In Cen's Mansion, in addition to New Year's Eve, greetings and other events, there are two days where the whole family gathers for dinner. Because on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, the old lady and the eldest lady will definitely eat vegetarian food, so these two days

It is scheduled on the 10th and 22nd day of each month. It is usually dinner. Usually, each hospital goes to the big kitchen to get the meal and eats it in their own yard.

However, Cen Xiyan now has the permission from the old lady and can fire in his own yard, so he no longer has to wait for meals from the big kitchen.

When they got up early in the morning, Yingxue prepared breakfast, and Cen Xiyan took Jingshuang to pay his respects to the old lady and the eldest lady Li. As for Zhao, even if she gained face in the Cen Mansion, she was just a concubine, just a concubine.

There is no need to go and greet her.

According to the rules of large families in the Eastern Xun Kingdom, in the morning, most daughters greet their mothers first, and then the mother takes them with them, and then go to greet their grandparents and other elders at home. Of course, the concubine who is competing with her aunt must be greeted first.

No one could find anything wrong with the grandmother's greetings. It's just that if a legitimate mother feels unhappy, it's not unusual for her to wear small shoes for her concubine.

There are generally only two situations for concubines who dare to do that. First, the conflict with the aunt's mother may have become irreconcilable, and she relies on her relatively smart mind to find another supporter for herself in the house; the second type,

That's really stupid! Willful and lack of heart!

Of course, Cen Xiyan was not a fool, and she didn't think that Mrs. Cen could really consider the old lady as her supporter by giving her a few smiles. Therefore, she went to the eldest lady's yard first.

The courtyard where Mrs. Li lives is called Qing'an Yuan. It is said that it used to be called Qinglian Garden. Ten years ago, after Li started worshiping Buddha, she moved from the main courtyard to this garden and later changed it to its current name.

When you enter the garden, you will see a curved water corridor. From the corridor, you can cross the lake to reach the house where Mr. Li lives.

The small artificial lake in the garden is planted with lotus flowers in summer. It is full of fragrance and beautiful, so it was originally called Qinglian Garden. However, it is winter and there are naturally no lotus flowers in the lake. And because of the cold weather, there are no flowers on the lake.

Thin ice has already formed. Walking on the promenade and looking at the empty and cold lake surface makes people feel desolate. In fact, such a yard facing the water is too damp and is not suitable for middle-aged people to live in.

ah……

Without thinking too much, Cen Xiyan took Jingshuang and quickly walked through the corridor and arrived in front of the main house.

At this time, the door opened, and a woman walked out. She was in her early forties, with a middle-to-upper-class appearance, and a slim figure. Judging from her appearance, she should be a useful servant around Mr. Li.

Sure enough, when the woman saw Cen Xiyan, she came up to him and said with a smile: "Is it Miss Six? Madam and Miss Seven are both inside. Please come in." After speaking, she reached out to open the door for Cen Xiyan and open the curtain.

Cen Xiyan nodded to her and said, "Thank you, Mom."

The woman smiled slightly and replied: "You're welcome, Miss Six. My surname is Xu, and I am the mother in charge of the eldest lady."

At this time, Cen Xiqin in the room had already heard Cen Xiyan's voice, and walked out briskly. He smiled before anyone arrived and said: "Sixth Sister, are you here to pay your respects to mother? That's good.

,We can leave together in a while."

"Seventh sister." Cen Xiyan smiled and nodded at Cen Xiqin in greeting.

The two of them entered the back room together and saw Mrs. Li sitting in front of the dressing table. A maid was helping her comb her hair. However, it was almost finished. When the sisters came in, the maid was inserting the last hairpin into Mrs. Li's head.

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Seeing that Ms. Li had already combed her hair and turned around, Cen Xiyan quickly saluted the eldest lady and said, "Xi Yan, please give my regards to mother."

Although Cen Xiyan feels a little awkward and repulsed by calling a strange woman his mother, but in this era, and in such a wealthy family, there is nothing he can do about it. The concubines have to call their aunt mother mother, Cen Xiyan

You can only do as the Romans do.

"Get up, there's no need to be polite, just sit down." Ms. Li said.

Cen Xiqin chuckled, stretched out her hand to pull Cen Xiyan, and sat down on a chair beside her. The maid beside them went to the market to bring them hot tea.

The three of them sat and chatted for a few words, and then Cen Xiyan realized that because Mrs. Li usually concentrates on worshiping Buddha and doesn't like others to disturb the purity, she has long been spared the greetings from her aunt, young master and young lady. On weekdays, Cen Xiyan

Qin, the unmarried daughter of the Li family, often went to Qing'an Courtyard.

Cen Xiyan secretly thought that no wonder, at this time, no one else came to Li's place except her and Cen Xiqin.

Li's attitude towards Cen Xiyan was not warm, but not too cold either. With the cheerful Cen Xiqin making jokes in the middle, the atmosphere was quite harmonious.

Later, I heard Cen Xiqin say that, in fact, Mrs. Cen’s place had been exempted from the greeting ceremony in the morning in recent years. The reason was that the old lady had been sleepy in the morning for the past two years, and she thought people came too early and disturbed her dreams.

! Yesterday morning, the reason why people gathered together was because Cen Xiyan had just returned to the house and wanted to meet Feng He and recognize someone, so Mrs. Cen ordered that everyone in the house must be present.

Cen Xiyan was a little speechless after hearing this. For the first time, he felt that this old lady was cute and willful. At least, she would not have to go through several yards early in the morning. However, she was also a little surprised. Generally, a wealthy family would

The higher the seniority, the more rules and etiquette you have to abide by no matter what. In this regard, Mrs. Cen is different from the elders of other families.

But today, Cen Xiyan and Cen Xiqin still have to go to the old lady's yard. After all, Cen Xiyan has just returned to the Cen Mansion. For the time being, she still has to abide by this rule, unless the old lady personally says that she does not need to go to pay her respects.

, she can't go.

Another reason is that Cen Xiqin made an appointment with Cen Xiyan today to go out of the house to visit Princess Jin Fang. Although this time and space is still open and women are not prohibited from going out, it is still necessary to say hello to their parents before going out.

Mrs. Li kept Cen Xiyan, while Sister Cen Xiqin drank two bowls of Tremella and Lotus Seed Soup, padded her bellies, and counted the time. When she thought it was time for the old lady to get up, she got up and said, "Let's go, let's go to your grandmother's yard."

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Cen Xiyan couldn't help but be a little surprised when he heard this. Does Mr. Li mean that he also wants to go to Mrs. Cen's yard?

Cen Xiqin directly asked the question in her heart, "Mom, do you also want to go to grandma's place?"

Mrs. Li nodded and said: "Today is the first time for Miss Six to formally greet the old lady. Since Miss Six calls me mother, of course I will take Miss Six there myself today."

Cen Xiyan understood that Li's intention was to fulfill the responsibility of a legitimate mother, even though it was only a formal responsibility.
Chapter completed!