Who? Brother Duan'er?

Shuning didn't react for a while, and was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses: Brother Duan'er, isn't it her brother? Shuning jumped up at that time, just in time to see a young man walking in outside the door, much taller than his brother in his impression, looking at his face, it vaguely seemed to be Duanning.

Shuning only felt like she was in a dream, trying hard to see if it was him, but she always felt that she couldn't see clearly. The other party walked up to her and said with a smile, "Why is my sister crying?" Are you not happy to see me? ”

Shuning realized that her face was full of tears, and she wiped them embarrassedly, but the tears couldn't stop coming out again. Duan Ning took out a handkerchief to wipe her face, and said softly: "My sister has grown taller and more beautiful, and I almost didn't recognize it." Is the injury healed? Does it still hurt? ”

Why did my brother know about her injury? But Shuning didn't have time to care about this, she raised a smile and said, "It's been good a long time ago, you see." She pulled up her sleeve and showed him, thanks to the miraculous ointment of the old lady Chen, the knife wound was only a very shallow mark, and it would be completely unnoticeable in another month or two.

Shuning looked at her brother and said with a smile: "My brother has also grown a lot taller, I was still thinking just now: Who is this person?" How do you say it's my brother? Duan Ning smiled and pinched her nose, giving her the illusion of returning to the days before she came to Guangzhou.

Duan Ning has really changed a lot now. He grew taller, and when he looked at it from the back, he thought he was a slender and straight young man, but no one thought that he was still a fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy. He has handsome facial features, sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and when he is serious, people will think that he is heroic, and when he smiles softly, it makes people think that he is a well-mannered scholar.

The siblings hadn't seen each other for nearly three years. They both miss each other very much. As soon as they met, Shuning couldn't help crying, but Duanning was older. It doesn't seem to be so excited, but in fact, there is also a silver light in the corners of the eyes. It's just that he is no longer the child who laughed and cried whenever he wanted, and three years of time made him a lot more introverted.

Tong got the news from his subordinates, and hurriedly rushed to the front yard, and when he saw his son, who he hadn't seen for several years, he was trembling. Tears flowed all the time. Duan Ning was about to bow down, but Leng might as well be hugged by his mother and cry loudly. Duan Ning couldn't hold back any longer, and shouted Eniang in his mouth, and the tears flowed down.

Shuning looked sad, turned her head to wipe her tears, but found that Zhang Bao came in at some point, so she stood next to her and watched with a smile. After a while, he said to his wife and son, "All right." Don't be here with a pestle, let people see the joke, let's go back to the house first. ”

Only then did Tong let go of his son. Wiping his tears with a handkerchief, he asked, "Why did you come back?" Did you come back with your son? ”

Zhang Bao said with a smile: "I'm going to greet the new Guangzhou General Wu Dan today." This kid is coming to the land with someone else's boat. It scared the hell out of me. Fortunately, the general is not surprised, and he likes him a lot. ”

Duan Ning said: "I heard that Ama and her sister were injured. I immediately begged Marfa to let me come, but his old man did not agree, and later I heard that Ama had received the prefect's seal, and Lord Wudan was also coming to take office, so I went to the door and begged him to take me for a ride, and Marfa was willing. ”

Tong was amazed by his son's boldness, but he was also very happy in his heart. Although her husband was promoted, it also meant that he would stay in Guangzhou for another three years, and it was a surprise to see his son early.

The whole family went to sit down in the flower hall, Duan Ning visited his parents again, and Tong asked him to salute Xiao Liu. Xiao Liu was a little uneasy, but when he saw that Duan Ning was thoughtful and respectful to her, he let it go

Xianning was taken out to meet his eldest brother, who knew that he was unhappy when he saw his mother hugging Duanning with an affectionate attitude: "Who are you?" This is my mother, you are not allowed to rob it. Everyone laughed, and Shuning said to his younger brother: "This is my brother, Eniang is also his Eniang, you go and salute him, and he will take you out to play in the future, Xianning tilted his head and looked at Duanning, Duanning also let him look at it with interest, and after a while, Xianning asked, "Are you my brother?" "Yes." "Will you take me to play?" "As long as you are obedient, come, good Xianning, call my brother quickly." Duan Ning smiled and teased his younger brother. Xianning turned his head, hid behind Shuning, poked his head out again, blinked his eyes, and shouted, "Brother." ”

Duan Ning smiled, picked up his younger brother, and kissed his little apple cheek, which made him shy.

Everyone joked for a while, and Duan Ning told his family about some major events in the Earl's Mansion in the capital, and said that his grandparents were in good health. Tong asked: "You wrote from Marfa at the beginning of the year saying that the autumn has been arranged for you to enter the army for training, what should you do when you come?" ”

Duan Ning said: "It's okay, my son wants to stay with Ama Eniang and fulfill his filial piety, and Marfa also thinks it's a good thing for his son to come to Guangzhou to see it." As for the quota in the army, it just happened to let the third brother be on top, saving him from being idle all day long. ”

Zhang Baodao: "Since you are here, don't leave, I will be separated from you for another three years, and your mother will become a hopeful stone." This time, thanks to Lord Wudan's willingness to bring you here, Ming'er, our whole family will go to thank him. ”

Tong asked again who had followed, and Duan Ning said that only Ma San'er and Huzi, Er'an and Xiaomei stayed in Beijing. Speaking of this, he said to Xiao Liu: "When I came, I saw Xiaobao's brother's aunt, gave her a lot of silver, told her to take care of Xiaobao, and asked friends to visit often. My second sister-in-law and Xiaomei will also send some things over from time to time, and they will never let Xiaobao be wronged, although my aunt can rest assured. After a pause, he said, "I have a friend who is very good at Danqing, and he painted a few portraits of Xiaobao, put them in his luggage, and went back to find them to show his aunt, he is now taller than my waist." Xiao Liu thanked him with red eyes.

Hyuneong struggled in his brother's arms and shouted, "Stinky." Duan Ning embarrassedly handed him over to Su Yun. Only then did Tong find that his son's clothes were soaked with sweat, so he asked him to change them. Duan Ning said with a smile: "I have never seen such a hot weather, I can't stand it as soon as I come, and when I pass through Fujian, I encountered the wind again, I heard that this is the weather here in summer, I don't know how Ama Eniang and my sister survived." ”

Tong Shi smiled and pushed him: "It's good to get used to it." Winter is good, it's warmer than the north. You go and change it. Zhang Bao also wanted to go back to the front yamen to do errands, so Tong ordered his subordinates to prepare dinner. It is also called a pot of good soup to relieve the heat.

Shuning took over the errand and made the kitchen cook a whole table of refreshing and delicious dishes. She also made a few of them herself, and the sealed slate post bar made a winter melon and duck soup with her own hands. Duan Ning was very popular, drank several bowls, and praised her sister's cooking skills for her great progress. However, after he praised it, he changed his words and said that his skills had improved. Maybe I've already compared my sister to me, Yunyun. Shuning remembered the situation when she used to play with him, and felt very warm, so she deliberately pretended to be angry and quarreled with her brother, which made Zhang Bao and Tong very happy, and even Xiao Liu, who had been a little sad recently, laughed. After eating, Tong saw that his son's clothes were soaked with sweat again, so he said, "It's hot. Your clothes are not breathable, so go take a shower. A few days ago, someone else gave our family a few horses of potato yarn, which is most suitable for summer clothes to wear. I made a few for Amma, and now you are about the same size. Just give you one. Save yourself from sweating at every turn. ”

Duan Ning complied and went down to take a bath. I changed into a lychee brown potato yarn robe, and it was really refreshing, so I went to the upper room to talk to my parents and sisters.

Although the Earl's Mansion in Beijing and Zhang Bao exchanged letters from time to time, many things would not be mentioned, and Duan Ning was not good at writing too many things under the plate, and now that he is here, he just told his parents about the things that the family has not told outsiders over the years, so that they can pay more attention in the future.

The eldest uncle Jin Bao and the second uncle Xing Bao Mingli are harmonious, and the private struggle has not stopped, and Xingbao always wants to have real power in the family. Jin Bao went to Geldan with the army last year, made military merits, and was promoted to the head of the military department. Although Xingbao has several major financial resources, he has never been able to compete with his eldest brother who is a high-ranking official, so he has stopped a little. The eldest aunt Nala clan has already mastered half of the power of the mansion, and the second aunt Suo Xue Luo clan has provoked from time to time, but in general it is quite peaceful.

The fourth uncle continued to listen to the use in front of the palace, and continued to be valued by the old lady, but he turned a blind eye to the open and secret battles between the big house and the second room. The Shen family stays at her parents' house for three or four months a year, and even the youngest daughter Yanning, who was born last year, is waiting to give birth in her mother's courtyard, but because her father and brother have been promoted again, the old lady just said a few words.

Among the younger generation, Qingning's room can be said to be turbulent, and the newly acquired concubines and the old ones are fighting fiercely.

Li was pregnant the year before last and had several dangers, but in the end, she saved the day and gave birth to a daughter last year. Later, someone accused Qiu Ju of doing the tricks, but Qiu Ju herself said that she was wronged and that someone else deliberately framed her. Because Li believed her, he just put her under house arrest for the time being, and did not make much of it difficult.

A few days later, Qiu Ju was found to be pregnant, and the Li family also sent someone to take care of her, which made her very grateful. Unexpectedly, Qingning's favorite concubine Miguan was not angry, and dragged a few concubines to make trouble, and pushed Qiu Ju in the chaos and miscarried. The Nala clan sold the honey official in a fit of rage, and the rest of the people were beaten, and Qing Ning had nothing to say.

He felt afraid afterwards, and he was tired of the concubines competing for favor, so he alienated them, packed up his mood and fought for the future, but felt that his wife was quiet and amiable, and the couple were reconciled. Later, Qiu Ju's body recovered, and the Li family asked her to come back to serve Qingning, and when she saw that she was still at peace, she asked her subordinates to call her aunt, which was considered to give her a name.

When Duanning set off for the capital, Li had just been three months pregnant, and the whole family expected her to give birth to a boy.

Shunning is now a petty official in the Ministry of Industry, and his marriage has dragged on for a long time, and he has finally decided on the daughter of the Xitara clan of the Wubei Academy, and is ready to get married this autumn.

Since Fang Ning was defeated, she first recuperated in a family nunnery outside the city for a while, and when Wanning returned to Beijing at the beginning of the year, she was sent to Baoding. Wan Ning has really learned a big lesson this time and has grown a lot. She worked hard in Baoding to practice piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and followed the mother sent by her mother to learn the rules, not only restrained her arrogance, but also became well-behaved, elegant, and as sweet as in the past, she would be likable. Coupled with her appearance, she has grown into a veritable lady.

The old lady was very pleased with her transformation, and still pampered her as if she were the meat of her heart. Fortunately, Di Wanning now knows proportion, even if she is favored, she will not get carried away, she is very respectful in front of her elders, and she is also very amiable to her subordinates. She inquired about the whereabouts of the people who had been with her in the past, and knew that a few of them were not doing well, so she asked someone to send money to receive money, and recalled one of the girls named Qiaoyun. After a long time, she returned to her former status in the mansion, and even the dividend silver that was once interrupted in the second room was re-sent to her room at the end of each month, the same amount as before she left Beijing.

The fly in the ointment is that the darling of Jingzhong has become the Gege of the Ming Shang family, and Wanning is no longer the object of praise by the princes' disciples.

Although she herself did not say it explicitly, there was a saying among the subordinates that it was actually a subordinate next to her who slandered the minister back then, because her relatives offended Lord Chen, so they took the opportunity to spread rumors, and as a result, the master was affected. But Wan Ning didn't blame him, and he still hasn't told the truth, the subordinate felt ashamed, felt that he didn't have the face to see her, so he left without a trace.

This statement spread unconsciously. Today's Wanning is gentle and gentle, Si Swenwen, and the Gege of the Ming Shang family is respected, she is not a little jealous, and she often praises this Gege to others. When others saw her like this, they said that some people were talking nonsense back then, she was affected by slaves, but she was actually a very decent and kind person, and she was more respected than before.

Later, the queen mother also summoned her into the palace to speak, and saw that she was elegant and polite, behaved moderately, and liked it very much, and also told her to be cautious in the future, and not to be too indulgent to her subordinates, and also gave things. When Wan Ning left the palace, she met the fifth elder brother again, and the fifth elder brother was very affectionate to her, but she was very cold, and even the maid who entered the palace with her was surprised, and discussed with her companions in private.

After that, the fifth elder brother came to her a few times, and she always met him in front of the elders, behaved in a serious and well-behaved manner, and even broke off contact with other elder brothers and ministers. The fifth elder brother saw that she spoke elegantly and exported chapters, so he went to study as he liked, and the emperor was very happy to know about it, and gave him a new imperial book and four treasures of the study.

Wanning now sees Duanning, and she is no longer as afraid as before, so she gets along quite well, but Duanning is busy with schoolwork and has to practice martial arts, so there is not much contact. Most of the things about Wanning came from the maids and servants who served around her.

When Tong heard this, he recited the Buddha and said: "The second girl finally looks like a beautiful girl, when I saw her, I thought she was too frivolous, and now that she has grown up, I guess she will not cause any more trouble." ”

Duan Ning shook his head and said: "The country is easy to change, and the nature is difficult to change, so E-Niang is relieved too early." ”