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Chapter 152
Ye Jiao didn't know much about the Wen family, and Qi Yun didn't tell her what was right and wrong outside, lest she renovated it. She only said that the Wen family was complicated and didn't have to be too close, but she didn't say anything about alienation.
In the final analysis, Qi Erlang does everything for his wife and children, and Ye Jiao likes what he likes.
Although Qi Yun was now noncommittal to the Wen family because of the porcelain, he did not stop Ye Jiao from making friends.
Ye Jiao made a post to the Wen family when she gave the invitation, but from what the boy said when he came back at that time, she didn't think how enthusiastic the Wen family was, but she didn't expect Mrs. Wen to be the first to come.
She held the hairpin on her head, looked at it in the mirror, turned her head and looked at Xiao Su: "is it good?"
Xiao Su's ears turned red and nodded quickly: "good-looking, the second daughter-in-law is beautiful."
This is not Xiao Su's illegal flattery, but in the past few days, Qi Yun has made it clear that he likes to dress up his wife. Zhuchai jewelry is sent one after another, and Chinese clothes and satin are casually chosen. Ye Jiao is not stingy. She stays what she likes, and naturally there is no shortage of things to dress up.
On the other hand, Qi Yun specially hired a woman who was proficient in these things to help her choose and match. Ye Jiao only had to move her mouth, and everyone else was waited on.
A woman who doesn't usually know how to dress up is either too light or messed up her head as if she were a jewelry store.
However, Qi Yun thought carefully and specially found a woman. Ye Jiao had a good foundation, and she looked particularly good after a little tidying up.
But in a few days, once a beautiful little ginseng, she has become the wife of a rich man who is now elegant and beautiful.
It's just that for Ye Jiao, it's just changing into more beautiful clothes and wearing better jewelry, but she doesn't feel much about it.
She smiled in the mirror again and took Xiao Su to the vestibule.
It was only when we arrived that we saw that not only Mrs. Wen had come, but Princess Huanning was also sitting inside.
But when Ye Jiao saw Mrs. Wen, she was stupefied for a moment.
As a matter of fact, Little Ginseng has seen a lot of people now, and she has a clear fundus in her heart. Even though she can't guess through the calculation in many people's minds, the feeling of seeing people at first glance is always accurate.
There are good ones and bad ones, no matter they are close or distant, Ye Jiao has seen them all, but seldom have she seen anything like this in front of her.
No sorrow, no joy, sitting there with indifference, eyes looking faintly at the distance, showing a little indifference.
Gee, it looks familiar.
Ye Jiao blinked and suddenly remembered, isn't this similar to the Qi Yun she saw at the beginning?
At that time, the little ginseng was just an adult, and everything was vague and didn't know anything. On the wedding night, only remembered that the new husband was thinner, whiter, lighter, and didn't know anything.
Later, when Ye Jiao recalled, she realized that Qi Yun was already dead and counted the days every day. If he hadn't been tied up by his family, Qi Erlang would have found a well and jumped into it, thus eliminating his illness and suffering.
This also makes Ye Jiao dislike to hear the life and death that can be easily told in the population. She wants Qi Yun to live instead of living with death ambition.
Now Qi Yun is not in that mood for a long time. Qi Erlang wishes he could live to be two hundred years old, and he feels at a loss for one day less.
As a result, Ye Jiao saw the look of deja vu in the face of this strange woman.
Shi realized that someone had come in and saw Ye Jiao with a gentle look on his face. He stood up and bowed slightly: "Mrs. Qi."
After all, Ye Jiao was stared at by Liu for a long time to practice the etiquette rules, the body responded faster than the brain, and then said, "Mrs. Wen," and then Ye Jiao remembered and said to Xiao Su, "bring some cloud cakes."
Xiao Su smelled the words and was stupefied for a moment before leaving quickly, but he was very strange in his heart.
This cloud cake was ordered by her second daughter-in-law in the morning, and it was steamed all the time in the small kitchen, and Ye Jiao was never modest in eating it. As a result, she took it out to a woman she had seen for the first time, which was really a little different.
Xiao Su did not know, and Ye Jiao was curious and confused.
Look at the face, this Mrs. Wen is in good health, look at the dress, is also very rich, how should not be so low.
Shi did not know that he had been seen thoroughly. She and Ye Jiao sat down separately and did not say much.
Huanning, who was on one side, smiled first and said, "here you are, Niang. Have you had breakfast yet?" I've brought some minced chicken porridge from Linxianlou. It's hot. Would you like to have some with me? "
Although Ye Jiao had eaten in the morning, she really worked hard for all kinds of manipulation of the tea party. at this time, after listening to Huanning's words, she unconsciously touched her stomach, and then nodded obediently: "OK, together."
As soon as Shi heard this, he felt that there was no need to huddle up.
Although she didn't know the relationship between Princess Huanning and Ye Jiao, she knew they were close to each other just by listening to them. She didn't have to stay here to get in the way, so she wanted to get up and say goodbye.
Who knew Ye Jiao looked at her and said, "Mrs. Wen, are you hungry?"
Shi's movement paused, and if she had dodged just now, she knew the rules and etiquette, but now it would not be appropriate for people to ask themselves to hide again, so they smiled gently, nodded and sat down.
When the porridge was served, Shi said with a faint smile, "our two families live close to each other. I didn't come to visit when I saw that your house was busy. After receiving the post today, I thought I would come earlier and not disturb Mrs. Qi, did I?"
"of course not." Ye Jiao looked at her and smiled, and her eyes looked as clear as water.
Shi was stupefied by this smile.
She did not come from a good background and depended on her brother. When she was a boudoir girl, she had to work to enable her brother to study for imperial examinations. Later, she married the Wen family as a sequel, but life was not easy. Shi Tianrui got a little better after Shi Tianrui was reprimanded. Because Shi Tianrui was derogated, Shi lost his original reliance again.
Looking at Shi's youth, he is already old in his heart.
Then the struggle and discord between the women in the house made Shi forget what is pure laughter.
Now looking at Ye Jiao's smiling face, Shi opened his mouth, but could not say a word.
She had received a letter from Zheng, knowing that the second wife of the Qi family was the best to get along with, but now that she really saw it, Shi understood why Zheng liked her so much.
This is a woman who knows the warmth at a glance, as bright as water and as brilliant as the sun.
It's just that people who have been cold for too long will feel yearning and afraid when they suddenly see the sun.
Huanning looked at Shi and suddenly said, "speaking of which, your two families are also old. Mrs. Wen's brother is the magistrate of your place."
When Ye Jiao heard the words, she couldn't help looking at Shi.
Shi Shi was surprised. In her view, Shi Tianrui was driven out of the capital, and even all the women of Zheng had nothing to do with the family, and she had never disclosed any communication with the noble daughter of Jingzhong. Now she was suddenly mentioned by Princess Huanning and was unavoidably perturbed.
But after all, he had been the chief wife in the capital for many years, and there was still some calmness. Shi quickly raised his head with a smile on his face and said, "my brother did sit outside as a magistrate, and it is rare for her Royal Highness the Princess to remember."
Huanning smiled with a meaningful tone: "Shi Tianrui is a good official, not only I remember, but also my brother, will not forget."
This words, with some deliberate, but also with some carelessness, but in the end is to reveal the news.
Shi's fingertips tightened, finally could not hide his surprise, and finally dared to look straight at Huanning.
Huanning smiled at her, but stopped talking.
Ye Jiao took a spoon and smiled and said, "Wanying also wrote to me before, saying that Lord Shi had a good evaluation, Wanying asked me to wait, and so on. She was soon able to come to the capital to find me."
Wan Ying is a small print of Zheng's family.
Shi bit the tip of his tongue to calm himself down, and his head was still in a mess.
She suddenly felt that she had suddenly heard a lot of things that she had never dared to think about before.
It turned out that my brother was not really given up.
It turned out that what my sister-in-law said before was not meant to comfort her, but was true.
It turns out that. There's still hope for her.
It is just that these words are hidden in the heart, not a word, just remember Zheng's advice in the letter.
Her brother and sister-in-law said long ago that it was stupid for her to be close to Ye Jiao. She could not see it and hoped that it was not too late.
She can stand it, but she is not really stupid. She can finally have something to look forward to in a stagnant day, which is like a new life for a woman.
So when Shi looked at Ye Jiao again, he pursed the corners of his mouth and whispered, "Mrs. Qi, you and I live close. If nothing happens in the future, can I come and talk to you?"
With some care, but also with some shyness.
Shi's wife was surprised to see that her wife, who had always been as insipid as water, was so cautious and serious now.
Ye Jiao looked at her with a smile. Since she knew it was Shi Tianrui's sister, she certainly wouldn't refuse and nodded neatly: "good."
When a few people used porridge, Ye Jiao already knew that Shi's small print was Yingxiu, and Shi could also call her Jiao Niang with a smile.
Xiao Su was surprised that she had followed Ye Jiao for so many years and felt that her second daughter-in-law was very capable, whether it was Dong, Meng, or Zheng. Her second daughter-in-law was able to get close when she met for the first time.
This is really something can do.
Ye Jiao, on the other hand, felt that Shi was much more alive now than she was just now.
Little ginseng does not know how many ups and downs Shi's mood has just experienced, but it is just a matter of a few words, but it can transform people in general, and for Ye Jiao, it is just a few everyday words.
In a hard calculation, it is clear that he has only had a bowl of porridge.
Is it true that she came hungry and that's why she was so sad?
The little ginseng who once ate the earth, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he was right, and he was inexplicably moved.
She thought it was rare for Yingxiu to come early even if she was hungry.
So when she went to the back hall, Ye Jiao specially held her arm and said, "Don't come so early in the future, or Yingxiu said earlier when you came, I'll have breakfast ready for you."
Shi Shi didn't know what Ye Jiao thought, only when Ye Jiao was really kind to her. The woman who had been in the cold Wen family for many years held Ye Jiao's hand tightly and nodded hard: "OK, I wrote it all down."
And Huanning did not follow them to the back hall, but went to play with Xubao.
About an hour later, all the wives and their girls brought down the Qi family.
Among these people, the Qi family and the Wen family are the most prominent.
It has to be said that Ye Pingrong and Huanning helped Qi er and his wife choose a good house, not only because the house itself is good, but also because the neighbors do not have too prominent families.
As a matter of fact, it is not impossible to find a house adjacent to everyone, but there is a difference between this family. You have to adapt everywhere when you have just entered Beijing. If you see a noble woman from a noble family every day and are pressed everywhere, it must be unhappy in your heart.
It would be better to be a big family as soon as you move here, and your life will be much more comfortable.
Sure enough, Ye Jiao felt that this tea party was no different from that when she was in her hometown.
To recognize people, see gifts, chat, and listen to true or false flattery or meddling, what Ye Jiao needs to do is to write down the names of these people, then put on airs and laugh.
However, while talking, someone mentioned that Miss Shen had made trouble outside Qijiamen before.
"speaking of which, she is still a woman who is about to enter the palace. I heard that she has been helped by the Suns and has already lived in the Suns."
I don't know who said this, but as soon as said it, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down.
Ye Jiao was eating Yunpian cake and felt quiet around her, so she looked up strangely and subconsciously looked at Shi.
Just because among these people, Shi is slightly related to her, and the first reaction is to find her and want to ask who the Sun family is and who Miss Shen is.
Obviously, Niao Niang forgot about the "female liar" a long time ago.
But before Ye Jiao opened her mouth, Shi had already dropped the tea.
This kind of action makes everyone hold their breath even more.
Because everyone knew that what they had just said had pierced the lungs of two others.
Shen Da girl is to be selected, the future is bright, Ye Jiao offended others after I am afraid it is not easy, to say it face to face is Ye Jiao's face.
And the Sun family who took in the big girl Shen was the family of Wen Jiagui's concubine Sun. Sun had three words, and Shi's empty room was left out in the cold, which was also a blow to Shi's face.
Many people secretly hate the person who just had a big mouth in their hearts. They really don't mention which pot they don't boil.
But Shi never thought about the Suns at all. after all, in her opinion, the Wen family is a pool of rotten mud, and she doesn't care who lives.
But Ye Jiao is a good one, even for the bowl of chicken porridge just now, Shi will not let people lose Ye Jiao's face at this first tea party.
The eyes indifferently swept around the crowd, and Shi pulled a handkerchief to wipe the corners of his mouth and said faintly, "that Shen big girl has already lost her dignity when she made trouble in the street. The young lady does not care about the kindness of the young lady. How come it has become a mistake in your mouth?" If you really envy the Suns for their ability to climb high branches, it would be better for you to send your daughter to the palace, and maybe you can be a master, too. "
As soon as these words came out, everyone shrank their necks.
Everyone knows that those who are pushed up can be dignitaries, but their merchant daughters can only be palace maids when they enter the palace, and who is willing to let their daughters suffer?
When Shi saw that they stopped talking, he said, "if you have this idle mind, you might as well talk more about your own industry. I don't think it's clear to Niao Niang."
At the mention of this, all those things were left behind, and immediately began to talk enthusiastically again.
The reason why the Qi family is stared at by so many people is because of Qi Yun's wealth and the gold plaque.
These days, everyone knows that Qi Yun loves this lady very much. if he can build a good relationship, wouldn't it be a good thing to be able to watch and help each other in the future?
As for what kind of mouth fight and what discord, it is not a matter in the eyes of the merchant wife!
This is the good thing about merchants' families. As long as they can make money, they never care about the details.
When the table broke up, the first thing Ye Jiao did was to rub her face and murmur, "I can't invite so many people next time. I'm so tired."
Shi poured her a cup of tea and said with a smile, "you don't have to come here often. Usually this tea tasting and flower appreciation banquet has its own set of rules. I'll talk to you in detail some other day."
Ye Jiao nodded as soon as she heard this. She was used to being straightforward, and her voice was soft and soft. "Yingxiu is so kind to me and has helped me a lot," Ye Jiao said in a soft voice. "
Shi rarely blushed, and her usual calm temper seemed to suddenly lose its use. she said a few words to Ye Jiao, then got up to say goodbye, and bowed her head as she helped her wife walk.
Huanning listened to the truth at the back, and when he came out with Xu Bao, he sat in front of Ye Jiao and said with sincere emotion, "Niang Niang, you are really good."
She just deliberately gave Shi ventilation because she knew that Chu Chengyun was now replacing the imperial forces around her. Many of those who were derogated before were the pillars left by the former emperor to Chu Chengyun, and they were derogated by the former emperor. in the future, it is Chu Chengyun who forgives them to recall, so that these people can be more loyal to Chu Chengyun.
Among them, Shi Tianrui is Huanning personally heard Chu Chengyun praised, Huanning this will give Shi some wind, around a good knot.
What Huanning did not expect is that he brought his own porridge and his own wind, but Shi turned out to be bent on Ye Jiao.
But on second thought, Huanning looked at Ye Jiao with a smile: "No wonder, who doesn't like Jiao Niang?"
Ye Jiao was a little puzzled: "what do you mean?"
Xubao was originally playing with the small gold bracelet that Huanning had just given him. When he heard the words, he immediately looked up and said, "Mother looks good!"
As soon as these words came out, the two women laughed, and Huanning bowed her head and kissed Xubao's face incessantly, leaving several red lipstick marks.
But just then, Mrs. Mo came in a little angrily, saw a guest, and saluted hurriedly, with a hesitant look on her face.
Ye Jiao, on the other hand, stretched out her hand and pinched Xu Bao's small hand, and said, "you might as well do something, say it."
"Yes." Mrs. Mo took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "second daughter-in-law, the next door is so outrageous. Just now I asked the boy at the door that during the tea party, the people next door suddenly ran and said that their concubine, Sun, was pregnant and noisily asked Mrs. Wen to go over and have a look. It was the people brought by Mrs. Wen who held her down, otherwise I was afraid they would come in."
As soon as this remark came out, Ye Jiao's first reaction was to cover Xu Bao's ears and not let him listen, for fear that Xu Bao would learn to talk nonsense about these wives and concubines.
Huanning is not strange to hum.
She grew up in the palace and had never seen any means. There were a lot of people in the palace where she would yell when she was pregnant with a child, but the louder she shouted, the more miserable she died.
It's just that Huanning will not say clearly that it is not only a means in the palace, but it is not only humiliating, but it is also afraid to frighten people. Huanning just said, "it's really something that can't be on the table. Who gave her the courage?"
Ye Jiao shook her head, obviously not knowing.
Xiao Su hesitated for a moment and whispered, "second daughter-in-law, I heard the rumor outside that Wen Jialiulang was sure to go to high school this time."
Mrs. Mo could not help glancing at Xiao Su, thinking that she used to feel that Xiao Su was young and not yet thorough, but now it seems that she was able to find out all the things outside, and she thought she had used her mind.
Huanning picked eyebrows, and she didn't have to say more to make it clear: "is this the son of the concubine?" It is crazy to think that your son can do such a thing, not to mention that the matter of scientific research depends on luck. Even if the results of the general examination are up to heaven, the examiners also have to consider their character. In this way, they can also be blown away. "?.
Ye Jiao didn't care about these disturbances. She just looked at Mrs. Mo and asked, "have you seen Yingxiu?"
Mrs. Mo nodded and said, "Mrs. Wen personally had them tied up and took them back."
When Ye Jiao saw that Shi had a charter, she did not ask any more questions. She loosened her hand covering Xu Bao's ears. While holding her fat son in her arms, Ye Jiao smiled at Huanning and said, "Let's have lunch together later and have chicken soup for lunch."
Xu Bao heard the words, shook his head and asked softly, "Xiao Hei?"
Xiao Su shook, and Ye Jiao poked him on the nose: "No, it's fine." Does Xu Bao eat it? "
Xubao nodded neatly: "eat!"
Ye Jiao said to Mrs. Mo, "stew some porridge for him with chicken soup, add two milk steamed buns, and vegetables.". "
"Xubao doesn't eat vegetables, but Xubao eats meat!" The little fat boy arched his body hard.
Ye Jiao, on the other hand, hugged him and rubbed his face. Little ginseng, who had already studied a lot of medical classics and pharmacology, paid special attention to this aspect: "eat them all, otherwise you can't grow tall or shorter than Xiao Hei."
The threat was obviously very effective. Xubao immediately closed his mouth and buried his face in Ye Jiao's arms and stopped talking.
Huanning laughed so hard that he couldn't stand up. When Xu Bao could hear that he was laughing at him, he hummed and hugged Ye Jiao more tightly.
Ye Jiao patted the little chubby on the back, looked at Huanning and asked, "what about you, Huanning?"
After taking a sip of tea, Huanning finally relieved his mood and said, "I can't. My sister-in-law is not well recently. I've got a wild ginseng and I'm going to send it to the palace. I'm going to leave later."
Wild ginseng.
It's it again. When you hear the name, it's not the ginseng of a good family.
The name made Ye Jiao eyebrow jump, but did not say anything, but suddenly remembered Queen Meng.
When she heard Huanning talk about Empress Meng before, Ye Jiao had no experience, but she was not completely ignorant in the past two months in the capital.
It is widely rumored that the selection of the imperial concubine is due to the fact that the queen is childless.
Although not every woman has to have children, Queen Meng is in a high position and it is really difficult to be childless.
Wild ginseng does not have this effect, at best to strengthen the body, it is better to hold hands with yourself.
Something really effective is growing in the wing next door.
Ye Jiao thought of this and said to Xiao Su, "go and bring a pot of auspicious flowers." then she looked at Huanning, smiled and said, "take this with you. It's easy to raise. If you put it in the water, you can live. It's good for your body."
Huanning knew that Ye Jiao was well-versed in medicine, and naturally wouldn't refuse. After Xiao Su moved the flowerpot, she said, "it's really beautiful, the name is good, don't worry, I will give it to the emperor's sister-in-law myself."
Ye Jiao smiled and watched her leave, then walked back with Xu Bao in her arms and said, "what do you want to do after dinner?"
"fly a kite! Feather kite! "
"good."
Xiao Su followed, sighing in his heart, feeling that his young master might still remember that Blackie robbed him of his milk cake. In terms of vengeance, the young master and the second young master are really linked to each other.
In a flash, a few days later, I was going to read the list together on the day I tried to release the list, but I had a cough in the morning, so Qi Ming didn't let his brother and sister-in-law work for themselves and let them take good care of their children and went to Gongyuan with six thoughts.
Before he reached the place, Qi Ming saw Ye Pingrong.
Qi Ming smiled and trotted over. The first thing he did was to find out where Chu Chengyun was.
After all, Chu Chengyun accompanied Qi Ming all the way to the examination, whether it was the previous local examination or the current examination, Chu Chengyun was always with him.
But this time, Chu Chengyun disappeared.
To Qi Ming's puzzled eyes, Ye Pingrong coughed gently and said slowly, "the third Childe has something to do today. He can't accompany the third young master to read the list. This time he specially asked me to come and say something."