Yiningju is the official main house of the entire Yang Mansion, a very large courtyard with five main rooms, carved beams and painted buildings, majestic and magnificent. The genius is bright, the courtyard is lit with red lanterns, and the maids and women are coming in and out, sweeping.

, with people carrying food and water, it was a busy scene.

A mother wearing a black silk jacket with a kind face stood under the Danqi. A little girl was talking to her. When she saw Yulan entering the courtyard, the mother turned away from the little girl and greeted her, her face

There was a kind smile on his face: "Miss Seven is here, my wife has already gotten up. She is in the main room. Come in quickly. Miss Four and Five have just arrived too!"

This is the most useful mother around the eldest wife, Mother Wu. She is the first-class mother and the right-hand man of the eldest wife. She helps the eldest lady take care of the housework. She has won the trust of the eldest lady. She is a figure near the top of the power pyramid in the backyard of this deep house.

"Mother Wu!" Yulan bowed obediently.

"How can this happen! There is no reason for a young lady to salute an old woman like me! Miss Qi is shortening the old woman's lifespan!" Mother Wu hurriedly stepped aside, looking frightened.

While he was talking, he picked up Yulan's arm, replaced Xiaoyue, and walked towards the east wing. He chatted with her affectionately about home affairs.

The eldest lady has strict rules, and little maids like Xiaoyue cannot enter her room.

Yu Lan secretly admired in her heart. To say that this mother Wu is really not an ordinary person. She is kind to everyone. Even she, a concubine who is extremely unpopular, did not show any slightness. The series of words and actions just now were smooth and flowing.

, the distance between Yulan and Yulan was shortened without making a sound. The ironing is comfortable and makes people feel good about it unconsciously.

Yulan had met several such people in the workplace in her previous life. They were all good at dancing and good at doing business as well as being a good person. They often helped others count the money after they sold them to others.

Mother Wu picked up the curtain herself, and Yulan entered the eldest lady's banquet room.

The eldest lady was sitting on the Arhat bed with a red sandalwood screen. She was in her thirties, with a long face and willow-leaf eyebrows. She was dressed in a bright red mandarin with a Ruyi pattern and a pair of red gold and ruby ​​​​studded butterflies on her head. She looked very majestic and wealthy.

A clever little maid had already brought a brocade cushion to her. Yu Lan respectfully knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "Yu Lan, please give my regards to my wife."

The eldest lady accepted her courtesy, but she said nothing and did not ask her to get up. Yulan knelt there with her head lowered and felt a few gloating eyes on her.

After a while, the eldest lady spoke in a very unhappy tone: "Second aunt went to your courtyard last night?"

Yulan answered honestly: "Yes. I sat there for a while and then left." Of course, the eldest wife didn't like the daughter raised in her room to be too close to the second wife. But anyway, she saved the second brother's brother.

No matter how hard the relationship is, it cannot be torn clean. Even if the eldest wife doesn't like it, there is nothing she can do about it.

After all, they are also biological aunts. Yulan is closer to the second wife, and the eldest wife can't say anything.

"Get up and sit down!" As expected, the eldest lady said nothing.

From beginning to end, there was not a single word to greet my condition.

Yulan stood up and thanked her, and the eldest lady saw her appearance. A trace of surprise flashed through the eldest lady's eyes. She was still the same person, her figure and facial features had not changed at all, but the eldest lady just felt that

She looks much more pleasing to the eye.

Especially a pair of eyes. They used to be lifeless, like a pool of turbid water, but now they are alive and moving, like a clear spring. With such a change in temperament, the whole person becomes full of energy.

The eldest wife couldn't help but think of Yulan's biological mother, Aunt Qi, that graceful and classic woman who seemed to have stepped out of a painting. She also had such a pair of mist-like eyes. Yulan grew up slowly, and became more and more like her biological mother.

.In a few years, all the young ladies in the Yang family will probably be outclassed by her...

The eldest lady felt uncomfortable in her heart.

Here Yulan began to greet her two sisters: "Greetings to the fourth sister!" "Greetings to the fifth sister!"

The fourth mother, Yang Yufei, had already stood up from her chair and turned sideways to receive only half a courtesy. The fifth mother, Yang Yuxia, restrained her arrogance under the eyes of the eldest lady and stood up to greet Yulan.

There is a set of rules above the table and a set of rules below the table. This is true at all times and in all countries.

The bigger the house, the more beautiful it should be in appearance.

Under the eldest wife's Arhat bed, there are two rows of red sandalwood chairs, but they are asymmetrical. There are only two on the left and four on the right.

The left side is reserved for the brothers, and the right side is where the ladies sit.

After greeting Aunt Feng, the birth mother of Si Niang Yu Fei, Yulan sat on the third chair on the right in order of size.

Aunt Feng is about the same age as the eldest wife. She was originally a maid who was married to the eldest wife. She has served the eldest wife since she was a child. She entered the house a few years earlier than Aunt Liu. There was only one common room in the house before the eldest husband got married, and the eldest wife

After marrying in, he sent the person far away.

But in the next two years, besides giving birth to a daughter, Yuan Niang, the eldest wife's belly had no movement. She had no choice but to take the initiative and move the eldest maid next to her into the house of the eldest master.

The reason why Aunt Feng has such dignity is mainly because she was born as a maid, she is ignorant, honest and kind, and she can't beat her with three sticks. She has always been extremely respectful to the eldest lady and does not dare to disobey her in the slightest.

Aunt Feng's appearance was not outstanding, but after she gave birth to Yu Fei, she became more and more dull, so the eldest father dropped his hand and never set foot in her Qiuxiang Pavilion again.

Although Aunt Feng gave birth to a daughter and carried her aunt, she still treated herself as a maid in front of the eldest lady. She served the eldest lady wholeheartedly and rested outside the eldest lady's bedroom at night.

Therefore, although she has never been favored, the eldest wife treats her and Si Niang quite well.

At this moment, she was standing behind the eldest lady, gently tapping her shoulder. She was dressed like an ordinary maid.

As soon as Yulan sat down on the chair, Yufei smiled at her with concern and asked in a low voice through Wu Niang Yuxia: "Is the seventh sister's illness fully recovered?"

The eldest man has good genes, but the fourth sister followed her biological mother, and her appearance is not outstanding. Fortunately, she has a gentle temperament. Yulan was ill for so long before, and she was the only one among the sisters who visited Lujingzhai a few times and brought some

Medicinal materials passed.

Yu Lan felt warm in her heart, thinking that after all, not all the sisters are like enemies, otherwise this life would be really unbearable. She smiled and responded: "It's better now. Thank you Fourth Sister for remembering me. The Fourth Sister sent me the medicine."

, I keep eating it.”

"If you have time, go to Qiuxiang Pavilion and let's play horse-drawn games!" Yu Fei blinked and lowered her voice.

Yulan nodded happily. The original owner was like a gourd with a saw blade all day long. His network was too narrow and needed to be expanded. If he wanted to make a living in such a big house, he would not be able to hear what was going on outside the window.

The two unloved concubines were chatting happily with one nostril facing the other and looking disdainful. After a while, the aunts also arrived one after another, but Aunt Liu was nowhere to be seen. At this time, someone outside said: "Second Young Master

, the third young master is here!"

After a while, two young men came in. The first one was fourteen or fifteen years old, with a handsome face. He was wearing a red and gold python fox armpit arrow sleeves and an azure mink fur row of fringe jacket. He was very luxurious. The one behind him was eleven or twelve years old.

He is not as elegant and suave as his brother before him, but he still has a square appearance. He wears an alizarin blue straight skirt and a light blue water-patterned crane cloak. Although he is young, he exudes a mature and mature look.

The two people are exactly the opposite, one is very high-profile and the other is very low-key.

The two brothers came forward to salute the eldest lady and say hello, and the eldest lady told them to get up. She gently asked them about their diet, daily life and homework.

The two young masters are already old and have already moved out of the second house and are living alone in the outer courtyard. After saying goodbye, the two young masters have to go to the clan school in the outer courtyard.

The second young master Yang Chengye, the eldest son of Dafang, was born to Aunt Liu.

The third young master, Yang Chengzong, was the second son of the eldest concubine and was born to Aunt Song. His biological mother was deceased.

Without legitimate sons, the only ones who will inherit the family business and support the family in the future will be these two concubines.

Therefore, every time she saw these two sons, the eldest wife felt very uncomfortable. She was born in a noble family, her biological aunt became the queen mother, and she married the eldest son of the chief minister of the dynasty. It can be said that everything went smoothly, but in the world

How can anything be perfect? ​​I don’t know how many soups and medicines I drank and how many times I prayed to Bodhisattva, but the eldest wife still could not give birth to a son.

This alone makes her unable to hold her head high in her husband's family.

The two young masters met with the ladies present again, and it was quite lively. Everyone called Chengye second brother, but Yuxia omitted the two words, and called them "brother" in a very affectionate manner, for fear that others would not know that they were biological relatives.

They are like brother and sister. The eldest wife's face is a bit ugly.

She and Aunt Liu have been fighting in the ring for more than ten years. Now that Aunt Liu has two children, especially the eldest son of Dafang, she can no longer do anything to Aunt Liu.

The third young master Chengzong didn't talk much, but when he saw Yulan, his eyes stayed on her for a moment, with deep concern in his eyes. Yulan understood and responded with a gentle smile.

Privately, Chengzong, her younger brother, was very close to her. On the surface, the two of them were indifferent. If they got too close, they would inevitably arouse the taboo of the eldest wife.

The eldest lady called a maid and asked, "Go and see Sister Xin. It takes so long to comb your hair? My brothers and sisters are all here."

The eighth girl, Yuxin, is the legitimate daughter of the eldest wife. The eldest daughter gave birth to three daughters. The eldest sister was the first child of the eldest family and was already married. The third sister's daughter died when she was three years old, so the younger daughter Yuxin was regarded as her daughter.

He held it in the palm of his hand as if he had lost his eyeballs. He was pampered and spoiled, and the most unruly and domineering one. He was already twelve years old and was still raised in the eldest wife’s yard.

The maid went out quietly, and soon laughter came from outside.

Yang Yuxin was swept up by the wind, and after greeting the eldest lady, she threw herself into her arms and said sweetly: "Mother, mother! Let Zhang Cai's family in the kitchen make sweet-scented osmanthus cake this morning. I think

Let’s eat sweet-scented osmanthus cake.”

"Okay! Okay!" The eldest lady's face was full of love, and she gently stroked her daughter's hair, "I will tell people to inform the Zhang Cai family." A little maid standing in the room ran over with great discernment.

Reported.

The eldest wife said: "Why don't you go see your brothers and sisters soon!"

Yuxin pouted her lips: "Why should I give them a gift? They are all born to my aunt!"

Yulan secretly looked at the performance of the concubine children. Chengye looked a little worried, but Chengzong didn't change his expression. Yufei's face darkened, but she recovered instantly. Only Yuxia's face was full of displeasure, and her eyes were filled with tears.

Shining out the light of jealousy unabashedly.

The eldest lady's face also darkened, "What a shame! There is order between the young and the old. Is that what you said? You are almost old enough to get married, and you are still so unruly."

Seeing that the eldest lady was angry, Yu Xin reluctantly snorted and came over to greet her brothers and sisters.

After chatting for a while, it was almost time to go and greet the old lady, but there was still no sign of Aunt Liu. The eldest lady placed the tea bowl in her hand on the Ruyi small round table, made a loud sound, and asked coldly

He said: "Why hasn't Aunt Liu come yet? Do you want all of us in the family to wait for her?"

The aunts standing in several rooms all had different expressions. The aunts had no seats at the eldest lady's place.

Yuxia stood up from her seat and said softly: "Last night, my father rested in Hexiang Pavilion. I served my father on the morning of the morning. My aunt got up at the beginning of the morning. My father took pity on my aunt and asked me to bring a message to my wife.

This morning’s Ding Sheng, just for his sake, let’s just skip it!”

It's not like an explanation, but like a demonstration.

The eldest lady's face was clouded, "Then why didn't you tell me earlier?"

Yuxia lowered her head and wrote lightly: "It was my daughter's negligence for a moment. She became happy when she saw her brothers and sisters, but she forgot about it."

You want to say it when all your brothers, sisters and aunts are here, so as to save the eldest lady's face.

It seems that the fight between the eldest wife and Aunt Liu is very fierce. Yu Lan is secretly happy, in this way, the eldest wife will spend most of her energy in Hexiang Pavilion, and then she, an insignificant little concubine, will be much safer.

To put it bluntly, to the eldest wife, she is just a minor illness, while Aunt Liu is a serious problem.

Marx taught us to grasp the principal contradiction when dealing with any matter. The eldest lady should also understand this truth.

The eldest wife scolded Hu Meizi a thousand times in her heart, but with the eldest master supporting Aunt Liu, she couldn't do anything about this fox Meizi. With a livid face, she sent the aunts back to eat, and then suppressed her anger.
Chapter completed!