The Stepmother is Unkind

In the evening, Xie Qin and Yin Mingyu lived in the same courtyard.

Tomorrow is going to the hunting ground, and it is not suitable for other activities, so after the two of them wash up, they both lie on the bed as if they were still in the water.

Yin Mingyu got up too early in the morning, and even after taking a nap in the carriage, it was still not enough. He recklessly ignored Xie Qin's existence and quickly became chaotic.

As she relaxed, she gradually became oblivious, her limbs stretched, and the distance between the two shortened, and then one foot crossed the Chu River and Han boundary.

Xie Qin noticed the touch of his calf and slowly opened his eyes, knowing it.

He didn't want to go to sleep on the couch again, so he could spread his arms, pass under Yin Mingyu's neck, and then use a little force to wrap her in his arms.

Yin Mingyu was disturbed, his eyelids were slightly lifted into his eyes and it was Xie Qin's Adam's apple. Under the dim night light, it was extremely dark, and his body followed his heart, his lips moved, and his hand followed into his bedclothes.

Xie Qin paused, his Adam's apple rolled, and then he hugged Yin Mingyu's shoulders tightly and leaned over.

Yin Mingyu cleared his mind and quickly pulled out his hand, "Wait a minute."

Xie Qin stopped, frowned, and pressed his lips to the side of her neck, "You and I are husband and wife, why don't you do the Dunlun ceremony?"

Yin Mingyu's thoughts were disturbed, and he could only hold his bedclothes tightly with one hand, lift the other hand with difficulty, and break his fingers to count the date.

Xie Qin raised his hand, held her wrist, and slowly slid upward until he grabbed her fingertips in the palm of his hand, then stopped, and then squeezed her fingers apart a little bit, locked them, and pulled them back to the quilt decisively. .

Yin Mingyu happened to do it right, and with peace of mind, he indulged himself in raising his head to respond.

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At night, Yin Mingyu insisted on calling for water, and then fell asleep in peace.

On the second day, Xie Qin got up and got dressed properly, so he woke Yin Mingyu up, "Mother wants to take you to socialize today, it's inconvenient to get up late, but you can come back early to rest. If you're bored, please come and accompany you."

Yin Mingyu lay on his side, propped his chin lazily, and his slightly raised eyes seemed to be smeared with rouge.

She was not like this last night, her voice was soft and greasy, and she asked a lot.

Xie Qin said with a straight face: "Don't delay."

After speaking, he walked away quickly and calmly.

Yin Mingyu raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth until his back disappeared, then he raised his voice and shouted, "Jin'er, Yin'er..."

Autumn hunting lasts for four days. On the surface, there is no fixed arrangement. In fact, the three kings' struggle for power has already been immersed in various places, and even this autumn hunting has other meanings.

It's not a good thing to say that it's a convention, but before coming here, the schedule has been arranged in private.

Today, the banquet is held by Mrs. Zhang, the wife of Liu Lin, the Minister of Industry of the Third Grade, who is in the Zhuangzi of the Liu family.

Mrs. Xie was of a higher rank, and usually did not participate in these banquets easily, so she and Xie Ce stayed in the Xie family village, only Yin Mingyu went out with Mrs. Xie.

Mrs. Xie asked her to ride in the same carriage. On the way, she told her about the more important people she wanted to communicate with today, and reminded Yin Mingyu when she was talking: "It's a bit boring, but there are many things that you need to pay attention to in communication. Be patient and write it down, so as not to offend people without knowing it.”

Yin Mingyu didn't feel boring at all, and nodded seriously: "Mother, tell me more, I'd be more than happy to hear it."

Mrs. Xie talked in detail about the host who was attending the banquet today.

When the founding emperor, Emperor Qi, was competing in the world, the Liu family was the first to fall in love with Emperor Qi. Even for the close interest relationship between the two parties, the Liu family once married a daughter to Emperor Qi, who already had a wife and children. Later, the daughter of the Liu family After the founding emperor officially established the country, she became the first queen of Daye.

The current His Majesty Emperor Zhao is the direct son of Empress Liu. Therefore, the Liu family came from behind and quickly climbed to the top of the top family after the establishment of the new dynasty, on a par with the four families of Xie, Jiang, Cui and Ji.

Mrs. Liu's Mrs. Zhang and Emperor Zhao's deceased Yuan Empress were half-sisters, both of whom were born in Fengzhou. They were married to Liu Shangshu, who was married to a bereaved wife by the Yuan Empress, who was actually the aunt of King Ding.

However, the current Princess Cheng, the biological mother of the Weiyang County Lord, is the younger sister of Liu Shangshu's direct relative, so the Liu family is closer to King Cheng.

Mrs. Xie is elegant, and with the courtesy and courtesy of the Xie family, she does not speak harshly, but she only talks about some things that are not very decent, indecent, and breaking the offline line. I have to talk about it and I will go to the end, which is extremely obscure.

But Yin Mingyu sharply and accurately grasped the key points from Mrs. Xie's words, and then expanded and processed it in his head, and found that this intricate reality is much more interesting than some words.

In the thirty years since the founding of the Great Ye state, how many love, hatred, and anecdotes must these nobles have...

want to see...

Yin Mingyu felt itchy, and secretly remembered the Xie family's collection of books.

Seeing her dazed eyes, Mrs. Xie misunderstood her heart, and asked, "But you are worried about the trouble of Weiyang County Master looking for you?"

Yin Mingyu returned to his senses, coughed lightly, and hesitated, "I'm a little worried..."

Mrs. Xie reassured her with a certain degree of certainty: "You just need to keep yourselves safe. No matter how favored the county owner is, he will definitely not dare to ignore the Xie family and directly embarrass you."

Yin Mingyu nodded quickly. When Mrs. Xie gave her the booklet that recorded the Xie family's relationship network, she briefly explained the interests of all parties in Beijing today, and she herself had a little understanding.

A family with such a deep heritage as the Xie family must have something to rely on.

Be a chicken quietly hiding behind the eagle, waiting to eat and drink, Yin Mingyu will meet.

However, Mrs. Xie saw her like this, and worried that she was too petty as Mrs. Xie's family, and taught people to despise her, "You learned the rules well, just be calm and generous, don't show your cowardice."

Yin Mingyu smiled modestly, "Yes, mother."

Her temper didn't seem to cause trouble, Madam Xie was a little relieved, and she talked about the old lady's family, the Jiang family.

The Jiang family is eager to learn, and many famous scholars and scholars. They only married the Xie family during the turbulent last years of the previous dynasty to protect the family. After Mrs. Xie, they never married the big family or the royal family.

The Jiang family is only a pure minister. Today, the chief official of the Jiang family is the minister of the Ministry of Rites, but he is also obsessed with learning. Being an official in the dynasty is only a last resort for the family. In the past two years, he has often submitted to the book and begged for rest, but His Majesty did not allow it.

Mrs. Xie told Yin Mingyu: "the Jiang family has few things to do, you can have more contact with the Jiang family."

Yin Mingyu responded obediently.

During this journey, one of them talked and the other listened. Yin Mingyu would ask questions at the right time in order to dig deeper into the story, and then expressed that she was educated. Whenever Mrs. Xie got a response, she only thought that she was extremely simple and eager to learn, and it was more fun to talk.

It can be said that both sides have gained.

After the Jiang family, when the carriage arrived at the gate of Zhuangzi of the Liu family, Mrs. Xie stopped talking, and Yin Mingyu was still a little unfulfilled.

The Zhuangzi of the Liu family was a gift from the late emperor. It was closer to Longyu Mountain than the Zhuangzi of the Xie family, and it was only a fifteen-hour horse ride from the hunting ground.

After the Liu family took over this Zhuangzi, it expanded, so the whole Zhuangzi was very open. Compared with that, the Zhuangzi of the Xie family was low-key.

The servants led them in, and Yin Mingyu followed Mrs. Xie step by step, all the way to the main hall without looking sideways.

The hall was almost full of people. As soon as their mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stepped in, the eyes of all the female relatives came over, first looking at Madam Xie, and then on Yin Mingyu.

Curiosity, scrutiny, scrutiny, disappointment... are all different, and there are some ladies who are very good at nourishing qi, and their faces are so calm that they can't see their hearts at all.

In the whole hall, Yin Mingyu only knew her first mother, Mrs. Han, and she should have said hello to her first, so she turned to her first mother and performed a meticulous ceremony.

Han shi replied with a light expression, accustomed to her docile appearance, and said calmly, "You also meet the ladies of the family."

"Yes."

The two daughters and mother-in-law don't seem to be very close. If Mrs. Xie knew that the Han family had given Yin Mingyu the accompany room deed of the daughter-in-law, she would have thought that the relationship between the two was not good.

But it is precisely because of this that the relationship between the two seems even more strange.

At this time, the dignified lady who was sitting on the main seat, Mrs. Liu Shangshu's Mrs. Zhang, took the initiative to greet Mrs. Xie and greeted her.

Mrs. Xie introduced Yin Mingyu and taught Yin Mingyu to meet him.

Mrs. Liu received Yin Mingyu's gift and praised with a smile, "Mrs. Xie Shao looks like Zhou Zheng, and the rules are good, Mrs. Xie is very lucky."

After she finished speaking, she turned around and waved her hand slightly, and summoned a young lady who looked like her, with a proud smile, and said, "This is my daughter, Liu Yun."

"Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie Shao." Liu Sanniang, Liu Yun, with a dignified and dignified face, was blessed with a dignified and prudent face, with good manners and a noble daughter's bearing.

Mrs. Xie's expression remained unchanged, and she only nodded slightly.

Zhou Zheng and the well-behaved Yin Mingyu still kept smiling, and out of the corner of the eye caught a young lady on the opposite side quietly pouting, seemingly disdainful.

And the lady noticed Yin Mingyu's sight, and did not dodge, showing her a kind smile.

Later, Yin Mingyu learned that she was the seventh wife of the Jiang family, called Jiang He. She was a mother and daughter with Mrs. Jiang, who was aloof and taciturn, but had completely different temperaments.

Moreover, she shouted "Cousin-in-law" very happily. She seemed to be a straightforward and straightforward girl, but she seemed to have some contradictions with the third lady of the Liu family.

Afterwards, the other female relatives who saw the ceremony, Mrs. Xie didn't have time to elaborate on the carriage, and Yin Mingyu automatically crossed the contents of the booklet in his mind and matched them one by one.

But she was good at paying attention and found that Jiang He not only had some unusual emotions towards the Liu family, but also was very indifferent towards the wife of the Ji family, and basically would not stop her gaze on the Ji family.

After Yin Mingyu had met all of them, he sat behind Mrs. Xie without showing any dew, and observed everyone's expressions without attracting attention.

Then she found that whenever Mrs. Liu spoke, Mrs. Jiang never responded. When Mrs. Ji spoke, Mrs. Jiang's face turned cold, and she even turned her head to speak to Mrs. Xie.

What's going on here, Mrs. Xie didn't say anything, Yin Mingyu didn't know anything, came first to think about nothing, and became more curious, but could only guess secretly.

After a while, Mrs. Liu proposed to go to the garden to enjoy the flowers, everyone moved together, Jiang He walked to Yin Mingyu's side, and whispered to her, "Cousin, on the day you and cousin got married, I went to Xie's house to watch the ceremony. "

Yin Mingyu had no impression at all, and said honestly, "I covered the happy fan, so I didn't see you."

Jiang He didn't care, "I didn't see it if I didn't see it, and it's not too late to know it now."

Immediately afterwards, she said cheerfully, "Cousin-in-law, shall we go to the hunting ground to play later?"

Yin Mingyu was about to answer when a late lady interrupted her. The lady was in her 50s and 60s, dressed in jewels, and led a group of maidservants over with imposing manner.

She was guessing who it was, and Jiang He leaned into her ear and whispered, "This is Mrs. Zhongguo's wife, very generous..."

The Qi family of Duke Zhongguo's mansion is one of the only two mansions of the Duke of Da Ye. King Ping's mother-in-law was born in Duke Zhongguo's mansion, and she and the duke's wife are sisters-in-law, and now Princess Ping is the direct daughter of Duke Zhongguo's wife. On plus pro, close relationship.

Yin Mingyu was still thinking about how generous she was, and Mrs. Zhongguo's wife had already exchanged face-to-face with Mrs. Liu.

One of the two families stood behind King Cheng and the other behind King Ping, and they were not used to dealing with each other. At this time, the two wives were together, and the age difference was not small. On the surface, they were peaceful. Sword, light, sword and shadow in general.

Madam Liu smiled and said, "Old Madam, I expected you to come. I thought I wouldn't be able to invite you for a ride."

Mrs. Zhongguo's voice was loud, honest and ruthless: "Your house is always lively, why don't I come."

Mrs. Zhongguo was just the wife of an ordinary merchant. She married a good man and made great achievements in battle, and she became the lady of the country.

Mrs. Liu has always looked down on her, but when an elegant person meets a reckless person, it is a scholar who meets a soldier.

So Mrs. Liu's face was a little embarrassed, Jiang He saw it behind him, and snickered.

Seeing her expression, Yin Mingyu also had the pleasure of watching the lively scene, which was more interesting and exciting than that of the ladies who played riddles in the previous room.

If there is another package of dried meat, it would be nice to eat and watch...

Unfortunately, I can only think about it...

Yin Mingyu was regretful when he suddenly caught the gaze of Duke Zhongguo. After a pause, he took two steps forward on the ground and bowed to meet him, "The second mother of the Yin family pays respects to the old lady."

"Yin Erniang?" Mrs. Zhongguo gave Yin Mingyu a few glances, and after thinking for a moment, she suddenly realized that she looked at Han Shi, "Is it your daughter?"

Looking at Madam Xie again, "Your bride?"

Mrs. Han and Mrs. Xie both nodded, "Exactly."

Mrs. Zhongguo's eyes turned on everyone, especially Mrs. Liu, and suddenly waved to Yin Mingyu, "Yin Shi, come here."

Yin Mingyu walked slowly to Mrs. Zhongguo's wife and bowed her knees.

Mrs. Zhongguo's wife smiled and said, "This is the first time we've met. Since we meet, we have to give a greeting."

As she spoke, she directly pulled out the thick gold-inlaid jade bracelet on her wrist, and involuntarily held Yin Mingyu's wrist, and was about to put it on her.

Yin Mingyu looked at the bracelet with the word "valuable" and was speechless: "..."

Really... generous...

But no matter how valuable it was, she couldn't accept it directly, so she raised her hand to stop it and looked at her mother-in-law in embarrassment.

Mrs. Xie declined: "Old lady, you don't have to be so polite. When my family's eldest son and Yin's got married, you sent a congratulatory gift from your house."

Mrs. Zhongguo insisted, "Hey~ the gift is a gift, and the meeting gift is a meeting gift. The elders can't help but accept it."

It was really ugly to reject it too much, so Mrs. Xie nodded to Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu took her hand away, her wrist was thin, and the bracelet slid smoothly into the middle of her forearm.

While Mrs. Zhongguo put a bracelet on Yin Mingyu's wrist, she looked at Mrs. Liu, "Isn't the aristocratic family the most respectful?

What meet and greet gifts did you all give? "

Yin Mingyu's brows twitched, co-authoring the meeting ceremony was fake, and Mrs. Liu was real as a raft, waiting here.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Han also frowned. Mrs. Xie was about to come forward as soon as she moved. Mrs. Han grabbed her wrist, glanced at Yin Mingyu, and watched the change.

Mrs. Liu had been harassed by Mrs. Zhongguo more than once, and she had a bad premonition just now. At this time, Mrs. Zhongguo really pointed her finger at her, and after a moment of stagnation, there was still a feeling of "as expected".

A few things are not worth taking, but of course she is not happy to be handled by this unreasonable old lady.

So Mrs. Liu smiled nonchalantly: "Old Mrs., your temperament has been like a day for ten years. We are young. Where can you be kind, considerate, and even give a gift to the married woman."

Apart from receiving gifts from the elders of the mother-in-law when the bride is serving tea, there has never been such a rule outside the house.

Mrs. Liu looked around the crowd and said, "This is also sudden, and the ladies are not prepared. Don't criticize them any more, lest everyone be embarrassed."

"I gave a gift to meet you." Suddenly, a cold voice sounded.

Mrs. Liu looked over and looked at Mrs. Jiang's frosty face, stunned.

And Mrs. Jiang immediately turned to Yin Mingyu and said, "I gave another face as a gift, can you see it?"

Everyone's eyes suddenly turned to Yin Mingyu, waiting for her to answer.

Yin Mingyu gently rubbed the gold inlaid jade bracelet on her wrist with her fingers. It was the first time she and all the ladies met, and so was Mrs. Jiang. Where did you get the gift?

Mrs. Zhongguo had no relationship with her and no reason, so naturally she would not care about her, Xu thought that sending a bracelet would be enough to write it off.

The old master was beaten to death by random fists. Madam Jiang relied on her to know the truth of distance and closeness, and would take care of the Jiang family and offer her help. At that time, Madam Liu would definitely give her something of higher value in order to beat Madam Zhongguo.

Thinking that the snipe and mussels are fighting each other, does she become a fisherman and have a good harvest, so she will be at peace with each other?

Yin Mingyu fiddled with the bracelet impatiently. She hid behind and watched the play with peace of mind. She didn't affect others, nor did she like others to affect her mood inexplicably.

The thought turned only for a moment, Yin Mingyu opened his lips and said half-truth, "Maybe it's in the library, I'll find it when I go back to the house."

As soon as she said these words, it was considered that Madam Jiang's "meeting ceremony" was affirmed. Madam Zhongguo smiled and said, "Mrs. Liu, I am a novice. You can also teach me to see what good things are in the Liu family."

Mrs. Liu sneered and said, "It's just a gift to meet and greet. Since the old lady is eager to see, I'll ask someone to get it."

She then instructed her maid to fetch things. It was really inconvenient for the other ladies to go back to fetch them, so they each took some jewelry from their hands, heads and necks and gave them to Yin Mingyu as a "meeting gift".

It's just that the active delivery is different from the passive delivery, and the ladies all look a little unhappy.

Yin Mingyu didn't seem to understand people's faces, so she smiled and let Jin'er and Yin'er all accept it.

Finally, Mrs. Liu's maid brought a bottle of jade Guanyin, and Mrs. Liu looked at Mrs. Zhongguo, "How is it, old lady?"

Mrs. Zhongguo said with satisfaction: "It's the Liu family, in good condition."

Mrs. Liu sneered, turned to Yin Mingyu again, and said mockingly, "Mrs. Xie Shao, this is the gift I gave you."

Yin Mingyu took it personally and thanked him without temper.

Mrs. Liu just looked away.

And Yin Mingyu handed the Jade Buddha to the maid, and suddenly his expression changed, with a look of shame on his face, "Speaking of which, I married Xie Langjun of my family, who is regarded as the sister-in-law of all the ladies, and I didn't give the ladies a gift when we first met."

The female relatives looked at her inexplicably.

A smile appeared on Han's calm face.

Mrs. Xie didn't know why.

Yin Mingyu turned around on his own, pulled it out of Jin'er's hand, picked up a jade pendant given by Mrs. Ji, and smiled honestly, "Qi Niangzi, I will borrow flowers to offer Buddha, you don't have to dislike it."

After speaking, Yin Mingyu grabbed Jiang He's hand, put the jade pendant in her hand, and closed her fingers manually with the other hand.

Jiang He: "…"

Afterwards, Yin Mingyu turned to Liu Sanniang again, and took off the gold inlaid jade bracelet on her wrist, just like Mrs. Zhongguo put a bracelet on her, and put it on Liu Yun's wrist with ease.

Liu Yun didn't expect that someone would "borrow flowers to offer Buddha" like this. By the time he reacted, Yin Mingyu had already gone to another lady's place to be a money-losing boy.

She could only be at a loss for the bracelet.

Not all the ladies present brought girls, Yin Mingyu still had a few things left, including Mrs. Liu's Guanyin Guanyin.

But at this time, she was comfortable, and when she got something again, she earned it.