[Red House] The Twins of Purple Pearls

"I heard that your family works in the outer courtyard?" Yanyu asked Jin Qing, and Jin Qing said with a low eyebrow, "My mother is a maid, and my brother works beside the master of the outer courtyard."

Yanyu smiled softly, and said to her in a harmonious voice: "I usually stay at home and don't know much about the outside world. Tell me more about the outside world!"

Jin Qing responded quickly, and said, "Yes."

In fact, what she said was nothing more than some irrelevant things, and Yanyu was not interested in listening, until she heard Jin Qing talk about it again.

"I heard that a thief appeared in the capital recently. He wore black clothes and sneaked into the girl's boudoir at night. Now Mr. Yin Wen of Jingzhao Mansion is searching all over the city. He said that if he finds a thief hiding, he will be killed." Jin Qing trembled. say.

Yanyu was surprised.At the foot of the emperor, the governor of Jingzhao government dared to say that there is no need to kill him. Is it because the Wen family is already so powerful, or the situation is so serious that the emperor has to intervene and issue orders.

Master Yin Wen of Jingzhao Mansion is the son of Wen Shangshu and the younger brother of the imperial concubine.

Yan Yu then asked: "Then what happened after that?"

Jin Qing thought for a while before saying: "I just heard that the thief has not been caught yet. The master asked the mansion to keep a close watch on the inner courtyard, so as not to let the thief take advantage of it and disturb the wives and girls."

When I was in Yangzhou before, I also heard that there were thieves making trouble, but I didn't expect that it was still the same rhetoric in the capital now.

As for the commotion outside the city, it has nothing to do with the woman in the backyard.

It was not until the eve of the new year that the sound of Xianle Xiaoxiao sounded at night.

Yanyu took the spirit grass to meet Mu Yun, and saw him standing in the dark in black, and only put down the bamboo flute when she turned her head.

He handed the spirit grass to Mu Ran and told him carefully how to make the spirit grass into a elixir.

"Thank you very much!" Mu Yun's gaze was wandering, as if she was extremely exhausted, but she had to brace herself up.

"Are you okay?" Yan Yu frowned worriedly, afraid that Mu Yun would collapse in front of her in the next moment, "You didn't come that night, I thought something happened to you!"

Mu Yun pulled out a bit of a wry smile: "It's just that something happened and I was trapped. I'm really sorry that I missed the appointment with you again."

Yan Yu hurriedly said: "It's good that you are safe and sound. I heard that there is no peace in the capital now. I'm afraid it's a disaster rather than a blessing; if there is anything that needs my help in the future, as long as I can, I will do my best." .”

"Thank you!" Mu Ran let out a long breath, and seemed to have made up his mind suddenly, before he hesitated to ask Yanyu, "You, do you really have anything you want to ask me?" His tone seemed to be expecting something, The eyes looking at Yanyu became more and more serious.

Yanyu was at a loss: "What?" She really didn't know.

Mu Yun sighed and said, "I hope we will meet again soon. Maybe by then, all this will be over."

"Then I hope your wish will come true." This time Yanyu understood what he meant.

In fact, she still has a lot of things she wants to ask Mu Yun clearly; but now is really not a good time to talk, and it will not be too late if we meet again in the future.

After handing the spirit grass to Mu Yun, Yanyu finally felt that her efforts were not in vain.

After the Lin family came to the capital, it was the first New Year's Eve. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, Yanyu Daiyu and Yan'er followed Lin Ruhai and his wife to Rongguo Mansion to visit relatives.

Xichun was originally a girl from Ningguo Mansion, so she was taken back by her sister-in-law Youshi.

After their siblings kowtowed to their grandmother to pay their respects, Shi Taijun happily asked Yuanyang to take out the auspicious wishful purse that had been prepared for them, which contained heavy gold ingots.

Hearing that Prince Teng was in Beijing during the Jingying Festival, Baoyu followed his mother, Mrs. Wang, to his uncle's house, so he only saw sisters Yingchun and Tanchun.Both girls put on newly cut auspicious clothes, lake blue and fat red, and even Yingchun, who has always been dull and taciturn, smiled and chuckled at Jia Min's side.

"You little girls, go and play by yourself!" Shi Taijun said, and the sisters went out for a walk with Yingchun and Tanchun.

Yan'er was still thinking about playing with Lang Geer when he was begging for Qiao, so she coquettishly asked Shi Taijun: "Grandma, can I still play with Lang Geer?" Jia Min on the side.

Shi Taijun loved Yan'er the most, so he hugged him into his arms and said with a smile: "Your sister-in-law's natal family is here, and they are talking with Lan Geer. When you come to play next time, let Lan My brother will play with you, okay?"

Yan'er tilted her head and thought for a while before she nodded seriously: "Mother said, you have to listen to your grandmother."

Shi Taijun was so overjoyed by Yan'er that he wanted Yan'er to stay in Rongguo Mansion and stay by her side.

Jia Min obviously wouldn't agree, so she turned aside Shi Taijun's words and asked, as if she had just remembered: "Mother just said that someone from the Li family has come? I don't know who is here?"

"I heard that the Li family is in charge of Wan Yin's family. The wife in-law has been bedridden all these years, and the second wife and fourth wife are in charge of the housekeeping. The Wan Yin family is the fourth wife's accompanying room." Although Shi Taijun didn't ask directly This matter is also crystal clear.

"This Mrs. Li Si, I know about it." Jia Min said with a smile, "Mrs. Since I am the person next to Mrs. Li Si, I have to say something to each other so as not to be rude."

When Shi Taijun heard this, he nodded in agreement: "It turns out that there is such a relationship, so it should be."

Jia Min said: "Mrs. Li Si's maiden name is Jiang, and she is also from the capital. She used to be a female teacher in the palace."

"I know her." Shi Taijun also smiled and said, "Ms. Jiang was not simple back then. From the princess princess to the lady of the official family, no one would be proud of getting acquainted with Mrs. Jiang. It's just that she married to Jinling later. Girls and daughter-in-laws don’t know much.” Hearing Jia Min’s words, he thought again, “It would be great if some girls in the family could be taught by Mrs. Li Si.” As Yingchun and Tanchun grew older, Although their parents decide their marriage, if it is revealed that it is a girl who has been instructed by Mrs. Jiang, this marriage will be easier to say.

"In the past two years, Mrs. Li Si has taken over the middle school. She is not as free as she used to be, so she doesn't teach students anymore." Jia Min sighed regretfully thinking of her nieces.

When Shi Taijun heard this, he didn't mention it anymore.

The sisters of the Lin family sat down with Yingchun and Tanchun at the waterside pavilion by the pool, and saw that a thin layer of frost had formed between the pools, and the heavy snow was still falling; , even the maids and mother-in-law who walked back and forth were in a hurry.

Yingchun lowered her head and played with the string of eight treasures on her wrist, and the sharp-eyed Yanyu saw it and praised: "Second sister's bracelet is really unique!"

Tanchun and Daiyu also looked at her when they heard the words.

"It was rewarded by Mrs. Zhong Jinghou, and the third and fourth younger sisters also have it." Yingchun hesitated before saying.

Tanchun also recognized it, so he said: "During the Chongyang Festival, Mrs. Zhong Jinghou came to pay a visit to the ancestors. She honored the ancestors with a set of glass and jade lamps, and gave things to us younger generations. Our sisters The ones are strings of eight treasures, Lian’s second sister-in-law has a set of scarlet jade inlaid with emerald gold, and even the eldest sister-in-law has a silver hairpin made of autumn chrysanthemums.”

Daiyu exclaimed: "Could it be that Mrs. Zhongjinghou got a gold mountain and a silver mine, and the money in her hands can't be spent?"

No wonder Daiyu was so surprised, even generations of princes have not been able to make such a generous move.

Tanchun only said: "Sister Yun also said the same thing. In the past, her third aunt was a person who plucked wild goose, but now she is not used to being so generous suddenly; the fourth sister also said that it is not adultery to be courteous. That is stealing."

Yanyu raised her forehead, these words really seemed to come from Xichun.

She also doesn't understand the nature of Mrs. Zhongjinghou's wife Wen, but hearing their unanimous voices, she can probably piece together a vague shadow.

It is impossible for the Wen family to change his temper suddenly, so it is true what Xichun said, either adultery or robbery.

Daiyu and Tanchun were still talking, Yingchun was playing with bracelets as before, but Yanyu suddenly felt that the north wind was getting colder and colder.

"Girl, let's change the hand stove again." Yu Bai saw that Yanyu seemed to be shaking, so he re-warmed the hand stove and put it on for her.

Yanyu hugged the stove and curled up in the large cloak, and it took her a long time to feel her body warming up gradually.

The carved railings and jade brickwork in Rongguo Mansion are exquisite, but they can't resist the north wind.

"Third sister, have you seen Mrs. Zhen?" Yanyu hurriedly asked Tanchun.

"Are you talking about Mrs. Zhen from the Zhen family in Jinling?" Tanchun nodded, "Mrs. Zhen was still in the capital last year, and she also came to see her at the mansion." Speaking of which, Tanchun became more interested, "At that time, the fourth girl Zhen also followed Next to Mrs. Zhen is the current side concubine of King Zhao."

It was heard that Zhen Jing became the side concubine of King Zhao and was very favored. Now that she was two months pregnant, Mrs. Zhen returned to Jinling with Grandma Zhen with satisfaction.

Yanyu laughed softly: "Miss Zhen Si is a rare beauty in the world."

Tanchun agreed very much: "Even if it was shocking, I couldn't describe her appearance. Later I heard that Miss Zhen Si became a royal wife. I was not surprised at all. I knew it would be like this."

If Zhen Jing only pleases the king's heart with her appearance, how can she keep her love and let the Zhen family get what they want?The Zhen family went to great lengths to send Zhen Jing to the capital and make Zhen Jing the side concubine of King Zhao, not for the purpose of allowing Zhen Jing to be favored by King Zhao as the daughter of the Zhen family and to preserve the honor of the Zhen family.

It's just that there is a little more worry in Tanchun's eyes.

Yanyu guessed that Tanchun was afraid that a peerless beauty like Zhen Jing would appear in the imperial city, eclipsing all women in the world, and her elder sister, Yuan Chun who entered the palace would have no bright future.

But what she thought of was conspiracy.

As the mother clan of the King of Jin, the Zhen family entered the battle for the throne, so it could only end in life or death.And if you send a beautiful woman to Zhao Wang, even if she is favored, the Zhen family will not be able to keep Zhao Wang as the emperor in the future; The move made the emperor suspicious, and even beyond redemption.

If she could think of this, the Zhen family and the Wen family must also be able to think of it, but why did it still happen?This is extremely unusual.

Anxiety sprouted from the bottom of my heart, engulfing everything in the capital.