When the small lotus flowers that the Ruan family had kept in the pond were gone, the Lu family finally came with two carriages and some servants to welcome them back to the Gongfu. Several carts of luggage were assembled, all of which followed behind the carriage and set off quietly from the Pearl Alley.

Before Lu Yunlan got into the carriage, she glanced back at the small mansion where they had lived for more than ten years.

Here, there were also green trees and red flowers, insects chirping in summer, and white snow in winter.

"Lan Niang? Did you forget anything about it? ”

Seeing that she was slow to come up in the carriage, Ruan Thi shouted curiously.

Lu Yunlan retracted her gaze, lifted the curtain and said with a smile, "Mother, I'm just a little reluctant to take a few more looks." ”

Ruan Shi also smiled and patted her hands, and the mother and daughter sat in the carriage in front of them, while Lu Chengran was led by the nurse and sat in the back carriage - today, they were going to the Guogong Mansion.

Pearl Hutong is mostly inhabited by businessmen with some faces, and no one makes a fuss when they pass by in a carriage. They set out from their lodgings without a hitch to the street outside, where the carriage walked smoothly, and gradually there was a clamor of selling outside.

There are clay figures, there are those who make sugar gourds and sugar cakes, there are those who paint sugar paintings, and there are those who show art and joke...... It's just hilarious. The carriage slowed down for a while due to the flow of people, and Ruan Thi was a little uneasy when she saw this, and wanted to open the curtain to take a look outside, but she was not a bold person, and she showed her head in the street......

While hesitating, Nguyen heard his daughter's voice.

"I heard my father mention that the richest and most lively place in the capital is Suzaku Street, counting the time, we are almost here."

Ruan's heart was relaxed when he heard this, and his eyebrows were no longer nervous.

"What did your father tell you?"

Lu Yunlan pretended to laugh playfully, "If my mother asks, my father will definitely say it, but I ask a lot, and my father is helpless, so he will tell me." ”

Although the defense of men and women is not as powerful as in the previous dynasty, women and young ladies with heads and faces are not allowed to move around easily. Even if you want to make jewelry or clothes, you have to send it in a soft sedan chair, and then send it back as it is, because Ruan and Lu Yunlan rarely walk outside.

“…… Lan Niang," Ruan finally said what he had hesitated for a long time, "When you enter the mansion, you have to call Mrs. 'Mother', you can't ...... casually."

"Mother!" Lu Yunlan directly interrupted Ruan's words, and her bright eyes were like cutting water in Qingqiu, "My daughter will call Mrs. 'Mother' according to the rules, but you are also my 'mother', and the relationship between the two is clear to my daughter." ”

Ruan Shi was stunned at first, but she also felt that what her daughter said was reasonable, so she could only sigh helplessly, and brought the person over, as if Lu Yunlan was only seven or eight years old, hugged her, and whispered softly.

"Then tell your mother, what's interesting on this Suzaku Street? It also opened my eyes. ”

Ruan was afraid that he would think about it, so he pulled up the topic, and Lu Yunlan didn't break it, just snuggled up to his mother and told him everything he knew.

“…… There is a Hundred Treasure Pavilion on Suzaku Street, which is an old-fashioned shop, and it is said that even the ladies in the palace are willing to send people to find fashionable tricks...... The cyclamen dwelling is located in the middle of the long street, and it is really a wonderful location, and the top dishes sold on the day are only available in limited quantities, and the prices are expensive, but the demand is also in short supply...... Also, there is a teahouse near the cyclamen house, but the most famous thing is not the tea and dim sum, but the regular team of storytelling and singing in the building......"

Lu Yunlan said these places, in fact, she has not been to them in person, some of them were said by Lu Zhe, and some of them were said by Ji Minghe when he came back from eating wine with his colleagues. It's just that she was born with this ability, and she can describe what she hears vividly, so Ruan's listened to it with relish, and she was completely absorbed for a while.

When the carriage reached the bottom of the cyclamen, a young man dressed in purple leaned against the carved railing on the third floor. It is not true to say that he is a teenager, but in fact he is eighteen or nineteen years old, and there is a tall attendant standing next to him, and a discerning person can know that he was born in the military at a glance.

The purple-clothed young man sipped on peanuts to himself, his eyes scattered.

"Ayu, the carriage driver downstairs seems to be a little familiar?"

The attendant called "Ayu" followed the purple-clothed young man's line of sight, and saw two ordinary carriages passing through the road one after the other, followed by several carts of various objects, which looked like they were moving. He stared at the coachman in front of him before he said.

"Back to the master, he should be a descendant of the Qingguo Mansion." After a pause, as if he knew that the young man in purple would ask next, he added, "...... Judging from the cars that followed, it seemed that a woman was in the car. ”

The purple-clothed young man peeled a peanut with interest and muttered in his mouth.

"I haven't heard Lu Lao Er mention that there are relatives in their house who come to the door."

Hearing this, Ayu reluctantly defended the "Lu Lao Er" in their young master's mouth, "...... The young master may not care too much about the affairs of the inner house. ”

"That-Lu Laosan didn't mention it?"

Ayu's cheeks twitched, gave up his defense, and said directly and seriously.

"Master, Madame has explained that you can't always ...... Calling the two cousins like this, if the lady knows, the little one is afraid that he will be reprimanded again. ”

The purple-clothed young man snorted, peeled the last peanut, and ate it, then clapped his hands and drank the little wine left on the table. He got up and bypassed Ayu in front of him, and went downstairs without saying anything.

"Master! Where are you going? ”

"Oh, it's fine, go visit my cousin-in-law."

When Ayu turned a corner in his mind, he thought that the "cousin-in-law" in the mouth of the young master in purple was the father of the two young masters of the Lu family mentioned just now, so he covered his face and chased him out.

Speaking of which, this relationship was also a good story in Beijing back then.

The Meng family, who have been hairpins for generations, raised two cousins before and after, and married into the Anguo Marquis Mansion and the Qingguo Mansion respectively, and the Da Meng family married Ji Yong, the son of the Anguo Marquis at that time, and gave birth to the eldest son, Ji Ling, who was the purple-clothed young man just mentioned; Xiao Meng married Lu Ting, the third son of Qingguo Gong, and gave birth to Lu Chengjin and Lu Chengyao.

Therefore, the "Lu Lao Er" and "Lu Lao San" that Ji Ling opened his mouth and closed his mouth before were the rankings of the two sons of the Lu family's third master among their cousins, and he was not wrong, but the name was too vulgar, which made people laugh behind their backs.

But then again, the big Meng family and the little Meng family have a very good relationship in the boudoir, and after leaving the cabinet, they each married into the family of the minister, and the relationship network in the capital is extremely complicated, and the Ji family and the Lu family have close contacts through this layer of in-laws.

The Lu family's carriage traveled for about another hour before it stopped. The carriage shook in place, and then the voice of the big maid beside Ruan Clan, Xuan Rong, came outside.

"Madame, Mademoiselle, here we are."

Ruan Shi was holding his daughter's hand, but when he heard this, his heart tightened, and the strength in his hand also increased a little. Lu Yunlan knew this, but she also knew that comfort was useless, so she raised her head and smiled at Ruan.

"Mother, we're going to see Daddy."

At the mention of Lu Zhe, Ruan Shi calmed down again, she took a deep breath, and then Chunrong pulled up the curtain and helped her out of the carriage, and Hu Pozi and the others each brought their usual household belongings to follow behind. Lu Yunlan stepped down from the carriage with light steps, holding Lian Rong's hand, but her eyes were attracted by the magnificent plaque in front of her.

Gyeongkook Mansion.

These four big characters are still made by Emperor Gao, and they have been passed down for many years.

There were already people waiting at the gatehouse, and at a glance, it was a well-dressed and wealthy mother-in-law. When the mother-in-law saw them get out of the car, she politely stepped forward and blessed her, and said respectfully, "The slave and maid were sent by the eldest lady, and they specially welcomed the aunt, brother, and sister into the house to meet them." ”

Seeing this, Ruan Shi also saluted respectfully, wrapped a few ingots of silver that had been prepared in an inconspicuous sachet and handed them over, and said softly, "Mama has worked hard, and I don't know how to call Mama ......?" ”

The mother-in-law took it quietly, took it, and there were two more joys on her face.

"Auntie can just call me Mama Li."

At this time, Lu Chengran was also brought by the nurse from the back carriage, and he and Lu Yunlan also gave a salute to this Mama Li, and the mother and son were welcomed into the house by Mama Li, and the rest of Mrs. Hu and others were taken by their subordinates to the courtyard where they would live later.

Since Emperor Gaozu's reward, the Qingguo Mansion has been continuously repaired and expanded over the years, the area in the courtyard is staggering, and the flowers and plants in the pavilion are even more complex and diverse, Lu Yunlan walked behind Mama Li with Ruan, but she kept thinking about her mother-in-law in her heart-

Mother Xu is Lu Zhe's wife, and gave birth to the eldest son and eldest daughter for the Lu family, but whether it is in the past life or in this life, this Xu family does not seem to have too much friendship for her father - unlike Aunt Yao, nor like her mother, she will toss and turn for her father to linger in other women's beds. Xu lived by herself most of the time, and her father's care for her was more like that of a patient.

After passing through a few hanging flower gates, they stepped into another courtyard, the front yard was written with the three big characters "Lancui Courtyard", and the maids who came into the eyes were dressed differently from what they had seen before, Lu Yunlan knew that they had arrived in Xu's courtyard.

It was afternoon at this time, and the Xu family had a habit of eating tea, and when they heard that the Ruan family mother and son had arrived, they waved their hands and asked them to bring them in.

After a hairpin ring, the woman in Tsing Yi fell down under the hall, her voice soft and warm like a spring breeze in March.

“…… The concubine Ruan's family, with Lan Niang and Chengran, has seen Mrs. ......"

"Get up," Xu Shi flicked the lid of the tea, her voice calm and kind, "...... It's not easy for you to drag your children and daughters outside these years. ”

Ruan Shi moved her lips a little uneasily, but in the end she didn't say anything, she had already thought carefully before she came, the Qingguo Mansion is no better than the small courtyard at home, it is certain that there will be more mistakes to say.

Xu Shi looked at it carefully, and saw that the Ruan family was unmatched, but in terms of fresh and gorgeous, it was not as good as Aunt Yao, who was five years old, but it was just ...... There was something familiar between the eyebrows, which made her very puzzled.

"You are a woman from a good family, and you have children for the master, the Lu family will not treat you badly."

"Thank you, Madame......"

"Listening to the master, my sister seems to be called Lan Niang?"

Lu Yunlan was smiling bitterly at her mother's sudden caution, and she was unexpectedly named.

As soon as she looked up, although Xu's face was pale, she was looking at herself with a smile, Lu Yunlan already had a good impression of this mother-in-law, she saluted calmly, and heard the other party ask, "Lan Niang looks a little smaller than Meng Niang...... Mama Li, what do you say? ”

Mama Li smiled and said, "According to the order of the eldest and youngest teeth, the two girls in the second room are slightly older." ”

"It's Wu Niang over there."

Xu smiled with his palms, looked at her with pity in his eyes, and beckoned.

"Lan Niang, come to my mother."

According to the rules, the mother-in-law is the mother of all the children, and the aunt is not worthy of being called "mother", Lu Yunlan knows the rules, and will not be angry and distressed by this little family, she gave Ruan a reassuring look and stepped forward generously.

Xu nodded secretly when he saw the girl's posture, feeling that it was everyone's demeanor, although he had been raised outside for many years, he would not do anything shameful. And she carefully examined the girl's still immature face, and a deeper doubt flashed in her eyes, but she didn't say anything, but directly took off a mutton fat jade bracelet on her hand, wrapped it in a handkerchief and stuffed it to Lu Yunlan.

Lu Yunlan was taken aback, this had never appeared in the previous life.

"You are a good boy, you look good, your words and deeds are good, this bracelet is my greeting gift to you."

If you see your deeds, you have to look at your words and deeds. Xu Shi just wanted to use the bracelet to test the knowledge of the girl in front of her, if she was overly happy or overly frightened, she would inevitably be shallow-eyed, and she would have to be taught well, so as not to be laughed at when she went out - but to her surprise, the girl in the light lake green dress was only slightly surprised, and then caught it and saluted respectfully.

"Thank you, Mother."

"- Mother is so hard-hearted! My daughter asked you for this bracelet for a few months, but you refused, and now when she saw that her fifth sister was well-behaved, she didn't want to reward her. ”