Chapter Seventy-Seven: Portrait

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Ji Yunyun stayed in Ji Yunshu's courtyard all morning, and at noon, the maid came to invite the girls to dinner. In the afternoon, light snow fell in the sky again, and it did not stop until the evening dinner on Chinese New Year's Eve.

In the past, dinner was used separately in each room, and the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner on the night of the 30th was set up in the main hall of the front yard, with a table for men and women.

All kinds of dishes are delivered like water, and the snow is falling outside, and the house is noisy and lively. Ji Yunyun drank a few more sips of fruit wine, and when he finished the banquet and came out of the main hall, his head was a little dizzy.

Originally, she had made an appointment to keep vigil with Ji Yunshu, but now she just wants to go back to the Splendid Courtyard to rest. The people in the courtyard were still eating and drinking in the backyard, Chun Tao and Chun Zhi knew that she was going to keep vigil at Ji Yunshu's place, and they hadn't come back yet, and there were only one or two maids in the courtyard whispering in the ear room. Ji Yunyun didn't call them, went straight back to the house, read a book on the soft couch for a while, and fell asleep in a daze.

I don't know how long I slept, but in the haze, I seemed to hear the sound of someone coming in, and I touched her face with one hand, and then I seemed to be picked up by someone and put in a comfortable and warm place.

When Ji Yunyun woke up, she found that she didn't know when she got from the soft couch outside to the bed in the inner room, the candles in the house were flickering, and the sound of firecrackers came faintly from the front yard. There was something shining gold next to the pillow, and when she held up her head to look, she saw a finely made gold-inlaid butterfly hairpin beside the pillow.

She picked up the butterfly hairpin and looked at it carefully, remembering the person who came in in the haze, although she didn't see who it was, she already had a candidate in mind.

What kind of place did they really treat their Guogong Mansion as, sneaking in twice in a row, can they still be addicted to sneaking around? Ji Yunyun muttered in her heart, holding the hairpin but she couldn't put it down, and couldn't help but bend her lips and smile.

Early in the morning of the second day, Chunzhi served Ji Yunyun to make up, found a butterfly hairpin in the jewelry box, took it out and looked at it twice, and said strangely: "Girl, why is this hairpin very eye-catching, I don't seem to have seen it before." ”

"Your girl bought it in the shop, so I'll bring this hairpin today." Ji Yunyun prevaricated casually and commanded.

Haruka didn't think much about it, and brought the hairpin to the bun for her.

In the next few days, the house was visiting relatives and friends, Ji Yunyun and Ji Yunting went to their uncle's house in the second year of junior high school, and their uncle and mother cooked a lot of delicious food for them from the kitchen, and after lunch, Ji Yunting pestered Yan Xiao to compare tricks in the yard, and Ji Yunyun and Yan Shuangshuang watched from the side.

Seeing that Ji Yunting had passed several moves with Yan Xiao with a sword statue, Yan Shuangshuang asked in surprise, "Who did you learn this from, cousin?" ”

"I learned from my eldest brother, he, in the past few years, he has become less and less fond of reading, skipping classes all day and not going to school, and suddenly became interested in practicing martial arts some time ago. I was afraid that he would secretly do something in order to learn martial arts, so I asked my eldest brother to teach him occasionally in private. Ji Yunyun sighed.

"Really? The eldest young master in your house can teach his cousin so well, isn't his kung fu also quite powerful? Yan Shuangshuang's eyes flashed and asked.

Ji Yunyun said: "Of course, the eldest brother went to the Northern Xinjiang military camp at the age of fifteen, practiced for more than a year, and came back with military merits, which is naturally powerful." ”

"However," thinking of Ji Yunyuan's marriage, Ji Yunyun sighed, "The eldest brother is almost eighteen years old now, and he hasn't come back from marrying a young lady in the mansion, and the eldest aunt has shown him a lot of girls, and he can't look down on any of them, and the people in the mansion are in a hurry." ”

The eldest uncle and eldest aunt are not in a hurry, the most anxious in the house is the second aunt, Ji Yunhong is almost seventeen years old now, and his temperament is loose and prodigal, the second aunt wants to marry him a daughter-in-law to take care of him well, but the mansion pays attention to the orderliness of the young and the young, and Ji Yunyuan has not married, so it is impossible for Ji Yunhong to marry first.

"Big brother's vision is so high, I really don't know what kind of girl can get into his eyes." Ji Yunyun frowned slightly and said thoughtfully.

Yan Shuangshuang bit her lip lightly, lowering her eyes to cover the look in her eyes.

Ji Yunting and Yan Xiao stopped after a few moves in the courtyard, Yan Xiao put away his sword and instructed him how to break the trick he had just made, Yan Kuan stood under the corridor with his hands behind his back and looked at it for a while, the more he looked at it, the more he frowned, and said in a loud voice: "Ting'er, come with me to the study, and I'll see how you are doing your homework now." ”

Ji Yunting's face drooped when he heard this, and he turned his head to ask his sister for help, Ji Yunting glared at him, "Don't go with your uncle soon." ”

Uncle Yan is even more powerful than his eldest uncle, Ji Yunting saw that there was no hope for help, flattened his mouth, and followed Yan Kuan to the study helplessly.

Knowing that his younger brother would definitely be scolded, Ji Yunyun was not worried about his younger brother after all, so he went to wait outside the study, and sure enough, after a while, there were scolding and reprimands in the study, and after a while, Ji Yunting came out dejectedly.

"If you don't study well on weekdays, you'll be scolded now." Ji Yunyun reached out and poked his brother's forehead, let him go to his aunt, and she knocked lightly on the door of the study.

"Come in." Yan Kuan said inside.

When Ji Yunyun entered, he saw Yan Kuan sitting behind the desk, frowning, with a worried face, seeing her come in, Yan Kuan sighed, "I was busy with official business in the past, and I didn't care much about you two sisters and brothers, but I didn't know that Ting'er had abandoned his homework now, and he had also learned to dance with knives and guns." ”

Ji Yunyun's face was full of shame, "Uncle, it's me who didn't teach Ting'er well." ”

"It's not your fault, just after your father passed away, the old lady of the Ji family snatched Ting'er away from her and didn't let you meet Ting'er, and later because the Jade Buddha wronged you, she sent you to Zhuangzi for a whole year. Ting'er did so well when she was a child, and she was raised in the Guogong Mansion for a few years, and she became what she is now, the people of the Ji family really don't have any good things, the old lady is confused and only knows how to spoil her, Ji Mingzheng doesn't care about the family at all, Ji Minghan is raising an outer room outside, and he actually caused you and his daughter to suffer together, how could I let your mother marry into such a family back then! The more Yan Kuan spoke, the more angry he became, and he said bitterly.

Ji Yunyun glanced at her uncle, cautiously afraid to speak, because of her mother's relationship, except for her and her younger brother, her uncle has never been waiting to see the Ji family, and every time he talks about her and her younger brother, he has to scold the Ji family.

"Ting'er can't waste his homework anymore, I just asked him, most of the reason why he doesn't like to read is that the gentleman in the school doesn't teach well, it's too boring, so he only skips school a few times, I will find him a good gentleman again, since the Ji family doesn't care, my uncle doesn't mind taking over!" Yan Kuan said with a calm face.

"By the way, there are a few books here, compiled by Mr. Wei, the prince's mentor back then, you take them back and let Ting'er memorize them, and I will test him in a few days." Yan Kuan pulled out a few books from the bookshelf, and a portrait fell to the ground along with the books.

Ji Yunyun bent down to pick it up, and called the portrait a middle-aged man with a wide-sleeved robe and an elegant face, she stared at the man's face and asked Yan Kuan: "Uncle, who is the man in this portrait?" ”

Yan Kuan took the portrait and looked at it, and said: "This is the prince's mentor, Mr. Wei, he went to Yaozhou after leaving the capital, I had a relationship with him, and this portrait was painted by the painter at that time." ”

Yan Kuan put away the portrait as he spoke, "It's a pity that since that side, Mr. Wei has disappeared, and I don't know where he is now, if I can know where he is, maybe I can invite him to teach Ting'er." ”

Ji Yunyun listened, and her eyes were thoughtful.

"Master, cousin, the eldest prince of the Guogong Mansion is at the door, saying that he is here to pick up the cousin and the young master to return home." There was a knock on the study door, and the little guy outside came in and said.

"Hmph, this is because I'm afraid that you and Ting'er won't be able to stay with me for a long time, and you will come to pick up people in person." Yan Kuan snorted coldly, and he didn't have a good airway.

Ji Yunyun was also a little surprised, he didn't know why Ji Yunyuan came, but seeing that it was not early outside, he said goodbye to Yan Kuan: "Uncle, since the eldest brother is here, Ting'er and I will go back." ”

"Go, go, tell Ting'er to go back and read carefully." Yan Kuan softened his face and waved his hand.

Ji Yunyun withdrew from the study, went to her aunt to say something, and walked to the door with Ji Yunting.

Ji Yunyuan was sitting in the carriage at the door, and when he saw them coming out, he jumped out of the carriage.

"Big brother, why are you here, didn't you go to the Zhou Mansion with your eldest aunt and eldest sister?" Walking closer, Ji Yunyun asked.

"With Zhou Heng's kid here, I sent Shu'er back to the house in advance, and I heard that you and Ting'er haven't gone back yet, so I'll come to pick you up." Ji Yunyuan said.

Ji Yunting jumped into the carriage and was about to help Ji Yunyun get into the carriage, when Yan Shuangshuang chased him out from the door, "Cousin, wait a minute." ”

Ji Yunyun turned around and asked, "Cousin, what's the matter?" ”

Yan Shuangshuang said: "Mother let me tell you, tomorrow I will go to Fahua Temple to worship my uncle and aunt, and my mother and I will go to the Guogong Mansion tomorrow to pick you and your cousin." ”

"My aunt has a heart." Ji Yunyun nodded and said.

"Then you go, be careful on the road." Yan Shuangshuang quickly glanced up at Ji Yunyuan, and blessed him, "Ji Gongzi." ”

Ji Yunyuan nodded at her, "Miss Yan." ”

Yan Shuangshuang stood at the door and watched them get into the carriage, Ji Yunyuan said, "Miss Yan, it's cold outside, let's go in." ”

Yan Shuangshuang lowered her eyes and answered, turned around and walked towards the mansion, watching her enter the mansion, Ji Yunyuan jumped into the carriage and left slowly.

Early the next morning, after Ji Yunyun got up and asked An to have breakfast, she went to the small kitchen to wash her hands, and personally made her father's favorite pastries.

After it was done, let Chun Tao pack it in a food box, and the maid at the door came over to tell her that her aunt and Yan Shuangshuang were coming, Ji Yunyun changed into clothes, and Ji Yunting carried the food box, went out together, and got into the carriage at the door.

After her mother died, her father brought her mother's tablet back to the capital, specially placed it in Fahua Temple, and asked the monks in the temple to pray day and night. Later, her father died, and her only wish was to have a tablet and her mother's in one place, even if the old lady was unwilling at that time, but this was the only wish of her most beloved son, and she could only allow it.