Under the corridor facing the gate of the old Shen Mansion, Ye Lingwu and Shen Yue'er were sitting on a bench gently beating their legs that were about to be scrapped, when they suddenly heard a horse barking from outside the mansion.

The two looked up.

A carriage slowly stopped outside the old Shen Mansion.

The coachman helped the woman and the girl in the carriage down, and they were dressed plainly and simply, but they were extremely dignified.

Ye Lingwu and Shen Yue'er hurriedly stood up and greeted them.

The woman said: "Hello two girls, the concubine is the eldest lady of the Jiang family, the Wu family, and today I specially brought the little girl Jiang Lanyan to ask Mrs. Shen for peace." ”

As soon as they heard that it was Mrs. Shen's mother's Jiang family, Ye Lingwu and Shen Yue'er immediately returned the salute, and then led Jiang's mother and daughter to the main house.

The Jiang family's big house was exiled, only the widow Yue and the concubine Jiang Lanshu were left in the second room, and the third room was complete with children, the daughter had just reached the end of the month, and the child was full of moon last month, and the family was complete.

Don't look at the Jiang family's previous glory, and even have an inextricable relationship with the Ningbei Hou Mansion on the surface, but in fact, it is difficult to move forward in the moon, and the family can only run a private school to teach and educate people to support the family.

After all, it used to be a hairpin family, even if it declined, it didn't have to be a businessman, and there was no way to be an official, not to mention that Mrs. Shen never helped the Jiang family, in addition to the big house, the Jiang family was able to keep their heads from exile in the second and third rooms, but they swore in person that they would never be officials from now on.

As for why Mrs. Shen never helped, it turned out that the Jiang family was patriarchal.

When she was young, Mrs. Shen was not good, and she never enjoyed the benefits of the Jiang family, she was sent to the grange when she was very young to raise, and she didn't learn the daughter of the boudoir like an ordinary girl since she was a child, and she didn't read a few books from her master when she grew up, and her personality almost didn't grow crooked.

Fortunately, Mrs. Shen and Mrs. Shen, who was only a country boy at that time, met early, and the two worked together to fight for the first emperor, so that there was the Ningbei Marquis Mansion, and in this way, decades have passed, and the contacts between Mrs. Shen and the Jiang family are as light as water, and they see each other a lot once in a few years.

It wasn't until more than ten years ago that the Jiang family had a bad rumor, and Mrs. Shen was almost involved by the Jiang family, so she really broke off contact. When I was young, I didn't enjoy the favor, but when I was old, I was affected, how could you say that Mrs. Shen could treat the Jiang family.

Today, Mrs. Shen is still willing to see the lady in the third room, and they are all adults, regardless of their previous suspicions.

When a few people entered, the atmosphere in the banquet could not be talked about subtle, and the ugliness between the women slowly died down.

When Mrs. Shen saw the Jiang family coming to ask for peace, her face was plain, even if she hadn't seen her for decades, she didn't have the joy of reuniting after a long absence, so she simply asked them to sit down.

Jiang Lanyan bypassed the screen to the girl's seat, her eyes timidly swept the girl sitting on the seat, took a deep breath, and said to Shen Pan'er, who was surrounded by stars like a moon: "I've seen Shen San's girl." ”

No one paid attention, Xu is voice was too quiet, and Shen Pan'er over there only cared about talking to others.

Hearing this, Sun Xinran raised her eyes and glanced at Jiang Lanyan critically, and said, "Why is Sister Lan Yan dressed so shabby when she came to visit today, and I don't know that I thought it was my maiden?" ”

Jiang Lanyan hung her head and said nothing, her cheeks flushed.

Just when he felt a little embarrassed, Ye Lingwu walked in: "Miss Lan Yan is standing and doing something, let's sit down quickly." ”

Jiang Lanyan stuffed her head and let out a soft "um".

Sun Xinran was stunned for a moment when she saw Ye Lingwu, she hadn't noticed it for so long, it turned out that there was such a fairy girl beside Old Lady Shen.

She thinks that she has never lost in terms of appearance, but the girl in front of her has willow eyebrows and apricot eyes, and her eyes are as clear and water as a spring in the mountains.

Thinking that there are only two girls in the Shen family, who is this noble girl in front of you?

Sun Xinran held a bowl of corn soup and looked at it casually: "This girl also followed Mrs. Shen back from the capital, I don't know what your name is?" ”

Ye Lingwu said lightly: "Sister Sun, I am a girl raised by Mrs. Shen's side, named Ye Lingwu. ”

Sun Xinran said calmly: "It turned out to be a girl raised under Mrs. Shen's knees, I remember that Lan Yan's sister's sister seems to be raised under Mrs. Shen's knees, why didn't I see her go back to the moon this time?" ”

Ye Lingwu said: "Sister Lan Shu sprained her foot and couldn't travel far, so the old lady didn't let her follow. ”

"That's right." Sun Xinran hooked the corners of her mouth. It depends on who believes this, anyway, she doesn't believe it, but she is reluctant to bear the prosperity of the capital.

The female envoy brought the new tea fruit, Sun Xinran glanced at it, put the tea fruit in front of Ye Lingwu and put it down, and said: "This look shows that it was made by Chu Er, the female envoy of the Wang family's kitchen, and the tea fruit she made was the most delicious, but I didn't expect the Wang family to be so generous, and I dialed a female envoy with excellent craftsmanship." Sister Lingwu hurry up and try it. ”

Ye Lingwu picked up the fruit, handed it to Jiang Lanyan, who was shy, and said, "Miss Lan Yan, let's also taste a piece." ”

Jiang Lanyan nodded, picked up a piece of fruit and put it in her mouth, her eyes lit up and said, "This tea fruit is really delicious." ”

When the words fell, who knew that Sun Xinran covered her mouth and snickered: "Sister Lan Yan thinks that she hasn't eaten such a good tea fruit for a long time, too, this tea fruit is made of mille-feuille golden bird's nest, according to the Jiang family's Qingliu style, you should eat more, otherwise you won't be able to eat it when you go back." ”

This time, it was not only Sun Xinran, but the other girls on the side also laughed when they heard the words, and they couldn't be happy.

Jiang Lanyan lowered her head helplessly.

Shen Pan'er heard the movement, and looked at it as a plate of tea and fruit, not understanding everyone's laughter, she followed everyone's gaze and saw Jiang Lanyan, and said, "I just heard you say that you are also a girl from the Jiang family, and you look very similar to your sister Jiang Lanshu." ”

"Back to the third girl Shen, I am Jiang Lanyan, the girl in the third room of the Jiang family." Jiang Lanyan spoke like a mosquito sound, causing another chuckle in the banquet.

Shen Pan'er has always been straightforward and fast-talking, and she is used to speaking without thinking, and when she saw Jiang Lanyan saying something, she said unhappily: "Your Jiang family usually treats you harshly?" Why do you speak so quietly? ”

"Miss Shen San, what about you, Sister Lan Yan doesn't know how to reply, if you really don't have the strength, then eat more tea and fruits, and you won't be able to eat it when you return to the Jiang family." After Sun Xinran finished speaking, she snickered at the corner of her mouth with a silk handkerchief.

Jiang Lanyan was ashamed and almost wanted to cry.

But Sun Xinran didn't give up, and was about to speak again, but Ye Lingwu said first: "I have a word, I don't know if I can say it." ”

Shen Pan'er said: "Sister Lingwu will say it if she has something to say, why is she polite." ”

"I grew up in Yuzhou, but I had never eaten such a good tea fruit before entering the Hou Mansion in Ningbei, but I never felt that it was shameful that I could not eat such a delicacy. Since everyone can sit at the same table, they are sisters," Ye Lingwu turned his head and smiled at Sun Xinran and said, "Sisters don't have to speak sharply to each other, what do you say, Sister Sun?" ”

Sun Xinran's face turned blue, and she secretly scolded this person for being so powerful, but she couldn't find a reason to refute it, and said aggrievedly: "What Miss Lingwu said is, it's just that I just made a joke, how can I take it seriously." ”

The other girls stopped smiling as well.

(End of chapter)