After Ren Yaoyin came to Yunyang City this time, she often came to Yun's house by the name of talking about poetry and songs with Yun Qiuchen. The friendship between them grew by leaps and bounds.
The Yun family spared no effort in cultivating Yun Qiuchen, and she often helped the guests with banquets on weekdays, so the Ren family had five young ladies as guests today, but she didn't seem to be in a hurry.
Yun Qiuchen led a few people to sit in the living room, and greeted each other repeatedly.
"I should have invited you here sooner, but unfortunately I have to help my mother with tomorrow's daughter-in-law banquet, and I haven't been able to do so." Yun Qiuchen said apologetically to Ren Yaoyin.
Ren Yaoyin said hurriedly: "I should have thought that you will be busy recently, but it's actually mine. I wonder if it has delayed your business today?"
Yun Qiuchen shook his head: "I have nothing to do today, the rest of my mother and two aunts will be arranged."
After speaking, he turned to look at Ren Yaoqi, and said warmly, "Sister Yaoqi has been missing for a long time? Before, I always asked Yaoyin to invite you to come and play together. Yaoyin said that you would go to Yanbei Wangfu every day to accompany the county master to practice the piano. .I don't know how the county master's piano practice is?"
Ren Yaoqi said with a smile: "The county master has been working very hard recently, and the teacher who teaches the piano said that he has made great progress."
Yun Qiuchen smiled when he heard the words: "That's good. Speaking of which, the county master didn't like these chess, calligraphy and paintings since childhood. When the princess asked her to prepare for the Qianjin Banquet, she was reluctant, and she didn't want to work hard in the end. After all these days, I can't wait to hear her play a song."
After chatting with Ren Yaoyin and Ren Yaoqi, Yun Qiuchen was afraid that the other girls in the Ren family would feel left out, so he asked Ren Yaohua and others one by one.
Ren Yaoqi found that Yun Qiuchen had some understanding of the preferences of the sisters of the Ren family, and when talking to them, he picked up topics they liked or things they were good at, consciously or unintentionally. The thing is that they had some inquiries before they came.
From this point of view, Ren Yaoqi had to sigh about Yun Qiuchen's intentions and the cultivation of Yun Qiuchen by the Yun family. I heard before that Yun Qiuchen was trained as the next Princess of Yanbei, it should not be groundless.
Next, Yun Qiuchen talked to them about the Qianjin Banquet. The girls from the Ren family were all attending the Qianjin Banquet for the first time, so they all listened very seriously.
Although the Qianjin Banquet was organized by the Yun family, the place where the Qianjin Banquet was held was provided by the Yanbei Palace. Because those who came to the Qianjin Banquet were all the famous ladies in Yanbei, and the banquet would last for three days, only the Yanbei Palace had such a big place.
This year, the location of the Yanbei Palace is the hot spring villa in Riyuequan, which is the place where Ren Yaoqi and Ren Yaohua met Lei Paner last time.
Ren Yaoying was also very active today, listening to Yun Qiuchen talking about the hot springs in Riyue Spring: "Last time I went there with the third and fifth sisters. It's a pity that I didn't see the hot spring villa of Yanbei Wangfu, nor did I see it. Sun Moon Spring."
Yun Qiuchen explained in a warm voice: "The hot spring villa of the Yanbei Wangfu does not accept outsiders on weekdays. I can take you to see the Sunrise Spring."
Ren Yaoyin said with great interest, "Ri Yao Spring is the 'Sun' Spring, right? What is the 'Yue' Spring?"
"The big one is called Riyao Spring, and the small one is called Yuehua Spring, but I have never seen Yuehua Spring. It must be used for bathing by princes and princesses. Sunyao Spring is in the garden, because the spring water is warm all the year round, and the flowers in the garden are in four seasons. Undefeated is a miracle.”
Everyone is looking forward to tomorrow's trip.
Several people were chatting happily, Yun Qiuchen's maid Nanzhu came over and whispered a few words in Yun Qiuchen's ear.
Yun Qiuchen's expression didn't change. After Nan Zhu finished speaking, she smiled and said to everyone, "I just invited the second and third sisters over, it would be boring for us all to sit in this yard, why don't we move? Let's go to the waterfront, shall we?"
When Yun Qiuchen said this, naturally no one had any objections. He got up and followed Yun Qiuchen to the waterside pavilion. On the way, he met Yun Qiuping, the second miss of the Yun family, and Yun Qiufang, the third miss of the Yun family.
Yun Qiuchen introduced the two young ladies of the Ren family to the two young ladies of the Yun family, all of whom were called cousins, and went to Shuixie all the way to greet each other.
The Yun family's house is generally dignified and grand, and even the gardens that big families have always paid attention to to show their faces are well-built, and they are rigorous and not fancy.
It is a water pavilion by the half-moon-shaped pond in the garden, which is exquisite and unique, very elegant and interesting. In summer, the windows on all sides of the waterside pavilion are wide open, like a waterside pavilion. When you are in the waterside pavilion, you will feel a breeze blowing your face, cool and pleasant, and it is indeed a good place to escape the heat in summer.
"Second sister and third sister will entertain some cousins for me. I'll go and see how the refreshment is prepared." After everyone was seated, Yun Qiuchen said with a smile.
Yun Qiufang glanced at Yun Qiuchen, twitched the corners of her mouth, and showed a smile: "Big sister said this, it's obvious, my second sister and I are the masters, and the cousins of the Ren family are guests. When the reception is done, could it be that in the big sister's heart, she is the only one who is the Miss Yun family, and we are all outsiders?"
Although Yun Qiufang was talking and laughing along the way, it was obviously just out of courtesy and politeness. If you look closely, her face is not very good-looking. At this moment, I grasped Yun Qiuchen's words, and I couldn't help but use the topic to play it.
The Ren family sisters also heard that something was wrong in Yun Qiufang's words, but no one was a fool, so they thought they didn't hear it.
Yun Qiuchen's cultivation is very good, and he was not even annoyed by Yun Qiufang's stab like this. He just smiled and nodded at the crowd, and then went out with his two maids.
After leaving Shuixie Yun Qiuchen stopped, frowned slightly and asked Nanzhu, the eldest maid: "Mother has come back?"
Nan Zhu lowered her head and said, "Yes, miss, as soon as the auntie comes, you will ask me to send someone to find the eldest lady. The eldest lady has just entered the mansion and has already gone to the old lady's yard."
Yun Qiuchen nodded and looked slightly at the pond in front of him. The two maids knew that their young lady was thinking about things like this, and they didn't bother, they stood quietly behind her.
After a while, Yun Qiuchen asked, "Did the people who sent to inquire heard what the aunt and grandmother said?"
"Last time, because the housekeeper in the old lady's yard took the money from the third lady and copied an ancestral medicinal food recipe from the Yun family, the old lady had a group of people, and a few big maids were also released. .Only a second-class maid came in to deliver tea and heard my aunt mention the horse farm."
"The Su family is at the horse farm on the border?" Yun Qiuchen was a little surprised.
"Didn't the wife say yesterday that the Su family's racecourse suffered heavy losses due to the party's invasion? Presumably my aunt came back to tell the old lady about it."
Yun Qiuchen pondered slightly: "This is a family matter of the Su family. My aunt won't come back to the Yun family to complain about this matter, and she has rejected everyone. There must be other things."
"Then the slave will send someone to inquire again?"
Yun Qiuchen shook his head: "Forget it, since mother has returned, let's wait for news from mother."
"Yes, my wife never hides it from the young lady. If there is anything, she will definitely tell the young lady."
The other big maid, Yinzhu, is younger, not as calm and sophisticated as Nanzhu, so she couldn't help but say, "Our Yun family is the maiden's family. The maiden shouldn't come back to think about her maiden's family, right?" Both the wife and the eldest lady were a little wary of the aunt who married into the Su family.
Yun Qiuchen didn't get angry when the maid asked such a question, she just said in a low voice: "As a woman, I obey my father at home, my husband after marriage, and my son when my husband dies. Although my aunt's surname is Yun, it is Su who will offer incense to her a hundred years later. family."
Yin Zhu thought about it for a while, and felt that it was very reasonable, so he didn't dare to say more.
Nanzhu couldn't help but think that the current Princess Yanbei is also the aunt of the Yun family, and has always put the interests of the Yanbei Palace first. Even the old lady hinted in front of the princess several times that she wanted the eldest son to marry the princess, but the princess was blocked by the princess because the prince needed to decide the marriage of the princess.
"Follow the father at home, the husband when married, and the son when the husband dies." This is what the Yun family has always taught women. It is a family rule of the Yun family for their children.
If Ren Yaoqi was here, he would definitely sigh about the difference between the Yun family and the Ren family in the education of women. The Ren family teaches that: whether it is in the family's family or in the husband's family, everything is based on the interests of the Ren family.
"Miss, do you want my wife to arrange a few more people in the old lady's yard?" Nan Zhu said.
Yun Qiuchen thought about it for a while, but still shook his head: "Forget it, grandmother is now taboo about this, there is no need to hit the muzzle of the gun now."
Yin Zhu curled his lips: "If the third wife and the third lady really have their mothers, they must have their daughters. If the third lady hadn't tried to steal the Yun family's medicinal food recipe last time, it would not have harmed the two in the old lady's room. The elder sister was implicated. It’s not that she didn’t know that the ancestral recipes of the Yun family were always passed down to the eldest daughter-in-law and the eldest daughter. The third miss too, I still want to embarrass you in front of the guests today. The old lady only handed it over to a few wives and young ladies, didn't you let her and the second young lady intervene? Don't look at what she is capable of... "
"Yinzhu." Nanzhu saw that Yinzhu said more and more smoothly, and immediately stopped her.
Only then did Yin Zhu realize that she was talking too much, and she had just arranged the master, so she could not help but glance at Yun Qiuchen cautiously.
She is also fighting for her own young lady. The third young lady, Yun Qiufang, has always taken the opportunity to sneer at Yun Qiuchen recently, and even today it doesn't even distinguish the occasion. That is to say, Miss Yun is unwilling to care about her.
But some of their maids couldn't swallow this breath.
Miss Yun San's appearance, character, and talent are not comparable to Miss Yun in everything. If she is like the second Miss, it's fine, but she still likes to be competitive and don't show signs of Miss Yun.
Yun Qiuchen glanced at Yinzhu, sighed softly, and said to Nanzhu: "She is young and has a quick temper. You can teach her more in the future. Some things can be thought or not, and some things can be done or not. Many times If you can't say it, don't say it. Disaster comes from your mouth, and if you talk too much, you will lose it."
Nan Zhu and Yin Zhu both bowed their heads and said yes.
At this time, footsteps were heard on the path in the garden, and someone was coming this way.
Yun Qiuchen frowned, and when he looked back, he saw Yun's second son, Yun Wenfang, walking out from behind a bush, Yun Qiuchen couldn't help loosening his brows and said with a smile, "Second brother? Why are you here? "
When Yun Wenfang saw that Yun Qiuchen was here with only two maids, he couldn't help but stunned for a while, then he glanced at Shuixie, raised his eyebrows and said, "What? You can't come because I can't come? I heard sparrows chirping in the morning. , there should be a visitor?"
Yin Zhu laughed: "Second Young Master, is it 'Magpies are calling, guests are coming'? What are you doing with sparrows
Yun Qiuchen knew what Yun Wenfang was thinking. He glanced at him and saw that he was a little absent-minded, and sighed, "Second brother, my second sister and third sister are entertaining several cousins from the Ren family."
After a pause, Yun Qiuchen said warmly again, "The visitor is a guest, and they are all girls. See you later, you need to pay attention to your words and deeds."
Yun Qiuchen heard that Yun Wen stopped Fifth Miss Ren at the Yanbei Palace last time, and originally thought that she would apologize to Fifth Miss Ren for this second brother today. He didn't want Yun Wen to let him come over, he must not be able to drive him away, so he only thought that he must take good care of this second brother who was reckless on weekdays, so that he would not cause trouble and lose the face of the Yun family.
Yun Wenfang twitched the corners of his mouth: "Young master looks abominable? You are afraid of scaring the guests."
Yun Qiuchen knows this second brother's temperament and is not very easy to get along with, but she and Yun Wenfang are compatriots, and they really plan for him, so she can only gently persuade: "Second brother, you know that I am not this one. Meaning. I understand your thoughts, but if you are as reckless as you were in the Yanbei Palace last time, I am afraid that in the end, instead of getting what you want, you will push people further and further away."
Yun Wenfang snorted lightly, his face slightly cold.
Yun Qiuchen was not afraid of him, and continued to persuade: "Take the last time you gave her a painting as an example, if she accepted your painting, wouldn't it be a private gift? It's just what I've seen with her a few times. , Fifth Miss Ren is definitely a dignified and decent girl, how could she possibly ruin her reputation by accepting your things?"
Yun Wenfang was a little irritable: "It's not okay, it's not okay, then what do you want to do?"
Yun Qiuchen wanted to say that marriage has always been the order of her parents, so she could be in charge of herself, but she knew that the second brother would be impatient to listen to this, so she could only euphemistically say: "Miss Ren can't be her own master, you Instead of hitting a wall with her, work on your mother and grandmother."
Yun Wenfang frowned: "Didn't my grandmother promised to choose my wife by myself?"
Yun Qiuchen was a little helpless to hear that, her second brother is smart, but she really doesn't know anything about the inner house.
Why is the marriage of the second young master of the Yun family so simple? The grandmother said that it was up to him to decide, but it was just to coax him. The candidate for the side room could be whatever he liked, but the real wife was absolutely impossible.
But Yun Qiuchen didn't dare to tell him this now, lest he would make trouble in the house.
Yun Wenfang finally listened to his sister's words. Thinking about Ren Yaoqi's shy attitude towards him, he also felt annoyed that his actions were really inappropriate as they said.
Second Young Master Yun didn't know that someone was really trying to get him married.
After Mrs. Yun came back from the outside, she went to the old lady's yard, and someone went in and notified her, and Mrs. Yun let her into the main room.
When Mrs. Yun entered, she happened to hear Mrs. Su saying, "... Fang Fei is your granddaughter, and you and your sister-in-law grew up watching her. I don't need to say much about her character. Wen Fang, this child... "
When Mrs. Su said this, she just saw Mrs. Yun coming in. She couldn't help but stop, got up from the Nankang, and called out affectionately, "Sister-in-law."
Mrs. Yun was obedient and only heard this sentence, and she didn't know what medicine Mrs. Su was selling in the gourd. With a smile, he returned the salute and greeted Mrs. Yun.
Both Mrs. Yun and Mrs. Su were sitting on the Nankang in the Westinghouse, and Mrs. Yun sat down on the top seat that the maid had moved over.
"My eldest daughter-in-law, you came just in time, and I was just looking for someone to call you." Even though Mrs. Yun was sitting on her own kang with her daughter, her back was straight.
Mrs. Yun lowered her head and said, "I don't know what your mother ordered?"
Mrs. Yun glanced at Mrs. Su and said, "Shuhe wants to talk to you about Fang'er's marriage."
Mrs. Yun was shocked, thinking of the two sentences she heard when she came in, could it be that the Su family wanted to marry Su Fangfei to their son? Although the eldest wife of the Su family is the daughter of the Yun family, because of the grievances between the old princess of Yanbei Palace and Mrs. Yuntai, the Su Yun family has never been the same.
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Mrs. Yun raised her eyes and glanced at the old lady, trying to see her attitude towards this matter from Mrs. Yun. But Mrs. Yun showed no emotion on her face, she really couldn't tell whether she was in favor or against the marriage.
Mrs. Yun could only laugh and say, "With mother and father here, it is natural for the two elders to decide the marriage, and the daughter-in-law does not dare to speak up."
After hearing this, Mrs. Yun said, "What do you think of Fangfei's child?"
The eldest Miss of the Su family, Su Fangfei, is the eldest daughter of Mrs. Su and the granddaughter of Mrs. Yun. Mrs. Yun can't say that Su Fangfei is not good: "Fangfei is outstanding in appearance, kind, and very good."
Mrs. Su laughed when she heard the words, and looked at Mrs. Yun again.
Mrs. Yun also looked at Mrs. Yun. Although Mrs. Yun asked her for her opinion, she also knew that her son's marriage was not up to her alone. In the end, it was up to Mrs. Yun and Mrs. Yun to decide. Although she did not want to marry the Su family daughter.
Mrs. Yun didn't seem to see that her daughter and daughter-in-law were waiting for her to express her opinion. She took a sip of the tea bowl leisurely, and then put down the tea bowl and said to Mrs. Yun: "The tea is cold, let people Come in and change."
Mrs. Yun went in response.
When the tea was finished, Mrs. Yun took the tea bowl that Mrs. Yun had handed over by herself, swiped the tea foam, and said softly to Mrs. Su, "It's rare to come back, stay for lunch."