The Rebirth of the First Daughter as the Head of the Family

Chapter 3 Returning to Beijing
It was early Xu when the carriage arrived in the capital, but the streets were still bustling and full of people.

The Qingyun gauze on the car window was gently blown by the evening wind. The scenery outside the window was really rich and charming. I haven't returned for five years, and the capital is more prosperous than before.

"Miss, I think it's time for the Palace of Tomorrow to send someone to pick you up."

Qiu Yun was lying by the window, looking at the scenery outside the window, while puffing her cheeks and muttering.

The empress and the first wife are direct sisters, the young lady has often lived in the palace for a while since she was a child, and the empress dotes on this niece very much.

Thinking of her aunt's tragic death in her previous life, Song Jinyue lowered her eyes, and there was no more light in her eyes.

Qiu Yun thought that the young lady was thinking of Mrs. Xian, so she quickly withdrew her hands and sat aside, the atmosphere in the carriage was particularly gloomy.

All the way to the gate of the Duke's Mansion, Song Jinyue didn't make a sound.

After the carriage came to a complete stop, Qiu Yun helped the young lady to get out of the carriage. Song Jinyue looked up at the familiar Duke's Mansion in front of her, feeling a little melancholy in her heart. In her previous life, she went back to the mansion with Mother Zhao.

For this, my father rewarded Mother Zhao very generously.

At that time, the mansion was decorated with lanterns and festoons, and it was full of joy and harmony.

But now, everyone in the mansion probably didn't know that he would come back.

Looking down at the closed black nanmu gate carved with auspicious clouds, she couldn't help but think of the scene when she left the Duke's Mansion five years ago, and her father sent her into the carriage from here.

With reluctance in her eyes, she urged her to take care of herself in every possible way.

At that time, she only felt that she was not filial, and her mother was newly mourned, so she was going to leave the Duke's Mansion, leaving her father alone to guard the huge Duke's Mansion.

But who knows, half a year after she left, Shen came in and became her stepmother.

When she learned about this at Yunquan Villa, she smashed a lot of porcelain. If it wasn't for Qiu Yun's persuasion, she would have rushed back to the capital to ask her father to understand.

Later, day after day, she also got tired.

Her "good sister" Song Jinxi sent people to Yunquan Villa to deliver letters to her day after day.

The letter told of her love for her younger sister, and also cried about all the cynicism and ridicule that she had received outside the house all these years. She said that their sisters are the only blood relatives in this world who have blood.

Later, she and Song Jinxi gradually became sisters who talked about everything.

But in the end?
She snatched He Yuan's frame, and together with him killed her close relatives.

At this moment, she will never believe every word of Song Jinxi again.

Qiu Yun stepped forward and knocked twice on the black lacquered nanmu gate, and shouted to the guard inside: "Second Miss is back! Open the door!"

The boy in a gray cloth jacket was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, then came back to his senses, hurriedly half-opened the small door of the anteroom, poked his head out, saw that it was really the second young lady who came back, and hurried to the main entrance.

He kicked his companion who was half lying down and dozed off at the main entrance, and said, "Quickly go and report to Duke Guo, the Second Miss is back!"

For a moment, the quiet Duke's Mansion became noisy.

The women, maids, maids and servants stretched their necks and gathered outside the main hall.

Song Guogong and Shen Shi had already taken off their coats and wanted to take a rest. When they heard about this, they hurriedly changed their clothes and went to the main hall.

Song Jinxi was practicing calligraphy in the room, and after hearing the girl's reply, she put down her pen and hurried over.

"Father, mother, big sister."

Today Song Jinyue deliberately dressed plainly, a bamboo-green double-breasted Confucian jacket and a moon-white Confucian skirt, she lowered her eyes and met the ceremony.

Song Guogong changed into a dark blue uniform now, and sat on the main seat made of huanghuali wood.The smile on his face went straight to the bottom of his heart, but after all because his daughter is old now, it is not easy to call her to him again, maybe because he hasn't seen her for many years, his expression is a bit cramped.

Shen was wearing a sandalwood double-breasted Confucian jacket embroidered with brocade brocades, and a crimson skirt with pleats of silver trim, looking dignified and amiable.

Shen's phoenix eyes were curved, she stepped forward a few steps, took Song Jinyue's hand, sighed, and said, "I hope you are back."

Shen's hair was tied up in a bun casually, and on top of it was a golden hairpin carved with golden phoenix opera beads. The blood-red beads looked like the top-quality agate offered by Fanbang last year.

On the Lantern Festival the year before last, the queen rewarded the wives of the aristocratic families with this batch of agates.

The queen sent another person to deliver a separate copy to Song Jinyue in Yunquan Villa.

"Your yard, my mother ordered someone to clean it carefully every day. It's convenient to live in the house now. When you wake up in the morning, you can take a closer look. What you need to buy or change is the same as your mother. Say."

Chen smiled kindly and patted the back of her hand.

Song Jinyue only said "hmm", then withdrew her hand from Shen's palm, Shen was slightly stunned, recovered, with a smile on her face, turned around and walked towards the position beside the Duke.

Song Guogong was very satisfied with Shen Shi, and said: "Let the small kitchen deliver some food to Yue'er's yard."

"Yes."

"Let's go down and have a rest first." Song Guogong waved his hand, feeling sorry for his daughter's exhausted journey.

Song Jinyue saluted again before stepping out of the main hall.

The women and girls outside the courtyard surrounded a group, and when they saw her coming out, they hurriedly saluted and called "Second Miss".

Song Jinyue looked up.

All the women and girls in the yard were replaced by the descendants of the Shen family.

In the previous life, after she left the Duke's mansion, Shen changed her ways and replaced the old people who served her mother in the past.

In five years, the government has not seen a familiar face.

"Second Miss, wait a minute."

A woman in a dark purple double-breasted Confucian jacket chased after her.

That was Mother Zhao who went to pick her up yesterday.

"Madam specially ordered this old slave to lead the way for Miss." Zhao Nanny smiled apologetically, she had long since lost sight of her arrogance in Yunquan Villa.

Seeing that she didn't answer, Mother Zhao moved closer to her a few more steps, reached out and took out a high-quality gold hairpin from the spacious dark purple sleeve, and said: "Last night, this old slave remembered that the eldest miss specially ordered the old The gift I brought to Second Miss was left in the mansion, so I hurried back to pick it up, originally thinking to pick up Second Miss tomorrow, but who would have thought that Second Miss would come back by herself."

One is to tell the second miss why she left without saying goodbye yesterday, and the other is to tell her how much the eldest miss cares about her younger sister.

In fact, the hairpin didn't fall into the mansion, she went back to the mansion yesterday, and originally wanted to make arrangements for the second lady in front of the Duke and his wife, but the lady asked her to hold on.

Firstly, it is a certainty that the second young lady will return to the mansion right now, and secondly, if Zhao Nanny and Song Jinyue have a dispute, it will make others think that her stepmother treats her stepdaughter poorly, and it will be easy to be talked about.

Zhao Nanny really planned to pick it up tomorrow, but who would have thought that the second young lady came back by herself.

Just now in the main hall, Mother Zhao was afraid that the Second Miss would bring up the matter of Yunquan Villa in front of the Duke.

Fortunately, she didn't mention it, so she came here, hoping to make a good impression in front of Second Miss, and let her know that she didn't mean to leave without saying goodbye yesterday.

Song Jinyue's slender eyelashes trembled slightly, she tugged at the corners of her lips, and gave a faint "hmm".

She didn't believe this. In her previous life, Mother Zhao presented the hairpin in front of her as if asking for credit.

The women and girls in the yard looked at Zhao Mama as if watching a show, Zhao Mama's face was blue and purple, but it was not easy to get angry, so she had to chase after her with a smile.

When they reached the gate of Mingzhuxuan, Song Jinyue asked Qiu Yun to send Mammy Zhao away.

(End of this chapter)