Lady of Fortune, Jiao Niang

Ye Jiao didn't know much about the Wen family, and Qi Yun didn't tell her what was right and wrong outside, so as to prevent her from refurbishing. He only said that the Wen family was complicated and didn't need to be too close, but he didn't say anything to be alienated.

In the final analysis, everything Qi Erlang does is for his wife and children, and what Ye Jiao likes is what he likes.

Even though Qi Yun is now noncommittal about the Wen family because of the porcelain issue, he has not stopped Ye Jiao from making friends.

Ye Jiao posted a post to the Wen family when she left the invitation, but judging from what the young man said at the time, she didn't think the Wen family was so enthusiastic, but she didn't expect that Mrs. Wen would be the first to come.

She helped the hairpin on her head, looked in the mirror, turned her head and glanced at Xiao Su: "Does it look good?"

Xiao Su's ears were red, and he nodded quickly: "It looks good, the second grandmother is good."

This is not Xiaosu’s flattery, but in the past few days, Qi Yun has made it clear that he likes dressing up his own lady. Beads and hairpins are given in turn, and she can pick whatever she wants. Ye Jiao is not stingy. Naturally, there is no shortage of things to dress up.

And Qi Yun specially invited a woman who is proficient in these things to help her choose a match. Ye Jiao only needs to move her mouth, and there are people waiting for her.

Women who don't normally dress up are either too indifferent, or just throw their heads like a jewelry store.

However, Qi Yun thought carefully and specifically asked her wife to come. Ye Jiao had a good foundation, and she looked very good after a little tidying up.

However, in a few days, the little ginseng that was once only delicate and delicate, has become the rich lady who is now elegant and beautiful.

It's just that for Ye Jiao, it's just changing into more beautiful clothes and wearing better-looking jewelry, and it doesn't feel much to the side.

She smiled into the mirror again, and took Xiaosu to the front hall.

I waited until I saw it. It was not only Mrs. Wen who came, but also the Princess Huaning sitting inside.

But Ye Jiao was taken aback when she saw Mrs. Wen's family.

In fact, Xiao Ginseng has seen quite a few people now, and her heart is transparent and her eyes are clear. Even if she can't guess the calculations in many people's hearts, she always feels right at first glance.

There are good things and bad things. Ye Jiao has seen them both close and distant, but she rarely sees them like this before.

There is no sorrow or joy, sitting there indifferently, eyes faintly looking into the distance, with a little indifferent death...

Hey, look familiar.

Ye Jiao blinked and suddenly remembered, isn't this similar to the Qi Yun he had seen before?

At that time, the little ginseng had just grown up, everything was vague, and he didn't know anything. On the night of marriage, I only remember that the new husband was thinner, whiter, and faint, and I didn't know anything else.

Later, when Ye Jiao remembered, he realized that Qi Yun was already lifeless at that time. He counted his days every day. If it weren't for his family members, I'm afraid Qi Erlang would have found a well and jumped in to avoid the pain and suffering.

This also made Ye Jiao dislike listening to the life and death easily spoken by the population. She wanted Qi Yun to live instead of living with death will.

Now that Qi Yun had no such thoughts, Qi Erlang wished that he could live two hundred years old, and he felt a loss one day less.

As a result, Ye Jiao saw a familiar look on the face of this strange woman again.

Shi Shi realized that someone was coming in, and when he turned his head to see Ye Jiao, his face showed a gentle expression, stood up and bent slightly: "Mrs. Qi."

After all, Ye Jiao was stared at by the Liu family and practiced the etiquette rules for a long time. The body responded faster than the brain, and then said: "Mrs. Wen," and then Ye Jiao remembered it and said to Xiao Su, "Bring some cloud cakes."

Hearing this, Xiao Su froze for a while before leaving quickly, but he was very strange in his heart.

This cloud piece cake was ordered by my second youngest grandmother in the morning. It’s been steamed in the small kitchen, and Ye Jiao has never been humbly in eating it, but now she took it out to such a woman who had been seen before. Different.

Xiao Su didn't know that Ye Jiao was also curious and confused.

Judging from her face, Mrs. Wen is healthy, and she is very wealthy when she wears it. It shouldn't be so low.

Shi Shi didn't know that she had been seen through. She and Ye Jiao split the subject and sat down, and said nothing.

Hua Ning, who was on the side, first smiled and said, "Jiao Niang, are you here, have you used breakfast? I brought some chicken minced congee from Linxianlou. It's warming up. Would you like to have some together?"

Although Ye Jiao had eaten this morning, it took a lot of effort for the various practices of this tea party. At this moment, after hearing Hua Ning's words, she touched her belly unconsciously, and then obediently nodded: "Okay, together."

As soon as Shi heard this, he felt that he didn't need to push forward.

Although she didn't know the relationship between Princess Huaning and Ye Jiao, she knew they were close by just listening to them. She didn't need to stay here to get in the way, so she wanted to get up and leave.

Who knows that Ye Jiao looked at her and said, "Mrs. Wen, are you hungry?"

Shi's movements stopped. If she dodges just now, she knows the rules and etiquette, but now people ask herself that it is inappropriate to hide, so she smiled gently, nodded and sat down.

When the porridge was ready, Shi Shi said with a faint smile: "We live close to each other. I saw that your mansion was busy before. I didn't come to visit. I picked up the post today. I just wanted to come early and didn't disturb Mrs. Qi. Right?"

"Of course not." Ye Jiao looked at her and smiled, her eyes as clear as water.

Shi was taken aback by this laugh.

She was not born well, and she and her brother depended on each other. When she was a boudoir girl, she had to work to allow her brother to study in the imperial examination. Later, she married the Wen family to do a continuation, and her life was not easy. And because Shi Tianrui was reprimanded, the Shi clan once again lost his original reliance.

Seeing Shi's young, he was already old in his heart.

The conflict between the women in the back house even made Shi forget what pure laughter is.

Now looking at Ye Jiao's smiling face, Shi's mouth opened, but he couldn't say a word.

She had received a letter from the Zheng family, and knew that the second grandma of the Qi family was the best to get along with, but now that she saw it, the Shi family understood why Zheng liked her so much.

This is a woman who knows the warmth at a glance, translucent like water, and brilliant like the sun.

It's just that people who have been cold for too long will feel yearning and fearful when they see the sun suddenly.

Hua Ning glanced at Shi Shi, and suddenly said, "Speaking of which, your two families also have old ones. Mrs. Wen's brother is the magistrate of your place."

Ye Jiao couldn't help but look at Shi Shi.

Shi Shi was shocked. In her opinion, Shi Tianrui was kicked out of the capital. Even the girls of the Zheng family had nothing to do with the family. He had never disclosed any communication with the noble girl in Beijing, but now he was suddenly driven by Hua Ning. The eldest princess is unavoidable to mention it.

But after all he had been a madam in the capital for many years, he still had some calmness. Shi raised his head quickly, with a small smile on his face, and said: "My brother is indeed an expatriate sitting in the county magistrate. Your Royal Highness still remembers."

Hua Ning smiled, with a meaningful tone: "Shi Tianrui is a good official, not only I remember it, but my emperor brother also remembers it, and he won't forget it."

These words brought some deliberateness and some carelessness, but in the end they revealed the news.

Shi's fingertips tightened, and finally couldn't hide his surprise, and finally dared to look straight at Hua Ning.

Hua Ning smiled at her, but stopped talking.

Ye Jiao smiled while holding a spoon, "Wanying wrote me a letter before, saying that Master Shi had a good evaluation, and Wanying asked me to wait a long time. She will be able to come to Beijing to find me soon."

Wanying, is Zheng's fine print...

Shi bit the tip of his tongue to calm himself down, his head is still messed up.

She suddenly felt that she suddenly heard a lot of things that she could not even think of before.

It turned out that my brother was not really abandoned.

It turned out that the words before the sister-in-law were not deliberately comforting her, but true.

It turns out... She can still have hope.

It's just that these words are hidden in the heart of Shi Shi, not revealing a word, just remembering the instructions of Zheng in the letter.

My elder brother and sister-in-law had long said that she was stupid for letting her get close to Ye Jiao. She couldn't see it. I hope it's not too late.

She can bear it, but she's not really stupid, she can finally hope for a life like stagnant water, which is like a new life for a woman.

So when Shi Clan looked at Ye Jiao again, he pursed the corners of his mouth and said softly: "Mrs. Qi, you and I live close. If nothing happens in the future, can I come and talk to you?"

With a little bit of care, but also a little shy.

Following Shi's wife, she was surprised to see that she had always been her own wife, who had always been as plain as water, but now she was so careful and serious.

Ye Jiao looked at her with a smile. Since she knew she was Shi Tianrui's younger sister, of course she would not refuse, and nodded neatly: "Okay."

After a few people finished the porridge, Ye Jiao knew that Shi's name was Yingxiu in small characters, and Shi could also call her Jiao Niang with a smile.

Xiao Su on the side was surprised. She had been with Ye Jiao for so many years, and felt that her second youngest grandmother was exceptionally capable. Whether it was the Dong family, the Meng family, or the Zheng family, the second youngest grandma could meet her for the first time. Just get close.

This is really capable.

Ye Jiao felt that compared to the lifelessness just now, the Shi clan was alive and well.

Little Ginseng didn't know how many ups and downs Shi's mood had just gone through. It was just a few words, but it could make people reborn. To Ye Jiao, it was just a few words of commonplace.

After all, it's just a bowl of porridge...

Could it be that she came hungry, so she felt so sad?

The little ginseng, who had eaten soil, thought about it, the more he felt that he had guessed it correctly, and his heart became more moved.

She thought, it was rare for Yingxiu to come here early even if she was hungry.

Therefore, when she went to the back hall, Ye Jiao specifically said something with her arm around her: "Don't come so early in the future, or Yingxiu said earlier when you come, I will prepare breakfast and wait for you."

Shi clan knew what Ye Jiao was thinking, only if Ye Jiao really treated her well, this woman who had been in the cold Wen's house for many years held Ye Jiao's hand tightly and nodded vigorously: "Okay, I I wrote it down."

Hua Ning did not follow them to the back hall, but went to find Xu Bao to play.

After about an hour, the wives and their girls all fell to the Qi family.

Among these people, the Qi family and the Wen family are the most prominent.

I have to say that the location of the house chosen by Ye Pingrong and Hua Ning for the Qi Er couple is very good, not only because the house itself is good, but also because there is no overly prominent house in the neighbors.

In fact, it is not impossible to find a house next to everyone, but there are differences between these families, and you have to adapt everywhere when you first enter Beijing. If you see high-class ladies every day, they are all overwhelmed. This heart must be unhappy.

It would be better to be a big family as soon as you move in, and life will be much more comfortable.

Sure enough, Ye Jiao felt that this tea party was no different from when she was in her hometown.

Recognizing people, seeing courtesy, chatting, and listening to true or false flattery or meddling, all Ye Jiao needs to do is to write down the names of these people, then put the shelf up and laugh.

But as they talked, someone talked about the incident of Miss Shen's trouble outside Qi's house.

"Speaking of which, that woman is still going to enter the palace. I heard that she was helped by the Sun family and has already moved to the Sun family."

I don't know who said this, but as soon as I said it, the atmosphere suddenly cooled down.

Ye Jiao was eating the cloud cake, feeling the surrounding quiet, she raised her head a little strangely, and looked at Shi Shi subconsciously.

Just because among these people, the one who was slightly related to her was Shi Shi, and the first reaction was to look for her, wanting to ask who the Sun family is and who is the girl Shen.

Obviously, Jiaojiao had forgotten the "female liar" cleanly.

But before Ye Jiao could speak, Shi had already put a cup of tea.

This kind of action made everyone breathe.

It is because everyone knows in their hearts that the words just now pierced the lungs of two people.

Miss Shen is the woman who is going to be selected. She has a bright future. Ye Jiao is afraid that she will have a hard time after she offends her. If she says it in person, she loses her face.

The Sun family who took in the girl Shen was the family of the Wen family's concubine Sun family. The Sun family has three characters, and the Shi family is left in the cold. This is also the Shi family's face.

Many people hate the person who talks a while ago in their hearts.

The Shi family had never thought about what happened to the Sun family. After all, in her opinion, the Wen family was a puddle of mud. She didn't care who was who lived.

But Ye Jiao is a good one. Even if it is for the bowl of minced chicken porridge, Shi will not let people lose Ye Jiao's face at this first tea party.

His eyes were indifferently swept around the people, Shi pulled the kerchief and wiped the corners of his mouth, and said lightly: "That lady Shen made trouble in the street, she has lost her respectability, and the Jiao Niang doesn't care about her. Benevolence, why did it become a mistake in your mouth? If you really envy the Sun family's ability to climb high branches, it would be better if you send your own daughter into the palace as well, maybe you can also be masters of nobles."

As soon as this word came out, everyone shrank their necks.

Everyone knows that those who are pushed up can be nobles, but their merchant daughters can only be maids in the palace. Who is willing to let their daughters suffer?

Seeing that they stopped talking, Shi Shi said: "You have such a leisurely mind, it is better to talk more about your own property. It is not clear if you want to come to Jiao Niang."

When I mentioned this, all those things were just forgotten, and they started chatting in full swing.

The reason why the Qi family was stared at by so many people was because of Qi Yun's wealth and the golden plaque.

These days, everyone knows that Qi Yun loves this lady very much. If we can make a good relationship, will it be a good thing to help each other in the market in the future?

As for what kind of talk and discord, it is nothing in the eyes of the merchant lady!

Merchants are good at this, as long as they can make money, they never care about the details.

When the noodles were gone, the first thing Ye Jiao did was to rub her face, and muttered, "I can't invite so many people next time, it's so tired."

Shi Shi poured her a cup of tea and smiled faintly: "You don't have to come often. Normally, this tea tasting party has its own set of regulations for the flower appreciation banquet. I will talk to you in detail when I have time in the future. ."

Ye Jiao nodded immediately when she heard it. She was used to being straightforward again, and the corner of her mouth curled up and said softly, "Yingxiu, you have treated me so well. You have helped me a lot."

Shi's face was rarely red, and her calm temper seemed to be suddenly useless. She said a few words to Ye Jiao, then got up to leave, and bowed her head as she helped her mother-in-law away.

Hua Ning heard the truth from behind. When he came out holding Xu Bao, he sat in front of Ye Jiao and said from the bottom of his heart: "Jiao Niang, you are really amazing."

She had just deliberately ventilated the Shi family because she knew that Chu Chengyun was now replacing the imperial powers around her. Many of those who were degraded before were the pillars left by the first emperor to Chu Chengyun, and it was the first emperor who derogated them. It is Chu Chengyun who will forgive them and recall them again in the future, so that these people will be grateful to Chu Chengyun and will naturally be more loyal.

Among them, Shi Tianrui was praised by Hua Ning when he heard Chu Chengyun personally. Only then would Hua Ning give the Shi clan some wind and form a good bond.

What Hua Ning didn't expect was that it was the porridge he brought with him, and his own wind, but Shi clan turned his mind on Ye Jiao.

But after thinking about it, Hua Ning smiled and looked at Ye Jiao: "No wonder, who can't like Jiao Niang?"

Ye Jiao was a little puzzled: "What do you mean?"

Xu Bao was originally playing with the little gold bracelet that Hua Ning had just given him. Hearing this, he immediately raised his head and said, "My mother is so beautiful!"

When these words came out, both women laughed, and Hua Ning lowered his head and kept kissing Xu Bao's face, leaving several red lips.

But at this moment, Mrs. Mo walked in angrily, saw the guests, and hurriedly saluted, with some hesitation on her face.

Ye Jiao stretched out her hand to pinch Xu Bao's little hand, and said: "Why don't you say something."

"Yes." Mrs. Mo took two steps forward and said in a low voice, "Second young lady, the next door is too shameful. I asked the young man at the door just now and said that it was the person next door who suddenly ran to say at the tea party. Their noble concubine Sun is pregnant with a child, and clamoring for Madam Wen to come over and see, it was the people brought by Madam Wen who held her back, otherwise I'm afraid to come in."

As soon as this remark came out, Ye Jiao's first reaction was to cover Xu Bao's ears and not let him listen, for fear that Xu Bao would learn to talk nonsense about these wives and concubines.

Hua Ning snorted slightly.

She grew up in the palace, and she has never seen any means. There are many in this kind of palace where you will be screaming when you are pregnant, but the more you shout, the worse you will die.

It's just that Hua Ning will not say clearly these words. In the end, it is a means in the palace. It is not only a shame, but also afraid of scaring people. Hua Ning just said: "It's really something that can't be used on the stage. Who gives her the courage?"

Ye Jiao shook her head, obviously not knowing.

Xiaosu on the side hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Second young lady, I heard from the outside that it was Wen Jialiulang's decision to set high school this time."

Madam Mo couldn't help but glanced at Xiaosu, thinking that she used to think Xiaosu was young and not transparent yet. Now it seems that she can understand all the outside matters, and she thinks about it with her mind.

Hua Ning raised her eyebrows, and she didn’t need to say anything to make it clear: “This is the son of that expensive concubine? It’s crazy to think that his son can do just this, not to mention that the scientific examination depends on fortune. When the results of the test are heard, the chief examiner must also consider the character. If you act like this, you will be blown away in the middle."

Ye Jiao didn't care about these disturbances, she just looked at Mrs. Mo and asked, "Did Yingxiu see you?"

Mother Mo nodded and said, "Mrs. Wen personally tied them up and took them home."

Seeing that Shi had a charter, Ye Jiao didn’t ask much. He let go of his hand covering Xu Bao’s ears, and while he embraced the fat son in his arms, he smiled at Hua Ning and said, “Let’s have lunch together later. Right, have chicken soup at noon."

Xu Bao shook his head when he heard the words, and asked softly, "Xiao Hei?"

Xiaosu shook, and Ye Jiao poked his nose: "No, it's alright. Can Xu Bao eat it?"

Xu Baoli nodded: "Eat!"

Ye Jiao said to Mrs. Mo, "Bring him some porridge with chicken broth, add two milk buns, and vegetables..."

"Xu Bao doesn't eat vegetables, Xu Bao eats meat!" Xiao Pangdun arched his body hard.

Ye Jiao directly hugged him and rubbed his face. The little ginseng, who has learned a lot of medicine and pharmacology, paid special attention to this aspect: "You have to eat it, otherwise you can't grow taller in the future. Still short."

This threat was obviously very effective, Xu Bao immediately closed his mouth, buried his face in Ye Jiao's arms and said nothing.

Hua Ning couldn't afford to laugh at the side, Xu Bao could hear him laughing, so he grunted and hugged Ye Jiao tighter.

Ye Jiao patted Xiao Pangdun on the back, looked at Hua Ning and asked, "Hua Ning, how about you?"

Hua Ning drank a sip of tea and finally adjusted his mood. Then he said: "I'm not going, the emperor's wife is in poor health recently. I got a wild ginseng to send to the palace. I will leave later. ."

Wild ginseng.

It's it again, it's not good people's ginseng when the name is heard.

The name made Ye Jiao's eyebrows jump, but she didn't say anything, but suddenly remembered Empress Meng.

When Hua Ning talked about Empress Meng before, Ye Jiao hadn't experienced it yet, but after two months in the capital, Ye Jiao was not completely ignorant.

It is circulated in the market that it is the election of the concubine and Queen Gein without children.

Although not every woman has to have children, but Empress Meng is in a high position and it is indeed very difficult to have no children.

Wild ginseng does not have this effect. At best, it is good for health. It is better to use it with your own handle.

Really effective things are planted in the next room.

Ye Jiao thought of this, and said to Xiao Su, "Go and bring a pot of lucky flowers," then she looked at Hua Ning, smiled and said, "Take this, it's easy to raise it, and put it in the water. You can live, which is good for your body."

Hua Ning knows that Ye Jiao understands the medical theory, so naturally he will not refuse. After Xiao Su moved the flowerpot, he said, "It's really good-looking, the name is good, don't worry, I will hand it over to the emperor's wife."

Ye Jiao smiled and watched her leave, then walked back holding Xu Bao and said, "What does Xu Bao want to do after eating?"

"Fly a kite! Feather kite!"

"Okay."

Xiao Su followed behind and sighed inwardly, feeling that his young master might still remember that Xiao Hei grabbed his milk cake to eat... In this regard, the young master and the second master are really a father and son.

After a few days passed, I was going to watch the list together on the day of the trial release, but in the morning Ruyi had a cough, Qi Ming did not let his brothers and sisters work hard for themselves, and asked them to take good care of the children and rushed with Six Thoughts. Gongyuan.

Before arriving, Qi Ming saw Ye Pingrong.

Qi Ming smiled and trot over, the first thing is to find where Chu Chengyun is.

After all, Chu Chengyun accompanied Qi Ming all the way to the entrance examination. Whether it was the former provincial examination or the current examination, Chu Chengyun always stayed with him.

But this time, Chu Chengyun was nowhere to be seen.

Meeting Qi Ming's puzzled gaze, Ye Pingrong coughed slightly and said slowly: "San Gongzi has something to do today, and you can't accompany San Young Master.