The crown prince's favorite girl, she found another good match

Chapter 4 Mind Reading

Zhou Jinan looked at it for a long time and couldn't find any clues, so he was wondering.

Zhao Yi glanced at him and said, "Let's go."

Zhou Jinan touched the back of his neck and felt a chill for some reason. He shrank, turned around and followed him away.

After Li Baojia paid homage to the matchmaker and left the temple gate, Mrs. Huang and Li Jiaying were already waiting.

Mrs. Huang was a little helpless: "Where are you going? Let me and your sister wait for a while."

Li Baojia stuck out her tongue and helped Li Jiaying get into the carriage.

In the car, Mrs. Huang said: "Jiaying will come out with us today. Let the carriage take her back to the Minister's Mansion first, and then we will go back."

Li Baojia agreed repeatedly.

In the previous life, my second uncle was involved in the salt-making case. Does Sister Jiaying know about it?

The misfortune does not come to the married daughter. In the previous life, sister Jiaying had also married into the minister's house, so naturally she was not implicated.

However, the Li family lost power, and all the second uncles and one brother were exiled. In the current world, women are often harshly criticized, and her mother's family suffered such a disaster. If Zhang Shilang's family was such a mean family, I don't know how much punishment she would have suffered.

Thinking of these things, Li Baojia couldn't help making indirect remarks: "Sister Jiaying, I haven't seen you for a long time, how is Second Uncle in Suzhou now?"

Li Jiaying smiled and said: "It's good, my body is stronger now than before. Suzhou is near the sea and it's like spring all year round. The doctor said it's suitable for recuperation."

There are two rooms in the Li Mansion. The eldest room is the branch of Li Wangde and Taifu Li. Taifu Li is the prince's teacher. Further up the ladder, Mr. Li is also the emperor's Taifu. It can be said that the Li family has been the prince's Taifu for several generations and is deeply favored by the emperor.

Mrs. Li was in poor health in the early years, and she went to Li Baojia when she was very young, so she didn't have much impression of Mrs. Li, she only remembered that he was a kind and amiable grandfather.

The second uncle Li Wei has been in poor health since he was a child. Although he also took the imperial examination route, his grades were not as good as those of his elder brother Li Wangde, and he had no hope of becoming a prince or tutor. He was somewhat interested in doing business, but gave up this career due to strong opposition from his family. idea.

After working as a young minister in Dali Temple for a few years, he was transferred to Suzhou Salt Transport Envoy. Now he is doing a good job and is said to be quite trusted by the emperor.

How could it develop into what happened later?

Li Baojia didn't understand, and she couldn't figure it out with her little brain, but based on her understanding of her second uncle, she knew that his second uncle was not such a discerning person.

She had no choice but to say: "Second Uncle is now working as a salt transport envoy. Doesn't it mean that he has a lot of things to do every day? Second Uncle needs some rest, so it would be better to find a more leisurely position."

Mrs. Huang nodded her forehead: "You child, although this salt transport envoy is not idle, he also has real power. Compared with your father, a close minister of the emperor, you are not much less than your father. You persuaded people to change at the first glance. ?”

Li Jiaying also shook her head and said: "I don't understand the official affairs of the court, but this salt transport envoy is indeed not someone who can be changed just when he wants."

Li Baojia sighed.

Li Jiaying thought she was worried and said with a smile: "Don't worry about father's health. My mother wrote a letter some time ago and said that my father is now very energetic."

If you think about it, you will know how it is possible that the second uncle would change his position just because of her one or two words.

But now there are a lot of things going on behind the scenes. Now that she has come back and has the upper hand, she wants to find out about this matter early to see if there is any improvement.

She thought with some frustration that it would be great if she could accompany cousin Jiaying to Suzhou.

If she hadn't gone back with her cousin, she would have no reason to go to Suzhou.

wrong.

She suddenly remembered that her mother in her previous life seemed to have mentioned to her that cousin Jiaying went home to raise her baby.
She said cautiously: "Sister Jiaying, are you going back to Suzhou to raise your baby?"

"Your sister is barely a month old now and is very heavy. Suzhou is quite far away from the capital. It's been a long and tiring journey all the way. How could she possibly go back to Suzhou to raise her baby?" Mrs. Huang was both funny and angry.

"Are you still worried that the palace of the Vice Minister can't support a pregnant sister like your sister? This child is the child of the Zhang family. There is no reason to go back to her mother's family to raise the fetus."

Li Jiaying also said: "When the child is one month old, I will take him back to see him."

Yes, Suzhou is not close to the capital. Why did cousin Jiaying in the previous life go back to Suzhou to raise her child?
Something must have happened after that that made her change her mind and have to go to Suzhou.

She should pay more attention during this period to see what the opportunity for change is.
Li Baojia held Li Jiaying's hand and said, "Sister, I have nothing to do now. You are pregnant again. I want to go to your house to play with you. We can also relieve our boredom."

Li Jiaying agreed: "Of course, just come. I'll be happy if you stay in my house every day."

When the Vice Minister's Mansion arrived, Li Baojia helped her get out of the carriage and enter the manor before returning to the carriage.

The carriage went steadily to Li's house.

Mrs. Huang did not stop her from going to the Shilang's Mansion to play, but only told her not to bump into Li Jiaying, not to cause trouble in the Shilang's Mansion, etc.

After all, she thought in her heart that if she walked around more and saw more about the lives of married ladies, it might be helpful to her future married life.

East Palace
Zhao Yi was reviewing official documents at the desk. After these two days of experiments, he was certain that those were not auditory hallucinations. He seemed to really be able to hear the voices of others.

It seems to have started from the time when I met Li Baojia.

Li Baojia was so good, why did she suddenly want to marry Zhou Jinan?No, it's not Zhou Jinan either. It seems that she just doesn't want to marry him.

Didn't she look attentive when she saw him before?She changed so much in just a few days?Or was she just pretending?
Since meeting her twice, he suddenly discovered that she seemed to be full of secrets that he wanted to explore.

Although he didn't like that Mrs. Li was a bit greedy, he still found the gift itself very interesting.

Accepting this gift is not so unbearable.

As soon as Li Baojia and Mrs. Huang got off the carriage and arrived at the mansion, they met Mrs. Li who had also just returned to the mansion.

Li Baojia went up and blessed him: "Father."

Taifu Li looked at his daughter and saw that she was graceful and beautiful. Although there was still some baby fat on the sides of her cheeks, she could already see some traces of beauty.

Unknowingly, it has grown so big.

He helped her up with a smile and said, "Jia'er is already so old, it's time to get married."

To Li Baojia's ears, it was as if he was weighing her weight and said: "They are so fat, they can be sold for a good price."

The alarm bells rang loudly in her heart: "My daughter is still young, so there is no rush yet."

Mrs. Huang rarely agreed with Mrs. Li's words: "What your father said is that at your age, you should at least get engaged."

The rare enjoyment here was interrupted by the arrival of Mrs. Qin who had heard the news.

"What are you talking about to your sister?"

Mrs. Qin was nearly forty years old, with a graceful figure. She was looking at Taifu Li sideways with a smile. Her skin was as white as freshly peeled water chestnuts, and a small red mole at the corner of her mouth made her more charming.

No wonder it was able to capture Taifu Li's heart with such charming gestures.

Mrs. Huang hates her seductive appearance the most: "It's just some personal words. This happened to be talking about Jia'er's marriage, and she said that it should be settled early."

Taifu Li also said: "Yes, Jia'er's marriage must be decided early. She is not young now."

Mrs. Qin took a handkerchief, wiped Taifu Li's forehead carefully and said: "Master Li has worked hard all day too, after washing, go to Furong Courtyard for dinner in the evening, you have been busy for a few days, and Li'er hasn't seen you for a long time , I won’t know who his father is by then.”

Li'er is Mrs. Qin's youngest son. She has one daughter and two sons in total. This youngest son is only eight years old now. He is a latecomer and is quite loved by Mrs. Li.

Mr. Li laughed heartily and responded repeatedly.

Mrs. Huang's chest was rising and falling with anger next to her.

Because Li Baojia was about to leave the government recently, Li Wangde was still a little concerned about his daughter, so he said to Mrs. Huang: "You have been out for a day today, so you must be tired. I will come see you tomorrow."

Huang Ruer managed a smile and responded.

After they left, Li Baojia also said that he was tired, said a blessing and left.

She knew that if she didn't leave now, her mother would talk to her again.

Hibiscus Courtyard.

Qin Ke washed his hands in the basin brought by the servant and ordered: "Has the deer antler soup been cooked?"

The maid next to her, Xi'er, said, "Madam, we have already given instructions to the kitchen. Since the master is coming, how dare they neglect it."

"Even if the master doesn't come, they won't dare to neglect." Qin Ke wiped his hands slowly.

"What happened to what I asked you to inquire about last time?"

"Madam, last time it was said that the second young lady wanted to see His Highness the Crown Prince, but she was scolded and came out. Her eyes were red when she came out, but she had cried a lot."

Qin Xiao said loudly: "Huang Ru'er can't defeat me. Her daughter is also stupid. She can't capture the heart of His Highness at all. She even wants to fly into the sky. It's ridiculous."

"It's a pity that my Rulan was born too early. Otherwise, where would her turn be? A submissive girl. Just as useless as her mother."

"My master made a mistake in placing his treasure on the second young lady. It seems that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince does not accept her at all. Miss Rulan has now established a firm foothold in the Guangping Marquis, and the second young lady is not comparable to the eldest lady." My son also quite agrees.

Qin Ke was obviously very proud of this: "How can she compare with my Rulan? When I saw that she couldn't marry the prince, she became an old girl. Who else in the capital wants her? These two girls are really good." It has become a joke, just for them to see what happens if they try to fly up a branch."

(End of this chapter)