Qin Xin Jian Wu walked to the bed, hugged the two children wrapped in red brocade quilts, and followed the old mother behind the master and his wife.

The group went out of the back door of the inn, the wind and rain were smooth and they each sat on the wheel of a carriage and waited outside, the old mother took the sword dance and the qin heart and held the child in the back car, Rui Xue and his wife sat in the front car, it was rare to be able to get along alone for a while, Rui Xue was not good to ask the old man how his injury was, but he really felt sorry for him, so he touched Zhao Fengnian's cheek and sighed, "I am much thinner than the day before." ”

Zhao Fengnian knew that although she was not in the Zhao family, she must be in suspense these days, so he took her in his arms and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, my father can't think about it for a while, when he gets Lingfeng City, his body is raised, and there are two children under Chenghuan's knees, let's earn him a bigger family business, and he will want to open it." ”

Ruixue snuggled into his arms and asked, "You... Don't blame me for forcing you back to Spirit Wind City? If the old man has a good one, we..."

"Don't say such things in the future, my father is scaring me, and it is also my wish to go back to Lingfeng City, coming back to Tongcheng for these days, watching the clansmen behave, it makes me feel that our family is good, and I want to go back sooner."

Whether he said this to ease his heart, or was sincere, Rui Xue felt much better when he heard it, and the husband and wife chattered that they had entered the wax moon when they got home, and they wanted to kill pigs, clean up the yard, and prepare New Year's goods. ”

"Got it." Zhao Fengnian answered, stretched out his hand to arrange his wife's sideburns and clothes, thought about it and said, "I, Zhao Fengnian, only recognize you as a wife, no matter what others say, you don't have to take it to heart, you know?" ”

Rui Xue nodded and said with a smile, "Miss Cao personally gave me a post, I guess she must be looking for me to have something to say, you can rest assured." Because of you, I am willing to suffer the grievances of the Zhao family, if it is an outsider, I will not bear it. ”

Zhao Fengnian was helpless, lowered his head and bit down on his wife's lips as if punishing, "It's not that you don't mention it, you regret it again, and we won't accept anyone's grievances in the future." ”

After he finished speaking, he opened the car door, jumped down first, and then took the foot handed by Feng Tuo and put it under the car with his own hands, and helped his wife get out of the car.

The old lady of the Cao family is 60 years old, and all the famous people in Tongcheng have to come to congratulate each other, at this time, in front of the vermilion gate, there are more than a dozen large and small carriages, and there are dozens of maids and servants who are waiting for the master to get off, plus the chief steward and the eldest son of the Cao family to welcome guests, all of them are a little stunned when they look at the Zhao family husband and wife so affectionately.

It's not that the Wu family and the Zhao family have changed their marriage contract, this Miss Wu should be the mother of the Zhao family, this eldest son of the Zhao family is now so generous and generous with the rumored Miss Annan Houfu to the door, is this a vent of dissatisfaction with the family, or does he not take the Wu family in his eyes at all?

Cao Dagongzi's eyes were sharp, and he looked at the wooden sign in front of the carriage not far away with the word "Wu" engraved on it, and hurriedly whispered a few words to the chief steward, then stepped forward, and said with a smile, "Zhao Gongzi is here, and he has missed the distance, Bai Gongzi and a few people have already arrived first, and they just said that they want to wait for you to come to drink." ”

Zhao Fengnian took Rui Xue forward to return the salute and said with a smile, "The eldest prince is polite!" As he spoke, he motioned for Feng Jiao, who was holding two rosewood boxes, to step forward, "A few days ago, I went south and got some good medicinal materials, and today I happened to bring this Ganoderma lucidum and mountain ginseng to celebrate the 60th birthday of the old lady." ”

Prince Cao hurriedly thanked him, and said without waiting for Zhao Fengnian to introduce Rui Xue, "This is Miss Chen of the Hou Mansion of Annan, Brother Wu Lie has been living here for a few days, and talking to the old lady about Uncle Wu's acceptance of Miss Chen as a righteous daughter, the old lady said that Uncle Wu's righteous daughter is the same as the young lady of my Cao family, and they all live in Tongcheng, so they must be invited to meet her, and then Miss Chen will go back." ”

Rui Xue heard him call himself Miss Chen, not Mrs. Zhao, and guessed that he didn't want to tell the truth, but he didn't care, with a just right smile on his face, dignified and elegant, and saluted and thanked, "Thank you for the kindness of the old lady, it is an honor for the concubine to come to celebrate the old lady's birthday today." ”

Seeing that Ruixue was so knowledgeable, Grand Prince Cao felt a little guilty, looked at Zhao Fengnian, who had a somewhat bad face, embarrassedly, and said with a smile, "It's cold outside, Zhao Gongzi, please sit in the house." ”

Zhao Fengnian didn't have a good seizure, but he still said, "There is a courtyard where the female dependents rest, and the inner son and the child like to be quiet." ”

"Yes, yes, my sister's yard is very quiet, and I wanted to see it yesterday... Miss Chen, why don't you go and sit there first? ”

Cao Dagongzi hurriedly called a maid over and asked her to lead Ruixue's master and servant into the door, and Zhao Fengnian whispered a few words to Ruixue, and then let her go.

Grand Prince Cao was half admiring, and half helplessly whispered, "Zhao Gongzi turned out to be such a person who loves women like this. ”

Zhao Fengnian smiled slightly, "My wife and children, naturally I have to pay more attention." With that, he arched his hand and went to the door again.

The corner of Cao Dagongzi's eyes swept to the side of the last carriage, the curtain shook slightly, shook his head helplessly, and continued to welcome guests into the door.

In the carriage of the Wu family, Mrs. Wu pulled her daughter, whose face was flushed, and persuaded her desperately, "Yun'er, Yun'er, this is outside, not at home, you have to endure it even if you are angry, otherwise you will lose the face of my Wu family, your uncle has long been dissatisfied with you, if he hears that you are unruly, he will definitely send that old lady to teach you the rules, and when the time comes, you will suffer, and your mother will not be able to protect you..."

Wu Xiangyun tore the Jinpa in his hand and scolded, "What is she, a concubine who is happy, she dares to come out to meet people blatantly, she really thinks she is the master mother of the Zhao family, I am, I am!" ”

"Yes, yes, we have a marriage contract, you are the serious housewife of the Zhao family, but you must know that she is very much loved by Zhao Dagongzi now, if you make trouble, Zhao Dagongzi will also lose face, wouldn't you dislike you even more, Yun'er, listen to my mother's words, endure today, and when your father and uncle come back from Qinghe County tomorrow, they will definitely give you anger."

Wu Xiangyun tore the handkerchief in his hand into wisps and shredded it, and finally felt a little more relieved, and asked, "Mother, am I more beautiful than her?" ”

Mrs. Wu hurriedly said, "Naturally, my daughter is the first beauty in Tongcheng. ”

Wu Xiangyun straightened her dress and sideburns, and said hatefully, "Okay, then I'm going to make her ashamed of herself in front of me." ”

After speaking, he shouted loudly, "Lily, don't open the door yet, what are you waiting for." ”

Lily, who was waiting outside the car door, hurriedly responded, drove the car, waited for the master to curl Tingting, and walked off the carriage with a thousand manners...

Besides, Rui Xue didn't know that she was destined to meet her rival today, so she slowly followed the little girl in blue into the second gate, and walked along the verandah to Miss Cao's courtyard.

The Cao family is a three-generation eunuch, and it is one of the most famous families in Tongcheng. And this old mansion of the Cao family is also very elegant to repair, compared with the ordinary rich people often gilded columns, glazed tiles are so brilliant, much more restrained and low-key.

The small bridge and flowing water in the garden, the shrub flower garden, the pavilions and pavilions, are very quiet, because it is the relationship of the birthday banquet, some red silk flower balls are hung on the pillars, and the big red lanterns with the golden lacquer longevity characters are hung under the eaves, which adds three points of festive color to this mansion.

The little maid looked at Ruixue's master and servant looking at her own yard, and said with a smile, "Madam, it's still winter, there is no scenery, if the flowers bloom in spring, Madame will come and see again, the scenery in this courtyard is even more beautiful." ”

It is said that if you want to know the character of the master of a big family, you must first watch the slaves and servants behave and speak, this little girl does not smile or speak, she is very good at observing words and feelings, and her demeanor is respectful and pleasing, she is really well disciplined, and it also makes Rui Xue have a more favorable impression of the Cao family.

So, she opened her mouth to praise a few words, and sure enough, the little girl smiled more happily and spoke more fluently, but she did not exceed her duty.

In less than a moment, everyone came to the door of a more delicate small courtyard, and a big girl had already received the letter, standing in front of the door to greet her, and when she saw everyone, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute and said with a smile, "Miss Chen is here, and our young lady will talk about it when she gets up early." ”

Rui Xue nodded slightly, "Let Miss Cao wait for a long time." ”

The big maid instructed the little maid, "Sister Die'er, I bother you to send the two girls and the little young master and the little lady to sit in the East Wing, and the young lady said that it is the warmest and quietest there." ”

The little maid responded, Jian Wu handed over the filial brother in his hand to the old grandmother to hug, and then followed Ruixue to serve, the old lady nodded, and took Qin Xin to the east chamber.

Rui Xue slowly followed the road, through the courtyard, to the door of the main house, someone had already opened the door inside, Rui Xue stepped in with a smile, only to feel a fragrance of orchid coming to her nose, and then looked up, two steps away was standing a woman in blue, white melon seed face, big eyes, willow eyebrows, thin lips ruddy, how... It looks familiar.

The woman also seemed to be a little confused, her brows furrowed slightly, and she muttered for a long time, but she said, "Miss Chen, have we met before?" Why is it so kind? ”

Rui Xue also smiled, "Xu was a sister in his previous life?" I also think Miss Chen is very familiar. ”

Before the two could say anything, a green-clothed maid beside Cao Hanmei suddenly exclaimed, "Ah, the slave maid remembers, this is the proprietress of Peishui Wharf." ”

As soon as she mentioned the word wharf, Rui Xue also instantly recalled the memories of those days, remembering the ladies who passed by by boat that day, ate wontons in the shop, and slept again. So, he smiled, "It's really fate." ”

That Cao Hanmei originally thought that the maid pointed at Rui Xue's past of revealing noodles and selling food, which would make Rui Xue unhappy, but she didn't expect her to admit it so frankly, and she added three points of love to her heart, and invited her to sit in the guest seat.

The maids served hot tea and snacks, and then they all retreated, leaving only the green stamen and sword dance in the house to serve, Cao Hanmei smiled, "The weather is good today, much warmer than before." ”

Rui Xue also smiled and responded, "Exactly, so the old lady is a blessed person, and God is favored and blessed with this good weather." ”

"Thank you, Miss Chen, for your words."

Rui Xue remembered that the two children would cry after being away from her for a long time, and guessed that Cao Hanmei had most of her thoughts, so she didn't bother to tell lies, and said with a smile, "I heard that my brother-in-law lives in your mansion, and when he went to me to deliver a letter from his father-in-law, he never saw him again, but I don't know if he has returned to Wudu?" ”

Cao Hanmei seemed a little surprised, slightly stunned, and then said, "Well, Wu... Brother Wu also came to celebrate the birthday of the old lady, naturally he was still in our house, I heard my brother say that he would leave the day after tomorrow. ”

Rui Xue nodded, "That's fine, I just need to make some snacks and ask him to bring them back to honor my father-in-law." ”