The first to arrive were the Lian family.
Lian's aunt Wang Lian, whom Lian Chen mentioned before, and her daughter Wang Qingqian.
This Wang Lian is only thirty years old, with beautiful features and fair complexion. Probably because she was widowed in youth, there is a lingering sadness between her eyebrows, and she looks depressed.
His daughter Wang Qingqian is bright and cute, with a small face like an apple, curved eyebrows, big black and white eyes that flicker, her skin is as white and tender as a peeled lychee, and her whole body is filled with the childish beauty of her cardamom years.
Qiu Yilan looked at her for a moment, praised her, and said to Wang Lian: "I heard cousin Lian say that cousin Wang is very cute, but now that I met her, I realized that he still couldn't tell the truth. I saw cousin Wang come in. , the room is much brighter.”
"The princess sister is so beautiful!" Wang Qingqian not only has a bright appearance, but also a cheerful temperament. Before the melancholy Wang Lianshi said anything, she already chirped, "I have never seen anyone as beautiful as my sister."
Wang Lianshi was obviously very indulgent towards her daughter. Instead of scolding her for grabbing the conversation, she nodded and said, "Back then, Princess Ruan was a famous beauty in the capital. Many princes and grandsons asked for her but couldn't marry her. If it weren't for your cousin Qiu and Princess Ruan, There was a period of childhood sweethearts..."
When he said this, his expression suddenly darkened, and he didn't know if he thought of his late husband who died young, so he stopped talking about the past and asked about Qiu Yilan's foot injury.
Qiu Yilan responded perfunctorily according to the excuse she had made up in advance, and apologized to her: "I heard that my aunt and cousin were coming earlier, so I wanted to visit. I just heard that cousin Lian said that he was moving, so I was afraid that it would cause trouble after that. , but it would cause trouble for the elders, so I wanted to go after the oiran competition. I didn't want the turmoil in Yunyi Tower to cause a storm in the city - I was worried about dragging the Lian family into trouble, so I had to put it off and bother my aunt. It’s really rude to come see me first with my cousin.”
... In fact, she just forgot about it.
However, even if Wang Lian was so suspicious, it was impossible to expose her. After saying a few words, it was okay, and then asked to greet her as usual. In the middle of the sentence, the maid Shen Shui came in to accuse her, and said to Qiu Yilan: "Lu I heard that the princess was injured and sent some medicinal materials; Princess Qiu also prepared these two supplies and brought them to the yard, and they are now outside. "
"You can ask Mother Zhou to find a place to put it." Qiu Yilan said nonchalantly, "Although the fourth sister now has to help Aunt Tian take care of Aunt Bian, I was injured again and won't go there these days. My girlfriend has learned, but it’s not good for us to delay Miss Sheng and Miss Qiu’s homework, let Mr. Shao continue to open the restaurant.”
After Shen Shui went out, Wang Lian and his daughter didn't speak for a while. Qiu Yilan thought about the fact that the Lian family had intended to let Wang Qingqian enroll in the boudoir school here but was rejected by Ruan Qingyan and herself. She also felt a little embarrassed and wanted to After thinking for a while, he said: "Mr. Shao is excellent, but it's a pity that I don't know how long I can keep her teaching."
Wang Lian's mother and daughter didn't say anything, but they still had some grudges about this matter in their hearts. Seeing her say this now, they were a little surprised: "Didn't I just invite you here? Why are you leaving again?"
"I told the eldest lady before that Mr. Shao had finished teaching the eighteenth lady of the Jiang family and was unwilling to move to the Jiang family for free." Qiu Yilan said half-truthfully, "But recently I heard The Miss Suns of the Jiang family also want to ask her to continue teaching. Although I hope to keep her, firstly, Mr. Shao has been teaching in the Jiang family for many years, and the relationship is not comparable to mine; secondly, these days are fine, and I Because Aunt Bian almost had a miscarriage, the fourth sister was so frightened that she stayed there and didn't dare to leave. She didn't even care about going to school, and the class was more harmonious... When she was here before, there were several fights every time in class. , Mr. Shao didn’t say anything, but he was tired of thinking about it.”
Wang Qingqian wondered: "I heard that Miss Qiu Si's biological mother's surname is Tian? Why is Aunt Bian so worried about having a miscarriage?"
"Don't talk too much!" Mrs. Wang Lian did not tolerate her daughter this time. She scolded her and said to Qiu Yilan, "It's hard for you, the child. The so-called Hou family is as deep as the sea, let alone the palace? Even a boudoir student It's so complicated. Fortunately, I listened to Ruan Hanlin's advice and didn't ask Qian Qian to come over. Otherwise, this child would have been spoiled by me and would have suffered a lot! "
The Lian family was considered a high-ranking family before it fell. As the youngest granddaughter of Lian Shangshu, how could Mrs. Wang Lian be unaware of the twists and turns in the deep courtyard? This is the fourth sister, the aunt, and the child who gave birth to a miscarriage. If you think about it for a moment, you will know that it is not a good thing. Originally, she did not want her only daughter to be wronged in front of her classmate, but now that she heard that the palace was so complicated, she had no intention of letting her daughter come to learn from Shao Yuemei.
So now, following Qiu Yilan's hint, he simply talked about it.
Seeing that she understood what she meant, Qiu Yilan secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Just as she was about to answer, Wang Qingqian was a little dissatisfied and said: "Generally at this age, why should I be worse than others? Why do I have to be? The one who suffered?"
Wang Lianshi frowned and said: "Okay! What do you mean by saying this without any grievance or enmity? Fortunately, your cousin is not an outsider, so people heard it and thought you had a grudge against the people in the palace's boudoir school! It's a girl's home Why are you so competitive?"
Wang Qingqian was still unconvinced after hearing this. Seeing her like this, Qiu Yilan secretly laughed in her heart: "You are such an innocent little girl, you can't express your emotions and anger, yet you are so competitive, you really got it." This bestie should cry."
Even if only Sheng Shi Shui and Swing are in class now - not to mention Swing, for the sake of Ruan Qingyan introducing him, he shouldn't be in trouble with Wang Qingqian. But Sheng Shishui, a lady from an official family with a disgraceful background, was not very convinced of herself.
If she really wanted to deal with Wang Qingqian, she would probably have to help count the money after cousin Wang was sold to her.
Both their beloved daughter, Mo Ruomu, and Qiu Yilan could see that Wang Qingqian was not suitable for living in a big house. Wang Lian knew better, so he decisively stopped his daughter from refusing with his eyes, said a few words casually, and left in a hurry - I guess I went home to educate my daughter.
After they left, Chun Ran smiled and said, "Miss Wang is so innocent and cute."
"Obviously the Lian family has always pampered her." Qiu Yilan muttered, "Without the compassion and humility from the top to the bottom, how could it be possible to raise an innocent cousin?" Kang Lizhang, who also grew up in her maternal grandfather's house, is an example. .
Therefore, although Wang Qingqian is not suitable to come to the palace's boudoir school, it doesn't mean that she is not good - she has a good fortune and has grown up smoothly. The first thing after her uncles came back from revolt was to take their mother and daughter to Beijing to relax, which shows that they are not good. They value. Even if I had thought about sending her to a boudoir school to make connections with her uncles, I didn't mention it after being stopped... With such elders protecting me, being naive is not a big deal.
The day after the Wang family mother and daughter visited, the only living descendant of General Ruan Ruan - excluding Ruan Qingyan, who had an obscure life experience - Ruan Ciyi also came to visit with a six-year-old boy.
Before she came, Qiu Yilan had already asked Zhou's mother that this cousin Ruan was the eldest granddaughter of General Ruan. If Ruan Qingyan was really from the Ruan family, the two siblings would have the same father.
The Fang Nongyan she married was not a son of a famous family, but he was still a proud young talent. He was less than thirty when he was named on the gold medal list. He delayed life-long events because he was devoted to studying, so he happened to be chosen by General Ruan as his grandson-in-law.
According to Zhou's mother, the couple's talents and looks were a perfect match, and it became a legend in Beijing.
It's just that for more than ten years, she was demoted from abroad and her natal family was once extinct. After such a blow, even a beautiful family like a flower will appear to have declined. Ruan Ciyi is only a few years older than Wang Lian, but she looks like she is half a generation older than Wang Lian. Especially the heavy anger between her eyebrows clearly shows that she has been in the past two years. My life was extremely unsatisfactory.
The boy she brought was handsome, but his outline didn't look like hers—maybe he looked like Fang Nongyan.
Qiu Yilan felt very sad when she saw Ruan's cousin who was completely different from Zhou's mother. However, although they were cousins by blood, Qiu Yilan had only turned 18 when Ruan Ciyi and his wife were demoted from the capital. They still can’t remember each other, and now they are all strangers to each other.
The two of them cautiously exchanged greetings for a long time before they became a little more familiar with each other.
At this time, Qiu Yilan looked at Chen Guang and left the meal. She also saw her nephew Fang Zijun playing with Ruan Ciyi's jade pendant out of boredom, so she called Su He: "I'm talking to my cousin. Zijun probably seems bored. You take him for a walk in the yard, and give him a hug to play with. Children should like it. "
Who would have thought that not long after Fang Zijun was led out, Dabai's shrill scream came from the yard!
Qiu Yilan and Ruan Ciyi in the room were so frightened that they stood up together!
"Could it be that Dabai scratched Fang Zijun!?" Qiu Yilan secretly regretted her carelessness. Although Dabai is used to playing with Su He and the others and has never hurt anyone, he is still a beast. Children are ignorant and hurt it. She suggested Being in a hurry inevitably reveals one's wild nature - but when she and Ruan Ciyi ran out in a panic, they saw Fang Zijun there in good health, while Su He blushed and hugged Dabai unable to comfort him.
Seeing Qiu Yilan and Ruan Ciyi coming out, Su He almost shed tears on the spot, and hugged Dabai angrily: "Princess, my maid held Dabai to play with Mr. Fang. Who would have thought that Mr. Fang would suddenly pick up Dabai after seeing him for a while? He threw it to the ground! My servant never knew how to play with a lion cat!"
Hearing this, Qiu Yilan couldn't help but change her color and looked at Fang Zijun - only to see that he had an innocent look on his face and muttered: "Isn't it just a cat! Uncle Ruan said yesterday that I can have anything I want."
Ruan Ciyi saw that Qiu Yilan's expression was not good, so she hurriedly scolded him: "Why did you talk to your aunt?! This is your aunt's cat. Your aunt kindly asked someone to pick it up and play with you. How could you hurt it?" Woolen cloth!"
"Forget it, the kid's family is ignorant." Qiu Yilan took a deep look at her little nephew who was as if nothing had happened, and stopped Ruan Ciyi lukewarmly, "It seems he doesn't like lion cats, Su He, please take Dabai down. Come on, Shen Shui, go get that pair of glazed horses for Zijun."
After such an episode, the two cousins returned to the house, and the intimacy accumulated from the previous greetings was gone. After lunch, Ruan Ciyi said goodbye, and Qiu Yilan symbolically stayed for a few seconds. Then he asked Mother Zhou to see off the guests on her behalf.
After seeing off the people, Zhou's mother returned to the yard. The first thing she did was to pull Su He by the ear and bring her to Qiu Yilan to plead guilty: "Although it is said that Dabai was given to the princess by Ling Xiaohou, you usually don't They all like it, but after all it’s just a cat. Today, this is the first time a cousin has brought the young master to the house, and you actually said something wrong with the young master in front of the princess and the cousin - why are you calling the young master a step down? Those who don’t know think that the princess is deliberately looking down on Miss Biao!”
Su He had tears in his eyes and was about to kneel down in accordance with Zhou's mother's words. Unexpectedly, Qiu Yilan waved her hand and snorted: "Not to mention cousin Ruan, I also dislike Fang Zijun - that is, he My eldest cousin brought him here, otherwise I would have to beat him up!"
Zhou’s mother couldn’t help but be stunned: Although Dabai belongs to Qiu Yilan, Qiu Yilan usually treats him like that! Why do you take it so seriously now
As Princess Ruan's dowry, Zhou's mother naturally felt close to Ruan Ciyi. She was worried that Qiu Yilan would create a rift with Ruan Ciyi, so she hurriedly advised: "Princess, please don't listen to Su He's little provocation. You and my cousin The young lady is a close relative of flesh and blood, which is incomparable to ordinary people, let alone a cat? The young master is young and immature. My cousin will definitely teach him this time, and he will definitely not make you angry in the future! But don’t argue with him!”
Qiu Yilan's expression was very ugly: "I don't think he has hurt my face, I think the character of such a young child to directly kill a cat that has not grown up for no reason is too terrible!"
If Fang Zijun was just a naughty kid, for example, if he stepped on the big white tail and pulled his beard, Qiu Yilan was not a master who valued cats more important than people, so he would have just laughed it off - but this kid turned out to be so good. I want to throw Dabai to death. How can I be a naughty child? This is simply a psychological problem, okay
Even if such a person is a seemingly harmless child, who knows what he might do? ! Qiu Yilan was deliberately stern just now. It’s better to stay away from such a nephew!
"What he means is that Cousin Ruan spoils him very much! Yes, if Cousin Ruan is really the flesh and blood of Uncle Ruan, Fang Zijun is his nephew. My cousin is so good to me, let alone the Ruan family?" Qiu Yilan rubbed her forehead and thought, "But this nephew is not normal at all! I don't feel relieved if I don't remind my cousin Ruan. If I did... this happened today. What if my cousin thinks I feel sorry for Dabai and deliberately complains?" ?”
She felt a headache.