Early in the morning, the second wife Liu took Shunyu to meet the eldest wife Sun to study in the family's charity school.

As soon as I entered Xirong Hall, there were five or six girls standing on the corridor. When they saw them entering the yard, they walked around one after another, replied to them and put on curtains.

Before I arrived in the house, I could hear a faint laughter. When I stepped into the threshold, a warm incense swelled up.

But I saw a table of kang in the middle of the window with a red sandalwood kang, and a teapot with a begonia relief. The delicate small cover bowl of the same color had already made tea, and smoke was pouring.

A bright red lacquer plate was also used to serve sweet orange cakes, date paste filling and snowflake cakes and other tea fruits.

Sun was about 30 years old, wearing a thin sky blue jacket, a yellow skirt with three blue flowers, butterflies, a small bowl of white porcelain inlaid with gold, and a yellow spoon of apricot leaves and a yellow spoon of pigs inlaid with bird's nest.

The manager standing along the kang didn't know what interesting things she said, so she threw the spoon into the bowl. The girl hurriedly stepped forward to take it away. Sun wiped the brocade veil while wiping the corner of his mouth, bent his lips and smiled. The soft green hairpin of the gilded gem inserted in his hair bun shook slightly with the swaying.

Just as Liu and the others came in, they still stood up to greet him with a smile on their faces. Shunyu stepped forward to greet him. Sun shook her hand intimately, looked up and down carefully, with a kind look: "Brother Yu looks good, and I heard that he is good at reading the book. No wonder the old man can't stop praising people. My master never praises people. I also praised you a few words when I came back yesterday."

He looked at Liu again: "I was busy all day during this New Year's Day. You have to bring your nephew to see me. The second brother and sister are a big heart, so they will definitely not care about me!"

"How could I know that you are the busiest in this mansion?" As he spoke, Liu was already sitting on the kang. The girl held the plum blossom stool with her waist and served Shunyu to sit down, and poured tea very quickly.

The two chatted for a few gossips, and Liu explained his purpose: "It's time for Shunyu to study in a charity school. His Suzhou Prefecture School letter has not arrived yet. Even if it arrives, he has to wait for the Hanlin Academy to take regular re-examination before he can enter the Imperial College for school. There is nowhere to go during this period. It's better to go to a charity school and follow his teacher to study. It's always good."

Sun smiled but refused. He looked at Shunyu for a while, slowly asked her about her age, and asked her if there were people around him who were serving her and which courtyard she lived in the mansion.

Liu replied on her behalf: "My sister's family is not well-off. The servant who came with Yu'er was named Mei Xun and did some errands. I called Madam Xiao to come close to her to take care of her daily life and live in the same yard as Yan Zhao."

Mrs. Sun took a bite of tea and pointed at the girls standing by the window: "There is only one nanny next to Yu'er, so I must not take care of you carefully. These girls are very good. Please help pick two or three satisfied ones."

He turned around and greeted Shunyu: "Brother Yu, take a look. Xueying and Caiyan are careful and neat, gentle and good at serving others."

Xueying and Caiyan came forward to greet Liu and Shunyu.

Seeing her two expressions shiningly, her every move was hidden, she pursed her lips and pressed her unhappy: "Yu'er is young and she has to study hard to get fame and fortune. These two girls may not be too beautiful, I'm afraid that he can't help but tempt him as a young man, and instead abandon his studies. Moreover, Yan Zhao's girls have all kinds of servants, and he will also use them for him. I don't have to worry about this."

Sun burst into laughter and ordered the two girls to retreat, and then said, "My brother and sister are very careful about Brother Yu. Who is the young master in our mansion? I heard that Yan Zhao's room is a girl who calls Liu Mei. After a few years, she always has to give her a name? Such a cover-up makes the young masters beside him worry about it, and they make some messy things happen. Everyone has bad looks."

Liu's face turned red and white. Yesterday, Madam Xiao came to look for her overnight and she realized...

Then he smiled hard and said, "Nothing is wrong! Yan Zhao is a married man. He is the most calm and he is the most capable of grasping what is more important. Sister-in-law, don't tell him the truth."

Everyone in the mansion knows that Qin Yanzhao was engaged to Zhou Xuanqing, the legitimate daughter of Zhou Jingshan, the left Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the second year before. He was a fourth-rank official and had a very strict family tradition, so he could not tolerate any trouble.

Sun disagreed and looked at Shunyu wearing green cloth and curled his lips secretly: "The old man advocates nostalgia and loves to wear green cloth clothes. Don't flatter and cater to him because of his preferences. Now the young people in the capital don't like this."

He also told a tall girl beside him: "I got a new piece of silk in the house yesterday. I remember it was a moon white and silver silk ball pattern. Then I went to the warehouse to find some lake blue or autumn-colored satin materials, and cut a few clothes for Brother Yu."

Shunyu knew Sun's nature, and she was used to talking, holding guns and sticks. She was embarrassed when she saw people, and threw a sweet date, so she pretended to be confused and smiled and thanked her.

Sun asked someone to take a New Year's purse and hand it to her, and said with a smile: "When it comes to the charity school in the clan, it is the study place of the same clan of the Qin family, but relatives from other surnames do not accept it. Fortunately, your uncle donated a lot of silver in the court every year, and he can still say a few words. It is okay to go to the news and the saying goes. Now that the Lantern Festival is over, I am afraid that the teacher will start classes. Then your classmate Yan Hongyanchun will choose a good day and I will send you a carriage to you."

Shunyu thanked him again, Liu breathed a sigh of relief and his expression relaxed. Sun slowly ate tea, calmed down and suddenly said, "Jinhong is here to ask me to ask you to go to a charity school with him. Don't you know you are so good? It's good for your brothers to be harmonious, but Yanhong Yanchun is a famous demon king who is crazy and doesn't get serious. Brother Yu is always careful and don't be taken away by them."

Shun Yu also responded, and a girl came in and said, "Sixth Girl Jian Yun is here."

Sun smiled, Liu was stunned.

Jian Yun walked in and was stunned. He never thought that his mother and cousin were there too. His face turned red and he said shyly.

Liu was unhappy and asked, "You are not in the room, why are you disturbing your aunt early in the morning?"

Before Jian Yun could answer, Sun smiled and pulled her to sit beside him: "Don't blame her, the big girl in the palace sent someone to send a box of flowers, I'll ask Yun'er to pick up a few branches to wear."

"There are so many girls in your room, but I'm afraid there are not enough people to share. I'm still thinking about what Yun'er is doing."

While speaking, Xueying had already brought a brocade box and handed it to Sun.

Sun said while lifting the cover, "Yesterday I saw three branches of hay-stacked flowers, which were water-red, and others were not decent. Yun'er had black oily clouds, so she was the best one to wear."

As he said that, he picked up a branch, put it on Jian Yun's hair, and pointed it to Liu.

Liu felt more and more upset and said that he was right, "There was something else in the room, and when he got off the kang and was about to leave, Shunyu also stood up and bowed to Sun to say goodbye.

Just as he was about to go out, Liu looked back at Jian Yun. Seeing that she was still sitting on the edge of the kang and couldn't help but ask, "Are you different from me going back to the room?"

Sun held Jian Yun intimately and answered on behalf of him: "The flowers that Yun'er embroidered yesterday look very good, I want to ask her for advice! You can't let her go."

Liu only looked at Jian Yun, and saw that she lowered her head, she had no intention of leaving, so she no longer forced her, and a hint of disappointment appeared on her face.

After leaving Xirongtang, Liu walked side by side with Shunyu, and asked in a few steps: "What do you think of the eldest lady?"

"I look very kind..." Shun Yu carefully considered the words.

Liu snorted coldly: "You are young, so how can you understand the sinisterness of people's hearts? The more you are good at winning people's hearts, the more difficult it is."

She was a little worried about it: "But she has something right. Yan Hong and Yanchun have to do anything, so you must not get close to them."
Chapter completed!