Opening the ancestral hall is a matter for men after all, Gu Mingzhu was dressed in a vermilion purple tuan flower skirt with wide sleeves, and her head was meticulously combed with a bun, and after following Cui Lin to give incense to the ancestors of the Cui family and kowtowed, she retreated, and followed Mrs. Cui to sit in front of Mrs. Cui, and the rest of the ancestors were not from their women's families.

Today, Mrs. Cui did not leave those personal maids to serve, and there was a young lady sitting on the couch beside her, with a delicate and graceful appearance, sitting next to Mrs. Cui with a smile.

Seeing Gu Mingzhu coming over with Mrs. Cui, Mrs. Cui said with a smile: "Come and sit down, it will take a while to worship the ancestors." ”

Cui's second wife, Yuan, had already sat down on the couch close to the old lady with a smile: "The old lady still feels sorry for us and left us here to eat tea." ”

She turned back to greet the second young lady Wang: "I heard that last time you accompanied the old lady to play leaf cards, and lost all the money and silver in the purse, today I will give you money and silver, and you accompany the old lady to have a good time." ”

She smiled and covered her mouth with a fan, and glanced at the third lady Zheng on the other side with her eyes: "Save your family from distress." ”

The third lady's face turned red: "No, it's just that she doesn't know how to fight, and I'm afraid of ruining the A family." ”

Seeing this, a strange person like the Wang family hurriedly smiled and said: "I will accept the reward of Second Aunt Xie, the old lady's luck is really good, and I lose every time." ”

She salivated and coquettishly with the old lady again: "The old lady will let me win it again today, and I will show off when I go back." ”

Old Madam Cui naturally saw that the Wang family was making fun, and she also understood the lawsuit against the second daughter-in-law and the third daughter-in-law, and said with a smile: "Your third brother and sister are not like that, don't make fun of her." ”

and the young lady next to him smiled and said: "Let Qin Niang help your second sister-in-law look at the cards today, so that she can also win some, and the next time she won't look at my cards and sigh." ”

Hearing that this was Qin Niang in front of her, Gu Mingzhu couldn't help but look at her a few more times, only to see Qin Niang smiling generously: "It's good that the second sister-in-law doesn't dislike me for not being good at cards." ”

Old Madam Cui smiled, pointed to Qin Niang and Gu Mingzhu and said: "Wulang's daughter-in-law is afraid that she has never seen it, this is Qin Niang, her niece and granddaughter of my mother's family, and they are cousins with Erlang San Lang Wulang." ”

It is actually the niece and granddaughter of Mrs. Cui, that is, Cui Lin's distant cousin, but she is by Mrs. Cui's side, and she seems to be very close to the Cui family, which is a little strange.

Qin Niang had already stepped forward with a smile and bowed to Gu Mingzhu: "The fifth sister-in-law is fine." ”

Gu Mingzhu didn't dare to slack off, returned the salute, and called with a smile: "Qin Niang." ”

The corners of Zheng Yuan's mouth on the side hooked a sneer, and said to Qin Niang with a smile: "I didn't see you yesterday, I still wondered, I heard that you went to Bodhi Temple to offer incense." ”

The Wang family on the side also came to the momentum, looking at Qin Niang with a little interest.

Qin Niang smiled calmly: "Yes, yesterday was a good day for the five brothers and five sisters-in-law to recognize their relatives, I went to the Bodhi Temple for the old lady to pay the gods for incense, and asked for a hundred years of good love and happiness." ”

Zheng Yuan took her hand and smiled: "Thanks to you, it's no wonder that the old lady and several ladies like you so much." ”

When she said this, she glanced at Gu Mingzhu, and the meaning in her eyes couldn't be clearer.

Gu Mingzhu didn't understand, even if Zheng Yuan wanted to fight with herself, she didn't need to raise an irrelevant talent, since yesterday, Zheng Yuan has been holding Qin Niang as a pawn, is there any reason for this?

Qin Niang said with a smile: "The third sister-in-law is really awarded, I just help to do some small things, the old lady likes a few sisters-in-law to the heart, a few days ago I told Mama Liu to pack up and prepare, looking forward to your return." ”

As she spoke, she quietly withdrew from Zheng Yuan's hand, returned to Mrs. Cui and sat down, and then didn't make a sound, just smiled and listened to them.

This is a smart person, and she can see what Zheng Yuan means, she can be so valued by Mrs. Cui as a niece and granddaughter, and she can gain popularity, Gu Mingzhu doesn't believe that she is just a well-behaved cousin.

But she is more concerned about what kind of role this qin lady plays in the Cui family.

After talking for a while, Mrs. Cui asked the second lady Yuan, the eldest young lady Xie and the second young lady Wang to accompany her to the flower hall to play leaf cards, leaving Mrs. Cui and the third lady Zheng to sit in the hall to talk and eat tea.

The eldest lady and the third lady Zheng talked about Chang'an.

“…… The Zheng family also moved a few houses to Chang'an, and opened a mansion in Chang'an, it seems that they will live there in the future, and only the clan is old in Xingyang. The third lady Zheng was inquiring about the situation in Chang'an, and the eldest lady also knew about her heart disease, so she simply confessed to her, "Although I and Lord Lang have also stayed in Chang'an for a long time this time, I have only seen Lord Lang of the Zheng family, and it is still at the banquet of the palace." ”

The Cui family and the Zheng family have always been good friends, and they have always supported each other, and they have always been close to each other, but now the Cui and Zheng families are in Chang'an, but they only meet at the banquet of King Xian's mansion, and there is no private contact, which means that the relationship between the two families has reached a stalemate.

The third lady's face was a little pale, and she pulled the corners of her mouth and smiled: "Maybe I'm afraid of delaying Uncle Li and sister-in-law, after all, I'm going to get married to Goro." ”

But she couldn't even convince herself.

Mrs. Cui nodded, her expression indifferent: "So we haven't made a post to visit again." ”

The two of them were talking, but Zheng Yuan, who was also part of the Zheng family, looked blank, as if she had never heard it, and she was not at ease about the relationship between the Cui and Zheng families.

Gu Mingzhu watched coldly from the sidelines, and also felt surprised, after all, the most important thing for a woman after marriage is her mother-in-law's family and her mother's family, her mother-in-law's family is the sky above her head, and her mother's family is the support behind her.

But Zheng Yuan clearly didn't take it to heart.

At this moment, Qin Niang smiled and said: "I often hear people say that Chang'an is a treasure of nature, and it has been fascinated for a long time, but it is thousands of miles away from Boling, and the eldest aunt comes and goes in a hurry, and the boat and car are tired. ”

Her apricot eyes were full of concern: "Some time ago, when the season changed, I heard that my aunt's paralysis was committed, so I made a few medicine packets, all of which are old recipes handed down by the family, and I will send them to my aunt in a while." ”

Mrs. Cui looked at her and smiled for a while: "Thank you." ”