Jiang Yuchao has been staying peacefully in Mingyue Temple these days, learning to read characters and getting used to the layout of books in this world. There are no punctuation marks, and it is not like the modern plain language. It was really difficult to read at first, but it was necessary. Otherwise, she would not be able to understand the dowry list, various land deeds, and the indentures of slaves. Maybe she would be at a disadvantage in the future when she quarreled with others. She must not suffer this loss of education.
Seeing how calm she was as a master, the slaves and servants who cried for two days finally calmed down and began to carefully please her. This was an era when slave trading was legal, and the masters who owned the slaves' indentures had the power of life and death, so these servants who basically belonged to Xiao Jinyue all wanted the best for her, and most of them were concerned about her and worried about her. These were generally known as "loyal servants."
It was just that Jiang Yuchao was not easy to get along with. In her previous world, she had no relatives or friends. She was indifferent to everyone except a star she was crazy about. She had no interest in making friends here. She didn't like so many people around her, but she didn't send these servants away. They were all kept in this yard. If she didn't like them, she would let them stay in other rooms and do some chores. If they didn't make trouble, she would ignore them.
After a few days, some smart servants understood her preferences. They changed their previous timid attitude and came to serve her actively. Jiang Yuchao did not drive them away. Gradually, he would give them some instructions and occasionally chat with them.
"I went out to buy cakes for my master today, and heard people talking about how Prince Yu whipped the son of Du Shangshu so hard that he rolled on the ground, which was a complete loss of face. But after today's incident, I'm afraid few people will dare to talk about Prince Yu's affairs openly again." The maid Lan Qiao was a bold one. She was not liked by Xiao Jinyue before, but now she has become the first person in front of Jiang Yuchao. She often went out to buy things that were not available in Mingyue Temple, and she was well-informed.
Jiang Yuchao read the words in the book and curled his lips when he heard it. Prince Yu had suffered a lot from rumors these days, but he couldn't vent his anger. Now he caught a chicken that talked too much, so he had to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys. No one dared to talk about this matter openly, but it was not certain in private.
When Jiang Yuchao read the original novel, he knew that Prince Yu married Xiao Jinyue in order to gain the support of Prime Minister Xiao and obtain the position of commander of Dongshan Camp. Later, when he had secured his position, he wanted to get rid of Xiao Jinyue. He pretended to be ignorant of the women in the mansion who framed her and even took advantage of the situation to divorce Xiao Jinyue in this way, not caring how the cowardly Xiao Jinyue would live her life after the news got out.
Now let him taste the hurt of rumors. This bitch wants to throw people away like a shit pot, she will slap him in the face, no one in this life can mess with her, whoever messes with her she will mess with him.
"Master! Master, something bad has happened!" Guiying came in hurriedly and said quickly, "The fourth young lady and the two young ladies Jinzhu and Jinshan are here with their people."
Lan Qiao stood up immediately, "The fourth young lady has always been at odds with you, my master. This time she's back, it must be bad news. Master, should we prepare for it?"
Jiang Yuchao said, "Prepare a plate of melon seeds for yourself, then close the gate and tell everyone to keep quiet for a while."
After a while, a cute female voice came from outside the door, "Why is the door closed? Doesn't our third sister live here? You, go open the door quickly."
Someone knocked and pushed the door loudly, but unfortunately the door was very sturdy and there was no bolt from the inside, so the people outside couldn't open it at all.
"Where are the maids? Why isn't there even a servant? They didn't even come to open the door when they heard the noise! What a nonsense!" said a pretty female voice angrily.
Jiang Yuchao in the courtyard turned a deaf ear to the sound and wondered who the familiar traditional Chinese character in the book belonged to.
"Hey! Is there anyone inside? Open the door!"
"Third sister? Xiao Jinyue! Open the door! How could you lock us out!"
"Yes, yes, Third Sister must be in there. We sisters came to see you, but why are you so disinterested in sibling love? Are you afraid to see people?"
No matter what the people outside the courtyard said or shouted, Jiang Yuchao remained silent, and the courtyard was quiet. Xiao Jinxiang outside the courtyard finally got such an opportunity to go out, just to mock and humiliate Xiao Jinyue, and also to vent her anger. For this reason, she specially brought her two younger sisters from her uncle's family with her, just to see Xiao Jinyue embarrassed. Who knew that she couldn't even get in the door, didn't humiliate anyone, and returned empty-handed, which made her angry again.
After the people outside the door left, Jiang Yuchao was still reading. Lan Qiao held a plate of melon seeds and whispered angrily: "Master, why don't you let them in? They think we are afraid of them."
Jiang Yuchao turned a page of the book. "Knowing that they were well prepared, we still confronted them head-on. Isn't that stupid when we are not in an advantageous position? Winning an argument does not mean victory. Why do we argue with others? Isn't it to vent our anger? There is only one purpose, which is to piss off the other person. So let's not look at the process first, but see who is angrier at the end."
When Lan Qiao heard this, he remembered how the Fourth Young Miss and the others were chattering outside the courtyard in anger and could not get in no matter what. They were indeed very angry before they left. Then, seeing that their master was as steady as a rock throughout the whole process, Lan Qiao suddenly felt that his side had won, and he instantly laughed happily with a relaxed mood.
Jiang Yuchao took a look at her and felt that this little girl was a reckless and impulsive player. She didn't say much and continued reading.
One of the rules of quarreling is that if you want to be invincible, you must have a stable mentality.
Here, Xiao Jinxiang returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion smelling hot. In order to humiliate Xiao Jinyue today, she specially put on gorgeous new clothes, put on new jewelry, and dressed up brightly and beautifully. Such grandness was just to highlight Xiao Jinyue's current misery. However, she was so well prepared but had no place to use it. How could she not be angry
Mrs. Xiao saw that she came back angrily and asked her, "Why are you so angry? Didn't I ask you to deliver a letter?"
Xiao Jinxiang then remembered that she had a mission to deliver a letter when she went to see Xiao Jinyue. The old lady of the Xiao family will hold a birthday banquet next month, and the two Xiao family members in Luodu will go to celebrate the birthday of the old lady. Their family is the second family, and the old lady lives with the first family. Although Xiao Jinyue was divorced and had a bad reputation, it would be too unfilial if she didn't go to celebrate the birthday of her grandmother at this time, so Prime Minister Xiao asked Madam Xiao to deliver the letter in advance.
Xiao Jinxiang volunteered to take on this task, but when the time came, she forgot about it because she was so angry. "I forgot... But it's not my fault! Xiao Jinyue didn't open the door at all, and didn't see us. The door was closed. I don't know what dirty things she was doing in there!"
Madam Xiao frowned, then relaxed her brows and patted her daughter's hand. "Forget it, why are you angry with her? She can't compare with you now. She is just an abandoned woman without a reputation. She will be destined to stay in that broken Taoist temple for the rest of her life. Even if you must make things difficult for her, you can still humiliate her on the day of the old lady's birthday banquet. You are just too impatient."
When Xiao Jinxiang heard this, she became happy again and was eagerly waiting for that day to come.
In many melodramatic novels, there is always a character who inexplicably has a grudge against the heroine and loves to bully her sister. Basically, their characters seem to be copied and pasted, brainless, arrogant and vicious, and no one knows why they always like the same man as the heroine.
Madam Xiao sent a maid to Mingyue Temple to deliver a message to Xiao Jinyue, informing her of Madam Xiao's birthday banquet next month.
Guiying and Lanqiao began to worry that Xiao Jinyue would be laughed at and bullied when she went there. Jiang Yuchao himself was not weak at all. Xiao Jinyue was a weakling in the eyes of other people in the Xiao family, but in Jiang Yuchao's eyes, they were the weaklings, because people with dignity could never beat those without dignity. When had she ever been weak in a fight with others? If they were all people like Concubine Li, Xiao Jinxiang, and Madam Xiao, she could beat five hundred of them by herself.
No difficulty at all.
Whether it is time travel or fighting, the basic law must be followed. When Jiang Yuchao came to this world, he first figured out the relationship in Xiao Jinyue's family, and then looked at the relevant laws and customs to understand this world. Married women from wealthy families like her actually have a good life. In this dynasty, the constraints on women are not so great. At least widows can remarry, and activities such as immersing in pig cages have not been invented yet.
Her main task now is not to offend the patriarch, Prime Minister Xiao. There is nothing else to pay attention to. Even though Madam Xiao hated Xiao Jinyue in the past, she couldn't kill her. Assassination and poisoning are not popular in this novel world. Therefore, Jiang Yuchao's reason is not a brainless reason, but a rational reason.
Early in the morning of Mrs. Xiao's birthday banquet, Jiang Yuchao finished dressing up and went by car. She was wearing low-key but festive clothes, with a calm face, completely unnoticed.
Of course, Xiao Jinxiang, who had been waiting for her for a long time, would not let her go easily. Seeing that she was alone, she quickly came to her side and shook her chest at her like a proud hen, "Oh, the third sister is finally here."
Here comes the drama. Jiang Yuchao looked around and sat down first, not giving her a chance to speak again, and said to her softly, "What's wrong, little bitch, do you want to talk to me about something?"
Xiao Jinxiang was stunned: "... What did you call me?"
Jiang Yuchao: "What's wrong? Sister called you a silly child."
Xiao Jinxiang: "No, you clearly, you clearly called me, called me a bitch, how dare you!"
Jiang Yuchao shouted, "How can a girl say such vulgar words!"
Xiao Jinxiang was stunned, "You said it first!"
Jiang Yuchao: "It's obviously you who slandered my sister. Did anyone else hear it?"
There were only the two of them here. Jiang Yuchao said that in a low voice, and with a smile. In the eyes of people far away, it seemed that Xiao Jinyue was kind and Xiao Jinxiang was angry. Xiao Jinxiang was almost mad. She forgot all the insults and sarcasms she had prepared, and was led astray by Jiang Yuchao's words.
A contestant whose brain is full of storms, but whose performance is not normal on the spot. Jiang Yuchao has often encountered this kind of person in the past. It is very easy to bully this kind of person. First, you can disrupt her rhythm, and then calmly watch her jump up and down. She will become more and more angry, and she will be even more angry when she thinks about it later. She can kill herself by imagining it.
Xiao Jinxiang panted hard and gritted her teeth, "What's so great about you? You've been divorced by Prince Yu!"
Jiang Yuchao smiled at her: "That's great, I finally don't have to be a widow anymore."
Xiao Jinxiang screamed, "Don't you dare talk about Prince Yu like that? He is the greatest man in the world! You slander him because you can't get his love!"
Jiang Yuchao: Oh no, it hurts to talk about your favorite idol.
She didn't argue with Xiao Jinxiang. There happened to be a bonsai pine on the small table beside her. She picked one and placed it in front of Xiao Jinxiang, "Sister, look at this pine needle."
Xiao Jinxiang was stunned by what she said. Pine needles? What's wrong with pine needles
Jiang Yuchao sighed and shook his head: "Why is it so thin? It's not much thicker than a needle. What's the use of it?" He said with a subtle smile and blew the pine needle away.
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