In the twenty-sixth year of Qingli, in the middle of June, in the capital, in a medium-sized house in the south of the city.

It was almost noon, the sun was shining, there was no cloud in the sky, and the flowers and trees in the yard were wilting and hanging their heads.

Is it that all the people in the capital have gathered in this courtyard? Li Qing thought dizzily, squinting greedily at the shade under the tree next to him, if only he could stand under the tree! Turning her head, she saw that Mama Zhong was staring at her coldly, Li Qing's heart froze, she moved her steps slightly, and stood up again.

In the past ten years, she has lived too freely, at this time, she can't even stand standing in the sun for a quarter of an hour, and they all say that her gentleness is very like her father, will Li Yunsheng look at this resemblance and love her a little bit? Her stepmother, Mrs. Li's arrogant deeds back then, she had heard too much in the past six months, and that sister, it is said that Shen Xiao's mother, Mrs. Li's grandmother, was surprised when she saw her, it seems that Lian Qing said that Mrs. Li didn't know that her existence seemed to be true! In the past ten years, Mrs. Li, who has always regarded herself as a yuan match, returned to the capital, but found that there was a daughter of the original match! How angry will you be? Li Qing was very distressed in her heart, she didn't want to leave Hangu Temple, she didn't want to come to this house, she didn't want to be this eldest lady, but the hand that had raised her for ten years pushed her hard, pushing her into this house, pushing her into that courtyard, that Leaning Moon Pavilion! Mrs. said, "This courtyard in this house is barely worthy of the eldest lady", Mrs. said, "Qingwu committed the name of the eldest lady, and gave the name Xieyue Pavilion", Mrs. Wen's mouth was full of words, and she moved her in, but Mrs. Li didn't put her mother in her eyes when she was a girl, what would this "Mrs. say" would let her do? Can that father understand her last resort?

Just thinking about it, I heard a commotion in the front yard, and a little girl ran in:

"Master and Mrs. are back!"

The people standing inside the second gate were nervous, and they were busy standing with their heads bowed in an orderly manner, Mama Zhong was full of joy, pulled the placket of her clothes, and hurriedly greeted her, Li Qing moved slightly, tightly grabbed the handkerchief in her hand, hung her head slightly, and listened attentively to the movement outside the hanging flower door.

There was a chaotic sound of footsteps outside the door, Li Qing raised his eyes slightly and looked outside the door, a man and a woman walked in with two children surrounded by many servant women, the man was in his thirties, tall, wearing a moon-white veil, with a short beard, a white face, clear and picturesque facial features, with a smile like a spring breeze, seeing Li Qing, the smile tightened, this thin girl, is the daughter born by Lian's family? How can there be a little bit of the grace of the eunuch's house? At the foot of Qishan back then, how could such an evil seed be left!? From the time he passed the Wangxiangyi, when his wife received the letter, he was disturbed, and Min'er, who cried so much that his heart ached, Min'er's appearance and bearing were the eldest daughter of his Li family!

Wearing a red silk skirt and a white silk blouse, with fair skin and unusual facial features, Mrs. Li stared at Li Qing fiercely. Li Qing was beating a drum in his heart, and he heard Mama Zhong laughing beside him:

"Master, madam, this is Miss Qing."

It's Miss Qing! Li Qing's heart was slightly relieved, secretly grateful, and hurriedly knelt down to say goodbye:

"Qing'er, please be safe to father and mother!"

Li Qing fell to the ground, only to hear a heavy "hum!" above his head. With a sound, the big red silk gauze skirt swept away from her like a wind, and a pair of small shoes embroidered with red peonies and pearls moved over, Li Minhua stared at the brocade yarn shirt worn by Li Qing, she had never seen this color pattern, hum! Li Minhua rushed up in one breath, suddenly raised his foot, stepped heavily on Li Qing's sleeve, turned around twice, and walked away.

Li Yunsheng looked at Li Qing's dirty sleeves that were trampled on, and frowned, he really didn't have to worry about it, who did he want to overpower when he came out in such expensive clothes? Sure enough, he was arrogant with Lian's back then! Li Minfei tugged at his sleeve:

"Father, go in."

Li Yunsheng gave a gentle "um", didn't look at Li Qing, and said coldly,

"Get up."

"Thank you, father."

Li Qing said in a low voice, Qiu Yue stepped forward cautiously and helped her up, the crowd had already gone inside, Qiu Yue gently patted her sleeves for her, raised her head and looked at Li Qing worriedly, Li Qing smiled at her,

"It's okay! We... Let's go in too. ”

Li Qing raised his head, took a deep breath, straightened his clothes, and took Qiu Yue to the backyard behind the crowd.

In the main hall of the backyard, several large basins of ice in the corner of the house exude a trace of coolness, the room is cool and comfortable, Li Yunsheng and Mrs. Li are sitting on the chairs in front of the middle hall drinking tea, and on the row of chairs on the left are a little girl about ten years old and a little boy of seven or eight years old, Li Qing knows that they are her two half-siblings, and the one who stepped on her clothes just now should be this surprisingly beautiful little girl.

Li Qing took Qiu Yue and quietly slipped in from the door, found an inconspicuous place to stand, and heard Mama Zhong reporting:

“…… The eldest young master is arranged in the Jinzhu Courtyard, close to the master's study, and there is a small garden behind the courtyard...... Arranged at Cuilian ......"

"Didn't I say I wanted to live in Qingwuyuan!?"

Li Minhua interrupted Mama Zhong's words, her eyebrows were raised high, and Mrs. Li frowned, this Mama Zhong, even if she is old and confused, should not make such a mistake. Putting down the cup in his hand, he looked at Mama Zhong suspiciously and asked:

"The girl said that she wanted to live in Qingwu Courtyard, why did she arrange Cuilian Residence?"

Mama Zhong thought about Mama Wen's arrogance that day, and replied with a look of embarrassment:

"Miss Qing lived in Qingwu Courtyard and changed her name to Leaning Moon Pavilion."

Li Qing's tongue was a little dry, with the location and delicacy of Qingwu Courtyard, as well as the precious peonies in the courtyard, she could not live, when Grandma Wen moved her into Qingwu Courtyard on a rampage, she knew that the courtyard was a bane...... I only heard Li Minhua's angry voice screaming sharply:

"Tell her to get out of here! Cui Mo, Yu Yan, take someone with you! Throw her stuff out of me! Throw it outside the gate! ”

Qiu Yue pulled her sleeve nervously and reminded:

"Girl, Mrs. Wen......"

Li Qing ignored Qiu Yue, only pursed his lips tightly, staring at Li Yunsheng, Li Yunsheng drank tea slowly, as if he hadn't heard anything, he really wanted to let these girls throw her outside this house?! Didn't he know that he really threw it out...... He, the new rite department, immediately became a joke in the entire capital? I'm afraid that he can't do it! Li Qing's heart welled up with some sourness, she was not Li Qing, he didn't care about her, she didn't care about him! She desperately wanted to get out of this mansion, but Mrs. Wen would not agree to stand behind her.

A little girl rushed in outside the door to report:

"Master, madam, Mrs. Wen has sent someone."

Li Yunsheng hurriedly put down the cup and stood up with a "whew", Mrs. Li's family, the daughter of Prime Minister Wen's family, and the cousin of the imperial concubine, he has tried his best to think about it all these years, but there is no response! Aunt Gu, who he wanted to rely on back then, disappeared in a blink of an eye, and then, Master Li forgot about him and his favorite daughter! It took ten years of hard work to achieve five products! At this time, Mrs. Wen actually sent someone? Li Yunsheng stabilized his mind, sat back again, and shouted with a smile on his face, "Please come in." Cui Mo and Yu Yan also quietly stood behind Li Minhua from the door.

The little girl came in with a gorgeously dressed and extraordinary old woman, and there was a girl next to her who laid a mat on the ground, and the old lady knelt down on the mat to say goodbye, Li Yunsheng recognized that it was the most powerful Mama Wen beside Mrs. Wen, and hurriedly stood up, and said with both hands:

"Mama Wen, please get up, you are waiting by your mother's side, Runqing should not be such a big gift."

Mrs. Li sat still, barely showing a smile, Mama Wen stood up, her eyes swept over Mrs. Li, a trace of disdain flashed in her eyes, and she said with a smile on her face:

"The lord and the lady heard that the uncle had entered the house, so they sent the old slave to invite An to come, and the lady Ming'er arranged a family banquet in the house to pick up the wind and wash the dust for the uncle's family."

Li Yunsheng was overjoyed, smiling, Mrs. still remembers his son-in-law, filial piety and respect over the years, it seems that Mrs. is still satisfied, with the Li family behind him, with the Wen family, his future is just around the corner! Mama Wen turned her eyes to look at the little girl and the little boy sitting next to her, and stepped forward with a smile on her face to say goodbye:

"This is the second young lady and the eldest young master, right? What a talent! It's even more outstanding than my aunt and wife back then! The old slave greets the second lady and the eldest young master! ”

Li Minhua's face showed no anger, she is the eldest lady in this house! Not Second Miss!

"Minhua, Minfei, don't hurry up and give Mama Wen a gift!"

Li Yunsheng shouted, Li Minhua replied with some bluntness, Li Minfei stood up with a smile on his face and replied:

"Hello Mama Wen!"

Mama Wen smiled even more, looked around to find Li Qing, saw Li Qing, hurriedly stepped forward to salute, took Li Qing's hand and complained affectionately:

"Why is the eldest lady hiding here?! If you don't see your wife for two days, will you have a part? ”

His eyes were aimed at the filth on Li Qing's sleeve, Li Qing smiled slightly, bent his knees and blessed,

"Hello Mama Wen."

"When the old slave came, Miss Nine asked me to bring you a message, so that you must arrive early tomorrow morning, she will make a trip to lotus mushroom cake this afternoon, and the eldest lady will try it again. Miss Nine also invited Miss Shen and Miss Wen San to come over tomorrow, and congratulated your father and daughter on their reunion. ”

Li Qing smiled and didn't answer, only turned her head to look at Li Yunsheng and his wife, her parents were in the hall, she couldn't be self-conscious, otherwise she would be unfilial, and she couldn't leave this truth to others. Mama Wen didn't see it, the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and she continued:

"Madame has sent a car, tomorrow morning to pick up the eldest lady, Madame said, the flowers and plants outside the Leaning Moon Pavilion are good, the window screen should be silver, white to be worthy, let me bring a few horses made in the interior of the leno to paste the window for the eldest lady, the outside is not fine enough."

Li Qing hurriedly thanked with a smile, so he directly sent a car, picked her up alone, and sent these few saros for tomorrow's family banquet...... Mama Wen ignored others, only pulled her to gossip for a while, and then left.

The room was silent for a while, and for a long time, Li Yunsheng looked at Li Qing with deep eyes, Mrs. Wen's dust-washing banquet seemed to be because of her face! He actually forgot that in the past ten years, she was taken care of by Mrs. Wen, so naturally she has some affection, maybe the affection is not shallow, that Miss Nine is the daughter of the fourth room, the queen's niece, Miss Wen San should be the girl of Prime Minister Wen's family, who is that Miss Shen? The Ministry of Rites is surnamed Shen! Maybe...... She's doing a good job! Moving his gaze to the filth on Li Qing's sleeve, Li Yunsheng couldn't help but feel on fire in her heart, she must have known that Mama Wen was coming, so couldn't she go and change her clothes? Perhaps, wearing this dress is also deliberate? Hum! Li Yunsheng made up his mind, looked at Li Qing and said sharply:

"Qing'er, you are a sister, you must be kind and take care of your younger siblings! Don't forget your last name is Lee! ”

Turning his head, he instructed Mama Zhong:

"Minhua will live in Cuilian Courtyard, in the future, the eldest lady and the second miss, don't be confused, mess up the rules! If you don't say what you shouldn't say, you can't say a word, if anyone ruins the reputation of the Li Mansion, the family law can wait! ”

Li Qing lowered her head and agreed, knowing that this was a warning to her.

"Father!"

Li Minhua jumped up angrily, Mrs. Li's eyes were round, her hands twisting the handkerchief trembled slightly, she has suffered for decades, and the grievances she has suffered together are not as much as in the past few days, a wave of anger mixed with sadness surged up, she suddenly grabbed the cup next to her out of control, and smashed it at Li Qing, the water mixed with tea spilled on Li Qing's body, and the cup smashed heavily on Li Qing's instep, so painful that Li Qing screamed and bent down.

Li Minfei was pulling Li Minhua back, talking in her ear, Li Minhua picked out some smiles at the corners of his mouth, sat back, with excitement, staring at Li Qing fiercely, Li Minfei turned his head and squinted at Li Qing, Li Qing only felt that his heart suddenly burst, Li Yunsheng lowered his eyelids, and ordered Li Qing in a cold voice:

"Qing'er, you are weak, go back and rest. You don't have to come over at night to say goodbye! ”

Li Qing endured the pain and retreated, Qiu Yue helped her, only to feel a burst of sourness rushing to her chest, turned her head to look at the girl's calm and indifferent expression, and slowly suppressed the sourness.

In the Leaning Moon Pavilion, Mama Zheng, Tingxue, Liuli and Coral were anxiously waiting in the courtyard, and when they saw Qiuyue helping Li Qing limp back, Mama Zheng was startled.

"Can't do it?"

When Qiuyue saw Mama Zheng, grievances came up all of a sudden, and she choked with tears:

"But I didn't do it, Madame smashed the girl with a cup and smashed it on her foot."

Several people helped Li Qing to the house, Mama Zheng carefully took off Li Qing's shoes and socks, and saw that the surface of her feet was bruised, faintly bleeding out, and her heart hurt so much that tears flowed down, the girl grew up in the palm of her hand, and the skin was never broken once, always her own flesh and blood, the old man could watch Mrs. be so ruthless! Liuli had already rushed in to get the medicine box, opened it and sent it to Li Qing:

"Girl, let's see which one to use."

Li Qing took out a green bottle and handed it to Qiu Yue,

"Qiuyue, your hands are light, wash it with cool boiled water first, and apply a thick layer on it."

After applying the medicine, Li Qing leaned on the couch and breathed a sigh of relief:

"It's already noon, you go to eat, and then bring my food over when you're done, I don't want to eat at this time."

Mama Zheng agreed, left Liuli to wait, and the group went to the kitchen.

After half an hour, Mama Zheng and her party came back with a calm face, Li Qing hurriedly put down the book in her hand, and without waiting for her to speak, she heard Xue say angrily:

"Girl, what a bully! When we went, they were eating, but they insisted that we were late and had no food! ”

"Then you didn't eat?"

Li Qing frowned and asked, Qiu Yue replied:

"Eat but eat. Hearing that Xue was arguing with them, she insisted on rushing in to see if there was any food, so the mother-in-law next to her took some for us. ”

Mama Zheng explained:

"Mama Zhang, who is in charge of the kitchen, arrived today, and the mother-in-law next to her told her that Tingxue is Mama Zhong's niece, so she stopped stopping her, and those mothers-in-law took some food for us, but the girl's food, she refused to give anything, saying that Mrs. ordered, after the meal, no one can break the rules."

Li Qing was dumbfounded, this Mrs. Li is really the young lady from the Li family of the century-old family and the family of poetry and books? This is clearly a shrew who fights the king's eight punches! She couldn't help but touch her forehead with her hand, it seemed that her strategy had to be changed, and she couldn't use a gentleman's method to deal with shrews.