Rebirth of the High Gate Mistress

Chapter 148 Spring is coming

 Jin Yan was drinking tea and writing poems in the waterside pavilion with some of her friends.

Zhou Liwan, the third daughter of the second wife of Zhongshun Hou Mansion, is one of the most famous and talented girls in Beijing today. She read Jin Yan's poems and praised: "Yan'er's poems are so good and full of artistic conception."

Zhou Lixue, the fourth daughter of the second room, also echoed: "This poem is really good, it is really better than the third sister's poem."

Zhou Lixue asked Jin Yan: "How did you make such rapid progress? Was it your second sister-in-law who guided you?"

Jin Yan nodded and said with a hint of pride: "When it comes to poetry, poetry, music, chess, calligraphy and painting, my second sister-in-law is an expert among experts."

After listening to Jin Yan’s words, Queen Yao of the Ministry of War Shang Shu family asked quietly: “I have never seen your second sister-in-law. Is she pretty powerful?”

Jin Yan wondered: "How could you say that? My second sister-in-law has the best temper."

Just listen to Wang Yuran say: "My brother recently invited your second brother and several generals to come to the house for a banquet. The eldest sister-in-law specially ordered the best girl in the house to play, sing and serve wine. Everyone praised my girl for her skill and beauty, but I prefer you." The second brother allowed those concubines to use all kinds of skills, but he kept a sullen face, neither listening nor watching. The concubines served him wine, but he also refused to let them get close."

Zhou Lixue was surprised: "Why is this?"

Wang Yuran continued: "Later I heard from my brother that it was because your second sister-in-law didn't let your second brother see those prostitutes."

She hid her face and smiled: "Now, everyone in this capital knows that your sister-in-law is the most powerful, and your second brother is also very henpecked now."

 When several girls heard what Wang Yuran said, they all burst into laughter.

Zhou Lixue smiled in disbelief and said to Jin Yan: "Yan'er, is this true? A person as cold and solemn as your second brother is actually so henpecked?"

Even though her brother is cold, she doesn't know how obedient he is in front of his sister-in-law.

After hearing Wang Yuran’s words, Jin Yan replied: “This shows that my sister-in-law is a good charioteer.”

She glanced at several of her best friends and said angrily: "Do you hope that your future husband will bring concubines to the house every two days?"

Jin Yan said proudly: "My second sister-in-law married into my family, but my second brother didn't have any concubines in his house."

When everyone heard this, they were really stunned.

In wealthy families like theirs, men always keep concubines. Those who don’t have any concubines in the house become an outlier.

Zhou Lixue said anxiously: "How did your second sister-in-law do it?"

Wang Yuran also couldn't wait to get in front of Jin Yan: "One day let's go visit your second sister-in-law and ask her to teach us the art of charioteer in private."

Zhou Liwan was about to get her haircut, and she was also at the age when she was planning to get married. Although she had always been reserved like a lady, she was more anxious than the younger girls, but she still pretended to be indifferent on her face and asked: "I heard Your second sister-in-law is the most humble. One day when we have a tea flower party, you can invite her to talk to us and talk about poetry."

Jin Yan picked up the tea cup, leaned on the chair, placed the musical notes and replied: "Besides, my second sister-in-law is very busy, I'm afraid she won't be able to get away easily."

She glanced at the poems she had just composed on the paper in front of her friends: "You guys should finish the poems first and then talk about it. If you can make good poems, I will show them to my second sister-in-law first. If she can get it, Yes, she might still be interested in meeting you. If she sees that you are just ordinary people, I'm afraid she won't be willing to meet you."

Several little girls saw her being so cunning and put on airs, and they all came over to tease her while playing.

 For girls, it is naturally the best thing to have parents who love and care for them at home and do not need to worry about trivial matters.

The summer wind blew across the quiet lake, carrying the silvery bell-like laughter of the little girls that echoed in the corridor for a long time.

The people on the porch were also fascinated and satisfied. Several best friends broke up the tea party after chatting and joking. Jin Yan said goodbye to the Zhou sisters and was escorted out of the house by the Zhou family's maid.

Zhou Jin in the corridor saw a few people dispersing, and quickly ran along the winding path to the door of the house.

When he saw Jin Yan walking out from a distance, Zhou Jin took two deep breaths, adjusted his pounding heart, and walked towards Jin Yan as if he had just come back from outside.

"When did my cousin come? Are you leaving now?" When Zhou Jin came to Jin Yan, he stood still and asked politely and knowingly.

Jin Yan was naturally unaware of what he had just done and replied with a smile: "I just came from the second room and came to chat with the third and fourth ladies in the house."

Zhou Jin suppressed his pounding heart, put a gentle smile on his face, and said gently: "That's it."

As he spoke, he politely stepped aside to make way for Jin Yan, and said to Jin Yan gently: "My cousin often comes to play at home."

Jin Yan nodded towards him and led her maid towards the door of the mansion.

After Jin Yan's figure disappeared from sight, Zhou Jin still stood there and stretched his neck to look in the direction she was going.

Their Zhongshun Hou Mansion and the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion are family friends, and the two houses are cousins ​​and have frequent contacts. Although he cannot see this third girl from the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion, in Zhou Jin's portrait, she is just a lively and naughty person. child.

But I never thought that the little girl seemed to grow up into an adult all of a sudden. And it turned out that she was really a girl. On that day when he and Li Ling returned from Nanjun, they passed by Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and met her. Her smile was imprinted on his heart and he couldn't get rid of it.

Just when he was lost in thought, someone slapped him on the shoulder, which startled Zhou Jin. When he turned around, he saw that it was his cousin.

Mr. Zhou asked: "Brother, what are you looking at? You are so lost in thought."

Zhou Jin hurriedly stammered and replied: "No, I didn't see anything."

Mr. Zhou glanced at his brother's slightly flustered expression and asked, "What's wrong with your face?"

Zhou Jin touched his face and asked in confusion: "What's wrong with my face?"

Mr. Tuesday replied: "You are blushing very much."

When he said this, Zhou Jin's originally blushing face turned red all of a sudden.

Zhou Jin rubbed his burning cheeks with both hands and hesitated, "Maybe it's because it's too hot."

He patted his cousin on the shoulder and said calmly: "Let's go horse racing."

Not only was his face burning uncomfortably, but his heart was beating violently. This strong feeling could not be comforted no matter what. Perhaps only a wild galloping could release this inexplicable emotion.

Zhou Jin was in love, but Jin Yan didn't know it. She played with a few of her friends all morning, and as soon as she got on the carriage, she leaned on the carriage and fell asleep carelessly.

Until the chariot and horse drove back to the Zhenguo Palace, I heard the maid say: "Are the chariot and horse from the Crown Prince's wife's natal family?"

Jin Yan rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked outside.

It was indeed the Shen family's carriage and horse. Under the carriage stood the Shen family sisters, Shen Jinglan and Shen Jingxuan, as well as a nanny.

 (End of this chapter)