"When you come to our house, mother hopes that you will become a happy little girl and don't need to be restrained."

Then she stopped, looked at Ruyi's face seriously, raised her hand and gently stroked the girl's tender face.

"Ruyi, you are already very good, don't be too hard on yourself."

Ruyi nodded.

Just as he was about to speak, a hearty laugh suddenly came from the front.

"That's right, how can mother bear to blame you?"

"She urges us to give her a granddaughter every day. Now that she sees you coming in, she probably wants to eat you up in one bite."

Ruyi looked up and saw a young man striding towards her, with sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, and an imposing heroic air.

He smiled generously, unlike the other sons of the Shen family who were all reserved. "You are here to help me and Ping Xin out of this predicament."

Madam Xiao smiled and introduced, "Ruyi, this is your elder brother, Xiao Pingyue."

Then he looked at the woman walking towards him with a smile and said, "This is your sister-in-law, Sun Yixiang."

"If you have any advice, please tell me, brother and sister-in-law!"

Ruyi hurriedly bowed.

In her previous life, she didn't have much contact with the Xiao family and had never met this elder brother and sister-in-law.

"Don't be polite, aunt. We don't have so many rules in our family."

Sun Yixiang smiled, walked forward and took Ruyi's hand, "Come on, I'll ask the kitchen to prepare some food, let's fill our stomachs first."

"After all, every banquet requires hunger."

Having said that, he took Ruyi and left.

Mrs. Xiao laughed when she saw this, "Girl, all you do is eat all day..."

Then he said to Ruyi, "Just tell your sister-in-law what you like to eat. She has no other hobbies except eating. She likes to eat everything and loves to think about things."

Sun Yixiang stuck out her tongue when she heard that. "I don't know how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy or painting."

Ruyi was amused, "That's good too."

Only such a family can allow the younger generation to live happily. They don't have to know everything, just live happily.

She had to say that Song Mingyang had a very good eye.

The first time I fell in love with someone, I met a guy like Xiao Pingxin, and also a family like the Xiao family. I really can’t be too happy in the future.

Several people came into the house in a lively manner.

Ruyi was a little reserved at first, but when Sun Yixiang pulled her away, that little bit of discomfort was quickly dispersed.

The kitchen served a table full of dishes and various snacks.

"Last time my uncle came to see you, he wrote down what you like to eat. Try it and see if it suits your taste."

Sun Yixiang said this and glanced at Xiao Pingxin.

Xiao Pingyue smiled and said, "Old Second is very careful, so I can't remember it. But I heard that you practice martial arts, so I can teach you some moves later."

"Then I would like to thank you, brother."

Ruyi was ashamed.

The personalities of the two brothers of the Xiao family are really very different.

The eldest brother is rough, cheerful and unconventional.

The second brother is elegant and reserved, but he is also treacherous.

As for sister-in-law Sun Yixiang, Ruyi only found out during the chat that she was "picked up".

Madam Xiao smiled while holding the teacup, "Three years ago, your eldest brother went out to suppress bandits. On the way, he encountered your sister-in-law who was unconscious. He wanted to rescue her and send her home, but he found out that she had no memory."

"Yes, there is no place to send it, so I just took it home."

"Later, seeing that they were in love with each other, they got married."

She looked at Ruyi and said, "Your sister-in-law doesn't have a natal family, so this is her home. You don't have a natal family either, so from now on you two will be sisters, so it's just right for you to be companions."

We were just chatting about family matters.

Ruyi felt quite sad in her heart.

Family tradition is really important.

Xiao Pingxin saved people when he was young and won the favor of the Mingyang monarch, who never forgot him and was deeply in love with him for many years.

Xiao Pingyue rescued someone on the way and found that the other person had nowhere to go, so he took him in at his home.

Sun Yixiang doesn't know anything and her only hobby is eating.

However, Madam Xiao, who came from a noble family, treated her like her own daughter and was sympathetic to the fact that she had no family. She allowed her to eat, drink, and play as she pleased.

Sun Yixiang is lively, enthusiastic, and loves to laugh. She sometimes makes a face, and her whole body exudes a sense of happiness of being pampered.

Who doesn’t like a family like this?

How could children raised in such a family lack love?

Only those who are not short of love know how to love others.

In the final analysis, the Shen family suffers from "congenital kidney deficiency", and no matter how they supplement it, it's still a little lacking.

Shen Cangyun held the highest official position of Prime Minister.

It is said that a prime minister has a big heart. Although he acted on the surface, his heart was actually as sharp as a needle. He was mean, petty, ruthless and brave, and could not let go of the past.

After all, the pattern is still small.

My horizons haven't improved either.

How could such a person really become a noble family?

The Xiao family has been in Northern Qi for more than three hundred years, and the emperors have changed countless times, but the Xiao family has always been as stable as a rock. It is not only because of the favor of heaven, but also because of the family tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation.

Ruyi felt it when she came here for the first time today.

I also deeply realized:

True nobility is noble in nature. It is a virtue, not arrogance or contempt from a superior position.

Suddenly, she felt a sense of righteousness rising in her heart.

In the past, she thought that the so-called righteousness meant justice, standing on the right side, and hating evil.

At this moment, I had a deep feeling.

Positive means being upright, impartial and in the right position.

The Xiao family is wealthy, so they balance their wealth with harmony rather than arrogance. As a result, they are popular, have many connections, few enemies, and enjoy a good reputation among the people.

Therefore, it has been passed down for hundreds of years.

"What are you thinking about?"

Seeing Ruyi suddenly fall into deep thought, Xiao Pingxin raised his hand and waved it in front of her.

Ruyi came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "No, I just suddenly remembered something..."

She smiled modestly.

"Don't think about it. After you eat, you'll have to expend your energy at the banquet."

Xiao Pingxin smiled and stuffed a piece of glutinous rice cake into her hand.

Ruyi was stunned, and when she came to her senses, the thumb-sized pastry was already in her mouth.

That feeling is very special.

She has been chasing the five young masters of the Shen family for so many years, and no one has ever treated her like this.

The way they looked at her always seemed to be mixed with something else.

But at this moment, Xiao Pingxin was smiling at her.

But that smile was crystal clear, like the sunlight pouring in from the window, without a single impurity.

It turns out that this is what pure emotion is like.

Instead, he would only give her a nice look with ulterior motives when he needed to get something from her.

Normally, he just seems to ignore me!

When she arrived at the Xiao family, Ruyi felt that she was also incapable of love. She needed to learn from the Xiao family how to form a family with others and what kind of way of getting along is healthy.

Suddenly there was a report from outside.

"Sir, there is news from the palace that the emperor wants you to come to the palace immediately and leave the city!"

"Leave the city?"

Xiao Pingyue was stunned for a moment, then stood up and looked at the person who came. "What did the messenger say?"

"No, his expression was very serious."

The guard shook his head.

Ruyi remembered that Xiao Pingyue was leading troops outside the city, and suddenly thought of something, and said hurriedly: "Brother, the emperor summoned you, probably to urgently dispatch soldiers from Yancheng to help!"

Xiao Pingyue was somewhat stunned when he heard this, and turned to look at Ruyi in surprise, "Unless there is a war, the army of Yancheng is basically stationary. Why would the emperor suddenly..."

Ruyi stood up, walked to his side and whispered something.

Xiao Pingyue's eyes widened.

Then he grabbed his cloak and said hastily, "I'll go to the palace right away, you guys eat first."

He was the defender of Yancheng and only came back for one month near the end of the year, which was considered an exception.

But this year-end may not be peaceful!