Aunt Wu saw that the eldest lady and the second lady were going to Jinseyuan, and she didn't go up to it ignorantly, but went back to Lanyuexuan.
Madam has changed a lot this time, not only in her relationship with the three girls, but also in her dealings with others. Aunt Wu naturally saw it in her eyes.
Before the change, there is no need for the old lady to mention these things, and the lady will naturally arrange it properly, and no one will pull it down.
But this time-
Aunt Wu always felt that things were not as simple as what the eldest lady said, but it was irrefutable.
With Madam YouQi, after Aunt Pei's frame-up was unsuccessful and she was arrested, Aunt Wu no longer dared to go to Madam's side. She could feel Madam's eyes looking at her very complicated. She doesn't know if this kind of complexity will explode one day, she can only keep herself low-key and low-key, and try not to be conspicuous.
Only the daughter suffers!
Looking at Yan Chan, who was obedient and obedient, Concubine Wu felt a sense of regret.
The fifth girl is not too young. If the wife does not care in the future, what will happen to her marriage! But starting from her first step, she made a mistake, and in the future, the more and more mistakes she made, she could only get deeper.
As soon as I stepped into the courtyard gate, I heard the girl come to report that the second girl had been waiting in the house.
Entering the room, I saw a petite, delicate and slender girl sitting on a square chair in the hall.
Yan Qian is now more and more like Aunt Pei, with her delicate figure like a weak willow Fufeng, and her facial features, melon-seed face, exquisite nose, and small cherry mouth.
"Second girl, what is the matter with Lanyuexuan?" As she said, she let Yan Chan go to the back room.
Yan Chan glanced at her worriedly, but went in obediently.
"What do you think I can do here?"
Concubine Wu's smile was stiff, her silver teeth gritted: "Madam has changed the rules now, it's not like you didn't see it. That nurtured mama was hired by the eldest madam for money, and even the two girls in the third room couldn't get along. The second lady, the lady has not mentioned it. The concubine thinks that the lady is working hard with me, it is better to go to the lady to ask for forgiveness, maybe it will be better. "
Aunt Wu had no idea what these two girls were thinking. A concubine who was begging for food under her aunt, her own aunt had offended her to death, and she dared to pretend not to meet her when she came back that day.
She did embarrass Shen Yiyao, but Shen Yiyao didn't take it to heart. Since you're not feeling well, you can take good care of yourself in the house, so that you can't even go to Rong'an Tang at this moment, so you can only come to bother her.
Naturally, she didn't know that Yan Qian hated Shen Yiyao to death, and Yan Yan was also involved. Even though he knew that he should accept this softness, he couldn't get over the hurdle in his heart for a while. Afterwards, I did regret it, but what is the use of regretting it now!
Yan Qian smiled in vain, her eyes sharp, "Not only does it not have my share, but also Yan Chan."
Concubine Wu lowered her eyebrows, "The fifth girl is still young, so I'm not in a hurry right now."
But Yan Qian is a month older than Yan Yan, and she is now fourteen.
Yan Qian's calm expression could no longer be maintained, and she said sharply, "Aunt Wu, don't forget that you still have the handle in my hands.
It was my aunt who took matters into her own hands, do you think you can still sit here now? It is estimated that it is also the end of Qingpuan. "
"If it wasn't for Aunt Pei's coercion, the concubine wouldn't have the courage to offend the lady. One is a child and has children. Only those who are stupid will go against the lady. Isn't the consequence coming out now? What is she? You don't have to do it, just ignore it, it's enough to clean up and wait for me!"
These words were full of sarcasm and self-deprecating, so Yan Qian was speechless.
Continuing to make matters worse, Concubine Wu continued: "Not only you, but also your brother. I only know that it is short-sighted to care for the old lady. She can do much more than give some food and drink. Besides, she can live for a few more years. If you don't please the Lord Hou and his wife, I'm afraid you won't even be able to talk about a daughter-in-law in the future."
Saying that, Concubine Wu showed a gloomy and inexplicable smile, "Of course, being a mistress is a bit generous, and you have to worry about your reputation. She will definitely not let you get married, or let your concubine not get married, sweetheart. Difficult marriages abound, and it is enough for you to have a random family."
"You don't need to provoke me with these words, I can't do it, do you think Yan Chan can do it?"
"The fifth girl will not be well either. Who made me blind as my aunt and blinded my heart, and listened to your instigation to harm Madam. But this is her life, who let her be my aunt."
Aunt Wu's shattering attitude made Yan Qian's heart tighten, and an uncontrollable panic swirled in her heart, "How can you—"
"So now it's up to each of us to secure our destiny. Let's each put incense in the house and pray for Madam to be free."
After all, Yan Qian was still too young. After being so frightened, she couldn't stop panicking. She said, "Aunt Wu, you can't do this. You promised my aunt to protect me."
Aunt Wu smiled sarcastically, "My aunt is not even a master, how can He De protect you? Haven't you always been big on ideas, why do you use the past to oppress me, this poor person? ."
"I, I..." After a while, Yan Qian said again, "I will listen to my aunt in the future."
Aunt Wu looked at her, sighed deeply, and said for a long time, "Now we are all grasshoppers on a rope. If it doesn't get better for me, it won't help you either. Since Madam came back, she has never paid attention to us, but She can, but we can't. Tomorrow you will go to greet Madam, and be more diligent in the future to see if you can relax a little. Your brother can't relax, but fortunately you didn't leave it behind on weekdays and let him A few words from the old lady. I think in this case, the lady may take the three girls out to socialize soon, it is best to let the old lady speak and bring all the girls in the house. "
Yan Qian hesitated, breaking a sentence and stuffing it into her heart. Her mouth is full of bitterness at the moment, and this bitterness has been pervading her heart since her aunt was sent away.
"Mother Zhao should also work hard to see if she can put in some money and let her help. The third lady can't pull it down either. I hope she can pay attention to the marriage of the sixth and seventh girls. It's up to me to come and go. Work hard, it should be possible.”
Yan Qian nodded hurriedly, her mood couldn't be more complicated.
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Shen Yiyao didn't know that her ignorance and this series of things would actually have such an effect.
Her idea is actually very simple, if you don't see it, you can't see it, just right.
After Xue's guidance, Yan Ru and Yan Yan started to move more frequently.
As Xue said, Yan Yan is actually a very simple person, good is good, bad is bad. When others come with good intentions, she will not reject them thousands of miles away.
After going back and forth, the two became acquainted.
Yan Yan has grown up now, even if this eldest sister doesn't quite suit her eyes, it's okay to be a little sour. As Shen Yiyao said, there are thousands of kinds of people, you can't put your likes and dislikes above others, just like you like martial arts and others don't, it's just your own temperament and preferences, and you can't force it.
We grew up together and are sisters with blood ties. And those quarrels and small contradictions when I was a child before, when I think about it at this time, I can't help but feel a little funny.
They have all been young, and they have done some bad things more or less, but after all, they are harmless.
Yan Ling has been following Yan Ru very closely these days, and her attitude has changed a lot. In the past, she never talked to Yan Ru in private, but now she will talk to Yan Ru. She also ran to Yan Yan very diligently. It can be seen that what Xue said that day also had an impact on her.
It's not an exaggeration to be a little careful, after all, Xue's can't worry about everything for her. If she wants to marry a little better in the future, the only help can only come from Yan Yan and Shen Yiyao, even if Shen Yiyao will help her a little more in the future , or it may be an earth-shaking change.
I have to say that Yan Ling is a very smart person, perhaps because of her childhood experiences. When Yan Ru was still coquettishly rolling in Xue's arms, she had already learned to figure out people's minds.
Yan Yan did not reject Yan Ling's offer. Maybe it's a little unpleasant at first, but when you see a little girl pitifully bringing the little things she made, you can't help but feel soft.
After a long time, Yan Yan can also see what Yan Ling's idea is, but just because she is not discouraged, she can't bear to refuse, isn't it
Yan Yan knew about Yan Ling's life experience. When she was young, she saw that Yan Ling always picked up what Yan Ru left, and she also asked her mother curiously. Her mother said with a complicated expression, this matter can't be controlled.
I really can't handle it, how can I handle it
It is not even clear who is right and who is wrong!
Is Xue Shi wrong
In her opinion, when she and her husband were in a deep love affair, a girl who wanted to climb a high branch suddenly appeared and climbed the bed. Climbing the bed aside, there is a sequelae. Go kill it, if it hurts, she won't be able to do that. He grows up day by day and pokes his own heart and lung tubes day by day, how could he have a good face!
Is Yan Zhi wrong
Maybe he's at fault, he shouldn't be drunk and admit the wrong person. But his guilt is also very obvious, even if he has pity on Yan Ling, he has always turned a blind eye. He knew that his wife was angry and aggrieved. Whenever Yan Ling appeared in Xue's eyes, it was another reminder to her of what had happened.
If it is true or false, it can only be the fault of Concubine Wang, she should not be greedy for that wealth.
But she has already been punished. She has been a nominal aunt, begging for a living under the eyes of the master's wife every day, and has never had a good face. Her attitude is very low, she treats herself as a kitten and a puppy, and she only needs to give me a bite to eat.
Such a pitiful and hateful person makes Xue's family unable to even hate him.
She can only vent on Yan Ling when she has fire in her heart. In fact, Yan Ling's life is not bad. At least the Xue family has never abused her. She has never been starved or frozen. At most, she is a girl in the Yan family. Sister's eyes make life.
At that time, Yan Yan just listened to the story. It was not until now that Xue Shi changed her attitude and Yan Ling changed her attitude that she understood the real meaning here.
Everyone's life has such and such helplessness, it's not that you can't have it if you say no. Life is also intricate. It is not completely black and white, it is not right or right, and wrong is wrong, because many times it is impossible to distinguish right from wrong.
Same with Xue, same with Yan Ling, same with Shen Yiyao, same with her.
Because of these insights, Yan Yan's estrangement with Shen Yiyao was reduced. These changes cannot be seen by others, only Yan Yan knows it.
***
Yan Qian really listened to Aunt Wu, and went to Jinseyuan early the next day.
Although the girl below looked at her face badly, she did not do anything deviant. After the notification went up, Shen Yiyao let her in.
Yan Qian was shy and timid, and whispered that she had been unwell for a while, and that she had not had time to say goodbye to her mother, and asked her to forgive her.
Shen Yiyao looked at her with complicated eyes. Without him, Yan Qian and Aunt Pei were too similar. It reminded her of how the weak and submissive person played with the applause back then.
The past is unbearable to look back on, Shen Yiyao's expression is light, "It's fine as long as it's all right, the second girl came a little early, sit aside for a while, wait for A Yan and the others to come, and then go to Rong'an Hall to greet the old lady."
After speaking, she got up and went into the inner room, not wanting to stay for a moment.
Entering inside, Cui Qiao whispered: "Madam is so good-natured, she feels uncomfortable when she wants to, and she comes when she wants to. Who gave her such a big face."
Shen Yiyao smiled, "A child, why bother with her."
"But—" Cuiqiao looked worried, "When the slave girl saw the second girl, she thought of that Aunt Pei, madam, don't be soft-hearted, relax your vigilance, why did you send Aunt Pei to the nunnery, the second girl knew, You must hate us somehow!"
Shen Yiyao was amused by Cui Qiao's expression: "Okay, it's not as serious as you think, do you know why she came over to show softness?"
Cui Qiao shook her head.
Shen Yiyao smiled and didn't answer. Maybe she couldn't figure it out at the time. It was obvious that Yan Qian came to Jinseyuan for the first time, so she knew the key inside.
Now that I have been with Shen Yiyao for a long time, the following girls are quite bold. Cui Qiao approached Shen Yiyao and acted like a spoiled child, "Madam, tell me now, this servant is dying of curiosity."
"Do you know what is most important to your daughter's family?"
"what?"
"A lifetime event."
The reason why Xue Shi is so concerned about her is just to think that her daughter will talk about a good marriage in the future and reciprocate it. In the same way, there must be more than one anxious person.
Just as he was talking, there was a sound of greetings from the girls outside, followed by Yan Yan's voice.
"Why are you here?!"
Yan Qian said with a voice full of grievances, "I'm here to say hello to my mother."
Shen Yiyao was afraid that her daughter would have a stubborn temper and would get into trouble with Yan Qian, so she quickly got up and went out. Sure enough, seeing Yan Yan's look of disgust, she saw Shen Yiyao and restrained a bit.
"Ayan, Amo, can I have breakfast?"
Yan Yan opened her mouth to say something, but was stopped by Shen Yiyao's eyes.
Yan Mo said, "My sister and I have already used it."
He is now boxing and fitness with his sister every day, and he wakes up very early in the morning, so naturally he has the energy to eat breakfast.
"Then let's go to Rong'an Hall first."
Seeing that Concubine Wu and the fifth girl hadn't arrived yet, Shen Yiyao instructed the girl to let them go directly to Rong'an Hall, and took Yan Yan to go out first.
"Mother, why is she here?"
"She wants to come to say goodbye, but mother can't drive her out." Seeing her daughter's unhappy expression, Shen Yiyao reassured her: "Okay, mother knows what you want to say, mother understands that she has no plans, she will come if she wants. , just ignore it."
Yan Yan stopped.
After going to Rong'an Hall to invite An back, Shen Yiyao ate dinner, changed her clothes, and left the house in a hurry.
During the years of being immersed in the back house, most of the friends she had made in the past have faded away. Only the two handkerchiefs who were closest to each other in the early years have been in contact with each other. Since they are going out for a walk, their past communication should also be brought up.
These few days, Shen Yiyao will go out of the house every day to attend birthday banquets, wedding banquets, flower banquets and other gatherings in various provinces. Everyone also knows that she has a son who is frail and sick, and she has been ill for a few years and has just recovered. At this moment, she has resolved all her troubles and re-entered the social scene of the ladies in the upper circles.
In view of Shen Yiyao's palace behind the town, even if her husband's family is not obvious, others are very friendly to her. You must know that the noble ladies meet together, not for the sake of chatting and drinking tea ceremony, and the parents of the East say that the West is short, and many times it also has some political purposes.
For example, if an adult wants to befriend a certain adult, there is no way to do it. Maybe his wife and the other's wife are familiar with each other, which is a way. Another example is a subordinate official who wants to curry favor with his boss, so it is not necessary to say that his wife must be obedient to the boss's wife. And each government has children and juniors. When it comes time to talk about marriage, you have to choose a suitable marriage. Talking about relatives at this level is not only about relatives, but also has some purpose of marriage.
It's not wrong to say that men are busy in officialdom, and women are behind to add to their homes.
Of course, Shen Yiyao came for her daughter's marriage, and by the way, I'll help Yan Ru to pay attention. You don't need to ask about this kind of thing yourself. Which family has a younger generation of similar age, you can find out after a long time, and if you understand each other, it will be a matter of course.
It's just that Shen Yiyao has to think a little more to be so attentive.
Yan Ting has been very busy these days, and he can hardly be seen in the back house. Now he is still connected to Concubine Xu through the line of Xu Xiangrong. Naturally, he should always pay attention to the movement there.
He believed that the granddaughter of Duke Zhenguo should be very attractive to Concubine Xu, but what if there were other options
He left early and returned late these days, except when he was almost Mao, he spent all day hanging out with Xu Xiangrong's group.
On this day, Yan Ting went to Xu Xiangrong's private house again.
This private house is located in the outer city. It looks inconspicuous from the outside, but inside it is carved and painted, and it is extraordinary.
Yan Ting and these people have been around for a long time, and naturally understand each other's temperament. They are not the biggest at home. They have parents and elders on their heads. When they want to have fun, it is naturally impossible to get them into the house. As for outside, it is even more impossible. Pay attention to some effects.
Xu Xiangrong's private house is quite secret, and he is not a very familiar person, so he doesn't know it. Before Yan Ting arrived, he was already having fun inside. When he arrived, it was going to the end, when the wine was in full swing and the spirit was high.
There are not a few noble children who are good-natured, so the business of the small shop in the capital is not bad. There are also those actors who are graceful, soft and sassy with a combination of hardness and softness.
There is a star in Haitang class named Ziqi, and Xu Xiangrong has recently had a hot fight with this actor. Every time he came to power, he would have reserved the stage, and there were also a lot of rewards. Yan Ting had seen Xu Xiangrong take the actor out for a drink a few days ago, but he did not expect to be able to enter the hall in the private house today.
The implication is self-evident.
And the one sitting beside Xu Xiangrong who was pouring wine with him was Xi Ziqi.
"Master Yan is late." Someone greeted Yan Ting.
Yan Ting clenched his fists and fined him three drinks before entering the table.
There are people who are impatient, and they have already had a good time with the little waiters around them. These little waiters are not very old, and they are only thirteen or fourteen years old. All of them have delicate eyebrows and thin skin and tender flesh. After being rubbed a few times, their faces turned crimson. In the eyes of people who like this mouth, they are naturally wonderful.
But in Yan Ting's eyes, it was extremely disgusting.
With his eyes half-closed, he lowered his head and drank a glass of wine. Xu Xiangrong glanced at this place, looked at Ziqi beside him, and laughed and scolded a few dissolute people on the field: "Okay, everyone is like a hungry wolf, the room is ready, go in, don't be there It's dirty in the eyes."
Someone who was quite familiar with him laughed and joked: "Knowing that you have a baby, Mr. Xu, you don't have to be jealous of me and wait." As he spoke, he looked at Ziqi beside him.
Those of them who like this kind of food naturally like that kind of petite, frail, thin-skinned and tender-fleshed little boy, but they are not very interested in this type of child. It can be seen that Xu Xiangrong, who has always been eloquent, can be so interested in this actor, and he can understand that there must be his unique way.
All of them are itchy like a cat scratching their hearts. There are many people who are interested in Ziqi, but they dare not compete with Xu Xiangrong.
Ziqi lowered his head halfway and drank with his eyes closed. This Ziqi's appearance is not feminine. On the contrary, he has deep eyes and a high nose. He is quite handsome, and his body is full of heroic and sassy air. He probably has one thing in common with the little waiter, that is, he has a skin as white and tender as jade. Especially his face, as if carved from white jade.
Of course, this is what he looked like after he took off his makeup. He sang 'Drunken Concubine' on stage, and he was also soft and not like a man.
The people on the field all went down one after another.
Xu Xiangrong circled Ziqi, rubbed his fingers against his face, and said to Yan Ting, "I asked the empress, and she was very interested. But that's just one point, I have to ask the second prince's consent." Yan Ting nodded. , He added: "My nephew, it's just not good at all, everything is too perfect."
The meaning of the other party's words is very obvious. If the second prince does not look down on it, it is naturally impossible.
"Little daughter Xiao mother."
Shen Yiyao was a well-known beauty in the capital back then, after hearing this, Xu Xiangrong felt relieved.
"Okay, when the arrangements are made over there, it's time for me to inform you."
After speaking, Xu Xiangrong stood up around Ziqi, his eyes turned around Yan Ting's body, there seemed to be lewdness in his eyes, and when Yan Ting raised his head, he disappeared without a trace.
Yan Ting cupped his hands and said goodbye. After leaving this room, I could still hear the sound of teasing behind him, Xu Xiangrong laughing loudly, and the actor named Ziqi's charming voice.
He couldn't help shivering, he couldn't imagine how such a handsome man could make such a delicate voice.
As if a hungry wolf was chasing him, he quickly left the mansion.