Dong Gong Mei

Chapter 403

A golden birdcage hung in front of the window, and there was a green parrot in it.

Qiao Yunqian raised her hand and turned the cage, and the parrot straightened its neck and called twice: "Miss, miss."

She spread out her palms and handed some corn to Zhao Xiwei: "Sister Wei is so smart, I can't hide anything from you!"

Zhao Xiwei took two pills and fed them to the parrot, the parrot fluttered and shouted, "Thank you, miss!"

Zhao Xi smiled slightly: "You parrot can only speak one sentence, right?"

As soon as the words fell, an angry voice sounded: "Fart!"

"You—" Zhao Xiwei was dumbfounded, and turned to Qiao Yunqian: "How do you teach it to swear?"

"I didn't teach..." Qiao Yunqian opened his mouth, and the parrot yelled angrily again: "Liar! You lied!"

Zhao Xi took a gloomy look at Miss Qiao, and wisely chose to change the subject: "Tell me, what happened?"

"To shut up!"

The parrot cried again.

Qiao Yun gave the talkative parrot a quick look, and said angrily, "Interrupt and roast you!"

"Hmph!" The parrot closed its mouth resentfully.

Qiao Yunqian just sat down at the table, poured two cups of tea, pushed one cup to Zhao Xiwei, and held the cup in his hand, tears suddenly came to his eyes: "Sister Wei, they don't agree..."

"Father forbids me to open a shop, and mother also opposes it!"

Zhao Xiwei knew this was the case, and was not very surprised, but frowned and said, "Why?"

Aristocratic families have always looked down on doing business, which is normal.But the Qiao family is not an aristocratic family, and Mrs. Qiao is also closely related to the major shopkeepers in Beijing, and Mrs. Qiao loves money, logically speaking, there is no reason to refuse.

As she was thinking, Qiao Yunqian said angrily: "It all starts with my father's new concubine!"

"Concubine?" Zhao Xiwei was even more confused.

"Recently, the envoys of the Dawan Kingdom sent my father a foreign beauty, blond and blue-eyed, good at singing and dancing. My father dotes on her so much that he almost surpasses me... No, he never cared so much about me!" Qiao Yunqian said in a resentful tone, "The beauty of Bang is very arrogant and arrogant because of my father's protection. We don't wear the clothes we sent, but she wears her fancy skirt, but can it be called a skirt? Not to mention the arms and The legs are all exposed..."

She curled her lips and lowered her tone: "Our Qiao's residence is also a family of first-class officials. She dresses like this, even if she is a concubine, she will lose face to our residence."

Seeing that she was out of tea, Zhao Xiwei helped her refill, and then waited quietly for her to continue talking.

She has only experienced such a thing as sending a beauty, and she can understand Qiao Yunqian's discomfort.

Besides, the emperor gave Li Xuanye a woman, he can find a way to get rid of it, the worst is to admit his mistake to the emperor in private, and after the matter is over, it will still be father and son.

But Qiao An, as a big scorpion, is responsible for taking care of the affairs of the country. Since she is a beauty sent by an envoy, it is really not easy to send it back...

It's one thing not to give it away, but it's another thing to spoil it so much that your daughter can't stand it...

As a princess, Zhao Xiwei couldn't make much comment on this matter.

Qiao Yunqian took two sips of tea, moistened her throat, and said, "Actually, I'm not such a narrow-minded person. He already had several concubines, all young and beautiful, but this time it's different... "

Zhao Xiwei suddenly remembered the last time Qiao Yunqian cried.

My heart skipped a beat, and I asked, "Why is it different?"

"This Fanbang beauty dresses like this all day long. My mother couldn't stand it, so she called her over and gave her a few lessons. As a result, her attitude was very disrespectful. Seeing my mother, she didn't even want to salute, and said that this was their Fanbang's rules. , even if Mrs. Qiao came, it is impossible for her to kneel down."

"I couldn't bear it, so I argued with her a few words. Unexpectedly, she cried in front of my father, insisting that I bullied her..."

"Every family has scriptures that are difficult to recite." Zhao Xi frowned slightly. Back then in the Zhao Mansion, she had also seen open and secret struggles in the inner house, but she never thought that as an only daughter, Qiao Yunqian's life was no better than her own. where to go.

She felt a little sympathetic in her heart, and quickly comforted her softly: "No matter how much she is favored, she is just a concubine. If she is quiet, you will treat her with courtesy. If she is restless, you will treat her as if she does not exist. In the future, you will marry sooner or later, so you will be out of sight and out of mind—"

"Out of sight, out of mind, I think about it too." Qiao Yunqian smiled wryly, "This witch is amazing. She provoked my father and talked about my opening of the teahouse with embellishments. What did she say? It's more embarrassing for a daughter of mine to show up in public than her outrageous outfit..."

"My father didn't agree with it at first, saying how could I be the daughter of a dignified minister, how could I go into business. When she provoked me like this, he put down his words and said that unless I got married, he couldn't agree to me going out to do business. "

Qiao Yunqian couldn't help the red eyes: "Sister Wei, isn't this breaking my way out?"

Zhao Xiwei thought for a moment, then felt a little strange: "What about your mother? What did she say?"

Qiao Yun frowned slightly, shook his head and said: "My mother said that the most important thing is to have a good marriage in my daughter's family. It's okay to do business, but the marriage must be settled first..."

"Marriage settled?" Zhao Xi was slightly taken aback.

"Yes!" Qiao Yunqian nodded and said in a low voice, "Sister Wei, I want to ask you to do me a favor—"

Zhao Xiwei vaguely understood.

Qiao Yunqian absently pinched the empty teacup, and said in a dull tone, "Isn't there going to be a cuju competition in the palace? My father is going to pick one for me..."

Talking about the future marriage, she didn't have the shyness of her daughter's family at all, but only infinite melancholy and resistance: "But I don't want to be arranged so casually, and I don't want to settle in a hurry."

"Sister Wei." She took Zhao Xiwei's hand and begged, "I heard that you are assisting Concubine Shu to prepare for the New Year's Eve palace banquet. Can you help me then?"

The Qiao family didn't want their daughter to go into business, mainly because they were afraid of delaying their daughter's marriage, but the problem was that Qiao Yunqian didn't want to marry so soon.

Although Zhao Xiwei has no intention of interfering in other people's lives, it is not impossible to help her find a compromise.

She thought for a while and asked, "How do you want me to help?"

"Didn't my father want to pick a son-in-law in the Cuju competition?" Qiao Yun smiled slightly, a little cunningly: "Why don't I take this opportunity to play a play?" She approached Zhao Xiwei and whispered in her ear: "Sister Wei, I have He is a reliable person, please ask my sister to arrange it, let him get No.1!"

"Reliable person?" Zhao Xiwei was stunned, "Do you have someone you like?"

(End of this chapter)