Your daughter's strategy

Shu Ning likes Pei Jun, partly because of admiration, partly because there are too few playmates. Although Bo Rang is the eldest brother, the age gap is there, and it is impossible for Bo Rang to talk to him all day long However, Zhong Ran was thinking about Wei Ziying in his heart, and he was always thinking of a fair lady and a gentleman, and An Zhuo, who was about the same age, was half a competitor. In fact, there were very few people who could talk to Shu Ning. Now that he saw Pei Jun, he was naturally very like.

Xu Miaoyun saw that although Pei Jun was handsome, he had a habit developed in the army. Although he deliberately restrained himself, he still felt careless when he sat there. When the maid brought tea, Xu Miaoyun smiled at Pei Jun. Made a gesture of please.

Pei Jun smiled, picked it up and drank the bowl of tea in his hand, as if drinking alcohol, Xu Miaoyun was slightly surprised, and signaled the maid to change him another bowl of tea, Shu Ning was obviously used to Pei Jun's boldness, He also smiled and said: "There are many rules in the palace, so don't worry about it, Third Brother Pei."

Pei Jun smiled and said: "It's better to have more rules. Like we are in the northwest, there are no rules. When it's hot, tea is boiled on the stove to quench our thirst. Everyone swarms around. If you slow down, you may be thirsty." gone."

While talking eloquently, Xu Miaoyun looked at him with a smile, and stopped embarrassingly with a blushing face. Shu Ning was fascinated by what he was listening to. Seeing that he stopped talking, he didn't care much. Instead, he smiled and said, "Pei San Now that I’ve said that, I’ll also go to the Northwest to see and see.”

However, Pei Jun peeked at Xu Miaoyun, and saw that the person sitting at the top had a delicate face and gorgeous clothes. He was supposed to be superior, but the smile on his face was very gentle.It added a bit of intimacy, completely different from those women Pei Jun had seen before, with an inviolable nobility and awe-inspiring, which made him feel scared back when he saw a beauty.

After Shu Ning left and brought Pei Jun out of Fengyi Palace, Pei Jun asked Shu Ning: "I just met a lot of people, who are they?"

Shu Ning smiled and said, "One is my aunt, Princess Taining. She is married to the third son of Wang Chi, the governor of Shanxi and Gansu provinces. The other is my sister-in-law's boudoir sister. Feng Ge's only daughter."

Shu Ning thought that Pei Jun was worried about his sister being bullied, and added with a smile: "These two are not the kind of bully, don't worry."

Pei Jun smiled and said, "Women in the capital are more handsome than those in the northwest."

Shu Ning winked at him: "If you like someone, I'll ask my sister-in-law to give you a marriage. I'm afraid you're too picky." Pei Jun smiled and didn't speak.

On the second day, Mrs. Wang took her two daughters, Wang Yan and Wang Rulai, to greet Xu Miaoyun.But Tai Ning was not with her. Xu Miaoyun felt curious and asked, although Mrs. Wang's complexion wasn't ugly, it was just not. She said flatly: "The princess is busy learning martial arts from Miss Pei. Don't dare to disturb her. "

As soon as Xu Miaoyun heard this, she knew that Mrs. Wang was angry.Originally, Taining was a daughter-in-law, Mrs. Wang's visit to the palace to pay her respects was equivalent to visiting Taining's natal family, but Taining put aside to busy with other things, no wonder Mrs. Wang was unhappy, Xu Miaoyun smiled, borrowing While drinking tea, he winked at Xiujuan.Xiujuan understood, and quietly retreated.

Xu Miaoyun smiled and changed the topic.Talking about Wang Yan's marriage with Mrs. Wang, Wang Yan lowered her head shyly, but Mrs. Wang cheered up and thought about it: "We don't dare to climb high, as long as the other party is promising, we Yan'er will follow him." There is also a rush to live."

The words were simple, but Mrs. Wang didn't talk about what would be considered promising. Instead, she boasted about Wang Yan's dowry: "It's a neat 120. It's decent wherever you go."

Xu Miaoyun also echoed: "Such a dowry can be regarded as generous, and it is rare to marry a daughter with such a big sum in the capital."

Mrs. Wang was very proud, and said with a smile: "It's thanks to the dignity given by the empress and the princess. I will really lose my mind when the two girls get married."

Just as she was talking, Xiu Juan walked in with a smile: "The Empress Dowager said that she would like to invite the two Wang girls to come and have a seat."

Mrs. Wang immediately beamed with joy. The empress dowager's status is so honorable. Usually she lives in seclusion, even Princess Taining is no exception when she gets married. Now she wants to see her daughter. If the empress dowager falls into the eyes of the empress dowager. The future is great.

So she hurriedly agreed, and asked Wang Yan and Wang Ru to follow Xiujuan to visit the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager naturally didn't care about Wang Yan or Wang Ru, but she just wanted to make up for Taining's rudeness and give the Wang family a face.

Taining didn't enter the palace with Mrs. Wang today because he was invited to visit Feng's house with Pei Qingqing. The three of them got acquainted quickly. Hearing Xu Miaoyun say that Mrs. Wang was not happy, she said: "She is not happy, and I am not. I didn't come today on purpose."

Xu Miaoyun said: "What did she do to offend you? After all, she is a mother-in-law. If you pay attention, people will say that you are not filial because of your status as a princess."

Tai Ning said: "Yesterday I invited Qingqing to play in the mansion, and by the way I also invited Mrs. Pei and Qingqing's two sister-in-laws. As an elder, shouldn't she come out to say hello? But I told the girl to come out and say that the journey was exhausting. Mrs. Pei doesn't know if she can't get up, but I know it well, she came a long time ago, can't get up now? Since she doesn't give me face, I don't have to give her face either. "

Xu Miaoyun said: "What you said is wrong. She is your mother-in-law, and the Pei family is Zhongran's Yue's family. She is the one who should be intimate. She is so smart, how could she not establish a good relationship with the Pei family in advance."

Taining said: "It's just because the Pei family is poor. I knew she was nagging the girl before, saying that General Pei only has a fourth-rank official position, and he is not worthy of marrying his daughter to Zhongran. Northwest, of course, is not more particular than in the capital, she said one by one, looking at me, I don't know, if she enters the palace today, I won't give her face, so what about her?"

Taining became more and more angry as she spoke, Xu Miaoyun hurriedly said: "You have vented your anger, don't say such things when you go back." She secretly felt strange, although the Pei family was poor, but that was before, now that it is the emperor's in-laws, it must be There will be rewards.When the time comes, it will not be considered humiliating for the Wang family to deal with him, not to mention that even if the Pei family is poor, they should not be so contemptuous of the Queen Mother's face.

She had a vague guess in her heart, but she wasn't sure.

A few days later, when the first snow fell, Xu Miaoyun posted a post to invite Mrs. Xu, Grandma Feng, and Second Grandma Tang.Mrs. Xie, Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Pei went to the palace to enjoy the snow and drink, Xu Jinghan, Xu Peining, Wang Yan, Wang Ru.Feng Zhenzhen, Liang Puyu, and Pei Qingqing were also invited. In addition, Xu Miaoyun specially asked Xu Jinghan to invite Xue Zizhou over.

Mrs. Xu was the first to arrive, and told Xu Miaoyun about the Xu family: "The old lady doesn't like to move very much since the winter solstice, because she is afraid of the cold. Fortunately, there are a few good leathers that the mother rewarded, and she made leather jackets and knee pads. Doctor Lin came Diagnosing the pulse, it was said that elderly people are like this, so I asked a few little girls to play leaf cards with me all day, and I feel quite comfortable."

Xu Miaoyun said worriedly: "Tomorrow, I'll ask Imperial Physician Song to show grandma a look. If there's anything wrong, I'll know earlier."

Mrs. Xu said: "The old lady is in good health, but she is too lonely and has no one to accompany her. Although there are sisters Wan and Bao, it is better to have a grandson by her side." Xu Miaoyun said with a smile: "Auntie That's what I said."

Mrs. Xu laughed and said: "This is the truth. Now the Xu family has only one grandson, brother Mao. Although he is enjoying the blessings in the palace, the old lady is still reluctant. She often talks about it. If Brother Mao is with him, the old lady will Your wife is happy to see it, isn't she?"

Xu Miaoyun thought for a while, and although she was reluctant to part with Brother Mao, she was also worried about Mrs. Xu, so she agreed to think about it carefully. After Mrs. Xu's task of entering the palace was completed, she was relieved and talked about other people's gossip: "Mr. My wife is painting the house at home, it seems that Xie Yushu's marriage has been settled."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and said: "This is a happy event. Xie Yushu is the eldest son of the Xie family. His marriage must be lively."

Mrs. Xu said: "Naturally, Mrs. Xie also specifically told me that she wanted Zhilan to go back to her mother's house to help her for a while, and I agreed. I will take Sister Wan and Sister Bao there in a few days. I'm afraid the house will be even more deserted." He sighed again.

Xu Miaoyun felt sad when she thought of her brother and sister-in-law in Shanxi.

Xu Jinghan, Xu Peining and Feng Zhenzhen met at the gate of the palace, so they came together. The hall suddenly became lively, and everyone saluted and greeted each other. The young girls followed Taining to the side to talk, and Xu Miaoyun accompanied Greetings with several ladies.

This is something that can't be helped, although Xu Miaoyun's heart is itchy, if she wants to participate in the excitement over there, she has to follow her temper, who calls her a queen, if the queen mother is here now, she won't be needed, but the queen mother If not, she has to be on top.

But it's also very interesting to listen to the ladies talking. Second Grandma Tang, Mrs. Xie and Grandma Feng obviously have a very good relationship, and they also sing in unison. In this way, only Mrs. Xu, Mrs. Pei and Mrs. Wang are left, Mrs. Xu After chatting with Mrs. Pei, Mrs. Wang placed an order.

Naturally, Xu Miaoyun couldn't make her feel left out. Just as she was about to have a word with her, she heard Mrs. Wang ask Second Mistress Tang: "I heard that the second lady of your mansion married to Shandong."

Second Grandma Tang was a little surprised, but she still smiled and said, "Yes, she married into the Chen family in Shandong."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and listened to the two of them talking, because the topic was the marriage of children, the other wives were also very interested and listened with their ears up.

Mrs. Wang clicked her tongue and said, "The Chen family is a scholarly family, this is really a good marriage."

Even though Second Grandma Tang felt very proud, she still said modestly: "Is that good, their little husband and wife can live a peaceful life and don't have to worry about it."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "No, it is said that marrying a Han, marrying a Han, dressing and eating, the Chen family is well-off, so there is no need to worry about eating and drinking, but getting married with such a family is also tiring, and the dowry alone has to be carefully arranged." , otherwise the wrong rules can be a joke."

Second Grandma Tang immediately seemed to have found a bosom friend, and said: "Isn't it? If there are fewer escorts, compared with the betrothal gifts sent by others, we will feel embarrassed. If you give more, they will dislike you for bullying others. I have a lot of money, and people dislike vulgarity, if there are only those books, calligraphy and paintings, it doesn't look like getting married, but like going to school, alas, how difficult it is!"

Mrs. Xie smiled and said: "Now I don't say this because I am in front of my in-laws. Back then when I prepared the dowry for Zhilan, I was afraid that I would be disgusted in some way."

This in-law naturally refers to Mrs. Xu, and Mrs. Xu smiled and said, "I'm not afraid to say it in front of me, because the dowry of a daughter-in-law here is everyone's private property. The in-law's family has no right to control it. It's too much gold and silver." It’s still too much, anyway, it’s the daughter-in-law who spends it herself.”

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "That being said, if there is less dowry, it will make people laugh. Mrs. Xu is from the south of the Yangtze River. She must have seen the ostentation of marrying a daughter in the south of the Yangtze River. It is really red makeup, marrying a daughter .The whole family has been turned over.

Everyone here has daughters, and the dowry prepared for their daughters is also very generous, so naturally they all nodded in agreement. Mrs. Wang turned her eyes and looked at Mrs. Pei: "I don't know how much Mrs. Pei has prepared for her daughter this time." Dowry? When Yan’er got married, our master allocated 2 taels of silver to buy the dowry. I will also share part of my dowry. No matter what kind of family I marry in the future, the dowry will be generous, and I will be able to stand upright when I speak .”

Mrs. Pei smiled faintly: "You can buy as much dowry as you have, we don't pay much attention to this in the Northwest."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "Although that's the case, I'm still in the capital now. I'm going to be a princess again. If the dowry is too thin, others don't say it on the face, but they make jokes behind their backs." At this point, everyone in the circle heard it With a little meaning in the words, and looking at Mrs. Pei's attire, one can understand that Mrs. Wang is deliberately trying to embarrass Mrs. Pei.

Among the ladies present here who don't have one or two pieces of priceless jewellery, it's Mrs. Xie who is dressed in the simplest way, and the pair of jade bracelets in her hands can be seen as the best.Good things that are old, not to mention the eight-treasure ruyi hairpin inlaid with rubies and emeralds in red gold on Mistress Tang's hair.

But Mrs. Pei only wore two gold hairpins on her head.There are also little golden lilacs on the ears, not to mention the pile of skinny gold bracelets on the hands.

Mrs. Xie and Mrs. Feng both looked away, and Mrs. Tang also pretended to drink tea and waited calmly for Mrs. Pei's reply. Mrs. Xu was kind, and she was afraid that Xu Miaoyun would be embarrassed if the scene got out of control, so she smoothed things over and laughed. : "Miss Pei is the only girl in the Pei family, how can you be wronged? On the contrary, Mrs. Wang has two daughters who are married, and they have to prepare two copies of any good things. When the time comes, no one can complain about partiality."

Mrs. Wang flicked the jade bracelet inlaid with gold in her hand, and said with a smile: "Of course not, I have two daughters, so I will prepare two things, and I will never miss which one is missing. You have to make your daughter respectable in her in-law's house." Mrs. Xu smiled, and couldn't answer the question anymore.

Xu Miaoyun looked at Mrs. Pei's face that was gradually sinking, and secretly cried out that it was not good, and hurriedly said to Mrs. Wang: "Miss Wang's marriage has been settled?"

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "With the empress dowager and empress making decisions, it is natural that it will be the same."

On the contrary, Xu Miaoyun was a little displeased with Xu Miaoyun's army. If Mrs. Wang is not satisfied with Wang Yan's marriage in the future, will she still blame the empress dowager for not doing her best?

Xu Miaoyun slowly leaned her body on the throne, and her expression became a little alienated. At this time, she had a bit of the majesty of a queen, and Mrs. Wang also shut up wisely.

The scene was a bit cold for a while, and the young girls who were talking and laughing in the side hall noticed it. Mrs. Pei suddenly said: "Our Pei family is naturally not richer than the Wang family, nor can it be compared with the decency of the Wang family marrying a daughter, but we will not wrong our daughter. If the husband's family only looks at the dowry comparison of the daughter-in-law, then such a family will not marry."

Mrs. Wang glanced at Xu Miaoyun who was expressionless, and replied with a smile: "Is Mrs. Pei dissatisfied with this marriage?"

Mrs. Pei said lightly: "Naturally, I dare not be dissatisfied. If the Queen Mother or Prince Yi dislikes our Qingqing's lack of dowry, I dare not say so."

Xu Miaoyun hurriedly said: "This marriage was handpicked by the Empress Dowager, Mrs. Pei, don't say such a thing, otherwise you will not live up to the Empress Dowager's wishes."

Mrs. Pei did not speak.

Pei Qingqing over there has been looking at this side all the time, feeling that the atmosphere is not right, and there are few words, just pay attention to the expression on Mrs. Pei's face, Taining saw it and smiled and said: "What are you looking at?" Pei Qingqing said: "There is no I know what I'm talking about, my mother's face is ugly."

Taining glanced at it, saw Mrs. Wang's expression that seemed to be showing off, couldn't help frowning, got up and walked out, Pei Qingqing hurriedly followed, just in time to hear Mrs. Wang's words: "It's not that I speak badly. After all, it’s not in the Northwest, Qianbaiba marrying a daughter is the best, and in the capital, 1000 taels of silver is just money for a cover, and it’s just for the Empress Dowager’s dignity.”

Pei Qingqing's face froze immediately, Taining had already rushed out, pointed at Mrs. Wang and said angrily: "How much dowry people prepare for their daughters, what has nothing to do with you? When I married your son, did you also stare at me?" What about the dowry?"

Although Taining has a noble status, Mrs. Wang is her mother-in-law after all. She was pointed at her nose and scolded by Taining, and her face turned blue in front of so many people. Xu Miaoyun was startled and hurried forward to stop her. Tai Ning: "What are you doing?"

The wives also stood up. They all felt that Mrs. Wang was too utilitarian, so they didn't say anything to help. Pei Qingqing directly stood beside Mrs. Pei, feeling that because she had humiliated Mrs. Pei, her eyes were red.

Tai Ning was obviously dissatisfied with Mrs. Wang for not a day or two, and her face turned pale with anger, but she is a junior after all, if word spread that she yelled at her mother-in-law, her reputation would be ruined.

Xu Miaoyun made a decisive decision and immediately asked Xiujuan to pull Taining down. Wang Yan, Wang Ru and others were also attracted over there. Wang Yan and Wang Ru naturally stood beside Mrs. Wang, staring at Taining. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation.)