Chapter 34

The carriage drove smoothly all the way to the palace.

Near the gate of the palace, Xu Mingyi just got out of the carriage supported by ah Kui. He heard a girl's happy voice coming into his ears: "aunt!"

Xu Mingyi turned to look, and saw a 12-year-old girl in pink dress approaching quickly with a servant girl.

"You slow down..."

The girl was followed by a woman and another girl in light green dress. The woman had no choice but to say, "be steady before you come!"

The girl in pink shirt bowed her head and stuck out her tongue. She immediately smiled and saluted Cui: "I've seen my aunt."

Another girl of similar age and appearance also saluted Cui, but her words and deeds were much more calm than the girl in pink.

After saluting, she raised her head slightly and saw Xu Mingyi standing next to Cui, with a flash of surprise in the bottom of her eyes.

"Why don't you see your mother?" Cui smiled and asked the young woman.

This woman is Wen's wife, now the son of the world in Yongan Bo house, her mother's family. She is also her sister-in-law.

"Elder sister knows. Didn't her mother get sick some time ago... She hasn't recovered yet," Wen whispered.

Cui sighed anxiously when he heard the speech: "this is really..."

Oh, my God.

I also guessed that if she was not too ill to walk, her "mother" could not miss the opportunity to show her face in front of others.

However, the estrangement between her and her stepmother did not involve Wen. In the end, her sister-in-law has not been spared by the old woman over the years. In this regard, the two have always been very sympathetic.

Wen also sighed sadly.

"It's hard to avoid such and such problems when I'm old. It's hard to see my mother suffer every day..."

So I'd better die earlier. If I die, I don't have to suffer this crime again.

"Yes." Cui Shi understood and nodded his head.

The aunt and sister-in-law sighed and handed the sign of life woman to the palace people. They were led into the palace gate.

However, Wen Shi seemed to have other things to say to Cui Shi. He looked back at his two daughters and said with a smile, "you sisters don't have to hurry when you talk."

The Cui sisters looked at each other when they heard the speech.

What do they have to say to Xu Mingyi?

However, when her mother wanted to gossip with her aunt, they only followed her obediently.

At first, they just followed nearby. Then when they passed a corridor in the park, the Cui sisters met a familiar girl. After talking for a while, they separated and looked up again. Cui and Wen disappeared.

I saw many people along the way. Maybe I talked to those ladies and walked away——

To the surprise of the two sisters, Xu Mingyi still stood in the same place waiting for them.

When a female family member enters the inner palace, she can't bring a servant girl. The girl in apricot white shirt and brick red horse face skirt with gold thread and embroidery stood there alone. She didn't look impatient and unhappy.

However, aware of the delay in speaking just now, Cui Yunwei and Cui Yunqing still walked towards the girl nervously.

"Cousin, we..."

Cui Yunwei had the courage to speak. Before she could speak further, she saw Xu Mingyi smile and said, "it doesn't hurt. Let's go."

Since she is her own sister, she should take more care of her.

What's more, they are only twelve or thirteen years old.

Cui Yunwei and Cui Yunqing are twin sisters. However, their temperament is quite different. As a sister, Cui Yunqing is more calm and introverted than her sister.

In the last life, Xu Mingyi could not get close to the whole Yongan Bo Mansion because of the rigid relationship between Xu Mingyi and Cui.

But after the Xu family had an accident, Yongan uncle and son, who had an official position, also withdrew from the court.

This may be a cold heart to the imperial court and a grievance for the Xu family, or it may be because the Xu family is embarrassed and excluded - in short, in any case, Yongan Bo house is not the enemy of the Xu family, but a real in laws.

Cousins shouldn't be so strange. Besides, it's better to be good than evil.

Among girls, breaking the estrangement is actually very simple. Sometimes it even takes only one or two words to do it——

"The two cousins are very good at choosing their clothes and jewelry today. Cousin Qing's skirt is very white -"

Xu Mingyi said as he walked, "the Pearl Flower on cousin Wei's head is also beautiful and lovely. The style is also rare. I don't know it was picked in Baohua building?"

The Cui sisters were stunned. After the reaction, Cui Yunqing smiled and said in a low voice with a reddish face: "my cousin is too good... I can't compare with my cousin in terms of skin whiteness."

"I got some new boxes of ointment a few days ago. Will you send them back to cousin Qing to try?"

Cui Yunqing hurriedly said, "no, how can I take my cousin's things."

Who doesn't know that the things used by sister Xu Biao are rare and valuable. If she takes them, what will she take back

"Cousin, second sister, no, give it to me!" Cui Yunwei said with a simple heart and a smile: "cousin likes my pearl flower, so I'll exchange it with my cousin? There's just a pair of children at home who haven't used it - they're brought back from Jiangnan, which can't be bought in Beijing."

Xu Mingyi smiled and nodded.

It's just that since she wants to send something, she will naturally send double copies.

The atmosphere between the three girls eased down, talked and laughed, but stopped in front of a fork in the road.

The women's family members enter the palace differently from the officials. They go through the side door. This place has a huge garden with many branches. It is also covered by dense vegetation. They can't see other people at an intersection if they don't keep up.

"Where's the little eunuch who showed us the way?" Cui Yunwei looked around.

"Xu has just led the way for other ladies." Xu Mingyi said, "it doesn't hurt. Let's not walk around. Wait here. Someone will come."

But now it was getting dark, and most of those who wanted to go to the palace for dinner had already walked in front of them.

They can only wait for the passing palace maids and eunuchs to pass by, or Cui Shi. They find that people don't follow up and make people look back.

"It's all our fault that we just talked to the Feng girl..." Cui Yunqing was a little uneasy: "if we delay the time, what can we do?"

"It's still early. You should do something."

As soon as Xu Mingyi's voice fell, he heard footsteps behind him.

Several people looked back.

A boy with a golden crown came along accompanied by two eunuchs.

Xu Mingyi took the Cui sisters aside and bowed.

"I've seen your Highness the prince -"

Hearing the speech, the Cui sisters looked tight and hung their heads lower.

But listening to the boy's voice, he asked: "how many girls... But are you going to Jiaotai hall?"

He heard Xu Mingyi's conversation just now.

Xu Mingyi nodded and said "yes", looking at the boy who was about ten years old that year and was too thin. In this summer evening, which was only slightly cool, he still added a cloak outside the brocade robe——

"I wonder if your Highness the prince will tell you how to go to Jiaotai hall?"

The boy hurried to one of the eunuchs and said, "little Xiangzi, lead the way for some girls."

The little eunuch answered.

Xu Mingyi did not refuse. Fu Shen thanked him. He didn't turn around in a hurry and waited to let the prince go first.

The prince took another eunuch for a few steps, but suddenly stopped and looked back at Xu Mingyi. After a while, he still opened his mouth——