Old Madam Xie: “……” She was caught in the crossfire.
When Yin Mingyu saw that Old Madam Xie’s face was stiff, she hurriedly said, “Old Madam had a hard time when she was young, so it will be easier now that she is older.” She did not let Old Madam Xie explain herself and save her image in front of her great-grandson.
Yin Mingyu beautified her leisure time and packed up to go out the next day.
She had already agreed upon this with Lady Wen the last time they met, but she still sent Madam Wen a special invitation and formally agreed on the meeting place and time.
When Yin Mingyu arrived, the Xu family’s carriage was already waiting there.
Lady Wen left her own carriage and entered the Xie family’s carriage.
Yin Mingyu addressed her, “We have to go to Yongpingfang in the south of the city first. It’s a bit far. I prepared some food for you to eat while we head over.”
Lady Wen didn’t care about the distance, she just smiled and said, “It’s good to be able to go out. I’ll follow you wherever you go.”
Yin Mingyu placed the hand warmer in her lap, grabbed a handful of pine nuts, and asked casually, “Is it that boring at home? I have collected many storybooks, you can take them back and read them.”
“Of course that’s good.” Lady Wen smiled tenderly, intertwined her fingers and rubbed them together, and said embarrassedly, “Actually, when I came back from the Second Lady’s place that day, I couldn’t stop thinking about her, so I wrote a very short story and wanted to show it to you……”
She has actually already started brainstorming.
Yin Mingyu didn’t expect her to move so soon, and addressed her excitedly: “Have you brought it? Let me see it quickly. I have always felt that you, Lady Wen, are quite talented in literature, so it must be very good.”
Lady Wen smiled modestly, “Second lady, you flatter me.”
She was probably too shy. When she drew it out from her sleeve, she failed the first time and only brought it out the second time. Her hands were shaking slightly when she handed it to Yin Mingyu.
Her mood is evident.
Yin Mingyu accepted it and saw that the location at the beginning was Lingnan, so she questioned, “Why did you think of writing about Lingnan?”
“Big lady Qi invited someone to perform a play earlier. It tells the story of a young couple from the Lingnan Barbarians and Jiao tribes who fell in love a hundred years ago. However, they were opposed by their respective tribesmen. They failed to elope and fell into a valley and died. They transformed into butterfly fairies and appeared in front of their tribesmen. In the end, the two tribes put aside their past grudges.”
Lady Wen looked somewhat yearning. “I heard that the butterfly fairy summons butterflies every year, and that place has become a butterfly valley. It is a holy place for the two tribes. In order to pray for blessings, a grand ceremony is held every year.”
Folk myths and legends always have endings like this, as if everything seemed perfect.
Yin Mingyu had never heard of the play and didn’t feel any beautiful feelings from it, so she just nodded to show that she understood and continued watching.
To ease the tension, Lady Wen asked, “After Madam Fourth lady Jiang’s banquet, I attended another banquet and ran into Big lady Qi. She asked me about you, did you guys not meet again?”
Yin Mingyu replied, “The mansion is busy at the end of the year, and there are guests coming to our house. My mother-in-law and I rarely go out for banquets, so we have never met Big lady Qi again.”
In fact, ever since the head of the Xie family was promoted to the right prime minister, the whole family has kept a low profile, and the women only attend banquets attended by very close relatives, such as Yin Minglin’s wedding before.
However, Madam Xie did not restrict Yin Mingyu and let her go out to play. It was her who did not intend to have close relationships with Fourth lady Jiang and Big lady Qi.
When Lady Wen saw that Yin Mingyu was immersed in her papers, she became more and more worried and gradually stopped talking.
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