Do you know: I’m Xu Jiazi

Hearing Xu Zaijing's words, Xu Xingdai put his head on Xu Zaijing's shoulder with some disappointment, and whispered: "Uncle, can we play while grandma is away?"

Xu Zaijing glanced at his mother, and after breathing out something like a cough or a sigh, Xu Xingdai's eyes lit up and he laughed.

In the hall, Gu Tingye, who had just sat on a chair nearby, looked at the interaction between Xu Zaijing's uncle and nephew with some envy. Then he stood up and walked to Xu Zaijing's side and said: "Brother Dai, come here and let your uncle hold you!"

After Xu Xingdai glanced at Xu Zaijing's encouraging eyes, he extended his hand to Gu Tingye.

Holding the little man in his arms, Gu Tingye said:

"Brother Dai is so happy! He's not like my nephew Gu Shixing. When he looks at people, his eyes keep rolling. I don't know what bad idea he is harboring in his stomach!"

Xu Zaijing sat on a chair aside and ignored Gu Tingye. He looked at Mrs. Bai who was looking at him with a smile and said, "Auntie, has my niece's name been decided yet?"

Mrs. Bai smiled and said: "Brother Jing, it's decided! The name was chosen by the Marquis himself in a letter."

Xu Zaijing looked at Mrs. Bai inquiringly with a smile on his face.

"The children of the Gu family are ranked in the first generation, with the boy named Chi, and the girls named girl, so they were given the character 'Yan'."

Xu Zaijing nodded and said with a smile: "Sister Yan is clever and intelligent."

After finishing speaking, I thought to myself: "This is right."

Mrs. Bai smiled and nodded, but there was a trace of sadness in her eyes. Aunt Chang behind her only smiled at the corner of her mouth.

Seeing this scene, Xu Zaijing made a guess in his mind, but he didn't say much.

Xie, the daughter-in-law of Xu's family, who was sitting at the bottom, also saw Mrs. Bai's expression, but she didn't say anything more, lowered her head and took a sip of nourishing tea.

Gu Tingye on the side put down Xu Xingdai in his arms and said, "Mother, why do you want to visit relatives today?"

Gu Tingyi opened his arms, hugged Xu Xingdai in his arms again, and said, "Brother, mother knows that the farmers in the eldest lady's family feed the good thing for treating trauma, so she came here specifically to ask for advice."

Gu Erlang nodded: "Well, sister, maybe our family can learn it?"

Gu Tingyi looked at the two eldest ladies who were silent and continued: "Of course you can. The eldest lady said, just teach with the people sent by the Chai family."

"Chai family?"

Gu Tingyi nodded: "Brother, the Chai family sent someone to learn it last month."

At this time, the voice of the female envoy came from outside the hall,

"The second lady is here."

Later, Hua Lan, who was wearing silver-white silk clothes embroidered with light green patterns, held a handkerchief and walked in with Cui Chan. After bowing, she said, "I've met Madam! Hello, brothers and sisters."

Brother and sister Xu Zaijing and Gu Tingye quickly stood up and returned the salute.

Madam Bai, who was at the top, asked with astonishment in her eyes: "Brother, are you not crying?"

Hua Lan smiled slightly: "He and his father fell asleep together!"

Mrs. Bai said: "Zai Zhang gets up early every day to go to school, so he should be sleepy in the afternoon."

Sun said: "Sit down quickly."

Hearing her mother-in-law's words, Hua Lan smiled and nodded before sitting down under her sister-in-law Xie.

After sitting down, Hua Lan looked at Mrs. Bai's eyes as she smiled and looked at her. After looking at her mother-in-law and sister-in-law in confusion, she touched the hairpin ring in her bun uncomfortably.

Sun, who was sitting at the top with Mrs. Bai, said, "Sister, why are you looking at my Hua'er like that?"

Mrs. Bai looked away and said: "Sister, I met Hualan when I was in Yangzhou before! I have met Hualan several times since coming to Beijing, but when I look at it again today, why do I feel that Hualan seems to be a different person? ?”

"My skin tone looks paler, and I look even more graceful and luxurious!"

Mrs. Xie, who was beside Hua Lan, looked at her sister-in-law with a smile in her eyes.

Gu Tingyi nodded with bright eyes and said, "That's what mother said! Sister Hualan, do you have any secret recipe for skin whitening?"

Hua Lan touched her face in embarrassment as everyone in the hall saw it, and said, "Has it turned white? Has it happened?"

Everyone nodded.

Xu Xingdai even squeezed out of Gu Tingyi's arm. After Gu Tingyi let him go, he walked towards Hua Lan who had just entered.

"Auntie, hug me!"

Hua Lan hugged Xu Xingdai, with a smile in her eyes, and said sheepishly: "Maybe I've been holding it in for a long time!"

He looked at his clothes again and said, "It might be the clothes that match it."

Mrs. Bai glanced at Xu's wife, who was habitually protecting her belly, and said: "Look at you two, you just look good when you are pregnant!"

Hua Lan and sister-in-law Xie looked at each other with a smile.

After everyone talked for a while, Mrs. Bai looked outside the hall, stood up and said, "Sister, it's getting late, so I'm leaving!"

After some persuasion, everyone headed outside the house.

The two ladies walked in the front, while Hua Lan and Xie walked in the middle with Ting Yi.

Xu Zaijing hugged Xu Xingdai and followed at the back with Gu Tingye.

Listening to Xu Xingdai's cheerful laughter behind him, Gu Tingyi looked back curiously and said to Hua Lan beside him: "Sister Hua Lan, is there really no secret recipe?"

After Hualan and Mr. Xie looked at each other again, they said a few words in Gu Tingyi's ear. Seeing Gu Tingyi's cheeks turning red rapidly, Ms. Xie smiled and whispered:

"I'm just talking about getting married. Sister Tingyi, why are you blushing?"

"Your sister-in-law Pingmei also has the booklet on diet and body adjustment."

"You can also take supplements according to the food in the booklet on weekdays. This is written by Mrs. He!"

Gu Tingyi asked curiously: "That Mrs. He who specializes in gynecology?"

Hua Lan and his sister-in-law nodded.

At the second gate,

After watching the Gu family's carriage and horses leave the Xu family's gate, Mrs. Sun took her family back to her mother's courtyard.

After sitting down again,

Mrs. Xie glanced at her mother-in-law, and then at the female envoy from the Hou Mansion beside her, but hesitated to speak.

Hua Lan noticed it and looked at his sister-in-law curiously.

Mrs. Sun understood and looked at Mother Zhu and waved her hand.

Soon, all the female envoys in the hall left the room and went outside.

Mrs. Sun looked at her eldest daughter-in-law and said, "What happened?"

Mrs. Xie glanced at Xu Zaijing, who was still sitting here, and said, "Mother-in-law, why did I feel a little unhappy when Mrs. Bai was talking about Sister Ping's daughter just now?"

Hua Lan was not here just now, looking at her sister-in-law with surprise, then at her mother-in-law Sun, who was frowning, and finally at Xu Zaijing, who was drinking tea calmly.

Hualan said: "Sister-in-law, did you just come?"

Xie nodded.

Hua Lan continued: "I see, Mrs. Bai doesn't seem to favor boys over girls."

Xie nodded in approval, with some confusion in her eyes.

Mrs. Sun glanced at her youngest son and wondered why he hadn't jumped up yet.

Xu Zaijing held the tea cup, looked at the three ladies in the hall in confusion, and said, "Mom, sister-in-law, what's wrong?"

Mrs. Sun said in a deep voice: "It's not my sister from the Bai family. She prefers boys over girls. She really has some other reasons."

Xie asked hesitantly: "Mother-in-law, can you tell me?"

Madam Sun pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, "There is nothing that cannot be said. If you want to find out, you can find out."

Mrs. Sun looked at Mrs. Xie and said:

"At that time, when Pingmei was getting married, you had already entered the Xu family. Do you remember the day Zai Zhang and him went to the Gu family to make a big fuss?"

When she said 'him', Mrs. Sun also raised her chin towards her youngest son.

Listening to her mother-in-law's words, Hua Lan looked around with her big eyes like her mother Wang Ruofu.

His face was full of expressions like 'Mother-in-law, you and Mrs. Bai are so close, yet this kind of thing has happened'.

Looking at Hua Lan's expression, Mrs. Sun knew that her son had not told Hua Lan those things.

Mrs. Sun raised her chin again. When Xie, her daughter-in-law for many years, understood what she meant, she glanced at Xu Zaijing and said to Hualan:

"Hua Lan, when our father-in-law was promoted to be the commander of the Tianwu Army, there was a banquet at home. Gu Tingyang, the man from the fifth room of the Gu family, fell in love with Qing Zhi, the little envoy who was following Ping Mei at our house. He wanted to do some mischief, but Brother Jing was Taught me a lesson."

Hualan looked disgusted. She had heard of Gu Tingyang's reputation after coming to Bianjing for a few years.

Ms. Xie continued: "Sister Ping and Gu Dalang got married, and the little envoy also went with her."

Looking at Hua Lan's confused eyes, Ms. You have to carry it when you go in and out.”

Hua Lan nodded with great relief in her eyes.

"Later, Marquis Ningyuan returned to Bianjing from the north. Marquis Gu fell in love with a girl named Mei and brought her to Marquis Ningyuan's house, hoping to make her his concubine."

Hua Lan opened his eyes and nodded.

At the same time, under the frown, there was some confusion in his eyes, and he looked forward to his sister-in-law continuing to talk.

"Later, the woman surnamed Mei wanted to kidnap the female servant Qing Zhi to please the fifth room of the Gu family. However, the Zhu family's sister-in-law found out and rescued her. However, she died the next day after saving her. The Gu family wanted to pay for it with her life. !”

"Our servant who accompanied us to the Gu family came back riding our dowry horse to report the news."

"Brother Jing, he and Zai Zhang will go."

"I heard that Brother Zhang and Brother Jing were very wild at the Gu family."

Hualan looked at Xu Zaijing, who had a look of disdain on his lips, and then looked at his mother-in-law, who had a straight face, and turned around and said, "Sister-in-law, what happened next?"

Ms. Xie said with a smile: "Then? Then the commotion became big, and Mrs. Bai took Ting Ye and Ting Yi to live outside in the Bai family's house."

Hualan said doubtfully: "But when I came to Bianjing, I never heard that Gu Hou had a concubine."

Mrs. Xie said: "It's right not to have concubines, because later Mr. Bai fell into the water when he returned to Yangzhou, and Mrs. Bai took Pingmei and Tingye to Yangzhou."

"That's when I met you in Yangzhou."

Hua Lan nodded and said hesitantly: "It was also after that that the eldest brother-in-law became a Jinshi?"

Mrs. Xie smiled and nodded: "Mother-in-law, why don't you tell me?"

Mrs. Sun took a deep breath and said: "Okay! Yu'er won the first place on the second list. After being awarded the official, Gu Hou was asked to join his, Bai's sister, Ye's brother and sister's family and that surname. Choosing between plum women."

Hualan's eyes widened and she said in surprise: "The eldest brother-in-law seems to be quite polite, but he is so like this. Gu Hou must have not chosen that woman!"

Mrs. Sun nodded and said, "That's right! Hua Lan, do you know that the reason why that woman was favored by Marquis Gu is because she looks very much like the same person!"

Hua Lan: "Mother, is...?"

Mrs. Sun sighed and said: "She looks very much like Brother Yu's biological mother, Mrs. Qin."

Mrs. Xie said from the side: "Mother, you must have met Mrs. Qin, right?"

Mrs. Sun nodded and said, "I've seen it before!"

Hearing his mother's words, Xu Zaijing put down the tea cup and looked over with the same curiosity.

Xu Zaijing had never asked his mother, Sun, about Mrs. Qin before. After all, when he was sensible, Mrs. Qin had been dead for seven or eight years.

Xie said: "Mom, is Mrs. Qin really as beautiful as my mother said?"

Mrs. Sun nodded.

Hua Lan asked in confusion: "Mother, so... what does this have to do with Mrs. Bai's ugly face?"

Mrs. Sun sighed and said, "That's because you don't know some old things from back then."

Mrs. Sun's two daughters-in-law in the hall looked at her curiously.

Then, Mrs. Sun glanced at her youngest son, who had his ears pricked up, and said with a look full of memories:

"Back when I was still a girl in my boudoir, there was a very famous nanny from the palace in Bianjing, similar to Aunt Kong today."

"At that time, I was invited by the Marquis of Dongchang to teach Miss Qin at home for a long time."

"After leaving Dongchang Hou Mansion and going to other families, Miss Qin's reputation spread."

The two daughters-in-law of the Xu family nodded together, looking forward to what happened next.

"Among them, Miss Qin has a reputation for being good at poetry, music, music, music, chess, calligraphy and painting."

Xu Zaijing pretended to be curious and asked: "Mom, this doesn't sound like anything!"

Mrs. Sun shook her head and said: "The reason why my Bai family sister is unhappy is because of the second half of the sentence about Miss Qin's appearance."

"Speaking of that Miss Qin, she is as beautiful as an autumn lotus, and her tranquility brings out the beauty."

Xie and Hua Lan looked at each other in surprise.

Hualan: "This"

Xie: "Mother, isn't this provoking trouble!"

Mrs. Sun nodded.

With such a name, doesn't it mean that Gu Hou Gu Yankai has not completely forgotten about Mrs. Qin!

Xu Zaijing nodded as if he just knew it and said: "So mother said that Aunt Bai's face is not ugly because her sister gave birth to a girl."

Mrs. Sun nodded and said: "Although Mrs. Bai has become a grandmother, she is already Mrs. Gaoming! But she has a straightforward and strong character, and she does not pretend to hide it in front of you."

Xu Zaijing continued: "Mom, the eldest brother-in-law didn't say anything? You shouldn't."

Sun said: "After receiving the letter, your brother-in-law went to ask my sister from the Bai family for instructions."

"My sister from the Bai family nodded. She said that Gu Hou was guarding the country's border in the north. It was hard to refute Gu Hou's kindness."

"And, after all, it is related to Yu'er's biological mother."

Xu Zaijing nodded, that's right. According to Tingyu's character, he would be able to understand what Marquis Ning Yuan meant.

"Okay, as long as you know these old things! If others mention it, don't get involved."

"Yes, mother."

Turn around,

Several noble ladies from Bianjing went to the Chai family's shop with Chai Zhengzheng as invited.