The first to arrive was the Lian family.

Lian Chen's aunt Wang Lian mentioned before, and his daughter Wang Qingqian.

This Wang Lian is only thirty years old, with beautiful facial features and fair complexion, probably because of her youth and widowhood, there is a lingering sorrow between her eyebrows, and the whole person looks depressed.

His daughter Wang Qingxiao is bright and lovely, with a small apple-like face, crooked eyebrows, big black and white eyes flickering, white and tender skin like a shelled lychee, and her whole body is full of the childish beauty of cardamom years.

Qiu Yulan looked at her for a moment, praised her, and said to Wang Lian's: "I heard Cousin Lian say that Cousin Wang is extremely cute, but now I see it, I know that my cousin still can't say it completely. When I saw Cousin Wang come in, the room was a lot brighter. ”

"The county lord's sister is good-looking!" Wang Qingqian not only looks bright, but also has a cheerful temperament, the melancholy Wang Lian hasn't said anything, she has already chattered, "I have never seen such a beautiful person as my sister." ”

Wang Lian was obviously very conniving with this daughter, not only did he not reprimand her for stealing words, but instead bowed his head and said: "Princess Ruan was a famous beauty in Beijing back then, and how many princes and grandsons asked to marry but couldn't. If it weren't for your cousin Qiu, who had a childhood sweetheart with Princess Ruan......"

Speaking of this, his expression suddenly darkened, and he didn't know if he remembered his deceased husband who died early, so he didn't talk about the past, but asked about Qiu Yulan's foot injury.

Qiu Yulan perfunctory the words she had made up in advance, and apologized to her again: "I heard earlier that my aunt and cousin were coming, so I wanted to visit." I just heard that Cousin Lian said that he was moving, but he was afraid that it would pass and cause trouble, but it would cause trouble for the elders, so he thought that he would go after Sai Oiran. I didn't want a storm in Yunyilou to be caused by someone with a heart all over the city - I was worried about dragging the Lian family into the water, so I had to give up. It's rude to drag on like this, but my aunt and cousin came to see me first. ”

…… In fact, she just forgot about it.

However, even if Wang Lian was so suspicious, it was impossible to pierce her, and after saying a few words, he would normally ask for a few words - just as he was halfway through speaking, the maid came in and confessed, and said to Qiu Lulan: "The Lu family heard that the county lord was injured and sent some medicinal materials; Miss Qiu also prepared things. These two copies of Princess Yang were brought to the courtyard and are now outside. ”

"You tell Mother Zhou to find a place to put it up." Qiu Yulan said indifferently, "And although the fourth sister is now going to help Aunt Tian take care of Aunt Bian together, I am injured again, and I won't go to the boudoir for the past few days, but it is not good to delay Miss Sheng and Miss Qiu's homework for us, let Mr. Shao continue to open the museum." ”

After Shenshui went out, Wang Lian's mother and daughter didn't speak for a while, Qiu Yulan remembered that the Lian family intended to let Wang Qingqian enroll in this boudoir but was rejected by Ruan Qingyan and herself, and she also felt a little embarrassed, thought about it, and then said: "This Mr. Shao is excellent, but unfortunately I don't know how long I can keep her to teach." ”

Wang Lian's mother and daughter didn't say anything, but they still had some doubts about this matter in their hearts, and they were a little surprised to see her say this at this moment: "Didn't you just invite you?" Why are you going to leave again? ”

"I told the eldest lady before that Mr. Shao had finished teaching the eighteenth miss of the Jiang family, and he was unwilling to move to the museum after taking a bundle in the Jiang family." Qiu Yulan said half-truthfully, "But recently, I heard that Miss Sun of the Jiang family also wants to ask her to continue teaching." Although I hope to keep her, Mr. Shao has been teaching at the Jiang family for many years, and the relationship is not comparable to mine; Second, it's been okay these days, my fourth sister was so scared that she didn't dare to leave because Aunt Bian almost had a miscarriage, and she couldn't take care of her studies, but she could still be more harmonious in class...... When she was there before, she had to fight a few times every time she went to class, and Mr. Shao didn't say anything, and he was tired of thinking about it. ”

Wang Qingqian was puzzled: "I heard that Miss Qiusi's biological mother's surname is Tian?" Why did Aunt Bian have a miscarriage, she had to be so concerned? ”

"Don't talk too much!" Wang Lian's family didn't get used to his daughter this time, so he scolded lightly and said to Qiu Lulan, "It's also difficult for you to be a child, the so-called Houmen is as deep as the sea, let alone the palace?" Even a boudoir is so complicated, it is fortunate that I listened to Ruan Hanlin's persuasion and didn't call Qianqian to come over, otherwise this child would be spoiled by me, and he would definitely suffer! ”

The Lian family was considered a high-ranking family before it was defeated, as the youngest granddaughter of Lian Shangshu, how could Wang Lian's family not know about the twists and turns in the courtyard of the deep house? This is the fourth sister, the aunt, and the miscarriage, and after a little thought, you know that it is not a good thing. Originally, she didn't want her only daughter to be wronged in front of her noble classmates, but now that she heard that the palace was so complicated, she had no idea of letting her daughter come over to learn from Shao Yuemei.

So this will be based on Qiu Yulan's hint, and simply talk about it.

Seeing that she understood what she meant, Qiu Yulan secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to answer, but Wang Qingqian was a little unconvinced, and said: "Generally at this age, why am I worse than others?" Why must I be the one who suffers? ”

Wang Lian frowned and said, "Okay! What do you mean by this, innocent? It's a shame that your cousin is not an outsider, so when people hear it, they think you have a grudge against the people in the palace! What are the girls doing so competitively! ”

Wang Qingqian was still not convinced when he heard this, seeing her like this, Qiu Yulan smiled secretly in his heart: "You are a naïve little girl, you can't be happy or angry, and you are so competitive, if you really enter this boudoir school, you should cry your nose." ”

Even if only Sheng Shushui and the swing are in normal classes now-not to mention the swing, for the sake of Ruan Qingyan and his introduction, he should not be embarrassed by Wang Qingqian. But Sheng Shushui, this disgraceful official lady, is not very convinced of herself.

She really wants to deal with Wang Qingqian, and it is estimated that this cousin Wang will have to help count the money if she sells it.

Knowing her daughter Mo Ruo's mother, Qiu Yulan saw that Wang Qingqian was not suitable for mixing in a big house, and Wang Lian's family naturally knew better, so he decisively made his eyes to stop his daughter from continuing to disobey, and said a few words casually, and hurriedly said goodbye - it is estimated that he went home to educate his daughter.

After they left, Chunran smiled and said, "This Miss Wang is innocent and cute. ”

"Obviously, the Lian family has indeed been pampering her." Qiu Yulan snorted, "Without mercy and humility from top to bottom, how can it be possible to raise an innocent Miss Cousin?" "I also grew up in my maternal grandfather's house, and Kang Lizhang is an example.

Therefore, although Wang Qingqian is not suitable for attending classes in the palace, it is not that she is not good - her life is good, she grew up smoothly, and the first thing her uncles did after they recovered was to take their mother and daughter to Beijing to relax, which shows the importance they value. Even if I thought about sending her to the boudoir school to mix up some contacts with my uncles, I didn't mention it after being blocked...... With such elders to protect you, being naïve is not a big deal.

The day after the Wang family's mother and daughter visited, the only surviving descendant of General Ruan, Ruan Qingyan, who had an obscure background, also brought a six-year-old boy to visit.

Before she came, Qiu Yulan had already inquired with Zhou's mother that this Ruan cousin was the eldest granddaughter of General Ruan, and if Ruan Qingyan was really the Ruan family, the two sisters and brothers were half-brothers.

The Fang Nongyan she married, although she was not a child of a famous family, was also a young talent who was proud of the spring breeze back then, and she was less than thirty years old when she was named on the gold list, because she was dedicated to studying and delayed her lifelong event, and she happened to be recruited as her grandson-in-law by General Ruan.

According to Zhou's mother, the two of them were very well matched, and they also became a good story in Beijing.

It's just that after more than ten years of depreciation, the mother's family was once extinct, and after such a blow, Ren is like a beautiful flower, which will also appear to be decayed. Ruan Ciyi is a few years older than Wang Lian's, but she looks half a generation older than Wang Lian's, especially a heavy resentment between her eyebrows, which is equivalent to clearly saying that she has been unsatisfactory in the past two years.

The boy she brought was beautiful, but the silhouette was not like her—maybe it was like Fang Nongyan.

Seeing Ruan's eldest cousin, who was very different from Zhou's mother's mouth, Qiu Yulan was very embarrassed in her heart, but although they were cousins by blood, Ruan Ciyi and his wife were demoted from Beijing when Qiu Lulan was only full of Zhou and still couldn't remember anyone, and now they are very strange to each other.

The two of them cautiously greeted each other for a long time before they became familiar with each other.

At this time, Qiu Yulan looked at Chenguang and left the meal, and saw that his nephew Fang Zijun was bored and playing with Ruan Ciyi's jade pendant, so he called Su He: "I'm talking to my cousin, Zijun probably sounds weird and boring, you take him to the yard to go around, by the way, give him Dabai to play, children should like it." ”

Who would have thought that not long after Fang Zijun was led out, there was a terrible scream from Dabai in the courtyard!

Frightened, the house Zhongqiu Lan and Ruan Ciyi stood up together!

"Could it be that Da Bai scratched Fang Zijun!?" Qiu Yulan secretly regretted her carelessness, although Da Bai was used to playing with Su He and them, and had never hurt anyone, but in the end, it was a beast, and the child was ignorant and hurt it, and it was inevitable to show his wildness when he started to rush - but she and Ruan Ciyi ran out in a panic to take a look, but saw that Fang Zijun was there in a good manner, but Su He blushed, and hugged Da Bai and couldn't help comforting him.

Seeing Qiu Lulan and Ruan Ciyi coming out, Su He almost shed tears on the spot, and hugged Da Bai over angrily: "County Lord, the maid hugged Da Bai to play with Fang Gongzi, who thought that Fang Gongzi would see Da Bai when he saw it, and suddenly picked it up and fell to the ground!" The maid never knew that playing with a lion cat was like this! ”

Hearing this, Qiu Yulan couldn't help but change color, and looked at Fang Zijun—but seeing his innocent face, he muttered, "Isn't it just a cat!" Yesterday, Uncle Ruan said that I can do whatever I want. ”

Ruan Ciyi saw that Qiu Yulan's face was not very good, and hurriedly reprimanded him: "How did you talk to your aunt?!" This is your aunt's cat, and your aunt kindly let people take it out to play with you, how can you hurt it! ”

"Forget it, the children are not sensible." Qiu Yulan took a deep look at the little nephew who was doing nothing, and stopped Ruan Ciyi lukewarmly, "It seems that he doesn't like lion cats, Su He, you take Dabai down, Shenshui, you go and get that pair of glass horses to Zijun." ”

After such an episode, the two cousins returned to the house, and the intimacy accumulated from the previous greetings was gone-after lunch, Ruan Ciyi said goodbye, and Qiu Yulan symbolically reserved a few words and asked Zhou's mother to send off the guests on her behalf.

After Zhou's mother finished sending people off, she returned to the courtyard, and the first thing she did was to pull Su He's ears and carry her to Qiu Yulan to ask for guilt: "Although Da Bai was given to the county lord by Ling Xiaohou, you usually like it, but in the end it is just a cat." Today, for the first time, Miss Cousin led the little boy to the door, and you actually said in front of the county lord and Miss Cousin that the little boy was not - how did you step down as Miss Cousin?! I don't know, I think the county lord deliberately despises Miss Table! ”

Su He had tears in his eyes, and was about to kneel down according to Zhou's mother's words, but Qiu Yulan waved his hand and snorted coldly: "Don't say it, that Fang Zijun is also very unpleasant to look at - that is, he was brought by his eldest cousin, otherwise I would have to beat him!" ”

Mother Zhou couldn't help but be stunned: Although Dabai is Qiu Yulan's, Qiu Yulan usually treats it like that! Why is it so important now?

As Princess Ruan's companion, Mother Zhou naturally had a sense of closeness to Ruan Ciyi, worried that Qiu Lulan would have a gap with Ruan Ciyi, so she hurriedly persuaded: "County Lord, don't listen to Su He's little hooves to provoke, you and Miss Cousin are flesh and blood, which is difficult to compare with ordinary people, let alone a cat?" The little boy is young and ignorant, Miss Cousin will definitely teach him when she goes back this time, and she will definitely not make you angry in the future! Don't worry about him! ”

Qiu Yulan's face was very ugly: "I don't think he hurt my face, I think that such a young child directly kills a cat that has not grown up for no reason, this heart is too terrifying!" ”

Fang Zijun is just a bear child, for example, he stepped on the big white tail and pulled his beard or something, Qiu Yulan is not the master who regards cats as more important than people, and it will be forgotten if he laughs - but this kid actually wants to kill Da Bai if he is so good, where is this bear child, this is simply a psychological problem, okay!

Even if this kind of person is a seemingly harmless child, who knows what will happen?! Qiu Yulan deliberately shook his face just now, this kind of nephew, it's better to stay away!

"Listen to what he means that Cousin Ruan is used to him very much! Also, if Cousin Ruan is really the blood and blood of Uncle Ruan, Fang Zijun is his nephew, and my cousin is so good to me, let alone their Ruan family? Qiu Yulan rubbed the corners of his forehead and thought, "But this nephew is not normal at all!" It's really uneasy not to remind Cousin Ruan, if you remind, ...... This is wrong today, what if my cousin thinks that I am distressed and deliberately sued?! ”

She felt a headache.