CH 10

The three sisters faced each other in the courtyard. Yin Mingruo pulls Yin Mingrui’s sleeve a few times. Yin Mingrui walks slowly to Yin Mingyu and whispers, “Second Sister.”

This is an initiative to ease conflicts.

Yin Mingyu looked at the red blood in her eyes and knew that she was not calm last night. She responded as if nothing had happened.

However, on the way to the main courtyard, the atmosphere was still different.

Usually, Yin Mingrui speaks the most among the three sisters. Yin Mingruo usually agrees, but Yin Mingyu is too lazy to respond. She occasionally interjects, or says more if she is interested.

Today, Mingrui kept his head down and said nothing. Yin Mingyu was not affected and was still as usual. However, Yin Mingruo was anxious and kept checking their looks.

After a hard journey, Yin Mingruo finally arrived at the main courtyard and breathed a long sigh of relief.

There are three men in the Yin family. The head of the family, Yin Lijin, and the eldest son, Yin Mingqi, go to work early and they can usually only see them at night. The second son, Yin Minglin, returned to his hometown last year to participate in the imperial examination. He was a scholar and was still on the way back to Beijing with Han Sanlang.

As soon as the three sisters came into the hall to have a ceremony, the eldest sister-in-law Lu came in with her eldest daughter Yin Shu and eldest son Yin Tangyu. She was pregnant for seven months, and Han Shi had originally exempted her from greeting, because Xie Xiao Langjun came to the mansion and so she came here specially.

The Lu family has a virtuous disposition and usually, they can’t pick out any bad things about treatment to their three shu aunts, but today she is especially enthusiastic, especially about Yin Mingyu.

“It’s strange that I haven’t seen you for several days. Second lady, to avoid the summer heat these days, you must go to my courtyard to sit down. My elder sister and elder brother are also talking about you.”

Yin Mingyu answered obediently, and it didn’t take much to make a promise. As a younger sister, she had to greet her from time to time.

Lu was comprehensive and also did not forget Yin Mingrui and Yin Mingruo.

However, Yin Mingrui is sensitive. Even when she smiles, she is extremely concerned in mind. She often goes to talk with Lu, but in the end, there is nothing.

Han Shi didn’t pay attention to her mood. Lu didn’t pay attention to her even if she saw it. The focus of the public soon turned to Xie Ce.

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Except for Yin Mingyu, no one else exchanged courtesies with Xie Ce . Han Shi patiently introduced Xie Ce to the public.

There are no other children in Xie’s family. Xie Ce pays close attention to Yin’s younger sister and brother. In addition, only when Yin Mingyu is called, he does not need Han Shi’s advice, but softly calls out “Aunt”.

Lu caught hold of it and made fun of it. Han Shi indulged in it, and there was the voice of a child. The hall was full of laughter.

Yin Mingrui felt even more uncomfortable, tightly clenched her cuffs and never said a word.

There is a taboo in Daye people that children can see unclean things with their eyes, and they can’t walk at night. It’s hot in the daytime, so Xie’s family must take Xie Ce back after breakfast.

Han reluctantly held Xie Ce in her arms and refused to give up. However, Lu looked at the young nurse who was at a loss for words and persuaded her mother-in-law.

When saying goodbye, Han asked Yin Mingyu to come and ask her to talk to Xie Ce.

Yin Mingyu wavered, but she was too lazy to please the children. He said to Xie Ce’s small face in a very formal and polite way: “Have a good trip, xiao langjun.”

When she said to a child, “Have a good trip”, the audience was speechless.

Xie Ce looked at her blankly with his head tilted.

Yin Mingrui stood behind Yin Mingyu, bit her lip, walked out, and said to Xie Ce gently, “xiao langjun, you must come back to play in the mansion. Third aunt will give you gadgets.”

She took a rabbit out of her sleeve and handed it to Xie Ce.

The jade rabbit is green all over. Its carving is excellent and vivid. It is very easy to please children at a glance, hundreds of times better than Yin Mingyu’s perfunctory round fan.

Xie Ce did look at it a few times, but the child was born in Xie’s family, and he had the best food and materials at his fingertips. He didn’t even reach out. The maid, seeing Yin Mingrui looking embarrassed, motioned for the maid to take it over.

Yin Mingyu looked at her silent mother, sighed, and continued to be her wooden beauty.