Concubine Xuan is not Prince Ping's biological mother, but she is better with Concubine Ping, and because she gave birth to a pair of children who died before they could grow up, she regarded Prince Ping as a parent.

She has a strange temperament, among Prince Ping's children, she is only slightly better to Ji Yaoshen, and as for the other children, they are all treated coldly.

Princess Ping was indignant about this, and had complained to her mother and sister-in-law in private, her mother felt that her daughter was making too much fuss, and Concubine Xuan was not her serious mother-in-law, so why did she care about her poor attitude towards several children?

Although Prince Ping's mother's opinion is reasonable, she has not been able to comfort her daughter at all, but her sister-in-law has resonance with her, although Concubine Xuan is not her serious mother-in-law, but it is far more difficult to wait than a serious mother-in-law!

The emperor is very filial to her, and whatever is good, he will send it to her palace, and I heard that there are more treasures in her palace than the queen, even the queen mother can't catch up.

Although the queen mother is the emperor's mother, she has never treated this little son very well, because when she was pregnant with him, the first emperor had a new favorite, and after he was born, the first emperor did not pay much attention to him, the queen mother was annoyed, and she had two excellent sons, so she did not take the younger son to heart.

The minions in the palace are the most likely to step on the highs and lows, and now they are not less despised by those minions when they are young, and it is Concubine Xuan who secretly helped him, otherwise he will not grow up, let alone become the emperor later.

For this reason, the emperor is much more filial to Concubine Xuan than to the Queen Mother!

Prince Ping is not stupid, what her mother said, how could she not understand, but Concubine Xuan is really a difficult old woman, if she could, she really wanted to ignore her words, but unfortunately it didn't work.

She didn't want to deal with the wrong maid in front of all the female guests, but she couldn't match the concubine's command, so she had to bite the bullet in the end.

There was a drizzle outside, the house was sweet and fruity, Li Qianqian and Lan Tang were eating fresh fruit sent from Liancheng, this fruit was very similar to the apple she knew, only bigger and sweeter, the juice and taste were comparable to watermelon, but it was not called an apple, but a water apple, probably because of its juicy relationship.

"This is transplanted from Xiyue, I heard that at the beginning, no one was willing to plant, the four elders had no choice, and finally had to take people to do it themselves, but now there are many people who plant. ”

Liu Er is still accustomed to calling Zhang Jianye the four elders, and now the Ruifeng warehouse has the chief shopkeeper of the warehouse in charge, and the four seas caravan also has the captain to co-ordinate, Zhang Jianye, the general person in charge, is idle, he is rarely interested in farming, because he took the caravan around before, collected a lot of seeds, and wanted to plant these seeds, so he moved to Zhuangzi outside Liancheng, and there were veterans of farming in Zhuangzi, which happened to be in tune with him.

A group of people are very research-minded and slowly experimenting, in addition to apples, there are also pears, watermelons and melons and other fruits, I heard that peppers are being studied recently, this thing, Nanchu already has it, but the spicy degree is not very high.

Li Qianqian nodded while eating and asked, "Where is Mrs. Zhang?"

"The Four Elders and her are now living separately. ”

Madame Zhang felt that her husband had paid a lot, so her children should take over the management of the warehouse and the caravan, and didn't the second elder and the eldest elder do the same?

With the precedent of these three people, it is normal for Mrs. Zhang to think so, but the four elders dare not agree with his wife's thoughts.

He didn't want to get old, like the Great Elder and the Second Elder, before the Great Elder passed away, he was no longer an elder of the Rui Yao Sect, and his children and grandchildren were not from the Rui Yao Sect, so naturally it was impossible for him to get any funding from the Rui Yao Sect, and everything had to be done by themselves.

It's just that they have long been abused by the Great Elders.

The Great Elder relied on his identity, Li Shu was not at the main altar all the year round, regarded the Ruiyao Sect as his own property, connived at his children, grandchildren and in-laws to do whatever he wanted, and unscrupulously hollowed out the assets of the Ruiyao Sect.

The latest news is that the children and grandchildren of the Great Elder have returned to their hometown from the capital in embarrassment, and their family is used to squandering, and the property that the Great Elder has accumulated for many years has been squandered by them in just a few years.

The money obtained from the sale of servants and maidservants and land property was spent in a few days, and finally even children were sold for money.

Now that his wife has been separated, it is equivalent to the death of his family.

The four elders were afraid that their children would be raised by their wives, so they refused to arrange for their children to work in caravans and warehouses as his wife wished.

Although he had succumbed earlier, he later found that when he gave in one step, his wife had to take several steps forward, and finally forced him to completely abandon after picking a good candidate for the manager.

When he moved to live in Liancheng alone, not long after, he was forced to leave his son and relatives who had been arranged by his wife to enter the caravan and the storehouse in desperation.

His wife wrote to him asking him to go back immediately and support his son and her nephew.

The fourth elder did not go back, but asked the pigeon guard to find out the truth, and after learning that his son, wife and nephew had made a mistake first, and refused to accept the punishment of his superiors, he left his post in anger, and then he gave up on his wife, and then left alone.

"I heard that after Mrs. Zhang received the letter, she was quite happy, because every time the four elders sent a letter back, they were thick with one letter, and that time it was only a thin one, Mrs. Zhang thought that the four elders were going to tell her when to go back, but she didn't expect that only four words were written on the letter. ”

"What, what are you writing?" Lan Tang urged anxiously.

"It's good to do it yourself. Liu Er didn't sell it anymore, and said bluntly.

Li Qianqian couldn't help but smile, "Isn't Mrs. Zhang mad?"

"Mrs. Zhang used to be very reasonable, but her mother's family instigated her behind her back, and a good person was taught bad by them. Liu Er was overwhelmed with emotion, he had a good relationship with the four elders, and when he saw their husband and wife father and son making trouble like this, he couldn't tell how he felt.

"The four elders of the family are very open-minded, what are you sad for him?" Li Qianqian asked curiously.

Liu Er was stunned for a moment, and asked rhetorically, "Where do you see that he can think about it?"

"Where!" Li Qianqian pointed to the apples on the table, "He has put all his mind on these fruits, can he open them?"

Since ancient times, they have hoped that their sons will inherit their father's business, but the Ruiyao Sect is not the private property of the four elders, and there are the lessons of the great elder and the second elder in front of them, and the four elders are closest to Li Shu, so why don't you know what he thinks in his heart?

The second elder's family is doing quite well now, that is because he finally reined in the precipice and contributed all the business routes he had worked hard to establish to the four seas caravan, and his grandson is now leading a caravan by himself, and the results are very good, and now the second elder is busy teasing his great-grandson all day long.

"But if Mrs. Zhang's mother and son encounter any difficulties, the four elders won't really care. ”

I'm afraid that Mrs. Zhang will catch his weakness and cause something to happen at that time, which will not be good. "When you turn around, send someone to keep an eye on them, and don't let them get into trouble. ”

Liu Er knew the severity, and immediately nodded in response.

"By the way, after Ji Yaoshen went back that day, did he deal with that Chu Yi?"

Liu Er smiled, "It's disposed of, after the princess of Tianping ordered the girl to be scolded with a cane for thirty boards, she sent the person to Zhuangzi." ”

"Prince and Princess Ping really disposed of that maid in front of everyone?" Lan Tang asked.

"Yes. However, Princess Ping is not stupid in the end, she threw the question to the female guests present, to see how each family dealt with such a backlier, and then asked everyone to give their opinions, and then everyone decided how to deal with the maid. Thinking of this, Liu Er couldn't help but admire Prince Ping, "Originally, she repeatedly delayed it, but Concubine Xuan in the palace gave her a verbal message, asking her to make good use of the opportunity to teach the daughters to be married in the house, so Prince and Princess Ping didn't want to deal with Chu Yi in public." ”

Li Qianqian was stunned when she heard this, Lan Tang directly wowed, and said, "This Prince Ping is really a thief, if she makes her own decisions, she will deal with it ruthlessly, and it will not work if she disposes of it lightly, she simply dragged all the ladies and wives who attended into the water, although this trick is not kind, but for those girls who are waiting for the boudoir, it is just right to know how other people's families deal with such a backshit." ”

Originally, Miss Ji wanted to shake out what Chu Yi had done, but she was stopped by the palace maid beside Concubine Xuan. Liu Er said with regret.

Ji Yaoshen, who proposed to ask his mother-in-law to teach him how to deal with the request of the master and maid, actually had a very deep reputation, and no one dared to marry her back if she dared to coerce her mother-in-law in public, right? Even if her mother-in-law was unkind, a concubine who dared to make such a request in public was definitely not easy to get along with.

As the mother-in-law, Princess Ping did not want to be coerced by the concubine and refused what she wanted, and none of the housewives present could say anything accusatory, so it was them who made the same choice as Prince Ping.

But Concubine Xuan gave an edict, and it reversed the impression that Ji Yaoshen was acting on, everyone will wonder, is it that Prince Ping and Princess Ping have done too much, forcing Ji Yaoshen, a concubine, to be unable to do so, so she can only ask Concubine Xuan for help, as for why she asked the concubine for help? Look, she asked her mother directly, but didn't Prince Ping, who was her mother-in-law, want to refuse her?

What does that mean?

said that Prince Ping did too much on weekdays and didn't teach the concubine anything, so Ji Yaoshen, who was a concubine, had to ask the concubine in the palace for help?

"Even if Prince Ping handles this matter well, it will be difficult to maintain the image she has worked so hard to build in the past. Liu Erxia commented.

Li Qianqian was a little speechless, no matter ancient or modern, there are always people who live for the external image, some people can't let go of their bodies because of this, some people suffer for a lifetime, and some people end up committing suicide in pain in order to maintain their image.

It can only be said that everyone's values are different, and what they pursue is also different from person to person, some people can spend a lot of money just to maintain their own face for the sake of face, and some people are indifferent to fame and fortune, and some people do not hesitate to abandon their wives and children, and some people are willing to be dull for their wives and children.

And Princess Ping, as a princess, is gentle and generous, and she has set herself up as a persona, even if she does everything that hurts nature and reason in private, but on the surface, she has always maintained this gentle image, and it can be said that she has spared no effort to maintain this image, especially in front of her daughters.

But since Ji Yaoshen's mother and daughter appeared, her image has been in crisis frequently, and now it is even more precarious because of Ji Yaoshen's public request.

"That maid named Chu Yi, after being scolded by the cane, what about now?" Li Qianqian asked thoughtfully.

Liu Er was stunned, as if she didn't expect her to ask about the maid. "On Zhuangzi, it's just a breath now, do you want to ......"

"I didn't want to save her, but she didn't sin to death, she acted on orders, not that she had this mind, and she was far less big than the maids in my yard. ”

Chu Yi acted on orders, and the maids in her yard guarded and stole themselves, although they were instigated by Chu Yi to get their hearts moved, but it was they who chose to betray the master, not like Chu Yi.

Liu Er nodded, "I'll let someone heal her when I go back, but what do you think we should do well......?"

"We do it ourselves. Li Qianqian said confidently, "If she has made progress over the years, then no one needs to remind her, she should know that this is the best opportunity to buy people's hearts, we treat Chu Yi, but we don't want to rein her in, but for the sake of her loyalty to her master, from beginning to end, she didn't throw Prince Ping out." ”

In everyone's opinion, she betrayed her master Ji Yaoshen, but in fact, her real master is Prince Ping, who was ordered by Prince Ping to destroy the relationship between Li Qianqian and Ji Yaoshen, so strictly speaking, she did not betray the master.

did not throw out Prince Ping, the real mastermind behind the scenes, in order to reduce the guilt, and asked Li Qianqian to say that such a person is loyal.

So she doesn't mind saving her life, but if she gives this favor to Ji Yaoshen to do it, then there is no need. If it weren't for their mother and daughter, her third brother would not have been sold by Mrs. Li, her fourth brother would not have died at a young age, and her mother would not have been moved because of this.

She supported Ji Yaoshen and let her gain a foothold in Prince Ping's mansion, not so that their mother and daughter could enjoy wealth and glory from now on, only Ji Yaoshen stood up, Prince Ping was afraid of her, and she would order Prince Ping's women to target them.

You don't need Li Qianqian to do it himself, someone will do it.

"She has enough people at her disposal, and she doesn't have to add any more bricks to her. Li Qianqian made a decision, and Liu Er complied.

A little later, Prince Ping's Mansion in a Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing, a low house, there was a burst of foul smell, two and a half big girls, on the order of the head of the village, came to the people in the house to send food, after smelling the smell, the girl with the food box couldn't stand it at first, and stumbled to the old banyan on the side of the road with the food box, but she didn't run, she couldn't control the churning stomach, and vomited all over the ground.

The other person was no better, she didn't carry anything in her hand, so she rushed farther, she rushed directly to the old locust tree, held the trunk and threw up wildly.

"Mother, this smells so bad!"

"Not really. The girl who was carrying the food box took out a bowl of celery soup that was as light as water from the food box, took a sip and rinsed her mouth and spit it out, and then gave the bowl to the other girl, who was like her, and after rinsing her mouth with celery soup, the bowl of soup was gone.

"Oh! we're running out of soup. The girl who didn't mention the food box made a gesture.

"Chunhua, let's drink the soup, shouldn't it be okay?" The girl carrying the food box was a little scared, her companion was Zhuangtou's daughter, and her mother was Zhuangzi's cook, and the two of them had a decent family background, so they looked a little rounded.

"You don't have the guts, I won't go again anyway. Chunhua snorted coldly, pulled her companion away from the old locust tree, found an old banyan with a crown like a canopy, and found a root to sit down under its shade, "Come on, come on, anyway, she's sick like that, and she smells it all day long, and she definitely can't eat anything, so let's divide these foods!"

"However, this is what the twelve ladies in the house have told her to eat. "Her mother is a cook, and when the grandmother in the house came to tell her mother in person, she listened to it from the sidelines, and she knew it best.

"Are you stupid? It's all said to be in the house, is it possible that she can still run to Zhuangzi to see if we do what she tells us?"

Is that so?

Regardless of the hesitation of her companions, Chunhua has opened the food box to eat, her little companion smelled the fragrance, and immediately put the previous hesitation behind her, her mother's craftsmanship she knows best, all the dishes prepared today are her specialties, I am really sorry for myself if I don't eat!

The two pigeon guards standing next to the hut watched from a distance, and couldn't help but shake their heads secretly, "It turns out that Miss Ji is not stupid, she knows that this is an opportunity to buy people's hearts, but the people below here don't understand anything, and they almost do bad things." ”

"These people don't know much, so they naturally think that big fish and big meat are the most great supplements, who know which one is in it, and now it needs to be light. ”

It's a shame that those two stupid girls ate those delicacies, otherwise they really let the maid named Chu Yi eat them, I'm afraid they won't last a few days and hang up.

After a while, a woman came out of the hut, saw them, and smiled at them, "All right! ”

"She didn't ask who you were?"

I said that I had come to treat her at the behest of the sect master, but she still didn't believe it. "Actually, if it were her, she wouldn't believe it!

"And what do you say?"

"Let's be honest, our sect leader thinks she is a loyal servant, although what she does is not authentic, but in the end she is acting on orders, seeing that she was reprimanded with a rod and no one to take care of her, he thinks she is a pity, so he sent me to treat her. ”

"Come on, let's go, come back tomorrow. The leading pigeon guard listened to her return, bowed his head slightly, and walked first, and the other two quickly followed, and in a short time they disappeared into the field.