For an instant, Lin Yunyan looked at Xu Jian, up and down, taking a good look.
It seems that she has never met Xu Jian when he was a boy. When she met Xu Jian before, he looked like this.
Just like Grandma Wang said, there is no difference in three years.
Even though Xu Jian injured his leg and was in a wheelchair at that time, his facial features had already grown.
On the contrary, she is catching up with the most changing years.
Speaking of which, when did she start to grow taller?
Lin Yunyan recalled.
It seems like it’s just after the New Year?
At that time, due to the incident caused by Su Ke's outhouse boy, Chengyi's Mansion lost the opportunity and was pressed harder by Xu Guogong's Mansion.
Everyone at home is in a state of panic.
Grandma fell ill. How could she, with her upright character, endure such a mess?
The second aunt was heartbroken for the eldest sister, but she did not dare to shed tears in the Zai Shou Yuan. She only worried in her own room until her temples and hair turned white.
Lin Yunyan thought of asking the Empress Dowager for help, but was stopped by the rumors and rumors that were causing trouble.
"You can say that the family tradition is upright. The three girls and the little sisters in her family are paying thousands of dollars to fight with each other. How can such a family be upright?"
"If you take a concubine's daughter to the Duke of Xu's house and marry her, you must be prepared to be wronged."
"What a grievance, man, it's normal to play outside! Aren't you still caring about your family?"
"That's right! The prodigal son can't exchange for gold when he comes back. He's been kneeling for several days, right? Is Chengyi's house going to let go?"
"We couldn't reconcile, so in the end we continued to live together. They were so arrogant, and they were so miserable that they were not the little daughter-in-law in Xu Guogong's house."
"Hey! To put it bluntly, if you are not your biological child, you won't value her. What if a daughter who is a son from a concubine is manipulated by her husband's family? Anyway, Uncle Chengyi's own airs cannot be paralyzed."
"That old sister is right. It costs a thousand to beat a horse or hang a horse. I don't know how arrogant she is on weekdays! Isn't the princess even more arrogant?"
"It is said that the Empress Dowager loves her so much and the palace values her so much. I think she is using the banner to show off her power! This is all retribution."
"When will she enter the palace to bring in reinforcements?"
"With such a noble status as the Queen Mother, she has to deal with such disputes for them. Oh my! Is the princess really embarrassed to speak up?"
"If you don't say a few words, what is your background? We ordinary people can't afford to offend you. We will ask the government to arrest you later."
"Why should we arrest you? The young master of the Duke's Palace is kneeling there while we watch the excitement, but the Duke's Palace doesn't even call out to arrest us."
"That's right! They sincerely believe that the uncle's house has the ability to go against Xu Guogong's house!"
Grandma will not know about those unpleasant words, but uncles are running around for the eldest sister's affairs, how can they not know about it?
The third uncle felt really uncomfortable to hear that, and because the two families had said "support" that day when they were getting married. Although it was not fulfilled, there was always such a sentence, which made him feel more and more that he had caused the eldest sister, so he whispered to the third uncle in private.
sentence,
But he asked Sanmei to listen.
The third sister had already been greatly wronged for "going out of business", and her unfounded crime also affected her two sisters, and she also developed a high fever that night.
What the doctor comes in and what the doctor leaves cannot be hidden from the eyes of others, and the news spread to the ears of the eldest sister.
In the end, the tug of war ended with the eldest sister giving up, but the aftermath in Chengcheng's house lasted until late spring.
The weather has warmed up, and the sick old and young finally left the medicine jar.
Lin Yunfang is young after all, and her cheeks can grow back. At Duan's age, a serious illness damaged her roots. Although she seemed to be cured, in fact there were many hidden dangers.
After a few months, Lin Yunyan stepped into Cining Palace again.
The Empress Dowager hadn't seen her for a long time, and she said, "Yun Yan has grown a lot taller."
Only then did Lin Yunyan realize that the clothes she made in autumn were indeed a bit tight.
The empress happily asked people to bring a lot of materials to pick out colors and styles for her.
That's when...
Thinking of this, Lin Yunyan's breath couldn't help but freeze.
An idea came to her mind that she had never thought of before.
She was worried at that time and didn't know how to tell the Empress Dowager what happened to her eldest sister. She had never thought about being miserable, nor did she want to embarrass the empress. Therefore, the empress did not ask a word, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
However, with the empress’ care and love for her, how could she not “miss” her for several months?
If she didn't take the initiative to enter the palace, wouldn't the empress look for her?
There was a dispute outside, and everyone in Cining Palace really didn’t say a word to the empress?
Normally, my father-in-law would have come to Uncle Chengyi’s house to say hello.
The Queen Mother knew that she kept silent and even talked about him, which only showed that she was powerless at the time, and she didn't want to let herself know that she was also in trouble during the two or three months without seeing each other.
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"The Empress Dowager..." Lin Yunyan was thinking, recalling the state of affairs between the empress and the queen, and asked Xu Jian, "Has the empress been ill for a while in the spring of the twelfth year?"
Xu Jian raised his eyebrows in surprise.
One moment he was still angry, and the next moment he turned his head. This time he was so arrogant that he almost couldn't keep up.
Thinking back, Xu Jian said: "I never heard of it. At that time, there were a lot of things going on in various places in the Yamen. Kai Enke and Gu Yue's envoys arrived in Beijing, and they were all busy entertaining them."
Lin Yunyan nodded slightly.
Xu Jian tried his best to stay away from the court at that time, not to mention that Cining Palace was not easily accessible to everyone in the previous court.
If the Empress Dowager didn't want others to know about her physical condition, she could keep it a secret.
It seems that when she enters the palace in a few days, she will have to ask Grandma Wang.
The empress fell ill not long ago because of His Highness Prince Ding. It’s really hard for her body to do it again.
Thinking about this, Lin Yunyan said to Xu Jian: "I had something on my mind at that time, but the queen didn't ask. I was secretly glad that now that I think about it, I actually asked the queen to change the subject. I sometimes do this.
Wrong, it seems that we still need to learn from Yunfang, think more, remember more, and summarize more, so as not to be led away again."
Xu Jian looked at her and smiled.
Lin Yunyan clearly meant something, pointing out that he took her mind away with the wine earlier.
However, Lin Yunyan nodded and had no intention of pursuing the question.
After all, that was just the way she felt just now, and she couldn’t describe it in detail.
Under this situation, it is impossible to dig out things from Xu Jian's mouth that he does not want to say. It is better to straighten things out later, think clearly, and then ask more targeted questions.
It was getting late, so Lin Yunyan stood up and said goodbye.
Xu Jian took the snow coat from the shelf and handed it over.
Lin Yunyan took it, put it on and tied it, then walked out of the house against the wind.
The sky was dark, and a few lanterns in the yard cast a shadow on people.
Xu Jian looked at Lin Yunyan's figure, and her eyes gradually darkened.
The little princess is still keen.
What he said before was just an accident, something went wrong, and she told her that there was something wrong with the product.
She also said that she herself was not alert, but the little princess was obviously shrewd.
It’s better to be smarter.
If you are smart, you can live longer in this life.
