Yangning Hou Mansion is not only to occupy the entire Yangning Street, the front and back heavy buildings are stacked on top of each other, there are countless pavilions and pavilions, and from Shichahai to draw the water to live up to the small Yuxi, the back garden is actually a bit of the meaning of the Jiangnan water town garden. This huge mansion was given by Emperor Taizong at the beginning, according to the regulations of the Gonghou Uncle's Mansion, the gatehouse has three rooms and five frames, a gold lacquer beast face tin ring, and the four big characters of the Yangning Marquis Mansion on the plaque are from the hands of the first cabinet chief assistant Zhang Daxue promoted by Emperor Wuzong.

In front of the front hall of the seven rooms and nine frames is a small two-hugging building, which has always been a place to receive ordinary foreign guests, and is called the Sande Hall. Seven rooms and nine frames in the middle hall, the name is Furui Hall, a hall in the middle is for the plaque imperial treasure given by Emperor Taizong, it is not lightly opened, it is only opened when the New Year's festival or the distinguished guests come. The Qingxi Residence in the back hall is seven rooms and seven frames, and it has been lived by Mrs. Zhu for decades.

Since the death of Chen Yong, the Marquis of Yangning, the previous generation, the Zhu family moved out of this place and lived in the east of the Tatexiang Temple. However, although she had no sons, her eldest daughter married into the public mansion, and then not only had two sons and two daughters, but also the eldest daughter stood out among many princesses and uncles among the princesses and concubines six years ago, and married the second son of the current emperor, King Jin, as the main concubine.

For this reason, no one in the family dared to ignore this old ancestor, so even if the tide rose to become Mrs. Hou, the second lady Ma did not mention the matter of moving to Qingxi Residence at all, but expanded the Zining Residence where she originally lived. Because she occupied half of the Fangfei Pavilion in the long house, she used the excuse that the house in the Fangfei Pavilion was old, and moved Chen Lan to the Splendid Pavilion in the west, while Chen Yan was in the Cuizhu Garden, which was not far from here.

The name of the splendid pavilion is good, but in fact, it is the most remote place in the loft of the entire Hou Mansion Courtyard, whether it is to the middle hall or the back hall, you have to first bypass a long section of the road, and then pass in front of the courtyard of each room. Therefore, Chen Lan used to have to go a lot of ways every morning and dusk in the province, and he heard a lot of cold words, and he stayed at home in the Splendid Pavilion more and more, just guarding his younger brother.

Now that Chen Lan has been replaced by Bi Chen Lan, he is very satisfied with this secluded place, and he has not changed this kind of complacent life for the time being. In the first few days, she just kept her injuries at home and quietly inquired about the news from the girls.

Fortunately, the Chen family of Yangning Hou does not believe that any woman is virtuous if she is not talented, and she has invited a tutor to teach them these girls in the past, and reading books is not a problem. As a result, there were more and more books on her bedside. It's just that it's not any poems she has read hard in the past, but some miscellaneous books, some of which are originally in the study, and some of which were given to her by Chen Yan in the past, and there are all kinds of astronomical and geographical travelogue miscellaneous notes.

As the days passed, when the white Goryeo paper on the window could not withstand the wind and sand and covered with a layer of dust, the imperial doctor who came to check the pulse every other day finally gave a good letter, saying that her injuries had healed. After a few more days, when she dressed up and walked out of the house under the busy work of the girls, standing in the sun, breathing in the fresh air that had been lost for a long time, Chen Lan only felt that the mood that had been depressed for a long time suddenly became happy.

"When I go back and wait for the fourth young master to come back from the academy, I will be very happy to know that the young lady is very good."

Qin Fang said as she put on a half-worn red velvet cloak for Chen Lan. She was a girl of medium stature and dignified appearance, and at this moment, seeing that Chen Lan was still motionless in her cloak, she couldn't help but be a little worried, hesitated and hesitated, and then persuaded in a low voice: "Miss, it's windy outside, don't stand in the wind for too long, go into the house first." The old lady has exempted you from two months of morning and dusk, and in a few days it will be the New Year, and it is not too late for you to worship your ancestors with great spirits. ”

Chen Lan didn't make a sound, glanced at the big and small girls in the yard, and saw that some were ignorant, some were noncommittal, and some were blindly hanging their heads, but only a tall figure frowned, as if he didn't approve of it. When she was able to get out of bed and walk around the house a few days ago, she vaguely remembered seeing her in the outhouse, as if she was a girl in the yard waiting for flowers and plants, but she didn't know her name. After one glance, she withdrew her gaze and shook her head again.

"It's been a month, and I'm so delicate. The old lady has asked Zheng's mother to visit, and since I am fine, I have to go and say hello. You pick two people to go to Tatekain with me, and let someone report it first. ”

Although she knew that Chen Lan was able to try not to go out in the past, but now she couldn't refute her words at all, Qin Fang had no choice but to agree, and sent someone to report the news first, and then left another big girl, Yun'er, with two third-class girls and peppercorns, Su Mu to look at the house, and ordered the little girls to do things in the yard and not to move around casually, so she took the two of them to serve Chen Lan out.

This is the first time Chen Lan has walked out of the house, and it is also the first time she has seen the door of this mansion. The courtyard along the road is deep, on both sides are heavy courtyards, the people I see are old and young, some do not say a word and retreat to the side to salute, and some are full of smiles and come forward to inquire diligently, although Chen Lan has been full of spirit to deal with, but when he stepped into the gate of the Tatexiang Courtyard, he still felt that his head was a little swollen and painful, and he helped Qin Fang, which stabilized his son and stabilized his mood.

There are five main rooms in the temple, and in the center there is a thick cotton curtain with a blue Fushou double pattern. After entering the house surrounded by the girls who came forward, bypassed the large glass screen in front of her, and passed through a beaded curtain to the warm pavilion at the back, Chen Lan found that this place was far from being as deserted as she expected.

The old woman sitting on the warm couch in the center was wearing a royal blue silk jacket with the pattern of Wufu holding longevity, and a silver rat skin Zhaojun set with a jade in the middle on her head, and was talking to the two girls next to her with a smile, and only then did she look away when she saw Chen Lan come in, it was the Marquis of Yangning, Mrs. Zhu. When she saw the salute, she smiled.

As soon as Chen Lan bent his knees, he was pulled up. What pulled her was a girl with a melon seed face and a slender figure, a honey-colored large-sleeved round-necked silk jacket, a little emerald curly lotus hairpin in her hair, and the jade and gold cloves on her ears were very eye-catching. pursed her lips and smiled, she dragged Chen Lan to Zhu's side, and said with a smile: "Old lady, you also said that the third sister may not know how to lose weight, look, her complexion is much better than before, this is a blessing in disguise!" ”

Another girl on the side also nodded and agreed: "What the second sister said is that in the end, it was the old lady who personally ordered the doctor who cured the third sister's injury, and after a month, even the third sister's fragile old problem has been almost adjusted." ”

As soon as the two of them sang and harmonized, the other people in the room echoed one after another, Zhu also smiled, took Chen Lan's hand and sat beside him, and drove the two away angrily: "Don't be like your second sister and fourth sister, if they lie in bed for a month, maybe how can you complain, how can you be sensible?" Now who in Beijing doesn't know that you, the righteous sister who protects her younger brother, say that I am blessed to have such a benevolent and filial granddaughter. ”

The room was full of warblers and swallows, silk and silk gold and jade jewelry, Chen Lan was almost dazzled at first, but she was pulled by someone and said that it was a blessing in disguise, and someone added another word, and she immediately woke up. At this time, when she heard Zhu say that she was sensible, she lowered her head and said: "It was all spread by outsiders, I didn't think much about it at that time, I just wanted to save people." It's just that it made the family uneasy, and it was a doctor and a visit, and it made the old lady tired......"

In the eyes of others, her face turned red, and her speech seemed to be incoherent, and the rest of the people immediately laughed, and even Zhu slapped her hands in disgust.

"It's good to take care of your brother, but you can be careful later. Come, sit down. ”

After this greeting and comfort, the room was divided into seats again. Chen Lan sat first on his right hand, the second sister Chen Bing on his left hand, and the fourth sister Chen Yun on his left hand. The second on the right hand is Chen Xi, the eldest daughter of the third room, she is a concubine, but her mother is a concubine, and she is a distant relative of the Weiguo Mansion, so she has been raised in the capital since she was a child, and she is more arrogant than Chen Bing Chen Yun, and she only has a faint smile from beginning to end, and most of the time she is holding tea as if no one is around, as if the small teacup in Ruyao can attract her attention more than the people in the room.

Chen Xi was silent, Chen Bing and Chen Yun had witty words, although Chen Lan was clumsy, he would occasionally insert a sentence or two, and he could always make Zhu laugh. After a while, Zhu suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly ordered the girl a few words, and after a while, he took out a box, saying that it was a box of ten new-style palace hairpins made by the imperial supervisor that Princess Jin got from the palace, so that their sisters could share a few points.

Chen Bing was overjoyed, and stood up again and pestered to thank him. Zhu Shi only smiled and nodded, looked at Chen Lan again and said, "Lan'er, your injury is just right, and your eldest cousin is also very concerned when she hears about it." In this way, each of their sisters has two branches, and the remaining four are brought back, even if you don't wear them, it is good to press the box. ”

Going over the other sisters alone, this kind of out-of-the-ordinary Chen Lan is not uncommon. But after a few humble sentences, seeing Zhu's insistence, she could only thank her first. Next, she was selected according to the eldest and youngest, she ranked second among the four sisters, Chen Bing first picked two long dotted emerald inlaid treasure plum hairpins, and at this time she was happily looking at the string of beads on her head and praising something, and the girl came to her with the box. Seeing the splendor of gold and jade inside, she only glanced at it and looked away, and said with a smile: "Since the old lady and the eldest cousin took pity on me and let me take the lion's share, it is better to let the third sister and the fourth sister pick first." ”

Since she said so, Zhu agreed, so Chen Yun and Chen Xi chose a pair one after another, and when the box was delivered to her, she opened the lid and saw that there was a pair of five-inch passionflower golden hairpins and a pair of three-inch exquisite cordyceps pearl hairpins left, so she closed the lid quietly, and was about to hand it to Qin Fang, who was waiting behind her, when Zhu smiled and said, "Don't accept it so quickly." Among the sisters, you have always been pure, and now that you are seriously ill, you should dress up, plug in two and let me see. ”

While speaking, Zheng's mother took the initiative to come forward, took the box and opened it, she was stunned at first, and then she smiled and inserted the pair of passionflower hairpins into Chen Lan's hair, and then pulled her to Zhu's face, which was a good compliment. Chen Lan saw that Zheng's mother brought the mirror again, and after only looking at it, he smiled slightly: "It's not that I didn't wear it before, but I was panicked on my head, and just now I thought that the pair of pearl hairpins was trouble-free, but I didn't expect that this pair of passionflowers would change when they dressed Zheng's mother." ”

"That's it, they're all thirteen-year-old girls, and they should add some red gold jewelry."

Zhu waved his hand as usual, Chen Lan returned to his seat and sat down, and Zheng's mother handed the box to Qin Fang on the side. At this time, Chen Bing, who had been sitting, suddenly spoke: "Mother Zheng is naturally skillful, but the person in front of the old lady, which one is not skillful?" Today, while the old lady is happy, I want to beg you alone! ”

Zhu Shi was stunned for a moment, and then smiled at Chen Bing: "You girl, you are here to take the opportunity to calculate the person in front of me." Say, who do you want, I'm thinking about it. ”

Chen Bing was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly stepped forward to the Zhu chair to salute, and blinked his eyes and said, "The sisters in front of the old lady are better than the other, how can you blame me for being greedy?" The Aya'er in my house is too big to be released, and I want to beg the old lady to give me Sister Zhenlong. ”