After returning from Jiang's house, after a day of rest, Qi Yukun returned to the academy again.

Before leaving, he told Qi Tanying that Yan Li already knew that she had a marriage contract with Jiang Liangyu, and if he was dissatisfied with this, he didn't have to swallow his anger.

He assured her that even if Yan Li wanted to quit his family, he would do his best to find a better husband for her.

Qi Tanying was stunned for a moment and then smiled: "What nonsense, he won't quit his family." On the contrary, you must take good care of yourself and don't neglect your body for the sake of your studies. ”

"Sister, don't worry about me."

As the sister and brother were saying this, Mrs. Qi took someone to load the things prepared for her son into the car, and after everything was in order, she came straight to the two.

"Brother Kun, remember to add clothes when it's cold, don't freeze."

Qi Yukun nodded, "Mother, don't worry, I will never let myself freeze." ”

Mrs. Qi looked at her son's face that was becoming more and more similar to her deceased husband, both relieved and stunned, if her husband was still alive, she would be very proud to see this pair of outstanding children.

She looked up at the sky, "It's time to go, if you delay any longer, you won't be able to catch up with the academy's lunch." ”

Qi Yukun immediately said goodbye to his mother and sister.

After Qi Yukun left, Mrs. Qi couldn't help sighing, her son had been in the academy for a long time, and her daughter would get married soon, and she would be the only one left in the family.

Thinking like this, the feeling of loneliness wrapped around her heart like a silk thread, and she was a little breathless.

Qi Tanying found that her mother's face was wrong, and hurriedly asked, "Mother, but your body is not good?" ”

Mrs. Qi shook her head, only saying that she didn't sleep well last night and wanted to go back to her room to rest for a while. After Qi Tanying sent her mother back, she began to deal with family affairs.

Seeing that there are still more than 20 days to go before the New Year, the New Year's gift to Wuzhou has to be prepared. She made a gift list and instructed the housekeeper to purchase according to the gift list.

After reading the gift list, the housekeeper said: "Girl, the old slave thinks that the New Year's gift to the long house is a little light. ”

Qi Tanying glanced at him: "Needless to say, you can purchase according to my gift list." "Where's the lightness? She felt that the New Year's gifts given in previous years were too heavy, which made Qi Juemin have thoughts that she shouldn't have.

She was going to take the opportunity of the New Year's gift to tell Qi Juemin that their room was not something that people could handle at will.

After the matter of purchasing New Year's gifts was ordered, Qi Tanying went back to the room. She had promised to make a pair of boots for Yan Li, but now she still has the finishing touches left.

This is the first time she has made boots, in order to make Yan Li comfortable and warm, a lot of thought has been put into it: she used good rabbit fur and sewed it into the boots, and pasted a layer of oiled paper in the middle of the boots, and covered it with leather on the outside, so that she was not afraid of wet water and cold even if it rained.

After the boots were ready, Qi Tanying ordered someone to send them to Yan's house.

After receiving this pair of boots full of his fiancée's heart, Yan Li's unhappiness in his heart because his fiancée had a marriage contract with Jiang Liangyu immediately disappeared.

It's because he is too narrow-minded, if it weren't for Ah Tan and Jiang Liangyu canceling the marriage contract, where would it be his turn to marry her. Anyway, Jiang Liangyu has already married the county lord of Qingyang, and she is about to marry into the Yan family, so why should he bother himself.

After the depression in his heart dissipated, Yan Li couldn't help but feel guilty, and when he was preparing to return the gift, he put some thought into it. When Qi Tanying saw those dazzling items, she was surprised, surprised, and more excited to be taken seriously.

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In winter, the flowers wither, and the cold plum blossoms.

On the twentieth day of the lunar month, the Changxing palace held a plum banquet. Mrs. Qi and Qi Tanying received the post.

Mrs. Qi didn't want to go, but it was not good to brush Princess Changxing's face, so she had to reluctantly go to the banquet with her daughter.

Every year, the Changxing Royal Mansion will hold a plum banquet, and the invitees are either nobles or family members of officials in the court. In other words, if you want to participate in the plum banquet of Changxing Palace, your status cannot be too low.

Although Mrs. Qi is a Liupin'an person, this identity is not enough in front of a bunch of noble daughters, and the mother and daughter are naturally treated coldly.

Since coming to Kyoto, Qi Tanying has been used to being ignored at their respective banquets, but Mrs. Qi is different, she is a person who can't be wronged.

Seeing that no one paid attention to them, he couldn't help but complain to his daughter: "I didn't come if I knew this was the case, I was neglected like this, it's really..."

Before the words fell, when she saw a very richly dressed woman walking towards them, Mrs. Qi immediately shut up.

The woman, Shi Shiran, walked up to Mrs. Qi and asked with a smile, "May I ask if the two of you are Mrs. Qi and Miss Qi from Anpingfang?" ”

Mrs. Qi looked puzzled, "Exactly." ”

The woman reported to herself, saying that she was the second wife of Gu from the Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion, who had just returned to Kyoto from the north, and it was also the first time she had participated in the plum banquet of the Changxing Palace.

As he spoke, he mentioned another person, "I wonder if Mrs. Qi still remembers Anjou?" ”

Mrs. Qi was very familiar when she heard it, and her eyes lit up after reciting it a few times, "Are you talking about Ru Niang, who married into the Bei family in Mingzhou?" ”

Second Mrs. Gu smiled and nodded.

Mrs. Qi's expression became excited, "She also came here to enjoy the plum banquet?" After finishing speaking, I felt that it was wrong, if Ru Niang really came to the plum banquet, how could she not come to her in person.

The smile on Second Mrs. Gu's face faded, and a trace of sadness appeared in her eyes, "Ru Niang died three years ago. ”

Mrs. Qi showed a look of disbelief, "Ru Niang is sick? ”

Second Mrs. Gu said: "Ru Niang asked me to bring you a few letters before she died, I originally thought to visit Qi's house after the plum banquet, but I didn't expect to meet you here." ”

Mrs. Qi looked at her with a sad expression, and was about to speak, but was interrupted by an "aunt".

The person who came was a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl, with bright eyes and bright teeth, sweet and lovely. Second Mrs. Gu introduced to Mrs. Qi Tanying: "This is the little girl Pingping. ”

After speaking, he introduced Qi Tanying's mother and daughter to Gu Pingping, "This is Aunt Qi and Sister Qi." ”

Gu Pingping's eyes fell on Qi Tanying's face, his eyes widened, and he said "Huh", and then greeted Mrs. Qi's mother and daughter.

After seeing the ceremony, she said to Mrs. Gu's second wife: "Mother, the eldest aunt asked you to go." ”

Second Mrs. Gu smiled apologetically at Mrs. Qi when she heard this, "Mrs. Qi, I will talk to you about Ru Niang when I visit you the day after tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Qi is unreasonable.

After Second Mrs. Gu left, Qi Tanying asked curiously: "Mother, who is the person that Second Mrs. Gu is talking about?" ”

Mrs. Qi glanced at her daughter deeply and sighed: "She is a close friend of her mother's boudoir, and she hasn't been in touch for many years, but I didn't expect that Siren has passed away." ”

When she heard the news of her friend's death at the plum banquet, Mrs. Qi became more and more depressed, and after the banquet was over, she immediately took her daughter back to Qi's house.

Two days later, Mrs. Gu Er really came to the door as promised, and brought her daughter Gu Pingping.

Mrs. Qi asked Qi Tanying to entertain Gu Pingping, and she and Mrs. Gu talked about An Runiang behind closed doors.

Gu Pingping is a lively and lovely girl, and she is a little familiar, Qi Tanying likes her temperament very much. It's just that from time to time she will say something that makes people scratch her head, and when Qi Tanying asked carefully, she changed the topic with a smile.