Bai Jinyao went this time and didn't come back until dinner.

The old lady felt that it was not right, and sent someone to the Marquis Zongyu's mansion to ask.

However, the person who asked came back and said that the old lady of the Qin family had not seen the eldest lady and the second lady for a long time, and she missed it very much, so she left their mother and daughter to stay, and said that the second lady's birthday banquet was prepared the day after tomorrow, and the young ladies and young masters of the Bai family were invited to go to the lively scene.

The old lady's face was pale, and she smashed the green jade teacup in her hand with a flick of her sleeve.

Mama Su hurriedly persuaded her to calm her anger.

The old lady was indignant, and said angrily: "Our Bai family is fine, why does our young lady need others to handle it on her birthday?" Putting the cart before the horse, the Qin family is inevitably too deceitful! ”

Seeing this, Chen immediately got up and echoed, "Isn't it? Second Miss Fang's birthday, when is the house not a big event, this time the invitation has already been sent out, but now it is in the Qin family, how to explain to the guests? You can't wait for those young ladies and young masters to come, and let them leave to go to the Zongyu Marquis Mansion again, right? ”

The old lady was already resentful of the Qin family's interference in the family affairs of Baifu for many years, and she finally reached the breaking point.

"What a bastard! This is how the Qin family relied on her mother's family to act recklessly in the mansion, today I can be angry and sick, and I can harm the eldest sister, and the entire Bai Mansion will have her surname Qin in the future! ”

"Old lady, you have to have an idea. The daughter-in-law has no experience in managing things, if the sister-in-law and daughter don't come back, what will happen to the birthday banquet the day after tomorrow? ”

Chen deliberately asked: "Otherwise, let's let the eldest brother invite the sister-in-law back?" I can't let the whole of the capital see our Bai family's jokes. ”

"What please, please? I think they did it on purpose! ”

The old lady had tolerated her eldest daughter-in-law many times in the past, and this time she was determined to raise her eyebrows.

Bai Jinghao entered the house at this time with the scriptures copied in the warm pavilion, she walked forward in a curling manner, as if she hadn't heard anything, her voice was soft and slow: "Grandmother, this lotus flower scripture granddaughter has already copied it." If you have no other instructions, you can go back first, and then come back tomorrow to recite the scriptures for you. ”

The old lady seemed to remember that she had left her to copy the scriptures for herself, and replied angrily: "I've worked hard for you, it's hard for you to stay here with me all day." Go to clean your hands and rest with your grandmother, and then accompany your grandmother to dinner. ”

Bai Jinghao looked at the old lady flattered, her eyes were full of disbelief and joy, and she replied with a stunned chin: "Yes." ”

Mama Su stepped forward to guide her, and Bai Jinghao saluted the two of them and said goodbye.

She had just taken two steps when she suddenly heard Chen calling her.

"Okay, you wait."

Bai Jinghao turned around and stopped in place, and said, "What does the second aunt command?" ”

Chen Shi looked at the old lady and reminded, "Mother, I remember that Jinghao's niece's birthday was just a few days ago. If Jin Yao makes up her mind not to come back, then the banquet the day after tomorrow will be made up for our eldest lady, how about it? ”

The old lady suddenly looked at Bai Jing and said, "Yes, it doesn't seem like a few days have passed?" ”

Bai Jing replied politely: "Back to grandmother, it's the seventh day of the first month." ”

"That's right, it's the seventh day of the first month. It's only been four days, so it's okay. ”

The old lady felt more and more that this name was good, squinted her eyes and said with a smile: "As we all know, Ah Hao, this child has been frail and sickly since he was a child, so he has always lived in a simple house. But this year, the situation is getting better, and the birthday month should be lively, the second daughter-in-law, you can handle it. ”

Bai Jing was terrified when she heard this, and lowered her head and whispered timidly: "It's a birthday banquet for the second sister, how can I take it?" My granddaughter knows that my grandmother loves me, but it shouldn't be mine, and I can't want to be quiet. ”

The old lady said with a serious face: "That's Miss Bai's birthday banquet, why can't it be yours?" Quiet, grandmother knows what you are afraid of, don't worry, grandmother will give you you and you will continue. ”

Bai Jing looked at Chen with anxiety and apprehension, and saw that she also nodded to herself, so she thanked her hesitantly.

When she left the house, Chen sighed: "The eldest lady is too cautious, which young lady in the family is only a birthday, and she doesn't dare to take it." ”

"In the past, it was the government that neglected her." The old lady's tone was a little guilty, "It is precisely because I have endured all the contempt and cold eyes that I will be like this." ”

Chen Shi responded: "But now that the old lady is in pain, the eldest lady also has a hope for the future." ”

The granddaughter is well-behaved, sensible and considerate of Peugeot, which old man would not like it?

The old lady only recently discovered that her eldest granddaughter was good, and she was naturally willing to love her.

Bai Jinghao had dinner in the Hanyu Hall, and then accompanied the old lady to talk before going back.

Qiao's mother greeted her at the gate of the courtyard, "Miss is back, are you okay?" ”

Bai Jinghao shook his head.

Nuan Yue beside her said, "Isn't there something wrong, it's still a good thing!" ”

Mother Joe looked at her curiously.

Nuan Yue said again: "The day after tomorrow, the old lady will hold a birthday banquet for the eldest lady." ”

Mother Qiao's face was slightly sluggish, and she was puzzled: "Wasn't it the second lady's banquet that day?" ”

Nuan Yue was the person next to the old lady, and she could best understand the thoughts of the old master, and said bluntly: "The birthday banquet that day was held for the young lady at home, and the second young lady was going to be the cousin of the Marquis Zongyu Mansion, and she won't come back." ”

Early the next morning, the Chen family led the three sisters, Bai Jinzhu, Bai Jinlin and Bai Jinse, to Princess Heshun's mansion.

Bai Jinghao went to chant for the old lady as usual.

When there was no one in private, the old lady asked her: "For a feast like the princess's mansion, all the ladies from the high-ranking noble mansions in the capital have gone, but you can only stay at home, can you envy in your heart?" ”

Bai Jinghao's fingers holding the scripture book tightened slightly, and said gratefully: "Grandmother, I don't envy you. ”

"Really?"

Bai Jinghao nodded, looked at her and replied seriously: "That may be a place to make friends with powerful people, but for me," she pursed her lips and said euphemistically: "I didn't go, I was lucky." ”

The old lady sighed, "You kid is smart, you already know, right?" ”

"That day, my mother came back from the palace and gave clothes and jewelry, and rouge and gouache, she had never done this to me before."

She grabbed the pages of the book, and hurriedly let go of the scriptures for fear of offending them, and said in a low voice: "It is fake that Imperial Doctor Lu came to the mansion to regulate my body, and it is true to ventilate and report to His Royal Highness the Grand Sun." ”

"It's good that you know it in your heart. The candidate of the crown princess is your second sister, so even if Your Royal Highness likes you, but one palace does not allow two masters, and our Bai family can't pay two young ladies to enter. Even if your second sister's reputation is damaged, she still has the Marquis Zongyu Mansion and the Crown Princess Niangniang to protect her, but if you go, you will have nothing. The old lady spoke bitterly.

Bai Jinghao actually heard the sincerity of his feelings from his words, and looked at each other stupidly.

"Kid, what's wrong with you?"

She replied truthfully, "Grandmother is so kind to me. ”

The old lady took her hand, opened her lips silently, and looked away again.

In the afternoon, the Chen family returned home and came to the Hanyu Hall in a hurry, and said with a happy face: "Old lady, good thing! Do you know who won the first prize in the archery competition in the princess's mansion today? ”