Chu Jinyao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately there was a network, and the jade pendant was firmly hung around her neck, otherwise something big would happen!
Chu Jinyao turned around a little displeased, but wanted to see who was behind the scenes. When she turned around, she found that he was a clean and straight young man.
The young master was obviously surprised when he saw her: "Who are you and why are you here?"
"I'm the fifth girl in the house. What about you, who are you?"
"Five girls?" The young man frowned and said, "I have seen the fifth cousin, you are not at all... hey, not right."
At this time, Chu Jinyao had already heard it: "Are you the son of your aunt's family?"
Lin Xining also remembered that her grandmother had mentioned in the letter that the uncle's family had carried the wrong daughter and just found a fifth girl. It seems that this is the one in front of him.
Lin Xining knew it was a joke, so he bent over and gave Chu Jinyao a nod: "I'm sorry, fifth cousin, I was the one who was abrupt."
Chu Jinyao avoided slightly, and pressed her hands in return: "Cousin doesn't have to do this."
After the misunderstanding was resolved, Lin Xining felt a little uneasy in his heart. He saw a strange woman walking around here and her behavior was still very sneaky, so he asked. If I had known it was my cousin, I wouldn't be so loud. The girls were weaker than the other. His voice was louder. Lin Xining wanted to make amends, so he asked, "Why is the fifth cousin here?"
Chu Jinyao was a little embarrassed: "I'm lost."
Lin Xining suddenly realized, that's right, the fifth cousin just came back and doesn't know the road in this area. Lin Xining said: "Most of the yards here are vacant, so it's really hard to identify. My cousin comes with me."
"Thank you cousin." Chu Jinyao was very grateful, and hurriedly followed Lin Xining and walked out.
With Lin Xining leading the way, Rongningtang arrived soon. Chu Jinyao thanked again and again: "Thank you cousin, otherwise I still don't know when I will go around..."
Qin Yi snorted coldly in his heart, he was the one who brought Chu Jinyao out, and this kid only took the last part of the road with him. Moreover, even if the kid from the Lin family didn't appear, Chu Jinyao wouldn't be around for a long time.
Of course, Chu Jinyao would not know these words.
Lin Xining smiled and opened the curtain for Chu Jinyao himself: "Cousin, don't be polite. It's cold outside, come in quickly."
"How can this be." Lin Xining was a guest, how could she ask Lin Xining to make a curtain for her, Chu Jinyao said, "Cousin, go in first."
The maid wanted to go up to take it, but Lin Xining shook her head and said, "Cousin is from a girl's family and has a weak foundation. You go first."
It was the first time that Chu Jinyao was treated so cherishly, and she entered the room flattered. Later, Lin Xining followed and came in with Chu Jinyao.
The old lady, Chu Zhu and others were all sitting in the Xici room talking. When they heard the door open, the old lady said, "This is Brother Ning coming."
After Chu Jinyao entered the room, he didn't dare to look up, and immediately said, "Jinyao is late, please forgive my grandmother and aunt."
Zhao shi frowned: "Why are you only here now?"
The other girls were all there, but Chu Jinyao wasn't there, and Chu Zhu asked about it just now. Zhao Shi was embarrassed. Now that she saw Chu Jinyao, she was really angry.
Chu Jinyao maintained the gesture of greeting, and lowered her head silently. It was Lin Xining who took the initiative to say, "I don't blame my cousin. There are many vacant yards in the east of Rongning Hall. I have been lost there many times before, and when my cousin just came back, it was inevitable. I happened to meet my fifth cousin just now, so I took my The fifth cousin is here."
After Lin Xining said this, Zhao shi naturally couldn't say much. Lin Xining is the only son of the sister-in-law, and the son of the prince's mansion, how dare she speak of others.
When Madam Chu heard this, her brows furrowed: "Who is next to Fifth Young Lady?"
After listening to the rose, she took a step forward: "It's a slave."
Madam Gu leaned down and said something to Madam Chu, Madam Chu's expression became more and more bad: "You are a second-class maid, you don't even know the way?"
Madam Gu reminded in a low voice, "Old Ancestor, our mansion was short of manpower a few years ago, so I called Ren Yazi into the mansion to buy a group of maids, and she is here."
A new girl who entered the mansion and couldn't even recognize the road turned out to be the second-class girl beside the girl. Madam Chu's majestic and indifferent eyes swept towards Zhao Shi, Zhao Shi hurriedly lowered her head, showing a gesture of admitting her mistake. In front of Chu Zhu and so many juniors, Madam Chu saved face for the Zhao family and didn't say much, just glanced at her and looked away. Yan Shi stood beside him, secretly turning his face away and smiling.
Zhao Shi, she is stupid, she can suppress the aunt and servants in the backyard, and she is smart, but she always does some ridiculous things.
The eldest girl is the eldest daughter. She has been raised in front of the old lady since childhood. She is very respectable, but she is not close to the eldest girl. Being a parent always favors young children and young daughters, and Yan Shi also has sons and daughters. It is understandable that Zhao Shi loves the four girls wholeheartedly. But now it has been said that the fourth girl is not her own, and she still devotes her heart to making plans for others. Is this stupid
Yan Shi laughed enough in his heart, and then he stopped gloating and said to Chu Zhu: "Auntie is so lucky, Ning Ge'er is good-looking, filial in heart, and sympathetic to your younger brothers and sisters, you will have more luck in the future."
When Chu Zhu heard this, her smile narrowed slightly. Her eyes turned to Chu Jinyao, and she looked around without expression before asking, "This is the first time I've seen Fifth Young Lady. You just said, what's your name?"
Chu Jinyao said cautiously, "Aunt back, my name is Chu Jinyao."
"Yao..." Chu Zhu's eyes changed, and she turned to look at Mrs. Chu, "Why don't the five girls follow Xian'er's generation?"
The girls of this generation of the Chu family are named after the brocade, which means the virtue of a woman. And Chu Jinyao's name "Yao" is the same generation as Chu Zhu.
After being reminded by Chu Zhu, Mrs. Chu realized that Chu Jinyao's name collided with Chu Zhu's seniority. She paused and said, "This child is also rough, and the first thirteen years have not had a good life. Her name for Yao , it was given by a Taoist priest at birth." The implication is, don't bother with a junior.
After all, Chu Zhu is married, so it's not easy to meddle in the affairs of her parents' niece, not to mention, the old lady Chu said so. Chu Zhu said, "I remember that when I came back, the four girls were always the most active. Where are the four girls?"
"Aunt, I'm here." Chu Jinmiao stood up and saluted Chu Zhu.
Chu Zhu pulled Chu Jinmiao over and said with a smile, "You and Fifth Young Lady stand together, and I will take a good look at you."
Chu Jinmiao's smile froze. Since Chu Jinyao came, her identity has become more and more embarrassing. Things that she used to take for granted have now become subtle, and there are many people in the big house. It is inevitable to hear some gossip. Now Chu Zhu asked her to stand with Chu Jinyao for comparison...
Chu Jinyao doesn't matter, she has long been used to being seen. And Chu Jinmiao almost moved to Chu Jinyao's direction, and when there were two steps left, Chu Jinmiao refused to go any further.
There is a saying that you are not afraid of not knowing the goods, but you are afraid of comparing goods. Because Chu Jinmiao was the daughter of a farmer, her appearance was always inferior to the serious Miss Chu family. Now standing next to Chu Jinyao, the gap is more and more obvious. Chu Jinyao is a head taller than her. Although it is slightly darker, her facial features are of the crushing level. Chu Jinmiao's only advantage is that she is thinner than Chu Jinyao, but she is thin, but she is not as comfortable as Chu Jinyao's natural figure.
Qin Yi, who was watching the play quietly, felt too embarrassed.
Obviously other ladies also felt it, and they tacitly did not continue this topic. Chu Zhu didn't expect that she had done something bad with good intentions, so she called Chu Jinmiao over and patted her hand quietly.
Chu Zhu thought regretfully that Chu Jinmiao was more slender than Chu Jinyao and had a better temperament. At first glance, she looked like a child raised by a wealthy family, with a thin and bookish air. The only shortcoming is... Chu Jinyao is really much prettier than Chu Jinmiao, even though Chu Zhu is private to Chu Jinmiao, she can't tell her conscience that Chu Jinyao is not good-looking.
Chu Zhu originally wanted Chu Jinmiao and Chu Jinyao to stand in one place, so that everyone could have a look at the competition. Although Chu Jinmiao still stayed in the Hou Mansion, her biological parents did such a thing. It was inevitable that there would be people with shallow eyelids in the Hou Mansion who despised her. Chu Zhu did this because she wanted to remind everyone and let them see what to do. Only called Miss Qianjin, the extravagance raised by Houmen is not comparable to any village girl who appeared out of nowhere.
As a result, he was embarrassed.
Although Chu Jinyao is the real girl of the Chu family, for the Zhao family, Mrs. Chu and Chu Zhu, Chu Jinmiao is the one who watched them grow up, and it really hurts her all these years. Suddenly, a Chu Jinyao appeared and said that they hurt the wrong person before. Chu Jinyao is the real daughter, and Chu Jinmiao is all fake. Who can accept it? When Chu Zhu received the letter, she was inexplicable.
Chu Jinyao is a real stranger to her. Chu Zhu originally thought that Chu Jinyao must be vulgar and greedy when he grew up in a peasant family. Once the sparrow turns into a phoenix, it will definitely show greed, selfishness, love of money, etc. How can it compare to Chu Jin's wonderful knowledge and rationality
Even after seeing Chu Jinyao herself, Chu Zhu didn't see the picture that Chu Zhu originally expected, but Chu Zhu still felt that if she was raised in a poor family, she must be poor at the root. Chu Zhu thought with some regret, if only Chu Jinyao's face was on Chu Jinmiao's body, it would be perfect.
Madam Chu looked at this stubbornly, and when Chu Zhu stopped, she said, "It's getting late, let's have dinner."
With Mrs. Chu around, there is no need to shy away from the rule that men and women have different seats at the age of seven. Lin Xining and the young masters and girls of the Chu family accompany the old lady to dinner. The old lady naturally sat in the center, Chu Zhu and Lin Xining sat on the right hand of the old lady, Chu Jinxian sat on the left of the old lady, and the daughters-in-law of Zhao and Yan had to stand and serve their mother-in-law for dinner.
The seats on both sides of the old lady Chu have always been the most favored people. The old lady's preference is the wind direction, and such people are also very flattered in the inner house. Now, with Chu Zhu and Lin Xining on one side, and Chu Jinxian on the other, Chu Jinyao can fully understand. As for herself... She was at another table.
Eight people are seated at a table, and there are several young masters. How can the most important old lady get her turn at the table...
Halfway through the meal, the old lady said to Zhao and others, "You guys have been standing for a day, sit down and rest."
Zhao Shi and the others gave in once, and then put down Bucai's chopsticks. Immediately, a maidservant brought a stool and waited on the three ladies to sit at the table.
After dinner, Chu Jinyao went back to his yard and secretly said to Qin Yi, "In such a solemn scene today, we juniors can sit and eat, but mothers and the others have to stand up and make rules and stand for half a meal. It takes a lot of effort to get into the table. Just like this, there are still many people who say that the grandmother is considerate to the daughter-in-law. It is obvious that she is a spoiled guest before she gets married, so why does it have to be like this after she gets married? "
"This is the etiquette, there's no way." Qin Yi sighed and said, "Taiyuan is better. The rules of the capital are strict. If you meet an old-fashioned mother-in-law, you will follow the rules in everything. That's called sparring."
Qin Yi is the crown prince. Although he spends most of his time in the palace, he has heard of these things. It was not easy for the bride to live, and when he thought that Chu Jinyao would have to do the same in the future, he felt worried for her.
She is so stubborn that it is easy to trust other people's brains. If she encounters a mean mother-in-law, what should I do? He wanted to mention that Chu Jinyao should pay attention to the husband's family when he was engaged in marriage in the future, but he felt that he was a foreigner and would have to leave sooner or later, and the other party was her husband's family. complain.
He still doesn't want to get involved in such things.
Chu Jinyao thought that she would serve her mother-in-law like this in the future, and she felt that life was dull. She was depressed for a while, but Qin Yi saw that Chu Jinyao was too sluggish, so he had to take the initiative to speak and divert her attention: "I see you sneaking a few glances at Lin Xining today, are you..."
"No!" Chu Jinyao's face blushed, and she said angrily, "What are you doing, what are you talking about so eloquently?"
In fact, Qin Yi was right. It was rare for women in the house to see men from outside, while Lin Xining was just the right age, with a beautiful appearance, and he was still the son of the prince's mansion. Throughout the table, girls kept peeking at him. It was the first time that Chu Jinyao saw a nobleman of the same age. He was still a gentle and considerate young man who was in the wind.
Qin Yi snorted softly and said, "You still lie to me. I have been able to understand those palaces since I was ten years old... What women are thinking, your little thoughts are not enough for them to point their fingers."
"I said I didn't!"
"If you don't, why are you yelling at me?"
"You're so annoying." Chu Jinyao took off the jade pendant in a fit of anger, put it on the small table outside the canopy bed, and slammed the curtain down by herself, "I'm going to sleep, don't disturb me."
After a while, Qin Yi said leisurely, "They're right, women are really unreasonable."