Xia Li and his brother Xia Ye came out of Xia Zhi'an's room, and neither of them spoke.

It turned out that everything was not something that my father didn't want to go back to my mother, nor that they were too young to let the big house manage, but that everything was caused by saving their lives.

When the two were about to separate from each other, Xia Li couldn't help but say:

"Brother, did you say that my father said that the big house would harm our lives" She wanted to confirm this fact.

Xia Ye was also full of surprise when he heard this, and now things have subverted his previous thoughts, so he is engaged in an ideological struggle, why the family has become like this, this is something he can't understand, and when he heard his sister ask, he shook his head dumbly.

He didn't dare to think about it, but he had to tempt you to keep thinking about it.

"Brother, what's wrong with you, it's okay!"

Xia Li realized at this time that his brother didn't look good. His face was a little pale.

Xia Ye sighed and said, "I just can't figure out some things, it's okay to wait for me to figure it out."

Xia Li knew that this brother was kind-hearted and always thought about people in a good way, maybe he couldn't accept what his father said for a while.

After that, the two went back to their rooms without mentioning it.

Xia Li's key to his mother's treasury and some industrial problems had to end here.

Money is important, but the lives of my brother and father are even more important.

She can save herself, but she is not sure that she can save her father and brother.

But does the eldest aunt really have the strength to kill whoever she wants? Xia Li was skeptical about this, but he was a little convinced when he thought of his mother's sudden death.

Anyway, her father spoke, in order to keep her relatives safe, she couldn't mess with the big house because of the money.

……

Two days later, when Xia Li was about to have a room, he was studying the matter of human skin masks, and saw Chu Han hurrying from outside and said:

"Miss, Miss......"

"What's the matter with the panic?" Xia Li said while tinkering with the potion at hand.

Chu Han said there: "Just now someone in the house sent an invitation sticker, saying that he wanted the young lady to participate in some birthday or something."

Xia Li was confused, and said there: "What is it?" Ask in detail and then tell me."

Chu Han said with grievances: "I came back to let the young lady be prepared, if you don't want to go, I can find an excuse to excuse myself."

Xia Li thought that in the future, if her brother might work hard for the court, she would help her brother to find out about the situation in the court, which would inevitably contact the wives and ladies of various families, she couldn't stay at home without going out, and she didn't interact with outsiders, thinking of this:

"I'll go, you can just inquire about what kind of birthday banquet it is, and the specific situation of this family, it's better to be more detailed."

The result was beyond the little girl's expectations, and Chu Han was stunned for a moment before saying, "Yes, Miss, I'll go now"

It didn't take long, and the first cold came back again.

"Miss, I heard that it was the old lady of Sima Shangshu's Mansion who celebrated his birthday, and invited the lady, son, and young lady of the family with a head and face in the city, and the old lady and the big house in our house were invited, and the second room also invited you and the son."

"Oh, is it? Is that what the post says? It's still like this in our house."

"I heard the gatekeeper say that it says that it says this on the post"

"That's good" As long as it has nothing to do with the big house, then there will be no problem for her to go with her brother.

"Is it tomorrow?"

"Yes"

"Okay, you go and ask the eldest brother to see if he is going, I will go and see if he wants to go, and I will not go if he wants to go"

Chu Han wanted to say that it was the eldest lady who decided to go or not, but he was afraid that the young lady would be unhappy about this, so he had to ask.

After a short time, the little girl came back and reported that the son said that she could go.

Xia Li nodded, she had never participated in such an occasion, she had seen it a few times before when she was on a mission, but she had only seen it in a hurry, and she had not experienced it herself, so it would be good to have a chance to see it now.

In the evening of the same day, the eldest lady next to Mrs. Xiafu came to inform her and told her to go to Sima Shangshu's Mansion early tomorrow morning to pay respects.

Xia Li didn't let him enter the house, only let Chu Han back and said that she knew, she would definitely go.

After listening to the painting screen, she went back to her life, but when she came, she got Miss Yue's instructions, so that she must persuade Miss Li, originally she also thought that this young lady would not go, and it was okay not to go to home in the name of mother's filial piety, but who would have thought that Miss Li did not shirk and went, alas! This young lady is really getting more and more unable to guess her thoughts, and I don't know if what Madame is worried about will happen, if it is really according to Madame's thoughts, then this young lady is really a little dead.

Xia Li asked Chu Han to ask his brother again, telling him to go with him tomorrow.

Xia Ye made an appointment with a friend to meet there, otherwise he wouldn't like such an occasion, and he replied "yes" when he heard his sister's message.

As soon as the next day's morning passed, the first cold called Xia Li to get up.

Xia Liben couldn't sleep well, and she heard this girl as soon as she entered the house.

Dressing, washing, combing hair, and rubbing rouge on the face, Xia Li is at the mercy of the early cold. She hadn't done any of that before, so she wanted to try them all.

Today's early cold picked out a set of green Baifu skirts for her, with a simple flying bun combed on her head, and only a white jade bead hairpin inserted at the top.

Xia Li's clothes and jewelry are not too much, I don't know if my mother didn't give them to her before or what, anyway, it's less than the average rich lady.

But later, when she went out to see Xia Yue, she figured it out.

Miss Xia was full of golden hairpins, and she looked golden from afar, so it was not eye-catching, and when she saw her, she raised her eyelids and said, "Sister, you are so thrifty!" ”

As soon as the words were finished, the girls in the big room were full of laughter.

Xia Li also knew his mother's intentions at this time, "The husband is not guilty, but he is guilty" It is worth giving up some unnecessary things to save himself.

She looked at these girls, all of them were dressed up in fancy clothes, so eye-catching, wearing either red or green, she was not as good as a maid compared to them, she was there:

"I don't have as much silver as a few young ladies, and certainly not a few are well dressed."

She didn't say that it was good that your mother's money was occupied by your big house.

Xia Yue heard what she meant, and glanced at her sharply, meaning that she should not say too much, today's occasion is different.

She heard that the people who went there today were all celebrities in Beijing, and it was possible that the eldest prince or the lady of the palace would go to watch the ceremony, so when their sisters left home, they were instructed by their mother not to provoke this dead girl to talk nonsense.

If her mother wasn't afraid that others would say that she was harsh to the second lady, she wouldn't let this dead girl follow.

Xia Yue thought of this: "Don't be angry with your sister, the one in your picture will wait for your sister to come back to see you off."

Xia Li didn't expect this person to be so kind, so he looked at him and said, "Okay!" I look pretty on the few on your head, and I'll give them to me when you come back."

Xia Yue hated her shamelessness, but she couldn't take it back anymore, and her heart hurt, but she had to agree: "Okay"

At this time, Mrs. Li Honglian, the lady of the big house, came out of it with a graceful and luxurious appearance, and saw a few people: "If you don't get on the bus yet, what are you standing there for?" ”

"Yes," the girls in the big room nodded hurriedly and got into the carriage one after another.

Xia Li wanted to have a car with her brother, but later Chu Han told her that she was not in accordance with the rules, so she had to give up.

Later, the maid painting screen next to Li Honglian asked her to sit in a car with Xia Ling, the maid of the big house, but she didn't choose this obedient and sat up.

Xia Ling is the daughter born to Aunt Poria, and I heard that she was the eldest maid next to Li Honglian, and was later raised as an aunt.

Over the years, Aunt Poria has always been obedient to the eldest lady, and she obeys her orders, just like Xia Ling with Xia Yue as the head, she listens to her in everything.

Xia Ling was instructed before getting into the car, asking her to watch Xia Li's parting and make some out-of-the-ordinary actions, especially in terms of speaking, it was best to tell her to shut up and not say anything.

So she got into the car and kept staring at Xia Li.

Xia Li didn't know what this young lady meant, but he kept watching it all the time, and he couldn't help but say:

"What are you looking at?"

"You are indeed more beautiful than the eldest sister" Xia Ling'er unconsciously said that she slipped her mouth, and covered it with her hand after speaking.

Xia Li curled the corners of his mouth, thinking that this concubine was not so annoying, in that way:

"You're also cuter than Xia Yue"

"You...... You can't say that about the eldest sister, how can I compare with the eldest sister! ”

"Why can't it be compared, it's all Miss Xia's family, and she's not more beautiful than you to go there"

Xia Yu was anxious when he heard this, "You don't talk nonsense there, and don't provoke the relationship between me and my eldest sister"

Xia Li frowned unhappily, and said: "I'm just telling the truth, she's not here, what's the benefit of you constantly slapping Xia Yue's ass, she can't think of anything else except using you every day."

Xia Yu's face turned red when he heard it, but he said, "Shut up, I'm willing, can you handle it?" ”

Xia Li only knew at this time that this young lady really didn't know what to do, she warned her that she didn't listen, and said that she provoked, it was really a dog biting Lu Dongbin who didn't know the hearts of good people.

simply said unhappily: "To be honest, you don't like to listen to it, you don't like to listen to it, I won't tell you yet!" Always used as a knife man, there are times when you cry"

"You ......" Xia Ling didn't know if he was angry or was said in his heart, his face turned red and white, white and red, and his eyes were wet unconsciously.

"Alas, don't cry, it's almost time to Sima Shangshu's Mansion, your face is about to cry, don't blame me for not reminding you, and ah, Xia Yue wants to see you like this, I don't know what to say?"

Xia Ling sniffed when he heard the tears in his eyes, and forced the tears in his eyes back.

Before the two got out of the car, she said endlessly: "I don't have the life of your young lady, so I can only wag my tail and beg for mercy."

Xia Li savored the meaning of this sentence and felt that this Xia Ling was not so annoying.

The Xia Mansion was headed by the old lady and the men and women finally arrived at Sima Shangshu's Mansion.

As soon as I got off the car, I surrounded some ladies, young ladies, mothers-in-law, maids and so on to pick up people.

Before Xia Li could get out of the car, he listened to the ladies outside praising Mrs. Xia from head to toe, even Li Honglian was surrounded by a group of daughters-in-law for a flattery, and Xia Yue, the daughter of the big house, was also surrounded by a group of young ladies and said something nice.

Only her and Xia Ling's car was deserted, and only a few maids told her to get out of the car slowly and be careful with her step.

Chu Han was sitting in the car of the maid behind, and he had already arrived at this time.

"Do you see my brother?" Xia Li asked Chu Handao.

"The young master is in the carriage at the back! Miss rest assured, Young Master Xiao and the eldest young master sit in a carriage, and the young master is in his own car."

Xia Li was relieved when he heard this, as long as his brother was not with Xia Fei.

Xia Fu and his party were invited into the door by a group of daughters-in-law and young ladies brought by Mrs. Sima.

Mrs. Sima is not as beautiful as Li Honglian, and her figure is slightly fat, but she looks gentle and enthusiastic, with a warm smile on her face, which makes people feel comfortable.

As he walked, he smiled and said: "The old lady hasn't been to the house for a long time, and the old lady asked you to come a few days ago, you finally came over today, and you two sisters have to have a good chat."

Mrs. Xia leaned on crutches and said, "How is my old sister doing during this time?" ”

"Good, good, good, as strong as your body"

"That's good, this person wants to have a good body when he's old."

"Who's to say it isn't!"

Xia Li listened for a while, and saw that the Xia Yue sisters in front of him were surrounded by several young ladies next to her.

"What Miss Xia's clothes are so beautiful, they are custom-made there, Miss Xia, your hair accessories are also very chic, you bought them there, these people praised Xia Yue all the time, and in the end, even Xia Yue's hair was not spared, and it was praised as if it was something rare."

Xia Li suddenly felt bored, is it such flattery and hard work to be a guest at someone else's house? She was suddenly disappointed with this form of hospitality.

After the people of Xia Mansion entered the door, several carriages came one after another, but none of them were personally greeted by Mrs. Sima, and they were politely invited into the house by some maids, and then they were politely received by the daughter-in-law.

It seems that no matter what kind of occasion, people are determined by status.

The courtyard of Sima's house had already set up a stage, babbling and singing, and there were also a few old ladies sitting there watching and chatting.

Mrs. Sima let Mrs. Xia directly into the main house road; "The old lady is talking to someone in the house, and the old lady will go to the house to sit down first"

Old Mrs. Xia nodded, "Okay"

Xia Li followed the Xia Mansion maid into the main house, and at this time he saw a spirited old lady sitting in the middle of the house, wearing a pomegranate red gown, talking to several ladies around her, and the smile on her face was also amiable, Xia Li guessed that this must be the old lady Sima.

Seeing everyone in the Xia Mansion, the old lady hurriedly got up from her seat and came over to greet her.

"Old girl, how long has it been since I saw you, this time is a good time" The old lady said first, walked over and grabbed the old lady Xia's hand.

It's really Mrs. Sima, Xia Li compared this with Mrs. Xia, and she felt that the former was better.

"I'm okay, I see that you are also in good spirits today, it is very different, it seems that it is really good to do a good job on this birthday" Mrs. Xia also changed her previous style and made a joke.

"Hey, what's not long, I don't want everyone to get together and have fun? There is nothing lively to see in our capital during this time, so I want to let our older generation sit together and chat, and let the younger generation contact and contact feelings, in case there is a pair of pairs, we have also done good things, right? ”

"Yes, old sister, you are right"

As she spoke, Mrs. Xia asked Mrs. Sima to sit on the top with her arms.

Xia Li only knew at this time that he came on a blind date in disguise, otherwise why would he let so many young ladies and young masters come.

At this time, Mrs. Li Honglian led several of their junior girls to pay respects.

Mrs. Sima still smiled and said a few polite words to the eldest lady and patted her hand.

When I saw Xia Yue, I didn't forget to praise her for being beautiful, and then I saw Xia Li sigh and say a good boy, but I didn't say anything.

In the end, a jade pendant was given to each of the people as a greeting gift, and the girl from Sima Mansion was asked to lead them to the garden to have fun.

Xia Li was tired and annoyed by this set of entertainment, so he still had the heart to have fun with other ladies, and he wanted to find a place to sit when he went out into the garden, but Xia Ling seemed to have taken a fancy to her, and pulled her to follow Xia Yue and their group forward.

"I'm not going, you go with them!" Xia Lidao.

"Do you think I'm willing to pull you, I'm not afraid that you will get lost and lose your way to Xia Mansion," Xia Ling said angrily.

Xia Li really didn't understand this person, he always liked to do things he didn't like to do, and the corners of his mouth turned up and said, "Are you always like this?" Always forcing myself to do things I don't like"

"Almost" Xia Yu said angrily.

"Then you are really evil, I don't like to do things I don't like to do, especially things that please others"

"Shut up, did you mean to say this to anger me"

Xia Li didn't mean that, she just told the truth.

"Hmph, if you want to stay here, stay by yourself! But I'm telling you, don't go around, don't talk nonsense, when you see it, you lose the face of Xia Fu, and your grandmother will lock you up when you come home."

Xia Li knew that this person was telling the truth, and it was indeed possible with Li Honglian's methods, but if he followed Xia Yue like this, there would be no good fruit to eat, so he thought of this: "You go first!" I'll rest here and go."

"You'd better hurry up and keep up with me," Xia Yu said in a warning tone before flicking his sleeves and leaving.

The flower courtyard of Sima Mansion is unusually wide, Xia Yue and the girls of Sima Mansion have been walking forward, she suddenly heard a lively male voice in the distance, it turns out that these girls have gone to see their intended person, otherwise what would they do if they were not here to enjoy the flowers and scenery?

"By the way, brother?" Xia Li suddenly thought of Xia Ye, he didn't know if it would be okay with Xia Fei and those people. Thinking of this, she said:

"Let's go, Chu Han, let's go too, see if we can find my brother, if I can choose a sister-in-law to go back, it's not bad"

The weather is cold again, and it has dropped several degrees suddenly, so babies should pay attention to the cold and keep warm!