Lie down and eat melon in the protagonist group

Chapter 41 Chapter 7 Gold and Jade
The guests were invited to sit in the flower hall and served tea, and Pei Zhanqing came forward to receive them.

The Si family, no matter what dynasty or generation, is a big family with relatives of the emperor. The Pei family is not prominent in the capital, not to mention that Pei Zhanqing comes from a side branch, and is even more unable to reach the Si Yun family circle.

Pei Zhanqing started gossiping a lot just by telling Mrs. Si Yun about her origins and background. She delayed the time without leaving a trace, waiting for Ling Qiong to rush home to deal with it.

"Pengpi is shining haha, some are welcome from a distance, some are welcome from afar." Ling Qiong's voice came first before entering the house.

As soon as she came, Pei Zhanqing sat with her for a while, then found an excuse to leave.

Mrs. Si Yun asked: "How is the injury on the fourth girl's face?"

Ling Qiong saw that the worry in her eyes didn't look fake, so she glanced at Mrs. Ning Er again. She couldn't figure out what they were going to do when they came to visit today. She smiled politely and said, "I'd like to thank you for your concern. My little sister is already well."

Mrs. Si Yun looked out from time to time and said, "Is it convenient to let the child come out and see him face to face?"

Ling Qiong was in a dilemma, "I'm so sorry, madam, my fourth sister is very sensitive to life. It's really hard to let her come out to meet distinguished guests. Firstly, she's afraid of collision, and secondly, she's afraid of being bored."

Mrs. Ning Er helped, "It's time for the eldest lady to change her story. The eldest lady is your direct grandmother. All of your children are very good-looking, but only the fourth girl can choose a good appearance. They are almost like Miss Li when she was a child. They are exactly the same. Since the eldest lady met the fourth girl of your family, she missed her so much that she could not think about food or tea all day long. She loved the house and was worried about her, so she wanted to take the fourth girl of your family to the Yun family, the boss of your family, to stay for a few days. To comfort the pain of lovesickness.”

Mrs. Si Yun nodded, "What Yan Yatou said is true."

How many days will you stay?

Guangmeizi's words are nice. Once someone takes it over, can he send it back again? Who are you fooling?

Ling Qiong sneered from the bottom of her heart, still pretending to be polite, and said: "How can you dare to get married without any evidence? The world is so big, there are all kinds of things, and people who look alike are everywhere, how can we all be related to each other? What? We, the Ling family, are businessmen, and you are from an aristocratic family. I don’t know how many blessings my fourth sister has cultivated in her previous life, and she has the same face as a noble girl. We are self-aware, and even more aware of our own weight. My mother is an orphan, and the Ling family took her in. She became a child bride for my father, so she can't turn into a girl. I'm afraid the eldest lady has admitted her mistake."

Mrs. Si Yun suppressed her smile, gathered her momentum, and said solemnly: "How can I not recognize my own flesh and blood? I have hugged that child, and she is my own flesh and blood. I can feel it, and I will not admit it." Even if there is no blood relationship, so what, our Si Yun family can still afford to raise a girl."

Mrs. Ning Er's smile did not diminish and she said: "Miss, I have been in contact with your mother and even bought a handkerchief embroidered by her. Miss Li's embroidery is unique in the world. I have watched Miss Li grow up." , how can you admit your mistake? What's more, Miss Li personally admitted her life experience before she was alive."

She paused for a moment and then said: "Although the eldest lady has the guarantee of the emperor, this matter involves a family matter. The emperor is still the eldest wife's niece and son-in-law. If we really want to make trouble in front of the emperor, the eldest girl will not take the matter no matter what. We know your family I can't bear to part with the fourth girl, but hiding it like this is not an issue right now. Eldest girl, you are in charge of the family, show kindness, fulfill the eldest lady's hard work, and accumulate some good karma by the way, why do you need to make the two families jealous and become enemies? The situation?"

Just at this time, a loud announcement from the chamberlain shouting "The Queen is here" came from outside the hall.

Mrs. Ning Er smiled slightly when she heard this. She glanced at Mrs. Si Yun casually in a kneeling posture, and her heart pounded.

The Si Yun family didn't believe her at all, and were even wary of her. The eldest lady went to the palace secretly without telling her, and begged the queen to deign to come forward.

The palace maids and chambermaids surrounded Empress Si Yun into the hall, and everyone in the hall wished her well. Empress Si Yun hurriedly stepped forward to help the eldest lady, and she was immediately relieved.

Queen Si Yun joined hands with Mrs. Si Yun to go to the top of the hall, sat down and said, "Auntie, there is no need to be more polite. It is really embarrassing for Manyao."

She turned to look at the audience. Ling Qiong stood on one side with a lowered eyebrow. She looked up and down and asked abruptly: "Are you Ling Qiong?"

"Yes." Ling Qiong raised her face, neither humble nor arrogant.

"Seeing is worth hearing a hundred times." Queen Si Yun's expression became incomprehensible when she said this.

This is a strange thing to say. The Queen has lived in the palace for a long time. How could she have heard of such a low-class businesswoman? It sounds ironic no matter how you listen to it.

"Thank you for the compliment." The visitor was unkind, so Ling Qiong showed her modesty and flattered her with a smile, "I get to see your Majesty today, and it will be an eye-opener for the daughter of the people."

"Which one is the fourth girl?" Queen Si Yun got straight to the point.

"My sister is timid." Ling Qiong still declined in the same way.

Empress Si Yun placed the tea cup again and asked sternly: "Can't I see it too? Or are you disrespectful and don't take the royal family seriously?"

Ling Qiong looked directly at Queen Si Yun, the smile on her lips deepened, and she cursed the bad luck in her heart.

The Ling family members who had been hiding in the back of the hall frowned, Pei Zhanqing sighed, and the handkerchief in Ling Jing's hand wrinkled.

Ling Dang turned around and raised his foot. Ling Cen immediately grabbed her with quick hands. His eyes showed disapproval and he shook his head and called her: "Fourth Sister..."

She looked back and smiled, fearlessly. She reached out to push Ling Cen's hand and said, "It's just a short stay, not a dragon's den or a tiger's den, and it's not worth offending the royal family for me."

The shackles on his wrists disappeared, and Lingdang walked out without looking back.

Ling Cen hung up Ling Jing's arm and said urgently: "Third sister, please think of a solution quickly!"

Ling Jing closed her eyes in pain and said regretfully: "I really didn't expect that the Si family would move out the Queen. They are determined to take A Dang away."

Ling Huai followed closely behind Ling Dang without saying a word.

"Fifth brother, wait for me!" Ling Cen saw him and immediately started to chase him.

Ling Jing hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't go out and make a mess."

Ling Cen protested: "Why can fifth brother just go?!"

Ling Jing said: "He is thoughtful and thoughtful, and he has his own plans for leaving. You are impulsive and irritable, and your words are irritating. If you fail to protect yourself, you will offend the superior."

Ling Dang walked straight to the flower hall door. Ling Huai caught up with her and took her, interlocking their fingers. Ling Dang broke into a cold sweat in the hot weather.

"You..." Lingdang couldn't let him go.

"Ah Dang, take me with you." Ling Huai walked alongside her, "The Si Yun family has not yet been separated. If the eldest son's family has a great-grandson out of thin air, he will be more eye-catching than a great-granddaughter."

"But," you are not.

Ling Huai smiled and said: "I have had selfish thoughts about you a long time ago. I don't want you to be my fourth sister, which is rebellious. I just want you to be my A Dang. What I think about day and night is to marry you when you are old enough." .Although the personal relationship is not upright, it does not mean that I can watch you step into the pit of fire. This level of identity relationship certainly makes me distressed. If I can facilitate you and relieve you of your danger, I am willing to accept you as the fourth sister. I can afford to wait."

There were no fireworks in the clear sky in midsummer, but clouds of smoke exploded in Lingdang's mind. The sun was shining brightly, and her face was burned by the sun.

At this moment, she wished she could turn into a wooden fish and be knocked by the monk day and night, so that she could empty her mind of all the complicated thoughts.

There was a stalemate in the hall, and Ling Huai led Ling Dang in outside the hall.

Ling Huai bowed to Queen Si Yun and said hello. Ling Dang, who was standing beside him, was timid and did not dare to raise his face. He grabbed the corners of his clothes and shrank back to glance at people.

"Ah Dang, salute." Ling Huai called her.

On the way there, Ling Huai signaled her to pretend to be a coward with a weak brain. The Si Yun family would not care about a silly young lady with a weak brain, and would avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

After all, few people in this world are willing to argue with a fool about the pros and cons of etiquette.

Ling Dang stood next to Ling Huai and bowed, curtly and perfunctorily.

Queen Si Yun frowned subconsciously and glanced at Mrs. Si Yun. Seeing that she was looking at the little girl in front of her with heart and eyes, she couldn't say anything, so she had to ask them to get over quickly so that this family affair could be settled as soon as possible.

Mrs. Si Yun stood up, walked towards Ling Dang with kind eyes, and said in a friendly tone: "Good boy, come here, come to grandma, let grandma take a good look."

Ling Dang stumbled and hid behind Ling Huai.

When Mrs. Si Yun saw this, she immediately felt sad and sad, and her eyes suddenly turned red. Ling Huai immediately said: "Madam, the fourth sister is timid by nature, often confused, and rarely wakes up. Don't mind me. You are here to pick up the fourth sister to stay at home. Can you take me with you? The fourth sister is usually the most dependent on you. Me, I'm worried that she will cause trouble if she goes alone. As long as I'm watching, I can be a messenger."

"This..." Mrs. Si Yun hesitated, "Who are you?"

"Young man Ling Huai, you and your fourth sister are the same siblings." Ling Huai smiled slightly, and he had a bookish air but still had the spirit of a young man. He became more and more clear-eyed when talking and laughing, and his every move was more elegant and measured.

Mrs. Si Yun couldn't help but look at him a few more times. Ling Huai took out Ling Dang from behind and said softly: "Don't be afraid, that's my grandmother, my mother's mother. Can you go over and say a few words to her?" ?"

Ling Dang stared at him, then turned to look at Mrs. Si Yun, seeming to be thinking. Ling Huai coaxed her and said nice things for a long time before she was willing to turn to Mrs. Si Yun and take a step forward.

Mrs. Si Yun was immediately happy and stretched out her hand to hug her. Unexpectedly, Lingdang stopped and looked at her three steps away.

"Grandma."

Ling Dang shouted quickly, then quickly turned around and hid behind Ling Huai.

"Eh..." Mrs. Si Yun responded slowly, tears rolled down her face, and she turned around to wipe away her tears.

Queen Si Yun quickly stepped forward to comfort her, "Auntie."

Mrs. Si Yun said with a nasal voice: "I'm happy."

The Queen said: "Go back."

"Take both children with you." The eldest lady held the queen's hand, with tears streaming down her face, and kept mumbling as she walked out, "Okay, one son and one daughter, my Ali will give birth to a child. The female doll will look like her, carved out of the same mold. , the male doll does have the charm of your uncle when he was young. Good, good."

They were surrounded all the way out of the second door. Lingdang couldn't hold back and turned his head to look back.

Separated by the crowds of people, Ling Qiong led her family members behind them. The sun above her head was so bright that she couldn't see their faces clearly. There was a bright light in front of her eyes, and she couldn't tell whether it was sunlight or tears. Light.

The queen abandoned her sedan chair, squeezed into the Si family's carriage, and drove from the eastern suburbs to Jinyu Lane, which was equivalent to the distance from the Ling family to Fuxiangshan Palace School.

The queen got off the carriage midway, and she went back to the palace in separate ways.

Si Yun Mansion in Jinyu Lane.

The stone drum in front of the gate is majestic, and the stone steps leading up to the gate are wide and long. At this moment, there are many Si family members in rich clothes standing there. The sun is shining at noon, and everyone is looking forward to it.

The carriage stopped in front of the door, and the eldest lady got out first.

The mother-in-law opened the curtain, and the eldest lady reached out her hand and personally welcomed Ling Dang out of the carriage.

Girls crowded around the door and rushed forward. In an instant, the crowd was filled with people talking about this and that.

The eldest lady hugged Ling Dang with a smile and greeted her hurriedly: "Okay, okay, the old lady is still waiting at home. I will come to visit her to play after I meet her."

Ling Huai raised the curtain to reveal his face, and the girls who had just gathered around the carriage to join in the fun and ignored the greetings instantly fell silent.

"Who is it? Isn't there only one sister? How can there be an extra young man?" Some outgoing and bolder girls whispered.

When Ling Dang saw Ling Huai, it was as if he had seen a life-saving straw. He immediately abandoned the eldest lady and ran towards him.

Ling Dang's original intention was to hide behind him, but he never thought that Ling Huai would take the initiative to reach out and take her into his arms.

The girls from the Si family stared at them intently with their eyes widened.

"Why is this so?"

"What's the relationship between them?"

Ling Dang pinched the soft flesh of Ling Huai's waist behind his back, seeking death.

Ling Huai responded with an apologetic smile: "I'm sorry, she is so timid."

The eldest lady suppressed the sourness in her heart, explained aloud, and led the girls to the door.

The Si family is indeed a famous family, headed by an ancestor who has three sons and one daughter.

The only daughter married into the Xie family, and the eldest son also married a daughter from the Xie family. Moreover, the remaining two sons are already married and have children, and the children have grandchildren. There are a lot of underage grandchildren, and they are not divided into families. It can be said that the house is full of children and grandchildren.

The current queen, Si Yunmanyao, is the youngest daughter of the third wife, regardless of the number of legitimate concubines.

Sun Shanbo lives in a big house, and the adopted eldest son has two sons and two daughters. There is also an adopted daughter who lives with her at home. She now has only one daughter, who is about the same age as Ling Dang.

The old lady had gray hair on her temples, but she was full of energy and her face was glowing. She looked back and forth at Ling Dang, and more at Ling Huai, with a burning gaze.

She leaned on a crutch and said that Ling Huai "doesn't look like his father or his mother."

The eldest lady answered: "Like the master."

The old lady nodded lightly and said, "They look a bit alike."

Cold dishes were placed in the dining hall, and people came to ask when they would have dinner.

One after another, the whole family went to the dining hall with the old lady in their arms.

The old lady made an exception and vacated her seat, allowing the eldest lady to sit next to her with Ling Dang and Ling Huai.

For a moment, everyone at the table had different expressions, and they all glanced at the young lady in the main room, then looked at each other, holding their chopsticks to pick up the food without missing a beat.

The old lady served Ling Dang some vegetables and said, "Girl Li has liked this since she was a child."

The tip of the chopsticks was pressed against the bottom of the bowl, staring without moving.

The eldest lady clenched her chopsticks tightly, but did not dare to say anything.

Everyone at the banquet looked at each other with gloating in their eyes.

After a moment, Lingdang put aside the vegetables in the bowl and muttered, "I don't like it."

As soon as these words came out, the whole hall fell silent.

The old lady sneered, "You don't like it?"

Ling Dang was not afraid of her and asked, "Do you like it?"

The smile on the old lady's brows did not diminish and she replied: "I don't like it either."

"Oh." Ling Dang poked at the bowl and whispered, "Throw what you don't like into my bowl."

(End of this chapter)