Fair Lady

Shuyao was playing with the two exquisite positive red posts in her hand, with an inexplicable smile on the corner of her mouth.

Mother Liu was making sheepskin boots for Shuyao, she held the needle and gently slid it through her hair a few times, and said with a disdainful smile: "I'm just a concubine, I think too much of myself. Don't say you haven't entered the door, just entered the door , whether you want to show up at the birthday party of a concubine sister-in-law depends on whether you are happy or not."

Mother Liu can be so confident mainly because there is no one in the capital who does not know the difference between the concubine and the concubines in Prince Yong's Mansion.If you change to another palace, it won't be necessary. Most of the big families in the capital still pay attention to appearance skills, otherwise the censor will be troublesome enough.There are indeed not many people who blatantly dote on concubines and exterminate wives like Jin Xida's father, Mrs. Jin, and favor concubines and concubine daughters (especially concubine daughters, which are not easy to cause criticism). not enough.

In fact, Shuyao didn't have any special repulsion or contempt for the concubine. Her father Xia Linxuan was also a concubine. If it was true, Prince Yong was also a concubine.

If Concubine Zhao really treats Qi Haoning as her own and takes good care of her as it was rumored in the early years, Shuyao doesn't mind going to Qi Yuexin's birthday banquet and making friends with them, no matter what, they are all from Prince Yong's line, right? ?They can also be regarded as Qi Haoning's siblings.She and Shuwen's sister and brother are not born of the same mother, but the love and care that the eldest brother treats them is definitely not what ordinary brothers can do.

However, Concubine Zhao dared to buy the murderer Qi Haoning, so why should Qi Haoning and himself treat her and her children well and give them face?

Shu Yao hates it the most.It is this kind of person who takes advantage of young children's ignorance, deceives trust, takes advantage of it, and even fools people in his hands.

"Prepare a medium-to-high birthday gift, and have someone deliver it one day in advance," Shuyao handed the post to Lan Jin, "Just say that I have made an appointment with Princess Yue and the fourth princess long ago. Go into the palace."

Lan Jin hurriedly accepted the post and responded: "Girl, what about that share." An Guogong's mansion and that Princess Yan are not good things either.When Lan Jin thought of bestowing the marriage on the second day, the girl went to the palace with Ning Shizi to thank her.Princess Nayan actually blocked Ning Shizi at the door, and she felt a thousand anger in her heart, what does this mean?And everyone is a lady!

Shuyao smiled: "I always go to Princess Yan's invitation, and I will be regarded as a relative in the future." Although, Shuyao intuitively felt that Sima Yan's banquet had "bad intentions".

The face of the second prince-to-be is still to be given.Don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face.Even looking at the "Buddha face" of the Queen Mother, Lafayette, Shuyao didn't want to have an antagonism with Princess Yan on the face.Having said that, there was no conflict between them, except that Princess Yan liked Qi Haoning.However, now that Qi Haoning has made an engagement with him, Princess Yan will soon enter the Second Prince's Mansion (wedding in May).

Mother Liu was listening.The corners of her mouth curled up in satisfaction, her sister handled it well.See all kinds of relationships clearly and thoroughly.

Shuyao didn't get entangled too much, and dealt with the matter of these two posts in a few clicks, and then what to do.Now that the sister-in-law is pregnant, she has a lot of things to do. On the one hand, she has taken over part of the affairs, and started to listen to the steward's report and give instructions every day; on the other hand.I am also excited to prepare clothes for my nephew or niece who will be coming in a few months.

Even Shuwen was busy arranging all kinds of playthings to attract babies, and even boasted that it was a nephew.In the future, he must be the closest to this little uncle, because the eldest brother is too busy, and he will play with his nephew and teach him calligraphy and martial arts.

Shujie didn't argue with him, but just said with a smile: "You have to remember what you said, don't be lazy when the time comes, and you don't have to be made fun of by your little nephew."

Shuwen slapped his chest loudly, thinking that in the future there would be a baby with pink make-up and beautiful decorations called "Second Uncle" behind him, so he was very proud.Unexpectedly, when he was mischievous, there were really two ghost tails sticking to him all day long. He couldn't hide, scolded and couldn't bear it. He couldn't wait to open his mouth and cry with them. It's really "bitter", troubled and happy, just for today. The "bragging" of the old man was full of regrets.Haha, these are all things for later.

It's funny that Shuyao, the person who received the post, was so relaxed and calm, but the two who sent the post were very conflicted.

Because of Sima Yan's marriage, An Guogong's mansion has been very busy recently. An Guogong's wife and Shizi's wife personally arranged for Sima Yan's dowry and various preparations for the wedding.

An Guogong and his wife really loved Sima Yan. Since Sima Yan was eleven or twelve years old, he began to collect good wood for making furniture, the top-grade pear flower wood.The money was paid by An Guogong and his wife themselves as a dowry prepared by their eldest wife for their niece.

Sima Yan's mother and sister-in-law have a generous dowry (Sima Yan's mother-in-law's family is very smart, and they didn't want to return their daughter's dowry back then. They believed that the emperor would not treat the orphan and widow of Sima's second wife badly, and they didn't want to break up Tong'an. family of the government).

The second room's property, An Guogong, has never been moved, and it has been transferred to Sima Yan's name.

In addition, the rewards given to Sima Yan by the emperor and the queen mother for so many years cannot be underestimated.

So, Sima Yan's dowry will be amazing.Apart from Nangong Miao, the eldest daughter of the Nangong family, the richest man in Great Zhou, it is estimated that Sima Yan will be the most prominent bride in these years.

With preparations for the big wedding and various matters related to the Chinese New Year, the wives in charge of Duke Anguo's mansion really have no time to spare. Even Sima Yan is busy with the wife of the eldest son. She has always been taught this.

After the marriage was bestowed, Mrs. An Guo asked Mrs. Shizi and Sima Yan to take charge of the gift.For Shizi and Shizi's wife, Sima Yan has no conflicts or burdens, only help, and Shizi's wife is also doing her best to teach her all the secrets of her unique skills.

Sima Yan is smart and strong, and within a few days, Mrs. Shizi was full of praise, saying that Sima Yan made her feel a lot easier.It just so happened that Sima Yan was helping her with the housekeeping, so she spared no effort to discuss Sima Yan's marriage.

Today, Sima Yan distributed all the posts about the Plum Blossom Banquet, and sat on the couch in a daze.

for a while.Sima Yan asked quietly: "Mom, do you think Xia Shuyao will come?"

Mother Hua sighed secretly, and said with a smile: "Of course you will, sister, don't think about it anymore. You and Miss Xia will also be serious relatives in the future. It is harmless to be friends, but it will cause a lot of disadvantages. Sister , Miss Xia didn’t have any conflict with you, before you... She didn’t know about it. The past is over. Sister, look away, your future life will not be worse than her. If you deliberately fight her Not good, even the Empress Dowager..."

Sima Yan smiled (but it's more like a wry smile under closer inspection), took Mother Hua's hand and said: "I know that my mother treats me sincerely, and she thinks of me in everything she says. My mother is also my closest and most trusted mother in this world." Don't worry, mom, I still have this kind of tolerance and consideration, otherwise wouldn't it be insulting to my identity and my mother's years of teaching?"

In Sima Yan's heart, no matter how beautiful Shuyao is on the surface, she is still incomparable to her at heart, a "fake noble girl" who debuted halfway.At best, it's just superficial wealth, and it will never fit into the circle of real nobles.Listen to the gossip of those noble ladies.It seems that many people are waiting for the opportunity to uncover the skin of the "noble daughter" of the prospective concubine of Prince Yong's mansion, revealing her true nature in the market.

Sima Yan sneered secretly, she would not confront Xia Shuyao head-on, nor would she go along with others to "skin the skin". She would even express goodwill in a timely manner to help Xia Shuyao smooth things over the embarrassing situation.

There are so many people gearing up.With so many people waiting to be her thugs, she is naturally the most graceful and kind Princess Yan.Just give the aggressive, jealousy-ridden women a chance when the time is right.

Sima Yan suppressed the longing in her heart to see Shuyao make a fool of herself again and again, took a sip of tea gracefully, and told herself: No rush, just wait and see.

She wants to make Qi Haoning, who is blind to gold and inlaid jade, so regretful that his intestines are green, and let him realize what he has lost, and what kind of "treasure" he has picked up that is more than gold and jade, and is ostentatious!

In case... She and Qi Haoning might still have a chance.She is Princess Yan, a born noble daughter, and she will find a way out for herself at any time.Because she is a noble lady, from birth to death, she will be a noble lady that cannot be underestimated for the rest of her life. The people around her, no matter who they are, can only be her help, not her hindrance.If he is smart enough, she will help him; if he is not smart enough, he must listen to her, otherwise...

People's eyes are the most unable to hide their thoughts, so people with a guilty conscience will always lower their eyes or turn their eyes away immediately.

Sima Yan's face was calm at this moment, but the ever-changing eyes betrayed her.Mama Hua sighed again,

Her family's girl is smart, but it's a pity that she is too horny when it comes to Miss Xia.

It's also very strange, Miss Xia and Miss Xia seem to be natural enemies.The girl didn't like Miss Xia the first time she saw her. First, Miss Xia robbed the girl of the Eight Treasures Emerald Ruyi Hairpin, shared the love of the Empress Dowager, and gained the closeness of the Fourth Princess and Princess Yan... until the end, even the girl cared the most. Ning Shizi was snatched away.

Alas, it's no wonder the girl couldn't get over that hurdle in her heart.

Mother Hua's eyes fell on the red invitation card on the high table next to Sima Yan, which was the birthday party invitation card for Qi Yuexin, the eldest daughter of Prince Yong's residence.

Under normal circumstances, a concubine's daughter is not willing to make friends with a concubine's daughter from other prefectures, just as a regular wife basically does not associate with a concubine, unless the status of the other party's family or mansion is higher than her own.

Like Qi Yuexin, because of the special status of Prince Yong's Mansion, the people who accepted the post no matter how unwilling they would go and sit there for the sake of Prince Yong's Mansion.However, in the past few years, because of the rumors that Qi Haoning and Zhao's side concubine mother and son are actually very estranged, those with stronger family backgrounds, especially those prostitutes in the palaces of the royal relatives, don't even have this bit of face. gave.

Although An Guogong's mansion can't be compared with Prince Yong's mansion, Sima Yan is a princess personally appointed by the emperor, and her status is higher than that of Qi Yuexin, so she didn't go there before.One is that Princess Yue, the daughter of Prince Gu Yong's mansion, and the other is that the Empress Dowager dislikes side concubine Zhao, Qi Yuexin and her siblings are basically indifferent.

A while ago, because she wanted to find out about Qi Haoning's situation and whereabouts in the palace, and because of Ma Linger's help, Sima Yan and Qi Yuexin got closer.

In fact, it can't be said to be close. Sima Yan really doesn't like Qi Yuexin who has no self-knowledge and pretends to be smart. Admire and envy her talent and nobility.

Mother Hua frowned: "Sister, for an embarrassing character like Qi Yuexin, it's fine if you don't turn against each other. You don't need to get close, just ask someone to send you a gift."

Sima Yan shook her head: "No, I also sent her a post about the Plum Blossom Banquet. Mom, don't worry, others will only see that Mrs. Yu is getting close to her, and I'm just showing face to Mrs. Yu."

Qi Yuexin's temperament is the best to take advantage of, she doesn't have to rush to get rid of this sticky, brainless idiot now, he is the vanguard of "skinning".Moreover.After all, Qi Yuexin, the eldest daughter of Prince Yong's Mansion, is not a concubine in an ordinary mansion, and although it's not beneficial to get closer, it won't lose her reputation too much.

Moreover, Ma Ling'er, Madam Yu, was the one who approached Qi Yuexin, and she only got closer to Ma Ling'er.By the way, just say hello to Ma Linger's friends.After all, Ma Ling'er is the second prince's direct cousin, and she is also a serious relative with her, the prospective second prince's concubine.

Mother Hua thought about it, what Sima Yan said made sense, but she still couldn't understand why Ma Ling'er suddenly approached Qi Yuexin?Could it be that the Ma family wants to use Qi Yuexin to deal with Prince Yong's residence?So what is the purpose of the Ma family? ...

Mother Hua didn't dare to think about it, it doesn't matter if she fights for the reserve.I hope that the second prince and the Ma family will not do anything rebellious.In any case, she will keep an eye on the girl.At critical moments, it is better to leave her husband's house than die with her.With the Empress Dowager's favor, it's easy to talk about anything, not to mention this marriage can be said to have been forced on the girl by the Empress Dowager.As long as the girl does not go astray, the empress dowager will definitely not abandon the girl, and will only love her more in the future, and add some guilt.

Mother Hua suddenly thought of a question: "Sister, do you think Miss Xia will go to Qi Yuexin's birthday party?"

"It should be," Sima Yan frowned slightly.

Xia Shuyao just got engaged to Ning Shizi.How can I just put on a show and put on airs?She is also worried about making Prince Yong and Ning Shizi unhappy, right?After all, they don't need to be close to concubine Zhao and Qi Yuexin, but Xia Shuyao, a daughter-in-law who has not entered the house, looks down on the eldest daughter of the palace, isn't it also a slap in the face?

What's more, what is the relationship between Ning Shizi and Zhao side concubine mother and son, outsiders are guessing.In the early years, Sima Yan saw and heard with her own eyes many times in the Palace of Compassion and Ning that Ning Shizi was very protective of Concubine Zhao and a pair of concubines and concubines.Although I haven't seen him bring Qi Yuexin into the palace in the past few years, it may be because he has been in the south for a long time, isn't it?Moreover, Qi Yueling didn't like Qi Yuexin very much, and Shizi Ning probably didn't want to be caught between the two younger sisters, so he didn't bring Qi Yuexin and his brother into the palace.

As the prospective concubine of Prince Yong's Mansion, Xia Shuyao's safest course of action is to attend the birthday banquet. It doesn't matter if she is close or not (Xia Shuyao has a close relationship with Princess Yue, so she should have some scruples and distance herself from Qi Yuexin), but Lu There is always nothing wrong with a face.

However, for some reason, Sima Yan suddenly felt that she had no idea. She would never forget that time when Shu Yao choked her into silence in Duke Zhong's mansion, and she didn't know how to respond.

That fake noble girl from the city didn't seem to follow her way of thinking, their thinking was different after all, Sima Yan suddenly had a feeling of "unable to understand that person's mind".

What Sima Yan was not sure about, Qi Yuexin was very sure about.

At this moment in Prince Yong's mansion, the mother and daughter were discussing how to use Shuyao's bluff on the tenth birthday banquet to make the guests think that Qi Haoning attached great importance to Qi Yuexin's younger sister.

In February of the following year, Qi Yuexin and Ruan Wenxin's marriage was about to be finalized. Ruan Wenxin's wife Zheng Shi was found to have written an "indecent" private letter to an old senior brother, and that senior brother even came forward to prove that it was Zheng Shi who wrote it What was given to him was that he thought that "a friend's wife should not be bullied", and he did not accept it.

In order to stay with her daughter, Mrs. Zheng has confessed her crimes in public, asked herself to be a concubine, and copied scriptures for self-examination.

Qi Yuexin looked at Concubine Zhao with admiration: "Concubine Mother, you are the most powerful." Now that Mrs. Zheng asked herself to be a concubine, Ruan Wenxin left her pregnant for the sake of her daughter and her late mentor. The story of Zheng's family has been spread. Who doesn't say that Ruan Wenxin is nostalgic and grateful, and values ​​love and righteousness?

Next, it is time to stage another touching story in which the eldest lady of Prince Yong's Mansion hears about this, appreciates Ruan Wenxin's character and talent, and bows down to marry.

Concubine Zhao gave Qi Yuexin a loving look: "Mother and Concubine are just you and Xiang'er, can you not do your best for you? Now your father and Qi Haoning may not return to Beijing for a few years, we want to marry you When it was more lively and beautiful, we can only use Xia Shuyao to make a fuss."

Thinking of Qi Haoning's rampant scene when he was about to leave, side concubine Zhao felt a fishy sweetness in her throat, and now she hoped that Qi Haoning would die in Guangdong City, under the sword of the Water Dragon King, and never return to Beijing.

Although Prince Yong may have distrusted her long ago because of the suicide note, as long as Qi Haoning died, she still had a chance to operate.

Concubine Zhao clenched her fists tightly. It's a pity that she doesn't have much private property, so she can't take all of it and hire another killer, right?

Seeing Concubine Zhao's face suddenly changed, Qi Yuexin was a little frightened: "Concubine Mu, don't think about that anymore, the second brother was just angry for a while, nothing will happen, after all, he was brought up by you alone. Concubine Mu , you write two letters to apologize to the father and the second brother respectively, didn't you say that the man only needs to be coaxed?"

Concubine Zhao secretly sighed, but she still couldn't tell Qi Yuexin about some things.

"Okay, Xin'er, the mother and concubine will take care of those things, so you can prepare for your performance at the birthday banquet, and then, um, after you get engaged, it's time to prepare for the wedding gown."

"Concubine Mother---" Qi Yuexin blushed shyly, "Concubine Mother, don't worry, Xin'er is still confident enough to deal with a wild girl in the market. Madam Yu and Princess Yan will come to my birthday banquet, and they will help me "(To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)

ps: There should be another update in the evening, but it will definitely be very late, everyone will come back tomorrow morning.