The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

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 a very famous and talented girl among the 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 lady 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 come you have made 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 the 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?"

Although her brother was cold, she didn't know how obedient he was in front of his sister-in-law.

After listening to Wang Yuran's words, Jin Yan replied: "This shows that my sister-in-law is good at chauffeuring."

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

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

When everyone heard this, they were really shocked and stunned.

In noble houses 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 ways of charioteers in private."

Zhou Liwan was about to get her haircut, and she was also at the age to discuss marriage. 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 that

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 score 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 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 I can get her,

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."

Seeing her being so cunning and putting on airs, several little girls came over to tease her while having fun.

For girls, it is naturally the best thing to have parents who love and care for them in the boudoir without having to worry about trivial matters.

The summer wind blew across the quiet lake, bringing the silver 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 friends broke up the tea party after chatting and laughing. Jin Yan said goodbye to the Zhou sisters and was escorted out of the house by the Zhou family's maid.

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

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 he came to Jin Yan, Zhou Jin stood still and asked politely and knowingly.

Naturally, Jin Yan didn't know what he had just done, and replied with a smile: "I just came from the second room to chat with the third and fourth ladies in the house."

Zhou Jin suppressed her pounding heart, put a gentle smile on her 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 they are cousins ​​in the two houses and often communicate with each other. 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 he never thought that the little girl seemed to have grown up into an adult all of a sudden. And it turned out that she was really a woman. That day when he and Li Ling returned from Nanjun, they passed by the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion and met her. Her smile was

It was imprinted on his heart and he couldn't get rid of it.

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

Zhou Jin stammered quickly 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 terribly."

When he said this, Zhou Jin's originally blushing face suddenly turned red.

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 also beating violently. This strong feeling could not be comforted no matter what. Perhaps only a horse galloping wildly 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.

It wasn't until the carriage and horses returned to the Duke's Mansion that I heard the maid say: "Are the carriages and horses from the crown prince's wife's natal family?"

Jin Yan rubbed her sleepy eyes and looked outside.

Sure enough, it was the Shen family's carriage and horse. Standing under the carriage were the Shen sisters, Shen Jinglan and Shen Jingxuan, as well as a nanny.

(End of chapter)