The old lady's fiftieth birthday, the Guogong Mansion began to prepare a few months in advance. On the day of the birthday banquet, when I first arrived, it was not yet dawn outside, and Chun Tao and Chun Zhi came in from outside to wake up Ji Yunyun.

"Girl, don't sleep, get up quickly, today is the old lady's birthday, you have to go to Rongshan Hall to say goodbye first, and the guests will come later." Ji Yunyun read the script last night, and slept a little late, Chun Tao dug her girl out of the quilt, Chun Zhi put the clothes that she had prepared for today in the morning and put them on the bedside, and called the little maids outside the door to bring hot water in.

Ji Yunyun got up from the bed with a yawn, slightly closed her eyes and let the two girls fiddle, changed her clothes, and sat down in front of the dressing mirror. Today is the old lady's birthday, naturally can't be sloppy, the two girls painted makeup for her, and took a jade begonia hairpin and inserted it into her bun, the ears are a pair of cloisonné red coral earrings, and then gently sip the lip grease on the lips, looking at the girl in the mirror, the two girls are a little stunned.

"As soon as the girl shows up today, I don't know how many sons will come to the house to propose marriage in the future." Chunzhi Road.

This tossing was a little long, the sky outside was already slightly bright, Chun Tao hurriedly took a water-red fox fur cloak for her girl to dress, and then took the stove and put it in her girl's hand, urging: "It's not early, the girl go and say hello to the old lady." ”

came out of the Splendid Courtyard, and met Ji Yunshu and Ji Yunqing, who were also going to ask for peace, and the three of them met and walked to the old lady's Rongshan Hall together.

The old lady had risen early, and was sitting on the throne with a high spirit, waiting for the children to come and greet her. After a while, the room was crowded, and the young masters and ladies in the house were all here, all dressed up, the young masters were handsome and upright, and the girls were all delicate and moving, and the flowers were full of flowers, and the old lady was very happy.

Ji Mingzheng and Ji Minghan took the two brothers Ji Yunyuan and Ji Yunhong to greet them in the front yard, and Zhou and Ye received the female relatives in the backyard.

Zhou Fu also came with a belly that was already five or six months old, in Ji Yunshu's house, Ji Yunyun talked with them for a while, came out and went back to the Splendid Courtyard, just crossed the weeping flower gate, and when they arrived at the garden, they saw Ji Yunting and a little boy in a dark blue brocade robe standing under a tree, the corner of the little boy's brocade robe was rubbed with mud, and the two people stood face to face, staring at each other without speaking.

It had just snowed a few days ago, and the snow under the trees had just melted, and the ground was still a little wet. Ji Yunyun walked over, and when she got closer, she found that the little boy was Qi Qing, she frowned and asked, "Ting'er, what's going on on the robe of the little boy Qi?" You bullied Qi Xiaogongzi? ”

"No, he fell on his own." Ji Yunting felt deeply wronged and hurriedly explained.

"Really?" Ji Yunyun looked at him suspiciously, the atmosphere between the two of them was a little wrong.

Seeing that his sister didn't believe it, Ji Yunting was very aggrieved, and reached out and poked Qi Qing's shoulder, "Hey, say it quickly, I didn't bully you, you fell it yourself." ”

"Ting'er." Seeing Ji Yunting's movements, Ji Yunyun frowned, "Little Master Qi is a distinguished guest, you should be polite." ”

Ji Yunting flattened his mouth and said reluctantly: "Where you are rude, you have a lot to bear." ”

Qi Qing moved his face away, looked at Ji Yunyun and said slowly: "I fell it myself, it's none of the third young master's business." ”

Seeing him say this himself, Ji Yunyun didn't want to ask any more, so he had to say, "Your clothes are dirty, I'll take you to change to a clean one." ”

The mansion is about the same size as Qi Qing, only Ji Yunbo. Ji Yunyun asked Chun Tao to go ahead to say hello to Princess An, and took Qi Qing to Aunt Feng's courtyard.

Zhou's Ye family was entertaining the female relatives who came, and several aunts in the house were serving the old lady, Aunt Feng was not in the yard, and the grandmother was holding the round Ji Yunke and teasing the parrot in the bird cage under the porch.

"Why is the second girl here?" Seeing Ji Yunyun coming in, Mama Grandma hurriedly hugged Ji Yunke and greeted her.

"Second sister." Ji Yunke is almost four years old, and he is speaking more and more fluently, and when he saw Ji Yunyun, he opened a pair of round black eyes and shouted in a milky voice.

Ji Yunyun reached out and touched Ji Yunke's little head, and asked Mama Mama, "Can the fourth young master be in the room?" The little boy in King An's Mansion had dirty clothes, so I came to him to borrow a clean one for the little boy to change into. ”

"Yes, the fourth young master is reading in the study." Mama took them to the front of the study, opened the heavy curtain, and saw Ji Yunbo sitting behind the desk with his waist straight, reading words while looking at the book in his hand, and two maids waiting on one side.

"Second sister." Seeing them come in, Ji Yunbo put down the book in his hand and came over to salute.

"The house is so lively today, why are you still reading in the room and not going out to play with them in the court?" Ji Yunyun asked with a smile.

"I haven't memorized the book that Mr. asked me to memorize yesterday, so I'll go out when I'm done." Ji Yunbo said, looked at Qi Qing next to him, and asked curiously, "Who is this?" ”

Ji Yunyun said: "This is the little son of King An's Mansion, his clothes were accidentally dirty, I came to you to borrow a clean one for him to change." ”

"Come with me." Ji Yunbo took them out of the study and went to his own room.

After finding a few clean robes from the cabinet, Qi Qing picked one out and went behind the screen.

"Second sister, I'll go back to reading first." Thinking about the half-memorized book, Ji Yunbo said.

"Go ahead." Ji Yunyun nodded, Ji Yunbo was one year younger than Ji Yunting, but he was much more studious than him, thinking of his younger brother's playful appearance, Ji Yunyun sighed and shook his head.

Qi Qing changed into a robe and came out, Ji Yunbo was two years older than him, and the robe naturally didn't fit well, but fortunately, Ji Yunbo was thin, and Qi Qing was also the same as his eldest brother, taller than his peers, so except for the slightly longer cuffs and a somewhat loose waist, the others were barely suitable.

Qi Qing rolled the edge of the cuffs indiscriminately, Ji Yunyun saw it, squatted down and folded a few times for him, to the position of his wrist. Qi Qing looked up at her, and suddenly said, "Sister Yun, it's good for you to be my sister-in-law." ”

Ji Yunyun was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly looked at the house, fortunately, a few maids went out with Ji Yunbo just now, and there were only two people in the house, she and Qi Qing. She breathed a sigh of relief, her cheeks were slightly hot, and she reached out and nodded Qi Qing's forehead, "Don't talk nonsense like this." ”

"I'm not talking nonsense." Qi Qing looked serious, "I don't want that young lady from the Sun family to be my sister-in-law, she is so fierce to the maids every time she comes to the house, and she is also very perfunctory to me and my sister, and my sister and I don't like her." ”

"You and your sister don't like her, but your brother does, it's your brother who wants to marry the lord, so don't tell outsiders casually in the future, the province will reach the ears of the Sun family." Ji Yunyun folded the sleeves on both sides for him, stood up and admonished.

Qi Qingbian flattened his mouth and muttered: "But my brother didn't want to marry her because he liked her, my brother didn't like her at all." ”

Ji Yunyun was stunned for a moment, and Aunt Feng's voice came from outside the house, and she took Qi Qing out of the house.

"Second girl, little boy Qi." Grandma told Aunt Feng everything, and Aunt Feng nodded at them.

Ji Yunyun took Qi Qing out of Aunt Feng's yard and sent him back to the front yard, stopping at the Weeping Flower Gate, she reached out and touched Qi Qing's head, and said, "Go over, I will let you wash your robe, and send it back to the palace tomorrow." ”

"Sister Wan, then I'll go." Qi Qing looked up at her, turned around and walked outside the Weeping Flower Gate.

Ji Yunyun was about to turn around and go back to the backyard, when a shout suddenly came from the side, "Miss Ji." ”

Ji Yunyun followed the voice and looked over, it was Ruan Ze in a moon-white brocade robe.

Ruan Ze walked over to her and said with some apprehension: "Miss Ji, can you take a step to speak?" ”

Ji Yunyun nodded and led him to the verandah next to him to talk.

"My brother was rude to you before, and I apologize to you on his behalf." Ji Yunyun looked at Ruan Ze and found that there was still a faint cyan scar on the corner of his left eye, pursed his lips, and said embarrassedly.

Ruan Ze shook his head with guilt on his face, "Don't blame Brother Ling, I deceived the girl from the beginning, if it wasn't for the girl who found out the clue herself......"

He paused as he spoke, Ji Yunyun knew what he was going to say later, if it wasn't for Ji Yunyun who found out the clue first, then she would have to repeat the mistakes of the previous life, and only after marrying did she know that her husband had a sweetheart.

She had no friendship with him, but she was a little grateful to him, if she hadn't sent him to elope with Huo Xiuxiu in the previous life, she would not have had a chance to start again, so she comforted Wen Sheng: "Ruan Gongzi doesn't have to feel too guilty, I don't blame you." ”

"By the way, how is Miss Huo's injuries?" She asked, rememberingly.

She didn't blame him, just to show that she had no friendship with herself, and she didn't feel anything before, but now, there was a faint bitterness in her heart, Ruan Ze forced herself to ignore it, and replied: "Xiuxiu's injuries are all healed, and my mother allows her to live in the mansion, and she is not as opposed to me and her affairs as before, but ......"

Seeing that he wanted to speak and stopped, Ji Yunyun asked, "Just what?" ”

"It's just that my mother only promised me to take Xiuxiu as a concubine, and as a wife, there must be someone else." Ruan Ze smiled bitterly.

Ji Yunyun knew in his heart, what kind of identity Chong'en Bofu was, even if Huo Xiuxiu had a life-saving grace for Mrs. Bofu, he would not agree to let his sister-in-law marry a woman whose status was far inferior as his wife.

At that time, her mother, because her status was not worthy of her father, the old lady always disagreed with her father marrying her mother. But her mother was also born in a noble family, but it later declined, and her uncle was ranked among the top three in the imperial examination, so her father insisted on marrying her mother, and the old lady could only do it even if she didn't agree.

"You beg your mother again, mothers always love their children, if she knows that you and Miss Huo have a deep relationship, she will never marry someone else in this life, maybe she won't persecute you if she is soft-hearted." Ji Yunyun comforted.

"I hope so." Ruan Ze smiled bitterly.

Qi Chengzheng and Zhao Yan were playing in the pavilion in the front yard, and when they saw Qi Qing coming over, they glanced at him and asked, "Why did you change into a robe?" ”

"The previous one was dirty, and this one was taken by Sister Wan to change it." Qi Qing looked in the direction he came from as he spoke.

Seeing that he kept looking in the direction of the Hanging Flower Gate, Qi Cheng held the chess pieces in his hand, carefully observed the chessboard, and asked lightly, "What are you looking at?" ”

"Sister Wan sent me back just now, but I was stopped by the second son of Chongenbo Mansion, and I haven't come back for so long. Doesn't he have a sweetheart, what are you looking for Sister Wan to do? Qi Qing looked up and replied a little unhappily.

With a "snap", the chess pieces in Qi Cheng's hand fell onto the chessboard.

Zhao Yan on the opposite side suddenly became happy, "Oh, you lost, you said so many positions, why did you just drop the chess pieces here?" ”

Qi Cheng stood up silently, turned around and left.

"Hey, why don't you leave if you lose, and you said you want to come for three rounds." Zhao Yan put the chess pieces back into the jar and sighed, "I really can't afford to lose." ”