The Stepmother is Unkind

The friendship between the Ye family and the Xie family began with the late grandfather of the Xie family.

At that time, in the first imperial examination of the new dynasty, the young Ye Daru emerged in the imperial examination. The old man of the Xie family loved his talents and admired Ye Daru very much at that time, and he supported him a lot.

However, even though Ye Daru is talented, his temperament is unable to integrate into the officialdom, and he is unhappy, reluctantly supporting the Ye family in the officialdom.

Later, after being instructed by the old man of the Xie family, the continuation of a family does not depend on only one person. Only by raising the children and grandchildren can they flourish. Ye Daru finally made up his mind to leave the officialdom and return to his hometown to teach the children of the Ye family.

He personally trained several scholars for the Ye family. Although the official positions are not high now, the Ye family in Qizhou is indeed prosperous.

Now the youngest child of the second generation is going to marry the daughter of Honglu Siqing's family.

"Old lady, I haven't seen you for many years, and she is even more energetic."

Fifty-two years old, Ye Daru, who is already a highly respected person in the local area, took the lead in withdrawing his eyes from Xie Ce and saluting to Mrs. Xie.

There were not many people in the Ye family, except for Ye Daru, there was only a middle-aged couple, a young lady of twelve or thirteen years and a child of five or six years old.

As soon as Ye Daru moved, the other Ye family members returned to their senses and bowed respectfully to Mrs. Xie together.

Yin Mingyu only knew that the couple was her fourth sister's future in-laws, the fourth master and fourth lady of the Ye family; the young lady was her fourth sister's sister-in-law.

The children are Ye Daru's own grandsons, Ye Xiaolangjun and Ye Fei.

His parents were working abroad, and he studied with Ye Daru.

The two families have long communicated, and Yin Mingyu and the others will stay at the Ye family during their stay in Qizhou.

After the ceremony, everyone got on the carriage and went to the Ye family mansion.

Because the Xie family were all female dependents, it was the Fourth Madam Ye and the Young Lady Ye who accompanied them to entertain.

The Xie family has a high status. Mrs. Xie is a first-rank official, and the aunt was a third-rank official wife. Xie Qin also asked for Yin Mingyu's official appointment, but they were not arrogant at all.

Out of upbringing, Yin Mingyu also treated the Ye family well, not just because they were her fourth sister's future in-laws.

But the mother and daughter of Fourth Madam Ye were still somewhat restrained when faced with the Xie family.

As far as Yin Mingyu knew, she was the daughter of Juren. Ye Siye stopped at being a scholar and had no further progress. He stayed in Qizhou to help Ye Daru with affairs, and she had never been out of Qizhou.

Madam Xie was of high seniority, so naturally she would not accommodate the younger generation. After asking a few questions, she found that Fourth Madam Ye was fine. Although the young lady of the Ye family tried her best to restrain herself, her final voice trembled a little because she was too nervous. .

The auntie was chatting with the Fourth Madam Ye, but she spoke so vigorously that inadvertently, the atmosphere became stiff.

Yin Mingyu could only speak softly: "Fourth Madam, I don't know when to go to Beijing? It just so happens that we also want to ask you to bring some things to Beijing."

The Fourth Madam Ye smiled and replied: "We will leave for the north at the beginning of next month. If you have anything to take with you, just stay."

Now that it is mid-month, Yin Mingyu and his party only plan to stay in Qizhou for five days, and then they will continue to go south. Fourth Madam Ye's family will go north early next month just to wait for them.

As soon as Fourth Madam Ye finished her answer, she suddenly patted her leg and said, "Look at my memory, I almost forgot to say that your lord sent something to you from Lingnan."

When Mrs. Xie heard this, she was very concerned, "When did you send it?"

"Ten or so days ago." Fourth Madam Ye said, "Xie Langjun was too polite, and said that it bothered us, so we have prepared soil ceremonies from Lingnan for our family."

It turned out that Xie Qindan knew the date of their departure from Beijing. After arriving in Lingnan, he had not yet received a letter from Yin Mingyu. He had no idea where they were going. .

Yin Mingyu's eyes lit up when he heard that Xie Qin had brought something, and his heart flew to Ye's house.

It is true that her travel notes have been broken for too long, and the old ones are about to rot.

Seeing Yin Mingyu's bright face, Mrs. aunt teased: "How steady are you? The young couple has been separated for a long time, so you miss them too, right?"

Everyone looked at Yin Mingyu, she was not ashamed, she just smiled and took it over.

After half an hour, the carriage stopped outside the Ye family's house.

Yin Mingyu agreed to take care of Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Auntie, and she was naturally in charge of the whole trip. Everyone got off the carriage, she instructed Jin'er and Yin'er, and the two maids taught them to move things down.

The one that moved down first was the gift that the Xie family gave to the Ye family.

After a few polite words from the Ye family, they accepted it, and then Fourth Madam Ye personally arranged for the Xie family to live in the guest house, and asked them to rest first, and wash the dust for them at night.

After the Fourth Madam Ye finished speaking, she stopped disturbing them and left the guest house.

The Ye family is a reputable family in Qizhou, but Ye Daru doesn’t want his descendants to get involved in business too much and change their temperament. Therefore, over the years since the Ye family started, they only have a few elegant pen and ink bookstores, and the rest only buy land and land, and then spend Looking at money and training children and grandchildren to read.

Therefore, the Ye family's house is not small, but it is not luxurious, and there is simplicity everywhere.

The guest house was obviously carefully tidied up. Yin Mingyu handed over the resettlement matters to Jin'er Yin'er Zhang Luo and went to Madam Xie's house.

Xie Ce had already fallen asleep on the carriage just now, and Nanny Tong snorted and carried him into the house to sleep first.

Yin Mingyu listened to them and looked at the wooden box that Xie Qin sent over, guessing that there were several travel journals in it. For such a long time, if there are less than two, it is definitely not enough.

After Nanny Tong left, Madam Xie raised her hand to open the wooden box and said to Yin Mingyu, "Your fourth sister has a good marriage."

Mrs. Xie has a lot of experience. She said that, the Ye family is really good.

Yin Mingyu also agrees.

When a woman gets married, most of them stay in the back house. If the husband has errands outside, it is not the husband who has the most contact, but the family members of the in-laws.

The Ye family seems to be a lot worse than the Yin family, but the lord of the Ye family is promising, the entire family of the Ye family is on the rise, and has great potential, and the fourth lady Ye and her daughter are not difficult to get along with, and the first mother Han Shi really took great care to find a suitable husband-in-law for Siniang.

The wives Yin Mingyu saw, the first-mother Mrs. Han and Mrs. Xie, did not mention whether they had any grudges against the concubines and concubines, but only looked at their attitudes towards the upbringing and marriage of concubines. woman.

At this time, Madam Xie took her letter and said to Yin Mingyu, "The rest is yours, take it back."

Yin Mingyu returned to his senses, and his eyes fell on the box. When he saw a letter, a scroll of paintings, and three booklets, he immediately opened his eyes and smiled, bowed to Mrs. Xie, and returned to the house where she lived with the wooden box.

She ignored the letter, picked up the travel journal as soon as she entered the room, and sat down to read it slowly.

As for the unknown scroll in the box, it didn't attract her attention at all.

Yin Mingyu looked very attentively. When he was alone in the room, his posture changed from sitting upright to leaning on the back of the chair, leaning on the right armrest for a while, and then leaning on the left armrest for a while, only his eyes never left the book.

During this period, Jin'er and Yin'er went in and out without disturbing her, and handled everything properly.

It was not until the sky darkened and the dyed willows lit the lamp that Yin Mingyu realized that half a day had passed.

The first time she read it, she only read the general plot, and she swallowed it whole, so she read it quite quickly, and she had already read half of the second book.

At this time, he raised his eyes and glanced at the sky, and said, "I finished this section."

Ranliu moved the light to her side again, "Young madam, take a look at it slowly, the Ye family has yet to invite someone from the future."

Yin Mingyu smiled at her and taught her to sit next to her instead of standing there waiting, and then continued to watch.

During this period of time, when Jin'er and Yin'er were busy managing things, Ranliu stayed by the young lady's side. She already understood the young lady's habits, so she obediently went directly to the round stool next to her and sat down.

Yin Mingyu finished watching a complete plot, and then put down his travel notes, went to change his clothes, and re-dressed. Just as the Fourth Madam Ye sent someone to invite him, he went to the Ye family's main courtyard with Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Xie, and Xie Ce. .

Xie Ce also woke up not long after, knowing that his father had sent a letter, and asked as he walked, "Where's my letter?"

Sechin did not write to him.

Yin Mingyu and Mrs. Xie looked at each other, and they didn't lie to him.

At a young age, Xie Ce already remembered some things, and pouted slightly, "There are all, but Ce'er doesn't."

Turns out he was interested.

When the little baby grows up, he begins to have concerns, but this is Xie Qin's responsibility, and they have no reason to help the aftermath.

Yin Mingyu said, "Then you can write to your father and tell your father, you can't stop writing to you because you are young."

Xie Ce could accept this solution, so he nodded and asked when he would write the letter.

"Write it tomorrow."

Madam Xie saw that Yin Mingyu easily taught Xie Ce to no longer have a temper, and she felt relieved, forgetting that the person who often provokes Xie Ce was also Yin Mingyu.

And when they were talking, they arrived at the Ye family's main courtyard, and they were the same people from the Ye family.

Before the meal was set, everyone was talking in one place. Ye Daru was both a famous scholar and a famous teacher, so he had to take a test against Xie Ce.

Xie Ce had only been enlightened for about half a year, and only knew a few words and memorized some poems.

Knowing his progress, Ye Daru asked him to recite an enlightenment article with a serious face according to what he had learned.

Xie Ce has taught Yin Mingyu to toss and toss for more than half a year. He is not timid.

Ye Daru stroked his beard and nodded frequently. After he finished reciting one poem, he ordered another poem. As Xie Ce recited, his eyes became more and more appreciative.

Xie Ce stood in front of Ye Daru, and after reciting it again, he raised his head and stared at him with big eyes, waiting for him to continue asking questions.

Ye Daru didn't let him carry on his back any more, stroked his beard and affirmed, "Very good, very good."

Xie Ce understood that Ye Dalu was praising him. Someone praised him, he was a good person, so he smiled and replied in a milky voice: "Grandfather Ye, you have a good eye."

Ye Daru with a strict face: "..."

Is this really the Xie family's child? He couldn't help but think of the pier scene again.

Sure enough, not normal.

According to the Xie family style, the children and grandchildren raised should be the most respectful. After all, from the old man to the right minister, to Xie Qin, this is the case. Before meeting the Xie family's young prince, Ye Daru also thought he was Just like the Xie family.

Unexpectedly... Xie Ce was very different from the Xie family he had seen and known.

And such a small child, he is not afraid of him, and he even praised him... with good eyesight.

The serious look on Ye Daru's face was slightly stagnant. He wanted to make a soft response, but he was not used to it. Instead, his expression became more rigid.

Xie Ce blinked, wondering why he seemed even more unhappy.

Yin Mingyu sat under his auntie's head, held up the teacup, and covered the smile on the corner of his mouth.

Madam Xie coughed lightly and said, "Ce'er, you can't do this."

Xie Ce is at a loss, what can't you do?

However, the Xie family was used to it, but Ye Daru and the rest of the Ye family had seen quite a few ordinary children, especially in the family there was a Ye Fei who was only two years older than Xie Ce.

Ye Fei was already a very smart child, and when he was three years old, he was not as generous and smart as Xie Ce.

Ye Daru gave up showing a gentle side to Xie Ce, and turned to Madam Xie to praise: "Your great-grandson, you have a good talent, clear eyes, and you have the style of a general at a young age. You are indeed the son of the Xie family."

Standing beside his grandfather, Xiao Langjun of the Ye family looked at Xie Ce with unbelievable dissatisfaction and fighting spirit when he heard his grandfather praise Xie Ce.

Yin Mingyu noticed and found it quite interesting.

And Mrs. Xie smiled when she heard the great Confucian compliments on her great-grandson.

If it was in the past, I am afraid that no matter how happy you are, you have to be humble, but after getting along with Yin Mingyu a lot, I also feel that this is a fact, and it is not very good to be humble.

Then he just smiled and said, "He is still young and needs to be taught carefully."

After dinner is set, it is logical that men and women should eat at separate tables. The Ye family also arranged it in this way.

But Mrs. Xie was old and had a high status, so Ye Daru asked Mrs. Xie to sit at the same table with him, and ordered his grandson to take care of Xie Ce.

Ye Xiaolang Jun obeyed his grandfather's words, agreed to come down, and sat next to Xie Ce, and he was indeed taking care of him. Perhaps he was still thinking about the previous grandfather's praise for other people's children, and he was very businesslike in every move.

Xie Ce, on the contrary, rarely sees such a big man. He wants to get close to Ye Xiaolang, and he is very attentive.

"Brother Ye, eat."

Ye Xiaolangjun tensed his face, trying to keep his distance.

Xie Ce gave him another chopstick dish, looked at Ye Xiaolangjun eagerly, and asked, "Brother Ye, don't you want to eat?"

He was so small and very enthusiastic, Ye Xiaolang-jun was at a loss.

Xie Ce was also called "Brother Ye", the "Brother Ye" who could only hear his milky voice all over the table.

The interaction between the two children was watched by adults.

The Fourth Madam Ye praised: "Jun Xie Xiaolang is really cheerful."

Xie Ce is not as stupid as before, but Yin Mingyu thinks the awkward little man from the Ye family is more interesting and fun.

The Ye family's reception banquet was over, Xie Ce still didn't want to part with Ye Xiaolang-jun, and hugged Ye Xiaolang-jun like Yin Mingyu's legs normally, Ye Xiaolang-jun was hugged by him in a daze, trying to break free.

At this time, Fourth Madam Ye said to him with a smile: "Fei'er, play with your brother Xie for a while."

Ye Xiaolang-jun stopped moving.

It is normal for her to want to please the Xie family, but Yin Mingyu doesn't like what adults do because of snobbery and driving innocent children. The relationship between children can be simpler.

Yin Mingyu waved to the two children.

Xie Ce immediately let go, holding Ye Xiaolangjun's hand and walking to Yin Mingyu.

Yin Mingyu asked them if they wanted to hear the story.

Xie Ce immediately replied: "I want to!"

Ye Xiaolangjun was still cautious in front of Yin Mingyu, and nodded slowly later, but he didn't show much interest on his face.

Seeing him like this, Yin Mingyu felt a little bit more competitive, so he took out the trump card - Xie Qin's travel notes, which taught her to be troubled, and she couldn't conquer a child if she didn't believe it.

And Xie Qin's travel notes are indeed very fascinating. Yin Mingyu's story is only the beginning, not only Ye Xiaolangjun, but also Mrs. Gu, Mrs. Ye's mother and daughter, and Mrs. Xie who came later.

Yin Mingyu was so bad-hearted, seeing that they were so focused, he chose a point to stop abruptly, looked at the sky outside, and said, "Yo, it's already this hour..."

When Mrs. Xie looked at her pretense now, she knew that she was not at ease. She resisted the urge to stare at her, and said to the Ye family, "It's a bit late."

The Fourth Madam Ye was still not satisfied, but she also hurriedly asked them to go back to rest.

Xie Ce was reluctant to bear Ye Xiaolang before, but Dian Dian'er followed Yin Mingyu, holding her hand and asking, "Mother, do you want to go back and talk?"

Yin Mingyu saw Ye Xiaolang's eager and patient expression from the corner of his eye, and solemnly agreed: "Okay, I'll go back and tell you."

Jun Ye Xiaolang: "..."

He pursed his lips tightly as he watched them leave.

Yin Mingyu and the others returned to the guest house, Xie Ce wanted to hear the story and wanted to sleep with his mother.

The auntie glanced at his small arms and legs and said, "You child, isn't this looking for guilt?"

Madam Xie reprimanded: "Don't talk nonsense." Then she assured Xie Ce and Yin Mingyu to go to sleep.

Seeing that Xie Ce and Yin Mingyu had left, the auntie tutted twice and asked Yin'er to accompany her.

In Yin Mingyu's room, Xie Ce lay on the bed, fiddled with his fingers and listened for a while, then fell asleep.

Yin Mingyu lay motionless on the bed, still thinking about the unfinished travel notes, got up to read it again, and didn't lie down until the end of Xu Shi.

Early the next morning, Yin Mingyu was woken up by Jin'er and asked confusedly, "What time is it?"

Jin'er answered, and said again: "Madam, Lord Ye Xiaolang is here to play with us."

Yin Mingyu woke up for a while, lay on the bed and laughed uncontrollably.

This young man of the Ye family is really awkward.

Xie Ce taught her to wake up, opened her eyes in a daze, smiled first, and then rubbed her eyes and called "Mother".

Yin Mingyu turned sideways, propped his head and said, "Jun Ye Xiaolang is here to play with you."

When Xie Ce heard this, his eyes widened, and he was no longer confused. He opened his small hands to ask Jin'er to help him get dressed, and to find Ye Xiaolangjun.

Jin'er quickly helped him put on his clothes and shoes. As soon as Xie Ce landed, he ran out of the house and shouted, "Brother Ye!"

Yin Mingyu slowly dressed properly and walked out the door to see Xie Ce taking his new partner to feed the old partner to graze.

And Ye Xiaolangjun obviously had no interest in an ugly sheep, his eyes couldn't help but glance elsewhere, the moment he saw Yin Mingyu, his eyes suddenly lit up, but he held back and said nothing.

Yin Mingyu also pretended that he didn't know anything, so he didn't talk about storytelling. After watching the jokes of the children for a while, he suddenly remembered Xie Qin's letter and scroll, and turned back to the room.

When Ye Xiaolang saw that she just left, he was immediately lost.

Seeing his appearance, Xie Ce asked, "Brother Ye, are you unhappy?"

Jun Ye Xiaolang denied it.

Xie Ceyuan rolled his eyes and didn't speak, but there was a ghostly spirit.

Inside the house, Yin Mingyu opened Xie Qin's letter first.

The letter first briefly said a few words about the situation in Lingnan.

He said that Lingnan forces were intricate and complicated, and that on the day when local officials and local prominent families came to him, they unabashedly sent beauties. He also said that Chu He had previously accepted the beauties of the Yinanmeng clan in order not to scare the snakes. , he also temporarily accepted the teaching guards to take care of him.

When Yin Mingyu saw this, he believed Xie Qin's words of "guarding", but he didn't have any thoughts about Xie Qin's so-called "beauty of the Nanmeng clan", because Xie Qin's tone was plain and unadorned, and no one could read it. Can't even imagine.

Then, Xie Qin said that he was quite glad that Yin Mingyu did not take office with him at this time, and said that it would be fine for her to stay in Yangzhou for a while, so that when she arrived, he might be able to straighten out Lingnan.

At the end of the letter, he said that Chu He had drawn a picture of a beautiful woman in the Southern Dream and taught her a reward.

Yin Mingyu put down the letter, unwrapped the scroll without any precautions, placed it on the table, and pulled it open without precaution. The moment the portrait painting was completely unfolded, his eyes were full of amazement.

The woman was painted in an alien costume, gently leaning on the corridor, her eyes seemed to be looking at her, and she seemed to have never looked at anyone at all, and no one could get into her eyes.

So stunning, that kind of charm, where can it be summed up by the dry sentence "Nameng Clan Beauty" in Xie Qin's letter.

And... Chu He's paintings are really expressive...

Yin Mingyu looked at this beautiful Nanmeng through the drawing paper, and felt inexplicably that it would be good to send Xie Qin here to "destroy things". Such a stunning woman doesn't need to play with things...

"Miss."

At this time, Yin'er came back from the auntie's place, and came over with tea after salute. When she saw the woman in the painting, she was also stunned, "Miss, this is..."

Yin Mingyu took her tea calmly, pretending that she was not surprised just now, and mocking Yin'er, "Look at your ignorant appearance, this is the beauty given to Langjun by the famous family in Lingnan."

Yin'er clicked her tongue, "Ma'am, such a beautiful woman, can we see each other every day when we go to Lingnan? Does she work neatly? What if she looks like Sister Hongsi..."

The way of thinking, Master Xiao, is unusual.

Yin Mingyu poked her on the forehead, "It's not good to be like red silk. You work, and a stunning beauty will add fragrance to your red sleeves and pour tea and water."

Yin'er thought of that scene, Yimei, "Yes."

But she immediately recalled the taste and asked aggrievedly: "Miss, are you still working in Lingnan?"

Yin Mingyu deliberately asked her: "You really quit? Then this stunning beauty is gone..."

In any case, the job can't be pushed away, at least the beauty can't be lost.

Yin'er immediately changed her words, and then asked again, "Miss, when can we go to Lingnan?"

The road still has to be taken step by step, and now, they will definitely not be able to fly.

In the next few days, Xie Ce spent most of the time with Ye Xiaolang-jun studying with Ye Daru, while Yin Mingyu was playing around in Qizhou. When he came back, he happened to catch the two children's free time, so he deliberately told a story in a fun way. Looking at Ye Xiaolang-jun's awkward expression.

However, Yin Mingyu asked Xie Qin's travel notes to be copied out separately. Before leaving, he planned to leave it to Ye Xiaolang-jun, but Xie Ce knew, and he didn't let go of the copied travel notes.

Yin Mingyu asked him what he was doing, "Don't want to send it?"

Xie Ce said solemnly, "I will write a letter to Brother Ye."

Yin Mingyu: "…"

Why does his words sound so familiar?

Sure enough, it is the dragon that gives birth to the dragon, and the phoenix that gives birth to the phoenix. It is indeed Xie Qin's son.