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 renovate it. He only said that the Wen family was complicated and didn't need to be too close, but he didn't say anything about alienating her.
In the final analysis, everything Qi Erlang does is for his wife and children, and what Ye Jiao likes is what he likes.
Even though Qi Yun is now noncommittal to the Wen family because of the porcelain thing, he did not stop Ye Jiao from making friends.
Ye Jiao posted a post to the Wen family when she posted the invitation, but judging from what the servant said at the time, she didn't think the Wen family was so enthusiastic, but she didn't expect that the wife of the Wen family would be the first to come.
She helped the hairpin on her head, looked in the mirror, and turned to look at Xiao Su: "Does it look good?"
Xiaosu's ears turned red, and she nodded quickly: "Good-looking, the second young lady is very good-looking."
This is not Xiao Su's unwilling flattery, but Qi Yun has made it clear that he likes dressing up his wife these days. Beads and hairpins are given away in turn, and silk and satin are chosen casually. Ye Jiao is not a stingy person, she just keeps whatever she likes. Of course there is no shortage of things to dress up.
And Qi Yun specially invited a woman who is proficient in these things to help her choose a match.
A woman who doesn't usually dress up is either too bland, or just messing around with her head as a jewelry store.
However, Qi Yun thought about it carefully, and specially asked the wife to come. Ye Jiao had a good foundation, and she looked very good after a little tidying up.
However, in a few days, what used to be just a delicate and charming little ginseng became a rich lady who is now elegant and graceful.
But for Ye Jiao, it's just changing into more beautiful clothes and wearing more beautiful jewelry, and the others don't feel anything at all.
She smiled at the mirror again, and took Xiao Su to the front hall.
After waiting, I saw that it was not only the wife of the Wen family who was here, but Princess Hua Ning was also sitting inside.
But Ye Jiao was stunned when she saw Mrs. Wen's.
In fact, Little Ginseng has seen quite a few people now, and her heart is clear and her eyes are clear. Even if she can't guess what many people have in mind, her first impression of people is always accurate.
There are good ones and bad ones, whether they are close or distant, Ye Jiao has seen them all, but she has rarely seen someone who looks like this in front of her.
No sadness and no joy, sitting there indifferently, his eyes looked into the distance lightly, revealing a bit of indifferent death...
Huh, looks familiar.
Ye Jiao blinked and suddenly remembered, isn't this similar to the Qi Yun she had seen before
At that time, the little ginseng was just an adult, everything was vague, and he didn't understand anything. On the wedding night, he only remembered that the new husband was thinner, whiter, and duller, and he didn't know anything.
Later, when Ye Jiao recalled, she realized that Qi Yun was dead at that time, counting her days every day. If it wasn't for her family, I would have found that Qi Erlang would have found a well and jumped into it long ago, thus avoiding the pain and suffering.
This also made Ye Jiao not like listening to the life and death that was easily said by the mouth. She wanted Qi Yun to live, instead of living with the will of death.
Now Qi Yun has long lost that thought, Qi Erlang wished he could live two hundred years, and he felt a loss for one day less.
As a result, Ye Jiao saw a familiar look on this strange woman's face again.
Shi Shi realized that someone was coming in, and when she turned her head to see Ye Jiao, a gentle expression appeared on her face, she stood up, and bowed slightly: "Mrs. Qi."
After all, Ye Jiao was staring at the etiquette rules that Liu Shi had practiced for a long time. Her body responded faster than her mind, and then she said, "Mrs. Wen," Ye Jiao remembered and said to Xiao Su, "Bring some cloud cakes."
When Xiao Su heard the words, she was stunned for a moment before leaving quickly, but she felt very strange in her heart.
This cloud cake is what my second young grandmother wanted to eat in the morning. It has been steaming in the small kitchen, and Ye Jiao has never been modest about eating it. As a result, she took it out to a woman who had met such a face. Different.
Little Su didn't know, Ye Jiao was also curious and confused.
Looking at her face, this Mrs. Wen was in good health, and she was very wealthy when she looked at her clothes, so she shouldn't be so low-hearted.
Shi Shi didn't know that she was being seen through, so she and Ye Jiao separated and sat down without saying much.
On the other hand, Hua Ning smiled and said, "Jiao Niang, you're here, have you had breakfast yet? I brought some chicken porridge from Linxianlou. It's still hot. Would you like to eat some together?"
Although Ye Jiao had eaten it in the morning, it was really hard to manage the tea party. After hearing Hua Ning's words, she unconsciously touched her stomach, and then nodded obediently: "Okay, let's go together."
When Shi Shi heard this, he felt that he didn't need to push hard.
Although she didn't know what the relationship between Princess Hua Ning and Ye Jiao was, she knew they were close just by listening to them.
Who knew that Ye Jiao looked at her and said, "Mrs Wen, are you hungry?"
Shi Shi's movements stopped, if she had just avoided it, she knew the rules and etiquette, but now that people asked her if it was not appropriate to hide again, she smiled gently, nodded and sat down.
Waiting for the porridge to be filled, Shi Shi smiled lightly: "Our two families live close to each other. I saw that your mansion was busy, so I didn't come to visit. I received the post today, so I thought I would come earlier, so as not to disturb Mrs. Qi. Bar?"
"Of course not." Ye Jiao looked at her and smiled, her eyes looked as clear as water.
Shi Shi was taken aback by this smile.
She didn't come from a good background. She lived with her brother. When she was still a boudoir girl, she had to work so that her brother could study for the imperial examination. Later, she married the Wen family as a sequel. Life was not easy. And because Shi Tianrui was reprimanded, Shi Clan lost his original trust again.
Looking at Shi Shi's youth, in fact, his heart is already old.
Afterwards, the quarrel among the housewives made Shishi forget what pure laughter is.
Looking at Ye Jiao's smiling face now, Shi opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.
She had received a letter from the Zheng family, and knew that the second young grandmother of the Qi family was the best one to get along with, but now that she really saw it, Shi did not understand why the Zheng family liked her so much.
This is a woman who is warm and warm at first glance, translucent like water, and bright like the sun.
It's just that people who have been cold for too long and suddenly see the sun will feel both yearning and fear.
Hua Ning glanced at Shi Shi and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, your two families are also old, and Mrs. Wen's brother is the magistrate of your place."
Ye Jiao heard this and couldn't help but look at Shi Shi.
Shi Shi was shocked. In her opinion, Shi Tianrui was kicked out of the capital, and Zheng Shi had no connection with the family even if she was a woman, and she never disclosed any communication with the noble girl in Beijing. Now she was suddenly arrested by Hua Ning. The eldest princess was inevitably apprehensive when she mentioned it.
But in the end, she has been a senior lady in the capital for many years. She should be calm. Shi Shi quickly raised her head and said with a small smile on her face: "My brother is indeed sitting outside the magistrate, and it is rare to grow up. Her Royal Highness still remembers."
Hua Ning smiled and said in a meaningful tone: "Shi Tianrui is a good official, not only I remember it, but my brother also remembers it, and I won't forget it."
These words are a little deliberate and a little unintentional, but in the end they are revealing the news.
Shi shi tightened her fingertips, finally unable to hide her surprise, and finally dared to look directly at Hua Ning.
Hua Ning smiled at her, but said no more.
Ye Jiao held a spoon and said with a smile, "Wanying also wrote me a letter before, saying that Master Shi was very good, and Wanying asked me to wait a little longer. She will come to the capital to find me soon."
Wanying is Zheng's small print...
Shi Shi bit the tip of his tongue to calm himself down, but his head was still messed up.
She suddenly felt that she suddenly heard a lot of things today that she never dared to think about before.
It turned out that my brother was not really abandoned.
It turned out that what my sister-in-law said before was not intended to comfort her, but true.
It turns out... She still has hope.
It's just that Shi Shi hid these words in his heart and didn't reveal a word. He just remembered Zheng Shi's advice in the letter.
Her brother and sister-in-law had already said that she was stupid for letting her get close to Ye Jiao, she couldn't see it, and hoped it wasn't too late.
She can bear it, but it's not really stupid. She can finally have hope for the stagnant days, which is like a new life for women.
So when Shishi looked at Ye Jiao again, she pursed her lips and said softly, "Mrs. Qi, you and I live close by, can I come and talk to you if I have nothing to do in the future?"
With some caution, but also with some shyness.
Following Shi's mother-in-law, she was surprised to see that her own wife, who had always been plain as water, was so cautious and serious now.
Ye Jiao looked at her with a smile. Since she knew it was Shi Tianrui's younger sister, of course she would not refuse, and nodded neatly, "Okay."
After a few people finished using the porridge, Ye Jiao already knew that Shi's nickname was Yingxiu, and Shi's name could also call her Jiao Niang with a smile.
Xiao Su on the side was surprised. She followed Ye Jiao for so many years and felt that her second young grandmother was extraordinarily capable. Whether it was the lady of the Dong family, the lady of the Meng family, or the lady of the Zheng family, the second young lady of her family could meet her for the first time. get close.
This is really patience.
Ye Jiao felt that compared to the dead energy just now, Shi Shi was actually a lot more alive now.
Little Ginseng didn't know how many ups and downs Shi Shi's mood had experienced just now, but it was just a few words, but it was like a rebirth. For Ye Jiao, it was just a few homely sentences.
After all, it was clearly just a bowl of porridge...
Could it be that she came here hungry, so she was so sad
The little ginseng who had eaten the soil, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed correctly, and his heart was inexplicably more moved.
She thought that it was rare for Yingxiu to come over early even if she was hungry.
Therefore, when going to the back hall, Ye Jiao held her in his arms and said, "Don't come so early in the future, or Yingxiu said earlier when you came, I'll prepare breakfast for you."
How could Shi Shi know what Ye Jiao was thinking, only if Ye Jiao was really treating her well, this woman who had been in the cold Wen family for many years held Ye Jiao's hand tightly and nodded vigorously: "Okay, I I remembered it all."
And Hua Ning did not follow them to the back hall, but went to find Xu Bao to play.
After about an hour, the wives of each family brought their own girls to the Qi family.
Among these people, the Qi family and the Wen family were the most prominent.
It has to be said that Ye Pingrong and Hua Ning helped Qi Er and his wife choose a very good house, not only because of the good house itself, but also because none of the neighbors were overly prominent.
In fact, if you want to find a house adjacent to everyone, you can't find it, but there are differences between the families. You have to adapt to everything when you first enter Beijing. This must be unpleasant.
It is better to be a big family as soon as you move in, and your life will be much more comfortable.
Sure enough, Ye Jiao felt that this tea party was no different from when she was in her hometown.
To recognize people, greet people, chat, and listen to real or fake flattery or gossip, all Ye Jiao needs to do is to write down the names of these people, then put the shelf up and laugh.
However, as they talked, someone talked about the incident where Mrs. Shen was making trouble outside Qi's house.
"Speaking of which, that woman is still going to enter the palace. I heard that she was helped by the Sun family and has already lived in the Sun family."
I don't know who said this, but as soon as he said it, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down.
Ye Jiao was eating cloud cakes and felt the surrounding quiet, so she raised her head a little strangely and looked at Shi Shi subconsciously.
Just because among these people, Shi Shi was the one who was slightly related to her, and the first reaction was to look for her, wanting to ask who the Sun family was, and who was the big girl Shen.
Obviously, Jiao Niang had already forgotten about the "female liar".
But before Ye Jiao could speak, Shi Shi had already put down the teacup.
This action made everyone catch their breath.
It's because everyone knew in their hearts that what they said just now was a stab in the lungs of two people.
Miss Shen is the woman to be selected, and her future is bright. Ye Jiao may have a hard time if she offends others, and she will bring Ye Jiao's face if she says it face to face.
And the Sun family that took in the big girl Shen was the natal family of the Wen family's concubine, the Sun family.
Many people secretly hated in their hearts the people who talked just now. It really is a pot that can't be opened and raised.
But Shi didn't think about the Sun family at all. After all, in her opinion, the Wen family was just a mess, and she didn't care who lived.
But Ye Jiao is a good person, even if it is for the bowl of chicken porridge just now, Shi Shi will not let Ye Jiao lose face at this first tea party.
His eyes swept around the crowd indifferently, Shi Shi tugged at the handkerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said lightly, "That Lady Shen has already lost her dignity when she was making trouble in the street. Renhou, why is it wrong in your mouth? If you really envy the Sun family's ability to climb high branches, you might as well send your daughter to the palace, and maybe you can be a noble master."
As soon as these words came out, everyone shrank their necks.
Everyone knows in their hearts that those who are pushed up can be nobles, but the daughters of merchants like them can only be palace maids when they enter the palace. Who would be willing to let their daughters suffer
Seeing that they didn't speak anymore, Shi Shi said, "You guys have this idle heart, why don't you talk more about your own property, I don't know if you want to come to Jiao Niang."
When I mentioned this, all those things just now were left behind, and we immediately started chatting enthusiastically.
The reason why the Qi family was stared at by so many people was because of Qi Yun's wealth and the golden plaque.
After these days, everyone knows that Qi Yun loves this lady very much. If they can build a good relationship, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing to be able to watch and help each other in the mall in the future
As for what kind of strife, it doesn't matter in the eyes of the merchant's wife!
Businessmen are good at this. As long as they can make money, they never care about the details.
When the banquet was over, Ye Jiao rubbed her face first and muttered, "I can't invite so many people next time, I'm so tired."
Shi Shi poured her a cup of tea and smiled lightly: "You don't have to come often, usually this tea party and flower viewing banquet also has its own set of regulations, I will talk to you in detail when I have time another day. ."
Ye Jiao nodded immediately when she heard it. She was used to being straightforward, and she said in a soft voice, "Yingxiu, you've been so kind to me, you've helped me a lot."
Shi shi's face was rarely red, and her normally calm temper seemed to have no effect suddenly. She said a few more words to Ye Jiao, then got up to leave, and lowered her head as she helped her away.
Hua Ning heard the truth behind him. When he came out with Xu Bao in his arms, he sat down in front of Ye Jiao and said sincerely, "Jiao Niang, you are really amazing."
She just deliberately vented the Shi family because she knew that Chu Chengyun was now replacing the imperial power around him. Many of those who were reprimanded before were the pillars left by the late emperor to Chu Chengyun, and it was the late emperor who reprimanded them. In the future, it is Chu Chengyun who will be forgiven and recalled, so that these people can be grateful to Chu Chengyun, and naturally more loyal.
Among them, Shi Tianrui was the one who Hua Ning heard from Chu Chengyun's praise. Only then would Hua Ning give Shi Shi some rumors and form a good relationship.
What Hua Ning didn't expect was that it was the porridge that he brought and the wind that he had let through himself, but Shi's mind was focused on Ye Jiao.
But after thinking about it, Hua Ning looked at Ye Jiao with a smile: "It's no wonder, who doesn't like Jiao Niang?"
Ye Jiao was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Xu Bao was playing with the little gold bracelet that Hua Ning had just given him. Hearing this, he immediately raised his head and said, "Mother is so beautiful!"
As soon as these words came out, both women laughed, and Hua Ning lowered his head and kissed Xu Bao non-stop, leaving several red lipstick marks.
But at this moment, Mrs. Mo walked in angrily, and when she saw there were guests, she hurriedly saluted, with some hesitation on her face.
Ye Jiao stretched out her hand to squeeze Xu Bao's little hand, and said, "It's okay, let's talk."
"Yes." Mrs. Mo took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "Second young lady, the next door is too outrageous. I asked the servant at the door just now and said that the person next door suddenly ran over during the tea party. Their concubine, Mrs. Sun, was pregnant with a child, and they made a fuss to let Mrs. Wen go over to take a look, but it was the people brought by Mrs. Wen who held her down, otherwise they would be afraid of making trouble."
As soon as she said this, Ye Jiao's first reaction was to cover Xu Bao's ears and prevent him from listening, for fear that Xu Bao would learn to talk nonsense about these wives and concubines.
Hua Ning snorted lightly.
She grew up in the palace, and she has never seen any means. There are many people in the palace who will shout when she is pregnant, but often the louder they shout, the more miserable they die.
It's just that Hua Ning won't say it clearly. It's not only shameful, but also afraid to scare people. Hua Ning 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 while, and said softly, "Second Young Mistress, I heard rumors from outside that it was Wen Jialiu Lang who was definitely going to high school this time."
Mrs. Mo couldn't help but glance at Xiaosu, thinking that she only thought Xiaosu was young and not fully understood. Now it seems that she can understand everything outside, and she thinks that she has used her mind.
Hua Ning raised her eyebrows, she didn't need to say more to figure it out: "This is the son of that noble concubine? It's crazy to think that his son can do it like this, not to mention that it depends on fortune. The results of the exam will be heard in the sky, and the examiner must also consider the character, and if you act like this, you can be blown away."
Ye Jiao didn't care about these disturbances, she just looked at Mrs. Mo and asked, "Did Yingxiu see it?"
Mrs. Mo nodded and said, "Mrs. Wen's family has personally tied them up and brought them back."
Ye Jiao didn't ask any more questions when she saw that Shi's family had regulations, she released her hand covering Xu Bao's ears, hugged her fat son into her arms, and said with a smile to Hua Ning, "We'll have lunch together later. Let's have chicken soup at noon."
Hearing this, Xu Bao shook his head and asked softly, "Xiao Hei?"
Xiao Su shook, but Ye Jiao poked his nose: "No, it's alright. Does Xu Bao eat it?"
Xu Bao nodded neatly: "Eat!"
Ye Jiao said to Mrs. Mo, "Bring him some porridge with chicken broth, add two milk steamed buns, and vegetables..."
"Xubao doesn't eat vegetables, Xubao eats meat!" Xiao Pangdun arched his body hard.
Ye Jiao just hugged him tightly and rubbed his face. Little ginseng, who had already learned a lot of medicine, classics and pharmacology, paid special attention to this aspect: "Eat it all, or you won't be able to grow taller in the future than Xiao Hei. Still short."
This threat was obviously very effective, Xu Bao immediately closed his mouth, buried his face in Ye Jiao's arms and stopped talking.
Hua Ning couldn't straighten his waist while laughing, but Xu Bao could hear that he was laughing at him, so he grunted and hugged Ye Jiao tighter.
Ye Jiao patted Little Fatty's back, looked at Hua Ning and asked, "How about you, Hua Ning?"
Hua Ning took a sip of tea, and finally adjusted his mood, and then said: "I can't do it, the emperor's sister-in-law is not in good health recently, I got a wild ginseng and I'm going to send it to the palace, I'll be leaving in a while. ."
Wild ginseng.
Again, it is not the ginseng of a good family when you hear the name.
The name made Ye Jiao's eyebrows jump, but she didn't say anything, but suddenly remembered Queen Meng.
When I heard Hua Ning talk about Empress Meng before, Ye Jiao had no idea, but in the two months in the capital, Ye Jiao was not completely ignorant.
There are rumors that this time, Queen Gein has no children.
Although not every woman has to have children, it is indeed very difficult for Empress Meng to be in a high position without a child by her side.
Wild ginseng has no effect in this regard. At most, it is better to strengthen the body. It is better to hold hands with yourself.
Something really effective is being planted in the adjoining wing.
Ye Jiao thought of this and said to Xiao Su, "Go and bring a pot of auspicious flowers." Then she looked at Hua Ning, smiled and said, "Take this with you, it's easy to care for, and put it in the water. It’s good for the body to live.”
Hua Ning knew that Ye Jiao was well-versed in medical theory, so naturally he would not refuse. After Xiao Su moved the flower pot, he said, "It's really beautiful, and the name is good. Don't worry, I will definitely hand it over to the Queen's Wife."
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!"
"OK."
Xiao Su followed behind, sighing inwardly, feeling that his young master was still remembering that Xiao Hei robbed him of his milk cake... In terms of revenge, the young master and the second young master are really father and son.
In a blink of an eye, a few days passed, and on the day of the trial release, I was going to watch the list together, but Ruyi had a cough in the morning. Qi Ming did not let his brothers and sisters work for him, and asked them to take good care of the children. Gongyuan.
Before he got there, Qi Ming saw Ye Pingrong.
Qi Ming smiled and trotted over, the first thing to do was to find where Chu Chengyun was.
After all, Chu Chengyun accompanied Qi Ming all the way to the exam. Whether it was the previous government exam or the current general exam, Chu Chengyun was always there for him.
But this time, Chu Chengyun disappeared.
Seeing Qi Ming's doubtful gaze, Ye Pingrong coughed softly and said slowly, "Young Master San has something to do today, so I can't accompany you to watch the list. This time I specifically asked me to come over."