[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

After the spring, the ice and snow have just melted, and the cool breeze is blowing in front of you, making you feel cold.

Standing at the bow of the boat, you can see the spring scenery of the river, and there are endless ships with colorful flags fluttering on board.

Yanyu and Daiyu usually go out in a carriage and are escorted by guards. After boarding the boat, Jia Min allows the nanny to take their sisters out to get some air.

"Sister, just stand here and watch, don't get too close to the side of the boat." Wang Momo was always cautious, and she was afraid that the sisters would have bad luck, so she only advised them.

The two sisters didn't want to embarrass her, so they sat on the inner window and watched the scenery, talking in a low voice.

The familiar world is slowly fading away, and the friends who grew up together in the past also disappear between the water and the sky.

It so happened that Mrs. Zhen and her eldest daughter-in-law, Mrs. Ma, and their youngest daughter, Zhen Jing, were on their way to Beijing. They met the Zhen family's fleet on the way, and Mrs. Zhen sent servants to send greetings to the Lin family's boat to invite them to a party.

Jia Min and Mrs. Zhen knew each other when they were young, and they rarely saw each other since they were separated from each other after they left the cabinet.Jia Min asked the wet nurse to take good care of Yan'er, and took her two daughters there in a small boat; Mrs. Zhen and Grandma Zhen Ma had been waiting for a long time, and when she saw Jia Min's mother and daughter, she came forward with a smile on her face: "Min younger sister."

"Sister Rong." Jia Min called Mrs. Zhen's boudoir name with a smile.

Grandma Zhen is smart, she smiled when she saw her mother-in-law happy, "Mother is very happy to see Aunt Lin, my daughter-in-law has never seen her mother like this."

Mrs. Zhen's smile grew stronger, and she pulled Zhen Jing to talk to Jia Min: "This is my fourth sister; I used to grow up with the old lady in Huaijiang, and they are similar in age to your two sisters."

Jia Min looked at the Fourth Miss Zhen, and nodded with a light smile: "It turns out to be the fourth sister. I heard from your mother that she is the most filial child." As he spoke, he took a Babaozan pearl hairpin and gave it to Zhen Jing as a meeting gift. .

The sisters of the Lin family met Zhen Yan, the daughter of Zhen's parents, but seeing that Zhen Jing and Zhen Yan's appearance and temperament are completely different, they don't seem to be sisters from the same family.

In the past, Yanyu heard about the Zhen family. Mrs. Zhen has three sons and three daughters. Apart from Zhen Yan who has left the court and Zhen Jing now, there is also a third-ranked Zhen Ting, who is thirteen years old and is still waiting to be married. In the boudoir; usually this Miss Zhen San is also the most favored by Mrs. Zhen, and she is often brought by her side to entertain guests.How could Mrs. Zhen go to Beijing with the fourth girl who was raised by Mrs. Zhen since she was a child, instead of the third girl who grew up by her side?

It's no wonder that Yanyu is suspicious, but she thinks that the Zhen family's affairs are indeed very strange.

Zhen Jing's appearance is even more outstanding than Zhen Yan's, but she is shy and timid when she smiles, and she obediently follows Mrs. Zhen's side.

Grandma Zhen took off a pair of jadeite bracelets from her wrists and gave Yanyu and Daiyu a meeting gift, she pulled the two girls with a smile and said: "I heard about the two sisters of the Lin family, Yuxiu, and now I see her, she is really handsome Extraordinary."

Mrs. Zhen also smiled when she heard her daughter-in-law's words: "My daughter-in-law here is the best at coaxing people."

Jia Min also laughed and said, "That's the blessing of Sister Rong."

After talking with Mrs. Zhen for a while, Mrs. Zhen originally wanted to keep Jia Min's mother and daughter to have dinner here;

Back on the boat, I saw Yan'er running out of the cabin, with an aggrieved look: "Mother."

Jia Min dragged Yan'er into the house, and Yanyu and Daiyu followed their mother.

The mother-in-law on the boat didn't have the heart to prepare any more meals, so she just asked the mother-in-law to reheat the morning green porridge and serve it up.

"I've known Mrs. Zhen since I was a girl. It's just been so many years, and we still see each other occasionally during the holidays. It's also a lot of strangers." Jia Min said to himself, with a somewhat disappointed expression on his face.

Originally, Jia Min also went to Jinling to watch the Zhenyan ceremony, but at that time, it happened that Mrs. Zhen was ill and was resting in another hospital, and all matters were handled by Grandma Zhen; There are some sons and daughters who are under their knees, but now they are not even as good as couples from ordinary families.

Jia Min also occasionally heard about these things about the former sisters, and when they meet now, she can't help but feel sad.

Daiyu saw that her mother looked sad, so she said obediently: "Mother, my daughter looks at Mrs. Zhen's kind face, she must be a kind person."

Looking at her daughter's delicate face, Jia Min forced a smile: "She was competitive when she was young, and she was the most outstanding among the sisters. Now she is a grandmother after all, but she has changed a lot." I can't help feeling that the years make people old, and it has been many years in a flash, and I never thought that I would meet Mrs. Zhen again on the way back to Beijing.

Mrs. Zhen also said that since they are both going to the capital, it is better to go as companions, at least they can take care of each other along the way;

At night, Yanyu and Daiyu slept in the back room on the second floor, when they heard rustling noises outside the window, they thought it was the sound of passing boats slapping the river.

Daiyu turned over and moved closer to Yanyu, calling in a low voice, "Sister."

"Yu'er?" Yanyu also felt that she couldn't sleep, and when she heard her sister's words, she was completely awake.

"Sister, will we not be able to go back to Yangzhou in the future?" Daiyu asked in a low voice after a long silence next to Yanyu.

Thinking about it, this was Daiyu's first time leaving Jiangnan to go to such a far place, and thinking that she might never see her sisters and friends in Yangzhou again, she couldn't help feeling sad.

Yanyu smiled and took her younger sister's hand: "Father transferred back to Beijing. Kyoto is the most prosperous place, which is different from Yangzhou. Mother said, in the future, we can still be with sister Ming and the three sisters of the Li family. There are sisters Yinglian and the others exchanging letters; sister Ming has always been thinking about the Qixi Lantern Festival at the North Gate Tower of the capital, we can also draw a picture of the lantern show and send it to sister Ming, it is right for her to think about it."

Daiyu quietly listened to Yanyu's words, and then nodded: "Then can we see them again in the future?"

Yanyu was silent.

No one can tell what will happen in the future, the world is changing, and what will happen tomorrow is still uncertain.

It's just that Yanyu inexplicably thought of Mu Ran, whom she hadn't seen for a long time.All she knew was that Mu Yun, Zhao Yue, and the Xu family were plotting big things, and she was keenly aware that her father Lin Ruhai must also be involved; if they succeed in their big things, the Xu family will not only prosper but also be better than before. , but if it fails, I am afraid it will be a disaster.

Thinking of these things, Yanyu felt confused again.

The last time when I met Mu Yun at the South Campus Academy, Mu Yun asked her to help deliver the letter to Shi Jin, the son of the Marquis of Zhongjing, and she still keeps this letter with her now.

Since it involved the affairs of the temples of the previous dynasty, and it was also related to the emperor's heir, even a trivial matter was a big event.

I don't know if Lin Ruhai's transfer back to Beijing is a disaster or a blessing?

Yanyu was not at ease, and felt more and more strange that all these things were densely intertwined.

Just as she was thinking hard, she heard Daiyu whispering beside her: "Sister, do you feel—" Daiyu seemed to want to say something, but hesitated to speak; Yanyu couldn't help asking: "What's the matter?" ?”

"Do you think that the fourth sister of the Zhen family is a bit strange." Daiyu pulled Yanyu's arm and said softly against her.

"What's so strange?" Yan Yu also felt that the Zhen family and his party were very unusual, but seeing her younger sister say the same thing, she wanted to hear what she thought of it.

"The fourth sister of the Zhen family has been with Mrs. Zhen, but she is not as close as a mother and daughter. It looks very awkward." Although Daiyu is young, she has seen a lot. of weirdness.

"I heard that the fourth sister of the Zhen family grew up by Mrs. Zhen's side since she was a child, and she wasn't with Mrs. Zhen. Maybe the fourth sister of the Zhen family is a little reserved."

Yanyu said this because she didn't want her sister to think too much, but she couldn't help but aggravated her doubts.

She listened carefully to the conversation between her mother and Mrs. Zhen. It is said that Mrs. Zhen came to Beijing to visit relatives, and the specific reason is not clear; when she first saw Zhen Jing, she felt an indescribable strangeness from the bottom of her heart, and even a kind of fear. Suspicions arose—is this Fourth Miss Zhen really Mrs. Zhen's daughter?This world is always uneasy, since the Zhuang family can quietly accept the second daughter of Dong'an County Wangfu who claims to be the eighth girl from the Zhuang Shi family, why can't the Zhen family accept a fake fourth girl? Plan for the future at home?

After hearing Daiyu's words, this kind of suspicion spread wildly like weeds blown by the wind, and could no longer be contained.

The Zhen family is the mother family of the King of Jin. At this time, Mrs. Zhen's visit to Beijing may not be just to visit relatives, maybe there are other intentions?

Yanyu was lying on the couch thinking quietly, and heard Daiyu's breathing gradually stabilized beside her, she should have fallen asleep peacefully; but Yanyu was still not sleepy at all, she just closed her eyes and fell asleep, thinking about it would not make her face look pale when she woke up tomorrow It was so ugly that my mother was worried.

At midnight, Yiyue, who was sleeping outside, came in to replace the stove with ashes, and Yanyu pretended not to know when she heard the movement.

But suddenly he heard the sound of a heavy object falling into the water from outside the window. Through the window screen, he could already see the world in the dark night illuminated by fire, which should be reflected from the opposite ship.

Opposite is Zhen's fleet!

Daiyu was awakened by the sound, so Yanyu got up and called Yuebai in to ask what was going on outside.

"The girl was startled. I heard from the Zhen family that there was a strong wind at night. A woman slipped into the water and was rescued. She was fine." Yue Bai asked Zhunxin before returning to report to them. "Go to sleep, girl, you'll be fine!"

Yan Yuyou glanced uncomfortably at the brightly lit place outside the window, then she still lay down with Daiyu and put on the quilt.

It was a night without incident until dawn. The next day, the sisters washed and changed their clothes and went to Jia Min's room. Seeing Jia Min's pale face, it was obvious that they hadn't slept well.

Daiyu asked worriedly, "Is mother alright? Why don't you invite a doctor to come aboard and have a look?"

Jia Min was very relieved to see her daughter was sensible and well-behaved, she just shook her head with a smile: "It's nothing serious, just take a nap in the afternoon and you'll be fine."

After breakfast at Jia Min's place, Yanyu and Daiyu took Yan'er over to play, so that Jia Min could rest for half a day.