Chapter 4 Reunion (4)

Suppressing all the emotions in her heart, Yuxi opened "Historical Records", there are a total of 130 historical records, 12 chronicles, 10 tables, 8 books, 30 aristocratic families, and 70 biographies, with more than 500,000 words. When she first read it, Yuxi found it very boring, but she read it over and over again in the past few years, and if she really didn't understand, she would ask Aunt Quan, or look for information, and slowly she got the taste out of it. Now, she has developed a habit of reading history books every night, and then pondering the meaning of them by herself.

Nowadays, practicing calligraphy, playing chess, and doing embroidery are used as pastimes, and her energy is spent on pharmacology and reading history books. This is also the reason why Yuxi is still so busy when Nanny Quan left with Mr. Song.

Zisu shouted outside: "Girl, it's time, it's time to take a bath and change clothes."

Yuxi closed the book and put it in the bottom cabinet. Except for Aunt Quan, Zisu and Zijin's two confidantes in the Duke's Mansion, no one else knew that Yuxi was reading history books. This is also thanks to the fact that Ku Fu and Mai Dong around him can't read, otherwise they can't hide it.

Lying on the bed, Yuxi didn't sleep, but lay on the bed thinking about things. This is also a method that Mammy Quan taught her, to let her reflect on what she did in the day before going to bed, and see if she did something wrong and needs to be corrected next time. Over the years, it has become a habit.

Now Yuxi is lying on the bed thinking about what happened today, and thinking about it, she feels that Han Jingyan's behavior is very strange? If it was said that she hated her in her previous life because she was cowardly and incompetent, what about now? Why does Han Jingyan still hate her so much? ? Although she is not as good as Yuchen, her performance in the past few years is absolutely remarkable. According to Aunt Quan, most of the ladies of the same age in Beijing are not as good as her. But even so, Han Jingyan still hates her, why?

Yuxi is sure that there must be a reason that she doesn't know, and nine out of ten it is her mother, so she has to find an opportunity to ask Mother Fang.

Early the next morning, Yuxi went to the upper room, and then went to Biteng Courtyard with Yuchen to pay her respects. Yuxi didn't tell Yuchen that Wu's and Jiang's looks are similar. Anyway, if she doesn't say anything, Yuchen will know soon.

When the two arrived at Biteng Courtyard, they heard a burst of cheerful laughter before entering the courtyard.

Yuxi said with a desolate expression: "I really envy my fifth sister and cousin Qiu who can be so liked by my father." Although it is very subtle, Yuxi believes that Yuchen can understand the meaning. They are a family, and the two of them are outsiders. Yuxi is not letting go of any chance to get eye medicine now.

Yuchen's heart choked, and he took Yuxi's hand and said, "Go in!" It would be a lie to say that you are not envious, but so what if you are just envious. The missing twelve years have long been taken advantage of.

When the two of them entered, Yu Rong was chatting funny words beside Han Jingyan, while Qiu Yanfu was beside Wu Shi, with a decent smile on her face.

Yuxi had a faint smile on her face, but Yuchen frowned. It doesn't matter that Yurong is her biological daughter and her father is in the same room. This Qiu Yanfu is a woman with a foreign surname, and she is still a young girl of fifteen years old. Yuchen looked down on the Wu family more and more. He was really from a small family, with no rules and no distance.

After the two saluted, Yuchen presented Han Jingyan and the Wu family with two paintings as presents. Han Jingyan's is a landscape painting, and Wu's is a spring outing. Yuchen smiled and said: "The painting is not good, please don't dislike it, Dad and Mom."

Han Jingyan looked at the two paintings and was very happy: "Okay, the painting is very good, and the spirituality of this landscape has been drawn."

Yu Rong looked at Yu Xi with a smile: "What gift did Fourth Sister prepare for parents?"

Yu Xi presented the gifts she had prepared, a belt for Han Jingyan, and a forehead wipe for Wu.

The belt is made of royal blue brocade, with auspicious cloud patterns embroidered with gold and silver threads, and patterns lingering on the side. Luxurious in a low-key way, it is Han Jingyan's style.

When Han Jingyan saw this belt, he looked at Yuxi and asked, "Did you embroider this belt?" The filial things given to his father are usually made by himself.

But the belt was embroidered so well that Han Jingyan suspected that Yuxi had someone else embroider it.

Yu Xi nodded and said: "Well, I embroidered this belt and forehead by myself."

Although the Wu family is not good at embroidery, he still has the ability to appreciate, and he said directly: "Such an exquisite pattern cannot be embroidered without ten or eight years of embroidery skills." This is close to saying that Yuxi is lying up.

Yuchen felt more and more that the Wu family's small family was not good enough to stand on the stage. How could he conclude that Yuxi was lying without verification: "Father, I can testify to this. Yuxi spent half a year embroidering this belt stitch by stitch. No fake hand to anyone."

Yuxi said aggrievedly: "I originally wanted to embroider a double-sided embroidered fan as a gift for Dad, but I just learned how to embroider very slowly, so I embroidered a belt." It means that she can do double-sided embroidery After embroidering, this kind of embroidery work is even easier.

Yuxi deliberately told this matter to raise her own social status. She knew very well that the most important things in Han Jingyan's mind were official career and power. The better she is, the more valuable she is. Even for this reason, Han Jingyan won't make things difficult for her, because she can be sold for a price.

Han Jingyan's complexion changed: "You said you can embroider double-sided embroidery? Who taught you?" No wonder Han Jingyan suspected that there are very few people in the world who can embroider double-sided embroidery, and as far as he knew, the Duke's Mansion did not specially invite a professional to embroider. The embroidered mother taught Yuchen and Yuxi.

Yuxi said with some embarrassment: "The third sister gave me a pair of double-sided embroidery before, and I took apart that pair of embroidery and studied it myself."

Although Yuchen was surprised, she knew that Yuxi was very talented in embroidery, so she didn't doubt Yuxi's words: "Fourth sister, you didn't tell me such a big thing."

Yuxi said: "I want to give you a surprise, third sister."

After hearing this, Han Jingyan no longer doubted it. The reason is simple. You can't cheat people with this kind of thing, and you have to talk about it when the time comes.

The performance of Yuxi and Yuchen deeply hurt Wu's nerves. Yuchen is 12 years old this year, Yuxi is 11 years old, and Yurong is 9 years old. The age difference between the three sisters is not that big. But Yuchen is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, cooking, tea and fragrance, Yuxi can also embroider double-sided embroidery, but Yurong, the younger sister, can't do anything. With such two older sisters in front, Yu Rong will definitely be overwhelmed in the future. At this moment, Wu made up his mind to cultivate Yurong.

Han Jingyan had a lot going on outside, so he went to the front yard after talking for a while. Wu said with a smile: "Yuchen, Yuxi, Yurong and Yanfu have just arrived at the mansion, and they are not familiar with everything about the mansion. In the past two days, you will take them to familiarize themselves with the familiar environment."

Yuchen was very disgusted with Wu's tone of order, and ordered them to do things directly without asking their opinions, treating them as maids in the mansion. But where is the upbringing and the rules, Yuchen can't refuse directly, so she said tactfully now: "Mother, my fourth sister and I are very busy these days. If Cousin Yanfu and Fifth Sister are not in a hurry, wait until we are busy. I will take you to familiarize yourself with the Duke's Mansion. What do you think?"

Qiu Yanfu smiled and said, "Third Cousin is being polite. Since Third Cousin and Fourth Cousin have something to do, how can Cousin Yurong and I bother you!"

Yuxi was not so polite: "Qiu Yanfu wants to get familiar with the Duke's mansion, just let the woman in the mansion take her around for a couple of times." Wu Shi really took herself as a dish, thinking that her words belonged to the emperor. Jinkou Yuyan, they will obey whatever they say. After staying in Hebei for such a long time, I'm afraid Wu Shi hasn't figured out his identity yet. This is the Duke's Mansion, not Hebei, and it's not her who is the head of the Duke's Mansion, but the grandmother and the eldest aunt.

Wu's face turned a little blue, these two stepdaughters repeatedly refused to give her face, but she didn't dare to attack Yuchen. How precious the old lady and her husband are to Yuchen, she still doesn't know. Wu simply said, "I'm tired, you go back!"

After hearing this, Yuchen and Yuxi didn't hesitate at all, saluted and left. The actions of the two of them made Wu Shi very angry.

Qiu Yanfu had a bad premonition in her heart, the third and fourth girls clearly did not take their aunt seriously. She didn't think Yuchen was a brainless person, on the contrary, she always knew that Yuchen was very smart, so what she did only showed one thing, she was not afraid of her aunt, so she was confident.

Leaving Biteng Courtyard, Yuxi said to Yuchen: "Third Sister, just now my mother said I was lying without confirmation? What does this mean?" Her father Han Jingyan's eyes were beating around the bush. No pressure at all.

Yuchen also doesn't like Wu Shi, and feels that Wu Shi takes herself too seriously, and likewise, doesn't take her and Yu Xi too seriously. She thought that the Duke's Mansion was a small tiger in the family, and her stepmother could abuse the children left behind by her predecessor at will: "Don't worry about it, as long as we abide by the rules, she can't do anything to us." There are many examples of vicious stepmothers, Yuchen Naturally, it is impossible to favor the Wu family.

Yuxi sighed: "Third Sister, it's not that I speak ill of others behind their backs. Look at this Qiu Yanfu, who does she think she is, and she is still paying for her sister in front of us? Just because of her, she also wants to be my sister ? What a joke."

Yuchen said disdainfully: "A daughter of a merchant, you have no right to lower your status by fussing with her." Following Wu's family to the capital was nothing more than wanting to use the family status of the Duke's Mansion to climb high. It's true that everyone else is a fool, and she is the only one who is smart.

Yuxi nodded and said: "Well, what the third sister said is right."

Yuchen's news was far better than what Yuxi thought, and that afternoon, Yuchen knew that Wu's family looked like her mother. Yuchen looked very disdainful, looked at Shiqin and asked, "Is this news true?"

Shiqin nodded and said: "It's absolutely true. There are many women in the mansion who have seen Madam, so they can't make a mistake." I told Shiqin about it.

Yuchen was not happy that Wu Shi looked like her mother, on the contrary, she felt disgusted. How dare a woman who is as unrecognizable as Wu Shi dare to be compared with her mother? That was a big joke.

Nanny Gui looked at Yuchen in a bad mood all night, and said, "Miss, this is the master's decision, and you can't change anything, ma'am." any idea. So this self-suffering is completely unnecessary.

Yuchen felt very sad: "I don't know why dad did this?" Does it mean that her dad misses her mother? But less than a year after her mother passed away, her father remarried the Ning family. Said that her father didn't miss her mother, so why would he marry the Wu family who looked somewhat similar to her mother. Yuchen was very tangled.

Nanny Gui said: "What the third master should do is not something that a girl should consider. Girl, just pretend you don't know about this matter."

That night, after Han Jingyan came back, Mrs. Wu complained about her grievances obliquely. Wu knew that she couldn't say that Yuchen was a baby, so she said inside and out that Yuxi didn't take her seriously and showed her face.

Han Jingyan went to pay his respects to the old lady in the morning, but the old lady had already given him a good word. Now he naturally doesn't want to show Wu's face anymore, and said: "Yuxi has a lot to learn every day, it's normal if she can't spare time. Yurong wants to get familiar with the Duke's mansion, so she can ask the maid to take it with her." Seeing that Mrs. Wu still wanted to talk, Han Jingyan said impatiently: "Okay, let's rest!" If Mrs. Wu hadn't lost face by going to Auntie right after he came back, he would definitely not be here to listen to Mrs. Wu's nagging.

No matter how unwilling Wu was, seeing Han Jingyan's appearance, he didn't dare to say any more.