Although the Ye family's post was no longer sent to Pei Yanzhou's courtyard, for three days in a row, people from the Ye family came and went to the old lady's courtyard with gifts.
It was not until the fourth day that the old lady finally called Pei Yanzhou over and asked Song Jinyin to come with her.
Menstruation is an extremely uncomfortable thing for a woman, and Song Jinyin also had a fever, making her face look even paler.
When the old lady saw her, she called her over for the first time and shook her hand.
"It's really hard to serve Yan Zhou."
"It's not hard for me, slave."
Feeling the warmth from the old lady's palm, Song Jinyin avoided those kind eyes and suppressed her anxiety.
Although the last incident of serving a concubine was resolved, the old lady was obviously not a master who would settle the matter.
She is an amiable old man and a family leader who has seen countless ups and downs. She is not making any move at the moment, but is just waiting and watching, looking for the best way to avoid antagonizing her eldest grandson.
Song Jinyin looked at her nose and heart, observing the rules and waiting for orders.
The old lady patted her hand again, and then looked at Pei Yanzhou with a smile.
"The Ye family has sent messages over in the past few days. I thought that the girl from the next room was gone, but I didn't expect that the Ye family was determined to invite you to come and serve as an official in the same dynasty. It would be disrespectful to others. It’s not appropriate, you might as well take some time to go there and get together with Ye’s eldest son.”
"Ye Hanlin has just moved to Nanya Guards. It is inappropriate for his grandson to associate with him."
"Is it really inappropriate, or are you just too lazy to go?"
The old lady pretended to be angry and glared at the person below her, "Don't try to trick me, old lady, with the Nanbei Yamen incident. He is still on His Majesty's side after all, and his father and grandfather are supporting him. He has been able to rise to prominence. Sooner or later, even if our two families are not related, we can't refuse people thousands of miles away in front of others without being polite."
Pei Yanzhou didn't reply, he just picked up the tea cup casually and brushed the tea surface with the rim of the cup.
"I know you don't like being coerced into doing things, but right now it's just a banquet. If Mrs. Ye's wife is still here, she is also someone close to your mother. Do you really want to be so ruthless?"
After a long while, Pei Yanzhou responded softly, but just as he was about to stand up, he heard the old lady holding Song Jinyin's hand again and saying: "I took Jinyin girl with me that day. She is also a person in your courtyard after all, how can I spend the whole day If you are trapped here like this, you should go out and see the world."
"You're just a maid, what kind of world do you need to see?"
Song Jinyin was about to decline politely, but was interrupted by Pei Yanzhou's meaningless tone. Her eyebrows were lowered, and her face was very well-behaved.
"She's just a maid. Didn't she have to carry someone else's identity a few days ago? What's the result? Besides, on your trip there, you must have been drinking during the dinner. When you get back to the carriage, do you still expect your sisters to take care of you?"
After saying this, the old lady stood up, with a sleepy look on her face: "Although Jin Yin is a maidservant, she is still a girl from an ordinary family who goes out to the Duke's mansion, so she has to have someone take care of her. Clean it up, you won't be embarrassed if you take such a maid out."
Holding the hand extended by her grandma, the old lady turned around and entered the inner room.
Song Jinyin glanced at the back, but her expression was not pretty.
It is not necessarily a good thing for her to follow Pei Yanzhou instead of any other girl in the house, and the old lady's words, both internal and external, all point to her identity and remind her of what she said last time.
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The new clothes were delivered within a few days.
Seeing the clear and elegant colors, Xueyu couldn't help but reach out and touch the satin.
"Sister Jinyin, the old lady really loves you. Such good materials can almost match the clothes of the aunts in the backyard of the Duke of Guo!"
"Don't talk nonsense."
Song Jinyin gently patted Xueyu's forehead, "Auntie is also a master to us. If we are heard, do you and I still need our knees?"
Xueyu stuck out her tongue, lowered her voice, and couldn't help but mutter: "Sister Jinyin was not so old-fashioned and cautious before..."
Song Jinyin was stunned for a long time, and then she smiled.
In the past, she was indeed naive, so naive that she had no sense of propriety, and even a little wanton. It was not until the situation taught her how to be a human being that she gradually recognized her own identity.
"This is the Duke's mansion. No matter whose yard you are in, you must not be too casual."
Song Jinyin looked at the straightforward girl in front of her and felt a little envious, but she couldn't help but give some more advice.
"I know, Sister Jinyin, I just want my sister to be able to follow the Crown Prince out of the mansion in an upright manner, so I can't help but be happy for my sister!"
"Happy?"
"Yes, this is the first time that the prince has taken my sister out of the mansion, which is not a good thing! In the future, even if my sister does not stay in the Duke's mansion, people outside will have to be wary if they see her."
"That's not how things should be judged."
Song Jinyin glanced at the new clothes again.
Although she had always wanted to explore more of the house, she never wanted to appear in the eyes of others in this way.
Seeing that Xueyu didn't quite understand, Song Jinyin didn't say much and just pushed the cakes left on the table towards her.
In a blink of an eye, it was the day of leaving the mansion.
Mrs. Liu would never go to a party like this to bring trouble to herself, so only the ladies with two and three bedrooms were left in the front. But before going out, the old lady asked them to discuss the matter of seeing each other, and the carriage divided the girls into one. at.
There are four girls in the Pei family. They have always been afraid of Pei Yanzhou. When they saw him coming out, they just wanted to hurry up and get in the carriage.
There is one for the two girls in the first bedroom, and one for the girls in the second and third bedrooms.
Pei Wenshu thought of her failed marriage and her second brother who was inexplicably transferred to Xianzhang County a few days ago. She was so angry that she didn't want to call anyone, but she was still afraid of the way Pei Yanzhou was holding a sword that day, so she reluctantly opened her door. Finished.
When he turned around and got into the car, he saw Song Jinyin behind him. Pei Wenshu rolled her eyes in disgust, just as the girl from the third room looked at her.
"What are you looking at?"
Pei Wenshu shouted angrily at Pei Musheng in the carriage.
Pei Musheng is the legitimate daughter of the third wife and the third oldest among the girls. However, although she is also the legitimate daughter, Pei Wenshu still looks down on the third sister because the master of the third wife is not her grandmother's biological son and the third brother is in business.
Pei Musheng did not indulge her, he just raised his hand and turned the new gold and jade bracelet on his wrist, "What's so good about you? You are so self-righteous."
Pei Musheng knew early on that the second bedroom looked down on their third bedroom, but it didn't matter, she had plenty of money.
She can spend a lot of money to buy her favorite things, but Pei Wenshu can only accept the government's share honestly. This is the difference.
Seeing his angry expression, Pei Musheng even raised the car curtain and looked at the people outside.
Song Jinyin did not put on makeup and stood quietly behind Pei Yanzhou, but her plain appearance looked like pure white porcelain under the sun, so clean that people couldn't take their eyes away.
Pei Musheng was stunned for a moment, and when he came to his senses, Song Jinyin happened to pass by their carriage and was about to go to the prince's car ahead.
"Song Jinyin, wait."
Pei Musheng stopped her, took a gold hairpin from her head and handed it over.
"Since you are going out with your eldest brother, you should not be too plain. Hold this gold hairpin and wear it. Although the style is simple, some people want to buy it, so they have to record it first."
Pei Yanzhou took very long steps, and before Song Jinyin could react, he was already at the front. When he turned to look at her, there seemed to be impatience in his eyes.
As soon as the words of rejection were spoken, Pei Musheng put the things directly into her hands, and then lowered the car curtain: "Brother is going to lose his temper, please put it away quickly so as not to hurt me."
Inside the car was a furious Pei Wenshu, her teeth clenched.
Pei Musheng was good at behaving in front of her grandmother. Even if she occasionally did things that displeased her, he could always coax people into good terms with money, but in private, he always had trouble with her.
Song Jinyin naturally didn't know what was going on in the carriage, so she had no choice but to hold the golden hairpin and get on the carriage in front.
Pei Yanzhou watched her lift the curtain and enter, holding the golden hairpin tightly in her hand. There were still red marks on her lips when she was forced to wipe off the lipstick.
His Adam's apple rolled slightly, he looked away and said coldly: "Like it?"
Song Jinyin shook her head.
She was saving money to go out of the house in the future. In her eyes, these jewelry were just objects that could be exchanged for money.
"Then send it back to someone else. What do you take away from other people's things?"
Hearing this impatient tone, Song Jinyin's heart tightened.
She originally planned to send the things back when she returned home, but she never thought about swallowing the third girl's gold hairpin.
