Mrs. Xie sent the big girl next to her to send Jinnian back to the wing. She held a tung oil umbrella to protect Jinnian from the rain, and the two of them walked along the bluestone paved road, carefully avoiding the stagnant water on the road, and slowly went to a leisurely house.

The bare branches stretched out to the path, and when passing by the back garden, in the distance, Jin Nian saw that there seemed to be two people standing in the triangular pavilion, and the figure of one of them was ethereal in the fog of dusk, like Xie Qian.

Unconsciously, she turned towards the pavilion.

When she got there, the pavilion was empty. She rubbed her eyes, and when she looked closely, there was still nothing, and even the surroundings were terrifyingly quiet, except for the "ticking" sound of the rain hitting the umbrella.

One, two...... In this rainy night of the winter moon, it adds to the gloom and loneliness.

Jin Nian wondered if she was hallucinating, she frowned and asked the maid, "Shicai, have you seen that there seem to be people in this pavilion?" It looks like it's my cousin. ”

Her voice was a little light, not as soft as usual, the maid looked at her with a calm face, shook her head and said: "The slave didn't see anything, it's cold, it's raining, how can the eldest son be here, Miss Cousin, let's go, if you stay outside for a long time and catch a cold, the old lady can't spare the slave!" ”

Jin Nian nodded, turned around and went back the way he came. The maid straightened her cloak for her, and quietly glanced at the fishtail sunflower next to the pavilion behind her, where there was a corner of the blue clothes wet with the rain, which was flying with the cold wind.

Jin Nian's background gradually disappeared at the end of the bluestone road.

A voice sounded from behind the fishtail sunflower tree: "Young master, the cousin girl has gone away, let's go back!" ”

Xie Qian was wearing a cyan shirt, without an umbrella, and the raindrops fell on his face from time to time, which was cold to his heart. He stared at the sparse rain curtain in a daze, as if he hadn't heard the sound of the little guy.

The little girl sighed secretly, after the master and the old lady quarreled, the young master has been avoiding Miss Table, today I knew that Miss Cousin was coming, I was restless for a day, and finally decided to go to the old lady's Cuisong Hall, and I arrived at the gate of the courtyard, and I stopped when I heard Miss Table's voice.

Eventually, somehow I turned into the back garden.

This road is the only way to go from Cui Songtang to Leisurely Residence, and the discerning person is to wait for Miss Biao at a glance, but the person comes over but somehow avoids it?

The little guy looked at Xie Qian, who pursed his thin lips, for some reason, the son who used to be like a fairy in the dust, now seems to be a lot more lonely.

When the wind lanterns in the mansion were lit up one after another, Xie Qian returned to the outer courtyard a little tired.

On the second day, Jin Nian went to Cuisongtang to ask his grandmother for peace, but he still didn't see Xie Qian coming.

Mrs. Xie saw that she had been sitting and talking with her, and she had no intention of going back to the prefect, so she said to her: "I see this rain, it will stop today after a lot of rain, you go back to the prefect to pack your bags, look at your father's meaning, I am afraid that you will be urged to leave in two days, and it will snow later." ”

Jin Nian understood all these in her heart, but she thought that if she returned to Yangzhou, Aunt Rong's participation in the design of Xie Qian had not yet been resolved, and seeing Aunt Rong yelling at the prefect all day long, as if pointing out the country, Jin Nian felt uncomfortable.

She asked Mrs. Xie for advice: "...... Do you think it's better for me to leave her in Huai'an, or let her go back to Yangzhou with me? ”

Speaking of Aunt Rong, Mrs. Xie was angry: "...... Aunt Rong's biggest reliance is your father, if you can persuade your father to let her go back to Yangzhou, the relationship between the two will slowly fade, no matter how much your grandmother likes her, but in Su Mansion, she can't talk about her power. ”

She once told Xie Lan that she wanted her to think of a way to transfer Aunt Rong away from Su Youhua's side, but Xie Lan didn't want to act like a jealous woman in front of Su Youhua, so she kept it, so she left something wrong!

For Xie Lan's daughter, Mrs. Xie was actually a little angry. The mother is weak and the son is strong, she heard Xie Qian come back and say that Jin Nian was wronged in Su Mansion, and then came to her own idea to clear up her grievances, every time she faced Jin Nian's familiar face, her heart was very sour.

Jin Nian didn't know what her grandmother was thinking, and when she heard the words, she smiled and said: "You are still old, and you said the key point at once, then I will follow what you said, persuade my father to send Aunt Rong back to Yangzhou, and let her wake up every day for her mother in the morning......

She frowned, thinking about what reason she could find in order to persuade her father to send Aunt Rong back to Yangzhou.

In the afternoon of the same day, Jin Nian returned to the same prefect's mansion, and Mrs. Xie brought back many things for her: "...... You take them back and give them to your cousins, and some ornaments, calligraphy and paintings, which I and your grandfather gave you, and I will keep them for you as a dowry......"

She instructed her mother-in-law to stuff things into Jinnian's carriage, and Songjiang Yun Silk Brocade, Su Luo Sha and Yun Wu Silk piled up half of the carriage, and the jewelry, calligraphy and paintings were specially placed in the mahogany official suitcase.

Jin Nian couldn't shirk it, so he had to accept it all.

After she returned to the same prefect's mansion, she instructed Mama Lin to send all her things to the treasury first, and said, "Aunt Rong can go out and walk around frequently recently?" ”

Mama Lin was sorting out the things that Jinnian had brought back, and replied casually: "Except for going to see Miss Xue once, I haven't gone out again." Where does she still have that face, now, half of the noble ladies in Huai'an City are looking at her like a joke! It's just a concubine, what kind of lady's behavior ......"

Jin Nian smiled and asked, "Where did Mama get these news from?" ”

Mama Lin stopped what she was doing and said with a smile: "Before I went to Yangzhou with my wife, I also knew some sisters in the Xie Mansion, and now they have also become the housekeepers and mothers in the various mansions. It's the matter of the cousin and Miss Xue, some people support the cousin, and some people condemn the cousin and Xie Fu for their affection......"

These are things that have been foreseen for a long time. Since Xie Fu refused to marry Xue Birong, Huai'an Mansion's evaluation of Xie Fu was mixed, and Xie Fu ignored it, just waiting for everyone's enthusiasm to slowly fade.

Mama Lin saw that she was not interested, so she stopped telling her these rumors.

In the evening, the rain stopped, but it seemed to be colder, and the wind blew on the face like a knife.

Estimating the time when his father went to the office, Jin Nian personally packed a large plate of tangerines in the food box and lifted it to the outer courtyard.

Su Youhua saw that the girl was back, asked her to sit down, and said: "It's cold now, you just came back from Xie Mansion, don't run around, lest you get caught the wind cold, how can you go back to Yangzhou......"

Jin Nian wanted to laugh a little, her father's words, how did she sound like he hoped that she would go back to Yangzhou quickly.

She put the tangerines up, peeled one open and handed it to her father, and said tentatively: "Father is afraid that I will catch the cold, so it is better to let Aunt Rong go back with me, and she can take care of me and my third brother on the way......"