The Stepmother is Unkind - Chapter 118

Some old objects are special because most of them have a special imprint, and it is always interesting to see fragments of memories as time goes by.

At least Yin Mingyu is so.

Most of her memories are bright.

That’s why Yin Mingyu was playing with these things, always with a smile on his face.

Xie Qin came out after changing clothes, and seeing her expression, there was a smile in her eyes.

When Yin Mingyu heard the sound, he raised his head to avoid the fire and shook it, “Lang Jun, would you like to try it?”

She never hesitated in this kind of thing.

Xie Qin raised his eyebrows slightly, just glanced at the sky outside the window, and then it darkened a little, and said, “Why don’t you drink a few glasses first?”

Yin Mingyu deserved to be refreshed, “It’s done.”

There is no food without wine, she closed the box and greeted the maid to prepare.

She had already seen the contents of the box, so Xie Qin carried the box to the study and put it away.

Yin Mingyu sat back and continued peeling the pine nuts to eat, Xie Qin sat next to her when he came back, took the plate, and chatted casually as he peeled it to her: “Your Majesty Jinkou Yuyan, after I have been ordered to go back to Nanyue to continue working, what are your plans? “

“Let’s go together.” Yin Mingyu spread his hands, he peeled one and put it in her hand, and she ate one, “But when will we be able to do it?”

Xie Qin said: “It should be later than my cousin’s wedding.”

Yin Mingyu picked up the teapot, poured two cups of tea, and put one cup on Xie Qin’s side, “Will there be a change?”

If anything goes wrong…

Xie Qin said: “Your Majesty’s body…”

He didn’t finish his sentence, but only glanced at Yin Mingyu, and after his eyes hinted, he continued: “And I saw the grandsons in His Majesty’s palace today, and my father said that His Majesty intends to observe the grandsons, but it seems that he has not yet chosen the one he likes. people.”

Yin Mingyu was curious, “How to observe? Watch your homework?”

“Yes.” Xie Qin nodded, “Father and several elders taught the grandsons to read, and His Majesty observed the characters of the grandsons from the sidelines.”

Yin Mingyu didn’t expect it to be so common, so he said uninterestingly: “Anyway, pick something up and keep it in the palace, so it’s not easy to see.”

Xie Qin paused for a while, this is indeed the truth, and His Majesty is not in good health, so he can’t bear to observe slowly…

Yin Mingyu remembered the example of holding a broom, and said, “What kind of heir does your Majesty prefer, and throw it into the corresponding environment, and the subconscious reaction is the most real… Eh? Where are you going?”

Xie Qin put the pine nuts back on the plate and said, “You are right. If you speak to your majesty like this, the Xie family has not influenced the heir to the throne. I will go to see my father and come back later.”

Yin Mingyu watched as he walked away, a little speechless, she just said casually, they won’t toss the grandsons, right?

I can’t see it with my own eyes, it’s a pity, alas…

Xie Qin asked where his father was, and went straight to the west courtyard.

In the West Courtyard, Xie Ce kept his mouth shut, and both Patriarch Xie and Madam Xie were a little tired, but he was still in high spirits.

They couldn’t bear to interrupt.

But Mrs. Xie also promised Xie Ce that he would stay in the west courtyard today, and the couple would most likely want to hear what he said before going to bed.

As soon as Xie Qin came over and said that there was a business to discuss, the head of the Xie family immediately got up and greeted him to the study in the front yard.

Mrs. Xie watched their father and son leave, turned her head to meet her grandson’s innocent eyes, and was silent for a moment, before saying, “Ce’er continue, grandmother listen.”

Xie Ce was about to continue, but opened his mouth and asked with a confused look, “Where did Ce’er say?”

Mrs. Xie reminded: “You are in Yangzhou…”

Xie Ce suddenly said, “Yes, Yangzhou…” He started from Yangzhou.

Mrs. Xie listened to her grandson’s story, the father and son of the Xie family discussed other matters, and outside the Xie family, other families were still discussing the matter that Xie Qin had played in the morning.

The government and the opposition were shocked, but most of them would not relate to themselves, only King Ding and King Peace, after returning to the mansion, his staff continued.

King Ding wanted to determine whether King Ping had a connection with the Nanyue ethnic groups and how to benefit himself.

In Prince Ping’s mansion, Prince Ping was so frightened that he couldn’t hold his posture any longer, and kept walking around in the study.

“Sure enough, Xie Qin, the son of the right prime minister, was suddenly sent to Lingnan, and it’s not a good thing! Grandfather, do you think the father noticed something and sent him to Lingnan?”

Duke Zhongguo listened to his words with a heavy look in his eyes, because it was very possible, otherwise they would not have specifically let the squat clan chief find a way to stymie Xie Qin.

It’s just that they didn’t expect that the Yi clan would be so rampant that they directly held the governor’s family.

Duke Zhongguo couldn’t help but said angrily, “It must have been the rogues who did stupid things and did not do it cleanly, so they startled the snakes!”

King Ping also gritted his teeth and said: “The aliens are shallow and barbaric. If I had known that they had done such a depraved thing, I would never have tolerated them until now.”

In fact, they certainly don’t go unnoticed.

It’s just that things haven’t been committed to the end, and of course self-interest comes first.

From the beginning to the end, King Ping only wanted to use the two clans, the barbarians and the scorpions. He had already planned that when he ascended to a high position, he would be the first to take advantage of those two clans, how would he give them that kind of power status.

Now it is possible to be implicated by them, and when the matter is approaching, King Ping deeply hates it, “If I get through this, I will never let those two clans go, and I will kill them all!”

Duke Zhongguo has been on the battlefield for many years and has seen many life and death crises. He calmed down a little and said, “Your Highness, calm down.”

King Ping couldn’t calm down at all, “Grandfather, you can see the look in the eyes of the emperor when he came down to the court? The emperor… Did you know?”

Duke Zhongguo said solemnly: “Xie Qin probably didn’t find out about His Highness at all because His Highness was frightening himself. If you take 10,000 steps back, what if you knew? His Majesty didn’t publicize it in public.”

However, when King Ping thought of Emperor Zhao’s last indifferent and distant look, his face was like golden paper and his heart was beating like a drum, “What if the royal father just doesn’t hold it accountable for the time being? Should we just sit back and wait?”

Ping Wangfu paced again, angrily said: “The two brothers of this king are mediocre and stupid, I can’t bear to be subservient to them.”

Duke Zhong frowned.

The physical condition of Emperor Zhao could not be concealed from people’s eyes at all. They had no plans to force Emperor Zhao of Gong. Their preparation was in case Emperor Zhao did not leave a will or the person who succeeded the throne was not King Ping.

Seeing the silence of Duke Zhongguo, King Ping became even more anxious, and said desperately: “Grandfather, the more you delay, the more passive you are, the father and emperor will definitely not choose me. If it falls into the hands of those two, it will definitely not end well, we must do it as soon as possible.”

They were people in a boat, and the boat capsized and sank, with no choice.

After Xie Qin discussed with his father, he planned to go back, but the head of the Xie family left him to discuss other matters and did not let him go.

In the east courtyard, the appetizers and wine were all served. Yin Mingyu waited for a while, seeing that the heat on the dishes gradually faded, and when Xie Qin was about to get cold, he ate alone and poured himself.

It turned out that she drank all the wine for the two of them, and while slightly drunk, she leaned her chin lazily and stared at the candle.

Jin’er stood beside her and asked softly, “Ma’am, shall I help you to rest?”

Yin Mingyu nodded slowly, stretched out his hand to her, and returned to the inner room with Jin’er’s strength.

Drinking is very helpful to sleep. When she lay on the bed, her mind became dizzy, and at last she was sober. What she thought in her mind was: Xie Qin will break the strings in the future, write and break the ink, and drink.

When he was about to go to bed, Xie Qin just came back from the front yard. Seeing that only the leftovers were left on the table and the wine was exhausted, he asked Jin’er, “Is the young lady unhappy?”

Jin’er brought him a bowl of porridge and replied, “Back to Langjun, the young lady is not unhappy.”

Xie Qin nodded, “Yeah, she’s just being cautious, not unreasonable.”

Jin’er: “…”

Lang Jun’s words fell on his wife, both contradictory and appropriate…

After Xie Qin finished drinking the porridge, he asked Qingyu to fetch a piece of silver.

The next day, he got up early and put the silver in Yin Mingyu’s hands before leaving the house and entering the palace with his father.

Yin Mingyu woke up, feeling a foreign object in his hand, raised his hand in a daze, saw a piece of silver, and opened his eyes instantly.

Who wouldn’t be overjoyed when he woke up in the morning with a silver in his hand?

Yin Mingyu is tacky, Yin Mingyu’s day starts from this moment of surprise, and his smile never falls.

Mrs. Xie, Mrs. aunt, and Bai Zhixu saw her beaming smile early in the morning, and their mood became better.

After a while, Xie Ce stepped in with ease, and greeted everyone in a lively salute.

He wanted to study, but Yin Mingyu didn’t take Xie Ce, the little tail, to go out. He went to Ye’s house alone to pick up Yin Mingruo, the fourth lady, and then went to the princess’ residence together.

The last and only time Yin Mingyu came to the palace of the long princess in Pingcheng was when Yin Mingrui, the third lady, got married.

At that time, the eldest princess’ mansion was lit up with red lights and festive atmosphere, but now, it is solemn everywhere.

Yin Mingyu and Si Niangzi got off the carriage, and their postures were all dignified and decent. When they saw the eldest princess and the wife of the first son, they greeted each other humbly.

Princess Pingcheng’s attitude towards Yin Mingyu and Yin Mingyu was unexpectedly mild, and she directly seated them.

The third lady Yin Mingrui and Zhao Erlang were also there, Zhao Erlang stopped Yin Mingrui from getting up, got up and bowed his hands to Yin Mingyu, salute: “Mrs. Xie Shao, Sanniang is not feeling well, I will sue you on her behalf. .”

Yin Mingyu glanced across the pale but not gloomy face of the third sister, and said with a smile, “Brother-in-law is polite. Sanniang and I are sisters from our own family, so how can you blame me.”

Yin Mingrui smiled and said angrily, “What is your name, Mrs. Xie Shao, this is my second sister.”

Zhao Erlang changed his words again: “Second sister.”

Turning to the more familiar Fourth Niangzi, she said “four younger sisters”.

Zhao Erlang’s complexion seemed to be a bit better than the last time he saw him.

Yin Mingyu glanced at their husband and wife, and when he turned to the eldest princess, he smiled and said: “Congratulations to the eldest princess, when I came back, I heard that the third sister was pregnant. Today, you and your family are looking good. Feel the joy of the mansion.”

When Princess Pingcheng heard what she said, her serious face softened a little, “It’s a blessing brought by Sanniang…”

Yin Mingyu has a sincere face, but she can’t see any flattery: “No matter how lucky Sanniang is, she is also married to a good family, so she can only be happy.”

Princess Pingcheng was even more accommodating and said, “It’s rare for your sisters to get together. Let’s stay at Sanniang’s place for lunch today.”

Yin Mingrui showed joy, Zhao Erlang saw her joy, and his eyes were very gentle.

Yin Mingyu readily agreed.

The atmosphere was quite harmonious, only Mrs. Shizi kept a sullen face and said nothing.

Princess Pingcheng took care of Yin Mingrui’s body, so she didn’t keep them and let them go to Yin Mingrui’s yard to talk.

Zhao Erlang said understandingly that he would stay with the eldest princess for dinner.

The three sisters resigned and left, until they entered Yin Mingrui’s yard, and they were a little more casual.

Yin Mingyu looked at the yard and asked, “I remember when you got married, the yard didn’t look like this.”

At that time it was a very regular and ordinary scenery, but now it is beautiful, but it is a bit messy.

Yin Mingrui didn’t hide her sister and sister, and pointed to the flowers and plants that had not yet bloomed: “Erlang planted them himself. Second sister also knows that I like open yards, but I don’t like these troublesome and expensive things.”

She raised her chin slightly, with a “come and ask me” look all over her face.

Yin Mingyu was amused, and looked at the fourth sister, but didn’t ask her.

Yin Mingrui was sullen, and waited until the three sisters entered the house, and when the maids had finished serving refreshments, she revealed all of her own, “I’ve been sick all day, and I don’t like it, so I used to grow flowers together, Urge him to go out, he is the only one this year.”

Yin Mingyu stopped teasing her, looked at the third sister’s flat stomach, and asked with a smile, “But because you are pregnant?”

Yin Mingrui shook her head.

Yin Mingruo, the fourth lady, lowered her head and chuckled.

Yin Mingrui was afraid that the fourth lady would say it first, so she said proudly: “When I was working with flowers last year, I deliberately clumsy and broke a lot of flowers. Erlang was very distressed and said that I would not be allowed to touch them this year.”

When Yin Mingyu heard this, he burst into laughter.

Yin Mingrui asked for praise, “Second sister, am I doing well?”

She is pregnant, and she seems to be going back as she gets older.

Yin Mingyu nodded and praised, “Okay, my third sister is really smart.”

Satisfied, Yin Mingrui greeted them to eat and drink. She held a plate of sour plums and ate it without being too sour. She said, “There are even smarter ones. The eldest princess and sister-in-law treat me coldly, and I also pretend to be stupid. I don’t think I can see it, and I don’t get involved in the affairs of the eldest princess’ mansion. The most important thing is to win over Erlang.”

Yin Mingyu smelled sour. Seeing that she kept eating, she picked up the teacup and took a sip.

Yin Mingrui continued: “Sister-in-law and eldest brother have a bad relationship, and have never conceived a child. I didn’t expect that I would be pregnant so soon. After the eldest princess found out, her attitude towards me changed dramatically, and she sent a lot of good things. “

Yin Mingyu remembered the first lady he saw just now. The first lady and the eldest princess are quite similar in temperament, both of them are very serious and old-fashioned, but the prince’s wife will not be old next year, but she is very well-dressed and looks like she is ten years old. age.

She is not the kind of mean look at people, but to be honest, Mrs. Shizi and Yin Mingrui are together, not like a sister-in-law, but a mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.

Yin Mingyu asked, “After you became pregnant, how did the first lady treat you?”

“It’s cold, but… it’s not that cold either.” Yin Mingrui put her hand on her stomach lightly, and her eyes showed ambition, “If I give birth to a boy, I will be the eldest grandson of the Princess Chang’s residence, and there will be a better future. .”

Yin Mingyu frowned slightly, “I remember that there was a concubine in the prince’s house, and what if it was a daughter? Don’t be too ambitious, in case you are disappointed and feel unbalanced.”

Only the second sister would remind her so directly.

Yin Mingrui didn’t have any dissatisfaction in her heart, but instead smiled, “Second sister still doesn’t believe me? If I can fight, I must fight for it, and I want better.”

“Whether it’s a son or a daughter, for the eldest princess, it is both the son of the beloved young son and the first-in-law. For the elder sister-in-law, it is not necessarily the one that is easier to get close to.”

“I won’t have some malicious thoughts that shouldn’t be there, but I have raised my children well, and I have been liked by the whole family. My daughter can marry in the name of the beloved daughter of the eldest princess’s palace, and my son can get more support from the palace. A surprise is better.”

“It’s been so long, I’ll grind it slowly.” Yin Mingrui said so many things, which delayed her from eating plums, so she stuffed a few and took the time to talk, “I don’t want anything now, just take care of myself and my belly. child.”

When Yin Mingyu heard her words, her brows widened and she said with a smile, “I am unfounded. I didn’t expect my sister to be absent, and the third sister to grow a lot.”

Yin Mingrui was proud, “That’s natural, I have the confidence, I know that the second and fourth sisters will definitely be on my side, my son and daughter, even if they are not the heirs of the princess’ palace, have the best aunt in the world, I I don’t need to get my hands dirty at all, I’ll fight openly.”

Yin Mingyu and Si Niangzi looked at each other and smiled, and Yin Mingrui laughed with them later.

The three sisters have their own needs, and they all live upright and upright.

Yin Mingyu and Si Niangzi accompanied Yin Mingrui for lunch. She, a pregnant woman, couldn’t keep her eyes open. Yin Mingyu promised to visit her a few more times before leaving, and Yin Mingrui fell asleep with confidence.

The two went to say goodbye to the eldest princess and left the eldest princess’ mansion.

Outside the eldest princess’ mansion, a young and handsome man was waiting beside a carriage. As soon as they came out, he walked up, first looked at the fourth lady, and then politely greeted: “I have seen the second sister.”

Yin Mingyu saw the warmth between the eyebrows of the two, and nodded in return, “Is my brother-in-law here to pick up Siniang?”

The other party politely replied: “Yes.”

Yin Mingyu waved his hand with a smile, “Go back, so I don’t have to take a detour to send Siniang.”

The husband and wife bid farewell together, and asked her to get on the carriage first, and only after the carriage of the Xie family left, did they set foot on the carriage of the Ye family.

Yin Mingyu looked back at the two figures through the carriage window. Her mood on this day was ecstatic, and no one had as many happy events as her.

When she returned to Xie’s house, Mrs. Xie couldn’t help but smile when she saw her smiling face, “You seem to be picking up money every day, why are you so happy?”

She really picked up the money, although it was from Xie Qin.

Yin Mingyu smiled brightly, “Aren’t you happy about the reunion of my mother and Xiao Langjun?”

Mrs. Xie was naturally happy, but she was a little helpless, “I never imagined that this child is so lively now, I am afraid that his voice will be hoarse.”

When Yin Mingyu saw Mrs. Xie’s expression, she knew that she had seen it, and he was amused, and said, “You just stop it, Xiao Lang understands it, and won’t be sad and cry.”

Otherwise, if they don’t talk, Xie Ce thinks that they are very happy to listen, but they don’t keep talking filially.

Mrs. Xie listened, and when Xie Ce came back from school, and listened to him talking more, she said directly: “Next time grandma wants to listen, I will ask you, you should stop first and raise your voice.”

Xie Ce put away the chatterbox obediently, patted grandma’s hand, and said, “Okay, don’t be shy if grandma wants to hear.”

Mrs. Xie laughed dumbly, hugging him very much.

But Mrs. Xie didn’t tell Patriarch Xie about this, so Xie Ce was still the same in front of Patriarch Xie.

Mrs. Xie was rarely tight-lipped, and smiled at Patriarch Xie’s ears, but couldn’t bear to reject her grandson’s appearance.

In the East Court, Yin Mingyu and Xie Qin happily “reconciled” because of a piece of silver, and together they rewarded the paintings that were not rewarded the night before.

The next day, Yin Mingyu was refreshed and received Mrs. Wen, Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Jiang who came as guests.

The three of them are still the same, and there is a slight difference in Lady Wen. She is now the lady of the housekeeping, and she has more momentum.

Yin Mingyu sincerely thanked Mrs. Qi.

Madam Qi waved her hand and said indifferently, “My mother said in the letter that she likes you and Ce’er very much. This incident can be regarded as a solution to the risk of my father’s insecurity on the holiday, and you are for my father and mother. Bringing things, and thanking me again, I’ll be more polite.”

She said so, even if Yin Mingyu was no longer polite, he greeted the three of them casually.

Mrs. Qi and Mrs. Jiang Si have both been to Xie’s house before, and when they saw these completely different furnishings in the East Courtyard, they couldn’t help but feel a sense of right and wrong.

And because of their relationship with the eldest lady, Yin Mingyu asked Xie Ce to come to see him too.

Xie Ce learned that they had an excellent relationship with their biological mother, so he asked the two of them about their biological mother.

Madam Qi and Madam Jiang Si had some scruples at first, but seeing that Yin Mingyu didn’t have any grudges, Xie Ce also said it naturally.

Xie Ce listened carefully.

Lady Wen, a friend of Yin Mingyu, asked in a low voice, “Second Mother, do you really mind?”

Yin Mingyu asked softly: “Then do you think that if the eldest lady knows about it, does she mind?”

Lady Wen was speechless.

Well, people are at ease.

Yin Mingyu instructed Jin’er Yin’er to fetch a stack of books and said, “Do you know what these are?”

Lady Wen does not know.

Yin Mingyu knocked on the top book and said, “This is the book of words written by the ladies of South Vietnam. I picked out the wonderful ones and brought them back to you, as well as letters…”

Yin Mingyu took out a few letters from below and handed them to Lady Wen, “This is what they wrote to you after reading your story.”

Madam Wen was pleasantly surprised and hurried over to take a look.

Yin Mingyu saw that she was the one who invited people to be a guest, but she was the only idler left in the whole room.

Lady Wen handed her a book without raising her eyes, “I wrote this.”

Yin Mingyu looked over with interest.

There is no host who invites people to come to the house more casually than her, but the three people who come to visit do not feel slow, but rather relaxed.

When the three left, Yin Mingyu personally sent them out.

Madam Qi and Madam Jiang Si obviously had something to say to Yin Mingyu, and Madam Wen thoughtfully left first.

After the two looked at each other, Mrs. Qi took the lead and said to Yin Mingyu: “It used to be our villain’s heart. Now that I think about it, I have some disrespect for you. We apologize to you.”

Jiang Siniang also said: “You probably don’t care, but we have something inappropriate, so we can’t just ignore it.”

After the two finished speaking, they blessed her.

Yin Mingyu helped them up and borrowed the words of Mrs. Qi earlier: “Two ladies, please be polite.”

The two got up and smiled, and then said goodbye to her again.

Yin Mingyu watched the two go away. She and them would not become friends who talk about everything, but they appreciate each other and can also be called a “friend of gentlemen”.