After getting up and spending about an hour getting up and dressing up, Chu Qiao and Shang Fangyan led Shang Fangxu out of the courtyard to have breakfast with the clansmen, and then worship the ancestors and worship the gods. %d7%cf%d3%c4%b8%f3

Chu Qiao knew that Shang Fangyan was an atheist, so looking at his meticulous appearance when he sacrificed to the gods, Chu Qiao couldn't help but want to laugh a little in his heart. Such an expert in the study of human life to do these things. It's really wronged him.

After worshipping the ancestral gods, Shang Fangyan took Chu Qiao and Shang Fangxu to the courtyard of the old lady and Bai Yun respectively to pay New Year's greetings, although the old lady and Bai Yun both disliked Chu Qiao very much, but now she is also Shang Fangyan's wife anyway, not to mention Shang Fangyan's wife on the tip of her heart, so the old lady and Bai Yun both rewarded Chu Qiao, the newly married daughter-in-law who spent the New Year in the Shang family for the first time, according to the rules, and Chu Qiao didn't plan to accept it at first. However, with Shang Fangyan reminding him on the side, Chu Qiao did not refuse again.

After returning from Bai Yun's courtyard, Chu Qiao looked at the old lady and Bai Yun gave her a bunch of valuable things, Chu Qiao couldn't help but sigh, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Shang family is rich and invincible, and the life is no worse than that of the ancient emperors, not to mention that the things that the old lady and Bai Yun gave her are worth a lot, and even the boxes containing the things are so delicate that people dare not touch them twice, for fear that they will not be broken.

Chu Qiao is really a little distressed now. What is she going to do with all these things, is it all in the safe?

After resting for a while, someone immediately reported that someone had come to greet Shang Fangyan and her, and all of a sudden, the originally quiet courtyard was full of liveliness, and every time the elder maid who came to pay New Year's greetings to Chu Qiao's side would remind Chu Qiao of the identity of the person who came, and then remind her what she should do.

Although Chu Qiao is not used to getting along with the clansmen of the Shang family, as a lawyer, she definitely has super adaptability, and her eloquence is also first-class, so she is naturally comfortable with all the clansmen who come to pay New Year's greetings.

After a busy morning, after lunch, when I finally got a rest, someone came to report that Shang Yu had brought He Yashi to pay New Year's greetings.

Because He Yashi already has Shang Yu's child, the old lady, Bai Yun and Shang Fangyan have all agreed to the marriage of Shang Yu and He Yashi, and now everyone also knows the relationship between He Yashi and Shang Yu, Chu Qiao just didn't expect that He Yashi would come to Shang Fangyan and her as Shang Yu's fiancée on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

"Big brother, sister-in-law, happy new year, I wish you all the best in the new year. More and more affectionate. Shang Yu took He Yashi and walked into the house generously, looked at Shang Fangyan and Chu Qiao and said. Estimating the skills of recruitment.

"Ayu, Yashi, Happy New Year, come and sit!" Chu Qiao stood up and smiled at Shang Yu and He Yashi.

He Yashi had been lowering her eyes and not looking at anyone since she entered the door, and when she heard Chu Qiao call her name so naturally, He Yashi couldn't help frowning lightly and immediately let go, and a terrifying cold light crossed her eyes.

"Ayu. Happy New Year! Shang Fangyan also walked over from the study, and said in a clear and shallow voice, looking at Shang Yu but not at He Yashi, nor mentioning He Yashi's name.

Hearing Shang Fangyan's voice, He Yashi's heart trembled slightly, and she almost subconsciously raised her head and looked at Shang Fangyan, but at this time, Fang Yan had already withdrawn his gaze and then looked at Chu Qiao and walked towards Chu Qiao, Shang Fangyan's eyes when he looked at Chu Qiao pierced He Yashi's heart almost instantly.

The heart contracted suddenly, the corners of He Yashi's mouth pulled slightly, and she sneered and lowered her eyes again.

Shang Fangyan has long been without her in his eyes, he only has Chu Qiao in his eyes, only Chu Qiao, a damn slut.

Feeling He Yashi's body trembling slightly, Shang Yu looked sideways at her, and asked with a warm smile, "Yashi, what's wrong with you, are you uncomfortable?" ”

Hearing Shang Yu's words, He Yashi immediately hid all her emotions, then raised her eyes and replied with a graceful smile, "It's okay, maybe I'm a little tired from walking." ”

"Yashi, sit down, you are just pregnant now, it is not suitable to walk or stand for a long time, sit down." Chu Qiao said with a smile, and made a gesture of invitation and motioned for Shang Yu and He Yashi to sit down.

"Okay, sister-in-law." Shang Yu nodded and replied, took He Yashi to sit down, and then looked at He Yashi and said, "Yashi, hurry up and give the eldest brother and sister-in-law a New Year's greeting." ”

Big brother and sister-in-law?!

Scold!

He Yashi smiled bitterly in her heart,

This eldest brother used to be her fiancé, the man she had been thinking about for more than 20 years, and she was supposed to be the mistress of this courtyard, but now she wants to lower her status to greet Chu Qiao, a woman with a humble status, it is really ridiculous.

"Big brother and sister-in-law, Happy New Year!" He Yashi tried to maintain the most elegant and decent smile on her face, but when she said this, only she knew how much her heart hurt and how much blood flowed.

The corners of Shang Fangyan's mouth twitched slightly, but he didn't look at He Yashi, in fact, if it wasn't for Shang Yu, how could he allow He Yashi to step into the Shang family's territory again, and now it was his limit to be able to do this to He Yashi.

Chu Qiao smiled, motioned to the servant with the gift on the side to come over, and then took a delicate box from the plate held by the servant and opened it, inside was a beautiful set of gold locks and gold bracelet anklets.

"I don't know what to send when you and Ayu have a child, I hope you can like this set of longevity locks, and your children will be healthy and happy in the future."

"Thank you, big brother and sister-in-law." Shang Yu took it with a smile, and although He Ya kept a smile on his face, he had no intention of reaching out to take it.

Chu Qiao smiled, and then took a delicate small box from the wooden plate held by the servant, "I don't know what Yashi likes, I saw that this jade bracelet is very good for Yashi's skin, so I chose it, I hope you like it." ”

He Yashi sneered again in her heart, but she had to reach out and take the box in Chu Qiao's hand, then bowed her head and said, "Thank you, sister-in-law." ”

"Sister-in-law, you're polite, Yashi will definitely like it." Shang Yu smiled, then turned his gaze to Shang Fangyan, who was just sitting and sipping tea without saying a word, and said, "By the way, big brother, I just received a piece of information from Europe, and the matter seems to be a bit tricky, can you take a look at it now?" Tell me what to do with it. ”

Shang Fangyan put down the teacup in his hand and glanced at He Yashi, then looked at Chu Qiao, their eyes met, Chu Qiao smiled and didn't see the trace of worry in Shang Fangyan's eyes at all, "If you have business to deal with, go get busy first, I'll talk to Yashi casually." ”

Shang Fangyan bowed his head slightly, although he knew very well that He Yashi's mind was not pure, but now in his courtyard, Shang Fangyan didn't dare to make any moves against Chu Qiao, not to mention that Xiao Yue and Xiao Min were both standing at the door at this time, the two of them were professionally trained and had good skills, so it was more than enough for the two of them to look at He Yashi.

"Okay, I'm in the study, something called me." Shang Fangyan advised.

Chu Qiao nodded, and watched Shang Fangyan and Shang Yu leave and go to the study, He Yashi saw Shang Fangyan's thoughtful scene towards Chu Qiao, and couldn't help but grit her teeth secretly, and gently stroked her abdomen with her hand, and made up her mind.

"I really envy you and Ayu, you have a child so soon, seeing that your eldest brother means that he plans to hold a wedding for you and Ayu after the New Year, what do you plan to do yourself, do you wait until you give birth to a child and then hold a wedding or do you want to do it early?" After Shang Fangyan and Shang Yu left, Chu Qiao smiled and asked He Yashi, Shang Yu is Shang Fangyan's younger brother, and they have a good relationship, so it is also appropriate for her sister-in-law to worry about Shang Yu's marriage.

He Yashi glanced at Chu Qiao, and almost immediately lowered her head in disgust, gently pulled the corners of her mouth, and when she was about to speak, she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand and vomited and began to retch.

"What's wrong? Uncomfortable? Chu Qiao immediately asked.

He Yashi ignored Chu Qiao and continued to cover his mouth and retch, and there was a tendency to get worse and worse.

Seeing He Yashi's uncomfortable appearance, Chu Qiao frowned slightly, and instructed the servant, "Go and get some fresh lemon slices." ”

"Yes."

"No need." Just as the maid was about to leave to get the lemon slices, He Yashi immediately stopped him, stroked his chest and pressed it, and then said to Chu Qiao with a smile, "Don't bother, I'm fine, I just feel a little stuffy in the house, so it's uncomfortable, otherwise you can accompany me to the yard for a walk." ”

Because Chu Qiao was a little afraid of the cold, Shang Fangyan asked people to close all the doors and windows and turn on the air conditioner, so the room was indeed a little stuffy, and Chu Qiao had just had lunch, so it was really good to go out for a walk.

"Okay, let's go downstairs in the little garden."

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He Yashi didn't expect that just walking in the small garden in the yard, Chu Qiao would be followed by two servants, and with the weight of the steps of the two maids, He Yashi could judge that those two servants were definitely not as simple as ordinary maids, and they would definitely work hard.

Cautiously went out, although it was snowing from time to time these days, the snow on the road in the yard had already been cleared, and there was no snow at all.

He Yashi glanced back at Xiao Yue and Xiao Min, who were five steps away behind Chu Qiao, and asked seemingly casually, "Why haven't these two people seen each other before, are they new?" ”

Chu Qiao also glanced back at Xiao Yue and Xiao Min behind her, she only knew that Shang Fangyan said that the servants in the old mansion would be rotated once in a few years, and she didn't know whether Xiao Yue and Xiao Min were new servants in the old mansion, and she didn't know anything else about Xiao Yue and Xiao Min, so she just smiled and replied casually, "It should be, I heard your eldest brother say that the maids in the original yard have all gone home for the New Year or changed to other yards." ”

He Yashi sneered, the corners of her mouth were full of ridicule and bitterness, she couldn't imagine that Shang Fangyan would even hide from Chu Qiao that all the servants died and were seriously injured in the fire in their yard.

Is Shang Fangyan distressed that Chu Qiao doesn't want her to worry about it, or is it because she never planned to let Chu Qiao, the eldest daughter-in-law of the Shang family, take over the affairs of the Shang family's backyard?

"Really?! I seem to have heard that the fire not long ago not only burned down the yard where you lived, but also the servants inside. ”

Chu Qiao frowned lightly and looked at He Yashi with some incredulity, He Yashi can say this is definitely not empty words, maybe the fire really not only burned down their yard, but also caused all the servants inside to have an accident, but since Shang Fangyan chose not to tell her the truth, she believed that Shang Fangyan must have his considerations and concerns, perhaps, Shang Fangyan's only reason was just that she didn't want her to think more or be sad.

Therefore, no matter what others say, she should be true as what Shang Fangyan said.

After a moment of surprise and sadness, Chu Qiao looked at He Yashi and smiled faintly, "It's just a rumor, not necessarily true, not to mention that I believe that there should be nothing in this big mansion that can hide from your eldest brother, and what he said will definitely be the truth." ”

He Yashi smiled, she didn't expect Chu Qiao to believe Shang Fangyan's words so undoubtedly, since Chu Qiao had no intention of discussing the truth with her, then it would be meaningless for her to provoke any more, with a flash of inspiration, He Yashi continued to smile elegantly and asked, "I heard Ayu say that you like to read books very much, I don't know what kind of books you like to read?" ”

Shang Yu had been to Oak Bay twice, and had seen her reading twice when she came to the old mansion for the second time, so it was not strange for He Yashi to say this to Chu Qiao.

Nodding lightly, Chu Qiao and He Yashi replied while walking slowly side by side, "I used to read some books related to my major most of the time, and I only turned to other books after I was with your eldest brother, but they were all books that your eldest brother had read. ”

He Yashi's eyes narrowed slightly, and a cold glow flashed in her eyes that was colder than the cold wind in this wax moon.

Shang Fangyan never let a third person other than Shang Fangxu and Shang Zi touch his book, but he let Chu Qiao flip through it at will.

Chu Qiao, Chu Qiao, how on earth did you manage to capture Shang Fangyan's entire heart in such a short period of time and completely?

Quickly putting away the cold light under her eyes, the corners of He Yashi's mouth continued to raise an elegant smile as she walked cautiously, "Yes, the books that Yan has read are indeed very interesting, because there are many interesting annotations on them that you can't see anywhere else. ”

Hearing the word 'Yan' with an incomparably intimate taste in He Yashi's mouth, Chu Qiao's eyebrows suddenly stopped and looked at He Yashi, and He Yashi immediately realized his mistake, and quickly stopped and explained with an unintentional smile, "I'm talking about the eldest brother, we grew up together, and I can't change his name for so many years, you won't mind, right?" ”

Chu Qiao raised her lips lightly, of course she knew that He Yashi and Shang Zhuyan were childhood sweethearts, He Yashi had existed in the Shang family as Shang Fangyan's fiancée for so many years, even if she still called Shang Fangyan's name so affectionately and so selflessly, it should be understandable.

"It's okay, I know you're just getting used to it."

He Yashi smiled, in fact, she had never had a chance to touch Shang Fangyan's book, and what she just said was just listening to Shang Zi.

"By the way, do you know that the Shang family has a large library building, and it is not far behind the courtyard where you live now?"

Library?!

Chu Qiao heard Shang Fangyan mention that the books in their yard had been burned, and the books in the courtyard where they lived now had been moved from the library building.

"I heard Shang Fangyan say it, I haven't been there." Actually, she really wanted to check it out.

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