Chapter 21: The First Encounter
"Old lady, Mrs. Mu and Miss Mu have arrived!"
Yahuan's announcement fell, and Nuan Ge immediately fell into silence!
Mu Qingya walked in with Qin Yue! With a sweep of his eyes, he saw the scene of the entire hall! A graceful and luxurious woman on the first seat was sitting on it, wearing a dark purple gorgeous dress that made her look extraordinarily energetic, her eyebrows were full of gentleness and love, and when she saw Qin Yue come in, she was faintly in tears!
Standing on her left, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl holds a beautiful fan, her eyebrows are like willow leaves, her face is like a hibiscus, and a ruyi moire dress makes her more beautiful.
On both sides of the flower hall, there are two beautifully dressed women, who must be the wives of the fourth son of the Qin family!
Qin Yue stepped forward and saluted: "The unfilial daughter Qin Yue has seen her mother!" ”
The old lady Feng hurriedly asked Yahuan to help Qin Yue up: "Yue'er, come on, let my mother take a look!" ”
Qin Yue got up and stood beside Feng. Feng Shi took Qin Yue's hand affectionately, his face was full of relief: "I haven't seen you for many years, Yue'er is a mother!" ”
Qin Yue wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "Mother, it's Yue'er who is not filial, and she hasn't been filial in front of her mother for so long!" ”
"That's what to say! The distance is long and inconvenient, which is also unavoidable! ”
"Yes, mother, Yue'er is very happy to be able to go home again this time!"
Feng's eyes flashed with a hint of impatience, she was really a concubine who couldn't be on the stage, so it was an insinuation that she hadn't let her come back for a long time?
Sensing Feng's impatience, Mu Qingya hooked the corners of her mouth slightly, took two steps forward and bent down to salute: "Qingya has seen her grandmother!" ”
Mu Jinglan and Mu Shiling saw her movements, and hurriedly saluted!
Mu Qingya's sudden voice drew everyone's attention to her! Feng Shi let go of Qin Yue's hand, and his eyes fell on her: "This is Qingya, hurry up, why be so polite in front of your grandmother!" ”
Mu Qingya got up, and her smile was just right: "Etiquette can't be wasted!" ”
Feng's eyes were cold, and he looked at the twelve-year-old girl in front of him, because she was still young and had not fully grown up, but it was not difficult to see her beautiful appearance in the future, wearing a pink shirt on her slender and slender body, setting off her like a budding plum blossom, beautiful and elegant, eye-catching! However, this girl has a lot of thoughts, hum! Thinking about it, he didn't pay attention to her words, turned his head and said to the stunning girl beside him:
"Come, Jin'er, hurry up and come over and see your Qingya sister!"
Hearing Feng's words, Qin Jin stepped forward, and the arc of the smile on his face remained unchanged: "Sister Qingya, be polite!" ”
Without waiting for her to bend down, Mu Qingya stepped forward and held Qin Jin's arm steadily: "Sister Qin Jin is going to break Qingya, how can there be a reason for a sister to salute her sister, it should be Qingya who came to meet her sister!" As he spoke, he let go of his hands, folded his hands, and made a peer salute!
I didn't expect Mu Qingya to act like this, Qin Jin's smile changed slightly, originally thinking of taking this opportunity to let her leave a reputation for not knowing etiquette and disrespecting sisters, but she didn't want this girl to be fooled! Looking at her smooth movements and elegant manners when she saluted, she was not inferior to the ladies of Kyoto, the two sisters were slightly cramped, but their manners were also in place, could it be that Qin Yue had been specially taught? It seems that he really underestimated their mother and daughter!
"Sister, but a distant guest, come, sister will introduce a few aunts to my sister!"
Seeing that Qin Jin immediately changed the topic, Mu Qingya didn't care, and respectfully saluted a few aunts under the leadership of Qin Jin!
Qin Jiannan has four sons and two daughters, the eldest son Qin Li married Liu Meng, the second daughter of Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the second son Qin Sang married Wang Xiujun, the daughter of the cabinet scholar, and the father of the third son Qin Rui's wife is Li Min, the daughter of Shaoqing of Guanglu Temple. The fourth son Qin Hua's wife has the highest status, and she is Lin Yuyan, the daughter of the general political envoy! Two daughters, Qin Bing and Qin Yue! Qin Bing entered the palace in his early years, and now he is now a concubine of Qin! Among them, the fourth son Qin Hua and the eldest lady Qin Bing were born to the Feng family, and the rest were all concubines! However, the sons of the Qin family are also neat, and they have made achievements in the court!
Looking at the four aunts with different expressions, Mu Qingya smiled with a smile in her eyes, these aunts are not simple characters!
The fourth lady Lin Yuyan was the first to speak: "The appearance of Qingya's niece is really a sign, the first time we met, my aunt didn't have anything to handle, this jade pinched gold silk jade bracelet was given to my niece to play with, play with it!" ”
Mu Qingya raised her eyebrows and lowered her head: "Uncle is so polite, I know how dare I accept my uncle's gift when I see my aunt for the first time, but the elder can't say goodbye, Qingya doesn't accept it and lives up to my aunt's loving heart!" ”
Lin Yuyan narrowed her eyes slightly: "Look at what you said, how can it be so reasonable, but my aunt is troublesome, she is a dead thing to play with, but it makes you unhappy!" If you don't know, you still think that I am embarrassed by your aunt, take it quickly, and in a few days, my aunt will take some better ones and send them to you! ”
Mu Qingya smiled very shyly: "Qingya is rude, I hope my aunt won't blame!" As he spoke, he stepped forward and took the bracelet with both hands, and handed it to Leqin on the side with a silk handkerchief.
Seeing the scene just now, the eldest lady Liu was a little unhappy, originally this Lin Yuyan relied on being the wife of the sister-in-law to press their big house everywhere, and now she actually gave a gift before her, this is not a slap in the face, but seeing the old lady looking at her, it is not good to have a seizure, she only feels stuffy in her chest, and gives Mu Qingya a jasper phoenix hairpin. The second lady gave a gilt step shake, and the third lady gave an agate hollow bead hairpin. Mu Qingya also respectfully took them one by one and put them in the silk handkerchief held by Le Qin!
Seeing that Mu Qingya finished receiving the gift, Qin Yue spoke: "Mother, Yue'er was in a hurry to prepare before she came, and only prepared a little gift, and she failed to serve her mother because her daughter was unfilial, and I hope that my mother will not dislike Yue'er's meager gifts!" After speaking, he presented the gift slip in his hand!
The old lady Feng Shi looked at the rich gift list slightly, and her eyes were much gentler: "You, you have been thinking about it since you were a child, what kind of gifts do you bring to your mother!" ”
Qin Yue smiled: "This is what filial piety should be!" The gifts of the four sisters-in-law will be sent over later, and please don't laugh at the sisters-in-law! ”
Liu Shi and the others nodded with a smile, and said that they were outside, but their expressions were not much better than just now! Mu Qingya, who took the looks of these people into her eyes, looked silent, and secretly thought in her heart, what a wonderful drama!
After laughing for a while, the old lady Feng didn't stay long, and used the tiring travel as an excuse to let Yahuan take Qin Yue's mother and daughter down to rest!
"Mrs. Mu, Miss Mu, this is Mrs. Lin asked the slaves and maids to clean it up, if you need anything, just tell the slaves and maids, the slaves and maids are adding to the ladies and misses!"
Qin Yue nodded: "It's already very good, tell the fourth sister-in-law, Qin Yue has thanked you!" ”
"Yes, then please ask Mrs. Mu and Miss Mu to rest first, and the slave and maid will retire!"
After the girl withdrew from the ring, Qin Yue sat on the couch, her face was a little pale, and sent Mu Jinglan and Mu Shiling to the prepared room next to her to rest, and she relaxed. Mu Qingya stepped forward and gently pinched her shoulders: "Mother, rest for a while when you're tired!" ”
Qin Yue held her hand and pulled Mu Qingya to sit beside her: "Okay, mother is fine, you sit with mother for a while!" ”
Mu Qingya nodded, looked at Le Qi, Le Qi nodded, and respectfully exited the room, just guarding the door, and did not close the door!
"Mother, but it's not comfortable there, I don't think your face is very good!"
Qin Yue patted her hand: "I'm fine, it's just ...... Ya'er, you also saw that your grandmother didn't seem to be very happy when we came this time, but ......"
"Mother is puzzled, since we are not welcome, why should we be sent to ask us to come to pay our respects?"
Qin Yue nodded: "That's really the case!" I didn't have a good relationship with my brothers since I was a child, and my eldest sister was even more ...... to me I was very disgusted, although my mother never shortened me with food and clothing, but ......"
Mu Qingya's heart was cold, she had never eaten and clothed for a short time, and a Taifu Mansion lacked a little food and clothing? That old lady Feng is not stupid, how can she fall into such a reputation for treating concubines harshly, of course there will be no problems in food and clothing, I'm afraid other things are not like this, otherwise how could my mother's good face fall with such scars!
"Mother, don't worry, since Grandmother doesn't welcome us, we can go back to Linjiang City after our birthday is over! Why care! Mu Qingya comforted in her mouth, this time the Qin family will send a letter, I am afraid that it will be inseparable from the Jiangnan salt tax time that Mu Yizhi participated in, in the capital, the battle of several princes is getting more and more intense, but I don't know which camp this seemingly neutral Qin Taifu is on! This time, the second prince lost the account book, how could he lose some people, and the Qin Mansion invited their mother and daughter at this time, is there some connection between this? However, don't tell Qin Yue about these, there is no other effect except for adding some worries!
Qin Yue sighed: "I hope this birthday celebration can be safe and sound!" Ya'er, I see that your two sisters are quite uncomfortable, you ask Mama Zhou to mention one or two more, don't make any mistakes at the birthday banquet! ”
"Well, I will, Mother, go and lie down on the couch for a while! I guess my grandmother will have a feast in the evening! Mu Qingya helped Qin Yue to lie down on the couch, her fingers on her wrists waiting for the pulse!
Qin Yue, who knew that Mu Qingya was particularly interested in medical skills recently, didn't care, but when she was a child, she was curious about everything, so she forced her eyes to rest and let her go!
Mu Qingya, who felt Qin Yue's pulse, was startled, her eyes flashed suddenly, and then she regained her composure, put on a blanket for Qin Yue, and walked out of the room!
"Le Qi, after Mama Zhou arrives, let her come to me!"
"Yes, Miss!"