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Coming out of the old lady's house, Zhou and Ji Yunshu went back to Cuihua Courtyard together, and Zhou asked his daughter suspiciously, "You also know the old lady's intention to let Yuan'er marry Sisi, you have always treated her very lightly for this, why did you suddenly want to hold a banquet for her in the mansion?" ”

Ji Yunshu took her mother's arm and said with a smile: "Mother, don't ask about this, you will naturally know when the time comes." By the way, if my mother goes back, do you want to make a post, and my daughter will help you. ”

"You know that it's not simple for you to hold this banquet, you don't want to do something else through the banquet, right?" Zhou looked at his daughter suspiciously.

"Mother is really smart, but what we have to do is a good thing that we like to see, that is, we can't tell my mother now, we just need my mother to help me with two small favors when the time comes." Ji Yunshu bent his eyebrows.

Zhou stretched out his hand and tapped the tip of his daughter's nose, and said helplessly: "We? Who else but you? Okay, I won't ask, let's see what you come up with then. ”

The banquet is scheduled for three days later, although the winter cold has faded and spring has arrived, it is still a little cool to go out in the morning. Chun Tao brought a cloak to put on her girl, and then went out to greet the old lady.

Lu Sisi dressed up for today's banquet, the hairpin on her head, the makeup on her face, and the dresses on her body were all exquisite and gorgeous, she looked good and well, and sat beside the old lady obediently and skillfully, which attracted people's pity and attention.

The old lady was in a good mood today, so she left the people in the house to have breakfast together. In the past, Ji Yunqing and Ji Yunting sat next to the old lady on the left and right, but today, the old lady pulled Lu Sisi to sit down beside her, and Ji Yunqing puffed out her mouth and sat next to Ji Yunshu.

In the past, the old lady liked Ji Yunqing the most, but since Lu Sisi came, Ji Yunqing has been left out a lot.

Seeing that her sister was unhappy, Ji Yunshu comfortingly touched her little head and sandwiched a piece of red bean cake for her.

When I first arrived, the guests came one after another, and this time they invited girls from various provinces, and the old lady and Zhou didn't have to come forward, so they let the Ji Yunshu sisters go to the garden to entertain the guests.

The rhododendrons next to the water pavilion in the garden are all blooming, and the red and bright are gratifying. The place to entertain the guests was chosen in the water pavilion and the bamboo building next to it.

The girls gathered in twos and threes, either to eat tea, or to enjoy the flowers, or to lie on the curved fence of the water pavilion to feed the fish. Ji Yunshu took Lu Sisi to see them one by one, and quietly glanced at the crowd, and saw Ji Yunyun quietly pulling Yan Shuangshuang around the back of the bamboo building.

Behind the bamboo building is a large cluster of spring flowers in full bloom, bypassing the spring flowers, the noise in front of them gradually became inaudible, and Ji Yunyun stopped.

"Cousin, what are you pulling me here for?" Yan Shuangshuang was a little unhappy, she had just seen Lu Sisi in front, she was beautiful and spoke decently, no wonder the old lady of the Guogong Mansion wanted her to be her granddaughter-in-law.

Ji Yunyun coughed lightly twice, turned out from behind the rockery, and Ji Yunyun said, "You speak." Then he left her and went on again.

Yan Shuangshuang raised her head, saw that it was Ji Yunyuan, lowered her head slightly, blessed her body and wanted to salute him, Ji Yunyuan stepped forward to support her arm, and laughed in a low voice: "Just the two of us, what are you doing all this nonsense?" ”

Yan Shuangshuang hung her head sullenly, "I saw Miss Lu, she is so good-looking." ”

"Where is it beautiful, why can't I see it?" Ji Yunyuan raised his eyebrows, and stretched out his hand to pull a strand of broken hair that fell to the cheeks behind her ears for the girl in front of her, "This is the beauty in front of me." ”

Yan Shuangshuang's face turned red, and she looked up and glared at him angrily, "Flim Tongue." ”

Ji Yunyuan smiled and said to her: "Don't say that she is not as good-looking as you, even if she is the first beauty in the world, I will not marry you." ”

As he spoke, he told Lu Sisi about beating people with a whip in private.

"Miss Lu is actually this kind of person." Yan Shuangshuang's eyes widened in surprise after hearing this, and she couldn't believe it.

"No, she pretended to be pleasing in front of her grandmother, and this banquet is to let her grandmother know this side of her." After Ji Yunyuan finished speaking, he whispered a few words in her ear.

Yan Shuangshuang nodded as she listened.

In Rongshan Hall, Zhou was drinking tea with the old lady, and from time to time he listened to the maids tell him about the banquet in the garden, and suddenly the maid in the old lady's house came over and said, "Old lady, the snowball is gone." ”

Xueqiu is a cat raised by the old lady, the whole body is snow-white without variegation, the old lady likes it very much, and there is a maid to serve it.

"How could it not be seen? Have you looked everywhere? The old lady listened and asked hurriedly.

The little maid replied, "I have searched everywhere in Rongshantang, but I haven't seen it. On weekdays, Snowball is playing at the backyard swing at this time, but after turning around today, Snowball is gone. ”

The old lady said angrily: "A few people can't even look at a cat, what's the use of you?" ”

"The old lady forgives her sins." The little girl fell to her knees with a puff.

Zhou put down the teacup and persuaded beside him: "Snowball is naughty, there have been a few times before sneaking into the garden to play, it is impossible to leave the house left and right, let people look for the garden and everywhere, they will definitely be able to find it." ”

After speaking, he instructed Qiu He behind him: "Take people to look everywhere in the house, the guests on the other side of the water pavilion are still there, don't disturb them." ”

Qiu He answered, went out and ordered his subordinates to go.

"Ah, I forgot to tell Qiu He, those subordinates don't have a heavy hand and foot, the last time I went to find a snowball, I almost hurt its tail, this time it won't hurt the snowball again, right?" Zhou took a sip of tea and frowned.

The old lady loved the snowball, and she was most reluctant to hurt it, so she couldn't sit still when she heard it, and said, "I'll go out and look for it too." ”

"I'll go with you too." Zhou hurriedly put down the teacup and stood up to accompany the old lady out of the house.

All the way to the garden, there was no trace of the snowball, the old lady frowned worriedly, "Where did the snowball go?" ”

"Old lady, I heard that there is a tree in the rockery on the west side of the garden, and a few days ago a bird nested on it and laid a nest of eggs. Qiu He said behind Zhou.

The old lady listened and said, "Where is the tree?" Lead the way. ”

Qiuhe led the way in front, and as soon as he saw the rockery, he saw a girl standing under a tree next to him, standing on tiptoe on a stone, reaching out to reach for something on the branch. When I got closer, I saw a snow-white ball on the branch, which was a snowball, which was somehow stuck on the branch.

The girl turned her back to them, and reached out to free the snowball from the branch, but she struggled to stand on the stone with her feet staggered and unsteady because it was not high enough. She didn't pay attention to her feet, her mind was all about the snowball stuck in the tree, and she reached out to soothe the snowball as she carefully lifted it down from the tree. Because of the big movements, she suddenly fell from the stone to the ground with her feet shaking, still holding the snowball tightly in her arms.

Zhou glanced at Qiu He, and Qiu He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Girl, are you okay?" ”

The girl stood up with the snowball in her arms, and when she turned around, it was Frostfrost.

"Old lady, big lady." Yan Shuangshuang bent down and blessed them.

Zhou asked, "Why didn't Miss Yan talk to the other girls over there and come here?" ”

"I went to my cousin's place, and was about to go back to the water pavilion when I heard a cat meowing in the tree." Yan Shuangshuang touched the kitten in her arms, "When I looked up, I saw that it was stuck in a tree." ”

"This is the old lady's cat, called Snowball, and we're looking for it." Qiu He took the snowball from her arms and asked with a smile, "Did Miss Yan fall and hurt herself just now?" ”

"Nope." Yan Shuangshuang patted the ash on her dress, and blessed the old lady and Zhou, "Old lady, eldest lady, I'm going to the water pavilion." ”

Zhou nodded at her, "Well, thank you Miss Yan for saving Snowball." ”

The old lady checked and didn't find that Xueqiu was injured, so she held it in her arms with peace of mind, looked at Yan Shuangshuang's back, frowned and asked Zhou, "Why did the girl from the Yan family also come?" ”

Zhou explained with a smile: "No matter what the Yan family says, it is also related to our family by marriage, and if you invite girls from other houses, you can't say anything if you don't invite her." ”

The old lady listened, did not speak again, and turned back to Rongshan Hall.

Zhou accompanied the old lady back to Rongshan Hall, and in front of him was the entrance of Rongshan Hall, and saw Ji Yunyuan coming from the direction of Wutong Garden.

Qiu He said behind him: "Old lady, eldest lady, it is the eldest young master." ”

Zhou and the old lady both stopped, and when Ji Yunyuan approached, Zhou asked, "Yuan'er, why did you come from Wutong Garden?" ”

"Grandmother, mother." Ji Yunyuan saluted the two of them first, and then said: "I just met the maid next to Cousin Lu on the road, she was carrying a large stack of clothes with a plate in her hand, the maid seemed to be sick, and she was walking staggeringly, and I saw that there was no one around, so I helped her send her clothes to Wutong Garden." ”

After speaking, he said again: "Shouldn't Cousin Lu be over there in the Water Pavilion?" Why did I go back to Wutong Garden, I saw that her face was still a little bad, and my father was anxious to let me go to the study, and I came out without having time to ask more. My mother and grandmother might as well go and see Cousin Lu, I'm worried that something has happened to her. ”

"I'm quite concerned about Sisi." Zhou said something deliberately, looked at the old lady out of the corner of his eye, and saw that the old lady really had a smile on her face, and the old lady said: "Okay, go find your father, and your mother and I will go to see Sisi for you." ”

Ji Yunyuan laughed twice and went to the study.

Zhou and the old lady walked to Wutong Garden, Hongyun kept lingering at the door, and when he saw them coming, he hurriedly saluted: "Old lady, big lady." ”

Zhou asked, "Is the cousin in the house?" ”

Hongyun hurriedly said: "Here, the cousin girl originally came back to change her clothes when her clothes were wet with tea, but Fang Cai said that she was a little unwell and didn't come out of the house, I wanted to go in and take a look, Sister Zisu was guarding the door of the room and didn't let me in." ”

"How can I suddenly feel unwell?" The old lady frowned and walked inside worriedly, with Zhou following behind her.

Shisu didn't expect the old lady to come over suddenly, so she hurriedly turned around and went into the room.

"What's going on with this girl? What are you doing when you see us hiding in a panic? Zhou frowned and turned his head to signal Qiu He to open the door.

Qiu He hurriedly stepped forward, Xu is Zisu was too flustered, the door was not locked, Qiu He pushed it open, Zhou and the old lady went in, and saw a maid kneeling on the ground, Lu Sisi and Zisu were hurriedly putting a coat on her.