Yijing smiled and helped up Mrs. Wei, who was about to salute, while listening to her polite words of "missing the welcome", while looking, her aunt's complexion was a little pale, her sideburns were still blue, but there were a few deep traces in the center of her eyebrows, and the corners of her eyes were still flat.

Listening to her, she was not in a hurry or slow, her voice was slightly deep, although she deliberately softened her tone, it was still not difficult to hear a little stern.

Only holding the round bun that the noble lady loves to comb at home, there is a simple flat long jade flute inserted in the hair, without ornamentation and carving, but in the dim sky at this time, you can still see the flow of water lines that are as soft as water lines.

A dark flower apricot brocade coat, the sleeves and placket embroidered with vermilion lotus, elegant but not plain.

When she spoke, the corners of her lips were calm, her eyes were indifferent, and she only showed a little sternness when she looked at Ah Zhao, who had already stood behind Yijing.

"Mother, let's ask my cousin-in-law to sit in the hall first, my daughter has apologized on your behalf, we just went home, my mother heard that my cousin-in-law had been waiting for a long time, and she was anxious, but because she had not freshened up and changed, it was inconvenient to greet her, so she sent her daughter to invite her cousin-in-law first." Ah Zhao didn't care about Mrs. Wei's eyes, but still said with a light smile, looking directly at Mrs. Wei, without hiding her eyes.

Yijing smiled slightly, she heard that Ah Zhao's words were comforting her aunt, although she took it upon herself to welcome people in, she did not bluntly reveal the matter of "avoiding it", she turned around first, and it was regarded as a round talk for her aunt.

"Princess, please take a seat." After entering the main hall, Mrs. Wei wanted to let Yijing be the first.

Yi Jingqing couldn't say anything, thanked and sat down, but insisted on sitting side by side with Mrs. Wei, and didn't care that she insisted on being polite, calling her the princess, and only calling her uncle to show her closeness.

Both sides insisted, but neither forced the other.

After the maid served refreshments, Mrs. Wei called her two daughters in and officially introduced them.

Yijing looked at the eldest cousin, the eyebrows and eyes are very Xiao aunt, the square is noble, only a little less stern, gentle and soft, not as lively as A Zhao's words, although a little silent, but it does not make people feel that they are rejected, they are very standardized and educated, chaste and friendly.

When the two sisters officially greeted the ceremony, Yi Jing hurriedly got up, and while returning the half-salute, he helped him up, and asked Xia Ke to present the meeting gift that he had prepared earlier, took it, and personally carried a pair of emerald bracelets on the wrists of the two sisters.

"Sister Yun is in her prime, and I don't know if she has decided to be married." The beautiful scenery must not be asked knowingly.

Wei Yun's eyes were crimson, Wei Zhao pursed his lips and smiled, but he sat on the brocade pier and did not intervene.

Of course, Mrs. Wei will not hide it, and still maintains a respectful and unapproaching words and attitude: "I have already decided on a family affair, and I am the nephew of the concubine's maternal grandfather, and I am currently studying at Tianjin Weirenhe Academy, and the wedding date is scheduled for May next year." ”

Yijing knows the details of Ah Yun's future husband's family, although no one has entered this generation, but it is also the family of eunuch poetry and books, and that Renhe Academy is his family's own private school, but at this time he pretended not to know, and smiled and asked if he could prepare to participate in the first children's examination of the imperial court.

"It is to prepare for a meritorious examination, inherit the family tradition in the future, and teach and educate people." Mrs. Wei only replied simply, but there was a bit of pride in her eyebrows, it seemed that she liked her future son-in-law very much, and was very satisfied with the fact that he would not enter the office in the future.

After a few words of politeness and courtesy, the sky became darker and darker, and when Yijing saw that Mrs. Wei had never stayed for dinner, she naturally did not stay for a long time, and verbally invited her aunt and cousins to go to the palace as guests, so she got up and said goodbye.

As Yu Feng said, to eliminate mustard, acquaintance and closeness cannot be expected overnight, although Mrs. Wei's attitude is indifferent, but because she is respectful and polite, she knows that it is no longer possible to "avoid it", and she will not be so tough as saying goodbye to her face and still dealing with it, Yijing naturally has to maintain the dignity of the clan, and it will not be difficult for others, too much to curry favor with, but it makes people embarrassed, and underestimates the Chu Wangfu even more.

Today, as a junior, the purpose of visiting and meeting each other with courtesy has been achieved, showing the attitude of the Chu Palace, and representing Yu Feng's willingness to express his closeness to his uncle's family, that is.

What Yijing didn't know was that Mrs. Wei personally sent her out of the second door, turned around and went back to the house, but she shouted at Wei Zhao solemnly: "Kneel!" ”

Wei Yun was taken aback, although her mother had always treated their sisters harshly, she had never been so angry, and hurriedly stepped forward to persuade her: "Mother, my sister is also unhappy, the son is the blood of my aunt after all, the princess visited today, and I have been waiting for the flower hall for a long time, if we avoid it, it would be too rude." ”

Before her words fell, Wei Zhao was already kneeling on the ground, the corners of her lips were tense, how could she still have the gentle appearance just now, Wei Yun knew that her sister was stubborn again, and she became more and more worried, and saw that her mother's hand resting on the kang table had been clenched into a fist, and she hurriedly persuaded softly: "Sister still doesn't apologize, don't make A-Niang angry." ”

"It's all your father's usual temper, who lets you make your own decisions? Your great-grandfather already had a family motto, our Wei family's sons and nephews will never climb the power and become eunuchs, your father is forced to be helpless this time, he has violated the ancestral teachings, and he can no longer climb the noble and attached! Mrs. Wei's face was cold, seeing that although Ah Zhao was kneeling on the ground, she straightened her waist, full of dissatisfaction, and became more and more annoyed in her heart, and blurted out a sentence: "If you still don't admit your mistake, you must be severely punished today." ”

Wei Yun was anxious, and was about to be persuaded, but Wei Zhao suddenly raised his eyes and said loudly: "Even if my mother wants to punish me today, my daughter has to say what she thinks, whether it is the family motto of her father and ancestors, or the etiquette, law and morality, what she follows is nothing more than loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, and the great-grandfather is unwilling to submit to the new dynasty because he regards himself as a courtier of Dongming, but Dongming has destroyed the country, and we have been blessed by Emperor Dalongjun, so we should fulfill the responsibility of a courtier." If the great-grandfather was really loyal, he should follow the example of those who took the death of the admonition, and tried to prevent the emperor from believing in traitors and bringing disaster to the country and the people. ”

Mrs. Wei didn't expect her daughter to dare to speak outright about her great-grandfather's mistakes, she was stunned for a while, but forgot to scold and stop, Wei Zhao also ignored the anxious gaze of the eldest sister, raised her neck, and continued to talk eloquently: "The emperor mourns that there is no way, only to die and the country is destroyed, the new monarch of Dalong is far away from the Tartars, exterminates the traitors, stabilizes the national government, and enables the people to recuperate. ”

"Instead of being held accountable, Gaozu gave a reward, so that the Wei family continued to be noble, and the Wei family received the favor of the king and ate the Lu of Dalong, so because of the responsibility of the courtiers, they should not advertise themselves as loyal and upright, arrogant and unyielding, so they ate Lu and did nothing."

"If you really don't want to serve the new monarch of Dalong, you should be rewarded and support yourself!"

When Wei Zhao said this, he became more and more excited, and took a deep breath: "This is Yu Gong, Yu Private, as the eldest sister said, the son is the blood of his aunt, since the Wei family has married with the Chu Palace, it should not be alienated from everything, today the princess came to visit, if A-Niang is unwilling to meet, she should also be outspoken, but use excuses to prevaricate, how can it be a courtesy?" It is not appropriate to treat outsiders like this, let alone relatives and friends? The daughter heard that the princess had an urgent matter today, left first, and then returned to wait after being dealt with, which shows a piece of sincerity, the daughter is that we treat people so disrespectfully, and then discord, extremely rude, because of the ineffectiveness of persuasion, only to make their own opinions, although it is against A-Niang, but upright etiquette and morality, therefore, if A-Niang wants to be punished, the daughter should be the leader, but not convinced. ”

After speaking, he didn't avoid his eyes, only pursed his lips and looked at his mother.

Mrs. Wei reacted at this time, her eyebrows became more and more tight, and she glared at her daughter and reprimanded: "In vain, I have taught you the word 'filial piety' for many years, and today you dare to blame the elder?" What kind of etiquette and morality can you call it......"

"If you know that your elders are wrong and don't say anything, is it filial piety? Besides, the daughter is not accusatory, just persuasion, Daddy has been edicted to enter the office, if we still claim the great-grandfather's family motto at every turn, it is just a shame, and then there are helpless words to spread out, it will lead to trouble for the family, Ah Niang think about it, isn't it difficult to secretly blame the Holy Strongman? Seeing that Mrs. Wei's expression changed, Wei Zhao softened his tone a little: "Besides, the training of the ancestors of the Wei family, the son and nephew should be loyal to the monarch and serve the country, be honest and love the people, so as to live up to the name of the eunuch for a hundred years, as a minister of Dalong, of course, he should serve the king of Dalong, when the daughter was in Qingzhou, I heard that the saint was determined to innovate, and the resumption of the imperial examination was to get the advice of the son, this system is not only conducive to the purging of the official system, but also conducive to the common people, that is, grandfather and father often discussed, also known as the good government of the country, the blessing of the world's corporals, even so, there is an edict in the saint, The Wei family should have done their best, so that the ancestral rules of the family were not in vain. ”

"But my grandfather still remembered that my aunt insisted on marrying into the clan, which was against the ancestral teachings, and she had ignored her cousin for many years, which was a big wedding, and my grandfather did not allow my father and second uncle to go to Beijing to congratulate him, so I wrote a letter back, so indifferent, wouldn't it make my cousin sad? My aunt died early, and my cousin was born frail, and we, as blood relatives, should have cared for us, but for many years we have been even colder than outsiders...... If it weren't for the cousin and uncle from the transfer, the Wei family was only afraid of being wiped out, and the cousin and cousin-in-law didn't mind, they regarded us as close relatives, but we repaid the grievances with virtue, wouldn't it hurt the reputation of the poetry and book family, not to mention that the relatives should be harmonious, which is the foundation of humanity. ”

After Wei Zhao said this, seeing that Mrs. Wei was still angry, and she was worried that her mother would be angry, so she bit her lip: "My daughter doesn't vomit or be unhappy in her heart, and if A-Niang wants to punish her, she will be punished, and her daughter will go to the ancestral hall to kneel and wait for responsibility." ”

Mrs. Wei snorted coldly, her expression eased a little, she was really a little helpless with this daughter, although she was angry in her heart, she couldn't bear to punish her seriously.

But I heard a cold voice outside the brocade curtain: "It has become a habit for you to kneel in the ancestral hall, but where to kneel this time, do you want to go back to Qingzhou?" ”

Hearing this, Mrs. Wei hurriedly got up and glared at Wei Zhao again, but Wei Yun breathed a sigh of relief.

As soon as the curtain was lifted, dressed in a scarlet robe and embroidered cranes, wearing a gold-topped black veil, Wei Yuren paced in with a cold face, and Mrs. Dewei took off the crown for him, but he was not in a hurry to change his clothes, and sat down on the kang, although his face was gloomy, but there was no solemnity in his eyes, and he waved his hand heavily: "Get up, don't kneel here to make people angry, go back to the house, and copy the family motto for me hundreds of times." ”

Wei Yun hurriedly stepped forward and helped her sister up, the sisters saluted, and as soon as they came out of the house, Wei Yun wiped his chest and said angrily: "I'm scared to death, sister, how dare you be so bold, fortunately, Daddy came back early, or Auntie would have to punish you again." ”

Wei Zhao grabbed his sister's arm, and then returned to the corner of his mouth with a smile: "Punishment will be punished, and grandma Hengzhi doesn't dare to really hit my palm every time, it's not much heavier than scratching." ”

In the room, Mrs. Wei complained: "The husband is too used to Ah Zhao, you listen to what she said today...... What kind of punishment is copying the family motto, the maids in her house will all write the words of Mo Azhao, and I can't tell who wrote it. ”

"Even if Ah Zhao is abrupt, her words are not unreasonable, and in the future, grandfather's words don't need to be mentioned again, let alone say anything and be helpless." Wei Yuren let his wife loosen his clothes and sighed lightly: "I am far away from Feng'er, firstly, because my father's fire has not been extinguished, and I want to explore his temperament when I come again. ”

Mrs. Wei subconsciously frowned: "Although the princess looks approachable, but in the end, they are from noble backgrounds, and we have always avoided the powerful, so why bother ......"

"Feng'er is the only bloodline of my sister, because of my father's stubbornness in those years, I and my second brother can't do anything, now that I have come to Kyoto, even if I am worried about my father's blame, it is inevitable that the etiquette is still exchanged, the time is still long, I will persuade my father slowly, only if there is an invitation in the Chu Palace, it is reasonable, we can't refuse, you have a plan in your heart, just pay attention to the etiquette."

Mrs. Wei was a little hesitant on her face, but she still agreed.

There is always some mustard in my heart, I want to Wei and Bi families, they are all noble families, they have their own style and bones, Chu Wangfu is a hot magnat, if there are frequent contacts, and Wei Bi and the two families are good friends with those Qing nobles, it is not reparising, it will inevitably hurt the reputation of the century-old Qing, just say that at the beginning, the sister-in-law violated the family motto and married into the clan, and has been subject to many discussions about the old acquaintances, and it is no wonder that Weng's father is angry.

The husband originally loved his sister-in-law, but because of her early death, he was sad, although he did not dare to communicate with the Chu Wangfu because of Weng's father, but his heart had long been biased towards the nephew of the prince.

The sister-in-law was still a lady in the family of poetry and books, and she fell in love with the King of Chu at first sight, regardless of the family's reputation, and disobeyed the high hall.

As soon as Mrs. Wei thought of this, she felt a burst of depression in her heart, and she became depressed.