the warm and moist voice of the woman outside, "What are you girls doing?" Didn't go out for a walk, did you? ”

Outside Zhu Xin responded: "Our girl said, I asked you to come today, and I have been waiting!" ”

Yang Yuru was very surprised, but Yang Qiqi knew that as long as Yang Qinghuan thought about it and understood what was going on, he would definitely not sit still. She is such a smart person, and she will not expose herself in front of Mrs. Li. Then in the dealings on the bright side, Yang Qinghuan can only be handed over to Yang Yuru to handle.

Yang Yuru entered the door in surprise, and saw Yang Qiqi dressed neatly and came out.

Yang Qiqi looked at her with a smile like a flower, and said first, "Fourth sister, have a good New Year." ”

Yang Yuru was stunned and said: "Good New Year, good New Year." Seventh sister, you are going to ......"

Yang Qiqi blinked and said with a smile: "Isn't the fourth sister planning to find me to go out for a walk?" ”

Yang Yuru was speechless in surprise, and suddenly felt that her head was not enough.

The two sisters were speechless all the way, Yang Yuru was speechless, and Yang Qiqi took them all the way to Qiguang Tower.

Then enter the courtyard of Qiguang Building, and there is a little maid on duty under the corridor. Seeing that it was Yang Yuru and Yang Qiqi who had arrived, they hurriedly ran into the house first and said, "The fourth girl and the seventh girl are here!" ”

Zizhu greeted her first, and her face was no longer as defensive and disgusted as yesterday, but very respectfully invited the two of them into the house.

Yang Qiqi glanced at Zizhu with a smile, and said to Yang Yuru: "I can enter and exit Qiguang Building smoothly, and it is the face of the fourth sister." ”

Yang Yuru was busy and kindly helped Zizhu and the others to intercede with Yang Qiqi: "They are also the protectors, besides, look at how many people were in Qiguang Building in the past, and then look at how many people are now?" ”

Yang Qiqi entered the door without comment, and Zizhu led the two to Yang Qinghuan's boudoir on the second floor.

At this time, Yang Qinghuan was trembling and curled up on the couch, her face was as white as paper, and there was no blood at all. Large drops of sweat poured from her forehead, but she was still cold and shrunk under the covers. Where is this still like the high-spirited and proud Yang Qinghuan in the past?

Yang Yuru took two steps forward, threw herself in front of Yang Qinghuan's bed, and immediately burst into tears and said, "What's wrong with you?" ”

Yang Qinghuan's teeth were interrupted, and he couldn't say a word.

Mama Xie and Ziyun were also in a hurry, and when Mama Xie saw Yang Qiqi enter the door, she immediately knelt at her feet and cried, "Seventh girl, do you have a way to save our girl?" Mama Xie's attitude was very different from yesterday, and her expression was extremely respectful.

Yang Qinghuan's eyes widened, and there was a look of pain and despair in his eyes. This made Yang Qiqi's heart sour and sad.

Zizhu reported back to Yang Qiqi very soberly: "Since the morning, the girl has not eaten a drop of water or rice. ”

Zhu Yi said: "The fifth girl didn't touch anything, she just didn't take cold food powder." Now, it's the addiction. ”

When Yang Yuru heard this, she turned her head sharply and asked Zhu Yi urgently: "What is the addiction head?" ”

Zhu Yi's face was not very good-looking, "Cold food is a thing, and it will become addictive for a long time." Once addicted, it is difficult to quit. ”

"How hard is it?" Ziyun asked with tears in her eyes, trembling.

Zhu Yi said: "Nine deaths and one life......"