Yu Lian was an ordinary banquet and responded: "Okay." ”

She didn't care, like frost, moved her lips to say something, and finally chose to keep her mouth shut.

Winter twilight comes early.

There is a half-round red sun hanging on the bare tree branches, and the night is slowly falling~

At dinner, in addition to Rushuang, there are other maids who come over with food boxes and set up dishes in the hall.

Steamed soft sheep, fried pipa shrimp, called flower chicken, drunk pork ribs, yam soup.

Except for the flower chicken, the other dishes are steaming.

This is? Before Yu Lian could ask, Zhang Qianlan had not arrived, and her voice came first: "Lian'er, my mother will have dinner with you." ”

The voice fell, and a few footsteps sounded before she walked in.

The woman wore an emerald green silk gown with carved flowers, a hairpin with red gold inlaid with jewels on her neat sideburns, a red gold jeweled collar around her neck, and a silver cloisonné enamel handstove in her hand to keep warm.

There was a small charcoal stove burning in the house, and the woman entered the house, put down the small stove in her hand, looked at her daughter and smiled slightly: "You have recovered from the wind and cold, eat something good." ”

The maid set the dishes and stood aside respectfully.

Yu Lian was not very familiar with this mother, and if she said too much, she would lose, so she said, "Okay." "Didn't say anything more.

Zhang Qianlan didn't think too much, her daughter was quiet on weekdays, and she rarely cared about anything, that's it, she was worried that her daughter would be bullied by Yu Lingshan, so she put a piece of mutton with chopsticks and put it in her daughter's bowl, and said softly: "Make up for your body." ”

Yu Lian raised her clear and smart eyes, and said thank you softly, she picked up another chopsticks and sandwiched a piece of pork ribs for the woman.

Coming and going, the maids on the side watched the mother and daughter enjoying themselves.

It took two quarters of an hour to finish a meal.

After the mother and daughter rinsed their mouths, they sat in the hall and said considerate words, Rushuang was sent down, leaving only Zhang Qianlan's personal maid Aunt Yu in the hall, which is a trustworthy person.

Zhang Qianlan said quietly: "Lian'er, you also know that the eldest lady is in charge of the house, although she usually doesn't make big moves there, but for us, she is by no means a good type, the good ones are given to Yu Lingshan and Yu Wenyan, I haven't considered you at all, go to the Zhou Mansion in three days, you dress up beautifully, don't be compared to your eldest sister." ”

Yu Lian nodded quietly.

Aunt Yu on the side was about the same age as Zhang Qianlan, loyal, watching the young lady grow up, she nodded quietly, she didn't understand it in her heart at a glance, and couldn't help asking: "Miss, do you really understand?" ”

Yu Lian looked at Aunt Yu and nodded again: "I understand, my mother wants me to dress up more beautifully and compare my eldest sister to me." ”

"What else?"

She thought for a moment, shook her head and replied, "No." ”

Zhang Qianlan stroked her forehead, waved her hand, motioned for Aunt Yu to sit down and said, if she didn't tell her daughter anything clearly, she wouldn't be enlightened.

Aunt Yu took two steps forward, sat on the black lacquered Pengya armchair, and said slowly: "There are two young masters in the Zhou Mansion who have reached marriageable age, the sister-in-law Zhou Xun and the concubine Zhou Wenyu, not only our Yu family will go in three days, but also other young ladies will go, and you will be in time for the spring next year, so you must seize the opportunity to climb the Zhou family." ”

The charcoal in the furnace was burning brightly.

It's warm~

In the dim candlelight, the room was silent.

The daughter didn't speak, Zhang Qianlan glanced at her, and said with a little hatred: "Yu Lingshan has known about this matter for a long time, she has been learning etiquette for half a month, and she has been preparing carefully, and the situation in the Zhou Mansion has also told you before, you should know the importance of this banquet." ”

The hateful Shen Yuan suppressed the birthday banquet and only sent someone to inform her today.

The woman was so angry that she slapped it on the table, and if the teacup and teacup were slapped properly, she would bully her mother's family.

Seeing this, Aunt Yu comforted the young lady: "Madame is not angry with you, it is the news that Mrs. Qi suppressed the banquet, and she only informed us today." ”

Yu Lian has just returned to her soul, and she hasn't thought about getting married.

The woman and Lu are about to start talking about marriage, even if they don't marry, they can't help her, their father and the eldest lady will marry her out casually, in Yu Mansion, Yu Lian knows her status.

Since you want to get married, you have to pick someone well.

In her previous life, she was full of enthusiasm, and she didn't get Pei Huai'an any affection, now she just wants to rescue her sister, escape from Yufu, live well, and don't get entangled in love.

In her eyes, there is only profit.

Father Yu Xing'an, sister Yu Lingshan, eldest lady Shen Yuan, and even Rushuang are all beasts from time to time, and they don't know when they will stretch out their claws to her.

Yu Lian reached out to hold her mother's hand in front of her, and said gently: "I understand, I will find a wishful husband." Zhang Qianlan shook her back, nodded her forehead with one hand, and sighed: "You have to turn your brain more." ”

Aunt Yu seemed to think of something, and said: "The Zhou family has deep roots in the capital, and the Yu Mansion is a businessman family in the capital, and there are countless families with a higher threshold than the Yu Mansion, but the birthday banquet of the old lady Zhou actually sent the eldest lady and Yu Lingshan a post, and specially invited the second lady, which may be the meaning of Young Master Zhou Xun or Young Master Zhou Wenyu." ”

Yu Lian was puzzled, these two young masters like her?

Seeing her doubts, Aunt Yu explained: "Half a year ago, the two young masters came to Yu Mansion, it is possible that one of them took a fancy to you and deliberately placed a post in the name of Old Madam Zhou. ”

Mrs. Zhou's birthday banquet invited most of the women who had not yet left the cabinet.

Anyone with a discerning eye knows that he is looking for a future daughter-in-law for his two grandchildren.

Yu Lian knew that although Yu Xianglian had seen the two young masters, she shouldn't have much to do with it, otherwise her mother wouldn't have come to tell her so much.

Zhou family, which Zhou family is it?

She asked curiously, "What's their father's name?" I can't remember it for a while. ”

Zhang Qianlan replied with a quick step towards Aunt Yu: "Zhou Cheng is the middle of the imperial history of the five products of the court, and the main room of his brother Zhou Liangbi and the queen's mother are two sisters. ”

Zhou Liangbi?

This name is so familiar,

Yu Lian remembered that the person who took the lead in bullying the ten dogs today seemed to be called Zhou Ming, and his father was called Zhou Liangbi.

Before she had time to clear up the relationship, Zhang Qianlan continued: "If you can climb the Zhou family, whether it is a son-in-law or a concubine, you can be safe and worry-free in this life." ”

"Mother, I know." Yu Lian's biological mother was the imperial concubine, who died early, and her sister took care of her more, and she rarely enjoyed maternal love, and she had an indescribable and inexplicable feeling in her heart.

The vermilion window is ajar, the winter chill is thick, and the candle outside the window is not illuminated, and it is pitch black.

The night has already begun~

Zhang Qianlan and Aunt Yu chattered for a while about the world, and then left the Yiyue courtyard, Yu Lian stood at the gate of the courtyard, watching the light of the lanterns they were holding getting dimmer and dimmer, until they disappeared, and then returned to the wing.

Because she still had to go to Jinchunfang, she cleaned her body and sent her hair like frost, making the illusion of an early rest.

Rushuang didn't think too much about it, and went back to her house after cleaning up.