Phoenix Indus

Chapter 25

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the time for returning home that Jin Yuxuan had said.

After dinner in the morning, Jun Xueqi changed into new clothes, and changed into new clothes for Sister Ling and Brother Di. Then she took the two children and went to Meiyuan to say good morning to Master Jin and Mrs. Su.

When Mrs. Su saw her granddaughter and grandson, she hugged the two children happily and coaxed them a few words. Fang smiled and said to Jun Xueqi: "A boy came back in the morning and reported that he would be home before noon. You just take the children and wait here, don’t go back, let’s chat and laugh for a while, it’s almost time.”

Jun Xueqi nodded with a smile, and sent Shui Ling back to deliver a message, asking Nanny Shen to make some snacks and bring them over.

Master Jin asked from the side: "Daughter-in-law Yuxuan, we have to leave on the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month at the latest to celebrate the New Year in the capital. Are your luggage ready? Who will you take with you, and who will you leave to look after the house? Is everything arranged?"

When Jun Xueqi saw her father-in-law questioning her, she hurriedly replied respectfully: "Don't worry, father-in-law, the luggage has been packed, and the servants in the yard have also been arranged. When the husband and Aunt Liu come back, put their luggage Get it sorted, and everything will be in order.”

Mrs. Su smiled and said: "Yuxuan's daughter-in-law is a newlywed, and it is the first time to go to the middle of the city to celebrate the New Year, so it is inevitable that she feels uneasy, and it is understandable for her to be inconsiderate."

After finishing speaking, she comforted Jun Xueqi with a smile and said, "Don't be afraid. Grandpa and Taijun are both very magnanimous people, and they won't criticize the juniors. When you arrive in the capital, you just need to stick to me, and nothing will happen. of."

Jun Xueqi smiled and nodded, chatting and laughing with Master Jin and Mrs. Su, to pass the time waiting for Jin Yuxuan's return.

Near noon, Madam Luo, the headmistress, walked in quickly and said: "Master, madam, third grandma, Aunt Liu has returned home, and is rushing over to say hello to master, madam and third grandma."

Mrs. Su was taken aback when she heard this, and hurriedly asked: "Why is only Aunt Liu back? Didn't the third master come back?"

Nanny Luo hurriedly replied: "Only Aunt Liu, who didn't see Third Master come back."

After saying that, I saw Liu Linglan walking in gracefully in fox fur. After paying her respects according to the etiquette, she replied with a smile: "The third master was caught up in something on the road, and it will take a few days before he can get away. I'm afraid I might miss it." During the New Year's Day in Duzhong, Linglan was asked to go back to the mansion first to tell the master and wife. The third master said that if the time comes and he hasn't come back, let the master and wife take the whole family into the capital first. Things will definitely go to the capital for a reunion before the Chinese New Year."

After hearing this, Master Jin's heart sank, and he frowned and asked, "What is the important thing that can't live in peace for years?"

Liu Linglan replied with a smile: "Master, please calm down. Linglan dare not talk too much about the matter of the third master outside. It's just that Linglan brings back the words whatever the third master says."

Although Mrs. Su was disappointed that her son didn't come back, she didn't want Master Jin to be angry with Jin Yuxuan, so she smiled and comforted her: "Okay, okay. She's an aunt, how could she know about Yuxuan's being outside. If you want to come There is something really important, so I got stuck. Master, don’t worry too much, Yuxuan has known the priorities since he was a child. Yuxuan will definitely not miss such a big event as entering the capital for the Chinese New Year."

After finishing speaking, he smiled and said to Liu Linglan: "You have worked hard all the way, go back to the Bamboo Courtyard and have a rest."

Liu Linglan respectfully agreed, and after saluting and resigning, she looked at Jun Xueqi meaningfully and smiled before turning around and leaving.

Jun Xueqi trembled all over because of Liu Linglan's smile, but she couldn't figure out what she meant. For a moment, her mind was in a mess.

Mrs. Su saw her sitting blankly by the side, thinking that she was sad because Jin Yuxuan hadn't returned, took her hand, smiled and comforted her: "Men, they all put career first, and this is also to make the whole family happy." Let's all live a good life. Don't be sad, anyway, it's just a few days late, and I will definitely see you during the Chinese New Year."

Jun Xueqi knew that Mrs. Su had misunderstood, but she couldn't express her worries, so she could only laugh along with her and said, "Mother-in-law, don't worry, daughter-in-law is young, but she also understands the reason why men want to be everywhere."

Mrs. Su smiled with satisfaction, and took Ling Linger and Brother Di to talk a few words, and Fang Fangjun Xueqi took the two children back to the bamboo courtyard.

After lunch, seeing the two children fell asleep, Jun Xueqi went back to the inner room of the main compartment to lie down, but couldn't fall asleep because of tossing and turning, Liu Linglan's gloating smile filled her eyes, and the strong sense of uneasiness made her Feeling suffocated.

Yue Ling, who was lying on the kang couch in Xinuange, heard frequent noises in the inner room, got up, poured a cup of tea, walked into the inner room, stood beside the bed, and asked in a low voice through the hanging bed curtain : "Grandma, can't you sleep? The maidservant poured tea in, would you like a few sips, grandma?"

Jun Xueqi was very irritable at this time. After hearing Yueling's words, she also felt her throat was thirsty. She sat up, lifted the bed curtain, took the tea in Yueling's hand, leaned on the bed, and drank slowly. .

Yueling has served Jun Xueqi for many years, and she still knows her master well. Sitting on the edge of the bed, she asked with concern: "Grandma, what's bothering you? If grandma doesn't think your servant is stupid, you might as well tell her about it." , it’s better than holding it in your heart.”

Among the close attendants around her, the ones Jun Xueqi valued the most were Nanny Shen, Yue Ling and Shen Xinyue.Seeing that Yueling was asking questions, she didn't hide it, and expressed Liu Linglan's smile and worries in her heart.After speaking, he smiled wryly and let out a long sigh.

After hearing Jun Xueqi's words, Yue Ling's heart was pounding. After a long while, Fang asked in a low voice, "Grandma, Aunt Liu must be happy again, right? During the few months when my master was outside, there was only Aunt Liu will take care of you."

In a word, Jun Xueqi was so surprised that she became more confused in her heart, and she also showed a little helplessness on her face.

After a while of silence in the inner room, Jun Xueqi ordered, "We're guessing here, we won't be able to figure it out. Go find Mother Shen so she can pay more attention to what's going on in Xikuayuan. If Liu Linglan really has There will be traces of being pregnant. Mother Shen has lived half her life, if this is true, it will definitely not escape her eyes. "

Seeing Jun Xueqi's rare panic, Yue Ling regretted her talkativeness in her heart, squeezed out a smile, and comforted her: "This servant is just guessing randomly, grandma, don't take it to heart, this matter is also uncertain. Grandma, let's lie down and rest, let's rejuvenate. Now that my sister and brother are here with us, grandma has to coax them to play every day. If you don't have a good rest, your body will be too much to bear. This servant will go now Find Nanny Shen, grandma can sleep peacefully."

Jun Xueqi also knew that this matter could not be guessed or rushed, so she waved her hand and let Yue Ling go.

Although Jun Xueqi was startled by Liu Linglan's happy event, when she thought about it carefully, she felt much more at ease.After all, she would rather the meaning of Liu Linglan's smile mean that she is happy again than the big event that can't be guessed at all.It's just that if this is the case, then the days to come will be tough again.

Leaning quietly on the bed for a long time, Jun Xueqi sighed bitterly and lay down again.No matter what happened, she couldn't stop it at this time, and life still had to go on.After thinking about these things, she felt that her heart was clear and her body was relaxed. Tiredness hit her, she covered herself tightly with the quilt, and fell into a deep sleep.

Since marrying into the Golden Mansion, Jun Xueqi can be said to be careful in everything, pay attention to everything, be on guard, and plan. In just half a year, she is as tired as a lifetime.

Jun Xueqi knew that this time she rushed to the capital to celebrate the new year, and she would not be able to return to Yongning until at least the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.Therefore, she scoured the money from her private house and asked Mother Shen to take Shen Xinyue out to buy all kinds of gifts, so that before she left for the capital, they could be sent to Jun's and Qiao's houses to celebrate the New Year.

The Jun family also knew that the Jin family was rushing to the capital to celebrate the New Year, so before the [-]th of the twelfth lunar month, they asked Uncle Qiao and Jun Xuejun to come to Yongning with three carts of New Year's gifts to pay New Year's greetings to the Jin family and visit Jun Xueqi.

Since Liu Linglan returned to the Jin Mansion, she lived a peaceful life.Every day after breakfast and before dinner, I go to the main room to greet Jun Xueqi on time, chat and joke with me, and then go to Dongkua courtyard to visit Di Geer, for fear that Jun Xueqi will carry her behind her back and torture her with bad intentions Deco.

Jun Xueqi hugged Brother Dee by her side and raised her personally. She only asked that Brother Dee would not help Liu Linglan deal with her and her children when she grew up. , will deal with Liu Linglan for her and her child.

Therefore, even though she understood Liu Linglan's intentions, she did not stop Liu Linglan from getting close to Di Ge'er, and she still couldn't bear to separate the biological mother and child.

Before the twentieth day of the twelfth lunar month, Jin Yuxuan still hadn’t come back. Master Jin, who could no longer wait any longer, brought Mrs. Su, Jin Yuwen and his wife, Jun Xueqi, Liu Linglan, Sister Ling, and Brother Di on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month. And the attendants, with luggage and various gifts, rushed to the golden mansion in the capital.

This was Jun Xueqi's first new year after she married into the Jin family, and it was also the first time she met Jin Taiye, Jin Taijun and Jin's family members after she married into the Jin family.Jin Yuxuan was not by her side, which filled her with nervousness and uneasiness, fearing that she would lose her face, lose her temper, and leave a bad impression on Mrs. Jin, Mrs. Jin and everyone in Jin's family room.

Mrs. Su is someone who has experienced it, so she naturally understands the pain in the heart of the newlyweds.Along the way, as long as you stop to rest, you will be beside Jun Xueqi, soothing and caring with soft words.He told her the dispositions and hobbies of Mrs. Jin, Mr. Jin and Mrs. Jin's family, one by one, so that she could have a bottom line in her heart.At that time, if you encounter difficulties, you can adapt to the situation.

Jun Xueqi knew about Liu Linglan's relationship with Mrs. Jin and Grandma Jin, so she paid special attention to the affairs of Mrs. Jin and Grandma Jin.The purpose was to prevent Liu Linglan from causing trouble in front of Mrs. Jin and Grandma Jin after she entered the capital, and then, when she was unfamiliar with the place in the capital, join forces to find her in front of Mrs. Jin and Mr. Jin. Trouble, make her ugly.

Even though thinking of Liu Linglan in this way feels like a villain, Jun Xueqi knows that the days of being a daughter-in-law, a wife, and a mother are not as relaxed as before in the deep boudoir.Some people and some things have to be guarded against.

It was already the 26th of the twelfth lunar month when the second room of the Jin family rushed into the capital.The male steward of the Duzhongjin Mansion had already received the letter, and waited with the boys on the steps of the main entrance. Seeing the carriages and horses from the second room arrived, he asked the stewardess to rush in to report to Mr. Enter the Jin mansion with the chariots and horses of the second room.

The Grand Master Jin was appointed Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Jin's parents' house and second house each gave birth to a concubine.The Jin Mansion in the old capital has been expanded and repaired several times, and it has become a beautiful and luxurious mansion.

(End of this chapter)