On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, a day of family reunion.

At that time, the winter had not yet dispersed, and the early spring morning night had not yet faded, mixed with bursts of bone-chilling chill.

A horse-drawn carriage drove slowly in the middle of nowhere. The coachman scolded softly and drove away, as if he was a little anxious, but also as if he was a little afraid, and waved the whip in his hand hesitantly.

At that time, there were a few coughs in the carriage, and those few gentle coughing sounds seemed to hit the coachman's heart, so frightened that he hurriedly clenched the horsewhip in hand, and saw that the speed of the carriage was a little slower, and the coughing sound in the carriage faded.

Suddenly, a pair of rough hands lifted the curtain, slapped the driver twice on the back, and then lowered his head and whispered a few times in his ear. As if greatly encouraged, the coachman raised his whip and threw it neatly at the horse's belly.

"Knock"

I only heard a muffled sound in the carriage, as if someone had knocked down.

"Ahh

A woman's scream pierced the silence of the morning. Then a pair of white hands quickly lifted the curtain, and reached out to pull the back collar of the coachman.

"Driving the car, don't you want to live? Do you know whose lady is sitting in this car? ”

The coachman was almost out of breath, and he hurried to collect the whip, and the carriage was stable.

"I said Star Picking Girl, what time is it, you really don't know? The old lady and the old man at home can wait for the young lady to come home for breakfast! ”

There was an old woman's voice in the carriage, obviously mixed with a little dissatisfaction.

"You ......"

The girl named Caixing was choked and couldn't speak, she was just a maid, how could she be dissatisfied with the old lady and master of the main family?

"Ahem, if they really want to have this reunion meal with me, why did they wait until today to send you to pick me up?"

The girl in the carriage, who had not made a sound for a long time, coughed lightly twice, and spit out a sentence unhurriedly. The old woman who was choking didn't know the height of the sky, her face was red, and she didn't hold back half a word.

How could the old woman not know what a girl meant?

The girl's surname is Bai, her name is Yan Qing, and she is the eldest daughter of Bai Jingxuan, the prime minister of the dynasty. Because he lost his mother at an early age, and was weak since childhood, he was not liked by the old lady of the Bai family, Ren, so when he was eight years old, he was sent to Zhuangzi outside the city to be raised. On weekdays, he was only allowed to go back to the house for a small gathering during the New Year's holidays.

It's just that this year is different from previous years, this year's Spring Festival, the Bai family did not send anyone to take Bai Yanqing back to Baifu for the New Year, leaving her alone to spend the Spring Festival in Zhuangzi. However, the Spring Festival has passed on the fifteenth, and in the early morning of the Lantern Festival, Ren's personal grandmother was sent to pick up Bai Yanqing. It stands to reason that the Bai family should have sent someone to pick them up the day before, so as to avoid Bai Yanqing's fatigue in the early morning. But at this time, anyone with a discerning eye can see that this old lady of the Bai family is deliberately making things difficult for Bai Yanqing.

It's just that this old lady of the Bai family, does she really think that Bai Yanqing is so easy to be manipulated by her?

"Ahem, I'm not feeling well, let's rest first and then hurry."

"Miss, I'm afraid this ...... Not quite right? ”

The old woman didn't seem to notice that Bai Yanqing's face was tired, and she still didn't let go.

Bai Yanqing didn't bother to deal with her, leaned against the wall of the carriage, closed her eyes alone, and then waved her hand, and the little girl next to her made trouble.

Caixing has followed Bai Yanqing since he was a child, and his temper and temperament also have a bit of Bai Yanqing's stubbornness. She saw that her young lady had been wronged, how could she let that mother-in-law continue to bully Bai Yanqing? So, while driving the coachman out of the car, she forcibly stopped the carriage, and then scolded the woman, so hot that even the old woman who had lived in the house for many years couldn't resist it!

Originally, it was only a short journey of less than two hours, but under the "nonsense" of picking stars, it was dragged until noon before arriving at Baifu.

"Miss, it's here."

Cai Xing jumped out of the carriage first, and then carefully helped Bai Yanqing down.

Bai Yanqing straightened her waist with her feet on the ground, stood in front of the gate of Baifu, staring at the word "Baifu" by the dazzling noon sun, stunned. It's been half a year since I last went home, right? I vaguely remember that it was the Mid-Autumn Festival on August 15 last year. That Mid-Autumn Festival family banquet seemed to be unhappy!

Bai Yanqing coldly hooked the corners of her mouth: I don't know what is waiting for her when she returns home this time...... What about something special?

Not surprisingly, there was no one to greet them in front of the White Mansion.

Cai Xing looked at Bai Yanqing a little crampedly, as if he was waiting for her to speak. Bai Yanqing smiled at her, and then without saying a word, she pulled Caixing and turned her head and left.

As soon as the mother-in-law got off the carriage, she saw the back of Bai Yanqing and the others leaving, and was stunned for a while: This eldest lady has arrived at the door, why can't she enter the door? How did she explain to the old lady? I was supposed to take the eldest lady back to the house for breakfast, but now I'm afraid that the old lady has run out of lunch, and the eldest lady hasn't entered the house yet, how can this be good?

The mother-in-law didn't dare to make the decision to catch up, after all, what position this eldest lady had in the old lady's heart, the entire Bai Mansion knew it. She hurried into the house and went to talk to the old lady.

On the other end, Bai Yanqing pulled the star picker, and he was so unhappy. From the streets to the alleys, from rouge gouache to snacks, from the sun is in full bloom to the sunset......

"Miss...... It's all this hour...... We ......"

Cai Xing hesitated for a long time, but still confided out the words that were held in his heart. Seeing that it was almost dark, it was supposed to be the day of the reunion, but now it is good, the two of them have been playing on the streets of this market for most of the day, if they don't go back to the house, I am afraid that there will be another incident.

Bai Yanqing glanced at Caixing, and only found a tea shop on the side of the road to sit down, and let Xiao Er serve a pot of tea, and then drank tea and ate snacks unhurriedly, but he was not in a hurry at all. The reason why Bai Yanqing is so calm is that she is determined, and the Bai family will definitely send someone to pick her up in person today!

After all, the old lady of the Bai family, who didn't even want to take Bai Yanqing back to her house during the Spring Festival, how could she think about taking her back to her house for a reunion during the Lantern Festival? Oh, don't think that she Bai Yanqing is a child who knows nothing.

Sure enough, not long after, there was movement outside the tea shop, and then there was a dizzying smell of rouge gouache, which came to the nose.

"My sister is becoming more and more difficult to invite now, my grandmother sent so many people to pick up my sister, but I couldn't take my sister back to the house, and now I have to invite my sister in person, my sister is so big!"

Before the person arrives, the sound arrives first. The left sentence "grandmother sent someone to pick up", and the right sentence "sister is difficult to invite", both in and out of the words reveal that the girl in the tea shop has no respect for the elder.

Bai Yanqing raised her eyebrows, stretched out her hand to hold down the star who was about to rise, and smiled at the corner of her mouth, but she still didn't say a word. When the people who came saw Bai Yanqing slacking himself like this, they felt a little angry in their hearts, but they couldn't show it openly, so they had to move to Bai Yanqing's side.

"I haven't seen you for many days, isn't my sister sick and can't even recognize anyone?"

It is not difficult to hear the mockery in the rhetoric.