The Stepmother is Unkind

Hongmei could go back first to resume her life, but she didn't leave and stayed in the West Corner Courtyard to wait.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Yin Mingyu changed his clothes and came out. He dressed simply, neat and rude, and he couldn't pick out the slightest mistake.

Hongmei's expression was stagnant for a moment, she immediately stepped forward, blocked Yin Mingyu who was about to go out, and said in a low voice, "Second lady, Xie Xiaolang is in the main courtyard."

The maids who can climb up to the master's side are all very human, and if they are willing to reveal something in their words and deeds, they all have a great effect.

Yin Mingyu stopped and asked, "Sister, Xiao Langjun... Are you close to your mother?"

Hongmei nodded and smiled: "Xiao Langjun is cute and clever, and the lady is naturally in great pain."

"How about the Xie family? Can you be arrogant?"

As soon as the door opened, a rush of enthusiasm came in, and Yin Mingyu turned around to get the fan.

Hongmei wished she could be late, and said calmly, "Xie's family is strict, and the servants around Xiaolang-Jun are all very well-behaved and polite."

She paused, then pretended to hesitate: "It's just the wet nurse and two maids..."

Yin Mingyu held the fan to his face, followed her words, and asked casually, "What?"

Hongmei explained in detail: "The nanny's surname is Tong, and she looks a little stern. I heard that Mrs. Xie is accompanying the granddaughter of Mrs. Xie, and she is very trusted by Mrs. Xie."

"The two maids were also chosen by Mrs. Xie herself. The painting screen is stable and the feather fan is refreshing. When they came to the front, all the maids were compared to each other~"

"My sister will joke."

Yin Mingyu held up her hand with her left hand, and the fan in her right hand gently slapped Hongmei's pretty face a few times, and the fan breeze slightly lifted her hair, "In my heart, no matter how good it is The people who are here can't get past a few sisters."

Hongmei covered her lips and giggled, "If you were a gentleman, I don't know how many women's hearts you would have to coax."

Yin Mingyu raised his eyebrows, "I'm not coaxing everyone."

Hongmei's brows and eyes became more and more joyful. Seeing that it was almost time, she pressed the corner of her mouth and led Yin Mingyu to the main courtyard.

Yin Mingyu walked in front of her with her head held high and her chest held high, and a few maids followed behind her with small and fast steps.

Hongmei saw that every step she took was extremely steady, and the steps on her head only swayed slightly, which did not exceed the range taught by Mr. Jiaoyang. great fortune...

A group of people passed through the two hanging flower doors and saw the door of the main courtyard.

Hongmei and the old woman who was guarding at the gate of the courtyard looked at each other, and whispered to Yin Mingyu: "Second lady, you can go in directly. Madam knows you are coming, so you don't have to wait for the notification."

When Yin Mingyu heard the words, he kept walking, and nodded slightly to the two old ladies at the gate of the courtyard, then turned his feet to prepare to step into the door.

At the same time as she turned around, Hongmei quietly swallowed her saliva and stared at her closely.

As soon as Yin Mingyu raised one foot, he saw a group of people walking out of the door. As soon as they entered and exited, there was no warning. If they didn't stop it, they would collide with the leading man.

She didn't even have time to look at him, she hurriedly dropped her feet and landed, but her upper body continued to lean forward due to inertia.

"Lang Jun!"

"Miss!"

The servants exclaimed nervously in a low voice. The man on the opposite side was as steady as a mountain, and he didn't mean to reach out to help Yin Mingyu at all. He calmly stopped his pace, took a step westward, avoiding her.

Yin Mingyu actually didn't walk fast, but her steps were a little bigger, and she was a little unsteady when she hurriedly retracted her feet. At the same time as the voices of the attendants fell, she had stabilized her figure, and then quickly gave way to the side.

Everything happened in an instant, and the two faced each other again with a distance of less than two feet apart.

"…"

Yin Mingyu raised his head subconsciously and met the other's indifferent eyes, only then did he recognize the person.

The man in front of him was as handsome as a jade tree, his temperament was comparable to that of a pine tree, and his every move was as elegant as running water.

It was the husband of the deceased daughter of the Yin family, the youngest champion in the thirty years since the founding of Da Ye, the unicorn son of the Xie family, Xie Qin and Xie Jingming.

However, with just one glance, Yin Mingyu withdrew his gaze, lowered his eyebrows and took a step back to the left, taking another step back, with a blessing.

Xie Qin nodded slightly in return, and when he stepped over Yin Mingyu, he glanced indifferently at Hongmei behind her.

Hongmei shook a little and lowered her head deeply.

After Xie Qin walked away, she raised her head again, met Yin Mingyu's eyes that seemed to be able to read people's hearts, and twitched the corners of her mouth guiltily.

Yin Mingyu really wanted to ask her why she didn't say that Xie Langjun was also there, but seeing Hongmei avoiding her gaze, she felt bored, so she turned her eyes away and continued to walk in.

In the main room, the maid Yulan watched the scene just now and whispered in the ear of Mrs. Han.

There was no surprise on Han's face, and he lovingly touched the head of his grandson in his arms, and instructed, "Tell her to come in."

After a while, Yin Mingyu walked in slowly, without squinting, and saluted properly, "Mother, Mingyu is late."

"It's not too late." Han shi said softly, "Let's sit near."

Yin Mingyu got up and saw that the stern mother's serious face, which had not smiled for a long time, actually had a shallow smile. She turned her eyes and landed on the doll in her mother's arms.

The child was indeed exquisite and lovely. Sitting in his grandmother's arms, his expression was a little restrained, but he didn't cry, and was looking at her curiously.

Looking at each other for a while, Yin Mingyu calmly looked away, swept over the three servants of the Xie family not far away, and then walked to the round stool not far from the eldest mother and sat down. .

Han shi didn't greet her either. She lowered her head and introduced her little grandson softly, "Ce'er, this is your aunt."

Xie Ce looked at Yin Mingyu with round eyes, and after Han repeated it again, he said softly, "Auntie~"

He couldn't even pronounce the word "aunt".

Yin Mingyu curled the corners of his mouth and smiled at him in response, but he still didn't speak, as if sawing a gourd.

Han said: "Ming Yu, come and hug him, your nephews are close and close."

The three servants of the Xie family heard the words, their eyes moved slightly, and they looked at Yin Mingyu without a trace.

Yin Mingyu wondered: "Xie Xiaolang is so young, my daughter is really afraid that she will fall on him because she is out of control."

"Then let's play with Ce'er for a while." After Han Shi finished speaking, she asked Tong Nanny to hold Xie Ce on the square bed to enjoy the cool air.

It's so weird...

Yin Mingyu paused, grabbed the handle of the fan, got up, walked to the corner of the square bed, and sat down.

Han shi watched from not far away, Yin Mingyu weighed it for a long time, the room was very cool, so he put the fan on the square bed, pushed it gently, and the fan slid to Xie Ce's feet.

Xie Ce looked down, his feet moved, and the fan moved a little further.

He didn't reach for it, but looked up at Yin Mingyu again.

Yin Mingyu didn't move, looked at him without saying a word, just looked at each other like this, stalemate.

Nanny Tong knew something, and she came here at the order of Mrs. Xie. Seeing that the second lady of the Yin family was so dumb, she squatted down, picked up Yin Mingyu's fan and shook it gently in front of Xie Ce, "Little Langjun, you want to play Son?"

Xie Ce resisted looking at Fan Yingying's fan, her tender face wrinkled slightly, she raised her little hand and pushed it away.

Nanny Tong had to look at Yin Mingyu and apologize: "Second lady, forgive me, Xiao Langjun doesn't like round fans."

Yin Mingyu shook his head to show he didn't care, took back the fan, and sat there dumbfounded as if he didn't know what to do.

But her usual virtues are not at all backsliding, Han Shi directly exposed: "You are very capable of playing with the three ladies and four ladies when you were young?"

Yin Mingyu is cheeky and can continue to pretend like nothing happened: "Daughter is ashamed."

She would never admit that she played with her sister because she was bored when she was a child.

"…"

Han took a deep breath and pointed in the direction of the door, "Go back."

Her tone sounded very stern, and the three servants of the Xie family were amazed.

Yin Mingyu stood up a bit briskly, gave a standard salute, and stepped back slowly.

Just as she retreated to the door and was about to turn around, Han's voice suddenly sounded again: "Come back."

did not go...

Yin Mingyu stopped regretfully, turned back slowly, and walked respectfully back to his mother-in-law.

Han shi didn't look at her, turned to Nanny Tong, and said gently, "Ce'er has to sleep, right? I cleaned up the house for Ce'er and asked the maid to take you there."

Then a maid was called out.

Nanny Tong understood and took Xie Ce out with the two maids of the Xie family.

Xie Ce was lying on the nurse's shoulder, waving at his grandmother with big watery eyes, and when he turned to Yin Mingyu, he buried it in the nurse's neck.

Yin Mingyu raised his brows and turned his head naturally.

After everyone left, Han shi just looked at her and asked directly, "Do you know what I mean?"

Yin Mingyu shook his head as a matter of course, "My daughter doesn't know."

Han was silent, took a deep breath, and said after a moment: "You left after your birth mother gave birth. You have grown up to this day. I treat you well, why not be honest?"

Yin Mingyu lowered his eyes and said nothing.

This mother-in-law has a high level of skill. She was not born until she gave birth to two sons and a daughter. Logically, she should be extremely disgusted with the children born by other women like them, but the Han family is not very close and has never been. Treat harshly.

Yin Mingyu remembered clearly that her wet nurse secretly treated her harshly when she was a child. She originally planned to teach people to find out, but she didn't want her mother to deal with the wet nurse in advance and beat people.

She has lived comfortably and comfortably all these years, largely because of the generosity of her first-born mother.

Seeing that she didn't speak, Han continued: "Jing Ming's family background, good looks and talent, even if he is a successor, the daughters of everyone in Beijing who care about him don't know how many people, that is Ming Fu... It was also a high-level marriage at the beginning, if it wasn't for the friendship between the two families. , and Ce'er, it is decided that the concubine of the Yin family will not turn."

Yin Mingyu was unmoved. Since her first-born mother wanted to hear her frankness, she said bluntly: "My daughter is content, and a little rich is safe, and I don't dare to expect a big family."

Looking at her expression, Han shi suddenly asked, "Do you like Saburo?"

Yin Mingyu was stunned for a moment, but then returned to normal. He was about to answer when he was interrupted by Mr. Han: "It seems to be normal. Saburo is my nephew, but compared to Jing Ming, he is the next best thing."

Perhaps Han Saburo's family background and appearance are indeed inferior to Xie Qin, but Yin Mingyu does not agree with the saying of "retreat and seek second", "Sanlang has a rare sincerity in the world."

Han's eyes moved, and the corners of his mouth rose indistinctly, but his words remained calm: "The marriage with the Xie family will continue to be maintained, and your father is also trying his best to facilitate it."

So it can't be denied?

Yin Mingyu thought of the strength of resistance to be abolished at this time, weighed one or two, and immediately decided to be a person who can bend and stretch, and act according to opportunities in the future.

However, Mrs. Han was already prepared, picked up the teacup, and wrote lightly: "When the Yin family's daughter gets married, the manor will provide a dowry of 10,000 taels, and the same is true for you marrying the Han family. But if you are willing to marry into the Xie family, I will I will take out 20,000 taels from my private house and make you silver in the press box."

Yin Mingyu's pupils trembled, two, twenty thousand taels? !

Han continued: "Your eldest sister's dowry can also be handed over to you, regardless of profit or loss."

10,000 taels for a dowry is actually the standard of a first-class daughter, but Yin Mingfu was favored. Back then, the Yin family "climbed" the Xie family's marriage. The Yin family prepared a very generous dowry for her. One thousand two.

And Han's intention is to give Yin Mingyu all the benefits.

Yin Mingyu's dowry, Yin Mingyu doesn't think about it, but 20,000 taels...

Every ounce of hesitation is a struggle against humanity.

She didn't want to bend her waist, but her mother gave too much...