Jade of Rebirth

After about half an hour, the carriage entered the capital city.

Zhixue raised the curtain to look at it, and was very pleasantly surprised. To him, these were all things he had never seen before. People go and there is a lot of traffic, just like the New Year's festival in the countryside.What's more, the people in the capital are better dressed than those in the countryside, and there are a variety of goods that have never been seen in the countryside.

Zhixue was dazzled by the sight, and at the same time asked Yuli to watch it, but Yuli has lived here for five years, how could she not know?Therefore, he was not interested, so he answered and explained to Zhixue the things that need to be paid attention to after entering the Yufu.Although Zhixue is simple, she is intelligent and understands everything, and keeps all of this in her heart.

After about half an hour, the carriage finally stopped in front of a magnificent mansion.

Yu Li was sitting in the car, not in a hurry to get out of the car, waiting for Feng An and the servant to invite him.

"Third young master, we're here, please come down." Feng An personally lifted the curtain and asked him to come down. Seeing that he was not moving, with a smile on his face, he couldn't help being a little surprised... If it was another 13-year-old boy , All the way in like this, one is either too excited to hold back, or too nervous to come down, but the third young master is so calm, is it just pretending, or is it true?

Zhixue got out of the car first, and then waited on him outside: "Master, please get out of the car."

Yu Li then slowly got out of the carriage.He looked up at the familiar "Jade Mansion" plaque, a flash of hatred flashed in his eyes, then he lowered his head and followed Steward Feng into the Yu Mansion without looking sideways.

The Jade Mansion is quite large, with five entrances in the courtyard, the second entrance is the main hall. When you enter, you can see camphor trees and osmanthus trees rising from the sky on both sides, which is very simple.After walking for a long time, we finally arrived at the main hall. The main hall is square, about ten paces long and wide, with all the furniture.

Yuli was already very familiar with Yufu, so she never looked around, Zhixue was instructed by Yuli, so she followed behind him obediently with her head bowed.

The servants around saw that although the two were dressed in shabby clothes, they walked very calmly, they didn't look like they came from the countryside, so they stopped thinking about joking.Coupled with Yu Li's noble air of a master, these people dare not look at him blatantly.

"Third young master, the master has not come back from court at this time, this old servant will take you to the east courtyard to meet the old lady and wife first." Feng An said.

"Please steward Feng to lead the way." Yu Li nodded, and followed Feng An to the east courtyard.

The old lady Li lived in the southeast courtyard, his wife Qin and Yuzhangci lived in the main house, several aunts and young ladies lived in the northeast courtyard, the second room lived in the northwest, the eldest son Yuxuan and the concubine's twin son Yuchiyuyan lived in the northeastern courtyard. Living in the Southwest courtyard, there is a veranda between the north and the south, and the main hall and the back garden between the east and west. This arrangement is also for the sake of avoiding suspicion.

A few people arrived at the east courtyard, and as soon as they entered the courtyard, they saw an old nanny standing at the door, Yuli knew her, she was a maid brought by Madam Yu's natal family, she was called Du Ruo, and she served Madam Yu all her life , so she is very face-saving in the Yufu, even Yuzhangci and the Qin family will give her three points of face, Yuzhangci and the Qin family call her "Ruo Gu", and the younger generation will call her Ruo Nanny up.

When she saw Feng An bringing two teenagers in, she couldn't help but look at Yu Lilai who was walking in front. She saw that he looked six parts like his mother Liu Shi and four parts like Yu Zhangci. He was very handsome, but he didn't look sideways. , walking in a straight and steady pace, without any jumping or shaking, and even the hem of the clothes and skirts never fluttered a lot.

She couldn't help but feel a little joy in her heart, thinking to herself, although this young master was sent to the countryside since he was a child, he has a good character and appearance.

"This is the third young master." Feng An said to Du Ruo, "Third young master, this is Madam Du Ruo."

Yu Li hurriedly smiled at her, and said respectfully, "Mommy is well."

Mother Ruo also hurriedly said: "The third young master is here. The old lady has been looking forward to it all morning, and finally the third young master is here." Then, she lifted the curtain to let Yuli in, "The third young master, come in quickly." , the old lady and the lady are waiting for you."

Yuli nodded, turned her head to signal Zhixue to wait outside, and went in by herself.

As soon as she entered, she saw Mrs. Yu wearing a purple long-shou pattern autumn dress, wearing a purple embroidered forehead, lying on the couch. She is 56 years old this year, but she is well-maintained and pampered, so she can't tell her real age.Sitting next to her was Yuzhangci's original wife, Qin Shi. Qin Shi was the eldest daughter of Duke Qin Huan of Qin State. It's been a long time, and it's a bit harsh and hostile, so there is a bit of meanness on the face.

Sitting at the head of the two are Erfang Qiu and two aunts Zhang and Zhao. These people are not of high status in the Yufu, especially the two aunts, who are not considered serious masters. None mentioned.

As soon as Yuli entered, seeing her grandmother Li, her eyes were red, her face seemed to be very wronged and sad, and she immediately bowed down in front of Li: "Grandson pays respects to grandma, please greet grandma!"

Seeing Yuli's pitiful look and sincere tone, Li Shi felt compassion for even other children, let alone her own grandson, so she hurriedly got up to help him, and hugged him in his arms In his arms: "My good grandson, you are finally back!"

Yu Li wasn't moved at all, but still had a sad look on his face: "The grandson is not filial, and it hurts the family, and he can't be filial at the knees of grandmother and father..."

"Don't talk about that, it's good to be back now." Li Shi wiped Yuli's tears with a handkerchief, and said, "My poor son, your birth mother left early, and was sent away since childhood..."

As he spoke, he introduced to Yuli: "Good grandson, this is your mother."

Yuli turned around, glanced at Qin Shi, but quickly saluted, "I've seen my mother."

Qin replied with a smile, and said: "My good boy, why are you showing such a formal courtesy to your mother? You and your mother are not allowed to see each other like this."

Yu Li made a shy smile on her face, but she couldn't help but sneer in her heart.

"This is your third aunt, over there are Aunt Zhao and Aunt Zhang."

The third aunt is Qiu Shi, the wife of Yuzhangqu, the second wife. Because Yuzhangci's uncle, Yuzhisong, has an only son, Yuzhangshu, who serves as the Shaoqing of Dali Temple in the court, and does not live with the Yufu family. Two, therefore, Mrs. Qiu is the third aunt, and Yuzhangshu and his wife are the second uncle and second aunt.

Neither of the two aunts was a serious master, so Yuli had a higher status, so he only nodded to them, and then turned to salute Mrs. Qiu: "Nephew has seen the third aunt."

"Hey, such a handsome nephew!" Third Aunt Qiu's outspokenness and cheerful temperament, so she spoke quickly, and stuffed a red envelope into Yuli's hand, and said, "Such a handsome nephew can't match this outfit, Third aunt doesn’t have much money, nephew go buy new clothes!”

"Thank you, Third Aunt." Yu Li smiled gratefully, but in fact he felt it was funny... Erfang Qiu is also quite capable, but Yuzhangqu is a dou who cannot be supported, has no future, and depends on his brother for a living, so in the The status in the mansion is not very high, and Mrs. Qiu has always been dissatisfied with Mrs. Qin, so she likes to run on her and make her unhappy. Now when mentioning Yuli's shabby clothes, it is obvious that Mrs. Qin is not taking good care of her.

Sure enough, after listening to Mrs. Yu, she also noticed that Yu Li's clothes were too shabby, and she showed displeasure on her face, and said to Qin: "Yuemei, why is Li'er dressed so shabby? Don't you wear clothes every month?" There are silver taels sent to the temple? Why doesn't Li'er even have decent clothes?"

The Qin family hadn't sent any silver for seven years, but her face was very calm, she smiled and asked Yu Li with doubts: "Li'er, didn't mother send it? Where did all the money go?"

Yu Li showed an innocent and naive look, and said, "What money? Didn't my son receive any money?"

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Qin showed an angry look on her face: "It must be that damned slave who cheated and swallowed the silver!" He apologized to Mrs. Yu, "It's all the daughter-in-law's fault. That slave has lied to me for so long! Go back and expose that slave's skin!"

"Okay, as soon as Li'er comes back, you will punish this one and that one. If you don't know, you may think that our Li'er came back to instruct the teacher to inquire about the crime. You can just beat and beat." Madam Yu was also dubious about Qin's statement, but This is not the time to find Qin's fault, not to mention that Yuli was a "disaster" before, so it's no wonder Qin's, so Mrs. Yu's tone is just a bit colder.

But Qin didn't stop there, and said to Yuli, "But Lier, I specially ordered someone to make three sets of clothes, and asked Feng An to take them with me when I went. Why didn't you see you change them? Come to see the old lady, How can you wear such a suit of clothes? Or Lier, you don't like the clothes your mother gave you?"

These words imply that Yu Li was rude in front of Mrs. Yu, and was picking and choosing again.

Aunt Zhao has always followed Qin's lead, so she followed suit and said, "Could it be possible that the third young master is wearing this outfit on purpose? So that others will know that people in Yufu have treated you harshly, so as to complain about your grievances?"

This was even said by Mrs. Yu and Yuzhangci, and Mrs. Yu's complexion changed a little when she heard the words. After all, their Yufu did leave Yuli in the country for eight years and didn't care about it. The spread of the incident would damage Yufu's reputation, if Yu Li really intended to let others know that Yufu treated him harshly, then he would be too ignorant and ignorant of flattery.

If it was the Yuli in the previous life, he might be in a mess at this moment, and he didn't know how to get it right, but the current Yuli is a person who has experienced the intrigue of the Houfu, how could he be frightened by these few words?He hurriedly put on a confused and innocent look, and said: "Why does Aunt Zhao say that? Yuli doesn't understand, why should others know that the Yufu treats me harshly? If it spreads, Yufu's reputation will be useless. He is also a member of the Yufu, why would he do such a thing like throwing a rock at his own feet? What's more, why did the Yufu ever treat Yuli harshly? Li'er really doesn't understand what Aunt Zhao thinks."

This means that Aunt Zhao is treating a gentleman with the heart of a villain. Seeing Mrs. Yu frowning at her, Aunt Zhao couldn't help but smiled and said: " I'm just talking, besides, why does the third young master wear such beggar clothes?"

Hearing this, Yuli's eyes turned red, and she looked at Mrs. Yu with grievances, and said with a slightly crying voice: "Grandmother Rong, the clothes my mother sent are really good, and my grandson wants to wear them too, but the clothes are not the same size as my grandson's." My son’s clothes don’t match, and my grandson’s clothes are nondescript. The master in the monastery said that such clothes are more disrespectful in front of my grandmother. If I don’t choose a clean and well-fitting dress, it will look more energetic, and my grandmother will like it when she sees it. Li'er likes her clothes very much, so she folded them up and put them away, and when she can no longer wear them, she can change them..."

She glanced at Aunt Zhao again, and cried: "Aunt Zhao doesn't like Li Er, why do you say that Li Er is a beggar? If Li Er is a beggar, what are his parents and grandmother?"

Aunt Zhao spoke without thinking, Yuli is Li's grandson, he is a beggar, Li is not an old beggar?When Aunt Zhao heard this, she immediately understood, and her face turned pale.

Yuli was crying on the face, turning Aunt Zhao's face from the corner of her eyes, thinking in her heart, fortunately she is only 13 years old, still young, so it is not embarrassing to cry like this, and she can perform well in acting, otherwise she might not be able to act go down!

"Aunt Zhao, you are really talented. Compare our Jingui's third young master to a beggar. Your Yuchi Yuyan and Li'er are brothers. Are they also beggars?" Erfang Qiu satirized her.

After hearing this, Mrs. Yu's face immediately became very displeased, and she first asked Aunt Zhao: "You have been in Yufu for more than ten years, so why are you so unruly? The third young master is also you Can you talk? Go back and copy "The Commandments for Women" ten times, during which time you are not allowed to step out of the room!"

Aunt Zhao immediately fell silent, not daring to vent her anger.

The Qin family on the side was also a little annoyed with her, and was about to smooth things over, when the old lady said to herself:

"It's true for you too. The few clothes you make are not decent. How can I trust you to take care of this huge Jade Mansion?"

As soon as she heard about the management of the Yu Mansion, the Qin family immediately became very respectful, and apologized with a smile: "It's the daughter-in-law's fault, and the daughter-in-law lost her head too busy, causing Li'er to be wronged, and the daughter-in-law will ask someone to do it again." A few sets are better, and it will definitely suit Lier's body when the time comes!"

Seeing that she had reached her goal, Yu Li accepted it as soon as she was ready, and said to Mrs. Yu, "Grandmother, don't be angry, Li'er came back to honor you, not to make you angry. If you get angry, you can How can Li'er deal with himself?"

Mrs. Yu smiled: "Good boy, I don't blame you, it's all about those who say things badly and do things badly. Well, you are probably tired too, go down and rest first, let Feng An take you to settle down , After lunch, come over and have dinner with grandma."

"Yes, grandma." Yuli bowed to Mrs. Yu, then said to Qin and Qiu, "Mother, Third Aunt, Li'er is leaving."

Said, took a few steps back, then turned and went out.

As he went out, he showed a smile on his face... It was the first time that she saw annoyance and frustration in Qin's eyes, but she deserved these, and this was the beginning.

In the future, let's see!