Shen Yan originally wanted to take the opportunity to praise Xiangxiang, so that her grandfather could change her opinion of others, and wanted her grandfather to agree that her background could not decide everything, but she didn't expect the old marquis to take the initiative to ask about the Mu family's ancestral house, Shen Yan was puzzled.

The old marquis touched his beard and said: "When I was young, the Mu family had not moved out of the ancestral house, and occasionally accompanied your grandfather to be a guest, and I was often reminded by the elders not to run around in the house, saying that there were organs everywhere. I remember that the well of the Mu family would draw its own water, and the water drawn out would be poured into the garden of the house, and at that time, just staring at it would be quiet for an hour or two. ”

Shen Yan gave the tea to her grandfather and said with a smile: "That's what my grandfather said, the house where my grandson lives, the ladder to the attic will be lowered by itself, which is very magical." She thought for a moment and said, "One day, the prince took his grandson and his wife to the firearms camp, and even the princess could tell some tricks. ”

The old marquis glanced at it, drank the tea and said unhappily: "Daughter's family, what are you going to do in that kind of place, how can your mother explain to you." ”

Shen Yan smiled sweetly, in front of her grandfather, she was Jiaodidi's granddaughter, and responded: "But the grandson has opened his eyes, grandfather, have you tried crossbow arrows?" ”

The old marquis said with a smile: "What else has the old man not seen is that among the three armies, there are many disciples and grandchildren. Yan'er, there are more students out of our Jian family than the officials in the entire court, not to mention that there are students from all over the world, even the open sea and the East, so the emperors of all dynasties dare not do anything to our Jian family. ”

"Yes." Shen Yan said, "My mother often mentions that in the spring, the students in the family wear school robes and go with you to pay tribute to the Confucian Temple. ”

The old marquis said: "When will you call your mother back, I think she will be very good." ”

Shen Yan was stunned, her grandfather, who had always been stubborn, actually said such heart-warming and sad words, and she hurriedly responded: "Grandson, I'm going to repair my mother's book." ”

The old marquis returned to the topic by himself, and told Shen Yan: "Be cautious in the palace, don't mess with things that shouldn't be in your hands, don't mess with them, and don't go to any firearms camp with their husband and wife, teach you your own book." ”

Shen Yan didn't dare to contradict it, and responded softly, and his grandfather said earnestly: "The Mu family has a deep origin, and it has the power to subvert the dynasty, Yan'er, our Jian family can't afford to fight, even Pang Jun has been fighting for decades in vain, they have disappeared for twenty years, but they still affect the court, you must be careful." ”

"But......" Shen Yan hoped that her grandfather would say more, but she was afraid that her grandfather would be suspicious of her, so she was silent, sent the refreshments to her grandfather, and said softly, "This is a pastry made by the princess herself, light and soft, and not sticky to your teeth, grandpa, you can taste it." ”

"My grandfather is old, and some things can't save face." The old marquis suddenly said, "Yan'er has to teach her profession well, and it can be regarded as atonement for her grandfather's ignorance." ”

Shen Yan said in a panic: "Don't think so, the princess is open-minded, looks at the world simply and thoroughly, and her grandson often secretly admires it." She admires you very much in her heart, and she doesn't pay attention to the little things in the past. ”

As she spoke, she saw that the old man frowned, panicked, and hurriedly apologized and smiled: "Could it be that when my grandson said this, it seems that my grandfather is even more stingy?" ”

The old marquis laughed loudly, hugged his granddaughter, and said comfortingly: "It's as likable as your mother, the granddaughters are all married, and my grandfather is very lonely." ”

Shen Yan's heart is soft, his grandfather is old, one has seen through the world, and the other is that his body is gradually weakening, in fact, he needs to rely on others, but he is proud and unwilling to show weakness. In the future, she should often come back to Chenghuan to serve her grandfather.

The old marquis hugged his granddaughter and said very softly: "Yan'er, you go and tell Prince Shuo that although the Mu family has disappeared for twenty years, the world seems to have forgotten one thing. ”

Shen Yan only felt that her heart was tight, and she raised her eyes to look at her grandfather, with a solemn face.

Three days later, Jian Kaiwen had a big birthday, and the banquet in Jian's mansion had been allowed by the imperial court, obviously in the great mourning of the first emperor, even the Jian family, the teacher of the world, had done such a thing that violated the guidelines of the monarch and the ministers, which was really incredible, but the students must respect the teacher, and on the day of the big birthday, they came one after another. Thanks to the fact that Jian Mansion once had 3,000 disciples, the huge mansion could accommodate the guests. Mrs. Jian has long arranged the seats according to their status in the imperial court according to the list of visitors, and those bachelors who are idle outside the official career are closest to the old marquis, and the old marquis does not advocate official careers, so naturally they are the apprentices and grandchildren outside these official careers, and they are the most favored by him.

And Qi Hui, who was not a guest of Jian's Mansion, was in the same place as Jian Kaiwen. All the guests gathered together, from the main hall to the outside, and the sound of glasses clashing during the toast was also endless. But although there are many people, they are not noisy, they are all people with status, words and deeds are above the number of etiquette, although Xiangxiang has been regarded as a student of Jianfu, but married and obeyed the husband, naturally sat in the banquet with Qi Hui.

And when she saw that under such a battle, the people in Jian's Mansion were not messy, and she admired it in her heart, and secretly remembered Mrs. Jane's words and deeds, Qi Hui saw that she was serious, and she couldn't help laughing in her heart, and suddenly she went outside to report that the Prime Minister had arrived.

Jian Kaiwen personally greeted her, most of the guests got up to wait, Qi Hui was the prince's honor, and he had to wait for Pang Jun to salute, Xiangxiang calmly followed her husband's side, but when she saw Pang Qianyou appear, her eyes lit up slightly.

On that day, she sent away the sick and sick young lady, she left a sentence to Qi Hao for herself, and said goodbye for a few days, and occasionally heard Pang Gongzi mention that her sister was very good, but she didn't expect the eldest lady to really recover as before. Sure enough, it is the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion who is above 10,000 people under one person, and she is full of luxury, Xiangxiang has not seen the princess of the royal family, presumably the princess should be like this.

Jian Kaiwen is on a big birthday, the people in Pang's Mansion are all dressed brightly, Mrs. Pang and a few young ladies are naturally steady, but Miss Pang is not out of the cabinet, she is still a child, wearing a crimson dress, peonies bloom from the bottom of the skirt, like a smoke-like shawl wrapped around the crook of the arm, faintly visible green clouds and flying birds, her lotus steps, really wonderful as soaring clouds. Xiangxiang saw that some young ladies were unwilling to tear their shirts, and turned their eyes away disdainfully, but soon came back, and they were still attracted by this gorgeous and dazzling dress.

I saw the ceremony over there, Pang Jun walked towards Qi Hui, although the Prime Minister's Mansion was powerful and powerful, but in terms of status, it was indeed Qi Hui now, and even Xiangxiang could afford to worship the Prime Minister, but they were young after all, and they were polite, so they naturally let Pang Jun be exempt. But it is impossible for the children of the Pang family to rely on their father's glory regardless of the number of courtesies, the eldest prince led his brothers and daughters to salute, Pang Qianyou followed behind his brother and sister-in-law Shi Shiran bent his knees, and when he raised his eyes, he was shocked that the people of the Zhang family not far away whispered: "The daughter of the Pang family, it turns out to be so beautiful?" ”

Qi Hui heard Xiangxiang say in his ear: "This is really good." He smiled heartily, and hoped that Pang Qianyou could regain her strength and treat her own life well.

The seat of the Pang Mansion is not far from the palace, after everyone is seated, they toast their birthday, everything is in order, and they sit with the two sisters-in-law, listening to their gossip boringly, after all, they can't help but turn their eyes to the couple not far away.

I thought that they would be affectionate and loving in front of people, but Qi Hui was busy coping with it, Xiangxiang followed aside, and these things alone were overwhelming, and the couple would occasionally glance at each other, and there was no intimate and indecent behavior. But I heard that Prince Shuo and his wife are in and out of pairs, and they are now one of the most loving couples in the capital, and I thought that Xiangxiang was really from a humble background, and he didn't know how to restrain himself in front of others, but he didn't expect that people would be properly behaved, and they were more stable than their own sisters-in-law.

"Asayo, this roasted matsutake mushroom is very delicious, you can taste it." The second young grandmother of the Pang family called her sister-in-law gently, seeing that her eyes looked away from time to time, she looked over, and sure enough, she was looking at the people in Prince Shuo's mansion, and couldn't help but turn around and pull the sleeve of the sister-in-law, and the eldest young grandmother blinked her eyes and signaled her younger siblings not to move.

The second young grandmother said softly: "It seems that she is not dead yet." ”

Qianyou turned around suddenly, and seemed to hear the whispers of her sisters-in-law, but she didn't really hear them, and she was fooled by them, but she knew in her heart that she couldn't do this anymore, it would cause jokes, embarrass herself, and embarrass Qi Hui. She is not dead or unwilling, but she can't make such a fuss, that will only make Qi Hui hate her even more.

In this compartment, several young ladies in the Jian Mansion, because they have not yet come out of the cabinet and are young, are not suitable to come forward to entertain guests, so they all sit with their older cousin Shen Yan, but the cousin is not in good spirits today, and the younger sisters asked the cousin if she was uncomfortable, and Shen Yan was perfunctory: "Probably tired." ”

But persuaded her to leave the table and go back to rest, but Shen Yan seemed to be afraid of being too ostentatious, so she sat in the middle of the table and didn't move, she didn't expect that her former fiancé's family also came from the south to celebrate her birthday.

As the night deepened, the birthday banquet dispersed in a festive mood, during the banquet, the emperor also sent a reward, everyone bowed in the direction of the palace, everything was perfect and proper, the guests dispersed, Jian Kaiwen and his wife took their children to send each other, the daughter of the family was too young, it was Shen Yan and Jian Feng who followed behind them.

Jian Feng also noticed that his cousin's complexion was not very good, and at this time, his father and mother left alone to see off the guests, and the two of them were in front of the door, Jian Feng asked with concern: "Is my cousin frozen?" Why don't you go back first? ”

Shen Yan shook her head and smiled, just as she saw Qi Hui and his wife come out, Xiang Xiang greeted him and said, "When will Mr. go back to the palace, I will have to work hard to endorse the book, and if I am too lazy to go back and take the exam, I will be punished." ”

Only then did Shen Yan show her face: "I won't be spared." ”

As he was talking, another group of guests came out, Jian Feng didn't recognize so much, he didn't care who he was, he greeted him, he didn't want the young lady of the family, and suddenly smiled: "Isn't this the sister of the Shen family?" ”