For a moment, Lin Yunyan looked at Xu Jian, looking up and down.
She didn't seem to have seen Xu Jian when he was a boy. When she knew Xu Jian before, he looked like this.
As Grandma Wang said, there is no difference of 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 was catching up with the most changing years.
Speaking of which, when did she start growing taller?
Lin Yunyan recalled.
It seems like it’s just after the New Year?
At that time, due to the troubles caused by Su Ke's outhouse boy, Chengyi's Mansion lost the opportunity and was pressed hard 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 her eldest sister, but she did not dare to shed tears in the Zai Shou Courtyard. She was so worried in her own room that her temples and hair turned white.
Lin Yunyan thought of asking the Empress Dowager for help, but was stopped by the rumors that were making 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 palace of Duke Xu and marry her, you must be prepared to be wronged."
"What a grievance, man, it's normal to have fun outside! Aren't you still caring about your family?"
"That's right! The prodigal son will never give up for his return. He has been kneeling for several days, right? Is Chengyi's house going to let go?"
"They couldn't reconcile, and in the end they continued to live together. They were so arrogant, and they were so miserable that they were no longer the little daughter-in-law in Xu Guogong's mansion."
"Hey! To put it bluntly, if you are not your biological child, you don'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 and hang someone. I don't know how arrogant she is on weekdays! Isn't the princess even more arrogant?"
"They say that the Empress Dowager loves her and the palace values her so much. I think she is using the banner to act arrogantly! This is all retribution."
"When will she enter the palace to bring in reinforcements?"
"With such a noble status as the Queen Mother, she can handle such disputes for them, oh! Does the princess really have the nerve to speak up?"
"Don't say a few words. What's your background? We ordinary people can't afford to offend you. If you turn around, ask the Yamen to arrest you."
"Why should we arrest you? The Duke of Guo's Palace is kneeling there while we watch the excitement, but the Duke of Guo's Palace doesn't even call out to arrest us."
"That's right! Their sincere uncle's house has the ability to go against Duke Xu's house!"
Grandma will not know about those unpleasant words, but how can the uncles not know about it because they are busy working on my eldest sister's affairs?
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 Third Sister to listen.
The third sister had already been greatly wronged because of "going out to a thousand people". Her unfounded crime also affected her two sisters, and she also developed a high fever that night.
What the doctor came in and what the doctor came out could not be hidden from human eyes, and the news reached the ears of the eldest sister.
In the end, the tug of war ended with the eldest sister giving up, but the aftermath in Chengyi's house lasted until late spring.
The weather has warmed up, and the sick old and young finally left the medicine jars.
After all, Lin Yunfang was young and her cheeks could grow back. At Duan's age, a serious illness damaged her roots. She seemed to be cured, but 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 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 about this, Lin Yunyan's breathing
Can't help but condense.
An idea came to mind, one she had never thought of before.
She was worried at that time and didn't know how to tell the Queen Mother what happened to her eldest sister. She didn't think about being miserable, and she didn't want to embarrass the Queen Mother. Therefore, the Queen Mother didn't ask a word, and she breathed a sigh of relief in her heart.
However, with the care and love the empress showed her, how could she not "think" of 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, Uncle Yu 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 also encountered difficulties in the two or three months without seeing each other. .
"The Empress Dowager..." Lin Yunyan was thinking, recalling the state of affairs between the empress and the queen, and asked Xu Jian, "In the spring of the twelfth year, has the empress been ill for a while?"
Xu Jian raised his eyebrows in surprise.
He was still angry one moment, and turned his head the next moment. This time he was so drifting that he almost failed to follow.
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 lightly.
Xu Jian tried his best to stay away from the court at that time, not to mention that Cining Palace was out of easy reach of everyone in the previous court.
If the Empress Dowager didn't want other people to know about her physical condition, she could keep it a secret.
It seemed that she would have to ask Grandma Wang carefully when she entered the palace in a few days.
The empress fell ill not long ago because of His Highness Prince Ding's affairs, and 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 had taken her mind away with the wine earlier.
However, Lin Yunyan nodded, but had no intention of pursuing the question.
After all, she just felt that way, and she couldn't explain it in detail.
Under this situation, it was impossible to dig out things from Xu Jian's mouth that he didn't want to say. It would be better to straighten things out and understand them later, 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, and then walked out of the house against the wind.
The sky was dark, and a few lanterns in the yard cast a shadow on the 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 Yinyin's 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.
