Chapter 54
After bidding farewell to Qin Zhijian and his party, the carriage of the envoy's mansion continued to drive towards the south. It was no longer as noisy as Dongmen Street for four weeks. The carriage was driving on the flat stone road, making a clear rolling sound.

After another two streets, I finally arrived at the southern boundary of the city. All the dignitaries lived here. There were high walls on both sides, and there were few pedestrians. Occasionally, a peddler carrying a shelf passed by with his waist drum, and the voice of yelling and selling goods was clear and loud.

"It's almost there." Getting closer to the envoy's mansion, Bixi became a little nervous again, and said anxiously, just as the voice fell, the carriage stopped again.

Jin Liu and Tourmaline looked at each other suspiciously, opened the curtain and looked outside, a red lacquered door opened in between, and a plaque was hung on the high door, and two big black and shiny characters came into view— - Jinfu!
"This……"

"This is the second master's house!" Bixi also came over, looked outside, and said in surprise: "Miss, look, second lady!"

Jin Liu only knew that the second master Jin Tianchang's house was close to the elder master's house, but he didn't expect it to be so close. A tall and thin man stood beside the old lady's carriage with a five or six-year-old little girl, talking to her.

"Who are those two people?" Jin Liu looked at the young man and asked.

"It's Second Young Master Jin Zhengyang, and Seventh Miss Jin Lanxi." Bixi said, "Miss should have seen both of them during Chinese New Year last year."

Where has she seen it before? During the Chinese New Year last year, she hadn't worn it yet!Jin Liu thought to himself, but a clear expression appeared on his face. After thinking for a while, he got up and said, "Let's go down and say hello to Second Aunt."

After thinking about it, Tourmaline made sense, and hurriedly helped Jin Liu out of the carriage, ordered someone to put down the pedals, helped her get out of the carriage, and walked forward.

"Hey, isn't this the third girl?" The second lady saw Jin Liu first, and said with a surprised face before she approached, "It turned out to be the old lady who you went to pick up, but the elder brother is busy with the affairs of the palace. Kaishen, really, why did you ask a girl to pick up the old lady alone, isn't our Zhengyang in the mansion? There is also a care for the two of you going together!"

Jin Liu glanced at the old lady, saw her face was livid, and didn't know what the second lady said to her, so she smartly didn't answer, greeted her and Jin Zhengyang with a smile, and greeted Jin Lanxi with a smile.

"Hello, third sister!" Jin Zhengyang was talking to Jin Juyuan, and the two seemed to hit it off very much. Hearing this, he turned his head to look at Jin Liu, and returned a polite salute.

"Hello, third sister!" Jin Lanxi said hello in a particularly clear and loud voice, and looked at Jin Liu curiously.

"Mom, I'm not going to the eldest brother's house anymore, I want to stay at the second brother's house." Jin Juyuan said suddenly, with the self-willedness of his mother's pain, he hugged Jin Zhengyang's shoulders, as if he hated seeing each other late.

Jin Liu looked at the old lady when she heard the words, she thought she would refuse, but she nodded and said: "Where do you want to live, anyway, it's your brother's house, after more than a month I don’t want to go any further, so let’s sit at the old 2’s house now, the old 2’s daughter-in-law..." The old lady said and looked at the second lady.

The second madam naturally couldn't wish for it, and said happily: "It's the best if the old lady is willing to live in our house, and she can also make me, a daughter-in-law, do her best as a filial piety. Hurry up, please come inside." Lead the old lady to the door.

Seeing this, Jin Liu stood there in embarrassment. The second master is the old lady's second son and Jin Juyuan's second elder brother. It is understandable that the two of them will live together, but she is the eldest daughter, and her home is close at hand. If you don't go back first, but follow the old lady to the second master's house, I'm afraid it's not right, besides, she was ordered to pick up the old lady, so she has to go back and report.

"Old madam..." Liu Mama walked behind, seeing Jin Liu standing still, she called the old madam in a low voice.

"Three girls, come together!" The old lady looked back and greeted with her hand.

"Ah?" Jin Liu stared blankly at the old lady, making her feel embarrassed.

"Third sister, come in quickly!" Jin Lanxi walked up happily, holding Jin Liu's hand and pulling towards the mansion.

Jin Liu looked down at her, nodded with a smile, and led Tourmaline to follow. Since the old lady had spoken, even if the old lady and the old lady wanted to blame her, they couldn't blame her, even they dared not How dare she disobey the old lady's wishes!

In this way, amid Jin Lanxi's joy and Jin Juyuan's dissatisfaction, Jin Liu stepped into the second wife's door for the first time.

Although they are both in the south of the city and only one street away, the second master's house is much smaller than the elder master's house. A main courtyard with three entrances occupies most of the area, and there are two courtyards, one large and one small. The large courtyard is 2 The young master Jin Zhengyang and the sixth young master Jin Mudong live in the small courtyard that belongs to Jin Lanxi. There is a small garden between the two courtyards. Apart from that, there is no extra area. Live in the alley behind the old man's house.

Of course, Jin Lanxi told Jin Liu all this. She never stopped talking all the way from the gate to the main courtyard hall. Obviously, she was bored because she hadn't had any sisters who could talk for a long time. Jin Liu didn't stop her, and talked with her from time to time. She added that the second lady who was walking in front didn't let her shut up, but turned her head to look at them occasionally, as if she was very willing to see their sisters get close.

As soon as he entered the hall of the main courtyard, Jin Liu felt warm all over his body. Looking around, he saw three or four braziers in the hall, all of which were burning vigorously. It can be seen that the second lady deliberately stopped the old lady in front of the door. Otherwise, he would have made preparations in advance, and hurriedly raised his eyes to look at the old lady. Although the old lady had nothing unusual on her face, Jin Liu knew that the second lady's careful thinking could not escape her eyes.

After the old lady sat down on the arhat bed covered with thick silk cotton cushions and a whole piece of gray fox fur, the second lady raised her voice and ordered the maids to serve tea, and then took the corner of the bed A brand-new small velvet hand stove wrapped in purple gold was stuffed into the old lady and said with a smile: "Don't be surprised, old lady, this is for the daughter-in-law herself. You take it and cover your hands first, and the daughter-in-law will ask someone to get a new one. "

"Don't bother, this is very good!" The old lady said with a smile, looking at Jin Zhengyang who was talking with Jin Juyuan, and asked: "Zhengyang is also sixteen, and he is as tall as his third uncle. Already!"

"The old lady has a good memory, and she will be sixteen this year." The second lady glanced at Jin Zhengyang, and said with a smile: "Zhengyang, hurry up and bring your sister over to kowtow to the old lady, and she will talk to your third uncle about learning. In the future, your third uncle will live in our house, and you said something!"

Hearing this, Jin Zhengyang hurriedly brought Jin Lanxi to kowtow to the old lady, and the old lady asked him about his knowledge, Jin Juyuan said that he had something to ask Jin Zhengyang, and dragged him out.

"Look how anxious Third Uncle is! They are all scholars like this, and they don't care about anything when they talk about learning." The second lady watched the two go out, turned around and said to the old lady, seeing that Jin Liu was still standing aside, suddenly Dazed, she clapped her hands and smiled and said: "Look at me as the second aunt, when the third girl came back to our house, I forgot to greet you, hurry up, please sit down, and rush all the way to pick up the old lady back You must be tired, take a good rest!"

"Three girls are indeed tired. Come, come to me." The old lady waved to Jin Liu with a smile, and then said to Jin Lanxi: "Little Qi'er, come here too, let grandma take a good look at you."

"Grandmother!" Jin Lanxi was a clever and lovely child. Seeing the old lady calling, the second lady winked again, and rushed towards the old lady happily.

The old lady hugged Jin Liu with one arm and Jin Lanxi with the other for a while, then asked Jin Lanxi if she had learned to read and how the girl was doing. Afterwards, she looked up at the second lady who was beside her with a smile on her face. Said: "By the way, Sanya and I came to you, but you don't know where you are, so you send someone over to let you know."

The second lady was waiting for the old lady's words. Hearing the words, she agreed happily, turned around and walked out. She was so proud of her cleverness that she was about to fly away. Didn't the eldest lady not let her know that the old lady was coming to Beijing? thing?She wants to make her regret it!
Because the old lady would come, the elder deliberately asked the palace for leave. After lunch, he waited in the main hall of the front yard with the eldest lady, Mrs. Ru, the fifth young lady, the eighth young master, and several aunts until the end of the day. , the person at the gate who still didn’t see him came to report the news, the elder just wanted to let people go out to have a look, the eldest lady stood up, stepped forward to help him sit down on the chair, and then said: "Master, don't worry, If someone arrives, someone will naturally come to the gate."

"But it's almost time to apply, and the old lady's car should be here!" The old man glanced at the door and complained: "I shouldn't have listened to you and let Sanya go alone. She has a child. What to do if something happens along the way, the old lady is coming back to Beijing for the first time!"

After hearing the words, the eldest lady turned her head and glanced at Mrs. Ru, saw that she was also looking at her, and after staring back, she said to the elder in a resentful tone: "Master, why did you blame me? I didn't want to Sanya went to pick you up. I didn’t let you go because I felt sorry for you, who had to work day and night in the palace, and you would have to travel a long distance. Aren’t you afraid that your body won’t be able to bear it? That’s why I let Sanya go alone, let you say so , it seems to be my own fault!"

"Hey, that's not what I meant!" The elder hurriedly said, and was about to explain when Aunt Mei suddenly stood up, pointed at the door and said, "Look, someone is here."

Everyone looked at the door in unison at once, only to see the eldest lady Jin Tongxi walking in with her maid. Seeing that everyone was looking at him nervously, she froze for a moment and quickly asked, "Am I late? Grandma is here." ?”

The old man didn't answer either, he glared at her and sat back, the others turned their heads resentfully, only Jin Xingxi ran towards her, and said in a low voice: "Sister, grandma hasn't arrived yet!"

"Why did you come here at this time, and you didn't let the people at the front door tell you." The eldest lady also came over, complained in a low voice, and pulled the two sisters inside.

"There are too many things in the house, and I still have to prepare things for my grandmother. It took me a long time to get here. I didn't bother to ask when I just entered the door..." Jin Tongxi couldn't help but complained, and the words didn't stop. After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the old man, and then asked in surprise, "Why didn't daddy pick up grandma?"

"There are many things in your father's palace, and you are not feeling well recently." The eldest lady said and glanced at the elder, afraid that he would think that she would blame herself for this matter, and seeing that he did not look over, she whispered, "I They didn't let him go."

"Who picked up grandma then?"

"It's Jin Liu!" Before the eldest lady could speak, Jin Xingxi hurriedly said, seeing the elder staring at her, she curled her lips and said, "It's the third sister."

"It was your grandmother who sent a letter asking her to pick it up." The eldest lady knew that Jin Tongxi must be full of doubts, so she said.

Jin Tongxi nodded, and then asked, "Did the third sister go alone?"

(End of this chapter)

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