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The two cousins, the second lady and Zhong Ying, had an awkward quarrel when they saw each other, Xiao Liang was not embarrassed, she pulled her daughter's sleeve to signal not to be in front of others, but the second lady was used to it casually, and she didn't plan to let Zhong Ying go out from the time she went out.

Dressed in a water-green summer shirt, Zhong Ying's appearance is even more beautiful, her eyes are black and bright like paint, and her angry appearance is also very good-looking.

Mrs. Zhong, as a mediator, quipped: "Let's go into the house first, and wait for the tea before your sisters come to talk about who is beautiful, but let's say okay, now that you are all grown up, you are not allowed to quarrel anymore, your face is red and your neck is thick like a boiled prawn, the weather is hot enough, you better be cool." ”

She told Zhong Ying again, "Your aunt and I have a few private words to say, you entertain the two sisters for me, and don't make any more mistakes." ”

She sent her two daughters-in-law back to the room, saying that it was so that Ji Yao and the three of them could be quiet, but she was actually afraid that the three little girls would quarrel, and the daughters-in-law would be caught in the middle and it would be difficult to be people.

is so proper, of course Xiao Liang's is not comparable, she is worse than Sister A is not only for people, but also for life, there is no place to complain about the grievances in her stomach, but she catches a person who can speak, and she talks about the Guogong Mansion in every detail, from the number of Mrs. Tai to the town Guogong, and how the second lady is disobedient.

Mrs. Zhong quietly listened to her sister pour bitter water, and when she heard this, she interjected: "Niang, you should discipline her well, look at her posture and demeanor, where is there a little model that a princess should have." I often say that Ah Ying was spoiled by her father, but now that I look at it, she is a little stronger than Yu Niang. ”

Xiao Liang sneered, stroked her face and was ashamed of herself in front of Sister A, obviously she was a younger sister, she looked older than Sister A, and she was even more envious of her brother-in-law's love for Sister A. "My aunt dotes on her the most, and she has been raised in Anshoutang since she was a child, and I don't count the upbringing. She grumbled softly.

Mrs. Zhong sighed, hating that iron is not steel, "You should have taken Yu Niang into your own body to raise, my aunt is not happy that you are afraid of what she will do, you can't change your stubborn temper if you lower your head, you can always coax her with things." A good seedling sees that it is too late to regret it. ”

Xiao Liang wrung the handkerchief in his hand, but didn't speak.

Mrs. Zhong couldn't bear to reprimand her sister again, and slowed down her tone to be kind and seductive: "I have written to you several times, asking you and your brother-in-law to treat A-Yao better, such an outstanding person will one day have a bright future, I think she will be alone and have no maternal grandfather's uncle's family, and when she is developed, she will always think of Jifu, and she can't take care of you, but San Lang can get benefits, which is equivalent to giving him more help." But what about you, who are as timid as a mouse and can't stand the fright, when there is a wind and grass, you will send people to the family temple. This heart is cold, and she can't come back, I don't think she's as close to you as usual. ”

After Mrs. Zhong finished speaking, she picked up the tea bowl, the water was steaming, and a pair of shrewd eyes appeared.

Xiao Liang is still arguing: "On that day, the Queen Mother sent someone to the house to hold accountable, and I lost the qualification to be elected, and I was also confused for a while, and I was stopped by my brother because of my aunt's misdeeds, but I couldn't make up for it afterwards." A-Yao's child is earlier than ordinary people, I'm afraid he can see through my thoughts. ”

Mrs. Zhong put down the tea bowl, her face turned cold, and she snorted lightly: "It may not be a good thing for Niang Niang not to enter the palace, don't worry before her marriage, take your time, I will definitely pick a young and promising Langjun for her." ”

Xiao Liang heard the strings and asked cautiously: "Sister, over there is Empress Dowager Ji, are you really separated from her?"

Mrs. Zhong stroked her forehead, it was as smooth as ever, and she couldn't tell that her head had bled a month ago, and she had to use countless precious medicinal materials sooner or later to restore her original appearance, and she was also closed for this reason.

Her husband should be a loyal courtier, keep a distance from all factions in the court, and never be close to anyone or alienate from anyone. The husband sings and the wife follows, and Mrs. Zhong never makes friends with the concubines in the palace, especially the concubines who gave birth to the prince.

Concubine Ji Guifei insisted that her Ah Ying be the crown princess, and when she was forced to do so, Mrs. Zhong came up with a trick of divination, and recommended the daughter of her brother and sister to enter the East Palace.

This time, Ji, who was promoted to the queen mother, wanted to see her surrender, and Mrs. Zhong did it for her. Next time, she couldn't let that person be bullied again.

Sister Ah avoided talking about it, Xiao Liang didn't dare to ask any more, and also picked up the tea bowl and tasted it, praising the tea for being delicious.

"The palace is of course different. Mrs. Zhong said lightly, and said with a smile: "There is still more than half a catty, you can take it all with you when you go back, and let your brother-in-law taste it too." ”

Speaking of her husband, Xiao Liang's eyebrows were full of unhappiness, Mrs. Zhong pretended not to know the private affairs of her sister and her family, and asked a mother-in-law outside the house with a smile: "Send a person to see what Ah Ying is doing, don't let her run away again." ”

Hearing the voice, a middle-aged servant girl came in and replied smartly: "Back to Mrs. Hui's words, the slave has been there, the girl and the two ladies are playing with the fire beads in the house, and there is absolutely no quarrel between talking and laughing." ”

"This kid!" Mrs. Zhong sneered, her face was full of doting, she turned her head and took Xiao Liang's hand and said: "Speaking of the fire avoidance beads, it reminds me of a few horses that the Queen Mother gave to the palace a few days ago, there are two colors that are suitable for you to tailor, let's go and take a look." ”

Xiao Liang was also very curious about the fire beads, and couldn't help asking: "That bead is really legendary magical, extinguishing fire when it encounters fire, retreating when it encounters water, and it is invincible to all poisons on the body?"

Madame Zhong smiled reservedly: "Who knows? Maybe those rumors are all coaxing, but they are just big beads." ”

Ordinary big beads?

The second lady didn't believe it, she circled around the fire beads in the red sandalwood brocade box, and said strangely: "This thing can really extinguish fires, Ah Ying, have you tried it?"

In Zhong Ying's boudoir, there are four large tanks used to hold ice, and the icebergs in the thin-tire vats of the official kiln depicting the four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter are piled up and slowly melted into water, making the room cool and pleasant.

Throughout the summer, Ji Yao felt that she could sit in peace for a while, and Zhong Ying was even more crooked on the couch and said casually: "How do you try? Throw it in the brazier, who will pay for it." ”

Known as the treasure of the city, the second lady asked herself if she couldn't afford it, she looked at the beads as big as eggs, light yellow with pine patterns, and there was nothing unique, it was really hard to find?

"Sister, what do you think of this bead? Will it be fake?" The second lady muttered softly, but unfortunately Zhong Ying heard it, it was also a violent temper, and immediately sat up straight and looked at each other angrily: "Jue Niang, forget it if you don't have knowledge, there is no distinction between good and bad fish eyes, my beads provoke you to provoke you." It was a birthday gift from my father, and I could have a fake. ”

Zhong Ying is half a year younger than the second lady, and she rarely calls her sister since she was a child, and the second lady is an unforgiving lord, so she asked Zhong Ying rhetorically: "What about what your father sent, maybe he was also deceived." ”

Zhong Ying saw that she was about to break out, and Ji Yao was afraid that she would whip each other like a few years ago, just mess around when she was a child, but it was really unreasonable to grow up to her teens, she was busy doing peacemaker in the middle: "Ah Ying, don't worry, Jue Niang just said casually, she is used to going straight, don't take it to heart." ”

"Sister/Ji Yao!" both protested at the same time.

Zhong Yingbai glanced at the second lady who was rushing to talk to herself, standing in front of Ji Yao and begging for an explanation, with a fierce momentum, "Why did she say that the beads were fake, could it be that you think so too?"

The second lady didn't realize that she had stabbed the hornet's nest at all, and said proudly: "Of course my sister helped me speak." ”

Ji Yao has a black line, there is a kind of person in this world called friend and foe, I don't know when I stab you, and I can't make you cry.

Zhong Ying's face was thin and angry, her little face was white with anger, her complexion was very white, otherwise she wouldn't be able to suppress the provocative dress of green.

The maidservants of the Zhong family were upset for their own girls, and complained to the sisters of the Ji family: "It's all uninformed people, why should the girls be angry with them, or put away the beads as soon as possible, Mrs. has explained don't take it out lightly for people to see, there are more illiterate people in this world, and it's not worth it to be angry with them." ”

was said to have no knowledge, and if he didn't open his mouth to refute it, it was the face of the Zhenguo Mansion that he lost, Ji Yao turned his head sideways and glared at the second lady lightly, blocked the handmaid's action of collecting the box with her hand, and said calmly: "The reason why the fire avoidance bead is rare is precisely because there is only one in the world, and ordinary people have never had the opportunity to see it in their lives, let alone see its wonders." I don't know much about the market, I just want to ask Ah Ying, you say that this bead is wonderful, list a few of its wonders, and also let us open our eyes. ”

Zhong Ying glanced at the glowing fire-avoiding beads on the table, and couldn't say why. When Daddy gave her, he only said that it was a rare treasure, and let Haosheng take it, and she had never tried to extinguish the fire and retreat the water, let alone test the poison.

Seeing that Zhong Ying was asked, the maid opened her mouth to save the scene again, and squinted at Ji Yao and spoke: "The eldest lady of the Ji family is really eloquent, and she even coaxed and deceived my girl to say nothing, I heard about it when I was in Nanyang, and it really deserves its reputation." ”

The maid of the Ji family held her head high, and her arrogance was not much worse than Zhong Ying, as if she could easily accuse a daughter of a family with her identity.

The second lady was so angry that her face turned blue, and she rushed up and waved her arm to reward the slave maid with a slap, but was pulled hard by Ji Yao.

"Are you green?" Ji Yao pushed the second lady to the side and looked back and asked.

Green-clothed nodded, "Slave exactly." She was not timid, she stood at the round table with her neck bent, and said in her heart to see who dared to beat the girl's personal slave, and the slaves of the Zhong family did not let outsiders deceive her.

"Good slave!" Ji Yao sneered, looked at Zhong Ying, who was a little deflated, and said with a pun: "Ah Ying has green clothes, it's really a great blessing, if Ah Ying really does it today, what should Ah Ying do?"

The second lady wants to face a slave and maid for her own sake, and of course Ji Yao has to stop her.

Zhong Ying thinks too highly of herself, and the maidservants around her speak badly and hurt people, which shows how unreasonable she has been in Nanyang in the past three years. General Zhong and his wife are both rare smart people, the two sons are all well-versed in affairs, but the couple indulged their daughter in lawlessness, Rao is Ji Yao has seen Zhong Ying's arrogance and domineering before, and she also wants to sigh that this woman is uneducated.