After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Qi sent invitations to Yuchen and Yuxi, inviting the two to her birthday banquet.

Yuxi's expression was stunned when he heard the news, and he turned to Zisu and said, "Come with me to Tingyun Pavilion." Since she was invited to go with Yuchen, she naturally had to ask Yuchen's opinion first. If Yuchen is willing to go, she will follow, and if Yuchen doesn't go, it will be meaningless for her to go.

Yuxi wanted to go to Jiang's house with Yuchen to see if Jiang Hongjin was thinking about Yuchen as she guessed.

Yuchen knew that the Jiang family had invited her without considering it, so she said directly: "We have only met the girl of the Jiang family once in the princess's mansion, and our friendship is not deep, so it is enough to let someone prepare a gift to send it." "There's no need to go there in person.

Yuxi roughly guessed such a result, and Yuchen would not accept the invitation without a sufficient amount. Yuxi said with a smile: "If the third sister doesn't go, then I won't go either." ”

Yuchen saw Yuxi's appearance, thought for a moment and said, "The girl of the Jiang family, the face is sweet and bitter, and you can't have deep friendships. Jiang Qi said those words at the time were all provoking her relationship with Yuxi. Fortunately, she has a deep relationship with Yuxi, and Yuxi is also a broad-hearted person, and it is not something that others can provoke in a few words.

Yuxi opened her mouth and asked, "How did the third sister see that the girl of the Jiang family was a sweethearted master?" Yuchen was also too powerful, and she saw through Jiang Qi's essence at once.

Yuchen didn't explain, but said: "You just remember that this person can't be deeply acquainted." ”

Yuxi playfully stopped continuing the topic.

After sending Yuxi away, Mama Gui said: "Girl, the girl of the Jiang family has bad intentions, and it is impossible for the fourth girl not to see it." ”

Yuchen stood up, looked at Mama Gui, and asked, "What does Mama want to say?"

Mama Gui was not afraid of Yuchen, and said, "Girl, the fourth girl is not as gentle and harmless as you think. Girl, don't be fooled by the appearance of the four girls. ”

Yuchen said lightly: "Mama thinks, am I such a person who can be confused and deceived at will?"

Mama Gui was speechless: "I'm also good for the girl." ”

Hearing this, Yuchen's expression softened a little, and said, "I know what you're worried about, Mama, you've been worried." Yuxi has a plan, but she has a good heart, even if she has a plan, she has never taken the initiative to do anything harmful. All these years, not a single one. On the contrary, when there is trouble around her, she will lend a hand. In order to gain a good reputation, Yuxi helped a lot of maids.

In fact, when Yuchen was apprenticed, she knew that Yuxi was scheming, but she did not reject Yuxi for this. The reason is very simple, if Yuxi is really so pure and harmless in this mansion, how can he live so well. But as long as the heart is upright, it won't hurt others, so what does it matter if you can calculate.

Mama Gui didn't dare to agree with Yuchen's words, but she also knew what Yuchen's bottom line was. Don't look at Yuchen who is easy to talk on weekdays, once she crosses her bottom line, no matter who she is, she won't give face.

The banquet of the Jiang family went to the county lord of Heshou. I didn't see Yuchen and Yuxi at the banquet, so I asked with a smile, "Didn't Sister Jiang send invitations to the two girls of the Han family?"

Jiang Qi's eyes showed disappointment: "Sister Han, they didn't come because they had something." Judging from the response of the Han family, it is obvious that they do not intend to have a deep friendship with her.

The county lord of Heshou changed the topic with a smile and said, "Your second brother passed the children's examination at the beginning of the year, is he preparing to take the township examination?"

Jiang Qi shook his head and said, "My father said that my second brother is too young, and he has to grind it again, and wait for the next time to take the township test." ”

The county lord of Heshou smiled and said, "What about your eldest brother?" The county lord of Heshou also asked people to check on the Jiang family after the last banquet. It was also at that time that she learned that Jiang Hongfu, the eldest young master of the Jiang family, was not dead, and that he would be studying in his hometown! She remembered very well that Jiang Hongfu had an accident when he was nine years old.

This is particularly clear to the county lord of Heshou, or is it because Jiang Hongjin is too famous. The youngest champion of the Great Zhou Dynasty, few people don't know about her situation. It is not surprising that people who should have died are still alive and well.

The county lord of Heshou asked people to investigate in-depth and found that Jiang Hongfu did have an accident a few years ago, but he was lucky to escape at that time. The county lord of Heshou didn't believe that Jiang Hongfu had such a coincidence in the world, and instinctively she suspected that it was Yuxi's handiwork, but because the matter had passed for too long, she couldn't find any useful information at all. This can be regarded as Yuxi's luck, Jiang Wenrui helped clean up the aftermath of that incident, and all traces were cleaned up. As for the gray-clothed man who appeared, except for Jiang Hongfu and a few people, no one else knew that there was such a person.

Jiang Qi took the juice in his hand for a moment, and then said with a smile: "My eldest brother will be down this year." "If you say who Jiang Qi hates the most, Jiang Hongfu is definitely one of them. Five years ago, her father and her mother were in love, but since her eldest brother had an accident and returned to his hometown that year, her father began to be cold to her mother, and he was also indifferent to her and her second brother.

Jiang Qi hated in his heart, obviously it was an accident, but her eldest brother insisted that it was her mother who wanted to harm her, which led to the deterioration of the relationship between her father and her mother, but he patted his ass and went back to his hometown.

The county lord of Heshou looked at Jiang Qi and felt interesting: "I heard that your eldest brother has worshiped the mountain chief of Baitan Academy as a teacher since he was a child, why has he not returned to Beijing in Jiangnan for the past five years?"

Yu Xiyu looked at her cousin who couldn't hold it anymore, and smiled and played a round: "Sister Qi's grandparents and grandmothers are all in Jiangnan, and her eldest brother stayed in Jiangnan to accompany her grandparents, and she also did her filial piety for her uncle." ”

The county lord of Heshou smiled lightly and didn't insist on this topic anymore.

Jiang Hongjin was in the front yard and asked the concierge: "Have all the guests invited to the banquet arrived today?" Jiang Hongjin was still very measured, and did not specifically ask the Han family girl, so that people could not see his purpose clearly.

The porter thought for a while and said, "The Han family, the Jiang family, and the Sun family didn't come, but they gave gifts to the girl." ”

Jiang Hongjin was a little disappointed, he still wanted to meet that girl! It seems that it will not be possible today.

The days passed unhurriedly, and it was the end of September in a blink of an eye. Yuxi's birthday is September 29, and the Qiu clan is going to hold a birthday banquet for Yuxi.

Yuxi shook his head and said, "Forget it, on my birthday, it's okay to invite a few friends to participate, it's tiring to invite so many people to entertain." ”

Qiu Shi thought for a moment and said, "Forget it this time, but you can't avoid it next year." After a pause, Qiu said, "From the end of the year, I will learn housekeeping with me." ”

Yuxi opened her mouth: "Auntie, it's too early, isn't it? I'm busy now, can I talk about it two years later." ”

The Qiu clan didn't give Yuxi a chance to avoid: "Learn housekeeping with me every morning, and you can spend your free time in the afternoon." Seeing what Yuxi was going to say, Qiu said, "Not only do you have to learn along, but Yuchen also has to learn together?"

Yuxi hurriedly asked, "What about the eldest sister and the second sister?"

Qiu said: "Together." ”

Yuxi now knew why she was asked to follow the housekeeper, and said with a smile: "Driving one sheep is driving, driving four sheep is also driving, is the eldest aunt trying to save trouble?"

Qiu Shi poked Yuxi's forehead and scolded with a smile: "It's really stupid to compare yourself to a sheep." ”

When Ye entered the house, he saw Qiu Shi hugging Yuxi and laughing. The Ye family bowed in a proper manner and shouted: "Mother." ”

Qiu Shi smiled and nodded, and said what he had just said to Yuxi: "The girls are all older, and it's time to learn how to take care of housework." You arrange this. ”

Ye Shi immediately agreed.

Yuxi hurriedly thanked: "I'm going to trouble my sister-in-law in the future." ”

Ye has always wanted to have a good relationship with Yuxi, but Yuxi has always been polite to her: "It will be the fourth sister's birthday in a few days, how do the fourth sister plan to live?"

Ok-hee said what he thought.

Ye was a little surprised, in previous years, Yuchen and Yuxi's birthdays were not big because the two of them had to go to school, and Mr. Song would not take a holiday because of their birthdays. But this year, there is no need to study with Mr. Song, and Yuchen invited girls from relatives and friends to participate in his birthday. Ye thought that Yuxi would be the same as Yuchen, and would invite a lot of people to come.

Yuxi saw Ye's thoughts, and said with a smile: "I don't have many friends. "As for relatives, she is not familiar with the relatives of the Han family, and as for the foreign family, the people in her foreign family have all been reincarnated.

Speaking of which, the Pingqing Marquis Mansion is also her foreign home, but she doesn't want to have anything to do with the Pingqing Marquis Mansion. She will take advantage of some advantages, for example, she will not have the slightest burden to take advantage of Yuchen, because Yuchen has a good character, she will not care. But there are some advantages that cannot be taken advantage of, for example, the Pingqing Marquis Mansion, taking advantage of them, and then they will definitely have to ask you to pay back ten times and a hundred times.

Seeing that Yuxi was still indifferent to her, Ye couldn't help but say to her nurse Hua Pozi: "What do you mean by the four girls?" As far as she knew, the fourth girl not only did not speak ill of her in front of her mother-in-law, but helped her say a lot of good things. But the fourth girl has always been cold and indifferent to her, and she doesn't like her appearance very much, which makes Ye Shi unable to feel Yuxi's pulse.

Mrs. Hua also couldn't understand: "It doesn't matter what the fourth girl thinks, as long as she has no ill will towards her master, it's enough." ”

Ye couldn't think of a reason to come out, so he simply put it down.

The old lady had no objection to Yuxi only inviting a few girls from the Zhou family and Duan Xinrong, but Yuchen disagreed.

Yuchen said: "Fourth sister, how to say that it is also your eleventh birthday, this is too simple. If you are afraid of hospitality, what about me and my eldest sister and second sister!"

Yuxi said: "It's not too late to do it next year!Third sister, you can rely on me this time!" She just wants to live a quiet life more, and she doesn't want to toss.

Yuchen looked at Yuxi's appearance a little funny, and said, "This is the only time, I won't take it as an example." "In fact, many people are invited to participate in the birthday of someone in the family, not really to celebrate their birthday, but more to communicate more and broaden their interpersonal relationships.

Yuxi really doesn't have many friends, only has a close relationship with Duan Xinrong and Zhou Shiya, and Yuxi's point of view is that there are not many friends. However, the Guogong Mansion and the Zhou family are relatives, if she invites Zhou Shiya alone, not only will she offend others, but it will also make it difficult for Zhou Shiya: "In addition to the cousins of the Zhou family, only Sister Xinrong will be invited." ”

Yuchen glanced at Yuxi, and seeing that she didn't react, he also put down the plan in his heart: "This time I'll let you call the shots, and you can't do it again next time." Yuchen has always wanted Yuxi to be close to her family, but Yuxi is very resistant and doesn't like to go to Jiang's house. Over the years, he has never been willing to go to Jiang's house with her.