On this short journey, Tong asked her daughter to sit up straight, tidied up her hair and clothes for her, and tidied up her own, and then solemnly said to her: "Along the way, who are there in the family, E-Niang has already told you roughly." Now there is only one, the Earl's Palace is different from our home in Fengtian, and the style of action is not comparable to that of ordinary eunuchs, you must be cautious, don't say a word more, take an extra step, and don't come out of the way. We just need to survive these few days in peace, and when you Ama is decided, we can leave. ”

Shuning also nodded solemnly. It seems that the current scene is like Lin Daiyu entering Jiafu, you have to be careful everywhere.

Tong reminded her in a low voice of some etiquette matters, how to kowtow when she saw her grandfather and grandmother, how to call her uncles and aunts and uncles and aunts, and how to greet her brothers and sisters, how to treat her subordinates, which servants were decent and should be treated politely, and repeated what had been said on the road again. Shuning kept them in her heart.

After a while, the carriage stopped, Shuning only felt that the carriage shook for a while, and walked up again, and Tong whispered: "I have entered the gate." ”

After walking for less than a pillar of incense, the car stopped again, and Tong said, "This is the second door." Zhang Bao's voice came from next to the car window: "I'll take my son to greet Amma, you take your daughter to see Eniang first." Tong replied in a low voice, and the footsteps outside grew farther and farther away. After a while, the car moved forward again.

It took a little more distance for the carriage to really stop. A woman outside spoke: "Please let the third lady and the third girl get out of the car." ”

Tong was stunned for a moment, and someone lifted the curtain and put the pedal. She slowly moved out, and her second sister-in-law had already picked her up and helped her out of the car. When Shuning got out of the car, she remembered her mother's instructions, and got off the car slowly and dignifiedly. A daughter-in-law next to her came up to help, and said "yo": "Look at how smart the third girl looks, the old lady will definitely like it when she sees it." ”

Shuning wanted to fight a cold war a little, she saw that this daughter-in-law was also wearing silk and satin, so she knew that she was a decent servant woman, and she didn't speak, she only smiled slightly, but she calmed down the daughter-in-law, and it was not good to continue laughing.

Tong only glanced at her lightly, and then asked the middle-aged grandmother who asked her to get out of the car: "Mama Wang, what did you call me?" ”

Mama Wang hurriedly explained: "The third wife doesn't know, this is the rule set in the house since this year, because Brother Qing has already married, the original wife is now called the old lady, the grandmothers are called Mrs., and Brother Qing's daughter-in-law is Qing *** milk." A few masters, now they are all masters. ”

Tong smiled: "Brother Qing is also a master now, right?" "Not really." Mama Wang answered, and grabbed Tong's other arm to help her in, "The third wife is precious now, I'll help you." ”

Shuning refused the daughter-in-law's move to help her, and she was not a three-year-old child, so what could she help. She followed in a dignified manner, followed by seven or eight maids, and passed through the door of the two-month cave to a large courtyard, beside which were all verandahs. They walked directly through the courtyard and came to the front room, and a handsome girl in green opened the curtain to greet her, and smiled before she spoke: "But the third lady and the third girl are here, and the old lady and the two ladies are in a hurry." ”

Tong separated the support of Mama Wang and the second sister-in-law, went up the steps by himself, nodded to the girl, and beckoned his daughter to go in with her.

Entering the door is a large screen with yellow pear inlaid with glass, carved with the pattern of rich peonies, bypassing the screen, a group of women gathered in the black crows. Shuning was almost dazzled, and she was stunned, only to see an old woman of fifty or sixty years old sitting in the middle, and a woman sitting next to her, all dressed luxuriously, full of pearls, and knew that this was her grandmother and two aunts.

A maid had already placed two futons on the ground, and Tong led her daughter to kowtow, and the grandmother smiled and said: "Your family doesn't need to be polite, you have a body again, you don't need to be so polite." Tong bowed his head, and then saluted the two sisters-in-law, and then sat on a circle chair under the eldest sister-in-law. Then Shuning gave a gift to the two aunts, and then the eldest aunt introduced two young girls. The one who has been standing behind her and dressed as a young woman is the lobby sister-in-law Li, and the other person sitting at the bottom is the lobby sister Fang Ning. They all greeted their aunt Tong, and they met Shu Ning one by one, and then Shu Ning stood beside her mother silently.

Grandmother Ilgen Jue Luo's face is round, looking at a harmonious appearance, but it feels a little like the queen mother in "Huanzhu Gege", she seems to be kind and kind, but in fact she exudes a majesty, and her hands and feet show a kind of "I am a family" momentum.

The eldest aunt Nala also has a round face and always smiles, but it makes people feel a little unfathomable.

The second aunt Suo Xue Luo is a long face, a pointed chin, and a little thin lips, but she is very good at dressing up, and the fat powder is just right, and the costume jewelry from head to toe is nothing to pick up.

As for the Li family, as rumored, his appearance is not good, he is quite dignified, and he can barely be called delicate, but he has no spirit and rarely speaks.

Fang Ning is also very taciturn, but she still has a girlish youthful atmosphere.

The old lady asked Tong how many months she was pregnant, and Tong replied, "It's been three months." She nodded: "Be careful of your own body, you have few heirs, you have to fight more." Tong lowered his head and replied: "Yes, my daughter-in-law knows." ”

The old lady turned her eyes to Shuning again: "How old is the third girl?" Tong hurriedly replied for his daughter: "I will be eight years old by August." She asked again: "There are female celebrities who learn the rules on weekdays, right?" Tong replied: "My daughter-in-law teaches her to do it every day." ”

The old lady nodded, raised her hand again and beckoned: "Three girls, come here, let grandma see you." Shuning hurriedly stepped forward, letting her take her hand and see, sweat was already beginning to form on her back.

The old lady asked again, "What books have you read?" Shu Ning was prepared for this question, so she replied: "I have only read some "Women's Training" and "Women's Commandments" and the like, and E-Niang said that her daughter's needlework is the most important, and I am not allowed to read more." She had heard that this grandmother didn't like her mother's reading very much, so it should be okay to answer like that, right?

Unexpectedly, she shook her head and said: "Your mother is the most careful person, in fact, it doesn't have to be like this, it's not a bad thing for girls to read more books, just don't read some bad books, just change your temperament." These words made Tong and Shuning secretly surprised, it has only been a few years, how did she completely change her attitude?

After a few more gossips, Shuning returned to her mother and continued to stand, and the old lady realized that she asked Yahuan to move a stool and let her granddaughter sit down.

A daughter-in-law said that the people who were waiting for the third lady and the third girl were outside, and the old lady wanted to see them. The old lady nodded, and saw the second sister-in-law come up with Xiaomei Qiuju and Chunxing to kowtow. Nala frowned when he saw it.

The old lady recognized the second sister-in-law, asked a little questions, turned her head and saw Qiu Ju, and asked, "Why do I think this girl is a little familiar, as if I have seen it somewhere?" Nala was about to speak, but Suo Xue Luo said first: "E-Niang doesn't recognize it? She was originally a girl in Brother Qing's room, didn't Brother Qing still say that he would take her into the house that year? Somehow, I ran to the third brother and sister. She glanced at Nala a little proudly, but Nala was silent: "The child's family is just an ignorant joke, I heard that there are few people on the third brother and sister's side, and I saw that this girl was quite clever, so I sent it over." Li just stood behind her, as if he hadn't heard the words.

The old lady didn't care about the secret fight between the two daughters-in-law, she only waved her hand to let the four maids go down, sighed and said, "How is this enough? Not to mention that the third daughter-in-law has a body, she has to be waited for inside and outside, and then look at their sisters, they are all a lot of maids-in-law. The third girl is too shabby like this, even if she Ama is an official in another place, it is not good to bring too many people, and she can't be too undignified. ”

Tong lowered his head to be taught, but Shuning was still so well-behaved, but he was already shouting in his heart: "Do you want to get me a bunch of maids and daughters-in-law to follow?" Don't!! ”

It's a pity that the grandmother couldn't hear her heart, so she said to the eldest daughter-in-law: "Look back, send a few more people to her mother, especially your third brother and sister, and arrange two more for the mother-in-law who knows things." Then he pointed at Shuning, "The third girl, just follow the example of the fourth girl." Brother Qing's daughter-in-law also takes care of her more on weekdays. "Both the Nala clan and the Li family's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law responded.

How many people are there for the four girls?

At this time, it was already dark, and the old lady spoke: "Tell the people below to bring the meal up, it seems that the third child and Brother Duan'er stayed in front to eat with the old man." The people below responded, and after a while, someone replied, saying that the old lord had left the third master and the fourth young master to eat in front, and let this side eat first.

The people below immediately set up tables and chairs in the room next to them, and they were in a hurry, but they heard a maid ring report outside: "The second girl and the fourth girl are here." Then I heard a burst of laughter like silver bells: "Grandma, I'm here, can I catch up for dinner?" ”

Shuning looked out the door curiously, and thought, "Could this be the legendary second cousin?" ”

A few maids lifted the curtain, and a petite figure walked in the door surrounded by a bunch of maids, turned the screen, and then, Shuning suddenly felt that her eyes lit up.

The girl was only about ten years old, still small, wearing a plain white flag suit, the neckline, cuffs and hem were embroidered with layers of small flowers from moon white to dark blue with silk threads.

When she approached, Shuning clearly saw her appearance, a pair of black and big phoenix eyes, a small nose, a small red mouth, extremely white complexion, as perfect as fine porcelain, a black hair intertwined with blue ribbons, tied into a double mustache, a few ribbons on each side hung down on the shoulders, and the untied hair was placed behind the head. Although she is young, she has a very special style like an adult woman, and in a few years, she will definitely grow into a great beauty who will captivate the country and the city, not to mention Fan Bingbing's level.

Li Shi was standing next to Shuning at this time, and suddenly said, "This is Sister Wan." ”

Shuning nodded, thinking, "Sure enough, it's a beauty!" ”