After entering the capital, everyone parted ways.

The third master of the Huang family was Ren Zhengsanpin's Minister of Rites, and he was the highest-ranking official in the Denghe Huang family.

His wife, Mrs. Mu, personally came to pick up her daughter and niece. As soon as Huang Liuniang saw her mother, she couldn't help but shed tears of fear.

After listening to her daughter's words, the color on Mrs. Mu's face drained away.

In the capital, they also heard that there was a commotion outside, but this chaos happened to their daughter. Mu was so frightened that she couldn't recover for a long time.

But when she came back to her senses, her eyes looked different when she looked at Xiang Yi.

Due to the constant riots caused by the common people these days, the aristocratic families in the capital were quite disgusted with this, and even the officials who came from poor families of the common people also had a grudge against them.

Before Mrs. Mu came here, she thought that she would not have anything to do with the Xiang family, the eldest daughter of the Tan family. After all, Mrs. Lin had arranged this trip, and she had nothing to do with the Xiang family.

But he never expected that his daughter would be saved by Xiang when she was in danger.

Mu took Si Niang and Liu Niang forward to say thank you again. Seeing that Xiang Yi looked down-to-earth and generous, neither humble nor arrogant, Mu could not say much because they were only acquainted with each other for a long time, but he secretly remembered the favor in his heart.

Xiang Yi didn't think much about this. After saying goodbye to them, he followed Tan Ting to his mansion in the capital.

It was a house that Tan Ting's great-grandfather had built in the capital. It was not easy to live in the capital, but it was also a big house with two ways and four entrances.

Tan Ting had lived here before in Beijing, but Xiang Yi had never been here.

But on the way there, she thought of something inexplicably.

Many officials left home to serve as officials, and it was inconvenient to take their wives with them, so they had to take concubines with them.

Tan Ting was young, and he was the eldest son of a clan who had to set an example, so it was difficult for him to take concubines in a formal way, but this did not prevent him from taking concubines and having concubines in his house.

They are not concubines with clear names. There is no need to inform the main wife of these concubines.

Xiang Yi saw that he only had Zhengji and a few young servants with him before, so he didn't think much about it, but it was not impossible that there were concubines in the capital to share the house with.

It was all his concubines who wanted to serve her tea. How could she ignore it?

Just walking all the way to the Tan family's mansion in the capital, servants came forward to greet the master. Xiang Yi looked through the crowd and didn't see a young maid.

She couldn't help but turn her head and glance at the old man.

Tan Ting didn't know what she was thinking, but he just stepped forward and took her hand, and went with her to the yard where he lived.

Ever since that day when he came to Shui County, he always liked this gesture. Sometimes Xiang Yi's hands were clearly clasped in front of him, but he would quietly come over, pull her hand away from her own, and hold it in his. In the palm of your hand.

But he did it like this without saying a word, as if this should be a normal thing.

Xiang Yi wanted to politely refuse, but he had no words to say, so he had to let him go.

They still lived in the main house and gave the other road to Tan Jian and Yang Zhen.

But Yang Zhen will choose an auspicious day to return home in a few days, and Tan Jian will stay with him for a few days. The house is still dominated by Tan Ting and Xiang Yi.

When they arrived at the main courtyard, Qin Jiao came forward.

He is the Lin family's staff. Although he is not highly regarded in the Lin family, he is also the person who works for Mrs. Lin.

After returning to the capital, Qin Jiao said that he had settled the property for Mrs. Lin during his trip to Qingkan and was going back to the Lin family to answer the question.

Tan Ting didn't feel much about this person, but because he was someone close to his aunt, he kept him by his side.

He nodded in agreement, and also called his people over to go to the Lin Mansion.

Tan Ting naturally wanted to inform Mrs. Lin when he came back from this trip.

Mrs. Lin was the eldest sister of his father, Tan Chaokuan. There were only two siblings in the Tan family's generation, and they had a very close relationship. After Tan Chaokuan passed away, Mrs. Lin always took good care of her nephew Tan Ting.

Mrs. Lin is the head wife of the Lin family, the head of the four major families of Lin, Chencheng and Li. She is a person who must be given more face in the palace.

Xiang Yi knew that when he came to the capital, he would have to meet Mrs. Lin, so the gift boxes were prepared.

But after picking up Huang's girl on the boat on the way, Xiang Yi somewhat understood Mrs. Lin's attitude.

When she saw Qin Jiao glance at her again before leaving, she became more and more aware.

It's just that Tan Ting sent someone to the Lin Mansion. When he came back, he said that Mrs. Lin meant that the two of them didn't need to go there for the time being.

"...My aunt has caught a cold in the past few days. My aunt is afraid that he will be bumpy for many days, so she will go to the Lin Mansion to recover from the illness. She said that she will wait for my aunt to recover from his illness before he goes there."

Tan Ting Somewhat surprised, his uncle had always been in good health, but even now he was old and still had a graceful figure and elegant demeanor. He looked like a man in his early thirties, but unexpectedly he fell ill.

He said to Xiang Yi, "My uncle treats my aunt very well. Now that my uncle is ill, I have no reason to avoid it.

I should go and visit." He said that Xiang Yi didn't need to go there. He would go there tomorrow and he would go there in a few days. It won't be too late for Xiang Yi to leave when the Lin family is fine.

What he said about Mr. Lin's excellent treatment of Mrs. Lin was something Xiang Yi had heard before in Qingkan.

It is said that Mrs. Lin married into the Lin family for many years without getting pregnant, so she considered taking a concubine for Mr. Lin, but Mr. Lin refused all of them, and Mrs. Lin was not allowed to mention the matter again, and he only asked her to take good care of her health.

It wasn't until the two had been married for many years that Mrs. Lin became pregnant and gave birth to a grandson in the Lin family. Now she has firmly established herself as the wife of the clan.

What happened to Mrs. Lin, and what happened to the Lin family? Xiang Yi had no intention of knowing more, but he was an elder after all, so he just had to respect the elders.

As for what other arrangements Mrs. Lin has, what can Xiang Yi say?

...

Tan Ting went to Lin Mansion the next day. Mr. Lin was not seriously ill and would be fine in two days.

He agreed with Xiang Yi that they would go to see his uncle and aunt together in a few days.

Xiang Yi responded accordingly.

They were going to pay homage to their elders, and some people came here to pay homage to them.

There were many sons of the Tan family in the Qing Dynasty who were officials in the court, and some were officials in the capital. When they heard that the eldest son had come with his eldest wife, he handed over a post and came to see him.

This is what a clan wife should do, and Xiang Yi is not frightened because these tribesmen are all dignitaries.

Several families came to the house for two days in a row, and Xiang Yi met five or six women's family members in succession. They all entertained and talked to them as usual.

None of the female family members of the Tan family had ever seen this special clan wife. Now they saw that she was gentle yet dignified, and although she was reticent, she was still approachable.

What's more important is that they all thought that the eldest son treated the eldest daughter badly, but no one expected that they would see the eldest son talking to her softly, and even asking her about things in an inquiring tone. He never called her Xiang, but gently called her by her maiden name.

This was the eldest son's way of showing his wife's dignity and telling the clansmen that although she came from a poor family, she was still the eldest daughter of the Tan family and the wife of Tan Ting.

All the clan members were extremely surprised.

But they all vaguely knew what Mrs. Lin meant, and some of them were well-informed. They heard that Mrs. Lin asked the uncle of the Zong family to pick up the girl from the Huang family of Dengye River to Beijing.

But there was no movement from the Huang family in Denghe, and the eldest son treated his eldest wife so intimately.

Everyone was a little confused, but no one dared not give Xiang Yi face or act randomly.

...

But just a few days after entering Beijing, I met a lot of people and took care of a lot of things.

Xiang Yi was not idle, and neither were Tan Ting and Tan Jian.

Tan Ting first took Tan Jian to meet several elders and friends, and now sent him to Boyun Academy to meet the mountain chief. After accompanying Yang Zhen back home, he went to the academy to study.

Xiang Yi couldn't help but think of his younger brother.

I don’t know if Xiang Yu went to Boyun Academy to take the exam.

Although his younger brother is ambitious, he is still too young. Xiang Yi doesn't think Yu Ge'er can really pass the exam, but it is always good to give it a try and see the world.

Although Boyun Academy was also in Gyeonggi Province, it was not close to it, and Tan Jian did not come back for two days in a row.

Yang Zhen has been inseparable from Tan Jian since she married into the Tan family. Now that Tan Jian has not returned for two days, she seems to be wilted and is sitting in Xiang Yi's yard, pulling petals from flowers.

A good flower was torn off by her, and the person had not recovered yet.

The old yard was bare and it was hard to find many flowers, so Xiang Yi asked her to let go of the flowers and come to the room to talk.

Yang Zhen pouted, "What are you going to say, sister-in-law?"

Not only did she look wilted, but her face was not as rosy as it was a few days ago.

Xiang Yi looked at her in surprise, "Brother Jian will be back tomorrow at most. Won't my siblings be able to see him tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow!" Yang Zhen frowned, "Sister-in-law also said it was tomorrow. It will take many, many hours, a whole day!"

Xiang Yi was even more surprised by this, but Yang Zhen asked her a question at this time.

"Sister-in-law, do you have that feeling... that after not seeing a person for a day, no, for a long time, you feel uncomfortable all over and want to see him?"

She suddenly asked such a strange question Xiang Yi was really stumped by the question.

She was stunned for a moment and didn't respond.

...

Tan Ting was asked out by his old friend Li Chengyun early in the morning.

When Li Chengyun saw that he was back, he quickly invited him out to ask him about his experiences along the way, and also talked about the retrial of the Jiangxi imperial examination fraud case.

The Li family of Huaining, where Li Chengyun was born, is not the Li family of Huaichuan, one of the four major families. They were separated from the Li family of Huaichuan as early as their ancestors. Although they are also prominent now, they are not the same as the Tan family of Guangzhou in the Qing Dynasty. almost.

Nowadays, there are frequent conflicts between the aristocratic family and the common people. Li Chengyun's eldest brother is the eldest son of the family, and their brothers also want to hear what Tan Ting means.

Tan Ting's meaning is very clear. The two races of the common people have the same roots and should not get into such trouble.

He directly brought the evidence of the fraud case to Beijing and told Li Chengyun about the pursuit.

Of course, he didn't mention Gu Yansheng's true identity, but he made it clear that the Tan family helped Dong Gong defeat the Chen family.

Li Chengyun was surprised, looked at Tan Ting carefully, nodded and recorded what he meant.

"When I go back and have a good discussion with my eldest brother, before, our brothers mostly had to listen to the elders of the Li family in Huaichuan. Now it seems that it is time to make the decision ourselves." After

he said this, Tan Ting responded.

He just stood up after saying that.

He glanced outside and said.

"It's getting late today, so let's go home first."

Li Chengyun was stunned, looked at the bright sky outside, and blinked for a while.

"Yuan Zhi, it's only noon now, why don't you wake up early? A new restaurant has opened in the capital, and I was about to invite you to go with me."

However, the new restaurant could not stop Tan Ting, and he cleared his throat. , saying it’s not too late to go next time, and went straight home without waiting for Li Chengyun to say more.

Before Li Chengyun came to his senses, he found that his old friend Tan Yuanzhi was gone.

"What's wrong with Yuan Zhi?"

...

Tan Ting didn't realize anything was wrong with him yet, he just felt that after he finished speaking, it was time to go home.

When he entered the mansion, he asked the servant where his wife was, and learned that Xiang Yi was in the main courtyard room. He went straight to the main courtyard without taking a step further.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he arrived at the entrance of the main courtyard, he heard the voices of his younger siblings coming from inside.

He raised the curtain and heard the questions from his younger siblings.

"Sister-in-law, have you ever felt like... if you haven't seen someone for a day, no, for a long time, you will feel uncomfortable all over and want to see him?"

This question was asked to Xiang Yi. , but Tan Ting listened at the door.

He couldn't help but think of how he had left Li Chengyun alone today and wanted to go home for no reason.

No one who was talking under the window noticed his arrival, but Tan Ting's eyes couldn't help but fall on his wife's face.

She must also understand what her siblings mean...

The man blinked briskly and looked at his wife carefully.

Unexpectedly, the next breath, my wife shook her head.

"It never happened."

Xiang Yi really didn't understand. Who could be so important that he would feel sick and scratch his head after not seeing him for a long time?

Is this too much of an exaggeration?

She shook her head and said no.

But thinking of the same sentence as Yang Zhen described, "One day is like three autumns", and a vague figure of a person suddenly appeared in my mind.

She was slightly startled, not wanting to raise her head, and suddenly saw a blurry figure suddenly approaching her eyes.

When Yang Zhen saw her elder brother coming back, she bowed to him and left without staying any longer.

However, Xiang Yi looked up and saw the man's eyes looking over silently.

There seemed to be resentment in his eyes, but he kept his mouth tight and said nothing, just staring at her blankly.

Xiang Yi: "..." "

The uncle is back?"

The uncle still kept his mouth shut and stared at his wife for a long time, then suddenly turned around and left the main room.

Xiang Yi was surprised and couldn't help but follow him a few steps.

Tan Tingchuchu saw his wife following his footsteps, and felt a little relieved.

But as soon as his footsteps reached the middle of the courtyard, her feet stopped at the door of the main house.

Tan Ting looked over from the corner of his eye and saw her standing helplessly in front of the door.

Tan Ting's intention to be angry suddenly softened.

He turned around and came back.

She stood on the high steps, her eyes were exactly level with him, and she blinked several times as he came and left without saying a word.

Tan Ting was helpless to the extreme. He wanted to say something to her, but after thinking about it, he did it.

It happened that some tribesmen came to visit me again.

He could only suppress what he wanted to say and spoke to her softly.

"Okay, I'm going to the study first."

After he said this, Xiang Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

"Okay."

He left, and Xiang Yi returned to the room and sat down slowly.

Chun Bamboo came over and served her a cup of tea. The green tea buds in the tea cup were swaying leisurely in the water.

The change in the old man's expression just now couldn't help but come to her mind, turning around again and again.

Going round and round, I don’t know how long.