The older one is Cui Huan, the fourth lady in the third room of the Cui family, who is born quite like the third lady Cui who doesn't talk much and always smiles gently, and her demeanor is also very courteous.

On the side is Cui Ting, the twelfth lady in the second room, but her eyes are full of bones, and she has no scruples when she looks at Gu Mingzhu, and she is also smiling, but she is not as regular as the fourth lady, and she is a little young.

The others were all ladies from the side branches of the Cui clan, and their identities were not as good as them, so they were one step behind, and they stepped forward with a smile and retreated to the side, not very close.

Gu Mingzhu glanced at it, and understood in his heart that the Cui family is a family after all, and he also attaches great importance to his identity, he heard it when he was still a virtuous princess, and the eldest in the family is the most important, and the identities of these side branches are much worse after all.

Thinking of this, her heart trembled slightly, she and Cui Lin were afraid that it would be difficult for them to recognize.

It's just that before she had time to think about it, the maidservant girl on the side smiled and said, "The Seventh Lady is here." ”

An orchid boat approached gently from the opposite bank, and Cui Qiniang Cui Ning was sitting on it, looking at the water pavilion that was getting closer and closer, her face seemed to be a little complicated, but she lowered her head and didn't look at it again.

It wasn't until she helped her maid get off the Lan Zhou that several ladies greeted her that she cheered up and saluted one by one: "Fourth sister, twelve maids......"

Cui Ting and Cui Ning are not much different in age, and they are even more happy to see her, so they stepped forward and talked non-stop: "A-Ning, I heard that you were sent to Anping, and you haven't returned home for a long time, what are you doing there?" Could it be that the old lady wants you to go over to accompany her, but I haven't heard of anyone else going over......"

Cui Huan frowned slightly, and also knew that her twelfth sister was the most lively, and the second lady didn't care too much about and discipline her, and her mind was on a few Langjun, and it became like this.

She sighed lightly in her heart, stepped forward and pulled Cui Ning with a smile: "I'm afraid I have to rush early in the morning when I come back from Anping." ”

Cui Ning eased up a little at this time, and said with a smile: "Yes, I'm afraid that I missed the birthday of the Twelfth Mother, so I rushed early." ”

Cui Wan smiled and nodded, leading her to the water pavilion.

It wasn't until he saw Gu Mingzhu that Cui Ning's face changed again, and he quickly lowered his head, but when he faced Gu Mingzhu, he was no longer the arrogant color he used to be, but he was a little guilty, and he didn't dare to look at her eyes.

It's just that Gu Mingzhu has already gotten up, and she can't retreat, biting her lip and saluting, and whispering: "County Lord." ”

Gu Mingzhu looked at her, remembered what Cui Lin had said to him before, and returned the salute with a smile: "Seventh lady." ”

Cui Ning slowly raised her head, looking at Gu Mingzhu's face and not having any other look, just looking at her with a faint smile, just like when she first saw her, for some reason her heart slowly relaxed, and her face, which had been tense, slowly relaxed, and said in a low voice: "I haven't seen the county lord for a long time." ”

Gu Mingzhu felt her kindness and said with a smile: "Yes, I haven't seen the Seventh Lady for a long time, don't come to harm." She said in a calm tone, "This time I came from Chang'an and brought some small things from Chang'an to the ladies, which is a little bit of my heart, and I can't give up." ”

As she spoke, she asked Abi to bring it up: "It's not a valuable object, it's just quite chic, I like it very much, and I think the ladies will like it too." ”

In the lacquered wooden plate are small silk windmills, several sets of dolls, and newly made colored satin palace flowers, which are indeed not very valuable, but they are very pleasing to the little ladies.

Gu Mingzhu no longer has the original girlish heart, just seeing that Anping and Mingyu like these, and they also feel very chic, they feel that the Cui family's lady will also like it, although such a family lacks nothing, but still likes novel small things.

Sure enough, several of them looked at it with wide eyes and curiosity, and looked at it happily, their smiles were full of joy, and they said: "It's really good-looking, these are from Chang'an?" ”

They were embarrassed to ask Gu Mingzhu, so they asked around Cui Ning, who had been to Chang'an, and fiddled.

Cui Ning originally felt that it was a shame to be sent to the clan to be raised, but this time when she returned to the house, she felt that she couldn't raise her head, and when Cui Twelve Niang asked her, she panicked, but at this time, the sisters had already left that little thing behind, and surrounded her to ask long and short questions, just like when she was in the house before, she couldn't help but feel a lot more relaxed.

There was also a smile on his face, and he whispered to them, and raised his head to look at Gu Mingzhu from time to time, with a shy but grateful smile in his eyes.

When she was sent to the clan, Cui Lin asked someone to bring her a letter, and told her about the past in Chang'an, she also knew a lot of things about Gu Mingzhu from the letter, and the mustard for her had dissipated, and she also knew how difficult it was for the lady in front of her, who was not much older than her, to live a difficult life, but she could still be so strong that it was impressive.

She followed her grandmother to learn the rules and began to understand the intention of the words that Zheng Yuan said to her at the beginning, and she felt a little more guilty about Gu Mingzhu, this time she saw that she did not hold a grudge against herself, so she completely relieved her heart and gradually regained the liveliness that she should have at this age.

It's just that such a cheerful atmosphere didn't last long, and a little maid said: "The eldest lady of the Zheng family is here." ”

Zheng Yuan is here!

The ladies of the Cui family suddenly stopped and looked outside the water pavilion, looking at the orchid boat approaching, there was some eagerness in their eyes, Zheng Yuan, the eldest lady Zheng Yuan, is virtuous and talented, and she is a model of the ladies of the family over the years, and they also admire it.

It's just that the Lingling County Lord is also here...... They couldn't help but turn their heads to look at Gu Mingzhu again, the relationship between these two is only very complicated, after all, there is still Cui Lin in it, I am afraid that today's banquet is not so simple.

They were still curious to guess and probe, but Cui Ning behind them had a white face, without the ease of Fang Cai, and retreated back in a panic, as if he was afraid.

Gu Mingzhu noticed that she was wrong, couldn't help but glance at her a few times, walked over slowly, and said in a low voice, "Is the Seventh Lady okay?" ”

Cui Ning looked at her and said in a low voice, "I didn't know that Big Sister Zheng would also come." ”

She didn't want to see Zheng Yuan, when she thought of her heart, she couldn't say what it felt, Zheng Yuan was the person she trusted and admired the most, she relied on her to follow her, but she was almost used by her, she didn't understand before, but now she knows that Cui Ning has all kinds of complicated feelings about Zheng Yuan, I just hope not to see her, as if when I see her, I think of my own stupidity and ignorance before, and the perfect Zheng Yuan in my heart seems to be broken.

But she can't see it, and Gu Mingzhu can't see it, Zheng Yuan was invited today.