"Grandmother, let's try the osmanthus cake made by Xiang'er!" There was an old man with gray hair sitting on the soft couch in the hall, and beside her sat a gorgeously dressed girl, the girl smiled lightly, holding a crystal clear osmanthus jade cake in her hand, and her voice was crisp and pleasant, like a lark.

The old lady smiled and took a bite of the pastry in her hand, and praised it: "It's delicious, Xiang'er's craftsmanship is really good, but in the future, it's better to leave this kind of thing to the kitchen grandmother." ”

Duan Xiang pouted: "Grandma, don't you like the jade cake made by Xiang'er?"

When the old lady heard this, she smiled open-mindedly and rubbed Duan Xiang's head: "Grandma likes it, but I'm afraid that I will be tired of my family." ”

Duan Xiang grabbed the old lady's arm, shook it again and again, and said: "Xiang'er knows that grandma loves Xiang'er the most, and Xiang'er is not tired at all making jade cakes for grandma" Her words were good, making the old lady smile like a flower, and suddenly the atmosphere in the hall became cheerful, and Duan Xiang's mother, prince and aunt, covered her mouth and blamed Duan Xiang.

"Xiang'er, come here, the old lady is not in good health, don't bump into the old lady. ”

The old lady waved her hand at Aunt Wang and said, "It's nothing, my body can still bear it, it's not as delicate as you think!"

Aunt Wang's face froze instantly, so she had to bow her head and smile silently. When the old lady married Duan Linxiu's father, she didn't have any aunts in the backyard all her life, and she herself looked down on these aunts, but Duan Xiang's mouth was very sweet, which made her like it tightly.

Shui smiled and looked at it for a long time, and finally spoke: "Mother, even so, you should pay more attention, don't eat more sweets, although Xiang Yatou is kind, don't forget that your body is the most important!"

The old lady smiled and nodded at the Shui family, she has always liked this daughter-in-law, she is tolerant and generous, quite a housewife, and she also takes great care of her daughter, and she gets along with various aunts very harmoniously. Especially the pair of children she taught, so that she is quite satisfied, the eldest granddaughter Duan Ruhua has just been a famous talented woman in Xiliang this year, and her appearance is also the first, and now she went to Jingci Temple half a month ago in order to pray for her, eating fasting and chanting Buddha, such a granddaughter is the daughter of the general's mansion, and the second grandson Duan Langyi is now leaving Beijing to develop, talented, handsome, it is estimated that he will be able to return to Beijing to take over the general's mansion in less than two years, even if he does not take over the general's mansion, he can stand on his own and make a career.

Shui's words sounded like it was for the good of the old lady, but he also secretly blamed Duan Xiang for knowing that the old lady was not in good health, and she couldn't eat more sweets and made pastries like osmanthus jade cakes for the old lady, Duan Xiang's smiling face was slightly distorted, and Aunt Wang felt even more like pins and needles.

Shui's pair of children are not around, although she is not worried that a concubine like Duan Xiang can take away the old lady's ** to Duan Ruhua, but Duan Xiang is not a safe person, if she does not warn more, it will be a stumbling block to Duan Ruhua's splendid future.

Duan Rubian, who had been at the door for a long time, listened to the hypocritical dialogue of this family, and was very disdainful in her heart, but on the surface, she still pretended to look yearning, Mama Yan kept looking at Duan Rubian, Duan Rubian naturally noticed this, and the play was more sufficient, she knew that Mama Yan would definitely go back to report to the Shui family, but she had just returned home, and she didn't want to tear her face with the Shui family for the time being.

"Haven't the three girls come back yet?"

Hearing the impatient question of the old lady in the house, Duan Rubian walked in with a gentle and not out of shape smile, and knelt down in front of the old lady, "Rufang has seen grandmother, father, mother, and aunts. ”

The old lady's eyes were sharp, and she had already noticed that Duan Rubian was hiding not far away and did not come in, knowing in her heart that Duan Rubian did not want to interrupt their moment of warmth, and felt that she was still a sensible master. Now seeing her meticulous salute, elegant posture, and soft smile, I can't help but feel a tight heart, this kind of temperament is like being a maid since childhood, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is raised in the palace, even today's queen can't make such a smile.

She pulled out a smile again, and beckoned to Duan Rufang, "Come to the three girls, let grandma take a look." ”

Duan Rubian got up with a smile and came to the old lady, deliberately facing the old lady with the uninjured left side of her face, and the old lady stroked her side face, "It's really like, the three girls are big, but there is a bit of your mother's original demeanor"

Duan Rufang's mother Xia was one of the three beauties in the capital at that time, and she looked like a Jiangnan woman, and the old lady was also from Jiangnan, so she couldn't help but have a good impression of Xia, but when she saw Xia fainting on the ** because of the emperor's marriage, she felt estranged from her in her heart, and she couldn't bear it the most was a careful-eyed woman, and Xia was in the middle of it, and over time, Xia couldn't give birth to children, so she completely gave up Xia. But now when I look at Duan Rufang, I think of the picture of filial piety with Xia's mother-in-law and daughter-in-law before, and I am very emotional.

Hearing the old lady say this, Duan Linxiu also recalled the elegant and beautiful Xia clan, and his eyes showed nostalgia.

As soon as Shui Shi saw that Duan Rufang appeared, her husband and mother-in-law fell into memories, and suddenly she had a sense of crisis, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Duan Rufang

"Oh my God, my third girl, what's wrong with your face!" Shui Shi interrupted the memories of the old lady and Duan Linxiu with an exclamation, and they all looked at Duan Rufang's right side of the temple, where there was an ugly scar, calling that yellowish complexion, disgusting. The old lady frowned, her eyes were a little disgusted, and Duan Linxiu asked loudly, "What's the matter?" Could it be the Qin family!"

Duan Rubian's eyes were full of tears, and she covered the scar on her forehead with her hand, "It makes grandmother and daddy worried, Rubian didn't want to mention it, for fear of sweeping away the happiness of daddy and grandmother, but now that mother mentions it, ......" Shui listened to Duan Rubian's words, her face couldn't help but be a little ugly, she really wanted the old lady and Duan Linxiu to be disgusted with Duan Rubian, but Duan Rubian's unintentional remark seemed to be that Shui deliberately mentioned the scar on her face to disgust the old lady and Duan Linxiu, and sure enough, when Shui raised his head, he happened to look at the old lady's terrifying eyes.

The Shui clan knew what to do at this time, and immediately said, "The three girls don't have to hide it, just say it, is it any one of the Qin family who bullied you, don't worry, say it, and my mother will immediately go to Qin Shen to seek justice." ”

Duan Rubian glanced at the Shui clan with teary eyes, and lowered his head, "Mother is afraid that she has misunderstood, oh, the capital should not have received the news yet, on the night of the seventeenth, the Qin Mansion was robbed, and the family ...... All dead......"

"What!"

The Shui clan screamed, and glanced at Duan Rufang in disbelief, the Qin Mansion has strong financial resources, and it is just right to prepare funds for her, but why? Why was the Qin Mansion robbed and destroyed?