Xuan Yu Feng said with a smile: "Do I think my aunt's adopted daughter was made by Fei Hong? Now that he knows that the Ni family wants his good adopted daughter to be a concubine, he doesn't keep an eye on them?"
Sheng Weiqiao was still suspicious: "That's not Nanfeng County. We're new here, and he didn't even know where the door of the house in Yizhou City is! You've actually sent your spy to Ni Jidao's house?"
"Are you really stupid to say that? Does he need to put on his own eyeliner?" Xuan Yufeng said with a smile, "Have I forgotten Master Wu? Their Jishan bandits have been surrounded and suppressed by the Western Xinjiang Army several times. Although Ni Jidao has several The bandits in the west and east of Xinjiang turned a blind eye to corruption and bribery, but as for Master Wu and others, the movements of the frontier troops must be closely monitored, and Ni Jidao and other generals could naturally put a few spies in their homes. Don't worry... Although the Ni family plans to send their legitimate daughter to the Meng family to raise a child, the Meng family's wife is not in Western Xinjiang. Does the Ni family plan to let their daughter become the head of the Meng family there after passing the family? The dowry Or whatever, please prepare a few of them. What’s so hard to find out about the news?"
"But how do you deal with that matter?" Sheng Weiqiao said thoughtfully, "If you bring it up directly with the Ni family, I'm afraid it will expose the spy of the Wu family, right? If you can't find an excuse to bring Ni Yanying over to stay for a while, the Ni family will also There is no way to refuse."
Xuan Yu Feng said: "Isn't that why he came to me? If his adoptive mother had asked to see Ni Yanying, the Ni family might have refused. But if I hadn't asked to summon her, the maid sent to deliver the message would have been arrogant and domineering. It's so tight, the Ni family has to weigh things a lot."
Sheng Weiqiao said: "Since you have recognized Ni Yanyong's adopted daughter, Buxian has no idea how much she really values her. He can't ask her to be a little girl for others. Otherwise, not only will he be denied, but the third sister and the seventh sister will also be denied. How can we gain face later? The Ni family must know that moral ideal. At that time, they actually wanted to let Ni Yanying serve the Meng family as planned, but they were afraid that they might have some plans?"
"Did I mean...?" Xuanyu Feng frowned. Did she have some sympathy for Ni Yanying's experience? She was willing to accept Ni Yanying as her adopted daughter. In the final analysis, she had no scheming intentions. It is naturally not possible to sincerely think about the adopted daughter. After all, the old lady in charge of the Xuanyu family is not the kind of person who is easy to impress.
Therefore, after receiving his adopted daughter affectionately in front of everyone that month, he turned around and asked Master Wu's Leg Dong Gang to pay attention to Dong, and stopped taking care of her. Those two months seemed to be leisurely, but in fact, he kept secretly staring at Sheng Weiqiao. action.
At this moment, I thought about it carefully and asked, "Do I suspect that the Ni family has set some kind of trap, just waiting for us to get involved?"
"After all, it's better to be on guard." Sheng Weiqiao said, "After all, we are new here. Do you know Miss Ni very well? Who knows whether she is really desperate and turning to you, or whether she followed the orders of her family and pretended to be pitiful. Dig a hole for us?"
Xuanyu Feng thought for a while and said: "I said no. In that case, let's just ask Yidong in a proper manner. If Ni Yanying had bad intentions and was tricked into being a concubine by the Meng family, she deserved it. ! If she really wants us to help her, we have already helped her, but to no avail. If she wants to hate her, she should also hate her blood relatives. After all, we are not related to her, but we can stand up and say a few words. Is it considered to be affectionate and righteous?”
"If she angers us instead, with such a character, she deserves not to have a good ending."
Anyway, she is a foster daughter with no feelings. Xuan Yu Feng was wronged by Ni Yanying, but she was very concerned. Now she laughed and looked sideways at Sheng Weiqiao, "How is it? Am I happy? My aunt loves her the most. I was not snatched away by my cousin who suddenly appeared!"
Sheng Weiqiao said sternly: "Auntie, why do you miss him so much? Isn't he the kind of person who is always sour and jealous! He is only good for you, so he thinks more about it!"
Xuan Yu Feng sneered and waved his legs, obviously not believing it at all.
"I'll take his post to Ni's house and ask my cousin to come and talk." Sheng Weiqiao came to her angrily, returned to his yard, and called Jinli, "Remember to be arrogant, otherwise they will find some excuse to shirk the blame. Show a bit of a bit of a shrewd personality, let them know that we are not ours and they can offend us at will."
Jinli agreed and left. Sheng Weiqiao pinched his eyebrows and secretly wondered whether Ni Yanying was an enemy or a friend.
At this moment, outside the Ni Mansion, Ni Yanying was speaking respectfully to her father Ni Jidao: "Dad, don't worry. Mrs. Feng said she was the aunt of the princess, but she didn't have a title, so she was just a commoner's wife. ! My daughter is your legitimate daughter, a serious official lady, and she is at her knees as an adopted daughter. She doesn’t know how proud she is! Moreover, the prince of Mi Zhen County and General Meng are from the same faction. At that time, Mrs. Feng heard that You beg to betroth your daughter to General Meng as a concubine, for public and private reasons, why don't you stand up?"
Ni Jidao frowned and said: "Although I have always been sensible and considerate, I was too good at making decisions that time! My father promised General Meng early in the morning to send me to serve in the government, and he also agreed to meet me in Western Xinjiang. The courtesy of a wife is wrong to me. Now that I have such a foster mother, I will go back and ask if I can take advantage of Mi Zhen. It is very good. If I can't take advantage, it will not only delay the opportunity to serve General Meng, but Ping Hong will make him think that I Restless!”
"Daddy!" Ni Yanying shouted coquettishly, with a look of resentment, "Don't even think about it. General Meng is a young and romantic man. He has a good family background and is so handsome! What girl wouldn't like that? Huh? I heard that in Northern Xinjiang, in addition to his wives, he also has many concubines, wives, and beautiful maids, even more! Even though his daughter has some color, to be honest, she is not a top beauty at all. ! If compared with a beauty with delicate eyebrows like the princess, it will be even more bleak!"
"If my daughter just came to serve General Meng, even if he promised that he would be extra kind to his daughter when he was in Western Xinjiang, but as time goes by and the novelty wears off, how will my daughter stand out among his many wives and concubines?!"
Having said that, seeing Ni Jidao nodding slightly, she spread her legs and said, "Well, I just want to try that day to see if the aunt brought by the princess can take advantage of it. Since she is in the trap, why don't you think my daughter should not?" What's the bet? If I win, not only will my daughter be treated differently by General Meng, but will she also gain face from your father?"
"Even if we lose, we have our father and General Meng, and Mrs. Feng is the princess of the county, but what can we do with our daughter? At most, my daughter will only be able to enter General Meng's mansion later!"
"I don't think it'll be a big deal if it's later!" Ni Jidao said, "My uncle Dai Shi and Uncle Lou Shi also have a daughter. Who knows if they will take advantage of it?"
Ni Yanyong said confidently: "My daughter is very familiar with the two sisters from the Dai family and the two sisters from the Lou family! What kind of people they are, my daughter doesn't know any better! There is no fault of my daughter! Looking back, they will ask if they understand. That’s all, if you don’t know what’s interesting, even if they get in first, they may not be the ones who laugh first, even if my daughter boasts about it!”
Ni Jidao has always known that his daughter is smart and has ideas. Although she is not capable of helping him with official affairs, she often helps him with trivial matters. Hearing this, he nodded secretly, but said with dissatisfaction: " If I don’t change my proud temperament, I’ll suffer a lot when I meet someone pretending to be a successful businessman later!”
"Isn't it great that dad is here?" Ni Yanying hugged his legs and arms affectionately and said softly, "You are the pillar of our Ni family and your daughter's most reliable supporter! As long as you are here, my daughter will be happy General Zhongwu's palm is the pearl! What should I be afraid of if I leave my identity there?"
General Zhongwu is of the fourth rank. This rank is almost everywhere in Chang'an, but in the border areas, especially in the army, it is not a first-class high position. After all, General Zhou back then was just General Guide from the Third Rank East.
Ni Jidao relied on his father's influence, which made it easier to get started, but he was still able to kill in that position with all his heart and blood.
Although in those years, Western Xinjiang was stable and there was nothing to worry about, and the court did not pay much attention to it. Unknowingly, he turned from a brave and capable general into a despised corrupt officer. But when it came to official positions, Ni Jidao could not deny it. Very proud.
At this moment, she couldn't help but smile: "You are about to leave the cabinet, and you act so coquettishly!"
"Then you know that daddy loves his daughter!" There was a hint of reproach in his tone, but Ni Yanying didn't take it seriously. She shook his legs and arms with a smile and said, "That's wrong, daddy. My daughter was in the Governor's Mansion before. At the banquet, I saw a hairpin worn by the princess of the county. It seems to be called a phoenix hairpin with a silver body and gilded silk base. It is so beautiful! My daughter also wants something similar!"
Ni Jidao said: "Are you really talking nonsense! If you are a princess of a county, it's fine to wear a phoenix hairpin. If I am a minister's daughter and wear that hairpin, if people know about it, won't I cause trouble for my father!"
Ni Yanying said sweetly: "Oh daddy! My daughter can just ask for one that is similar. You can replace the phoenix with a bluebird or a parrot. Anyway, the sparrow heads in the hairpin ring look similar at first glance... You just agreed to your daughter!" "
He added, "When my daughter went to the governor's house, she didn't have many decent hairpins. The Didong people there looked down on her, right?"
Ni Jidao couldn't help her pestering her, and thought about how his daughter was thinking about him. After thinking about it for a while, he finally nodded: "Then I'll go to the account later to pay a sum of money, and I'll go to the shop to get something similar..."
After saying that, I thought about it, felt distressed, and couldn't help but say, "Actually, since I pretended to be pitiful to coax the Feng family woman, and the clothes I wore when I received Donglai were a bit inferior, maybe their aunts and nephews would sympathize with me even more." In this situation, I must be well-dressed from beginning to end!"
"Dad, Mrs. Feng and the others may have that kind of consideration, but their servants are not." Ni Yanying went to explain, "If the gang members exclude my daughter, will my daughter be the princess of the county under Mrs. Feng?" If you maintain a good impression in front of others, it will definitely be difficult to file a complaint. Let alone bribe them to find out the news, it will be good if they don't keep an eye on you to find trouble! Don't you think that is a small gain? "
Ni Jidao thought about it, and then nodded: "Then let me go. If you need anything, just tell daddy!"
Ni Yanying said goodbye to him with a smile and skipped out.
She just left Ni Jidao, glanced at no one around her, and her face darkened. It was the same as the sky before the heavy rain in the East. The cold air was overflowing, and there was a look of resentment in her eyes. She was looking at the ground fiercely. He took a sip and cursed in a low voice: "You evil old man! He tries so hard to please me, showing filial piety and consideration in every possible way. What's the point of that?!"
Doesn’t the picture mean that Ni Jidao was so fond of her daughter that he paid special attention to her marriage? !
It turns out that after all those years of painstaking flattery, Ni Jidao really remembered her daughter, but he couldn't help but find her a well-matched, talented and beautiful husband, instead of letting her be a child!
Now that people are used to it, when Ni Yanying learned the news, she almost wanted to pick up the bottle that was half a person's height beside her legs and hit her father on the head so hard that he would be killed!
"I can't do it now, I beg you to bear it any longer!" She held her legs hidden in her sleeves tightly and persuaded herself, "Mrs. Feng is willing to accept him as her adopted daughter. This is a very good start. , what is the plan of the Prince of Bulong Mi Zhen County? In short, he just convinced the old thing and agreed to let him come to the east to have more contact with Mrs. Feng and the others. The power of the Gaomi King's faction should be borrowed... But even if it is borrowed With that strength, it’s not yet time to fall out with the old guy... He has to keep pretending!"
She squinted her eyes slightly, with a cold light flashing in her eyes, "When he doesn't need to be patient anymore... Let's see if he can kill my old thief!!!"
... Sheng Weiqiao didn't know anything about the Ni family's father and daughter. When she sent Jinli to pick up Ni Yanying from Ni's house, was she mentally prepared for the Ni family's obstruction? It turned out that the Ni family did express reluctance, but After Jinli had a fit as instructed, Mrs. Zhang took Ni Yanying out.
When she received the report that Jinli walked to the backyard with Ni Yanying, Sheng Weiqiao was a little confused and wondered what happened to the Ni family? Since the Meng family is on the side, why should the son and daughter-in-law of the wrong King of Gaomi avoid suspicion
Ni Yanyong might have something to ask for in the Feng family. It's just that he was young and ignorant, so what did Ni Jidao and his wife think
Is it true that the Ni family really has some conspiracy
But a girl who was only fifteen years old entered the governor's mansion alone, what kind of trouble would she cause
Sheng Weiqiao couldn't figure it out.
Bu Nao's doubts turned into doubts, and it was announced that Ms. Feng could finally recognize Dong Ni Yanying, the adopted daughter, in public, so she could gather her energy and entertain her "cousin" warmly.
When Sheng Weiqiao was exchanging greetings with Ni Yanying, he came from Chang'an, thousands of miles away.
Chongxin Hou Mansion, front yard, study room.
The maid Hua Yan walked in the door carrying the tray a little frightened.