Duke Yasukuni is still there, but everyone knows that the title only reaches his generation, but relying on the shadow of his ancestors, he still maintains a certain glamorous appearance. In contrast, Duke Zhong's mansion is much more low-key. Duke Zhong has passed away for many years, but his successor is still undecided. Fortunately, the emperor misses the past, and the salary is still paid according to the old rule. Inheriting the salary of the duke of the country, as for wanting to serve in the court or seek some fat job, it all depends on one's own ability. Even so, the title of duke of the country still makes countless people jealous.
The carriage entered the corner gate on the side of Duke Zhong's mansion and walked for a while, when someone came to ask them to get off the carriage, put on a light sedan chair with wheels, and headed for the inner courtyard.
The person pulling the sedan chair has also been replaced by a stout maid. The appearance of this small sedan chair is like a combination of a rickshaw and a normal sedan chair. It can accommodate one person inside, and it only needs a servant woman with a little strength to pull it. Prepared by the female relatives, Bai Fuling sat in the small sedan chair and stared at the thick, windproof sedan curtain embroidered with the design of Xiangling's driving end, curling her lips, feeling a burst of disdain in her heart, it's not that her legs and feet are disabled. Who is watching! Is it chaste and dignified if you wrap it up tightly and hide your head and tail? It's inexplicable!
She repelled the capital in her heart, so she saw that everything was not pleasing to the eye, and was slandering vigorously, the small sedan chair had already stopped, and when the curtain was lifted, she saw Madam Zhang standing on the side of the sedan chair with a smile on her face, reaching out her hand to help her get off the sedan chair. Fu Ling thought that she was a "patient" now, forced a "weak" smile, and got out of the sedan chair along with her.
Bai Guo and Yang Mei, who were following the sedan chair, knew that Bai Fuling hated strangers getting close to her, so they quickly took two steps forward, pretending to take care of her health, and gently pushed Nanny Zhang away.
Nanny Zhang frowned, walked to the front left of Bai Fuling and led the way without changing her smile. The Bai family and his wife were in front, and Bai Fuling was in the back. They were surrounded by at least a dozen maids and women.
The scenery in the yard in winter is not good enough. Bai Fuling visited all kinds of palaces and tombs in her previous life, so a small yard naturally did not arouse her interest.
After walking a few steps, they entered a hall, and heard the voice of the servant girl replying from a distance: "Miss, my uncle's family is here." Then a group of people rushed to the hall door, and the three well-dressed couples in the middle were probably Duke Yasukuni. The three young masters of the mansion and their wives.
Poor these three young masters are not "less" at all. According to Bai Qian, the youngest one is already thirty-five years old. Because of his limited ability, he has not separated his family so far, and they are all living in the Yasukuni Mansion. The old man still planned to eat his own old ones, and even his uncle's ones.
These six people surrounded the three members of the Bai family in a crowd. The first lady came forward and held Mu Peilan with one hand, with a look of surprise on the face of reunion after a long absence, and said repeatedly: "Fourth sister, I haven't seen you for many years, I want to die." Sister-in-law!"
If you want to die, no one will stop you! Bai Fuling replied in her heart.
Mu Peilan withdrew her hand lightly, and did not respond to her enthusiasm: "I will talk to all the sisters-in-law after I see my mother."
The smile on the face of "Sister-in-law" froze for a moment, but soon regained enthusiasm, and said with a smile: "Should be! Aunt is sick and misses the fourth sister every day. I received a letter from the fourth sister a few days ago, and I am much more energetic. Seeing you, fourth sister, in person later, I'm afraid you don't need to take any medicine, and you will be cured immediately."
The other two wives saw that the "sister-in-law" had touched a soft nail, and a little bit of gloating excitement flashed in their eyes, but they didn't dare to come forward rashly to make friends.
Seeing that Mu Peilan was ignoring her, the sister-in-law turned around and approached Bai Fuling, exclaiming in a loud voice on purpose: "Oh my God! Whose little fairy is this, tsk tsk! It's amazing, fortunately, the fourth sister's family is not in the capital, otherwise It’s no wonder that all the matchmakers in the city didn’t step on the threshold of your house!”
Bai Fuling felt goosebumps all over her body when she heard her voice, and dodged to hide behind Mu Peilan, lest the old hen would come close to disgust her again.
All the female relatives only thought she was shy, and they giggled and laughed proudly. Only a few members of the Bai family knew that Bai Fuling was just too lazy to talk to her. The strange aunt couldn't step down.
Mu Peilan knew her daughter's intentions, she only wanted to see her mother as soon as possible, and she didn't want to get entangled with them, so she said coldly: "My mother still lives in Liufen Pavilion?"
The sister-in-law was annoyed at her ruthlessness, and nodded embarrassingly.
"I still know the way to my house, so don't worry about my cousins and sisters-in-law." Mu Peilan took her husband with one hand and her daughter with the other, and walked forward, leaving the group of people looking at each other in blank dismay.
The family, accompanied by maids such as Yangmei and Baiguo, swaggered through the corridors and halls, and soon arrived at the Liufen Pavilion at the back. It happened that a servant woman was standing in front of the pavilion looking around. When she saw the three of them, her eyes turned red. Her longing and excitement were not fake, she rushed forward a few steps forward and bowed to salute, her voice choked up and said: "Miss, you are back!"
The furnishings in the Liufen Pavilion are simple and elegant. Mrs. Zhong Guogong, who has been famous for several months with white tuckahoe cocos, is sitting on the six pillars of rosewood Sihe Ruyi patterns in the house. A hand that was shaking slightly unconsciously.
That hand didn't wear any rings or bracelets. The skin was wrinkled and wrinkled, and the blood vessels and muscles and bones under the skin could be clearly seen. Such an old pair of hands did not make people feel ugly and vicissitudes, but instead had an elegant posture. Looking up along the arm, Bai Fuling couldn't help but feel a twitch when he saw that old but still exuding peerless face.
A woman who was able to give birth to the most beautiful woman in the capital at that time, with such a beautiful granddaughter like her, was much better than other old ladies even if she was a late beauty. The bright and radiant facial features have worn away most of the brilliance in the erosion of the years, but the inner and outer bearing and charm will not lose their color due to the passing of time.
The maid who brought them in just now was surnamed Yun, and she whispered to the three members of the Bai family: "Madam refused to close her eyes early this morning, I'm afraid I'm tired now..."
Just as she was talking, the old lady suddenly woke up, opened her eyes and raised her voice: "Yun Shi, who are you talking to? But Lan'er is here?"
Nanny Yun took two steps forward and said, "Yes, yes! Miss, uncle, and girl have all come to see you."
Mu Peilan rushed to her mother's bedside, called "Mother" in a low voice, and broke down in tears. The two mother and daughter embraced each other and wept, as if they wanted to cry out all the misunderstandings, complaints, unwillingness and regrets in the past.
Bai Fuling and Bai Chou could only please each other. Although crying hurts the eyes and the body, it is better for mental health to vent properly, so they did not try to dissuade them. Nanny Yun wiped the corners of her eyes and went out to order the maid to wash her face and freshen up hot water towels.
When the two mother and daughter were crying so hard, they held back their tears and couldn't help but looked at each other and laughed lightly. The old lady reached out and poked Mu Peilan's forehead and said: "My daughter is so old, she is ashamed to cry like this. Not shy."
Mu Peilan smiled and said, "Mother, you are not shy, and neither is my daughter."
The old lady glared at her, stretched her hand over Bai Fuling, touched her little face pityingly and said: "Your name is Ling'er, right... You look more beautiful than your mother back then."
I was molested! But fortunately, this grandma is not annoying, Bai Fuling let her have a good time for her mother's sake without struggling.
The old lady looked at her and then at her daughter Mu Peilan, her eyes were a little erratic, obviously recalling her daughter's appearance back then, she sighed softly: "Is there really no antidote?"
Mu Peilan shook her head and said comfortingly, "There's nothing wrong with this, as long as the three people here don't dislike me, it's fine."
"Don't dislike it! Don't dislike it! We don't dislike anyone else!" Before Mu Peilan finished a sentence, Bai Chou had already expressed his attitude first.
The old lady hesitated to speak, and finally said nothing, and changed the subject to ask about their life these years. Bai Fuling stood next to her father and listened to her mother babbling about only some interesting things, and then she talked about how beautiful Baili Mountain is, and finally said: "Mother, why don't you go back to Beiguan City with us? ?”
The old lady cried a lot and talked for a while, she seemed to be out of spirits, she shook her head and said: "Don't you still have to give Ling'er a gift? Let's talk about it at that time."
Mu Peilan couldn't bear to press her, and waited for her to eat some porridge and then lay down to rest. After a while, the old lady fell asleep.
Nanny Yun invited them to the outside room, and said in a low voice: "It's rare for Madam to be so energetic! If Miss spends more time with Madam, she will recover from all illnesses!"
Just as Mu Peilan was about to say something, the sister-in-law brought a large group of maids and servants to Liufen Pavilion to invite them to the front hall for lunch.
Before coming here, Bai Fuling and her parents had already prepared all kinds of contingency measures. The two mothers and daughters leaned on the chairs together, and they both looked sluggish. Then Bai Chou brought Nanny Yun to show up. The daughter was not acclimatized, and both of them refused to go to the banquet on the grounds that they were both unwell, and instead went to Duyunxuan, where Mu Peilan lived before her marriage, to rest.
The sister-in-law forced a sullen face, and after a few words of hypocritical concern, she offered to send them there.
This Liufen Pavilion and Duyunxuan are the only two remaining "pure lands" in Duke Zhong's mansion. Mrs. Zhongguo once said that anyone who trespasses on these two places without permission will be responsible for the consequences. Suspected that there are countless treasures hidden in these two places. Liufen Pavilion, Mrs. Zhongguo lives there and they dare not be presumptuous. After reading Yunxuan, the door of the small building is locked after Mu Peilan left home, and no one lives there anymore. After a peek, it turned out that those people disappeared as if they had disappeared from the world, and there was no trace or news of them.
They went to Mrs. Zhongguo to plead for mercy, and wanted to ask her to be let go, but they just sneered and ignored her. If it happened two or three times, they didn't dare to go half a step further.
But it also strengthened their thinking - there must be some rare treasures hidden in these two places!